Flights of Fanciful Fandom: Critical Role
Nov. 26th, 2025 02:05 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rhodrymavelyneI know I’m obsessed with Critical Role; when the lyrics of Taylor Swift’s Fate of Ophelia change; words “fate of Ophelia” become “Thjazi Fang”.
Chorus lines in the video become a battlefield, where the Tattered Banner struggles to survive against the sorcerous might of the Sundered Houses. Kattigan Vale and Azune Nayar lay dying to see Teor looming over them with glowing hands, Thimble fly at an enemy wizard, while many a Thjazi darts in different directions.
Taylor Swift fighting on the deck of a ship against pirates becomes Occtis Tachonis, tugged in one direction by his family and the other by Thaisha Lloy, while Sir Julien Davinos and Vaelus battle salivating and mournful ghouls around them.
Lines about pledging a hand and a heart become Bolaire kneeling to take Halandil Fang’s hand as Lady Aranessa presents Thjazi with Thimble. Ethrand Tachnonis cannot help ruining the romance by skulking off with an evil grin, brandishing Occtis’s heart.
I know I’m obsessed with Critical Role when I listen to Linkin Park’s The Emptiness Machine; only to find myself visualizing Caleb Widogast and Beauregard Lionett singing the lines, raging against the Empire, the Cerberus Assembly, and corruption in Cobalt Soul. I grin as I visualize Lucien creeping behind both of them to lay a hand upon Caleb and Beau’s shoulders, singing Lady Gaga’s Disease; offering them the seductive terrors of the Nine Eyes to fill the emptiness.
This isn’t the first time Lucien crept into my imagination singing Lady Gaga. The lyrics of Bloody Mary changed to match a jerky dance of the Nonagon’s minions, while Lucien sang mockingly to the poor deluded teammates of Mollymauk Tealeaf, whom thought they’d gotten their precious Molly back with Lucien’s resurrection in a crazy visual which came to me.
What is it with my association of Lucien with Lady Gaga? Is it because Matt Mercer played Lucien in Campaign 2, and Matt did such a good job dancing to Lady Gaga, once upon a time?
This makes me wonder: will Taliesin Jaffe be playing Lucien as well as Molly in The Mighty Nein animated series? Will Lucien stalk Molly within his mind, the way Molly stalked Lucien in Campaign 2 and the novel; The Nine Eyes of Lucien? Will Caduceus Clay have a part in the series? It would be great to have Nine as well as Nein with Jester, Fjord, Caleb, Nott, Yasha, Beau, Molly, Cad, and Essek as part of the team.
I’m delighted to see Essek so soon and that Matt Mercer is doing his voice. I hope with all my heart we’ll get his romance with Caleb in the animated series. It would be lovely to have the homoerotic healing arc of Molly kissing Caleb’s forehead, only for Caleb in turn to kiss Essek; some of my favorite moments in Campaign 2.
I’m delighted we got the beginnings of Fjord and Jester’s romance; flowers appearing around Fjord when Jester first sees him. Jester truly swept Fjord off his feet, not long after he’d been swept off his feet by Uka’toa, a great sequence.
I’m delighted how Jester is a bit of Disney princess with an adult twist, which utterly empowers her. What happened at Jester’s wedding just completes that touch of classic fantasy as well as the Disney princess impression.
I love how Halandil Fang also reminds me of a Disney princess in his interaction with birds and how he takes care of everyone. He’s been at the heart of some truly beautiful moments in Dol-Makjar, becoming the embodiment of what the Schemers are fighting for. I get the impression Bolaire and Azune will find themselves allies in fighting like angry knights against anyone who’d threaten Hal and his family.
You can see how obsessed I am with Critical Role by this blog. Thank you, Critical Role, for being a welcome distraction and positive force during a harsh year. You’ve been one of the best things about 2025. Thank you for carrying on. You give me the courage to carry on myself.
Chorus lines in the video become a battlefield, where the Tattered Banner struggles to survive against the sorcerous might of the Sundered Houses. Kattigan Vale and Azune Nayar lay dying to see Teor looming over them with glowing hands, Thimble fly at an enemy wizard, while many a Thjazi darts in different directions.
Taylor Swift fighting on the deck of a ship against pirates becomes Occtis Tachonis, tugged in one direction by his family and the other by Thaisha Lloy, while Sir Julien Davinos and Vaelus battle salivating and mournful ghouls around them.
Lines about pledging a hand and a heart become Bolaire kneeling to take Halandil Fang’s hand as Lady Aranessa presents Thjazi with Thimble. Ethrand Tachnonis cannot help ruining the romance by skulking off with an evil grin, brandishing Occtis’s heart.
I know I’m obsessed with Critical Role when I listen to Linkin Park’s The Emptiness Machine; only to find myself visualizing Caleb Widogast and Beauregard Lionett singing the lines, raging against the Empire, the Cerberus Assembly, and corruption in Cobalt Soul. I grin as I visualize Lucien creeping behind both of them to lay a hand upon Caleb and Beau’s shoulders, singing Lady Gaga’s Disease; offering them the seductive terrors of the Nine Eyes to fill the emptiness.
This isn’t the first time Lucien crept into my imagination singing Lady Gaga. The lyrics of Bloody Mary changed to match a jerky dance of the Nonagon’s minions, while Lucien sang mockingly to the poor deluded teammates of Mollymauk Tealeaf, whom thought they’d gotten their precious Molly back with Lucien’s resurrection in a crazy visual which came to me.
What is it with my association of Lucien with Lady Gaga? Is it because Matt Mercer played Lucien in Campaign 2, and Matt did such a good job dancing to Lady Gaga, once upon a time?
This makes me wonder: will Taliesin Jaffe be playing Lucien as well as Molly in The Mighty Nein animated series? Will Lucien stalk Molly within his mind, the way Molly stalked Lucien in Campaign 2 and the novel; The Nine Eyes of Lucien? Will Caduceus Clay have a part in the series? It would be great to have Nine as well as Nein with Jester, Fjord, Caleb, Nott, Yasha, Beau, Molly, Cad, and Essek as part of the team.
I’m delighted to see Essek so soon and that Matt Mercer is doing his voice. I hope with all my heart we’ll get his romance with Caleb in the animated series. It would be lovely to have the homoerotic healing arc of Molly kissing Caleb’s forehead, only for Caleb in turn to kiss Essek; some of my favorite moments in Campaign 2.
I’m delighted we got the beginnings of Fjord and Jester’s romance; flowers appearing around Fjord when Jester first sees him. Jester truly swept Fjord off his feet, not long after he’d been swept off his feet by Uka’toa, a great sequence.
I’m delighted how Jester is a bit of Disney princess with an adult twist, which utterly empowers her. What happened at Jester’s wedding just completes that touch of classic fantasy as well as the Disney princess impression.
I love how Halandil Fang also reminds me of a Disney princess in his interaction with birds and how he takes care of everyone. He’s been at the heart of some truly beautiful moments in Dol-Makjar, becoming the embodiment of what the Schemers are fighting for. I get the impression Bolaire and Azune will find themselves allies in fighting like angry knights against anyone who’d threaten Hal and his family.
You can see how obsessed I am with Critical Role by this blog. Thank you, Critical Role, for being a welcome distraction and positive force during a harsh year. You’ve been one of the best things about 2025. Thank you for carrying on. You give me the courage to carry on myself.
