Percy: "Kevdak... er, Zanror... I'm sorry, you all look vaguely the same to me, I'm so sorry." Everyone: "Oooooooooh!!!" Vax: "Except for this one" /points at Grog/ Percy: "No, he's got the beard. And the ability to kill me in my sleep." Another swift recovery by Percy... :)
@@nidohogg4783 Thanks lol :) I made so many comments on Critical Role when I was binging and now I've gotten discussion replies on a few of them recently and people are like debating things and I'm like "I have no idea what this was even about anymore" haha. Also I didn't realize my comment was doing so well on likes! Anyways maybe one of these days I'll get back to watching CritRole; I never did finish the first campaign. I think I left them somewhere in the Feywild, woops.
@@ladyalfhildrforestofvioletmist As someone who's catching up on campaign 1 before the animated series comes out and who's seen campaign 2 I think it's worth it to finish the binge! Also if you want to start fresh campaign 3 is starting October 21st this year and the animated series is February 4th next year.
The funny thing about Napoleon is that in real life he was 5'5" or 5'6", meaning he was quite tall for his time period. However, having been born on Corsica, and just weeks after it was annexed by France, he was treated as an outsider and foreigner by his fellow soldiers, in no small part due to his thick Corsica accent. So yes, Napoleon could be said as having a "Little Man" complex, just not in a literal sense.
'How terrible a person am I?' I'm glad Percy's feeling at least a /little/ guilty about giving a SPEAKING SWORD to Grog. Poor old Grog, he's gonna check all his weapons from now on lol
Also, I noticed earlier, but I like that Liam's keeping with the raven-themed shirts. I'm curious to see how long he can go - surely the average person owns zero raven shirts? He's already two above average!
"I'm a unique, little snowflake. I take no offense." - Grog "Well, I find you charming." - Percival "Thank you." - Grog I wish my own party had this sort of dynamic, ha!
Lol I just have a half elf ranger who won't stop taking my stuff coz apparently I can't go a fight without loosing my sword even with the returning enchantment. I've cast command on them more times than I've used smite.
Aidan Wedgbury I am so sorry about your group, that just seems like toxic playing then dynamic. Do you guys have fun with it? That’s the most important thing at the end of the day
I wish so, too. Me and the bard come up with clever but risky solutions to things and then get lectured by another party member even if it went perfectly well. Every session.
@@randomlygeneratedname an angry dwarf keeps threatening to turn my homebrew tree race character into s bench, at first it was funny, now it’s repetitive.
@@MarcSola7 First Vax tells Keyleth he's in love with her and Marisha sinks in her chair, then Scanlan asks for permission to marry Pike and Ashley hides in embarrassment
repost so you dont have to scroll 04:45 - Liam's Gift 08:48 - Part 1 begins 18:38 - vox machina deception 28:40 - awww pike 30:45 - "you do knock so strong" 31:10 - the real reason pike fails stealth checks 35:20 - Wilhand Trickfoot 35:50 - reunion (it warms my heart to see how different Grog's herd was to the home he had with Wilhand and Pike) 42:20 - these gnomes can handle anything 44:20 - scanlans best wingman (49:25 - wilhand coming in strong) 45:00 - AT DAWN, WE PLAN! 49:09 - "He has a mansion" 50:13 - Scanlan sings a song to create his mansion [base on Madness - Our House] 50:50 - the question!!!!! 54:27 - percy how could you say that 1:08:30 - A Gift for Trinket 1:11:00 - Twins Being Twins 1:16:54 - "I am equally as scrawny!" 1:45:40 - Awaken, Fassbender 2:00:06 - End of part 1 2:13:23 - Part 2 begins 2:15:48 - rogues aren't rangers, Scanlan 2:24:37 - Scanlan and Vax 2:25:00 - Scanlan is the ultimate rper. 2:26:57 - Lauras Fassbender comment and Travis replies with "Alright, calm down woman" 2:27:30 - Naming Things 2:44:27 - Pike becomes a monstaaah. 2:51:30 - "When shit goes down, we wait." 2:52:55 - Scanlan's Opertune Moment??? 2:56:05 - Wilhand's Cooking 3:01:36 - (You're welcome) 3:02:00 - 3:07:00 Is the best Pike/Scanlan interaction ever. Talisen Jaffe's face throughout is just joy... 3:03:38 - everybody outside of character must know what that letter says cause they are barely containing themselves. :) 3:13:30 - Grog bear herd 3:27:06 - only big men talk big big words and only fails in the battle fields. 3:35:50 - Part 2 ends
Thank you Kyshakk for compiling it all. Unbelievable that there's no good time stamps within the first page of comments. 04:45 - Liam's Gift 08:48 - Part 1 begins 18:38 - vox machina deception 28:40 - awww pike 30:45 - "you do knock so strong" 31:10 - the real reason pike fails stealth checks 35:20 - Wilhand Trickfoot 35:50 - reunion (it warms my heart to see how different Grog's herd was to the home he had with Wilhand and Pike) 42:20 - these gnomes can handle anything 44:20 - scanlans best wingman (49:25 - wilhand coming in strong) 45:00 - AT DAWN, WE PLAN! 49:09 - "He has a mansion" 50:13 - Scanlan sings a song to create his mansion [base on Madness - Our House] 50:50 - the question!!!!! 54:27 - percy how could you say that 1:08:30 - A Gift for Trinket 1:11:00 - Twins Being Twins 1:16:54 - "I am equally as scrawny!" 1:45:40 - Awaken, Fassbender 2:00:06 - End of part 1 2:13:23 - Part 2 begins 2:15:48 - rogues aren't rangers, Scanlan 2:24:37 - Scanlan and Vax 2:25:00 - Scanlan is the ultimate rper. 2:26:57 - Lauras Fassbender comment and Travis replies with "Alright, calm down woman" 2:27:30 - Naming Things 2:44:27 - Pike becomes a monstaaah. 2:51:30 - "When shit goes down, we wait." 2:52:55 - Scanlan's Opertune Moment??? 2:56:05 - Wilhand's Cooking 3:01:36 - (You're welcome) 3:02:00 - 3:07:00 Is the best Pike/Scanlan interaction ever. Talisen Jaffe's face throughout is just joy... 3:03:38 - everybody outside of character must know what that letter says cause they are barely containing themselves. :) 3:13:30 - Grog bear herd 3:27:06 - only big men talk big big words and only fails in the battle fields. 3:35:50 - Part 2 ends
Already watched the second season for a second time and doing the same to the first campaign now! Thank you, Critical Role, for allowing me to keep some semblance of sanity in these hard times.
Mercer the merciful... I would've taken the opportunity to turn the blade as deep and as hard as I possibly could, queue all the violins in the London Orchestra's worth, on the hope that this would make Vox Machina act a little bit less like Murder Hobos in the future. I'd milk it for at least half an hour... child crying on the ashes of his parents, whole village in mourning, grandmother suffering an incurable stroke after getting the news... VM could really use a bit of shaming
Jyygylag It didn’t have be a 30 minute production, but I probably would have had him say “They were on the other side of the square. I don’t know what happened but I saw an explosion. Are they.. are they still alive?”. I think the realization they had killed his parents and then resurrected a now orphaned child is enough of a lesson. They could give him some gold and leave him with an official - it doesn’t have to be a huge production. They do walk the line a bit but this the first time one of them blatantly shrugged off the value of an innocent bystander.
The fun part of a DM is if you remember something mid-way through something. You can make some funny moments of stupidity. Ex: I was fumbling over what distance from town my players were gonna go. I said 5 miles as a guard giving them the job. Then we realized they should be more like 20 miles out of town. So it turned into a dumb guard that doesn't know distance
and even though they just had an encounter with an evil artifact that almost killed a party member she almost instantly allowed something uknown to gain direct access to her brain. IQ 0
@@leahsander5490 I totally agree. But Keyleth has always been the one to have negative opinions of "bargains" other team members have had with weird artifacts. Percy with his gun, Grog with his sword. So her willingness to leap at that temptation when it's her turn is kind of hypocritic.
Sometimes you just need to rewatch a funny bit like 10 times to witness the full progress of Liam and Laura collapsing on each other in one corner of the screen and Taliesin and Marisha collapsing on each other in the other
Truly, sometimes the brooding rogue gets a little tiresome, but then the happy-go-lucky greedy Ranger that wants to be like her big brother (the roguey parts, not the broody parts) alleviates the depression by either doing something rogue-ish better than him, or way, way worse than him!
