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You forgot to add the part where Orym asks Laudna why she is so happy all the time and she retorts with “the worst thing that could happen to me already has.” That was a profound moment that took me aback when I heard it.
A therapist once told me "the hardest part of your life, you've already gotten through". Now, he happened to be wrong about that, but it still stuck with me in a positive way.
Also makes it fun that Laudna is then the first character from a different campaign to be featured in Legends of Vox Machina (assuming that you don't include the Half Orc and Tiefling on the cover of Tusk Love).
I remember when Pate was introduced, I saw someone say something like "Imagine if Laudna was one of the corpses on The Sun Tree, that'd be wild." and now we have this amazing reveal.
I was watching Vox Machina series with my son, and when I saw the half rat escape the acid pit, I yelled, "Paté!" Little did we realize what was to come.
@@gennabella Wether or not the son is old enough is entirely up to Dan. They are watching the show with their son. Together. If any questions arise, I'm sure Dan's going to answer them. It is fine. Keep being an awesome parent, Dan. We need more Critters in this world. Don't forget to love each other.
@@ThorsShadow I watched all the horror movies of the 90s with my older brother when I was like 5. Even disney movies have spooky monsters and violence. We can't be cloistered forever.
I saw somebody say it, and I feel like it's worth re-iterating. This type of backstory could be generalized to any fantasy horror undead thing where she was brought back in some other Gothic fantasy city and everything else was the exact same and it would've still been a very good, intricate backstory that would be not that far from the norm. But her decision to make it based on the Briarwoods and what they did was solely a love letter to her friends at the table and all the critters out there, and it just makes it that much more awesome to us
It also adds a lot to the continuity of Exandria. Bringing back characters from C1 makes it feel like a whole world, compared to C2 were they almost never talked about anyone from C1
@@bestofcriticalrole I get why. They wanted C2 to be accessible to new watchers without having to watch 500 hours of content first. Now that they have TLoVM, they can have a bit more connection to those characters & events.
I guessed this on a whim in a conversation with my gf. Later on, she saw this episode live and told me “you were right.” I didn’t know what I was right about, and she wouldn’t spoil it for me. When I finally got to watch it, it did break me. I had to cry, couldn’t shake it. The way she described it from a first-person perspective was so nonchalant as if she was over it, but knowing the story behind it from watching Campaign 1 and TLoVM and still putting a new angle to that aspect of the story just hit my core. Anyone who says Marisha sucks probably doesn’t realize how great of an actor she is. This scene proved beyond a shadow of a doubt her prowess, imho.
This makes me wonder, if Keyleth would recognise Laudna if they ever met.. Laudna doesn’t age, so she’ll look the same as she was when she was hung.. I’m only saying Keyleth because she’s the one who recognises the corpses to represent them, and she’s the one who kept staring at the corpses in the animated series..
While my personal favourite this campaign is Fearne, Laudna was always a close second, but this may have tipped her above the chaotic stupid grandma - there are just so many layers of flavour to Laudna that Marisha has managed to include in this poor woman that one cant help but stand back and admire the artistry at work
@@Michael-bn1oi I'll be honest, I disliked Marisha from way back in campaign 1 with how inconsistent she was. She spent an entire game night saying how cruel the group was to risk people in a war - and this occurred moments after she ordered a fae creature to kill itself by walking into the orb of death... I switched off with her then and there. But this campaign she has 100% won me back!
Marisha herself said that wasn’t true on what of the “four-sided dive” convos. I think it was with Aabria, Ashley, Marisha, and Laura. It’s a good idea, but she didn’t actually think of that when she came up with the names!
i saw this in theatres. everyone lost their everloving shit as one by one we realized. the “oh shit”s “fuuuuuck”s and “holy shit”s just slowly spread across the room.
I was actually just talking about this with some friends earlier - I hadn't realized before, but I'd interpreted that whole dialogue as having implied that she was one of the small children. But I suppose it does make more sense for her to be the young woman - she probably hasn't aged since her revival, so it wouldn't make sense for her to be a kid.
