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Thinking about how Liliana said she needed to protect the children on Ruidis today and suddenly realised we have no actual clue how old these kids are. They could be anywhere from teenagers to little kids for all we know. I would assume teenagers going off Imogen saying her powers didn't come in til she was a teenager but it's a possibility. We also have no idea how many of these kids can exalt, aside from the one boy we met. And I'm also thinking about the fact that the first time Imogen exalted was when she was pressured into it by having her friends killed in front of her. Which begs the question, how are these kids exalting in the first place? Are they adding more trauma onto these kids to get what they want, assuring them the whole time it will be good for them in the long run. Have they made these kids fear for their lives, hurt their loved ones, made them so angry they don't know what to do with it? I hope not, I really do, but there's a reason these kids are on the moon and it's not a good one. And whatever the case I think we can agree Liliana is doing a shit job of protecting them, cause they shouldn't be there in the first place.

#critical role #this is what happens when i have nothing to do at work #but it did suddenly hit me that these kids have likely been made to suffer by the vanguard #to see who has the potential to exalt

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#so since i got married it's not been an issue #but my maiden name would get misspelled all the time #to the point I had a jumper with the wrong name despite me having written it down for them #and like it would be understandable if it was an unusual name #but my name was quite simple and a common english word #but people heard surname and assumed it had to be spelt differently apparently #one reason i was happy to change my name despite the effort involved

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If the Crownkeepers do join Bell's Hells next week I'm looking forward to the reunion between Orym, Fearne and the rest of the group. They've not seen them for several months and there's clearly a lot to catch up on. Aside from brief updates from Dorian neither side have a clue how the other is faring, and the dynamic between them all is so good that the debrief will no doubt be great to watch.

#critical role #also i do hope orym brings up that he met dariax's ex #because that will be quite funny

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Addiny my whole two cents to whether Orym is wrong to keep bringing up his murdered loved ones, and my view is no he isn't. Like it doesn't fucking matter if the Vanguard has a point about the gods, that's never been the issue here. The issue is that they have enacted murder throughout Exandria, are supporting an oppressive regime on Ruidis, and have no regard whether releasing an entity that even the gods are afraid of will destroy Exandria. They are not the good guys. Your argument doesn't matter if your actions are so deeply awful. And a man who has been directly affected by this has every right to remind his friends of the actual consequences of this group's actions.

Yes many of the Vanguard have been hurt by religion, and you can empathise with that. You know who else has been hurt? Fucking Orym. Why is the Vanguard allowed to discuss their pain when justifying their arguments but Orym isn't? The reality is you can't have a nuanced conversation when you're arguing that the death cult might be right, because at that point you're basically excusing the countless deaths that have happened in front of a person who is a victim of the death cult. And that is just gross. Orym is a stronger person than me for all the times he's had to listen to it.

#critical role #cr spoilers #orym of the air ashari #cr discourse

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If Bell's Hells are back next episode I need the Crownkeepers to meet with them. I want Orym and Dorian to reunite so badly. Like for a ship I fully believed would dwindle once Robbie left it is astounding how much it's still present now and how much I Iove it.

#critical role #cr spoilers #dorym

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Honestly the Crownkeepers popping up kind of reminds me of how the Lord of the Rings books are structured once Frodo and Sam leave. Tolkien dedicated half a book to each party, switching over at the end of a significant event. Bell's Hells have just returned from their mission on the moon, reeling from the shock of FCG's death. And now we get to see what's been happening on Exandria while that's been going on.

Now granted how into this you are probably depends on how invested you are in the Crownkeepers, and I do like them so I don't really mind it. And it's kind of fun too see how them expanding the world allows them to make the story bigger by showing difference perspectives to the same event.

#critical role #cr spoilers #not finished the episode yet but interested to see where it goes

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Well this conversation is not showing Lilliana in a better light, like at all. You're telling me that you believe an entity who is fucking pissed and wants to kill gods will not cause untold devastation to the people of Exandria. It's not like the gods aren't going to fight back, and who knows what will happen then.

