Critical Role Animatic - Crepes & Karens

Laudna has a run-in with someone from her past...maybe?
A Gathering of Heroes | Critical Role | Campaign 3, Episode 76:
• A Gathering of Heroes ...

[@aethyr4006]

Lmao the only reason Andrew/Matt said that Laudna looked familiar was because she is the freaking body double of freaking Lady Vex'halia de Rollo!

[@Razuki5]

And if he was old enough, maybe from when she was put on public display in the center of town when vampires took over.

[@Sp4rt4nSl4ya]

​@@Razuki5exactly, he probably remembers the "display" deep down, but the logic side of his brain wouldn't have been telling him this was that woman

[@YouTubsel]

I mean ... he sure as hell kept it vague enough whether it was for the one or the other reason ... and that's why this scene went so brilliantly. :D

[@kientran364]

I still remember from an earlier episode that Andy likely wasn't even part of Laudna's original backstory. Marisha just improvised the scenario when someone asked her about a crush from childhood. She was teased a bunch, especially by Sam for not being able to think of a less generic name

[@jare3959]

I keep forgetting about this. I KNOW she is. But in the moment I forget. I think Laudna does that too. Like whenever Percy is rude to her. I go "Oh right. She looks like a dead version of his wife." Added on to the fact that at one point Percy literally caused Vex to die. Or how messed up it must have been for Gwen to see a lady who vaguely looks like her mom.

[@brandongalvan6603]

When you seek vengeance, but the only think that you know about your target is that he is a generic male...

[@ephemispriest8069]

Ah yes, generic white male. The true villain of every leftist fantasy.

[@TakeWalker]

epic trolling by Matt, giving them *not* Whitestone Andy and only dropping the final hint when they were full in the shit XD

[@mirandatilley2486]

Moral of the story: Don't harass random retail workers on the grounds that they *might* have been your partner's childhood bully.

[@rustledvegeta9031]

Not even a bully, just a kid who threw dirt at her once. If that makes you a bully I think every child was a bully at some point.

[@MisterSmith00]

It’s a good tip.

[@simonnilsson8375]

It’s ok if you give them a gold afterwards.

[@sandpiperr]

@@rustledvegeta9031 Sounds like you were if you don't think what Andy did constitutes bullying. We saw it in detail in episode 37, it was more than just tossing dirt at her.

[@hfar_in_the_sky]

r/retailhorrorstorries

[@RetroKidReviews]

Same

[@Nychico510]

The man was innocent, justice for Andrew. He wasn't andy

[@bencebotye3904]

I was awaiting for "Andrew" to say: "Oh yes, Andy Whitestone... he died while fighting againts the Briarwood's pale guards." that would make a gut punch.

[@Sp4rt4nSl4ya]

I would love that! 😂 Only right he gets back at them for shenanigans like these. Let's not forget "the chair"...

[@castbet9183]

And another customer says “Yeah he died protecting some kids from arrows.” Or something heroic like rgat

[@Jack-sy8mr]

A reminder to never slight someone Laura Bailey loves “He threw dirt clods at her!” “When he was five”

[@OttersDen]

Honestly, Laura, Marisha, AND Ashley are all nightmares-in-waiting. Remember when Imogen brought up some teenager she liked back on the farm, and both Laudna and Fearne INSTANTLY went into full-on murder mode at the mere POSSIBILITY he'd made Imogen feel bad for not dating her?

[@johnymey4034]

Karen's gonna Karen

[@Sp4rt4nSl4ya]

​@@OttersDenthey're yandere level crazy

[@Capt.Steele]

@@OttersDen very late to the conversation but I've noticed that a lot over the campaigns! I remember in campaign 2 when Beau visited her family and the group genuinely discussed kidnapping her little brother from a safe and secure estate to bring on their adventures because of Beau's minor trauma and it freaked me the fuck out 😬

[@peridaniel8265]

​@@Capt.Steele um... not saying that kidnapping TJ would have been a good answer, but as someone who had a father similar to beau's, I very much object to beau's trauma being "very minor". did you forget how she one time described some physical attacks an enemy made as being similar to stuff her father did to her?

[@arturoreyescortez2476]

It was really awkward to see the players bullying an NPC without being sure if he was Andy that bullied Laudna. You captured the awkwardness of that moment excellently.