@Chadahoochi were that the case she probably would have mentioned the antlers that were nailed to her fucking head, also how her hair changed from a ginger to black with the white streak
What and may I say this as politely as possible IN THE FUCK is with these story lines being so beautifully strung together GOD FUCKING DAMN YOU CRITICAL ROLE!!!!!!😍
"You're one of the happiest people in this group. How?" "The worst thing that could ever happen to me... already has" This, friends is where I started tearing up and I have seen neither C1 or the animated show (already knew about the sun tree though bcos it's impossible to avoid spoilers about campaign 1 hehe)
I believe this comes from something quite real and that’s why it is so effective. Marisha has traumas in her past (obvi not being killed lol) and she covered some in her after dark interview. Songs like “I am here” are on Beau’s playlist and there’s a line in it that goes “I’ve already seen the bottom so there’s nothing to fear”. I think this is a pretty good example of why people say “write what you know”; she’s never been literally undead (I assume) but she sure as hell knows what it’s like to survive.
@@ArtOfShannonLee when you say after dark interview, is that the same as the between the sheets interview? Or is it a different one I haven't seen yet? (In which case I must watch it immediately!)
@@myriadd6272 uhh you might be right whoops- I’m not sure because I watched it a year or more ago. But she talked about some of her experiences with sexual assault and not being believed, if feeling she had to raise herself, etc. I identify with her a lot. She’s a legend.
@@ArtOfShannonLee aah yes that's the between the sheets one which I have seen, and yeah she's pretty awesome. I honestly cried when I watched that interview bcos it's so heartbreaking but also she's so positive and happy and genuinely has a great life now and I'm so happy for her. I never thought of that as a partial reason behind Laudna's backstory but you're completely right there are certainly shades of it 👍
Matt uses a characters backstory to instill a horror filled great arc to the campaign, then throws in his own little dabble of monsterous story telling to add a party impacting scene......then far into the future one of the pcs of said party uses the story already told and adds her own flare to it to open old wounds long forgotten. The joys that is DnD, thank your critical role for the laughs, the love, the horror, and the heart break.
When I first watched this episode I connected the dots; but you marrying it with the animated clips really hits hard. Very, very well done. Really didn't want to cry this late at night though.
The fact that everything involving the Briarwoods is a somewhat well known historical event, I just find it a wild part of her character that Laudna knows absolutely nothing that happened after she was killed. Nothing about Vox Machina, Vecna, or literally anything involving the Briarwoods in C1. There's potentially some really fun roleplaying opportunities should more C1 related things pop up in the campaign
She did mention that Laudna was a recluse. General population chased her away, thinking she was an evil witch. She talked about how she usually stay and fixed up an abandon shack in a wood, until she was chased away again. So my guess is, if she was aware of VM, it would have been in a very peripheral senses. Words of mouth so many times removed from the source that it's barely any facts remains.
Also depends on when she was revived. If she was out until Delilah died... And then after that nobody wanted to talk to the local zombie girl, it makes sense.
Oh man that music, what a wonderful bow on top of this wonderful gift. It's a sad one... but it really hits me in places I thought I didn't have anymore.
SPOILERS FOR RECENT EVENTS After this episode, we would never view that moment at the Sun Tree the same way ever again. and now... we've come full circle. Not only did Keyleth immediately recognize Laudna from the tree, a memory from 33 years ago, but she's been brought back home, her fate to be determined by the Lord and Lady of Whitestone, the latter being the very woman she was propped up as a message for.