Seriously, when he calls apart.. OH MY GOD TOO BAD VICTOR DIDNT SURVIVE THE VECNA ATTACK HE HE WENT OUT A HERO THOUGH!!! Oh my God if they ever get out of this stuff Vax should MAKE HIM THE CHAMPION 😜😜😜😜😜😂
True. And now I want a scene where Grog picks up both Pike and Scanlan while they're running away and while they're hanging under his arms they just start an awkward conversation about their relationship.
from a story standpoint they kinda are. Matt mentioned during the Briarwood Arc, when Pikes "Celestial Form" was introduced, that during childhood Grog carried Pike on his shoulders and knew how much she weighted. And many a times has there been "childhood friend" etc etc. so, there about as close as brother and sister one can get without being blood related (imo) and if it ever came down to it, imo, if they were forced to choose between VM or the other, im 99.8% certain they'd choose the other
I love watching Matt's reaction during the Pike and Scanlan scene. I'm just so impressed by their improv and ability as actors. That they can make even the DM, who created the world, nearly cry with laughter is so incredible. Like, Matt has chuckled and laughed before at some good in-character moments (a lot of Scanlan stuff), but this was really special. Sam and Ashley are such a good comedy duo.
1:16:55 Vex: You're pretty heavy. Vax: I'm lighter than you. Vex: *horrified gasp* Matt: *surprised Pikachu face* Travis: Oh Jesus God... Vex: That's nothing to brag about, Scrawny! Vax: Look at my constitution! It's very low... Vex: Minus two! (Or "Mine is too!" Idk they both make sense) Vax: Oh, twins! That entire exchange is absolute gold. 💀
The subtitles are a life saver and greatly appreciated. Thank you to whichever person put their time into them. Nonetheless, I can't help but desperately want captions of the perfect quiet quips between percy and keyleth's side conversations. Underated and one of my favourite friend-ships.
That whole exchange was absolutely brilliant. I watched three times each time watching a different group react. The other cast members reactions are often better than the main players !!
Oh god. I can't stop watching these. It's been almost a month since I started. I watch it at work, I watch it every morning while I have breakfast, I watch it before sleep, I watch it when I *should* sleep instead. And there are still freaking 3 years of catching up. It's awesome and anguishing to think the amount of episodes that only grows after every week. Goddamn, it even hurts my soul when I hear them talking about limited stuff.
You're averaging about what I did when I was binging to catch up back in the day (75 eps in 3 weeks), while the show is only 4-5 eps a month at most, so you'll be caught up before you know it. If it makes you feel any better, those of us who are caught up are facing the drought of the holiday breaks fast approaching (Thanksgiving week in late November, followed by 3 weeks from mid-December to early January), while you'll most likely still have new material to watch.
@@Aetheria60 hey thanks, now I kinda know how long until I catch up. I feel you, while it sucks to be watching stuff that's from 3 years ago, I'm also trying to enjoy it as much as I can, definitely not anxious to waiting for an episode after a cliffhanger, with holidays and all kinds of events to delay it. Can't wait until the next opening too tough
I started my journey to catch up to campaign 3 a month ago and I feel the exact same way. I’ve watched nothing else for the last month. I listen to it while I get ready, while I’m at work, and while I rest at night. I’m sad it took me this long to find this wonderful show and community.
man.. I saw this comment before that part and I though "okay, that sounds like Scanlan, that's normal". How shocked I was when it finally came up hahaha
Not all twins look alike. There are two types of twins, identical (look alike) and fraternal (don't look alike but share the same DNA). Laura and Liam are not actually related though.
1:12:11 Vox Machina: "If only there were a way to set a trap for this Dragon that we know will be arriving at one very specific location..." Matt: "You encounter a *GLYPH OF WARDING* as you try to descend the stairs." VM: "If only there were a way..."
Seriously, every time Matt does a kid's voice for an NPC, I die inside. He murders me with the cute. When Matt characterises kids, I just want to curl up in a ball and cry because it's so heartwarming. ALL THE FEELS.
Keyleth: "Step forward." Golem: goes to do that, naturally being intimidating Also Golem: immediately falls flat on its face Vex, while laughing: "He looked like a *moron* "
I love that the "Forearms like Popeye." "Years of use." exchange registered with the guys INSTANTLY and you can see the realization spread through the ladies five seconds later.
@@riccardoguidolin6085 If you ever want a timestamp for a quote in the video, the "Keyword Search in TH-cam Video" plug-in for Chrome let's you find anything if there are subtitles. If you click on the results, it takes you to the timestamp.
Two things I took away from the infamous Scanlan/Pike scene. -While at this point Sam is a proved RPer, I barely had any notice how good Ashley was...until now. With her gone for work so much, she barely got the time to do anything or grow Pike. This however....holy shitballs on a bagel, she just owned this scene AND destroyed everyone else not named Matt. Talisen almost died there! The woman nearly murdered him! He looked like he was having a heart attack, he was laughing so hard. -Matt Godsdamned Mercer. How in the Nine Hells he was able to keep control of himself and manage the group so they don't talk or laugh too loud over that scene I will never know. I could see him getting redder by the second trying not to burst out laughing, but he kept his cool and warned the others to keep it down so we could hear every awkward sentence. It was more impressive than the 3,817 voices he has invented for characters.
At dawn we we schedule a tentative session to get feedback for the best time to set a meeting to set a time table for discussions on the plan of attack
@@leavy Reminds me of when I was in the army. We'd have a briefing in the morning about the briefing we'd have in the afternoon, which was to brief us about what tomorrow's briefing would brief us on.
I request that we hold a meeting to decide upon the venue for a meeting whereupon we will decide whether the choice of meeting is indeed one which the majority agrees upon. At which time, depending on the outcome and the venue decided, we will either set a time to discuss results, or we will have lunch before doing setting the previously mentioned time to discuss results.
I love how outraged the party got when the other tribe announces they're abandoning the fight that Vox Machina themselves agreed they would also abandon, to the point where Vox Machina just kind of gives up on their plan to run. It's like Zanror and Ivon set the whole thing up to guilt them into staying. :-)
I think the plan was to run if they couldn't convince Zanror to delay the attack and give them a little more time to plan something, which they managed to do.
@@ajerqureshi6411 No, the party's plan was to abandon the Herd. Worse than that, it was to make the Herd think they'd help, not show up, and hope the Herd gets wiped out. A really low, underhanded move. Thus Grog's earlier "before you feel bad, these people are murderers, child killers, and rapists -- the worst of the lot." It was honestly kind of amazing how suddenly the party were the cowardly traitors, and this NPC Herd were the ones risking their lives to take down a dragon.
That may be the case, but the 4th wall breaks add to the dynamic. Yet I haven't watched campaign 2 yet, but I 3xpect Tharzidun to be a major 4th breaker given his nature as a chaotic evil god.
I L-O-V-E LOVE Willhand. Also, it's taken me multiple episodes to realize this, but... When Vex was dead, Vax said "Take me instead". He was saying as in "take my life instead", but the Raven Queen took it differently. She didn't take his life, but instead took _him_ as her champion. Basically, I knew all of this info already separately, but piecing them together gives a more impactful picture.
Good observation there :) And it ties into how Vax wears the armor of the Raven Queen's champion as his Vestige of Divergence, as well as what else is to come for him, and also shows Matt's amazing skills as a DM and storybuilder!
I love that the underlying joke the *entire* episode is mocking the idea of "At dawn, we plan!" only to LITERALLY plan at dawn. Laura calling it out was amazing!
Firstly, I love all the passive aggressive banter between Vax and Vex in this episode. Secondly, I feel a huge opportunity was missed while Percy was under the effects of the Slow spell. Someone really should've asked him to recite his full name at that time.
Vox Machina: "Okay, I think that's all for today. I think we should rest." Percy: "... thhhheee... .... .... thhhhhiii--" Vox Machina: "Percy's almost done as well, perfect timing." Percy: "--iiiiiiiirrrrrrrrrrrrrrr... d."
I'm DYING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!MY ABS HURT MY VOCAL CORDS HURT!🤣🤣🤣2🤣🤣2🤣3 THAT WAS AN ORGASM OF LAUGHTER!!!! IM SORRY ...THE SLOW!!!!! OH SWEET PELOR KEEP HAVING A sinking feeling that there's going to be a mini shot.... Thank you even if that was a year ago I hope you see the absolute joy it brought me. I have a vivid imagination and saw the entire thing and it was BRILLIANT!!!!!
