I love when she did this while Skype-ing in C1 and everyone was like "Ashley, what time is it there? How long until you have to be on set?" "... Like five hours"
@@jeremyalspaugh6843 Or she just truly loves D&D. lol. There's been times where the group I ran with started at 7pm, and next thing we knew it was 11:30pm.
Imagine being the DM that constantly sees his players not wanting the game to end. It must be such a good feeling to be that appreciated and the effort recognized!
All the time it takes to set up the story, combat scenarios, the little maps and so on, and then *execute* on it all and remember everything, it must be pretty satisfying when every one of your players is hooked and wants more. A man could go mad with all that power.
He has great fans who want him to feel good. So they ham it up when the session ends. Its a great way to let your DM know how much you appreciate their effort. Some DMs really need to feel that love.
As a DM, you want your Liams and Talesins who take your world so serious that it brings people to tears. You want your Sams and Travises who bring incredible absurdity and fun to every session, and you want your Marishas and Lauras who are ever paying attention to details and moving the mission forward. But above all, you need your Ashleys. They are the ride or die heart of the campaign. They're the ones that stare at you with wide eyes as you reveal a twist and hammer the table with their fists as you bring a session to an end. I don't know anything about Ashley outside of her being an amazing actor, but I bet that her love of performance came as much from the love of pretending as it did from the fame or paycheck. She's one of the real ones.
She was there for the last 50+ straight episodes of campaign 2. Those episodes, starting a dozen-ish episodes before the covid hiatus, through the end of camp 2 was the stretch where she settled in and where she was just... there, every game. You could see her getting more and more comfortable (with her character, with combat, with herself) every episode during that stretch, during those social distanced episodes. It was lovely to see.
@@TahiriVeila13ABY to be fair the first half of campaign 2 that she missed was DEF felt. she even mentioned in the last live QnA that she def thinks there was more to unravel with Yasha, that she couldn't touch
@@Ghostiification no??? She's just not got any prior obligations anymore, before she was busy filming blindspot, now that that shows over, she's a full time cast member
I can imagine that if Matt Mercer ever needed a pick me up he could watch this video and see how absolutely mesmerized his friends are with his world and story telling. How much they are laughing, how worlds cares are gone during their game. And know how beautiful their game is for their group and all of us as well. I think it would make him happy
Started watching this like "damn that's a lot of reactions" I'm 1:30 into an EIGHT MINUTE VIDEO Just goes to show the amount of passion she has for D&D
Her crunched up angry face is the best reaction! All of their reactions are the best reactions XD Is there a Travis version of this? One for each player?
Really though, people being that genuinely upset that the game is over has to be the best feeling in the world for a DM. You can hear the joy in Matt’s laughs.
Yeeeahh.. but looking at how she reacts, i really dont think that played a part in her wanting to keep playing. It just looked like she was so invested in the story and the game that she just didnt want to stop playing. Otherwise you'd see a more somber look on her face.
@@Dani_77709 Without diving too deeply into the tabloid of it all, she filed for a restraining order against her ex-fiance citing multiple forms of abuse, spiraling substance use, attempted extortion and a belief that he was capable of violence. That's why all of Talks Machina, Undeadwood, Between the Sheets, and anything else that prominently featured Brian Foster have been pulled from the channel.
Ashley gives me the same vibes that I get when I am playing a game(BG3/ other RPGS) and I have school or work the next day and I have to end for the day it's soo sad.
If I've learned anything from critical role, its that as a DM I hope to leave every session with someone in the party like Ashley. Excited for whats next. Thats when you know you're doing a good job as DM.
I almost never crush on celebrities/popular figures or strangers in general, It’s just not who I am, but I think I have the biggest of crushes on Ashley Johnson.
there was one where sam picked up that matt was wrapping up and marisha knew that it was going to happen and sam to but they didnt want to. is very hard to find but is cool because marisha knew it was coming and you can even see her trying to come up with a way to make it longer in her mind
Has there ever been a time when Matt was ending the game but the players convinced him to keep going? Other than little add-on moments I mean. I don't remember any but then it has been 300-odd episodes at the time of writing this.
