HEY, there might be some SPOILERS under the thing 0:20 Two magic horses 5:25 Laura’s merch corner 7:45 Marisha is one with the beast 10:00 Intro cinematic 11:50 EPISODE STARTS 14:00 Recap Ends 18:05 Chetney is losing it 22:00 Dalen’s Closet 27:50 Orym loves having a Pate backpack 30:40 Cloud’katoa 39:00 Feetsies 42:50 Stinky horse costume 51:40 Team Dogfight 1:03:20 Designing a green house 1:08:05 Chetney does not snack on watch 1:09:05 Pate can’t whisper 1:12:20 Frog fairies 1:16:40 FCG makes friends 1:19:25 FCG’s human impression 1:22:35 Robosphincter 1:24:05 Talking to a frog fairy 1:28:00 FCG gets pooped on again 1:32:10 Chetney is getting close 1:34:30 Imogen pops a brain 1:38:20 Imogen gives Orym things to worry about 1:41:20 Chetney’s vision 1:45:05 Imogen wants everyone to poop on her 1:48:15 Lavender poop 1:49:30 Me loves the fire 1:50:15 The Rain Party 1:57:45 Hand signals 2:01:10 BREAK STARTS 2:13:40 Art Montage 2:15:40 BREAK ENDS 2:17:10 Map out 2:19:35 Battle begins 2:35:40 The power… to move you 2:43:35 Silvery Barbara Downs 2:49:15 Weather map 2:54:40 The dice lands dumb 2:55:50 Frog cabin 2:58:15 “We have a toad at home” The toad at home 3:02:40 Chetney is bleeding out 3:05:35 Ragdolling the mole monster 3:08:20 Jirana 3:13:25 Bary Manilow 3:17:55 I love Toriz so much 3:21:30 Jirana gives some background 3:27:50 Evon’travir 3:36:05 New map, hell yeah 3:38:30 Raft estimates (rule of thumb, to carry 500lb you need at least a 5,000lb raft) 3:40:40 Sam flask 3:47:40 Lost compass of the Dread Captain Novos 3:51:55 Chetney’s ghost ship vision 3:53:45 Ghost services 3:57:40 Rau’shan and Ka’mort 4:00:15 Reef moss balms 4:03:20 FCG gets some therapy 4:07:10 Getting stamina 4:12:30 The vomit comet 4:15:05 Ashton’s last question 4:17:35 Episode Ends The in-game start date for the episode is unclear. Sam’s gas can says “Coin Boy” The WIRED UA-cam channel did a ‘Google autocomplete’ interview with the whole cast of Critical Role. It was incredibly fun, and I actually learned new things about the cast, which is surprising for me. It’s definitely worth checking out. If anyone can send photos or album art for the EP of City Boyz (Sam’s boy band), I will pay $100. I will pay $500 for the full EP. Any moments I missed? Feel free to post them here. Is it Thursday yet?
Everyone is talking about Ashton's line, but how about some love for Matt's amazing "Not out of malice, but because some things need to eat and some things need to be eaten". Holy crap what a great line!
As humans we exist in such binaries, good and evil, right or wrong like is the lion evil for eating the antelope? I love Matt’s nuance and perspective always.
As humans we can choose to go against the very fabric of nature. Placing homes in ancient floodplains, the sides of active volcanoes and massive cities where there is almost no water! MM is not being nuanced, he understands the laws of nature and human nature, which allows him to tell such gripping stories, to which most of us can relate. The story that is currently being told, while gripping and immersive, pales in comparison to what we’re actually facing in the real world sadly. This is the four hours of escapism need throughout the week as I chew on it in 30 minute intervals.
Aka: being whiney Honestly, are you egos really that fragile? Was she supposed to read his mind and know that he needed the giant toad decoration before he mentioned it in game? ffsake!
I love it when he says that. It encourages players to be active. Even if you said some stupid shit and it didn't work out, u feel good that you tried anyway)
I just cannot get enough of travis' physical comedy. When this campaign hits the animations I want Chetney to not have an animated face but instead it's just Travis' real face
There's a type of animation they do where the VA is pre-recorded and the artists go off the film of the VAs doing their lines for inspiration on how to animate the characters.
2:59:00 I gotta appreciate the production team for including cinematic shots for both the coconut cup they used and the actual frog mini (actually this could be a 1:1 frog replica) that was supposed to be there.
Dug this too! I work in production, and though it's not the particular kind that puts a froghemoth home into the battle map of an actual play show, I very much appreciate the one in a few thousand people that takes the time to show love for the little things.
It's got a double meaning there, too. One, because Laudna created Pate, and so is his mom in a way, but also, with the accent Matt uses for Pate, "mum" is like saying "ma'am".
So, for Matt's inevitable one-man one shot, we have Pate, Dynios, and now Just Me the frog fairy. Matt, you just have to stop inventing cute NPCs, man!
Orym, at barely double digits HP, safely tucked away behind a rock and guarded by Ashton, slashed open and bleeding, slurring from exhaustion and pain, upon seeing a giant toad: "I'm gonna fight it."
I looove Orym... Like Vax and Caleb were very physically attractive player characters... but I could stare at that character art of Orym all day, every day, until I die. Absolute smoke show. Boy got me *thirsty.* 💦 (sorry for the unasked-for swooning out of nowhere, I just had to vent lol)
It almost feels like he has a list of quotes at the ready when he sneaks in those heavy one-liners. Props to him for having serious in-character moral questions on the draw.
"I've done nothing but tell you things you probably already knew, and just wouldn't believe yourself to hear them." Hoo boy, that attacked my soul a lot harder than I wanted it to...
