#the caleb widogast of it all

[kurogoesinthedas]

the last couple of sessions have been an emotional rollercoaster (what happens when the DM puts your characters through a trial that basically goes "you can go back in time and save your loved ones/fix your life at the cost of your current one") pain but we don't want to change a thing.

[somewhatsentientspellbook]

somewhere in zadash's premium smut shop:

meanwhile, caleb celebrating fjorester's engagement in nicodranas:

[essektheylyss]

you just know neither of them attended the conflict of interest training seminar

(inspo)

[ruvigapo]

Run boy run!! The sex monsters eat salmon!!

In which i arrive Fashionably Late to the fishssek party

[hello-eeveev]

Essek: “Gesundheit. I learned that from my partner as well.”

Travis Willingham, known Essek lover and shadowgast shipper:

[milquetoad]

it’s sooo important that we remember how much of a dork caleb widogast is. ignore his cha stat he just uses that to threaten people im talking abt the man himself. dude finds a bag of jewels and does a little dance. he gets good news and says ‘that’s a bingo’ out loud in front of other ppl. how many times did someone be vaguely nice to him and he responded by turning “beet red”. his go to response to someone in distress is to hand them his cat, and even then he sits a little bit away and watches to make sure they’re being gentle w him. man is living proof that you can take a wizard and torture him until he becomes a brainwashed murder machine but you can’t make him not a fucking dweeb <3

[namespara]

Hello strangest target audience of fellow sad mage enjoyers

[its-your-mind]

the transgender swag exhibited by the m9 is off the charts.

Four of them go by chosen names. Beau’s dad wanted her to be a boy, and is disappointed that she isn’t. Fjord remade his personality to mimic the only father-figure in his life. The two strongest people in the party are both girls. The person with the long pink hair and undercut and teal/pink mushroom aesthetic has the deepest voice in the party by a COUNTRY MILE. Caleb grew his hair long and shaved his beard as soon as he felt it was safe enough. Mollymauk Tealeaf is there.

[quippso]

[quinn-of-aebradore]

I am so full of love and light about how the episode ended, getting to see the home the wizards have built together, all the little details of their shared life (Essek wearing and sniffing one of Caleb’s scarves, the farmhouse painting, the couples portrait, the vegetable garden) laid out before us. Matt handing over describing the house to Liam, describing some of the paintings himself but also letting Liam do some too, that collaboration in creating the place their characters live and love in. Laura chiming in too with the dicks on the walls from Jester! XD it feels so lived in and well-loved and it makes my heart so happy.

[tinysluttywizardwaist]

new Mighty Nein Art (x)

[yoongissilver]

Having so much of infatuated-with-Caleb Essek in C3 is basically just fanservice at this point and the fan is Liam O'Brien

[thelonelywhale]

No you don't understand how important it is to me that Caleb and Essek have this soft, deep, profound love for each other. These two people who were so broken and saw themselves as so damaged and irredeemable and utterly damned, having the chance to heal together and cultivate this sweet, gentle relationship with each other. The fact that they can now carve out moments of joy together, that they proved you can change and better yourself, with time and effort and love.

Matt taking the time to show that even in just a few little ways, to let Essek express his love so casually and with so much reverence and care is just AUGH. That's how you do redemption arcs. He understood the assignment. That's not only respecting the players for the time they put in to creating these characters and their pathways for growth, but also saying to your players (and viewers), "it's possible. Everyone deserves a second chance at happiness."

They redeemed themselves, together.

[ohlovers]

YOU want your favourite character to be safe and happy. I want mine exhausted, beaten down, covered in scars and blood, made the wretched plaything of a terrible higher power. is that so much to ask.

[shikisai-san]

Ah yes, my favourite Critical Role dynamic. Sad Wizard x Other Sad Wizard.

[saturdaysky]

when your kryn friend helps you tie the fancy tie you bought to impress your first class of students, and you are in love with him

and our little friends, the WIP beans: