#like taliesin said

[chaosgenasi]

I’ve had a life. I think a lot of us here have had a life. And I can count the really good days practically on two hands.

#critical role #critical role spoilers #cr spoilers #criticalroleedit #ashton greymoore #taliesin jaffe #basil.gif #cr3 #ashton #bells hells #ashton 'abandonment is the neverending theme of their existence' 'one of the reasons i allow myself to get the shit kicked #out of me is in the hope that people are actually watching' 'character who nothing good has ever happened to' #greymoore's response here just makes so much sense & others have said it but it rlly is so fucking compelling #in regards to also being like. 'main priority is fuck ludinus we Live Here.' anyway character of all time to me

[bixbiboom]

#taliesin jaffe #critical role #candela obscura #I may have just said ‘oh fuck my ASS’ out loud #as like a groan of frustration not like a request lol #this is just such a good look for him #gender envy abounds

[crescent-moon-mollymauk]

The livestream last night was fantastic for many reasons, but another great thing about the stream: it felt really nice to openly hear Sam and Taliesin describe FCG and Ashton as nonbinary. Like obviously we’ve had their he/they pronouns since day one, but it means so much to hear the two of them use the word Nonbinary, y’know?

#shout out to the person in chat who said that FCG and Ashton gave them the courage to come out <3 #FCG #fresh cut grass #sam riegel #ashton greymoore #taliesin jaffe #critical role #critical role campaign 3 #it also felt especially nice to hear it from Sam #like i guess my brain just assumes Tal plays more queer because he is queer #but Sam has been awesome too and I gotta give credit where credit is due

[aq2003]

1x69 // 1x89 or; keyleth and percy and "i need you"

#keyleth #percy de rolo #critical role #vox machina #criticalroleedit #marisha ray #taliesin jaffe #cr #cr1 #my edits #percy and kiki #sorry i have diseases. i put the last 2 gifs next to each other and teared u]p #'i need you. but we're not all going to make it' . god. top 5 things percy has said that make me mentally ill #ALSO. THE FACT THAT CHARISMA IS KEYLETH'S WORST STAT. SHE HAS A +0 TO THAT. AND SHE ROLLED A 19 #these gifs are so crusty i love them so much tho #if you're seeing this on mobile i am sorry the alt tag is covering like half of the percy dialogue text </3 just click on th gifs to see it #rohan don't look #<- this gifset doesnt have overt spoilers but in case ur seeing this. block that tag for the future lol

[revvethasmythh]

Ashton & Keyleth BEST unexpected conversation duo

#unexpected in the scope of the campaign #expected in that I knew taliesin said Ashton really liked her so I expected it would be good #really love their convos tho #cr spoilers #cr3e68 #critical role #bells hells #ashton greymoore #keyleth

[bestdamnavocxdosatlaw]

I can't get over this convo.

Do we truly grasp the magnitude of Ashton asking Orym outright to keep being in his life after all this?

Like... Wow. Ashton. Ashton, the "i don't like people" Ashton. Asked Orym to stay with him.

I cannot.

#critical role #critical role spoilers #bells hells #ashton greymoore #orym of the air ashari #orym x ashton #ashton x orym #ashrym #i feel like taliesin jaffe just said 'this one. he is mine'

[finncakes]

still not over a dance of deception so take these

#critical role #critrole #cr3 #cr 3 #imogen temult #ashton greymoore #chetney pock o'pea #fcg #fresh cut grass #laudna #cr laudna #laudna cr #orym #orym of the air ashari #jesus none of them have lastnames i can use. #anyway i will never be over the fancy ball!!!!! #also i am completely ignoring what matt described ash's outfit to look like+ #i just saw like... some cowboy outfit and then was like 'yea ok cowboy time.' #and taliesin kept bringing up how ashton's pants were tight (idk WHY but he said it at least twice) #which reminded me of matador trousers cause good LORD those look extremely tight #i know...it's not super...in line with what matt said but it's my brain and i picture the outfits how i want #also i know this is my second art post in a day...it's my day off so i can just draw all day

[wackachewbacca]

It’s fascinating how much Ashton hates Percy so much calling him an entitled asshole and everything when the both of them are really similar and the both of them don’t know it

I only realized this during Ashton’s talk with FCG at Milo’s place when Ashton talks about how they don’t want to lose their friends and says “Family’s dangerous” after being ripped half way across the world from most of their friends without anyway to contact them

And Percy says something similar back in the infamous Bard’s Lament after Keyleth asks the group are they all still friends and Percy answers her “Worse, we’re family” right after one of their friends walks away from the group and seemingly having no plans to ever come back

They know that having friends and family can break you in ways that cannot ever be known unless you have lost them. When it comes down to it, both characters can’t stand their friends leaving them and that’s probably rooted in trauma at a young age of losing your family, Percy with the Briarwoods, and Ashton being dropped off on the outskirts of Jrusar and then again when the Nobodies left them behind

