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Anxious boi process 🥺🥺

#wow this 👏 is 👏 so 👏 good! #essek thelyss #critical role

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COUNTING DOWN THE HOURS 

#the mighty nein #critical role #hahaaaa these all of them I want to see #a side thought what'd it be like for someone who knows nothing about cr to see this? #like would they go 'what is this fandom they have killer turtles? i am intrigued' #yes. yes intrigued one. come hither and join us #join this circus

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already got a blazed marvel post. the adpocalypse is closer than we think so heres your daily PSA

don't interact with corporate tumblr accounts

yes even to dunk on them. i don't care if you have the sickest burn of the century lined up, don't even give them the time of day

the eventual and inevitable fall of twitter marks a change in the advertising industry, and tumblr is unclaimed territory. if we want tumblr to remain the social media bastion it has become, it needs to remain as unappealing to corporations as possible. do not engage. in a marketing strategist's eyes, any kind of attention is good attention. don't "silence, brand" them. don't kungpowpenis them. don't send them hate anons. don't hate-follow them. corporate tumblrs are not a single entity and they will not be harassed off this site. we only have a shot at repelling them because of tumblr's lack of an algorithm. so turn off recommended posts on your dashboard, put it chronological order, and install an adblocker. if you don't seek out these blazed posts and actively ignore them when they happen upon you, the corporations will starve. in this case, the best kind of protest is a silent one

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People on twitter are always like 'there's still people on tumblr?'... As if Twitter wasn't full of stolen text posts, gifs and art originally posted here

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Den Thelyss Canon

c2e57: You can see people of the drow populace sitting and reading and paying strange attention to you. Once again, it's hard not to draw attention when you guys pass by with one of the members of Den Thelyss.

Essek, c2e62: Most of my den live within the Lucid Bastion.

Essek, c2e57: The den was very kind to accept me for one as comparably young as myself. I'm only part way into my second century, so. Caleb: A great honor. Essek: It is. Anyway.

Essek, c2e62: There's three primary dens, and a dozen dens all together. Fjord: Biylan's not one of the main three, though? Essek: No. Thelyss is one.

Essek, c2e91: My mother's name is Deirta Thelyss, she is the Umavi of my den. Jester: Which den, Thelyss den? Essek: Den Thelyss, yes. One of the multitude of dens.. shall we sit?

EGtW: The three ruling Dens—Den Kryn, Den Thelyss, and Den Mirimm—are each helmed by an Umavi.

Essek, c2e91: Den Thelyss, they would like very much to see.. our nation.. established and respected? In the broader sense of the world.

Wrap-up: The only real bond Essek had before any of you was with him, growing up. Verin was the brother that kinda got him and they got along okay in a family that Essek did not get along with at all, and was surrounded by people he didn't get along with.

Wrap-up: He'd been a solitary figure his whole life except for his relationship with his brother. He didn't get along with his parents. He didn't get along with most people in the Dynasty unless they helped him maintain and advance his position of power and influence, and so you guys fucked him up.

Wrap-up: As opposed to his brother, who's very much eschewed the Dynasty culture, and his parents were very deeply steeped in the culture. Verin rides the line where he understands why his brother is the way he is, but he also believes a lot in the Dynasty, and the faith that the Luxon and the whole idea gives.

Essek, c2e91: There is an expectation of advancement within the faith to be consecuted. I was lucky enough and privileged enough to be born within a den to where it was not questioned.

EGtW: Each Den traditionally oversees a portion of local industry, but more distinguished Dens also vie for control over aspects of spiritual or military leadership.

Fjord, c2e57: What do we call you, just Shadowhand? Or is there another name you prefer?

Essek: Shadowhand Essek Thelyss. Of Den Thelyss. Jester: Den Thelyss is, like, the most popular one. Nott: Sure, we know it well. That's one of the top three, is that right Essek: It is indeed.

Leylas, c2e57: Your deed here is noted and what quarrel you have with Lythir here is seen as absolved in the eyes of us three dens.

Waccoh, c2e62: There'd be a period of time in approving of his presence to ensure that there isn't any sort of Empire interests or muck behind the history there. After which we'd have to go and get approvals from Den Thelyss.

Caleb, c2e91: And you are, forgive me, on your first life?  Essek: Yes, I'm nearly the youngest of my den.

EGtW: Essek is both respected and feared for his intelligence and cunning, and he carefully plots each step he takes to further his and his Den's climb up the hierarchy of the dynasty.

EGtW: Verin Thelyss is the younger brother of Essek and the youngest soul of Den Thelyss. Recently given command of Kryn forces in Bazzoxan, Verin hopes to bring about a victory for the dynasty that will grant him respect and acceptance from his accomplished family.

Abrianna, c2e57: When one has proven their faith through word and deed, they are claimed by one of the ruling dens and taken to be soul bound to the Luxon through the consecution.

EGtW: Not all ruling Dens like the idea of introducing what they consider lesser creatures into the consecution, leading to tensions between the people of Rosohna and the scattered villages in the Xhorhasian wilds.