Have they addressed how she always names things after fancy foods? Pate, Sashimi, Caviar. Oof. Also, completely forgot to rewatch the cartoon after finding this out on CR and see how they drew Laudna.
i remember watching this moment live. it took me a second to understand. when it finally hit me, my heart dropped, it was so gut-wrenchingly sad and generally just horrifying to hear
@@criticallol3039 literally like wasn't it clear they used a child? Laudna didn't grow up after dying lmfao I even heard a theory she was used for Vax, but *Pyke?*
When I was watching this and heard her talking about this I was like “NOOOOO WAYYYYYYYY!!!!” I freaked out on my lunch break, and all my co workers came to check in on me
We saw this episode in the theatre, and holy shit was it insane. Everyone was dead quiet until we heard it all, and everyone was just gasping and saying "oh my god". Absolute chills
So Laudna was supposed to be the stand-in for Vex......gods, the character choice to go more in-depth with that was once hell of a decision, Marisha......I applaud it completely
Matt: These seem like pretty cool monsters to make them fight, we’ll have a fun airship encounter and then move on. Ashely: I remove the eye and sniff it and lick it TELL ME EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS MONSTER’S EYEBALL DO IT DO IT NOW Matt: uh, citrus??? Ashley: I SQUEEZE IT Matt:
Words truly cannot express how shooketh I was at that reveal. It was AMAZING story telling, and a call back to something we may have forgotten about(were it not for the animation now). And even still, further tying the world together by bringing, essentially, a cannon fodder character into the light and making an opening to revisit the old story/characters. Maybe even make one a villain of sorts for Laudna...
I remember reading comments that had the theory brewing in those early campaign days… but when Marisha first started speaking about it, it grabbed me and wouldn’t let go until this bit was over. Honestly why I’m hoping the next book is enjoyable to read. I want more of Laudna’s story.
I'm not the best at seeing certain things like Travis but as soon as she started explaining my brain went full beautiful mind and I figured it out before them and I was so proud of myself lol
Regarding the first campaign, if you mean the audio and video quality, it gets better as they reorganize the set and work out the kinks. If you mean the first story arc (i.e., Kraghammer), it's relatively short. You can jump to Episode 16 for the beginning of the next story arc. If you mean Tiberius/Orion, he leaves the group after Episode 27. In all three cases, you can jump to Episode 28 and see a huge improvement over the first episode. In fact, most long-time fans recommend it.
I saw someone suggesting that she wasn't Vex's double but actually Vax's She couldn't be Keyleth's because her description of what she looked like when she woke up didn't match Keyleth at all The only reason she'd be Vex's double is she's a woman But Vex and Vax always looked so similar She woke up in leathers, not furs No mention of a feather or a blue dress or anything particularly detailed (which Vex's wardrobe was always more detailed and unique than Vax's black rogue leathers) She just says "I woke up in leathers" She has a raven's skull she put on Pate (maybe put on her when she was hung or maybe Marisha's Vax Easter egg to hint her identity) And it'd make more sense for Marisha's character to be Liam's character's body double The idea that both Liam and Marisha's characters in this campaign are almost love letters to Keyleth and Vax makes me so giddy Also I know in the animation, Vax's double was a man pre hanging BUT the animation was done before campaign 3 was even in prep so details can change I'd then assume her mother was Vex and her father was Percy because then that's also a love letter to them two as Launda is, in a very weird way, a portrayal of Percy and Vex's child But maybe that's going too much into it
Also Vax and Laudna both have black hair while Vex has brown. And how easy would it be to find a man with hair as long as Vax's? It would probably be easier to body double him with a woman especially when he was already quite androgynous
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😂 oof that hit a little close to home..not the hanging part.. although.. nevermind best not talk about what happened to my neighbor.😂
YOUVE HEARD OF WIDOGAST'S FAMILY BBQ NOW GET READY FOR LAUDNA'S FAMILY HANGOUT
LMAO
JESUS CHRIST
WOW!!! JUST WOW!!! LMAO!!! You are damaged goods! LOL!!!
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OH GOD LMAO
You forgot to add the part where Orym asks Laudna why she is so happy all the time and she retorts with “the worst thing that could happen to me already has.” That was a profound moment that took me aback when I heard it.
