#they grew up with delinquents (who later ditched them in another traumatic event) in a rough place and do questionable things for resources

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unbased critrole fans when taliesin jaffe presents another highly complex and realistically flawed morally gray character who on the surface is an asshole but deep down is actually plagued by their traumatic past (or lack of a past as a whole) and has some pretty fuckin solid reasons for acting the way they do, and even if they don't these are still FLAWED, TRAUMATIZED CHARACTERS and THEY ARE NOT PERFECT SAINTS and THEY WILL FUCK UP SOMETIMES. A LOT OF THE TIMES, ACTUALLY. AND THATS OKAY!!!

#talking about literally everyone except for Caduceus #MOLLY WAS THE ONE WHO BROUGHT THE MIGHTY NEIN TOGETHER #he's the one who dragged yasha along with him to the tavern and invited Jester and Fjord and Caleb and Beau and Veth to the carnival #and his death brought them together even further #they fucking traumabonded over him #hes literally so integral to the plot of that fuckin campaign #and yeah he could be overbearing and annoying and all around a lot BUT HE WAS TWO YEARS OLD. #HE CRAWLED OUT OF THE GROUND #WITH ZERO MEMORIES ASIDE FROM MUSCLE AND LIKE. BARELY CONVERSATIONAL COMMON #HES A FUCKING TODDLER #TODDLERS ARE OVERBEARING AND ANNOYING AND ALL AROUND A LOT #and god don't even get me started with Ashton #caduceus is my favorite critrole character ever #followed by caleb and laudna #but ashton is clawing for that fourth spot bro #as a nby queer punk with minor chronic pain and a lot of pent up rage and a healthy dose of trauma #he means a lot to me #he's missing a key part of his backstory and finally finds a single thread of that story with orym so ofc he follows bells hells for it #they're desperate to know more about themself and this is the way to that #they grew up with delinquents (who later ditched them in another traumatic event) in a rough place and do questionable things for resources #then got borderline groomed by a powerful figure who demanded he stay and do her bidding otherwise she'd like. fucking Sue them or some shit #and only got out of that contract with bells hells who are now a new powerful informative group they run with #but it's still NEW and they're SCARED it's all gonna leave again #because they're not used to having things #so they say the wrong things and they fuck up bc there's a part of them that wants to get this over with #and make the hells leave so they can't get even more attached #he wants them to hate him but they love him and he can't understand that #ashton greymoore #mollymauk tealeaf #critical role