The Legend of Vox Machina - Season 2 Eps 12 Reaction
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ต.ค. 2024
- Jay and Adam react, review, riff, and rate the season 2 finale of Critical Role's smash hit The Legend of Vox Machina.
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“I have a broom and you get fucking wings?” Is the most Laura Bailey thing Vex has ever said in this show.
It's great that they are basically super competitive siblings in real life.
Pretty sure that’s a direct quote, from Laura to Liam too 😂
"Vex, your Laura is showing"
@@laurahart1337 I’m glad we get this a bit of a feud lol as the boots were never introduced so they don’t have those to fight over.
@@wiredjerk Right?! I did love that little fight though. B/c it was more of a 'fight' if you know what I mean.
That key HAS to be for Scanlan’s Magnificent Mansion!
i was thinking it may be as a substitute for the scroll of gate
@@beesus1412 nah, they already have transportation spells.
@@beesus1412 both are good thinking, 🤔 and here I am thinking it was just gonna be another accessory in Scanlan’s love bag.
Didn't think about the mansion! the first thing i thought about its a key to old bookcase long long way down the line..
@@theflyingwelshman5338 gate is not for transportation tho.
I just realized that the shot of Vax exaltation was part of the opening all along....this show is so good
I got so hyped at that moment. There’s so many things included that foreshadow future events and it’s AWESOME
Watch episode 12 again and then watch the opening credits. There's so many parts that are shot for shot from the opening credits scene. All the scenes where Vox Machina is dying and reaches out for the gold threads were the dragon fight with Umbrasyl.
Super cool touch.
These guys will never notice, they're always too busy shouting about Power Rangers during the intro.
@@SightUnseen555 minor spoiler
actually, it's theorised that VM getting their ass kicked in the OP is another battle, faaar down the line.
@@EsquilaxM watch the episode again, the animations were frame accurate to the intro cinematic.
For those who may have forgotten, on stream, after VM killed Umbrasyl the next episode was the cannonball contest in the Magnificent Mansion
I mean, the key has to open something, right?
15:09 so…remember that kid with the SUPER green eyes Grog spoke to back in the first episode when they escaped Emon to Whitestone?
Yeah. Raishan has been in Whitestone a WHILE
So... is she a shapeshifter or possessing a host?
@@vincentyong3272 shapeshifter, as per the campaign. She was a different npc when she revealed herself in the streams who was still in Emon, iirc. Not sure how they’re gonna explain it with Yennen in the show
And Larkin reveals herself... I knew this would be the cliffhanger of this season.
If you notice, Raishan was only present in the very first episode and hasn't been seen since, unlike the others who pop up now and then. She was the green eyed pissed girl that went through the tree with Vox Machina to Whitestone. This was always her plan.
Three cheers for Larkin! The BEST dragon.
I was kind of hoping there would be more random people that would show up with green eyes throughout the show, but I never saw any. Kind of a missed opportunity, but oh well.
Yeah, the diseased deceiver, best dragon.
I guess from a certain point of view, she is definitely a survivor.
As someone who watched campaign one as it aired I think she took the place of at least four maybe five NPC’s. Not a hundred percent sure but the member of that council in Vasselheim that tipped them off about the Slayers Take. Also in the campaign it wasn’t keeper Yennen it was a member of the council that showed up briefly in season one but was never name dropped and I’m pretty damn sure they cut out of the show simple not to overload people with too many characters.
@@EslocoSoldado Assum nothing. Where is Larkin, anyway?
@@EslocoSoldado I mean we definitely knew Assun's name. He was also relatively important to specifically Vex as he actually helped "train" her multiclass/extra ranger features in the campaign. He was instrumental to the downfall of the briarwood initially (though not at whitestone obviously). Originally Raishan-Assun doesn't even get to whitestone until the party briefly "checks in" on Emon to try to pick up survivors (at this point they still had many NPCs from Emon unaccounted for from the council). They deal with the Clasp, find out assuns there, and "recover him" (only for him to later be revealed as Raishan).
To say he was unimportant isn't really accurate, but there was certainly "more important" characters out there, yeah. He def appears in at least 5 - 8 episodes throughout the whole campaign though.