How does the same person who said ‘life needs things to live’ also come out with such a beautiful quote as ‘how do you grieve if you don’t know what was taken from you?’
taliesin always has had the best one liners throughout all campaigns. the ones that really make you have to sit back and think about it for a bit, regardless if it's actually right or not.
'how do you grieve if you don’t know what was taken from you?’ Is the nonsense saying that Taliesin (and 20 something year old woman on twitter) are known for. At a glance it seems deep, but when you actually think about it for more than .5 seconds, you realize it's asinine drivel. You get those quotes that is, when they aren't just flat out "wtf is he even saying" moments, which comprises 99% of everything that comes out of his mouth at that table. Gods bless his heart he tries so hard. He does end up saying something actually coherent every 20-30 episodes though, I will give him that.
2:58:15 Matt describing that he tried to order a Halloween toad as a mini and that it didn’t arrive in time only to have his wife saying they already had one at home reminds me so much of that meme of the kid at the store asking his mom for something only for the mom to state they have such at home already. Which was perfectly capped off with them using a porcelain cup as a stand in. Imagine just a picture of that said cup with the words superimposed over it saying “the mini they have at home”
I honestly love the fact that Matt also shops around halloween for random props for minis....as any good home DM does...don't mind me while I go check oriental trading, spirit halloween, and the local craft stores. :)
I don't know, I imagine that frog must have a hell of a cotton mouth, accomodating a house in his mouth all the time, including fire place and all ... not to mention all the passive smoking. ;-). It's certainly one of the craziest things Matt ever created though and the dramatic entrance was great.
I couldn't figure out what noise was bothering my misophonia, and then surprisingly, finally, Laura asked Matt to turn the fire noise off. Thanks Laura!
in both previous campaigns, they at this point had a home base, so it's interesting to see bells hells constantly try to make a home for themselves when they can, and admire ones they come across. I can't wait for them to find the c3 equivalent of Whitestone or the Xhorhaus, or even Scanlan's mansion or Caleb's tower, so they can finally feel at home and settle down for a bit.
At this point I'd probably consider all of Drusar home for them. They have multiple inns they frequent and at least a few reoccuring NPCs there. It would be really cool for them to have their own place though
Oh, hundred percent, @@Meithanos . Like, that was very clearly meant to be a long-standing piece of kit, and it showed, through Capt. Xandis how much Matt was trying to say "I really don't want you to do this... but it IS your ship, and that would be cool as hell." Which... that's interesting. Matt may have originally intended for them to have a mobile base.
Oof, leave it to Sam to deliver the most heart-wrenching moments, in contrast to his usual shenanigans. The soft "oh I need it too" was a gut punch and I teared up. (But also lmao at Taliesin's reactions :D )
Sam is 99% of the time playing a PITA character, and then drops the most amazing, soulful, gut-punching scenes that make my heart break. He is never boring!
PSA: there will be a Queen By Midnight game stream tomorrow, Tuesday, 7 pm Pacific time. The princesses: Aabria, Aimee, Laura, Taliesin. Just on the off chance somebody might see this who is not following any socials or the newsletter. It will be on UA-cam on Thursday.
It will be on critical roles yt channel or someone else’s. I’d love to watch tailesin play a princess but I’m not too into dnd except for this channel and d20.
@@Stitchers_Whimsy I'm not sure if you're asking or making a statement, but just in case: The initial stream will be on both CR's UA-cam channel (this one) and their Twitch channel. Probably no rebroadcasts. VOD on UA-cam Thursday (10 am Pacific). Critical Role publishes weekly schedules every Monday.
Thank you so much for pointing this out!!!! I literally read your comment 2 seconds before his reactions started and I looked up from the comments to see it!
The words Mat choice to describe grief, it just hit me so hard. I recently lost someone very dear. Some people find it weird then I am doing well at times. But it is true, grief is feeling the joy and love of the person you lost. They will always be missed, but know that they will always be in your heart!
I get it. My dad passed a couple years ago and it's still hard for my mom and siblings. I feel like he'd gone through so many illnesses and accidents and recoveries that I felt like I had already mourned his loss. I still think about him, but I don't have the same ache. Grief is so different for everyone.
Talesin with the max chaos option at the VERY end of the episode “if you lick the walls does it get weirder” 😂🤣 I hadn’t considered it even a little bit but now her confusion feels like it makes more sense 😂
Nord: my sponsor needs to have class. They need to be sophisticated, professional, on top of it, and concise. Sam: *puts weird things in his mouth, ads barely have anything to do with the product, ropes his friends into increasingly unhinged radio plays* Nord: Nord: I want that one
@@awhatsname oh what a beautiful thought. I’d love to sit in the room for that meeting. I mean, honestly, Critical Role is pretty on brand for a VPN service. Also, I hate ads, but love that Nord VPN has stuck to it and funded this creative legacy.
The Garage Frog convo/edit has gotta be one of my favorite post-production moments, lol. I also hope to god that was actually the one from Matt and Marisha's garage, lol.
After almost 3 years since I started to watch Critical Role today is the first episode that I see at the moment of release because I watched all previous Campaings and One Shots of the channel.
Y’all, if you haven’t gotten the cookbook yet, you are severely missing out. Even if you get it as an art book. Seriously. It’s gorgeous. And Eshteross’s maple ginger cookies are fucking bomb.
CAN VOUCH. my mom got me the book as an early birthday present and i made eshteross’ cookies this weekend. they’re so delicious. i’m so excited to make more stuff!
@@astralluna did yours yield like a whole lot more than 24??? I followed the recipe and portioned each one exactly as they said and baked them for the right time at the right temperature, and somehow I ended up with 40🤠 not complaining though!!
