#orion acaba

[caraianellisande]

Not to sound like an Orion Acaba apologist, because he did do some legitimately bad things, but like, why are there so many videos about his behavior on critical role?

Out of everything we know he did, plus what was alleged, being a bad DnD player while going through cancer and drug addiction is really not that big a deal. And remember, the actual cast of critical role, the people actually hurt by his behavior, his friends, they've let this go. He wasn't even kicked out, he left.

I don't understand this obsession with dissecting his shitty but mostly harmless actions during a really low period of his life.

These videos aren't even about the actual bad shit he did. He raised money for charity and then kept it instead of donating. A former partner has alleged he was abusive. This pales in comparison to being a problem player.

And even if people were discussing those actual bad things, what good would it do?

It's been a decade. The man is barely a public figure anymore. His behaviour cost him his spot in a multi million dollar enterprise.

Let this thing rest.

[robinchan-hananomi]

Magrim: May we help you?

Percy: Hello, yes, I am Percival Fredrickstein von Musel Klossowski de Rolo III

Tiberius: You can call him Percy

Percy: You can simply call me Percy, thank you.

[kathrynmhahn]

CRITICAL ROLE 1.05

[lt-sarai]

Going through campaign 1 again and I started at like Episode 14, where they're preparing to go to Vassleheim to deliver the horn of Orcus. I wanted to see the moment Percy hears the Briarwoods' name, and I wanted to watch the Trial fo the Take episodes, but I don't care about the Underdark as much, so I skipped it.

I didn't mind Orion the first time through and even liked Tiberius, but it's just so hard to watch him be a terrible table mate.

I'm just gonna skip to the feast with the Briarwoods, I think. I'll read the summaries of the episodes in between.

[realm-of-the-mad-god]

Me: I'm normal about my interests

Also me: watches the entire first season and part of the second season of legend of vox machina in one day

[rollerska8er]

increasingly convinced that "main character syndrome" has lost all meaning when we're talking about Actual Play shows.

it used to mean people like Orion Acaba from Critical Role who was notoriously poor at giving other players room to breathe and tell a collective story, to the point of his character being written out of the Amazon show because he sucked so bad.

these days it seems to be used for people like Ally Beardsley, who, while not without flaws in their playstyle and attitude to roleplay, is nothing like as bad as Orion, or Brennan Lee Mulligan himself in Misfits & Magic, whose PC is explicitly supposed to be a dark Tom Riddle figure trying his best to do right.

like at a certain point it just becomes "UGH why is this person acting like a PROTAGONIST in a STORY in which they PLAY a PROTAGONIST"

[locuas642]

Legend of Vox Machina

OKAY. Draconia.

Okay, for those who do not know about Tiberius know the player was expelled from the show early on, and if you are curious as to the details please go read this, I am acknowledging this happened just for the sake of talking about the adaptation and I dont want to just bring up drama for the sake of it.

Okay so. To recap, in the original stream, there was a character, the Dragonborn Sorcerer Tiberius Stormwind who was part of Vox Machina, whose player was expelled from the show in the middle of the Briarwood story-arc. His backstory is that he was a prince from the kingdom of Draconia, a flying city ruled by Dragonborns in search for magical items but, once his player left, Matt sent him on his way to do his things.

In the original Chroma Conclave saga, when Vox Machina meets the sphynx Osysa to find a way to defeat the Chroma Conclave she... reveals Draconia was destroyed by the Chroma Conclave. Many episodes later we learn that the ruins of Draconia had become Vorugal's turf, and the party decides to scout the area which comes with a series of revelations.

Draconia, we learn... wasn't as nice a place as Tiberius believed. They had a class divide between Tailed Dragonborns and Tail-less Dragonborns, with the later being oppressed by the former. so the now freed Tail-less dragonborns living in huts, had welcomed Vorugal and the freedom he had brought initially, but they were willing to ally themselves with Vox Machina to get rid of him.

But the most important part is that the party discovers... Tiberius is dead.

The last appearence of Tiberius in the show, is as a frozen corpse the result of his battle against the Chroma Conclave. And the party decides to give him a funeral.

And it's an emotive scene. Regardless of the player being toxic, this was a character the rest of the cast had grown attached to since before the streams began. not the least that due to Orion Acaba no longer being welcome, this was as final a death as you could get.

