#that's me with imodna

[paperglader]

I just rewatched the first ep of c3 cause of reasons and I need to know if Laura decided that Imogen was going to be in love with Laudna from the start.

I want to know when, how, why… was it pre-campaign, was there a moment throughout? when did it happen and when did imogen realize… cause, let’s be real. This was imogen heart-eyes temult on the literal first episode of the campaign:

Like, can you BE any more infatuated with your best friend who's also been your bedmate for two years and ongoin, that happens to have musical thoughts (opposed to everyone else's noise that hurts you) and that you chose to run away with cause she made you feel peace for the first time after a very long time?

I think not.

[oddthesungod]

fellas it IS possible for a goth girl to fall in love with a cowgirl, yeehaw

[jadequarze]

Treating myself with more masc Laudna

[floweroflaurelin]

🎶 When we’re all together, we can’t help but sing along! 🎵

Cold Inside is my favourite song from the Winter’s Crest album, so I just had to make some holiday art inspired by it 😄 Happy holidays!!!

(Fun fact if you finish What Doesn’t Break and then listen to this song you too can cry on the bus on the way to work because you’re so emotional about Laudna finding happiness 🥹)

[nellasbookplanet]

An interesting aspect of Laudna and Imogen's relationship and how it has developed is the fact that they got together early in their campaign, long before either of them had any chance to work through their respective issues. Vax confessed his feelings for Keyleth early on (relatively so; c1 had been going for a while before it started streaming), but she explicitly turned him down at the time, and they didn't actually get together until she felt she was ready, later in the campaign. Percy and Vex didn't get together until after Percy had worked through his figurative and literal inner demons. Jester and Fjord didn't get together until he had moved away from Uk'otoa and his self-worth issues, and she from her romanticized ideas of romance. Yasha and Beau didn't become a couple until both of them had moved away from their self-destructive tendencies and Yasha had let go of Zuala and Beau of Jester. Caleb and Essek didn't get together until the epilogue, when Caleb finally let go of the past and embraced the future.

When Laudna and Imogen got together, Laudna was at one of her lowest points (and has since started digging), having just invited Delilah back in, and Imogen was (is) still struggling against the temptation of Predathos. While Imogen has since gone great strides in growing, Laudna has regressed, using her feelings for Imogen as an excuse to further give in to Delilah to protect her. She's too bogged down by her own self-worth issues to uphold a healthy relationship, and keeps hurting Imogen by hurting herself, not realizing how or why this upsets Imogen.

And I can't help but wonder, would Percy and Vex's relationship have been as destructive had they gotten together before or during the Briarwoods arc? Jester and Fjord if they got together during the pirates arc? Yasha and Beau if they got together before or just after Obann, when they were both self-destructing massively? Caleb and Essek if they got together while they were still low-key manipulating and honeypotting each other for information?

But even without the romance, Laudna and Imogen likely wouldn't have escaped the situation they're now in. They started out already kind of co-dependent, and remind me of Vax & Vex and Caleb & Nott in that way. But whereas the twins and Caleb and Nott's arcs had them learn to question each other and embrace love for other people rather than isolate themselves, Imogen and Laudna has only gotten more entrenched in each other's issues, and more unwilling to push each other to grow.

[danwhobrowses]

Sometimes love is planning on having a cosy cottage when the dust has settled, sometimes love is kissing the person you want to be with before a big battle and seeing where things go from there, and sometimes love is swiping a bag of shrooms from a cow man and letting the other know that you'd do any and every crazy thing they want with them

and all of them are valid

[oneverysmallfeather]

Happy Waudna Wednesday! Laudna when she saw Predathos Imogen.

[pocketgalaxies]

the 2024 "capable" compilation (2023 edition) bonus:

[merriconstance]

rotating them around my brain like a microwave

[erandraws]

I know a 3 for 3 for Laura is great but I think a Dorym silken squall wedding one-shot would eat so incredibly hard

Also, tomorrow marks my one year anniversary of starting Critical Role. This show literally changed my life. I’m so grateful that I get to watch these friends play this game every week, even if I have to wake up at 4 am for it (yes I’m coming out as European I literally willingly wake up every friday at 4 am to watch the new episodes live even though I have Beacon). But anyway enough sappy stuff. This piece (which is my greatest piece ever, let’s be honest) includes a lot of cute details which I will highlight under the cut!

First, these are Dorian and Orym’s full outfits that I had pre-drawn so it would make the process much easier. I did swap out some little things.

Now for the final piece:

- Dorian’s wedding ring includes an emerald (obv bc Orym’s color is green. And it has leaves wrapped around to symbolize Orym’s ties to nature. I did use a lovely reference for this ring from pinterest. Even though Orym’s wedding ring doesn’t show here, I would like to think it has a blue sapphire surrounded by swirly wind designs to symbolize Dorian’s air genasi heritage.

- The embroidery on Dorian’s vest references the day and night cycle, with the sun being highest and the moon being lower. (Also I fucking ate these pearls, they’re stunning)

- Even though Orym’s beautiful tattoo is covered, I still referenced it by ‘carving’ it into his shoulder pauldron. Big moon, little moon.

- Two clothing details on Orym: another Will reference, Orym wears Will’s sash.

- The silken squall wings which are a reference to Dorian’s first outfit.

- And finally, Dorian wears a bunch of flowers in his hair. They’re all white with the exception of a single blue flower. This is in reference to the blue flower Orym druid crafted into Dorian’s hair in one of the very first episodes of the campaign to help Dorian’s performance check. It’s one of their very first cutesy moments, so I thought it was a lovely little detail to include.

[thewhalelord]

“I just want you here, that’s all. Next to me.”

[reagomyeggo]

"...she is entirely yours."

[toodrunktofindaurl]

“you’re my tether”

[jadequarze]

My hand slipped

Reference under cut

[Is it any surprise why I slipped]

[lukitua]

Decided to paint an Imogen sketch from a while ago

[distant--shadow]

"Zhudanna's outta eggs!"

did the thing and redrew/painted that sketchy one from summer 2022

((ko-fi//available on inprnt (which currently has a 40% off sale)))