#ashton is answering

[ashtonisvibing]

dukeceit for the bingo??

hehehe bingo >:3

an absolute classic, god i love them. they 100% started fucking before they actually started dating. though tbh while they'll call the other their boyfriend they don't consider themselves dating

janus has tried keeping remus on a leash so he doesn't cause too much chaos. i'm sure you can guess how quickly that went down the trash (didn't help that remus is apparently VERY into the hard yanking janus would do to keep him back)

[mcdonalds-unofficial]

*Hugs back for a few seconds, before pulling away.*

(If you can’t read it I’ll just put it into text one moment…)

✨anon✨: I… Thank you, Mikey.

….You know what?

Mikey: (does in fact, not know what)

Wha- Aaaack! Why are you blindfolding me again!?

✨anon✨: Alright, you can take it off… *shuffling noises* Now!

Munchkin: So…

This is me. Munchkin.

I’m sad happy that we’re not can’t be friends.

[ooc: Welp, I wanted to draw something and you can’t send pictures anonymously, so what better way to reveal myself, because I was definitely hiding well and totally wasn’t obvious about it… heh…

I’m still mainly going to be sparkles anon, for both lore reasons and the fact that I enjoy being anonymous, but i might send more art? Who knows…]

Cookies? 🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪

-✨anon✨ (who had definitely been very inconspicuous about their identity, thank you very much)

............ y'know at this point i shouldn't be shocked that there's other... things besides humans. what with all the weird stuff i'm discovering.

...... wait, no, that sounded bad- you get what i mean, i hope-

okay, anyways, same here. i'm happy that we can be friends :)

[kerosene-in-a-blender]

Note that by fuckable I mean specifically who you think is the best lay

[difeisheng]

[kindahoping4forever]

📸: Christian Sarkine

[annemarieyeretzian]

ashton opening a portal, throwing their hammer through and hitting an enemy, grabbing the hammer as it hurtles back through the same portal and hurtling backward with it to land behind another enemy,,, what’s sexier than barbarians NOTHING

[finncakes]

leader trio that all refuses that they are the leaders but still take charge in every conversation and plan

[dumpster-fire-sapphic-failgirl]

time for a tough poll

[pawthorn]

Trying to wrap my brain around a post about Ashton and Taliesin.

About player risk and character risk.

The player's desire to make interesting choices and contribute to a compelling narrative.

And the character, wanting to fulfill destiny, to be special, to be whole.

The player, misreading the DMs intentions, seeing a daring challenge for his character in what was actually an impossibility the DM never expected him to try.

And the character, misjudging the warnings of powerful people because they know better, this should be theirs, and if they aren't strong enough to take it they might as well be dead anyway.

The player, secure in the knowledge that his friends might yell and be mad at them a bit, but ultimately there's no chance of losing anyone over this.

And the character, out of trust with every single member of the group, faced with the possibility of losing everyone.

I don't know. To have both character and player expectations so radically subverted is hard, and I felt like Taliesin had to do a lot of digging and reconciling for Ashton between these past two episodes to get in the right headspace.

In an episode where there was a spotlight on every Ashton relationship, each one felt distinct and authentic, which is a credit to both Taliesin and the cast as a whole.

[sparring-spirals]

The way that Taliesin plays Ashton as wincing and looking away when Imogen and Ashton break the F.C.G news to Keyleth... ough. Their face as they talk about F.C.G sacrificing themself... augHhhhh

[somewhatsentientspellbook]

inspired by fearne's gut instinct upon seeing dark-fearne being to flirt

[ashtonisvibing]

JJ with the Kill Jacksepticeye Palette?

sorry this one took so long to make procrastination took a bite of me

anyways, i'm sure you wanted canon jj, but i'm sorry, i just couldn't help but draw normalcy!jameson instead-

bear jj my beloved, even better when he wears his fancy skirts/dresses and dresses up all pretty :3

link to the color palette sheet!

