Opera Singer • aria-slinging mercenary • Technically Award-Winning Soprano • #ADHD • Voiceover Actor • she/her • Stream To End MS Advisory Board Member •
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As someone who worked in retail for almost 20 years, yes.
All of these are correct.
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..........I must concede that there are no lies detected.
#FinalFantasy
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if i had to see this and groan at the pun so must you all
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Well this is an uncomfortably accurate analogy
ALT Image of text posts saying: When people give me compliments I feel like a vending machine trying to accept a wrinkly dollar and it's just really frustrating for everyone involved Followed by I've never related to anything more in my life
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Hey, you.
Yeah, you, the one reading this.
I just hummed a song for you. You've got Bardic Inspiration. You can use that extra d10 for anything you need to conquer today.
Do the thing.
#OperaGeek #DnD #BardLife
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I'm giggling uncontrollably because there is no lie in this
And I love most of these games haha
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Don't ever assume what someone has been through based on what you THINK to be the truth now. EVER.
And don't you DARE try to gatekeep people out of gaming because you feel entitled to your idea of it. Gaming isn't exclusively yours. It never was. Deal with it.
#OperaGeek #DnD
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I'm pretty much in tears.
My high school musical theatre teacher and mentor, Todd James, just showed up at my dressing room door. He hasn't seen me perform since I was 17.
#OperaGeek #BardLife #MerryWidowStPete
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I'm not RTing that piece of crap account.
But you're damn sure I reported this for targeted harassment. Not only did she not say this, she said nothing that a person with even an iota of comprehension could take as such.
Stand up for Krystina. She is one of the best of us all.
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Before all the toxic rage screaming starts here like it did in twitch chat, let me remind you:
#CriticalRole is THEIR SHOW.
Not yours. They can say what they damn well please and give props to people they respect since it is THEIR SHOW.
#DnD #Critter #OperaGeek
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*blink*
This is better than a phone alarm. I can IGNORE a phone alarm.
ALT Cat pic with text: Life hack: got something you need to do at a certain time every day? Start giving your cat a treat before you do it. You may forget, but your cat will not
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This will not SOUND like much to many people.
But to my fellow ND's/ADHD/clinical depression....colleagues?...you'll get it.
*ahem*
I have both done the dishes and MADE THE BED for FOUR DAYS IN A ROW.
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The worst part was the TERFs DID go argue with Rhianna.
They claimed they understood her dad and his writing better than she did. You know, his daughter. The person he chose to continue the series, if she had felt necessary.
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*snrk*
Loki would be pleased with this acceptable chaos.
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*spits water all over monitor*
HAHAHAHA
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First Time DM thoughts:
OH GOD IS THIS WHAT IT IS LIKE, I WILL NEVER INTERRUPT A DM GIVING EXPOSITION EVER AGAIN*
*this is determined to probably be a lie
#OperaGeek #DnD
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You're PROBABLY thinking, "Kelli wouldn't have gotten up extra early to get to work early JUST to record the @DnDBeyond theme in silly opera voice in an empty, echoey store!"
Ah, but a word, once given...😂
(be kind - its 9AM & I've had NO coffee!)
#DnD #OperaGeek #CriticalRole
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The look on Matt's face is a visual representation of the feeling I used to have waiting in the wings for curtain call, after I'd tried my best to entertain people for a few hours.
I love this video.
You don't often have someone share their dream coming true so openly & fully
The love @matthewmercer has for his story being realized through a medium that he is so connected to & everything else that surrounds the realization of this moment.
Magic.
#LVMWatchParty
#LVMSpoilers
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To every man "shocked" by all of us posting #MeToo -
We've been telling you for years.
You didn't want to listen.
Do you hear us now?
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"There were times when the world did not need policemen, because what it really did need was for somebody who knew what they were doing to shut it all down and start it all up again so that THIS time it could be done properly."
- Terry Pratchett, Snuff
#Discworld
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Not only does this resonate deeply with me, but also the fact that Matt, like myself, dealt with a speech impediment (stutter) when he was younger. And both he and I were helped with it via the arts.
I couldn't get a sentence out until my grandmother told me to sing it.
TW: Body dysmorphia
Ever wondered why Matthew Mercer wears vests often? After seeing some awful takes from a certain fandom I thought I should put this out there #Criticalrole #Dimension20
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No.
Absolutely not.
When you support a content creator, streamer, artist, musician, etc, you are supporting what they do or create.
You are NOT buying a relationship. We aren't products on a store shelf. We are people.
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When I was 14, I got all dressed up & my dad took me to my very first opera - a touring production of 'La Traviata'.
I found out yesterday that he is flying up to NY in June so he can see me make my role debut as Violetta in the same opera.
