Solace Between the Secrets | Critical Role | Campaign 2, Episode 118

[@flandomaltrizian4603]

HEY, there might be some SPOILERS under the thing It happens at 2:24:30 0:20 Life hacks 4:00 Laura’s merch corner 6:00 Laura adds a second corner 7:35 Intro cinematic 9:10 Episode Starts (a very punchy start) 11:00 Recap Ends 11:45 Take this seriously Caleb 16:50 Cats aren’t the best snow shovelers 18:35 Fjord aims Caduceus 22:00 Sam courts wrath and ruin 25:55 Sam has seen Willow 27:15 Marisha notices the shirt 30:25 Veth shreds powder 38:35 YOLO 41:00 Jester will blue shell you 44:00 Caleb is a puffin 45:35 Day 8 48:45 Sprinkle is more of an airbag 49:55 Luc’s life is truly wild 51:05 Beau’s romantic backstory 52:40 M’Tony and Tory 54:50 M’Tony is still in Beau’s contacts 56:25 Doo de doo do doo 57:45 Circle of Thums’up 1:00:40 Kiri 1:03:10 Day 9 1:05:50 All spectral cats are licensed massage technicians, canon 1:07:30 IHOC 1:09:40 Can’t wait to get my Marisha shirt 1:10:10 My theory is that Sam has collaborators in the Critter community 1:11:05 Day 10 1:13:25 Killing your enemies with perspective 1:22:25 At my school, the game was called bobo skee rotten totten 1:32:10 Building the circle 1:37:00 Boulder, Parchment, Sheers 1:43:05 Already time to get new Jester art 1:49:20 Jester gets new adsense 1:50:15 Some badgers need poking 1:57:25 Day 11 1:59:25 Sam can call a cat by their name 2:03:10 Who’s on Tal’dorei council 2:06:50 Speak with Dead 2:16:55 One day more 2:20:00 Fjord and Old Jester 2:24:30 Henry Crabgrass would be proud 2:27:10 We’re very proud of Travis 2:27:55 Break Starts 2:31:55 Art Montage 2:45:00 Break Ends 2:45:55 Jester is so old 2:55:00 Caleb knows the hand signs 2:56:55 Don’t throw things to Veth 2:57:30 Caleb takes the rear 3:00:35 Caleb does bat stuff 3:08:35 Italians in Exandria 3:13:55 Adult crying 3:17:50 Cleric vs. cleric 3:22:25 Exploring A2 3:39:45 How far can you throw a cat? 3:42:50 Artagan is not helpful at Communing 3:48:35 Frumpkin is often alive and dead 3:54:45 Next week they’ll be sponsored by Intuit 3:57:00 Nat23 3:58:10 Take that doors 4:01:35 Barrier Peaks aesthetic 4:12:00 Aeor’s archmages created Flubber 4:16:40 Fjord the door slayer 4:22:10 Veth’s hand is like her butt 4:23:10 Matt’s viscerally disturbing baby cry 4:25:45 Battle map out 4:28:35 The grey baby 4:31:15 Episode Ends The in-game start date for the episode was the 18th of Brussendar 836. Sam’s flask says “Turn Your Stuff Into a Turtle” in the classic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles font. The back says “Joyous Laughter” ND&D is a fantastic new actual play that features all Native and Indigenous players and DM. This group’s got really good chemistry and I’m loving the worldbuilding. They’re 2-hour episodes and they’re only 4 episodes deep as of this post, so if you’re looking to get into a new DnD show you can find them on KZbin. Any moments I missed? Feel free to post them here. Is it Thursday yet?

[@Unbid581]

Jeez Louise Flando, you move like lightning

[@cashewmiranda5155]

Bruh video released 32 seconds ago this comment 31 seconds

[@meander112]

I absolutely love how quickly you post these.

[@jackscrivener5684]

Legend

[@Skylerrose23]

Man, you move so fast!

[@herz5159]

Seeing a tall buff man's face blush bright red for having his character kiss his wife's character is so fucking precious. Theyve been married for almost a decade. They have a son. Its so funny

[@SomeKindaSpy]

IKR! That was so cute!

[@clearlyrebecca]

AND THEY'RE BOTH ACTORS!

[@whitestoneandy797]

Yes exactly that! It's honestly great to see. So much love

[@geak78]

There is a huge difference between intimacy and public intimacy. But yes, It is adorable.

[@theyonlycomeoutwhenitsquiet]

It’s so believable. I’ve been married for twelve years now. But romance does not come easily to me, least of all to my wife who knows me so well. I would be that player in s game if I tried what Travis did.

[@-droid-j7-225]

Two married people with a kid being completely flustered about an imaginary kiss is the sweetest but also funniest shit to me…

[@firelordsydnee]

Veth: Werewolves? Cad: Therewolves I love that man so much😭😭

[@criticallol3039]

Tal has some great ones liners and replies that go under the radar.

[@firelordsydnee]

@@criticallol3039 I need a book of all of his best one liners LMAOO

[@NWolfsson]

Oh Dear... Percival Fredrickstein von Musel Klossowski de Rolo III of Whitestone was a master of deadpan ("My issues have guns" being a very good contended for first place), but Taliesin raised the bar with Caduceus' "anti-humour"... Truly, as sad I am to see such a flamboyant character not have the shine they deserve, Mollymawk's death did do some good in this world :'')

[@tylamcgilverson3923]

Swearwolves is an amazing song by an artist named bea5t

[@bigfatcarp93]

There, castle

[@alleycat2297]

Caleb: I don't trust Essek Everyone else at the table: Ok but consider: he's hot

[@kariissmol9172]

oh caleb totally does.

[@the.chekhov]

What's even better is that Caleb doesn't trust Essek because he knows Essek is too much like him, and he doesn't even fully trust himself to resist the urge to join the Ancient Mage Gestalt Soup...

[@bionicdragon5]

Fjord: "Are you flirting with the Dynasty equivalent of yourself?!" Caleb: "He's *fucking hot."*

[@acomet2509]

@@bionicdragon5 IK IM TWO MONTHS LATE BUT GODDAMN YOU SHOULD’VE MADE THIS ITS OWN COMMENT AND IT SHOULD HAVE THOUSANDS OF LIKES

[@Ajehy]

A classic tale of star-crossed queer disaster wizards.

[@JackBarlowStudios]

Breaking News: Local Man Finally Seduces Wife After 118 Episodes of Fjoreplay

[@TheBlondeMidget125]

*whisper* Fjordplay

[@criticallol3039]

@@TheBlondeMidget125 nice 😏

[@JackBarlowStudios]

@@TheBlondeMidget125 Adjusted appropriately

[@TheBlondeMidget125]

@@JackBarlowStudios Excellent :D

[@samuelcooper3664]

More like wife seduces husband tbh.

[@pptemplar5840]

"YOLO." - a resurrected grave cleric Isn't that ironic.

[@beaug.2326]

That context makes it a lot funnier

[@ForeverDegenerate]

A resurrected Grave Cleric... with Death Ward. Hence why he did it.

[@pagenein]

A resurrected grave cleric who is also your *second* character of the campaign..

[@beaug.2326]

@@pagenein even BETTER context

[@AbbaJoe26]

Yeah, I really do think.

[@CBeach-vy2xc]

I don't know about any of you guys, but if I were Essek and I got that sending spell from Jester... serious, sober, to the point, no "Hi-I'm-Jester", no "Are you poopin'?"... I'd be worried sick...

[@jasoncuriale8613]

Ya Jester is almost never acts serious, even in life threatening situations, unless someone actually died, hearing her speak like that was almost jarring

[@ChrislyBear]

It's the five additional years.

[@carlycchapman]

Same

[@jasoncuriale8613]

@@ChrislyBear Shes already got dentures😞

[@beaug.2326]

@@ChrislyBear if thats true, it would be truly incredible improvised character adjustment.

