Well Fjord's been denying her this whole time, plus Travis said he was against having them be romantically connected in this campaign. So I think she was genuinely surprised that Fjord had actually shown Jester some affection. I'm kinda glad Travis changed his mind. Or, more likely, he was just messing with her by saying that, and just wanted to make the relationship happen more organically. Either way, I love it.
Chris Metivier Travis said in talks once that he didn’t know how long he’d be able to hold out with not returning Jester’s affections because he finds Laura so cute 😭😭😭 so I think he’s just given up trying to ignore his cute wife haha 😂 they’re such a sweet couple! Marrried with a kid and still giggly about flirting with each other and unable to resist :’)
@@Fizzlethe6th I'd like to think it's the latter, not to mention that even though they're married irl, the are professional actors who really can just get into the character. Something I'm still working on.
@@emialice3825 I came here to say this! Just because you're married for a while doesn't mean you ever have to lose that giddiness about your partner! I've been married 7 years and I swear I get even more giddy about my husband now more than ever! I need to go watch that episode of talks, do you remember which one it is where he says he finds her so cute?
Honestly though, in one of the more recent shows (in December) when Laura came in late after attending the Game Awards (though she left before her nomination)... Travis gave her this AMAZINGLY huge smile when she walked in, and just couldn't stop looking at her, and then after a few seconds when things quiet down a bit, he goes "You're BEAUTIFUL" and just... when your SO looks at you like that after years of being together, you know you got a good one!
The only bad thing is that Caleb is probably going to end up a stinky, lonely hobo wizard because of it! The purely platonic bromance he and Beau have going on is great, though.
Scarfking Yep, because the last time he did that her rolls would end up flubbing without fail, every time. Dunno about you, but if my party member’s puns wound up cursing me to bad rolls, I’d kinda be yelling at them too.
Meighan Van V It seems like that was just a remnant of his time with Grog. He said himself that he felt like he was transforming into him, specifically the low intelligence but I’m sure he meant all personality traits.
Travis' "awwwwnodammitfuckingwifemagic" face is glorious... that split second where he is forced to admit how hard she's winning the romance is just glorious!
@@trzynasty909 "Now, listen. This here falchion is mighty slippery, what with all the seawater and such. It just slipped out of my hands into that there civilian's neck."
I think it's kinda funny that Travis is like this absolute unit of a Texan hunk and he's still freaked out by multi armed zombies and puppet decapitations.
4:11 - Alright, your motivation is Travis Willingham going through a haunted house as part of the US$10,000,000 stretch goal for the Legend of Vox Machina animated series. As soon as Matt stops talking is your cue. Aaaaand action!
The immense love in Laura's eyes shows not even what a great role-player she is, but what a great person she is. It's beautiful to see such a happy and healthy relationship that even comes in to the game. Great work Critical Role, as always.
Well, she did also tell her husband that she was gonna romance him this campaign despite his strong avoidance of romance in dnd. Her words were, "well you're gonna fall into love with me or your gonna have to reject your wife." So theres at least a little satisfaction that her plan is working as well.
Man, I just got to say Nico, you always manage to capture what's so special about this show. If I wasn't already hooked on CR, your channel would be a great gateway into the whole thing. I always look forward to your uploads. Keep up the good work, it's really appreciated!
I agree entirely I haven’t completely jumped into it since it’s obviously a little daunting but I love the lore and these highlights are just fantastic and really the biggest reason I want to get into it when I have a bit more time 😂
i love how you put these together, focusing on the speaker and the reactions, and you pick great moments. somehow when it's all closeups it's easy to watch/appreciate? not that the original isn't, but it feels more like a show and less like a stream this way.
One of my favorite moments of c2, you can just see how much Laura loves Travis even when it's their characters being cute, you can see it in her eyes that she is just so in love with her husband.
Every time I watch one of your videos, the little song that plays at the end gives me such a wonderful sense of nostalgia. I smile every time. Thank you for the videos you make.
