#now i just wanna know when imogen realized she was in love with laudna

[lessthanimpressedlesbian]

I feel so vindicated knowing that we all read those many microexpressions correctly. Laura was really playing an anxious queer woman in love with her best friend so accurately that we couldn't help but pick up on all the little nuances.

[samuraiko]

Reading your imodna betting vignette, and realized that the hells doing their best to wingman for the two of them in their own unique way so would be really cute as a vignette

Again, so sorry for the delay in responding to vignette requests (see my last one for explanations). And I'm glad you enjoyed "Wanna Bet?"! :D

"A Little Friendly Advice"

Ashton and Orym were relaxing on the deck of the Silver Sun as they headed toward Yios. A throaty laugh echoed down from the poop deck above, and they looked up to see Imogen and Laudna giggling about something.

"Good to see that things are looking up for some people," Ashton said wryly.

"Oh yeah, that reminds me..." Orym lightly poked Ashton in the ribs. "You owe me ten gold."

"For what?"

"Our bet... Imogen said it first."

Ashton frowned for a second, and then gave a rather lopsided grin. "Yep, you're right." He reached into his money pouch and pulled out ten gold, which he handed to the halfling. "But that's a bet I don't mind losing."

"I know what you mean," Orym replied, pocketing the gold. "As long as they're happy together, that's the important thing."

"Question is if they're gonna take the next steps or not." Ashton leaned against the railing and looked thoughtful. "It's kind of a tossup right now, really. Either they embrace the idea of going for it because they nearly lost her once... 'make haste while the sun shines' and all that shit. Or they're gonna wuss out because they're afraid of being hurt like that again if something happens. Which, because it's us, it likely fucking will."

Orym was quiet for a while, watching the clouds go by while his thoughts were far away. "What would you do, Ash? If you were in their position?"

"Never been in love before," the earth genasi said bluntly. "But I care. I care a fucking lot. So based just on caring? I'd fucking go for it. If I'm gonna be miserable afterward regardless, I'd rather be miserable having had some awesome times beforehand."

The halfling gave him a rather wistful, sad smile. "Yeah, I know how that goes."

Ashton rested a hand on Orym's shoulder and squeezed it hard. "I know you do. That's why I can talk to you like this and not some of the rest."

"But what about them?" Orym waved a hand vaguely in the direction of Imogen and Laudna. "Do we help them along?"

"On the fence about that one, to be honest. I don't have the best track record when it comes to relationships, but fuck knows I have no problem being there if Laudna needs to talk to someone."

"You two do have your own kind of close," Orym commented. "Different, but still close. And that's good."

"What about you?"

"What about me?"

"You gonna help out Laudna or Imogen? I know they're both important to you, but you seem to get along better with Imogen in your own way."

"Well, if she wants to talk to me, I'm always willing to listen. But she's... not always great about advice. She gets kind of headstrong that way." He shrugged and went back to looking off into the distance. "What about the rest of the gang?"

"FCG doesn't exactly give the best romantic advice, Fearne would just probably shove them in a room at an inn and tell them to have at it, and Chetney would probably offer to show them how it's done by practicing in front of them with Fearne."

Orym choked on his laughter, and Ashton had to pound him on his back until Orym could get his breath back.

[ship-ambrosia]

Top Ten CR Romance Arcs

Heyyyyy!!! How are you? 🥰

10. Imogen/Laudna

- Nothing in campaign 3 is canon yet, but I think this one is so obvious it’s smacking everyone in the face. Would genuinely be surprised if it doesn’t happen and I know it’s gonna be beautiful but that’s why it’s at the bottom of the list.

9. Ashton/Fearne

- As I just said there is no canon ship in campaign 3 yet but the flirting between Ashton and Fearne is literally killing me they’re both so hot and I really just want big strong barbarian Ashton to carry their soft femme girlfriend around. So I’m hoping to get more and more of this ship and if it does continue to develop I can see it easily be one of if not the fave

8. Percy/Vex

- Probably a little controversial with how far down the list this ship is. Idk why, I adore Percy he’s one of my faves, but I just never loved this ship as much as everyone else. That being sad they’ve some absolutely incredible emotional scenes, like all the stuff during the Briarwood arc and the Feywild, and absolutely killer witty ones. The bathtub one is probably my favorite. Haven’t watched the wedding one shot yet, maybe it’ll change my mind and move them up higher.

7. Kashaw/Zahra

- Ngl I always wanted more of Kashaw and Keyleth, but Zahra is so fucking funny and sassy that I love the way their relationship developed. Kashaw is such a tragic character but he gets a (somewhat) happy ending.

6. Beau/Yasha

- Beauregard is easily one of the best characters in CR, hands down. She has flaws, but they make her interesting. She’s a monk (and they’re just incredible) for the pursuit and protection of the truth. Yasha’s story is tragic but hopeful, and I thought their epilogue was incredibly compelling.

5. Scanlan/Pike

- I thought the progression of their relationship was incredibly sweet. Scanlan always struck me as someone who used sleaziness as a defense, so I like the idea that his relationship with Pike was purely sweetness.

4. Allura/Kima

- I don’t wanna say this relationship came as a shock; it was more like, when it was revealed, I was like, “Duh! Of course I should’ve seen that coming!” Kima is one of my favorite allies of Vox Machina and to see them together years later in the Mighty Nein was so wonderful!

