If I Had A Nickel For Every Time A Critical Role Pc With Ties To Aeor Died To Save Their Friends And

*side eyes Orym “Bait and Switch” of the Air Ashari*

I love a character raised to be a weapon as much as the next guy. But what really gets me is a character raised to be a shield. Who can’t fathom being needed—or even being wanted— beyond keeping others safe. Who believe they are alive only to insure someone doesn’t die. no matter the cost. Characters who self-sacrifice not because they think they deserve it, but because no one else does deserve it, and it’s their job to protect.

Characters who’ve been told that’s why your important. Your worth something because this other person/ thing is important, and you are here solely to keep them safe.

Bonus points if it’s not a legitimate job they’ve been given. Maybe at one point it was, but now that they are free from it, they haven’t given up that mentality. No one is forcing or asking them to do this, but they need to. They need to in order to be deserving.

As C3 ends tonight, I can’t stop thinking about Magister Hollow’s note to Patia in Calamity…

“All things end. Lives, stories, even ages.”

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I have an idea for what that creature was that they fought at the beginning of the episode. During the fight, Matt said something interesting, the creature siphons magic. It did nothing against Orym, but he doesn’t have innate magic. I wonder— is that thing Aeor’s version of the Taxmen? Aeor was clever, it had spies everywhere and in EXU: Calamity it felt like Avalir and Aeor were direct rivals. What if someone saw the Taxmen that Nydas made and took that information back to Aeor? The taxmen siphoned magic and dealt damage “proportional to the highest spell slot a person is holding” in the Age of Arcanum that would be pretty helpful, and the fact that Matt specifically said that creature was trying to take something from Orym and said, “Well your a fighter, you’re fine.” Reminds me so much of the Taxmen. If that thing had hit someone like Imogen or Fearne, I could see Matt asking for their highest spell slot. I don’t know if I’m crazy or maybe it’s because EXU: Calamity is my Roman Empire but that creature had a bigger role in Aeor’s plan.

The Gods are real and they have kids and those kids have issues!

...

Except for Frank he’s just lactose intolerant. 

If this doesn’t happen, check my Ao3 motherfuckers—

Imagine— The final scene of Campaign 3

After doing the character epilogues of what everyone does after, we flash forward to like a couple of months after the final battle. Everyone meets in Whitestone and goes to the Slayer’s Cake, with Pike’s help they make a massive batch of maple ginger cookies and go on a picnic. Ashton brings some drinks, Laudna brings some supplies for arts and crafts, Orym brings some muffins from Alma, Braius brings his painting supplies, and Dorian brings his mandolin. Fearne and Orym conjure a bed of flowers for them to sit on, Imogen makes the sky clear, and Pate scares off anyone that would interrupt. They go to Bertrand and Eshteross’s graves. The stones are decorated with small chicken bone dolls, the gambler’s rapier, Eshteross’s cane. Evelyn is there pruning the weeds. They put the last piece of FCG they have left, his wheel, in between the stones and start to recount their adventures while drinking and eating cookies, telling Bertrand and Eshteross all that they missed. A group of ravens flies out of the trees near by at the temple to the Matron, and BH’s know that their friends are there, listening intently. After telling them of Vassalheim and traveling to Ruidus to defeat Ludinus, Dorian pulls out his mandolin, and him and Imogen (plz Robbie and Laura) start to sing a full version of the Ballad of Bertrand Bell, which transitions into the Ballad of Bell’s Hells. As they sing Braius paints the group in this moment of calm, with no red moon in the sky, and smiles on all their faces.

And 30 years later, a new bard in Jrusar, is singing the famous Ballad of Bell’s Hells in front of a beautiful painting in the Spire by Fire.

imagine this-- Liam and Matt are the only people on the main cast that haven't been DM-ed for a Calamity-era story by Brennan. What if we don't do another calamity series, but an arcanum series. What if we see the beginning of the Ring of Brass? The beginning of the political corruption with fewer members. Maybe Loquacious is off doing a press tour for some big drama in Vassalheim or Nydas is conducting a deal in Wildemount. Somehow there are two less members at the table and Matt and Liam come in. Liam could be Evandrin (because why not?) and Matt could play a younger version of Loras of the Weaver's Mask (maybe?) or someone in the higher rungs of the city so we can see that side of the corruption and how it started. We could even see the attempt to plane shift that "killed" Evandrin at the end of it. I just remember during the Calamity Wrap-Up Marisha said something about being at high level and not being able to play the "pick yourself up by your boot straps" archetype for Patia, but maybe we can see that era of her becoming the Keeper of Scrolls, or more of Zerxus's weird oracle powers that HE CAME TO AVALIR TO LEARN MORE ABOUT (that detail was dropped so nonchalantly and it keeps me up at night). Maybe we could see Laerryn and Quay's wedding, or their actual divorce! Who knows. This is just some silly idea I had.

*DEMON SCREETCH*

Can we just talk about how good the new intro is?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! It makes me wanna see BH's animated!!!!!!!!!!! ITS SO GOOD!!!!!!!

I present my Campaign 3 Bingo Card!!! Feel free to use during your watches or add your own squares. for anyone wondering, this was all done on Canva.

I know the font may be hard to read so from left to right-

ROW 1

Possibility Rage: Rainbow sprinkles

Nat 20: HELL YEAH

Old NPC spotted: I'm looking at you Shaun Gilmore

Travis rolls a 100: #RipChetney

Delilah Spotting: Creepy lady do dead things

ROW 2

Titan Fearne: Burn baby burn

Chetney transforms: *howl*

Scars grow: LIGHTINING TITTIES

HDYWTDT: Herdy derty derty

Grim Psychometry: I can't think of anything funny

ROW 3

FCG goes berserk: Murbot

Summon a Reiloran: I want to meet nice aliens

Crying is a FREE action: Free space

Titan Ashton: That's some hard rock *bites lip*

Mister throws shit: Don't open your mouth

ROW 4

Treshi Scry Ball: Please check it regularly

Nana Morri: Please more creepy grandma. Please Mercer.

Whispers: spspspspspspsps

Nat 1: HELL NO

Bad Teleport: Who let Laura roll???

ROW 5

Keyleth Appearance: Sweet baby

Pate is Horny: Um... run?

Chetney carving: When will the horse work?

Changebringer called: Please tell FCG that Exandria is a sphere

Predates vision/dream: give in Imogen. become Wanda Maximoff.

Why has no one thought of this???

So I just thought of the best thing ever. I was looking through list of BNHA ships and saw that there are barely any for Sato, and that got me thinking. What about Sato x Momo? Like I could imagine Momo being insecure about having to eat so much to maintain her quirk, Sato would realize that she feels insecure and he would compliment her. Like they would just compliment each other until they fell in love and BOOM! Cute ship, and honestly a POWER couple.