@@doodlebug99mine always makes more too. I freeze half of the cookie dough scoops so it’s easy to take out a few at a time and have fresh baked whenever you want! Also, highly recommend the green tea shortbread too. Victor knew what he was doing 😉
Everytime the name „Ka’Mort” pops up I can literally hear Brennan Lee Mulligan saying it in a low, guttural voice in my head I loved that edition of EXU and I’m still begging for a Lou Wilson appearence in the main campaign
Can’t decide if it’s funnier if the ‘Laura Bailey’ intro still was a randomly generated thumbnail or if someone was passive aggressively calling her out for not choosing one yet 😂
I amazed I haven’t seen any comments saying something like “of course the main character has the thumbnail” There has to be someone who thinks that way.
I swear, Jirana is like a cross between Andy Kaufman and Hayao Miyazaki. If Toriz isn't animated as a tribute to Studio Ghibli, it will be a crime. (EDIT: comment made before Matt's explicit call-out. My point re: the animation stands).
Taleisans comment about how you can tell a lot about a person by the books they have on their bookshelf and ESPECIALLY a lot about people who dont have books on their bookshelf is gold.
"How do you grieve if you don't know what was taken from you?" is honestly up there with "Pain doesn't make people, it's love that saves them" (paraphrasing), Taliesin comes up with some of the best lines ever
I really wanted Orym to talk about his grief. I think he was doing great in the past 6 years. But then Luidinus' plan reveal flipped everything and erased all those healings. He has been bottling up ever since, he needs someone to talk to
Oh, they are. Sam just isn't very good at accents. Liam and Matt are the resident accent experts. Travis has a few that he's really good at, but he's not as versatile as them. After watching all 3 campaigns I'm actually impressed by how far Marisha has come. Keyleth was just her talking ditzy a lot of the time, and Beau was just her in a bad mood. Laudna is the first one whose voice is noticeably different from her regular speaking voice.
It's very easy to hear Sam voice in games, as it's literally just Sam... I'm almost convinced that he doesn't do voices at all, yet still got a VA job.
@@chrisnewman2737 just want to add that I've always heard it's harder to maintain a bad voice than a good one by which I mean keep it consistent and he's really good at that
@@cola98765most va jobs just want you to use your normal speaking voice. The reason being because people like when a character sounds real. I, personally, like being able to immerse myself in a video game. Strange voices frequently break that immersion
1:28:00 You know, my favourite dice set is this beautiful purple and teal with gold letters... and thanks to this moment I'll never be able to look at it the same way again... 😅
3:28:55 I have never thought the life of someone and why they became a tree would instantly make me feel like it would be family to me. Dammit Mathew Mercer my allergies must be acting up now.
Imogen just telepathically connecting to every single entity she meets without context clues. This is definitely a very fuck around and find out group xD I appreciate mate keeping a lot of find outs.
The more the episode went on, the more It was One Piece like. The compass moment was the nail in the coffin, and all clues went into place. Moving Islands, compasses that point routes, ultra weird monsters and charachters, pirates, ghost pirates... and ships from outside cant get into It because there are weird HUGE flying and swimming monsters + a mysterious fog... I mean... Next stop: Ohara.
Please tell me I wasn’t the only one who immediately thought Howls Moving Castle when he started describing Toriz?? I kept waiting for one of them to make a joke abt Howl’s Moving Toad or smth 😂
4:05:45 I was 100% Taliesin in that moment haha - he's been saying it all campaign and FCG would never really listen but NOW that a turtle woman is saying it, it finally goes through haha the relief
I love that they filled the portable hole with pillows so they could rest and use it like a portable base and are yet to think of it in these situations where they need to hide out like throw it on a wall, walk in put someone outside as a guard😂
HEY, there might be some SPOILERS under the thing
0:20 Two magic horses
5:25 Laura’s merch corner
7:45 Marisha is one with the beast
10:00 Intro cinematic
11:50 EPISODE STARTS
14:00 Recap Ends
18:05 Chetney is losing it
22:00 Dalen’s Closet
27:50 Orym loves having a Pate backpack
30:40 Cloud’katoa
39:00 Feetsies
42:50 Stinky horse costume
51:40 Team Dogfight
1:03:20 Designing a green house
1:08:05 Chetney does not snack on watch
1:09:05 Pate can’t whisper
1:12:20 Frog fairies
1:16:40 FCG makes friends
1:19:25 FCG’s human impression
1:22:35 Robosphincter
1:24:05 Talking to a frog fairy
1:28:00 FCG gets pooped on again
1:32:10 Chetney is getting close
1:34:30 Imogen pops a brain
1:38:20 Imogen gives Orym things to worry about
1:41:20 Chetney’s vision
1:45:05 Imogen wants everyone to poop on her
1:48:15 Lavender poop
1:49:30 Me loves the fire
1:50:15 The Rain Party
1:57:45 Hand signals
2:01:10 BREAK STARTS
2:13:40 Art Montage
2:15:40 BREAK ENDS
2:17:10 Map out
2:19:35 Battle begins
2:35:40 The power… to move you
2:43:35 Silvery Barbara Downs
2:49:15 Weather map
2:54:40 The dice lands dumb
2:55:50 Frog cabin
2:58:15 “We have a toad at home” The toad at home
3:02:40 Chetney is bleeding out
3:05:35 Ragdolling the mole monster
3:08:20 Jirana
3:13:25 Bary Manilow
3:17:55 I love Toriz so much
3:21:30 Jirana gives some background
3:27:50 Evon’travir
3:36:05 New map, hell yeah
3:38:30 Raft estimates (rule of thumb, to carry 500lb you need at least a 5,000lb raft)
3:40:40 Sam flask
3:47:40 Lost compass of the Dread Captain Novos
3:51:55 Chetney’s ghost ship vision
3:53:45 Ghost services
3:57:40 Rau’shan and Ka’mort
4:00:15 Reef moss balms
4:03:20 FCG gets some therapy
4:07:10 Getting stamina
4:12:30 The vomit comet
4:15:05 Ashton’s last question
4:17:35 Episode Ends
The in-game start date for the episode is unclear. Sam’s gas can says “Coin Boy”
The WIRED UA-cam channel did a ‘Google autocomplete’ interview with the whole cast of Critical Role. It was incredibly fun, and I actually learned new things about the cast, which is surprising for me. It’s definitely worth checking out. If anyone can send photos or album art for the EP of City Boyz (Sam’s boy band), I will pay $100. I will pay $500 for the full EP.
