#the only time they picked beaujes questions was for the talks after beau confessed her feelings lmao

[thesapphiresoul]

I loved your take on beaujes and yes!! I agree so much about it seeming like jester was receptive to beau’s flirtation. It makes me wonder what the hell happened that caused Marisha (and arguably Laura) to backtrack so heavily where it wasn’t an organic moment of moving on from your crush. It literally came to a halt, and I badly want to know who decided that, because Laura and Mariana seemed onboard

yeah the revelation that beaujes was the most popular, or at least most active critical role ship has really made me want proper answers lol. i feel like i almost gaslighted myself into believing that beaujester was never as relevant as i thought it was in the story and fandom but like,, that is obviously not true now. there's been a lot of speculation re: the dismissal of beaujes and i really have no clue what could have been the real reason. did laura change her mind and decide that she wanted to commit to romancing her husband? did travis decide that he wanted to finally take a stab at dnd romance with his wife? did ashley express an interest in actually getting play out a romance during the campaign? did laura and marisha unanimously decide they just weren't interested in exploring that dynamic anymore? all of those reasons seem plausible to me. but alas we will never know

there was also a post i saw that proposed the possibility that marisha (and also laura) may have decided to drop the thread bc no one else at the table was engaged. and as disappointing as that is, it makes sense. bc honestly, take a look at the cast reactions towards f/j and b/y moments vs b/j moments. half the fun of their game is entertaining the others at the table and playing off of that energy, so its understandable if it was discouraging to pursue that relationship

but like i said, we'll never actually know the reason they decided against beaujes. unless it comes up in the campaign 2 wrap up q&a but that is,,,,, doubtful,, as stated above, the cast (aside from marisha and maybe laura) has never been interested in beaujes, so the likelihood of them bringing it up is slim to none. but who knows! maybe enough people will ask about it. maybe we'll actually get some well needed closure

my biggest hope is that we, at the very least, get the old beaujester friendship back once both f/j and b/y are canon. from what i've seen, the consensus among b/j shippers is that the biggest loss wasn't canon beaujes, it was losing this beautiful friendship that we fell in love with way before any potential romance....

(also in case i need to clarify: this isn't me hating on the cast. i'm not mad. i'm genuinely over canon beaujes and have completely accepted the endgame ships. i am simply disappointed, and sincerely curious on why those ships were chosen.)