Fresh Cut Grass. Brilliant from start to finish. He knew that he was alive in the moment that they died and he knew, moreover, that their life was beautiful.
normally i can process these big moments and sad moments by churning out like fifteen incoherent metas but im uh. not sure i have much. knowledge. or right to do that right now lmfao. HOWEVER. SORRY. bc i.
i really. i just. fcg with all their fears about going wrong, about being made wrong and never escaping that. an internal switch that means they always run the risk of hurting those they love.
they chose a god of choice, of chance, or change. They were so scared of things they couldnt control. so worried they'd never be anything more than what they were made for.
Made for destruction. Made for rage.
But they flip a coin one last time- made for destruction. Made for damage. Made for devastating damage from where you least expect it.
Maybe so. Maybe so.
So much of them that was made for destruction. So they grip a coin and choose, to make that a form of love too.
(Im mad they wanted so badly to martyr. im mad that it worked. im mad about clerics and suffering as value and i think there's so much to untangle- about being made and running from it, about striving for purpose, about bigger causes and about hopeless fights and about. if you have one last thing. if all options are bad.
if you love your friends, so much-
ooh im mad about it. mad at this fucking tin can full of magic and love and who might have had a ticking time bomb in their core, and chose to detonate whatever was in him anyway, because it would give everyone else a chance.
Sam Reigel you motherfucker.... he is SUCH a smart player I know that he planned that. He got distance, he knew the others would be okay as long as someone was up. He knew she would target him as the healer. I mean FCG was always planning to sacrifice himself in that kind of situation anyways... fuck that was beautiful and tragic and poetic and so fucking sad.... I am just devastated. But I am also so grateful because he saved everyone, and I dont know how I would have handled multiple character deaths or a tpk....
Thankyou Sam, thankyou FCG, faithful care giver. Best Robit, smiley day to ya 💛💚💛
On the bright side, I guess this means Orym isn't beholden to his bargain with Morri any longer, right? A happy ending for the littlest soldier? Please???
The Changebringer calls her newfound ward onto a new path. A path she and so many others had tried so hard to show FCG: one of life and love and jubilation. A path he only discovered in the final seconds on the Material Plane
Maybe they'll be returned to their friends at another time - but for now he rests knowing that he saved his family
Can't stop thinking about the parallels between this episode and the Vox Machina finale when Sam gave up the slot for his Wish spell to stop Vecna. He was going to save Liam's character this time no matter what
"And some connections are made with wire, some are made with blood, some are made with bone, and some are made with wood. But they all matter. And even in this dark cave they make it a smiley day."