#Gern Blanston

[manueltorresart]

Gern Blanston is a dragonborn necromancer and also a new guest player during the campaing of Vox Machina in @criticalrole.

[demon-neverland]

RIP to Gern Blanston I was really hoping to see your chaotic Irish?Welsh?Boston? Dragonborn and crew of zombies. But alas some brooms are not meant to be stolen and some characters just could not make it. Will miss you and hope to see you in a future episode with more of your chaos energy.

[ravendruid]

"That right there is Coral, and that's Stimpy, and that's Fatty Arbuckle."

I too name my undead servants.

[uncreativeblob]

Gern Blanston, save us.

[everythingdnddd]

***While in the midst of battle***

DM:" Roll a d20 for musical taste."

GB: "Hm... 4."

DM: "It catches you by the ear with delight. Your--"

GB: "It's not bad actually!!"

DM: "Your general frustration with modern music is completely bisected by the more oldies, classical sound of his tune and uh--"

GB: "I quite enjoyed how you worked my first name into that actually! No one's ever done that before!"

[disasterpurplebois]

Would Essek get along with Gern Blanston? Discuss.

[citrusbusiness]

Vex just got the broom to work and I'm so excited for her but also because it means we get Percy tinkering the broom at some point in the near-ish future.

Something has chaaaaanged within me...

[melancholic-frog]

“i can’t wait to see kashaw” “i can’t wait for zahra” “we’re gonna see the kevdak battle” yeah? well i want to see gern blanston. that was one chaotic motherfucker and i adore him with all my heart. i want to see him if only for a moment.

[softness-and-shattering]

Some fun bits from the LoVM season 2 trailer! Spoilers from the campaign and probably the season!   In no particular order:

Zahra and Kash!!! I am so excited for Zahra and Kash!!

The Deathwalker’s Ward! And potentially Whisper, though more likely it’s one of his regulars.

Kayley and Dr Dranzel performing with Scanlan!

Broom!!! I think the dragon is Raishan but context makes me think Umbrasyl. Does this mean lovm-canonical Gern Blanston? 

Kiki has a new autumn-y outfit. Im not entirely sure if Pike’s is the same. Pike does have a cute ponytail going on. 

This shot has Kiki in her new outfit, Vax in the new armour, and Vex is holding Fenthras. (Percy also seems to have Diplomacy going). So this is pretty late-game. We know this arc will be two seasons so I dont think its quite Thordak yet. Maybe Vorugal?

This one I’m a little stuck on. My first thought was Fassbender, but it seems to be blasting Vax in the shadow realm. Maybe the androsphinx? Though it seems he’s been merged with the gynosphinx re talk of Vestiges, and there’s a few shots that look to me like they’re at The Slayers Take. It could be a representation of the Raven Queen, though its not her usual mask.  Curious to hear yall’s thoughts. 

Last one - my initial thought was Daxio followed by Emon, but now I’m wondering if this is Westruun re Kevdak. I only see Kiki and Pike, and I do remember they split up a bit in Westruun.  Based on this; no sign of Marquet or Anna Ripley so far (though Kiki does seem to be high on something, that might just be the Feywild, so I’m guessing this season we start with The Slayers Take in Vasselheim, go to the Sunken Tomb, then Kevdak and Umbrasyl, then the Feywild and we end with Vorugal. So that puts us halfway through the Vestiges and halfway through the dragons.  Im also extremely excited to see what they’ve changed and how, what new perspectives we might see, what surprises are in store. 

[renatogpadilla]

Okay, so I've been thinking about the Mighty Nein Animated Show and how they might skip some guest characters like they did in TLoVM.

So far, they've skipped Lyra, Thorbir, Lilith, Gern Blanston, FUCKING KERREK and Shale, and they're probably gonna cut out Arkhan. Chances are Lionel stays, but that's about it.

So regarding the Mighty Nein, I've reached the conclusion that there's only 3 guests they can skip: Calliana, Twiggy and Spurt.

Now here's my reasoning for this, taking into account the beats they've used in TLoVM so far. MIGHTY NEIN SPOILERS AHEAD! (Up to episode 103, which is where I'm at.)

- Shakaste: OTHER than being the single coldest motherfucker to ever set foot upon the surface of Exandria, he's the reason Nott's family makes it to Nicodranas safely, aside from being connected to the Golden Grin, who are either directly or indirectly connected to the conflict between Xhorhas and the Dwendalian Empire. So he stays.

- Calliana: As much as I LOVE HER, the quest to the swamp could be re-structured so the Nein could still find the cave with the religious items, and Caleb and Beau could still pull Bowlgate as a gag without her. Also, her existence leaves the question of "Hey! Are we gonna deal with this tremendously evil, Tiamat-worshipping cult? That sounds important!" and of course, we never do. Lastly, her letter's impact later on ends up being a Wand that Caleb probably never uses...

