#this week is critical role moments

[agayconcept]

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[shorthaltsjester]

i’m having normal feelings about tlovm perc’ahlia and (long-standing classic on my perc’ahlia playlist) liar by paramore

[fant-asm4]

this announcement puts a whole new spin on the fjorester marriage conversation from e111

laura (fully in character as jester, thinking about the danger they are walking into): maybe we should get married tonight just in case…

travis (trying to stay in character as fjord, but also has CEO brain knowing that this announcement is coming right around when this ep will be released): so soon? are you sure jester?

liam (catching on and trying to mitigate the situation while cluing laura in): well, you know lots of people go down to the courthouse and then do a whole big celebration later…

sam (as braius, oblivious to the subtext going on): you know i could do a small ceremony for you this evening

travis (now trying to clue in sam): nooooo jester is so particular and wants a big ceremony and party

laura (realizing what she’s said and trying to backtrack in character): ooooooh nononono you are so right there are so many things i’ll need like the dresses and decorations…

Several Hours Later…

laura (as jester circling back for emphasis): so you do want to marry me fjord?

travis (seeing what she’s doing and hopping on): i just think you deserve the best! (a giant live show one-shot celebration at Radio City Music Hall) besides, let’s call it a vote of confidence (we all better survive this encounter with the weavemind, or else that live show is gonna be a real bummer…)

[aparticularbandit]

okay the end of that episode is maybe one of the best funny things i've seen in one of the campaigns

[ariadne-mouse]

Gona as she takes the flatbread from Dorian in 3x93. Get him!

[septembermonologues]

how did dorym nation go from winning so hard to losing so hard in the span of 2 episodes....MAKE IT MAKE SENSE 😭😭😭

I. KNOW. i just keep thinking about how things would be different if dorian had been able to stay or pop in or even just if the sending stones worked. i think there's going to be so much pain and frustration and anger from dorian not necessarily with orym but like. i keep thinking about "no debts between us". and how whether it's internal and how orym is built or because watching the hells lately has put so much weight and responsibility on his shoulders, he's gotten to feel so indebted or something like that so as to make a deal essentially signing away his future with a hag to make up for it. but then there's an empathy there that i don't know the rest of the hells will quite have because dorian made a deal with a betrayer god to keep the crown keepers safe. they're cut from such a similar cloth in that way that i just wonder what kind of... warnings? dorian might have been able to pick up on that have slipped through the cracks without him because orym's been written off as the most stable one of the hells. i just. need to know how dorian is going to react.

[luna-the-cretar]

I have discovered that my favorite ship dynamic is “hyper sexual/flirty character” x “greasy wizard who has not slept in weeks”

Coincidently, I have also discovered that my favorite characters in general are also “hyper sexual/flirty” and “greasy wizard who has not slept in weeks”

[court-jastor]

"I'm sorry." "No, he helped. He helped us."

Blacked out and this drawing appeared... Luckily I recorded the whole thing!

[paperglader]

One of the many things that drive me insane about imodna is that I know that Laura and marisha have not reached their peak of romance with this relationship at all. We start this story with them already loving each other more than anything and each week we continue to watch their connection grow and deepen. We’re watching a freaking crescendo and if things are already crazy just imagine where the hell we’re getting to.

And I just keep thinking: how the fuck can these two love each other more than they already do? what more can they actually say or act upon just to show this love they have for each other? And I just KNOW that they’re going kill me. They’ll be the end of me.

[myloish]

there's this thing with critical role (and RP shows in general but most of my experience is with CR,) where you are aware that you are watching both a narrative unfold in real-time, but that it is also being done through a group of people who are also having fun, and making jokes, and are really tuned in for the moment

and so because of this, sometimes things in-game happen because someone at the table was feeling a little sillay, and sometimes that has long-term ramifications (🦌🐟). and sometimes it's a spur of the moment thing that could be important, but there are a lot of important things going on, and so it gets pushed under the rug

it also doesn't help that sessions are at least a week apart, and it just seems difficult to carry too much negative energy between characters week-to-week. If this were all happening consecutively to a written character, they'd feel the frustrations pile up fast. but there's a lot of breathing room between all of the small things, and unless someone deliberately keeps note of those things and repeatedly brings them up (bard's lament), they do kind of just get dropped.

and so you end up with people who are just like. waiting for imogen to tear orym apart because he gave laudna a beat of approval for the bor'dor incident. you end up with people who spent the entirety of late CR2 waiting for the nein to reckon with how they mistreated, or at least underappreciated, caduceus. (🙋‍♀️)

and on the one hand it's like, yeah, these actions could have consequences. and it'd be really great if that did get explored in canon. but it's also funny going from scathing twitter threads about the weak, fractal connections of these characters that are sure to blow up in their face, and then the next episode imogen is giving orym a piggyback ride through the sky.

[sapphosboy]

no cause Ashley Johnson literally made eye contact with me at the SD Comic Con panel. I got so excited I did a little wiggle and she thought it was so cute and she got all excited back and did a little wiggle too. It was the greatest moment of my life. I peaked 

[pagesofkenna]

I legitimately want to catch up on Critical Role but I don't remember exactly what episode I dropped off at and I don't know who's doing (good) episode recaps anymore; does anyone have any recommendations?

[wardensantoineandevka]

Like, okay, I OBVIOUSLY have no authority over the fandom, not even this small corner of it and the authoritative tone of my Archmage of Congeniality post is just the kayfabe, but I very much am so big uwu heart emojis over all the veth campaigning and I do sincerely hope that we all recognize how fun and delightful this has been and remember to be whimsical and silly and dedicated to the things we love about fandom and that my feelings about how sincerely fun it has been to watch everyone helps bring that forward

[mbirnsings-71]

Guys I'm so normal about the Mighty nein one-shot I am so normal [is shaking violently]

[beedreamscape]

Why are we acting surprised? Have y'all watched the Generation Nord one shot? Christian was crazy to romance someone and walked away having romanced Ru1nat1on (aka Matthew Lillard) furthermore adopting BlackWillow69!!!

[ariassong]

Other Critters: prepare for LOVM by rewatching the chroma arc or key episodes that line up with the episode guide.

Me: watches the Perc'ahlia supercut on repeat