Tag: critical role

Touch – Lesetoilesfous – Critical Role (Web Series) [Archive of Our Own]

Chapters: 1/1
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Vax’ildan & Vex’ahlia (Critical Role), Vax’ildan & Vox Machina
Characters: Vax’ildan (Critical Role), Vex’ahlia (Critical Role), Pike Trickfoot, Scanlan Shorthalt, Keyleth (Critical Role), Grog Strongjaw, Percival “Percy” Fredrickstein Von Musel Klossowski de Rolo III
Additional Tags: Found Family, Hurt/Comfort, Friendship, Touch-Starved, Vax Needs a Hug, Character Study, Fluff
Summary:

“Scanlan, to his embarrassment, is not third but fourth to figure it out. He learns this when he mentions it to Pike one day, whilst they’re hiking through the countryside. “Have you ever noticed that Vax reacts rather powerfully to physical touch? Not sexually, though I suppose he might. But contact from his friends seems to settle him like a drug.” Pike raises an eyebrow at him, and gods help him but she’s as beautiful as she was the day he met her.

“Well, yes. Hadn’t you?” She asks the question politely, but Scanlan knows her well enough to know that this is Pike’s gentle way of wondering how it had took him so long. He smirks to hide his discomfort.”

Vox Machina notice something about Vax.

Or: the story of how Vox Machina get to know Vax a little better and he, in turn, gives them a little more of his trust.

Touch – Lesetoilesfous – Critical Role (Web Series) [Archive of Our Own]

so first, I adored that episode.

Second please talk to me about headcanons!!!!! (Spoilers for Critical Role Episode 8, Campaign 2 under the cut)

God I am so happy that we know more about Jester now. Like, I’m so excited.

I continue to believe the Molly is an amnesiac theory, at least until proven otherwise.

‘Child-bearing age’ ouch, but I think I see what Sam was trying to do – namely emphasising the difference between Nott’s clans’ social norms and those of her new friends. Six to nine, and nine being decided on, puts her at a rough human 16, if we take Goblin maturity as 12. I’m happy to accept that. 

CALEB.

First, I really enjoyed how much everyone kicked off the session trying to crack Liam’s walls. I’m clinging onto the ‘Caleb had kids’ theory because Reasons, but I’m starting to suspect it’s not canon. My loose hc had been that Caleb had a modest family and lost them in a fire. 

Though I will say – in defence of the dad Caleb theory, that he seemed to feel very strongly about the way a parent should behave etc when Jester was sharing with them. That felt like it was getting close to something personal. 

I haven’t given up the theory that Caleb is traumatised by fire specifically: based on Liam’s reaction to fanart of That moment and the way he handled the glove and the campfire. I don’t think it’s any fire, and this kinda has me leaning towards the Caleb as a soldier who’s gone AWOL theory that I’ve seen floating around. That his trauma is specifically related to combat. 

Also, anyone else note Caleb’s vehement disenchantment with the Empire? We know that Beau tends to be on the side of the proletariat/guillotine, but it was interesting to see how upset/frustrated Caleb was about it too. 

My headcanon: Caleb was a soldier who lost his family. Possibly to marauding soldiers of the Dwendalian Empire. He’s traumatised both by what he’s done and what was done to him. He projects onto Nott, but he can’t stand to think about what he’s lost, so he calls her his little sister and tries very hard not to think about children. 

What I think is more likely in canon: Caleb was a soldier. He’s traumatised both by what he’s done and what was done to him. He’s lost people: he’s yet to tell us about anyone else in his family. He finds Nott and she’s literally all he has, and he’s protective of her because he’s lost everyone else. She’s his companion, his sister, his friend. He wouldn’t have a panic attack seeing a campfire, but he might if he had to stab someone. This could also explain why despite his loud reactions to being in pain, he also seems to take injuries somewhat in stride. I mean, I wouldn’t be able to just yank three arrows out of my body, even if I knew magical healing was incoming.

So yeah, that’s where I’m at. Thoughts? Theories? Please talk to me about them it’d be the best

Oh! How about ‘Keep the Home Fires Burning’ for the fic meme? Please and thank you!

lorettafryingpan:

Oooh, okay! Thanks!

(So, this turned out to be quite more of a challenge than I anticipated, since the first few ideas that I came up with, which I LOVED, all had some pretty potent Vox Machina spoilers for you, since you’re still in the Whitestone arc)

Keep the Home Fires Burning-

Vasselheim is a beautiful city. It’s sparse, and austere, but it’s impossible to deny the grandeur of the cradle of civilization. The fact that Sarenrae has a temple within its hallowed walls should be a mark of unparalleled pride.

Pike hates it. She hates being stuck behind to tend to her duty as a cleric, when her duty as a friend demands she be by Vox Machina’s side. Every night that she goes to sleep in her temple, she knows her friends are waking up to another day without her.

It gets even worse when she starts seeing them in her dreams, dark dreams full of violence and danger and smoke.

She calls out to Sarenrae, looking for an explanation from the Goddess that she has, until now, followed without question. She does not expect an answer from the Everlight. She does not expect intervention either.

She gets both.

:( I have to work 12 hr days for an indefinite period of time but at least five days a week now I’m falling so far behind I don’t even have the time to watch a full episode of cr a day I can’t wait to go through your posts about it it’s been fun also I love that you tag the specific campaign and episode everything is from makes it super easy to specify the filters on here

Aw dude that sucks ❤ But also I’m happy tagging is working and I hope you have a long, glorious and self indulgent binge when you can. They’re good people. Take care!! ❤ 

I…..am kind of tempted to write a dark Vax centric fic in which the Briarwoods successfully charm him and then ‘donate’ him, still under a thrall, to Sir Kerrion

Things would find their way back to canon with Vax getting liberated and it would be pretty damn dark and also a loose interpretation of d&d rules at best

Would anyone be interested in reading that? Trying to decide whether to just keep it in my head