probablyurbanfantasyrpgideas:

Critical Role Urban Fantasy Headcanons: 2

• Fjord: Normal guy, joined the Navy to pay for college. His ship got attacked by something not of this world, launching him into the magical world.
• Beau: Rich magical crime lord family. She found the Order of the Cobalt Soul, an organization founded to use knowledge to maintain balance between magical and mundane.
• Caleb: Came from a long line of magically inclined humans who understood the magic world. Was recruited as a teenager to be a member of a government run task force of powerful mages that were meant to keep the peace between the two worlds, not knowing how corrupt they really were.
• Nott: Was a member of a goblin clan in the Faewild. When she ran away, she decided the mortal world would be a great place to hide. She’s been pretending to be a homeless girl ever since, but that went poorly when she was accidentally put into a Mental Health facility for the homeless, which is where she met Caleb.
• Jester: Marion Lavorre is a Kardashian style famous person, who used a combination of magic and innate talent to become a bit of a cultural phenomenon. She wanted to shield Jester from the trials of living in the public eye, so she kept her hidden from the rest of the world. No one knows Marion has a daughter (although there are some Reddit conspiracy theories.)
• Mollymauk: He woke up in a hospital after being in a coma with no recollection of his past, the doctors telling him they had also never been able to figure out his identity. The person in the bed next to his was Gustav Fletching, who took pity on Molly and invited him to join the Carnival of Curiosities, a traveling band of monster hunters that used the circus as a cover.
• Yasha: Used to live in a small, southern, Evangelical town. Her wife was the victim of a hate crime, and she had to flee the town. The Carnival of Curiosities were in town and they helped her escape. Coming from such a religious upbringing, she prayed to whomever would listen to help her get vengeance, but one of the Old Gods was the one to answer her prayer.
• Caduceus: Grew up and lived in the Faewild. He’s never been to the mortal realm before, and thinks it’s all very nice. The M9 needed a healer, and he wanted to see more of the world.

critrolestats:

We gathered FAR more stats than the ones that made it on tonight’s Talks Machina. Here’s the Director’s Cut version of Campaign 2 stats.

• Nine/Nein has been said at least 733 times.
  
• Matt has facepalmed 80 times. By this episode in Campaign 1, he had facepalmed 77 times.
  
• Beau has technically cast the highest level spell, Conjure Elemental.
  
• Caduceus has prevented 38 damage from critical hits with Sentinel at Death’s Door.
  
• Caleb’s smell has been commented on 49 times.
  
• Fjord has absorbed two swords and two cloven crystals.
  
• Jester has pulled 35 pranks.
  
• Molly has been gone for 85 days.
  
• Nott has cast Message 50 times.
  
• Yasha has put four types of plants in her book since meeting TM9: flowers from Nott, a handful of posies, bark from a lightning-struck tree, and a white flower bud.
  
• The Mighty Nein adopted disguises 91 times.
  
• Beau continues to have the most Nat20s (53) and Nat1s (36), but Caleb edges her out on the Nat20 rate (6.74% to her 6.42%). Jester leads the Nat1 rate (5.29%) for the humanoid members of the Mighty Nein.
  
• Most Damage Dealt: Nott (1576), Fjord (1569), Beau (1556)
  
• Most Damage Taken: Beau (705), Fjord (598), Yasha (530)
  
• Most Cast Spells: Alarm (116), Disguise Self (86), Message (73)
  

So I’m back at my parents while I get back on my feet because staying at the house with him hurt too much…

I’m happy to have such a good entourage of family and friends but boi, is this rough.

I really thought we were for life, and imagining my life without him seems unreal…

I’m hoping a real night of sleep will help my heart glue itself back together… (only slept 6h30 hours sincr the news)

I apologize for the depressing mood, but venting to the anonymity of the internet helps a bit.

heartless-teenager:

staroidi:

How I Teach Men Not To Talk Over Me: from one feminist to another, when basic respect is lagging and conversations are impossible

I’ve done this to several men, and they catch on rather quickly. You’ll be able to have a conversation right then and there, and it works long term too - they might’ve forgot their manners by the time you talk to them again, but by repeating this, they’ll eventually learn to let you talk without you having to do this at the start of every convo. Source: I have a very stubborn older brother, who eventually learned too.

1. When they interrupt you, stop talking. Don’t try to raise your voice or battle them. Be completely quiet and wait.

2. Ignore everything they’re saying. Do not actually listen - just wait until they shut up. Don’t make a point of anything they say, do not answer to anything they say, do not refer to anything they say here. Literally do not listen a single word. Let them rant as long as they want.

3. When they finally shut up and wait for your reaction, say: ”I wasn’t done talking.”

4. Start over whatever you were saying when they interrupted you. I don’t care if it was a 10-minute explanation of rocket science. Start. Over. Repeat you original thought, but do not add anything related to what they just said while talking over you. That gives them the idea that it’s okay to interrupt you, you’ll still listen and pay attention and they’ll get their point clear without having to listen to yours. (It’s especially funny when you get done and they expect you to keep going talking about whatever they talked over you. The face when it sinks in that you didn’t listen a single word is glorious.)

5. If they interrupt you again, return to step 1. If you find yourself repeating the cycle over 3 times, tell them: ”you’re not letting me speak. Either you listen and wait for your turn, or our conversation ends here.” If they try to make excuses, laugh it off or keep interrupting, end the conversation. Prove them that if they wont let you speak, they’re not worth your time.

Why does this work? First, because sometimes talking over is internalized and men don’t actually notice they’re doing it. Being vocally called out makes them realize it and pay attention to it - especially if it happens more than once. Secondly, by refusing to aknowledge anything they say when they interrupt you, they’ll soon realize they will not get their own point across if they keep doing that. Peoole and especially men have the need to be heard and paid attention to when they talk - when you make it clear that by talking over you, they will not have your attention, they’ll learn to wait until you’re done, because they know that’s when you will be paying attention and actually listening.

Go my darlings. Have some actual conversations where your point of view is just as valid as his. Demand the basic respect of being heard. You can actually have some interesting conversations with men when they’re forced to listen too, when being louder is not going to make them feel like they’re dominating the conversation or winning the argument.

Hi this also works with abusers who use talking/yelling over you as a tactic to silence you :)

(via sapphirescript)