I dont usually write posts about critical role but this episode did things to me and I have to talk about it right now right now right now don't mind me just yelling into the ether for a minute
the last half hour of ep77 just made me love Ashton (really everyone) so much more. They're being an INCONSIDERATE DICKSHIT and a HYPOCRITE with a MARTYR COMPLEX who makes HORRIBLE DECISIONS yesss gimme the complicated relationship dynamics and the morally gray moments AND THE ANGST. There's gonna be some good ass roleplay moments from this I feel it in my bones and it's gonna be DELICIOUS. Hey ashton greymoore my beloved shithead what is wrong with you <3
And it was such a sweet thing to look at Ashley Johnson/fearne and say "I see you don't want the shard and I want you to keep your characters agency I will take it" but then they were a fuckhead about it!!! Literally did a nice thing in the most fucked up way possible that it circled around to being terrible. I love that!!! Say what you will about this episode but by god is it entertaining. I ship callowmoore even more now that they have shit to work through. I love complicated relationships in fiction I am living!!!!
(i genuinely didn't like the very real tension at the table and had to skip it on Thursday night but! Im excited anyways!!! I'm having the time of my life)
I wonder how Lenore will confront Annabel about Duke. I think there's a slightly comedic yet devastating potential scenario if she faces Annabel publicly. Like:
Lenore: This is the last straw, Annabel Lee! We shall never get along for as long as you or your band of pawns try to hurt my friends.
Annabel (thinking): Wow, Lenore's really getting into the rival role today! :)
*Later, in private*
Annabel: I'm glad you're following the rivalry plan nicely, pet!
Lenore: What are you talking about? I meant every word I said earlier.
Ngl kinda confused why people are genuinely pissed at taliesin. First of all Fearne literally said she didn’t want it, but I’ve seen some posts talking about how from a viewer standpoint it’s kinda boring or like not a great choice for the show OR that Ashton is too op.
I’d like to remind everyone that while they do share their show online for critters to enjoy, the game comes down to the one players and dm having fun and playing dnd
Matt has stated multiple times that the most important thing for him Is that the players are having fun.
It’s their game and they can do whatever they want. Why are we getting mad at taliesin for having fun and messing around. Can we chill out?
This was a cool motherfucking choice. Like Ashton really said “bitch I am the emperor and the empress now”
A character having not one but TWO fricking titan shards inside of them is SO COOL.
and I’m gonna be real I do not think this is too op. They almost had a tpk fighting ONLY OTOHAN.
I genuinely can not fathom how they are gonna fight Ludinus and Otohan and Lilliana and maybe even fucking predathos if it comes to that.
I’m just happy Ashton survived because idk how I could deal with ANOTHER Taliesin character dying lmao.
ASHTON GREYMOORE YOU DUMB FUCKING MANIAC IM GONNA KILL YOU DEAD
im literally in awe. i just ??? taliesin you are literally insane, don't ever do that shit again, but also PLEASE do that again, that was so fucking cool and terrifying and i loved and hated every second of it.
i love ashton greymoore. they're so stupid. so... monumentally blind sided by their own incapability to understand that their body, as broken as it's been, isn't smth that he should just toss to the side so they can be more useful. so they can "save everyone"
the second ashton was back with the group and started his super hero spiel i knew... i knew it was going to lead to martyrdom. i think this whole fuckin group is just a bunch of martyrs waiting for a chance to blow themselves up or toss themself onto the blade in the name of protecting "everyone else".
it was obvious that ashton taking in the shard had like a 99.999999% chance of going tits up and imploding on everyone involved, but jesus fucking christ, of COURSE ashton preserved. this was all thanks to fearne, fcg and taliesin's complete luck when rolling constitution holy FUCK
im not gonna say anything abt taliesin or ashton being selfish tho i see a lot of critters in the stream itself and on twitter doing that, bc taliesin never made it a "ashton wants the shard and doesn't want fearne to have it" situation. FEARNE DOESN'T WANT IT. AND ASHTON WOULD NEVER RISK HER. THEY WOULD RISK THEMSELF THOUGH.
it would have been cool to see fearne making the choice to take the shard, because they reeeeeeally hesitated for so long so honestly i don't think i can pretend this is just ashton.
all in all, this was so stupid and so dangerous and it should not have worked, and i... i cannot wait to see what ashton becomes.
(and i can't wait for them to get an ass whooping from the entirety of bells hells like cmon dude save the suicidal bullshit till we GET to the moon PLEASE)
callowmoore is real, but i honestly... While im very giggly about that i also know that THIS event is gonna have intruiging repercussions for fearne's perception of ashton and their relationship.
they literally kissed??? let's talk about that when i have processed the fact that ashton exploded into millions of little pieces and got put back together by luck. oh the irony.
So much to the life is just carving through the dark
To get so far
And the hardest part is who we are
- Who We Are, Hozier
Ngl i fuckin hate this piece but i had the urge to draw something Ashton related but not the emotional stability to actually drsw an emotional scene thats really related to ep 77 / 78. (Even though I'm itching to draw Ash having a full on mental breakdown or some Ashton/Fearne)
I kinda hate how the background looks but its 3am so i should probably go to sleep. Maybe I'll actually make this look acceptable some other time
In regards to the “its never happening again anyway. It’s the one you get.” I posted something about how I thought that was a strange thing for them to say (and I’m not gonna try and go into why I think Tal said it cause there are a bunch of reasons it could be and my brain is tired), but a bunch of people responded along the lines of “I think Ashton was talking to himself there” but like… I really think it was to Fearne. They point at her. How could that be talking to himself?
I see it as either an above table joke to ease the tension of the moment or… something else that again I don’t have the brain power to dissect right now.