And it was something that would be impossible for the animated series to adapt, since neither the show nor the fandom would ever want Orion Acaba anywhere near the project. There are people who legit still Love Tiberius, but who would throw up at the thought of that happening.

So here we have the best next thing the show could have: a new character in the form of Dohla who is legally distinct from him, her backstory is changed a lot and Draconia is altered to still exist in this version.

Because you know, the emotional connection to the place is no longer here. And instead we have Dohla sell everyone to Vorugal both because of wanting to save her people, but also because she was jealous and hurt by Kima and Allura.

This is to say, I absolutely loved that the show decided to have the Not!Tiberius Expy be mauled by Vorugal for finding her annoying

[brodorokihousuke]

Do you have any opinions/thoughts on Apollo's objection? or overall his voice actor. specifically AA4. cant remember if they switched it up in AA5&6. (just asking bc I'm really fond of his voice and think it adds a lot to his chara and ur Apollo posting is always such a treat)

Yeah, he has one VA for AJAA (JP Kellams) and another for DD & SoJ (Orion Acaba) (I looked this up i didn't know it off the top of my head 💀)

I do really like his voiceacting in AJAA, it's very confident and strong, fits with him well. I... wouldn't, like, be able to give an in-depth review of it or anything but I do like it. I especially like his "Gotcha!" + the little "twaaang!" noise that plays after it LMAO. His DD/SoJ VA is fine, but I definitely prefer the other one.

Ironically despite me being obsessed with DD I vastly prefer the full aesthetics of AJAA (art style, sound, music, gameplay etc). I mean, hell, my icon is just his AJAA mugshot with the bombed outfit slapped on top of it

[g-u-v-e-n]

He bende Orion takım yıldızının

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Bunlar ne içiyor acaba. 😁😁😁🤔🤔🤔

Adamı mezarında rahat bırakın bari. 😕😕😕😕

[bluebandedagate]

I hope Orion Acaba sat alone in his living room reading the news that Critical Role was going to be made into an animated TV show and felt the full immensity of what he robbed himself of.

[thessalian]

Thess vs TLOVM S3, Ep 3

Tried some Silent Hill 2, but a bad pain day has overtaken me and I am not up for getting ambushed by Lying Figures two at a time, once in an enclosed space. (Fucking record store.) Not that I didn't survive; it as just not fun when I've been having pain spasms in my left elbow most of the evening.

So instead, I'm going to liveblog TLOVM. I understand from the few spoilers I couldn't really avoid that I'm going to see a variation on one of my favourite scenes. So let's see.

Oooooh Raishan ... I mean, you're not as trustworthy as you want anyone you've been dealing with to believe, but ... say smarter things, Deceiver...

Okay, honey, your only hope is that Vorugal withholds that message he was told to give because he's greedy enough to want your empire. And hope that you can get Keyleth to believe that you're at least not immediately selling them out to Thordak. Otherwise, certain bits of your fate are going to happen a lot sooner.

Grog ... that is an A-B conversation, so C yourself out. Also ... I know people are going to think this is happening too fast, even those who saw the campaign as it happened, but ... what the fuck else are they supposed to do when they didn't have, "The arrows were flirting?" "The arrows were totally flirting"?!?

I guess Scanlan is very much invested in that whole thing he was talking to Kaylie about. If he forgets who he is when the lute goes down, he's going to hold it for as long as possible.

Someone taught Grog the phrase "spill the tea", and he only used about half of it. Typical.

"...perhaps I'll cut down the Sun Tree and build an extravagant canoe." Cassandra, you have recovered from your ordeal so very well.

YOU TELL HIM, CASSANDRA!

Yeah, Percy, "eugh" is right; that's terrible. Just blurt out the first thing that comes to mind that isn't self-recrimination and you will be fine-- Yeah! THAT'S the spirit!

Admittedly? I miss the multiple bottles. Maybe the animators in charge of this weren't up for Taliesin's earlier demand: "I will be expecting labels for all of those".

This is why we all need to be glad that Vex is ... Vex. If she was too much like her brother? This would be the result. Vax, borrow your sister's chutzpah for one night.

Wait. Wut.

"...Right. Shutting up now." So ... we decided on 'after', then. And that thing you said just before you knocked, Percival? Her. Not 'it'. HER.