He was def cut completely on purpose though... mostly becuz of the first two episodes making it really hard to justify his role on the council being filled. I appreciated that they took the chance to use Yennen though as originally Yennen is important for like 2 - 3 episodes of the briarwood arc and forgotten about more or less after that. In the show, Yennen was given more importance and presence... so it made sense to use this as the Raishan fake since viewers would at least "like" her from the first season already. (or have the chance to like her)
Does anyone know where Larkin is though?
So sorry, Umbrasyl! This gnome just scored a kill! You got Scanlan'd~! You got Scanlan'd~! 🤘🖕
The armour, exalted! Vex was just as salty about the wings in the stream. Mythcarver's exalted form allows the bearer to pull off a move like that, too. Raishan was the little girl with green eyes when they escaped the attack on the keep. Originally, she masqueraded as the spymaster of the Tal'Dorei council.
If you remember that spooky green eyed child that came through the portal with other refugees, that was Raishan. Later in that episode the Chroma Conclave met and Raishan was missing
What happened with the Scanlan killshot was that in that moment, he fulfilled a trigger condition (facing his greatest fear to save a companion) to shift Mythcarver from its Dormant to Awakened state. Vax did the same when he Awakened his Vestige to get the wings (accepting and embracing his fate).
I believe this was the first mention of "The Emergence". Previously Thordak was just complaining about needing more gold without specifying why.
There was also Umbrasyl talking to Thordak about how his ascension would be assured when explaining the vestiges a few episodes ago
@@CrownofMischief I believe it was mentioned earlier or at least alluded to
I love how they show Vax taking a level in Paladin- it really builds on how Liam described it! He is pretty much the Angel of Death. The whole story surrounding the Matron has been one of the highlights of the season imo, as was the Killbox. And the reveal at the end was chef's kiss worthy- really wasn't sure when and how they were going to do that (though thought it would be at some point seeing as she came through as that angry little gil with them through the tree) as it is another character in the campaign she masquerades as
Another thing though, wasn't it Grog that got the kill in the campaign? Please correct me if I'm wrong!
We also need the soundtrack to come out asap because the music for this season has been beyond incredible.
Thanks so much for reacting to this series chaps, it's been great watching
You are correct, Grog got HDYWTDT in game. But he got so many final blows that it’s more than understandable that they’re spreading them out a little 😅
WAIT THATS WHO THE LITTLE GIRL WAS?! I've watched up tonthe end of the chroma conclave arc in the campaign and didn't realise that
@@TheSaphireKatana They had to set up for the uninitiated, even though I don’t remember anything about it in the campaign until Asoom, the kids scowl and bright green eyes were a big giveaway tho.
@wiredjerk I noticed the scowl but never noticed anything about the eyes, cause I was going off the knowledge from the campaign where raishan took the identity of somebody else who was still in emon
@@markpayne8004 Grog had 4 in a row in this portion of the campaign. Scanlan had 8 across the entire campaign. 2 were pre-Briarwood and 2 were in the in the two fights at Pyrah, which went to Keyleth in the show (kinda?) Grog also had the HDYWTDT on Saundor too, which is wild to think about - he had all named villains of S2 of TLOVM.
Gina Torres imitating Cree Summers, shifting to Cree Summers imitating Gina Torres ...
I literally yelled “Is that Cree?” when I heard that transition. Great job from both Ladies!
I almost cried when we saw Kamaljiori. The dude and Osysa never got to reunite after years apart!!! 😭
Ah, scheduling, the true enemy of all TTRPG parties.
Nat 20 for enthusiasm, Nat 1 for scheduling. That's just how we roll.
There's a reason, Minsc always told Boo to "go for the eyes"... ;)
Remember the little girl with the bright green eyes in episode 1... yeahhhh
Season 2 episode 1 that is
Calling Rashan a good dragon is quite the stretch.
You are the first reaction team I've seen that mentioned the possibility that the eggs are possibly the creation of Dragonborn.
Thordak's master plan was never revealed in game. It was revealed in either "Talks Machina" or "Campaign One" recap. Wasn't revealed during the playing of it. It was behind the scenes stuff, because we only see/experience what the players are seeing/experiencing. ;)
It was actually in the first Tal'dorei guide book.
