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following the end of campaign three and now exu divergence, i am filled with an intense desire to go back to episode one of campaign one and just rewatch all of it… what a good story indeed.

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The epilogue story to this era of stories in Exandria being a love letter to Matt, as the architect of Exandria, from Brennan and Liam is so perfect.

Especially since Matt is always saying that this world is a gift from him to his friends, and yet he still consistently shies away from taking much credit for how incredible it is.

Like I’m so happy for him to have played Garen as this archetypal old dwarven smith because that’s what he loves playing and he did an incredible job, but it’s also so fitting for him to have been unknowingly the mortal form of the Exandrian god of creation, even more so with the understanding that the humble mortal life he led as Garen served as the keystone for the divine gate.

Also, Liam as Erro sacrificing himself to save Garen and then coming back later to collect him as his brother with the understanding that Exandria would be left in good hands after all their hard work… just beautiful, both in-game and with all the out-of-game context and poetry.

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Good Night Bells Hells

Good Night Mighty Nein

Good Night Vox Machina

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The end of an era (…canonically).

There’s so much to say but none of my thoughts are entirely complete or coherent just yet, so I’ll just say this: thank you Critical Role.

I have loved this beautiful, messy, poignant story and all the stories that have formed it. It has brought me many laughs, tears, and moments that will forever stick with me, and for that I am so grateful.

Thank you Vox Machina, the Mighty Nein, and Bells Hells.

Thank you to the Crown Keepers, the Ring of Brass, and the party from ‘Downfall’ that I don’t think has an actual name.

Thank you to the cast and crew, the guests, and everyone else who contributed to this story (including the fan creators- I literally have a gallery of CR fanart on my phone, taking up way too much storage, just as a reliable serotonin source).

While this chapter closes, the story isn’t over entirely and I am very excited to see all that comes next.

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whitestone endures

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feeling emotional about elaina nolastname today

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There are no casual critical role fans like you can’t casually watch a show with weekly four hour episodes where each season is 500+ hours long

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dont let people tell u ur attraction to fire is “abnormal” or “hazardous” prometheus doesnt have his liver eaten every day for u to ignore the allure of arson

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Critical Role - Live Show - 25/10/2023

I wasn’t sure if I was going to make a post about this but here we are.

I still can’t really believe that I went to the CR live show.

(Somewhat personal) ramble under the cut:

I started watching Critical Role after the first season of the legend of vox machina came out.

I didn’t actually get that far into campaign one before tapping out, but then season 2 of tlovm was released and, after watching and loving it, I decided to give the campaign(s) another go.

This was earlier this year (around Jan/Feb - which is insane because it feels like CR has been a part of my life for so much longer than that), so it’s fair to say I’m a fairly new fan (at least in comparison to a lot of others).

But despite the daunting amount of content, I binged and managed to catch up (I watched all three campaigns as well as most of their other content in time to watch C3E64 live) and the show has become one of the greatest and most reliable sources of joy in my life (which I honestly did not expect but I am so thankful for).

I love this show. I love all three campaigns; all the different characters, the stories they’ve told, the journeys they’ve taken us on. I love this group of people, both on camera and off, who have done such an incredible thing with this show, that I truly did not understand the appeal of or effect of until I gave it a real chance.

Which brings me to the 25th of October. Just over a week before the date, I bought a resale ticket to the CR live show in wembley (for probably far too much money - but no regrets) on a bit of a whim.

It was in a location that worked for me, it was their first international live show, their first live show in so long, and it was at such an interesting and important time in the story for this whole main campaign universe. So everything was telling me to go for it despite never having done anything like this before (which is why I hadn’t even considered it when the tickets first came out).

And it was genuinely one of the best nights of my life. It still feels so surreal that I was there, and got to see them play live, and I got to feel the energy in that arena, because it was all absolutely incredible.

I don’t really know what the point of this post is; I just kinda wanted to get these thoughts and emotions out a little because I’m still thinking about it almost a week later. I am so grateful for this show, these people, these stories, these characters, everything. And I’m so glad I got to experience this at a point in my life when it really does mean so much to me.

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the 
M • I • G • H • T • Y 
N • E • I • N

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V • O • X

M • A • C • H • I • N • A

P R I N T S

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#I just think ✨they✨

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TOBEY MAGUIRE, ANDREW GARFIELD and TOM HOLLAND behind the scenes on SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME

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SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING (2017) | SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME (2021)

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the amazing spider-man 2 | spider-man: no way home

are you okay?

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SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME (2021) dir. Jon Watts

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THE 3 GENERATIONS OF PETER PARKER