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I don't think the M9 will do this, but I think it might be a good idea to go see Ludinus to explain what's going on. Astrid said "they already know you're here". Putting the explanation off any longer or leaving town without explaining is probably not a good idea. They do actually have proof, unfortunately, in the form of those bizarre eyes. That date took forever. It was like watching paint dry.
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# ? Feb 23, 2021 02:25 |
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Stabbey_the_Clown posted:
I'm not a shipping person, but we must be watching a different episode, because I saw a fun and funny romp through ridiculous escapades at the end of the latest critical role.
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# ? Feb 23, 2021 02:47 |
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Drowning Rabbit posted:I'm not a shipping person, but we must be watching a different episode, because I saw a fun and funny romp through ridiculous escapades at the end of the latest critical role. I'm glad you liked it, but fifty minutes of date night is a lot. Especially when it took more than forty of those minutes before the ninjas showed up. Different strokes for different folks, I guess. Stabbey_the_Clown fucked around with this message at 03:41 on Feb 23, 2021 |
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50 minutes for the payoff to something great that's been building up since episode 1 or 2 seems about the right amount of time to me. Ashley and Marisha were awesome, it was a really touching.
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# ? Feb 23, 2021 11:37 |
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I can totally understand why people thought it was boring. Ashley has been playing the introvert so well that watching her try to play Yasha as coming out of her shell feels cringy in a very real way. If anything, it's a credit to her commitment to character. I certainly would not want to watch anybody on a date, much less a blushing introvert who can barely get two words out. That Ashley didn't try to make the date more Hollywood is very impressive. I powered through it and was rewarded by the avalanche of feelings at the end, but if that's not your cup of dead people tea, then I get it.
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# ? Feb 23, 2021 12:06 |
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I didn't get a cringy vibe at all. The introvert coming out of her shell to the person she loves, after finally getting over the grief of being a widow, was endearing.
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# ? Feb 23, 2021 12:19 |
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The date night thing was fine. I understand why people would complain but it was a good payoff towards literally years of character development. Not sure I would have dedicated such a large percentage of the episode to 2/7 of the cast (the other folks' boredom was plainly on display), but it was a touching moment and those are important to ground the story and define the stakes.
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# ? Feb 23, 2021 13:54 |
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It was beautiful and well-acted and an enormous emotional payoff you joyless weirdos
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# ? Feb 23, 2021 14:46 |
the other people at the table are bigger shippers than most fans lol they are very obviously not bored
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# ? Feb 23, 2021 14:49 |
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eke out posted:the other people at the table are bigger shippers than most fans lol they are very obviously not bored Liam was more engaged than Matt, as he was the one advancing the story step-by-step and thus in control of the pacing. And the reactions when Yasha said she fell in love with Beau pretty clearly establish how much the others were engaged. I guess some people just figure that when they enjoy something generally but not a specific aspect of it, that means there’s something wrong with that aspect and not that it’s OK for people who love that kind of scene more than a three-hour combat to get what they enjoy for a little while. Given that Ashley has had very little chance to be a part of Yasha’s storyline, where somebody like Liam has gotten hours and hours of RP development for Caleb, this seemed especially needed and well-timed going into what looks like a climax, if not the campaign climax.
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# ? Feb 23, 2021 15:56 |
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I think it's easy to separate it into two ideas: 1. The Beau/Yasha date was clearly, laboriously, rigorously built up as an *event*. It is a big moment for both of the characters, and both of the players. It produced some great levity, heavy emotions, and was a natural touch point for the two characters. It gave Marisha and Ashley a long chance to bounce off of one another, and more importantly, it gave Ashley some much needed and desired focus. They were both having fun, the rest of the people at the table pushed them and encouraged them to do it, they all watched and listened attentively, and in the end, it was a very touching and beautiful moment. 2. I, personally, the guy who watches it on Thursday nights and falls asleep sometimes before the end of the episode, found most of it as dull as dirt and very cringey. In my re-watches of C2, I'll probably skip the latter half of this past episode - maybe watching the ninja fight.
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# ? Feb 23, 2021 16:22 |
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I could only see it as giving Matt extra time to come up with new ways to tragically kill one of them.
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# ? Feb 23, 2021 17:41 |
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Lucas Archer posted:I think it's easy to separate it into two ideas: And that's fine, even Travis hates the episodes where they go shopping.
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# ? Feb 23, 2021 18:31 |
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Just think of it as creating fertile ground for Sam to be mean to Travis later in the campaign. "How exactly did Yasha become the nonagon?" "It's not my fault! How could I know that those eyes could be sexually transmitted?" "That means Fjord has nothing to worry about." "Hey, you can get those from reading a book, too." "As I said, nothing to worry about."
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# ? Feb 23, 2021 19:38 |
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I actually deeply want Lucien to have been watching the ninja fight portion of the date and nothing but the ninja fight because it's the most baffling thing possible he could have spied on.
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# ? Feb 23, 2021 20:43 |
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We've had so many sessions in a row in this arc that were just long long combat runs to the point everyone had to get character beats out before bed (which people in this thread complained about) so having an episode that was 10 percent prep and 90 percent character beats is fine and in fact very good. Especially when we start off with some great bits and wizard murder drama.
