#give me beauyasha date

[critter-genfic-events]

This week, we have nine amazing Calamity fics, featuring the beloved Ring of Brass and the people they inspired! Check them out underneath the cut, and as always, comment and kudos if you like them!

Benediction by Sandtalon (4961,General) Warnings: None Pairings: Maya Agrupnin & Cerrit Agrupnin

Cerrit tries to return to his family after the events of Calamity. Maya starts to realize the impact of all of the events.

Reccer says: A wonderful post-calamity read, there's so many emotions and I end up feeling them all whenever I rearead this one

last letter by bittersnake (1373,General) Warnings: choose not to warn Pairings:

a letter read before everything went to hell that day

Reccer says: It's such a simple but heartbreaking premise

on the eve by quothhh (1770,Teen) Warnings: None Pairings: Maya Agrupnin/Triton, Maya Agrupnin/Kir

A first date at the end of the world.

Reccer says: It's so sweet and a perfect teenage voice

Complete Solitude - The Matron of Ravens by CatcherWrites (1235,General) Warnings: None that I can tell Pairings: There are very brief references to The Matron/Her Predecessor

A story about The Matron's last day as a mortal woman, and the consequences of her ascension to godhood.

Reccer says: It's short and sweet and has some interesting ideas about the kind of person The Matron was and what it must have been like to become a deity.

when people say that something is forever (either way it ends) by actualtaracole (freaking_intelligent_fangirl) (9006,Teen) Warnings: None Pairings: The Circle of Brass + Elias

Zerxus's family give him the redemption he deserves

Reccer says: Made me cry (affectionate)

Pick Your Brain Apart (And Build it Again) by ShakesqueereanTragedy (921,Teen) Warnings: None Pairings: Patia Por'co & Maya Agrupnin

Patia sends the Library Incantatum to Maya

Reccer says: I loved this moment of hope in Calamity and this fic captures that vibe perfectly

What endures beyond the silent edge by Beleriandings (241304,Teen) Warnings: Choose not to warn Pairings: Background Beauyasha, Laerryn/Loquatious, Evandrin/Zerxus, and Shadowgast

On the day of the Apogee Solstice, the members of the Ring of Brass are transported into the future

Reccer says: Amazing interplay between the Ring of Brass and the Mighty Nein, and a gripping longfic

Let Others Light their Candles by ChronicBookworm (2801,General) Warnings: None Pairings:

Patia, her mentors, and the one she never got the chance to mentor.

Reccer says: I love the exploration of the weight of expectation

warp and weft by CodaAtTheEnd (4474,Teen) Warnings: None Pairings:

Cerrit Agrupnin receives a chance to avert the Calamity.

Reccer says: I liked it

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[utilitycaster]

Sort of a distant tangent off my post about Ashton, but I'm growing more and more suspicious of the fandom claim that there's no time for small RP moments in Campaign 3. I do think that it's been challenging to get deeper party bonding or serious conversations that aren't about the big philosophical questions they're facing, since those do take much more time; but then I think about Calamity, or Candela Obscura. I can genuinely give you at least a couple paragraphs about pretty much every relationship in the two Circles, or in the Ring of Brass. I can also point to no shortage of small moments between characters in the Mighty Nein Aeor or Vox Machina Vecna endgame episodes, which were all extremely plot-heavy and fast-paced, and D20 consistently nails character relationships in a fraction of the time.

I think it really does come down to, as Brennan Lee Mulligan always says, the character creation phase. Laying down a solid groundwork in which everyone has a detailed, rich backstory and sense of personality and relationship history (in the case of characters who knew each other prior to the start of the series) is absolutely crucial, and even in the case of characters who don't know each other before going in, a good amount of time spent in character creation ensures that it's easier for them to develop those interpersonal relationships on the fly. I know in actual play there's some degree of finding the character as you play, but there are games for which there is a very short runway, and I don't think it ever hurts to do more extensive character prep than the bare minimum. And if there are gaps, I think it also helps to go back and fill those in mid-way, away from the table - Travis clarifying Chetney's backstory being a great example that allowed the history of Chetney and Deanna to feel realized and full, despite only a few episodes.

I'll also be blunt: most of the time when people complain that there aren't moments because the plot keeps moving...they're mad about shipping. Which has always rung hollow to me. It was a common complaint in C2, that no time was taken for character relationships, despite them taking an entire half of an episode for the Beauyasha date and despite no shortage of moments for all three of the other couples (and plenty of platonic moments between friends). The issue was never a lack of time; it was that the characters they wanted to talk to each other didn't actually have the relationship in canon that the fans had dreamed up, and so, when the chips were down, they went to other people.

It takes two seconds to say something like "I hold their hand", even in the middle of plot-heavy adventuring. If someone doesn't say it, it's rarely the GM rushing them; it's the player either choosing not to do so, or not remembering to do so, and either of those is quite revealing regarding how the player feels about that relationship and where it stands in their priorities.

#i've felt this for a while but like. fundamentally? C3 is just...uniquely not set up for terribly satisfying shipping #even the ships I do like and that get small moments are relatively background #like 80% of quote unquote ship content is like. fanon goggles overlaying either parallel play or standard battle mechanics #which is fine! I think it's a different vibe and approach than the past 2 campaigns #i think especially in character creation; self-insert or easy for new players (c1) #followed by Morally Gray Campaign; Prove We Can Replicate This Success; Serious Characters (C2); followed by Let's Get Silly With It (C3) #which is less conducive to that profound connection of c1 or c2. which is not a bad thing! #but god. if you complain about the D&D show having too much d&d plot and not enough romance...yeah pal it's d&d not a dating sim #like I enjoy when there is romance in my fantasy but it's not a requirement. there is a genre full of romance. it is called romance. #i'm also thinking about this bc I need to watch wot s2 but i've been told that the fandom has gotten weird #like wow so moiraine/siuan is not the A plot? in a high fantasy Good vs. Evil series? WHO'D HAVE THOUGHT. #getting back to this...i'm also thinking about my own life and like. i moved to where i live not long pre-lockdown #and so i'm finding myself a resident of this area for 4+ years but with weaker connections than i'd have otherwise. and that's fine! #but psychologically i feel so weird about just starting to find my place bc it's been so long even though there's a good reason #and i wonder if the cast/Hells feels the same way ie why are we only just bonding now 70 eps in and so they're hesitant #that I Waited Too Long And Now It's Awkward feeling; that I Should Be Past This By Now fallacy #which. again. i think things early on could have been done differently but that time is past you need to live in the present now. #cr tag