I love that little bit. Makes me teary every single time
Marisha has my two favorite, most wise quotes in the whole series - this, and her comment to Essek in the C2 finale.
I can relate to that 🥺
And D took it personally 😭😭😭
A therapist once told me "the hardest part of your life, you've already gotten through". Now, he happened to be wrong about that, but it still stuck with me in a positive way.
That, at the end, is Marisha Ray staring up at Marisha Ray.
It's like the equivalent of the two Spider-Men pointing at each other meme
Also makes it fun that Laudna is then the first character from a different campaign to be featured in Legends of Vox Machina (assuming that you don't include the Half Orc and Tiefling on the cover of Tusk Love).
@@mortenaassauthen8961
Nah, that's Oskar and Guinevere. 😉😉
Inception
As few could ~ her creative authenticity is mind boggling
I remember when Pate was introduced, I saw someone say something like "Imagine if Laudna was one of the corpses on The Sun Tree, that'd be wild." and now we have this amazing reveal.
I hope whoever's said that feels incredibly vindicated lol. This reveal was absolutely buckwild!
It thought it was too specific to be possible. Got my mind blown lol
I WAS RIIIIIIIGHT! Posted a comment to this effect about a month ago on one of Nico Neilson's highlights!!!
@@lukefrederiks5906 I posted the same thing somewhere as well! Was soo proud of myself when I saw this the first time
@@bestofcriticalrole hold on a second, is this actually the back story? I haven't watched this campaign at all yet but it seems like I really should.
So Laudna, what were you doing in Whitestone?
“Oh you know, just hanging around.”
I was watching Vox Machina series with my son, and when I saw the half rat escape the acid pit, I yelled, "Paté!"
Little did we realize what was to come.
*franctically types into the wiki*
Please tell me your son is old enough to watch the series lol
@@gennabella Wether or not the son is old enough is entirely up to Dan. They are watching the show with their son. Together. If any questions arise, I'm sure Dan's going to answer them. It is fine.
Keep being an awesome parent, Dan. We need more Critters in this world.
Don't forget to love each other.
@@gennabella please tell me you’re not serious.
@@ThorsShadow I watched all the horror movies of the 90s with my older brother when I was like 5. Even disney movies have spooky monsters and violence. We can't be cloistered forever.
I saw somebody say it, and I feel like it's worth re-iterating. This type of backstory could be generalized to any fantasy horror undead thing where she was brought back in some other Gothic fantasy city and everything else was the exact same and it would've still been a very good, intricate backstory that would be not that far from the norm. But her decision to make it based on the Briarwoods and what they did was solely a love letter to her friends at the table and all the critters out there, and it just makes it that much more awesome to us
It also adds a lot to the continuity of Exandria. Bringing back characters from C1 makes it feel like a whole world, compared to C2 were they almost never talked about anyone from C1
@@bestofcriticalrole Yeah, like with Orym being a disciple of Keyleth as well. Not as crazy of a reveal, but still pretty cool
@@bestofcriticalrole oh lord, thinking back to all the members of the Tal’dorai council brutally murdered by the Mighty Nein’s curiosity
Hey, there's a reason she's the creative director haha
@@bestofcriticalrole I get why. They wanted C2 to be accessible to new watchers without having to watch 500 hours of content first. Now that they have TLoVM, they can have a bit more connection to those characters & events.
Talisen's reaction when everything clicks together is amazing
That's Liam. Tal has the colored hair
Tal looked so proud of his goth fellow
@@kuroakuma4459 I think they were just reminiscing about this part of the episode
At some point Marisha is going to be romanced by Marisha.
@@SmallLab129unlikely seeing as her characters always get romanced by someone in their party by episode 70
Watching Liam try and not have a panic attack gets me
I guessed this on a whim in a conversation with my gf. Later on, she saw this episode live and told me “you were right.” I didn’t know what I was right about, and she wouldn’t spoil it for me. When I finally got to watch it, it did break me. I had to cry, couldn’t shake it. The way she described it from a first-person perspective was so nonchalant as if she was over it, but knowing the story behind it from watching Campaign 1 and TLoVM and still putting a new angle to that aspect of the story just hit my core. Anyone who says Marisha sucks probably doesn’t realize how great of an actor she is. This scene proved beyond a shadow of a doubt her prowess, imho.
