#zorbek

[royhasissues]

Thank you for bringing this up because I wanted to talk about Jamity, as well as bugbears in general.

First off, I love Jamity, she's very fun. I have not gotten to Zorbek yet, but I've heard a little bit about him and I'm very excited (Torbek is Zorbek reincarnated into an even worse bugbear).

I'm only on ep 2, but I appreciate the focus on bugbears because they're such an interesting race. They're goblinoids, but they're also technically fey creatures, which is why they're more rare and really weird. Mikey also describes them as both feline and bear-like, which felt pretty accurate to me.

Torbek does this a few times, but bugbears really can just like... melt into the shadows, it's a racial feature lol. They're built for stealth which is why Torbek was a rogue back before he was a part of the main cast. That's generally what they're best suited for.

Jamity does this in episode 2, where she shows off to the party by basically disappearing into the night. This might not sound, like, very important, but I'm a stickler for details and consistency, so I appreciated the characterization.

Also, as a fic writer, I am validated in my own characterization of bugbears within Avantris canon. 'Cause, like, I know that bugbears are rare and not generally liked, but that doesn't mean the same is true in Avantris. It depends on your DM and how they want their world to be. Because the same could be said for tieflings, but from what I've witnessed, tieflings in Avantris don't get a lot of shit like they would in general D&D canon. I'm not complaining, of course. My Torbek hcs hold more water lol.

I've always thought Torbek had a rough time pre-Carnival Lecroux because of the scarcity of bugbears and the prejudice around them. Not to mention literally everything else he has going on, of course lol. People are afraid of him because spooky bedtime stories and such, so he's less likely to receive help and chooses to stay away from people. But hiding and stealing food was easy for him given his bugbear traits, so he was largely able to get by. I also think being a bugbear is the only reason he was able to handle the Witchlight canisters and not outright die (and likely something to do with the Duke). I think this is actually stated in canon... it's been awhile.

Anyway, I love bugbears and I really like Jamity. I'm excited for more from her as I just finished ep 2 before writing this.

This is my PSA to watch Beneath Dark Wings. Do it. Watch it.

[szaryherbatnik]

Zorbek???? Well now i fucking know why torbek is named torbek.

[royhasissues]

I FORGOT ABOUT ZORBEK

I started watching Beneath Dark Wings and am only on episode 1 (like five hours in) AND I JUST REMEMBERED THAT'S WHERE ZORBEK IS FROM

Zorbek is an NPC in BDW and Torbek is based off him (at least in name and race), for those who didn't know. I'm excited to meet him :)

[royhasissues]

Stop hiding these in the tags!! 😂😂😂

I could go on about bugbears. They're funky little creatures