Best of Gern Blanston aka Chris Hardwick | Critical Role (spoilers ep. 46)

[@BriannaZumbro]

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[@709mash]

Chris' accent is like an Irish accent fighting a Welsh accent in an alley with a piece of glass.

[@LoneTailProductions]

Over a piece of rotten motten

[@sclohessy4759]

As an Irish person, it's not actually the worst accent I've heard from an American; I'd go as far as to say it was pretty good in comparison to some truly god awful ones 😂

[@dseray9494]

It actually sounds like a guy I know doing a posh Dublin accent. I'd say there's at least one person who speaks a little bit like it Probably posh

[@kikphlip1080]

David O'Doherty

[@Midwesttroglodyte]

WtFuck is this comment? Holy shit this made my day

[@jackdog06]

Gern suddenly dumping his entire backstory before disappearing forever was wonderful.

[@justadummy8076]

Critical Role guest characters be like:

[@aimeepollock2943]

0:28 I don’t know what surprises me more: the idea of dragonborns with an Irish accent & pet zombie dancers, or the concept of Christianity in Wildemount.

[@BornAScout]

7:20, "whoever that is" 🤣🤣

[@punketsu6222]

Honestly, Gern was one of the best guest stars. Easily up there with Kashaw and Zahra.

[@Langoratti]

Shakasta, Gern, and Nila

[@theroyaldutchlp3636]

@@Langoratti Spurt

[@SPACEHARICE]

Lionel

[@lucasmaloneywordsmith8661]

Keg. Twiggy. Reani.

[@SPACEHARICE]

@@lucasmaloneywordsmith8661 pretty much every guest is a cool character Lionel is my favorite though

[@brianwarner965]

"Gern : I'm a simple candle maker. Scanlan : What are you doing on top of a Volcano?! Gern : A Volcano is nature's Candle! What kinda of question is that!!?" Jesus Fuckin Christ...Classic shit...

[@Butterzzzz]

“I have this candle that’s made from animals that blink” is an amazing line

[@09spidy]

"Jesus Christ, whoever that is" Well at least he's aware.

[@Tuttle86]

The accent wanders between County Kerry, Hereford and Liverpool with the occasional trip to Boston.

[@heathermoriarty1756]

Still better then Molly’s lol

[@thedankgnasty1890]

@@heathermoriarty1756 Molly's is awesome in its own way

[@Mrcheckpointeh]

@@thedankgnasty1890 nothing wrong with a fantasy accent

[@thedankgnasty1890]

@@Mrcheckpointeh that's what I'm sayin

[@Comrade2261]

I'm from the Boston area, can confirm.

[@InvaderTim7]

God I forgot how great of a character Gern was. Thanks for this!

[@freakness1979]

Absolute tragedy this wasn't used in the animated series...

[@brodywubs]

absolute tragedy... candle?

[@JohnSmith-rr3jt]

Yeah because he was falsely accused of SA by an ex-girlfriend after he dumped her. Found out the only reason she went out with him was to try get a foothold in the industry, and when they didn't work she started slandering him. But because of the drama CR pretend like they never had anything to do with him now. Sad that all these women can get away with this shit, never facing repercussions for their actions. Meanwhile men's lives get destroyed even when they are completely innocent.

[@AFLoneWolf]

I had forgotten how much I missed Scanlan's petty bickering with a dragonborn.

[@PeTTs0n88]

"Roll a d20 for musical taste" - Matt handling all the weird stuff the players and guests come up with... especially when they're as bonkers as Hardwick, such a great job. ^^

[@KasaiRayquaza]

I was dying at the end where he was just randomly wandering around and then like "OOH! A PURSE!" 🤣🤣🤣 Gold.

[@DWN-Infinity]

We can just say that he's a .... necrodancer?

[@robertportersc]

Ah, remember the night Tragedy Candle opened for Vox Machina? Back when we could actually go out for shows? That was a night.