[killajust]

Okay bc I can't shut up I'll write about my opinion on every ship on that poll/their eligibility. Under the cut naturally

Dazai Osamu/Nakahara Chuuya or skk or whatever: one of my friends hates them so they deserve to be here

Crowley/Aziraphale: agree on the overexposure level of annoying but aside from that they seem like a cute couple. however i think the fans were largely unbearable and there was problems with antisemitism

Steve Harrington/Eddie Munson: nothing wrong with it but definitely inescapable and super fucking annoying, sorry. i'd have no objection to it being canon but people just went way too crazy for it and now idk.

Reylo: absolutely deserves the win

Star Butterfly/Marco Diaz: this shit was fucking messy. the creators handled it terribly. from what little i know. it can stay

Spamton/Jevil: it can stay only because spamton is annoying as fuck (as was the plan surely) not bc of him even but bc of everyone else (as was the plan surely)

Harrier Du Bois/Kim Kitsuragi: yes theyre drawn a lot (and its always good) and im sure people meowmeowify them and do whatever but overwhelmingly their content is super good and they deserve to be annoying and everywhere. booing them offstage for this poll. theyre good

Herbert West/Daniel Cain: havent watched reanimator but im sure they deserve each other. it can stay just bc as i say later i think horror movie shipping is widely bizarre as fuck and kind of dumb (there are exceptions)

Catra/Adora: never watched SPOP and am curious how they ended up together from how odious catra seemed from the start. probably deserves a spot

Akira Kurusu/Goro Akechi: tHIS is the one i want to win for super petty reasons (the name of the ship) but i know realistically it won't. it can stay though simply because of that

Lapis/Peridot: yeah they can stay. SU teased so much shit with ships and then didn't do a damn thing with em. not that they have to but it was annoying

Tenth Doctor/Rose Tyler: I KNOW WHO SUBMITTED THIS and idk if i just missed the blast radius but during superwholock dr who barely grazed me. so i don't have an opinion! they seem like a sweet couple idk if they should be here though i am sure outside of my bubble they're annoying due to being everywhere

Cole Cassidy/Hanzo Shimada: there are worse ships for hanzo. also they're both kinda hot together. feel like i should give them a pass to leave

Takami Keigo/Todoroki Enji: idk about bnha but if that's todorokis dad then he deserves the chair. they can stay here and rot

Beauregard Lionett/Jester Lavorre: i know nothing about critrole but beauyasha appeals more. based on that they can stay bc its fun to be a hater (not really. idk what im saying here) jk they should go bc jester is cute. shin has educated me on who they actually are

Raiden Ei/Yae Miko: i don't know/like genshin much but i think eriko likes them so get them off this poll immediately

Katsuki Bakugou/Izuku Midoriya: absolutely deserves to make it to semifinals at LEAST holy shit bakudeku sucks. and i dont even go to bnha like even a little. dont even know what deku sounds like

Jack Hakrness/Ianto Jones: never watched torchwood. if they had chemistry i am sure people went wild for them and became overbearing though lol but itll never be destiel

Marisa Kirisame/Reimu Hakurei: reimari rules what the fuck is this doing here. HOWEVER someone i follow had to delete all their reimari stuff so maybe touhou fandom just sucks shit so... maybe. i dunno

Rhys Strongfork/Handsome Jack: yeah this one can stay

Kaname Madoka/ Homura Akemi: after rebellion i guess it's sucks but i really like the premise ): don't feel like it should be here

Alhaithem/Kaveh: idk who they are but as i say further down they're not the most popular genshin ship i know of

Ryuki Kuruto/Date Kaname: don't know these people from adam. no opinion

Ethan Winters/Chris Redfield: dont know anything about RE but if its a case of 'two conventionally attractive guys in the same game' then im sure it is annoying at least a little. still i feel like maybe its just average

Hunter/Willow Park: i know a loooot of people hate this one bc they've seen it so much so i guess it deserves a spot if the people have spoken

Childe/Zhongli: genshin is inescapable. mr electric send them to hell!!!!!! no in all seriousness this one isn't the one i've seen the most of (i say while fully being aware i can't tell anyone in genshin apart)

John Watson/ Sherlock Holmes: I WAS A JOHNLOCK BACK IN THE DAY LMAOOO i hope they make it to semifinals at least

Dimple/Arataka Reigen: THE GREEN THING??/ THATS A SHIP?? FJDJJ

Ashfur/Scourge: never read warriors but the mere thought of shipping cats like just straight up cats who walk on all fours is so funny to me

Zuko/Katara: zutara is cute on like the surface but many indigenous people have pointed out their discomfort and the issues with it and people WERE super annoying about it. theyre better as lifelong pals. it can stay

Nico Yazawa/Maki Nishikino: never heard of them in my life

Dean Winchester/Castiel: they should win second place to reylo

Sasuke Uchiha/Sakura Haruno: yeah

Vriska Serket/Terezi Pyrope: they actually ended up being really cute and i dont hear much about them. not sure they should be here

Benry/Gordon Freeman: ooh im so fucking sick of bendon. hope this one gets far (petty) as fond as i am now of shitty dynamics like that it's just a dumbass step too far. deserves a spot for sure imo

Keith Kogane/Lance Mcclain: its better than sheith (has never watched vld) but should probably still be here

Kazuhira Miller/Revolver Ocelot: everyone in mgs is funny please leave them alone

Jotaro Kujo/Noriaki Kakyoin: kakyoin did you lay this egg

Dave Strider/Karkat Vantas: hell no i love davekat get it OUT of here (i say knowing full well it probably qualifies in some way)

Sonic the Hedgehog/Shadow the Hedgehog: shipping sonic characters seems kinda weird to me overall but like idk it sounds like a funny ship. not sure how bad it is.

