#or really

there’s a bunch of folks bent out of shape over critical role/darrington press’s new game, daggerheart, because they’re convinced that CR is about to abandon D&D in favor of it for campaign 4. if it were up to me i’d say DO IT because i’m sick of hasbro’s shit specifically even as WotC tries really hard to clean up the messes it and its parent company create. realistically, though?? i doubt they’ll jump into that until they can prove that daggerheart has a bit more staying power. also, remember that these people like d&d! a lot! legally it kinda sucks to have your brand so heavily built in someone else’s sandbox, but they’re ultimately still having fun there!

putting the speculation aside, i just hate this attitude of “ugh i watch for dnd! why would i watch if they’re playing something i’m not even familiar with?!!” you are weak like little baby. do you have any idea how many people watch CR who have never played dnd and have no idea about the rules beyond what they mention on stream? the real reason you watch CR, i’d venture, has a lot more to do with the cast and the types of stories they tell—2 things that are not at all dependent on a single game system! dimension 20 gets that which is why they aren’t afraid to shake things up from season to season with different systems including heavy use of modifying existing systems for their own genre! CR moving to a similar model wouldn’t suddenly shatter everything about their brand or stories!

twirling my way in heeere to poke your beautiful brain about Caleb.... specifically your thoughts about Caleb and Gideon (◕ ◡ ◕)

SPECIFICALLY your thoughts about DAA!Caleb x DAA!Gideon

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PS: ilysm and i hope you've had a wonderful weeeeek <3 <3

NOVA mon étoile, mon cœur ( ˘͈ ᵕ ˘͈♡) this took me far too long to get to, but i had to return because there is something i love with Caleb and Gideon, specifically in the DAA and to be even more precise, while at the academy.

there's so much tangled up in exploration and growth and firsts for them. please excuse my yapping thoughts on this:

Caleb doesn't call it running away, but that's what he's doing. Putting distance between too strong feelings and a too heavy weight. (He still carries it with him, looped around his neck and searing against his skin.) And he does what he's best at—adapts. Slips into the familiar skin of a golden boy, charming and charismatic. People pulled into his orbit to chase the slightest bit of warmth he casts their way.

Gideon is running towards something, chasing a feeling he's tasted on his tongue but never savored. Lets himself get lost (literally, he missed his train exit twice and briefly considered if aviation was the right choice—even though he's dreamed of touching the stars since he was six.) He's clumsier, laughs a little too loud, feels a little bit like a mere speck of dust in a grand universe, but it's something he's doing for himself for the first time.