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@turtleducknewton

Kestrel | any pronouns | main is @goosenewtonsdestiny
lead scientist of CR4 Bird Watch
writer, when the stars align
critical role, candela, locked tomb, and more

welcome, weary traveler!

I feel like I should make a pinned post now. You can call me Kestrel or Kes (any pronouns). This is my fandom sideblog which is mostly Critical Role and The Locked Tomb. I'm keeping up with Cr4 right now, so it'll be a lot of that. You may know me from my CR4 Bird Watch series.

I write when I have the energy - you can find me on AO3 also at turtleducknewton, and I usually cross-post to tumblr as well.

Feel free to send prompts if I have an ask meme up! Disclaimer that I won't write anything NSFW, it's just not my thing.

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CR4 BIRD WATCH: Chapter 1 Wrap-Up

With Campaign 4 returning in less than a week (!!!), I thought it was a good time to look at our stats from the first chapter of the campaign! I'm happy to report that every episode of Campaign 4 so far has had at least one bird mention. Now, let's look at the rest of the data:

SPECIES DATA

In Chapter 1, a total of 20 unique bird species were mentioned! The bird mentioned in the most episodes was, I think appropriately, the falcon, appearing in 18 episodes. Here's the rest of the ranking - the birds not included here were mentioned in only 1 or 2 episodes:

  1. Falcon - 18 episodes
  2. Magpie - 14 episodes
  3. Pigeon/Dove - 12 episodes
  4. Nightingale - 10 episodes
  5. Crow and Eagle - tied at 7 episodes
  6. Owl - 5 episodes

now that creators have been revealed, here’s @cr-summer-wildflowers piece for justlikeswitchblades. Many thanks to the Wildflowers organizers, this was so much fun!!

the weight of phosphenes and pasts

Percy & Keyleth | 3k words | No Archive Warnings Apply

“Keyleth!” Percy’s voice, followed by the clatter of tools being dropped onto a table. “Yes, come in!” Keyleth opened the door the rest of the way, and found Percy coming to meet her, using a handkerchief to wipe some of sweat and grease off his face. “I didn’t realize you were coming early!”
“It’s Grissen, Percy,” Keyleth said. “That’s when we said we’d be here.”

While visiting Whitestone, Keyleth brings a project to work on with Percy, in hopes of keeping both their cities safe.

OP: Look at the 'fire-butterfly' we managed to film. The picture really doesn't do its beauty justice. (cr 鸟王艾雅康,观鸟景jhin,生态摄影阿博特,毕强,Sjxxphotograph,Fische,鱼摆摆,Shanalotte,冰鹡鸰)

I love this Chinese guy who is so excited to show everyone this really cool bird. This is why the internet was created, so we could show strangers on the other side of the world cool things we know about. Xie xie gege <3333333

i love palamades sextus because it's like. he's "the greatest necromancer of his generation". he's jealous of an eighteen year old. he's in a codependant relationship with his cousin. he's writing erotic wlw fanfic on the wallpaper of his hallucinated River bubble. he rewrote known necrophysics. he was homewrecked. he finds those little outfits that nurses wear and strong work ethic and high test scores sexy. he's been in love with a woman seven years older than him since he was eight. he gave an ancient saint turbo cancer. he blew himself up. he's dead. he's alive. he's banned from selling erotic wlw fanfic he conceived in his necrophysically impossible River bubble. he's taking care of the dead soul of the earth in the body of a girl who lobotomized herself. he never forgets anything. and he isn't even technically the main character. NO ONE is doing it quite like him.