Awe thank you so much :) I'm glad you enjoy them. I've fallen in love with that song since I've used it so much and now just associate it with Critical Role
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Laura is married to travis in real life and yet she acts like a giddy school girl when jester gets a kiss on the cheek and its so adorable
Well Fjord's been denying her this whole time, plus Travis said he was against having them be romantically connected in this campaign. So I think she was genuinely surprised that Fjord had actually shown Jester some affection. I'm kinda glad Travis changed his mind. Or, more likely, he was just messing with her by saying that, and just wanted to make the relationship happen more organically. Either way, I love it.
Chris Metivier Travis said in talks once that he didn’t know how long he’d be able to hold out with not returning Jester’s affections because he finds Laura so cute 😭😭😭 so I think he’s just given up trying to ignore his cute wife haha 😂 they’re such a sweet couple! Marrried with a kid and still giggly about flirting with each other and unable to resist :’)
@@emialice3825 What Ep. was that Talks?
@@Fizzlethe6th I'd like to think it's the latter, not to mention that even though they're married irl, the are professional actors who really can just get into the character. Something I'm still working on.
@@emialice3825 I came here to say this! Just because you're married for a while doesn't mean you ever have to lose that giddiness about your partner! I've been married 7 years and I swear I get even more giddy about my husband now more than ever! I need to go watch that episode of talks, do you remember which one it is where he says he finds her so cute?
4:00
Matt: "and you see a third arm..."
Laura:"Between his legs!"
Classic Laura
nothing escapes her mind
NOTHING.
I Didn't Even NOTICE That At First! XD
Travis: "I'll just run up and give Jessie a little kiss on the cheek and say thanks"
*Laura has left the game*
Laura_Bailey_program.exe has stopped working.
Travis: screaming and tears and stuff
Liam: gleeful clapping
That could some up most of Critical Role
@Jacob Treuer Travis is a giant fraidy-cat
Travis is a cute marshmallow of a cinnamon bun.
A Jock and a Theatre Kid go to see a horror movie together:
"Oh my god! My husband that I've had a child with just pecked me on the cheek! This is the greatest day of my life!"
Laura is just too cute.
Also "I've been trying to romance his character for a while but he's said he isn't very comfortable with RP'ing romantic subplots!"
Honestly though, in one of the more recent shows (in December) when Laura came in late after attending the Game Awards (though she left before her nomination)... Travis gave her this AMAZINGLY huge smile when she walked in, and just couldn't stop looking at her, and then after a few seconds when things quiet down a bit, he goes "You're BEAUTIFUL" and just... when your SO looks at you like that after years of being together, you know you got a good one!
@@xNagisaChan That was the cutest thing ever. Laura's soft little "hi baby!" as he smiled goofily at her, aah! They're literally relationship goals.
Iv just started watching critical role and when I saw 8:00 I was like aw. Glad to know they got together lol
IT WAS ALSO JUST IN GAME!
I love liam just clapping all happy "yay it's a creepy monster"
I mean if you watch his Nightmare Before Critmas special it's essentially Liam's Hollow King.
I was right there with him, man.
Liam is one of my favorites of the voice actors
He’s like, “finally someone with more hatred than me...”
Caleb:
*_”YAY ITS A MONSTER!”_*
Travis has tried so hard this entire campaign to not fall prey to his wife's charm... but we can see his efforts slowly diminishing and i love it.
Watching Fjorester is so pure because they're married and yet the flirting and the budding romance makes them both so happy and excited. It's so cute.
It's so wholesome, I love it so much
The best and most wholesome.
The only bad thing is that Caleb is probably going to end up a stinky, lonely hobo wizard because of it! The purely platonic bromance he and Beau have going on is great, though.
They actually have a baby together in a previous one shot :P
well now that that ship is dashed against the rocks, a new juggernaut approaches
Get u a friend like Marisha who supports your puns unconditionally
I mean we've seen her Honey Heist games. The puns there are just so good. MarishaXPuns OTP.
