Tumgik
fullbeareagle · 2 months
Text
Minsc, Minthara, and Lae'zel.
Lae'zel's wearing an extremely over sized and impractical formal gown.
Minthara is going in dressed as a servant.
Minsc can wear what he usually does.
The whole thing would be an unmitigated disaster.
You and the companions have to infiltrate a formal party.
Who are you taking with you and what are they wearing?
28 notes · View notes
fullbeareagle · 3 months
Text
Tumblr media
Laudna's trying to give Pâté a heart again, imogen's a love sick puppy
634 notes · View notes
fullbeareagle · 4 months
Text
My opinion on both of them has been steadily becoming more and more negative over the past arc and the last episode REALLY flushed it down the toilet. The two of them trying to guilt-trip Fearne into taking the shard with no regards to her agency while Imogen decides that she needs to use her telepathy to police everybody's ELSE'S behavior in a naked violation of their privacy because THEY can't be trusted to keep the group's best interests in heart is the height of hypocrisy.
It's become stunningly clear with this most recent episode that Imogen and Laudna's insularity, mistrust of everyone else in the party, and refusal to take responsibility for their actions is at the heart of the disconnect and lack of bonding within Bells Hells. It is not the only reason - I think Orym's constant smoothing over of issues in the interest of forward motion has certainly exacerbated the situation - but it's a significant and unavoidable factor. I'm hoping that while the actual exercises of the team-building probably won't themselves fix the issues this party has, addressing the various secrets that are now out, specifically the ones that touch on issues that affect the functioning and dynamics of the entire group, actually might.
As this post notes, their unwillingness to question each other or develop any conflict resolution with each other means they tend to, even if unwittingly, dogpile the rest of the group by acting as a singular voice. In a small conflict-averse group, this tends to constantly overwhelm the conversation. This is worsened by Imogen's psychic abilities, which permit her to glean information about the others without the need to have a conversation; it means the others in the party frequently start with two votes against them before they've even said anything.
They also both suffer from a pretty profound lack of boundaries. Again, Imogen's psychic abilities are invasive, frequently unwelcome, and often lead her to both jump to conclusions and to police the behaviors of others without considering their actions nor giving them any chance to have a full conversation. It also means she controls what information the rest of the party knows, as her interpretation of someone else's mental state is the only thing they're given when she reads someone's mind. Laudna, meanwhile, is extremely quick to trust, while also taking any deception as profound betrayal. As a result, they both tend to take a hot-or-cold approach to the others in the party based on the other person's most recent thought or action. They are prone to black-and-white thinking and snap judgments, which, as the next paragraph indicates, has serious ramifications.
Imogen and Laudna are terrible about actually talking to people and getting anything out in the open. This includes each other; again, see their frequent unquestioning support or the claim that their relationship defies words (which it does not; as of last episode this has culminated in Imogen revealing that, in fact, she is disgusted by a fundamental reality of their relationship, which is absolutely not something that can be addressed without a pretty intense conversation.) We also see this in how they've taken Fearne's choice not to take the shard. While, arguably, they had heard Fearne express her concerns about the shard to Morri by the time of the honesty exercise (which would make their behavior even worse), even if they hadn't, that's two voices shaming her for without hearing her side of the story. It's in sharp contrast with Chetney, who also expresses his disappointment with Fearne in episode 3x78, but immediately follows it up by asking her why she didn't want it. Imogen and Laudna never take it upon themselves to ask her how she feels or why she made that choice and let her explain; they jump straight to judgement.
That failure to ask ties into the final element of why they are the weak point in Bells Hells' communication: they are just as guilty as Ashton of "violent projection of responsibility", but unlike Ashton have not realized the depth of this flaw and the consequences it has not just on their own life but on the others in the party. This is less of an issue with Imogen with regards to Bells Hells (in fact one might argue she takes far too much responsibility in that she apparently sees policing the party on the basis of their thoughts to be her duty, though I would note that unattuning the circlet leaves her, the person with the clearest ties to the Vanguard, vulnerable to the powers of others within the organization) and far more so with the gods, from whom she apparently expects instant gratification. However, this is at the core of Laudna. It's true that she is by no means the only powder keg within the party; Chetney and FCG's abilities are also dangerous. However, one must take into account that Laudna has been aware of Delilah's presence for, as she has repeatedly stated, over three decades now, and only now realized the implications thereof, whereas Chetney became a werewolf less than a year ago and immediately took steps to mitigate the threat he posed, and FCG only learned of their condition within the past few months. Like Chetney, she has learned to remove herself from situations in which she could pose an immediate threat, but that slow learning curve and lack of proactivity is not promising for the future. It's also true that, keeping all other circumstances identical, the impact of Laudna's loss of control is far more dangerous. If Chetney bites someone or FCG attacks, unless they kill someone, the damage and curse can be undone and the power within them is unchanged. The same is not true with regards to what happens if Delilah makes Laudna absorb a magical item or a soul.
