#text role play

[oddthesungod]

its so funny to see randos complain on the main critical role tag of "grrrr critical role made their own game system that lends itself well to actual play this will RUIN ttrpgs!!!!!!!!" like............ does this person know that D&D isn't the only TTRPG out there? do they know they can still play whatever edition of D&D they like???

#text post #oh nooooo critical role made a ttrpg that caters to what they like the most about D&D the horror!!!!! #yes person on the critical role tag they are personally ruining ttrpgs for you JUST for you #you ARE being forced to play it and to play just like they do /s #like i have no interest in playing daggerheart for now #so i just.......... will not #crazy concept I know

[aseriesofunfortunatetexts]

asoue + tumblr

#Esmé played a central role in gamergate and it wasn't pretty #jerome squalor #esmé squalor #a series of unfortunate events #asoue #asoue edit #text post meme

[pocketgalaxies]

marisha ray is so hot. what's up with that

#i think someone said once that she's hotter when she plays beau and i think that's right. what's up with that #3h8m c2e59 #text #critical role #cr2 #cr lb #marisha ray

[daily-hanamura]

#p4 #p4g #persona 4 #persona 4 golden #hanamura yosuke #yosuke hanamura #HEY DO YOU GUYS EVER THINK ABOUT HOW POST CANON YOSUKE STILL CLEARLY HAS SUCH A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH NANAKO #the way nanako readily sits in betwn dojima and yosuke like its normal even though shes seeing her big bro again for the first time in mths #the way shes comfortable leaning over and asking yosuke things #like it wasnt even asking teddie even though teddie would be the friend like im just. #yosuke being a substitute for yu while he was going on and making sure nanako wasnt being too lonely??? #playing the big brother role for her as well because he knows yu would be worried about nanako and that nanako would be left to herself agn #and i just. I JUST!! the game consistently keeps hinting to us about how close yosuke is to the dojima household over and over again #they did it in p4d when dojima asked yosuke to pass a message on to yu (when he could have just texted?? or called?????) #like souyo or not (in my case yes) like theres just so much evidence that yosukes kept in close contact #its not even as simple as just a matter of him chaperoning teddie because hes obviously hanging around enough #that dojima and nanako both trust him immensely #like. they get it. THEY ALL GET IT #!!!!!!!

[la-pheacienne]

I will never understand people insisting that it was Jaime's fault Elia and the children died and that he didn't do his job. I don't understand why people cannot acknowledge that the multitude and diversity of factors working simultaneously and opposite to each other is precisely what creates the tragedy of the event(s), these factors being slowly morphed into a mechanism functining on its own accord, beyond any power individual decisions could have. Every single individual in this tragedy (the sack and the rebellion in general) had entirely different motivations and aspirations, and no individual had the full picture at any occasion whatsoever, and this is precisely because of the broader mechanism that was in motion that I mentioned above. And there lies the whole point, the concept of not knowing, not being able to know in advance. The idea of actions, choices, decisions having unexpected consequences that a character could not be able to imagine in advance. Things could have been different if at any point any of the individuals implicated in this event(s) knew the whole picture, or at worst, if they were more careful, more diligent, if they had made a better assessment of the situation at hand. I don't believe what happened was technically inevitable of course. It could have been avoided, which is something that amplifies the tragedy. Of course the individual decisions of any of the factors involved shaped the result. But we need to take into account all these parameters that were at play leading to each and every decision, prior to the decision itself, in order to avoid a bad faith reading of the text. We know everything that happened. The individuals did not know what would happen prior to making the decisions they made.

Rhaegar running away with Lyanna seems suspicious in general and there is definitely a lot of info missing there (which has been confirmed by grrm, meaning there was probably a reason they run away together - and i'm NOT talking about the braindead fanon theory of rhaegar collecting dragon heads like pokemons). Aside from that big hole of info we don't have that would give a solid context for this otherwise pretty inexplicable action, R and L could not have expected in advance that the events would play out in the way they did, they could not know in advance that someone (Baelish?) would spread the news of a literal kidnapping, they could not know in advance what Brandon would do, what Aerys would do, and so forth, and we don't even know when exactly they found out that all these things happened since they were isolated. They for sure could absolutely not know that Tywin, who didn't even take part in the rebellion, would eventually think it would be a great idea to randomnly order the rape and murder of Elia and the murder of the children. Nobody could ever imagine that in their right minds, yes, not-even-jaime-hello, which is precisely why this is an act of TREASON (and treason is an understatement), which is precisely why that act has such an impact and such an aura of horror and shock surrounding it, because of how unexpected and inconceivable it was, and also, how unneccessary it was, at a moment where the war was already won.