I'm DYING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!MY ABS HURT MY VOCAL CORDS HURT!🤣🤣🤣2🤣🤣2🤣3 THAT WAS AN ORGASM OF LAUGHTER!!!! IM SORRY ...THE SLOW!!!!! OH SWEET PELOR KEEP HAVING A sinking feeling that there's going to be a mini shot.... Thank you even if that was a year ago I hope you see the absolute joy it brought me. I have a vivid imagination and saw the entire thing and it was BRILLIANT!!!!! You. Just got me at the right time. I really REALLY needed that laugh
04:45 - Liam's Gift 08:48 - Part 1 begins 18:38 - vox machina deception 28:40 - awww pike 30:45 - "you do knock so strong" 31:10 - the real reason pike fails stealth checks 35:20 - Wilhand Trickfoot 35:50 - reunion (it warms my heart to see how different Grog's herd was to the home he had with Wilhand and Pike) 42:20 - these gnomes can handle anything 44:20 - scanlans best wingman (49:25 - wilhand coming in strong) 45:00 - AT DAWN, WE PLAN! 49:09 - "He has a mansion" 50:13 - Scanlan sings a song to create his mansion [base on Madness - Our House] 50:50 - the question!!!!! 54:27 - percy how could you say that 1:08:30 - A Gift for Trinket 1:11:00 - Twins Being Twins 1:16:54 - "I am equally as scrawny!" 1:41:49 - Windows 10 update 1:45:40 - Awaken, Fassbender 2:00:06 - End of part 1 2:13:23 - Part 2 begins 2:15:48 - rogues aren't rangers, Scanlan 2:17:29 - Travis catches the joke 2:24:37 - Scanlan and Vax 2:25:00 - Scanlan is the ultimate rper. 2:26:57 - Lauras Fassbender comment and Travis replies with "Alright, calm down woman" 2:27:30 - Naming Things 2:44:27 - Pike becomes a monstaaah. 2:51:30 - "When shit goes down, we wait." 2:52:55 - Scanlan's Opertune Moment??? 2:56:05 - Wilhand's Cooking 3:01:36 - (You're welcome) 3:02:00 - 3:07:00 Is the best Pike/Scanlan interaction ever. Talisen Jaffe's face throughout is just joy... 3:03:38 - everybody outside of character must know what that letter says cause they are barely containing themselves. :) 3:13:30 - Grog bear herd 3:27:06 - only big men talk big big words and only fails in the battle fields. 3:35:50 - Part 2 ends
The banter between the members of Vox Machina is just superbly amusing this episode. Particularly the twins steal the spotlight, so natural, you'd think Liam and Laura are actually brother and sister. Loving the RP.
When you rp a campaign for so long it becomes very real. I bet even out of game they feel somewhat like brother and sister. The connections that can me made through dnd are beautiful
I love how all the actors just are their characters at this point. Scanlan asks Pike to marry him: Pike gets flustered Keyleth doesn't know what to do with herself Vex's jaw drops Vax facepalms Grog laughs And Percy is just utterly unimpressed.
Scanlan is honestly the most insightful and clever character remaining in the cast, and the player is probably the best of making full use of his character as well. He jokes a lot, but he really does deserve to be the leader. And that confession on killing the civilians- he's the first person to actually self reflect on his own actions
With Tibs gone, I think you're quite right. I think Grog would also be a really clever character if his intelligence wasn't so shit, considering how smart Travis seems to be.
FoolishAnonymous I kind of want Grog to go down in battle, cause I really want Travis to play a smart character. When he gets the chance to play "battle smartened" grog its so fucking compelling
I loved that Sam was sitting there saying, “Don’t we have a way to detect magical items?”, looking at Marisha, clearly remembering the Hunk of Quall, and absolutely refusing to say anything more. He was definitely enjoying watching the struggle!
keyleth: "aww look, they're doing it together! awww. so cute." percy: "it's adorable, isn't it?" i'm OBSESSED with keyleth and percy lovingly teasing the twins. i hardcore ship keyleth w vax AND vex w percy, so i'm imagining the two just standing back, huddling together and giggling to themselves as they watch their significant others bicker their way through obstacles. really hoping percy and vex end up becoming canon because my GOD would percy and keyleth's dynamic be incredible.
3:01:20 The Scanlan and Pike conversation that nearly killed me XD That and Taliesin build-up reaction from wide eyes to small chuckle to complete destruction of body and soul.
Johnny Five No way, I love watching their reactions way too much XD For me, half of the fun is watching them react to Matt's narration and other people's roleplaying. For example, I love how much Travis loves Sam's improv songs.
Okay, that Scanlan and Pike interaction was amazing, and not even for the belly full of laughs it gave me. It really felt like it was PIKE and SCANLAN talking, not Sam snd Ashley. And it makes it better that Scanlan was being 100% real and honest during that conversation, from babbling incoherently, to flustered embarrassment, to confused hair pulling, that was probably the best little segment in the entire episode. But man, poor Scanlan. Pike really put the poir Gnome on a rollercoaster there. X,D
I really appreciate the fact that they had to manually figure out how to control the golem. It's kinda refreshing to see that when most times attuning to an object will just tell you most of how it works, which is far from immersive
That was the single best most horribly handled trainwreck of a conversation between Pike and Scanlan i have ever heard in my entire life, i watched it like 300 times, not kidding, holy shit
Hello! I somehow (due to Smosh) found Critical Role sometime this spring right as quarantine started, and I haven't been able to stop watching. I finally caught up to the latest episode of campaign two, so now I'm making my way through this one! Happy watching!
Percy: “I could try MY Dispel Magic spell” Scanlan: “What’s that?” Percy: “It’s a bullet. I shoot it until it doesn’t work anymore” I swear, Percy is so underrated
Oh, both Percy and Taliesin have a small but dedicated army of followers. (I am one of them) (this is also a particularly funny quote in light of a recent C3 event on which I will not elaborate!)
Short & to the point, Percy speaks when it matters. One of my favorite characters. His main story starts at the very beginning, but he remains and is still consistently active throughout the entire campaign.
How is Percy underrated when he’s one of the most popular characters in C1? On reddit posts about fave characters, it’s usually a toss-up between him, Grog, and Scanlan. On AO3, he’s the most popular C1 character (number of stories he’s tagged in). And he’s one-half of what is frequently cited as the best CR couple (Perc’ahlia).
02:24:19 for people who are re-watching and are aware of the "what's my mother's name" scene, I just want to stop and appreciate that Vax did ask Scanlon about something personal to his life here and invited him to open up
I'm disappointed she gets rewarded for being a jerk player. It's their game, their friendship. They certainly don't need my approval, but I feel nothing but contempt for Vex. I don't hate Laura, but I absolutely loathe players who do what she did. It took awhile, but I learned I don't have to put up with it in games I play. If I have to quit a game because of it I will. I've done so.
@@GeraldKatzI understand what you mean and I think the same, but in this specific case it is a bit different since Chadwick’s character was meant to be a one shot character who wasn’t meant to be a reoccurring character. And Idk why but I have a feeling that Matt put the broom there on purpose so that Laura will stop trying to re-enchante the carpet
I know right he can’t be too emo around his sister, she knows him too well. Idk if Liam consciously plays him differently when he’s just interacting with Vex, or if it just comes naturally without second thought, but it’s so wholesome either way
2:53:10 Just pause the video at this moment and look at each person's reaction. Every individual's body language and facial expression right here just perfectly encapsulates each player's personality so well, both in-character and out. I love it! XD
Liam and Laura are pure genius together, Grog and Pike are pure cuteness. And the absolute best in this episode was how Pike and Scanlan played off of each other. Their confused relationship is too damn cute.
With Pike and Scanlan, I think it has something to do with the fact that their players are boyfriend and girlfriend in real life. I think they want to bring that aspect to the game, but roleplaywise it wouldn't make sense with the type of characters they have.
@@richiewitcher4456 Sam was (and still is) already married to someone else and had had at least one child with his wife at this point. I don’t know what Ashley’s relationship status was at the time, but they were definitely not together irl (you can very clearly see Sam’s wedding ring throughout the series). Sam just had Scanlan latch onto Pike as the only other gnome in the group, Ashley played into it for comedy’s sake, and then Kaylie happened and forced Sam to start taking his character more seriously, and that included his feelings for/relationship with Pike. Sam and Ashley play off each other so well because they’re good friends and have been playing these characters for years. Pike and Scanlan are adorable because their relationship roleplay-wise was a fairly reasonable slow burn (for a given value of “slow” on Scanlan’s end at any rate), it involved a lot of individual personal growth for both of them, and also the inherent cuteness of them both being gnomes. I personally think it ended up making plenty sense. If you want real examples of actor relationships being brought to the table, look no further than Campaign 2, with Sam’s and Liam’s characters having a very close platonic relationship from the get-go and Laura’s character having such an interest in Travis (her irl husband)’s character.
@@richiewitcher4456 Not a problem! No need to apologize. In total fairness, these guys (all of them) do tend to go so hard into the character roleplay that it can be difficult to tell the difference sometimes. Ashley’s reaction to Scanlan’s letter back in Episode 50 really says it all, but other party relationships end up acted out so convincingly it’s easy to forget that, for example, Laura and Liam aren’t actually siblings and Ashley and Travis aren’t lifelong grew-up-together best buddies, because their respective roleplays of Vex and Vax’s twinship and Pike and Grog’s friendship are just so _natural._ I love watching these guys 😁
Grog: "Uh, yeah, we're under new management. There's gonna be some changes around here. Foooor the better. (smile)" I *genuinely* expected a wink and a "ding" sound effect. XD
i love how Scan brings the wrong twin, and just everybody having all those unique interactions is always fun to watch. Also what happened to the Westrunn branch of The Clasp?