Mako/Korra: shippers of this were absolutely trash to korrasami. earned spot

The Onceler/The Onceler: GOD yeah on principle this deserves a fucking spot. on concept alone. speaking of that where's like sans on here

Lavernius Tucker/Agent Washington: never watched it. havent seen it around in years. doesnt seem relevant enough to be here

Chris Hartley/Josh Washington: this shouldnt be here it like barely makes a splash unless you look???? get it out of here i am sure anything from dbd qualifies 300 times as much

Piers/Raihan: people are just annoying about any m/m ship tbh. no strong opinion

Natsuki/Yuri: this is a good ship. one i haven't seen much content for. not sure it should be here i think they just wanted to fill a yuri quota.

Greg House/James Wilson: LOL yeah let them stay simply bc its funny

Callie Torres/Arizona Robbins: i dont remember much about greys but i think callie deserves to be happy. let them go in peace

Kazuma Kiryu/Goro Majima: no theyre married this shouldnt be here its the best dynamic theyre exempt from criticism

Light Yagami/Misa Amane: PEOPLE ACTUALLY SHIP THIS??? how is this here??? objectively yeah it sucks but how is it here???????

Chell/GLaDOS: chelldos rules and shouldn't be here

Adam Faulkner-Stanheight/Lawrence Gordon: shipping in horror movies has always been fucking bizarre to me. sorry. maybe it deserves a spot (this is how you can tell i filled these in out of order)

Tom Wambsgans/Greg Hirsch: fully thought these were MCYT dudes before i saw 'succession'. people are annoying about succession and idek a single thing about it. it can stay

Ryo Asuka/Akira Fudo: never watched devilman but from what i remember of the ryo dude maybe they do deserve to be here

Yami Yugi/Seto Kaiba: if by yami yugi you mean full on atem then fuck you theres like barely any content and it's so real. shouldnt be here bc it fits no criteria

Qrow Branwen/James Ironwood: never got that far in rwby so have no opinion.

Batman/The Joker: superbat is better. it can stay

Getou Suguru/Satoru Gojo: are these the two that look like songxiao? they should be safe just bc of that and shouldnt win

Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski: if its some bad teen/adult age gap its shit by default and also apparently really weird queerbaiting or something too

Iki Hiyori/Yukine: never heard of them in my life but if theyre lesbians they can be as bad as they want

Jayce/Viktor: sorry gonna be controversial here but i tend to drop a ship if in the series they're shown to be into other people. i was on board for a bit but mel is SUPER hot and jayce was like 'youre like a brother to me (:' and sorry but that kills my enjoyment of ships like immediately. maybe i cling to canon too much but like 'as a brother' has always steered me away from stuff. idk if they should be here but i do wish they were a little less popular. im sure i will be waterboarded for this and told 'thats just the writers trying to sink a ship!!' or whatever but like leave me alone i dont know

Hannibal Lector/Will Graham: theyre funny. they can stay but because theyre the worst affectionately

Dirk Strider/Jake English: dirkjake is soooo fucking mid it deserves a spot

Ash/Serena: who is serena again? ash is like perpetually 10 anyways right so i wouldnt wanna get so passionate about something involving kids holding hands

personally if genshin was gonna be here on terms of being super annoying from what little i know of it it shouldve been kaeluc. also SO many mxtx ships and yet none were even available LMAO i can say 3 off the top of my head that are everywhere and aren't problematic... anyways chicken salad should be here. (redacted) too but in a more affectionate, genuine way. sadly its super problematic so it cant make the cut. tbh im shocked theres no star trek on here either maybe i just follow a lot of trekkies

i follow a diverse group of bloggers who talk about all these different things and some of these have not shown up even once, which means they're not nearly as annoying as being on the poll would lead you to believe. i have a good sample size and if i've never heard of your ship, it shouldn't qualify.

#also holy shit where is breaking bad

[khalliys]

Beauyasha-week kindaa snuck up on me, mostly it's been Zelda Tears of the Kingdom's fault and also having some other stuff to do. I still really want to do something, maybe I'll manage lineart for like 3 days, can't say yet. Some of the prompts are also things I've pretty much already drawn before or that don't really give me any ideas. We'll see! They also definitely won't be in time for their actual day prompts, but it just gonna be that way. And if I have some time at a later date I might color them in. :)

[everywishway]

Mighty Nein Next Gen AU, Part Two

This is part two of my Mighty Nein Next Gen AU where the Mighty Nein have kids. This is the link to the master list, right now it's just parts one and two but I will individually add every kid later on and their wacky hijinks in fanfic form:

Veth and Yeza spend a few years getting back in the swing of things before having another kid

They reopen Yeza's alchemy shop and Veth starts to also do some tinkering and sells it there too

Veth enjoys her family time, inviting all of the Nein to weekly dinners and making sure everyone stays connected

They also visit the Blooming Grove every couple of weeks because all of the Brenatto kids love their Uncle Cad

About three years after the finale, they get pregnant at the same time as Fjord and Jester's wedding

They give birth to a baby girl too and, five years later, another baby boy

The baby girl was born one day after Essek/Caleb/Molly's kid, sparking the rivalry the two girls would have till the day they die

Veth and Beau continue their rivalry by having their kids be rivals but that backfires horribly