I really love how she's building on top of Campaign 1 and on top of TLoVM. It makes it feel so well rounded
Devastating. the edit was so good. " It got a little fuzzy after that.." *cut to dangling feet*
I had tears when I first saw this, and now it's again.
This makes me wonder, if Keyleth would recognise Laudna if they ever met.. Laudna doesn’t age, so she’ll look the same as she was when she was hung.. I’m only saying Keyleth because she’s the one who recognises the corpses to represent them, and she’s the one who kept staring at the corpses in the animated series..
She'd probably think she was staring at Vex's ghost or something, and fear that her dear friend had fallen victim to a tragic end.
I know one thing:
It would be a golden opportunity for Marisha to display her acting chops yet again.
Laudna is officially the only character from a campaign other than Campaign 1 to appear in the Amazon cartoon.
Cad has a cameo in Vasselheim in S2.
You forget Jester and Fjord/Oscar on the cover of Tusk Love in Brimestone's cellar
Let's not forget the Traveller. He's technically a C1 character, but he's so big in C2 that it's hard to count him out.
Marisha really went out and went “hey let’s make the fandom explode”
She has really knocked it out of the park and stole the show this entire season as far as I’m concerned.
Thats Marisha Ray for you B)
@@bestofcriticalrole Been crazy how much she has grown over the seasons. Laudna is 10/10
While my personal favourite this campaign is Fearne, Laudna was always a close second, but this may have tipped her above the chaotic stupid grandma - there are just so many layers of flavour to Laudna that Marisha has managed to include in this poor woman that one cant help but stand back and admire the artistry at work
@@Michael-bn1oi I'll be honest, I disliked Marisha from way back in campaign 1 with how inconsistent she was. She spent an entire game night saying how cruel the group was to risk people in a war - and this occurred moments after she ordered a fae creature to kill itself by walking into the orb of death... I switched off with her then and there. But this campaign she has 100% won me back!
so who was she
What's even worse is that every time Laudna has named something like Paté or her horse it's always something from her last meal
It’s always a raw meat dish
Marisha herself said that wasn’t true on what of the “four-sided dive” convos. I think it was with Aabria, Ashley, Marisha, and Laura. It’s a good idea, but she didn’t actually think of that when she came up with the names!
@@firedragonbri547 Yeah, though I didn't see that video untill way after I had this theory. Still it was an interesting idea while it lasted
i saw this in theatres. everyone lost their everloving shit as one by one we realized. the “oh shit”s “fuuuuuck”s and “holy shit”s just slowly spread across the room.
I would have loved to see it in theatres too 🥺
The cacophony that would have caused is exactly why I wouldn't have gone to see it in cinemas even if there was a screening in my country
I was actually just talking about this with some friends earlier - I hadn't realized before, but I'd interpreted that whole dialogue as having implied that she was one of the small children. But I suppose it does make more sense for her to be the young woman - she probably hasn't aged since her revival, so it wouldn't make sense for her to be a kid.
Yea when they were playing” what the fuck is up with that” for the first time she said she hasn’t aged since then.
@@stormysciophobia8846 this, specially since Laudna said she is around 60
i think that she was the child because they cut up her ears to look like pike
@@elliotbanbury6442 nah Ladna said that she was at least 20 years old when she died and that she hasn't aged since.
She was Vex. Her ears were cut to look like a half elf, and she described the clothes.
Just the line ”the next thing i remember was waking up being hung from a tree”
Seeing Laudna as a normal young woman stood between Grog and Percy's body doubles is surreal
@Chadahoochi were that the case she probably would have mentioned the antlers that were nailed to her fucking head, also how her hair changed from a ginger to black with the white streak
@Chadahoochi She actually confirmed that she was Vex's double in the first episode of 4-Sided Dive.