Both of these characters are so emotionally broken that they will hold onto their closest friends with tooth and nail against impossible odds because they know what it’s like to lose everything

#I was sitting in the car on my drive to work and when ashton said those words I was insta try like Taliesin you motherfucker #it didn’t help that like a few minutes before ashton also said something to the effect of I’m the smartest person in the group #like that is just straight up Percy “going sorry sorry I’m a genius wow I’m clever moment right there #maybe I’ll make something in the future about the parallels between laudna’s death and Vax being taken by the raven queen #cause that’s bargaining right there for the both of them #ashton greymoore #percy de rolo #vox machina spoilers #cr spoilers #critical role #c3 ep65

[captainofthetidesbreath]

The funny thing really about Kingsley thinking he can do Fjord's job as captain better than Fjord can is that Kingsley only knows how to be a captain because he's learning from Fjord.

So, anything Kingsley can do, well, Fjord taught him to do. Also, yanno, way harder to be good at your job when the person who wants your job is actively sabotaging everything you do.

Generally, it's pretty clear that Fjord isn't actually at all incompetent. He's a good captain who is stressed out of his mind, as Laura says such directly, and he's being purposefully tripped up and undermined at all turns by Kingsley, which Taliesin openly admits. Fjord DOES know what he's doing, it's just conditions (stress, Kingsley) are making it impossible to do it and do it well—and that's very different from "is incapable and incompetent / doesn't know how to do his job / is completely clueless".

#Like. Fjord isn't actually incompetent. He's having a difficult time and Kingsley is purposefully making it harder. #The cast has said it lmfao so can we stop with it. #Even Taliesin's comment on doing it better is clarified as joke bc he's 'look Kingsley's undermining Fjord' when Laura went after him lmfao #Anyway I will continue to find it annoying that people say Fjord doesn't know what he's doing and is incompetent #Fjord DOES know what he's doing. It's just nothing is letting him do so. #And that's a different thing than 'Fjord doesn't know what he's doing and is incapable of doing this job' #Critical Role #Critical Role things #Kingsley Tealeaf #Fjord #Fjord CR #Fjord Stone

[dent-de-leon]

When Kingsley's anxious, does he get very affectionate and cling to his loved ones for comfort like he did as Molly? Or does he self-isolate and try to hide his heart away like Lucien--

#thinking of how lucien hated anyone seeing 'weakness' in him #thinking of molly being terrified the nein would all leave him when they found out about his past #molly telling caleb 'this is not how i expected this to go...thank you' and hugging yasha so tight-- #but also #moments like after alfield #when molly used the rite of the dawn for the first time and just sat by himself and had as taliesin said 'a mild nervous breakdown' and #was just. by himself with his drink-- #i think there are days when kingsley does that #but i hope he also has days when he lets himself pick flowers with yasha #or cuddle with caleb-- #mollymauk #kingsley tealeaf

[c-kiddo]

nauuuur 😢 i remembered about the scene when tmn are going to talk to king dwendal and king dwendal calls caduceus stupid basically, and then i went and rewatched it (at 2:52:00, ep 87) and its just :-( oh it makes me saaaad.. like its worse because cad’s actually struggling to explain his thoughts and stops like two times to try speak louder and clearer than he usually does and is clearly uncomfortable with it . and then the king calls him uneducated in a roundabout way and cad just replied Thank you , because he didnt understand T_T idk man . .the autism relating and also hyperempathy kicked in about it. it makes me want 2 cry a little bit 

#daily cad has autism post.. ... . . #kiddo say #and i think on talks taliesin said that cad only realised later what everything meant #and i just ; _ ; yea.... . #poor cad. .. #like im being /gen about it making me actually kinda want 2 cry because .. relate. idk its just . hes trying : (( (( #hes trying his best. . #we need to explode king dwendal

[gilmores-glorious-blog]

TALIESIN JAFFE SHARES A BIRTHDAY WITH EDGAR ALLAN POE??!?!!??!??!???!!??!!!!??!???!!

#HOLY SHIT? #this explains Everything #my mom was like “guess who’s birthday it is?” and i went “taliesin jaffe’s?” #and she looked at me weirdly and said “edgar allan poe’s” and i LOST MY SHIT #critical role #taliesin jaffe #eli.posts

[beckiboos]

Hey Tally, I was thinking... we never tested that summoning spell to make sure it works, do you want to quickly try it now?

Ah good I was hoping you would ask! I made some changes from my mothers original spell, I hope I got all the calculations correct

Let me just strrretch... right I'm ready. Go.

*laughs* Riiight weirdo, this isn't a that big of a deal but ok

Behind you. I find the best summons are done from behind, don't you agree?

I can make adjustments to the proximity if it makes you uncomfortable...

Uh no, No need. I don't mind, I mean you don't have to go through the trouble.. its fine

Calliope, do you have a minute?