Any moments I missed? Feel free to post them here. Is it Thursday yet?
Buddy you are amazing!!
Wow! You are so quick!!
how do you get here so quickly
So fast!
@@elliotwillis231VOD on twitch, they know it comes out at noon pacific, probably have a timer set or something, maybe even a bot
I love how Travis responds to the word map the same way a dog reaks to walk or treat
Everyone is talking about Ashton's line, but how about some love for Matt's amazing "Not out of malice, but because some things need to eat and some things need to be eaten". Holy crap what a great line!
As humans we exist in such binaries, good and evil, right or wrong like is the lion evil for eating the antelope? I love Matt’s nuance and perspective always.
Life needs things to live.
That will be an iconic Ashton line though honestly
As humans we can choose to go against the very fabric of nature. Placing homes in ancient floodplains, the sides of active volcanoes and massive cities where there is almost no water! MM is not being nuanced, he understands the laws of nature and human nature, which allows him to tell such gripping stories, to which most of us can relate. The story that is currently being told, while gripping and immersive, pales in comparison to what we’re actually facing in the real world sadly. This is the four hours of escapism need throughout the week as I chew on it in 30 minute intervals.
what's the time stamp
I love Travis chiming in as a fellow husband when Marisha reminds him of the toad. "Don't tell him that now, it doesn't help anything!"
I loved the stand-in XD
@@rhokesh4391 So did I. CR has, at it's heart, always been a home game among friends. It's heartwarming to see.
Aka: being whiney
Honestly, are you egos really that fragile?
Was she supposed to read his mind and know that he needed the giant toad decoration before he mentioned it in game?
ffsake!
I love how Matts "Good looking out" is just his polite way to say "Nice try, but no".
100%
I love it when he says that. It encourages players to be active. Even if you said some stupid shit and it didn't work out, u feel good that you tried anyway)
Time stamp?
@@Cerberusx32anytime someone tries something that doesn’t make sense or goes against the rules
@@Meraxes6and by someone you mean either Marisha or Laura 😂
I can't believe we've had two years of Orym sliding between someone's legs every combat and Laura's never made a single joke about it 🤔
That small Pate-Laudna conversation about being quiet was both so random and beautiful
The small Pate and Laudna moments are my favorite tidbits
Still love Laudna flying him like a kite from a couple episodes ago
And the RAISE OF THE YEAR goes to the editor who added in the toad at 2:59:06
We love you, we need you.
We'll fix it in Post!!
Seriously, it was very well edited!!!!
Thank you nameless editor!!!
I rushed to the comment section at the second it popped up to say to same thing! SO cool.
*The power.... OF IMAGINATION!*
I wasn't paying attention so I saw a frog and then a Beaurebar mug and my brain went 🫠
I just cannot get enough of travis' physical comedy. When this campaign hits the animations I want Chetney to not have an animated face but instead it's just Travis' real face
There's a type of animation they do where the VA is pre-recorded and the artists go off the film of the VAs doing their lines for inspiration on how to animate the characters.
@@thegriffin88 They can do that, sure. But I would much rather a pure rotoscope of Travis's face (Joel Havel style, specifically)
I mean if 4:12:51 is a prime example of what greatness could be done, I'm willing to bet that sometime in the distant future we may get to see it.
I could see Travis as an Angela Anaconda.
Apparently they considered doing that as part of the drug trip in the Feywild in TLOVM, but it was so actually horrifying that it got scrapped.
Travis clapping about getting bit by the monster and immediately regretted cheering on chet's demise upon "68" points of damage.
He might've been better placated if it was 69.
As a DM,… I would have added one without missing a beat
2:49:08 "I didn't have enough *blood* to amplify, if you know what I mean"
didn't stop Molly
Actually, it did ☠️
Yeah… both of these are correct really.
It's too soon!
@@yadiraaguiar5409 It's been over four years!
@@joshhaworth2155 still too soon!
"We love you very much and is it Thursday yet?"
Ashley Johnson's, "No it's not!" was me, unfortunately not yet
2:59:00 I gotta appreciate the production team for including cinematic shots for both the coconut cup they used and the actual frog mini (actually this could be a 1:1 frog replica) that was supposed to be there.
Dug this too! I work in production, and though it's not the particular kind that puts a froghemoth home into the battle map of an actual play show, I very much appreciate the one in a few thousand people that takes the time to show love for the little things.
I thought I was finally becoming a lost boy and my imagination was starting to work real time.
2:49:25 Not Pate calling Laudna "mum". Omg, that's too precious !!
I love Pate so much
I was scrolling through the comments when Pate said “Alright mum”. Talk about perfect timing
It's got a double meaning there, too. One, because Laudna created Pate, and so is his mom in a way, but also, with the accent Matt uses for Pate, "mum" is like saying "ma'am".
