Aw man you can tell afterwards Travis was a bit anxious about letting himself and his character be that emotionally open and vulnerable to such a large audience. Proud of him.
@@ephemispriest8069 To be honest I can imagine it brings even more anxiety when it's your freaking _wife._ (and not someone random) It "has" to be perfect (edit: or a side of you/character/version she isn't as familiar with)
Theres something insanely wholesome and precious about the pure excitement Laura has as her fake romance with her husbands fake character finally reaches fruition. Its like watching people fall in love all over again. DnD is weird and holds too much power
I genuinely don't really like romance. I don't read romance novels or watch romance movies or shows or anything like that. Just not my thing. But this video has such an insane hold on me that whenever it pops up I physically cannot function until I've watched it like 4+ times. DnD holds WAY too much power. And so do the Critical Role cast members.
I love how at the exact moment that travis says "I pull her close", just from facial expressions you can translate everyone's thoughts: Travis: "I can't believe I'm doing this of fuck oh fuck oh fuck o-" Sam: "Hey now! Things are getting spicy here!" Liam: "Didnt expect him to do that, that's safe to say" Talisen: "Mah boi's going for it! Come on, Travis make us proud!" Matt: "Wow. Holy shit. He's initiated, I'm proud of him" Ashley: "ooooooooooooooooooooooo-" Marisha: "EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE-" Laura: *"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH"*
The look on Matt's face while they're roleplaying this scene. I've seen the same look on my DM's face while I or other players are rp'ing a really good, emotional scene. It's such a good feeling seeing how proud and invested your DM is in whatever it is you're doing.
I'm a nerdy graphic designer - and I did the math: Travis is exactly twice as red compared to 7:27 to 7:34. That's 7 seconds to go from normal to beet red. We love you Travis
@BATTLE LINDSAY Well, I think another big piece that needs to be resolved first is whatever is happening on the top room on Caleb's mansion. It could bring on a different character dynamic to Caleb. All this time, I believed he was making peace with something from his past to gather then courage to be happy. Now he will get his heart broken and will then probably regress in his carácter development a little.
@@jorgef005 well depending how fast they want to make it public I wouldn't be surprised if one night in the mansion caleb went to jester and told her and than jester who has never had anyone fancy her like fjord and caleb both do.
I don't know. I think he's got Jester, Astrid, and Essik. Jester not being an option anymore might actually make things easier for him. I could easily see his feelings for Jester turning from romantic to older brotherly. Though that might just be Liam's brotherly feelings for Laura bleeding through
@@seansilence2697 I wouldnt be saying jester can't be got. Its not like when fjord left thst night they made it official that they were going to date. I think its much more likely you see conflicting romance in this campaign than campaign 1. Especially with how Laura has been very open about how jester is very unaware of how real relationships work. All she ever has known about relationships are fairy tales or what her mom does for work. So if caleb let's say came to her room one night and confessed his love, unless Laura has been playing jester poorly. Jester clearly has feelings for both and if she had both the guys she liked confess to her itd probably not be as simple as well I already kissed fjord first so im with him. Its not just going to be who go there first.
@@seansilence2697 Hmmm, I hadn't thought about Essik as a possible love interest. It makes sense. Also, Astrid is such a dangerous match. Cerberus Assembly makes me shiver
They guy who said he’d never get into romance roleplay INITIATED, that “character growth”!! 😂I died when he mentioned it wasn’t Fjord character growth but Travis 😂
It's funny how 118 it's also the number for calling the ambulance here in Italy, and that's exactly what I've done immediately after I saw this scene at home.
I always like the moments where everyone's SUPER-SERIOUS with the role playing, and you think everyone's losing gaming energy for the day or just suddenly depressed... Then Sam breaks the ice with a single funny line.
I watched this on the live stream... at this moment, I was with my two little bunnies (little Beau and Yasha), and I freak out so much! This moment was the best! It actually kinda makes me tear-y...
there are lots of moments where it seems like CR is a show, but there are other moments where it just seems like a home game we're lucky to witness, after the game, where they celebrated the fjorjester kiss? that was such a home game moment to me, i fucking love it
Its always Sam and Tal doing smth on the side Ash being absolutely emotionally involved Liam reacting internally in character and marisha basically being us showing every though like an open book
welcome to todays episode of critical role: where a bunch of nerdy ass voice actors experience and try to hide secondhand embarrassment and personal excitement when one of their friends roleplay kissing their wife of several years' character.
This is one of my favorite moments in the Mighty Nien, when Fjord confesses to Jester it’s like he wasn’t acting and just telling his wife how much he loves her!
