Heredity and Hats (LIVE) | Critical Role: VOX MACHINA | Episode 60
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- Опубликовано: 30 авг 2016
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Welcome to our first live show ever! Vox Machina makes their way into the elven City of Syngorn to complete their pact with Garmili the satyr cartoonist.
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"And you're their leader?"
"...Of the Dragons?"
There's that INT 6 appearing again
And yet 99% of the time grog still acts more intelligent than keyleth. 😂
Syldor really should get his brain checked, 6 is just too low for an elf leader of a city.
asluckdespairs then there was him as the giant eagle! He could’ve joined MENSA!
@@asluckdespairs Oh god this is so truee.
Grog can only cast thought once per long rest
"We all sleep together, it's a polyamorous thing." -Scanlan Shorthalt
The line that launched a thousand ships.
lmao... I get it: ships! X-P
In the Critical Role anime, everyone has a Harem... Even Trinket.
Oh, I was way ahead of him. A poly party would be adorable, and also great representation.
I seriously had problems breathing after that scene. Laughing so hard...thinking it was over, then Matt brings the npc into it..
Amara Lundy i died when Vax said "come on grog"
It’s so weird to see Sam at a live show, dressed normally.
Yeah, I was excited to see what the og live show costume was.
The early days were tame
@@mastadon6384 I was never a fan of geek and sundry to be honest they all seemed fake other than the crit role cast. Probably why they left
@@jimmygames5557 All I know of their shows is crit role. So I would not know. I am glad they are on their own though. I feel like the production value and quality is much better.
@@jimmygames5557 Yep, I never really watched their other content but all the ads about their other stuff seemed so forced and obnoxious.
"Well, that's a natural 20. But the second one was a 6. But it's +14, so that's 20."
"BARDS!"
Percy: It's *Lady* Vex'ahlia
Everyone: * silently loses their shit *
Tbf so did I.
loving percy
Ugh I love
For those who want to know where to find that moment on the timestamp, it's at 54:44
When you realize Percy just basically proposed to Vax'ahlia
"Is he in charge?"
"Ish."
"Ish?"
"Hes a beurocrat"
"/Excellent/"
MysticSybil r/boneappletea
Lord Geno r/ihavereddit
megabear37 is there someone who doesn’t?
Lord Geno you’re not wrong- I look forward to seeing more of your comments as I catch up to you
Lord Geno I don't.
Matt Mercer in August 2016: “ That’s a lot of people.”
Me watching in November 2023 “Oh you sweet summer child”
I was gonna say the same thing! lol This was like a live lounge session comparatively 😄
Myself and 12 and a half thousand critters lifted that roof in Wembley. It was ELECTRIC!
Percy: "Is there any rivermen who run the river?"
Tirelda: "No, the river tends to run itself."
Taliesin just had to stop and appreciate a good comeback.
"If I could pull the blood of you from my veins and give it back, I would." Holy shit, Laura.
Laura was fucking kiiiilling it
She put into words what I wanted to say to my own father. Thanks Laura
As someone who doesn't like their dad, I felt this in my soul.
If only I had the balls to say that to my mom
@@sludgemaiden you do have the balls, but not the appropriate alignment.
I like how their dad turns around and walks away... That must be where Vax gets it
I thought the same thing
don't tell him that
@@caseygray2328 bet yea he"s gonne love it
I didn't realize it until they said it but all of them do actually have a particular very odd piece of headwear.
Vax - Klarota metal skullcap
Vex - Witch hat
Keyleth - Antlers
Grog - Rhino horn helm
Percy - Plaguedoctor mask
Scanlan - Beret
And weirdly Scanlan's is the most "normal"
The fact that no one in the cast has made a Raspberry Beret joke about Scanlan yet is criminal
There has been a raspberry beret joke is probably why lol
When did percy get a Plaguedoctor mask?
I hope the Seder Drew down The hat scene since he was technically there
Vax- You are not our half sister, you are our sister.
As someone who comes from a blended family I love to see this.
I love it. You can hate someone but still love their kid. As a someone who watches kids this is sooooooo true.
Hit different for me too. I got a half-brother also. This group is so wholesome 😊
Same. I have 4 "half" siblings and 2 "step" siblings but they are just siblings in my eyes
totally feel this one. as someone who's in a similar situation to vellora, it's so nice to see that they hold no hostility towards her- none of what happens/ed between the twins and their father is her fault and they still love her dearly
Cringe
Percy wins this episode for giving Lady Vex'Ahlia the one thing she's secretly always wanted: validation among her peers.
They make a really good match, Percy and Vex. They get each other. Deffo the best couple in the campaign by a long shot.
The broom moment was the first time I ever thought this could BE a couple, but the titled moment is the moment I started shipping them!😱😍😍
@@hannahc875 Nah Grog and Craven Edge 4ever!
I could watch that over and over and never get tired of it. I love Percy so much and Vex too, so seeing this is oh so satisfying
PERCY AND TRINKET!!! MVPs of this episode haha
I love how Percy always flawlessly and shamelessly pulls the nobility card when dealing with a bunch of stuffy people who value that highly, to the point where you're not sure if he's serious or if he's just taking the piss out of them and loving every moment of it. It's hilarious.
knowing percy it's probably a mix of both
Percy's Favourite Terrain is social privilege.
Percy’s favourite thing about being titled is using it to knock other titled people off their high horses when he thinks they deserve it.
