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captainsspnanon · 3 years ago

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C2E12 - Midnight Espionage

BACK TO MY NEEEEIN.

I’m halfway through ExU, and I just need to take a pause. Like, I’m thrilled that the players are having the time of their life, but it just ain’t for me. SO COMFORT FOOD IT IS.

I’m actually kind of sad that I watch the animated recaps a bunch, because I feel like it reminds me of things that I’d forgotten and would have been surprised upon the rewatch. Like them finding the drow in the sewers and the whole bit with the beacon. 100% would not have remembered if I hadn’t seen the recaps.

LOL at Travis trying to catch a fly. Not as bad as when they move into the new studio, but still.

IS THIS THE START OF THE METAGAMING PIGEON OH MY GOD also I always spell pigeon with a ‘dg’ why do I do this

IT’S EVEN FUNNIER AND FAR MORE CHAOTIC THAN I REMEMBERED!!!!

Man, one thing you really forget by the end of a campaign is just how much DETAIL Matt really puts into his locations. By the end, you’ve got your locations that you go and the certain locations in town that you deal with. But the Apple Tree school? The Gilded Willows in the Tri-Spire? The Song and Supper Inn? Locations that Matt has set and created (S&S might have been an improv but I’m not sure) and that come into play in the beginning, and then by the end it’s like NOPE. Zadash consists of Pumat’s shop, the Leaky Tap, the Evening Nip, The Pillow Trove, and sometimes the Leaky Nip

You know, I didn’t ship Widofjord when I first watched, but I can see it now. I’m still a fan of the canon pairings, but this is an au pairing that I’d be cool with. I think the only pairing that I don’t like is Widomauk, and that’s just because of my personal feelings of Molly.

...wait, are all Caleb pairings Widosomething except for the one that became canon? Widofjord, Widomauk, Widojest, Shadowghast. To be fair, I don’t think I know the ship names for Caleb/Nott, Caleb/Beau, or Caleb/Cad, though they’re not super popular pairings anyway, I believe.

These damn actors. I am now so used to Fjord’s Texan accent that it’s going to throw me off hearing the English accent again, I just know it.

JESTER VOICE SO GOOD. No C3 spoilers – but new voice will take time as well, I wonder if then it’ll be weird coming back to hear the Jester voice. For people who saw C1 first, when you first knew her as Vex, then got used to her as Jester, was it weird going back and hearing Vex again? Or was it comfy cozy? For me, going from C2 to watching C1 and then back to C2, hearing the C2 voices again felt like a warm blanket. But I also loved C2 way more than C1, so that probably had influence as well.

*quietly continues to hold the theory that the first campaign you watch ends up being your favorite, which I’m fully expecting to hold true for people who start with C3*

WHAT THE FUCK “you won’t bring back Clarota or nothing” I 100% missed that joke the first time around!

Wait Fjord and Molly have ball bearings too?? That literally never comes up again, ball bearings are 100% Beau’s thing.

I forgot just how smoothly the girls did with their casing. The guys fail like WHOA (oh man, imma see egg dick again)

*coo* Hunters Mark! Oh man, there really were a bunch of C1 jokes that I missed! Honestly though, the only time I feel like it ever impacted things is when M9 met Allura, that I feel would have been more powerful for me had I watched C1 first. All these other jokes? I’m completely fine catching them on the rewatch. No regrets about having watched C2 first! ..Especially because if I’d forced myself to stick with C1 first (I did try it first, but stopped after an hour) I never would have watched CR at all, because even after having watched C2 and knowing that I’d love it, it still took almost 9 or 10 episodes before I felt invested in C1.

Hmmm… interesting that Caleb didn’t want him and Nott to go to the infirmary with Fjord and Molly. I wonder if that was a Caleb choice, or if Liam had something that he wanted to to.

When Matt introduces the boy as Simon I feel like my face was the exact same as Liam’s. Another C1 reference that went over my head and now gives me FEEELS.

Odd thought, I just realized one of the things that may have made it hard for me to connect with Molly is the fact that I’ve been able to see the PCs mirrored in the players a bit, even with C3. But with Molly? It’s very hard for me to look at Taliesin and ‘see’ Molly. And it’s not an appearance thing or anything, as I had no trouble seeing Ashley as Pike or Sam as hmm…..well maybe not, I did have difficulty seeing Sam as Nott for the longest. That might be a thing that leads to a disconnect. And honestly? I can’t even give any sort of a reason why! I don’t know if it’s because of Molly’s design that I found it harder to picture, or was is RP, or was it just a random thing that I don’t even know! Especially because with this rewatch, I’m seeing that Taliesin is really good about staying in character even when not saying things. He really does constantly have Molly’s facial expressions and body language.

Sam - *makes good baby crying noises* Deception check! Negative one! *immediately changes the crying to be just Nott screeching softly* goddamn sam you are so good

Enemy of My Enemy??? I WANT TO KNOW ALL THEIR SCAMS. We learned what, three? Modern Literature, the Money Pot, and Mother’s Love.

