#animated nein but

[dent-de-leon]

Okay but what if animated nein shows us more of Molly being haunted by Lucien early on--dreams of the Eyes, or moments when "something creeps through" and he sees a fragment of a memory that's not his own--

Thinking about...when Molly finally reveals the truth about Lucien, when he's so relieved that his family didn't abandon him, "This was not how I expected this to go...Thank you." The way his heart feels lighter when Caleb still calls him Mollymauk Tealeaf. The warmth and comfort of giving Yasha a big hug.

What if, after everything's out in the open, and Molly's so grateful he doesn't have to face it all alone, what if there's just--this little voice, whispering in the back of his mind. A reflection in the mirror that isn't him. A bad dream, but he just won't wake. And somewhere across the Astral Sea, Lucien whispers that he's nothing but an Empty shell, a puppet without a heart or soul. How could the Nein ever love him, when he's not even real--

#i just think #matts original plan of lucien haunting mollymauk and trying to get the body back #would just be so good and so fun in this medium-- #animated nein but #you get little hints and glimpses here and there #of lucien being built up to the final villain from the very beginning #moments where we see how hard it was for molly to live with luciens nightmares and scars-- #desperate not to be abandoned--

[yudol-skorbi]

i am at the point where if i dont finish now i'll newer finish so yeah the rest of the gaaaaaang

#critical role #the mighty nein #fanart #caleb widogast #mollymauk tealeaf #fjord stone #caduceus clay #the male passing fellas #this was harder then i fuckin thought #i hope someone will make taliesin personally apologize to every animator who will work on molly #caleb my love i adore your palette you look like dirt and smell of cat piss💜 #i FINALLY FUUUCKIN FIGURED OUT FJORD O YEA #i was struggling with him for ages #mr duce zero complains absolute ideal of a character #tho i am still not entirely pleased with colors #but fuck it #if i keep going like this i'll just never post anything ever

[robyncvhart]

- M9 Mollymauk -

#pixel art #critical role fanart #critical role #pixel animation #mighty nein #the mighty nein #mollymauk tealeaf #cr mollymauk #critical role c2

[playerkingsley]

polymorph therapy isn't for everyone

#sometimes I queue my silly posts & sometimes I draw them immediately—there is no in between #anyway here's caleb 'shows every ounce of affection with tactile animal forms' widogast & essek '?!?!' thelyss #critical role #critical role fanart #cr fanart #caleb widogast #essek thelyss #shadowgast #dancy draws #the mighty nein #also this is unofficially a tribute to reaching an insane and also visually pleasing follower count. boy there are a lot of you

[mini-minish]

jesties day out ✨🌂🧁

#jester lavorre #essek thelyss #critical role #dood #critical role fanart #the mighty nein #cr2 #m9 #caleb widogast #fjord stone #veth brenatto #caduceus clay #beauregard lionett #yasha nydoorin #kingsley tealeaf #shadowgast #mentioned #baby's first anime beach episode dw he has the most powerful sunscreen imaginable #nicodranas girls we're unforgettable #honestly bg is pretty ass. but its what my current skill level allows me to do #hope to get better in the future... #jesties #the drink is non-alcoholic im a firm believer of jester enjoying colorful oversweet mocktails

[aaronmcfocks]

A promise to a friend. Minor Spoiler vor C2

#critical role #criticalrolespoilers #the mighty nein #my art #my art and animations #fanart #dnd #critical role exandria #exandria #Caleb #Frumpkin #caleb widogast #bren aldric ermendrud #critical role fanart

[fjordfocused]

Artist’s Parents: wow, you’re working on an animated series? that’s great, hun. do you have a particular part you’re drawing?

