#girlfailure imogen temult

[shititsarobyn]

I forgot I did this one but I feel it’s important to post this anyway lmao

#girlfailure imogen temult #laudna x imogen #critical role imogen #imogen x laudna #imodna #cr imogen #imogen temult #laundna #laudna #crit role #critical role fanart #cr laudna #shitpost #tumblr shitpost #artists on tumblr #gay #queer #lesbian #meme humor #enby artist

[yangpanic]

Deanna knowing about the bloodwell vial means that at some point imogen came to her, full sad wet cat, held up her necklace and went "laudna's blood is in here :("

#critical role #girlfailure imogen temult #cr spoilers #she's so pathetic sometimes i love her so much

[hirosboard]

If I’m kindling for a little while,

At least I’d feel of use.

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[ID: A digital illustration of Imogen from Critical Role. She is stood facing sideways in a soft stance, with one arm held out, guiding a red ball of light. Her eyes are closed, and her hair is flowing forward. She is dressed in her most recent outfit, which features a purple jacket that ends above her waist, and a long flowing skirt with golden details. End description.]

#critical role #imogen temult #cr3 #bells hells #critical role fanart #laura bailey #critical role art #imodna #imogen critical role #cr imogen #c3e73 #southern gothic #this was a little personal challenge as I don’t usually draw the full body #(I know I know) #but I quite like how it turned out #best girl #girlfailure

[evast]

Do u ever think about when laudna was like “dusk hit on me” and imogen was just “sheeEE DID???” Through gritted teeth and wounded, like her whole world was falling apart and she was dying

Because I do, I think about that

#imogen girlfailure #love that for her #critical role campaign 3 #imogen temult #laudna #imodna #southern gothic

[staticrevelations]

nothing could be more on brand for imogen temult than trying to make her gf happy and heal her trauma by standing up to her childhood bully and asking him to apologize but ending up only making a random man's day worse and eventually making her gf slightly awkward/uncomfortable

#she had a hotstreak for a second there but the girlfailure has returned #Lord of the Rings: Return of the FailQueen #it was however kinda sweet #when she went “i'm not a karen i am protec-” like she was about to explain she was just defending her gf #imodna #cr spoilers #critical role #bells hells #cr3 #laudna #imogen temult #campaign 3 #mine

[fatimaaart]

modern au imogen that got me in a chokehold and laudna comforting imogen from her nightmares in early game :(

(zoom in to see better)

#critical role #imodna #imogen temult #laudna #bells hells #critical role fanart #sketches #doodles #fanart #critical role 3 #cr3 #this is my first cr fanart btw #my pookies #imogen is my favorite lesbian girlfailure representation btw #imogen x laudna #wlw

[shorthaltsjester]

i do not want to dig a hole but i am too much of a laura bailey pc enjoyer to not make this post so:

selfishness ≠ a lack of kindness 

selfishness is a theme that has come up with all of laura's main campaign pcs. that doesn't mean that her characters are always making selfish choices or that they don't care about the rest of the people they're with or that they're not good. it's just that, for the most part, the first thing they're thinking of when they take action or make choices is themselves. 

in jester and vex both it is more typical and obvious selfishness. vex's developed because she needed it to keep herself and vax alive and as safe as possible and it grew into a behaviour that she had to actively work to avoid. it's evident in her greed, her theft of the broom, her reaction to her own death which relied heavily on i'm okay/i survived to which keyleth reminded her that she wasn't the only one who had to witness and reckon with her death. in jester's case, she grew up in an environment that literally trained her to make every decision based on two things - her mother's opinion and her own. so, when she's out in the world without marion for the first time, her choices are those that will benefit her and her actions are those that consider her own thoughts and not really many others' (aside from the traveler's). 

it isn't a criticism of either vex or jester to say that they are characters who act selfishly. in fact, i'd argue that to claim otherwise does a great disservice to exactly how immense both of their character arcs are. because the nuance of both jester and vex is that they are selfish, and they also hold extreme room for self-sacrifice and empathy. vex is much more brash than jester is, and jester is much more trusting than vex, but both of them are characters who begin with selfish impulses who grow with them. neither ever truly shed those impulses, but they use them in new ways, typically transforming them into impulses towards things that are in the best interest of the party. 

you may have noticed the lack of imogen in this post about laura bailey pcs and that's because of two reasons. one, we are an unknown amount of time into her story, i can't analyse her development the same way i can vex and jester's. two, imogen's selfishness isn't the blatant quasi-self-aware selfishness that we see in things like jester complaining about her lack of money to caleb or vex stealing a broom. instead, imogen's is very internal, like a lot of laura's character work with imogen. it is a bit similar to jester’s in the sense that it comes from a lack of awareness moreso than vex’s practiced behaviour, but imogen’s is a lot more tied to inherent beliefs she has about the world and the people in it.

