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1. director's commentary by tangereen

   Fandoms: Critical Role: Exandria (Web Series)  

   • Explicit
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • F/M, M/M, Multi
   • Complete Work

   29 Jan 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Astrid Becke/Eadwulf Grieve/Essek Thelyss
   • Astrid Becke/Eadwulf Grieve/Essek Thelyss/Caleb Widogast
   • Eadwulf Grieve/Essek Thelyss
   • Astrid Becke
   • Eadwulf Grieve
   • Essek Thelyss
   • Caleb Widogast
   • Past Astrid Becke/Eadwulf Grieve/Caleb Widogast
   • cuck chair doubles as the director's chair
   • Toxic Relationships
   • Past Rape/Non-con
   • Rape Roleplay
   • Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms
   • Dom Astrid Becke
   • recreating your sexual assault to welcome a new member to your polycule
   • Dubious Consent
   • Exhibitionism
   • Blood and Injury
   • Dom Drop
   • Under-negotiated Kink
   • really: UNnegotiated kink
   • Masochist Essek Thelyss

   Summary

   “He can’t love you if he doesn’t understand you.”

   “I can live without his love,” Essek tells her, speaking as if Caleb isn’t right there, his heart learning new ways to break, “but I cannot bear to see him hurt.”

   Astrid brings their joined hands to her lips and kisses Essek’s knuckles. “Then I will help you bear it,” she vows, “and we will all be stronger for it.”

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   The lesson won't stick unless it hurts.

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