#I love FCG a lot

[rainbowanimation]

I love seeing everyone complain about FCG and their actions they’ve been doing and while yes I also question them I’m also just watching like a proud mom.

Everyone else: FCG what the fu-!

Me: You’re doing great sweetie! :D

#I love FCG a lot #they deserve love #cause it’s obvious they are lashing out #and are in pain #someone help them please #fcg #critical role #cr3 #cr3 spoilers #critical role campaign 3 #critical role spoilers

[clar-a-m]

we'll see them again this week <3

#critical role #critical role c3 #laudna cr #imogen temult #fearne calloway #ashton greymoore #chetney pock o'pea #fcg critical role #orym of the air ashari #bells hells #originally i made this with just delilah #but the people at the imogen temult fanclub discord reminded me that these bitches can summon a whole lot of nightmares #anyway i love all of them #can't wait to see the witches date night at whitestone

[meanderingpenguin]

Final Ashton thought. Once again they died a painful death and survived against all odds.

But the Hells stayed. They didn't give up on their reckless self-sacrificing friend. Ashton didn't wake up abandoned.

#Critical Role #cr spoilers #Also weren't the two titans Ashton absorbed a couple? #Their primordial love lives on in a twisted way #This episode gave a lot of prompts to consider #Like I know four if them backed up #And hesitated #But tgey didn't fully run out if the bubble #And Fearne and FCG stayed the whole way

[milquetoad]

of the many injustices put forth toward the show by fans i think the most overall damaging and telling of a complete lack of critical viewership is the idea that sam riegel builds his characters with nothing more than the bit in mind. like you are only telling on yourself if you think characters like scanlan shorthalt and veth brennato are one-dimensional and depthless

#if im being exTREMEly generous i can maybe understand this view of scanlan if you started c1 and then gave up 30 episodes later #he played the long game with him more than any other and a lot of his growth could be looked at as shallow if you DIDNT watch til the payoff #but any time this opinion is used as a blanket over all of his characters including tary and even FCG.. like be serious #i mean at this point im definitely biased bc he is my favorite player at the table. However. that wasnt always the case #and even when i was myself writing some character choices off i NEVER applied that to the characters themselves. how can you?? #seen sooo many ppl criticize him for making veth an alcoholic or scanlan irreverent & hedonistic as tho it’s only possible #to play these traits as shallow jokes or at best played out satire…. and then the same person will turn around #and praise how percy was built to be pompous & superior and jester immature & self-centered and caleb steeped in self-effacing hubris #why are these characters and their players given a near universal acceptance of nuance and acknowledgement of growth & healing #but SAMS CHARACTERS ARE NOT!!!! #this turned into such a rant but it bothers me SO much. everyone at the cr table is so goddamned talented #and takes the game as seriously as it deserves #so many more points i could argue but this is already so goddamn long no one is reading this far. i love sam and all of his characters <333 #critical role #sam riegel #scanlan shorthalt #veth brennato #my posts

[finncakes]

"I'd be up shit's creek by myself. I was by myself. It's not great."

"Yeah. No, it's not."

#critical role #orym of the air ashari #orym #ashton greymoore #cr spoilers #ashrym #biting and gnawing my leg off i WILL be thinking abt this for the next month #and YEs i do think ashton has some sorta something feelings going on for orym. no i will not elaborate i just know these things #it's my autism enhanced perception. i know what ashton is. #on a non-ashrym related note: SO glad someone FINALLY checked on orym #also glad i wasn't reading into things thinking ashton was noticing orym being off. he made some Faces that i hoped meant they noticed. #orym needed someone to say this to him. he needs someone to keep him grounded. #as much as i love fearne and orym and i DO think she's helped him for the better...fearne is not a very grounding person #but that's what's good about her #i think ashton could be a very good gronded person for orym. platonically or romantically. #as much as ashton likes to toot their horn abt being unstable and wild and chaotic... #they're probably the most level-headed and grounded after orym #they're more likely to pick the more chaotic choice but they do it in such a calm and chill way y'know? #i have a lot of ashton thoughts. i think he's so wrong to have raised his hand esp after fcg's freakout. #he didn't raise a hand against them #okAY I WILL. stfu now byeeeee

[its-your-mind]

So please keep that, cuz I am so tired of saving you from yourself. I can't anymore. So do not forget that there is some reward at the end of this. - c3e65