@@OpDDay2001 Oh, nice. I was referring to "Talks Machina Episode 26: 'Level 17 Battle Royale'."
The way Adam said "that booty..." I immediately reacted the same as Jay 🤣🤣🤣
Myth Carver is one hell of a weapon In the hands of a Bard with perfect pitch and tone...
6:29 Hey Adam Called it!
13:57 I'm right there with you Jay. My brain misfired too,
22:02 I feel like Adam has some trauma from encountering U'kotoa
You two having your own DnD real play show is EVERYTHING I have wanted since I first discovered your channel back in 2020 or so.
I am S T O K E D!
Someone slipped during the Q&A of these episodes. I think it was Travis. It sounded like they had been working on season 3 already for awhile. They probably already have a group dedicated to getting The Mighty Nein prepped. So I think it will be back either quicker or in the same time frame as season 2.
I mean, I think it they had to have known that S3 was happening when they started work on S2, just because of the way they've spread the storyline.
In a recent interview, Laura mentioned that they don't stop working once a season is completed. They immediately begin working on the next.
So, once the scripts and voiceover for S2 was done and it was going through the animation process, they started working on scripts of S3 and the voiceover for that, so there's a bit of overlap.
Not sure if there's going to be a separate team for the MN series or if they'll start production on it once S3 is done.
This whole episode exhausting in the absolute best way possible! Whenever the heroes of any fantasy story fight a dragon it should ALWAYS be grueling and epic, true final boss shit, and the final fight left me floored. And the final moment of Scanlan finally using his balls for something other than sex and getting the courage to attack Umbrasyl had me actually shouting and cheering for him.
It sucks that we have to wait another whole year to see what might be the conclusion of this saga, but it will be worth the wait.
Also my plan for taking out Umbrasyl in the cave would’ve been to first have someone get rid of the dragons ability to fly by going after the wings, not by targeting the base of his wings but by making a single deep slash into the webbing of their wings, just like what Kratos did to the Baldur’s dragon in God Of War. Then lure the dragon into a smaller part of the cave and have the heavy hitters like Grog and Keyleth attack the ceiling of the cave causing a cave in to both damage and even incapacitate the dragon. After that Umbrasyl will be angry enough that he will keep trying to use his acid spit over and over while they use the newly dropped boulders as cover, then when he is between attacks do what Scalan did and go for the eyes. Then just keep chipping away at the weak points until it’s dead.
Ashley Johnson swearing is the cutest thing ever (^_^)
God damnit I was tearing up so bad when I thought Scanlan was dead........they got me so good with that. Also is Mythcarver like based of magic casting ability or is it made for the bard class?? Cause that thing is hella powerful when Scanlan gets a hold of it
Mythcarver is made for bards, the power depicted in the show is more impressive than in the game.
It's main use in game is as a debuffer to enemies
It's for bards, it's connected to stories and bards are the og storytellers, it's also a tuning fork
If a Bard swings it, Mythcarver powers up with the user's voice. Not only that, it empowers the Cutting Words spell, to the point where Scanlan's insults dealt physical damage to enemies on top of distracting them!
That, coupled with the Visions the show gave it make it a HELL of a weapon for any Bard lucky enough to find it!
@@BlueSun_It also dealt Force damage and allowed for a multi-hit combo if wheeled by a Bard using Cutting Word, if I remember correctly.
I’m guessing because of both abilities it did so much damage to the dragon, can’t resist against Force.
@@wiredjerk
The extra damage was just a 1d6.
The main thing is that it allowed to give disadvantage on saving throws to enemies after Cutting Words.
Still, if its Exalted it would be a +3 longsword + the force so around 44 average damage if all 4 strikes hit.
It's not nothing
Also being Force damage would make no difference, the Dragons are not resistant to physical damage
"They cranked this season out in 9 months". The voice acting was recorded in 2020. And they recorded Season 3 while Season 2 was being animated.