Also get the fuck out of here with only recently realising the barbarism you participated in and weren't aware of it. You're supposedly influencing Ludinus from doing worse things, so you know that awful things have happened. We've seen people on Ruidis who are petrified at just the sight of someone who looks like you, so clearly you have been doing some heinous shit. I'm sorry but that is not believable in the slightest.

#critical role #cr spoilers

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God though, just FCG living up to his name. Faithful Caregiver. Even when he had lost all control, his love for his friends drowned all that rage out. He made sure they would survive, at the cost of his own life. Not because someone ordered him to, but because he wanted to. They made him alive, it was time to return the favour. A faithful caregiver to the very end.

#critical role #fcg #it's just so heartbreaking #but beautiful #sam knows how to make it count

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Finishing the latest episode while WFH was a terrible idea. Just cried for like 5 mins while watching FCG's beautiful speech and the aftermath, my emails can wait a damn minute.

#critical role #fcg #i knew it was bad #but i didn't think it would hit so hard

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Guys you're on the moon, it is too late to keep playing devil's advocate on whether the gods should die or not. Orym is right, this is far too big a coin flip to make for the world.

#critical role #cr spoilers #i thought this argument was done with

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Liliana one second saying she can sway Ludinus and stop him doing awful things, then the next spouting off his bullshit and advocating to kill off an entire group of people. Think you're not as influential as you think. She says she had no choice but to join him, but the truth is she had a choice every day. The choice not to kill people. The choice not to terrorise an entire land. The choice not to abandon her daughter and husband, leaving a wound that never fully healed. The choice to not take in vulnerable people and twist them to their own end. She's made choices every step of the way, and she's not brave enough to own that. And ultimately those choices have taken away any chance of reconciling with the daughter she claims she was doing it all for.

#critical role #cr spoilers #liliana temult

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I was not expecting Kronk to pop up out of nowhere, but I'm not mad about it

#critical role #cr spoilers #when yzma pulls the lever she gets attacked by crocodiles #kronk gets sent to the moon in an entirely different universe

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"orym's not on a revenge quest, he's not trying to kill them because they took his family"

#critical role #4 sided dive #orym #feels good to be proven right

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"Why do you think he didn't answer?"

#critical role #cr spoilers #so true

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That little 'I can call Dorian' was so cute and said so much. Orym not even trying to hide his pining

#critical role #cr spoilers #orym of the air ashari #dorym

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as a person who is in a country where it's considered weird for a woman to not have makeup on, pleaseee i need data i need to know the global average

bonus points if you tell what the average is in your country/region in the tags!

#i have worn make-up exactly twice in my adult life #for my wedding #and as MOH for my sister's wedding #i just can't be bothered with makeup tbh #and would have no idea how to put it on #as i never wore it as a kid aside from a couple of ballet recitals #but i was very much an outlier in this

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Reading all the Orym discourse and then watching the scene and I can totally see that Orym thought Imogen was saying she was going to bail. She literally said she thinks her Mom was telling her to run all this time. So it makes total sense he would be pressuring her to stay. Hell it makes sense that he might ask her to go back in again at some point to get more info. This shit is important, and they're up against a group who have been planning for centuries. I don't know if he got it across very well, but I think that was mainly due to crossed wires at the start.

Add to that he's a soldier who likely has been trained that personal risk must always be measured against the objectives of the mission. This is the man who purposefully fell onto a spike during a fight because he thought he could take it. Orym has complete faith in Imogen, sees how incredibly powerful she is, so I think he believes due to this power the risk is worth it because of what they could gain. That she is strong enough to take this risk.

The entire world is at stake and they're the best bet to bring back intel that could save them. If there's a time to take risks and challenge yourself it's right now. Someone needs to make sure they stick to it, and Orym has taken that upon himself to do.

#critical role #cr spoilers #orym of the air ashari #honestly though it was a good scene outside of any discourse