#cr3 speculation

[marymauk]

sure is weird that not-ruidusborn-but-he-wishes Ludnius (inventor of the fey power slurping harness) orchestrated the birth of a ruidusborn fey

wonder what he did that for

#i was having myself a laugh about him slurping the nightmare king. But Then. #cr spoilers #cr3 speculation #bells hells #ludinus da'leth #fearne calloway #critical role #my post #hope nobody's made this post yet and i missed it XD

[moisthalforcboy]

Hello Callowmoore shippers, my cousin wants to inform you all that she thinks that Ashton will try to take the fire titan spirit into themself, but it will start to kill him until Fearne steals it with her cool wildfire magic.

That is all. :)

Edit: OMG we're in it guys!!!

#cr3 spoilers #cr3 speculation #callowmoore #she’s 11 and very excited by this idea #it’s her first ever ship and it’s adorable #I tagged it as speculation to be safe

[wilderebellion]

I will only accept Ludinus Da'leth being from pre-Calamity times if he was involved in fucking over Halas.

#critical role #cr3 spoilers #cr3 speculation #cr3 #cr2 spoilers #cr2

[xyraryx]

So we are all on the same page about guests coming in the next few weeks right? Like during the slayers take arc?

#critical role #bells hells #cr3 spoilers #cr3 speculation #apogee solstice

[stargabs]

Y'all I know that this is all just dumb nowhere speculation but...

We saw Vax get lensed, right?

What color is the lens that the Nightmare King was using for the machine he made as proof of concept? The one that Ashton broke?

Green.

GUYS DID ASHTON BREAK ARTIE BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE SO FUCKING FUNNY.

#cr3 #cr spoilers #bells hells spoilers #bells hells #cr3 spoilers #cr3 speculation #this is so dumb. please let me be dumb. #cr the traveler

[fluidstatick]

As a rock hound and semiprecious stone nerd, i can't stop thinking about the aesthetic consequences of Ashton's decision to turn themselves into a walking volcano.

Preliminary fanart suggests that the new arm is black volcanic glass with magma ribbons, which makes sense. But consider: If Ashton is a Genasi made of Jade-like stone, as they heated up the left side of their body would not automatically be immune to the heat. When you superheat Jade, it darkens dramatically. The veins in their skin could be gold, but could also be pyrite, which is considerably stronger than gold. The fun thing about pyrite is that it tarnishes beautifully. And, fun fact! If you superheat amethyst, it turns into "synthetic" citrine.

So imagine - Ashton takes in the shard of Rau'shan, he begins to superheat, their glossy green skin begins to darken and crack and blister. The scrolling ribbons of fool's gold around their joints and ligaments begin to blister and crystallize into craggy dark rainbows among hot, smoky swirls of blackened jade. One arm falls off, and one ear, then pieces of their chest, their abdomen - all replaced with slick obsidian glass and fresh ribbons of boiling red magma. And their hair, once violet and shot through with rainbows, is amber-dark like whiskey, frosted at the roots.

From a geological perspective, Ashton just went from This -

To this.

So does the split down the middle look cool? Absolutely. Do I think the heat affecting every part of Ashton, not just his right side, is even more badass? Yeah, I do actually. Their color palette just got much more interesting. So, enjoy that.

#cr3 #ashton greymoore #critical role #critical role speculation #geology

[jinxknight]

On October 15 2015, Vox Machina travelled to Whitesone and found eight bodies hung on the Sun Tree as a message.

And on October 13 2022, almost seven years later, the Bell's Hells will fight Delilah Briarwood in Whitestone for the soul of one of those bodies to bring her back to life.

We've come full circle.

#critical role #cr spoilers #vox machina #bell’s hells #c3e36 #cr3 #cr speculation

[wlwdisasterr]

one of my favourite things about campaign 3 is the hostility between chetney and imogen laura and travis really said we've been graph paper lovers, now it's time to upgrade...reluctant allies

#critical role #laura bailey #cr3 #travis willingham #reluctant allies is a stretch but it reminds me of every single friendship i've ever had with a guy ever #in the “i'm not in the least bit convinced you're a funnctional human being but morals wise you're half-decent so i'll tolerate you ig” #<- this is referring to imogen and chet #i'm not speculating abt real people cause i do not want to #please don't take me seriously

[its-your-mind]

Orym being able to Power Nap his way through life always is both very in-character and cool as fuck AND incredibly concerning Orym I am so worried about you pls get a full nights sleep. for me.

