"Friends, colleagues, precious audience, they say that art is as close to immortality as most could ever hope to achieve. And therefore, it is always coveted by the powerful, and it is prescious beyond measure to the creators who would see their visions realized.
"Tonight, our Circle of the Silver Screen have reminded us of a vicious truth: Art demands sacrifice. And all that raw material has to come from somewhere."
Critical Role gets so much weirder when you remember that lines like “I wish for you in the future, to find someone who will mourn you when are gone” and “You were not born with venom in your veins” aren’t scripted, but lines like “Mother, I bring news from the womb” and “Meow. I’m a cat” are
the reason critical role is so good is because every campaign features at least one cast member creating a character that they intend to be doomed by the narrative and matt and the rest of the cast going don’t be an idiot, Our Love Will Undoom Them. like in the explanation of percy’s final playlist, taliesin wrote, “Cheers to a happy ending for a character intended by his creator to be karmically irredeemable. May we all be so fortunate.” and just, Yeah.