@@eruduma9021 This
The thing is, after the briarwoods attacked he’s learned both entitlement and poverty which makes it even funnier because he knows what can get to them. In turn Talisin captures that perfectly and Percy gives the stuffy people what they deserve for disrespecting his friends.
"And he walks into his study and closes the door behind him"
Now I see where Vax got it.
Oh dear you're right
Yeah, I love that Garmelie refused to answer one of Vax's questions and then immediately walked away from him, leaving Vax visibly quite annoyed and frustrated by it lol
Percy: "In Vox Machina, we respect Vex'ahlia."
Trinket: "Damn straight."
Vax: *(fist bumps Percy and Trinket)*
Oh s**t that moment when Percy schooled the elf about Vex's titles was ruthless.
No mercy percy
Vex looked so genuinely happy.
Biggest dick in Syngorn.
@@boz8761 A title previously held by the man he was talking to, and for completely different reasons. Lol
@@derekthoma9096 @54:30
Basically...
Percy: "So good sir..." **Proceeds to verbally slap her own father with a full metal gauntlet in fluent classist snark... With advantage**
The laughing in the background gives it the feel of a sitcom.
Yeah it's not necessarily bad but it does kinda feel like everybody's favourite character comes into the room and everybody whoops, something romantic happens and everybody aaaaws and when anybody does anything halfway amusing everybody laughs. I'm quite liking it but I can see why some people take issue with it.
Welcome to a live show
Poor Taliesin looks a little uncomfortable, poor guy. It must be quite the change, moving from a comfortable room somewhere to a live studio audience.
Which is not a good change IMO.
Yeah, and it sucks.
I didn't catch it the first time I watched this but Percy tells slydor his full name and tells Davina that she can just call him Percival. It's such a small thing but it's so significant
He also tacks on "from the Royal House of Whitestone" at the end. Percy rarely introduces himself as a Lord and does so here specifically so he can dunk on Syldor lmfao
I like how well Vex and Vax get along with their stepmother and half sister.
omg, that little girl... I hope we see a lot more of her, I really do!
I kind of dont see why they hate their dad so much. I guess there must have been quite alot of quiet diasproval but right now he seems pretty chill.
Favar1 tearing them away from their mother and raising them like something he's ashamed of would kind of bother me too... lol
Favar1 He ripped them away from a happy childhood only to neglect them as they grew up in a city that saw them as vermin.
Jared Knight Right, but the way he baheves now it doesnt seem he did that. Only that the twins felt that way. I mean we have no data as to how he ttok the children and how he treated them outside of the twins recolection of the events. Not saying that he is fautless, but as it stands he is trying to apologize, to express gratitude and tell them that they inspire people. They respond with having no love, irony and wanting to rip the blood out of their veins. Just from the conversation during the tea they are the bad guys here.
"And here is your threshold crest."
Cue the face of a DM whose evil plans have been foiled.
And this is why a great DM plans waaaay ahead. If he'd have gone in there with 3 pages of plans all revolving around a mission to steal a legit threshold crest AND NOTHING ELSE, he'd have been screwed. Or worse, the players would've been screwed as he makes Garmelie shut their clever plan down to force them back on the rails. Matt shows that it takes more than just wishful thinking to have the mindset he does -- it takes hard work behind the scenes!
It's perfect for the Feywild though. Stories about fae bargains always hinge on some really specific bit of wording, like you have to say *exactly* what you mean when dealing with the fae.
@@hatchcrazy Talisen was giddy with delight. He even said something along the lines of the Feywild being everything he wanted it to be
@@Jackie_Tikki_Tavi i'm convinced that taliesin is secretly a fey being at this point
@@xxliew Nah he is an eldritch being from the beginning of time no mere fey
It is really quite obvious ;-D
The druid upset nature and the fighter persuaded the grass?
Dnd at its finest
Absolute proof that anything can and certainly will happen. You just never know.
This is why we stay out of the feywild
@@alexdiaz795 and most certainly, stay out of the theater.
It seems quite natural for Taliesin to talk to plants when you've seen Caduceus do it so many times
@@hugoeriksson983 that is in the next campaign, after this
54:40 Percy worming his way into Vex's heart slowly but surely. It only makes sense to replace the three empty noble houses with people that you know have proven their worth. xD
Really a step up from all the fun arrows he's made her, plus the broom upgrade... And giving her the necklace for Trinket! Percy's love language is making things / gifts. And the title fits perfectly about how she was feeling out of place in a "royal" or fancy place, he alleviated that insecurity for her.
@@plutoisaplanet19 well, it's what he does, he makes things and he fixes things.
One of the first things he did apparently (pre-stream), was give her all his money to keep, so... :D
He's a connoisseur of wordless romantic gestures
As he said the the raven queen he loves fixing things
Rewatching this really highlights how Percy kept saying "those of us who are Titled" in hopes someone would correct him about him being the only titled one only to reveal Vex's titles.
I suppose, technically, Keyleth is also titled, as the Voice of the Tempest (to-be).
That is such a Taliesin move. I love it.
Also vax as the champion of the raven queen
@@isaac8734 grog could arguably be titled to.
They technically all were, as members of the council of taldorei.
Isildur: Daughter, son, what else do you need of me?
Vax (whispers): Your affection.
Isildur: What?
Vax: What?