I'm sure some viewers are frustrated it took this long, but I think it's really nice and realistic. Putting aside Travis not wanting in game romance, Jester's attraction toward him at the start felt like a simple crush on a friend, not much deeper. I'm glad they kinda waited until Fjord embraced his true self and Jester had some maturing and growth. This feels more genuine and like "earned" i guess.
And little did the cast and fans of Critical Role know what forces had just been unleashed in this moment, and the impact they would have for Travis and campaigns ahead...
Aw man you can tell afterwards Travis was a bit anxious about letting himself and his character be that emotionally open and vulnerable to such a large audience. Proud of him.
Yeah. I have dabbled in non Dnd rp romance in my day and it flusters you very much so no matter who it is with or if anyone is watching. 😂
You kissed you wife... in character. You daaaawwwwwwg~! lol
I want to like this but at the same time it’s at 666 likes and I don’t want to ruin it lol
@@ephemispriest8069 To be honest I can imagine it brings even more anxiety when it's your freaking _wife._ (and not someone random)
It "has" to be perfect (edit: or a side of you/character/version she isn't as familiar with)
😏@@ephemispriest8069
Funny that we're all proud of a man pretending to kiss his actual wife's fictional character.
Shhhh,
don't ruin this for us
@David Von Fakename lol XD, guess there are two ways to look at it.
@David Von Fakename I think it makes it better that his own wife got him to do this. It makes it feel *more* substantial somehow.
I just love how giddy Jester (and Laura, clearly) is when he says “I kiss her.” Those two are so cute.
Yes. With his own fictional character.
In their heads, it must have felt like falling in love all over again and it is beautiful.
She should marry him irl.
Oh, wait...
Its like the players have got real chemistry, just like an old married couple. oh, wait again
If that happened imagine how cute their kid(s) would be...oh wait.
@@stonecoldku4161 yeah could you imagine if they brought the kid onto talks or for some product promotion photos. oh wait...
@@jetvulcan2020 Yeah then they would just have to give him a kick ass name like...IDK Ronin...oh wait.
It would be even better if they have the same hobbies like, idk, DND or something....oh wait....
The fact that Marisha and Ashley look like they just read the *spiciest* fanfic ever. Makes it perfect.
Tbf its the fluffy/wholesomeness that gets people flustered, rather than the spicy stuff.
@@Kadel___ so true.
Theres something insanely wholesome and precious about the pure excitement Laura has as her fake romance with her husbands fake character finally reaches fruition. Its like watching people fall in love all over again. DnD is weird and holds too much power
The last line 😂 i love this
it really does
"fake", brother it felt real to me
I genuinely don't really like romance. I don't read romance novels or watch romance movies or shows or anything like that. Just not my thing. But this video has such an insane hold on me that whenever it pops up I physically cannot function until I've watched it like 4+ times. DnD holds WAY too much power. And so do the Critical Role cast members.
Henry the Consent Crabgrass approves of this romantic interaction.
Travis turned SO RED. OH MY GOD this was so cute. And YES FJORJESTER IS REAL.
I have dabbled in some non dnd rp romance in my time. And it can fluster you no matter who the other person is or if eyes are on you. Lol.
Man I was shipping Caleb and jester
i mean theyre married irl lol
Or Fjester that could work too
@@allblazing1160 I have the headcanon that Caleb has had a threesome with Fjord and Jester.
"STOP LOOKING AT ME!!!" was really what nailed it into the coffin for me, it's just ALL too sweet!!
We all know who the REAL winner is here, and it's Dani Carr
I think I heard her squeals of joy over here on the east coast. lol
Does she still exist or did she explode the moment that they kissed?
@@sethdavis3869 has anyone gone to check on her??? 😂
@@sethdavis3869 She has become stardust, and is now one with the universe.
Everyone won with this.
When Marisha tweeted "Love is real," this was not the couple I thought would admit feelings to each other! Very sweet scene.
I know I was so ready for beauyasha but i was not disappointed with this pairing all the same
Somewhere in the distance, Henry Crabgrass smiles and nods.
LMAO
I love how at the exact moment that travis says "I pull her close", just from facial expressions you can translate everyone's thoughts:
Travis: "I can't believe I'm doing this of fuck oh fuck oh fuck o-"
Sam: "Hey now! Things are getting spicy here!"
Liam: "Didnt expect him to do that, that's safe to say"
Talisen: "Mah boi's going for it! Come on, Travis make us proud!"
