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Vaelus

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Buttercups have honeyed hearts,

Bees they love the clover,

But I love the daisies’ dance

All the meadow over

Remember when episode 85 was the most iconic episode ever

CRITICAL ROLE 4.27 Complicated Questions

+ bonus Kattigan reaction:

theres no excuse for how lazily i did this…. but i kind of like it better that way ?? 

The story is about how maybe one Shaper was defeated through kindness, cleverness and love instead of violence - it's a hopeful story that's well received by the crowd, but there's an underlying anti-war sentiment and in context it's a plea for a non-violent resolution to the falconer's rebellion

And for the first time Bolaire's a part of an appreciative audience. They booed and cheered to affirm the hero and the villain and gave more life to the story, a clueless man threw an arm around him in camaraderie and laughed with him about the dog and the fool, an old woman cried and smiled at him and spoke with kindness and veiled allusions to the underlying theme, and how maybe it can be true this time.

Maybe audience expectation can enhance the play, maybe it's okay to exist between the scenes as something fun and silly and unrelated to the greater narrative, maybe the audience can find the truths in the lie.

I think there can be this idea that Druids, because they are wisdom casters, and because they are some associations with the ideas of Druid being more connected to the 'natural world' are all possessed of a specific type of wisdom.

But Thaisha was never planning on being a Druid, at 19 she fully thought she was going to be a jewelry maker. She was the family baby (at least in her immediate family).

She is capable of great wisdom, and kindness and compassion. She's also capable of being a little gossipy and reckless and having blindspots just like anyone else.

I like that it's a choice!

It's a choice to try and fix the world!

It's a choice to try and extend understanding to Vaelus and Julien!

It's also a choice when she does not extend that understanding.

There is no innate Druidness that she was born with that makes her a caretaker, or a diplomat, or a peace maker or a warrior. Those things are part of her being a Druid because they are a part of the person she has built herself to be, but we've seen that there's very different types of Druids out there.

I just love that this is not a story about a wiser than their years 20 year old who is naturally capable of (and naturally good at) all of these things. This is a story about someone at 40 years old who has been working to make themselves into this Druid and is still working, is still improving and learning about her own shortcomings and deciding to make new choices.