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[astyxnax]

@visvivae + @huijarii

A daily HSR textpost until I pull Sunday

Day 58

[jocollins]

Day 25 of posting the first photo of @zayn Pinterest recommends me

[artistmarchalius]

A continuation of this post, inspired by this tag from @ohposhers

[littlebosslady7]

Reblogging this again because as we're at the end of the campaign, I agree with it so much.

I've read some very good meta on the looming ending of campaign 3 and why it does or doesn't work and- still after all this time my main issue (and I believe the root of others!)  is that we didn't get enough time with Bell's Hells.

Does that sound ridiculous after 120 episodes in the span of three years? Obviously!

But if we look at the in-game time it's been barely four months. We don't know Bell's Hells outside of the main plot and worse they don't know each other.

Between Imogen and Fearne and Orym's connection to the Moon Plot from the start there was very little low-stakes low-level fuckery. No downtime, no long travel, no filler episodes.

Even during high-stakes arcs Vox Machina used to take the time to talk and play and fuck around in the evenings before their long rests. (Cannonball contest in the mansion hot tub anyone?) But they took that initiative because they had already done the bonding and enjoyed spending time with each other.

The Mighty Nein as well! And they had the added bonus of nobody counting on them for anything at first- everything they did they wanted to do. And even when the seeds of their last enemy were planted very early on - they didn't know it would be the endgame. The emotions were high but the stakes were lower. There was no constant pressure to go go go, time's running out!

They got time to grieve. Bell's Hells never got that.

And who knows if the Mighty Nein in their early days would have felt compelled to do the heroics late-game Mighty Nein did! I don't believe so! But they had the time to become characters who would, characters who would make the decision to follow that thread, to put their lives on the line to save the world.

Additionally to the in-game time constraints I think the idea that this third campaign is the CULMINATION OF A TRILOGY put a lot of pressure on the players to always make the Right Choice so they won't ruin Matt's story. That includes both following the narrative to its conclusion whether that made sense for every character or not and- no deviations from that loosely held leash. No "Hey, Matt, nice story you got there, what if we become pirates instead?"

... The first time I really connected with Bell's Hells was during one of their very few night watches (a thing that was a staple in MN bonding time!). I loved when they were goofy, when they turned a break-in into a fake haunting for no reason at all. When they got to be ridiculous and pretend they were livestreaming porn.

My favorite moments of Bell's Hells were the few minutes they as characters got to breathe.

[geekgirles]

My favourite gag is Poppy thinking Branch couldn't do something and him being like, "Actually, I slayed"

(credits to @hayleysstark for subtitling those first two frames).

[bigfoto593]

👽🤡☠️💀

[hailmikhail]

TBT to the leanest I've ever been (2023)

[princetonarchives]

Throwback Thursday: This 1860s greeting card sent to Princeton student George Sheldon, Class of 1863, proves it isn't just our own generation that is obsessed with cats.

Scrapbook Collection (AC026), Box 14

[amnhnyc]

Here’s a festive Throwback Thursday photo from 1969! On this Thanksgiving, the world-famous parade passed the Museum’s 77th Street turret with a very special float: a sauropod dinosaur. This inflatable Apatosaurus measured an impressive 60 ft (18.3 m) long! The giant green dinosaur featured big eyes, a wide grin, and a 20-ft (6-m) tail. The original Apatosaurus balloon made its first parade debut in 1963 and was retired from service in 1976.

Photo: Image no. 62158_21a, © AMNH Library

[emilyscartoons]

[jocollins]

Day 26 of posting the first photo of @zayn Pinterest recommends me

[mlee-arts]

I need wholesome bros being wholesome

[artistmarchalius]

Give Floyd a service bat/emotional support bat!

[hellyeahrihannafenty]

[koppaiterocker]

Sometimes low quality gifs are simply funnier

[rottedsoulx]

I cant remember if I posted this yet but a doodle i did over 6 months ago i think.