That is a good joke, love it, and I know this is two years late, but Isildur is the High King of Gondor and Syldor is Vex and Vaxes father.
@@DieDreiSpacken Thank you. XD
Seal Door?... Loose Seal! Loose Seal"
*Syldor
@@alexcrossland5453 geez what's with this group and sealed doors?
"We are not sending Keyleth, the goose, into a *bog* to receive a bow from an angry, cancerous, *tree*" Man I love Percy 😂😂😂
Time stamp?
@@hirokomiller1530 2:17:56
There ya go buddy
Never forget the important pro tip from grog. Dragons can *fly* .
Don’t forget: In order to jump, jump!
That moment when you realize everyone has a hat/headpiece that's memorable for that character
Klarota plate, witch hat, rhino horn, heirloom duidic thing, beret and plague mask
They must be TF2 fans.
They have memorable weapons too - Handcone, Flametongue dagger, Flaming bow string, flaming axe, druidic staff, bad news, mace of disruption...
That's the thing about RPGs, the headgear and weapons are most noticeable and get the most attention, whether from the designers or the players.
It's not actually that special, not that being not-special takes away from the charm.
That's pretty much true for everything though.
Except for like Mech things, unless you count Mech's as headgear or weapons.
in armored core 4 mechs had tons of custimizability and about half of it was aesthetic
Pike doesn't have one. Unless you count the rhino horn, which im sure Grog allows her to wear whenever she asks
I love how keyleth went from writing a lovely comment cards for dwarves in an inn to writing a strongly worded letter to elves in a museum
It amazes me no end that in the Feywild it's the party Druid that keeps doing all the wrong things to the local plantlife.
Matt and Marisha made a Scope about this episode (their pre-Talks Machina videos) where they explained that they discussed this; Druids are nature based and since the Feywild does not make any sense in that regard, Keyleth had no knowledge about this plane
But a Druid should know better than to disturb or harm (emotionally or otherwise since they can communicate with nature) them and she’s intentionally doing it... it seems less like it doesn’t make sense and more intentionally messing with stuff she shouldn’t be. It’s really messing me up.
@@tiffanymorgan1059 I agree, it throws me off because everyone at the table is SO good at RP, but Marisha.. No polite way to say it.. Literally just seems like herself, her character has the highest wisdom stat of the whole group and still acts like an airhead... =/
@@ryurineko I think it's a lack of consistency is her biggest issue. All of them seem to vascillate between serious and silly, but she seems to go to the furthest extremes. Silly child giddy over plants to existential crisis episode to episode. She has a created complicated a character, and I think it was difficult to maintain
@@tylerkenney5886 That's actually a very good way of putting it, and I appreciate that point of view!
I've made it to campaign two now, and will say that imo she has grown in her RP. I'm just a stranger online and know my opinion means nada, but I still enjoy seeing the growth.
You can tell it's the first time they're doing this, Matt's just so embarassed and distracted he's adorable
Hahaha, he did so well though! They all did! You can definitly tell that's it's different for them this first time, but it's so better than the average person would do. My brain would just instantly be like, "Oh wow, people! I guess I have to pay attention to them entirely. What are they doing over there? D&D? Oh, yeah😅😅😨....." And repeat every two minutes😂
He also struggled with the audio on his Ipad. He's really distracted at the beginning of the game.
He's a voice actor, not a performer.
Seeing him visibly shken by stage nerves was actually very wholesome.
@@volteer1332FWIW, all actors are performers. Matt also has extensive training in theatre and improv, as actors generally do.
@user-Aaron- there's a different type of performance when you're in a studio, versus a live concert venue. Also, in theatre, your lines are scripted. This is unscripted, and is essentially improv with dice. There's a completely different mindset and it can be nervewracking to be on the spot and know that it will get feedback immediately.
"Are we about to roll initiative against grass?!" OMG I about died...
"You've successfully parleyed with a field" - Matthew Mercer (2:24:00)
The truest D&D experience
It’s also the tone it was said in like he did not expect that to work it’s the same one my Dm had when we parleyed with a dragon
More like BARLEYED, am I right?
13:54 - Game Starts
16:01 - Sigils
25:03 - B'day, B'day
35:56 - "That's my girl"
39:00 - Grog's "Tip"
47:11 - Vex lets their dad HAVE IT
52:09 - Scanlan, Role Model
53:57 - That's a belt buckle
54:40 - Percy's Amendment
58:05 - Little Sister
1:00:21 - Vax is such a good brother
1:05:18 - Verizon
1:06:42 - That's a belt buckle
1:18:00 - I've Made a Huge Mistake
1:18:20 - Realisitc Gust Cantrip
1:20:34 - Grog has best ideas
1:42:30 - Scanlan, Hat Enthusiast
1:47:00 - Tourist Kiki
1:58:30 - Grab Bag Room
2:01:35 - Grog loves potatoes
2:06:30 - A CLOSE Group
2:07:06 - Polymachina
2:10:50 - Out Feywilding the Feywild
2:13:00 - Leading Grog
2:19:00 - "I Like the Sound of That!"
2:21:45 - Moody Grass
2:31:21 - A Mysterious Cave
2:35:00 - "Like I taught you!" "RAWR RAWR"
2:38:51 - aaaaaand Trinket made me cry
MmmmmmmmMMMMMMMM
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Granting Vex titles to impress her father is probably the best gift Percy could give her. nice!