So, for Matt's inevitable one-man one shot, we have Pate, Dynios, and now Just Me the frog fairy.
Matt, you just have to stop inventing cute NPCs, man!
Don’t forget Henry!
i bet Henry will be carried around in a plant pot
And kiri!
You forgot about Mother and her offended caws
And Mister!
FCG pooped by fairies: “Ahhhh how cute.”😊
FCG pooped by birds: *trauma*
"WHY DO THINGS KEEP SHITTING ON ME?" XD
The difference is consent!
EMOTIONAL DAMAGE
@@DarcOne13 fucking amen lmao... aint that the truth
@@DarcOne13HENRY TAUGHT YOU WELL
"I'm perpetually surrounded by broken things. Everything can be mended given time." Jirana just gave me a lesson. I needed that.
4:05:31FCG's "Oh I need help too...?" and Taliesin/Ashton just like "YES EFFING GOD YOU REALIZE IT" silently is sending me
I think he heard the hallelujah chorus when he looked up! 😂
every time i rewatch it it gets better. especially with how quickly jirana catches on to the dynamic it’s SO FUNNY
The number of times I've been Ashton in this situation...... I feel so seen!
@moonrosesoundgarden25 well, he did use to lead it
Orym, at barely double digits HP, safely tucked away behind a rock and guarded by Ashton, slashed open and bleeding, slurring from exhaustion and pain, upon seeing a giant toad: "I'm gonna fight it."
Like the late Steve Irwin always said: "I'm gonna touch it!" :D
@@David_Blake91 "don't boop the frog!"
It’s been bugging me for so long who Orym reminds me of, it’s Peter Parker, it’s the same energy
@@siobhan-rae I get more Steve Rogers energy, but I can see Peter as well
I looove Orym... Like Vax and Caleb were very physically attractive player characters... but I could stare at that character art of Orym all day, every day, until I die. Absolute smoke show. Boy got me *thirsty.* 💦
(sorry for the unasked-for swooning out of nowhere, I just had to vent lol)
Taliesin's whole "how do you grieve if you don't know what was taken from you?" just further proves that that man owns a piece of my soul
He truly loves to test how good of a impromptu therapist Matt can be
Taliesin is by far the player at the table with the highest IRL wisdom stat.
It almost feels like he has a list of quotes at the ready when he sneaks in those heavy one-liners. Props to him for having serious in-character moral questions on the draw.
can i ask when do they tell that? I can't find it >.
@@Ybercillo 4:15:05
Nordo the Nagnificent finally makes sense.
Nag is a word for horse,
which means Sam planned it from the start.
Probably not the craziest plan he's made.
OMG you are right🤣
Omfg and the weird hair/fringe last time was a horse's mane 🤦♀️
I figured it out when he started making MLP-adjacent skits.
The sunflower bit a few months ago had me already looking fot it.
"I've done nothing but tell you things you probably already knew, and just wouldn't believe yourself to hear them." Hoo boy, that attacked my soul a lot harder than I wanted it to...
How does the same person who said ‘life needs things to live’ also come out with such a beautiful quote as ‘how do you grieve if you don’t know what was taken from you?’
They can't all be winners, but they are mostly memorable!
Because, much like with madness and genius, there is a very short distance between wisdom and platitudes.
Help, it's again
taliesin always has had the best one liners throughout all campaigns.
the ones that really make you have to sit back and think about it for a bit, regardless if it's actually right or not.
'how do you grieve if you don’t know what was taken from you?’ Is the nonsense saying that Taliesin (and 20 something year old woman on twitter) are known for. At a glance it seems deep, but when you actually think about it for more than .5 seconds, you realize it's asinine drivel. You get those quotes that is, when they aren't just flat out "wtf is he even saying" moments, which comprises 99% of everything that comes out of his mouth at that table. Gods bless his heart he tries so hard. He does end up saying something actually coherent every 20-30 episodes though, I will give him that.
2:58:15 Matt describing that he tried to order a Halloween toad as a mini and that it didn’t arrive in time only to have his wife saying they already had one at home reminds me so much of that meme of the kid at the store asking his mom for something only for the mom to state they have such at home already. Which was perfectly capped off with them using a porcelain cup as a stand in. Imagine just a picture of that said cup with the words superimposed over it saying “the mini they have at home”
The 'fixed it in post' by editing in the frog....
I honestly love the fact that Matt also shops around halloween for random props for minis....as any good home DM does...don't mind me while I go check oriental trading, spirit halloween, and the local craft stores. :)
As a french, this add was like a fever dream. Sam’s prononciation is improving.
Not deliberately, I'm sure. 😅
you know what they say about infinite monkeys, or in this case, horses@@Scaramanga7
To me, he sounds like the Taco Bell dog mascot crossed with that screaming mascot from those old Quiznos subs ads.
@@JB-xl2jc as someone not from the US this means absolutely nothing to me
@@equinoxxed_7502you can’t figure out what that means from the context clues?
1:21:00 I was praying “Grab my Meat” were chetney’s last words from his sleeping death roll 😂
that would have been AMAZING
It would have been so fitting
I need Jirana and Nana Morri to have a knitting circle.
That’s exactly what I thought!!!!! Nana Mori IS a house.. Toriz is a house… it can’t. not. be CUTE!!!!
Zhudanna's there and she brought cookies
@@CraftySeaPickle absolutely!
@@CraftySeaPickle I was gonna say this if you didn't hehe, zhudanna would absolutely get on great with both of them :)
When I see it wirtten I see the similarities between "Jirana" and "Jiraiya". I mean... the toad. Come on! :)
toriz the frog house is one of the greatest things matthew mercer has ever created
This whole episode has some of Matts best world building of the campaign!
