Deramin
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Bell's Hells Plan: Self-Determination for Exandrian Mortals by Deramin
Fandoms: Critical Role (Web Series)
18 Jan 2025
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An essay on what I believe to be Campaign 3's current goal (as of about Episode 118):
Bell’s Hells want the Exandrian Pantheon to no longer have control of Exandria.
I discuss the narrative framework of the story centering change instead of morality, and real-world reasons for big changes in Exandria. Including how the real story of the cast's struggle for creative independence may be influencing their desire to tell this story.
An activist told me, "There are only two ways to solve a problem: do what you're doing better or do something else." Campaign 3 is the story of the chaotic path to doing something else, without knowing what that will mean for the future.
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A City Made of Aspirations by Deramin
Fandoms: Candela Obscura (Critical Role Web Series), Critical Role (Web Series)
02 Jun 2024
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An essay exploring how Taliesin Jaffe's closing remarks at the Candela Obscura live show reflect Taliesin's personal relationship to Hollywood, the creative journey of Critical Role as a company, and iterations on previous work. Corporate Hollywood is a machine that eats people, and this performance of Candela Obscura in that theater is very symbolic of their journey to wriggle away as creatives trying to protect their vision.
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Ashton reflects on their complex relationship with gentleness, their inner feelings about fucking up, and how they feel about their friend's reactions. Takes place around C3 E78.
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A playlist for Aziraphale and Crowley at the end of Good Omens Season 2. With poetic meta/speculation/hopes masquerading as liner notes. The embedded playlist is at the bottom.
13 songs. 54 minutes.
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And The Pain Descends Like A Thundercloud by Deramin
Fandoms: Critical Role (Web Series)
22 Jul 2023
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It’s 4 am and Ashton can’t sleep. They lie awake cataloging their pain and trying to describe it, unable to focus on anything else.