He had actually granted her the title in the episode right after they liberated Whitestone. If you remember, he went into the records room and wrote something down on some official paper and had it sealed before giving the paper to his sister. He just didn't say what he was doing. He was sitting on this information for 40 episodes.
@@TheThreeHeadedDragon Taliesin is so good at playing the long game, and I love it.
@@TheThreeHeadedDragon I respect you guys so much, that's some level of detail I'd only carve in my mind if I spent a whole week reading the wiki, reddit and asking chat gpt
Percy: "Manners is the currency that's easiest to come across."
Travis (under his breath): "Man!"
I love that interaction. Travis gets so into everyone else's RP, it's a pleasure to watch.
He even gets into the ships. I recall that at one point, Laura confessed that they got home one night and Travis' first words through the door were along the lines of "So, Vex is into Percy, right?"
What I love about watching Taliesin play Percy is that it's the purest form of writing a character's story imaginable. If you watch some of the interviews, Taliesin says he'd originally planned Percy as part of a story he was writing, for a book or a screenplay or whatever, it was something creative rolling around in his mind that had simply stalled out due to the challenges of bringing any story to life. But here, in D&D, he can truly embody the character and breathe _life_ into him, in a way that handing off a screenplay to some studio could never, ever do. It's got to be some level of fulfilling many only dream of.
Timestamp?
@@sethlost424 41:20
@@aldenlopez24 thank you kindly!
I love how Vex kept the owlbear feather this entire time so she could give it to her little sister. Seriously, that's real in-character foresight right there. You can even see Matt's grin of surprised approval. This is the first episode during which I actually cried.
PrincessLelouch There’s no way that was intentional.
Trogdor Tibbles Originally she said she wanted to make an arrow with it. This way just worked out so much better.
Me too. I cried when Percy gave Vex the Baronet...
that was lucky that the girl had an teddy owl bear. maaayyybe it was intentional by matt to give this beautiful moment to come into existence. but surely not intentional by Laura
I think he gave her sister an owl bear plushie to tee Vex up to do something - of course leaving it up to Laura to use it or not - and was happy she did so. Whatever it was, it's a touching moment :)
"How do you wanna mow this?"
Once again, the genius of Sam reminds me to like the video.
"He's a bureaucrat."
"Excellent."
Percy is the best character actor of the bunch.
Taliesin's great. Of course he's been in the business since quite literally before he could walk or talk, which probably helps. (He claims to have had a SAG card by the time he was 8 months old.)
Taliesin is incredible, but I think you’re not giving Travis enough credit.
@@TimpanistMoth_AyKayEll because he's playing himself 😄
I know this is a little bit late, but on the Subject of Vax and Vex's littler sister, the most amazing thing about that interaction is that Vax and Vex seem bound and determined to show her every ounce of affection that their father never showed them. It is, in a very poignant way, an expression of "Yes, everyone you are related to who isn't an asshole is deserving of all the affection you can give them regardless of the circumstances of their birth."
Royalty/Nobility is a complicated way to live.
I think they realized through their own experiences that the sins of the father are not those of the child. They also know how it feels to be treated poorly by family. They actively choose to not be like their father when it comes to their sister and I love it. It's not an easy thing to do.
Travis being flustered about sexual stuff is so adorable.
I know, especially because you usually would think that such an attractive and handsome man would be inmune to these things like Sam is lmao
@@gebdemedici to be fair, his wife is sitting next to him literally always so I’m sure it adds a bit of nervousness lol
@@hellogoodbye1748 For me, that's the best part about this. Laura sitting right between them and just laughing her ass off :D
Had to chuckle at Matt’s nervous “that’s a lot of people” at the beginning having been at the Chicago live show lol.
they've talked a few times over the years about how unexpected and overwhelming it really was, i can't even imagine what it was like for him
@@bigbundle3223especially considering he's sharing and acting out a story in his own personal world that he's been writing for like 3 decades. That's so incredibly personal to share with an audience, especially live!
Running joke:
_character hands something to someone_
Receiving person: "This is a belt buckle."
SO THAT'S WHERE BIDET COMES FROM
MegaVidFan1 finally I know
Finally I know
@@tubofjub And knowing is half the battle !!
Same honestly
It's been bothering me
It needs to be added to the wiki
Liam actually makes Travis blush the only way to beat it is if someone gets sam
2:14:00
Scanlan telling the guards that they may need to clean up after them had me crying. And Garmili wanting it to be true was amazing. I laughed hard.
Him having his book open ready and waiting was like the fandom creating so much fanart and fiction of the NSFW variety.
Everyone keeps saying how Percy and Keyleth’s trick on Garmelie was so impressive (and it truly was), but I think it would’ve been even more impressive if they managed to give him a cupcake instead.
Won't lie, bet someone thought back to this and thought 'how do I keep meeting people slyer then I thought they were?'
I keep seeing these vague comments and as someone who started on c2 they make me smile
Imho there was an even simpler way to bamboozle him :
"A deal made in the feywild cannot be broken"
"The deal was made in Scanlan's Mansion. Not in the feywild..."
