Scanlan Shorthalt - Blog Posts

Third season's over, the ending left a me a lil sad but I know things will just keep getting more fucked up and i'm all here for it

Anyway random sketch of my goddes and queen Vex 🛐🛐🛐🛐

When you finally finish a show and it's like

Yay I got the complete* lore now

But also fuck me why is it over, how am I going to move on, the next season is in a year and a half or even longer

* unless there's follow up seasons or out-of-show lore left

I just finished the legend of Vox Machina and fuck me, I cried, I laughed, I made an entire journal page dedicated to it using scraps and a pen and a shitty night light bc I was supposed to be asleep

How on earth am I gonna just move on?

If you write fanfic for it, do please lmk! <3

Scanlan Shorthalt

Here is my first try with a digital version of it (spoilers??) I had a very bad drawing moment lol (feel free to redo it if you want to just tag me if you do so I would love to see it done better.)

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Twitter : CWGames@white2489

Name : Corey White

Here is a very very very rough pencil drawing for Critical Role

If you are not up to date on Critical Role do not look at this

It breaks my heart the more I think that Scanlan and Pike may never be :(

Scanlan retelling the tale of the Mighty Door to pike

This has gotta be one of my favorite conversations from s2.

full page

so I haven't watched S3 yet but I'm kinda losing it already.

so Percy art dump go brrr

headcanon that Percy still has spots of brown in his hair, like not all of it turned white, just most of it.

obligatory: he's autistic.

I was also messing around w some scar headcanons. these are mostly inspired by the show. a bit by the campaign but I haven't seen the full thing.

also trans Percy for the soul.

A sketch of my favourite gnome! I’m going to miss Scanlan.

This moment had no right to be so emotional. Love Sam Riegel.

I LOVE THIS SHOW SO MUCH AAAAAAH

This is so funny and the characters are awesome 🥹✨ one of my fav show

doing questionable things like rewatching a bard’s lament for “fun” and scanlan and vex you will always be famous. the fact that scanlan brings up that they’ve travelled across planes to fix vex’s daddy issues but then it’s vex’s daddy issues that ground her rebuttal to scanlan when she tells him to stop treating kaylie like an object. and god. vex’s “fuck him! fuck him for not saying anything sooner. and fuck us for not asking.” in the immediate aftermath, and then once she has time to put her walls back up, vex’s “my take-away from scanlan is that we all talk too much.”

the fact that vex was the one who made that comment that without his magic scanlan is just some guy but he’s also the some guy that vex spends the campaign looking up to (even if she does it through barbs and snark), the fact that when vex was fighting against saundor hearing things like “unproven ally” scanlan was all jokes until he realized how much vex believed what was being said to her. the fact that when scanlan comes back, it’s vex who literally sees through his disguise.

what do you mean scanlan was a deadbeat father who discovered a daughter that he did love but loved only as an object until vex called him out on it? what do you mean vex was a woman who struggled to forgive in part due to her crapshoot father and she was the first to forgive scanlan when he came back?

vex and scanlan also have such interesting interactions in terms of the balance of snark, silliness, and sincerity. it’s not uncommon from any characters of sam or laura’s since they are both silly little guys who also love drama and roasting each other especially when it comes to character rp, but as always it’s so dynamic when it’s the two of them bouncing off each other, especially when they’re doing so through scanlan and vex who are already bitchy characters (affectionate) with humour as a deflection method. but it’s a silly and deeply sincere moment when vex finally puts the witch hat scanlan gave her back on with his promise that he won’t run away from the final battle. it is one of my favourite laughable moments in c1 but it also reeks of sincerity when scanlan asks vex if she prefers planetar scanlan or normal scanlan and vex tells him he is fucking hot as a planetar, but she loves him like he was and he’s her favourite when he’s just himself.

