#yasha the barbarian

[kiicosplays]

So excited to wear Yasha again in a couple of months!!! I loved wearing her at Holmat but I think it took me a solid 30 minutes into a 10 hour wear realize this was not a warm weather costume, even with all the mesh!

📸 @bumbletea.cos

ID: A photo of Kii as Yasha from the thighs up. Kii is standing up straight and looking off to the side with a neutral expression. They are in front of a rocky background. End ID.

[disarmonia]

Bringing you a portrait of Yasha today, the recent version with this awesome new hair.🤍 Gonna run out of my CR artworks soon, so I guess I should draw some new ones. Any ideas on whom I should pick? Low key leaning towards my boi Dorian.🤭 MY TIP JARS HERE ❤️‍🩹

[rann-poisoncage]

[shadydruid]

Yasha's here!

[dirtyassvoiceactors]

Dorian gets offended/jealous Orym is talking about working out with Beau, so he tries to show off, Imogen calls him out on poor execution, so he just walks off to help Caduceus (who also quickly kinda roasts him) kkkkkkk

i need next episode to after Dorian and Orym wakeup together, Orym goes workout with Beau and have competitions, so the whole time is just Orym and Beau showing off to Dorian and Yasha, like doing push ups with them in their back or sm, doing upsidedown pullups

[yashley]

ashley in c2e87

[utilitycaster]

I've gotten a couple replies of "and that's terrifying" on this post about the more stable members of Bells Hells, and, to be honest, hate that, so let's talk about it.

There's a couple reasons. The first that I still don't know who the fuck thought the Issylra half of the party split would be Team Levelheaded and not Team Abandonment Issues, because, well, it's the latter. The second is that there's been a near constant undercurrent from quite early in the campaign of "oh Orym...he's going to break...he's a powder keg" and while he's decidedly not a powder keg, we did get him finally breaking a bit, and suddenly everyone's like "HORRIFYING that the guy I kept claiming was uniquely angsty is now having a harder time with the party split than the other characters whose equally tragic backstories I've consistently ignored, diminished, and dismissed."

All three of the Bells Hells characters in Team Issylra have issues related to loneliness and being left behind, which is a common thread through the party, but notably, Fearne, FCG, and Chetney being more stable should not be surprising nor scary. Resilience isn't tied to whether or not you're somewhat chaotic, or have mechanically-induced loss of control, and that's what we're talking about here. The reason why Team Issylra is having a rough time of it - and specifically why Laudna and Orym are falling apart whereas Ashton is doing comparatively well - is because they've been constantly pretending things are okay. Chetney, meanwhile, genuinely does think the worst thing that happened to him fucking rules, and has the age and perspective and sheer survival instincts to pull through; FCG has, within the story, had to face some horrifying realizations about himself and so has some tools for this kind of situation; and Fearne is to be honest still learning that consequences are a thing that happens, but she has dealt with a few profound disappointments and is sitting with them - she openly admitted she's not terribly impressed by her parents.

On the other hand, I think Orym has worked through the earlier stages of grief, to be sure, but he's put a brave face on over it and tried to look at the bright side. Which isn't the worst idea, but it means when the things he's built that idea of a bright side upon - Keyleth's infallibility, his relationships within the Crown Keepers - are nowhere to be found, he doesn't have anything to take hold of. He adjusted to one devastating change by clinging to the constants, and now that many of the constants are gone too, he has no mechanism to process the change in their absence.

And this is Laudna's whole deal, right? I do in fact agree that her initial death was still the worst thing that's happened to her so far, but that doesn't mean she can't still be incredibly upset by major events. It's comforting to know you've survived worse, but it doesn't necessarily help you actually get through a slightly less terrible (but still pretty terrible) situation. She says she can't stop compartmentalizing or she'll cry - but like, she'd probably feel better if she'd just spent the second watch crying. Like Orym, Laudna's developed this idea that she can will things into being okay, and in the end, she can't. Leaning into the "Today SUCKS" attitude would, honestly, help her, and I'm hoping she does so.

Ashton meanwhile doesn't have healthy coping mechanisms, but they do have coping mechanisms that work in this situation (namely, drinking and hitting things). He also, more importantly, has no investment in pretending things are okay. Ashton thinks the world is full of utter bullshit that will fuck you over, and the point is to get through it, and sure, it's a very cynical mindset, but there's a reason why toxic positivity is, well, toxic.

As a sidebar, I also think that Ashton has, fascinatingly and despite their drunken talk with Laudna on the skyship, put their abandonment issues into perspective. Ashton is able to handle the current situation because, logically, they were teleported to a random location beyond their control and with no capacity to contact other people, so it's reasonable to assume the other half of the party is in the same position. No one abandoned anyone. To quote Ashton themself, actually, from episode 25, "Sometimes shit's just fucked up, and the only thing you can do because you didn't do anything fucking wrong, is get the fuck back up and do the exact same thing all over again knowing that there was nothing to learn." On the other hand, the fact that Milo saved Ashton makes that particular situation worse. If Ashton had been left to die in the street and a random uninvolved stranger picked him up? Then you can at least imagine the Nobodies had to leave, or couldn't pick them up for whatever reason, or even perished themselves. The fact that Milo was able to make this choice means the Nobodies also had the ability to make a choice, and the choice was to leave them behind, and that's what stings, and that's the unique loneliness, and that's why this situation isn't comparable.

So anyway, in summary, it's unsurprising the two people who have handled grief and tragedy by trying to quietly (in Orym's case) and not-so-quietly (in Laudna's) smooth it over are finding themselves completely unable to do so and barely holding together, whereas the people who allow themselves to be upset or, frankly, just go apeshit, are doing much better.

[ilanarose7]

Critical Role Spoilers (All Campaigns)

I keep seeing posts about some of this and it's making me put the dots together and see a weird coincidence.

SERIOUSLY SPOILERS BELOW DON'T READ UNLESS YOU ARE CAUGHT UP ON ALL CAMPAIGNS OR DON'T MIND SPOILERS

I think there is a curse on being the person that is best friends/starts the campaign with Barbarians on Critical Role

Campaign 1 (Grog): I believe he started the campaign with Pike, Pike died pre-streaming. Also is bffs with Scanlan, who died ("FIX HIM 😭") and even though he was brought back, proceeded to leave the party for a while

Campaign 2 (Yasha): She started with Molly at the circus. Molly died. And yes, due to nonagon stuff his body did come back, Molly and Kingsley are not the same

Campaign 3 (Ashton): Started the campaign with FCG, who just died in a blaze of glory. While we don't know what comes next, the pattern above holds true

Moral of the story: beware, dear CR cast members, if you start campaign 4 with the party's barbarian. Who knows what your fate may hold...

[mybrknhrtt]

messing w bg3 character creation again

[lunarrolls]

i will continue to think very hard about the ashton-yasha parallels too, actually

[earnthecorruptor]

that's 101 points of damage

[sethhuseyin]

some yashas i drew back when mighty nein reunited aired! get a goth gf who can do it all 🗡️🍅💐

[iamsigningmylifeaway]

most chemically balanced yasha enjoyer

[shadydruid]

✨️WIP✨️ Yasha!

[immult]

me when ashton gets controlled and hurt imogen: NOO IMOGEN :(((

me when tal said "this is every barbarian's worst nightmare": NOO ASHTON :(((

[cadhla182]

Yasha commission for @auraseekernoirkernoir

They're just starting the campaign so no spoilers!

Commission info can be found here: https://cadhla182.tumblr.com/Commissions