as a consequence of her powers, imogen sees people's thoughts as their entirety, she holds it above their actions to be the truth of who they are - to act against what they think or to say something that doesn’t cohere with what they’ve thought is akin to lying, so for her to act empathetically is to act in tandem with what someone else’s thoughts are, not how they act, which is typically not all that wanted. the same as vex’s greed and jester’s naivety, this is a trait that makes narrative sense and it’s one i find quite compelling, especially when read in the vein of someone struggling through trauma that has made them assume that the world is against them. imogen’s cynicism is coherent cynicism, i can’t say that in a similar situation i wouldn’t have the same predisposition towards the world.

the part that is particularly self-interested comes in if you look at how imogen has actually been treated in the campaign (quite well) in comparison to the cynicism that she’s developed from her past (something that speaks to a world out to get her). certainly, a bunch of shitty things have happened to imogen in the time we’ve known her, but the same can be said for everyone in bell’s hells and pretty much everyone in exandria at this point in time. but, in a fight to save the aforementioned world, imogen’s focus was getting her mother back on her side. which, while very consistent with her character and a choice that i enjoy, is a very selfish one. the fun thing (to me, obviously) about imogen is that she has, more than most, an insight into the opinions of others and she also tends to seek others’ opinions out and genuinely engages with them and supports their choices. but she still very much acts towards what she thinks is best. it’s one reason i enjoy looking at the dynamic between her and orym as one between foils, as orym tends to be stalwart in his beliefs and doesn’t care too much for other’s opinions if he’s already sure of his own, but his actions tend to favour collaboration and protecting others.

as i mentioned earlier, imogen is a harder case to look at because she is still in the process of her story. however, the circlet is clearly influencing how she interacts with the world and in the wake of the solstice, the hostile reaction towards ruidusborn people has started to become more and more apparent and i’m interested to see what route that ends up leading imogen down and how it will influence her relationship with the rest of bell’s hells. (for better, i think, based on recent conversations, but if it's for worse i will be just as seated and excited).

all of this is just to say, please stop assuming that claiming a character has a trait you think is a bad one is criticism or a hate post. in light of the fact that i know that people who don’t believe this will continue to not believe this, i’ll encourage anyone confused about the ability of a character to be good and kind and selfish all at once to look to what the text itself says, specifically scanlan’s words to pelor when asked what vex means to him:

“Her name is Vex, and she is greedy and mean sometimes, and she can steal a lot. She’s a little bit not the greatest person, but her flaws highlight everything that is right about her, which is she does all these things to protect her friends and her family. She would give her life for any of us and for anyone who was truly in need. And she’s not perfect but she’s the most perfect of all of us.”

would you look at that... an ability to be a multitude of things, some in conflict with one another. i know that's hard for fandoms to believe, especially about female characters with agency, but i promise its true!

#deeply unfair of laura to make three characters with some type of people skills and morality shaped by their loneliness #and what. i’m just supposed act like i’m normal about that? #this is me blog and i have slightly more time than usual to write nothing essays about fictional characters that haunt me #but dear god . lookin at cr characters and denying their flaws is like looking at a house and only seeing it’s doors . #if ppl demand perfection of fictional characters im genuinely curious in what media they’ve ever found that . #a single imogen post of mine broke containment and it skyrocketed my annoying phil student levels so. alas #but . if you agree that imogen had an incredibly isolating life . i will emphasize that isolation causes traits and behaviours #that aren’t just Quirky or fun or hot anger or whatever #imogen contains so much i love her so much i am bursting at the seams about it #but for some ppl. she is ur ‘girlfailure’ until someone suggests a way she might be girl failing by being selfinterested #what is the truth. do u want her to be an actual girlfailure it do u just want her to suit a . frankly tired. trope about lesbians #anyway . both text and tag rant over . goodnight #cr meta #imogen temult #vex’ahlia #vex’ahlia de rolo #jester lavorre #critical role #my posts

[fauncalloway]

#we’ve found it… the perfect meme for the perfect girlfailure #imogen temult #4 sided dive #cr spoilers #cr3 #critical role

[paperglader]

It’s kinda crazy to me how some people went like “maybe laura and marisha got tired of pc romance after c2 and they’re taking a break now” after watching a good portion of c3 cause like…

Laura started this campaign with Imogen making heart eyes at laudna and rambling about how when she met her it was the first time she had felt any peace in a very long time and literally made up the cutest, most soulmate coded, meet-cute of all time saying that Laudna’s thoughts were musical to Imogen when she had literally been drowning in noise for about a decade.

Do not get me started on the fact that they have slept together on the same bed for years and how laudna has a nighttime routine for Imogen to bring her comfort when she has nightmares.