#critical role #bells hells #c3e71 #orym of the air ashari #critical role speculation #cr spoilers #critrole spoilers #cr3 spoilers #c3 spoilers

[cassafrasscr]

Okay but imagine if Sam's new character is FCG.

NOT Fresh Cut Grass - a DIFFERENT Aeormaton who also happens to be a Faithful Caregiver model.

Maybe they go to Aeor to investigate the tech Ludinus has been gathering and run into them there. A different person with a different personality and voice. Wearing the same face as their fallen friend.

The angst potential is so juicy. 🤔

#critical role spoilers #cr spoilers #cr3e92 #c3e92 #cr3 #critical role #fresh cut grass #fcg #cr speculation

[queenofthedorks]

Okay so wait. Wait.

They found Aeorian tech last week.

The Crush happened 3 centuries ago. What ever Ludinus did with Aeorian tech that resulted in the destruction of Molaesmyr happened it the 580s which would be about 300 years ago. The leaders of the imperium have bioengineered psychic tech. We know the Aeorian were having some fun with bioengineered stuff.

This isn’t the first time Ludinus has tried this.

What if Luddy is Aeorian old—like architect of the Factorum Malleus old?

#critical role #critical role spoilers #critical role speculation #cr3 spoilers #cr3

[moisthalforcboy]

*remembers the last time there was a powerful magic rock in this campaign* Yeah, please don't let Laudna hold the rock...

#critical role #cr3 spoilers #cr3 speculation

[wilderebellion]

I feel like the dog theming in Bor'Dor must be intentional, so I'm curious to find out more about it. Seems like he's been sheltered/isolated from others - how much of that was actually his choice? What's the deal with his brother?

Sick for weeks with a fever, and I think at one point Utkarsh says "he looks just like me" but it happened during a moment of overlapping talk, so there weren't any further queries about the sick brother.

That part feels like it's almost something - maybe not foreshadowing any sort of future narrative, but more like a reference to something. That feeling you get of That Must Be A Reference when someone says something, but you have NO clue as to its source.

Maybe it would explain (or recontextualize) the dog themes. But...I got nothing. Gotta wait and see.

#critical role #cr3 #cr3 spoilers #cr3 speculation

[mehoymalloy]

Here's my opinion that nobody asked for (but mostly just a factual recap) on the end of c3ep90, specifically regarding one Liliana Temult. I saw a teeny bit of speculation of Otohan potentially being the source of 'Did she know?' based on the accent Matt used, so of course I had to go back and listen to the scene a few times to check.

Obviously Matt left us on a cliffhanger for a reason, so very few statements can be made conclusively. The main one being: we know the scream was from Liliana.

From Fearne's persepctive (timestamp: 4.21.00):

Right as Fearne finds Ashton and FCG, the red energy around her (and simultaneously around Imogen, Matt notes) starts to brighten, and, "through both of your minds, you hear this high pitched scream, this earth-shattering scream of fury and horror, and then with that, the scream is gone."

When Laura asks if she recognizes the voice, Matt says, "Maybe. You've heard a lot of screams in your days." Laura asks if she can hear it even with the circlet on and Matt retcons a lttle, saying, "You felt it. It wasn't in your mind directly, but you felt it."

Just as Team Explosion start moving again, the music hall explodes: "this blast of bright energy with like a pinkish tone. You see the top of a shell-shaped building explode, and chunks of it fly out and stop and float in space. Immediately you see, like a bullet out of a gun, this singular lavender streak of power and energy that enters and kind of lifts and floats in the sky."

We then immediately cut to Team Infiltration.

From Imogen's perspective (timestamp: 4.29.58):

She sees the music hall explode from the balcony they are using to exit the tower ("Catching up," Matt clarifies). Matt says, "and you immediately know the source of the scream you heard earlier," confirming to Laura that it was Liliana.

