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astralleywright · 5 months ago

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pretty immediately, the thing that stands out about every post about the end of the ep that places the armies and warriors of Vasselheim as victims is the subtle obfuscation of that militarized status. there were armies, intending to lock Imogen and the Hells away for the crime of saving them. and people are comparing them to Buddhist monks. violence and threat in the hands of outsiders is horrifying, but violence to maintain the preexisting power structures is so normalized as to be forgotten.

#critical role #cr spoilers #its just. obviously the circumstances are such that bh are the ones in power (for like the first time ever lol)#but let's not lie about who their opposition is #this would feel way different if they were bullying a bunch of peaceful clergy instead of sassing the general who just tried to smite them #cr meta #crposting #cr discourse #anyways. episode so good i'm maintagging discourse without a second thought #eta: this isn't exclusively abt the buddhist monks post that's just the most overtly egregious example of a larger phenomenon #did not intend to whack one person specifically i didn't expect this post to gain traction among the cr median voter 😭#thought a few of my treasured mutuals would rb it and that would be it

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