And these are just like a few things that happened on the first 6 eps of the campaign🤔

#laura came in ready for some romance #marisha (or at least laudna) did not know what was coming for her 😂 #but laura got the pathetic little gay girlfailure vibe to the t #my immy girl is here she’s queer and she’s mentally ill #she’s just like me #critical role #imodna #c3 #bells hells #imogen temult #laudna

[shititsarobyn]

I put the blorbo in the bin. She mad.

Cringetober/inktober day 7!! Todays prompt was Pinterest art base and I found an old one I had saved for no reason so here we are :))

#yipppeeee #I was worried I wouldn’t finish this one as I’ve been a lil busy! #but hey here we are #loving intober so far #my crit role hyper fixation coming in clutch #cringetober #inktober challenge #intober2023 #inktober #imogen temult #girlfailure imogen temult #she’s so girlfailurur #cr imogen #critical role #crit role #critrole fanart #critical role imogen #laudna x imogen #:))))

[backintheblackparade]

I can’t believe we have the return of Bug Zapper Imogen. Unfortunately, it is also Girlfailure Imogen Hours…

#imogen temult #critical role #cr spoilers #c3e79 #we love our girlfailure

[goopyratdaughter]

my "Imogen and Laudna kissed after sharing oranges" agenda has begun and I will make it everyone's problem

#cr #critical role #critical role spoilers #cr spoilers #imodna #imogen temult #laudna #girlfailure has actually decided to singlehandedly wreck everyone's shit and isn't that so good for her tbh #meanwhile laudna is just shellshocked and now in her regency era

[hirosboard]

Screencap redraw…. Kinda.

#critical role #imodna #imogen temult #southern gothic #cr3 #critical role fanart #bells hells #laura bailey #girlfailure #critical role art #imogen critical role #critical role campaign 3 #my art #cr imogen #cr art

[dadrielle]

Trick 👻 or Treat 🍭

Happy Halloween! Here's what I have from another scene I cut from Fixed Twixt Drear Trees before I ever finished it:

“-fucking SHIT.” Imogen punctuated the end of her quiet string of curses with a puff at the hair in her face. She’d been picking so carefully over the tree roots in the forest, hoping not to trip and jostle her passenger, that she walked right into a branch.

Pâté still slept comfortably on her shoulder, though. The cute little bastard.

They’d come to an impasse earlier as to who should have him for safety. Imogen argued that she could always Send for help if she needed it, and he was meant to make Laudna stronger anyway. Laudna insisted that since she was just going to be at home drawing the circle for the day and then would be popping to Yios to do the same on the other side, where she would have back up in Ashton, and since Imogen was going out and about into the relative unknown, it made far more sense for him to go with her. Imogen had countered with something about the squirrels not being near so dangerous as the city and they had bickered on and off half the morning. Not a real argument, and honestly, they probably would both be fine, but it had not been long enough since, well, everything, that either was keen on the other taking chances.

In the end they had to ask Pâté to decide himself. He’d declared himself bored out of his skull with the daily ritual of the teleportation circle in progress and so now Imogen was in the woods, paying less attention to her exploring than usual because she was fussin’ about not knocking the snoring corpse off her shoulder. He could at least have the decency to be awake and dodging the branches his own damn self.

<they find the scraggliest cat ever in a tree>

“That’s a cat?”

“Yeah!”

Imogen squinted. “...are you sure?”

“That’s a cat, that’s wot that is, I am double not a friend of cats, I am a rat and a bird.”

“I’m still not convinced it IS a cat but regardless, Pâté, didn’t you always want a lil buddy? She looks pretty buddy-shaped t’me.”

“I always ‘spected you didn’t actually like me, Imogen, but I can’t believe you’d try’n get me killed.”

Imogen rolled her eyes and scooped him out of the air. “Quit bein’ so dramatic.”

He flounced down in her hands and crossed his tiny arms. “I will not, I won’t, Laudna made me like this, and also she made me into one piece and I like bein’ one piece.”

Imogen laughed and kissed his weird little skull head. “You can be such a little pest. Fine then.”

#critical role #cr3 #imogen temult #pate de rolo #cr fic #my fic #glad to remember that we been writing girlfailure imogen the whole time lolololil #she is So

[staticrevelations]

imogen temult

#critical role #imogen temult #cr3 #campaign 3 #cr spoilers #congrats to my fav girlfailure on upgrading from gal pals to kiss queens #bells hells #crit role #mine

[undead-knick-knack]

🎶 It's been a while 🎶 since I made a Crying Imogen meme 😌

#critical role #cr3 #cr c3 #critrole #critrole memes #bells hells #bell's hells #imogen temult #crying #always crying #never not crying #girlfailure #coping mechanism #coping methods #cr meme #cr shitpost #courtesy of me #cr campaign three #crit role #critrole meme