This happens when the production company is also the team of voice-over actors and directors who created the source material. It probably cuts down production time because they can just jump in the booth at a moments notice
@@devildham And being professionals it takes them MUCH less time to record than other actors. Sam said Troy Baker (who played Vex/Vax's jerk dad) recorded all of his lines in 1 take, 1 hour with no notes, redos - that is HUGE in terms of time and cost savings.
i mean, considering the source material is already done, and the original creators of the source material are creating the adaptation AND voicing the main characters, it does not shock me that the animation is taking the most time, or that it's doing seasons back to back.
I don’t think the egg like thingy at the end of the episode was Dragonborn. They already existed. One of the original characters in VM was a Dragonborn sorcerer.
That would be a tremendous Robot Chicken pitch - Thordak wants all those riches in order to pay off his colossal gambling debts at the casino in Kymal xD
Umbrasyl talked to Ripley about them all becoming gods soon. That is probably what Thordak's "emergence" refers to.
" Bonus Action " has a good ring to it, I'll definitely be subscribing when it comes out. Love you guys♥️
I have one question for everyone. Is it thursday yet?
So excited for your DnD stuff, whatever form it takes! Love you guys and love DnD so can't wait to see it
13:57 "That booty should go back to Westruun..." If you listen, you can hear Pike say exactly that. She wants to use some of the loot to help survivors of the city and rebuild.
For mighty nein intro I hope they keep the same as they have in the campaign just redrawn in this animation. And ofc molly instead of Cad
This season vaulted this show past Batman TAS and settled it right behind Xmen (90s) on my personal Mount Rushmore of animated shows. Just incredible television.
The Power Rangers reference always makes me laugh because I actually play D&D with David Fielding who played Zordon in MMPR.
SOOO excited to hear you guys are still working on a DND show! Bonus Action #1 fan reporting for duty!
The first egg hatches, and out steps:
"Hello! I'm Tiberius Stormwind ... from Draconia!"
Here's an idea for a monster. Mock-cyclops. It's like an Orca whale where it looks like it has a big giant eye to aim at, but it's purely superficial and its actual eyes are small and beady, and hidden with natural camouflage.
Guys I’ve been waiting on the edge of my seat for a YEAR for y’all to play D&D and I am SO excited for it! Can’t wait!
Matron gives you wings! - Some Red Bull commercial
the greatest rock song?
Mama, just killed a dragon
Put my sword against his eye
Stabbed deeply, now he's dead
The Matron gives you wings and a case of Red Bull.
Ive been wanting y'all to start a DND series, can't wait till we get to see it!!!!!!
I just loved your comments and reactions! I was tearing up and laughing with you the whole way thru!
Great reactions for the whole show! And I’m really excited for your own D&D show!
"Go for the eyes, Boo! GO FOR THE EYES!"
That was just for me.
It's been, once again, an amazing ride with you guys. Can't wait to check out Bonus Action!
It's overrrrrr *cries * 12 episodes isn't enough. SEASON THREE NOW PLEASE! How about now? ...Now? I cannot wait a whole year for more, this show has been keeping me sane.
They hadn't mentioned the Emergence until these last two episodes.
At this point even folks who've seen the campaign have only the outline of what might happen, we're off the path here folks. They're doing a fantastic job adapting such a behemoth of a story to work in this medium, and don't get me wrong, it's brilliant! But this is different enough that we're kind of in uncharted territory. Exciting!
Wasn't sure if you actually wanted suggestions for Fix It, or if that was sarcasm because you're drowning in them, but in case you do, how about Jurassic Park 3? I love the whole ridiculous franchise (yes, even the newer ones) because...look, I am a simple creature, and dinosaur-ish-creatures mixed with disaster movie vibes just tick a lot of "mental popcorn" boxes for me. But they are... not good movies if you want any kind of coherent plot.
The third one in particular I remember thinking could be SO much cooler. Anyway, that's my pitch. Fix Jurassic Park 3. [/waffling]
I wish I could make my brain gremlins do discord, that sounds like a lot of fun. You're SO right about ttrpgs, there's nothing tabletop players want more than to TEACH MORE PLAYERS. I swear. (Also, wrangling players is the true BBEG of every DnD game. You're not alone.)
SO excited to hear about the one-shots! "Bonus Action" is a great name. Can't wait!
