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I’ll never get over how 9-foot-tall, made-of-muscle-and-hit-points, makes-heads-explode-with-minimal-effort Grog Strongjaw looked at Pike and Scanlan, three foot tall “little bits” (in his own words) and decided they were the greatest things ever.

Like. It honestly wouldn’t be at all surprising to me if Grog had looked down on the gnomes a little (no pun intended), especially Scanlan. They’re tiny. He could have easily looked at this little punk a third his size who tries to avoid using weapons whenever possible and whose primary means of fighting is singing and just dismissed him. Or he could have looked at Pike, who he loves with all his heart as a member of his family, and nevertheless thought her mace and armor were more “cute” than “deadly”.

But he didn’t. Grog treats the gnomes like they’re every bit as awesome and badass as he himself is. He regularly invites Pike to help him out with feats of strength–even when she isn’t sure she actually could, he insists that he wants her to. He gets so excited when she gets those ogre gauntlets and is even stronger. He is thoroughly convinced Pike is the biggest badass in Vox Machina (aside from himself). Scanlan is his go-to whenever he needs someone to partner up with and Pike isn’t there. He picked him, out of all of Vox Machina, to fight Earthbreaker Gruun with (alongside Vax). Grog, who is easily wooed by shows of strength (hi, Kima), looked at the gnome bard and went “yes, i want that one”.

Grog loves the gnomes so much, you guys.