I don't know, I imagine that frog must have a hell of a cotton mouth, accomodating a house in his mouth all the time, including fire place and all ... not to mention all the passive smoking. ;-). It's certainly one of the craziest things Matt ever created though and the dramatic entrance was great.
It's definitely up there. And then down again. Probably a few times depending on where it needs to go.
I'm so late to this, but it seems very influenced by Baba Yaga, from my perspective. At least, that's the first thing I thought of.
@@Caitydid561 even later than you.
It's the greatest baba yaga - naruto cross over reference I've ever seen
in this episode: bell’s hells visit exandrian Australia
As and Aussie, fully agree
Austrandria?
I’d say they finally arrive at the Grand Line
I’d have called them chazwazzahs
I couldn't figure out what noise was bothering my misophonia, and then surprisingly, finally, Laura asked Matt to turn the fire noise off. Thanks Laura!
What is misophonia?
@@puppetmaster1420 It is a strong physiological or emotional response to certain sounds.
Im actually looking through the comments to see if anyone knows what that sound is, lol
in both previous campaigns, they at this point had a home base, so it's interesting to see bells hells constantly try to make a home for themselves when they can, and admire ones they come across. I can't wait for them to find the c3 equivalent of Whitestone or the Xhorhaus, or even Scanlan's mansion or Caleb's tower, so they can finally feel at home and settle down for a bit.
One could argue that what was intended to be their Home Base was crashed into the Maleous Key.
At this point I'd probably consider all of Drusar home for them. They have multiple inns they frequent and at least a few reoccuring NPCs there. It would be really cool for them to have their own place though
Who did eshteross' house get left to
Oh, hundred percent, @@Meithanos . Like, that was very clearly meant to be a long-standing piece of kit, and it showed, through Capt. Xandis how much Matt was trying to say "I really don't want you to do this... but it IS your ship, and that would be cool as hell."
Which... that's interesting. Matt may have originally intended for them to have a mobile base.
@@weebjeezYeah, and it was quite stupid for them to crush it. I hated it completely. There are a lot of bombs, but crushing an airship? It was stupid
Matt finally getting revenge for scanlan's antics. "Why do things keep shitting on me?"
2:59:06 Props to whoever inserted the actual giant toad in post.
I want a "you promised us a fire" T shirt.
Yes!
I want a "They want a rainparty" T-Shirt.
Definitely needs to be made, @criticalrole!
@@Zasek2112 That's the back of the t-shirt.
Dated, but you can probably find a 'You promised us Fyre' t-shirt... ;-)
Oof, leave it to Sam to deliver the most heart-wrenching moments, in contrast to his usual shenanigans. The soft "oh I need it too" was a gut punch and I teared up. (But also lmao at Taliesin's reactions :D )
Sam is 99% of the time playing a PITA character, and then drops the most amazing, soulful, gut-punching scenes that make my heart break. He is never boring!
Am i the only one who is convinced that caduceus would LOVE Meeting Jirana? ❤❤❤
The whole M9 would love to meet her. Since Orly exists.
"Papa? How are Matt's new fairies made?"
"Well son, when a lizard, and a praying mantis, and zebra, and a fire fly love each other very very much..."
PSA: there will be a Queen By Midnight game stream tomorrow, Tuesday, 7 pm Pacific time. The princesses: Aabria, Aimee, Laura, Taliesin. Just on the off chance somebody might see this who is not following any socials or the newsletter.
It will be on UA-cam on Thursday.
Taliesin is best princess.
omg thank you, i've really wanted to see someone play it cause I can't get it myself and I lowkey live under a rock so
Thanks and I also live under a rock
It will be on critical roles yt channel or someone else’s. I’d love to watch tailesin play a princess but I’m not too into dnd except for this channel and d20.
@@Stitchers_Whimsy I'm not sure if you're asking or making a statement, but just in case: The initial stream will be on both CR's UA-cam channel (this one) and their Twitch channel. Probably no rebroadcasts. VOD on UA-cam Thursday (10 am Pacific).
Critical Role publishes weekly schedules every Monday.
Given the island setting and Chetney’s love of woodworking, I’d say he’s got boats to build.
RIP, Jimmy Buffet.
I liked the idea of him making a map out of wood, but it was a globus, with xes where he had been. This would set of FCG.😅
Taliesin's face when FCG is finally listening to someone is priceless
I had that face as well 😂
Thank you so much for pointing this out!!!!
I literally read your comment 2 seconds before his reactions started and I looked up from the comments to see it!
He makes that face every game. All of tailesins characters know better than anyone else.
The words Mat choice to describe grief, it just hit me so hard. I recently lost someone very dear. Some people find it weird then I am doing well at times. But it is true, grief is feeling the joy and love of the person you lost. They will always be missed, but know that they will always be in your heart!
I get it. My dad passed a couple years ago and it's still hard for my mom and siblings. I feel like he'd gone through so many illnesses and accidents and recoveries that I felt like I had already mourned his loss. I still think about him, but I don't have the same ache. Grief is so different for everyone.
Talesin with the max chaos option at the VERY end of the episode “if you lick the walls does it get weirder” 😂🤣 I hadn’t considered it even a little bit but now her confusion feels like it makes more sense 😂
I loved that line!!
I just need everyone to remember that Nord paid real life money for that French horse fever dream. Amazing!😂
Nord: my sponsor needs to have class. They need to be sophisticated, professional, on top of it, and concise.
Sam: *puts weird things in his mouth, ads barely have anything to do with the product, ropes his friends into increasingly unhinged radio plays*
Nord:
Nord: I want that one
A marketing manager at Nord has to provide updates to their boss on the Critical Role account, and I think that is beautiful.