GO FOR THE EYES BOO!
"go for the eyes, boo. GO FOR THE EYES!"
Hey, remember the time Scanlan took out an Ancient Dragon with a single blow?
The magic key that Scanlan picks up ... spoiler ...
... probably goes to the magnificent mansion.
So much eye trauma THIS year? Jay... you know what scene is coming lol
15:45 An army of red dragons now that’s power
Oh, you're just dropping the title with a "by the way"?
Bonus action! I'm ready, I'm pumped!
So Season 3 will probably take longer. When they started the fundraiser for this, they got enough funding for 2 seasons. So season 2 had a lot of work done by the time season 1 came out.
Thordak didn't mention anything about any emergence earlier in the season. That's a top secret plan that during the campaign the audience didn't find out about until much later so I'm surprised that they gave us a sneak peek in this season at all.
Can't wait to see the D&D games from you guy's. Sounds amazing!!!
It's your guy's turn to Roll!!!
Fun fact they actually do long rest after regrouping. It is the ttrpg version of why Umbrasyl heals.
Adam: I love you dearly; but, in fairness, it's "Oh-ee-ay...Tale Spin! Oh-ee-oh...Tale Spin!" ;)
This is totally not how it happened in the campaign but it's very interesting how they are changing so much and moving things around but they also unfortunately left out one of the best guest PCs.
Can't wait to see your RPG campaign.
Scanlin; killing a dragon by giving it a lethal migraine. Oh Scanlin.
CR Season 2 Episode 1 when they are ushering all of the refugees through the portal. Remember how the Green Dragon was missing through most of that episode... look for the little girl with vibrant green eyes... *hint hint*
Only Adam got the awsome fisting joke 😂😂😂
Scanlan certainly got the revenge kill for Kami, and he faced his fear's added bonus.
So freaking hyped for the D&D campaign!!!! Can't wait to see what you guys do!
I'm definitely going to watch your campaign.
i also thought he ment "raven queen needed to take her ass back to rebuild"
Fuck yeah! I'm so excited to see your guys' show!
Thordak mentioned an 'Emergence' to Umbrasyl, but we don't know what he means by that and VM hasn't heard about it at all.
Yooooo! A DnD show from you folks? I'll have to watch that!
This episode is really funny to me because in past DND sessions eons ago, our saying was always "Go for the butt!" 😂😂😂😂😂
the Raven queen does in fact give you wings
Scanlan gets the kill with the sword and the power chord!!!
I love that even with all their upgrades they still got beat to shit and barely squeezed out a win against 1 of these damn dragons. I cant wait for season 3 and onward and even M9 cause i miss those assholes.
I hope the strike does not delay the release of Season 3.
For the podcast keep it in them with the bit. Morphine Tim. The first Power Rangers Movie.
Jay and Adam should do a reaction too the new Flash trailer 💯🔥👌
Legend of Vox Machina S3 coming this fall! 🔥 🐲
In case you were wondering if shit rocks...
Fix It recommendation: The PKD movies: Imposter, Screamers, Total Recall (both version need help) & Minority Report. Take on Blade Runner at your own peril!
You guys doing D&D now on the channel, there were characters from another live play show in the Slayer's Take earlier this season, Travis watches reactions, including yours I believe....I'm just saying.
I think the Key is Scanland's Mansion
That is one magnificent-looking key ;-)
I’d be surprised if we had mighty Nein before 2025. It takes about 2 years for a show like this from start to finish, and I heard m9 had only just started production.
One hell of a fight
4 Vestiges and 1 Dragon down, really this whole arc is just getting started lol
14:22 Damn it, Adam! 😆
Vax finally attuned that magic item :)
Glenn Miller's estate is about to slap a copyright block.
This season has just been wild! Love it 🤟
Yeah, Mithcarver was forged for a Bard.
Wouldn't you know...
This season was even better than the first one :) Can't wait for season 3 :)
Thordak just casually decided to make himself able to asexually reproduce.
Bonus Action is a great name for the show
i rate this season 1 out of 1 unexpected betrayals
Thanks for the ride!
Up the rear was hilarious
using the molten gold to incubate the eggs