Mostly due to the fact that Luc and TJ are similar ages and are chill, Veth's daughter is in an active rivalry with the ShadoWidoMauk daughter, and the youngest Brenatto is dating BeauYasha's youngest

Speaking of Beau and Yasha, these two had a small wedding with just the Nein and close family

Also immediately after the trial they adopt TJ, obviously

They go traveling for a while afterwards, showing TJ the world

Afterwards, Caleb offers Beau a teaching position which she does while also helping the Cobalt Soul

Yasha stays as a stay at home mom, taking care of TJ and her many, many, house plants

It was like a decade later, while on a mission for the Cobalt Soul, Beau saw a tiefling boy hiding in the back of a crime ring she was in charge of cleaning up, only like four or five years old

Beau and Yasha wanted another kid but were having trouble finding the right one

That and combined with the fact that she saw so much of herself in this little one, she took them home

All of the kids had to volunteer time at the Cobalt Soul, like when parents make their kids volunteer at the library lol

Finally, we have Cad

Cad is just vibing for the years, being the fun, chill uncle to all of the Nein kids need

Then, one day a little before Fjord and Jester's triplets are born, they have to bury a mother who died due to health issues a month or so after child birth

It leaves the Clay family in possession of an Air Genasi baby girl

Cad felt an extremely holy energy coming off her and decided to adopt her, naming her Cirrus Clay, like the clouds

When the Nein find out about this and meet her, they all start calling him Cad Dad

It takes him ten years to get the joke, I'm not kidding

The two are extremely close, telling each other everything

One problem though: she loves water and floating in it

Due to her being a bit airheaded at times, she has nearly drowned and her dad had to save her

She is extremely close with her aunts and uncles, her aunts Clarabelle and Calliope help her dye her hair pastel colors with moss

ALRIGHT, let me know in comments, asks, etc, which of the Nein's kids you want a detailed post on first! Thank y'all!

#Mighty Nein Next Gen AU #the mighty nein #mighty nein #next gen au #veth x yeza #yeza brenatto #cr2 #veth #veth brenatto #cr veth #cr yasha #yasha #yasha nydoorin #beauyasha #beauregard lionett #caduceus clay #cr caduceus #critical role #critical role au #mighty nein au #caleb widogast #cr2 spoilers #tm9 #mollymauk tealeaf #jester lavorre #fjord lavorre #cr fjord #essek thelyss #hot boi essek #shadowidomauk

[c-kiddo]

for the character meme 002, Yasha? :)

aw ya! yaasha :-3 ⛈

Give me a character & I will tell you:

How I feel about this character: she's very sweet :''') i rly do love quiet thoughtful characters. bonus points for her also being scary sometimes. love her entire aesthetic and iconography used.. the huge swords and powerful howling storms, the soft flowers in a book thats a guide to manners :''') waau All the people I ship romantically with this character: beau of course !! also jes is sweet too. they hold hands. also that one time yasha flirted with calliope was good and funny so that can count too. My non-romantic OTP for this character: molly and yasha qpps for sure!! (yasha being like, i saw him and he was beautiful.. powercry).. but also cad and yasha.. big big love for quiet solidarity, and also for 'parties are too much for me' solidarity :'''''') there arent many scenes but the scene of them talking outside the dancehall thing and when cad talked to her after fighting the thing from the stormlord, and when she was scared to be alone n ended up sleeping in cads bed and reading late at night ;w; that was good... also! omg almost forgot. yasha being part of chaos crew sorta! vry fun i love it... her and veth later on are so chaotic i love it.. also veth planning to ask her out on a date in a slightly chaotic way was funny n good sfjnsjk  My unpopular opinion about this character: i dont know if i have one?? maybe th thing i always think about how its a shame people only pay attention to parts of characters that relate to their romantic relationships.. One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon: wish she'd been there more :''') curse u Blindspot my OTP: beauyasha 💙 my cross over ship: none :o a headcanon fact: ouu she has autism <3 rly struggles with the social things most of all.. vry good at accidentally telling vry funny jokes. eats food off the floor on the regular. also extremely good at comforting stimmy pressure hugs. also she stims with her beads and braids in her hair a lot :'-3 i lov her.. .. ...

#asks #yasha love post. . .. #i lov her sm i care her sm #yasha nydoorin

[daggersandarrows]

out of curiosity what don’t you like about imo/dna and some of the fans?

i'm extremely hesitant to engage with this at all (learned my lesson last campaign) but basically, and i'm hoping people take this in good faith: i was gonna say there's nothing i don't like about im*dna, but to be totally honest i do find that the direction it went with in canon fell a bit flat for me. which is not to say i actively dislike it, i just don't personally love it. and to be fair all of campaign three is just not holding my attention for whatever reason.

i think the fandom has a very strong tendency to flatten literally any two female characters* into "THEY'RE LESBIANS" and give them the personalities of wet cardboard that occasionally makes out. and i get it, femslash is rare, the og bechdel test, etc etc. the urge to take any two female characters and Put Them Together is strong.

but i think it's such a shame that people feel the need to impose this cookie cutter, cutesie anygirl gay personality onto critical role characters specifically. because we're NOT working with flat cw characters that the writers are gonna queerbait us about on twitter before it gets cancelled five seasons in where the gayest moment is one of them putting a hand on the other's shoulder that gets giffed a million times. this isn't even a well intentioned ship written by gay writers who consistently get screwed over by the network. this is not glee, this is not disney, this is not marvel, this is not star wars.

this is a show with well written canonically queer women that have complex, intimately explored relationships that the fandom is hell bent on flattening into super boring recreations of traditional relationships where they must get married and they must have children and one of them is the breadwinner while the other one is a housewife and there's a white picket fence etc etc etc. and it drives me. fucking. nuts. i was on my phone in the theater during episode one of campaign three and people started shipping im*dna within the first five minutes. and i'm not saying there's anything wrong with that per se, but at that point, what is the ship based on if not stuff you're completely making up and then stuffing into the shell of these character's physical appearance?

beauyasha last campaign was so well developed; they both had strong individual emotional journeys that intersected with each other only once beau was ready to accept that she deserved love and yet they were woven together from the beginning. every single goddamn beauyasha moment hits so hard--the first flight, the letter, the tower date, the cathedral--because the groundwork was laid out and both characters plus the relationship was developed with so much care. kimallura lives in my head rent free as one of my favorite love stories and i haven't even finished campaign one. and both characters are matt! i know those are the "endgame" ships and that's all anyone cares about, but everyone else--keyleth, zahra, vex, reani, keg, cali, fearne, deanna--and those are just the pcs--have been well crafted and complex women who are all over the spectrum of "very promiscuous" to "idk about kissing", who have different priorities and feelings and interests and virtues and flaws. it just breaks me to see them filed down to nothing.