While everyone in Bells Hells shares some responsibility for the current state of affairs, Imogen and Laudna are without a doubt the primary source of toxicity. I think the others have become aware that they are in an environment in which Imogen is likely to either shoot them down, read their minds nonconsensually, or make insensitive suggestions, and that Laudna will nod along next to her as she does. It does not feel coincidental that Fearne chose not to voice her concerns and that Ashton avoided the group conversation entirely. This again does not absolve Ashton or Fearne of their deception of the party, but it does explain why they might feel an honest conversation is impossible. Unpacking what was said during the Honesty exercise might finally allow Bells Hells to excise this rot and to begin a new era of group conversations in which everyone feels they can say what needs to be said without fear, but it will be an effort to be sure.
Because it's me, I think it's worth noting that the fandom emphasis on absolving Imogen and Laudna of any accountability (which I've spoken about at length and have had on my radar for a long time now) is obviously not the cause of this behavior in-game, but does echo it in interesting ways. I'm not sure I would have realized the extent to which they evade responsibility in-game without this mentality being so prominently in the fandom. It explains why they are never expected, by many fans, to even achieve as minor a task as "asking Fearne how she feels instead of letting their own feelings dominate what they think she should do", let alone set boundaries for each other. But ultimately, that is the key: I think the only way for this party to achieve the trust they need is through the assertion of those boundaries. When Bells Hells know that they have the freedom to disagree with each other without being accused, dogpiled, ignored, or told to get it together, only then will they be able to actually come to true consensus rather than the fragile and tenuous teamwork they have had so far.
494 notes · View notes
fullbeareagle · 4 months
Text
Gotta love the shitty fjorester takes coming back in force with latest CR ship tier list trend on twitter. Thought we were past this bullshit, but nope.
Just say you wanted Jester to get together with somebody else. Nobody will hold that against you. You don't need to go making up shit about Fjord and Jester's relationship to make it look toxic.
64 notes · View notes
fullbeareagle · 1 year
Text
Broke: Fearne let the coin decide who she would revive
Woke: Fearne lied about the coin flip and revived Orym because he’s her best friend.
Bespoke: Fearne revived Orym so that they’d have an excuse to go to Whitestone for Laudna and she could get a gun for Mister from the guy who invented them. 
117 notes · View notes
fullbeareagle · 2 years
Text
“It’s not as fine workmanship as you.”
“No, it’s not.”
Fucking Chetney.
14 notes · View notes
fullbeareagle · 2 years
Text
Why is everything that comes out of Travis’ mouth as Chetney pure fucking gold? 
12 notes · View notes
fullbeareagle · 2 years
Text
Gonna be frank, if all it took to destroy the Arboreal Calix was a 4th level spell, I’m surprised it didn’t happen sooner. 
35 notes · View notes
fullbeareagle · 2 years
Text
Okay, so is there anybody in Jrusar Ashton DOESN’T owe money to? 
6 notes · View notes
fullbeareagle · 3 years
Text
I really gotta say, nobody in this fandom disrespects Jester’s happiness, agency, and life choices quite like the anti-fjorester crowd. She ends the story truly happy with her parents reunited and travelling the world with somebody who she genuinely loves that loves her back and ya’ll really gotta go and reduce all of that with snide comments about her being an accessory to Fjord’s story. Just be honest with yourselves and say you’re upset she didn’t end up with somebody else.
70 notes · View notes
fullbeareagle · 3 years
Text
Hey, remember that time Caleb used a dunamancy spell to kill a Cerberus Assembly guard during a raid on a secure Assembly facility, implicating the Dynasty in the raid, reigniting the war they had just helped to end? 
I do.  
25 notes · View notes
fullbeareagle · 3 years
Text
Imagine the Tomb Taker’s surprise when at some point in the future, they’re traveling on/near the ocean and a bunch of Uk’otoa’s minions show up out of nowhere wanting their crystal back. 
20 notes · View notes
fullbeareagle · 3 years
Text
Fuck, they're rolling more Nat 20s in this fight than I did my entire first campaign.
4 notes · View notes
fullbeareagle · 3 years
Photo
Tumblr media
Fjord watching his friends wake up suddenly from having their dreams invaded by an eldritch horror. 
175 notes · View notes
fullbeareagle · 3 years
Text
Little does Lucien know, Jester is manipulating him. 
23 notes · View notes
fullbeareagle · 3 years
Text
Fjord whenever the Mighty Nein want to do something reckless and dangerous: “Hell yeah, let’s do it! What could possibly go wrong?”
Fjord whenever Jester wants to do something reckless and dangerous: “Okay, let’s not be hasty here. We don’t know what could happen. Somebody might get hurt...” 
24 notes · View notes