#cr asmodeus

[shellem15]

"If the gods become mortal, there will inevitably be at least 20 random dudes claiming to be the mortal incarnation of the Dawnfather at any given time." Yes. And one of them will be Asmodeus.

[floweroflaurelin]

I didn’t want Father to be right. I wanted to save them. Why must it always be like this?

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Ayden shedding his mortal form—one of my favourite moments from the whole miniseries! ☀️Brennan as Asmodeus just hits every single time without fail what can I say

[undead-knick-knack]

Father Milo: *looks in Trist's general direction*

Ayden:

[forgetriestowrite]

hey is the fact that Pike, champion of the Everlight and carrier of a vestige of the Dawnfather, stands up for and defends Braius Doomseed, secret follower of Asmodeus, haunting anyone else? Because it is haunting me incessantly. I fear I won't be getting any sleep tonight

[oddthesungod]

when ur watching a show and ur fave shows up (based on the jokey post I made, and also inspired by this immaculate sketch)

[asmodeus-cock]

This is about Vespin and Zerxus

[lara-has-a-tablet]

happy sam riegel return day! love this for him. (yes i did go to the live show so i could have this prepared why did you ask.)

[big-moon-little-moon]

Listen, Matt Mercer is, respectfully, a beautiful man as he is. But Matt Mercer as Amodeus? Holy fucking hells

[xfulcrumx]

I cannot stop thinking about Asmodeus, Sarenrae, and Zerxus

Zerxus, in Luis’s own words, is a redemption paladin played to the max. His belief in redemption is so unshaking that he not only believes Asmodeus can be redeemed, but declines Nydas’s salvation and submits to Asmodeus because to do otherwise would be to admit that he himself would be beyond saving if he went down that path. He cannot and will not let go of his faith in redemption and it costs him his soul.

In this way, Zerxus truly was meant to be Sarenrae’s champion. They share an unwavering faith in redemption to the point of fault. But, Zerxus grew up in a culture that scoffed at the Prime Deities. The hubris of that time did not allow for Zerxus to see how the Everlight was the embodiment of his most sacred ideals. It is this hubris that Asmodeus takes advantage of.

Every chance he gets Asmodeus slaughters the followers of Sarenrae. He does this because he cannot allow hope to exist. His domination must be so pure that the thought of an alternative is not an option. The Everlight must be snuffed out, for she represents everything he despises.

Asmodeus, the god of domination, who cannot accept that he could be beneath anyone, even for a second, as they raise a hand to lift him up, sees this perfect redemption paladin and sees a delicious way to prove that Sarenrae is weak. That hope is a flaw to be extorted and crushed. And even better, brings a powerful threat that would have likely fought in Sarenrae’s name under his control.

Everything Asmodeus does is done to hurt Sarenrae specifically. His sister, who showed him mercy and compassion in his very first moment of reality, as he chose to use his power to force a path for his kin. This one, well-intended choice forever cementing his fate as a god known for imposing his violent will, and her fate as a god known to provide safety and light to all who seek it no matter the cost.

Sarenrae will always go back to Asmodeus. Sarenrae will always try to heal him. And he will always push away, more violently each time, for his chosen path /must/ continue. Those were the choices that made them real, they are the center of their very being.

[twinklestarss]

“I'm going to go off on my own and pray. I'm a man of faith, I must pray. So, yeah, I'm going to, yeah, I'm going to splatter some paint on the wall and kneel before it and ask if my mission is to destroy Ludinus, but that results in the gods being chased away. Is that my mission? Or, do I need to prevent that from happening? To which god do you direct your prayer?”-Braius/Matt

Campaign 3 Episode 108: Looming

[rabbit-exe]

purvan suul essentially raised the raven queen when she took mortal form, and consequently I am imagining zerxus being given the task of raising asmodeus' mortal form, because AUGH!!

[shellem15]

Can I just say, I really appreciate how Critical Role plays the Devil trope straight. There's been this phenomena in a lot of modern media (I'm not going to mention specifics but I'm sure a few examples pop up in people's minds) where Hell and the Devil aren't scary or malevolent forces. Hell is portrayed as being basically the same as our world just "edgier", and the Devil is a pretty decent guy actually. Heaven are secretly the real bad guys!

But Critical Role doesn't do that. In Exandria, Asmodeus *feels* like the Devil. He's malevolent and manipulative and terrifyingly powerful and he hates you, personally. We never see that type of portrayal anymore! And it's amazing! And he still manages to be sympathetic and tragic without losing his edge!

And the "Good Gods" are portrayed as flawed without being secretly evil or something! Like, actual nuance? In my Heaven/Hell dichotomy? What!?

It's just such a breath of fresh air after so many "The Devil was right, actually" stories. So props to Matt and Brennan and the cast.

[leglessstreetlights]

a sinner in the hand of an angry a loving god

[undead-knick-knack]

Asmodeus told him so

[tadfools]

I still have one more episode of divergence left and it’s so fun because I know Asmodeus is in here somewhere but I don’t know where so every time there’s a funny little guy on the screen I’m sitting here like a kid trying to accuse the next neighbor in the lineup of being a witch in Massachusetts circa 1693

[forgetriestowrite]

HI HELLO GOOD MORNING I WAS GOING THROUGH C3E100 AGAIN AND I CAN'T BELIEVE I DIDN'T POST ABOUT THIS ALREADY

c3e100 @ 2:17:29 "You laughed at me for supporting her. But never was there a braver moment than when she came to you. And I knew what you would do, and I knew that she must try. And I will not abandon her now, just as I wish we had not abandoned you, and you us."

okay so should i just throw my phone across the room now or what

was that voice crack on "knew what you would do" purposeful because it is fucking me all the way up

and then Asmodeus just LEAVING ugghhhhh this trio is going to be the death of me