Hope Rides Alone

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Critical Role Campaign Two
Fandom specific DNWS: Permanent deaths of Artagan, Jester, Marion, or Astrid. Marion/Babenon content. Rape/noncon between Yussa/Marion or Astrid/Jester.
Crossovers/AUs: I'm into roleswap AUs, class swaps, What Ifs, pirate AUs, sci-fi AUs, and superhero AUs.

Artagan/Jester Lavorre. Smut would be amazing. So would his strange Fair Folk thoughts about her and how excited he is about her growing power. I'm also fond of the idea of Jester getting herself off and that energy transferring to the Traveler through their bond. If smut's not your thing, them pulling pranks together, doing art together, grappling with the realization that Jester's changed him as much as he's changed her. What does the future look like for Jester and Artagan's relationship? Would love to see her take off with him to the Feywilde post-campaign. 

Artagan/Jester Lavorre/Caleb Widogast. Jester deserves everything she wants ok, and if that includes Caleb AND Artie so much the better! Down for anything, flirting, smutty first times, an AU where Feylock Jester spirits Caleb away to the Feywilde to introduce him to her patron, post-campaign adventures, anything. 

Avantika/Jester Lavorre. What if Jester wasn't just angry about the Avantika/Fjord dynamic because of her crush on Fjord, but because she had a crush on Avantika too? AU where Avantika fixates on Jester instead. AU where Jester decides to try and seduce Avantika and it works. What If alternate where Avantika is in port and Jester wants to flirt with the beautiful woman in the tavern. Smut would be great. So would confused pining and Jester sorting out her feelings for Avantika.

Yussa Errenis/Marion Lavorre | Ruby of the Sea. Look I just ... really don't like who Marion ended up with in canon. I really wanted to see her and Yussa get together in the show. AU where maybe Yussa is a regular client? Maybe he admires from afar? Maybe a big AU where Marion is sent to the tower of the mighty dragon and charms her way into his heart? Maybe something fun post-campaign of them in Nicodranas together enjoying each other's company?

Jester Lavorre/Essek Thelyss/Caleb Widogast. OT3 Donutmancy. I love this trio so much. I love how Jester teased Essek, and later held his hands during the big reveal. I love how Caleb and Essek have this intense flirty spy vs spy magic teaching dynamic and then Caleb got all intense with him later after the reveal. I love how Jester and Caleb bring out the best in each other. I'd love to see the three of them flirting, falling in together in some way, figuring out how to make things work.

Astrid Beck/Jester Lavorre. Their brief meeting in episode 110 was soooooo good! I want to read more about them interacting, teaming up in a fight, saving each other, flirting, nudging each other cautiously and then not so cautiously. I think Astrid could benefit from time with Jester, and Jester could impress her with some direct insights.

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Critical Role Campaign Three
Fandom specific DNWS: Permanent deaths of Laudna, Vex, Imogen, Dorian, FCG, Joe, or Ashton. Rape/noncon between Laudna/Dorian, Laudna/Dorian/Imogen, or Fresh Cut Grass/Imahara Joe.
Crossovers/AUs: I'm into roleswap AUs, class swaps, What Ifs, pirate AUs, sci-fi AUs, and superhero AUs.

Laudna & Vex'ahlia
Laudna/Vex'ahlia
Wow there's a lot going on here. Shippy or gen, I'm super curious about if they had more time together to talk. Laudna was picked because she resembled Vex, there's all sorts of guilt and anger and grief mixed up for them because of that. Also into an AU where Vex finds Laudna in the woods and helps her.

Laudna/Dorian Storm. They didn't have long to interact, but the combo of spooky former-peasant woman and easily-flustered nobleman? Just really got to me. This could also be fun as an AU or What If meeting scenario. 

Laudna/Dorian Storm/Imogen Temult. Laudna and Imogen seem so closely attached. I feel like whatever's going on between them, sharing Dorian between them would feel right. Maybe Dorian angles for one before learning they're a package deal, maybe they team up to seduce him together. 

Delilah Briarwood & Laudna

Delilah Briarwood/Imogen Temult

Delilah Briarwood/Imogen Temult/Laudna

Delilah Briarwood/Laudna
Would love to see this before the CR3 episode 38 confrontation, or perhaps afterwards if Delilah didn't fully vanish. Could be Laudna trying to hide this from Imogen, or agreeing to share so long as Delilah doesn't harm her, or weird body-sharing consciousness shenanigans. Maybe a dark AU where Imogen is also a warlock to Delilah? 

Fresh Cut Grass/Imahara Joe. These two were just plain fun together. Would love to see them go on a date, or a series of dates. What would a relationship between them look like? What about an AU where Joe fixed FCG up after the traveling trader came by? I'm extremely into robot ethics so feel free to go philosophical with this one.

Ashton Greymoore/Jiana Hexum. This leans into dubious consent scenarios fast. Perhaps there's another way Ashton can work off that debt. Bonus points for Jiana messing with their mind/memories/head trauma. If you don't wanna go that dark, maybe a mutually beneficial arrangement between these two characters in the crime world of the city.

Ashton Greymoore/Percy/Vex'ahlia
There was some VERY interesting energy going on there. I'd love to see that explored, if not in the canon timeline then some kind of AU.

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Critical Crossovers 
Fandom specific DNWS: Permanent deaths of any requested characters. Percy cheating on Vex (if he's hooking up with someone, he should have Vex's consent.) Rape/noncon between any requested ships.
Crossovers/AUs: I'm into roleswap AUs, class swaps, What Ifs, pirate AUs, sci-fi AUs, and superhero AUs.

Percy/Caleb Widogast

Percy/Vex'ahlia/Caleb Widogast
I'm into this idea either as Percy, with or without Vex, having a time with this handsome younger man. Maybe an AU where they meet during Caleb's vagabond era. Maybe post CR2 when Caleb is at a diplomatic function? I think Percy would see a lot of the traumatic backstory written on Caleb's face, and Vex would have a soft spot for a bit of a scoundrel/thief type.

Shaun Gilmore/Caleb Widogast. I just want to see these two together and what would happen. Maybe Gilmore catches Caleb trying to steal from his store? Maybe Caleb is shopping post CR2 and they start to flirt? Maybe an AU where Caleb ends up apprenticed/working at the shop while on the run? 

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I realized that my stats woulda been really weird compared to who I am now. 

Like, in middle school:

• I lived in the deep woods (ranger/druid)
• I regularly went hiking up mountains for classes (ranger/druid, athletics bonus)
• I was fresh off several years of summer camps where I learned all kinds of outdoor skills (survival bonus)
• I routinely harvested and planted in big gardens for farmstands (nature bonus, identify plants)
• I was a massive nerd who read all the time, had a giant stack of books by my bed always, and lugged books with me everywhere (intelligence)
• I was pretty shy, and didn’t have many close friends (low charisma)
• I had an amazing memory and remembered like, dozens and dozens of elaborate camp songs, and Shakespeare text, no fear in performing (bard/high intelligence)
• I carried wooden stakes in my backpack (wooden stakes, 1d4 piercing)
• All my classmates carried knives (simple weapons proficiency)
• I climbed trees and ate my lunch up there, with a bunch of other kids at my school, this was normal (druid/ranger, athletics bonus)

I’d have been a Druid or a Ranger if we’re using D&D terms, or maybe a Bard if I’d followed that performative streak. I was a mostly shy nerd who wanted to stay the fuck inside and read but kept getting dragged out up mountains and into the woods by my teachers, who learned I would complain, a lot, about this whole process.