EDIT: i totally forgot about the bright queen and her partner. i haven't read the comic yet, i know, i'm sorryyyy

*massive disclaimer that it's not just the femslash; i have just as long a rant on the m/m ships and i think this is why i've carved out my niche of trans bi m/f ships lol. which is not to say those shippers are automatically good either, there's just literally far fewer people shipping them.

#answered #anonymous #not maintagging but it's fine to reblog

[catrollsdice]

All I’m manifesting this week is the tower staying up long enough for a long rest. Because if the tower stays up we know there’s at least one date.

#time to manifest #give me tower dates #give me the tomb takers trying to figure out what the fuck they walked into #widogast's nascent nine sided tower #let the party sleep for the love of sarenrae #beauyasha #critical role

[pomp-and-circumstance]

It makes complete sense why it didn’t happen, but a part of me is all sad that Beau didn’t find flowers on the mountainside. What a cute exchange that would have been.  

#oh well #beauyasha #a lot happens between now and the date becoming a thing #which is good #because it's filling me in on what is happening right now #which i wasn't totally clear on #anyway I want Beau to be able to give Yasha a flower at some point #(I know it happens at the date) #(I mean besides that)

[redjennies]

So I’ve been thinking...remember the sledding incident a few episodes ago where Matt described the voice in the back of Veth’s head encouraging her to do something reckless (and then that voice regretting it when she went over the edge of a cliff). We don’t know the full scope of its effects on her yet, but even in the comedy I’m seeing some seeds of Foreshadowing being planted

👀👀 if I don't get some Core-cut Dagger lore on January 14th, I'm suing.

#and beauyasha date of course #but GIVE ME THE DRAMA SAM #plz i need it #cr spoilers #asks

[hazelcallahan]

aint this a song from west side story

#anyway ive closed the stream and trusted my pals to @ me if beauyasha date happens #power studying for a developmental biology midterm and i dont give a shit abt c1 anyway

[your-localfriendandboy]

I’ve been having some thoughts about my one of my favorite Beauyasha moments and how it ties into my thoughts about the beautiful way in which Yasha loves Beau.

It’s right after Yasha gives Beau the poem/letter. She’s being awkward and wondering if it was a mistake and Beau reassures her. Then Beau says “no one’s ever written me a poem before”. The way Beau says this is so vulnerable and almost sad because what she’s actually saying is “I’ve never seen myself as the kind of woman that someone would love enough to write poems for. I’ve never been worth that much to anyone” and what Yasha says in return is everything to me:

“Yeah, well they should have”

In their conversation in episode 65, Yasha thanks Beau for not judging her for her past and Beau makes her obligatory “I can’t accept affection because I’m a broken asshole who doesn’t deserve it” comment and says “have you seen me? Who am I to judge?” and Yasha says: “I’ve seen you, I’ve seen you a lot”

And finally when they have they’re date, Yasha tells Beau that she fell in love with her in Kamordah when she saw her with her family and saw the things that made her who she is.

Some love stories (like Shadowgast for instance) are stories about people encouraging their lover to be better and to become the best version of themselves. Beauyasha is a story about lovers teaching other to love themselves as they are.

When Beau says “no one’s ever written me a poem before” and Yasha says “Yeah well, they should have” what she means is “You were always worth loving, worth writing poems over”.

Yasha doesn’t just love the Beau that exists now, the confident version that has grown into her own greatness and lost some of her more assholish tendencies. She loves the broken, angry girl who was cast from her home and taken against her will. She loves the parts of Beau that Beau was told made her unlovable. Yasha tells Beau that she was always worth loving and the fact that she hasn’t been loved like this until recently is a gross injustice. Beau never had to prove herself as being worthy of Yasha because in Yasha’s eyes it’s impossible that anyone could not love Beauregard Lionett

#critical role #critrole #cr2 #beauyasha #beauregard lionett #yasha nydoorin #I have so many feelings about this

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there’s so much beauyasha to mention in 126 and it cannot all possibly be mentioned (bless whoever made this compilation video) but here are some highlights for ME

yasha going out of her way to buy that anti-scrying cream to try and protect them from being scried on was just so sweet. i mean maybe she got swindled who can say but all she wanted was true, legitimate privacy with beau and that’s precious of her. yasha almost never buys vanity items so i love that she wanted to do this, like she REALLY wanted that (1,000 gold!)

veth/beau. gosh what a scene. love sam always, ik that’s controversial because some people feel like he trolls too much & has been undercutting the beauyasha of it all but no honestly love his vibes he always brings humor and heart to his scenes and he always makes me laugh and this one with beau was so sweet & genuine & helpful, veth bought beau a flower to give to yasha that’s so wholesome. and beau wanting to wear a bowtie omg…

“i’m going into this with no expectations and on yasha’s terms and her timeline” MS. MARISHA RAY said we drink our ‘respect our traumatized potential romantic partner’s boundaries’ juice in this house