[@blinkin304]

by this point it has been firmly established that Veth's son is currently 1d6 years old.

[@DragonbIaze052]

2d4 years old so it's weighted more heavily around 5.

[@Finwaell]

1d6+4 I'd say

[@ragnarrocksoft9096]

@@Finwaell if we take the casts interpretation into account I'd say 1d10 + 4

[@chronee5390]

Dear God! Not even the dice for her son's age is properly established!

[@victorlrs6686]

@@chronee5390 This comment is funnier than all of the above ones combined, and they were pretty fucking good.

[@orpheussyy]

Matt: "So you make your way-" Literally the entire cast: *"mAkInG mY wAy"*

[@idk49779]

There is a full compilation of every time this happend (a lot) check it out

[@orpheussyy]

@@idk49779 oh damn I need to find that

[@idk49779]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z6uqp4CNa5WoeKc if you haven't found it yet (it's also c1 but I don't think it has spoilers)

[@Gauldame]

The man is going to develop a tick

[@snazziington]

@@orpheussyy idk if i can post links but here! kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z6uqp4CNa5WoeKc

[@stormraynes1707]

Everytime Sprinkles is mentioned, I get a mental image of the squirrel from Ice Age. That eye twitch.

[@JRFranzblau]

Scrat

[@Cormalek]

If they animate the campaign, I hope there's always a second plan action with Sprinkles when they do something he shouldn't have survived. Adrenaline junkie, mangled, twitchy dire weasel always ready to jump off Jester at a moments notice, who runs away or hides based on smell of magical components being used.

[@beesokay]

Just realized that the animal I've been picturing this entire time is in fact scrat but I hadn't made the asociation

[@klillym1461]

Exactly

[@danieloceansmith3156]

I picture the one eyed guy from the third movie... the crazy one who is known for fighting the albino dino

[@jupiterliam7961]

I love the ad for this one because Sam mentions that it was shot by his wife. Quyen Tran, award-winning professional cinematographer, had to shoot her husband's dorky hot topic ad. I just love it.

[@equinoxxed_7502]

oh wow

[@Ajehy]

We all do weird shit in quarantine

[@Yumeinikki]

All the comments talking about how couple goals Laura and Travis are in this ep, but Sam and Quyen v much also deserve a shoutout

[@stingerjohnny9951]

@@Yumeinikki I think she only showed up once for their Nightmare before Critmas special, but she was definitely hilarious and adorable.

[@antiphon000]

yeah pity she had to work on shit like new star wars

[@gabir9512]

Laura lovingly looking at Travis as he buries his face and turns beet red because his dnd character kissed his wifes dnd character for the first time. IS SUCH RELATIONSHIP GOALS.

[@testfire3000]

That was so awesome! I just finished this episode for the first time and had to go back and see that scene again before moving on.

[@Kubimaruicedragon]

I know it was CPR, but technically Jester was conflicted about whether or not that was her first kiss way back in Ep39 (?) So this was her first kiss when her life wasn’t at risk. 😊

[@Kubimaruicedragon]

But 100% agree that this moment was precious af!! 🥹😆

[@hillhouseproductions]

SO ADORABLE.

[@thornlings]

Travis turning bright red over roleplaying a kiss with his wife's character is the most endearing thing I've ever seen. I'm smiling so hard my face actually hurts.

[@NuclearBuddah93]

same! I was fangirling so hard i woke my wife up from her nap. I remember a comment from a previous episode about Travis not wanting to romance then fuckin nailing the romancing of his wife. He's still knocking it out the park. Can't wait to see how this goes in the future!!!

[@KhanCrete]

Yeah, it was so cute! And I definitely got "16 year old who never kissed a girl before" vibes, but, like, in the best way

[@IMPACTEDontheSURFACE]

Sam's eyebrows hahaha

[@ChaosMind10531]

I really felt a heart squeeze during that...

[@custodesmarco]

Dude. I'm a 25 year old man, and this got me giggling good.

[@benjaminradmore9360]

Can I just say; I know she's been around for like a year now, but I'm loving consistent Ashley Johnson

[@geak78]

So nice to have the whole group and Ashley actually being able to hear Matt has to be a relief for her.

[@bigbundle3223]

It’s just a shame that the universe seems to conspire not to let us get too much Ashley Johnson at a time. First Blindspot, then the spring hiatus, and now we’re looking at a possible winter hiatus.

[@benjaminradmore9360]

@@bigbundle3223 oh dear lord please no

[@bigbundle3223]

@@benjaminradmore9360 California’s under a new stay-at-home order. They haven’t made any announcements, but it’s leaning that way.

[@benjaminradmore9360]

@@bigbundle3223 ah. resignation to boredom time, I suppose.

[@alcapwned3933]

The kiss was so fucking cute, not to mention the fact that they were both super fluffy and giddy about it as though they weren't married to each other irl.

[@rosannataylor6208]

Maybe that's exactly why the reaction is so great. They really do love each other.

[@nickd7935]

This should prolly be spoiler tagged

[@guilhermeevangelista5110]

@@nickd7935 I mean... if you come into the comment section you will get spoiled dude. Don't know what to tell ya

[@nickd7935]

@@guilhermeevangelista5110 I understand, but it is common to see comments discussing similar episode-specific topics to be spoilered. I'm not trying to complain, just pointing it out.

[@luisiana1121]

@@nickd7935 It's a risk you're gonna have to take man; don't know why it had to be said

[@Hobbess8]

Underappreciated moment Marsha: are there any rare cold mountain flowers? Liam: you mean like rocks? Marsha: no, like flowers Cad/Talison: rocks are the flowers of the mountains

[@rhokesh4391]

... unless you're in the Alps, where you might have an encounter with the not so rare Stemless Alpine Rose- the Cowpatia ;)

[@apollomars1678]

@@rhokesh4391 well, we could talk about Leontopodium nivale, but i dislike to talk about the Edelweiss, because idiots tend to plug it to extinction. it is sometimes at 3000m hight. but these guys are in the polar north....its like searching for Flowers in Svalbard. Yea, you may find flowers in Svalbard, but only near the Fjords and they are Saxifraga. stonebreakers....i would be proud, if they would find a Arctic bell-heather near the homecamp on a riverside around a lot of moss. In the winter, this is a snow-dessert.

[@stingerjohnny9951]

@@apollomars1678 So you’re saying she should have checked in Fjord’s pockets 😏

[@evankelly1203]

@@stingerjohnny9951 This coment deserves an award

[@stingerjohnny9951]

@@evankelly1203 thank you 😊

[@VoonNBuddies]

3:13:43 Yasha interrupting this conversation halfway through to ask "that would just sound like an adult crying" with so much incredulity is so in character. Ashley can go stretches in complete silence and then completely steal a scene with one line!

[@thegoblet151]

"I think Luc has a crush" -Immediate fear on sams face.

[@bigbundle3223]

‘Kill her’

[@fernatticus5134]

Veth went through the stages of grief in a second

[@Karak971]

Can I get a timestamp on that, I remember that happening live but can't remember when

[@fernatticus5134]

@@imsorrythankyouplease7613 i think it makes sense for a character who's background is very heteronormative and traditional to assume it would be a girl

[@ionfalcom1]

@@imsorrythankyouplease7613 i don't understand how thats interesting.

[@yurigouveawagner9432]

really thought matt was going to say "you match the position of the statues and, in a moment of quiet, you realize how dumb you all look"

[@beesokay]

Matt didn't say it but dagen did

[@Albatross0913]

Dagen did

[@MorinehtarTheBlue]

That was such a crazy snarl. Travis had that right from the beginning then they all threw it into confusion with their lack of coordination. I was shouting in my seat. Come on guys, get it together! I've also noticed they've been increasingly silly as of the last frew episodes. It's funny as hell and great to see them enjoying themselves but the tone of the show is starting to suffer just a little.

