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myrling-art · 2 years ago

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I need people to understand how fundamentally important Essek Thelyss is for people like me.

But I am also not super comfortable flaunting my squishy emotions for everyone to see, so we'll be hiding them in the tags because we are so brave but also very soft.

FINAL POLL

Propaganda

Gilmore:

He's fabulous, he's powerful, he dueled the Cinder King and lived to tell the tale, he's fucking gorgeous, he had a really close relationship with Vox Machina that survived being rejected by Vax romantically, he held the barrier over Whitestone and smushed an assassin and over 30 years later he's still Glorious

Essek:

He's gay he's demi he's goth he's a war criminal he's got floaty magic he's got it all, folks

*picture has been changed for a second time. Stop complaining, please*

#Everyone loves Gilmore because he is fabulous and confident and charismatic #He's a good person with a beautiful soul and he KNOWS it #But I don't know what that feels like #I am perpetually racked with self-doubt and used to think of myself as a generally bad person to pathalogical degrees #And that's why Essek's story resonates with me #I used to think that friendship was something overrated that just wasn't for me #Until I met some people that made me think “oh... oh wait. Is THIS what friendship is...? Is THIS what I've been missing out on??”#Wild #Essek was designed as a narrative foil that wasn't supposed to be loved #But he was shown kindness and he was shown compassion and he was allowed to become a different version of himself #A version with deep and meaningful relationships and who actually cares about others #He went from “I'm a selfish creature with no regrets”#to “These people think I'm worthy of saving and I don't want them to be wrong”.#Essek is a multifaceted character that evolved beyond the confines of what he was intended for #His journey beautifully underlined one of the most important messages of the second campaign #That even if it's easier to see things in black and white #The world is so much more beautiful with all the shades of the colors #critical role #essek thelyss #polls

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