Team Infiltration repel down from the balcony and keep moving. Matt then says, "You see that purple flame flickering in the air, and in both of your heads, you just hear, 'Did she know?'"

The cast all assume it is Liliana voicing the question (and that she now hates Imogen lol).

-

Ok now getting into opinion rather than fact:

To me this reads as the scream, the explosion, and the question all happening in quick succession, which implies Liliana is the source of all three.

As an aside: I adore that Imogen's immediate reaction is relief that Liliana is alive (she gasps, stares with wide eyes, and puts her hand over her chest). Imogen reaches out for Laudna with one hand, and Laudna even reassures, "I knew- I knew she was gonna be alright."

Considering the scream is of "fury and horror," specifically, I really lean toward the Ruidusborn Liliana had been gathering all being severely injured or killed during the assassination attempt. Seeing a bunch of young people you claim to protect grievously or fatally wounded would certainly be enough to trigger another exaltation, in my mind (though again, we don't know for certain Liliana exalted, it just reads that way to me); it would also explain why she just blew the roof off and flew directly into the air—if there was no one left to fight or protect. And I truly do think Liliana does care for the younger Vanguard recruits, based on what she says to Imogen in their dream conversation:

LAURA Mama, I want you to leave him. There's a fight coming. I don't want to fight you. MATT "Imogen, there are children here–" LAURA I know. MATT –"like you, that rely on me." LAURA Can't we just make sure he never wakes up? Put him to sleep. Get rid of Ludinus and keep him asleep. MATT "I don't know if that would just be delaying the inevitable. Being so close to this, I feel like I can guide this the best way it can be. I'm surrounded by some very dangerous people, but they need me, I can feel it, and they listen to me. I'm scared of what would happen if I wasn't here. What would happen to these children? These people?"

This is why I interpret that furious "Did she know?" as referring to those that were caught in the crossfire of the assassination attempt as collateral damage, not necessarily the attempt on Liliana's life specifically. Again, we don't truly know what went down there and who all survived, but I lean toward Liliana being the one of the few (or hell, maybe even the only one) to come out mostly unscathed based on the "fury and horror" tone of that scream.

That's not to say she wasn't also just straight up pissed that her daughter was seemingly complicit in an attack on her life lol because I'm sure she was, but like, it's layered. If anything, she'll tie her fury to the kids as this justified and righteous sort of anger, just to make herself feel better (ie less guilty about her own hand in leading all these recruits to their possible deaths).

And I really should not have to say this, but this post is not me defending or justifying Liliana's behavior or actions. I simply adore messy, deeply flawed characters. And I find it infinitely more fun to dig into their heads and attempt to view things from their perspective than to simply say "they're awful, I hate them."

Because yeah, they are awful and I do sort of hate them, but that's what makes them interesting to me. They're fictional characters—morality and even overall likability have no bearing here. All that matters is what gives my brain the zoomies, and for me, that's deeply fucked up antagonists and villains and their fucked up logic.

#critical role #cr3 #liliana temult #c3ep90 #cr spoilers #critical role spoilers #cr speculation #malloy sometimes speaks

[littlebosslady7]

Really thought they were going to keep doing an anagram and alliteration tease for all RUIDUS episodes. The U’s are missing.

#bells hells #ruidus #cr3 #cr speculation

[elle-thereafter]

I will bet all the money in my pockets that Ludinus needs Fearne — a fey creature who is also Ruidisborn, a creature who should not exist and his allies purposefully put effort into creating — he needs her because Ludinus wants to be or needs to be Ruidisborn himself but is not. This guy who has sucked out the power of fey creatures into himself for years, he 100% has another version of that harness and he’s hoping by sucking up a Ruidisborn fey he’ll become Ruidisborn himself.

This is the second time an agent of Ludinus has tried to take Fearne without killing her. There is only one obvious reason for him to do that.

All. The money. In my pockets. It’s on the table.

#cr3 #cr3 spoilers #cr spoilers #cr speculation #critical role spoilers #el speculates