Critical Role: Campaign 4, Episode 5
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settiaiI started this past Thursday night's episode of Critical Role before crashing at the break because I desperately needed sleep after the week from hell at work. So let's pick up again now that it's properly the weekend. (Yes, the plan was that I'd finish the episode either Friday or yesterday. No, that didn't happen. Shush.)
As with previous posts about the current campaign of Critical Role, this will be a combination of quotes, random thoughts, and some speculation. And it's obviously full of spoilers (albeit vague ones in places).
( Spoilers under the cut. )
One more episode down, many more to go in the future. Although I do need to try to watch the Fjord/Jester wedding special that dropped recently, because I haven't done that yet.
As with previous posts about the current campaign of Critical Role, this will be a combination of quotes, random thoughts, and some speculation. And it's obviously full of spoilers (albeit vague ones in places).
( Spoilers under the cut. )
One more episode down, many more to go in the future. Although I do need to try to watch the Fjord/Jester wedding special that dropped recently, because I haven't done that yet.
The Pitt Fic: Ran the Table (Abbot/Robby, NC-17)
Nov. 9th, 2025 01:03 amalethiaRan the Table (6653 words) by Alethia
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Pitt (TV)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Jack Abbot/Michael "Robby" Robinavitch
Characters: Michael "Robby" Robinavitch, Jack Abbot (The Pitt)
Additional Tags: Post-Season/Series 01, Developing Relationship, Sexuality Crisis, First Kiss, First Time, Porn, everybody gets to speedrun a sexuality crisis, as a treat
Summary:
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Pitt (TV)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Jack Abbot/Michael "Robby" Robinavitch
Characters: Michael "Robby" Robinavitch, Jack Abbot (The Pitt)
Additional Tags: Post-Season/Series 01, Developing Relationship, Sexuality Crisis, First Kiss, First Time, Porn, everybody gets to speedrun a sexuality crisis, as a treat
Summary:
"Tell me something that brings you comfort."
"Something that brings me comfort?" Robby shot back, his tone mocking the frivolity of it, because he never was one to just follow directions.
"Yes," Gene said, eternally unfazed. "It can be the smallest thing, whatever comes to mind."
What came to mind was: Pens games, the trails at Frick Park, the rare book collection in the Oliver Room at Carnegie Main, a cortado at Sage Caffe. But what he said was: "Jack."
...wait. Shit.
=^.^=
Nov. 8th, 2025 02:35 pmsettiaiOn Monday, I noticed that the small cat tree that allows the cats to look out the window at people/dogs/geese wandering around outside was looking a little rough. By which I mean that the tallest part of it was noticeably leaning when it had a cat on it.
( Cat pictures under the cut. )
( Cat pictures under the cut. )
Fic: Falling Apart (and Being Remade) (Dragon Age)
Oct. 31st, 2025 06:34 pmsettiaiFalling Apart (and Being Remade) (12000 words) by Settiai, LuckyWizard
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age - All Media Types
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Carver Hawke & Male Hawke
Characters: Bethany Hawke, Carver Hawke, Female Amell (Dragon Age), Leandra Hawke, Male Hawke (Dragon Age), Original Fereldan Character(s)
Additional Tags: Ambiguous/Open Ending, Brothers, Cameos, Complicated Relationships, Darkspawn, Dragon Age Reverse Big Bang, Embedded Images, Family, Fanart, Inspired by Art, Minor Character Death, Ostagar (Dragon Age), Serious Injuries, Violence
Summary: Everything changed at Ostagar, whether the Hawke brothers realized it at the time or not.
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age - All Media Types
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Carver Hawke & Male Hawke
Characters: Bethany Hawke, Carver Hawke, Female Amell (Dragon Age), Leandra Hawke, Male Hawke (Dragon Age), Original Fereldan Character(s)
Additional Tags: Ambiguous/Open Ending, Brothers, Cameos, Complicated Relationships, Darkspawn, Dragon Age Reverse Big Bang, Embedded Images, Family, Fanart, Inspired by Art, Minor Character Death, Ostagar (Dragon Age), Serious Injuries, Violence
Summary: Everything changed at Ostagar, whether the Hawke brothers realized it at the time or not.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Oct. 31st, 2025 09:04 amsettiaiNintendo announced yesterday that Animal Crossing: New Horizons is getting an update in January!