What and may I say this as politely as possible IN THE FUCK is with these story lines being so beautifully strung together GOD FUCKING DAMN YOU CRITICAL ROLE!!!!!!😍
I love the way they wrap it so nicely together :'3
Taliesen’s reaction always gets me
“Oh we are going to *talk* “
"You're one of the happiest people in this group. How?"
"The worst thing that could ever happen to me... already has"
This, friends is where I started tearing up and I have seen neither C1 or the animated show (already knew about the sun tree though bcos it's impossible to avoid spoilers about campaign 1 hehe)
I believe this comes from something quite real and that’s why it is so effective. Marisha has traumas in her past (obvi not being killed lol) and she covered some in her after dark interview. Songs like “I am here” are on Beau’s playlist and there’s a line in it that goes “I’ve already seen the bottom so there’s nothing to fear”. I think this is a pretty good example of why people say “write what you know”; she’s never been literally undead (I assume) but she sure as hell knows what it’s like to survive.
@@ArtOfShannonLee when you say after dark interview, is that the same as the between the sheets interview? Or is it a different one I haven't seen yet? (In which case I must watch it immediately!)
@@myriadd6272 uhh you might be right whoops- I’m not sure because I watched it a year or more ago. But she talked about some of her experiences with sexual assault and not being believed, if feeling she had to raise herself, etc. I identify with her a lot. She’s a legend.
@@ArtOfShannonLee aah yes that's the between the sheets one which I have seen, and yeah she's pretty awesome. I honestly cried when I watched that interview bcos it's so heartbreaking but also she's so positive and happy and genuinely has a great life now and I'm so happy for her. I never thought of that as a partial reason behind Laudna's backstory but you're completely right there are certainly shades of it 👍
It was the fucking Joey Friends meme for me when I heard this during work today. Just nothing but wide eyes and the desire to express loud surprise.
That was my exact face at the moment
@@bestofcriticalrole Just smiling and listening, and then the bomb drops XD
I love Marisha and always have. I’m so glad she’s getting the respect and appreciation she deserves. 😁
Matt uses a characters backstory to instill a horror filled great arc to the campaign, then throws in his own little dabble of monsterous story telling to add a party impacting scene......then far into the future one of the pcs of said party uses the story already told and adds her own flare to it to open old wounds long forgotten. The joys that is DnD, thank your critical role for the laughs, the love, the horror, and the heart break.
That was actually pretty genius
That's Marisha Ray 😎
When I first watched this episode I connected the dots; but you marrying it with the animated clips really hits hard. Very, very well done. Really didn't want to cry this late at night though.
The fact that everything involving the Briarwoods is a somewhat well known historical event, I just find it a wild part of her character that Laudna knows absolutely nothing that happened after she was killed. Nothing about Vox Machina, Vecna, or literally anything involving the Briarwoods in C1. There's potentially some really fun roleplaying opportunities should more C1 related things pop up in the campaign
She did mention that Laudna was a recluse. General population chased her away, thinking she was an evil witch. She talked about how she usually stay and fixed up an abandon shack in a wood, until she was chased away again. So my guess is, if she was aware of VM, it would have been in a very peripheral senses. Words of mouth so many times removed from the source that it's barely any facts remains.
Also depends on when she was revived.
If she was out until Delilah died... And then after that nobody wanted to talk to the local zombie girl, it makes sense.
Also goes to show just how many people's lives the briarwood's probably fucked over other than Percy's
Oh man that music, what a wonderful bow on top of this wonderful gift. It's a sad one... but it really hits me in places I thought I didn't have anymore.
SPOILERS FOR RECENT EVENTS
After this episode, we would never view that moment at the Sun Tree the same way ever again.
and now... we've come full circle. Not only did Keyleth immediately recognize Laudna from the tree, a memory from 33 years ago, but she's been brought back home, her fate to be determined by the Lord and Lady of Whitestone, the latter being the very woman she was propped up as a message for.