“i could be likable. *deep breath* yeah. i could” oh beau you sweet sweet bebe

love how much the m9 want this date to happen. caleb orchestrating everything, veth’s pep talk with beau, everything jester and fjord have said to them in the past episodes (esp jester encouraging them to be open about their feelings the whole poem scene my god), then of course caleb and cad shoving them into the tower together like ‘no y’all are going on this date please have a moment of happiness’ -- because like… they wouldn’t, you know? they both probably feel like it’s selfish to take that time if something else is more pressing. if they needed to go back to cad’s home or if they needed to use up those higher level spells they would have let it happen and never objected. like it’s sad because of course both of them deserve love and deserve to take even just one evening to not be scared for their lives, but mostly just warms my heart because of their love for the group. they’ll de-prioritize themselves if they have to (the beauyasha date getting postponed was basically its own meme at this point) or if it’s necessary and they’ll never complain about it, because that’s just the kind of gals they are. so so so so so glad that the mighty nein are like ‘no stop it go and do this you useless lesbians’ i love them for that

laura bailey fully ducking under her table when yasha doesn’t know that beau wants to hold her hand was me in that moment too

liam’s panting dachshund faces — enough said. everything about the doggies made me so happy, love that beau/marisha thought of that because ashley/yasha literally must scritch every dog she sees

i love ashley’s face as she gets drawn deeper and deeper into beau’s wooing of yasha it is just so wholesome the whole date and all the work put into it clearly just means so much to her and she deserves it!! yasha deserves it (and so does ashley!) and so does beau and bless marisha and liam for making it happen i’m so happy for them

beau: “when i was in kamordah, that fear of losing this family… i almost sabotaged it. just so that i wouldn’t have to deal with the angst and the anguish of wondering if and when and how this family will fall apart. like ripping off a band-aid that was never there. i guess over a wound that was never there. just tried to rip it off for the pain, and nothing else.” yasha, whispering: “yeah. that’s relatable.” (followed by: *laura aggressively mouthing ‘kiss!!!’*)

yasha: “i’m so scared to lose everyone. i don’t want to lose anyone, because i don’t know if i could survive that again.”

“i fell in love with you in kamordah” *swoon*

yasha: “you blow me away” beau, soft as a breath: “feeling’s mutual”

beau: “that’s why you’re my favorite” *intense blushing* yasha: “who me?”

fucking WING FLYING KISS PLEASE MS. JOHNSON i am only human

‘claim the rest of the night with me?’ is such a specific sweet way of phrasing that... marisha’s mind…

beau: “hey.” yasha, whispering back: “hey.” beau: “i love you too” and then ashley’s FACE god damn it

stained glass window hand holding is extremely gay caleb thank you for making it happen

another thing that strikes me is how generous matt was this whole episode. i mean he always is really, he’s always rooting for them, but this time he really was just like “you’re leading the charge and i’m just here for the ride” like breaking all the rules of combat and everything he really said “i’m gonna give the gays everything they want” and i love him for it

#i just love them! #also sorry apparently i'm a beauyasha blog now! it is what it is #beauyasha #critical role #cr spoilers #i love the cast love the gals love them all #ashley johnson #marisha ray #mighty nein

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yasha is the virgin mary, hear me out. she is pregnant with the stormlord's baby, that explains her memory loss. she was guided to lucien/molly because only her halfgod baby can defeat him. it's a longer pregnancy. that's the reason the stormlord cares for her. she is nearing giving birth and she is probably going to give birth either during the beauyasha date the first time they kiss or have sex or when they battle lucien. either events would trigger her giving birth. the baby will kill molly

can anyone else confirm that I’m not still asleep and this is also something they can physically read because all I can see and hear when I try to look at it is static

#WHAT??????? #critical role #yasha #beau #lucien

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I clearly have not been as active on here this year, but… why not? Let’s do this!

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#5

Sight Beyond Sight (Long Post, Spoilers to C2E134)

So... there’s a general consensus that Caleb might have Truesight now, as he was able to notice something that no one else picks up on, both when Jester was using Commune and Scrying. And that of course could be a boon from the eyes. But he hasn’t shared this with the others yet. That said, I wonder if there is more to that.

In addition to the potential for Truesight, I think Matt may have also given Caleb the Eldritch Adept feat and picked the Eldritch Sight invocation for at-will Detect Magic. Because in 134, he’s seen utilizing Detect Magic more than once but not as a ritual, as Liam did not mention that it was being ritual cast but rather as a quick action. Either he was just expending 1st-level slots to cast as normal, and not taking 10 minutes... or he is able to use them at will, no spell slots required.

Also, assuming they're already getting boons, I wonder if Beau herself was given Devil's Sight, which is 120 ft. of darkvision even in magical darkness. It’s just that she doesn't know it yet because she's been wearing her goggles of night, which ironically stack with anyone else’s existing darkvision (i.e. someone with 60 feet of darkvision gets an additional 60 with the goggles for 120, 120 gets 180, and so on).

So... what if next episode she gives out her goggles again, either to Veth or Caduceus, but immediately after realizes that even after removing them, her sight is still able to pick out things in the dark?

After all, Lucien seemed to imply something: “You can see quite a bit with two eyes. Imagine what you can see with three.” So... what if she had darkvision ever since her second eye was bestowed to her, with a third potentially giving her more, but she was able to resist before she got it?

Yeah, one of those tags I redacted because, well, I think they would rather I not accidentally tag them. Soasking Caleb if he has a similar "gift". And depending on whether he wants to answer or not, it would finally answer a burning question we’ve had about the eyes for so long: what they can be capable of, even with only two (or three, depending on how that dream went).

103 notes • Posted 2021-04-17 18:59:38 GMT

Welp. I was not that far off in terms of what they got. In fact, some of it I was actually spot-on! But even so, I was still thrown for a loop!