3. Caleb/Essek

- Not exactly canon, yes, but I think close enough there that it works. I’m also obsessed with Caleb and Essek. It’s so incredibly beautiful the way Essek is a perfect foil to Caleb’s journey, and how Caleb basically worked to redeem Essek. I adore all the possibilities of a future for them, one that I think leads to much less strife than their lives had been up to the point that they met.

2. Fjord/Jester

- Jester’s development from an infatuated crush to true, deep, meaningful feelings was such a sweet story, as well as Fjord realizing just how important she is to him. There’s so many possibilities for more stories that I wanna see from the two of them.

1. Vax/Keyleth

- As soon as Vax started developing feelings for Keyleth, I was sold. First of all, my favorite trope in the whole wide world is the guy catching feelings first. Vax is so gentle and so patient with Keyleth while she figures out her feelings for him; and then she becomes protective as HELL over her boyfriend. I like to imagine Keyleth had little references to him all over her life now during Bells Hells, and not that she’s moved on but that she’s found a melancholic happiness.

[nochiquinn]

campaign 3 episode 7: ceaseless walltcher

sam ran off so many advertisers they're resorting to basic podcast sponsors

"I've lost control"

"DON'T ENCOURAGE HIM"

my kid is just starting to get old enough/good enough at reading we can do shit like munchkin and I'm excited to try when we can get a set

I Would Like To Read The Book

Christmas is coming up, I'm just saying

vexnvax

I almost never like the art prints but I love this one

"this is going in my HOUSE. not the NERD OFFICE, my HOUSE"

....christmas is coming up. just saying.

TWINCEMBER

INTRO

LET'S GOOOO

oh no I'm gay

have to play this for my kid tomorrow, she loved Your Turn to Roll

ROBBIE CREDITS

HELP I'm GAY

no you can't roll into the episode after that, I need a minute

my hands are literally shaking what the fuck

"and nothing bad happens"

I just realized that prerecording potentially means no laura ditching the game awards early for dungeons and dragons

taliesin is travis' new character

("nochi will anyone even get that" only if they've put up with me for two campaigns now!)

fantasy backstage pass

please picture orym's feet dangling as he pulls himself up to look over the balcony

lauDNA

mods are asleep post fires

"fractured tailbone" "end the game"

fcg's dedication to consent makes me so happy

maybe this is just because I've been in psychonauts hell recently but. donnatella aquato vibes.

("have you ever NOT been in psychonauts hell" you shut up back there)

laudna and orym. friends.

imogen's messages having dueling banjos playing in the background

I love imogen's "don't think about pink elephants" skill

s a m

is it normal that I STILL have adrenaline tingles from the intro

"to kill a god: scanlan shorthalt one-man show"

why is this tma vibes suddenly

this bitch: you look patchwork imogen: excuse u we prefer DIVERSE

"gorgeous" "rotting" "beautiful" "has a rat"

BORYM

"I leave my headshot on the way out"

matt: remove us from this as soon as possible

matt says no unnecessary gender divisions in my fantasy world

"it's not like we want to decide you smell bad" oooooh

"he always seemed like a nice guy, too bad he ate the neighbors"

I fucking love laudna

"macveth" "I ATTACK"

"gently injure the table"

SAM

LAURA

this is just a cats movie roast session

"don't touch that table"

"a punch of sephora"

[psychonauts hell] bonita soleil

is this the brothel matron from arcane

oh I am Uncomfortable

matt you cannot use the word "aroused" in this situation

I'm laura hiding behind her notebook

this is anti-marion

laura you cannot use the word "probe" in this situation

fearne

"everyone think randy thoughts" "PLEASE DON'T"

"we have to find the bone zone"

"cast blacklight" "do NOT do that"

oh no

laudna no

Limbs in Places

DEEP CUT

who let these two go off by themselves

orym climbing up there just to keep an eye on imogen ;-;

gay

"without laudna" lesbian behavior

this alley is an scp

rooftop gays

so no orym princess carry??

the static is travis' character

"an eye" ceaseless watcher

"the fuck??"

matthew they are children

matt asks "wanna see a flesh building monster" and doesn't wait for an answer

whorym

"where's the gnome" don't you manifest that

c h r i s t

they have laudna can we just GO

lesbian behavior

(I still don't know if I ship it, I'm just weak)

oop, we have marisha perch

YEET THE BEAST

stonky has failed us

YEET THE SEED

"occasionally emerges and screams" me

"next enemy is the ground"

"all I wanna do is go help orym but I CAN'T 'cause I'm FUCKED"

"are you alive?" that's a loaded question for laudna

please just run

share travis' texts

I would watch the travis commentary track

"I'm heRE"

you leave her ALONE

we've gotten both marisha chair perch and marisha journal hat, shit's bad

YE

thank GOD

hdywtdt machine robbie daymond

"it's the wailing wall" sam

Patron Gobbler

"we broke the fourth wall" "how DARE YOU"

"poke it, I'm pretty sure it's dead but there's only one way to tell"

ashton

"don't do that" "dOn'T dO tHaT"

"wardens if you wouldn't mind fucking off"

fantasy acab

fcg segway

please heal my boy

they will never come back for that contract

"a crime scene that I MADE"

kjdfsl he hasn't has to shush them in a while

"keep taunting the dm, motherfucker"

YEEEEEEE

HE BACK

oh god

travis you cannot possibly

you cannot be the veth of this campaign

mental mind bullets

"I'm short, motherfucker" me

"you're in MY head, I should insight check YOU, INSIGHT CHECK"

"travis is like a drummer for spinal tap!"