[@Albatross0913]

@@MorinehtarTheBlue have you caught up with the current episodes? I personally enjoy the light-hearted episodes a lot, it makes me really happy seeing everyone goof off and just having fun, d&d isn't a game that's supposed to be taken completely serious the whole time ya know? But without spoiling the current episodes I'll go ahead and tell you that it gets pretty serious, if you like the darker tones you'll love what's coming.

[@Albatross0913]

@@MorinehtarTheBlue Ah, well i hope you enjoy the campaigns! i only caught up about a month ago. It'll pick up pretty quick.

[@Stefanos07520]

The real reason why Jester never likes to heal is that she's saving all of her healing spells for sprinkle. I'm willing to bet sprinkles died about 7 times so far and Jester keeps healing him back up.

[@TheBlackSquirrel]

Lol! There's also a fan theory that Artagan keeps replacing Sprinkles with new weasles when Jester isn't looking. 😆

[@fmor2779]

I am certain that is the reason! XD Sprinkle jsut keeps coming back to life and says "Noooo!, Not this again!"

[@demilung]

Sprinkle is probably an arch-litch, so when she heals anyone it stings him a little, hence she tries to avoid it.

[@dtczyk8976]

There is no healing death mate. The dc yo rez sprinkle is in the 20’s at this point

[@that1tallkid_498]

@@TheBlackSquirrel I will accept no other cannon

[@bentolar2687]

M9 "Let chaos reign!" Space City "Me?" M9 "NOT YOU!"

[@devinspencer1678]

M9: "Our chaos is cheeky and fun! It's chaos is cruel and tragic."

[@Lordpooz09]

There is chaos then there is destructive chaos... 🤷‍♂️

[@jonfunkitron1282]

@@devinspencer1678 I swear to god I'm going to pistol whip the next person who says chaos!

[@theinkweaver4639]

Come at me. I am fire, I am death, I am... CHAOS.

[@KiwiMuso]

Memory wipes aside, Dagen is really living his best life with the M9

[@MrSoup-zs4rd]

Dagan did bring up the memory wipe idea himself, if I recall correctly.

[@jonatassilva2605]

@@MrSoup-zs4rd And he IS right, the less he knows, aside from combat or exploration scenarios, the better for him.

[@stacieransom5677]

100%

[@Mars34582]

He is legit my fav NPC from all C2. Yes, like, we obviously have our Pumats, and other big time NPCs like Gilmore from C1, but for some reason, the moment Matt started rping him, I feel in love with him, he's so cool!

[@smutnejajo5149]

​@@Mars34582It's the way he enjoys sledding, flying, and other magical shenanigans the M9 do for me.

[@hellishchild6831]

Beau: “What’s the weather like?” Caduceus: “Frightful” 🤣

[@Allantitan]

The weather outside is frightful but the fire inside is delightful

[@toristorii]

Underrated lmao I enjoyed that so much

[@k.whatever9046]

2:27:50 travis shouting "stop loOKING AT ME!!!" as his friends laugh and tease him is the best thing

[@clownsoftheearth]

I appreciate how you can actually hear Marisha's aggressive note taking lol

[@CephusW33]

Oh my word, I know. I mostly just listen with headphones and it's all I could hear

[@WiseSageBum]

Can't tell if she's carving tablets or writing on paper 😂

[@toomanysecrets]

One of these days Matt is going to drop so much lore that Marisha’s notebook is just going to bust into flames.

[@matthiaskl]

*note taking intensifies*

[@grazianogiacobone4321]

New spells: Widogast's Vault Of Amber Brenatto's Voltaic Bolt *Marisha's Agressive Notetaking*

[@erikeverson7812]

Death Ward is D&D's way of saying, "I don't agree with what you're about to do, but I support your right to do it."

[@skywalle6430]

Hah

[@steviebumbletea]

Yes! That is just yes!

[@its_me_rikichi]

i'm sending this quote to my dnd party in a random discord chat

[@Darksnakemrniceguy]

Yea... wasting a spell now, when not in danger, to guarantee your own survival, instead of saving them for when they might actually be needed... lame Ps: support? Was that why he was panicing and calling it dumb? Then say "ha i knew it" just before it turned out fine and he didnt know squad? Yea... far cry from what one can call "support"

[@alecLogan]

@@Darksnakemrniceguy Man, you haven’t been paying attention to how nature doesn’t share the Wild Mother’s love for Caduceus. That, or you’ve a stick way too far up somewhere it has no need, nor desire, to be.

[@schwarzermoritz]

I love how Sam is basically cosplaying as Taliesin now.

[@Sysyphony]

Man, imagine being Matthew Mercer’s child and having your dad tell you scary stories making those f*cked up noises. “You know what dad... it’s almost midnight, I think I’m gonna go help uncle Taliesin with one of his rituals, that’s more relaxing”

[@RobbyCarmine]

good old unclie taliesin and his rituals

[@JacksonJilesVanMarteen]

Fuckin right lol

[@somefrenchguy2091]

you made my day

[@kariissmol9172]

nothing like some necromancy amd divination to get ready for bed.

[@otakugirl5512]

On the flipside though, Matt would come up with the _best_ bedtime stories.

[@BrentonM]

Matt: "I've been wanting to bring this mini in for so long" Party: *probably going to polymorph it and make Matt take it off the table

[@trunkskoolkid]

It might have an immutable form, similar to the Halas Flesh Golem (another bio-experiment) or standard golems.

[@Rik-Falkorn]

That THING is Gorm from Kingdom Death: Monster. And in that game that was a DEADLY enemy. ))

[@trunkskoolkid]

@Danny Dolan right!? Poly is hella broken. Caleb could literally poly something into a mouse and have Frunpkin (as a bird) fly the creature 1,000+ feet in the air, drop it, and release poly, *SPLAT* There's tons more applications as well.

[@Revan_7even]

So remember that similar god-baby thing they fought in the mines in C1 to settle the Darington family's debt? I have a feeling they have the same origins.

[@robj3159]

Remember that fall damage is max at 20d6.

[@EscapeePrisoner]

Marisha: What's the weather like? Talesin: Frightful. Me: *Disturbs neighbors with sustained laughter*

[@ermacmacro7136]

Bet a fireball seems a bit delightful

[@toomanysecrets]

Your turn to roll, turn to roll, turn to roll...

[@josephav.santos879]

And when fjord kisses jess goodnight

[@notnulli]

if anyone got a timestamp for it I'd be grateful, can't believe I missed it

[@GeeGe.]

I'm not a native speaker, what's the joke here?

[@ireymm]

I highly HIGHLY appreciate the subtitles. Taking the time to transcribe 4+ hours of content every week, and getting the timing of it perfectly in the video must not be an easy task, and i just really wanted to let you guys know that it doesn't go unnoticed.

[@morganmcconville7440]

Exactly! Thanks so much, uh... subtitle-writers!

[@isabelchmontuenga]

If im not wrong, it used to be the comunity in a common effort. But after a while, after they separated from Geek and Sundry they hired a transcript team. Its now done by professionals. -not sure about translations tho-

[@user-vb8gj5bz6o]

As someone that struggles hearing complete sentences the subs are gold!

[@geak78]

And Critical Role subtitles are *always* on point.

[@pishonsho4523]

Thanks as a Spanish speaker this makes it very easy.

[@TaRatTinCan]

I finally understood why Travis say he would never role play romance - that man does not play, he goes for the win

[@biancahebert2426]

I feel like Henry Crabgrass would be proud of the ask for consent before kissing. And also, omg they were so cute. At some point I couldn't say if it was Jester or Laura giggling.

[@tomlaptain646]

Probably both.

[@PixelSageYT]

Let's all be real, Jester is just Laura's childishness personified and scaled up so she doesn't have to break character every 20 minutes to make a dick joke lmao

[@Xingmey]

Henry crabgrass is what is wrong with this show. the SJW content is waaaay to high...