Beau, c2e91: What's the worst thing you've ever done? Essek: (laughs, sighs) I would say... anger my father to the point where... he went, unprepared into the depths of Bazzoxan and didn't return.

EGtW: The ruling class of the dynasty is seated in Rosohna, spread across twelve noble Dens—all of whom seek to one day rule the dynasty. They play an intricate political game by expanding their families of timeless souls and covertly undermining the authority of other Dens.

EGtW: Den Masters keep a careful eye out for weakness among other Dens, seeking ways to sully the reputations of their rivals while displaying their own worthiness to the Bright Queen. Such social sabotage is reminiscent of the old ways of the drow, but assassinations and acts of outright violence are rare. 

EGtW: The oldest Dens, especially those helmed by an Umavi, are held in the highest esteem, and generally answer directly to the Bright Queen. The older the soul, the more prestige it holds in the dynasty.

EGtW: Within the Lucid Bastion's halls, the Bright Queen, her trusted Umavi, and their Dens work to govern and protect all citizens of the Kryn Dynasty.

EGtW: Beneath the Dens of Rosohna, guilds and Den representatives govern the other cities of the dynasty that stretch across Xhorhas, spreading the faith of the Luxon and watching over all Xhorhasians who seek the safety of civilization.

#xhorhas #rosohna #critical role #essek thelyss

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I can't get this out of my head.

Image description: a little comic of Caleb and Essek from Critical Role.

From offscreen Essek asks "Caleb?"

Caleb, who is engrossed in a book, replies "Ja?"

Essek, in the small, purple, lizardlike form of Long Essek, looks concerned and asks "Would you still love me if I was a worm?"

End description.

#this is precious #long essek #critical role #caleb widogast #essek thelyss #shadowgast

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if you take a 40 mg edible, drink a cappuccino, and pour yourself a cocktail at 9 am. you too can start making banana bread, pick up your phone to check a measurement, forget what you were doing, and loom over a bowl of mashed banana for 10 minutes without moving

#adhd

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ねこねこ食パン

#why is this not everywhere? #now I am hungry #for bread and for lap kitty #don't eat cat

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I'm kinda longing for a moment where two neurodivergent people are staring at a person from afar and one says "hey, you think he's neurotypical?"

#like flip it #just flip it for a change #what would that be like? #autism #neurodivergent

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The greatest song ever written was conjured by an Italian for a scene in a Western filmed in Spain where a Polish man pretending to be a Mexican bandit does a gay little run through a graveyard for three and a half minutes uninterrupted

#this is such a great scene #strongly recommended watching the whole movie as it makes this scene even more intense #love this movie #ecstasy of gold #the good the bad and the ugly

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here's the essek knitting clip written up!

Matt, in Essek’s voice: “He’s definitely sort of an, em, light eastern European, voice. He’s ah- there’s a darkness to him, and he has done many terrible things, and ah.... In, ah- in the time that he’s had that’s commenced since the campaign completed he has, um, spent some time… ah, conjecturing over the things he’s done, and hopes to make amends, while also possibly taking up knitting!”

#yep! eastern european upper class and formally trained in 'Common' #Essek would've been voraciously learning the language so he could understand all that Empire research #hence high Common vocabulary while the accent is still so strong #dude sounds like a soft spoken Eastern European politician or academic Matt knew what he was doing #essek thelyss #critical role

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Sprinkle-artie sitting there commenting on the painting like "Bigger eyebrows, Jester darling! I'm meant to be majestic!"

"Artie, they're already reaching the edge of the canvas!"

"Bigger."

Jester in her studio 🎨✨

close ups.. because i love nothing more than details <3

my favourite part was getting to do all the little paintings in the background :D really enjoy the style theyre in and they make me wanna do more stylized stuff. also those sun catchers! urgh!

#oh i love this! #jester lavorre #artagan #sprinkle #critical role

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you were not born with venom in your veins

#oo those little details #so pretty #shadowgast #essek thelyss #caleb widogast #critical role

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Wizards on the mind

#aww :') #essek thelyss #caleb widogast #shadowgast #critical role

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~ H O T   B O I ~

“Fair is foul and foul is fair” is from macbeth and is kinda mediocre compared to some other ppl’s takes but i tried sm different things until my brain just Gave Up and settled for dragging essek for his pretty privilege XDD (I think it’s funny).

I SEE YOU GETTING AWAY WITH MURDER KING, I SEE YOU

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#essek thelyss #mighty nein #i miss so many things #critical role

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Some shadowgast because I am ~predictable~ and episode 97 was amazing 💕💕💕

But man I struggled with this piece for a whiiile, indoor scenes are so hard!!

Characters belong to Critical Role Campaign 2!

#these two #can't believe I missed this #essek thelyss #caleb widogast #shadowgast #critical role

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Sometimes a comfort character is a neutral evil traitor who showed you that anyone can change and that kindness is never wasted on anybody and that’s ok.

…I really miss Essek so I’m coping by making smol floaty hot boi GIFs. 💜

I also gave him a beacon because I could.

#floaty drow my beloved #essek thelyss #critical role