#lb critical

[theweeklydiscourse]

My reasons for disliking the Shadow and Bone Netflix adaptations had very little to do with its “book accuracy” and had more to do with it being a terrible adaptation. In fact, I would’ve preferred if the writers had taken some liberties and revised certain flaws of the original trilogy to create a more compelling narrative.

However, they instead made superficial changes that added little to the value of the show and were bandaid solutions to deeper problems with the source material. They didn’t expand on the original story, they only narrowed the scope. This, was its ultimate flaw that ended up culminating in a watered down version of what we once knew.

For example, the rehabilitation of Mal’s image seemed agreeable initially, but harmed the story in the long-run. The writers understood that book!Mal was disliked, but instead of re-examining that character and expanding (and perhaps improving) his arc, they refashioned him into a boring and frictionless character that offered little to the emotional stakes of the story. This choice, was a prime example of the dilution of the characters and story for the adaptation that ended up creating a weaker experience altogether.

The girlbossification of Alina, the lobotomizing of the Darkling to make it easier for the heroes to defeat him, cramming the Crows into a plot that didn’t concern them, blaming Grisha persecution on the Darkling, making Zoya a racist/the Darkling’s side chick, all of those idiotic flashbacks, were symptomatic of the writers inability to take risks.

#lb critical #shadow and bone #the darkling #alina starkov #s&b critical #s&b netflix #s&b salt #darklina #aleksander morovoza #anti leigh bardugo #zoya nazyanelsky #six of crows #malyen oretsev #netflix

[is-today-tomorrow-in-nz]

I carry a deep admiration for Aleksander and his unbreakable will.

Human beings are creatures of comfort. We crave familiarity. While change is inevitable, most of us tend to stick to a routine to keep us grounded. It breaks my heart so much to think that the Darkling could not afford to have even such basic comforts. With every rebirth he had to breakfree of the habits of his past life and reinvent himself as a new person with a different set of likes and dislikes. Even his mannerisims has to be scrubbed clean to avoid suspicion. By the time we meet him in the Grishaverse how much of him is the real him? How many of his habits are his and not something he cultivated for his new persona?

He is a singluar fixture in time and eternity passes through him. The language he once spoke is dead, the music he once loved no longer exists, the places he once travelled are long gone, the people he once knew are nothing but a distant memory. With each turn of the Earth, everything he grew to like again is chipped away along with remains of his soul.

And yet he persevered. Even when he had nothing or no one to anchor him, he carried on through war, genocide, loss, grief and pain. He kept fighting till his last breath and sacrificed himself once again for the greater good.

He deserves so much better than the indignity that LB put him through.

#the darkling #aleksander morovoza #pro darkling #pro aleksander morozova #the grishaverse #lb critical #grisha critical #he deserves so much better #shadow and bone #demon in the wood meta #demon in the wood

[justalittlebluetiefling]

I'm alive because they made me alive.

#sam riegel #fcg #critical role #bell's hells #cr3e91 #cr spoilers #cr lb #cr clips

[yashley]

The Mighty Nein Reunion: Echoes of the Solstice 

#critical role #ygifs #cr lb #echoes of the solstice live show #ashley #marisha #laura #ETHEREAL WOMEN. DEAD TO HAVE SEEN THEM LIVE #me sitting there already mentally giffing all the moments I need to chew like IT'S SO GOOD Y'GUYS I'M STILL #they're so fucking beautiful so fucking hot I'm just

[pocketgalaxies]

where's that post about how you can tell how badly a cr fight is going by how much it looks like a renaissance painting

#4h26m c3e51 #sc #critical role #cr3 #cr lb #cr spoilers #cr things #laura bailey #liam o'brien #taliesin jaffe #cr cast #liam & tal #1k #4k

[sea-buns]

chets whole family disappeared and all they left were toys and hes a toymaker and hes scared that when toys become obsolete no one will need him and hes scared that everyone is gonna leave him and im in fujcking tears and chad

#genuinely crying but we cope with humor so chad #critical role #cr spoilers #cr lb #c3e79 #chetney pock o'pea

[lessthanimpressedlesbian]