"Punconditionally"
Didn't she shit all over sam about his puns like "its your go-reguard" and "use that elbow-reguard" etc?
Scarfking Yep, because the last time he did that her rolls would end up flubbing without fail, every time. Dunno about you, but if my party member’s puns wound up cursing me to bad rolls, I’d kinda be yelling at them too.
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"That wasn't even worth a moan" We may be done with Percy but Taliesin's still the master of casual snark
And of course "I'm not even gonna dignify that with an insight check".
Laura: "Matt can you repeat all that, I missed everything after "kiss Jester""
laura.exe has stopped working
She was so shocked!! Such a cute moment
Jester.exe is now 100% in working order boss. She was out of business for a while there but she’s back.
“Fjord is lawful good” okay Travis.
Meighan Van V It seems like that was just a remnant of his time with Grog. He said himself that he felt like he was transforming into him, specifically the low intelligence but I’m sure he meant all personality traits.
But he soon Fjorgot
He is chaotic evil, pretending to be lawful good! :D
Lawful good doesn't necessarily mean lawful nice.
After that time he cut the HAND off of the guy that was bothering Jester's Mom ?? Chaotic Neutral is MUCH more likely...
Blanky blanky doo shalla gamm shaloo!
Idk if thats a sims4 reference. Sounds like simlish
God, I love these people.
Immediately shakes her head in disappointment afterwards 😂
TheTyeGuy it’s a simple spell but quite unbreakable
I swear... I knew this was coming... And it still killed me. Better than the first time.
Travis' "awwwwnodammitfuckingwifemagic" face is glorious... that split second where he is forced to admit how hard she's winning the romance is just glorious!
Marisha's casual 'No.' at 4:10 is a big mood.
Haha, yes!
her character just turns leaves immediately
Travis next to her with his mouth like :o
It’s the kind of casual you only have while trying to communicate while looking at something you can’t comprehend.
As Fjord kissed Jester, you could hear all of the fanfic writers begin typing faster and harder than before. What a glorious day.
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Laura instintly grabbed Taliesin and they freaked out together
Get you a homie that can have a mental breakdown together with.
Always there for the scary & rough times.
When you’re goth friend takes you to a horror movie
Right there with you Laura. Loved how during the livestream the whole audience was freaking out over the Fjord kissing Jester.
711Kidflash the chat LOST IT when that happened! I was so happy haha
That was so cute, Laura's expression just made it ten times better xD
7:50 "I wanna sit down and have a cry" is this year's mood
I think you'll find that's THIS year's mood
@@jasonkilner1061 no kidding!
@@jasonkilner1061 bouta say that exact thing
Boy oh boy
This aged well
I said it once, I'll say it twice: "I help Yasha with the beheading" is a DARK omen for things to come. Accidental war criminals.
"Accidental" is what Fjord is going to excuse it as.
War Criminal Nine!
@@trzynasty909 "Now, listen. This here falchion is mighty slippery, what with all the seawater and such. It just slipped out of my hands into that there civilian's neck."
Ain't no war crimes in a world without a Geneva ;P
I'm with Marisha supporting Sam's "arm jokes" until the end.
I'm glad there were a handful of them. Looks like Sam always has one at arm's length.
And really, they're not hurting anyone. They're 'armless.
Tbf Nott is a rogue, makes sense that she'd be "light-fingered" 😜
It was rough there for a minute but luckily their opponents were not armed
I see yall got some arm puns up your sleeves
I think it's kinda funny that Travis is like this absolute unit of a Texan hunk and he's still freaked out by multi armed zombies and puppet decapitations.
i love marisha's just casual rejection, "no" of what's happening when the creature first starts to wail at 4:09
"Nope. Not doing this."