@@awhatsname oh what a beautiful thought. I’d love to sit in the room for that meeting.
I mean, honestly, Critical Role is pretty on brand for a VPN service. Also, I hate ads, but love that Nord VPN has stuck to it and funded this creative legacy.
Every time I thought Matt couldn't come up with a cuter being, he does. I love Me so much.
Ikr he was so cute! Kiri is still my favourite of his but for a tiny bug Me is definitely up there
Out of context your last sentence just screams narcissism lol
What made me giggle was that "Me" is a literal dragonfly
Every time Travis gets excited about a map, the more I think his next character should just have skills in cartography.
Matt 2:57:58 let out another mind blowing gutteral sound effect that left the professional voice actors terrified!! Matt is my spirit animal HAHAHA!
The Garage Frog convo/edit has gotta be one of my favorite post-production moments, lol. I also hope to god that was actually the one from Matt and Marisha's garage, lol.
Yeah that was actually glorious to see LOL
I had to rewind and watch again because it took me a minute to process.
That made me laugh quite a lot 😄
Matt starts talking about 150 ft cliffs and all I can think is, “we’re basically gods” *goldfish
The instant the word 'cliffs' issued from his mouth chat started filling up with Keyfish emoji
Yes! I was very surprised none of them brought that up!
And NOW we understand why Kelith decided not to join them..
The party: "I can cast Fly" "I can Feather Fall"
Keyleth: "I Goldfish."
Is it me or have they not been near a 1000 foot cliff since? Safety first!
After almost 3 years since I started to watch Critical Role today is the first episode that I see at the moment of release because I watched all previous Campaings and One Shots of the channel.
Congratulations? But honestly - I miss the time, where there were no brutal cliffhangers, because the next episode was always a click away. 🙂
Congratulations! And, I'm sorry..... for the wait you will now have to undergo.
(But at least there's an Everything Is Content stream tomorrow!)
welcome to the modern times!
I just recently caught up too! Last week in fact, what a ride, huh?
@@teaganlee4219 Absolutely.
The transformation from man to horse is finally complete
The slow and beautiful process it is
Its been a long one, he started with the teeth all the way back in campaign one
Apparently I missed this.
Or not, giving Sam's extravagancies, next week there will be a real pony and Sam doing voice-over for the ad.
Now he just needs the Jeff Goldblum mask.
Y’all, if you haven’t gotten the cookbook yet, you are severely missing out. Even if you get it as an art book. Seriously. It’s gorgeous. And Eshteross’s maple ginger cookies are fucking bomb.
Amazon aren’t delivering mine till the 20th sept 🥺
CAN VOUCH. my mom got me the book as an early birthday present and i made eshteross’ cookies this weekend. they’re so delicious. i’m so excited to make more stuff!
@@astralluna did yours yield like a whole lot more than 24??? I followed the recipe and portioned each one exactly as they said and baked them for the right time at the right temperature, and somehow I ended up with 40🤠 not complaining though!!
@@doodlebug99mine always makes more too. I freeze half of the cookie dough scoops so it’s easy to take out a few at a time and have fresh baked whenever you want! Also, highly recommend the green tea shortbread too. Victor knew what he was doing 😉
@@doodlebug99HILARIOUSLY MINE ENDED UP WITH LESS? i got about 16 cookies out of mine. variable cookie hours
Everytime the name „Ka’Mort” pops up I can literally hear Brennan Lee Mulligan saying it in a low, guttural voice in my head
I loved that edition of EXU and I’m still begging for a Lou Wilson appearence in the main campaign
Can’t decide if it’s funnier if the ‘Laura Bailey’ intro still was a randomly generated thumbnail or if someone was passive aggressively calling her out for not choosing one yet 😂
Considering that she is the one who picks them, it would probably a jab at herself. ;)
I amazed I haven’t seen any comments saying something like “of course the main character has the thumbnail”
There has to be someone who thinks that way.
well you apparently@@dubbingsync
I arrived too late and missed it. What was the prior thumbnail?
Just a still from the Intro showing Laura.@@JB-xl2jc
As a french critter, its the best time to be alive
Just hearing about the fog bank being so thick made me think, “Orly must hate this place”
I swear, Jirana is like a cross between Andy Kaufman and Hayao Miyazaki. If Toriz isn't animated as a tribute to Studio Ghibli, it will be a crime.
(EDIT: comment made before Matt's explicit call-out. My point re: the animation stands).
'How do you grieve if you don't know what was taken from you?' and now i'm crying. That hit way too hard...
Taleisans comment about how you can tell a lot about a person by the books they have on their bookshelf and ESPECIALLY a lot about people who dont have books on their bookshelf is gold.
45 minutes in and the thumbnail is still just "Laura Bailey" and, honestly? Fantastic, 10/10, best thumbnail ever
"How do you grieve if you don't know what was taken from you?" is honestly up there with "Pain doesn't make people, it's love that saves them" (paraphrasing), Taliesin comes up with some of the best lines ever
“Life needs things to live.” Still reigns supreme tho
I really wanted Orym to talk about his grief. I think he was doing great in the past 6 years. But then Luidinus' plan reveal flipped everything and erased all those healings. He has been bottling up ever since, he needs someone to talk to
2:59:00 The whole bit with not having the mini was so cute and sweet and the crew really made it work out. TAT
Honestly, they could just leave the thumbnail as is. Its pretty good.
what happened to the thumbnail?