@@bishop6218 issue is iirc it’s also a matter of a deal with an archfey not just the feywild. Might be wrong there though
@@astridstarr2787 you may very well be right, so i'd fall back to Plan A : don't make deals with strangers you meet in the feywild 😁
“I’m flirting with grass” lol gotta wonder was that Tal or Percy who realized the absurdity of the situation 😂
And see where we are 2 years later
"Consent, please!" (Henry Crabgrass, 2020, campaign 2)
Both. The answer is both
“I would like to seduce the grass”
Percy is just an infinite well of great quotes, it is quite frankly astonishing. I need to write all of them down and keep them on my at all times in case of a dire lack of smugness, charm and badassery.
Well with that comment looks like you're already halfway there ;) The trick is to use big words that confuse small people 😂😂😂
"Life needs things to live"
@@imhulki463 The eloquence! The wisdom!
"Your secret is safe with my indifference" is still one of my all-time favorite quotes of his.
"I am such an idiot" - Percy...
Percy flirting with grass and Scanlon serenading the field is the best 5 minutes of lighthearted RP thus far
Eh, I think the spa night is the best so far. I was wishing Vax would show up and get thrown in, though.
One of my absolute favorite things about this show is when Liam finds something hilarious and reaches across the table to touch Travis in acknowledgement. It is such a sweet and tiny gesture of friendship and I love it
I love how touchy-feely everyone is. I thrive on touch and was raised in an "arm's length from the opposite sex at all times" culture. Consequently I have a metric f*ckton of hangups about hugs and shoulder leans and other platonic gestures that I want so desperately to indulge in with friends. Maybe if I watch long enough I'll start getting over it...
Finally i can relate as to why people greet each other with BIDET on the new campaign! Freaking grog! ❤️❤️❤️❤️
hahaha BIDET BIDET!
Yeah! Finding out All the secrets and things that confused me now. This show is incredible. Lol
Here I am 3 years later feeling the same way. Bidet!
I'm so happy I finally know the origin of bidet 😭
@@ankurchawla1154 same lol I was watching C3 streams and I was so confused and now I knowwwww
Hi, let's talk about how Laura killed it this episode.
600 likes and no comments
Everyone agrees but no one wants to talk about it
@@steeveewuzzheer1992 no need to say anything, she killed it and we all know it
She is truly excellent at drawing real tangible emotion to her voice in such a genuine manner, it’s not like crocodile tears it’s like she keeps some old emotional trauma on tap for whenever she needs it.
Honestly Laura, your Vex’Ahlia is so brave, compassionate, shrewd and beautifully voiced your giving me unrealistic standards for women.
Indeed, it is so endeering how she portrays her bond with trinket. This and the amazing way Matt voices Trinket make me feel realy attached to him.
Laura kills every episode. Anyone want a cupcake?
47:38 i love this line (and talis reaction) because just in the prev episode when vex was sharing how she wasnt looking forward to going back and being judged, Percy makes a point in telling her that shes worth more than all of them.
And here her father is literally saying she is worth less, and Percy keeps his promise to her and has her back with the classic no mercy percy
i never noticed tal's reaction to that line! i love it!
"No Mercy Percy" I love it lol
@@hsp1233 i wish i could take credit for the coining of that expression but unfortunately the cr cast said it first
I've got plenty of content left for this quarantine...
R K right there with you.
I feel that lol
I'm with you too
Same here lol
Started that rewatch in early february. Been watching a lot since confinement.
14:29 I always wondered what kinds of things Liam says before the camera rolls to make Mercer laugh, "Ilithid Syphilis" was DEFINITELY not one of them :P
1:00:52 also the delivery on that "shit!" from Matt had me in tears laughing
2:07:54 FLUSTERED TRAVIS IS MY FAVORITE, LIAM YOU HERO
keefegirls22 Is
"Hey, we shouldn't do anything stupid in the Feywild, we don't want to piss anything off."
Keyleth: Hold my beer.
Vex'ahlia: Hold my bear
Grog: Hold my beard
Scanlan: Just hold me
Percy: Why? Just why? (as he joins in and fixes things so they all don't die)
Keyleth in a nutshell
*bear
For a druid who is supposed to have a lot of wisdom she lacks a lot of common sense....like learning your lesson to NOT TOUCH RANDOM THINGS
PERCY GIVING VEX ALL THOSE TITLE IS SO BEAUTIFUL good god i replayed that part so many times, you can see Laura being so shocked!
And Vex and Vax's little sister is so adorable, i would die for her
47:48 - "If I could pull your blood from my veins and give it back to you, I would. I want no part of you."
that's a dang strong line, and *improvised* . This woman never ceases to amaze me.
So much so that they put it into the show, word for word
Isn't it the same line Scanlan's daughter gave him, though?
Raw line either way, and as a dramaturg I love echoes like that in a narrative, so if it's a repeated line I like it just as much or more.
Trinket's speeches about Vex are the most amazing, tear jerking, wholesome moments! Gets me every time!
How aren't there more comments about trinket at the end, it was amazing!
She is my everything....got a little misty there.
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It feels like that thing in anime where they focus on a character to make you love them more and then kill them off. I fear for Trinket.
I loved the collective scream of horror when Trinket got thrown by the spirit bear
Percy's request for the amendment to the scroll for Vex's name drew a year from me. Great role playing.
"I just don't think I've ever heard a soldier say 'Blue Sparkley Poos!"
"You've never been to war, have you?"
Ah, those Percy gems,
26:00 man, i'm glad to know that their step mom seems like an acctual nice person, thank god! is good to see some deviancy from the "evil step mother" thrope
Slow Clap of sincere awe of percy's lawyering.