2:04 She sounds exactly like Pinnochio from Shrek
I DON'T LIKE IT WHEN YOU DO THAT
I hope Travis realizes he's just making all of us even more excited for the haunted house video. 😂😂
I. Forgot. About. This.
Someone please give me a GIF of Liam's gleeful child-like clapping. I never knew I needed this in my life XD
I made it imgur.com/a/9MTRa6r
@@jebusinri7279 doing God's work over here
4:11 - Alright, your motivation is Travis Willingham going through a haunted house as part of the US$10,000,000 stretch goal for the Legend of Vox Machina animated series. As soon as Matt stops talking is your cue. Aaaaand action!
Liam is so happy about the jumpscare look at him 4:28
Liam is so wholesome and i love him😊
That will be a great meme
The existential crisis I had when I recognized the Caillou theme song in the background, I swear
THANK YOU I NEEDED TO KNOW SOMEONE ELSE HEARD THAT 😂
@@tiannagandy Same!
I was watching my Nephews and they were watching some kids show and I was like... Is that the TV? Then I'm like... Why is this in this video???
I was taking my headphones on and off .. i thought my son watch watching stuff in the other room
I love that you can start to see Laura blushing after what happened too!! Travis and Laura are soooo cute 💜
This shows the skills of everyone, not only Matt but everyone
They all never cease to amaze me
yea everyone talks about matt being so godly as a dm, but actually it's everyone doing a great job at it
I love how Laura and Travis just can't help falling in love with each other all over again. It's adorable.
1:10 "I say 'blanky blanky doo, shalla gam shaloo'" I haven't laughed this hard in months
The Fjorester ship is absolutely sailing and despite his background Fjord is merely second mate
Elegantly put, friend.
I do believe that Laura & Travis are vicariously courting through their characters, which is sweet, but if either of thrm gets wasted...
Laura is so incredibly adorable at 7:55 onward. It’s so cute I want to die 😭😭😭😭
I knooowww omgggg
Absolutely heart melting. 💗💗
She just looks like she can't believe that happened and the happiness is slowly creeping in, my poor hearth
im crying she's so lethally cute
8:00 Fjord, you just killed Jester by giving her a heart attack, how do you want to do this?
Liam: "yaaaayyy!!!"
Travis: "NOOO!!!!"
Travis with the unexpected power move against Laura.
Laura is so dang cute, I love her reaction to Fjord's peck on the cheek. 💕
Liam's pure joy at the scare makes me the happiest I've been all week.
The hjorse says 0:52
The immense love in Laura's eyes shows not even what a great role-player she is, but what a great person she is. It's beautiful to see such a happy and healthy relationship that even comes in to the game. Great work Critical Role, as always.
Well, she did also tell her husband that she was gonna romance him this campaign despite his strong avoidance of romance in dnd. Her words were, "well you're gonna fall into love with me or your gonna have to reject your wife." So theres at least a little satisfaction that her plan is working as well.
@@avrilslittlesis I know
Travis can't help it, his wife is so adorable that he can't withstand power of that magnitude. It's only a matter of time....
2:04 Matt channelling his inner R2-D2. 😂😂😂
Lol I immediately thought of toad but yes R2-D2 fits well too 😂
@@thackeryscroggins9947 Yeah I can hear toad too.
Or that one Crash Bandicoot meme
Nothing frustrates me more than seeing Sam's limp dice "throw".
He's just dropping them like he dropped his chances at the polls.
4:14 I can't be the only one who got too into this description and was legit jump-scared lol.
The first time I watched this episode I was left in tears
Man, I just got to say Nico, you always manage to capture what's so special about this show. If I wasn't already hooked on CR, your channel would be a great gateway into the whole thing. I always look forward to your uploads. Keep up the good work, it's really appreciated!
oh gosh, this made me emotional, thank you so much!! :')
I agree entirely I haven’t completely jumped into it since it’s obviously a little daunting but I love the lore and these highlights are just fantastic and really the biggest reason I want to get into it when I have a bit more time 😂
seconded!!
When Marisha was like "no" I felt that
Loved how Matt was able to scare the party with some great visuals and sounds
Laura/Jessie went full sparkle surprise
hi yes I'm here for Fjorester
7:55 ”Jester just stands still, far too shocked to move or say anything, as her cheeks gets warmer and warmer.”
