What I also love is that although he is obviously a joke character first (or at least comedic relief), he has just enough depth to his character to be likeable, interesting, AND have an active part in this campaign. Love it.
Aabria Iyengar, handing out inspiration in ACOFAF for like, showing up on time "can i have advantage" Matt Mercer, fresh off potentially killing four of his players old characters "no"
[9:05] Man, Fearne really does need to be talked to and checked on. She absolutely freaked when Orym died. And now she just views friendship as bad since they just 'leave'? Is sad. Like a young girl who got out to the world and is dealing with a lot of grownup emotions suddenly. Well acted at least.
Let's do a tally: Parents - Left Opal - Left/Stayed behind Dorian - Left Lord Eshteross - Dead Planerider Ryn - Petrified (at best) Orym - Dead once, now separated Laudna - Died again, now separated Chetney - a werewolf who might attack any friend under very flimsy circumstances FCG - Gets too stressed and becomes a murder-bot indiscriminate of target Imogen - Became so angry and scared leveled a city block, seems to be drawn to a predatory god-eater. Beyond Orym and the Witches, her best friend is an fire elemental monkey, and then Ashton with whom their way to show affection is stealing from each other. Then you've got the Feywild beings, where friendship is just...beautifully colored chaos. ...Fearne does NOT have a positive and optimistic history of relationships.
Aabria, Sam, and Travis are those three kids in the classroom a teacher intentionally make a seating chart for and NEVER puts them together. That said...I cannot wait for a Cerrit/Kier mention in all this so that EXU/EXC start to come full circle.
5:53 when Aabria the Imodna shipper gives Imogen the 😧face when she finally reveals how stressed she is about the potential for magic to take Laudna away again 👀
FCG, Chet, Fearne, and Imogen (Jesus Christ I almost called her Laudna ) all pointing at each other like the Spiderman meme during the "Can be a menace to yourself or others" conversation
8:50 I about died of cuteness when this moment happened. I couldn't hear what they were saying when I watched the ep and it took me a minute to remember Aabria was originally mister but when I figured out the gist of what was going on I got hit with nostalgia for EXU.
In case anyone needed the pop culture explanation for the songs from "it must be nice" bit: "Washington On Your Side" from the musical Hamilton, "Faith" by George Michael, and "Blame It on the Rain" by Milli Vanilli. The latter has nothing in common lyrically with the first two.
Fun fact: i only listened to this episode before now. I thought that in Sam's ad, he just went off frame while his mic was still on. I had no idea the camera followed him all through the studio lmao.
Our greatest weapon is the power of Friendship. Friendship, and also the element of surprise. Two! Our two weapons are friendship, surprise, and a great capacity for chaos.
Thanks, Gunny! 😃 The party leading the beast out is WAY more badass than emerging with its head or anything of that nature. I miss the rest of the gang but this is one of my favorite episodes of this campaign. ❤🧡💛💚💙💜
Thank you so much again for doing these. If it weren't for you I would have no idea what the fudge was going on having not been able to watch every week. You rock!
i love how chetney is slowly adding more points into his card to be exiled of uthodurn for life. to be fair, they town doesnt deserve our werewolf gnome at all
Oh god I just thought…. If the beast went to malayasmere (no idea how to spell it) does that mean the headless flying creature in the later episode is that beast
8:30, Is she actually 6'9? I've seen Aabria in heaps of things but it wasn't until that one moment in this or the episode before (I can't remember which) that I realised she is a tall queen. How tall even is 6'9? I'm 5'7 at 170cm. Is she like 2m tall?
Thank you for putting these together. I know this may sound harsh, but I don't like watching Aabria play. She's a wonderful person, but her playstyle is so chaotic and almost cringeworthy. (I have terrible taste) Plus FRIDA is such a boring character. I don't know if it's the actor's inability to improv a DnD character or if that's how he wants FRIDA to be... I just find it boring these new episodes since the party was split up. I have no quarrel or hate towards any of the actors/DM's here. I just can't stand watching them play. It's videos like this where I get these two in bite size pieces. Which is much more palatable. So, thank you. I get to enjoy these new characters with the snippits your videos provide.
"HELP ME" Chetney has quickly become my favorite character in all of this nonsense
What I also love is that although he is obviously a joke character first (or at least comedic relief), he has just enough depth to his character to be likeable, interesting, AND have an active part in this campaign. Love it.
Travis is a damn genius, I swear lol@@TheMaestro1275
Aabria Iyengar, handing out inspiration in ACOFAF for like, showing up on time "can i have advantage"
Matt Mercer, fresh off potentially killing four of his players old characters "no"
and to clarify, both are valid as fuck for it
“Did y’all bang it out?”
“Did they bang it out?”