Ironic considering Sam is the Ace Attorney... (this is coming from someone who's just strolling the comments after the first 10 seconds)
You leave when burt reynolds says you can leave!
Scanlan can BS law, Percy oozes Title.
In the show people remember Scanlan for that, but they mentioned multiple times that Percy is the "lawyer" of the group. He was the one who got Keyleth out of prison, before a judge and all, before the show began.
@@HarrisSinclair at the time you had no idea but good damn
Step 1: Buy 'The Taldo'ri Campaign' book.
Step 2: Set your campaign a few decades after the events of Campaign 1.
Step 3: Create Velora as an Owlbear-owning Ranger/Rogue (who enjoys saying 'Poo').
Step 4: Profit like you owe Vex money!
Now I realize-there’s no reason that Velora can’t be an npc in C2
@@pallasproserpina4118 Someday my friend, someday...
@@pallasproserpina4118 by elf standards she would still be a child, since they aren't considered adults until they're at least 100 years old
@@Anbob658 Yet Ive never played in a campaign where someone played an elf and was above 50 lol
if you owe Vex money, you make no profit
The Traveler would have been so proud of that threshold Crest scam.
The Traveler was proud... he was there
hahahahahaha is this a knowing thing?
oh goodness, I can't help myself
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So Garmeli is Artagan, a stray archfey. He is disguised as a satyr for reasons I don't yet know.
Artagan is the Traveller. He Isn't a God, but he kind of Became a God for a second? Mostly Jesters fault, tbqh.
So. lol. Yes, the traveller was there. and was probably quite impressed.
@@Ross_mo wait... He's Artagan? When does he show himself as his Arch-Fey form?
@@tannertadlock7741 that's later. The idea in campaign two is that jester was going to be a warlock with a fey patron, but fjord got the class first as a hexblade. So laura and matt had to tweak the backstory. Laura with jester's class, and matt pulling his usual slick storytelling.
@@darkvizardking69 I know that much, but when does Garmeli show his true form?
I’m absolutely amazed at how Travis shines even brighter in front of a live crowd, he’s just a treat to watch
I think Marisha also shines in front of the live audience! It's like some of her jokes that don't always land with the others get appreciation and she is bolstered by it. It's so heartwarming to see her being paid attention to bc she is clearly such a sweet person that is also very funny & deserves the love!
@@Alirosa937 To me It felt like she was trying too hard to the point it was annoying, but I guess there´s an audience for everyone. Not hating though, I just don`t like how she plays Keyleth sometimes. Lauda, on the other hand, is one of my faves, such an improvement, performance wise, from Marisha.
@@xxFusiladoI agree. Marisha seemed to be getting bolstered by the audience, but it felt like they were excited she was doing dumb stuff that would cause issues.
It's like that friend in school that was always getting into trouble because they enjoyed the attention they got from peers who just egged them on until they were doing things that were dangerous or against the rules. None of the bystanders were interested in the person, just in the spectacle.
The only time Sam wasn't late... EVER
2 years later to point he also was in pain, he sprained his knee for this live :(
Sev_YT he sprained his knee FOR it? I can’t see the use in spraining his knee, but that’s some dedication ;)
1:00:04 Matt saying 'Poo' in the most adorable child voice gives me life ^-^
Nobody:
Not a Soul:
Liam: Illithid Syphilis
apparently he likes to shout out random inappropriate things at Matt right before going live in order to try and throw him off his game as a joke.
@@funke75 I know. It's fantastic.
we finally got an example of what happens just before they go live.
I thought he said keyleth had syphilis lmao
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I’m pretty sure I replayed the moment where Percy gave Vex her title like 100 times! Laura’s reaction has me smiling soooo big! What a moment!!!! Literally one of my favorite moments so far! Percy and Vex are the best and I love them with all my heart!!!😭😭😭👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻❤️
Sierra Benning the best right after Scanlan, Grog, and Pike.
Lord Geno are we binging this at the same time? I keep seeing your comments a few hours before I watch each episode... respect you a fellow addicr
megabear37 yeah I’m pretty sure I am haha. We are late to the party
Lord Geno well I’m glad you’re enjoying it as much as me! Have a good night my fellow addict 😂
That dude in the crowd with his hands over his mouth = me 😱😱😂
35:54 for Percy's soft 'That's my girl' at Vex'ahlia's insight check
Oh my gawd yes this.
/swoooon
THANK YOU
Oh snap!
2:07:25 Liam’s Laugh is just perfect especially when he realized that Sams Poly lie was the working lie
the irony of Keyleth being the druid and making EVERYTHING in the Feywild upset the second she interacts with it lol
Okay. We need a system of points called Percy Points. 1 point every time Percy says or does something amazing.
Well then I think he got two today, yes? One for outsmarting Gramili and the other one for flirting the grass? With a third potential one for titling Vex, but im a bit on the fence on that one :D
I'm all for that third point. That was extremely reckless (in character for Percy) and outrageously generous!
"He's a bureaucrat"
"Excellent"
+1 PP
What can Percy Points be redeemed for?
Hopefully an even better gun, and maybe a vestige
Matt should have descended from the rafters like the godly man he is.