Sorry Luci my hands are umm... full right now

#skyrim #tes #taliesin #oc calliope #ok so my db randomly idles and i zoomed out and im like GIRL WHERES YOUR HANDS #but then i was like... well if you insist calliope who am i to argue #so spicy TENSION #wanted to do this since he said the summons is from behind #and im like behind you say? *wink wink* #long post

[soldier-poet-king]

well. i finally did it. i finally watched the cr2 denouements/finale that i'd been putting off for more than a year, more than two years, technically. i have problems with endings. with uncertainty. with grief and letting things go, and experiencing things 'at the right time'. i'm not sure if this was the right time, but it feels right, it doesn't feel devastating. to end this story that i started watching during one of the worst points in my life. i'm. i'm. of course i miss it. part of me always will! and still. it was a good story. nothing will ever fill the same niche. that's ok.

#im literally #eating glass. but it's ok #cr lb #anyway back to cr3!!!! #which while not hitting the same heartspace #is still very fun #im not very far into it #less than halfway #im at the part where erika is a guest #so like most of the major ruidus plot stuff hasnt happened yet #they JUST met fearne's mom #that being said. i am v attached to orym. and ashton. and laudna. so i KNOW some good shit is coming down the line #liam/marisha/taliesin pcs always just. get me. my beloveds #i really miss the m9 tho #i sleep with the m9 quilt rae made me every night #it's the topmost blanket on my bed. always. i have very many blankets on my bed. i am always cold. but this is the best one #i miss caduceus and caleb most of all. shadowgast too ofc. #the grief and the guilt and the letting go. and the faith and the vocation and the purpose. the life's work. the peace. the regrowth and ho #*hope. the family. the love. the adventure #i am trying to transform that into smthn real. it is hard. i am tired and useless. but i am trying. and trying to convince myself that i am #i am young. that i have so much ahead of me still. hopefully #that potential. that ability. the /capability/ for that goodness and change. tho i feel like caleb carrying grief and guilt #and cad alone in the grove. desperately pleading for a sign an instruction from his goddess. reckless in that desperation #i still have the two m9 specials but i am saving them. for later

[m-herra]

"I didn't realize you were still here"

"Why wouldn't I be? You're injured, we're traveling together, it's practical to keep each other healthy"

"We're on opposing ends of this war, don't forget that"

"I should tell you the same thing. You didn't let the others kick me out of that house"

"We usually disagree, I know what it's like to be on the receiving end of that argument"

"Care to explain?"

"No, after you're done here you have to let me make sure you're fine"

@dynamite124 I can't wait for this guy (this mightve turned softer than intended oop)

#tesblr #skyrim #tes oc #tes skyrim #tes ocs #skyrim oc #oc: m'herra #skyrim taliesin #would you believe me if i said i almost forgot m'herra has a cheetah-like pattern #is this ooc? maybe #i cant tell without taliesin with me and i have 2 wait til hes ported

[cloudprincesslady]

i'm sure a million people have already said this sorta thing but goddamn this is the most frustrating hour of critical role i've ever watched

#and i've been here a looooooooooooooooooooooooong time #like. taliesin acting like this was a choice that was gonna involve sacrifice and pain and then he would get to be something else #when matt all but explicitly said 'yeah so anybody BUT ashton taking this will be fine but if ashton does it he'll straight die' #like. like. like. honestly. #matt could not have been more clear that this one wasn't meant for ashton #it honestly feels like if keyleth had tried to claim fenthras. #or like. if vax had tried to claim the vestige that went to percy #like. sometimes you make choices in a roleplaying game because they're the right choice above the table. #it is not chill to hoard loot or to take things from other pcs and that's honestly what this situation feels like. #it couldve been literally anybody else. anyone. anyone at all. #admittedly lets be real this feels like the most fitting conclusion to ashton's story imo lmao he was born of hubris and he died of hubris #but like! theyre not gonna let this be the end of his story! #which sucks for me! a person who dislikes the character and is now watching him do the MOST FRUSTRATING THING EVER #and hes almost certainly not even gonna feel the consequences of it #also him kissing fearne to manipulate her and then saying 'that's never happening again' was AWFUL. absolutely awful. #i don't care how he meant it #also when matt said 5 rounds to go and taliesin was like oh i thought it was further #when matt said 'i was real clear yall' i FELT for him #he did EVERYTHING right as a dm! this isn't on him! #when your players go against your signposting... #also the fact that taliesin keeps asking for people to stay and heal him and keep him together? #when they're taking damage and probably gonna be destroyed by his death???? fuck me #look! i like taliesin as a person! but DAMN I hate the way he plays the game lmao! #the only character of his i've ever liked is caduceus #good for marisha saying NO to giving her supermassive new healing potion to ashton lmao #i would not have been NEARLY as gracious as matt about this lmao #im keeping my liveblogging to these tags bc i do not want to get caught up in discourse lmao #also matt wtf the DC in the last two rounds was only 15???? by the end it should absolutely be DC 20 cmon #hes trying to absorb the essence of a PRIMORDIAL TITAN into a body which is already holding the essence of a different primordial titan!!!! #god. i wish he didnt have that fucking ring. i desperately wish he died doing this.