like. they’re insane do you understand. the dawnfather asks vex to prove herself and scanlan turns her into a dragon to help her succeed, pelor asks vox machina what vex means to them and scanlan says she’s greedy and mean and the most perfect of them all. the knowing mistress asks scanlan to prove himself and vex escorts him on a broom he unlocked for her and then she picks an impossible lock for him, ioun tries to remind scanlan that his strength is the joy he provides to his friends and he makes a deflective quip that he’s really powerful and vex undercuts his deflection with a sincere assertion that he is. scanlan cast his last wish spell letting her see her brother on her wedding day. vex sent herself across the continent alone with her worry and grief while scanlan’s corpse lay awaiting resurrection to ensure that his daughter could be there to either bring him back or say goodbye.

they are the platonic chosen soulmates of all time to me. i make a post like this like once a year minimum and it’s because they Haunt me. both sam and laura said what if we made high charisma characters using their charisma as a shield and humour as a weapon and they saw through each other’s masks but they never explicitly talked about it to one another. good riddance to talks machina but i will never forget the episode post bard’s lament with laura and sam where sam revealed that vex was the only one who said anything that actually got through to scanlan and another episode where laura revealed that the reason vex was so angry and sad when scanlan left was that vex felt like her and scanlan had a unique bond where they were the only two who really saw one another’s masks for what they were. also laura providing the insight that while vex was actively working on being more forgiving, another reason she was so open and happy with scanlan when he came back was that vex didn’t want to scare him away again.

what am i supposed to do with all that? be normal about scanlan and vex? literally impossible

Totally Not a Fake Spoiler ep. 1

Scanlan Shorthalt, the gnomish bard, is an assumed identity. He's secretly been a tortle artificer monk multiclasser in disguise.

Good Night Bells Hells

Good Night Mighty Nein

Good Night Vox Machina

Devil Baby of Mine - Critical Role Fanfiction

A/N: Hey guys! Here’s an extract from my new Critical Role fanfiction, the story of Grog finding a baby in the woods and deciding to kep him. If you enjoy, the link to the full story will be at the bottom of the post!

It wasn't unusual to find Grog wandering about the woods near Westruun. Whenever the need to smash some things arose – which, in his years of retirement, was just as strong as it had been in his prime – he would leave home in the morning and return before supper, just like Pike had instructed him. Sometimes, he would return with gifts, depending on what he had killed. Direwolf teeth, owlbear feathers, even a bulette shell, once. Everyone liked those gifts, especially Juniper. The gifts that Pike and Scanlan didn't like were the living ones, like that time he'd brought back a griffin egg and it had hatched in the living room. Pike had made him promise no more living gifts.

On that bright spring afternoon, Grog was making his way home after having climbed into the hills to fight a giant, just because he could. The sun was shining through the trees above him, casting small shapes of light on the ground. Grog's hammer rested over his shoulder, slick with the hill giant's blood. He was thinking about whether he should stop on his way home to find a gift for Juniper. He knew she would be sad if he didn't bring her something. Maybe he could stop on his way back to pick a few flowers. They would whither more quickly than wolf teeth, but he would be back to the forest in no time, so he could bring her more if Juni was sad that her flowers died.

Something shone in the distance, reflecting the mid-afternoon sunlight. It almost blinded Grog.

"Oh, shiny," he said as he quickly made his way toward the shiny.

Once he was close enough, he noticed that the shiny in question was a large safety pin, keeping a bundle of cloth tightly together. Grog carefully pulled the safety pin out to look at it. He thought Juni might like it, so he placed it in his bag. Then, light babbles echoed from between the folds of the cloth, and he looked down.

There was a baby in the cloth. A tiny thing, but bigger than Juni when she'd been a baby. The same size as the quarter elves when they were baby, or close to it. But it wasn't a quarter elf, even though its ears were pointed. Its skin was pink, but not a normal sort of pink. A bright, flowery sort of pink, which reminded Grog of the sky at dusk sometimes. Pink like some of Scanlan's clothes, or pink like a slice of bacon before its cooked. Two tiny horns protruded from its forehead. Its eyes were a solid shade of gold as if two coins had been placed in its sockets. It barely had any hair on its head.

