#if any of what i've said is factually incorrect...idk whatever it happens whole thing's still sus

[revvethasmythh]

You know, I think it's interesting that Liliana is exasperated with Imogen for thinking Predathos is going to cause loss of life (outside of the gods), but re: Imogen's dream in ep. 68, when Imogen feels the draw to Predathos, Liliana shouts to her, "Imogen! Please run! I won't let it have you!"

Does this mean that Predathos is not a threat (as far as Liliana has been told) to common folk, but is a threat to Ruidusborn? Does this have something to do with why they are amassing Ruidusborn in Kreviris, in preparation for the mass migration to Exandria? This adds some interesting implications to her statement to Imogen about having children to look after. Does she mean the other young Ruidusborn she has personally called to the moon, as she did Petrov? "It" (presumably Predathos) can't have Imogen, but it can have the other children she's "looking after"?

She also seems to believe that there's a future for her after releasing Predathos, so it feels like she means something more than just giving in to Predathos' influence. She's done that, after all (as far as we know), and she thinks that's not the end of the road. She's trying to convince Imogen that Predathos is not a threat, but at every turn she is also telling Imogen not to get any closer because Predathos is a threat. Which one the fuck is it, Liliana?? Imogen is right for perceiving Predathos/Ludinus' plans as a threat that will cause loss of life because that is how Liliana is treating it every time she pushes Imogen away. So what IS happening with the Ruidusborn recruits that has Liliana so determined Imogen not get close to it? What does it mean for "it" to "have [them]"? And why is Liliana unafraid for herself?

#there is something here and I haven't cracked it yet and it is killing me #like why are there all these young untrained ruidusborn here. that's sus. what are you doing with them. what's the plan here #and if the plan IS sacrificial in some capacity liliana's like #I can excuse manipulating children to be lambs to the slaughter of the eldritch god eater but i draw the line at my own child being there #WHICH IS #anyway yeah imagine me at my pepe silvia board trying to figure this out because that's how I feel #if any of what i've said is factually incorrect...idk whatever it happens whole thing's still sus #critical role #liliana temult