THE AMOUNT OF TIMES IVE REPLAYED THAT
aabria joyfully announcing "im in hell :D" when she rolls a nat one is a whole mood, especially as someone who loves to play a wild magic sorcerer
"THEY'RE ALL DEAD IN HERE, MERCER! GIVE ME MY SHIT!" has gotta be one of my favorite Travis moments of all time 15:57
[9:05] Man, Fearne really does need to be talked to and checked on. She absolutely freaked when Orym died. And now she just views friendship as bad since they just 'leave'? Is sad. Like a young girl who got out to the world and is dealing with a lot of grownup emotions suddenly. Well acted at least.
Let's do a tally:
Parents - Left
Opal - Left/Stayed behind
Dorian - Left
Lord Eshteross - Dead
Planerider Ryn - Petrified (at best)
Orym - Dead once, now separated
Laudna - Died again, now separated
Chetney - a werewolf who might attack any friend under very flimsy circumstances
FCG - Gets too stressed and becomes a murder-bot indiscriminate of target
Imogen - Became so angry and scared leveled a city block, seems to be drawn to a predatory god-eater.
Beyond Orym and the Witches, her best friend is an fire elemental monkey, and then Ashton with whom their way to show affection is stealing from each other. Then you've got the Feywild beings, where friendship is just...beautifully colored chaos.
...Fearne does NOT have a positive and optimistic history of relationships.
@@ElMonoFuerte This is very true. Hadn't taken a broader look at it. But yeah, a lot of bad experiences so far.
Feels like Ashley is gearing up for her Bard's Lament blowup and it's going to absolutely SLAP.
@@ElMonoFuerte Also, Dusk showed up and was their friend and then turned out to be there specifically to get Fearne. Can't've helped.
And it's sad bc it just proves evil Fearne right in EXU. she told Fearne that they will all eventually leave and it's going to hurt. 🥺😭
Aabria, Sam, and Travis are those three kids in the classroom a teacher intentionally make a seating chart for and NEVER puts them together. That said...I cannot wait for a Cerrit/Kier mention in all this so that EXU/EXC start to come full circle.
5:53 when Aabria the Imodna shipper gives Imogen the 😧face when she finally reveals how stressed she is about the potential for magic to take Laudna away again 👀
FCG, Chet, Fearne, and Imogen (Jesus Christ I almost called her Laudna ) all pointing at each other like the Spiderman meme during the "Can be a menace to yourself or others" conversation
Ashley Johnson is a blessing and must be protected at all costs
Ashley Johnson failing at the simplest math is my spirit animal.
Christian catches so many of the little jokes and things, it's wonderful XD
Okay but the way that Travis's face kinda matches Grog's face on his shirt at 7:55 pushed my laughs into full-on can't breathe territory
8:50 I about died of cuteness when this moment happened. I couldn't hear what they were saying when I watched the ep and it took me a minute to remember Aabria was originally mister but when I figured out the gist of what was going on I got hit with nostalgia for EXU.
Travis's Molaesmyr reaction was quite similar to mine. "AHH the gang wouldn't know but I know and they know and AHH I HATE INFO I KNOW BUT SHOULDN'T!"
I don’t think it’s a stretch that Chetney would know the name. He was in the Savalierwood when he got bitten right?
I don't know if you can describe a silent laugh as contagious, but if you can, Travis at 7:48 would fit the description
Absolutely cuz I immediately cracked up when he did 😂
the way he gets so excited about applebees too
Same moment, but look at his t-shirt, that made it even more funny!
@@blood_beard1479 omg thank you for pointing that out I’m dying 😂
As soon as Sam said "the Power of Friendship," I immediately screamed, "Heart of the Cards"
Fcg would definitely draw a smile across their hands.
In case anyone needed the pop culture explanation for the songs from "it must be nice" bit:
"Washington On Your Side" from the musical Hamilton, "Faith" by George Michael, and "Blame It on the Rain" by Milli Vanilli. The latter has nothing in common lyrically with the first two.
The fresh energy that guest players bring into the mix just can’t be beat. I’m loving this visit to Uthodurn!
Matt doing an ad read as Xandis was amazing too! 😅
And power of friendship strikes again, woo!
Fun fact: i only listened to this episode before now. I thought that in Sam's ad, he just went off frame while his mic was still on. I had no idea the camera followed him all through the studio lmao.
Our greatest weapon is the power of Friendship. Friendship, and also the element of surprise. Two! Our two weapons are friendship, surprise, and a great capacity for chaos.
13:41 -- "SHIT, HE'S RIGHT."
I died.
Everybody miss the True Lies reference that Travis made but I died immediately as soon as he said it
he should've snuck in an arnie accent, see if anybody picks up on it haha
What time does he say it
When was that?