#critical role #bells hells #c3e65 #c3 spoilers #cr3 spoilers #critical role gifs #critteredit #ashton greymoore #fcg #fresh cut grass #c3 #cr3 #critrole #this scene meant just a whole hell of a lot to me #I've been ashton too many fucking times #and this is one of the best fucking feelings #it feels like you can finally set down a huge weight that you didn't quite realize you were carrying #SAID IT BEFORE #SAYIN IT AGAIN #I LOVE THIS PUNK ROCK

[sparring-spirals]

Compromise. Im not going to actually WRITE meta but i AM going to lay out a list of things I'm thinking about broadly and thematically and would probably write meta about if i were properly caught up and informed, but is instead influenced much more by early campaign F.C.G:

**edit: no this is kind of meta again. sorry.

- F.C.G grappling with the questions of: being made. purpose. whether it matters if you find your own purpose if you were made with one in mind and you "choose" something else. Can you actually? Does it matter? Is your choice a choice at all?

- Wanting so badly to heal people and help people and the unique fear of waking up and seeing damage done by your own hands. To the same people you wanted so badly to help. You extend healing and you offer comfort or kind words but all the while, in your core is a tightness. In your core is a danger. How much good do you need to do to get the blood off your chassis? Can you, at all?

- Metal body. Metal hands. A little wheel. You were a turtle once and it felt so wondrous to breathe. You try out tongues or little wooden legs or whatnot but it always comes back to an inorganic metal body and empty insides no matter if youre filling them with liquids or secret goods to smuggle or pastries (faux warmth). Maybe everything like wooden legs dangling off a metal body. All for show.

- A coin in hand. Looking for a higher power. Thinking about choice. Deferring choices.

- You love your friends, so much. You love people being kind to each other. You love your boyfriend and their wonderful way of thinking. You love being alive. Even when you doubted you were at all. You love, truly and deeply.

- Ashton raging at F.C.G for being a martyr. For aching for a good enough reason to get himself hurt or killed or blown up. Ashton looking at F.C.G knowing they're all messed up inside and trying so hard to stop them from letting it destroy them.

- Ashton always worried about how they're always trying to find a big enough cause, a good enough reason.

And so with those things, I remembered about F.C.G:

- F.C.G looking at their friends all down. Ashton laid out unmoving.

- F.C.G with something awful in their core. Ready to spill out. The same something awful they were always worried about. They were always aware of.

- F.C.G always looking for that reason. For that bigger and better cause.

- F.C.G always feeling like they didn't understand purpose, like it was so. unattainable- finally, briefly, startlingly- sure. Finally free of doubt. Their friends down and something awful and destructive in their core and one last thing they can do to maybe make things worth it, and the ability to choose it. They were made for something. They chose what to do with it.

- F.C.G finding that reason. F.C.G making that call. F.C.G thinking it was worth it.

- I think because of him, they succeeded. They won. That is certain.

- I think. "Worth it". Is always a subjective thing.

- I think. A self sacrifice is never just one person giving everything up. A self sacrifice, unfortunately- is one person making a choice.

And everyone else caught, in the blast radius.

#critical role #cr spoilers #cr liveblogging #c3e91 #fcg #AH SHIT. THIS IS META AGAIN. FUCK #sorry. i. god. look. you all knew what you signed up for when you followed me right. im sorry #look im certain i missed 40 episodes of character dev i just need to word vomit where my brain is at given my context #character meta #spar speaks #fcg meta #i. GUESS. if other people want to take any portion of it and chew through it in a more informed way please be my gues #id love to. know things #ive got a lot of emotions to parse and im also about to make a ton of slightly terrible jokes if im not writing meta leggo

[yencirilla]

yes i did make a tumblr purely because i did not see enough discussion about the relationship that is fearnechetney yes i did do that. the tag is dry and it bothers me because it’s easily top three favorite dynamics of bells hells for me. 

oh so you have a really gorgeous, mischievous, hundred year old six foot tall faun who likes to steal stuff that is so cool oh and what if i told you that the number one character that is making moves on her is a three foot tall four hundred year old werewolf gnome that makes wooden toys, and WHAT IF i told you that she is totally into it. 

and maybe you’re like oh that’s interesting! okay so what, is it just a joke or something? well, yes at first it is! it’s a game of chicken, of flirting and poking fun at each other hahaha oh WAIT but then it’s MORE.