#4

(Love)birds of a feather, Generations Apart: A Parallel between Vaxleth and Beauyasha (SPOILERS for C1E65 and C2E126)

So... as the title suggests, I've realized upon several rewatches of Beau and Yasha’s amazing first date that it actually has unintentional parallels to the moment where Keyleth confessed her feelings to Vax. Bear with me as I take the time to share as many of the parallels as I can recall off the top of my head.

#1: Taking place in the midst of THE first big world-changing arc of the campaign, full of so many things at stake.

The Chroma Conclave arc.

vs.

The Somnovem arc.

#2: Still in mourning over the loss of a friend.

Vax and Keyleth mourning the death of Tiberius.

vs.

Beau and Yasha still mourning the loss of Mollymauk.

#3: Mutual wingmen supporting them in their coming together.

Keyleth: "I had an interesting talk with Pike here recently, and she said something that really stood out to me, and that was that some people just have more of themselves to give."

vs.

Beau: "I told Caleb, since I wanted to start over, I wanted to start over. So my request was a little bit of a walkthrough of places we’ve been and some of our favorite hiding spots."

#4: Grateful for any reason to be together... but even so, a declaration leading to a love confession. A declaration that has that feeling of, "Yeah, I know. You said your piece, now let me say mine because I'm done hiding."

Vax: "It doesn't matter to me what this is. What we call it. If you are willing to spend some time, any time, with me, then I will simply count myself lucky to have it. You're very dear to me."

Keyleth: "You're talking too much".

vs.

Beau: "I just want you to know, just before we continue this... whatever this night is, that I have no expectations and... at the end of all this, if it just... you have the reassurance of knowing that I'm somebody that you can come and talk to, if you need to, and that's... that's enough for me."

Yasha: "I feel the same way... but at the same time..."

#5: Regrets about being distant... and no more hiding.

Vax: "I know with all that's happened, between my new patron and my sister pretending to gag literally every time we attempt to share a word together, and mostly my own being fucked up in the head for weeks now, that I've pushed all of you away. You most of all. Because I've been afraid you would-- I'm sorry. And you didn't deserve any of that."

Keyleth: "For the longest time, I was terrified that I was going to lose you. First to death and then to the Raven Queen, which is still kind of like death, and then ultimately to yourself. [Then the aforementioned recollection of Pike.] And I realized this whole time that I was afraid of losing you to a future that ultimately has not yet been written, which is stupid."

vs.

Beau: "When I was in Kamordah, that fear of losing this family? I almost sabotaged it. Just so I wouldn't have to deal with the angst and the anguish of wondering if and when and how this family will fall apart. Like ripping off a band-aid that was never there, or I guess over a wound that was never there. Just trying to rip it off for the pain and nothing else."

Yasha: "I've been trying to keep my distance from you when I found out that he was listening and they were watching, but... I've had a lot of people in my head and I don't want to give them you. I don't want them to know that I care about you, because I don't know if they're going to use that in some way. But... fuck it, I guess."

#6: Confessions that catch the other off-guard, or even the one confessing is taken aback, and then the mutual reciprocation that acts as a balm of relief.

Liam actually answered in an AMA that he was taken by surprise but in-character and out when Keyleth confessed to Vax. Keyleth, however, was very much done with hiding. Vax’s response happens when the dust settles and he fully processes what he had just heard:

Keyleth: “But you're ultimately right. We have nothing to lose. I love you, Vax. And I'm sorry for being me, that it took me this long to say it.“

Vax: “(laughs) I’m sorry.

Keyleth: ”Yeah. Me too.”

Vax: “I love you. That's pretty fucking great.”

Keyleth: “That is pretty great, yeah!”

vs.

Yasha surprises HERSELF as she blurts out when she fell in love with Beau, who is also a little taken aback. And Yasha didn't intend to let it all out like that.

Beau’s response happens long after the (glittering) dust settles and they’re in the hot tub:

Yasha: “Things really changed for me when we went to Kamordah. And I saw you with your family and I got a glimpse into how your world was growing up and... (sigh) I fell in love with you in Kamordah.”

(later on, in the Steam’s Respite recreation)

Beau: “Hey.”

Yasha: “Hey.”

Beau: “I love you, too.”

Yasha: “That’s the best thing I’ve ever heard.”

#7: Wings, of course. Also... Liam, Ashley, and Marisha: all three of them having an effect on both pairings.

Vax has wings. Yasha has wings.

And both are love interests of Marisha's PCs.

Pike through her everlit heart and empathy helping Keyleth and Vax overcome their fears and eventually come together.

vs.

Caleb through his love language of magic helping Beau and Yasha find a moment of happiness and safety so they can overcome their fears and eventually come together.

#8: A mutual embrace of love that transitions to the end of a scene.

Vax tackles Keyleth onto his bed, they no doubt cuddle well into the night among other things to cement their newfound bond as lovers... and the "pan to the fireplace".

vs.

Beau holds Yasha close, they enjoy the show of fireworks before later "reflecting" on their newfound bond as lovers... and the steam covering the camera.

Even if the characters are different... some things somehow remain the same, even campaigns apart... even unintentionally. And it is these coincidences that I love about Critical Role and just... role-playing as a whole.

115 notes • Posted 2021-02-21 01:06:05 GMT

Don’t you just love it when your two OTPs have so much in common?

#3

Thoughts on the Very Important Date (C2E126 SPOILERS)

Long post. You've been warned.

The Beauyasha of it all in this episode was so amazing. The perfect payoff after three years of one of the slowest burns in CR history.

First off... Veth being a good mother figure to Beau, giving the monk her full support in seeking a date with Yasha, the two of them hugging it out. Also, Veth's comment that Beau could afford to let her guard down for once and be "likable". Normally, one could see that as being an absolute troll comment, much like all of the jabs he had made out of love and humor at their expense. But... Beau processed that differently because for the first time, someone basically said that it's okay to be honest and vulnerable because she knows Yasha won't judge her for it. And also, Marisha surprising Sam with a bit of trolling of her own, having revealed that she already DID plan a moment. Several, in fact.

