Remember the part where the Lord of Hells cosplayed as her bestie to fool his grief-stricken widower into helping him?
Laerryn would have popped that lock so quickly and been like:
"Hey bb, do you take requests? If so, I'd love to see you start with that Red Bastard, then the class-traitor Matron of Ravens. After that it's all jazz. Good luck and here's some orange slices if you need a little pick-me-up, thankyew."
Gotta rep for the Hambrick-Zucker household at all times!
And a yellow shirt for the Former Care Giver 🫡
I'm finally able to catch up on the last half of episode 92 and WHY DIDN'T ANYONE TELL ME AABRIA HAD A LOQUATIUS CHIBI PIN ON HER SHIRT. MA'AM. THAT IS MY EMOTIONAL SUPPORT SAM RIEGEL CHARACTER
@quiddie out here repping the best CR ship to ever ship. Ma'am I love you.
If it makes you feel any better, the face Erika and I make during The Troubles is the same "these boys don't know 'bout THE ONCELER?!?!" face of just pure shenanigans and delight.
lying in bed listening to wbn + feeling every tense social interaction with a level of stress comparable to being hunted for sport (i imagine)
(aabria rly built different bec my ass could never choose to confront my fantasy best friend)
robbie: i cast dispel magic
robbie: ...how does it work
aabria, fully in the DM seat: i've never played DND so it's pretty exciting to see this for the first time
unbelievably funny that when the seven hit their junior year (after, like, a hell of a lot of shenanigans to all remain in school together despite being different ages) arthur aguefort was like "oh you guys want to stick together? yeah i'll tell you about the mystical ged and stop time to take you to my super secret library and yes i'm going to be weird and cryptic about it all because i'm arthur aguefort, like, duh, but i am still ultimately helping you and i think you're soooo cool i'm so proud of you all [sheds a tear]". and with the bad kids he's like "yeah yeah i know you 'saved the world' but you need to get your grades up or i'll expel you. lol."
Oh! I can answer that for ya - it’s the difference in who they’re fighting for:
Opal alone (and without the tethers of her memory and personality) is fighting to the bitter end for the Spider Queen.
The Crown Keepers together would be fighting for each other, and that means if things got hairy they’d leave the battle/save each other rather die protecting the gods.
Found family is a liability when you’re demanding unwavering loyalty!
One thing that drives me a little crazy for the EXU half while also being completely understandable:
Why does the Spider Queen need Opal to ditch her friends to go fight Predathos? Like ma'am, why aren't you taking advantage of "we'll follow you" to get a whole hit squad instead of just a lonely champion?
And yes, this is probably more about the Spider Queen's own trust issues and visions/understanding of power and a belief compassion (for allies/friends) will hold her champion back. But c'mon. Look at the goddamn logistics of five (six with Cyrus) people fighting for you versus one. In what way is having support that can heal and boost and assist your champion bad? Don't you want a champion that has better odds of finishing the mission and living to serve another day? (probably cares less about champion survivability, being a Betrayer who doesn't care about mortals. But good help is hard to find, especially during a crunch)
I'm just sitting here shaking my head at a goddess desperate to get her pawn in on the fight and going about it the completely wrong way.