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romeoandjulietyouwish · 1 year

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this is for @blorbologist for responding to my survery!

Prompt: Kiki/Vax/Gil, a spin on the happy ending AU, after Gil is back safe n sound after the whole kidnapping n being put in VM's path, just! Comfort!

Though there are celebrations and festivities to be had, Keyleth and Vax can’t find it in themselves to enjoy it. Vecna is defeated and yet all they can think about is Gilmore. Not even two hours ago he had been lying dead in their arms after they had killed him. But after they had brought him back, all he had done was smile sadly as he took Kaylie and Cassandra’s hands, teleporting from the lair to safety.

Safety turned out to be a rather large inn just on the outskirts of Vasselheim. Though there is still much revelry taking place, all of Vox Machina find themselves pulling away early, clinging to each other as they make their way to the inn to check on their loved ones.

Keyleth can clearly see the white knuckled grip that Scanlan has on Pike’s hand and how Percy is leaning heavily onto Vex, looking as though he’s aged a decade. And she knows that her own hand is leaving a bruising grip on Vax’s hand, but she needs to see Gilmore. It’s complicated, the relationship between Gilmore and Keyleth. They’re not partners in a romantic way, but she loves and adores him all the saw. He has that same uncanny way of calming her down that Vax and Percy do.

When they get to the room, Vax wastes no time in knocking, saying, “Gil? It’s us, we-”

Before he can even finish his sentence, the door is yanked open and on the other side they see their boyfriend. His characteristic glitz and glamor is all gone, he’s just wearing some borrowed clothes that are far too big, his hair pulled into a simple braid. His eyes are red and skin pale, but when he sees the two of them, he sighs in relief and pulls both of them into a crushing hug.

“Are you alright?” He asks, his low voice rumbling in Keyleth’s chest. She clings to him gratefully, soaking in the familiar comfort as she nods into his shoulder.

Gilmore sighs again, pulling them even closer in his relief. They stand like that in the doorway for a long time until Vax pulls out of the embrace and takes Gilmore’s face in his hands. The man leans into the touch. “Are you alright?” Vax asks softly.

He nods, “I’m perfect now that you’re here.” He pulls the two of them into the small room, shutting the door behind them. He walks over and pours them both a glass of water, chilling them in a swirl of magic. “You two must be exhausted.”

Keyleth shakes her head, tears coming to her eyes as she sprints towards him and hugs him again, crying, “I’m sorry, I’m so so sorry. I swear we didn’t know it was you-”

Gil hugs her back quickly, “I know, gods I know. You don’t have to be sorry. You didn’t know.”

“We could have checked.” Vax, unlike Keyleth, is stoic and full of sorrow. “If I hadn’t…I should have known something was wrong. I should have-”

“No.” Gilmore pulls away from Keyleth to gently grab Vax by the back of the neck, squeezing until the rogue meets his eyes. “You couldn’t have known, you were doing what you thought would keep your family safe.”

Vax shakes his head, tears welling in his eyes, “It doesn’t matter. You died because of us and I don’t know what we can ever do to earn your forgiveness.”

“What happened?” Keyleth asks softly, wiping her eyes as she takes a sip of water. “How were you there?”

Gilmore swallows thickly, “This conversation can wait until another day, until the morning at the very least. We’ve all had a very long and tiring day and all we need to do right now is get some food in the two of you and go to bed.” He smiles sadly and kisses Vax gently. “Okay?”

Vax nods, “I’ll go run and grab something for us. And order something for everyone else.”

As Vax leaves, he touches both Gilmore and Keyleth’s backs. And when the door shuts behind him, the room falls into silence. Keyleth sips her water, “You don’t want to be weak in front of Vax.”

Gilmore sighs, “Of course not. You’ve seen him, he carries the weight of the world on his shoulders, if he thinks that I’m upset-”

“You are upset.”

“Then he’ll carry that too.” Gilmore sinks onto the edge of the bed. Keyleth tucks a leg under herself as she sits beside him. Gilmore rests his head on her shoulder.

“Vax loves you, we both do,” Keyleth tells him softly. “Don’t lie to use, not about something this serious.”

Gilmore squeezes her knee, “Tomorrow, it can wait until tomorrow, dear, lovely, Keyleth.” He kisses her temple and pulls her into another hug. She can smell the familiar scent of incense and violets that always seems to linger on him and presses her face into the crook of his neck. She doesn’t say anything, but she can feel tears landing on her head.

Gilmore pulls back after a while, running a hand over her dirty hair, “With all the love and adoration in my heart, you need a bath dear.”

Keyleth shoves his shoulder with a laugh, “Now that’s just unfair. I fought a god today, I’ll have you know.”

“And I thank you for your service,” Gilmore kisses her forehead. “But you still stink.” The two of them laugh just as the door opens and Vax returns.

At the sound of two of his favorite people laughing, Vax smiles. “Did I miss all the fun?”

“The fun comes later, handsome,” Gilmore flirts as he stands from the bed, pulling Vax into a long kiss as Keyleth takes the plates from his hands. “But gods, you need a bath first too. What is it with you adventurer types that always smell just awful?”

“It’s called hard work and saving the whole continent,” Keyleth tells him, mouth already full of bread.

Gilmore hums thoughtfully, “An exception can be made then, but you’re both taking a long bath before you even think about getting under the covers.”

“Are you planning on joining us for this bath?” Vax asks, his voice playfully sultry as his hands fall to Gilmore’s waist.

He chuckles, “Not a chance in hell.” When Vax pouts, Gilmore just kisses him, “You’ll still get plenty of cuddles. Now come on, let’s eat some food before your girlfriend takes it all.” Keyleth makes a noise of protest, rolling her eyes as Gilmore kisses the top of her head. “Love you, dear.”

“Love you too,” Keyleth mumbles through a mouthful of food.

That night, after their bellies are full and they’re slightly drunk on wine, Gilmore lays in the middle of the bed. Keyleth and Vax are both soundly asleep against his chest and he holds them close, feeling the rise and fall of their breathing. If he closes his eyes, he sees their teary and distraught faces, their hands covered with blood.

And then Vax’s nose nudges his chin, humming as though in protest of Gilmore’s thoughts. Gilmore hugs him a little tighter and sinks deeper into the bed. With the two of them, he’s never felt safer. Though times will still be hard ahead and there’s lots of things to figure out and talk about, he knows that with the two of them everything will be alright.

#critical role #vox machina #gilvaxleth #vaxlethmore #idk which one it is lol #my fic

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captainsspnanon · 1 year

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C2E62 - Domestic Respite - reaction

The things people don’t say about hyperfocusing is that it’s really fucking annoying when you are only interested in the one thing despite having other things you want to do. I have been hyperfocused on a youtube channel for like, two or three weeks, and each time I’m like ‘hey I’d like to watch this other thing’ and my brain is just like NOPE THIS ONE CHANNEL ONLY. Last night (future me note: last night being like almost three weeks ago lol) it finally broke (woohoo!) so back to the mighty nein!

(also I did end up buying the Nine Eyes of Lucien, so we’ll see how I like that. And reunion special coming soon!!!! *intense vibrating*)

…...why do they all look super sexy this episode what the fuck

also top table blurry again :( at least it’s not AS noticeable when they go to the stacked shot

though I’m also distracted because it looks like Matt’s wearing foundation? That maybe doesn’t match his skin tone? Not actually sure if this was a screen test experiment that just didn’t work, or if they’ve been doing it for ages and for whatever reason it’s just more noticeable this episode.

Sam’s bit starts with the dndbeyond bundle, and as someone who has looked at the prices of those, HOLY FUCK that’s a lot. I was contemplating it once I started playing until I actually saw the price and said FUCK THAT. The legendary bundle? IT’S OVER 900!! /meme sourcebook bundle is over 400, and it’s just like…..nope. To be fair, prices make a bit more sense when you consider that a lot of the people who would buy it all would slowly accumulate it over time which makes the impact less, but if you’re like me and joined late, hell no. I will save my cash for dice.

