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like often allistic people don't count "existing in the same place but doing different things and not talking a lot" as a good hangout session. they might see that as ignoring eachother, but we often see it as spending time together while still having fun with our personal interests.

or a lot of allistics don't have conversations that are just "we take turns infodumping and listening to eachother, even though we don't really care much about the other person's topic beyond a 'my friend enjoys this which is cool i guess' level". (not to be confused with "i genuinely didn't notice you were mostly uninterested in the subject im infodumping about, i forgot not everyone loves [thing] as much as i do"; im meaning more of "i know you're not interested in my subject as much as i am but then i will pay you back by listening to you infodump"). an allistic might see this as mutual disrespect towards the listening partners, but we tend to see it as a fair and even tradeoff.

Tumblr raised a post’s text block limit to 250.

jelly first !!

key traits: very light skin, fox/cat eyes (monolids), black choker, dark baggy clothes (dysphoria hoodie??), dark blue hair usually styled in two braids high up on her head, short blunt bangs, lots of earrings, short black nails, necklace with a pink heart charm to match with lucy, if she wears more jewelry than the choker and the pink heart necklace it's minimalist silver necklaces, round glasses with silver frames

now lucy !! (she tends to be a lot more difficult)

its not a good reason but mansplaining men and non-binaries are everywhere and i gave too many people too many doubtful benefits that i had to suffer through friendships that were nothing but seas of heavy sighs and “yes im awares” and worse, not being LISTENED to i just dont wanna even come close to that shit again. :”)

and I’ve been thinking a lot about why the Critical Role Fandom is so incredible and so absolutely unlike any other corner of the internet. It was overwhelming to me when I first entered this fandom that, despite occasional whispers of drama, everyone is kind, creative, smart, and welcoming. I don’t think we spend enough time talking about how weird that is! This is the internet!! Everyone is mean all the time!!! And then you hang out with Critters and it’s like “Look at this cool art I made!” “Here are some helpful recaps if you want or need to skip content!” “Do you want to join this specific interesting Discord?”

I’ve come up with a couple of reasons why Critters are incredible, and I would like to share them.

1. It is not easy to like Critical Role in a casual way

This is not at all meant as a slight to any of us or the show itself. It’s just that when an episode of something averages about 4 hours and a good chunk of it is just rolling dice? There are over 800 total hours? Most people would tune out. But not Critters, they’ll stay up until ungodly hours to watch this story unfold! To stick around, you have to be passionate about it! Liking Critical Role casually is not easy because the simple act of consuming it requires passion.

2. Shared experience

This sorta piggybacks off the last one, but there are very few fan communities with this much canon content. If one were to consume all canon Harry Potter content, that would take about 80 total hours. That’s only 20 CR episodes! I think that part of the reasons Critters stick together so well is that we all have hundreds of hours of shared experience, of following these doofuses around on their adventures. If you and someone you’ve never met before have both seen all of both campaigns, you automatically have ~840 hours of shared experience. About 200 hours is when you usually consider someone a close friend.

3. The love y’all

I never want to stop appreciating how special it is that ‘Don’t forget to love each other’ is a standard in this community. Or that Matt says ‘We love you’ at the end of the stream every Thursday. Or even just that the art roll says ‘To the talented fans of Critical Role’ and ‘Thank you!’ The cast and crew encourage love in the community and the community encourages love for each other. That’s so special, and I hope I never lose sight of that.

4. Creativity encouraged!

Not only do the cast and crew acknowledge the existence of fan creators (not common in the slightest), they encourage, showcase, and reward the many incredible artists, gif makers, musicians, fic writers, and cosplayers! That’s so awesome! We are so lucky that the cast and crew are so open and excited about fan creators!

5. Good People attract Good People

This one explains itself. Once you meet this community, you never want to leave. And you want to show more people this incredible thing and all the cool people who care about it.

This week will be my first Thursday caught up, and I think I’m just gonna cry my way through it. I’m so glad to be here.