[@BallisticAero]

I love how Matt just lets some of these moments happen, he steps out of DM and becomes a spectator until needed. Also just now making the connection near the end when Gern talks about being enslaved by other draconians who "had tails" was a huge point of foreshadowing for VM later on

[@thepillowcase]

ok but at 28:48 , the “oh, a purse!” is just soooo good

[@lostdomlover]

Gern/Chris Hardwick was hands-down my favorite guest ever on Critical Role. He was so hilarious!

[@jeffmiller3162]

There was once a duck barbarian lol

[@Crispybacon7734]

Hopefully, we'll get to see Gern Blanston animated in their show

[@zephyrtheone774]

“Best of Gern”....excuse me..all of his moments are the best

[@fattytv4837]

It's basically just the entire episode with everyone else edited out.

[@sweetchilli3069]

Bless you Hardwick for making such a beautiful creature.

[@sokhan6]

18:10 is proof Talesin can actually do an Irish accent

[@BBBness]

This was the moment he came up with Molly.

[@ThomasBaxter]

Correction, he can do an Irish word. Much like I can sound like an Aussie for a word if I say the word "particle" but simply drop the "r" and say "paticle"... does not mean I can do an Aussie accent. No hate, love Tal and the show... but beyond "british" he's rather lacklustre at accents.

[@samuelstensgaard4828]

@@ThomasBaxter Dude has a great emotional range of American accents though, I never knew he voiced the flash in Injustice 2.

[@FinisTheEnding]

I needed this today, thank you and thank you Chris Hardwick!

[@eamonnstamp]

Gern sounds and spells like Gorm, the Irish word for blue. Now isn't that interesting?

[@tjchynoweth2573]

Thank you for helping me remember this character😂😂

[@musing_wdb]

Sams "...pitchy...flat...well nów you're sharp..." is my absolute favourite thing in this episode.

[@alucardhellsing125]

"Did someone loose an orb?"

[@lwpatch8585]

Yeah, giving Campaign 1 another listen through on podcast. Almost to this episode! Been looking forward to it.

[@druid_zephyrus]

#FeelTheGern #CandleInferno

[@BackseatAlpacas]

6:00 oh my god, oh my god. It’s taken me years but I finally think I understand that this is a Walking Dead reference and that the dude is the Talking Dead host and that Talks Machina is a reference of the Talking Dead and I’m going insane

[@anthonysunseri1865]

Sam and Chris have such a great dynamic together, I love it.

[@virgiljericho664]

That was like 6 types of accents from england, Scotland, Wales and Ireland fighting over control

[@colinanderson5728]

I CANNOT wait to see this animated

[@xonolia5661]

I FORGOT HOW MUCH I LOVED GERN!!!

[@kyleking6101]

Gern and Shakaste are the best guest characters ever and no one can convince me otherwise

[@xEvilRaptorx]

The broom was Gerns! [A name is earned] (Spammed in Twitch chat shortly after this, when the stream started late from tech issues. People were also spamming "A atream is earned" as well)

[@Happymouth1]

Chris Hardwick needs more time on Critical Role. He was one my absolute favorite guests

[@swagpotato720]

Still one of my favorite guest characters.

[@ashfuller3480]

This is one of my favourite episodes to listen of campaign 1, we need Chris back in campaign 2

[@kaeleastlord]

Unlikely that he'll be back. Even being exonerated there's still that cloud over him.

[@jasonandrews1770]

@@kaeleastlord sadly yeah. Its totally messed up but thats what this movement has created

[@EsquilaxM]

@@kaeleastlord He was??

[@rekkwaffle7668]

@Jason Andrews no. Chris wouldn't want to come back. Take your woke wars elsewhere.

[@samjones3167]

Hardwick is a legend

[@elrondorio]

Gern Blanston... wait, wasn't that Steve Martin's former name? I recall that being on one of his stand-up comedy albums. 😆

[@argella1300]

I love the Talking Dead references in the friend pet names

[@imkabochan]

So. I used to listen to the nerdist podcast (now id10t) and youtube recommended me titans grave to watch. I knew nothing about dnd and recognized chris by his voice, which made me curious to see what this was about. (And yes, Wil wheaton was the first person I've ever seen gming). And that video was the first time ever I saw Laura. And because I liked her so much on Titans grave and craved new dnd related content, I decided to give critical role a try. I completely avoided anything new related to the channel (to avoid spoilers) and started from ep1. And after that I was gone (I've caught up and am catching c2 live every week). It's very funny to me see chris as a guest in c1 now and realize he was the one who pulled me into this whole thing.