First – watching them slowly plan out the layout of the house warms my heart so much, it really makes me wish we could have seen Vox Machina planning out the keep. Second – despite having only watched an episode of this a few weeks ago, I’m astonished how much I’ve MISSED these voices! I’m genuinely loving C3, it’s my second favorite out of the three, but the Nein just means SO much to me. I swear, I’m going to be so emotional with the reunion special! Though I’m going to be very sad to be missing Caduceus T.T

The Xhorhaus isn’t the Xhorhouse until the tree has been planted. *giant dopey grin* I love this so so so so much. Soon the hot tub and the mural and life will be good.

Holy fuck Liam that creaking sound!!! Sometimes these voice actors smack you across the face and remind you that they’re professionals.

Caduceus putting in micro-shrines for everybody MY HEART. Also, is C2 the campaign with the most PCs with deific relations? Fjord and the Wildmother, Caduceus and the Wildmother, Jester and the Traveler, Yasha and the Storm Lord, and then Caleb and Beau have respect for a deity without it being worship (the Archheart and the Knowing Mistress respectively), so only Nott without a connection. Even Molly had a connection to the Moonweaver, unknown if it would have become more prominent than the few offhand mentions we originally got. C1 had Pike and Sarenrae, Vax and the Raven Queen, and then Vex and Scanlan got ‘championships’ of Pelor and Ioun respectively, but I honestly consider that to be tangential considering how much it felt like last minute powerups versus any type of actual worship. Keyleth has the staff of Melora but not any even tangential relationship there, and Percy was also solidly non-god. Tary we never really got into the details of. I don’t know how much I’d count Grog with whatever-the-actual-name-of-the-Stormlord-is-I-forget, he enjoyed the fighting, but I don’t know if there was ever any worship or godly respect there aside from fighting? I’d have to wait til the rewatch. Kord? I think Kord. C3 seems to be getting into deific stuff now, but still less than the others. Huh. You know, I never would have thought of C2 being the ‘religious’ campaign. To me, it feels more like VM would have been the worshippers, but it’s really not. I don’t have analysis for this at the moment, this is something I have to chew over for a while. (and also, there is a distinct possibility that I’ve come to this exact realization earlier in my rewatch and then completely forgot it.)

THE MURAL!!!!!! also, I just rewatched this bit again but only focusing on Travis’s face. I miss so much by focusing only on the people RPing! This is why, despite some of the nonsense I see, I do love following the fanbase on tumblr. Because other people notice this shit and gif it so I can see it later.

Fast travel activated! I’m glad that even with the options that they get, there’s still a lot of slow travel in C2. C1 was so much fast travel all the time (wind walk and transport via plants), and C3 it feels like the travel is skipped over so much. I love love love the slow travel. Looking forwards to Eiselcross and its slow travel now.

I love Fjord so much. Travis plays the dry wit SO well!

(for those watching C3 live right now, who else agrees that they need a decompression episode like this right now? They need to breathe!)

Huh, head of the Gold Chain Mercenaries vanished into Darktown 10 years before the campaign began. One shot NPC? Honestly doubt it, but would be thrilled if that ended up being a bit of an easter egg.

One thing I adore about the Fjord and Jester RP scenes is that there’s this level of uncomfortableness to them from Fjord, a case of being unwilling to open up fully, even as he trusts Jester to a significant extent. If I recall correctly, these RP moments get more and more open and honest as the campaign goes on and as Fjord slowly continues to shed his hesitation and bravado.

LOL at Liam being like “I have a bunch of RP stored up, gonna grab a few!” I forgot about this letter conversation though. Once again, fuck you Liam and your RP ripping out my heart. Talk about minute facial expressions and mannerisms to tell a whole fucking story. I’m entitled to financial compensation for the distress he puts me through.

Calianna’s package! I wonder how long it’s been sitting there. I’ll be honest, the only gift of hers that I remember is the wand, and it’s because Caleb uses it for the tower.

I know Liam really likes to emphasize that Caleb was in a poly relationship with Astrid AND Eadwulf, but when he says things like Astrid was ‘the one’, I’m not surprised that people focused on that aspect and pushed away the Eadwulf part. I’m actually trying to remember, at this point in time, I think it’s very reasonable to only think that he was in a relationship with Astrid. She’s been brought up several times (best dancer, the letter, this comment) whereas Eadwulf has only been brought up in the initial story. In fact, I’m wondering if the Eadwulf ‘reveal’ (which wasn’t even that much) was only when Caleb saw him guarding the beacon and asked Matt if his arms were still as sexy as he remembered (paraphrased).

HOW DID I MISS SAM’S REACTION WHEN CALEB DENIED BEING IN LOVE WITH NOTT! These goofballs.

I do see why people may get irritated with Liam for his big RP stuff. After all, here he’s doing three scenes back to back to back. I get it, but at the same time, I also get Liam’s point of view. How long has he been trying to have these conversations but there hasn’t been time for it. They’re in two weeks of downtime now, but since it’s not played out in real time, he’s got to make sure to get the RP in before the group goes down a rabbit hole of another thread. I honestly can’t say how I feel. I really enjoy all the scenes, but I also feel for the other players. It’s not super fun to just sit and spectate for a chunk of time! With these three conversations, I most feel like the Beau and Caleb conversation could have been skipped, but you never now how things are going to turn out in the moment. Hmmm. Looking at the timestamps. For those two scenes, it was still only 13 minutes, which actually isn’t bad. The Caleb and Fjord (of which the other players interject a section before it happens) is under 10 minutes. Okay, that’s actually not bad at all.

Not only that, but they’re all really respectful of each other and the time. Laura interjects at a break in the scene, and Liam immediately gives a thumbs up to Matt and/or the table, indicating that he’s fully cool with sitting back and waiting before he hits his next point. I recently saw a few clips from the second episode of VM, and oh boy things were so so SO much worse then. So much talking over each other CONSTANTLY. I know part of it was just them improving the show quality, but also I feel a lot of it was also them respecting it as a performance just for themselves.

Nott crafting things!!! While Taliesin was always close to the chest with WHAT Percy was creating, I did enjoy having the PCs that actually made stuff. And Matt being adorable and having Yeza and Veth act as partners instead of lead and assistant (which makes super sense). We got some good crafting stuff from Nott, though I always could go for more.

Oh Yasha and your bracers. Do they EVER get picked up after being enchanted??? …episode 91. We’re in episode 62. Okay (okay okay), she gets mind controlled. That’s episodes 70 through 85. (well, 86 and 87 as well I think? Ashley is back as of 86, but that’s the fight where the mind control is broken, and then the Obann fight I THINK goes into 87 as well?) And the bracers were still being enchanted during the first stretch. SO. Actually, that’s not that bad, is it? That’s only like 3 or 4 episodes of her being back before she picks up the bracers. Looking at the timeline, it’s maybe 6 in game days from when she is returned to her normal mental state? That’s actually super reasonable!!! I guess it just feels so long because 29 episodes is over 6 months of actual play time.

3,000 gold and 10 weeks. Hmmm, Beau’s were only 1200, I wonder if it’s a Rosohna markup? Or maybe Beau’s are only plus one whereas Yasha’s are plus two? Nope, they’re the same. Huh. One of the mysteries I’ll never know. ALSO, I re-discovered that while Yasha picks up the bracers in 91, Ashley doesn’t have her swap them out until 110, so THAT explains that. That’s 23 episodes from her being back to putting them on, nearly half a year AGAIN. So almost a full YEAR between her purchasing them and using them.