4:28 omg liam is so pure I love him
Laura: WHY ARE YOU DOING IT!?
Matt: Cus its fun
Matt LOVES to Torture his players with Nightmare Fuel and Lore setup.
He's doing a good job of it. TOO good of a job.
Laura: "Why are you doing this?" T^T
Matt: "'Cause it's fun." >:]
Laura's smile tho... pure pure happiness when Fjord Kissed Jessi
That music at the end was perfect.
Laura looked so happy!
"Give Jesse a little kiss on the cheek"
Laura: :D
6:47 shirt sam's face AHAHAHHA
Who gave Travis the right to be so fine
Laura: Why are you doing this!?!
Matt: Because it's fun.?
Sam’s really “Going Out on a Limb” for these Puns.
Got to..hand..it to him. When he fixates on a pun, he doesn't let it go.
how awesome is Laura as Jester here, taking about 15 seconds to process Fjords kiss in character
i love how you put these together, focusing on the speaker and the reactions, and you pick great moments. somehow when it's all closeups it's easy to watch/appreciate? not that the original isn't, but it feels more like a show and less like a stream this way.
I love this show so much and thank you nico for making it compressed and all because I don't have that much time ❤
5 mins and 40 seconds in and I finally hear the Calliou theme song. Somehow it made the video *that* much scarier!
Matt is so damn good at creating scares, holy crap.
*Aggressively ships fjord and jester*
It's hard not to ship it. I just sat there grinning the entire time. I've watched the scene a couple of times because of how adorable it is.
Aggressively ships a husband and wife...well, I mean, yeah.
Liam's glee after watching a scary monster appear is delightful. He's so happy!
5:05 "He's going out on a *limb*." Dammit Sam, why don't more people appreciate your puns?
I imagine that was Jesters actual reaction
The music behind broken Laura was the best! So many great moments in this episode!!
I wonder if Stephen Colbert watches these.
"I'm getting a lot of weird mixed messages from you guys"
That's just how the Nein roll
One of my favorite moments of c2, you can just see how much Laura loves Travis even when it's their characters being cute, you can see it in her eyes that she is just so in love with her husband.
I love Liam's happy claps when Matt scares them so much
Every time I watch one of your videos, the little song that plays at the end gives me such a wonderful sense of nostalgia. I smile every time. Thank you for the videos you make.
Awe thank you so much :) I'm glad you enjoy them. I've fallen in love with that song since I've used it so much and now just associate it with Critical Role
Talliesen's X-Men jacket is fabulous.
He's literally Quentin Quire
"WHY YOU DOIN' THIS?!"
"Because it's fun."
Every. DM. Ever.
DM LOVES scaring the players.
4:19 no... nooooope.... no-*AH JAYSUS CHRIST*
I'm beginning to think that chick with the glasses really likes that big bearded guy. ;)
.... is that caillou music?
It is indeed
4:50
Laura: Why are you doing this?!
Matt: Cause it's fun
laura: "WHY U DOIN THIS?"
matt, without a break in his narration: "cuz its fun"
I am in deep love with Ashley's hair this clip.
Just watched Dead Space Remake, and am uncomfortably reminded of Necromorphs by Matt's description.
That Face After The Kiss Was So Freaking Adorable. XD
That entire battle I was just thinking "SCP-096 has breached containment, everybody run."
I liked the little moment between Yasha and Beau just as much as the Jester/Fjord moment to be honest.
Saame T_T
4:27 chaos reigns as everyone freaks out and hes claping in joy
This is just Matts impression of Pinocchio from Shrek
the ending was very well edited from the kiss. pretty good.
The voice, I died at the voice Matt had at the start there.
The editing for that kiss on the cheek so powerful 😍😍😍
I'm glad you uploaded this because I totally missed that cheek kiss!
Liam just clapping like a child playing peek a boo 😂
Lol Matt sounds like the ginger-bread man from Shrek
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