#ExU Divergence

[galacticjonah]

"For the first time in a lifetime, you feel the rays of the rising sun. Like the warm embrace of a long lost brother."

Was hard to pick what scene to illustrate for this episode, but I went for the one that made me cry the most...

[shorthaltsjester]

Critical Role: 10 Years of Storytelling

Campaign 1, Episode 115, "The Chapter Closes." // Taliesin Jaffe, in "As D&D booms, 'Critical Role' makes its own kind of nerd celebrity" by Sarah Parvini // Campaign 3, Episode 31, "Breaking Point" // On Loving by Forugh Farrokhzad, tr. Sholeh Wolpé // The Legend of Vox Machina at NYCC 2022 // 8-bit Stories // Campaign 1 Wrap-Up // “Without You Without Them” by boygenius // Campaign 2, Episode 141, "Fond Farewells." // Campaign 3: Behind the Set // Letters to Milena by Franz Kafka // Campaign 1, Episode 115, "The Chapter Closes." // Explanation of the final Vex’ahlia playlist by Laura Bailey // Liam's Quest: Full Circle // Backwards by Warsan Shire // Exandria Unlimited: Kymal, Part 2 // Explanation of Fearne’s second playlist by Ashley Johnson // Lighthousekeeping by Jeanette Winterson // San Diego Comic-Con 2023, Critical Role: Fireside Chat & Cast Q&A // Exandria Unlimited Cooldown: Divergence Episode 4 // Campaign 3, Episode 23, "To the Skies." // Explanation of the final Percy playlist by Taliesin Jaffe // "For Good" by Stephen Schwartz // Campaign 3, Episode 91, "True Heroism." // Exandria Unlimited: Calamity, Episode 4, "Fire and Ruin." // Campaign 3, Episode 121, "A New Age Begins."

[mediumdata]

Exu divergence rewatch just for the little faces Liam makes when Matt does something in game that totally plays into the secret narrative.

[mayapapaya33]

I am deeply in love with how deeply in love Brennan is with Critical Role. He wrote his buddy a love letter and created a raccoon trap to get him to experience it and I think that's beautiful.

[kingcael]

Gods of Exandria

[olessan]

"It took my whole, entire mortal life to remember who I was... and now it's time for you to do the same, my brother."

[castielreal]

oh man i just can’t. liam wiping matt’s tears off his face, matt closing his eyes when hugging him- them pulling eachother closer. jesus man

[lyadrielle]

just a lil guy learning to swim!

[mareastrorum]

Brennan: As a forever DM, the idea of you getting a chance to play in your world and me letting you be like, "You know what, after years of being the Greek chorus, behind-the-screen NPC guy, I got a shot to be a PC. I think I'll be support." And I went,

"Over my dead body."

Brennan: Over my dead fucking body, my man. No, actually, oh, you wanna be a dwarf? Guess what! You're fucking The Dwarf, my man.

Matt: It's so fucked.

[frankensteins-mt-dew]

Calamity and Downfall: Super OP level 20 characters

Divergence

[maestache]

"Exandria is in good hands, ever loved and cherished by all who will come from this day until the final days of creation. May they be far, far removed. Stories abound. Adventures unfold. The watchful gaze of the gods giving light to those who use their stories to find the way."

Happy 10 years Critical Role!

A humble imagining of the gate inspired by the FFXIV archway for the Twelve as the raid series similarly gave me many feelings and emotions.

[vvitchllng]

EXU Calamity episode one where a mother tells her little boy about the promise of rain as if it’s an inconvenience they only have to be subjected to once every few years vs EXU Divergence episode one where an old prisoner tells a little boy about how the promise of rain is the one shred of hope he’s been clinging to for decades

[galacticjonah]

"The mountains and peaks shaped by the loving hands of the All-Hammer. What a world he made…"

Brennan said this story was meant to be a love letter to Matt and it truly feels like it. Here is my little ode to Exandria and its maker.

10 years of Critical Role, 10 years of this story, shaped by many loving hands. What a journey it all is -- and I'm so happy to be a small part of it to this day!

Also Divergence truly destroyed me. The hope, the struggle, the power of the many in the face of evil. The meaning in creation, creativity, and hard work... a a a aa

[dungeons-n-draw]

Crafter of worlds, forger of a new dawn

[a-forest-in-her-bones]

Just finished rewatching the first episode of EXU: Divergence, and first of all, SO GOOD. Second, before I first saw the episode or knew who/what the characters were, I did see the names of each character and who was playing them. So I saw Erro Mordaurum and I was like, “hmm, ‘au’, ‘aurum’ that means gold, is Liam playing some kind of dwarf?” Well, not a dwarf, but a gold dragonborn, which is even more perfect, and after today’s rewatch I took a look to see if the full name had a Latin meaning.

LIAM O’BRIEN YOU NERD

That is all, have a lovely day

[kingcael]

calamity | downfall | divergence

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