LOL at Travis “no you need the defense. I know, almost as if I was there and it was happening to me”

Also, considering my little spiel up there in regards to Liam and his RP? I take most of it back, this was broken up very well with everyone being respectful. Any complaints of Liam this episode are invalid. *slams gavel*

CALEB AND ESSEK CALEB AND ESSEK THE 12 PERSUASION AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

*cough* Look I’m not immune to Shadowgast, okay??? Anyhow, many many people have written about this moment, far better that I could even try. My impressions are very muddled though. I am not smart enough to keep up with the 20+ INT wizards and their layers and layers of subterfuge and veiled statements and hidden context and fear and enticement and strategy. I’m akin to Jester, an open gasp when Essek even invites the idea of starting to teach Caleb. Regardless, I love every second of it. (I’m a fan of the honeypot4honeypot theory, even if it doesn’t meet actuality.)

(subtitles have Caleb saying “do come in”, but I think it’s actually “willkommen”)

(also I LOVE how everyone gets so stoked with Essek teaching Caleb magic. Even though it’s technically only a bit moment for Caleb/Liam, it feels like a bit moment for everyone)

Oh man this conversation between Fjord and Caleb. I truly wonder if Fjord would ever have come to Caleb if he hadn’t had his powers stripped away and been left defenseless. Was it just a deflection? Was it something that he was intending in the moment but then later changed his mind? Was there just no time for it before his whole thing happened?

WAIT WHAT IS THIS PERCEPTION CHECK THAT FJORD FAILS AAAAAAAAAAAA

We’ve had hints, but this is the first real descent into Sprinkle’s memedom. The entire thing just went SO BADLY, it’s PERFECT. Everyone at the table just absolutely DYING as Laura keeps rolling bad and worse and it’s such a glorious disaster.

…….Fjord just called Professor Thaddeus a shithead. …..PROBABLY NOTHING PROBABLY NOTHING

Whoops it’s now been over a week since I touched this episode again. Will I finish it before the first episode of the M9 reunited? WHO KNOWS (probably not). Brain went and fucked me again. It’s been a time.

Back almost a week after that week comment. The first of the two parter airs tomorrow, I’M FINISHING THIS BITCH TODAY.

It’s funny, I’m honestly not sure if it was Fjord or Travis resisting using the flirting angle, but then he just goes whole hog into it and it’s amazing. I don’t think I’d heard a clip of Travis singing before this, so I thought he couldn’t for a while. I know better now XD

Thinking on it, I cannot recall if Grog flirted more than like one or two times in the entire C1. I remember a goliath drummer when Tary was there, I think? Fjord certainly used the tactic more (Avantika and Maruo), but Travis is such a good RPer that while I THINK it may have been him slowly getting more comfortable with it by leaning into the absurdity, it could just actually be how he’s playing Fjord and Travis had no reluctance at all (at least for the Fjord/NPC stuff. We know from Talks he was highly reluctant for the PC/PC stuff). ...insert relevant C3 comment here.

Sorry not sorry but the fact that Maruo’s name is spelled Maruo and not Mauro drives me nuts. NUTS.

Somehow it seems really fitting that Nott can’t pick the lock but CAN blindly cast mage hand to flip the latch. I’ve mentioned this before, but Sam for a lot of the campaign never really felt to me like he was super interested in rogue. Based off of the subclass and seeing C1, it made a good argument that he enjoys playing a support caster a LOT. While Nott certainly swiped a lot of things early on the campaign, she really did reduce her stealing pretty dramatically, rarely remembered to search for traps, and frequently got prodded to scout ahead or to pick locks. I don’t want to call her a bad rogue because she certainly isn’t, but it’s a very interesting take on a non-standard way of playing one. It works incredibly well with her character and the choices that Sam ends up making throughout. He mentioned early on in a Talks that he hadn’t planned her subclass, had been considering Thief, but ended up going Arcane Trickster based off of the RP he had with Liam. It’s very hard for me to picture Nott as a Thief Rogue, one of those curious What Ifs that will never be explored. (looking at the features on dndbeyond right now, I REALLY can’t picture it. I’m sure Sam would have played it well, but these don’t feel like they would lend to Nott at all. The only thing I can think of off the top of my head would have been using Fast Hands as a bonus action when fighting the Iron Shepherds the first time, which would have let Nott attack and then try to lock pick, possibly helping to keep Molly alive?)

LOL they only got the residuum and suude because they weren’t sure what they should be doing and so were like ‘yeah we’ll just pry some random shit open’. Also, first time watching I 100% missed Matt saying it was spices and them whispering it was suude. I get the reference now XD

Huh, I forgot that Caleb/Liam pushed to have the Xhorhouse called the MT House for Molly. Sorry dude, Xhorhouse is a million times better, and I’m pretty sure the MT House / MT Spa literally never comes up again XD

MAP!!!! MAP MAP MAP MAP MAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Matt did a pretty good Shakaste. He couldn’t nail the exactness of how Khary spoke, but he captured a lot of the personality. Ended up being a little ‘sexier’, but that’s probably just how they took in Khary’s performance XD

One – the fact that Caleb had to roll a history check and didn’t know what a Scourger was seemed bullshit, but Matt explained it nicely by clarifying that Caleb knew the term Volstrucker and didn’t initially piece the two together. Two – ‘royal assassins’. So this is something known by the crown. In the fan base (and I feel like by the end of the campaign as well?) it’s more understood almost to be Trent’s private army. I’ll have to pay attention and see if this is just fan interpretation forgetting things, or if this was genuinely altered during the campaign. It certainly adds a new level of complexity to the story...though perhaps it’s only Trent’s METHODS that are what gets him tossed under the bus, not the existence of Scourgers themselves.

Holy shit I’m checking out the wiki and it talks about how Volstrucker can send messages to each other through sending letters through the fire and I TOTALLY thought that was just an invention in one fan fic that I read!! Also, looks like they report directly to Trent – not stated necessarily in the campaign but confirmed in the EGtW.

Once again, I forgot how hard Caleb was pushing to essentially be a double/triple agent. It doesn’t happen, but he typically went there first when thinking about strategy and plans for moving forwards. Once again, props to Liam for how deep he leans into the RP of his characters, holy shit. Layers upon layers upon layers….and he always jokes that he’s dumb.

“Real question, do you care about the Empire? No judgement.” “I didn’t think I did.” FUCKING STAB ME THROUGH THE HEART MARISHA RAY FUCK YOU I love beau so much it’s not even funny

Ending the episode on the Brjeaus being emotional and supportive, and then Matt and Marisha being adorable about her birthday. GOOD EPISODE.

#critical role #the mighty nein #cr c2 rewatch

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jehovahhthickness · 2 years

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I use to weigh 210 and was curvy.I lost 50 pounds and most of my curves including my butt.It's not as big as it once was.My boyfriend has been acting different towards me even though he swears he hasn't been.He likes women with bigger butts and clearly I don't have one anymore but it's not a big deal to me.I can tell things are off and it's weird because we talked about me losing weight before I started and he told me... Don't lose your ass.I thought he was joking around but he wasn't.I haven't even talked to him in a few days because the energy feels so off and I'm already overwhelmed dealing with two family members dying back to back and planning funerals.He did text me and I text him back...he called too but I let it go to vm because I was busy.I just feel weird.We've been together for a year.He's older and way more experienced in life etc so he definitely knows what he wants when it comes to a woman.I just hate that ...me losing weight for my health and to feel better for myself is making the man I love think I'm less attractive because my butt isn't as big as it once was.He even suggested I lift weights to have bigger thighs and a bigger butt around 3-5 times.It sucks because I don't like what I see when I look in the mirror because I'm not that curvy woman he met and I think he doesn't like what he sees when he looks at me.

Dump him? You wanna be with somebody that’s insisting that you to drastically change your body to make his dick hard?

If he was really a man that loves you and values you, he would’ve loved the before and after transformation and just support you throughout your journey.