I LOVE Cali, but considering they cut out KERREK AND SHALE, she seems to be one of the characters that could be cut for time. I would LOVE to be wrong, though!

- Keg: SHE'S THE REASON MOLLY DIES. FULL STOP. SHE HAS TO BE THERE. That and her connection to the Iron Shepherds...

- Nila: She and her Family caring for the Blooming Grove is what gives Caduceus the comfort to leave until the Clays come back. She can't be cut either.

- Twiggy: Look, I LOVE TWIGGY. I'm sure we all do! But realistically, all she does is show up, leave them the Happy Fun Ball™ and leave. This could also be circumvented by finding it among the treasure in the Tide's Breath or one of U'kotoa's Temples. Granted, she kills the Dragon inside it, but... Guests getting the final blow on something seems isn't enough to push the story their way (unless TLoVM S3 changes something DRASTICALLY, but even then, Kerrek's moment already got stolen, so I don't think they will). And again, she leaves the question "Are we ever dealing with the inhumane collector from Port Damali?" and of course the answer again is "no". She can be cut, though having her Cameo might be nice if possible. Again, I hope I'm wrong.

- Spurt: He's 50/50. The ONLY reason he would be here would be for the "Spurt Went Splat" Gag. He probably wouldn't take a full 5 minutes of Screentime. Depends on whether they cut the Kobolds entirely or not.

-Reani: She has to be in. Other than being the reason Beau survived Gelidon, she's also the reason Caduceus's Family makes it back to the Blooming Grove okay.

So that's the likeness with which I think the guests will be able to come back... I hope I'm wrong and Cali and Twiggy (and Trixie!) make it in, but it seems like this might be, realistically, all we get... Thoughts?

Edit: Since posting this I have finished Campaign 2 and Cali's chances SKYROCKETED after Rumblecusp thanks to the Nein-Sided Tower! She has to be there now in SOME way shape or form!

[snooneko]

Critical Role Campaign 1/Vox Machina watch - random thoughts

Episode 46 - 49 - turns out vestiges are badass

• “My name is Gern Blanston” - “No it’s not” 🤣Guests are always so fun

• When he says candles, does he mean the kind with the long fuses that go boom?

• Grog darling, wtf? You adorable murderer 🩸

• Just Tal saying Doric columns are tacky, like he’s personally remembering back in the day when in Ancient Greece they were ‘what you compensating for?’ version of the stupid big car

• Percy barking like a dog at a basilisk 😂

• I don’t think I’m ever going to get sick of DaggerDaggerDagger

• Talesin causally plays flute with no comment. I am no longer surprised by this man

• and now he’s a crow

• Nope. Spiders are worse than beholders and dragons 🕷 🕷 🕷

• Puzzles are cool ⏳

• Wtf happened to Craven’s edge? Cool and scary

• Yeah another vestige, good going guys

• Oh the new sword is awesome! 🗡

[sadwizardjessi]

Rip Gern Blanston. Also rip a name is earned.

I absolutely love what they're doing with the show and i was still more than satisfied with the eps but damn i can't lie. The original sphynx situation was waaaaay cooler. Just the entire switching in and out of elemental planes was cool af. And it's a shame it was changed :/

[ravendruid]

"Gern Blanston. Flying high, no erection."

[uncreativeblob]

My predictions for tomorrow's lot of tlovm episodes;

• Percy resurrection

• someone fucks

• I will sob

• Matthew Mercer character

• Taryon??

• Trinket eats someone

• Vax is being dramatic again

• Gern Blanston, our last hope

• Nothing bad happens to anyone.

Ever.

[jenjar178]

Critical Role C1E46

This episode is wild all I can really say is I was not expecting a blue dragonborn necromancer named Gern Blanston to absolutely steal the show.

Gern fuckin Blanston

[earlgreytiefling]

My fave quotes/ moments of Critical Role c1: A Thread (6)

•Gern: *bursts out of the forest shouting angry Irish noises*

Grog: Are we killing this one?

Scanlan: No no don’t kill him he’s precious- 46

•A volcano is nature’s candle- Gern, 46

•Gern Blanston, Necromancer/ Candle Specialist my beloved - 46

•Liam: *rolls 34 to hit*

Matt: How’d you get a 34 on your attack?!

Liam: I don’t know anymore-46

•The Gern Backstory Reveal™- 46

•Sam’s wicked witch long game begins- 47

•Scanlan once again discovers the cursed weapon in the party- 47

•Letters song reference and Liam and Taliesin freaking out everyone with their in-sync singing- 48

•TYRIOK :( -48

•Taliesin’s scarily accurate crow noises- 49

•Grog continues to be completely oblivious to the evilness of Craven Edge (Travis’ unparalleled rp) -49

•Scanlan: I don’t know what Grog’s dad looks like

Vax: Yes you do, he was a rotting corpse in front of you trying to kill you

Scanlan: Of course, how could I forget- 50

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