Ah, so someone on screen has finally figured out the bit about "it doesn't necessarily mean everyone but her gets brutally murdered". Still, take your joys where you can, you idiot.

"So ... joy today isn't worth pain tomorrow--" THAT'S WHAT I JUST SAID. THANK YOU, KEYLETH.

Well ... at least one of the Vessar twins is happy. And ... you know ... not a self-sacrificial dipshit.

Well. They had a good time.

"Good talk." BWAHAHAHA!

Well ... this is probably better than being high on magical drugs at important moments? Maybe?

brb - laughing at the dipshits.

I still have to wonder how they got this allowed. I thought Orion Acaba owned the rights to the name Draconia. Then again, he's done shit-all with it since 2019, so ... I dunno, maybe a deal was cut, or something? No one's even made mention of it.

Scanlan ... you bundle up that far and you still leave half your chest exposed?

Dohla... Dohla ... Rachel House. Hrm. Nothing I've seen, but most people would be all about Thor: Ragnarok, Moana, and Our Flag Means Death. Right. Moving on!

Okay, if we have the good ship Perc'halia being dragged in and out of dry dock for the sake of angst when we've already got Vaxleth beached and Scanlan ... you know, having a significant identity crisis that he's not getting help for (partly because he won't let anyone, but that's another thing)? I'm going to slap someone.

Well. Welcome to Hell. Nice place. In a "Night On Bald Mountain With Better Lighting" sort of way.

I ... was going to suggest that they spell it for Grog, but then I remember that they never did the thing where Pike taught him to read, so that'd be basically pointless. I ... don't think there's any way to correct him on that one.

Is it wrong that I'm not trusting Dohla?

Vex, what are you--? Ooooooooh shit. Well, that explains Yenk things.

So ... they're keeping the destruction of Draconia? Because however this come's out, Vorugal's going to tear shit up.

Also ... not trusting Dohla ... for a reason, apparently. This is a really interesting take on how things went in the campaign.

Seeing Allura and Kima fight is impressive.

I'm impressed no one did anything with the "We're edging" line. Then again, Scanlan's currently in Hell, so...

Dohla ... yeah, no, don't shit-talk ancient dragons. They will-- that. Yeah, there goes the story of you.

...I didn't know Fenthras could do that...

I know Kima is going to be okay. I know Kima is going to be okay. I know this entirely too well. It is going to be an object lesson of the "sometimes this shit works out" variety and everybody will be okay. I know this partly because campaign and partly because I need to know this down to my bones to get any sleep tonight.

At least Vex has somewhat more emotional intelligence than her brother-- mostly. Sort of. But at least Percy seems to understand what she's not-saying. And she did at least communicate worth a shit.

(Also that is probably the only way they can actually convey that will-they-won't-they dance of frustrating nonsense they had going during a lot of the campaign while dealing with a shorter-form format like half-hour episodes.)

Well ... that could have been a more painful cliffhanger... But I'm grateful it wasn't because I can't handle more adrenaline tonight.

Right. Winding down time. Hopefully I'll be in better shape tomorrow and the flu vaccine doesn't hit me too hard.

[thequeenofmyownscreen]

A few notes about episode 2.03 of The Legend of Vox Machina :

Glad they kept the flirting going between Kash and Keyleth. Wonder if there will be a kiss ?

the flashbacks on the twins aaaaaaaaaah. That's another thing I appreciated immensely in season 1 : both for Percy and Sylas & Delilah. Flashbacks can be overused, yes, but they're common for a reason in traditionnal media, where you can play with time (vs an actual play where everything is in the present) and quickly establishing a character, a motivation, a backstory !

Kash's "Earth Wind and Fire over here" : I laughed at the cut to Keyleth being entirely too cute when she doesn't understand he's talking about her.

and then Keyleth is Moses. YOU GO KIKI

I don't know why (maybe it was the exhaustion), but the joke with push/pull door got me crying with laughter. Doors ! the true ennemy.

Love that they did the separation from the Trials of the Take ! (minus Orion Acaba, Felicia Day and Wil Wheaton of course)

We got a certified Ashley Johnson's "BIG BOIIIIII"

Sam's delivery of "Oh ! Yeah, he fell off." made me laugh so much. The deadpan is strong in this one.

And then the end. Liam's sobs... the music...