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keyleth-clay · 2 years

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Just for funsies, and because literally nobody asked me to, I present

KC’s Top 5 CR One-Shot Wishlist

(starting with my most wanted)

Number 1. A game using an older edition of DnD – especially if it’s, like, ADnD or 2nd edition. I was honestly hoping we’d get this with Calamity, especially considering that Matt had Halas (an archmage from the Calamity) know spells from 3rd edition that don’t exist in 5th edition. Brennan stating that Vespin was a Malconvoker just added fuel to this particular fire. I’ve never actually played DnD in my life, and everything I know about it comes from watching actual play series & reading up on info in between episodes, but even I know that there’s some crazy stuff in older editions, and since most of the cast have only played 5e, I think it would be super fun to see them see where this game came from. And, because the vast majority of actual play use 5e – which makes sense, as it’s the most recent edition of the game, and the edition that actively has new books coming out for it – it would be cool to see that just because these are older editions doesn’t mean that they can’t still be played and enjoyed.

That being said, this one would probably need to be a miniseries (Exandria Unlimited or otherwise), just to give them enough time and space to be able to experience the ins and outs of said older edition(s).

Number 2. Critical Role: The Next Generation. Okay listen.

Listen.

This is actually my absolute-number-1-most-wanted one-shot, but I knocked it down a spot because I know that it’s super unlikely to ever happen. I want a one-shot of Liam’s and Sam’s kids playing DnD – and I want Liam to DM it. He’s already DM’d for his kids, and I absolutely love his DMing style and I miss seeing him running a game. And between the handful of snippets that he’s given us of his daughter’s game with her friends, and the fact that Sam’s daughter came up with Nomen L. Frenno in The Nautilus Ark, we all know they’d come up with some incredible characters. AND if it’s set in Exandria? The cherry on top.

Also, DnD actual play series tend to be… not family-friendly, what with the swearing, alcohol, sexual references, blood & guts – none of which I have a problem with, btw, but I know that there are people who do, and I know that there are people who would love to introduce Critical Role or DnD to friends or family members, but can't because of said friends/family members' opinions of such things. I think it would be a great way to combat some of the stereotypes that certain folks have about DnD and TTRPGs in general, and also show that anybody can enjoy this game.

But, as I said, I know this is super unlikely. Sam and Liam have made it a point to not post photos or videos of their kids online (Sam has only recently started doing so) – which I completely understand and fully agree with – and they don’t even refer to them by their real names in videos – which, again, is the right decision. THAT BEING SAID, if this one-shot ever happened, I would ascend to a higher plane of existence from sheer joy.

Number 3. Adventures of the Darrington Brigade 2: Electric Boogaloo. Matt ended the one-shot with the blatant implication that these dumbasses would return at some point, and I love them so goddamn much. Where’s the AotDB sequel, Mercer?

Number 4. Literally any horror one-shot run by Taliesin. The Thursday By Night two-shot wasn’t exactly my cup of tea (I’m just not a big fan of VtM), but Shadow of the Crystal Palace was SO FUCKING GOOD. I’d love another CoC one-shot, especially because the cast has previously and would continue to go ham with the cosplay and the set design and the props, but any spooky/creepy/horrifying story with Taliesin in the GM’s seat would be amazing. Bonus point for being around Halloween.

Number 5. Obligatory M9 post-campaign epilogue one-shot. I mean, VM got their 3 epilogue one-shots (Search for Grog, Search for Bob, Dalen’s Closet) to tie up the remaining couple of loose ends from the campaign – we need The Mighty Nein, one year after C2 ended, all level 20, taking to the seas once more and taking down Uk’otoa (Uk’otoa) once and for all.

Honourable mentions go to an Exandria Unlimited series set in either Blightshore or the Shattered Teeth, but since we don’t know yet where Bell’s Hells journeys will take them (bc while M9 didn’t travel far from Wildemount, VM were quite the globe- and planetrotters), I decided to leave those off the wishlist.

#kc speaks #Critical Role #CR Cast #literally how the hell do i tag this #kc's top five

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tutuandscoot · 2 years

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Hellooooo love, haven't heard from you in a few days, how are you? How is recovery life treating you? ❤️‍🩹 Which vm hug did help you most with feeling better? 😁

Helloooo right back to you lovely

Again thank you so much guys for checking in it means the world 💙

Sorry I’m a few days late on answering this but I’m finally doing it now.

So last Friday I had my second surgery. They came and woke me up at 6am. I had a pretty good nights sleep and probably the least amount of pain I’d had so far. I had to wait in my room in a dodgy hospital gown for about an hour which was super awkward but eventually they came and got me ready. I met the anaesthetist (it was a different one to the first time) and they took me to the waiting bay in the op theatre. The nurses that came to see me (anaesthetist nurses) both times were so lovely. The first surgery I was really nervous and I think they could tell so were super comforting but for this second surgery I wasn’t nervous at all. I was making conversation with everyone which is weird for me coz I tend to be very quiet around new people (I’m a bit anti social). I heard them keep saying that the surgeon wasn’t ready or there yet.. I made some joke to one of the anaesthetic nurses ‘so who wants to have a go with the knife if he doesn’t turn up’.. they thought that was funny. They asked if I wanted to go into the op theatre even tho they weren’t gonna start right away and I said yeh that was fine- they said some people can freak out being awake and alert on the table with everything going on- but since I had just been there a week ago I actually thought it would be cool so see everything going on while still pretty conscious (I may be a freak who knows)..

There weren’t any complications with this second surgery. It took about 5 hours- most of it I was on my side then they flipped me on my tummy to do an anchor screw. So I have 2x 5cm diagonal stitches on my left side. There is a strong tether rope screwed into my L1 and L4 vertebrae that is pulling my curve upright.

(The two white tapes are where the scars are and there is an anchor screw at the base of my spine)

I woke up in recovery this time and just remember feeling super positive. Then they took me to icu and when my mum came in I shouted out “WASSUP” (I was very high) the next few hours I was apparently talking about random af things, I was super fascinated with the nurse bell which was like a light up squishy orb button. Mum said I baciaclly just spoke in one sentence for 3 hours straight. The head of ICU at one point was handing off to my nurse for the night and he said “this is April. She’s very high and very happy” 🤣🫣 I swear I wasn’t that high and I knew what was going on but… idk.. I think my mum took footage of it. Eventually I crashed and my mum left for the night and I just remember repeating ‘I love you mummy’ about 20 times till she finally left 🤦‍♀️

That was the fun bit but in the middle of the night I woke up and was certain I was having a seizure. I had this horrible pain in my rib and it soon started spasming and causing the whole left side of my body to contract and seizure. The nurses kept saying to get me heat packs but I said it feels like I was being electrocuted. There was all these wire sensors stuck to me and there was one right where the pain was starting so I kept trying to rip it off. This lasted like 10 mins straight and I swear I thought my heart was gonna stop beating. I had like 10 people all around me, they went and got the doctor and then a portable X-ray machine. I think maybe they just thought I had woken up after not pressing my morphine button in a while, so anyway I think they injected me with a sedative drug coz eventually I calmed down once they brought in the X-ray machine. After that I just cried and cried. It was really scary and I didn’t know what was happening. Eventually I either fell asleep myself or the drug they gave me put me to sleep.

In the morning i asked what had happened and honestly I don’t think I ever got an answer. It obviously wasn’t anything serious tho. I’m gonna ask the surgeon when I see him for a follow up next week tho because there’s no way that was just ‘nothing’. The day was hard as are most post op days- Off the anaesthetic and having to press the button every 5 mins to keep the pain manageable. This day I had my favourite nurse. She was so lovely and stayed with me a lot of the day coz I was still so rattled by the previous nights episode. I think it made me so scared because of the complications with the first surgery, they said the second went well but then this happened.

I had a nap and when I woke up I was in so much pain I started panicing again. It was just that I hadn’t pressed the button in a while so my nurse came and coached me through breathing and managing the pain till I could administer more again. This surgery was far less invasive than the fusion surgery but caused a lot of pain in a different way. I was very swollen and bloated around my left side so I couldn’t sleep on that side and I also had a lot of stitch kind of pain. At some point this day I managed to go for a walk with the frame tho which they were very impressed with- less that 24 hours post op to be walking.

