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as someone who has spent an obscene amount of time thinking about evandrin and zerxus' relationship (before one of them died). something that has stuck with me is luis saying that zerxus has always put avalir before elias. it's such a sad, poignant thing, but i think when evandrin was alive, that wasn't true. i think choosing avalir was very deliberate, and that choice made because duty was less painful than facing an empty home, his child missing his other parent, the ghosts of evandrin that lingered in their old life together. being first knight, choosing that lonely tower, was the preferred option over confronting his loss. after all, he literally had patia erase the memory of the resurrection attempt. he chose, over and over, not to face his grief, and part of that meant putting duty above all else and burying all the difficult things like emotions and raising his bereaved son. between his desire to escape and the pressure on zerxus to take up evandrin's mantle, of course he became the next first knight.
i also think that zerxus was the reason evandrin was able to get the first knight position. without zerxus, evandrin would've juggled raising a son from infancy and ascending to first knight on his own. obviously, he loved zerxus as a romantic partner, but also, having another parent to elias meant he could focus more time and energy into his own ambition. that, perhaps, if zerxus' #1 priority was elias, then it would be okay if evandrin's #1 priority was avalir.
maybe it was even supposed to be a temporary arrangement. maybe evandrin thought that once he'd achieved his goals, he'd be able to put his family first again. but that's not how avalir works.
i think evandrin loved his son. but i don't think for a moment he was at all immune to the hubris and mighty ambition that held claim over the rest of the ring of brass either
#exu calamity#exandria unlimited#exandria unllimited calamity#critical role#cr#crit role#cr exu#zerxus ilerez#evandrin alterra#zerxus x evandrin#elias alterra#zerxus cr#evandrin cr#nat one#sorry for yapping but not really#i just got done with my calamity rewatch!! im devastated!#but also#gonna work on that one fic again#maybe even finish it
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I come from a time a thousand years ago, when gods walked among mortals. And the world was ruled by magic. Like you, I protected my home as First Knight, a member of the Brass Ring, a group similar to yours. And also like you, I assumed the best of them. I was blind as my friends condemned our civilization with their curiosity. Their hubris.
You mean the Calamity?
The gods set to war upon Exandria, and in the chaos, I found myself face to face ith the Lord of Torment himself. But instead of destroying me, he gave me a choice. Die with the rest or join him, and spare my family. I thought if I had enough time, I could reach him, save him, tame his turbulant heart. For my folly, I watched my husband and son fade with the rigors of time, losing even the memory of me. As if I never existed at all.
season 3, episode 4 of THE LEGEND OF VOX MACHINA
#critical role#the legend of vox machina#tlovm spoilers#tlovm#cr#c1 spoilers#critteredit#criticalroleedit#tlovmedit#tlovm spoiler#tlovm season 3#tlovm s3#tw flashing#flashing tw#exu calamity#zerxus ilerez#i've loved the mosaic and stained glass in calamity since it first aired#the exu openings are still my favorites ever#so pretty an ominous
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hey there's something about how in Zerxus' stained glass exposition, the Ring of Brass all look... subdued. remorseful.
Is this how he remembers them? At the end? Not the confident, powerful portraits we are presented with during Calamity?
and of course, the missing sixth member (not depicted with the ring, separate from his friends...) with the Mace of the Black Crown vs his Holy Avenger...
#cr spoilers#tlovm spoilers#critical role#tlovm#the legend of vox machina#tlovm s3#exu calamity#ring of brass#hold on im gonna cry#the DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEIR GAME PORTRAIT AND HOW ZERXUS REMEMBERS THEM 1000 YEARS LATER.... OHHHHH NOOOO#zerxus ilerez
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I’m not even sure you knew you were lying.
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Spent tonight’s ep painting Zerxus!! I need to rewatch all of Calamity right now 🔥
#critical role#the legend of vox machina#critical role fanart#tlovm#tlovm fanart#zerxus ilerez#luis carazo#exu calamity#critical role art#cr fanart#floweroflaurelin art#I SCREAMEEDDDDDDD#calamity my BELOVEDDDD#also they made him SO hot and I am SO grateful#tlovm spoilers#critical role spoilers#cr spoilers
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"You say you chose this existence to spare your husband and child. You say you loved them, but all I hear is regret."