Why are they so good saying the story. It's like bring it to life
Well, they’re professional actors. Its there job to bring good stories to life, and they’re damn good at it too.
Full body goosebumps watching this back such a powerful revelation
I could listen to her read a book on Audible or a podcast. That was truly astounding
Have they addressed how she always names things after fancy foods? Pate, Sashimi, Caviar. Oof. Also, completely forgot to rewatch the cartoon after finding this out on CR and see how they drew Laudna.
Some comments above said she's probably naming things after the items from her last meal.
@@withedoter6277 That’s what I mean, I can’t remember if anyone said that at the table or not.
i remember watching this moment live. it took me a second to understand. when it finally hit me, my heart dropped, it was so gut-wrenchingly sad and generally just horrifying to hear
I love how they made a huge redemption to that sun tree scene now with laudna.
CONFIRMED EVERYONE
She was Vex, not Pyke
ruclips.net/video/jwtpHQ_-JUA/видео.html
people thought she was Pyke?
Why would the tall slender lady have been the short stocky gnome? Did you mean Keyleth?
@@criticallol3039 literally like wasn't it clear they used a child? Laudna didn't grow up after dying lmfao
I even heard a theory she was used for Vax, but *Pyke?*
@@whereami2906 Yup
@@dubbingsync People thought she was Pyke but later after being raised back she kept growing up
I remember watching this live with a ton of other critters, the energy in the room was intense yet solemn.
Marisha’s voice for Laudna gives me such Vanessa Ives from Penny Dreadful vibes!
At least Whitestone Andy got animated.
Heyyy its Whitestone Andy!
@@bestofcriticalrole Was that who they used for Percy? If that’s her crush, then this was one hell of a dinner date 🤣
When I was watching this and heard her talking about this I was like “NOOOOO WAYYYYYYYY!!!!” I freaked out on my lunch break, and all my co workers came to check in on me
We saw this episode in the theatre, and holy shit was it insane. Everyone was dead quiet until we heard it all, and everyone was just gasping and saying "oh my god". Absolute chills
Yea... this episode blew me away... waking people up with me gasps they were so loud.
So Laudna was supposed to be the stand-in for Vex......gods, the character choice to go more in-depth with that was once hell of a decision, Marisha......I applaud it completely
I love Liams moment of realization in this
I was freaking out during this whole scene and my friend who just started watching was so confused about my reaction
Matt: These seem like pretty cool monsters to make them fight, we’ll have a fun airship encounter and then move on.
Ashely: I remove the eye and sniff it and lick it TELL ME EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS MONSTER’S EYEBALL DO IT DO IT NOW
Matt: uh, citrus???
Ashley: I SQUEEZE IT
Matt:
I love Laudna more and more.
This gives me full body chills EVERY TIME I come across it
chills, chills up and down my body everytime
Everyone's slow realization was just so 🤌🏽🤌🏽🤌🏽
great loop.
Touching story.
That was such a brilliant idea for a character's lore
no matter how many times I watch this, she still makes me cry. top 5 CR moments ever
Words truly cannot express how shooketh I was at that reveal. It was AMAZING story telling, and a call back to something we may have forgotten about(were it not for the animation now). And even still, further tying the world together by bringing, essentially, a cannon fodder character into the light and making an opening to revisit the old story/characters. Maybe even make one a villain of sorts for Laudna...
as soon as i saw this and remembered that her ears were mutilated to be pointy i shouted SHE WAS VEX
Underrated edit. This is so good!
This was literally so heartbreaking.
When i heard her talking about this, i genuinely felt my heart drop. Poor little thing...
You could hear a pin drop when they realised what she was telling them
I remember reading comments that had the theory brewing in those early campaign days… but when Marisha first started speaking about it, it grabbed me and wouldn’t let go until this bit was over.