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# ? Feb 23, 2021 21:35 |
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Everyone who says the date was cringey has probably never been a nervous bisexual on a date with another nervous bisexual. 100% of that poo poo was relatable
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# ? Feb 24, 2021 13:36 |
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I'm not bisexual, but I haven't been on a date in years and frankly, both of them seem composed and the picture of confidence compared to how I think I'd act on a date at this point.
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# ? Feb 24, 2021 13:39 |
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Froghammer posted:Everyone who says the date was cringey has probably never been a nervous bisexual on a date with another nervous bisexual. 100% of that poo poo was relatable What I meant was is that I could see myself on that date being either one of them as I cycle through being the one who chooses words extremely carefully and the one that blurts stuff out. But Yasha takes 10 minutes to say things with a lot of ums and ahs sometimes and that can be boring.
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# ? Feb 24, 2021 14:59 |
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...you get that they're both terrified of emotional intimacy, right?
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# ? Feb 24, 2021 17:39 |
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Froghammer posted:...you get that they're both terrified of emotional intimacy, right? Yasha just doesn't want anyone to know that she fucks. But yeah, Yasha and Beau are both very emotionally guarded. Beau kind of does almost a pseudo-machismo thing of shelling her emotions behind a bunch of bluster and assholishness and generally doesn't have a lot of healthy outlets for her emotions. Yasha is is a widow and still carries scars from that, it makes sense that she's having trouble allowing herself to love again.
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# ? Feb 24, 2021 19:36 |
yeah beau's journey of overcoming what's basically toxic masculinity is good
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# ? Feb 24, 2021 19:39 |
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redbrouw posted:I am the one who used the word cringey first and also a nervous bisexual. Relatable is the bedrock of cringe. Unfortunately the word has a lot of bullshit associated with it from reddit. That's not how I thought you meant "cringe", that makes a lot of sense.
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# ? Feb 25, 2021 01:30 |
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Flakey posted:That's not how I thought you meant "cringe", that makes a lot of sense. Yeah, to be clear, I was also the one cheering on how they've made this seem completely organic and natural, and I have posted several times about how much I was looking forward to it. I was not watching on a good screen live, so was mostly listening to the audio. Watching it again on my TV made Marisha's concern and all of the agony Ashley was pouring into it - it made it feel much better. There are so many nuances; they are shockingly good at sitting down and making it feel like a stage. They also made Ashley taller than Marisha in the youtube thumbnail for this ep.
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# ? Feb 25, 2021 02:21 |
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The only thing I didn't like about it was the fact that I'm now 100% caught up and it is no longer "Thursday everyday" anymore.
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# ? Feb 25, 2021 02:53 |
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Dragonstoned posted:The only thing I didn't like about it was the fact that I'm now 100% caught up and it is no longer "Thursday everyday" anymore. Sounds like you need to start over with episode 1
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# ? Feb 25, 2021 03:07 |
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Hulk Smash! posted:Sounds like you need to start over with episode 1 I like rewatching live shows for the fights, the energy and the jokes. Or branch out into the Critical Role Expanded Universe and watch old periscopes or Mercer getting a dream realized with this Defranco interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HM9viQbti-0
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# ? Feb 25, 2021 03:16 |
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Or watch other, non Critical Role DnD actual plays, because there's a loving tonne of them to chose from these days. There's several good options for comedy focused ones, such as Dragon Friends, Rude Tales, Dungeons and Daddies or NaDDPod. I'm not so sure about more dramatic or narrative focused shows, like Critical Role, but I'm sure plenty of options exist on that spectrum too.
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# ? Feb 25, 2021 03:22 |
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redbrouw posted:I like rewatching live shows for the fights, the energy and the jokes.
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# ? Feb 25, 2021 03:25 |
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Listen to partizan from friends at the table.
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# ? Feb 25, 2021 03:33 |
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Interesting tidbit from the middle of that Defranco-Mercer interview - Matt admitted that maybe his focus on eyes, and people watching, and the general oppressiveness of being gazed at by unknown persons for unknown reasons, MAY have something to do with his own trepidation of sudden fame. He got millions of views on his joint project and made it the BBEG.
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# ? Feb 25, 2021 05:44 |
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Mywhatacleanturtle posted:Playing through FFXIV: a realm reborn again, and this time every line Alphinaud spoke I paused to ask myself “Is that... Sam? Doing a British accent?” When I played the FF4 DS remake recently I heard Kain’s voice and thought “who does this edgelord think he is, Liam?” (it was). Also featuring Sam as a bard and Tal as a young punk ninja.
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# ? Feb 25, 2021 21:48 |
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Ashley just executed Sam on live tv.
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# ? Feb 26, 2021 04:03 |
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Ashley is loving merciless
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# ? Feb 26, 2021 04:04 |
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*unreal tourney voice* holy poo poo
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# ? Feb 26, 2021 04:04 |
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That poo poo-eating grin on Liam, lol
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# ? Feb 26, 2021 04:06 |
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There needs to be a way to put a sock on the door to the magic mansion
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# ? Feb 26, 2021 04:11 |
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Abroham Lincoln posted:Ashley is loving merciless
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# ? Feb 26, 2021 04:24 |
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So Trent is totally at home and Astrid is setting them up to confront him, right?
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# ? Feb 26, 2021 04:53 |
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Mylan posted:So Trent is totally at home and Astrid is setting them up to confront him, right?
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