... okay, yes, there was also some news about the new Nintendo Switch 2 edition being released, but I didn't pay much attention to that one. I'm lucky to have a still-working Switch Lite considering just how old it is at this point, and I think it's safe to say that a new system isn't in my budget in the foreseeable future. So I'm much more interested in the update for everyone who already has the game.
ACNH has been my comfort game for over five years now. I'd never played any of the Animal Crossing games before, but one of the players in my Friday D&D group convinced the rest of us to all buy the game after D&D the day it was released back in 2020. The world had just gone into lockdown, and it was a lifesaver then and has continued to be over the years.
It's amazing just how much my mood has been lifted hearing that there's something new coming for it. I honestly didn't think they would be doing another update. 💕
... okay, yes, there was also some news about the new Nintendo Switch 2 edition being released, but I didn't pay much attention to that one. I'm lucky to have a still-working Switch Lite considering just how old it is at this point, and I think it's safe to say that a new system isn't in my budget in the foreseeable future. So I'm much more interested in the update for everyone who already has the game.
ACNH has been my comfort game for over five years now. I'd never played any of the Animal Crossing games before, but one of the players in my Friday D&D group convinced the rest of us to all buy the game after D&D the day it was released back in 2020. The world had just gone into lockdown, and it was a lifesaver then and has continued to be over the years.
It's amazing just how much my mood has been lifted hearing that there's something new coming for it. I honestly didn't think they would be doing another update. 💕
Crossworks 2025: *Lost (and Found)*
Oct. 30th, 2025 04:56 pmgraycardinal[Aside to sanguinity: you clearly need to see this.]
Now, then.
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crossworks is live, and for once I'm going to get the thank-you post up in ridiculously good time. There is a great deal of excellent work in this exchange - I may in fact do a recs post here in a bit - but in the meantime: someone's written me a genuinely delightful tale that takes full advantage of the "mix any two things I've mentioned" element of the exchange, and that would be this:
Lost (and Found)
Fandoms: Young Wizards - Duane; Valdemar - Lackey
Rating: all ages
Category: gen
Warnings: none
Words: ~2200
Characters: Dairine Callahan, original Valdemaran Companion
Additional Tags: crossover, interspecies friendship, portal fantasy, worldgates
"I'll have you know I'm not a horse girl."
"Then it's a good thing I'm not a horse."
Suffice to say that the author knows both these canons well, and that the blending is beautifully done. If you're familiar with both of them, it should be clear just from the summary that they've got the character voices down perfectly, and it keeps right on going from there.
For Sale: Nintendo Switch games
Oct. 30th, 2025 12:02 pmsettiaiI've made this post a few times without any luck, but I wanted to try again just in case. Would anyone be interested in any of the following Nintendo Switch games?
Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! (example on Amazon)
Spyro Reignited Trilogy (example on Amazon)
TemTem (example on Amazon)
If you're not interested but know someone who might be, please point them my way. I'm trying to cover the hotel bill due today, and it would help a lot if I could at least sell the Pokémon one since it's worth the most.
For payment, I have CashApp ($Settiai), PayPal, Venmo, or Zelle (nancy.lynn.foster@gmail.com).
Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! (example on Amazon)
Spyro Reignited Trilogy (example on Amazon)
TemTem (example on Amazon)
If you're not interested but know someone who might be, please point them my way. I'm trying to cover the hotel bill due today, and it would help a lot if I could at least sell the Pokémon one since it's worth the most.
For payment, I have CashApp ($Settiai), PayPal, Venmo, or Zelle (nancy.lynn.foster@gmail.com).
Critical Role
Oct. 29th, 2025 04:44 pmsettiaiNow that I've finally made it through last week's episode without a panic attack in the middle, I managed to get caught up on sharing all of the art from the past six days on my side accounts on Bluesky and X. I've gotta admit, it took a lot longer than expected. It's easy not to realize just how much art this fandom produces when you're sharing it constantly throughout the day vs. playing catch-up.
Still, things are slowly getting back to normal. Or, at least, as normal as things can get for me.
The whole mess with last week's episode really threw things off for me more than I realized. I hadn't realized just how bad my brain had gotten until it started shifting back from the brink. It explains why it's felt like I haven't been able to get anything done the last few days, though.
That said, I think it's probably a good thing that there isn't a new episode of Critical Role tomorrow. Well, not a main campaign one. They're doing a one shot, which I don't tend to watch. I think it will help to have a full week off from them after finally watching the episode last night.
But for now? Work ends in about fifteen minutes, and I desperately need a nap before D&D.
Still, things are slowly getting back to normal. Or, at least, as normal as things can get for me.