@@violent___serenity 'but they were all bad'
8:55 omg I didn’t catch that before 🥹 Aabria looks so proud
Those were the definition of happy DM noises
This episode made me legit want to cry it was just so sweet. This episode was such a delight
Travis's reactions to Ashley are my favorite!
Been waiting for this for a week... Thanks for all your efforts, really love these recaps.
Thanks, Gunny! 😃 The party leading the beast out is WAY more badass than emerging with its head or anything of that nature. I miss the rest of the gang but this is one of my favorite episodes of this campaign. ❤🧡💛💚💙💜
Travis/Chetney: "Yeah but they were all bad." TRUE LIES, THAT'S A TRUE LIES REFERENCE!!!
‘You could be a menace to yourself and others’ hate to break it to you fcg but I think that’s chetney’s whole character
Okay, I'm like 12 episodes behind at this point, but seeing from this thumbnail I *need* to catch up pronto
Thank you so much again for doing these. If it weren't for you I would have no idea what the fudge was going on having not been able to watch every week. You rock!
I'm glad I'm not the only one who is wary about Moppo. Sam is drawing wayyy too much attention to that shifty little guy.
He has struck...
The Power of Friendship really should have been the actual episode title
travis did not think about the moral implications of being a werewolf
When there is no Critical Role episode. This is my saving grace.
I love The Mountain Goats and I'm very pleased you mentioned them in that early section. :D
Looking forward to another great recap, thanks marisharaygun!
@marisharaygun you making best CR highlight's, plese keep going and never stop
4:26
Well, they do have a song called 'Werewolf Gimmick'.
14:55 Christian has a Great Dane?! Does he RIDE it?
i love how chetney is slowly adding more points into his card to be exiled of uthodurn for life. to be fair, they town doesnt deserve our werewolf gnome at all
I love these so much. You're awesome!!
7:50 omg Travis and Aariba just losing it is the funniest shit.
I can't wait to meet the taurus further into the campaign
so many great moments, omg FCG telling Chet to get under control or he could be a menace to them lmao like same to you FCG haha
Travis losing it at anything Ashley does as Fearne kills me XD He's still surprised at how truly unhinged both Ashley and Fearne can be.
As always getting the highlights and small things I missed.
It would appear I clicked youtube at exactly the right moment, 7s ago MRG posts a video \o/
Bro if the dispel wave hit wildmount, what happened to the Ceberus Assembly’s Arkham Asylum??? Trent?????
I was thinking more Uko'toa's prison
Also Travis brought up last episode about things like the Horn of Orcus from the very beginning of Campaign 1
Applebee's Solstice 😂😂😂😂☠️
i love frida sm they're so loving :')
Christian is so pretty, I can't.
Highlight of my week
0:20 Marisa looks so fucking buff 💪
All the feels in this one. This lil side group is just what we need right now.
FRIENDAAAAAAAA😭😭😭😭lmao ok i giggled
It’s funny that she said applebee solstice, cause they delt with a werewolf and not a were-cougar.
Looking back, they did meet a were-jaguar…..close enough
God Matt is o so good at acting out the characters and creatures …
Travis is losing it, whoever plays the chaotic characters does, Scanlan, Jester and now Chet
Travis and Aabria need to ALWAYS sit next to each other they are the best!!!!
Will never not watch these.
Marisha’s arms 😻😻😍🥰😍😍😍🎉❤🎉🎉🎉
Oh god I just thought…. If the beast went to malayasmere (no idea how to spell it) does that mean the headless flying creature in the later episode is that beast
After Aabria did the thing at 4:10 I realized I’m not the only person who does this
It's about time!!
8:30, Is she actually 6'9? I've seen Aabria in heaps of things but it wasn't until that one moment in this or the episode before (I can't remember which) that I realised she is a tall queen. How tall even is 6'9? I'm 5'7 at 170cm. Is she like 2m tall?
she's not actually 6'9", but she is about 6 feet tall, which i guess is 1.83m. she's very tall for a woman, but 6'9" would be kind of absurd lmao
@@marisharaygun Oh. My bad. Thank you very much for explaining!
My favorite travis says thare all dead in hear give me my shit mercer
Thank you for putting these together. I know this may sound harsh, but I don't like watching Aabria play. She's a wonderful person, but her playstyle is so chaotic and almost cringeworthy. (I have terrible taste) Plus FRIDA is such a boring character. I don't know if it's the actor's inability to improv a DnD character or if that's how he wants FRIDA to be... I just find it boring these new episodes since the party was split up. I have no quarrel or hate towards any of the actors/DM's here. I just can't stand watching them play. It's videos like this where I get these two in bite size pieces. Which is much more palatable.
So, thank you. I get to enjoy these new characters with the snippits your videos provide.
@marisharaygun Thank you so much. As always, excellent work. Much love. :)