it’s chetney talking about how much joy it brings him to see people play with his creations, getting to see fearne play with multiple wooden toys he made (dorian’s ship, her wolf, her dolls). it’s chetney being the one to first find out fearne’s postcards aren’t real, and gently asking her questions about them instead of giving it to her bluntly, because it would have hurt her to know the truth. it’s chetney using CLOTH to make fearne little dolls for her to use to vent her frustration. chetney reminding fearne to ask morri about her parents, because it had been bothering her so much.

it’s fearne telling chetney the wooden wolf is maybe her favorite thing she owns, when she has so many things. it’s fearne trusting chetney with the one thing her parents left her, letting him hold it and inspect it. it’s fearne reassuring chetney after he wolfed out that they all had problems. it’s fearne gripping onto the net that chetney is trapped in, holding on and defending him from the hunter. and when she casts stoneskin, which only requires touch, she chooses to kiss him.

a lot of people have insinuated that fearnechetney is one sided, or just a joke, or anything but a romance, but i disagree. i think it started as a joke for sure, but as the episodes progress, it feels more and more like these two characters really care about each other, and understand each other. and the idea that the ship is one sided is so strange to me, because fearne has actively flirted back with chetney since the beginning. fearne got up at 3 AM to wait outside his door, fearne chose to kiss him to cast stoneshape, and fearne was the one that held onto the net and told the hunter to fuck off. i think writing off their dynamic/relationship as a joke just because you don’t ship it does both characters a big disservice when we talk about their growth and how they’ve come to care about one another.

#i know there is like. an intense hatred for this pairing for some reason #but it is so cute to me #a lot of it i think stems from people just not liking chetney #when he is just. a dude. old dude who makes wooden toys oh and he loves his friends so much #i just find it so strange that if it was any other character interacting like this with fearne #(except orym because he isn't interested like that) and maybe fcg #there would be so much more discussion about this dyanmic #idk i just wanted to add my two sense because i don't shut up about it on twitter <3 #CHETNEY POCK O'PEA FAN CLUB #fearne x chetney #fearne calloway #chetney pock o'pea

[artsyebonyrose]

finding out that ashton has chronic pain was such a powerful little moment. big tough muscle guy being consistently in pain and just never talking about it ever. fcg being in his body for a few moments and someone finally gets how ashton feels, someone understands the pain.

their little "yeah" with a subtle smile "its a lot all the time" after fcg describes their physical pain as a lot, was just so :'((( it broke my heart. until now no one but themself have known how it hurts, and have had to brave it and remain this tough guy. maybe its not so bad, maybe i'm just weak, maybe i'm exaggerating. having someone else feel what he feels and actually say those words "yes, it was a lot" are the much needed words of reassurance to prove to himself that yes, the pain really is a lot. someone else can finally see that.

ashton needed that, now their friends know they hurt, and that's good. they can do more for him now, give better support, understand his position more with this new knowledge. he doesn't have to feel as isolated as before. and they can feel solace in the fact that their closest and most empathetic friend gets it just a bit more now.

#also the way fcg just immediately goes to flex in ashton's body #like they're instinctually just expecting ashton to feel good and strong because thats how fcg and the party sees him #he feels that strength but with it comes the pain and hes quite caught off guard #i feel like fcg will think about this a lot going forward #maybe even feeling guilt for being their therapist friend bot that has been just never able to pick up on this before now #goshhhh i love these characters sm #critical role #critical role c3 #critical role spoilers #critical role campaign 3 #critical role c3 spoilers #bells hells #critical role ashton #ashton greymoore #c3 spoilers #cr c3e35 #not art #text post

[songofwizardry]

anyway I’ve been on intense critical role catchup mode for the last week bc I knew Something Very Big happened and after watching like six episodes in a week I just finished c3e91 and god. I knew it would be Something Very Big and I was expecting a PC death but like. was COMPLETELY unprepared for the way in which it happened and the emotional weight of it. what a fucking character choice. what a way to go out. what a moment. holy fucking shit.

anyway yes I hope you are all prepared for the many many FCG posts I will now be reblogging.

#critical role #cr spoilers #critical role spoilers #bell’s hells #c3e91 #FCG #I’m still one episode behind but like not really cause that one just aired #I WILL catch up on that today or tomorrow #I’m off to see d20 live tonight tho! #but yeah once I am fully caught up I will join y’all in the new character speculation zone #like a lot of people. I don’t think this is a resurrection moment #I think the sacrifice and narrative and the character choice and the framing #and the stakes it lends to the whole thing #are leaning towards a permadeath #but god what a choice #what a moment #I love this show it destroys me emotionally #but goddamn #when Matt started tearing up is when I started crying tbh

[brjeauregard]

The reaction to FCG casting turn undead and it affecting Laudna is wild to me. They were on an island surrounded by undead, it would have been absurd for him to not cast it.