[@LoneTailProductions]

Honestly forgot about Gern and Fatty Arrbuckle. Loved it

[@skynotaname2229]

This was fantastic, I hope he makes an appearance in campaign 3.

[@DreadPirateRobrt]

It's really all about the "Gernth".

[@bananafish58]

3:07 Gern: This is my dance vest. OMG!!! XD

[@TheGerdakaBM]

He was easily one of my favorite guests

[@mewzombieful]

managed to kill Percival with just his voice. for a moment at least.

[@joecharbrisus1140]

Gern is Tiberius done right.

[@nathancoughran4374]

This character better appear in the animated series

[@toasteee252]

Its good to know the players watch/listen to old steve martin routines. Gern blanston was a funny name

[@rowdeemunkee]

What having 2 sams would be like.

[@flamingkitten1]

Gern and Scanlan would have made a cute couple

[@AggressiveMexican06]

I can't wait to see him in the next season!! Gern Blanston!!!

[@ldj200982]

Chris is a fantastic guy and he was hilarious in this episode! I got to meet him a couple of years ago and he's so nice!

[@Kootenai1956]

I so much wish Gern was one of the regular characters! He was SO great!

[@cosmicclarity5801]

Gern's voice sounds like it would probably be the result of Wheatley from Portal and Crowley from Good Omens having an estranged, eccentric lovechild-

[@SCP-Dr_Bright]

A brightly colored dragonborn spellcaster hmmm where have i seen that before...

[@JohnSmith-rr3jt]

Still the best guest to date

[@DarksideGmss0513]

Such an underrated guest and character.

[@popanda9685]

Little knowen fact Gern inspiration for mollymauk's ascent

[@scottkfilgo]

Gern must appear in Season 2 of Legend!! And by that i definitely mean Hardwick!

[@realbradautry]

Gern was my favorite guest PC, easily.

[@Crimgar]

I now see why Taliesin and Marisa were separated. He clearly has never been the same.

[@kaikai5963]

What do you mean by this

[@TheKPCoyote]

Germ needs to return for campaign three

[@yssablackwood5412]

I'm very sad that he wasn't on the cartoon show. I was really looking forward to seeing his unusual representation of necromancy.

[@FamiliarEvils]

I love that I have both that skeleton figure and the ghoul.

[@Wildwanderer99]

Was Sam the only one who got the Steve Martin reference with Gern Blanston?

[@sanelceric8438]

bring gern back for c3 please! dude was the best guest star they had

[@hmhmoinsdk]

i heavily doubt they`ll invite him - and even if they invited him - if I was chris i wouldn't come When there were allegations made against chris (afaik their were some investigations into them, but they all came out with chris being innocent) matt in response to the allegations announced on Twitter that gern was essentially eaten by a fire giant and tbh that's not really a way to deal with things

[@DreadPirateRobrt]

#FEELTHEGERN

[@Crazyivan777]

Learn with Gern!

[@GeoffreyEatWorld]

Tragedy Candle sounds like a band Taliesin would listen to

[@Striker_2]

Please tell me Gern Blanston will be on the Legend of Vox Machina show!🤣

[@andersbrurok1125]

Gern definitely should’ve been the new Tiberius😂😂

[@brennanjacobsen5584]

Gern better show up in the second season of the legend of vox machina

[@ashfuller3480]

Tragedy Candle managed by Gwyneth Paltrow

[@Krispe]

That was so fucking funny. I hope they have him back.

[@jasonsterlingentertainment478]

Listening to just the audio of this I thought the guest was Chris O'Dowd

[@tiatrips]

At 18:11, let's remember something. 4000 year old Taliesin has been influenced by Chris Hardwick. How powerful does that make him?