I think they were discussing whether to take me to the ward or not but I said that if I got a say in the matter I’d rather stay in icu given the incident the night before. I ended up staying in icu but hardly slept at all that night.

The next day I was walking on my own. Showered then later they moved me to the ward.

One of the effects of this surgery (part of which the surgeon warned me about) was pain in my left leg. But I was also getting a lot of pain in both my quads and hip flexors. Being an ex dancer, I’m very aware of my body and the cause and effects of muscles. They were hurting really badly I think because I couldn’t use any of my abs or back muscles to move around- especially sitting and standing. I had to constantly have heat packs on my hips just to take my mind off it coz the pain in that area was almost worse than my back.

That night in the ward was maybe my worst night of this whole thing. I was just in so much pain, I got maybe half an hour sleep. I was constantly ringing my buzzer for more drugs and hotter heat packs. One time at about 3 am I just burst into tears and said I wanted to rip my legs off coz off the nerve pain radiating down, i could also start to feel all the metal in my back.. it was just the worst night of my life (yes maybe worse than the seizure coz at least I slept after that).

Monday was just a really shit day. I didn’t move in bed at all, hardly ate. The physio came in at one point to see if I wanted to go for a walk and tell me I was doing great and I just didn’t even respond coz I clearly was not doing great. They came to get me for an x ray- they didn’t even bother asking if I want to go down in a wheelchair coz I looked so ill. They took me down in the bed and I think I was semi unconscious the whole time, except for the X-ray I jumped up to get it over and done with then got back in the bed and zoned out while they took me back up. That day was so bad that at one point mum asked if I wanted to just sit in the wheel chair and go to the cafe to get out of my room and we got to the elevators and I said nope I want to go back.

They (the nurses) in general had been super onto me about using my bowels coz I hadn’t in a while and I knew they wouldn’t let me out of hospital until that was sorted so Monday night I finally got that out of the way and once I didn’t have to worry about that I think in general I started to feel heaps better about everything.

Tuesday i started feeling a lot better. I got my new X-rays:

It doesn’t show up on the X-ray but there is a thick tether rope between those peg- shaped screws down the bottom on the right (left side of my back- this is taken from the front). That pulled my bottom curve from about 90 degrees to maybe 35 (I don’t know the exact degree). So while my spine is definitely not straight, it is a HUGE improvement compared to what I use to have.

My nurses on tuesday said I might be able to get out of hospital in the next day or two which made me so excited coz it had been nearly 2 weeks, 2 surgeries, some big complications but I was so ready to get out. Tuesday was in comparison to the others a great day. I walked a lot and faster and easier than I had before, I did stairs and even got down into all my splits!!

(Pls excuse my bed hair and my chipmunk voice 🫠).

I asked the doctor about a release date and he said let’s aim for Thursday, so that just made me even more eager to improve so I could get out Wednesday.

I eventually crashed and had to get into bed at about 3 but I was still feeling good and was managing pain a lot better.

That night I slept so well! In a few 3 and 4 hour blocks and slept till 9 am! The nurse actually had to wake me up. I asked again about discharge and they said all my ops were looking good so as long as the doctor clears me I could go. He came in at about 10 and said I was free to go!!!!!

My mum had booked an air bnb across the street so she had been staying there and it was nice I had a big bed and, just homier sort of place to go to rather than a hotel. When I got back I had some lunch but then went and had a nap coz just packing up my hospital room was very exhausting. I had such a deep sleep when I woke up I randomly started crying. It was just very emotional and learning now how to walk and get around a sort of house was alot.

Thursday was a really good day- hardly any pain, sat up all morning watching tv, then went for a walk down the street. I have a walking stick just to help with balance but its also good just as kind of a signal to others that I’m a bit fragile at the moment- coz u wouldn’t know just looking at me.

Friday I spent most of the day in bed but was still feeling good.

Today (Saturday) we had to change accommodation, we’re now in a hotel for a week until (hopefully) the surgeon gives me the all good to fly next Saturday.

As for VM hugs…

So these ones have been my go-to help me breathe and stay calm (for this surgery they had to deflate my lungs so breathing exercises have been part of my rehab) but of course they also bring me a lot of happiness:

#thank you all for being so kind and checking in on me #I will be getting back to the regular posting now #lots of fun post series planned for when I get home #vm hugs have healing powers #I think that’s why I’ve recovered so quickly 🥹

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wkemeup · 2 years

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hi this is the anon who said she'll be back after reading the new chap WTF WAS THAT YOU CAN'T DO THAT TO ME IM SOBBING SHE CALLED HIM BY HIS NAME AND HIS HEART WENT SWOOSH AND THEN HE CALLED HER LOVE AND IT WAS SO HEARTBREAKING THAT THESE TWO CANT EVEN HAVE A F'IN MOMENT CUZ OF OFC WHO ELSE. FUGGIN LAWRENCE I SWEAR THAT LAWRENCE BISS YOU BETTER RUN but i just want to appreciate your writing and say thank you for writing such great stories, im always so deep into the story of each chapter and your chapters are posted quite late where im at so they're always the cherry on top for my weekends so thank you vm ilysm ALSO IF THAT LAWRENCE WOULD DO SUMN AGAIN IM GOING TO LOSE IT

Hahaha thank you!! I’m glad you’re still enjoying it given how much torment I’ve put you through 😅

#inbox #sky full of song

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wherethestoriesare · 2 years

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i am absolutely enjoying tlovm so far but i do find it a bit funny that they seem to setting up 'feelings' & the more emotional jazz that vm got into later on because for me it's almost at the point of retconning the group to not be the full arseholes they were

vex was a flat out mean girl bully & scanlan was an absolute dick & a creep more often than not. the only thing that stopped these guys being completely unlikable was that you could see the cast joking w each other

idk in a condensed tv episodic story these emotions need to be foreshadowed and all, i get that, but after watching eps 7-9 it's just so weird getting blatant percahlia & insecurity from scanlan & vax & percy being best bros

it'll be interesting to see the final 3 eps and see what the whole arc looks like

i'll say this though: the pike content and pike&grog besties content from last week is Good. top quality

#tlovm spoilers #critical role #tlovm #vox machina spoilers #up to ep9 #not against anyone who loved early vm #but they were not exactly nice #and that was part of the fun sometimes #not especially anti vex or scanlan but those were the two that jumped out at me the most #also i swear percy never got off that many shots without a misfire

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Not a question but i think you loving sopekook so much is very refreshing. I just read in one of your posts how you think if JK is dating one of his members, it's most likely hoseok. It surprised me, cause i don't often see people say that BUT i fully agree. I think it's a very underrated bond and we don't always get to see much of them but jk is definitely inclined to cuddle up to hs (bv3, in tent with jihope, cuddles hs) and nj said they are very close behind the scenes.

Literally the softest cuddle. I swear.

There are so many little moments that just stick out with me between these two. Of course, I can't say whether any BTS pairings are real or not, and I also don't care if they are or not. I say that a lot, but since I talk about the possibility, I feel some people (not directed at you) may be under the wrong impression. It's just the overall bonds that I enjoy observing and talking about. (I can get into why I think people enjoy observing and discussing the bonds and relationships between people, but I'm not gonna do that here.)

That being said, the time that I said that still holds true. I believe that, on the very big, if JK is in a relationship with any of his members, it'd more than likely be HS. On the far more likely case that they're not, I absolutely adore seeing their soft little moments. It has such a different feel than any pairing in BTS, and I personally think the two work great together anyway.