Matt: FWOOOOSH! You guys watch as a jet of flame jettisons out from the staircase... Percy: I want to live here. Keyleth: Who *is* this guy? Percy: I don't know, but I suddenly like him. Keyleth: You scare me... I love them both so much :) And I know it's weird but I _do_ think Percy and Keyleth would make an adorable couple.
Percy: Double-check the bedroom for safes or things behind paintings or maybe something-- Vex: I'm sorry, who's talking, who is this? Percy: It's the voice of reason coming from downstairs. Vax: Is it though? Is it really? Percy: I know, I'm just as depressed that it is as you are!
Percy: "Kevdak... er, Zanror... I'm sorry, you all look vaguely the same to me, I'm so sorry."
Everyone: "Oooooooooh!!!"
Vax: "Except for this one" /points at Grog/
Percy: "No, he's got the beard. And the ability to kill me in my sleep."
Another swift recovery by Percy... :)
Literally read your comment as it was being said, that was magical.
I'm just replying to remind you of a comment you made 3 years ago
@@nidohogg4783 Thanks lol :) I made so many comments on Critical Role when I was binging and now I've gotten discussion replies on a few of them recently and people are like debating things and I'm like "I have no idea what this was even about anymore" haha. Also I didn't realize my comment was doing so well on likes! Anyways maybe one of these days I'll get back to watching CritRole; I never did finish the first campaign. I think I left them somewhere in the Feywild, woops.
I must have missed that I need a timestamp XD
@@ladyalfhildrforestofvioletmist As someone who's catching up on campaign 1 before the animated series comes out and who's seen campaign 2 I think it's worth it to finish the binge! Also if you want to start fresh campaign 3 is starting October 21st this year and the animated series is February 4th next year.
"A rare ray of sunshine from the DM."
"... Don't poke him."
Most underrated joke this session:
Scanlan: "I DO have a Napoleon complex!"
Percy: "Oh yes I've seen it, it's huge."
And cube shaped!
For the first time, I caught Grog saying Napoléon was à terrible elf from the West.
Kaarel Nõmmela I thought he said “cube”
Steve Napoleon?
The funny thing about Napoleon is that in real life he was 5'5" or 5'6", meaning he was quite tall for his time period. However, having been born on Corsica, and just weeks after it was annexed by France, he was treated as an outsider and foreigner by his fellow soldiers, in no small part due to his thick Corsica accent. So yes, Napoleon could be said as having a "Little Man" complex, just not in a literal sense.
'I'm sorry, who's this speaking right now?'
'It's the voice of reason, coming from downstairs.'
I love Percy.
Oh, no. Of all the spells Fassbender could have known, SLOW? Poor old witty Percival!
'How terrible a person am I?'
I'm glad Percy's feeling at least a /little/ guilty about giving a SPEAKING SWORD to Grog. Poor old Grog, he's gonna check all his weapons from now on lol
Also, I noticed earlier, but I like that Liam's keeping with the raven-themed shirts. I'm curious to see how long he can go - surely the average person owns zero raven shirts? He's already two above average!
Grog's speech about having no qualms leaving the Herd to die on a foolish dragon-killing expedition was... quite something.
Vax using his stealthy abilities to 'nope' out of awkward social things is a big ol' mood
Scanlan: Well, I'm not a ranger like you.
Vax: ... There is no ranger like me.
Ded
I started reading this the moment that part came on, luckiest man alive.
Vax isn't a ranger hes a rogue. His sister VEX is a ranger though...
@@joemcwhorter4770 Vax was joking at that point.
And either way, he's right. There is no ranger that is an assassin like Vax....
@@FurbGurger likewise
Taliesin's edgelord-y indignation over someone else coming up with a "robot" before he did just made my day.
Literally turns into a little kid lol
Scanlan: "You were gonna build a robot?"
Percy: "It doesn't even matter anymore, I don't care, it's stupid."
"I'm a unique, little snowflake. I take no offense." - Grog
"Well, I find you charming." - Percival
"Thank you." - Grog
I wish my own party had this sort of dynamic, ha!
Lol I just have a half elf ranger who won't stop taking my stuff coz apparently I can't go a fight without loosing my sword even with the returning enchantment. I've cast command on them more times than I've used smite.
Aidan Wedgbury I am so sorry about your group, that just seems like toxic playing then dynamic. Do you guys have fun with it? That’s the most important thing at the end of the day
I wish so, too. Me and the bard come up with clever but risky solutions to things and then get lectured by another party member even if it went perfectly well. Every session.
@@randomlygeneratedname an angry dwarf keeps threatening to turn my homebrew tree race character into s bench, at first it was funny, now it’s repetitive.
Timestamp?
“You’re of marrying age, young Pike.”
MATT SHIPS IT.
And then when Scanlan asks Wilhand for permission to wed Pike at 50:50 hilarity ensues.
Matt's face at 2:53:00 tho 😂 (and the next 15 seconds)
@@MarcSola7 First Vax tells Keyleth he's in love with her and Marisha sinks in her chair, then Scanlan asks for permission to marry Pike and Ashley hides in embarrassment
2:53:09 his fucking face xD
Yes, Matt may ship it, but more likely Matt just loves introducing chaos to the group more than Jester does.
DM: At the bottom at the chest you see a single brass-colored key.
Vex: It's a key
Vax: That's right you're smart
"Percy is a paranoid rich person. "
I'm laughing so hard
Always trust the paranoid rich person
Trick question. All rich people are paranoid
@@JohnYoo39 if you're not rich enough to be paranoid about it you're not rich
@@privpi nah thanks...
Percy has way to many similarities to Batman
"Is he drunk?"
"He looks like he's.....coping"
Me irl
Your uncle is a coward pike
My average response to the officer
repost so you dont have to scroll
04:45 - Liam's Gift
08:48 - Part 1 begins
18:38 - vox machina deception
28:40 - awww pike
30:45 - "you do knock so strong"
31:10 - the real reason pike fails stealth checks
35:20 - Wilhand Trickfoot
35:50 - reunion (it warms my heart to see how different Grog's herd was to the home he had with Wilhand and Pike)
42:20 - these gnomes can handle anything
44:20 - scanlans best wingman (49:25 - wilhand coming in strong)
45:00 - AT DAWN, WE PLAN!
49:09 - "He has a mansion"
50:13 - Scanlan sings a song to create his mansion [base on Madness - Our House]
50:50 - the question!!!!!
54:27 - percy how could you say that
1:08:30 - A Gift for Trinket
1:11:00 - Twins Being Twins
1:16:54 - "I am equally as scrawny!"
1:45:40 - Awaken, Fassbender
2:00:06 - End of part 1
2:13:23 - Part 2 begins
2:15:48 - rogues aren't rangers, Scanlan
2:24:37 - Scanlan and Vax
2:25:00 - Scanlan is the ultimate rper.
2:26:57 - Lauras Fassbender comment and Travis replies with "Alright, calm down woman"
2:27:30 - Naming Things
2:44:27 - Pike becomes a monstaaah.
2:51:30 - "When shit goes down, we wait."
2:52:55 - Scanlan's Opertune Moment???
2:56:05 - Wilhand's Cooking
3:01:36 - (You're welcome)
3:02:00 - 3:07:00 Is the best Pike/Scanlan interaction ever. Talisen Jaffe's face throughout is just joy...
3:03:38 - everybody outside of character must know what that letter says cause they are barely containing themselves. :)
3:13:30 - Grog bear herd
3:27:06 - only big men talk big big words and only fails in the battle fields.
3:35:50 - Part 2 ends
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"He doesn't have a mind," said Scanlan
"He has MY MIND," said Keyleth
"We're in trouble," said Scanlan
Do you have a timestamp for that? xD
Found it! 1:48:39 for anyone wondering ^^
Thank you Kyshakk for compiling it all. Unbelievable that there's no good time stamps within the first page of comments.
04:45 - Liam's Gift
08:48 - Part 1 begins
18:38 - vox machina deception
28:40 - awww pike
30:45 - "you do knock so strong"
31:10 - the real reason pike fails stealth checks
35:20 - Wilhand Trickfoot
35:50 - reunion (it warms my heart to see how different Grog's herd was to the home he had with Wilhand and Pike)
42:20 - these gnomes can handle anything
44:20 - scanlans best wingman (49:25 - wilhand coming in strong)
45:00 - AT DAWN, WE PLAN!
49:09 - "He has a mansion"
50:13 - Scanlan sings a song to create his mansion [base on Madness - Our House]
50:50 - the question!!!!!
54:27 - percy how could you say that
1:08:30 - A Gift for Trinket
1:11:00 - Twins Being Twins
1:16:54 - "I am equally as scrawny!"
1:45:40 - Awaken, Fassbender
2:00:06 - End of part 1
2:13:23 - Part 2 begins
2:15:48 - rogues aren't rangers, Scanlan
2:24:37 - Scanlan and Vax
2:25:00 - Scanlan is the ultimate rper.