The power Rhaegar had in changing these events in any way shape or form was minimal to none, faced with the mad king that could go off the rails at any moment, the treason, the unprecedented cruelty of his enemies that were supposed to be allies, and more than that, the general mechanism already in motion leading to this tragic outcome.

Which leads me to Jaime. Jaime feels guilty for what happeend to Elia and her children, of course he does. He was there, in KL, he was sitting on the iron throne (i think that's when it happened) while the events took place and he didn't prevent them. I would also feel guilty if I were him. Who wouldn't? He was there. If he had thought this through, if he was more diligent, smarter, quicker idk, more perceptive maybe he would have figured this out sooner, maybe he would have done something, maybe he would have been able to save them. That's undoubtedly what he tells himself. Rhaegar would undoubtedly feel extreme guilt if he was alive after the sack of KL (which is a mere hypothesis since the sack of KL wouldn't have taken place had he been alive). Hell, even Ned feelts guilty for what happened to Elia and her children. That doesn't mean these people (i'm talking mainly about R and J) are actually responsible for what happened. That it is their fault that it happened. That they willingly wanted it to happen, or expected it to happen and didn't care, or let it happen in Jaime's case. Jaime's guilt stems from an error of judgement at worst, the fact that had he known every single parameter at play, had he imagined the exact motivations and intentions of a multitude of people and how far they were willing to go, had he expected what would happen in detail, he would have acted differently and maybe, maybe the result would have been different. That's not even certain, given, again, the multitude of factors at play that were beyond Jaime's power. But Jaime of course cannot help but think about the what if. The result could have been different had Jaime acted differently but Jaime acted according to the specific situation he had at hand, according to the specific problem that he had to face. He did what he thought was right in that precise moment. He didn't and couldn't possibly know what was going on outside from his sphere and if he did, we do not know for sure that he could have actually prevented the worst from happenning.

And I'm being exceptionally strict here by attributing an error of judgement to Jaime because I could have just said he was entirely innocent for what happened to Elia and the children, and it wouldn't be false. Again, error of judgement doesn't equal responsibility for what happened, it doesn't equal "moral flaw". An error of judgement does not give the reader a reason to morally judge a character. It is an entirely different thing.

I got this from Britannica :

I don't get how people can be so dense when reading anything related to the sack of KL and/or Robert's Rebellion in general. "Jaime didn't do his job", "Rhaegar led Elia and their children to their deaths" like, can you actually read? I was unnecessarily thorough here for something that is not all that complicated. It is pretty straightforward actually. It's sad that people do not get it. Like, I see BNFs being all deep and analytical about Jaime's moral struggles and dilemmas and overall tragedy and how he was in a situation that exceeded him and then they're like "rhaegar is the reason elia and the children died". From the other side I see people saying that Rhaegar couldn't have known what would happen and then they're like "Jaime didn't do his job!!!", guys. Guys. I'm begging you. I IMPLORE YOU : correcting a mischaracterization (Rhaegar was stupid/selfish for leaving """""all that responsibility""""" to Jaime) with another mischaracterization (Jaime "didn't do his job" because he's a moral coward) is not the way to go, it is done in bad faith, it erases the entire point of Robert's Rebellion along with a bunch of very important themes in asoiaf (the impossibility of choice, the fact that moral codes are actually a construct and don't always apply/sometimes contradict, and the feeling of powerlessness of an individual when faced with a monstrous mechanism, a system that is beyond their control).