On an entertainment perspective, their personalities complement each other very well. Not in the same way that YG and HS compliment each other (with being "polar opposites" and all), but they do compliment each other. HS is very upbeat and loud, while JK seems to have no shame. It's quite a transformation from their earlier days when he was such a pitifully shy little cutie, but he's grown up really well. All of the members have a part to play in who he is now, but I still think he compliments HS the best with his personality. (Of course, any pairing has an interesting mix of personalities, honestly, and BTS themselves know that since they often talk about how different they all are.)

On a more real level, you can tell that they really care about each other. Like you said, JK almost seems to seek HS out, and HS looks after him. He also tends to baby JK a lot, and you can tell he really loves him. Romantic or otherwise, he loves that kid.

As for sopekook, that throws YG in the mix, and I personally adore the dynamics of the three of them together. I honestly wish we could see more games and such where the three of them are paired together. Among the three, obviously I love HS/JK the most. But I have such a soft spot for Sope and YK as well.

Thank you so much for submitting something to my asks! It's been a while, and these honestly motivate me to be here more than me trying to come up with something on my own. This seriously made my day. Even if vm*n is in my blog name, I'm always happy to talk about any member or any pairing! Especially Hopekook.

#koala answers

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It’s kind of fascinating to me to see what Charlie thinks even when I don’t agree with him. Strangely enough — or perhaps not, his main critique of VM’s Latch program was that he didn’t see how the 2 musical halves of the program connected.

I’ve been watching figure skating a long time, and I swear with ice dance every so often there is a team that just gets scores and it blows my mind because nobody wants to criticize them. Maybe this idea that teams deserve it because it’s their turn, or politics or whatever. Right now that team is PC, and I’ve given up on finding any kind of reasonable review of their performances. Though I have to say TSL were a little critical of the FD at IDF which is something I never would have predicted.

There's a clear love for the sport in Tanith and Charlie's commentary which I think what helps me enjoy their commentary even when it annoys the shit out of me LOL. And yeah, Charlie's commentary on Latch during NHK 2016 was that he didn't feel the connection between the two parts of the program, which is a commentary he voices a lot btw, he talks often about the compositions of the programs and whether he finds them cohesive or not. With Latch I disagree with him (he also criticized Wang/Liu's FD which I absolutely love) but I don't think he was trying to shade them in any way or was bitter or whatever (as some people suggested at the time), it's just a pet peeve of him and it's also very subjective which is why I often prefer when his commentary is more objective and less subjective.

And yeah, there seems to be a very big effort imo to get P/C that Olympic gold this season, it's very apparent in the commentary we've been getting so far. I think big parts of the skating community feel that P/C deserve it more than S/K and are trying to make it happen. Will it help? time will tell.

As for TSL, I've been having a crazy week so I haven't watched, was it Dave who criticized P/C's FD or Jonathan? Because Dave has been on the TS train for a while now (Still not sure what's that all about) but if it was the ultimate P/C uber Jonathan than I will find it more fascinating LOL.

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So, in the wake of BeauJesters seeming passing, I’m going to take a moment to be more than a little self-indulgent and explain why I love these characters and their unique dynamic so goddamn much, as well as why I’m so disheartened by the way the show seems to be taking them. Warning: essay ahead lol. This is just a rambly rant that I’m writing because it’s cathartic to vent a little bit of frustration, and I love these characters so much. (and I love the entire cast, every goddamn one, and every other character in the show too. This is about love, not hate).

So, for a few brief and wonderful episodes in this campaign, I actually believed that I was being told a love story about falling in love with your best friend, and figuring out your sexuality, while also unlearning all of the untrue lessons that the world taught you about love while you were growing up, and in so doing, finding value in yourself. Which, for me personally, is just super relatable. Like, that ticks every damn box I have lol, which partly explains why I love BeauJester so much, and I know a lot of B/J shippers feel the same. I’ve shipped B/J from super early on, but I never in a million years really believed it would happen, for a lot of reasons. Mostly homophobia, biphobia and heteronormativity. But I enjoyed their dynamic nonetheless, even though I thought (and was often TOLD by other shippers) that it didn’t stand a chance in hell of happening.

So you can imagine how VALIDATING it was when Marisha, both in character and out of game, confirmed that Beau had very significant romantic feelings for Jester. All of the crumbs we’d collected over the course of the campaign were finally coming together and all of the gaslighters who told us we were delusional suddenly had to acknowledge that there was something there. And once it had been acknowledged, it was OBVIOUS. Omg it was so obvious and I loved every second of it. It was so undeniable for the next few episodes, and in hindsight, that there was something building there between them, there was potential. There was definitely a connection between these two characters. And for a few weeks, it was great.

Then Liam - out of character - mentions that Caleb is in love with Jester. And it is immediately, fandom wide, treated with more respect than Marisha and Beau.

I know a lot of people get very very angry when this is brought up, but it is just the ugly, unfortunate reality that a lot of people in this fandom treat Jester like a manic pixie dream girl. Even the people who do not consciously believe her to be that (and I don’t think there are many that genuinely believe it), are perfectly fine /treating her/ like one, as long as it serves one of the straight men that they love so much, usually Caleb. And this is where the heteronormativity comes in. Because even though it was an out-of-game confession with no bearing on canon, Calebs feelings immediately took precedence over Beaus in terms of the fandom narrative.

I personally have never liked the way Liam handles romance in game. He did pretty much the exact same thing in campaign 1 as well, where his sad boy pines after the happy girl from afar until he’s uncontrollably in love with her, and then with no warning he drops it like a bomb. He just happened to drop it out of game this time. The main reason I don’t like this style of romance is because of how (unintentionally) manipulative it is. You see it in bad romcoms all the time. The guy makes a public declaration of love that pressures the girl into reciprocating or looking like the bad guy. But the main reason I don’t like /this particular/ declaration is the timing.

Liam - who has always said he likes things to come out in game - inexplicably decides out of game reveal something as major as Caleb being in love with Jester, right after Marisha IN GAME took steps towards Beau and Jester being together. And it completely changed the narrative. Suddenly it was “top table top table”, and that's if Beaus feelings ever got mentioned at all. It was not at all helped by the fact that a lot of cast members (sam) still pushed Fjorester HARD, even with Jester telling Nott to stop, which must have sucked for Marisha/Beau. But even as recently as episode 99, Beau was still flirting with Jester, and there were definite hints at Jester maybe having unacknowledged feelings for Beau.

Then the hiatus happened. When we return, Beau is throwing herself at Yasha, and there’s not even a song for Jester on her playlist. And then Travis reveals (also out of game, like Liam) that Fjord has feelings for Jester (in a playlist heavily curated by known fjorester, Dani Carr). And even /that/ is treated with more weight by some fans than Beaus in canon confession. And Yasha is having all of these super convenient dreams where Zuala tells her its ok to move on, and Beau and Jester are barely speaking. And now Beau is calling Yasha her GIRLFRIEND? WHAT??? Did I miss 20 secret episodes that aired during hiatus or something???? Beau and Yasha have still, in 107 episodes, only had ONE meaningful conversation and yet their relationship is being treated as deep and inevitable. Sure, you can read into their other interactions if you want. But as a queer person, I am sick to death of my love needing to be represented as subtext.

And so it has become pretty clear that the cast has decided out of game to go in a different direction. And of course they are well within their right to do that. But I just can’t help feeling incredibly disheartened, and again, more than a little bit gas-lighted. It really does seem as if Beaus' feelings for Jester have just been scrubbed from canon - as if they never even happened. All, seemingly, to make way for a typical happy-girl-sad-guy relationship with either Fjord or Caleb, and a typical pair-the-spares barely-any-depth relationship between the two out lesbians because its easy.

For the entirety of campaign 2, BeauJester has been treated as one thing - inconvenient. Inconvenient by the fans, who prefer other ships and have treated BeauJesters terribly, and now it seems, inconvenient by the cast, who have seemingly discarded it and scrubbed it from canon.