2:26:57 - Lauras Fassbender comment and Travis replies with "Alright, calm down woman"
2:27:30 - Naming Things
2:44:27 - Pike becomes a monstaaah.
2:51:30 - "When shit goes down, we wait."
2:52:55 - Scanlan's Opertune Moment???
2:56:05 - Wilhand's Cooking
3:01:36 - (You're welcome)
3:02:00 - 3:07:00 Is the best Pike/Scanlan interaction ever. Talisen Jaffe's face throughout is just joy...
3:03:38 - everybody outside of character must know what that letter says cause they are barely containing themselves. :)
3:13:30 - Grog bear herd
3:27:06 - only big men talk big big words and only fails in the battle fields.
3:35:50 - Part 2 ends
Commenting to save this for future reference.
President Waldo don’t be a dummy vote Waldo
President Waldo am
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I don't know what I will do when I catch up and don't have these anymore 😭😭😭
Staying at home is sure easy when u have about 200+ of episodes to watch through.
same xD
Yeah this is my first time through it also is driving me nuts giving me so many ideas i want to but can't try yet
200+ MULTI HOUR EPISODES!!!!
Yep!
Already watched the second season for a second time and doing the same to the first campaign now! Thank you, Critical Role, for allowing me to keep some semblance of sanity in these hard times.
Mercer's Mercy: "I could've made Theodor's parents super dead, and that would be quite an experience for you, guys. But I didn't"
gjaddajg
No, it's just "Imaginary DM talk".
Yea lol he couldve totally had them b the two people that Scanlan blew the hell up just to make him feel like crap but had mercy this time
Mercer the merciful... I would've taken the opportunity to turn the blade as deep and as hard as I possibly could, queue all the violins in the London Orchestra's worth, on the hope that this would make Vox Machina act a little bit less like Murder Hobos in the future. I'd milk it for at least half an hour... child crying on the ashes of his parents, whole village in mourning, grandmother suffering an incurable stroke after getting the news... VM could really use a bit of shaming
Jyygylag It didn’t have be a 30 minute production, but I probably would have had him say “They were on the other side of the square. I don’t know what happened but I saw an explosion. Are they.. are they still alive?”. I think the realization they had killed his parents and then resurrected a now orphaned child is enough of a lesson. They could give him some gold and leave him with an official - it doesn’t have to be a huge production. They do walk the line a bit but this the first time one of them blatantly shrugged off the value of an innocent bystander.
@@robertsonjp collateral damage broski. It happens in war all the time.
18:50 "We had spaghetti for lunch" -- those are the words of a father of two children. those are the words of a man who _knows_.
This is why I love scanlan so much.
LadySumner13 That is exactly what I thought when I heard that. Quick! Cover story!
Grog: *can barely count to 5 or spell his own name*
Also Grog: *suddenly becomes Shakespeare when in persuasion mode*
His favored terrain is the Herd ;)
I like to think he's speaking in Giant
This is a fine example of comparing to each other Intelligence, Wisdom and Charisma.
Grog begins every attempt at persuasion by first persuading himself to believe he knows what all those big words mean.
I just imagine he's copying other shit he heard other people say.
"I'll get the cups!"
He opens up the cabinet and there's just shattered glass.
"...OK, no cups!"
Matt, you've set the DM bar so high!
What's the time stamp for that?
@@arcadiandynasty8830 43:20
Lol, I read this comment at the exact moment Matt said it.
The fun part of a DM is if you remember something mid-way through something. You can make some funny moments of stupidity.
Ex: I was fumbling over what distance from town my players were gonna go. I said 5 miles as a guard giving them the job. Then we realized they should be more like 20 miles out of town. So it turned into a dumb guard that doesn't know distance
Thats bot a high set bar...
1:45:50
DM: you feel the cold probing into your head
Percy: its installing windows
Keyleth: not windows 10, not windows 10. damn it
Thanks!
I replayed that part 4 times and could never make our what they were saying
@@pokepop4163 you could turn on subtitles if that helps
Turns out it was iOS 15
He even got Matt giggling!
Or even worse...11!
Taliesin: “I’ll try my dispel magic ability. It’s called BULLET. I shoot it until it doesn’t work anymore”
CACKLING 😂
He's so good!
Keyleth: *holding the dark iron thing* "I...."
Laura and Liam: " No... keyleth don't"
Ashley and travis: *Nodding furiously*
TheWatersof Nyra timestamp?
1:40:30
and even though they just had an encounter with an evil artifact that almost killed a party member she almost instantly allowed something uknown to gain direct access to her brain. IQ 0
@@jacobwiley2794 IQ D&D player. It's supposed to be fun and interacting with weird artifacts is fun.
@@leahsander5490 I totally agree. But Keyleth has always been the one to have negative opinions of "bargains" other team members have had with weird artifacts. Percy with his gun, Grog with his sword. So her willingness to leap at that temptation when it's her turn is kind of hypocritic.
Liam's character: I hate all your decsions stop doing them
Vax's actor: I love all yor decsions keep making them.
i mean vax did literally sell his soul so she could live.
Sometimes you just need to rewatch a funny bit like 10 times to witness the full progress of Liam and Laura collapsing on each other in one corner of the screen and Taliesin and Marisha collapsing on each other in the other
I watched the Scanlan and Pike scene so many times just for everyone's reactions
EVERYTIME
When Liam breaks character I love it every time because he turns from rouge edgelord to giggling mess/smiles and it shows the rping skills.
Truly, sometimes the brooding rogue gets a little tiresome, but then the happy-go-lucky greedy Ranger that wants to be like her big brother (the roguey parts, not the broody parts) alleviates the depression by either doing something rogue-ish better than him, or way, way worse than him!
Seriously, when he calls apart.. OH MY GOD TOO BAD VICTOR DIDNT SURVIVE THE VECNA ATTACK HE HE WENT OUT A HERO THOUGH!!! Oh my God if they ever get out of this stuff Vax should MAKE HIM THE CHAMPION 😜😜😜😜😜😂
Pike and Grog's interactions are too cute I can't TAKE IT!
True. And now I want a scene where Grog picks up both Pike and Scanlan while they're running away and while they're hanging under his arms they just start an awkward conversation about their relationship.
The way I see it grog and pike are basically brother and sister
the way i see it grog and pike are like bastion and ganymede from Overwatch
from a story standpoint they kinda are. Matt mentioned during the Briarwood Arc, when Pikes "Celestial Form" was introduced, that during childhood Grog carried Pike on his shoulders and knew how much she weighted. And many a times has there been "childhood friend" etc etc. so, there about as close as brother and sister one can get without being blood related (imo) and if it ever came down to it, imo, if they were forced to choose between VM or the other, im 99.8% certain they'd choose the other
but grog and scanlan and Grog are the funniest
"It's a thing I was working on but apparently someone else done it first so never mind!"
"You were working-"
"NEVER MIND!"
:p
I love watching Matt's reaction during the Pike and Scanlan scene. I'm just so impressed by their improv and ability as actors. That they can make even the DM, who created the world, nearly cry with laughter is so incredible. Like, Matt has chuckled and laughed before at some good in-character moments (a lot of Scanlan stuff), but this was really special. Sam and Ashley are such a good comedy duo.
PrincessLelouch damn, you just called Scanlan's proposal a joke! That's harsh.
1:16:55
Vex: You're pretty heavy.
Vax: I'm lighter than you.
Vex: *horrified gasp*
Matt: *surprised Pikachu face*
Travis: Oh Jesus God...
Vex: That's nothing to brag about, Scrawny!
Vax: Look at my constitution! It's very low...
Vex: Minus two! (Or "Mine is too!" Idk they both make sense)
Vax: Oh, twins!
That entire exchange is absolute gold. 💀
I heard mine is too but the caption says otherwise so 🤷🏿♀️ but, like you said both work. Still hella funny
With the "I am equally scrawny" I think it's minus
@@rawchicken3463i think it is mine is too
It is criminal that this didn't end up in the show adaptation
I love It when Matt does crazy old man voices. It warms my heart. Victor and Wilhelm are my favorite voices of his
"You probably just feel that way because we could all die - For sure, for sure!" The most romantic scene I have ever witnessed xD :D
The subtitles are a life saver and greatly appreciated. Thank you to whichever person put their time into them.
Nonetheless, I can't help but desperately want captions of the perfect quiet quips between percy and keyleth's side conversations. Underated and one of my favourite friend-ships.
Matt is an explosion of adorableness as the kid when Pike gives him the doll.
Not that far off from actual Matt when he gets to open a set of minis someone sent him, tbh
I love that Percy's comment about the trapped house is "I want to live here."
I know an elderly Orc lord in Jrusar that he'd get along with famously in that regard.
He'd be safe from, say, necromancers breaking in to slaughter his family.
Taleisin's face when Pike said "We should sleep together..." PRICELESS!!!
and 03:04:08 - “Thank you for clarifying…?!?” 🤣🤣🤣
That whole exchange was absolutely brilliant. I watched three times each time watching a different group react. The other cast members reactions are often better than the main players !!