[@GeoffreyEatWorld]

Im so mad that Chris did or did not do the thing that the allegations were about, because this wouldve been an awesome repeat character

[@Hercules1-v9m]

I hope we get this interaction in the Vox Machina animated show.

[@Metalprophet13]

roll roll, roll in ze hay

[@Grim_Sister]

*Chris:* My character is blue dragon born necromancer who has three undead pets and uses magic candles plus, he has a questionable, slightly offensive Irish accent *Taliesin:* I raise you with a purple blood hunter amnesiac tiefling with a questionable Irish accent, a coat that’ll make any cosplayer cry just from thinking of it and to add insult to injury, he is the most popular character in the second campaign even though he dies at the start and barely does anything (Don’t @ me, guys. Molly’s my favorite)

[@celinepascual7486]

Gern is my fave 😂 he’s so random

[@jacobpalitsky32]

Hope Gern get an appearance in the series

[@aidankeane8971]

My god that accent....wanders....

[@Eszra]

Sam and Chris killed it.

[@eruduma]

#feelthegern

[@cayzee4719]

I would have loved to see Vox Machina and Gern meet again after Vax becomes the champion of the Raven Queen. I feel like it would change the dynamic quite a bit.

[@MetalGearCheese14]

Ah, so this is what inspired Molly's accent... 🤣

[@PunkPansy-]

I wish theyd bring him back

[@GiselleGauthier]

They're not going to. Chris Hardwick was outed as a very emotionally and sexually abusive person by his ex, Chloe Dykstra. Matt Mercer confirmed that his character is dead, in-universe.

[@PunkPansy-]

@@GiselleGauthier OH NO WHAT?! I NEVER HEARD ABOUT THAT!

[@ff-pj3de]

The studio he works for, AMC has done an internal investigation and kept him on, rather than fire him. So they don’t think he is guilty (enough). Whether that means his ex was lying is a completely different story, of course. Legally, psychological and economical abuse is not an offense. And at what point do these kinds of behaviors qualify as abusive and so on. Plus perception and communication are important too: he might not have perceived parts of his behavior as abusive, and she might have interpreted intent where there was none.

[@x808drifter]

@@GiselleGauthier Not the whole story. He was a used of it though not directly through an open letter by Chloe. Matt and the crew who at the time were under the nerdist banner at the time threw him under the bus rather than wait for any actual proof to come forward. Most likely die to pressure from nerdist. A bunch of people in Hollywood and the the entertainment industry did the same. Lots of guilty until proven innocent . Some of his friends came to his aid including his past girlfriends. In the end it was revealed that she was just vindictive and trying to ride the coat tails of the metoo movement at the time. He broke up with her after she cheated on him multiple times. She sent him psycho bitch style texts. Then tried to get back with him like 8 months latter. The proof was clear that the allegations were BS. That’s why AMC brought him back. If there was any doubt about it they would have left him off the air. Too bad Matt and the others didn’t have the balls/ability to put their foot down and hear the evidence first at the time. This is one of the reasons I think Matt and the rest of the critical role crew split from nerdist to do their own thing.

[@stevend3326]

@@x808drifter This. Facts.

[@delia_not_delilah5734]

#FeeltheGERNERGY

[@taylorhelton8241]

Petition to have Gern in the Vox Machina series!

[@stevend3326]

Matt seems to really like killing Chris's characters off. Anyone remember Whil Wee-Tawn who got insta-gibbed by a trap in the Force Grey series?

[@doorlord1521]

0:25 “Who are you?? Who is Jesus Christ??”

[@wuftchan8299]

i wish he came back sometimes

[@Dani_77709]

20:35 Memory spell

[@kasonkeller6519]

7:48

[@ShoshinMizu]

why havent we had him back

[@RustFox]

Iirc he abused his gf and CR very clearly stated that they wanted absolutely nothing more to do with him and that Gern died horribly. It's been a while, but that was the gist of it

[@qweeasddzxcc4]

@@RustFox proved false

[@Isogyre_]

@@RustFox proved false

[@wcthesecret]

@@RustFox you’re an i*io*.