I started watching recently and of all the cast I thought she was the most… I guess out of place is the right words. I didn’t dislike her but she wasn’t doing much. But now she’s 100% my favourite of them all. I would be just like her if I played 😊.
I see myself as such a player. While the others are already getting tired and complain about not being able to concentrate anymore, I could always just go for another 2 hours at least. It's a shame really that we don't play that often, as they all are so "busy", sometimes we don't play for months... I'M so happy Baldur's Gate 3 was released, now I can get my dosage of DnD that way. It's not the same, true, but it's something.
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I love when she did this while Skype-ing in C1 and everyone was like "Ashley, what time is it there? How long until you have to be on set?"
"... Like five hours"
Yeah I remember her being up super early in the morning. Poor ashley :/
Yeah, it was for a big baddie. I think Matt basically said, “we can’t keep playing Pike for her just so y’all have a healer.”
Episode 32 of Campaign 1
I love Sam's common "YOU RAT BASTARD." It's a nice addition.
Rat bastard is an underrated insult in my opinion
matt: and that's where we will end tonights session
Ashley: i would like to rage.
Matt is so patient. lol its like he's wrangling children who don't wanna go to bed.
She wants to make up for all she missed out on in C1 and C2.
Or didn’t wanna go home to Brian
@@jeremyalspaugh6843 Or she just truly loves D&D. lol. There's been times where the group I ran with started at 7pm, and next thing we knew it was 11:30pm.
@@Dakarn Same but we started at 4pm and went to 1am lol
@@clarkkent163000 same except it went from 1pm to 1pm to 1pm to 1pm to 1pm to1pmto1pmto1pmto1pmTHISISYOURLIFENOWTHEBEHOLDERHASYOU
@@jeremyalspaugh6843That honestly wouldn't surprise me given everything that's come out since.
Imagine being the DM that constantly sees his players not wanting the game to end. It must be such a good feeling to be that appreciated and the effort recognized!
All the time it takes to set up the story, combat scenarios, the little maps and so on, and then *execute* on it all and remember everything, it must be pretty satisfying when every one of your players is hooked and wants more.
A man could go mad with all that power.
Yeah. Must feel great!
He has great fans who want him to feel good. So they ham it up when the session ends. Its a great way to let your DM know how much you appreciate their effort. Some DMs really need to feel that love.
I LOVE Ashley Johnson's "big little kid" energy at the end of every session! 😂❤
It’s funny, I was just thinking that before Matt ends it she almost has a Meryl Streep vibe, after he ends it all I see is child star Ashley. 😂
I'm WAITING for the day she says, "Ten more minutes" and gets those ten minutes
I love the chorus of 'noooo' every time. Shows how much they love the game and how good a DM matt is
LOL I was not ready for the transition from the embodied elegance of Emma Frost at 5:27 to the bucket-hatted summer camp teen at 5:33.
I think her and Travis are the ones that enjoy watching the theater kids play the game just as much as playing themselves.
As that same person, I love this and it's super accurate..
03:43 This is the face of the realization that she is going to spend SEVEN FULL days thinking about what to ask.
As a DM, you want your Liams and Talesins who take your world so serious that it brings people to tears. You want your Sams and Travises who bring incredible absurdity and fun to every session, and you want your Marishas and Lauras who are ever paying attention to details and moving the mission forward. But above all, you need your Ashleys. They are the ride or die heart of the campaign. They're the ones that stare at you with wide eyes as you reveal a twist and hammer the table with their fists as you bring a session to an end.
I don't know anything about Ashley outside of her being an amazing actor, but I bet that her love of performance came as much from the love of pretending as it did from the fame or paycheck. She's one of the real ones.
Wow, lovely comment ❤️
I love how feral she gets sometimes. I feel like you could make this video for each cast member too. Hopefully there are more.
she has no idea what's happening but she's THERE FOR IT
Her mind literally goes: “fck I’m going to kill Matt” to “wait if he dies I won’t be playing again next week”.
