Constantly impressed by how creepy the undead monsters in this show are. I feel like undead should be gross and creepy. I also feel like fighting them would be extra dangerous because of the risk of disease, not to mention how durable they are. Also, idk if it's just me, but those zombie wolves feel like something out of Resident Evil. But damn, that ending... absolutely morbid and tragic
Bailey
2024-11-15 11:00:26 +0000 UTC
your reaction to Scanlan's story is hilarious
John Bossert
2024-09-22 14:57:08 +0000 UTC
Those beast (At least in the campaign) weee hellhounds. In the show they had to adapt them because Wizards of the Coast (The makers of Dungeons & Dragons) has copyrighted a lot of the aspects of the game to a ridiculous amount!
ELS_Art
2024-09-16 20:23:06 +0000 UTC
I'm just glad Keyleth is getting more love, I still have PTSD from the people who harassed Marisha.
NERD!
2024-09-14 16:17:26 +0000 UTC
A couple of neat things about it. Taliesin realizes it at first and has Percy immediately walk away while Matt was describing the bodies. Marisha makes the connection next and goes into immediate "no no no!" mode. And just good DMing in general when it becomes clear that his descriptions are getting a little too real for her, Matt stops describing the bodies, the point has been made and no need to further distress the players with them.
Sere
2024-09-14 14:06:51 +0000 UTC
Same! Keyleth is my favorite, aside from Vax (and later Scanlan)
Bug Catcher Jacky
2024-09-14 13:49:00 +0000 UTC
Really glad that Elijah loves Keyleth, because sheβs on of my favourites. Also, yeah. Vox Machina can go βtooβ sexy and then very dark at a drop of the pin. π»π€£
Liam Gradwell
2024-09-14 12:48:37 +0000 UTC
KEYLETH SUPREMACY FOLD FOR LADY KEYLETH
Kisuke01
2024-09-14 05:54:36 +0000 UTC
Now that last scene is something you should totally watch their live play of. Because it took them a little while to click and you could FEEL the tension climbing slowly as Matt was describing it all. Gave me chills. So good and so horrific.
Kailor Aurelius
2024-09-14 04:50:35 +0000 UTC
Not gonna lie... I was expecting your reaction to her nickname being "Kiki" to be more visceral.
We need to start a "Elijah gets traumatized" counter. Two. One for Scanlan, one for the darkness.
I didn't notice the rope creaking over the credits the first time I watched. Probably the most cruel use of sound design since Waverly's midnight snack... and speaking of, "Wynonna Earp: Vengeance" is out today! Happy Friday the 13th!
Ryan Porter
2024-09-14 01:44:03 +0000 UTC
Such a nice, calm little episode! A shopping stop at your favorite magic shop followed by a little road trip in the woods, telling war stories around a campfire... All the fun stuff! :p
Aineyn
2024-09-14 01:15:44 +0000 UTC
Damn Discord ruining the moment XD Really should mute/exit before recording
David Bodor
2024-09-13 23:04:54 +0000 UTC
I love watching her reactions to this show! Cause it gets very a) nasty, b) raunchy or c) horrifying, often in the same breath. Oddly enough, I kinda think the rest of the season will be easier for her? Like, I don't think it ever gets quite as viscerally extreme as it goes in this episode.
{L} Frances
2024-09-13 22:03:40 +0000 UTC
ff: the priest lady from the temple of the everlight is voiced by Symmetra's VA (overwatch)
Lazuli _Polaria
2024-09-13 21:11:55 +0000 UTC
Another excellent reaction. This episode is fun but is also a hard one to watch and to process because of the end. I canβt wait for the next reaction!
Mari L
2024-09-13 20:39:58 +0000 UTC
Welcome to the fandom, we have cookies and trauma. Yeah, this is the moment that the players realized just how dark Matt is willing to go. Everyone loves coming up with the tragic backstory of your character and why they're like that. Matt let them play two plus years before diving into it with them. Taliesin gave Percy a dark tragic backstory, great. Time to explore that, see the kinds of monsters that would do this sort of thing. They will have plenty of goofy nonsense but they'll also go explore the darkness of characters like the Briarwoods
Sere
2024-09-13 19:04:53 +0000 UTC
Everyone is equal to getting slaughtered
Sev the Hollow
2024-09-13 19:04:34 +0000 UTC
Yeah, all pugs and cupcakes too....
Sev the Hollow
2024-09-13 19:03:36 +0000 UTC
"I was not prepared for that" It's Scanlan, *always* be prepared for that...
To quote Dr Who: "So many species, so little time."
David Johnson
2024-09-13 18:53:47 +0000 UTC
your Scanlan reactions are the best
John Bossert
2024-09-13 18:40:13 +0000 UTC
welcome to critical role - also known as trauma land
Dieter Hornach
2024-09-13 18:00:05 +0000 UTC
when you finish season 1 you should check out videos comparing the stream vs the show, it's pretty cool. I know you're disturbed by the end of the tree, but it's pretty interesting ot watch
bloodyshadow1
2024-09-13 17:35:00 +0000 UTC
Also, You seem to enjoy some of the more DnD-esque aspects of the show and comment on that a little bit - do you have any interest in reacting to short little videos that show what these moments were like in the stream and compare them to the show?
Maybe as a patreon exclusive at the end of the season? It looks like there's ~4 longer videos that show scenes that mostly made it in unchanged (probably a total of ~35 minutes) and then 5-10 videos of short little clips that they used. I could throw them into a youtube playlist.
cobaltbeau
2024-09-13 17:30:45 +0000 UTC
Be warned. This arc will not pull its punches.
Iron117Prime
2024-09-13 17:10:23 +0000 UTC
It's all sunshine and rainbows from here on out.
BlueEyedRaven
2024-09-13 17:03:59 +0000 UTC
The reveal at the end of this episode is one of my favorite moments in all three campaigns. In live, too - Matt describes the bodies one by one, and the slow realization by those at the table about what they represent is just horrendous.
cobaltbeau
2024-09-13 16:55:58 +0000 UTC
I wonder if we'll get to meet Whitestone Andy
Andy
2024-09-13 16:52:16 +0000 UTC
I absolutely LOVE your reactions to Scanlan's shit, and that reaction to that one scene is absolutely the best and most funny one I've seen lmao
SauceyRed
2024-09-13 16:42:33 +0000 UTC
βπ«£ I was so not prepared for that.β Trust me, Iβm pretty sure that was everyoneβs reaction. π±
Maximus Dominguez
2024-09-13 16:42:16 +0000 UTC
"Fuckin' scanlan"
Yes, that is what was happening π
Also your reaction to the end was everything I was hoping for. This was the moment that the whole cast and world knew in campaign just how dark and deep of a story Matt had cooked up in his amazingly fucking up brain of his (I say in the most loving way possible).
It could have been worse, you know. In the campaign, there was also a trinket look-alike. I know how much you hate animals having anything happen to them in shows. I think that might have fully broken you
MehrGills
2024-09-13 16:42:08 +0000 UTC
"Now I'm confused and aroused." Elijah every other minute in Harley Quinn.
Ryan
2024-09-13 16:31:17 +0000 UTC
Little fun fact for you. While I will not say who or where for obvious spoiler reasons, one of the player characters from their third campaign actually makes a cameo in this episode
Kris Grimsley
2024-09-13 16:24:53 +0000 UTC
Poor grog is left by himself. And Travis Willingham is happier that way.
Suplee215
2024-09-13 16:23:11 +0000 UTC
Okay well I was just watching the latest RWBY reaction, but honestly I can't NOT watch this now LET'S GOOOO