[mcdonalds-unofficial]

hey i went to McDonald's and asked for the grimace cum shake and they didn't give it to me what sort of scam are you running

for the last... time, we DON'T SERVE GRIMACE CUM SHAKES. we have never SAID we serve grimace cum shakes. if you want something filled with cum, you go to @burger-king-unofficial, cuz she's got kyle who likes fucking the machines. but we have at least a LITTLE bit of ethics

[densitywell]

Ashton in Jrusar is so funny bc they're like. clearly a massive loser. its just that everybody else in Bells Hells is an even bigger loser and also doesn't know this city or really cities in general so whenever anything happens they just all turn to him like "Ashton 🥺 what do we do" like a bunch of baby ducklings who imprinted on a mangy street dog. and then Ashton takes them to a guy he knows who he has to bribe before they'll actually tell him anything or even just. not immediately kick him out of their establishment. and then this person tells Ashton they're proud of him and amazed he actually has friends now and he's just like fuck i know right. and the rest of the Hells are increasingly confused and concerned but they just keep it pushing and ask Ashton questions like, "have you ever had a bounty put on you before?" to which they're like "yeah I probably have one on me right now"

[difeisheng]

"which does [di feisheng] love more: fighting or li xiangyi?"

subtitles by me :)

[utilitycaster]

(this is tagged for it as well, but putting it here: the below involves some non-graphic mention/discussion of suicide in relation to episode 3x78)

I think it's important to keep in mind, regarding the most recent episode, that while Ashton's behavior was extremely dangerous and reckless, it was not suicidal in intent. Ashton thought it would work. They thought that they would fix things, and they ignored all the smart people warning them against it because it would imply a lot of negative things about their parents. That doesn't mean it wasn't an action taken out of a certain lack of self-regard (Ashton's realization of this is what drives much of his conversations in the first half of the episode); but it's much more akin to an accidental overdose, or a drunk/reckless driving, or other dangerous choices. It feels very true to the idea of punk that Taliesin is going for, in which dying young is always very much a possibility, even perhaps an expectation; but not necessarily a goal. Ashton did not expect taking the shard to result in their death, and is incredibly shaken specifically because it did.

With that in mind I think the party's reactions seem very real and very understandable. The fact is, when someone does something very risky and nearly dies (or even is briefly clinically dead, using real-world terms) but ultimately survives it's extremely normal for one of the emotional responses to be anger that they put themselves in such danger. It is not, perhaps, rational, but most emotions aren't. It hurts a lot when someone one is close to does something that harmful to themselves. I don't judge the other members of Bells Hells for expressing those feelings. Frankly, them not expressing similar feelings in the past might very well be why Ashton made the decisions he did: the party lacking trust and walking on eggshells around each other is why he didn't confide in them, and why they fell apart so completely here.

I think it's relevant that Chetney tells Fearne, after stating he likes Ashton, that either she or Ashton can talk to him if they "want out", and he pretty heavily implies that this indicates not just leaving Bells Hells, but suicide, and that he has considered the latter in the past. It's clear that initially Chetney considers that a possible reason for Ashton's actions. He then gives Ashton the "You should leave" speech only after everyone present has been talking at dinner, after Ashton has indicated that he will help find Laudna. It only comes out after Ashton's emotional state is made more clear to him: it's pretty bad, but not actively at risk of self-harm (and indeed, desperately trying to avoid it and to change).

Finally, it's worth considering how important anger is to Ashton. Obviously I don't think having Imogen, FCG, and Chetney yell at them feels good. I also think it's going to feel better than apathy, and more honest than any other option. I don't think a forced gentleness would be better; in fact it might be worse, with them taking a break because clearly Ashton is having a hard time and needs to recover (shades of how Marisha mentioned Laudna feeling like a burden following her resurrection), rather than "we are clearly all in disarray and all have been not dealing with a lot of emotions, and this could have been any of us, and we should all regroup." I mentioned before that ultimately what's important is, angry as they are, Bells Hells undeniably stayed, and FCG and Imogen at least made it clear early on that they would, even if they were angry. Ashton was abandoned in the past by people who weren't even angry, is the thing. I don't think they cared enough to be.