5:16 when she almost picks up scissors to throw at him and then changes her mind 😂
seeing her absolutely enjoying the game now, without missing so many sessions, makes me so happy ;v;
She was there for the last 50+ straight episodes of campaign 2. Those episodes, starting a dozen-ish episodes before the covid hiatus, through the end of camp 2 was the stretch where she settled in and where she was just... there, every game. You could see her getting more and more comfortable (with her character, with combat, with herself) every episode during that stretch, during those social distanced episodes. It was lovely to see.
@@TahiriVeila13ABY to be fair the first half of campaign 2 that she missed was DEF felt. she even mentioned in the last live QnA that she def thinks there was more to unravel with Yasha, that she couldn't touch
They should have strikes more often in Hollywood. At least I assume that's the reason she's been available much more this campaign.
@@Ghostiification no??? She's just not got any prior obligations anymore, before she was busy filming blindspot, now that that shows over, she's a full time cast member
They are like a bunch of children wanting for their dad to continue reading the story, I LOVE IT :D
I can imagine that if Matt Mercer ever needed a pick me up he could watch this video and see how absolutely mesmerized his friends are with his world and story telling. How much they are laughing, how worlds cares are gone during their game. And know how beautiful their game is for their group and all of us as well. I think it would make him happy
0:23 has to be the best compliment you can get as a dm
I was waiting for the clip when Ashley throw Mister at Matt. I wasn't disappointed.
Ashley is like a kid that doesn’t want to go bed 🤣
Was having a hard time describing it in my mind, but that's precisely it!
Ashley is the audience in these reaction.
Ashley is literally a player you want at the table. Someone that wants to keep playing.
Honestly its so fun seeing how Ashley just reacts to everything.
I hope she gets to play to her heart's content, no matter how many campaigns it takes.
Okay, this might be my favorite compilation video of Critical Role I've seen so far.
Matt Mercer the king of cliffhangers strikes again!
her hair this campaign is always so perfect, i would kill for hair like hers its soooooo pretty
literally the cutest woman on earth
I was smiling throughout the entire video
Basically, she speaks for all of us. They all do at one point or another.
4:41 and the one time she actually really needed a break 😅 (as did we all 😭)
When Ashley sticks her arm out and rubs it, I think it means she has goosebumps.
Yup, ha ha. Tha'ts her goosebumps sign.
Started watching this like "damn that's a lot of reactions"
I'm 1:30 into an EIGHT MINUTE VIDEO
Just goes to show the amount of passion she has for D&D
Her crunched up angry face is the best reaction! All of their reactions are the best reactions XD
Is there a Travis version of this? One for each player?
me when we're gonna pick up next week
EVERY DM wants an Ashley Johnson on their tables xD
One day she’ll be able to keep playing.
The sheer range this woman has for outfits is insane
And now we know some of it had to do with the fact that she just didn’t want to go back home to……..
all that stress.
Yup. It puts a video like this in a whole new light.
She's so precious. 🥺
Really though, people being that genuinely upset that the game is over has to be the best feeling in the world for a DM. You can hear the joy in Matt’s laughs.
Strong "angry Ellie" vibes haha.
Hits a little different knowing what her personal life has been like during this year.
We need to protect this adorable woman at all cost..
Yeeeahh.. but looking at how she reacts, i really dont think that played a part in her wanting to keep playing. It just looked like she was so invested in the story and the game that she just didnt want to stop playing. Otherwise you'd see a more somber look on her face.
Wait, what happened?
@@Dani_77709 just look up Brian W Foster drama
@@Dani_77709 Without diving too deeply into the tabloid of it all, she filed for a restraining order against her ex-fiance citing multiple forms of abuse, spiraling substance use, attempted extortion and a belief that he was capable of violence. That's why all of Talks Machina, Undeadwood, Between the Sheets, and anything else that prominently featured Brian Foster have been pulled from the channel.
Ashley gives me the same vibes that I get when I am playing a game(BG3/ other RPGS) and I have school or work the next day and I have to end for the day it's soo sad.
If I've learned anything from critical role, its that as a DM I hope to leave every session with someone in the party like Ashley. Excited for whats next. Thats when you know you're doing a good job as DM.