I think it's particularly interesting that Laudna and Imogen are pushing Fearne to take the shard and "own her power" when both of them are leaning into incredibly unhealthy methods of harnessing their own. Fearne recognizes her own fear and her desire to avoid becoming the dark version of herself, but Imogen and Laudna seem to take that fear and let it control their actions. Imogen is afraid of not knowing everything and potentially causing everyone to be endangered, and Laudna is afraid that she's not enough by herself to help save the world. I wish they could realize that they're not owning their power, not really. It's more like when people buy guns in case of an apocalypse instead of realizing they should learn how to sew and garden and maybe even learning how to forage. Sure, you're afraid. But there are different responses to fear and Fearne's response isn't wrong

#critical role #critical role spoilers #cr spoilers #cr lb #imogen temult #laudna #fearne calloway

[wildmelora]

I guess we know if Ashton is weaker at the elbow or shoulder

#cr spoilers #critical role #cr lb

[pinkieroy]

Imogen in the first half of the episode: fails and almost almost kills everyone

Imogen in the second half: gets her crush exposed

#girlfailures can never win #(same tho) #text #cr spoilers #cr lb #critical role #imodna #bells hells

[staticrevelations]

callowmoore this episode

#cr spoilers #cr lb #callowmoore #fearne calloway #ashton greymoore #critical role #bells hells #cr3

[nellyrue]

Sam not being able to save Vax in campaign one

Sam failing his role to find Jester and others and Mollymauk still dying and then having to run and leave them behind in campaign 2

Sam being able to find purpose and save his entire party in campaign 3

#critical role #cr lb #critical role spoilers #cr spoilers

[theweeklydiscourse]

Alina loving her powers would mean for her to love herself. Whenever she loves her light, the way it makes her feel, the way it protects her, she is loving who she is and defying the will of an oppressive society that wants her to hate herself. She was meant for another story where the author doesn’t chastise her for loving herself and create a bizarre message that if you love yourself too much, you need to be humbled and put in your place.

Shadow and bone glorifies repression in a disturbing way. It almost seems to praise Alina’s repression during her adolescence as an accomplishment that eventually allowed her to defeat the Darkling and proof of her humility. In RoW, she condemns her supposed greed in the past in an act of self-flagellation because OBVIOUSLY she must perform her humility to prove that losing her powers wasn’t a horrible thing. This self-hatred is then transformed into condemnations of the Darkling and reveals her (and the narrative’s) fear that she will become like him. It’s almost hilarious how scared the story is of Alina potentially understanding him and sympathizing with his ambitions.

That’s ultimately the great fear of the story. That Alina will care enough about something to actually use her power to change the status quo and help other people aside from Mal. That she will embrace who she truly is and become active in her life. Taking responsibility and stepping up to the challenge is wrong and evil, so she should just sit down and quietly hate herself while the problem gets worse

#shadow and bone #the darkling #lb critical #alina starkov #s&b critical #s&b salt #aleksander morovoza #anti leigh bardugo #darklina #grishaverse meta #s&b netflix

[gorgynei]

hes beautiful. he looks so fucking good

#i looooooveee you #:-3 #finally good official chetney art..... weeps and sobs and cries happy tears #cr spoilers #lb #critical role #chetney pock o'pea

[justalittlebluetiefling]

"Critical Role is too serious."

Critical Role: Matt Mercer playing a roomful of NPCs saying goodnight to each other individually.

#critical role #bell's hells #cr3e76 #cr spoilers #cr lb

[yashley]

It is weird, Laudna. I can’t read your thoughts.

#critical role #cr lb #imodna #ygifs #LAURASKSJDGLKSJDFLS;KDFL;SKLDGVSDLDSKF #FINALLYHGSJDKLJFSK #I WAS SO WORRIED IT WOULDN'T GO THIS WAYLOLKDLJ #cr3

[pocketgalaxies]

the best part of critical role combat is when matthew mercer is just playing with his cool action figures and making sound effects with his mouth while all his friends watch and yell things like "OH NOOO!!!!!!"

#3h48m c3e84 #text #critical role #cr3 #cr lb #cr spoilers #matthew mercer #cr cast #1k