[@PixelSageYT]

@@Xingmey SJW and consent are two entirely different things. Not assaulting someone is completely different from overly defending something just because it has the same sticker on it as something else in a social context.

[@Xingmey]

@Cody crabgrass isn't even funny any more. he was funny the first time he appeared and suddenly there was a twitter account and fanart. but with all that 'always ask for consent' is just overdone BS.

[@AWACS_Snowblind]

Marisha really improvised Beau's crush on the Lionett's personal chef when she was 6 and then looped right back around to making up fucking _"Tony"_

[@MrK133n]

2 steps up, 1 step back: the Beauregard Story

[@justinwiggins1856]

hello M'Tony, hello M'Honey, hello M'Random baaaackstooooryyyyyyyy!

[@Reepicheep-1]

Have to wonder if Tony met Beau or Tracy.

[@tairneanaich]

@Call Me Skal yeah everything she said was So Relatable

[@discopartyslime55]

Im really curious about Whitestone Andy tho

[@jeramiethegreat987]

Kiri's expanded vocabulary made me cry and I was not ready for it

[@antiphon000]

that was just a mistake by matt lmao

[@ChrissyPlus]

​@@antiphon000 why do you think that? She's doing the same thing she always did - picking up new phrases she likes & repeating them later on to convey her own messages in new contexts. She's also older now. It seemed pretty consistent with what they had already established, to me

[@arunoc7208]

Man, one of the reasons it's been so great to have Ashley back is we get to witness her reactions when emotional/ship scenes happen between Fjord and Jester. She always has such a sweet expression of 'omg this is so adorable' and it's so pure.

[@Brion57042]

Travis is Ashley's combat hype-man and Ashley is Travis's RP hype-man.

[@gladepixie9733]

Marisha too! My favorite part of the kiss is watching both of their faces!

[@TheGrumbleduke]

@@gladepixie9733 Marisha's transition from "ooh, is he doing this?" interested stare, to "yes they are!" hiding behind the book glancing at everyone, and then book-on-the-head excitement afterwards.

[@quin5364]

@@gladepixie9733 piping in a year later to this comment but liam aswell!

[@TheBiggreenpig]

44:00 Jester says: Caleb gets really stupid when he polymorphs... Yeah, says the moth that ate a curtain.

[@dubbingsync]

So she’s got the perfect example of how you can get stupid when you polymorph and can understand the behaviour changes.

[@DaniGeez]

Yeah she knows from experience polymorphing

[@ethanrapp6998]

It's funny you mention this considering the bloopers during the break of the audiobook reader cracking up over this exact moment

[@bigdream_dreambig]

@American Orc 🦇🍞🦇

[@elliekane3192]

Last time I was this early, Travis said he would never Romance in a D&D Campaign.

[@Quotenwagnerianer]

In the next campaign I want him to romance Sam's character. Whatever they play, it has to happen. ;)

[@cameronmcewen9666]

Do they even have love stories in D&D?

[@verdurite]

@@cameronmcewen9666 sometimes

[@verdurite]

@@Quotenwagnerianer they would have the funniest moments i need to see that

[@NWolfsson]

@@cameronmcewen9666 Oh, they have! In first season Vax'ildan [Liam] and Keyleth [Marisha] were an item, although a dramatic couple; Pike [Ashley] and Scanlan [Sam] were engaged and were the cutest gnome couple; And Vex'ahlia [Laura] and Percival [Taliesin] were the staple couple, engaged, then married in a post-ending one-shot, with merch a-plenty to commemorate the event x) (Also, here, beside Fjorester, BeauYasha is strongly heading towards a romantic relationship :) )

[@corymeyer379]

2:19:33 the moment Travis internally began hyping himself up for the romance he swore he'd never RP

[@tonyzacker8946]

I feel you, Travis. When I played Mass Effect, I swore, I'd never do the romance-stuff, because I felt, I were "above that", "Commander Shepard should focus on his mission", "it only gives him a weakness, that his enemiey can exploit" and so on. But, what can I say, I simply wasn't prepared for Tali's adorabeleness.

[@thalesanastacio760]

Finally Travis will have the opportunity to answer that ancient question: What's it like to be married to Laura Bailey?

[@dylandenney3980]

But isn't she famously single?

[@emailmcgmail4485]

@@dylandenney3980 Travis and Laura have been married since 2011

[@godturkey4098]

@@emailmcgmail4485 r/woosh

[@emailmcgmail4485]

@@godturkey4098 What’s that?

[@thalesanastacio760]

@@emailmcgmail4485 Nah, i don't believe so

[@uverdog]

That gnome is probably one of the smartest fantasy npcs I’ve ever scene. Hearing something scary and not investigating? Genius

[@fhantum6519]

He’s a survivor, good man.

[@Imm3nse]

@@fhantum6519 3

[@vahlok1426]

Reminds me of that scene from Batman the Animated Series where a thug comes into a room to investigate, sees Batman, leaves, and when another thug asks if something's wrong he just replies "...nope," and walks away.

[@TalesStahl]

@@vahlok1426 or Fjord in the T-Rex Fight. "... and prepare to charge in before a fucking bangal tiger shaped T-rex runs into the fray and i'm like : Nah, I'm good."

[@vahlok1426]

@@TalesStahl Fjord has some of the best moments in this campaign when it comes to combat. The giant snapping turtle alone is still one of my favorite things ever.

[@shannonmcnally9483]

Matt: "You rolled a 23?" Laura: "Yeah!" Matt: "On a d20?!" I died.

[@jjrjunior2382]

Caleb: I weigh a 140 pounds My head: and a 80 pounds of that are magic components.

[@oakenshadow6763]

Ouch. >XD

[@helenkeller9182]

You made me laugh so hard :'D Thanks a lot! :'D

[@josenarvaez3567]

Matt: Wolves!! Veth: Werewolves? Caduceus : Therewolves!! 🤦‍♂️

[@krisp33bacon]

I was really hoping for someone to yell, "Blucher!" when that happened.

[@gctypo2838]

@@krisp33bacon *horse neighing sounds*

[@Chori0nicmirror]

gotta be honest here repeating a joke is not a comment worth of posting.

[@jlog3540]

Would does thoose emojis mean together ive been seeing it everywhere

[@shawkorror]

@@Chori0nicmirror On a copy/pasted show from Twitch..ironic.

[@OneTrueBelmont]

Underappreciated humor: Caduceus ready to play boulder parchment shears to make a decision on where to go, but no one takes him up on it and he shrugs.

[@kagedbirdd3591]

Just know that I want to like this comment but there’s 69 likes and I don’t want to mess that up

[@kagedbirdd3591]

I have now liked this comment

[@MariaGM.]

[SPOILER] . . . . . . . . . . . . . [SERIOUSLY, BIG SPOILER] . . . . . . . . . . . . Jester continues to be the most relatable character because I, too, have aged around 5 years in 2020 😅

[@sorbet_salamanderd2014]

can you explain how she aged?

[@MariaGM.]

@@sorbet_salamanderd2014 Have you seen that part of the episode? I don't want to spoil it for you if you haven't.

[@sorbet_salamanderd2014]

@@MariaGM. listen...I am SO FAR BEHIND on season 2, I basically read all the spoilers and key points to get the gist of the story, so I haven’t watched much of this arc. So I don’t mind being spoiled, i need to know what’s happening to the characters 😭

[@connerscott2687]

@@sorbet_salamanderd2014 If you're ok with spoilers, Jester was given basically a Vizier card type effect where she could ask 1 question and receive a truthful answer and the cost was aging 5 years

[@MariaGM.]

@@sorbet_salamanderd2014 Oh nooo! D: Then I'd just tell you to wait and see, but if you really want to know now... [SPOILER] she activated a sort of magic ritual where she was asked to give something in return for answers to a very important question, and what she (unwillingly) gave was 4-5 years of her life. That's rough, buddy.