Next... Caleb choosing to prioritize his sister's happiness over his own goals by relinquishing the tower for a night for her and Yasha. There's no guarantee as to whether they'll have another night like this, so better now than never. Also, despite his great discomfort, he allowed the cats to become dachshunds instead, because Yasha is such a dog lover as is Ashley. (Also, I totally thing the dachsies are a reference to Liam's own puppy, Sprigg.)

Next... the date itself. A lot of folks, myself included, assumed so many things about what could happen. But I think it's safe to say that it turned out to be NOTHING like what we expected. But also, in a way, precisely what we expected. Beau and Yasha, once they got past their initial nerves and awkwardness, were able to have such an extended moment to themselves: the entire second half to themselves. And through this second half... walls were torn down, band-aids were ripped off, and they became so open, so vulnerable, so... so... honest. About a lot of things.

They bared it all: heart, body, and soul.

Beau once again telling Yasha to not blame herself for the times they were forced to fight. Confiding that she's scared of the unknown about what they have yet to face. Expressing her relief about the revelations surrounding her kidnapping last episode, and saying that any last reservations she had about the Cobalt Soul were banished upon hearing that what she had said was taken seriously. Confiding and admitting to Yasha - and to herself - how foolish it was of her that she almost destroyed this familial bond she forged with the Nein, all because she was scared. Giving Yasha an out in case this whole night goes elsewhere, that even if Yasha doesn't feel the same way, at least she's got someone to talk to. Allowing herself to be this open and frank about everything, taking Veth's advice to heart and letting the walls crumble. And to her vast relief, she felt loved and appreciated.

Yasha admitting that she had kept her distance because she wanted to keep Beau safe from Lucien, but realizing that it's far too late. Confiding in Beau about the time she and Molly first met, in the wastes of Xhorhas, and how despite loving everyone in the circus... the Nein feel like an actual family. Confessing that everything changed for her in Kamordah, as that was when she fell in love with her. That moment paints a lot of her moments since then in a new light, sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes funny, sometimes heartwarming. Telling Beau how proud she is of her, telling her that all of her growth she accomplished on her own. Admitting that she always came back to the Nein because she is terrified that she can't survive losing them, just like when she lost Zuala and Molly. Understanding that her "purpose" that so many others asked of her, asking what it was, is simply to protect. To keep everyone safe and alive.

And then... the yearning and pining finally reached critical mass as THEY HAD THEIR FIRST KISS! The moment alone was such a dose of ambrosia after so many false starts and so many unwanted interruptions. The play-fight against the ninja dogs was amazing as well as it allowed the Sentinels to be so playful and extra as hell.

The reproduction of the Steam's Respite bathhouse, and Caleb's deviation from Beau's instructions of having lioness masseuses instead of dogs present, knowing that she'd forgive it. "Besides, what better gift could I offer the Lionett?" The fireworks above the tub as Beau and Yasha cuddled and kissed once more. And Beau finally allowing herself, without any trace of fear or hesitation, to be lucky in love. And she got to be held through the show.

"I love you, too." / "That's the best thing I've ever heard."

And the capstone of this extensive moment? The stained-glass window above the fireplace in Beau's chambers showing her hand linked with Yasha's.

Sentinel Babes becoming Sentinel Girlfriends. And lovers.

It was THE perfect episode to consummate all the yearning and pining. The heartbreak and healing. The loss and love. I couldn't imagine this going any more perfectly for them.

Beauregard Lionett. Yasha Nydoorin.

Two souls, broken and damaged, yet still finding each other and coming closer, one step at a time.

All it took was one night for it all to come to fruition.

It was the perfect first date... and the perfect first night of the rest of their lives. Together.

117 notes • Posted 2021-02-22 18:07:28 GMT

Best. Date. Ever.

#2

https://twitter.com/Tiamat_ZX/status/1448123397339291649?s=20

“She said a young beau will take on the great name, to continue this success, until everything, eventually, will humble me by that which I desired most. […] And the fact that it all worked means I don't know what else she took, and I don't know what's coming to humble me, and I just want to protect my family.”

“Maybe I'm the one that's sent to humble you.”

And that you were, Beauregard Lionett. And because of your bravery, you not only saved yourself, you saved your mother and brother. You made it possible for your mother to start anew, quite possibly even take steps to reconnect with you as a family. Because she’s not dismissing her share of the blame, she’s accepting it and making amends.

Whereas Thoreau Lionett will just wither away and fade from obscurity, forever humbled and miserable, just as the prism sage foretold.

He was no real lion, just a mewling cub.

The rest of the family, though… they’re a true pride.

I was right to believe in Clara being redeemable. Thanks to her daughter’s testimony against him, his lies and true colors were exposed, and she up and left her husband and took TJ with her. Thus leaving him alone in an empty house.

The possibility now exists for them to reconnect. A far better hope than being forever trapped in a gilded cage of a loveless house.

146 notes • Posted 2021-10-13 18:55:01 GMT

I was right to believe in Clara Lionett and her redemption. I was right to believe. And she deserves her second chance, she deserves to accept her faults and work to atone and one day reconnect. Far more effort than Thoreau Lionett will EVER do.

#1

If Yasha had any hope left of Molly still being in Lucien... he just killed it the moment he tried to murder the second love of her life. So... from this point on, the gloves are off and she is going to murder him for daring to harm her Beau.

Worst idea to piss off the angel-blood, Nonagon. The Worst Idea.

194 notes • Posted 2021-01-29 09:12:18 GMT

Welp. THIS post aged poorly because she still had hope, albeit it WAS complicated.

And that’s it! See you in 2022… whenever I choose to post more stuff.

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One of the gayest most relatable things from the beauyasha date that no one has pointed out yet,

But when beau held out her hand and yasha thought she was handing her something only to realize “oh she wanted me to give her my hand” omgggg these dorks truly live up to their lesbian heritage, I love them

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