@@longstreet0163 and as soon as Matt shooshes they all fall silent immediately. They either love him or fear him. or both. Naaaah, they luv him :)
Jacob B Nah they definitely fear him
Oh god. I can't stop watching these.
It's been almost a month since I started.
I watch it at work, I watch it every morning while I have breakfast, I watch it before sleep, I watch it when I *should* sleep instead.
And there are still freaking 3 years of catching up.
It's awesome and anguishing to think the amount of episodes that only grows after every week.
Goddamn, it even hurts my soul when I hear them talking about limited stuff.
You're averaging about what I did when I was binging to catch up back in the day (75 eps in 3 weeks), while the show is only 4-5 eps a month at most, so you'll be caught up before you know it.
If it makes you feel any better, those of us who are caught up are facing the drought of the holiday breaks fast approaching (Thanksgiving week in late November, followed by 3 weeks from mid-December to early January), while you'll most likely still have new material to watch.
@@Aetheria60 hey thanks, now I kinda know how long until I catch up.
I feel you, while it sucks to be watching stuff that's from 3 years ago, I'm also trying to enjoy it as much as I can, definitely not anxious to waiting for an episode after a cliffhanger, with holidays and all kinds of events to delay it.
Can't wait until the next opening too tough
On average, I'm doing about 3 episodes a week. I hope I *never* catch up. I don't want to wait a week between episodes!
@@theopkingdom3433 oficially made it to 2nd campaign
I'm dreading and loving the idea of watching the episodes live
I started my journey to catch up to campaign 3 a month ago and I feel the exact same way. I’ve watched nothing else for the last month. I listen to it while I get ready, while I’m at work, and while I rest at night. I’m sad it took me this long to find this wonderful show and community.
"Maybe we should just sleep together and see what happens"
I died
mossy did they ever say what was in the letter? If so, anyone know what episode?
MIKE Hanke just Google Scanlan's letter to Pike. Sam has a tweet with the text of the letter.
It's in the season wrap up "Talks Machina", a Q&A with the cast. Sam reads the letter and it is damn good
man.. I saw this comment before that part and I though "okay, that sounds like Scanlan, that's normal". How shocked I was when it finally came up hahaha
Dibs on @deva's stuff!!😁
Liam and Laura could actually be brother and sister and nobody would fucking question it.
EchoMarauder you are always 1 week ahead of me in the episodes haha
Sassy TheSpear No they aren't. They aren't related but they do share a birthday. So during character creation they decided to make themselves twins.
I sometimes either forget that twins are supposed to look alike, or that Liam and Laura don't actually look that much alike.
Not all twins look alike. There are two types of twins, identical (look alike) and fraternal (don't look alike but share the same DNA). Laura and Liam are not actually related though.
Fraternal/Sororal twins don't actually "share DNA" they are just normal siblings who share a womb.
1:12:11 Vox Machina: "If only there were a way to set a trap for this Dragon that we know will be arriving at one very specific location..."
Matt: "You encounter a *GLYPH OF WARDING* as you try to descend the stairs."
VM: "If only there were a way..."
They didn't know that was a glyph of warding, they can't make those, they don't have a wizard.
@@kjj26k Glyph of Warding is a Cleric spell also.
@@Zombiewithabowtie in fact, i believe GoW is on all full caster spell lists...possibly even on some of the half casters lists
Seriously, every time Matt does a kid's voice for an NPC, I die inside. He murders me with the cute. When Matt characterises kids, I just want to curl up in a ball and cry because it's so heartwarming.
ALL THE FEELS.
Keyleth: "Step forward."
Golem: goes to do that, naturally being intimidating
Also Golem: immediately falls flat on its face
Vex, while laughing: "He looked like a *moron* "
Geez, Liam and Laura play off of each other as siblings so goddamn well. I could spend a whole episode listening to their bickering
I love that the "Forearms like Popeye." "Years of use." exchange registered with the guys INSTANTLY and you can see the realization spread through the ladies five seconds later.
I loved even more how Matt kept a completely straight face as everyone else progressively died laughing
3 years later... I am asking the timestamp for that
@@riccardoguidolin6085 2:17:04 to give you a bit of context. (The "it" they're referring to is trying to remove a sewer grate.)
@@riccardoguidolin6085 If you ever want a timestamp for a quote in the video, the "Keyword Search in TH-cam Video" plug-in for Chrome let's you find anything if there are subtitles.
If you click on the results, it takes you to the timestamp.
Two things I took away from the infamous Scanlan/Pike scene.
-While at this point Sam is a proved RPer, I barely had any notice how good Ashley was...until now. With her gone for work so much, she barely got the time to do anything or grow Pike. This however....holy shitballs on a bagel, she just owned this scene AND destroyed everyone else not named Matt. Talisen almost died there! The woman nearly murdered him! He looked like he was having a heart attack, he was laughing so hard.
-Matt Godsdamned Mercer. How in the Nine Hells he was able to keep control of himself and manage the group so they don't talk or laugh too loud over that scene I will never know. I could see him getting redder by the second trying not to burst out laughing, but he kept his cool and warned the others to keep it down so we could hear every awkward sentence. It was more impressive than the 3,817 voices he has invented for characters.
And with the aid of a small child, Vox Machina Defeats a door!
At dawn we we schedule a tentative session to get feedback for the best time to set a meeting to set a time table for discussions on the plan of attack
of course leaving time for restroom breaks and a catered brunch
Kevin Shifflet do you work at my last employer?
@@leavy Reminds me of when I was in the army. We'd have a briefing in the morning about the briefing we'd have in the afternoon, which was to brief us about what tomorrow's briefing would brief us on.
I've been in planning meetings that went like that before.
I request that we hold a meeting to decide upon the venue for a meeting whereupon we will decide whether the choice of meeting is indeed one which the majority agrees upon. At which time, depending on the outcome and the venue decided, we will either set a time to discuss results, or we will have lunch before doing setting the previously mentioned time to discuss results.
I love how outraged the party got when the other tribe announces they're abandoning the fight that Vox Machina themselves agreed they would also abandon, to the point where Vox Machina just kind of gives up on their plan to run. It's like Zanror and Ivon set the whole thing up to guilt them into staying. :-)
I think the plan was to run if they couldn't convince Zanror to delay the attack and give them a little more time to plan something, which they managed to do.
Its like Matt is fucking with their heads... jeez... that was amazing
Vox Machina’s plan was mainly to delay the attack and be better prepared for it, not straight up abandon it.
Brilliant example of railroading without usurping player agency.
@@ajerqureshi6411 No, the party's plan was to abandon the Herd. Worse than that, it was to make the Herd think they'd help, not show up, and hope the Herd gets wiped out. A really low, underhanded move. Thus Grog's earlier "before you feel bad, these people are murderers, child killers, and rapists -- the worst of the lot." It was honestly kind of amazing how suddenly the party were the cowardly traitors, and this NPC Herd were the ones risking their lives to take down a dragon.
Matt's face when Scanlan proposed... Priceless.
I love how much Liam picks on the group for when they say real world things in the game as their characters.
Though to be honest, he's as guilty of real-world references as anyone.
@@shawngillogly6873 True
That may be the case, but the 4th wall breaks add to the dynamic. Yet I haven't watched campaign 2 yet, but I 3xpect Tharzidun to be a major 4th breaker given his nature as a chaotic evil god.
I didn't get that reference but I agree with you ;)
I L-O-V-E LOVE Willhand.
Also, it's taken me multiple episodes to realize this, but... When Vex was dead, Vax said "Take me instead". He was saying as in "take my life instead", but the Raven Queen took it differently. She didn't take his life, but instead took _him_ as her champion.
Basically, I knew all of this info already separately, but piecing them together gives a more impactful picture.
Ikr that the beginning of that was very cool to see.
Good observation there :) And it ties into how Vax wears the armor of the Raven Queen's champion as his Vestige of Divergence, as well as what else is to come for him, and also shows Matt's amazing skills as a DM and storybuilder!
It's great to see more roleplaying from Ashley, especially since she's often absent from the show. Really wish Pike could stay somewhat permanently.
"I want to say if we get 'railroaded', but I don't know what that is."
The 4th wall trembles before the power of Vax'ildan.
and in campaign 3 they....
...kill the 4th wall. like literally. bloody mimics.
I love that the underlying joke the *entire* episode is mocking the idea of "At dawn, we plan!" only to LITERALLY plan at dawn. Laura calling it out was amazing!
I'm 97% sure by this point that Ashley and Sam are actually gnomes.
Sam's a pretty big gnome then, though xD
Dobby98 but he's so smol next to his cup!
Roll perception
he is probably a gnome dwarf hybrid
Dobby98 how tall is he? i just imagine him being really small irl
"I wanna be a monstah...!"
Ashley is so adorable.