[@Bella-xm3gj]

2:01:55 Fjord trying to tell Jester that her horns frame her face nicely and getting drowned out by Veth telling her she looks old and has whiskers is hilariously adorable.

[@caseygray2328]

Marisha at the romance between Jester and Fjord is like a nerd reading a romance novel and then seeing her friends practically acting out a scene she just read

[@Mattsmithvstheworld]

Marisha going nuts when she figures something out will always be a vibe.

[@danieldosso2455]

"wait, that's... no, No! NO! It can't be. That's my mom! That's Keyleth's mom!"

[@kaitlynwickham6237]

(turns journal into hat)

[@ash-lynnsarah8626]

Theres a player in my campaign who does that xD He gets very excited whenever he learns something. Unfortunately he is also dating the DM so sometimes he figures out something out of game and has to remind himself that HE may know it, but his CHARACTER does not.

[@ZombieChimpanzee]

"wait is he a missile?" my mind: Beau deflects Caleb off a cliff.

[@ilikeyourname4807]

Can't she like catch missiles by now or has that always just been flavor?

[@Neutral_Tired]

@@ilikeyourname4807 she can, but we all know she'd just throw him off the cliff

[@last2nkow]

@@Neutral_Tired im fairly sure the M9 throws people under bridges exclusively

[@TheOnlyRealIRONicMAN]

@@last2nkow only after killing their respective families

[@captin3149]

@@TheOnlyRealIRONicMAN 'Oh snap!'

[@artemis7913]

1:16:20 super small detail, but I love that Marisha still puts her own hand on her shoulder like she used to when her and Liam were still sitting next to each other.

[@cadman02]

Oh Travis you really did hold out for as long as you could, didn’t you. But no one can hold out against Laura for long.

[@starsgears9200]

This man who failed to resist Laura Bailey twice already really though he could do it the third time.

[@zacharygadzinski3147]

@@starsgears9200 only way for that to happen in campaign 3 is to have his character already married. Other than that every campaign going forward could see Travis trying to romance Laura's character unless another character catches his interest.

[@KarmicKnight97]

@@zacharygadzinski3147 I see that, and I raise you Campaign 3 Travis trying to romance C3 Laura and getting rebuffed at every turn

[@SUZE.]

Travis probably knows this best of all. He is married to the great Laura Bailey after all.

[@billsuazo8083]

What if, for campaign 3, Laura and Travis start their characters as an adventuring married couple. They will be the group’s mom and dad.

[@PVilla27]

Travis as red as a cherry after the kiss cured my depression cleared my skin and watered my crops. Thank you, fjorester.

[@jlog3540]

I nerlied chocked on my ice

[@masonator2526]

@@jlog3540 you nearly lost your dice?

[@Gwenobbie]

Everyone after this episode is like: "Teehee Travis is cute!" Meanwhile I'm writting a strongly worded letter to Mathew Mercer demanding he pays for the therapy I'm going to need after hearing these monster noises.

[@Dimloep]

That, and the description of the creature legit made me nauseated.

[@aurinsaint9058]

Listened at work and the bloodborne monster vibes got me bad. Made my skin itch!

[@tobithirteen7307]

Probably one of the worst sounds he has ever made in the long history of Critical Role.

[@DJWidget]

@@Dimloep And why do they all have split Predator jaws? lol The snow wyrm, the Uk'otoa minions, the Gray Baby...

[@Rik-Falkorn]

That thing is Gorm from Kingdom Death: Monster. And in that game this one is DEADLY enemy.

[@KameMameHa]

I love how Caleb personality changes when he turns into an animal, like if his past did not matter anymore

[@kyle21843]

My theory is that with the lower intelligence it doesnt bother him or maybe he doesnt think about it. Also could just be liam goofing around

[@Reepicheep-1]

Caleb: this is my therapy. When I am not me, I can relax.

[@johannematheaangelsen1695]

What I really love about it is seeing the seeds of his goofiness when he’s not polymorphed. Like, he will still prank people and make jokes in his quiet, awkward way, and I always feel like it’s Caleb letting up when he goes animal. You can still see him messing with Beau a lot, and being sweet to Jester and Veth while in animal form. I always see it as the polymorph itself and the shenanigans he gets up to are part of Caleb’s humor, and he does it specifically to mess with people and have fun. That, and I agree with the theory that he probably feels freer when he’s a little dumber and something else for a while.

[@acomet2509]

@@Reepicheep-1 IM LOOSING IT OVER THIS

[@stingerjohnny9951]

@@johannematheaangelsen1695That was a very good explanation. I love the idea that he intentionally turned into animals for certain situations, like turning into a puffin to peck fjord and shit on Beau’s head XD

[@How_to_LA]

"When you buy something, you pay for it" is the new "People die when they are killed."

[@messydeskproductions4159]

Life needs things to live

[@kenridlycan6790]

Sentences that are so deep that they circle right back around to being dumb. I love them all.

[@anton_za_wolf]

@@messydeskproductions4159 this is what I came here for :D; top tier percy!

[@beesokay]

@Messy Desk Productions you beat me to it

[@thallium6754]

"It is sad when ships sink"

[@Nocturnal8999]

"Don't yell at me, you're the guys who fucked it up the first time around" - Matthew Mercer, immediately understanding the entire life of a technician dealing with engineers in a single moment

[@djs2085]

Eyyy, fellow tech!

[@imalsoscarlet8466]

Time stamp?

[@lil.boswell]

@@imalsoscarlet8466 somewhere around 1:35:00!

[@Daredhnu]

He was wrong though, Travis didn't screw it up, he was correct that a 7 person circle needed 1 to have alternating hands to close the circle correctly.

[@BrotherPolemos]

@@Daredhnu God dam, i have been looking for this comment. The moment the fault was mentioned in the circle I drew my self a diagram. I figured mats original plan was that a person stood in line with the statues forming the 8th figure connecting the circle. But then got confused and had things derail so much he just had the thing effect the person in the middle. Puzzles are always tricky in RPG, because the group can often derail the correct answer.

[@bigdream_dreambig]

"Every kitty here is a licensed masseuse." "You are my favorite weird wizard friend." 🐱😝🐱

[@tairneanaich]

„I like your funny words magic man“

[@joshuasmith4018]

Fjord: “..I’m kind of a big coward..” Dude! You flipped Ukotoa the bird then proceeded to win a tug-of-war with a freakin giant burrowing worm!

[@joshuawright4198]

Oh Yeah what Frightens and doesn't frighten fjord is so human cause it really depends on if its something he feels confident about whole crew of pirates pointing guns at him he'll flirt with captain tell a girl he likes her and he's paralysed with fear

[@AspenBrightsoul]

Yes but Jester is cute.

[@ArrakisHeir88]

Travis says his character is about showing the flaws in toxic masculinity but you never get that. I'm biased given that I think "toxic masculinity" is a loaded term, but even in the beginning Fjord was never as impatient or demanding as Beau or even Caleb.

[@jonatassilva2605]

@@ArrakisHeir88 While true, initially (as in the first few arcs) both Beau and Caleb were even more deep into their "masks" then Fjord was. They got over it, but it took Fjord a little more character development.

[@django3422]

​@@ArrakisHeir88I kinda get it. Early on, prior to his break with Ukotoa, he was pretending to be something he wasn't because it made him feel strong, capable and maybe somewhat independent. I think a lot of guys can relate to that. Afterwards, he accepted himself as he was and his relationships with his friends (and his later-lover) improved significantly. And he became the man he was waiting to be, instead of the man he thought he should be.

[@dblundz]

"I will never romance in DnD, im here to kill things and make money" -Travis 2019 So proud of him, He did put up a good fight, but it was a losing battle. Melted all our hearts :')

[@romaneditstwitchvods]

OUR BIG BARBARIAN IS ALL GROWN UP.

[@jetvulcan2020]

Travis tweet reply to Laura that night says it all "you win"

[@MrSHADOWANGEL999]

Against the Laura. Resistance is futile

[@kendrajade6688]

Do not fear power. Fear those who wield it.

