I Like To Think They Patch Eachother Up A Lot Since They Always Seem To Be Looking Out For One Another...

[ID: A digital illustration of Orym from Critical Role. He is looking straight ahead holding up his swords and his shield. There are claw marks down the side of his face and his right eye is shut to keep the blood from getting in. There are claw marks on his arms too and blood spattered across him. Behind him is dark red background with Ruidus visible over his left shoulder, the Ruidus flare bathes everything in red light. End description.]

C'mon Chet!

[ID: A digital illustration of Orym from Critical Role in three different poses. The illustration is done entirely in shades of brown. On the left Orym is posed gracefully like a ballet dancer and he is shirtless and wearing ballet slippers, in the middle he stands looking at some plants in his hands, and on the right he sits on the ground. In all of these drawings Orym has a long tail that's fluffy at the end, and his hands are a darker tone than the rest of his body with a gradient fading up his wrists. Behind each drawing of Orym are plants based on those on his sash, his sword and the ones he wears on his left hand. There is also a drawing of Catha and Ruidus like the design of Orym's tattoo in the top right, above the drawing of Orym sitting. End description.]

I love when people draw Orym with a tail so I wanted to give it a try for myself <3

Look my favourite 'Starscream joins the Autobots' concept involves him absolutely playing up his victimhood in a manipulative attempt to win sympathy. He's a Decepticon! He's Starscream. Of course he does! He will act however weak and vulnerable he needs to, in order to achieve his ends.

This gives him a fascinating duality. He's a Machiavellian selfish would-be-tyrant who fucking dares the Autobots to feel sorry for him; while at the same time, he's a wheedling, snivelling mess, making puppy-dog eyes as he cunningly reveals tailored scraps of his abusive relationship with Megatron to win over the 'soft-sparked' Autobots.

Everything he shares is true.

In fact, things with Megatron were probably even worse than he portrays, albeit more complex - i.e., with far more goading and violence on his side, but which in NO WAY justified the ghastly abuse he was subjected to.

This is a way for him to feel like he's in control of the shit that's been done to him. If he's using his victim status as a weapon, it feels like it's his. He's taken possession of it. He's made it into something more powerful, in his mind (even if this defence tactic kinda... prevents him from fully recognising that what happened to him was actually really really awful).

I wish more fics engaged with this aspect of his character, where he's PERFECTLY WILLING to go 'OH THE ABUSE. OH I HAVE SUFFERED' if it'll get him ahead in life, while perhaps not even fully understanding just how much trauma he's gone through.

finally cross-posting this Essek from twitter ✨quite a few people seemed to like my choice for his outfits in my two recent drawings so if you're curious, they're inspired by old russian noblewomen dresses! (also i'm definitely giving them more flair next time i draw him, absolutely not enough embroidery)

#oh my god it's beautiful #oryms little glasses are so cute

Commission I did for @maybetwice. A cozy scene from this absolute masterpiece of a fic they wrote.

what's the play here, beauregard?

[ID: A digital illustration of Veth Brenatto from Critical Role. She is visible from the shoulders up facing forward and looking to the right with a slight smile. She is wearing her purple cold weather outfit and antlers. Behind her is a square purple background with some sparkled around her. End description.]

She's so pretty!!

that sick day stream reminded me that I always wanted to make FCG human AU, so.

starting 2023 off right by drawing Them