#sorry for once upon a witchlight posting

[mischieviem]

More ouaw stuff because I am 50 episodes in and losing sleep

[luna-the-cretar]

When Gideon was really little—let’s say about 5 or so—they had some pigs on the farm. One pig gave birth, and Little Gid immediately got attached to the runt of the litter. His Pa wanted to kill her and spare her, but Gid cried and insisted otherwise. His Pa, not wanting to deal with a sobbing fire genasi (who he quickly learned whose powers get really out of control if Gid’s emotions get out of control—there’s still a good portion of the farm that got burnt down after one particularly bad tantrum), let Gid keep the runt. And Gideon, being 5 and also generally not good with names, named her Oinkee.

Oinkee was Gideons best friend. He would burn the world down for her. Loved her almost as much as Gricko loves Hootsie.

When Gideon was about 8 years old, his Pa handed him an axe, and told him that they needed bacon for the morning. By that point, the only pig with enough meat on her bones to be worth killing was, well, Oinkee.

Gideon doesn’t like to think about that time. He’d rather think about the happy memories. Before the axe. Before he betrayed his best friend.

Gideon can’t help but find himself relating to Oinkee now, in some sick cruel way. She was a small scrawny thing, and Gid—young and not knowing the consequences of his actions—fed her until she got big and strong, before he was handed the axe. Later on, Gid ended up being a small scrawny thing, and Kremy saw him, and fed him until he got big and strong.

Now Gideon is just waiting until Kremy gets handed the axe.

[whomstsnek]

Another addition to my Krew early childhood headcanons, featuring Gricko Grimgrin himself!! Ecstatic to introduce you all to Gertrude Grimgrin and, of course, the infamous Uncle Glorbo :)

As per my usual disclaimer, I'm still only half way through canon and I'm sure there's a lot of canon backstory stuff that I'm missing. Also, I don't know ANYTHING about goblins, in Avantris or in DND in general, so uh. Please keep that in mind <3

I envision that Gricko grew up in a pretty secluded goblin camp nestled deep in the swamp. I think that it was a pretty closed society, but the people definitely had a "it takes a village" mentality; goblins, especially in this particular village, are quite good and banding together and helping each other in times of need.

Gricko was raised almost exclusively by his mother for the beginning of his life after his father walked out on them when Gricko was still young. It really took a toll on his mother, and even though she loved him a lot, it took her some time to separate her son from his father. Changing their names back to her maiden name, Grimgrin, definitely helped.

Glorbo entered the picture when Gricko was around 5-6, deciding to come home from traveling abroad after catching wind of Gertrude's situation. He's actually Gricko Sr.'s older brother, rather than Gertrude's, but he felt compelled to step up to help his nephew and sister-in-law where his brother wouldn't.

Gertrude, personality-wise, was always a "tough love" kind of woman, partially due to her own upbringing and partially due to the heartbreak she'd suffered. She had pretty strong opinions about how she wanted to raise her son, hoping that she would be able to give him a great life regardless of their struggles. She's constantly stressed and worried, wondering how to provide for her family and how the future will shape out for them.

Glorbo, on the other hand, is a carefree spirit. He's a lot like the Gricko we know in canon, eccentric and excitable. He's a sort of foil to Gertrude, valuing freedom and self expression, not worrying about the future under the belief that the future would sort itself out. He focused on the present, making sure the people around him were happy in the 'now'. He encouraged Gricko (and Gertrude) to let loose and explore the world around them instead of worrying so much about what's to come.

Naturally, Gertrude and Glorbo butted heads frequently, especially as Gricko got older and took on more and more of Glorbo's traits; in fact, the only thing they could ever really agree on was wanting the best for Gricko, no matter what exactly that entailed.

[mewtillidae]

posting a kremy every single day until new episodes of OUAW are out DAY 59

this one was done by my friend @meraarts !!!! ❤❤

[way-too-obsessed-gamer]

I don't think enough thought is spent on how absolutely heartbreaking Gricko losing Hootsie was. Can you even fucking imagine...you are trying to be the best father you can be to this little creature (who cares if she's basically the size of you? She's still just a tiny baby) who you rescued from some less than stellar circumstances. Watching her grow up, helping her survive and live a (mostly) comfortable life, it was all its own reward. You think, yeah...this is what I'm meant to do.

And then you fuck up, and you fuck up badly. And suddenly she's gone. No opportunity to stop it, nothing in your books or your parenting classes prepared you for the chaos and swiftness of fey magic. You fucked up. Oh my God, you fucked up. Your child, who you rescued from shitty circumstances, is now in infinitely worse circumstances. That's your fault. You should have listened better. Always so fucking flippant. Look where that got you. Maybe you shouldn't have even taken her in the first place, all those years ago. She was sad, anxious, abused, but at least she wasn't...wherever she is now. Is she even alive? Why did they take her? Why not you? You messed up, it's your fault. Goddammit. It's all your fault.

You are the worst father ever.

[torbek-smellyhair]

can u draw the silly? *looking at you with the most wettest eyes*

t-toorrbekkkk triiieeedddd… tooorrbekk only knows how to draw on a dddssssssss….

[morning-frost-daily]

Day 46

Final sculpture

Haha. It's been a week since my lost post. Oops. Anyways, suggestions for drawing or even submissions are very very welcome my brain is tired

[weirdglassthing]

I warned you all

Anyways, here it is, my favorite characters from any and all media ever!!