Erd Tird Mans Deus Vox Machina?
taliesin, 2016: i'm flirting with grass
taliesin, 2018: *creates caduceus, who constantly talks to plants and animals*
Who also would never flirt
Caduceus is aroace tho, no?
I love how uncomfortable Travis gets when someone else brings up sexual situations, but when he does it he's all smiles. LOL
2:10:46 now THAT is how you deal with bargains that you make with the fae. Because you can damn well believe that they will do it the same way to you.
Textbook manipulation of vague syntax.
I love the twins' sister. she is the cutest thing ever
"Blue sparkly poo! Can you teach me??"
As you the door closes you hear a little voice go "shit!" "NO!"
Do we all realize that all this cute children and animal are actually mathew? I mean he is cute but when ever i see someone calling cute to one ogf his NPC it just makes my day.
I also love how much they love her. No resentment for having different mothers.
I REALLY hope that next time they do a VM one-shot, Liam shows up as the baby sister.
Me and guy in the audience covering his mouth at 54:57 had the same reaction to Percy giving Vex that title. Definitely one of my all-time favorite moments of this campaign.
SAME!!😱😍😂😂 I COMMENTED about that dude because I couldn't find any comments about him!
That’s one of my favorite moments from all of C1 AND C2 😂 Haven’t started C3 yet. I’m rewatching 1 and 2 so there’s a lot more of C3 before I have to start watching week by week
that guy in the audience is a legend and i hope nothing has ever gone wrong for him. that moment is absolutely deserving of the audience reaction it got; i don't think this episode would have been the same if it wasn't live.
Even though they're totally made for each other (percy and vex) I love how percy just accepts kisses from everyone. 🤣. Like he cant really stop most of them, but when he gets ones from vex he takes it and remembers it forever. Its great
laura is just an astonishing actress. i have legitimately never seen someone fake cry with such authenticity
Have you never watched a movie?
teenage spaceland Movie have outtake this is all live.
Mark D'Asaro so you envision the filming of crying scenes in movies as a series of takes without crying until the actor finally does what the script says?
leavy Yes sometimes that true. How do you think it works?
I mean, it was at least partially real. A character who she's invested a lot of her time and life into has a major problem with feeling inferior... and another character has just done something magnificent to help with that. I think I'd cry if it were my character.
- He's a bureaucrat
- Excellent!
My sides ahahaha
Vox Machina realized their reputation meant squat in this city and they decided to test how low it could go.
Ok so here's the thing about the titles bit: Syldor Vessar is the Ambassador from Syngorn to the Taldorei Empire. Since the Empire no longer exists... Syldor basically has no position. Percy naming Vex Baroness of the Third House of Whitestone is basically him elevating her as high as possible as a barony is the highest non-Royal title of nobility possible. He just used his royal privilege to give her a title that's so far above what her father could ever hope to achieve. Also, this is No Mercy Percy at his finest, staking his claim and using the language of diplomacy and nobility to tell Syldor without telling him "Your daughter is my Girl and I'm abusing my authority to legitimize her so I can marry her and your ass can't do a damn thing about it"; it's a total power move on Percy's part calling dibs on Vex and putting Syldor in his place at the same time. And Taliesin knows exactly what he's doing; he knows that Percy is both calling it out that Vex is his girl and shutting Syldor down HARD at the same time. That's why Matt played Syldor as so conciliatory suddenly. He knew Percy just owned him and he's probably honestly pretty impressed that somebody would pull that on behalf of his daughter. His meekness in response is his way of saying "fair play buddy, if she's that important to you, I relinquish my claims". This is honestly Percy's best moment, because he used his stuffy rich guy attitude to out-stuffy rich guy his dream girl's dad and win her overn just by being Percy.
I think what you describe about Percy "Calling dibs" on Vex is probably one of the big reasons why this DIDN'T go down the same in the animated show. Syldor in the show isn't impressed and sees the act exactly for what it is. BUT Vex is the one to take control in the show, by standing up for Percy and shutting her father down when he refuses Percy. I think this difference is key in putting agency back in Vex's hands over her own life, rather than being a man's prize. It's rightfully Vex's moment, not Percy's. And also, interestingly, Percy approaches her afterwards in an apologetic manner, hoping that his title wasn't inappropriate, realizing that he sprung it on her without her consent.
Overall, it's a different approach that showed that they definitely re-evaluated it after 6 years and thought that it needed a little fine tuning.
I wonder what Gygax would think if he had lived to see a D&D game getting standing ovations in front of huge crowds.
I try hope he is seeing it in someway.
Late reply, but unfortunately he wouldn't have liked it. Gygax stated that he believed the newer editions of dungeons & dragons placed the dungeon master too much in the role of an entertainer instead of a game referee. This show literally represents what he disliked about modern DND.
@@Abyssinainist Hm. Perhaps. He certainly wasn't fond of where the game had gone before his passing.
I like this better than, "Rocks fall; Everybody dies", but to each their own I guess.
It's Lord Gygax.
1:01:13 - My favorite line; "It's the gift of smugness, it never goes away."
Let's be honest, 54:39 is what you came for. "Lady Vex'ahlia, Baroness of the Third House of Whitestone and Grand Mistress of the Grey Hunt."
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The gratitude comes at 1:01:10
travis's reaction to percy giving vex the title was kind of the best
Thanks for making me go back and pay attention to Travis! Totally missed it just looking at Vex and Percy
I just realized Garmili is a pun, he's a satyr cartoonist... a satirist
Barton Maxwell satyr is where the word comes from they were famous tricksters and mocked everything around them
Boring Von Carstien Actually no, satyr and satire have nothing to do with each other.
