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angelsndragons · 1 year

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so, when it comes the agency discussions, there’s one thing i see a lot of folks overlook:

the hells managed to bluff their way down to the key and batteries in the first place!

you can’t say ‘they didn’t change anything’ when everything they did they were able to do by commandeering that automaton and lying like a boss throughout the first half of the session.

please, just imagine for a second what happens if they were caught on that gangplank. or before they found the batteries. it’s easy to look back and say ‘well if they had that fight sooner maybe keyleth and vax would have been late and nothing would have happened’ except-

no, that wouldn’t have happened, right? keyleth and vax were fixed points in this encounter. matt was going to bring them in at some point. there’s no scenario where they don’t appear. even if the hells hadn’t called keyleth before their infiltration, keyleth was going to be there. she already had all the info she needed for her appearance to make narrative sense, aside from a tree (which she can get anyway via a scry on orym or on the ruins themselves).

if that fight had kicked off earlier, you have no battery destruction. you have more mooks to deal with. ryn’s probably shattered. liliana doesn’t hesitate to fight your group because you aren’t down next to the very delicate and sensitive equipment you can’t afford to accidentally damage (yes imogen might have had the same chances to turn her but that rests on the assumption that imogen would be conscious to make the attempt, which is not guaranteed). you probably aren’t in a position to even try to help beau and caleb. you aren’t close enough to even attempt to fight ludinus. and you certainly aren’t going to force him to sacrifice an arm to help power up the device.

player agency and “railroading” doesn’t come down to just an encounter itself; the lead up to the encounter also matters. particularly with a group like the hells, a party built to snake around obstacles and change the win conditions and get out by the skin of their teeth. this is how the hells play, this is where they thrive. they still have to master the “fuck shit up” part of any good sabotage mission but honestly, they’ve come really far. they worked together. they actually did some good sabotage (hey remember back when ira blew up his own lab and they barely got out alive, boy i sure do). they very nearly extracted a target without much outside help. they almost flipped one of their most powerful enemies.

and they got out alive! the hells and their living c1 and c2 counterparts all survived the encounter, which was very much not guaranteed. the red moon is still whole (for the moment). ludinus did not succeed in any way that matters. his plan had to go off perfectly to ensure his victory and it absolutely did not. because our players and their characters had agency within the story to change things. i know it feels like they only did a bunch of little things but remember: every little bit counts. every little piece adds up.

the hells have bought the world much needed time and attention. they have provided key world figures with important information which will help the world fight back in the days and weeks to come.

they and their choices here absolutely made a difference and i’m excited to see where they go.

#cr spoilers #critical role meta #critical role spoilers #c3e51 #bells hells #my meta #long post #last episode was a victory #not a whole victory mind you #but a victory #ludinus was on the clock and everything had to go absolutely perfectly #they didn't #at all #thanks to the hells #i dunno this feels like a rogue one situation #minus the dying

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captainsaltypear · 3 months

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IS ANYONE ELSE GONNA TALK ABOUT THIS OR

#hazbin hotel #huskerdust #hazbin husker #hazbin angel dust #hazbin angeldust #angeldust #husker #hazbin husk #look man im all for overlord husk but EXCUSE ME????????#WHERE DID THIS COME FROM #I LITERALLY YELLED W H A T AT MY COMPUTER SCREEN WHEN HE SAID THIS #I KNEW HUSK WAS STRONGER THAN HE LET ON BUT AN OVERLORD???????#GURL??????????#DAMN SON #THIS new piece of information caught me so offguard that i was still reeling from it even after the emotional bomb that was loser baby #anyways huskerdust truthers how are we feeling #HOW DOES VICTORY FEEL #NO LONGER CRACKSHIP BROTHERS #WE'RE REAL #AND IM FEELING SO GOOD ABOUT IT #anwyways im doing very emotionally good how are you guys #im...gonna put a hiatus my own personal webcomic to cry over this for the next 6 months #girls help #keith david...........im so sorry i ever doubted you he ATE THAT UPPPP #hazbin hotel spoilers #pear post #scheeze art

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runawaymarbles · 2 months

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The thing I keep coming back to, with all the *gestures expansively* is that real life doesn't have peaceful epilogues.