[@TitaniaBird]

And after all these years, being cute and romantic with Laura, even in a D&D context, still makes him a blushy mess. Bless this man.

[@guidetoanything]

Holy shit sam riegel almost killed me, I was drinking water after the Marisha story about her first loves and then Sam goes "It's me, Tony!" and I almost died after inhaling my drink in laughter

[@bartholen]

I've gone back and watched that moment like 20 times now. It's such a perfect callback to a bit that's barely a minute old. I swear, the stuff they come up with on the fly on this show sometimes rivals the best comedy writing out there.

[@ErnestJeanAngeles]

The color Travis turned is the shade of red I imagine Marion's skin is.

[@vladyakubets]

I bet Marion would be happy about what happened

[@TheMadirishgunner]

@@vladyakubets happy about fjorester yes, however, probably not happy about her daughters new age

[@krisp33bacon]

@@TheMadirishgunner Oh shit! Mama Marion would like to RAGE! Calling it now, The Ruby of the Sea is a Bardbarian.

[@vladyakubets]

@@krisp33bacon I wonder if she would be a bard, since she sings (unless there are some hidden secrets Matt is keeping)

[@lucasmaloneywordsmith8661]

@@vladyakubets Could easily be a sorcerer as well, with all that charisma. She doesn't strike me as a warlock type though.

[@zaza_ink]

1:33:09 Liam: “MATT!! WHY IS YOUR WORLD INVISIBLE??!! We can’t SEE IT!!!” Me a storyboard animator trying to draw the things Matt describes: “YEAH!”

[@Zombiewithabowtie]

Every time a member of the Mighty Nein says Molly, then corrects themselves and says Lucien, my heart breaks a little more. EDIT: Then Caleb themes Hupperdook around the dinner table, the last time they were all together with Mollymauk! Bonus damage!

[@mayaenglish5424]

ow. I didn't catch that detail about what the Hupperdook illusions meant, thanks for the extra sadness.

[@Yoder023]

@@mayaenglish5424 I fear the day their bird-child mentions or asks about M.M.

[@acomet2509]

@@Yoder023 you could have kept this to yourself, now I am crying.

[@Secret_Takodachi]

The love for molly will always be odd for me; he had so little time in the story and so little backstory explanation beyond the basics that I find this cult of love for him beyond weird. Sad & weird.

[@fuzzatz7257]

@@Secret_Takodachi No, what's sad and weird is this attempt to seem above it or more emotionally mature that the rest of us. Someone doesn't need to be with you long to have a huge impact on your life, especially someone with as strong of a personality and presence as Molly. Taliesin made a character that plenty of people can aspire to be like, one who truly enjoys life to its fullest while doing your best to make everyone else's better. And this would be going on the assumption that he really did have "so little time in the story". He only had such little time *comparatively*, we still had 26 episodes with him. At an average of 4 hours per episode that puts him at around 100 hours we had with him, which for an average 22 minute-per-episode show that would be over 250 episodes. There's no way you can truly believe that's too little time to grow attached to a character without falling into the realms of NPD or Sociopathy, so just admit you don't like him and stop trying to call into question why everyone else does.

[@30vamshi]

that "It's me Tony" was so unexpected, holy shit

[@k.whatever9046]

i just abt busted a rib at that, it got me outta nowhere

[@VoonNBuddies]

2:27:07 Marisha giggling under her notebook like a little kid and then screaming in joy is an antidote to my depression

[@rebeccacook8149]

Honestly I replayed that moment several times to watch everyone's reactions. They're the best

[@rickard7031]

Artagan: "I happen to have a history [with threshhold crests]" I love Talesin's face as Marisha is reminding him of the moment.

[@Emcee_Coin]

That was so under appreciated by everyone!

[@Obsi399]

I didn’t really get that tbh

[@Emcee_Coin]

@@Obsi399 Percy tricked Artagan with a threshold crest in Campaign 1, it was a deep cut

[@babblingmongoose]

@@Emcee_Coin *Percy and Keyleth tricked Artagan That's why Marisha was reminding him, they planned that shit together

[@ari_the_tricksterlokai9404]

Do you have a time stamp

[@brain-inafryingpan]

Marisha hiding behind her book and then using it as a hat is almost as adorable as Fjord/Travis

[@djs2085]

Book mask to book hat is one of my favorite Marisha moves.

[@maximarebliss5130]

Didnt Liam pull a similar move a few episodes back?

[@altheagwebraedd3495]

Marisha was full on fangirling lolol

[@Joescotterpuss]

Flashback to when she did the same thing when she realized who Viridian was.

[@brain-inafryingpan]

@@Joescotterpuss now THAT was beyond adorable to witness

[@sicarianduraznac]

I feel like Caleb went through an important shift that was indicated in this episode. All his previous speaking of Trent has been couched in language of fear. He's constantly mentioned or indicated that he thinks Trent is too powerful to take on. But when he wanted to ask how the Assembly would feel about smiting Trent, there was no fear. I think Caleb has made the decision to kill Trent. Not in vague what ifs, but in a solid "I will end you" kind of way.

[@snarglblargn4986]

I cant wait until he actually asks ludinus for permission to destroy ickythong

[@jeannareadsbooks8475]

I can't wait to see it

[@franciscoborjaescobarsuare5802]

I think the turning point for him was when Astrid said "Race you to the top"

[@jonathanarcher5356]

Lucian killed a member of the assembly single handedly. He has realised they are not all powerful, as he had them built up in his head.

[@neuroinsect1944]

I mean. He also practically told Trent he would over a very nice dinner. I think the thing he feared most was the Assembly, one archmage on his own against squad of 7 tough af adventurers is a manageable threat, but a whole squad of them who are backed by an empire is pure death.

[@raehjg]

The progression of Fjord & Jester relationship in this episode is inevitable. In previous episode, Fjord implied that he thought it won’t be right to pursue Jester before his past is dealt with, and so he waited. But the moment in the circle made him realize that time is finite. That’s 5 years of her life, 5 years of what could have been, gone just like that. Who knows how much time they have left now? So he decided to take his chance before they’re running out of time. It’s such a pure, beautiful moment for these two characters. Not to mention it’s adorable to see this married couple fall in love all over again with each other through their characters. The fact that it was twisted and misinterpreted in such a disgusting way by some people is just baffling to me.

[@goldguardie]

Yes! This is why I've shipped Forester the whole time, because the idea of a married couple's d&d characters also being in love is just too freaking cute

[@missmia196]

Who's twisting it how??

[@goldguardie]

@@missmia196 I think people on Twitter got mad about Fjorester becoming Canon so they were saying that the only reason that the statues aged Jester was so she wouldn't be jailbait for Fjord (even though she is in her 20s, some people apparently thought she was like 15??)

[@FrumpybutSuperSmart]

@@goldguardie it's really sad that people would jump to those kinds of assumptions. Laura literally made a character that she knew she could romance her husband's character with. Why would anyone assume she's underage?

[@hostile_prof]

@@FrumpybutSuperSmart most of them were overly toxic widojest shippers. It was a pretty vocal minority, most critters even widojest shippers knew that trying to get Travis into romance rp and come out of his shellabout that part of storytelling on the podcast was one of the driving forces of creating Jester

[@TheWoomAndOnly]

I just imagine Yudalla Fon, after receiving the accolades from Jester, just turns to their assistant and says, “Let it be known that I, rock.”

[@annikabunnel743]

Ok. Fjords confession tho. He is telling her now because he believes there is a big chance one of them might die. Fjuck if that happens I’m gonna cry for weeks

[@AnshumanKantiBose]

tbh i would love to see that. i'm a sucker for a good bit of tragedy. and it feels like the group has pretty much been breezing through encounters.

[@draochvar9646]

@@AnshumanKantiBose problem being: they have a Grave Cleric in their party. And to quote Davvy: they'll make sure your party absolutely will not die, ever.