I love the pun, but like many, it's based on how the word sounds, not the meanings.
Though it's a common misconception, Satire and Satyr may sound alike, but are unrelated.
The root words for a satyr come from Latin satyrus and Greek satyros.
Satire's root word was originally middle french "satire"(from about the 14th century), who took the word from Latin's "satira", which in turn comes from an earlier word "satura"
Satura means, literally, a "full dish", as in to be satisfied.
in the older traditions, a satiric poem was one about a person/people's vices... as in how they satisfied themselves.
NNEEEEEEEEEERRRRRDDDD!!!!
Just kidding, it was quite informative!😜
@@CorwinC73 You are so wrong I just have to correct you a year later.
A Satyrus was a creature in Greek mythology that , in short, fucked with people in various ways. That part of the mythology lend its name to a form of theater in ancient Athens ,the satirical theater, where theatrical writers criticized, in many and absurd ways, those that held power in the city. Thus the modern meaning of the word satire comes from this.
PS. 1The origins of the word satire is Greek and NOT Latin
2. The Latin satire, that you mentioned, lends its roots to the word; saturate and not satire
3. Matt aknowledges this by joking that the satyr hates the theater
Watching in 2019: FINALLY, I HAVE SEEN THE ORIGIN OF BIDET
I've always loved this episode. Percy's foiling of Garmelie's plan/deal, him really sticking it to Vax/Vex's dad, and the birth of the 'Bidet' critter greeting.
Garmelie learned a valuable lesson about specificity when making deals
In fairness, he should be used to deals being manipulated to one's favor, being from the Feywild.
Then again, since he doesn't seem to expect his deals to go in unexpected directions, well...*looks fondly at Campaign 2*
@@TitaniaBird If he were dealing with individuals from the feywild rather than these ones who clearly had zero experience (and were therefore easily tricked schmucks in his eyes), he probably would have been as specific as possible
The quality of the gameplay dropped so much in front of the live audience, but the quality of the comedy skyrocketed. XD
It was definitely a very talk-y session - I don't know how much room for gameplay there was, but it gave them plenty of time to play to the crowd.
I’ve been struggling to find the words for their live shows. So thank you for getting the words sorted out for me! :) Lol
Matt Mercer built this entire scenario for the audience. You can really tell, and I don’t mean that in a bad way. He was VERY clever to avoid scenarios where they could be bogged down by rules (ie: fighting). In fact the only times he brings up rules during this session is when prompted by the players. He built a quest and environment that lent itself to heavy RP and provided plentiful comedic opportunities to engage the crowd. He was more comical, more forgiving in a lot of ways, and always spun the joke on rather than stopping it like he normally does (he’s the DM, it’s his job to keep the game moving, usually). He was clever, and built a scenario in game that could play out well for an audience. As much as I love the combat parts of CR, I give him credit for changing the formula to better fit a live audience environment, even if it felt cheesy and like he was taking it really easy on the group from time to time
@@alexmiller1800 Yeah the trinket/spirit bear thing at the end seemed a little rushed/forced. And the fact that Scanlan *specifically* asked about the hat that Vax got his grubby little hands on... noone put two and two together on that?
Oh well.. like you said, was still engaging and full of laughs.
The twins father sounds like a giant tool. There step mom is acting like she wants to repair the relationship between the twins and there father but doesn't know where to start. The little sister is just a delight.
But you can also tell he desperately wants to overcome his prejudice and express love for all his children, and in so doing, not be a tool.
The twins have a lot of pent-up resentment though. He came off as a lot more affectionate than I expected actually, but the damage had been done, and the rift seems it can't be mended.
Idc how late this is, but this crew have issues with men in positions of power. I doubt anyone can name one who isn't in vox machina.
@@reson8 earthbreaker groon? sovereign uriel before he died, keeper yennen, assum, the spirelings of the clasp, gilmore... there's loads
@@whitemoonwolf13 Note that of all of them only Gilmore has any value to them and he's a shopkeeper, hardly a position of power.
Groon- got what they wanted, moved on.
Keeper Yennen is now a woman (animated series on amazon).
Asum was usurped by Raishan andhasn't been confirmed to still be in the Council.
Compare that to the many men they portray negatively; The twins' father, the guy who dropped truth-bombs on Vex before she killed him and took Fenthris, Grogs' uncle, Lord Briarwood, the guy in charge of the Clasp is really unfriendly towards Vax even though he has the mark- even Keyleths' own dad is aloof at best. And now consider just how many powerful women there are...
“It’s *Lady* Vex’ahlia.”
“Lady?”
“Yes, Lady Vex’ahlia, Baroness of the Third House of Whitestone, and Headmistress of the Grey Hunt.”
Laura is so amazing in this! That "pull the blood" line...I felt that.
"you stroll in here with a great deal of arrogance and an air of self-importance." Vox Machina ladies and gentlemen!! Well most dnd groups but still lol
I was hoping either vex/vax would say “Sorry, it must be my elven half”
I mean, after all the things they've done, all the horrors they've stopped and monsters they've killed, I think a healthy sense of self-importance has been earned.
"You reach in and pull out a potato."
Almost covered my phone in coffee.