I'm glad when she skype's in from New York, but she's so much more fun when she's actually there.
Firstly, I love all the passive aggressive banter between Vax and Vex in this episode.
Secondly, I feel a huge opportunity was missed while Percy was under the effects of the Slow spell. Someone really should've asked him to recite his full name at that time.
There was a huge missed opportunity for Ashley, as well. After Scanlon's out of nowhere proposal, she didn't say, "I walk away."
So true
Vox Machina: "Okay, I think that's all for today. I think we should rest."
Percy: "... thhhheee... .... .... thhhhhiii--"
Vox Machina: "Percy's almost done as well, perfect timing."
Percy: "--iiiiiiiirrrrrrrrrrrrrrr... d."
I'm DYING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!MY ABS HURT MY VOCAL CORDS HURT!🤣🤣🤣2🤣🤣2🤣3 THAT WAS AN ORGASM OF LAUGHTER!!!!
IM SORRY ...THE SLOW!!!!! OH SWEET PELOR KEEP HAVING A sinking feeling that there's going to be a mini shot....
Thank you even if that was a year ago I hope you see the absolute joy it brought me. I have a vivid imagination and saw the entire thing and it was BRILLIANT!!!!!
I'm DYING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!MY ABS HURT MY VOCAL CORDS HURT!🤣🤣🤣2🤣🤣2🤣3 THAT WAS AN ORGASM OF LAUGHTER!!!!
IM SORRY ...THE SLOW!!!!! OH SWEET PELOR KEEP HAVING A sinking feeling that there's going to be a mini shot....
Thank you even if that was a year ago I hope you see the absolute joy it brought me. I have a vivid imagination and saw the entire thing and it was BRILLIANT!!!!!
You. Just got me at the right time. I really REALLY needed that laugh
04:45 - Liam's Gift
08:48 - Part 1 begins
18:38 - vox machina deception
28:40 - awww pike
30:45 - "you do knock so strong"
31:10 - the real reason pike fails stealth checks
35:20 - Wilhand Trickfoot
35:50 - reunion (it warms my heart to see how different Grog's herd was to the home he had with Wilhand and Pike)
42:20 - these gnomes can handle anything
44:20 - scanlans best wingman (49:25 - wilhand coming in strong)
45:00 - AT DAWN, WE PLAN!
49:09 - "He has a mansion"
50:13 - Scanlan sings a song to create his mansion [base on Madness - Our House]
50:50 - the question!!!!!
54:27 - percy how could you say that
1:08:30 - A Gift for Trinket
1:11:00 - Twins Being Twins
1:16:54 - "I am equally as scrawny!"
1:41:49 - Windows 10 update
1:45:40 - Awaken, Fassbender
2:00:06 - End of part 1
2:13:23 - Part 2 begins
2:15:48 - rogues aren't rangers, Scanlan
2:17:29 - Travis catches the joke
2:24:37 - Scanlan and Vax
2:25:00 - Scanlan is the ultimate rper.
2:26:57 - Lauras Fassbender comment and Travis replies with "Alright, calm down woman"
2:27:30 - Naming Things
2:44:27 - Pike becomes a monstaaah.
2:51:30 - "When shit goes down, we wait."
2:52:55 - Scanlan's Opertune Moment???
2:56:05 - Wilhand's Cooking
3:01:36 - (You're welcome)
3:02:00 - 3:07:00 Is the best Pike/Scanlan interaction ever. Talisen Jaffe's face throughout is just joy...
3:03:38 - everybody outside of character must know what that letter says cause they are barely containing themselves. :)
3:13:30 - Grog bear herd
3:27:06 - only big men talk big big words and only fails in the battle fields.
3:35:50 - Part 2 ends
Its to buh buh buh b-b-b-boost!!!!
YOUR MOVE
Big up
Why the f#ck is this so low in the comments!!!!????
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The banter between the members of Vox Machina is just superbly amusing this episode. Particularly the twins steal the spotlight, so natural, you'd think Liam and Laura are actually brother and sister. Loving the RP.
+Veloziraptor111 when i was still new to this series i thought they were
+BillyBobJoeJonson They are. Remember there are no Liam and Laura when they roleplay :P
When you rp a campaign for so long it becomes very real. I bet even out of game they feel somewhat like brother and sister. The connections that can me made through dnd are beautiful
Yeah it was awesome until Taliesin started being a jackass and metagaming. He has aways been annoying but this episode was the worst damn.
Kikoberserk He actually says, they can hear the twins bickering downstairs and that's why he communicates.
I love how all the actors just are their characters at this point.
Scanlan asks Pike to marry him:
Pike gets flustered
Keyleth doesn't know what to do with herself
Vex's jaw drops
Vax facepalms
Grog laughs
And Percy is just utterly unimpressed.
18:26
I have the strange mental image of Grog saying "We're under new management now" and Scanlan just going "Yeah someone came down from corporate"
Roleplay wise this was probably the best episode so far. Even with no combat, D&D can still be a lot of fun, as this episode demonstrated.
Liam’s reaction whenever Matt does the “cork noise” makes me so happy.
Liam and Laura should just adopt each other as brother and sister.
They may already have indirectly
Agreed!
I mean, spend two years pretending to be brother and sister every 6 weeks, and then another year EVERY week.
It becomes natural to just slip into it.
I am pretty sure the whole group has indirectly adopted each other as Brothers and sisters.
Aaron Best Except for when they're husband and wife or boyfriend and girlfriend :D
Scanlan is honestly the most insightful and clever character remaining in the cast, and the player is probably the best of making full use of his character as well. He jokes a lot, but he really does deserve to be the leader.
And that confession on killing the civilians- he's the first person to actually self reflect on his own actions
Burt "Scanlan" Reynolds is the real MVP
With Tibs gone, I think you're quite right. I think Grog would also be a really clever character if his intelligence wasn't so shit, considering how smart Travis seems to be.
FoolishAnonymous I kind of want Grog to go down in battle, cause I really want Travis to play a smart character. When he gets the chance to play "battle smartened" grog its so fucking compelling
Timestamp for the confession?
:)
It's hilarious that they entirely forgot the Hunk of Quall in Quall's actual house.
I loved that Sam was sitting there saying, “Don’t we have a way to detect magical items?”, looking at Marisha, clearly remembering the Hunk of Quall, and absolutely refusing to say anything more. He was definitely enjoying watching the struggle!
"It was something I was working on but apparently someone else beat me to it, so NEVERMIND!!!" Oh Percy, the hipster inventor.
My favorite scene this episode. So upset he wasn't the first to think of it.
That moment when the party full realizes that the bard... the BARD... is the de facto arcane authority.
I desperately wish Mary McGlynn's Zahra could stay with them, they sorely need a true spellcaster
@@spshouppe aren't bards true spell casters?
@@Direwolf181 Yes, in the eyes of the bards, most certainly.
Lore Bard. Scan actually went to college for all these arcane shenanigans.
Yeah, losing Tiberius from the party really gave them a solid weak spot, but it just makes situations more entertaining most of the time.
keyleth: "aww look, they're doing it together! awww. so cute."
percy: "it's adorable, isn't it?"
i'm OBSESSED with keyleth and percy lovingly teasing the twins. i hardcore ship keyleth w vax AND vex w percy, so i'm imagining the two just standing back, huddling together and giggling to themselves as they watch their significant others bicker their way through obstacles. really hoping percy and vex end up becoming canon because my GOD would percy and keyleth's dynamic be incredible.
That guy's never going to get his Golem back is he?
Almost certainly not. Though technically he never requested the golem.
I doubt it
@J B keep watching for Doty…
I’m on my first watch through, and my guess? They end up using the golem until it breaks, then return the circlet after
@@Reblwitoutacause that's my guess too, that it gets broken in the dragon fight
I love how Laura has to giggle when Liam says "I'm coming" around 3 hours in haha
ashley johnson is a gift and i treasure every episode we have with her
same. when she's not there i look through the episodes to see when she comes back 🥲
I love her.
She is the literal embodiment of a warm hug.
3:01:20 The Scanlan and Pike conversation that nearly killed me XD That and Taliesin build-up reaction from wide eyes to small chuckle to complete destruction of body and soul.
+Michel Després Percy. KO'd.
I love Scanlan and Vax's interactions, they happen rarely but are honestly kind of the heart of the series
Liam and Sam are besties and it shows so strong in campaign 2. Really miss that in 1 and 3, but moments like these are a treasure for that reason ❤️
SPOILERS
If you listen to what Scanlan says to Vax when they're in the swewer and you knows how it all ends its so heartbreaking
3:01:05 lol! I love Laura's reaction when she realizes that he's basically had Vax mirror Vex's blue feathers. xD
I have so much love for this show it's insane. It's 3+ hours of entertainment a week and I still can't get enough. Fucking love it.
Me too and it works great as a podcast too if your at work and want the hours to go down or at school.
