#god I love the Mighty Nein

[residentinsomniacartist]

wait wait wait guys have you ever thought about how the Mighty Nein are everything they shouldn’t be upon first glance

no no guys guys listen to me they’re all the antithesis of what they’re meant to be and that’s why they’re such amazing and heartfelt characters

like, Caleb is a wizard who’s afraid of his own fire magic. his own power causes him to falter in battle. his strongest spells are his most dangerous to himself. wizards are supposed to be prideful of their magic, but Caleb’s is the reason he hates himself

Beau is a monk who never wanted to be. her job is one that people normally associate with being calm and collected and Beau was a wild rebellious kid who got dragged into this line of work against her will. she never wanted to be this!! but now she is and she’s gotta deal with it!!

Fjord is a warlock who never wanted power from his pact, which is why you’d think a warlock would make their pact at all. but no. Fjord made his pact because he wanted to live, not because he wanted power. he was a scared orphan who hated his tusks, not a buff, muscled, angry half-orc like people assumed

Nott is NOT, that’s the whole crux of her narrative! she wasn’t pretty, like a halfling girl was supposed to be. she wasn’t a goblin, she was just transformed into one. and not only that, but despite being a three-foot-tall alcoholic kleptomaniac, she’s the mom of the group!

Jester is a Cleric whose god isn’t actually a god and who would much rather bash bad guys over the head with her lollipop than have to stop and heal her friends!! she’s a bubbly, optimistic ray-of-sunshine, but you know when she says she’s gonna change the world with friendship she means it as a threat

Mollymauk is an amnesiac, but he doesn’t want to remember who he was. if you ask him, that wasn’t him! he might be a flirtatious hedonistic carnie, but he’s also single-mindedly devoted to making the world a better and more loved place than it was when he found it. he’s a liar, but he means well. he’s an arrogant fool, yes, but he’s right! he did it! he left it better!

Caduceus seems like he’d be creepy and grim from growing up in a graveyard, but he’s actually the most chill out of the entire Nein by far. he’s calm, he’s sweet, and he’s comforting, more than anything else. you’d think he’d be amazed by seeing the outside world for the first time, but he spends the whole time knowing that one day he’ll return home, that he wasn’t supposed to be the one to leave

Yasha is a barbarian with skeletal wings and a dramatic, monochromatic look, but she’s a complete sweetheart. she’s Molly’s best friend, she was a carnival bouncer, she’s a lesbian disaster who collects pressed flowers in a book out of love for the wife she lost. those black wings were actually hiding soft white feathers

Essek was born straight into the den of politics, he was a spymaster, he literally started a war for his own gain, and yet. he’s sounds irredeemable on paper, but. he’s not!! sure, the Nein kind of have to drag his alignment kicking and screaming into neutral, but they manage it. Essek learns and grows and he overcomes his nature. he becomes good, against all odds

guys guys guys don’t you see it!! look at them!!they’re such compelling characters!! they’re everything they’re not supposed to be!! dude y’all how didn’t I realize this earlier!! they subvert their narratives in the most interesting ways ever and I justhshsbhshshsjnsmshsnhsfn!!

[quippso]

[mockingmolly]

cat distribution system but you’re actually Allura Vysoren and dear god where are these adventurers coming from. why wont they leave. theyre knocking shit over. they’ve stolen your carpet now. oh look it’s turned into a colony

[teansouprmyjam]

i was bored so i did a color palette thing with The Boy

[natp20]

*holds gently*

[tssaii]

Caleb with his Kryn friend

(posted this on twitter way back July 2022. Feels timely to post this here now after The Mighty Nein Reunited hihi)

[fluffyquill]

LOVM SERIES FINALE THOUGHT:

LOVM ends after the coveted 5 seasons that Sam predicted. We see VM going their separate ways, screen fades to black, and then text reads, “TWENTY YEARS LATER.”

We see glimpses of what VM is getting up to, then it ends with Allura sitting in her tower one evening when a sending stone on the “Emergencies ONLY” shelf goes off. She picks it up, gets the location info, ends the call, and grabs her bag. With a swish of a teleport, she appears inside a tower unfamiliar to the viewer. Muffled voices are heard from behind a door. She opens it to reveal a harried looking goblin in a waistcoat, and a group of adventures standing around a puzzling brass orb.

"All right," she says with a sigh, "What has that godforsaken fool gotten himself into?"

*RECORD SCRATCH - Video freezes*

Beau (offscreen): We should start from the beginning.

Nott (offscreen): Why are YOU telling the story? Caleb is the one with perfect memory!!

[reiinai]

Ta-da!

Finally finished the polished page for this iconic scene!

Comics are so satisfying to make 💜

Should I do more?? I should…do other things but…given a lil poking maybe..?

[captainofthetidesbreath]

Fjord's patrons are:

Uk'otoa

Zehir, creator of Uk'otoa who disowned and grounded him

Melora, mortal enemy of Zehir since time immemorial

[pocketgalaxies]

jester asking for people to pitch in for some revivify and raise dead diamond-purchasing and while everyone is looking at their inventory she goes "we could buy candy and some pretty dresses with their money" and nobody cares, just comfortably hands over hundreds of gold

[mini-minish]

i am an essek high int low wis believer

[shannananan]

just saying that if the M9 Reunion Live were to open with Cad getting warning visions from the wildmother that would be an excellently baller move

[aeoris4lovers]

fjord: can i confide in you for something?

molly: oh yes, please

…

molly: i’m not gonna invade your space if you don’t need it, don’t worry about it

fjord: no, i mean, half of me is interested, the other half’s terrified, so i’m just kind of curious

molly: bless you…and if you drink enough, you won’t remember either way!

…

fjord: we’re gonna need a beagle to lead the charge, and i’m assuming that’s you?

molly: ONWARD AND OUTWARD!

fjord: jesus…

…

molly, very drunk: i’m gonna go throw up on fjord now, excuse me

[lunarblazes]

i started watching like. the last 20% of critical role campaign 2 through highlight reels and all i know is that i fucking utterly love caduceus clay

[meadowsofmay]

the smile of absolute joy and pride on taliesin's face every time travis guied fjord towards the wildmother is just... getting me in my feels. the whole relationship between caduceus and fjord is one sole definition of destiny but presented in such a soft, undemanding, not expecting anything back way, it's truly precious. in game and above the table.

i genuinely love how involved and emotional taliesin is about fjord finding safe hands of a goddes caduceus trusted his whole life. and when cad gave fjord the sword after it was reforged? you bet i was sobbing and hugging myself because oh my dear god he did all of this for fjord — because caduceus could, because caduceus believed, because caduceus wanted.

i love them.

[justalittlebluetiefling]

I’m a little curious about how many people are taking their idea of how the gods in Exandria work from Caduceus and his divine relationship 

without really taking into consideration that this is purely Cad’s experience and Taliesin has mentioned that Caduceus only thinks he knows everything. Cad’s experience is the exception and not the rule.