[@Birthday888]

"Players." Sure XD. Definitely wasn't just Laura realizing she had dug herself too deep to back out now. XD

[@arturoreyescortez2476]

@@Birthday888 Marisha and Ashley acted like jerks to this NPC too.

[@jimmy_the_squid9456]

@@Birthday888 I mean Sam is the one who said she's in too far to turn around

[@Eggs_hatching]

waiting for Whitestone andy to either be the big bad... or have died during that whole undead phase whitestone had

[@andrewdowns3673]

Ludinus=Whitestone Andy! It's been staring us in the face this whole time!

[@Darkness09ization]

The fact that these women spent about 5 minutes role-playing Karens is f****** amazing😂

[@ShesAaRebel]

I love how one random remark of "We'll meet you by the crepe stand under the Sun Tree" turned into this whole scene.

[@digifreak90]

I just love how Imogen heard "Andy" and chose violence.

[@bleachbleachBLEACHER]

Bells Hells: *Tries to give Andrew grief because they think he's Laudna's childhood bully* Me, the entire time: "This guy had to live through the Briarwoods... and you're trying to get back at him for something he did like 50 years ago... I feel like there might be a point where you have to acknowledge that the person you're mad at doesn't exist anymore because they grew up into a completely different person."

[@sandpiperr]

Laudna died from the Briarwoods and now lives with one in her head. She still got the worse end of the deal.

[@bleachbleachBLEACHER]

@@sandpiperr Your statement is correct. Your statement has nothing to do with what I said, but it is nonetheless correct.

[@peridaniel8265]

counterpoint: funny

[@arekushi_ninjo2454]

it made so good, but the situation is so painful to watch.

[@Maessiah_____]

His a bald dude named Andrew, hes about to start a podcast

[@johnymey4034]

Laura's inner-Karen been coming out a lot recently

[@Sp4rt4nSl4ya]

Poor Pate has been facing the brunt of it

[@Helm_hammer]

Karen simulator

[@paddiefrog]

Poor poor Andrew This scene was so funny XD I love the expressions you did here. So fun

[@arixo]

this was my favorite thing ever when i watched it live and this animation made it so much funnier!! xD i love ur animation style so much i loved this! :D

[@TheLorax787]

Honestly the biggest hint it wasn’t Whitestone Andy was Matt didn’t tell Laudna “this guys looks familiar” because she would have a better chance of recognizing him than him her, considering the whole undead thing

[@jimmy_the_squid9456]

I love that Travis had to step in to stop his wife's fictional character being a Karen, wonder if he has experience in dealing with Laura acting like this before

[@trise2033]

Bullying this random dude for having the same name as a boy who was a dick 20-odd years ago. (And even if it's the same guy, was probably traumatized and repented after seeing the girl he used to tease die gruesomely in front of him.) Peak DnD!

[@bunnycat5552]

This is an amazing animation! Ashton dragging Laudna away was my favourite part I have Thoughts on this moment, I'm just gonna put them here don't mind me. This moment gave me so much second hand embarrassment, but I'm also glad it happened? I'm not gonna defend Imogen, that was Not good, but it's kinda just fun to see a girl with the most protagonist energy to be so much the opposite of perfect. Karens aren't fun irl and I don't think behaving like that irl is ever justified, but I want female fictional characters who are both good people and petty assholes. Maybe Imogen will learn something here. She's clearly being overprotective of her girlfriend because they're in the place of her traumatic past, and also Sometimes starting a relationship is like that, you Can become so concentrated on making your crush happy that you lose the sense of doing right by others a little bit. It's not Okay but it can happen. Laudna is also probably not fully over what happened, and trauma from someone's very childhood Can affect them years later, even if it seems like something easy to get over, like it's not that hard to understand. Is it healthy what they did? Or okay? Nope. Absolutely horrible. But man am I glad it happened. Some people act like Imogen is irredeemable now but I think that's way overkill. CR is just doing a good job at letting female characters be assholes. And Andrew deserves to have a talk about this with whoever he comes home to, because some customers deserve to be remembered as the worst. I also think this was brilliant from a perspective of a tabletop game between friends bc it was such a troll moment. Matt probably did that on purpose and that's great, but I don't want to speculate on the cast's motives. A few things can be true. Please don't waste your time if you wanna disagree in replies

[@TheCrashunderride]

I mean.. I think maybe they forgot that Whitestone Andy would be something like 70 years old

[@peridaniel8265]

laudna is 53 so he'd be around that age too

[@natedagreat95]

So this is where Babish got his start

[@Bladez10]

Just a thought, If Laudna was bullied by a 5 year old Andy, as strung up on a sun tree when she was a young woman during the first campaign and then is in this campaign, meaning she's 30 plus how ever old she was when she died, making Andy over 50. Not sure how old Andrew is, but This would add an additional layer of embarrassment.