Johnny Five No way, I love watching their reactions way too much XD For me, half of the fun is watching them react to Matt's narration and other people's roleplaying. For example, I love how much Travis loves Sam's improv songs.
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That's cool I am just saying that is what I do.
Okay, that Scanlan and Pike interaction was amazing, and not even for the belly full of laughs it gave me. It really felt like it was PIKE and SCANLAN talking, not Sam snd Ashley. And it makes it better that Scanlan was being 100% real and honest during that conversation, from babbling incoherently, to flustered embarrassment, to confused hair pulling, that was probably the best little segment in the entire episode. But man, poor Scanlan. Pike really put the poir Gnome on a rollercoaster there. X,D
I really appreciate the fact that they had to manually figure out how to control the golem. It's kinda refreshing to see that when most times attuning to an object will just tell you most of how it works, which is far from immersive
That was the single best most horribly handled trainwreck of a conversation between Pike and Scanlan i have ever heard in my entire life, i watched it like 300 times, not kidding, holy shit
Time stamp - 5 years too late...
I don't even wanna see them fight dragons anymore I just wanna see the twins be like detectives together and fight the whole time
ItzAction - Am now picturing Vox Machina as Discworld's Night Watch. 😂
Well, they'd be good, but they're Nott the Best Detective Agency.
@@Zombiewithabowtie You drive a hard bargain, but Imma ask. Why not both?
well now you have kith & kin 😌
Where's my COVID catch-up crew at?
At this rate, I'll be current by the end of the year.
Hello! I somehow (due to Smosh) found Critical Role sometime this spring right as quarantine started, and I haven't been able to stop watching. I finally caught up to the latest episode of campaign two, so now I'm making my way through this one! Happy watching!
Ey! I literally was like covid is peak time to watch critical role now.
A month behind you, it seems.
@@TapdotWater six days behind you, what episode you at?
@@Shane-cg8pk Fifty eight! I was going to make it to sixty last night, but it was 5AM and I decided sleep might have been healthier
I'm crying at Pike & Scanlan's conversation omg
I almost laughed so hard I threw up jfc
just
"Thank you for clarifying???" I DIED.
I just love how done Pike looks in the intro after Scanlan's crotch lightning
“Grog, meet Fastbender. Fastbender, Grog.”
“I don’t understand what you’re telling me right now.”
Best exchange! XD
2:34:49 "Put...the candle...back!"
I fucking died at the Young Frankenstien reference, I love Taliesan.
For a split second, I thought they were going to be defeated by Pike's home door... while she had the keys in her kit. :P
Percy: “I could try MY Dispel Magic spell”
Scanlan: “What’s that?”
Percy: “It’s a bullet. I shoot it until it doesn’t work anymore”
I swear, Percy is so underrated
Oh, both Percy and Taliesin have a small but dedicated army of followers. (I am one of them)
(this is also a particularly funny quote in light of a recent C3 event on which I will not elaborate!)
Short & to the point, Percy speaks when it matters. One of my favorite characters. His main story starts at the very beginning, but he remains and is still consistently active throughout the entire campaign.
Timestamp pls?
How is Percy underrated when he’s one of the most popular characters in C1? On reddit posts about fave characters, it’s usually a toss-up between him, Grog, and Scanlan. On AO3, he’s the most popular C1 character (number of stories he’s tagged in). And he’s one-half of what is frequently cited as the best CR couple (Perc’ahlia).
02:24:19 for people who are re-watching and are aware of the "what's my mother's name" scene, I just want to stop and appreciate that Vax did ask Scanlon about something personal to his life here and invited him to open up
Ashley's hair legitimately makes me happy every time I see it.
I'm in love with Laura's bangs here.
First thing that came to mind upon seeing the broom is: " I hope that Chris Chadwick gets invited again and steals the broom back"
I'm disappointed she gets rewarded for being a jerk player. It's their game, their friendship. They certainly don't need my approval, but I feel nothing but contempt for Vex. I don't hate Laura, but I absolutely loathe players who do what she did. It took awhile, but I learned I don't have to put up with it in games I play. If I have to quit a game because of it I will. I've done so.
@@GeraldKatzI understand what you mean and I think the same, but in this specific case it is a bit different since Chadwick’s character was meant to be a one shot character who wasn’t meant to be a reoccurring character. And Idk why but I have a feeling that Matt put the broom there on purpose so that Laura will stop trying to re-enchante the carpet
3:02:00 - 3:07:00 Is the best Pike/Scanlan interaction ever. Talisen Jaffe's face throughout is just joy...
Oh god, the reactions of everyone else when that's going on, even Matt is barely keeping it together. So amazing.
Lmao pretty sure I just watched Taliesin's soul literally leave his body
Vex's bickering casting away Vax's angst is everything I needed
I know right he can’t be too emo around his sister, she knows him too well.
Idk if Liam consciously plays him differently when he’s just interacting with Vex, or if it just comes naturally without second thought, but it’s so wholesome either way
2:53:10 Just pause the video at this moment and look at each person's reaction. Every individual's body language and facial expression right here just perfectly encapsulates each player's personality so well, both in-character and out. I love it! XD
Hahaha Mercer's face
LoL thank you for that.
2:46:08
Mercer thinking "how many times do I have to nudge you towards Ank'Harel?"
Liam and Laura are pure genius together, Grog and Pike are pure cuteness. And the absolute best in this episode was how Pike and Scanlan played off of each other. Their confused relationship is too damn cute.
With Pike and Scanlan, I think it has something to do with the fact that their players are boyfriend and girlfriend in real life. I think they want to bring that aspect to the game, but roleplaywise it wouldn't make sense with the type of characters they have.
@@richiewitcher4456 Sam was (and still is) already married to someone else and had had at least one child with his wife at this point. I don’t know what Ashley’s relationship status was at the time, but they were definitely not together irl (you can very clearly see Sam’s wedding ring throughout the series). Sam just had Scanlan latch onto Pike as the only other gnome in the group, Ashley played into it for comedy’s sake, and then Kaylie happened and forced Sam to start taking his character more seriously, and that included his feelings for/relationship with Pike.
Sam and Ashley play off each other so well because they’re good friends and have been playing these characters for years. Pike and Scanlan are adorable because their relationship roleplay-wise was a fairly reasonable slow burn (for a given value of “slow” on Scanlan’s end at any rate), it involved a lot of individual personal growth for both of them, and also the inherent cuteness of them both being gnomes. I personally think it ended up making plenty sense.
If you want real examples of actor relationships being brought to the table, look no further than Campaign 2, with Sam’s and Liam’s characters having a very close platonic relationship from the get-go and Laura’s character having such an interest in Travis (her irl husband)’s character.
@@HannahBanina Oops. My apologies. I could have swore someone said somewhere that they were a couple IRL and I picked up on that. Sorry about that!
@@richiewitcher4456 Not a problem! No need to apologize. In total fairness, these guys (all of them) do tend to go so hard into the character roleplay that it can be difficult to tell the difference sometimes. Ashley’s reaction to Scanlan’s letter back in Episode 50 really says it all, but other party relationships end up acted out so convincingly it’s easy to forget that, for example, Laura and Liam aren’t actually siblings and Ashley and Travis aren’t lifelong grew-up-together best buddies, because their respective roleplays of Vex and Vax’s twinship and Pike and Grog’s friendship are just so _natural._ I love watching these guys 😁
Grog: "Uh, yeah, we're under new management. There's gonna be some changes around here. Foooor the better. (smile)"
I *genuinely* expected a wink and a "ding" sound effect. XD
i love how Scan brings the wrong twin, and just everybody having all those unique interactions is always fun to watch. Also what happened to the Westrunn branch of The Clasp?
That's a good question. Wonder whether or not The Clasp would have had connections with the Herd...
Anything happens
Pike: “yeah!”
My heart: 😩😩
Yeah
yeah!
yeah.
Yeah?
Oh Yeaaaaaah!
2:53:06 Matt's faces during Scanlan's proposal are... legendary
Matt: FWOOOOSH! You guys watch as a jet of flame jettisons out from the staircase...
Percy: I want to live here.
Keyleth: Who *is* this guy?
Percy: I don't know, but I suddenly like him.
Keyleth: You scare me...
I love them both so much :) And I know it's weird but I _do_ think Percy and Keyleth would make an adorable couple.
Percy: I could try my dispel magic spell. It's called a bullet. I'm going to shoot it until it doesn't work anymore.
Percy: Double-check the bedroom for safes or things behind paintings or maybe something--
Vex: I'm sorry, who's talking, who is this?
Percy: It's the voice of reason coming from downstairs.
Vax: Is it though? Is it really?
Percy: I know, I'm just as depressed that it is as you are!
It is specifically for this reason that Percy's my favorite character
Taliesin and Marisha always seem to have a good chemistry at the table
Literally, they have more chemistry than her and Vax but I adore Percy with Vex
I swear the Pike/Scanlan interactions this episode have been some of my favourite Crit Role moments ever. SO GOOD.