#Percy has to shoot himself in the hand and lose the list to be free

[wrenchinator-central]

There have to be consequences in a story. If there aren’t, there has to be a good reason for it.

I really appreciate how they've been handling death and resurrection in LOVM. Especially coming to most of campaign 1 after campaign 2, the frequency of successful resurrection rituals felt a bit hard to swallow. (In campaign 2 every resurrection apart from the last one was via revivify, which just hits different somehow. Like an 'only mostly dead' kind of situation.)

Now I understand the meta reasons for this (they didn't have a cleric on-site in most of those cases), and it was at one point at least addressed in the fiction, but it still pulls me out of the story a bit. Ultimately, resurrection felt cheap.

There's a clear effort to undo that with the show. Vex is brought back specifically due to Vax's offer to the Raven Queen. Grog doesn't die to Craven Edge, he loses his strength. Scanlan's in a coma right now, but he wasn't killed. And Percy is dead, and treated as such, with no talk of potentially bringing him back.

Because how at odds would that be with scenes of laying the dragon attack's victims to rest in Whitestone, with seeing all the lives that were lost in the assault on Emon. Especially when Percy would rather they save any one of those souls over his.

Now I'm sure we're going to see Percy again; I doubt they would make that big a departure from the story. I suspect it's going to be tied to the fact that Ripley, and more importantly Orthax, are still at large. But it's not going to be cheap, and it's not going to be easy, and while emotionally I miss the terrible tinkerer of Tal'Dorei and wish he was in these last couple episodes, this is absolutely the right decision.

[aviatrickss]

Vox Machina episode 33!!!!

I think it’s really funny that they always describe it as “the gang helps Percy free his hometown from evil vampires!!!” when really Percy was like “y’all i’m gonna murder a lot of people come with or don’t idc”

They’re all so dumb like Percy’s wearing the Disguise Hat and standing in the dark and they’re all like “PERCY??? Hey PERCIEVAL do you recognize her??? PERCY??”

“You’re at the bottom of my list. (And I take off the hat)” AVHHHGGHHHHHGGHHHHHHHH

“My perception is passive as hell right now” snrjxhsjxbwb

Matt makes really good annoyed/disgruntled faces for Ripley lmao

Keyleth trying to talk Percy out of going after Anders and Grog making the throat slitting motion lmaoooo

VEX GIVING VAX PERMISSION TO GO OFF ALONE INTO THE STUDY DNSBCHSHXHSH

Everyone immediately realizing that’s a terrible mistake

JENGA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

he kicks the door open stupid dramatic bitch

GIVE CASS A HEALING POTION U MORON

Taliesin is having a fucking fit over his fake dnd sister im gonna die

28 FOR INITIATIVE PERCY IS FUCKING PISSSSSED

HULK VERSUS WOLVERINE SJRJEJXJW

Sndbxhshs Grog shrugging off the domination after beating the shit out of Vax in one round

SCANLAN’S FIRST COUNTERSPELL AWWW

Oh SHIT vax gets got

“Darling... take the mask off” jesus GOD my heart

Percy trying to clean himself up before he meets his long-lost sister and Matt’s just like “there’s a lot of gore :/“ and Taliesin’s faceeee dnanxnsnxbsb

Vax you STUPID dumbfuck idiot

Percy in the corner fucking coughing his lungs out from the shock of that dumbfuckery wjfnsnxja

And then Percy picking up Vex’s arrows bc he’s not an idiot suffering from bloodloss, but a normal(ish) dude keeping his crush quiet znsbdbwb

Oh no he just wants to beat the shit out of Vax lmao

“DON’T!!! GO!!! INTO ROOMS!!! BY YOURSELF!!! GODDAMIT!!!” Maybe my fave line in the series thus far ngl

Percy and Cass hug I’m cry

Cass is like “yeah I’m gonna fight them too” and Percy just loses all coherant thought and also his powers of speech true elder sibling mood

Percy immediately regretting finding his sister, an even bigger elder sibling mood

Percy nonchalantly asking Grog to put Professor’s Anders’ blown apart corpse in the Bag of Holding???

“You shat in the kitchen???”

Scanlan playing with Ripley’s gun and Percy going “this is LITERALLY how she lost her hand” dnejxjwjxbshxhs

Cass talking about how she’s worried about Simon who VM fuckin tortured and currently has locked up in their dungeon and fucking Vax just being like “that’s the name of my belt as well :)”

Scanlan turning them all into Percy and Cassandra was already funny but the idea of Grog as this fuckin jacked 10ft tall Percy who is just also There is HILARIOUS

RIP Percy, Scanlan, and Vex. Travis is absolutely ready to have possessed!Grog murder them all sjsjdhwhdbwhz

Percy’s gun jamming when he tries to shoot possessed!Vax.... dare I say true love

VAX’S STUPID DIY SERENRAE GLOVE WORKED!!!! PIKE TO THE RESCUE!!!!!

Really mad at Scanlan for not pulling a “if any spirits are listening... does this sound like Shakira? LELOLOLELOLELOLEEE

Vax and Percy hacky-sackying a ghost between them and Vax stabbing/punching Percy to try and save him..... I hate these fuckin edgelords

“You can use your bonus action to throw me the gun!” “Um.... no!”

Taliesin makes the FUNNIEST face when they find out Cass is a rogue, he’s really just like.... surprised.... and disappointed

Between casting the Spirit Guards and doing some healing, Scanlan really Cleric’d up this fight. I think Pike would be proud :)

Percy going “oh for the love of” when the ghost who just got yeeted out of his unconcious body decides to kick him when he’s down jenejdjwjzjwns

(Vax going to stand between Percy and the angry ghost)

SCANLAN SHAMING ONE OF PERCY’S ANCESTORS TO DEATH WJXNWNXSNNZ

“DON’T!!!!!!! Loot my family’s crypt!!”