#i may get hate from stans of either camp but i don't care #rhaegar and jaime's roles and motivations are entirely different so their degree of responsibility or irresponsibility is different #i'm not denying that #but i'm talking about the common denominator between them #and the fact that both of them are the object of utterly incorrect bad faith and unfair takes #and i am not interested in a play by play of who's more responsible for something NONE of them is actually responsible for #or a play by play of the degree of innocence each one of them has like leave me tf alone #i'm trying to be objective and avoid a bad faith reading of the text as much as possible #which is something that i rarely see from either camp #jaime lannister #rhaegar targaryen #sack of king's landing #robert's rebellion #asoiaf #valyrianscrolls #aspa rambles #error of judgement

[sarasade]

Seeing a Tumblr post criticising people who call their favourite male characters "babygirls" 'cause it infantilises and sexualises male characters in a feminising way which is misogynistic towards women. almost 13.000 notes in 3 days

I'm honestly kind of moved . I haven't seen discourse this silly for awhile excluding Twitter. Good job Tumblr. you still got it.

#no fun allowed with gender go to gender prison for your gender crimes #haven't people realised that queer people have always played with gender #purposefully rendering gendered words meaningless #however sticking to strict gender roles- well that's progressive #discourse #fandom discourse #sarasade text

[mermaidsirennikita]

Lestat is the parent that hurts their child because they were hurt and it's really about them and their relationship with the other parent (Louis)

whereas Louis is the parent who holds the child too closely to protect them, stunting their growth, having a hard time with the inevitable similarities between the other parent (Lestat) and the child, and using their superior closeness to the child as an unintentional weapon against the other parent.

#interview with the vampire #this is brought 2 you by therapy #but also there's the other lens of racial subtext (text) and how that plays into lestat's role as the only white person in the family #and being totally incapable of coming to terms w his own privilege there #and the implications of the mind reading v. his paranoia and jealousies #SEPARATE ISSUES

[earlgodwin]

neil jordan has the opportunity to pull the most galaxy-brained idea possible by announcing the borgias film focusing on cesare's redemption arc and his final years and adopt francis ford coppola's style in the godfather part iii with a similar plot in a renaissanic way since cesare is michael corleone's counterpart. as he tries to patch it up with lucrezia for putting his ambitions above her just like how michael did with kay, being remorseful over murdering juan to take his army like how michael was remorseful over murdering fredo...give it to me now!

#françois arnaud bagging an oscar???? also his age is accurate now like if he didnt play cesare again then what's the point of life #lucrezia running away from cesare the entire borgia apocalypse script....FIX IT NOW #i also wanna see holly franco and david reunite is that too much to ask??!??!?! #we need more exploration especially when juan never had a closer he just...got thrown into the tiber lol #also juan dream sequences or spirit just to see david reprising his role!!! #specifically when he helps cesare in his final battle before he dropped just like how david wanted....yeah #the borgias #text post

[chaos-burst]

the bad thing about these cross campaign thought experiments is that it makes your brain go brr with all the possibilities of good good dynamics 

#sry i got emo about frida playing back molly's laughter for yasha byeeee #critical role #screeching into the void #text

[danikatze]

ID in alt text

I've wanted to draw Yussa for years, but never did it, maybe cause I knew I'd be a bit obsessive about him lol. So here's the third drawing in a row, this time of him "fucking around and finding out" in The Garden of the Folding Hals of Halas! And Happy Pride I guess hahah

#Yussa Errenis #Critical Role #Critical Role Fanart #danikunst #described #id in alt text #When I started drawing I realized how much The Garden looked like Elysium from the Hades game #even before I'd played Hades I imagined it p much like that #so I just gave in and used Hades refs :P #The Folding Halls of Halas #3 #pencil

[thewingedwolf]

luther: the golden child

diego: the mastermind

allison: the peace keeper

klaus: the clown / mascot

five: the rebel / truth teller

ben: the lost child

viktor: the scapegoat

is this something i think this is something

#the umbrella academy #rani makes text posts no one will read #hargreeves siblings #ben being the lost child is kind of forced bc he’s dead but i find it interesting even then #bc ben was unique in the family for already hating being a superhero and his powers due to the horror of them. and however it is he died #it had to be horrific bc viktor doesn’t write about it in his book bc five doesn’t know what happened. and before he died ben’s unique self #awareness seems to have meant they all loved him in a normal way only for his death to poison those bonds completely #so through no decision of his own this very sullen and cranky child has to become a self sacrificing wallflower bc the only way he gets to #even exist is if he takes care of klaus and tries to sober him up. his big moment is sacrificing himself for his siblings! they can’t ever #escape the abuse that reginald heaped onto them!! even in death they’re playing roles reginald forced them into #and sparrow ben is clearly so used to being the manipulator so he’s thrown when his family dies and sloane refuses to be manipulated anymore #and he winds up kind of lost child esque accidentally *anyway* - ignored and repressing his feelings and unable to connect emotionally #also before anyone says diego is too stupid to be the mastermind google ‘the mastermind dysfunctional family role’ it doesn’t require you to #not be a himbo only to be willing to be cruel & as they all say in s1 diego never knows when to stop #pogo is an adult enabler. grace has a weird function bc the umbrella kids love her and diego is convinced she killed reginald bc of abuse #five seems similarly attached to her (makes sense given delores) but the others see her more as an enabler which is INTERESTING #i’m gonna stop rambling now

