did this for one of my illustration class :) the assignment was to create a narrative illustration of any story of our choosing, so of course I had to go with my all time favorite moment from campaign 2. also fun fact, this piece literally destroyed my old ipad and I had to finally get a new one.... there is still more work I wanna do on this ngl, and I especially want to play around with the background some before I call it super finished and get prints made, but I've already spent 30+ hours on this over the past few days, so I'm taking a well deserved break from it for now :]
I feel so vindicated knowing that we all read those many microexpressions correctly. Laura was really playing an anxious queer woman in love with her best friend so accurately that we couldn't help but pick up on all the little nuances.
Obsessed with the cold slow realisation coming over Imogen as Delilah tells them about her desire to outlive history and it really hitting home that Laudna is her conduit for that. That even if they manage to defeat Predathos, Laudna is still going to be frozen in time, ageless as Imogen grows old without her.
And that grim determination that she won’t let it happen, whatever it takes she is going to sunder Delilah again so Laudna can be free.
It shouldn't need to be said but I'm seeing a lot of vitriol towards Ashton about their actions and I have to say I don't agree with them.
At the clock tower Fearne brought up the shard, stated that in her opinion Ashton should take the shard because she didn't want it. Ashton decided then as a result they'd take it, but because it was an extreme risk made very aware to them all they knew the other Hells wouldn't allow them to go through with it. Ashton asked Fearne if she was okay with both of them going together alone with the plan, reiterating that they didn't want to put this on Fearne, that if they died Fearne would not be to blame, and that they have no intention of dying, and Fearne said yes.
Fearne having second thoughts at the Ziggurat was just worry, because she cares deeply for Ashton, Ashton kissing her was not manipulation either; it was letting go of fear, having no regret with the person they also care deeply for and taking the risk. And yeah, it was frightening, 10 rounds of perpetual fiery near-death situations and one actual death situation; Laura is fuming, Ashley cannot look, Liam is playing Mad World on loop in his mind, even Matt is completely on edge, but they survived. Accusations that Ashton manipulated Fearne to selfishly take the shard seem to misinterpret the shard saga as well as Fearne and Ashton's characters, they will get a very intense amount of chastising for sure, but it will be out of love, out of the fear that they were going to lose them, not because they thought Ash was manipulative.
Okay after seeing that event of an episode (seriously so much crazy shit happened) I really hope they talked it out afterwards and made sure everyone was doing okay and also still loved each other, because that was a RIDE
everyone bitching about bell's hells potentially using keyleth/vox machina as a resource being unfair better remember how the mighty nein used essek as a fucking magic taxi and sit the fuck down. matt wouldn't npc a boon to the group if it wasn't part of the story. damn.