The discourse has also made me realize that a lot of people watch the show for very different reasons than me. I love interparty conflict. Some of my favorite moments from every campaign has been when an argument or fight breaks out between the characters. The cast is so good at embracing the tension and staying true to their character's stance even if they're wrong or escalating the situation and I eat it up every time. These characters can't grow without conflict and, especially in campaign 3, will walk on eggshells around each other unless everyone knows how the party feels about something.

It seems like a lot of people only watch the show for their favorite characters or for the romance (which to clear is completely fine. I'm not saying that people are enjoying the show wrong or that I'm watching it the right way). The cast have said before that they also love conflict and have made it clear that they will stay true to their character in tense moments. Some fans have a tendency to purposefully misinterpret actions and motivations or disregard any trauma that a character has experienced that might explain their behavior. Laudna is allowed to hate the gods and has every reason to, but the first decision FCG ever made for themself was to follow the Changebringer. It makes perfect sense that hearing her, and some other characters to a lesser extent, talk negatively about the Changebringer is frustrating after they've been constantly FCG that he needs to make choices for himself. That doesn't mean that FCG is right or the Laudna is wrong, but their actions and beliefs make sense.

It's also wild how no one is talking about how Fearne almost didn't heal FCG because of turn undead. There's been a lot of talk about how pettiness is her love language but putting your friend's life at risk because he made Laudna run into ocean is more than petty. She ultimately healed them so it's not a huge deal but she established that she values Laudna more than FCG.

I hope they talk about the fight next episode so everyone is on the same page about turn undead and what's going to happen next time they encounter undead.

#critical role #cr spoilers #cr discourse #fresh cut grass #fcg #laudna #fearne calloway #i think that laudna is the fandom's white boy of the month this campaign #it was percy in campaign 1 and caleb in campaign 2 #god forbid anyone do something that challenges those characters or makes them uncomfortable #i personally hope that there's more conflict #ashton is my without question my favorite this campaign because he's not afraid to talk about hard topics #even if they were in the wrong those moments still led to a lot of growth #i have a lot of feelings about laudna and how fans love to infantilize her but i'll talk about that later lol #so many people are accusing FCG of disrespecting Laudna or being mean to her #neither of those things are true he just isn't afraid to disagree with her #even if they were true I hope he keeps it up and causes more conflict lol

[ohmydumbledear]

So many Orym thoughts circling in my mind right now fkjdskgjdkfj - Orym emoting so much as soon as he arrived in Zephrah, whether it be happy or angry or sad, we haven’t seen him feel so openly in a while - Orym being so obvious in his love for his friends and introducing them all but reverting to his soldier mode as soon as he is near Keyleth and not even blinking while telling the truth about Imogen and her mum - him still not having said anything to his own mum about what happened to him - the constant mention of the cherry-blossom trees - confirming that Fearne (and Dorian) visited Zephrah with Orym a while back - him diving back in the thirst for vengeance in front of Bell’s Hells but them having no discussion about it so far - the Ashari avoiding giving birth under Ruidus and Laudna being protective of Imogen hearing that - both Ashton and Orym having a long overdue makeover in Zephrah and Orym wanting to protect his shield arm - Orym offering his shield for FCG to contact the Changebringer - him and Imogen understanding Keyleth’s relationship to the mysterious orb man and him not mentioning the incessant screaming they heard - Orym’s first mission when coming home being having to find a beautiful and rare blue flower that grows in the barren and hopeless earth, a flower that will heal the toxin that took his husband and father, and the thematic implications of that,,,

#orym #orym of the air ashari #cr orym #critical role spoilers #cr spoilers #cr3 #cr3 spoilers #been reading a lot in the tags #i'm not even done with the episode but oh boy #i feel like liam is finally unleashing orym in his entirety and i fucking love it #it's gonna be messy and I am here for it #i am ready to be mad at orym #give me the angst #also i desperately need a traveling in the wood and chatting while on watch episode #because i need everybody to talk #i need ashton and imogen to talk about laudna #i need laudna to tell imogen about orym and delilah #i need fcg to tell them all about frida and other things they've discovered #cr3e66

[shorthaltsjester]

nothing more morally reprehensible than a cleric (checks notes) using the key features of their class…? surely that can’t be where we are regarding analysis of character actions in cr at this point.