[@DeathofInk]

Imogen being a supportive girlfriend and trying to get back at her lady's *maybe* bully is pretty cute. 😊

[@peridaniel8265]

some of you in this comment section need to learn to gain a sense of humor. and stop acting like actions that were, above table, done to be funny are a reflection on laura (or any of the players) as a person.

[@Blasted2Oblivion]

That moment of realization. "What if it's not the same Andy?" I absolutely lost it.

[@tomaszskowronski1406]

WHITESTONE ANDY?

[@darktrunks8820]

It would be cool if you animated Brennan and the table with the infamous "I was RIIIGGGHHHT" moment

[@rockandrollfantasy86]

I love how Bells Hells will just go into a chaotic frenzy at any moment for any reason.

[@matheusfiorelli8829]

the fact that Matt was dressed as Gandalf made this interation 100 times better xD

[@LeviathanNightDragon]

They Were so wrong for this one.

[@RetroKidReviews]

By the way is this Whitestone Andy

[@equinoxxed_7502]

maybe, maybe not.. there are a million Andy's in whitestone

[@RetroKidReviews]

@@equinoxxed_7502 but only one Whitestone andy

[@equinoxxed_7502]

that is the point of the scene, this andy is MAYBE andy, but who knows@@RetroKidReviews

[@RetroKidReviews]

@@equinoxxed_7502 I’m yeah it’s Matt so we’ll never know till end of campaign at least in Andy’s case

[@Sp4rt4nSl4ya]

​@@RetroKidReviewsI hope we find out Andy started an orphanage after the Briarwoods were gone. That or sacrificed himself to save children in the conflict. Just to really guilt trip Imogen and Laudna for holding onto something so trivial when they're as powerful as they are.

[@jonbauml225]

What a great job!

[@Sp4rt4nSl4ya]

Ngl I got mad at Imogen here. So much pettiness and hatred directed towards a man she can only assume was the once 5 y/o that threw dirt clods at Laudna. All because he has the same name, in a literal city with probably a good 1000 or more people. Life's hard enough for an on wheels scone merchant, especially with the Slayers Cake bakery to complete with. Imagine how rough that would be? Some of the cities/continents saviors are your baking competition. Then you've got crazy looking adventures giving you grief over the actions of a 5 y/o... Poor Andrew...

[@tristanmilner9511]

Agreed. Not to mention Imogen wasn't even the one who Andy bullied. Imogen is such a hypocrite too. Laudna survived the entire time the party got separated, and killed the traitor Bordor, but she can't deal with her childhood bully herself? Fuck right off with that.

[@manonvanderhaeghe6664]

Y'all take this way too serious lmao

[@tristanmilner9511]

@@manonvanderhaeghe6664 or we just don't like Karen behavior on any form.

[@Direwolf181]

​@@tristanmilner9511 I mean yeah she went full Karen but point is she wound up looking like an idiot for being nasty to an innocent man over something someone else did when they were 5.

[@tristanmilner9511]

@@Direwolf181 my problem with it is Imogen did this on her own without Laudna asking for help. Even if it was the right Andy, he did nothing to Imogen. Does she not respect her partner enough to handle a childhood bully on her own?

[@tristanmilner9511]

Great work KunKunGun, sadly even your work can't salvage the incredibly petty and pathetic actions of Imogen and Laudna in this moment. Especially Imogen. Laudna survived the entire time the group separated, killed Bordor, and yet can't handle a childhood brat from her past on her own? Not even a bully, just a kindergarten brat. If Imogen doesn't put a kibosh on the Karen crap, she's going to be worse than Delilah ever was.

[@Direwolf181]

Yeah it definitely was not a good look lol Imogen went full Karen which was hilarious but yeah poor guy he didn't deserve that

[@peridaniel8265]

it was a scene that was done the way it was to be funny, pull the stick outta your ass