Not featured that I remembered (Ben Wyatt, Rasputin Aquato, The unbelievable Gwenpool)

(I could only fit 10 pictures alas the mobile user curse)

I like too many things.

[sevenminiaturemonkeys]

*drops this and runs back into my cave*

[draw-ren-draw]

"Things are looking up for Torbek"

[gasstationclown]

i havent watched the session before hiatus finale yet so no spoilers but have digital drawings of funny pictures in my phone but ouaw (likely more to come)

og pictures under cut

[gourmet-gator]

(apologies for the very sketchy look, I'm in a bit of a rush)

"Hello hello! My name is Kra (@gascansposts ) and word has spread around about you Mr. Lecroux, the boss of Carnival Lecroux for those who aren't in the know, having a ghosty child!"

*Kra looks towards the ghostly apparition of the croc child*

"and why hello there! Is there anything that you or your guardian would like to say to Realms News? Yes we are on live TV so please try to keep it clean for the little ears listening!"

( @opheliajupiter99 if you'd like to jump in feel free!)

Well, whatta do there, miss! You’ve heard right, ‘cause of some uh… let’s call ‘em magicks from beyond, I’ve been made the papa of Magnolia here!

*He wraps an arm around Magnolia’s shoulder, a beaming, proud smile on his face.*

An’ I care for her with all my heart.

Y’ got anything to say to the nice reporter lady, Magnolia?

[luna-the-cretar]

Can I just take a moment to praise OUAW (and the LOA cast as a whole), and their subtle yet VERY effective method of storytelling?

(Spoilers for OUAW below the cut)

For starters; the mix of comedy and gut-punch, and how they usually lure the audience into a false sense of security using humor, before hitting them with a really dark and angsty moment/episode, and then jumping right back into comedy to cut the tension.

Don’t believe me? Fuck, listen to episode fucking ONE, which inadvertently introduces this whole method that the continue to do for the rest of the campaign (and maybe others, im not entirely sure, but I’ve noticed this same method for Icebound, but almost in the reverse). The whole episode is full of jokes and antics, before hitting us with the (really depressing) death of a fairy at the end of the episode, immediately turning the mood around. And then the following 15 EPISODES were just a whole lot of fun and chaos.

Jokes and antics > depressing moment > more jokes and antics

Or how about episodes 41 and 42? They were joking around and doing their usual antics, before tensions rose with the death of Twig and everything afterwards, and then in episode 43 they spent the first hour as dancing singing mushrooms

Humor > angst > humor

Or episode 46? The first two thirds of the episode, the party were turned into toys and it was just…absolute chaos. Before they all got killed by the Jabberwock

However, I also noticed that episode 47 onward, this changed. Dont get me wrong, they still joke around and do their usual antics, but it seemed like it stopped being as a way to try and shrug off what just happened. Though, I guess this could partially be because of the circumstances, all things considered. Though I’m interested to see where season 2 takes us with this.

Also; character arcs. Or perhaps the lack thereof? I’m honestly not sure, to be honest.

There has been a change in these characters throughout the campaign thus far, don’t get me wrong. But these changes have been so incredibly subtle that you won’t even notice that they are going through a character arc unless you’re specifically looking for it.

Like how Torbek has been growing more confident—both in general and in his abilities; or how Gricko has been slowly shedding his “comic relief” exterior to show just WHY he’s a valued member of the party (other than his ability to heal); and fuck, I’ve even noticed a bit of a change in Kremy and Gideon (tho I can’t quite place what that character arc is, or when it started, but there IS a character arc happening here)

And like, I’m generally pretty good at picking up subtleties like this from media (in fact, most of my fics and character studies/analysis require this), but somehow OUAW managed to make their character arcs so subtle that I completely missed that there even WAS a character arc even happening until it suddenly reared its head (again, like with Torbek and Gricko)

It’s so subtle yet so effective and I just…agh! I can’t wholly verbally express how much I love the storytelling and character development in OUAW, it’s so good

[the-names-kam]

tfw you want to draw two characters kissing but one of them is an alligator. send tweet

[the-wandering-st4r]

so to make it clear: the memories stolen were:

frost’s last memory of his parents and how he discovered his powers

torbek’s… like EVERYTHING. his motivation for this quest in the first place, his history with “the other” (is he the other?? that’s a whole ‘nother post), possibly how he met the gang in the witchlight carnival in the first place??? (also is gorebek GONE?? yet another post)

gideon’s clearest and happiest memory with his pa (mace made it so that he doesn’t even REMEMBER his dad but i am holding on to the hope that he still does bc i will actually throw up)

gricko’s guilt(?) between him and his mother after something about a piano (apologies i wasn’t able to pay much attention after realizing gideon had just lost a part of the happy childhood he had left((as well as the fact that he might have siblings but that’s another post)) and the revelation of twig and the baba yaga ((ANOTHER post)))

and kremy’s memory on how he met remy garou and how he got his warlock powers in the first place (how richie set this one up, iykyk, is yet ANOTHER post i need to make) does this mean kremy forgets who Remy is in the first place? (which would be a big problem regarding the debt) or just how they first met? we’ll find out next week.

i’ll definitely need to rewatch this later to properly fucking PROCESS all the lore they just slapped us with, good GODS this was a doozy of an episode.

[rosestthorns]

Hi y'all, you're all being subjected to my new obsession Once Upon a Witchlight I'm sorry in advance for flooding your respective dashes