Confused, Grog looked around, wondering who could have left their baby in the middle of the forest all on its own. All he saw was a dire wolf, attracted by the sounds the baby was making.

"Go," Grog ordered as he tried to shoo the animal away. "Don't make me punch you."

The wolf flinched at the sound of Grog's voice, and after a moment of hesitation, it ran away. Grog kneeled beside the baby and picked it up. Where he'd been able to hold baby Juniper in the palm of his hand, he had to tuck this baby in the crook of his elbow to be sure not to drop it. The child's golden eyes were staring at him with wonder. It extended a tiny pink hand to reach for his face, but its arm was too short to reach Grog's beard.

Grog decided he couldn't leave the baby there, to be eaten by wolves. He had to take him home and take care of him. From now on, this baby would be his. After all, almost everyone else in his family had kids now, so why not him too? Then, he remembered what had happened the last time he'd brought something living home. Pike had said no more living things. But if he didn't tell Pike, then there would be no problem. It seemed like the perfect idea. Don't tell Pike and Scanlan, and he wouldn't have to ask for their permission to keep the baby.

Satisfied with his plan, Grog carefully placed the bundle of cloth in his bag. Once he was sure his new child was comfortable, he continued on his way.

Full story: https://archiveofourown.org/works/25819042

wonderful <3

I love a pathetic man hopelessly smitten with a woman who could kick his ass

the only headcanon I have for vox machina is that chappell roan's entire discography exists in exandria, but it's all sung by scanlan, with such hit songs as 'femini-gnome-enon' and 'super graphic ultra modern gnome'

Another prompt, today it's Demon/Angel (AU) and I turned it into a Vaxlan prompt.

I turned Vax into an Angel because he already has wings and people probably usually turn him into a demon in this kind of AUs so I wanted to subvert that trope. And small fiend Scanlan is also cute.

Here's also @lizardlycrimes and mine list, I forgot to tag you before, so sorry!

For the six characters meme, pick one of the following~

Veth, Nott, FCG, Scanlan or Braius!

I really wanted to draw Veth and Braius together and also got an Anon for Scanlan, so have these three added!

Also got two more characters to draw, so the meme is full!

So, I made a really fast pic for the Sam Riegel PC Community I wanna start, there might be weird things and errors, but I hope this is fine. Just waiting for Tumblr Staff to approve the community and we'll see how it goes from there!

Another one of my Critical Role Emojis, this time featuring my favourite bard and emotional support Gnome, Scanlan Shorthalt

They are cuddeling. No angst. Just fluff. Was trying something with the colous, so if things looks weird, that's the reason, I'm sorry. ANYWAY I NEED MORE VAXLAN AND IT SEEMS LIKE I NEED TO MAKE THAT CONTENT MYSELF, SO I'M GOING TO DO THAT. *cough* sorry, I'm very passionate about these.

Guess who finished the wheel. Did I maybe upload this a while earlier already? Yes. Did I take it down because of how unhappy I was and tried to fix a few things? Yes.

Some Doodles for relaxing

A doodle I made featuring some fancy bois. I think they should hang out.

I added some more characters to the colour wheel! I am having too much fun with this. It's a great exercise as well.

Okay, posting this WIP on the right blog now hahaha. I am trying to do the colour wheel challenge and enjoy it so far, it's a lot of fun. I'll fill this with Critical Role Characters (only C1 and C2, though, haven't started C3 yet)

More Vaxlan! They were on a date and not only got Scanlan a little more drunk than good, but it also started to rain and who would let his little boyfriend walk through the rain after he put some extra cute clothes on?? Not Vax!

Scanlan and Tary talking about a certain Percival Fredrickstein von Musel Klossowski de Rolo III. I wish these two had more interactions but I totally understand Sam not wanting to play two characters.