#and i don’t care to think about how fearne flirts with everyone but with imogen she bails HARD

[yashley]

are we kissing?

[centaurianthropology]

A Thought on the End of C3E14

Spoiler below, obviously:

I know everyone is sad to see Robbie go, and I’ve really liked his time on the main campaign, but I also think that it was an important part of the group development that he step away for a time.  My issue so far this campaign has been that, while the campaign started with three cliques (Imogen/Laudna, Ashton/FCG, and the EXU trio), the other two cliques felt much more fluid once the group began to interact with one another.  Imogen and Laudna are clearly deeply devoted to one another, but at the same time Laudna clearly liked spending time with and getting to know all the others.  Imogen seemed genuinely interested in getting to know these folks in her own discrete way, as well.  Ashton and FCG clearly like one another, but have also only known one another for a few months, so FCG readily integrated into the group, and Ashton integrated exactly as much as they cared to with the group (grudgingly, and with as little emotional investment as they can get away with so far).

But the EXU trio already had a major adventure together.  They were bound together much more tightly, and tended to treat the rest of the group as temporary traveling companions, with their trio as their primary focus.  And that made sense, given their experiences together and the fact they don’t know these other people all that well.  But it still meant that it often felt like the EXU crew were a separate group within the group.

Dorian was really the glue that held that group together.  He was the bright light, the social one (interestingly, he was the only one of the three that has made genuine efforts to branch out and befriend the others so far).  It makes sense.  He’s a bard, while Orym is naturally quiet and Fearne is a fey creature with emotions that are very different to other people’s.  

With Dorian gone, I imagine that Orym and Fearne are going to be shook.  They were so used to being a trio, and now they’re a duo, and it doesn’t work as well as it used to, and I think that will be the impetus to really see them start to integrate into the rest of the group in a more substantial way.  Especially if they’re about to strike out into the Heartmoor, the group will have to finally gel as they camp together and face day-to-day challenges without a wealthy patron or even a bar to fall back on.  I want to see Fearne start to get to know the others (and continue to flirt with Chetney), and start to see a little more of the emotion we saw at the end of the episode.  She’s an interesting one, as Ashley is playing up her fey nature very well, but it makes me wonder what sort of character development a fey can have.  And I think that her integration into this group, her dedication to them, and her friendships with them will provide the gateway for that development.

Likewise, Orym has been very reserved with the group, treating them as much like profressional associates as friends (Ashton has this defense mechanism too), but without Dorian there, he’s going to need to rely on the others, especially since so much of his personal quest seems tied to the Heartmoor.  I can see his and Imogen’s quests tied together in a way that will forge bonds.  I can see him taking up sparring with Ashton and possibly being the first to really break through with Ashton on a personal level.  I can see him loosening up due to his interactions with Chetney and Laudna.  I think that this group is every bit as much a character growth opportunity for him as for Fearne.

So I do hope that Dorian comes back after a while, maybe later in the campaign.  I think he would be very proud to see how close his friends have become with this new group.  I think it would be a different dynamic, less the EXU trio and more a great big group of folk who all care about one another in a much more intricate web of relations.  And I for one am looking forward to both seeing those relationships grow, and to seeing Dorian’s reactions to them whenever he comes back.

[nochiquinn]

campaign 3 episode 11: moon moon

my roommates are absolutely fed the fuck up with me talking about the casting

sam

I stepped away for two seconds and apparently sam took marisha out

I can't stop looking at robbie every time he's on screen, that hair is a+

I know it's a few weeks old now but it Works

"there's stuff in it! :D"

vocks machinea

"be nice to my friends >:("

it really is sander cohen

tiny hat, tiNY HAT

oh now it's other mother

how many of my recurring nightmares can we reference with one character

ch. chetney.

doug jones is that u

"that's four of y'all"

we get it you watched arcane

"that's kinda twelvey"

"blame that generic tablet"

"fuck up that four-top"

oh no D:

as a rock person is ashton non-conductive

that's as much as they're allowed to sing before disney copyright snipers get them

discord is now a singalong

#FreeGurge

CHAIRS

"okay. :|"

disarm the chair and tables with cut-up pool noodles

ORYM

"I'll hide it, you can think about where" [old steve voice] no, I don't think I will

yes ashley suffer from the same accent absorption I do every week

sam just gently coaching ashley through her rolls bc she's flustered

"I see trends and I run the other way"

I'm terrified to see what the solution to that wordle is

"he's rock lee" that ended poorly for liam last time

"he's down to 400 hitpoints"

everyone: roll that shit again and do worse

SHORT KINGS

dorian: I AIN'T AFEARED O' NOTHIN

(please get my pagemaster reference)

"you've seen more terrible things in your lifetime" "have you??"

the slow motion makinmway

they killed matt

"you guys are adorable"

use his WHAT

"I have this many"

how long until someone clips travis going "swollen wood"

YE

"maaaaatt can we be level five after this :("

marisha running the entire gamut of emotions

"I like my corner"

HIM WOOF

him chihuahua

were chihuahua. werehuahua.

I KNEW IT, when he said he drew the chisel across his chest, I CALLED IT

🎶"I'm not a ro-ogue"🎶

werewolf fcg is just metal weregarurumon

flame breath is CHEATING

we're an hour and a half in and still in this fight help me

did he just doxx fearne via sniffing

EXCUSE

TURTLE REVENGE

MR POKEYLOPE

RUDE

ORYM GO GET HIM

YEEEE

FrightenedTurtle is a default google account name

fffffff

DORIAN GO GET HIM

WHAT

THE DICE SHIP IT

"what's your heart rate, you son of a bitch"

FAENUS

l i a m

.....hextech

chisel chisel chisel

okay I have to step away nobody do anything interesting

this is pakku and katara

he fucked her grandma

I did not process anything matt said about the machine earlier except "detonation" so I think they should leave now

god bless fearne

CRISPIN GLOVER

laudna rubbernecking

an earth-shattering kaboom!!

pls go take a nap

immediately suing critical role for false advertising, twitch chat has never looked like that

half-dead flirting

fcg just becomes The Stein from campaign 1

oh they jump on "tampon" but not "leash"

wet werewolves in the weary way

the clarotas

oh no matt don't say knot

t. travis.

fearnewolf

fearne stands outside his door in the morning in wolf form

same vibes as "we care about each other" "oh shit, we do?!"

there you go, there's your moon lore

wolf-curious

laura

TRAVIS

"I feel like your soul has a goatee"

cobalt sooooooul

consider: imogen with dyed brown hair and purple roots

CHAD

"I could rock chad"

listen travis you voluntarily went on this solo shopping trip

he's gonna break in and rob him blind

"I would really rather you earned it by doing stuff" "I would really rather pay for it"

I just fucking love how quick on the draw travis is as chetney

imogen's just used to this

y'all

it's 2 am I can't do this

JARRETT

my BOY

ASHLEY that's ILLEGAL

"very animateable" sam

nightmares, chet, she means nightmares

ashton

taliesin

new nobodies, group name

oh matt.

he really has to start saying these out loud in front of a mirror

"...or if you have rich parents"

moon mom MOON MOM