Artist hired specifically to draw all the balls and cocks Jester paints upon any surface she passes: yeah background art

#critical role #mighty nein animated

[criticalcoruscant]

Titmouse animators remembering that the M9 never met a problem that couldn't be solved with polymorph

#critical role #mighty nein #mighty nein animated #check for tags #jan23

[imorphemi]

So I ended up animating this haha I just. I love these two sm they are just so incredibly

#my art #animation #critical role #the mighty nein #caleb widogast #nott the brave #I GOT TO THE VETH PART BTW #OUGH #;-;

[the-big-nope]

One of my personal hopes for whenever Mighty Nein Animated comes out is that, similar to how they cranked up the dial on Vox Machina being kind of underestimated loser mercenaries at the beginning to make their rise to legendary status more satisfying, I hope they really place notable emphasis on just how fucking shady the Nein are. Like, Vox Machina are crass dumbasses who aren’t above a little pickpocketing or B&E on occasion, but the Nein are on a whole other level. They will have done absolutely nothing wrong and they still act like they’re hiding a body under their floorboards. One of their first adventures together was framing a political figure for sedition and attempted murder. They stole a beacon just because they felt like it. Beau casually committed mail fraud in like episode 4. They have worked for the mob and have committed piracy. These guys are straight up criminals and I would like that to be made very clear. 

#mighty nein animated #critical role #the mighty nein

[karekareo]

[gif] jester summoning her spiritual weapon o/  (fx animation by my brother kev)

#animation #critical role #jester lavorre #gif #mighty nein #2d animation

[fjorests-of-wildemount]

I will not apologize for the person I will become once we get animated Caleb Widogast.

It's a teaser of who I'll become when we get animated Essek Thelyss.

#critical role #the mighty nein #the mighty nein animated

[brittajj26]

#character design #characters #fan art #dungeons and dragons #critical role #the ruby of the sea #marion levorre #the mighty nein #critter #the legend of vox machina #TLOVM #2d animation #animation

[robyncvhart]

- M9 Fjord (early C2) -

#pixel art #critical role fanart #critical role #pixel animation #criticalrole #mighty nein #the mighty nein #critical role c2 #fjord stone #fjord tusktooth

[essektheylyss]

Okay but you know what's really clever about the choice to include off-screen campaign content in the Nein animated show, is that it puts the audience on far more equal footing.

There's a lot of intrigue going on in Wildemount behind the scenes, and those of us who've seen the campaign have an idea of what that is, but rarely a clear answer. There are a lot of interpersonal dynamics that we don't see but that make a major impact on outcomes for the character: not only Essek's dealings with the Assembly but his relationship to the rest of the Dynasty's upper echelon, the Assemblies' interactions amongst themselves, Astrid and Eadwulf's dynamic with Trent or other scourgers, or Lucien's relationship with Cree and the other Tomb Takers. These alliances make or break the characters' decisions with regard to the Nein depending on how much loyalty or trust they share, and they shift a lot while the Nein aren't present.

I think there's a bit of this in tlovm with the happenings in Whitestone and the dynamic among the Chroma Conclave, but these exist primarily to ground the antagonists, because it's not the same kind of story; Vox Machina's story is about how they become Big Damn Heroes. There is political action happening, but while it does have an influence on them, it always exists to an extent to be either a boon or an obstacle to them, because it cannot deal with the threats at hand without heroes (not necessarily Vox, but in the archetypal sense). The Nein, in contrast, are in a story about being the tangential players to numerous plots of intrigue that occupy no small position of power in the world, plots that in fact actively resist the role of heroes, and the struggle for personal agency that comes with that.

So giving more information to the audience about those other happenings means new fans get a lot of the information that existing fans will go into the show with much sooner, while existing fans are receiving new information at the same time. By the time the characters find out what the audience knows, the audience is more or less on the same page waiting for that shoe to drop.

#m9 animated #mighty nein #critical role #cr meta #I have so many feelings about this okay it is GREAT as a choice for this narrative #I have so much shit to do why as I given things to have thoughts about TODAYYYYY

[rabbibond]

Most glorious man ever🥵💖

#vox machina #fantasy #critical role #dungeons and dungeons #anime #character concept #art #shaun gilmore #mighty nein