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some tea leaves (and lucien)

this happened because i was considering the differences in how i draw molly and kingsley, and i realized i'd never done lucy, and then it turned into what if i did a fun lighting exercise where the red light bleeds over and then it took like a week. but here they are, my sun moon & stars

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M9 drawings

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He’s knitting Caleb a new scarf 💜🧶

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sam silly little guy to making you cry pipeline

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Faithful Care Giver 💛

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hm hm...okay but. Ashton remembering what it was like to be taken back to Milo's workshop and be brought back from the brink of death. Rebuilt with the help of his friend. Ashton taking whatever they can of FCG. Taking them back to Milo and asking for another miracle--

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The fact that FCG's death may have released Orym from his pact means that Sam's PC finally got to save Liam's PC and that's just poetic as fuck.

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looks like a tpk huh?

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looks like a tpk huh?

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Liam's “I’m just staring at Ashton's literally rock hard abs”

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Liam “Heartbreak Prince” O’Brien

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I’m on my shit again so bear with me.

Do you think that if Caleb had been given the power to go back in time and save Molly from the death that he had, would he? Would he hold his cheek and stroke the sweat stuck curls from his forehead like the first time Molly had broken Caleb out of his mind in that cave. Would he have told Molly that he would be okay and that they would take care of the rest as Molly fell into unconscious sleep. Would Caleb Widogast have shouted for Molly to take care of his health instead of using that Blood Curse? Would Caleb Widogast finally get to truly thank the person that sent him on a journey of healing and family?

Alternatively would Molly have held Essek’s hands as Caleb told him he was not truly evil deep down in the hull of that fateful ship. Would Essek have seen the bright colourful tiefling and seen the most in a second lease on life. Would Essek have gotten to walk alongside the saviour of his saviours.

Would Mollymauk Tealeaf have been loved so fiercely by people who owe so much of their growth to a silly carnival barker? What if given the time they had been allowed they went to love and be loved without fear of death stealing it away?

None of this makes sense but… I’m in my feelings about what could have been with shadowidomauk.

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rest stop

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Anyways while racism in the writer's room is definitely a thing and does affect how black characters are written and portrayed, to say "well this character wasn't written well (because of racism) so THAT'S why I find them boring!" is just disingenuous and trying to shove blame elsewhere.

Wyll may have been shafted in terms of writing, but he still clearly had more effort and time put into him than Halsin. And yet out of those two characters, which one is more popular in the fandom?

Dragon Age: Inquisition may bend over backwards to make Vivienne seem like a villain at times, and her opinion on the Circles is a bit complex, but that game also has Cullen in it - who was an antagonist for two previous games, and also has even stricter views on mages and the Circles. And out of the two of them, who's the one people are more forgiving to?

Preston Garvey might have a bugged radiant quest that means he says the same thing over and over and over again, but why is it annoying when he does it and endearing when it's characters in other games? (Brynjolf's "Sorry lass, I've got important things to do" comes to mind)

While yes, we should hold writers and developers accountable for the racism they bake into their games, this does not change that fandom is a transformative space. Fandoms will regularly take characters who were underwritten, who were treated poorly by their source material, or who were overlooked, and create beautiful works of art and fiction surrounding them.

So it's quite telling when they refuse to do this with the black characters.

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So Many Flowers | Cold River Water | Beneath the Storm

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Forgot I ment to repost all of these together whoops anyways it's a tribute to some of the wonderful male/female platonic love in Critical Role 💛💛💛