[oddthesungod]

Dam…….. its crit role’s 9th anniversary!! Still remember sitting down to watch the first campaign 2 episode one day to see what the fuss was all about after seeing a couple cool artists I followed on twitter post about it, I think they were at episode 5 when I started watching? So I pretty much followed along campaign 2 from the start!

Wild how fast time passes!

Anyway happy 9th to CR and thank you for being the push to get me back into ttrpgs!!! 💖💖💖

#text post #critical role #before getting into CR the last time I had played D&D was in the ye olden days of 3.5e on high school lol

[pocketgalaxies]

marisha: *trying to clarify the rules of the game*

travis: DON'T TRY TO THROW US OF THE TRAIL U FUCKIN DOPPELGANGER.

#love how suspicious they all became of each other right off the bat #i'd pay to watch them play among us #33m c3e80 #text #critical role #cr3 #cr lb #cr spoilers #marisha ray #travis willingham #marisha & travis

[mariusroyale]

thinking about rise raph again

and the inherent parentification in his character and how it stifled his own ability as a kid to be just that- just a kid

growing up and the threats around them growing too, using himself as means of protection at the expense of his own safety and more than once: his life

everything about his anger issues being kept to himself at the knowledge that expending it on his brothers with his size and strength would harm them physically and emotionally

it finally bubbling when he comes to the realisation that he doesn’t know how to protect them this time, finally being able to cry about it

literally saying ‘im failing you’ in the most broken voice

how much that would have intensified when his role as the protecter, as leader was swept away without a second thought and what that would have done to his self esteem and how it would have impacted his sense of self- who he is if he’s not their protector

and in spite of it all still being their big brother

still being kind and proud and loving even amidst that weight he was shouldering

#rise raph #rottmnt #don’t.. don’t look at me #just the way that even with all that #even with all that- he’s still kind and gentle and #*sobbing noises* #text post #don’t get me started on the bond he had with mikey as a kid and then drifting apart as he realises the kind of role he had to play #how that separates him from his brothers in a way he never would have wanted #being their caretaker when splinter couldn’t and then as they grow it makes him realise #what kind of person HE is when they’re grown enough to do things without him

[trunklewunjle]

He doesn’t approve

Ink belongs to comyet

Cross belongs to JakeiArtWork

Dream and Nightmear belongs to Jokublog

Dust belongs to ask-dusttale

#utmv #undertale au #undertale #nightmare sans #dream sans #ink sans #cross sans #RGHRGRHRGRJRBFJDBEKGNKRGR95U604UE0EKF;;W’E[F]RL[YO6[E #i love them so much #hi this is from silly undertale role play where Nightmear and Dream are working things out and Dream goes to local grillbys with cross and #ink who are not official yet but ink is too short to reach the top of the table so dream picks him up and puts him on his lap #grillby is gossip fan and texted dust the picture (they are getting to know each other after sans disappeared smh) and dust sends it to #nightmear anyways I’m gonna go claw my way out of my grave while breaking my nails and my hair tangles i]around the chunks of grass and #dirt that matt it together while the worms try to curl around my fingers to stop me so they can eat me but I’m too strong I will chew them #and swallow them until I’m out of the darkness and finally see the rays of light that come from above as I begin to dig my way out for them #they’re so cool i love them #girllby #grillby #amongggus #drink rockers #dink

[veliseraptor]

the fun thing about that wip meme has been remembering that there are a lot of wips i have that i really like, actually. the downside has been now going "how do i choose what to work on though" about it

#important text posts #confessions of a frustrated writer #odds that i will end up going to play bg3 instead: moderate #odds that i will end up going to cross stitch and critical role instead: also moderate