Oh noooooooo poor Marisha the fly flew in her drink! THE WORST

That entire section was so chaotic ans suuuuch a mess I loved it

With all the planning and plotting that they did, the High Richter just getting killed by Ulog was honestly probably the best outcome for them. XD

They forgot Ulog! AND THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THAT I’VE SEEN THIS AND I STILL FORGOT ABOUT HIM TOO

LARKIN REFERENCE iloveit

I’m also loving how watching these it’s so fun to see what I remember (what that necklace does, Ulog!) verus what I don’t (the whole shebang of getting him past the gates in the first place)

Nott beating Beau to the top of the tree. All the feels for the later contests

Marisha quoting ‘we’re basically gods’ EXCEPT IT’S PARAPHRASE!! what’s the name for when something becomes popular when it’s not the actual phrase? Like “beam me up, scotty” and “Luke, I am your father”? Because that’s what this is!! Keyleth said “it’s fine, we’re gods!” and over the course of like a WEEK OR TWO it magically morphed into “we’re basically gods”

Oh man, I wonder if they still have the 23 roof shingles in the haversack by the end of the campaign

Just had a thought. Aside from ‘they had to be there because it’s D&D’, why did Lord Sutan’s house have three crownsguard guarding it? Like, it’s not like they were hired private guards. And he’s not really a ‘political’ figure in the sense of the Lawmaster and the High Richter.

Liam says ‘oh I wish I was still a rogue it’s the best class!’. After all the one shots, full C2, and ExU with all his different classes, I wonder if he still feels that rogue is the best class.

One – I love how they think the magical rug is a flying carpet (ENJOY YOUR WRONGNESS) and two, I’m trying to remember…. I feel like maybe I’d already seen the flying carpet home game clip by this point in my first watch?

“Mage hand, very useful for setting grappling hooks on roofs” “SHUT UP ULOG” iloveit

Liam and Marisha high fiving when she disables the magical trap!!!!!!! how tf do people think that they hate each other is SOOOOO fucking beyond me

Fighting a carpet! And Liam says that his kids have fought a broom in their game. Iloveit

Extract Aspects costing a ki point?? I forgot that he re-jiggered it! Glad he got rid of that feature and just made it has to hit or hit twice, I think?

I wish we could see a line up of the minis that they used in a campaign. I’m pretty sure Caleb’s second mini doesn’t have flame hands. COULD BE WRONG I can’t remember shit

Travis and Liam hyping Marisha and then looking away disappointed when she has a bad roll WHY ARE THESE FRIENDS THE BEST

They also take the bits of rug! Oh, I hope they are still in the haversack by the end.

Sending Stone! Could have been a Jagentoth’s plot, which could have been interesting. I dunno, I’m actually really happy with the plot of how C2 went (I’m actually looking forwards to rewatching Aeor, because while I felt like it dragged a bit at the beginning, I think I’ll just like the exploration part more knowing how it all ends) so there’s not really many plots where I wish they could have done it differently. Like, go law versus crime? No thanks, I love how the crime side went. Go Empire versus Dynasty? No thanks, I love how the Dynasty bit went. Really the only thing that I wonder is how it would have been had Molly not died and Lucien was a reoccurring side villain until the end, but even then, I’m super happy with how it turned out because I literally cannot imagine the M9 without Caduceus. He was SO needed. (though I do want a Darktow one shot! And I ALWAYS could have used more Trent angst because he is still by far my favorite villain)

So there are several players who have held poses for minutes in the campaigns, but props to Sam for doing it with his mouth open in what looks like a really uncomfortable position

Are they trying to throw the paper balls in his mouth??? and oh good, he closes his mouth to swallow at least once! COMFORT BEFORE HUMOR, SAM

Awww, they put the shingles back. Oh well.

I love Sam talking about how they think Matt is managing three story lines but it’s actually four, one they don’t even know about and it’s like, YUP

OH MAN. The STANDOFF. I love seeing Matt’s face when it’s Fjord and Caleb and Nott and I love that the cast are having their hands in full on positions rather than just describing and even though THEY’RE ALL ENJOYING IT it’s such a super tense scene and ohgodit’ssogreat

There are so many moments where I wish I could hear the background talking. Caleb is instantly knocked unconscious from Ulog’s fireball necklace, and Travis and Liam have a back and forth AND I CAN’T HEAR WHAT THEY SAY. SO SAD

I feel like after seeing both campaigns and the start of C3, I have so much more appreciation for Matt’s descriptions where you literally feel caught in the moment and seeing it. The Zauber Spire collapse was so fantastic in description, very much felt like the energy from the initial Chroma Conclave attack. UGH SO GOOD

And I also love just how much everyone is INTO IT. There’s no one just half paying attention, there’s no one listening with a blank look on their face. They are all SO INTO IT and I love it so much

THAT’S TRENT THAT’S TRENT THEY DON’T KNOW IT’S TRENT BUT THAT’S TRENT

Wait, no, Liam knows!!!! He got it!! He asked ‘age’, and then when the figure starts searching the streets he ducks his head!!!! I never saw this or put it together AAAAAAA

I may be 100% making this up, but I feel like whenever Fjord gets a bit worked up or scared, his natural accent bleeds just slightly through the Texan. I’m probably making it up, but whatever HEADCANON

lol at Liam telling Travis that the bromance is over, but that got me thinking. Was this actually the point where Caleb stopped ‘trusting’ Fjord so much and started his closer friendship with Beau? Granted, the friendship comes back with Fjord, but it makes me wonder.

THEY APPLAUD MATT AFTER THE EPISODE ENDS AND THEY DO THE LITTLE TABLE PULL BACK oh my heart

@suicidallyreckless

#critical role #cr c2 rewatch #the mighty nein #spoilers for c1 and c2

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