Every single win has to be defended. Forever. I'm sorry. It sucks. The Nazis lost until they stopped losing. The US had abortion rights, and then 50 years later it didn't. Empires fall, and then they invade other countries again. Oppressive regimes are overthrown and replaced with other oppressive regimes. You will never finish the work etc etc etc. Which is why it's so fucking important to be able to acknowledge and celebrate progress, when it happens. The people who came before you didn't put in all that work for nothing, and you aren't, either. You can't save it all for the Ultimate Victory because there is never going to be an Ultimate Victory. There's no such thing as a time when everything is good, and ours shall not be the commune of Heaven.

#rambling #like by all means always push for more #but man you gotta be able to note the small victories too #and you have to be able to step away for a bit when you need to because there's never going to be an Ultimate End #op

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palipunk · 5 months

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HENRY KISSINGER DEAD ON INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PALESTINIAN SOLIDARITY LETS GO

#PALESTINIAN VICTORY!!

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dirt-mccracken · 5 months

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As much as I want to be a wholly joyous about the fact that Henry Kissinger is finally fucking dead, as he deserves... There's a lot of me that can't help being upset with. With the fact that he lived to 100 years old. He got better medical care, better housing, and a better, more stable life for those 100 years than billions on this planet ever going to see and he did it specifically through exploitation, state sanctioned murder, and lies. He lived to 100 years comfortably on a legacy of violence that rarely threatened his personal comfort. I want to be joyous that he's finally dead, because the world IS better with him dead, but the reality is he won a long time ago.

#sorry to be a hashtag Downer but I've been thinking that for a few years like what victory is there when war criminals live full lives #and never face charges or jail time or any sort of mandated civil restitution #what victory is there when Kissinger died peacefully at home at age 100.#and what victory will there be when loads more 20th century war criminals die out naturally? what comfort can that bring?#bc to me all it says is the Next Kissinger will get the same mercy and same immunities #personal #pol #<- kinda

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jupiter-suggestion · 11 months

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consider the sperm whale and the squid. an ancient rivalry that dates back millions of years. we know the whales eat the squids. we know the squids do not make it easy for them. we know this because of the scars the whales carry, scars on the outside of their body, and on the inside as well. how badly must you want something to endure wounds inside your mouth? inside your gut?

consider the whale, who is harmed by what sustains her. consider the squid, whose flesh is soft and delicious but refuses to go down easy.

#mine #suggestion #this is not a direct allegory to anything i just think about whales with scars inside their stomachs and i Feel Things #oh i do know what its like to fight the thing you need. i do know the bittersweet taste of victory for a price.#y'all ever relate to a whale?#50 #100 #500 #1k #5k #10k #25k #35k

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sassylittlecanary · 2 months

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Batman’s cape should always be drawn like it’s basically a sentient creature with its own personality. Bruce is like “hnnn I want to be a Creepy Night Creature” and his cape is like “got it boss 🫡”

#batman #bruce wayne #batman dark victory #dc #dcu #dc comics

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imma-dragon53 · 8 days

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You’ve heard of “justice league doesn’t know Batman has kids”

Now prepare for “the Team doesn’t know Batman is Robins dad”

#yes there is a fic #batfam #batman #batfamily #robin #dick grayson #bruce wayne #justice league #young justice #kinda #not super hard sell on it being the Team #there’s a lot of overlap #the fic is being written as we speak #my laptop is in my lap right now #it’s already longer than both the focus incident and small victories #no surprise there though #I actually have a plot with this one

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marblegroves · 6 months

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Let the games begin!! 💚💛❤️

#secret life #secret life smp #traffic smp #trafficblr #traffic series #secret life spoilers #life series #life series smp #i didnt forget to post on here this time 🥳 yippee!#its the little victories man #doodlegroves #also i didnt get my fill of absolutely spamming the tags on instagram #so im gonna spam all possible tags here ^^

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zoe-oneesama · 1 month

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These things break if you blow on them!

Episode 53 Part 1 First < Previous Episode > Next Season 1, Season 2, Season 3, Season 4, Season 5 Ep 41, Ep 42, Ep 43, Ep 44 Ep 45, Ep 46, Ep 47, Ep 48, Intermission, Ep 49, Ep 50, Ep 51, Ep 52

Bonus:

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#should be an easy victory right?#scarlet lady #scarlet lady comic #scarlet lady au #hawkmoth #episode 53 part 1

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felacunti · 11 months

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she did warn him

#gundam #msg #victory gundam

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lumosxiii · 4 months

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i truly believe that if donna would have heard 10th doctor saying "time lord victorious" she would have laughed in his face and the pure embarrassment would have fixed him

#donna noble #doctor who #tenth doctor #10th doctor #time lord victorious

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shanks · 4 months

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