[@whowasibeing]

@@draochvar9646 1 & 1/2th clerics makes a party hard to kill. I played in a game where 4 out of 5 PC's had notable healing magic, short lived game for several reasons, but due to DM inexperience it was very "lack of stakes" while it lasted.

[@iwillcry]

it only works if they are in serious danger and they can’t somehow revive them in time. permanent death becomes trickier the deeper you are in a campaign.

[@FulcanMal]

@@draochvar9646 It'll certainly give them an edge. But Matt is a good DM. There are plenty of ways for characters to die without the Grave Cleric abilities coming into play. Many creatures have insta-death abilities, like Finger of Death. Mind you, he won't throw those things at them on a whim. He doesn't actively try to kill them. But in important fights he'll want to account for the possibility of death to insure there are stakes.

[@davidhodgson1011]

"We could take cats, and just...flee" -Travis Willingham 2020

[@Blizzic]

What’s crazy is that he’s talking about running away together (eloping-adjacent), which is my least favorite romance trope, but in this context it makes perfect sense and is actually really sweet

[@candacelee6816]

i love it because it’s two things he was averse to in the beginning of the campaign: romance and cats. xD

[@ShannaroCold]

"I'm brave aren't I? Are you sure we have to fight this?" It was so good :D

[@TheVanillariot]

My name is Tori, my dads name is Tony, Beaus love life worries me

[@PLGRN8R]

*Beau approaches menacingly*

[@thefinalfrontear]

But what’s your mother’s name? 🤔

[@TheVanillariot]

@@thefinalfrontear Joy. If beau hooks up with a Joy I'm going to fall off my chair

[@honeysuckel1351]

Beau tryna collect the set

[@JasperForge]

Beau went out with your dad

[@carterlang6072]

24:50 Beau was definetly looking for flowers for Yasha.

[@sarahanonymous3770]

I wanted to like, but ur at 69, so I comment instead.

[@ReyaitheShadowWolf]

Travis: I will never roleplay romance in D&D, never! *Looks at his wife* Travis: ... fjuck...

[@theyonlycomeoutwhenitsquiet]

I saw this comment at the number of likes which makes Laura smirk. I dare not add another like

[@briannabergman8381]

@@theyonlycomeoutwhenitsquiet LMAO undid my like to maintain the number 😂

[@Antenox]

One week later and still the same

[@fisharepeopletoo9653]

To be fair I think Travis said he would never roleplay romance in dnd with Matt lmao. He's always weirded out when Matt is playing an NPC and another party member trues to seduce him. Probably a lot more comfortable with it when its his wife on the other side of the character instead of Matt lol

[@jazzyb3424]

@@fisharepeopletoo9653 but... but... he romances a Mathew Mercer NPC in this campaign too 😂

[@savageforte1004]

I wonder how Jester's mom is going to react when she sees Jester again

[@stegfam4992]

That was my first thought!! You know she is going to be worried, but what about The Gentleman? How will he react?

[@jeannareadsbooks8475]

My first thought was abt fjord bc clearly jester will tell her the second she walks through the door. Then I remembered. Fuck

[@mermidion7552]

the horns are a little longer and the cheekbones a little more prominent, keep in mind that if it werent for Cadeuces and Beaus high passive perception, non of them would have noticed. so all she will say is "My Little Saphire everytime i see you ,you look more and more grown up."

[@jeohranalfhir8366]

@@mermidion7552 hm, Marion is a pretty insightful fellow... Court / noble people are often based on Charisma and Wisdom, so

[@JDStone-jg8cg]

I mean when her daughter went into her bathroom with a group of other people and 50 pounds of clay she just said "I never kink shame" so I doubt she'll be worried.

[@whoanellynelnel3874]

Sam Riegel: they'll edit this out! Narrator: they didn't.

[@jasongreenwood479]

Watch Marisha when he says that. She actually mouths "no, it won't" at the camera.

[@imalsoscarlet8466]

Time code?

[@seabream]

@@imalsoscarlet8466 03:03 - Sam: “But it’s not just clothing. We’ve added more characters- ...nope… We’ve added…they’ll edit this out. We’ve added more categories beyond some awesome shirt. Marisha, starting just before “categories”: “We… we won’t.”

[@julianodavincci3706]

Getting some Arrested Development Vibes from this comment

[@LaukMir]

Just think how much this company saves on editing!

[@aeroxon]

That sigh and giggle as Fjord left was 100% Laura and not Jester. "Gotcha"!

[@fernatticus5134]

The implication of this thumbnail is that we'll get Sam Riegel in a lolita dress

[@MrSHADOWANGEL999]

a true case of fear and anticipation!

[@isa382]

my money is on him wearing tiny keyleth antlers

[@suprchrgd]

Let's hope he will wear it at the next live play session! Anyone remember his bright pink David Bowie / Roller Blade outfit?

[@fernatticus5134]

@@suprchrgd At this point, a dress would be nowhere near the most outlandish thing worn by him on CR

[@CaroGo]

I sure hope so! That man could wear anything and I would be delighted.

[@16Wafflez]

This is the first time I've seen Travis get that red without Brian W. Foster in the room.

[@DaniGeez]

Thanks to Boulder Parchment Shears, we got a kiss..but we also got angst. Its gonna hurt when Marion notices her daughter a bit older.

[@The_Shifters16]

Oh god I didn't even think of that. Oh fuck what about the her dad??

[@braedenlowther9426]

She will kill Fjord, molly is not the BBEG it’s actually Marion to the rest of the M9

[@kariissmol9172]

@@The_Shifters16 RIP Fjord, he fjucked by Kjissing the Gentlemans Djaughter.

[@executivelypunk]

i can only hope that one day someone will love me so much that when their D&D character kisses my D&D character for the first time they turn as red as a firetruck. it's SO FUCKING CUTE how travis and laura have been married for over a decade and they have a son, and both of them still got all giddy and nervous at that confession and first kiss. you can really see just how much they love one another, they still just have big ol crushes on each other!!! the Willingblam family will never not make me all warm and fuzzy inside :>

[@adeanarkia]

I swear marisha was gonna say Matt but backed out and switched to mmmtony

[@Cookie_Empress]

After Matt and Liam, Laura finally got her share of Travis.

[@Kay_Sea251]

So, trashy thirds?

[@JanTuts]

Travis and Liam? Are you referring to Betrand Bell and Lieve'Tel in The Search for Grog, or something in Campaign 2?

[@Kay_Sea251]

@@JanTuts Probably that, and Avantika and Fjord.

[@Cookie_Empress]

@@JanTuts Exactly that.

[@Cyyberslam8]

@@Kay_Sea251 I feel like the dwarf tavern owner in Huperdook, and the shady goblin in Rosohna should count as halfsies.

[@orionskyrender245]

Fjord said he wants to go back to Nicodranis......... and yet he's from Port Damali; which means he wants to go where JESTER is..... Ahhhh so proud!! :D

[@Gorilla_Violence]

This episode has all the feels

[@danielshaffer930]

I have always heard that as Port Tamale. Nice to know what it's supposed to be.

[@Scrumbumbler]

Jester's mom is absolutely a meal ticket *and* a snack

[@zlatanjakic7717]

honestly I think Travis just forgot fjord is from prt damali

[@hawklegs6940]

@@zlatanjakic7717 Hmm, isn't Port Damali where he was raised in an orphanage? I can image he wouldn't consider that place his real home if that is the case. Though, you may also be right, Fjorget is a thing lol

[@andrewwebb2141]

We need a one-shot of Luc and his friends taking on the giant rat

[@cryophile]

I'm here just for the possibility of constant Goonies references.

[@Cormalek]

Or Sam making a rogue/ranger with blink dog who has abandoment issues and says "cool" to everything, but it a flat dismissive way. Make a Riegel weird twist on it.