Pike Trickfoot & Zerxus Ilerez in The Legend of Vox Machina Season 3, Episode 4, "Hell To Pay"
#cr spoilers#tlovm spoilers#critteredit#criticalroleedit#tlovmedit#zerxus ilerez#pike trickfoot#critical role#the legend of vox machina#mine#devils#fire#hey did you know that. wails#flashing gif
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Downfall: Part Two
#cr downfall#exu downfall#critical role#cr spoilers#mygifs#criticalroleedit#critteredit#downfalledit#brennan lee mulligan#noshir dalal#laura bailey#nick marini#asmodeus#sarenrae#ayden#the dawnfather#pelor#everyones reactions to this bit#ashley johnson#father milo#i get why zerxus was down bad#unforch i think i could fix asmodeus too#c3e100
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oh god he even named his new home the brass skull he’s literally never gotten over them
#zerxus lierez ohhhh when i find you#the brass ring the brass skull it’s like poetry it RHYMES#going insane going insane going insane going insane#hnnngggggg#the day calamity isn’t my most treasured thing ever is the day i’m dead in the ground i LOVE them#stupid little hubris wizards and all#critical role#tlovm#tlovm spoilers#vox machina#cr spoilers#the legend of vox machina#legend of vox machina#lovm#tlovm season 3#exu calamity#the ring of brass#exu: calamity#zerxus ilerez#nydas okiro#patia por'co#laerryn coramar seelie#loquatius seelie#cerrit agrupnin
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Is anyone else reminded of how Asmodeus appeared to Zerxus first.
Wounded, covered and blood and weak needing help, needing protection. And now Braius met the Hells, locked away bleeding from the neck...when he could have healed himself. The flirting is also while very Sam, very similar to how Asmodeus was flirting with Zerxus. And let's not forget how Yu/Dusk was able to unsettle the Bell's Hells
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I'm not caught up yet, but I find it very funny how, apparently, in Zerxus' retelling of calamity events Asmodeus is depicted as this big hulking monster-type demon.
Like, Zerxus, babe. He did *not* look like that and you know it.
Do you think he's embarrassed to admit that Asmo looked like his husband and he projected a lot of weird feelings onto him? Cause that's like, objectively hilarious.
#i categorically refuse any depiction of the lord of hells that isnt sexy#this god is a cunty androgynous smokeshow and noone can tell me otherwise#tlovm#tlovm s3#tlovm season 3#tlovm spoilers#critical role#exu calamity#zerxus ilerez#cr spoilers
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YOOOOOOOOOOOOO
#critical role#the legend of vox machina#tlovm spoilers#MY MAN MY MAN MY MAN#cannot WAIT for Extreme Emotional Damage#luis carazo#zerxus ilerez#cr twitter
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I know I've mentioned Bolo being cake in Portuguese (and the mispronounced Bola being Ball) but Idk if people know Porco, from Patia's surname, means Pig in Portuguese (and other romantic languages that use it as an alternative word for it) and I wish Marisha had talked more about it, if it was intentional or not.
#it's mentioned at the trivia section of her wiki page#i mean there could be some meaning relating to power and swines or that she just liked the sound of it#anyway#just a lil trivia#patia por'co#funny is laerryn's surname also sounds kinda latin#cora for corazon/coração means heart#mar means sea in both spanish and portuguese#but that surname. against what i first assumed. isn't actually common at all#ALSO if you tear it apart differently cor-amar. Amar means to love in portuguese 🙈#not to mention luis bringing zerxus full on very spanish sounding names#all this to say it's not unreasonable to develop on my latin america inspired headcanons for domunas#critical role#exu calamity#cr stuff
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This is about Vespin and Zerxus
#critical role#exu calamity#cr asmodeus#lord of the nine hells#vespin chloras#zerxus ilerez#exu zerxus
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EXU CALAMITY STAINED GLASS STYLE IS SO BACK
THERE'S TEMPEST!!!! AND THE RING OF BRASS!!
im gonna. be sik
#cr spoilers#tlovm spoilers#critical role#exu calamity#tlovm#tlovm s3#the legend of vox machina#zerxus ilerez
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My dealer: got some straight gas 🔥😛 this strain is called “The Fall of Avalir” 😳 you’ll be zonked out of your gourd 💯
Me: yeah whatever. I don’t feel shit.
5 minutes later: dude I swear I just saw Vespin Chloras in the mirror
My buddy Zerxus pacing: asmodeus is definitely not lying to us
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Zerxus's Tale in The Legend of Vox Machina Season 3, Episode 4, "Hell To Pay"
#cr spoilers#tlovm spoilers#critteredit#criticalroleedit#bright#flashing gif#tlovmedit#zerxus ilerez#exandria unlimited: calamity#the legend of vox machina#critical role#mine#elías alterra#evandrin alterra#laerryn coramar-seelie#loquatius seelie#cerrit agrupnin#nydas okiro#patia por'co#long post#avalir#asmodeus#fire#that first frame was SOOOOOO PYRE CODED i love it
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Hell destroys you. That's the whole point, that's the idea. You do a noble sacrifice thinking you can do some good, only to learn too late you did exactly what Hell wanted you to do.
Who you are, is twisted into your worst self. What you loved, you come to hate. What you hated is what you now are.
The tragedy of Zerxus is that he was dead long before Pike arrived. THAT is why this demon with his name acts the way he does
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