[robinchan-hananomi]

Scanlan: Oh yes down below in the waters, our allies Vex, and ah, somebody… saw some creature under the water snatching bodies as they fell

*multiple offended noises and laughing*

Scanlan:… Keyleth

Tiberius: YES!

Scanlan: Yes, I forgot who went

Tiberius: Her Majesty, Keyleth!

Scanlan: Pike’s beauty distracted me, you shouldn’t have cleaned her up so nice.

Tiberius: I’m sorry

[burr-ell]

If you're still doing to the choose violence ask game, 8 and 13 for critical role

choose violence ask game

8. common fandom opinion that everyone is wrong about

Well for one thing, as I alluded to in a previous ask, I don't tend to recommend quite as strongly against watching the Orion Acaba episodes of C1 as a lot of people do, both because I think they've got some really good moments and because I think people sometimes need to get some perspective on what this table being upset with a player actually looks like.

Other than that? I think that—particularly on this side of the fandom—there's a general aversion to even hinting that you don't like Marisha's characters very much. And I completely understand why, but I think it's worth pointing out that it's not 2018 anymore. Campaign 1 has been over for five and a half years. Bowlgate happened before Mollymauk even died, and both of those things happened before many current fans started watching the show in the first place. There is a wide gulf between misogynistic harassment and just not really vibing with someone's narrative choices, and there's an even wider gulf between misogynistic harassment and pointing out a character's flaws to engage with them.

Now of course there is absolutely still misogyny in this fandom and I think we should still be telling people to cut that shit out, but Marisha Ray is an adult woman in her 30's and does not need to be obsessively defended from any and all mildly non-positive commentary. She does not need to be exalted above everyone else and treated like neither she nor her characters can do anything wrong. I honestly don't get how you can do that, even tongue-in-cheek, and not think you're doing her a disservice.

13. worst blorbofication

Ashton. I think a lot of people have really chosen only to pay attention to those moments where Ashton is dispensing wisdom and are ignoring the multiple statements by Taliesin that Ashton's not doing okay, at all. They're not trying to compartmentalize or internalize what they're going through, but just because they're open about what's wrong with them doesn't mean they're not dealing with their issues poorly. Transparency is not the soul of healthiness.

One of the most interesting things to me about Taliesin's characters is that—with the exception of Percy and Molly, apparently, provided you get them both some weed, as well as Kingsley and Caduceus—they'd all hate each other, and all of them probably with legitimate reasons. We see that in Ashton's argument with Percy (where both of them had valid points on the issue no I will not hear otherwise), but I also have to raise my eyebrows at the assertion that Ashton would get along with Caduceus. Because you can't tell me that Caduceus's tendency to treat people like projects wouldn't immediately clash with Ashton's stubborn refusal to be saved, and as others have pointed out, Caduceus "pain doesn't make people" Clay would probably end up seriously pissing off Ashton "there is strength, but there is pain" Greymoore. (They'd also definitely try to pulverize Molly.)

I dunno man, Ashton really gets flattened a lot, and it isn't escaping my notice that fandom opinion of them tends to change purely based on whether or not they're supporting Blorbo or Ship. Which is a damn shame, because Ashton's probably one of the most interesting characters in the party.

[spacenutspod]

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[leodanbrock]

said this elsewhere but man i miss when voice actors weren’t micro celebrities who are easily accessible to ordinary people who thrive on parasocial attention. especially when said behaviour is in some cases has been a thinly disguised veil for predatory behaviour and you get people like vic mignoga, quinton flynn, even orion acaba in the long buried early days of critical role, running around. or a situation like joe zieja who rode the wave of popularity he got from the eng dub of claude from three houses. not saying they all end this way but i do not want to be interacting with VAs at all. i might enjoy their performances but that's it. i don't wish to engage with them personally, i don't want to have this parasocial fanservice connection.

genuinely SO bizarre and a little bit funny to me that people will be so critical about parasocial behaviour when it comes to one thing they like but when it comes to VAs for a fucking video game or anime they are willingly fanging up the engagement in their posts from people who really should consider using burners to search up their names and engage with fans rather than inserting themselves into conversations they aren’t invited into. sorry to be a killjoy but this is the exact sort of parasocial engagement people are allegedly against and it almost never ends well for anyone, it's just unhealthy.