And one thing that really upsets me is the amount of genuine viciousness and vitriol coming from (some) BeauYasha shippers. I really wish BeauYasha was something I could get on board with, I do. And a lot of people who are sending me hate seem to assume I don’t want them to end up together. But I would be fine with that. But as it stands, they’ve literally only had one real conversation in 107 episodes, and they’re calling each other girlfriend? While literally having not spoken about anything like that? While one of those characters is supposed to have canon romantic feelings for another woman? Imagine that situation with any other characters and it would be comical.

I swear, the queer ladies in this fandom have been done dirty. All of us. Imagine if, in campaign one, Grog and Keyleth, in episode 107, started calling each other boyfriend/girlfriend in the middle of a battle. (I picked those two because they probably had the fewest moments together of any VM pairing). That’s pretty much what happened here, and we’re supposed to like it - be grateful, even - because it’s wlw rep? And I swear, the number of times I’ve been called lesbophobic in the last month is absurd - all because I’m not comfortable with a canon lesbians canon feelings being swept under the rug. All because I want wlw relationships to be allowed to have the same depth and growth as the straight ones. Yes, even if that relationship is B/Y. We should not settle for less. Imagine if they had done this with any other character's canon feelings for another. People would be angry.

And I know there are going to be a lot of people saying “It’s their game, they can do what they like”.

True. I never said otherwise. But it is also a show. It is a product. They sell merch. It is something that they have taken the time and the steps to make sure that we care about. And this is what that looks like.

I know what happened here isn’t technically queerbaiting, but damn if it doesn’t cut the same.

#critical role #cr spoilers #critical role spoilers #beaujester #cr discourse #i look forward to being called toxic

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you’re not the first stubborn, angry, rude physical therapy patient I’ve worked with and you won’t be the last, but you might be the first to get under my skin—VM/LoVe

Hello! Yes, it’s been 100 million years since I received this, but I am really making my way through prompts! At least...emotionally? Anyway, I believe this one was sent to me by @cubbiegirl??? And if not, I’ll go ahead and gift it to her anyway because she’s the best.

Will likely be posted to AO3 at some point (and edited?! who’s to say?), but for now let it live here.

*** Title: leap, land, and catch Rating: Pg-13 for swears (and some foreplay…did I just get blocked) (this is the exact text for the last time I posted a fic...but it still holds) Word count: ~1700 Relationships/Characters: Logan/Veronica Additional Information: Idk, I tried to do a sneaky little thingy? We’ll see if it works! Also...like most of my fics, it doesn’t have an ending as much as I just stopped typing words. Summary: Logan is 4-months post-ACL surgey, but he’s 4-years into trying Veronica’s patience. ***

“Good, good, good,” Veronica encourages. She points to her client’s knee. “Watch that rotation. Make sure your knee tracks right over your foot.” She nods in approval at the slight position correction her client makes. “Slow down. No need to rush this.” Her client smirks as he continues the exercise. Before he can respond she puts up a hand to stop him. “Whatever joke you’re thinking of making, you probably made it last week.”

“I doubt it,” Logan says. “I stayed up late thinking of new ones.”

“Sounds like a good use of your time. Go ahead and switch legs for me. Good. Just like that. Good.”

“I like the way you say ‘good.’ This might be awakening a kink in me.”

She rolls her eyes. “Something tells me your kinks don’t need any help in the awakening department.”

He grins and continues with the series of single leg squats.

Now that he’s been her client for more than four years, Veronica’s more than used to Logan Echolls’ particular brand of charm. Their appointments originally began to address the physical strain that went with his career as a former Naval aviator, specifically persistent low-level neck and back pain. From there they continued to work together to address the garden variety Southern California surfer boy ailments, namely surfer’s shoulder and lower back strain. Every Thursday, the final appointment of the day in the small clinic she runs, the two of them would work together while Logan also aimed to be a giant pain in her ass.

That is until Logan thought it would be a good idea to challenge a former Division II player of the year to a pick-up game of basketball, planted his foot wrong, and tore his ACL. Idiot.

“Two more on that side,” Veronica says. “Slow, slow, slow. And, done.” Logan lowers his right leg to the ground. “How’s that feel?”

“Good. Secure.”

“No pain as you extend?”

“None.”

“That’s what I like to hear.”

Logan follows her to the area of the gym with the weight machines. She selects a 15 lb dumbbell from the rack and leads him back over to the line of plyo boxes near the edge of the gym. She catches him looking over his shoulder back towards the weight machines.

She hands him the dumbbell. “I know how much you love power step-ups.”

He looks down at the dumbbell and then back up. “I thought we were moving to weight training this week.”

“We are.” She points at the dumbbell. “Hence the weight in your hand.”

“You know what I mean.”

“I want to give it another couple of weeks before we add additional pressure to your knee.”

“I told you I’m good.”

“Well, lucky for you I’ve cottoned on to your ‘the Navy equipped me to hike 15-miles in the snow, up hill, both ways’ hero complex which means I don’t plan to listen to you.”

“Veronica.”

“You’re just past 4-months post-op. Give it some time.” She points to the box. “Power step-ups. And if you don’t keep centered, I’m confiscating that weight.”

The dumbbell is a new addition, but the exercise is one Logan is familiar with. His form is, annoyingly, perfect, though that doesn’t stop Veronica from offering minor corrections and reminders. As they near the end of the final set of reps, she can tell Logan is getting fatigued. His breathing is heavier, and she detects a second of hesitation before he steps up onto the box. “Three more on that leg and then we’re done,” she coaches him. Except once he’s completed the final rep, he keeps going with the exercise. “All done, Logan,” she repeats. He continues with the exercise.

Any doubt she had that he didn’t hear her vanishes. Veronica steps around the plyo box so she can more easily make eye contact. “Logan.” He returns his leg to the ground, briefly makes eye contact with her, and then switches legs to start another series of reps.

“Logan,” she repeats. “Stop.” She could try and wrest the weight from his hands, but there’s the very real possibility that she could knock him off balance and cause him to seriously hurt himself. Plus, the man is a head taller than her and all muscle. Unless she clipped the back of his bad knee, she doesn’t see that going her way.

She folds her arms across her chest and waits for him to finish whatever toddler inspired physical therapy tantrum of his this is. By the time he’s done, his forehead is slick with sweat and his breath comes out in uneven pants. He extends the dumbbell for her to take, but she shakes her head and walks past him.

“Where are you going?” he asks.

She turns back around. “I’m going to have Tina call all my post-op clients to tell them they’ll be working with you as their PT from now on. Seeing as you’re such an expert in post-surgical rehab.”

“Veronica.”

“No. Save me the Veronicas and the bushbaby eyes. You could have hurt yourself, Logan. Really hurt yourself. You realize that?”

“I wasn’t trying—”

“If you don’t want my input, go to Planet Fitness, pay $10, and they’ll let you do whatever superhero camp exercises you want and fuck your knee in the process. Is that what you want?”

“Shit, Veronica. That’s not it!”

“Then what is it?”

He drops the dumbbell to the ground and slumps down on the plyo box. He sighs. “I’m not good at…at…being idle.” He says idle like it’s a vile word. Which, for Logan, she supposes it is. “I don’t know what to do with myself, and it makes me--” Then he folds in on himself. His shoulders slump and a crease forms between his brow.

She takes a step towards him and then another. His eyes track her as she moves. “I never said you needed to be idle. I’m asking you to trust me.”

“God, is that even a real question? Of course I trust you.”

“Okay, then.” She places a hand on his shoulder. His skin is hot, like always. Her skin prickles with the awareness of it. “There’s always knitting.” He tilts his head in question, his eyes wide and focused intently on her. “If you need to keep your hands busy,” she explains. “Cross-stitch? Buy yourself a pottery wheel?”

“I can think of -- oof.”

She clamps a hand over his mouth. “Enough of that. And what did I say about the bushbaby eyes?”