Honestly why I’m hoping the next book is enjoyable to read. I want more of Laudna’s story.
I like that in the little monologue she made it cannon that the Briarwoods do in fact enjoy a bit of seafood.
WAIT I JUST SPOLED MYSELF UHHHHHH
OH MY GOD SO THAT'S IT! Love her character
The fact this backstory bomb came out after Legend of Vox Machina dropped was expertly planned/timed. Pretty great story telling there
I'm not the best at seeing certain things like Travis but as soon as she started explaining my brain went full beautiful mind and I figured it out before them and I was so proud of myself lol
Beautiful dialogue on a very tragic experience for a Dnd character...
Not watching this campaign yet this reveal gave me shivers
i was really hoping Loudna was posed as Keyleth
😢🙏 her backstory broke me ❤
One of the best reveals in the history of CR
It was mind blowing!!
Chills man...
Gave me the biggest chills
My jaw dropped and eyes watered the first time I heard this part.
I CRIED SO HARD!
I hadn’t been that distraught after an animated scene since the eclipse in berserk…..
The fact that this reveal also happened right before those season 1 episodes released made it hit that much harder in LoVM.
Fucking new it! Second she said she was from Whitestone I was like "tree corpse! She's a tree corpse!"
I have no clue what this story is about, but her narration hooked me so well
Amazing and traumatizing at the same time. Brilliant!!
I'm on episode 22. I didn't even hear this! Damn 12 hour ice road driving while listening. You miss a bit here or there. What a jaw drop.
Dam that hit me right in the feels
This episode made me cry
The universe building is nuts haha
I couldn't handle the quality of the first campaign and missed alot of C2, and it STILL broke me when I heard this lol
Regarding the first campaign, if you mean the audio and video quality, it gets better as they reorganize the set and work out the kinks.
If you mean the first story arc (i.e., Kraghammer), it's relatively short. You can jump to Episode 16 for the beginning of the next story arc.
If you mean Tiberius/Orion, he leaves the group after Episode 27.
In all three cases, you can jump to Episode 28 and see a huge improvement over the first episode. In fact, most long-time fans recommend it.
Oh it broke my heart. Love her
well damn that's wild
Probably one of the best easter eggs in any show
I was like: " HAH! I knew it!!!! "
Holy moly I felt that!!! 😭
I got chills
Oh snap, she really went there.
Watching the casts faces during this.
I saw someone suggesting that she wasn't Vex's double but actually Vax's
She couldn't be Keyleth's because her description of what she looked like when she woke up didn't match Keyleth at all
The only reason she'd be Vex's double is she's a woman
But Vex and Vax always looked so similar
She woke up in leathers, not furs
No mention of a feather or a blue dress or anything particularly detailed (which Vex's wardrobe was always more detailed and unique than Vax's black rogue leathers)
She just says "I woke up in leathers"
She has a raven's skull she put on Pate (maybe put on her when she was hung or maybe Marisha's Vax Easter egg to hint her identity)
And it'd make more sense for Marisha's character to be Liam's character's body double
The idea that both Liam and Marisha's characters in this campaign are almost love letters to Keyleth and Vax makes me so giddy
Also I know in the animation, Vax's double was a man pre hanging BUT the animation was done before campaign 3 was even in prep so details can change
I'd then assume her mother was Vex and her father was Percy because then that's also a love letter to them two as Launda is, in a very weird way, a portrayal of Percy and Vex's child
But maybe that's going too much into it
I like the theory. Sadly she confirmed in the talk show that Laudna was made as Vex's double in the tree
Also Vax and Laudna both have black hair while Vex has brown. And how easy would it be to find a man with hair as long as Vax's? It would probably be easier to body double him with a woman especially when he was already quite androgynous
I wonder if Pate and the rest of Laudna’s creations were named after the dishes served to her before the hanging
I am not okay...
Daaaaamnnnn. This is....dark.
What is the music in the background?