[@coldfishjess]

Another kids book to work on for the Darrington Press! 😊

[@alleycat2297]

We need a one-shot of everyone as cats in Caleb's Nascent Nein Sided Tower

[@kadishevdox]

To Matt and the rest of the staff....we all love you and all the time, effort, blood sweat and tears you put into the show. Please don’t take to heart the storm of idiocy that brewed up over some of the things that took place in this episode. Critter Hug!!!!!!!!

[@hideo34]

What was the idiocy that brewed up?

[@cfoscoop]

@@hideo34 Spoilers to those who haven’t watched the episode yet . . . . Some people were saying that the aging of Jester was intentional so as to facilitate the relationship between her and Fjord, even though the aging was a result of a randomly rolled table in an improv game

[@EnDSchultz1]

@@hideo34 I don't know, but perhaps it's best not to reiterate it here.

[@jasoncuriale8613]

@@hideo34 (spoilers) Twitter happened, people saying that jester was purposefully aged up for the romance, and honestly just a lot of whiny self entitled shippers that think they have any say in what happens in the game

[@annebeach6630]

@@jasoncuriale8613 not to mention Jester is in her early-mid twenties so there isn't even a need for her to be older to be with Fjord who is late twenties/early thirties. Its just people wanting to be mad because their ship sank so they are trying to make this one feel wrong. Short story short. Both Jester and Fjord, prior to the pillar, were consenting age with an inconsequential age gap between them (5-10 years max) so Jester getting got played the smallest role in Fjord finally confessing his feelings (as in she was hurt while they were goofing off and he was scared of what is to come and wanted her to know how he felt in case something happens) and that role had nothing to do with her age. Fjord made it clear he had been wanting to do it for a while he just was being a coward. People will really reach for anything to make something sweet and wholesome as the kiss seem icky.

[@VeritasdeLumin]

May contain spoilers: You know what I love about the critter community? After *that* moment happened and some very vocal assholes (who were in the minority of the fandom) complained, the rest of the fandom pretty uniformly called them out for it and supported the cast. Whether they were Fjorjester shippers or not, they denounced the unfair comments and acknowledged that the cast will do what they want since it’s their game. They rallied together to praise Travis and Laura for their exceptional acting and the beautiful moment that was created, and have recognised how lucky we are to watch this wonderful show. With the exception of one asshole in a KZbin comment all that I’ve seen are positive and supportive comments calling out how toxic shipping won’t be tolerated. To the majority of critters who are in this category: thank you. And to Travis, Laura, and the rest of the cast: Thank you for all of your exceptional work!

[@reedk2402]

I find it simpler to turn of chat. It’s always toxic and ya generally the community majority will squish the bad stuff but they also have a cult tendency to attack anyone with even the slightest negative criticism about anything which turns newcomers off.

[@Chori0nicmirror]

"critters" are pretty culty, and thats is definitly a double edged sword. you should watch out with stuff like that.

[@ellap73]

I haven’t seen any of the toxicity, what are people going off about? I’m a staunch Widojest shipper myself but what happens in cannon doesn’t have to stop my imagination from going a different way.. I agree, it’s their game, let them play it! And it was such a huge moment for Travis as a player to do in game romance, so proud of him ❤️ As I always say, find you someone that looks at you the way Travis looks at Laura 🥰

[@calswartz615]

@@ellap73 basically, people were making claims about how they aged jester just to make the fjorester ship work.

[@WoodMntSeaBear2]

@@calswartz615 which is wierd because isn't Caleb older than all of the other characters? Also all their characters are adults. I wish people would just use their brains when spouting out these things.

[@teaganlee4219]

Fjord: I care very much for you My phone: dies Me: that noise Matt made last episode for the worm

[@gavic85]

Hahahahahahaha !!!!!

[@ladyhella7560]

Oh no 😂, I am so sorry for you

[@rainemae]

24:25 Beau attempting to look for flowers For a certain barbarian After the letter she just got from barbarian Wondering if it went over Matt’s head but it CERTAINLY didn’t go over Ashley’s

[@nightrat42]

Pretty sure he was aware. But like he said, just because you roll High doesn't mean it happens.

[@bobloerakker7010]

Her whole face lit up haha

[@rainemae]

@@bobloerakker7010 it was so cute!!

[@JanTuts]

Also, it seemed that she couldn't find the name for it, but what she probably meant was "Edelweiß", a rare flower that grows high in the Alps.

[@kpk90]

And then her asking Caleb about the possibility of having some changes in the castle.

[@NickCev]

We get to see Laura and Travis fall in love all over again. This makes me happy.

[@jeannareadsbooks8475]

RIGHT?! I LOVE THIS SHIP

[@firapolemos3879]

Everyone's talking about the kiss but I'd like to give a shoutout to Cad's new cute haircut.

[@runicdreamer]

Same as soon as I saw it I was so giggling in my chair. It suits him so much and looks really cute!

[@iwillcry]

I’m sad we lost the luscious locks but short haired cad looks adorable and the beard added to the mix is a GREAT look ❤️

[@faris-906]

When does they show it

[@firapolemos3879]

@@faris-906 16:39, in the new official art

[@Baalek1]

"Some badgers need poking." The Mighty Nein's motto if ever there was one.

[@bloodrose7495]

The absolute shit eating grin on Matt's face when they kissed said it all. He knew it would happen one day

[@jeannareadsbooks8475]

his whole looking round at everyone like "have you seen this shit"

[@arunoc7208]

And Marisha's transition from neutral, to hiding behind her book to using it as a hat.

[@RaaW350z]

I was thinking Matt was going to say roll a d20 to see if the kiss was successful or not. But then that would’ve broke the mode I guess

[@Jackie_Tikki_Tavi]

@@RaaW350z Nah, Matt always said he hates having players role for romance. I think the grin is for Laura just setting the goal like 100 episodes back in a "I'm coming for Fjord, Travis!" and achieving victory.

[@HazzMacHarry]

Can we just take a minute to appreciate the new winter themed character art, I mean look at winter Caduceus!

[@bootyking6114]

I didn't think I would ever say this, but winter Cad is actually kind of hot, ngl

[@AussieRider20]

My first thought was holy shit how have I not noticed this until now. Took me a few moments before I went oh because its new you idiot

[@sierra2bork29]

I love his new chair cut

[@MsHyeven]

Winter Cad more like Winter Chad

[@faris-906]

When does they show it

[@sandrinenoel7329]

I am so proud of Travis. He really chose his moment, it was beautifully role played and he did it on his terms. I loved how everybody cheered after it happened, it really felt wholesome. Love and happiness to Fjorester.

[@lunchboxcomiks]

Saw a tease that a ship sailed. Was expecting the first mate to launch, pleasantly surprised.

[@ForeverDegenerate]

I don't think he really chose his moment. If I had to guess, it wasn't planned at all. More a Fjord reaction to being faced with the potential of losing Jester. If anything the game (curse RNG) chose his moment for him. It's as if the universe spoke to Travis in that moment and said, "It's now or never big boy." It was the perfect moment.

[@P99s-s]

I know I am late catching up, but Marisha putting her notebook on her head is just the cutest thing every time she does it

[@Dannizombs]

*spoilers* Okay, but how many non sensical flustered messages is Jester going to send to her mom and dad about Fjord? Cause I want to hear them all

[@horcelzinho]

OMG I havent even thought about that...gods the death glares the gentleman is going to give to fjord

[@braedenlowther9426]

I’m more worried about what will happen to Fjord when Jesters mom finds out she lost 5 years of life and is older now

[@Dannizombs]

@@braedenlowther9426 that's another good point. Maybe she'll disguise herself to look younger?

[@FoxHound-ut1hu]

@@horcelzinho to be fair fjord is one of the few people to beat him in a game of chance and their backgrounds are pretty similar so it should be an interesting conversation.

[@fightingdan3407]

@@FoxHound-ut1hu wait he did?