She’s so adorable!!
i know they all miss the early pre-stream days of going 6+ hours per session but i do feel like ashley has mentioned it more than the others.
I can't even express how much I love this. This is the kind of energy that feeds DMs for a full week solid.
That last "NO IT'S NOT" is the best!
Okay okay okay, I watched Growing Pains as a kid. Who woulda known that kid would grow up to become so important to me? 😃❤🧡💛💚💙💜
Her pure emotions recharged me for the next 24/7 thank you @AshleyJohnson you are awesome!
Ashley is such a mood
She's an absolute treasure. ❤ Human version of a quokka.
For half of these I could swear Ashley was channeling Jennifer Coolidge (HEY, EVERYBUDAY!)
im so in love with this woman 😭 i would kill to meet her and talk to her for even like ten minutes
Her immediate little angry face is sooooo adorable I love her
Critical Role isn't the same if Ashley's faces aren't at the table. She is the most invested player I've ever seen.
Matt the Master of "Thats where we are going to end tonights episode"
I love her so much!!
Ashley is a national treasure!
She is an international treasure
I almost never crush on celebrities/popular figures or strangers in general, It’s just not who I am, but I think I have the biggest of crushes on Ashley Johnson.
I love how its always "NO!" or "YES!"
Ashley is such a player & watcher of CR.
This makes me very excited to get to Campaign 3 some day
That is so f***ing adorable.
This is beautiful
there was one where sam picked up that matt was wrapping up and marisha knew that it was going to happen and sam to but they didnt want to. is very hard to find but is cool because marisha knew it was coming and you can even see her trying to come up with a way to make it longer in her mind
Shes just like me fr
I need a Travis compilation now!!!
She's so adorable 😂
Truly feel we share the same spirit animal here.
this woman makes me so happy
she’s so pretty fr
Has there ever been a time when Matt was ending the game but the players convinced him to keep going? Other than little add-on moments I mean. I don't remember any but then it has been 300-odd episodes at the time of writing this.
And her hair look just so good Every . Single . Time .
That's the biggest compliment a DM van het.
Players shouting: Nooooooo! 😆
Every single time it’s like she’s completely forgotten it’s a game until he says that
That is literally the biggest dose of serotonin for a DM when your players adamantly don't want to quit playing in your world.
I started watching recently and of all the cast I thought she was the most… I guess out of place is the right words. I didn’t dislike her but she wasn’t doing much. But now she’s 100% my favourite of them all. I would be just like her if I played 😊.
She is so adorable
Perhaps we should petition for Ashley to wear a heart-rate monitor, so we can measure her engagement and excitement in real time 😆
Now we can just see how tightly she's clutching the Mister plushie.
Matt "Cliffhanger" Mercer.
I love her so much :(
That’s a sign of an excellent DM. 😂
She's not convincing me.
I heard no, "What's your saving throw vs getting f***ed up.........MATTHEW?"
Mister plush is a weapon of mass destruction
why do i love her?
5:08 Who else was just as upset as Ashley on this one? 🤬
You need passionate players like Ashley
I just love her “NOOO-WUH!!”
3:56 Ashley cut gives ME chills
She didn't want to go home to an abusive spouse.
My first and last D&D session was 9 hrs long. It dragged on and on and on
I love how the entire cast sounds like a bunch of kids who don't want to go to bed 😋
Ashley is all of us
make a great D&D game, and find a person who is as engaged in your game as Ashley is. And then never let her go!
I see myself as such a player. While the others are already getting tired and complain about not being able to concentrate anymore, I could always just go for another 2 hours at least.
It's a shame really that we don't play that often, as they all are so "busy", sometimes we don't play for months... I'M so happy Baldur's Gate 3 was released, now I can get my dosage of DnD that way. It's not the same, true, but it's something.
Out of all the human beings that look exactly like they did when they were a child, Ashley Johnson rules supreme.
They need to run a full weekend session.. !
This is our group when my husband DM says, "And we'll pick it up next time." 😂
I love Ashley's big hair era.