I hope that in season two of tlovm they don’t fly over just how depressed vax’ildan was at the beginning of vox machina’s journey. He was so down and his only purpose was revenge against the dragons. But not in a percy’s-anger-towards-the-briarwoods kind of way; but in a I-feel-this-hollowness-inside-me and I need to fill it with something, anything, kind of way.
He gets rejected by keyleth, argues with grog and he still doesn’t have the best relationship with percy. He doesn’t feel as connected with vox machina as his sister does. He asks her what they’re even doing with them. The times he talks to scanlan are the times in which he wonders how he goes about his day being so happy with the numerous shitty circumstances they find themselves into.
Then his sister dies, and he can’t accept that. So he offers his life, because of course he does. However, he finds himself changed by the raven queen, and in the beginning he’s just so scared and confused by her and himself. Life didn’t go at all how he planned.
But slowly, very slowly, he makes progress.
And when he’s finally happy, it’s just so rewarding.
(Which makes his “death” even more sad…)
keyleth study
i've drawn eight billion Esseks but never my version of his shadowhand outfit that he wore when tm9 first met him, so i watched his intro ep to get the description and was like an elaborate mantle? YEAH YOU WANNA SEE HOW ELABORATE?
[ID: A digital illustration of Vax'ildan from Critical Role. He is visible from the chest up, looking off to the right with a neutral expression. End description.]
Vax doodle 🖤
Cats would love the dangly bits on Essek’s lounge wear so much.
absolutely. Essek is every cat's favorite toy
(in reference to this post)
you find me on the floor sobbing about them cause they mean so much to me
[ID: A digitally illustrated short comic of Vax'ildan and Vex'ahlia from Critical Role. In the first panel Vax and Vex are children, Vex's hair being braided and Vax's already braided in half up style. Vax smiles at Vex and fiddles with a piece of his hair and Vex smiles with her eyes closed. Above them text reads "When we were children it was rare our mother had the energy to braid our hair." The second panel shows Vex and Vax as adults sat next to Trinket. Vax is braiding Vex's hair while Vex pets Trinket. Text above them reads "It made it feel precious, a way of connecting to her". End description.]
Projecting a little onto the twins 💙🖤
[ID: A digital illustration of Orym from Critical Role. The illustration is two drawings of Orym, and one drawing of his hands. All the drawing show Orym is bloodied and bruised, presumably in the aftermath of combat. The largest drawing of Orym is on the left and shows him holding his right upper arm with his left hand, he grimaces from the pain. The smaller drawing of Orym on the upper right shows him looking to the right with a pained expression. In the lower right is the drawing of Orym's hands, which are bruised and bloodied where his skin is not covered by fabric. End description.]
Ouch
give my boy a break
eyes on essek…
(apr 13, 2021)