ITS FULL CIRCLE, EVERYONE
#OperaGeek
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SEPARATION.
OF.
CHURCH.
AND.
STATE.
YOUR RELIGIOUS EXTREMISM, IGNORANCE, AND MISOGYNY HAS NO PLACE IN THE LEGISLATIVE BUSINESS OF THIS COUNTRY.
Truly one of the most disturbing things I’ve witnessed in a long time. A Congressman, in a bid to overturn Roe V Wade and deny American women reproductive rights. Publicly referred to them as “Earthen vessels, sanctified by Almighty God.” Give me strength.
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Listen when you said I had to shatter a glass case if I wanted the amazing magic item in it, you KNEW what was going to happen
#OperaGeek #BardLife #DnD #CollegeOfTheOpera
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.......seeing this in the middle of a history meme thread made me laugh so loud in the shop that someone asked if I was OK. 😂
#CriticalRole #ShowMeTheLie
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Dear every single #TTRPG system with a bard-type class in it, including those in development:
*deep breath*
🎶
THE HUMAN VOICE IS AN INSTRUMENT! IT REQUIRES YEARS OF TRAINING! IT CREATES MUSIC
IT
IS
AN
INSTRUMENT
🎶
thank you for listening to my opera talk.
#OperaGeek
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I suppose "roll my eyes and keep walking" isn't exactly the answer they are looking for
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What's this? #DnDSelfie time?
HI, ITS YOUR RESIDENT CAPSLOCK THROWING, ARIA SLINGING #OPERAGEEK HERE!
I'm a professional opera singer & Actual Bard who streams on multiple channels playing #DnD & #TTRPGs! I'm also the co-author of the best-selling Bard #CollegeOfTheOpera!
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Give me five minutes with the lowlife scum that are your neighbors. It is all I need.
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DON'T ACT SURPRISED, YOU KNEW WHO I WAS WHEN YOU CAST ME
(but the real story is just great)
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am i the only person who remembers bunnicula
can someone make a curse of strahd, but make it bunnicula for me
#DnD #OperaGeek
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Granny Weatherwax agrees.
"But all them things exist," said Nanny Ogg.
"That's no call to go around believing in them. It only encourages 'em.”
- Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies
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Terribly misogynistic and rude replies to Conan's tweet incoming...oh wait there are already several.
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ONE DAY I WILL LEARN TO NOT TAKE AWKWARD PICTURES, BUT TODAY IS NOT THAT DAY
also, proof that I finally met the absolutely kind and lovely @matthewmercer in person 😂
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Hey, you - the one reading this.
I know I've said it before, but doing it again.
I just sang a song for you. Not hummed. Full-on opera bard.
You take that d12 & you get through today. I'm right next to you, ready to sing again when you need it.
Do the thing.
#OperaGeek #DnD
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You know what is reeeeeaally cool?
Being a woman isn't some limited edition, scant supply, hoard it like hand sanitizer thing.
Understanding that trans women *ARE WOMEN* does not somehow invalidate me as a woman. It just means there are more amazing women.
End.
Of.
Story.
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All the people QRT'ing this whining about, mocking, or being pissy about CR's statement very plainly have no idea how legal contracts & their clauses work.
This is as close of a statement about the current mess as anyone who has to operate within confines of such can make.
From all of us at Critical Role.
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I mean....we also get to wear shiny crowns while saying AAAAAAAAAAA
(image: me as Queen of the Night from St Pete Opera's Magic Flute)
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I don't severely dislike Chris Pratt because he is a Christian. That is ridiculous.
I severely dislike Chris Pratt because he is a prat who has espoused bigoted views under the guise of his 'faith', not to mention THAT post implying such awful things about Anna and their son.
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Here's the thing:
If your response to someone saying "COVID restrictions shouldn't be lifted, and my husband (family member/partner/etc) is high risk" is to say "Sorry, it sucks they are high risk, but us normal people have lives to get back to..."
You are just a piece of shit.
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So, PJ got his first vaccine an hour ago. 😁
They told me to come wait. I waited and hour.
They have five extra.
I'm third.
I could cry.
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I've noticed anytime I deviate from the funny bard tweets & talk seriously - social justice, gatekeeping, mental health, etc- I lose followers.
You know what? Thats ok. Because there is a person behind the tweets, & she has a right to speak up against toxic behavior.
#OperaGeek
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People angry w/ @mustangsart's combat wheelchair for #DnD 5e all argue this:
That in a world with magical healing, disabilities wouldn't exist, as they could be 'fixed'. (gross.)
This is CLEARLY false, as education exists in this world, yet they choose ignorance.
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And, frankly, religious persecution.
Because not every religion (or lack of religion) has the same feeling about fetal tissue being a person like some brands of Christianity does.
