cr/taz/labn sideblog

Hope others will join me in celebrating by remembering their favorite Marisha moments.

I’ll start! 

When her liveshow outfits gave the gays everything they wanted

“I….wait.”

“You’ve never heard of boulder, parchment, shears?” 

That time she came onto Talks just to lie down and take a nap

Her Vex impression during the Honey Heists

Her Marlon Brando impression during the Honey Heists

wearing her most flammable pants to the fire-spinning episode of AWNP

“Don’t worry guys, it’s going out. Slowly but surely -” “THERE IS SMOKE IN THE HALLWAY”

Hazel Copperpot’s extria sylliables!

Each and everytime she argued against percy, he’s a smart guy but he’s also arrogant and pigheaded.  He needs someone to stand up to him because he can always sound smart even when he’s a dumbass

Keyleth and percy’s whole friendship actually

Beau stunning Lorenzo at the perfect moment turning the battle against the oni around

In fact every time she makes a stunning strike

talking in front of the entire Dwendalian royal court and holding her own

Her combat reel

Beau saving Fjord in ep 69 against all odds and almost getting herself killed

Beau carrying the battle at the end of ep 55

on talks when marisha confirms Beau is a lesbian, it was obvious and didn’t really need to be said, but it was still just a weigh lifted off my shoulders when I heard it

Against all odds, this still might be the good timeline.

BUT she also knew that they were his own, secret recipe that no-one else knew so she was like ‘hmm ok if i eat one i have to be sure to react like i’ve never had one of my favourite macarons before, if he thinks i’ve had them before he’ll get suspicious, ok Lucretia just… act… natural’ 

Taako: haha the whole recipe is in my book!!

Lucretia: …

Lucretia, sweating: *pointing at recipe for a dish taako made almost every week on the starblaster* hey taako… this looks… good… could you make it??

Lucretia: um

Taako: the director’s a terrible cook

Lucretia, panicking: how do you… know that..

Coming from the first campaign (where every move she did as Kiki was bashed by a very loud part of the fandom), at the beginning of C2 i was sure she was going to make an easy character. Either a likelable idiot, or a super charismatic one. I mean, could you blame her? after all the shit she got? 

BUT NO!, she decided to make Beau, a brash self-described uncharismatic a-hole. And make her a WoC, and make her explicitly gay since ep 1. No tiptoeing, no slow reveal. Gay af since the beginning. How f*cking BOLD is that? 

And she kept truth to her character. I can’t imagine the shit she must’ve gotten at beginning of C2, peaking at the bowl stuff, after daring to scream at the golden boy of the fandom. And yet, she kept going. Those conflicts were central for her.

Events happen that shape her character, because no one is the same forever. So she shapes her perfectly. Growing and learning. Making her character complex and nuanced, even when she choose not to have an arc all for herself, or make her backstory “central to the plot/world”. 

And relationships happen, she aces that too. Her self described a-hole is loved and appreciated by the other party members, their characters have been deeply shaped by her.

And ships happen. There are obvious ones, so she could have that one easily, and let the other ones happen as well. BUT NO! she decides to explore the concept falling for your best friend, the concept of gay yearning, and hidden crushes. She decided to make even MORE complex choices that are going to pay off big time. Because Marisha never plays safe…