Matt: "Wow. Holy shit. He's initiated, I'm proud of him"
Ashley: "ooooooooooooooooooooooo-"
Marisha: "EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE-"
Laura: *"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH"*
All professional actors with years of experience and they are loosing like 5th graders who just saw someone get a hug from someone else
Real talk, that little “Really?” she squeaked out when he said he cared for her a lot made it for me. This whole scene is great doe
this was the first ever ep that i watched live and let me tell you i SCREAMED like i fell out of my chair
What an episode to start watching live...
The look on Matt's face while they're roleplaying this scene. I've seen the same look on my DM's face while I or other players are rp'ing a really good, emotional scene. It's such a good feeling seeing how proud and invested your DM is in whatever it is you're doing.
You know things have gotten serious when Marisha pulls out her safety/comfort book.
Marisha’s “Love is real!” is a freaking mood.
No moment in fiction has ever made me this happy before. I love them so much, and they're finally together
The CEO of Critical Role, everybody.
"its been 84 years"
I'm a nerdy graphic designer - and I did the math: Travis is exactly twice as red compared to 7:27 to 7:34. That's 7 seconds to go from normal to beet red. We love you Travis
Caleb is dying! It's sooooo beautiful. Really so many emotions! I love Travis growing so much and playing such a different character to grog.
@BATTLE LINDSAY Well, I think another big piece that needs to be resolved first is whatever is happening on the top room on Caleb's mansion. It could bring on a different character dynamic to Caleb. All this time, I believed he was making peace with something from his past to gather then courage to be happy. Now he will get his heart broken and will then probably regress in his carácter development a little.
@@jorgef005 well depending how fast they want to make it public I wouldn't be surprised if one night in the mansion caleb went to jester and told her and than jester who has never had anyone fancy her like fjord and caleb both do.
I don't know. I think he's got Jester, Astrid, and Essik. Jester not being an option anymore might actually make things easier for him. I could easily see his feelings for Jester turning from romantic to older brotherly. Though that might just be Liam's brotherly feelings for Laura bleeding through
@@seansilence2697 I wouldnt be saying jester can't be got. Its not like when fjord left thst night they made it official that they were going to date. I think its much more likely you see conflicting romance in this campaign than campaign 1. Especially with how Laura has been very open about how jester is very unaware of how real relationships work. All she ever has known about relationships are fairy tales or what her mom does for work. So if caleb let's say came to her room one night and confessed his love, unless Laura has been playing jester poorly. Jester clearly has feelings for both and if she had both the guys she liked confess to her itd probably not be as simple as well I already kissed fjord first so im with him. Its not just going to be who go there first.
@@seansilence2697 Hmmm, I hadn't thought about Essik as a possible love interest. It makes sense. Also, Astrid is such a dangerous match. Cerberus Assembly makes me shiver
I was hoping someone would post this soon! Bless you
The one thing I thought i would never see, Laura/Jester speechless. What a great moment.
What i love is the fact that as this goes on you see everyone become absolutely, emotionally, involved in what's taking place
everyone is getting a "he's beginning to believe" vibe that Travis is actually going to do the thing he said he wouldn't do.
Leave this poor red boy alone, damnit. Lol
They guy who said he’d never get into romance roleplay INITIATED, that “character growth”!!
😂I died when he mentioned it wasn’t Fjord character growth but Travis 😂
Laura is great at that, tried to make a joke to defuse the whole situation... but Travis had already taken that jump
Watching them both fall in love again is too cute
Travis went from awkward Fjord to Alpha wolf Chetney...bahahaha
4:51 is when he asks HOLY SHIT I haven't been keeping up since campaign 1 but these guys ARE CUUUUUUUTE
All I can think of is the song kiss the girl from little mermaid playing over this scene
Me too!
Same here. Someone needs to edit/animate that.
It's funny how 118 it's also the number for calling the ambulance here in Italy, and that's exactly what I've done immediately after I saw this scene at home.
OMG Travis caved in, Laura won!!!!
I always like the moments where everyone's SUPER-SERIOUS with the role playing, and you think everyone's losing gaming energy for the day or just suddenly depressed... Then Sam breaks the ice with a single funny line.
AHHHHHH!! 💙💙💚💚 MY SHIP HAS SAILED!!
The “lovers lair” pop up was so perfect and unexpected, it killed me haha
8:05 "stop loOOKING AT ME!!" 😂😂
That's so wholesome... Finally, finally, you guys....... 😭😭😭😭😭
I still have a lot of episodes to catch up, but I'm so happy!
Me noticing Ashley's variety of surpriseness:
Same Ashley, same.
Everybody's aww face is what sells it for me.
Good for them!! And good for Travis - can tell how hard that was for him to do. Being emotionally vulnerable, even in roleplay, is tough.