He gently pulls her hand away from his mouth. He runs his fingers along the slight indentation on her ring finger. “You like them.”

“No I don’t.”

“You like me.”

“Only when I can tolerate you. Which is hardly ever.” She gently removes her hand from his. “Now what are we going to do for the rest of the hour?”

“Perform admirably and impress you with my male virility?”

“No. Also, yuck. We are going to listen to Veronica.” She extends a hand. “Deal?”

He takes her hand in a firm grip and shakes. “Deal.”

“Leap and lands.” He groans. She points to a spot on the mat. “Both legs.”

“You’re a cruel woman.”

It happens quickly. Her back is only turned for a few seconds but then she hears Logan cry out.

She chips back around and he’s on the ground, his hands on the mat and extended to cushion his fall.

“Logan!” She rushes towards him.

“I’m okay,” he says, but she can hear the waver in his voice. “I’m okay.”

“Let me see.” She helps him sit down on the mat and uses her hands to slowly guide him to extend his knee.

“I’m okay. I promise. I moved before I set my feet.”

“How about I be the judge of that?”

He’s right, it turns out. Most likely the added exertion from the weights he added, combined with the unsanctioned extra reps, and not setting his feet before he walked just caused his knee to buckle.

She’s mostly quiet the remainder of the session. Given his fall, she amends her plan and focuses on range of motion exercises rather than adding more weight. He tries to make a few jokes as they work together. Every time she tries to respond with a quip, she sees Logan splayed out on the mat, and hears the slight quiver of his voice.

“Do not overdo it with the home exercises this week,” she warns.

“You sound a lot like my wife.” He tosses the bands they used in the bin to be disinfected tomorrow.

“I mean it, Logan.”

“Roger. Are we done?”

“We’re done.”

“Good.” He reaches for her hand and pulls her close to him. The move takes her by surprise, though it shouldn’t. “Does that mean you’re going to stop giving me the silent treatment?”

“Would you rather I yell at you?”

“Sometimes.”

She rolls her eyes, and looks away. “You were doing extra reps on your own. Weren’t you?”

“Veronica.” The gentle pressure of his thumb on her chin guides her eyes back to him. “I’m okay.”

“You scared me.”

“I kind of scared myself.” He kisses the tip of her nose. “But I’m okay.”

The nights where he’s her last appointment of the night aren’t the worst thing ever. He’s got good shoulders, keeps her distracted through lock-up, and only complains a little when she suggests they pick up takeout from the Indian restaurant with the owner who flirts with her.

“Thanks to my brilliant physical therapy skills you mean?”

“Obviously.” He hooks a finger in the small pocket sewn into the waistband of her leggings and removes the ring she keeps there. Past-her would have some strong, and likely unkind, words to say if she could hear the quick beat of her heart as Logan slides her wedding band back onto her finger.

“We’re late for family dinner.”

“Are you going to speak to Wallace at this one?”

“I speak to Wallace every day.”

“Let me rephrase. Are you going to stop referring to your brother as ‘The Maimer of Husbands’?”

“To his face? Or in general?”

“Let’s start with to his face.”

#logan echolls #veronica mars #vm fanfic #lv fanfic #p: logan x veronica #tv: veronica mars #movie: veronica mars #never stories

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garrison "grady" oliver knox jr.

thirty two. podcast host. amateur sleuth. casey deidrick.

grady: [looks deeply into your eyes; pats your knee, sympathetically.] grady: “i don’t care.”

content warnings: mentions child neglect, parental abandonment, missing parent, (suspected) death of a parent, alcoholism.

dominant traits. opinionated, surface level arrogant, judgmental, creative, sarcastic, invasive, blunt/crass, antisocial, stubborn, self-aware, unyielding, grudge-holding, mouthy (read as: "brutally honest"), insensitive, protective, intuitive, reactive, self-reliant, observant, adaptable, impulsive.

fictional parallels. connor welsh (htgawm); jess mariano (gilmore girls); jughead jones (riverdale); stiles stilinski (teen wolf); nancy drew (cw nd); veronica mars (vm).

○ his name is grady. no one calls him garrison, not anymore. not since his mother was around. i say around, and not alive, because she isn't dead. just missing. a town native who moved away when she was pregnant with him, but brought a lot of the darker parts of miriam's well with her. he was raised on unfinished stories and embellished half truths about the place his mother grew up in─the place he eventually called home at fourteen─and, ultimately, is probably responsible for his interest in all things unexplained. and his father, well... his father is around georgia, somewhere, he supposes. they haven't spoken for a while. believe it of not, a relationship with your son doesn't cure at the bottom of a bottle.

○ his life pretty much always baseline sucks and his attitude and demeanor mirrors that. which is fine since grads is the type of guy who makes more acquaintances than he does friends. and even more enemies than that. he will casually put his nose in your business because "that’s my job" and he makes no apologies for who he is.

○ when he was younger he wanted to be a journalist, a photographer, and novelist and you can tell. too curious for his own good and heavily believes in not only checking his sources, but questioning everything. he's not afraid to stand up for the things he believes in or for the people he finds deserving of it, and has very little issue or care to what what consequences these actions might breed. he also may or may not be a coffee addict.

the corner booth at the local diner; twilight zone background noise; the smell of coffee seeping from moist skin; sweeping honesty; not only is the truth out there, but it also probably sucks; ring around the rosie was about the black plague; anti-social social club; dry sarcasm over milkshakes; swear jar that has his name on it; the company misery loves; mean nerd aesthetic; late nights in the studio with great music and a constant opinion.

plot hooks.

○ his family. well, his mother's family. the people she left behind, whatever's left of them. possibly an aunt (preferably his mother's twin, who he had no idea existed, so imagine that shock) who took him in when she went missing at fourteen and any potential children she might have? because cousin relationships are great and no one has your back or will kick your ass quite like family. can't imagine them being well off, more like town trash and maybe this aunt was the best of them. ○ veronica mars needs clients. ACAB indeed, but sometimes people need solutions to problems that a corrupted small-town government isn't capable (or willing) to get them. what does that mean? for the low price of [insert negotiation here] this knox boy will go out of his way to find the answers you need. husband fucking the secretary? photos will hold up nicely in divorce court─not to mention i'm a ~fantastic photographer. you get the idea. sure, it's not the prettiest (or cleanest) job, but it's easier to make money off liars, thieves, and cheating spouses than you might realize. especially in a small town with such an ugly history. ○ the unlucky barista/cashier/counter girl. it'd be nice to have a little back-and-forth relationship with someone who might work for his aunt? i imagined [his aunt] owns a coffee shop or cafe (or something of the sort) and he's always in there helping himself to free coffee and snacks and likes to poke and prod this person when he's bored via asking a million intrusive questions or just being his curious, obnoxious self. taken by noor ♡ ○ co-hosts of the night shift. well, it's not the doomsday podcast, certainly not with their following, but like a lot of people who find their way to miriam's well, they share the same basic general interest (unsolved mysteries, serial killers/true crime, paranormal/ghost hunting, lore, extraterrestrial, etc.) except, grady also likes to use his platform to bitch and moan about other things that happen in town. some topics more pointed than others, and often about public officials he has no business putting on the air and his fellow casters probably hate him doing. no one likes a target on their back. ○ pizza buddy + longtime friend. someone (preferably someone he considers close/from when he first moved to mw) who will go with him to flying saucers at two am for "out of stock" garlic knots (and/or an employee he bribes with🍃for said knots 👀) because he's an actual human garbage disposal and he hates himself just enough to like the aesthetic and that entire plot sounds fucking awesome?? bonus points if they both used to work there when they were younger, and now this shit is habit/a bastard tradition at this point. ○ doomsday descendants. characters who are part of the families who have abduction histories that he can interview and broadcast on his podcast─also pick their brain about every little detail and absolutely get on their nerves in some way or another.

#halfmoonrp #ch: garrison knox #type: blurb #this is a mess

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