The whole mess with last week's episode really threw things off for me more than I realized. I hadn't realized just how bad my brain had gotten until it started shifting back from the brink. It explains why it's felt like I haven't been able to get anything done the last few days, though.
That said, I think it's probably a good thing that there isn't a new episode of Critical Role tomorrow. Well, not a main campaign one. They're doing a one shot, which I don't tend to watch. I think it will help to have a full week off from them after finally watching the episode last night.
But for now? Work ends in about fifteen minutes, and I desperately need a nap before D&D.
Critical Role: Campaign 4, Episode 4
Oct. 29th, 2025 01:16 amsettiaiOkay, I have some specific timestamps to avoid, so I'm going to give last week's episode of Critical Role another chance now that I'm spoiled for some things. I'm still not particularly thrilled with the way they handled a certain storyline, especially since they knowingly don't provide content warnings of any type, but we'll see how it goes on attempt #2.
As with previous posts, it's a combination of quotes, random thoughts, and some speculation. And it's obviously full of spoilers (albeit vague ones in places).
( Spoilers under the cut. )
Complicated feelings? Check. But I at least made it through the episode.
As with previous posts, it's a combination of quotes, random thoughts, and some speculation. And it's obviously full of spoilers (albeit vague ones in places).
( Spoilers under the cut. )
Complicated feelings? Check. But I at least made it through the episode.
Once more with Yuletide...
Oct. 28th, 2025 07:30 pmsettiaiThe last of the IPHs has been picked up, so yuletide_admin opened up requests for everyone to see earlier today.
I pulled them up in the app and have bookmarked anything and everything that I feel as if I could even potentially try to write a treat for. It's... a lot. Which isn't unexpected considering the ridiculous number of offers I made sight unseen, but still.
Seriously, it's 240. And these are just the ones that I really felt that I could write without trouble. There were definitely more if I'd added the ones that I felt a bit iffy on.
I'm going to do my best to get my assignment(s) posted early so that I can A. pick up some later pinch hits (as the odds are high at least something that I could write will show up) and B. try to pull off some treats. We'll see how that plan plays out. I wrote 10 fics for Yuletide in 2023, and I'd love to try to beat that number.
yuletide_admin opened up requests for everyone to see earlier today.I pulled them up in the app and have bookmarked anything and everything that I feel as if I could even potentially try to write a treat for. It's... a lot. Which isn't unexpected considering the ridiculous number of offers I made sight unseen, but still.
Seriously, it's 240. And these are just the ones that I really felt that I could write without trouble. There were definitely more if I'd added the ones that I felt a bit iffy on.
I'm going to do my best to get my assignment(s) posted early so that I can A. pick up some later pinch hits (as the odds are high at least something that I could write will show up) and B. try to pull off some treats. We'll see how that plan plays out. I wrote 10 fics for Yuletide in 2023, and I'd love to try to beat that number.
Fannish Stuff
Oct. 27th, 2025 08:10 pmsettiaiI managed to get my fic for the Dragon Age Reverse Bang posted by the deadline last night, if just barely. All approximately 12,000 words of it. So, you know, that counts as accomplishing something, I think. It doesn't go live until Friday, so I'm probably going to tweak things a bit here and there throughout the week. It's properly finished, though, so "yay!" for that.
One thing down, a million to go.
I'd originally thought about trying to watch last week's Critical Role after work today now that I have some timestamps to avoid, but I was exhausted by the time I made it back to the hotel. So instead I'm going to try to go to bed early tonight, get a proper night's sleep, and then plan on watching it after work tomorrow. We'll see how it goes?
Yuletide is going to require me to do some fandom re-familiarizing before I start properly writing anything, so I'm going to hold off on starting that until at least the weekend. I have the source(s) at least, so that helps, but finding both the time and the headspace to re-[redacted] everything that I need to re-[redacted] will probably need to wait at least a little while.
One thing down, a million to go.
I'd originally thought about trying to watch last week's Critical Role after work today now that I have some timestamps to avoid, but I was exhausted by the time I made it back to the hotel. So instead I'm going to try to go to bed early tonight, get a proper night's sleep, and then plan on watching it after work tomorrow. We'll see how it goes?
Yuletide is going to require me to do some fandom re-familiarizing before I start properly writing anything, so I'm going to hold off on starting that until at least the weekend. I have the source(s) at least, so that helps, but finding both the time and the headspace to re-[redacted] everything that I need to re-[redacted] will probably need to wait at least a little while.