#also like. fcg already cast turn undead around laudna he knew it wouldn’t destroy her. #like fcg does make fucked up choices fairly often but the cleric desiring to cast turn undead when there are many undead creatures isn’t one #also like. yes fcg was a shithead about it w his respect the gods comments but. very very specifically laudna Has been starting shit #in every convo even tangentially related to the gods laudna is the one who without clear motive goes Well What If Gods Bad Actually #which. sure . if u had a clear reason i’d be happy to follow the trail. i’d think it’s still a dumb claim but yk #like the few times when fearne has brought it up it’s been prodding the ideas the Others have in response #and when imogen has it’s been certainly self centered but that means it’s evidently motivated whereas with laudna it’s like. it seems like #she’s just trying to stir shit up which I Would Love if we got context for the Why #laudna is just as responsible for any situation where her and fcg are disagreeing as fcg would be . because they’re Both disagreeing #also of interesting note but. fearne and fcg are much more in the midst of an obvious disagreement. fearne is a changebringer Hater™ . #anyway my point is that a lot of fcg’s character at the moment is being a weirdo about religion so . don’t be shocked when he’s a weirdo #and also. it’s so so fucking stupid to see (jester voice) The Cleric™ cast turn undead and decide it’s more about interpret conflict #than it is. fcg has a very specific build that can be pretty restrictive in terms of beneficial battle actions. let them use turn undead #cr spoilers #cr tag

[densitywell]

hey FCG how could you think Ashton doesn't care about you after they told you he would kill anyone that made you feel bad. that they wanted you to find a reason to live. FCG do you get that all the pushing and prodding was Ashton's way of showing he cared because when you've been abandoned like they have any expression of love is an act of humiliation, because nobody will ever love you as much as you love them, FCG, and you know it and now they know it, too. they probably don't even want your love, anyways, FCG. nobody else has. FCG hey do you understand that Ashton's manufactured distance is a security blanket, that they can only stand to care for another person that will inevitably leave them if he pretends that he's already one foot out the door as well. and that they can't stop themselves from caring. did you know that FCG. FCG. FCG hey

#crposting #bhposting #critical role #cr spoilers #of course FCG doesn't know that they're like two. but that does not mean i don't want to shake his little robot self when i think abt it! #honestly though FCG NOT getting this makes a lot of sense. currently it feels a bit like FCG loves Ash but doesn't rlly like him #and definitely doesn't understand them. although you could see him start to get an idea as the ep went on

[finncakes]

doodly-doos of ep 43 & 44

edit: click for higher quality cause tumblr hates me

#critical role #cr3 #imogen temult #fearne calloway #orym #orym of the air ashari #laudna #laudna cr #fcg #fresh cut grass #mostly...ep 43 cause ep 44 WAS.....a LOT #planewalker ryn #my favorite milf... #bells hells #i love them sm #i miss ash tho :( bbygirl please be back next ep #also thank you orym for remembering their existence. ash rym stay winning. #if the lighting looks bad on fearne well. i tried and used a ref so. #cr spoilers #forgot...abt that oopsie #gonna also...start tagging these as #ep doodles

[harpyface]

Listen I am such a big fan of loveletters for a number of reasons and this may just be me aromantic ass talking but i feel like this is an infatuation. just based on how FRIDA talked about it being because Fresh Cut Grass is the first other aeormaton they’ve met and all. also I haven’t seen episode 56 so I might be totally wrong.

But I am so happy about loveletters because it’s two nonbinary robots. Mostly the part about the robots tbh because of the aphobic stereotype that all robots are asexual and/or aromantic and can’t feel emotions. I’m sure there is some of this in the cr fandom, I’m not familiar with this kind of fandom stuff tbh (But seeing how there was barely any shipping of FCG.. yknow)

#corvid creates #i just wanted to say this even if i really dont talk a lot here #I FREAKING LOVE FRIDA AND FCG THOUGH FR #i created a whole new tag for them on my bookmark blog #also re: ppl not shipping fcg. that one post saying that ppl would be shipping chetney so much if he wasnt old #i for one have my own shipname for fcg and ashton #fresh cut grass #frida #loveletters #frida cut grass #critical role