I love how they’re all being soooo quiet. Like they just KNOW there’s gonna be animatics upon animatics and they don’t wanna wreck the moment 😂
Liam looking at them like he's so proud
Watched this live, and everyone in my house was asleep - I fought so hard to NOT scream joyously! XD
To this day I love how marisha hides behind her notebook and becomes a turtle to hide
I watched this on the live stream... at this moment, I was with my two little bunnies (little Beau and Yasha), and I freak out so much! This moment was the best! It actually kinda makes me tear-y...
there are lots of moments where it seems like CR is a show, but there are other moments where it just seems like a home game we're lucky to witness, after the game, where they celebrated the fjorjester kiss? that was such a home game moment to me, i fucking love it
4:52
travis voice goes from hard and low
4:58
to high pitched and nervous
Some men (me) just wanna watch the CalebXJester and BeauXJester ships burn
This is all I have been able to think about for the past three days
*Fans everywhere:*
OH MY GOD IT’S HAPPENING!!!!
I cant even describe how I wish i was a fraction this good at role playing! 8|
And the U.S.S. Fjorester has just shipped...
Considering the accent it would be H.M.S Fjorester.
YES I HAVE BEEEN WAITING FOR THIS YEESSSS I was blueballed for so long and finally ;u; it's beautiful
Its always
Sam and Tal doing smth on the side
Ash being absolutely emotionally involved
Liam reacting internally in character
and marisha basically being us showing every though like an open book
And Matt constantly switching between wanting to cry and grinning like a Cheshire cat. Don't forget the DM!
My dude's face as red as her shirt. Great shit
welcome to todays episode of critical role: where a bunch of nerdy ass voice actors experience and try to hide secondhand embarrassment and personal excitement when one of their friends roleplay kissing their wife of several years' character.
Man I missed last night’s episode but my friends told me about this scene!!! So happy!!!
This campaign should be renamed “Everybody Loves Jester.”
I love how everyone else but Matt has their hand over their mouth in someway like they’re trying not to interrupt
Nobody Talkin about the lover's lair email lol
I think this campaign should end in a wedding at GenCon.
Tune in to Campaign 2 where you can watch a man fall in love with his wife for the second time
This is one of my favorite moments in the Mighty Nien, when Fjord confesses to Jester it’s like he wasn’t acting and just telling his wife how much he loves her!
It was adorable, and long awaited by many.
He gets so red this is so cute
I've seen this video countless times and I ALWAYS kick my feet when fjord pulls jester in WITHOUT FAIL
Laura Bailey is a force of nature, you cannot withstand romance of that magnitude Travis Willingham!
their reactions are all of us right now watching this >>
Literally jumped up and down holy shit. 118 episodes in the FUCKING MAKING IM LOSING MY MIIIND
BUT CAN I SAY THE LOVERS LAIR THING COMING IN WAS SO FUCKING PERFECTTT XDD
we are all ashley and marisha, mainly marisha
This made me melt
I'm a puddle I can't handle the feels 😭
Travis going so red is so fucking adorable.
Ashley’s reaction is so sweet
Man I hope I see this scene animated soon because I can just picture it😆
The reactions form the rest of them. Ashely and Marisha especially xDDD
I'm sure some viewers are frustrated it took this long, but I think it's really nice and realistic. Putting aside Travis not wanting in game romance, Jester's attraction toward him at the start felt like a simple crush on a friend, not much deeper. I'm glad they kinda waited until Fjord embraced his true self and Jester had some maturing and growth. This feels more genuine and like "earned" i guess.
And little did the cast and fans of Critical Role know what forces had just been unleashed in this moment, and the impact they would have for Travis and campaigns ahead...
Travis really fell in love with his wife all over again 🥰
Love when marisha pulls out the book😊
We all know Laura gave him HELL about it! She won her bet!!!! SHE DID IT!!!!!!!!
ABOUT FUCKING TIME xD
Holy cow his face is red.
Everyone talks about Ashley and Marisa's reactions but I love Matt's tbh.
I don't even care that im not caught up
IM SO HAPPY RIGHT NOW
its like he is renewing his vows lol
Laura Bailey won dnd
I really expected Jester to instantly send a message to Marion
If I only heard the audio I wouldve thought it was a movie
I've never seen someone physically turn red. I think I saw smoke come out too.
Finally! Poor Caleb but finally it happens!
I love how whenever characters start kissing, marisha always has to cover her face with a book or smthn similar
ABSOLUTE FUCKING SCREAMING
Travis turns an interesting shade of red
They're so cute this is amazing oml
Marisha hiding behind that book was the cutest shit ever!
Hopefully Chetney will have the same luck with Fearne
pretty sure Ashton and Fearne is probably the ship likely to happen if any.