Archive:Aabria Iyengar on ExU Calamity in Dropout Discord

The following are from the Dropout.tv Discord server in the Critical Role thread in the #tabletop channel on June 11, 2022 to June 12, 2022. Aabria Iyengar is verified by the server itself to be "quiddie" (a handle she uses on other platforms as well), as noted by her yellow display name. Others in the screenshots are fans and members of the server. Text displayed inside a lighter box was initially hidden using Discord's spoiler text function. The discussion is generally regarding the events of Exandria Unlimited: Calamity episode three,.

Aabria: That's the tragedy of it all - no one would have loved the ToN's purpose more than the city's head Abjurer. But from L's perspective there was just an unexplained relic draining resources at random and actively keeping her Leywright from working. It took her friend, and then attacked her bestie and (ex) husband. There was never a reason to trust it - nothing was explained to the person trusted with some of the most important equipment in the city.

Sal: You can 100% follow your/everyone's justifications for their actions. That blight spell is completely understandable, and we can also see why that information was withheld in the first place

Aabria: Right? It all makes sense. Saying "oh well yes of COURSE" right up til the point of no return. Brennan is truly STUNNING in this. Genius. Perfection. Love it.

ashbee: What I like about Laerryn is that I think she really is a mixed bag of motivations. I believe that she thinks her work would be good for the city, absolutely. Some of my favorite moments are in ep 3 where she declares "not in MY CITY" multiple times. I love that protectiveness. It kind of reminds me of a Vox Populi. But her determination (general) to bring back Evandrin regardless of the danger it might pose is selfish and ep 3 describing people who don't think going is a good idea as "small-minded" bugs me. But also, that's okay! All of these characters bug me for different reasons and they're supposed to.

I am still mad ep 3 that Nydas and Zerxus didn't come clean in the zone of truth. ESPECIALLY ZERXUS, jesus. I hope there's enough time left in episode 4 for the other PCs to be like "really guys, you couldn't have talked about this earlier???"

AdventureTim: RIght on. I mean, she did build most of the city.

Aabria: Oh yeah, totally agree. She's absolutely a butthole in several regards - especially how she thinks of others Poor Madara... I felt bad about that one lol

Cteatus, in reply to Aabria's previous message: aabria hearing the deep lore about this is truly the best, also can i ask: exu: c3 did y'all know that the gau drashari were going to become the ashari? huge props for all of y'all to get this assignment and commit the whole way through to doing it

Aabria, in reply to Cteatus: Yes, I definitely picked up on that right away. And then OF COURSE resolved to have Laerryn respect the GD NOT EVEN A LITTLE BIT just to mess with Marisha.

Aabria, in reply to smarshall: "i really need to know how they got together in the first place": Soft Dom meets a Brat and the rest is history