@@coletiveavertere6404it was just a pic of laura from the intro lol
@@icedrice-ts5zzis there any archive of this? I am curious
@@ForestRaptormaybe way back machine
The thumbnail just being “Laura Bailey” is pretty fitting
I love how Matt is *immediately* broken during the ad read
My buddy watched the Sams weird french horse ad and looked to me and simply asked "Are you sure these guys are Voice Actors?"
Oh, they are.
Sam just isn't very good at accents.
Liam and Matt are the resident accent experts. Travis has a few that he's really good at, but he's not as versatile as them.
After watching all 3 campaigns I'm actually impressed by how far Marisha has come. Keyleth was just her talking ditzy a lot of the time, and Beau was just her in a bad mood. Laudna is the first one whose voice is noticeably different from her regular speaking voice.
It's very easy to hear Sam voice in games, as it's literally just Sam... I'm almost convinced that he doesn't do voices at all, yet still got a VA job.
@@chrisnewman2737 just want to add that I've always heard it's harder to maintain a bad voice than a good one by which I mean keep it consistent and he's really good at that
@@cola98765most va jobs just want you to use your normal speaking voice. The reason being because people like when a character sounds real. I, personally, like being able to immerse myself in a video game. Strange voices frequently break that immersion
1:28:00 You know, my favourite dice set is this beautiful purple and teal with gold letters... and thanks to this moment I'll never be able to look at it the same way again... 😅
"Sometimes I think I should've let that bedroom set kill you all"
*Imagines Ed Norton and the Fight Club Narration*
' I am Ashton's Raging Repulsion'
now anytime matt says "shift and," I say shiver and quiff out loud to myself
Ashley's and Marisha's hair look fantastic in this episode
"Sometimes I wish I'd let that bedroom set kill you all!" I've been there, Ashton. Oh, I've been there.
2:56:06 omg the magic of editing *chef's kiss*
Matt’s imagery of the toad is so real I can almost see it instead of the cup when they show the map…😂
3:28:55 I have never thought the life of someone and why they became a tree would instantly make me feel like it would be family to me. Dammit Mathew Mercer my allergies must be acting up now.
Gotta say, Laura looks real good in the Laudna dress, I was almost disappointed when she changed out of it ^^°
Ashley actually has a pretty good French accent when she speaks French words.
Imogen just telepathically connecting to every single entity she meets without context clues.
This is definitely a very fuck around and find out group xD I appreciate mate keeping a lot of find outs.
I'm here before the correct thumbnail
Gang Gang
Maybe they decided to leave this one?
Haha same!
Same
same
I love how Matt confirmed the Miyazaki influence as that’s exactly what I thought when Toriz was introduced
I can see Matt is channeling his inner One Piece fan.
That compass was straight up a Log Pose.
Dude is voicing trafalgar Law, he op-op’d it Into his own Universe 😉
The more the episode went on, the more It was One Piece like. The compass moment was the nail in the coffin, and all clues went into place.
Moving Islands, compasses that point routes, ultra weird monsters and charachters, pirates, ghost pirates... and ships from outside cant get into It because there are weird HUGE flying and swimming monsters + a mysterious fog...
I mean... Next stop: Ohara.
Legit was scrolling the comments hoping someone had made the same connection
Please tell me I wasn’t the only one who immediately thought Howls Moving Castle when he started describing Toriz?? I kept waiting for one of them to make a joke abt Howl’s Moving Toad or smth 😂
This is my first episode of critical role proper since becoming a Critter ^^ I've been working my way through older ones for like a month.
Welcome to the fold my fine individual!
Congrats!! 🎉
Welcome! I'm so jealous you get experience C1 and C2 fresh
When the little creatures appeared, I was like: "Hey, they are my favorite colors, teal!" And then it was poop, and I'm amused and sad haha.
What an amazing episode... and leave it to Taliesin to utterly rip my heart out (again) with just a single line.
As a zoologist I adore how Matt takes inspiration from the natural world. Star nosed moles are fricking awesome!!!
Laura Bailey will never ask anybody else to do the thumbnail ever again
_And in tonights episode of WTF Just Happened, the gang becomes the focal point of a Pookake Party._
Fecal* point
4:05:45 I was 100% Taliesin in that moment haha - he's been saying it all campaign and FCG would never really listen but NOW that a turtle woman is saying it, it finally goes through haha the relief
They need to do an old school hexcrawl or dungeon delve so Travis can go ape shit over everything he comes across 😂
gotta add “How do you grieve if you don’t know what was taken from you?” to the list of banger taliesin one liners
I just imagine Prism scrying at the party at this moment.
can we take a moment to appreciate how lovely Marisha looks. Thankyou.
Matt killing it with the Paté moments. XD And "feetsies"! Fantastic episode.
That NordVPN ad was the best/worst/best thing I've ever witnessed/endured/witnessed. Thank you/how dare you/thank you.
Don't forget, Nord paid real life money for that too! 😂
Whoever that was who yelled "TOASTY!" during the Mortal Kombat 1 ad (I think it was Marisha?) gets major props from me!
I love it when the exact second I finish one episode the notification for the next one pops up 😂
I love that they filled the portable hole with pillows so they could rest and use it like a portable base and are yet to think of it in these situations where they need to hide out like throw it on a wall, walk in put someone outside as a guard😂
Well, in this episode, there wasn't really any good places to put it down plus it is filled with dead bodies right now.
I love Marisha advocating for the boat. You can tell she's trying to help Travis out lol. Even Matt is like, but, teleport ow? Lol
The One Who Smells immediately reminded me of the shirshu that June from avatar the last airbender rode while tracking her bounties.
We almost had the 'shoreshrew's shirshu'
Shout out to the editing team that put a frog in there for us viewers on UA-cam it is greatly appreciated