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My stylist's 12 year old son has forced her and the whole family into #DnD games that he runs on Sundays.
She is giving me her character sheet. He is gonna be in for some surprises. *cracks knuckles*
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Getting messages about how 'political' my tweets have been, and how people liked it when I just made them laugh or 'stuck to being a performer'
Lemme help you out, you may wanna keep reading. It is only four tweets. You can do it.
#OperaGeek
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For the people that message saying to 'stop being political' or airing my opinions, as 'we follow you for entertainment', I have a reminder:
You followed a person, not just a 'personality'. Deal with it. Entertainers are people with rights to beliefs.
#OperaGeek
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I was the butt of the jokes of everyone. Even the 'outcasts' or the 'geeks'. I was invited to a dance and my mom spent money sh shouldn't have on getting my hair done and everything, just as a setup to ridicule me in front of the whole school.
The geek boys weren't all nice.
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I will also reiterate again, for the people in the back -
Matt, Marisha, Liam, Taliesin, Sam, Laura, Ashley, & Travis ALLOW US to watch THEIR game.
It is not YOUR game. At no point do you get to tell them how their characters (or guest characters) SHOULD act.
#CriticalRole
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STOP WITH THE DAMN HEADLINES SAYING 'PROTESTORS BREACH CAPITOL'.
NO, PROTESTORS DIDN'T.
DOMESTIC TERRORISTS IN AN ACT OF SEDITION DID.
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Hey, non-United States citizens?
Guess what isn't at all beneficial or caring for your US friends today. Go on, guess.
Right! Any iteration of 'glad I don't live there' or 'you should just leave/move overseas'. Of course! We all swim in 'move countries away' money!
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Me: *watches Laura effing Bailey on this week's #CriticalRole*
*Me, again: *quietly retires all my characters, puts #DnD books in storage, and buries my dice because I will never be that boss level in a game*
HOLY CRAP JESTER
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Six months ago, I was sitting in my car in tears; I'd just found out the awful illness I'd come down with had resulted in a vocal cord hemorrage, & I was afraid I'd never sing again.
Today, I closed a run as Violetta in #LaTraviata.
Oh, gioja.❤️🎶
#OperaGeek #BardLife
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I HAVE A MIGHTY NEED
Adorable Dinosaur Cat. Good for a caster's fimilar or possibly a companion for a BeastMaster.
#dnd #dungeonsanddragons #dnd5e #dndhomebrew
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IT HAS LITERALLY BEEN A YEAR
YOU SHOULD KNOW BY NOW THAT THE DAMN MASK GOES OVER YOUR DAMN NOSE
DO I HAVE TO SING THIS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY IN FULL OPERA VOICE FOR PEOPLE TO GET IT
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THERE IS A STEAM GAME CALLED CAPYBARA SPA AND IT IS ABOUT A SPA FOR CAPYBARAS
WHY AM I NOT PLAYING THIS RIGHT NOW
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"...but what should we do when the highborn and wealthy take to crime? Indeed, if a poor man will spend a year in prison for stealing out of hunger, how high would the gallows need to be to hang the rich man who breaks the law out of greed?"
- Terry Pratchett, Snuff
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The harder life gets, the more I look back & am grateful that Frodo, the ringbearer, the hero of #LordOfTheRings was shown to have tried his best...& fell short. He broke.
Because it showed that the love of your friends can help you back together again.
We all need a Samwise.
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No one:
Absolutely No One:
Me: *kicks down door*
CAT
I'M A KITTY CAT
AND I DANCE DANCE DANCE AND I DANCE DANCE DANCE
#OperaGeek
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Every time a teen comes out as LGBTQIA+ & the litany of, "You're too young! You can't know you're attracted to <insert anything but heterosexual attraction here>!", I will remind them that these are the same people who do gender reveals & say their 3-yr-old has a boy/girlfriend.
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On the left: Dad taking a (very awkward, sheesh) 13 year old me to La Traviata - my first opera ever.
On the right: Dad & I last night after he saw me make my role debut in the title role (Violetta) of...La Traviata.
Full circle.
#OperaGeek #LaTraviata #BardLife
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I have found, quite possibly, the best two-for-one meme post for #BaldursGate3 I've seen so far.
Poor, poor Halsin (and by proxy, @DaveJonesActor). 😂
(potato quality brought to you by me furiously screenshotting it from Tumblr instead of just saving the damned picture)
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When you've been too scared to sing your favorite aria since you vocal injury, because you're afraid it won't work....
...And you nail it in your lesson....
...An #OperaGeek may do a little happy dance. :)
(disembodied voice by @seyvoice. Shirt by @voidmerchstore)
#BardLife
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