Fjorester: Talks Machina Supercut

To go with the previous Fjorester supercut, here's a compilation of all the talk about Fjord and Jester's developing dynamic from the cast during the Talks Machina interviews.
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[@aceovrzero361]

They have such chemistry in real life they should date

[@woodrowcall3158]

AceOvrZero They May have gone a little farther than that.

[@GeeGe.]

@@woodrowcall3158 Yah you can tell these fuckers probably held hands even, smh

[@elbruces]

They have dated in real life while in college, but broke up.

[@woodrowcall3158]

El Bruce They are married and have a kid. You know that right?

[@elbruces]

@@woodrowcall3158 yeah they got back together in LA some years later. Ya got r/whoosh'd!

[@johncordero1248]

"I haven't burned down an orphanage in D&D in years." - Taliesin Jaffe

[@tylerhilpisch7850]

the fact he specified in D&D is concerning

[@hip2besquare632]

D&D years or real life years

[@helcostr6280]

@@tylerhilpisch7850 ​can this statement be interpreted as "I have in the past, but I haven't now?" (both in the scope of dnd). If the perspective is viewed this way, then it makes more sense why he mentioned in D&D. i hope. crossing my fingers this is the case.

[@deadass8196]

Yet

[@lshaw303]

dob and the skeletons looking shifty.

[@baubaskaubas3166]

13:35 "I don't think Fjord is crushing on Jester" "I don't think Jester is crushing on Fjord" You sit on a throne of LIES

[@P0rk_Sinigang]

I made the same mistake with my wife when we started playing together in a fantasy campaign. I said, in an off-hand comment sort of way, that I wasn't interested in my character having a romantic subplot. She took that as a challenge. Our characters wound up together in the end, and our characters' kids wound up being the villain in a campaign that she herself ran years later.

[@ZyroShadowPony]

I can only assume it went "happy anniversary, we are going to fight our kids!"

[@kaneshirokane5410]

That's honestly amazing. Sounds like fun

[@dragoninthewest1]

​@ZyroShadowPony Ah yes, the Mordred effect.

[@gabriellynch2764]

Sounds like a wife to me!

[@branchtree448]

1:07 Taliesin: "yeah, we're squishy" *lemme pick a class that harms my self*

[@xelloskaczor5051]

That ended well!

[@Frosty_tortuga]

hate you hahahahaha

[@roz9738]

Eyes never shut.

[@MystWalkur]

Long May that purple bastard Reign

[@ttrpgeek1248]

Read this as he said it.

[@astromechas]

*Episode 3* Laura: "I didn't, like, plan on making her more flirty with Fjord." *Episode 37* Laura via Travis: "I'm gonna romance you ;)"

[@Sprite_of_Soot]

I would love to give your comment a like, but I don't want to ruin it.

[@aurinsaint9058]

Its true.... Laura is a mischevious little liar.

[@deffdefying4803]

*Episode 50-something* Travis, to Laura: So about that romance thing

[@jamiejangles7501]

alternate title: the evolution of brian foster’s pronunciation of “fjord”

[@mrcv9576]

I like how Jester went from a girl who was so bubbly and positive because she was very naïve of the world to a girl who was still bubbly and positive because she knows her new found family needs happiness in their life.

[@yipyomorgan4380]

"Fjord trusts Jester the most and Yasha the second." Oh how young we were

[@nathanielhollinger4686]

did not age well.

[@thomastakesatollforthedark2231]

Wait... Did Yasha do something?

[@thewatcher6478]

Thomas takes a toll for the dark oh you sweet summer child

[@thomastakesatollforthedark2231]

@@thewatcher6478 what? WHAT??

[@FoxHound-ut1hu]

@@thomastakesatollforthedark2231 ......

[@deffdefying4803]

"Are you Lawful Good??" lmao the tone of complete shock and disbelief

[@SkilesHasFun]

Laura's right, though. He's actually "legal good."

[@tlozmeowcatz7991]

Marisha when talking about Jester/Fjord love triangle: "Beau ain't getting involved in that" .....Well that didn't age well.

[@johnmanista9850]

I think it's Beau's character to stick her nose into everyone's shit.

[@AlexPerez-tt9ru]

@@johnmanista9850 she does seem to do that alot. Always wants to know everything

[@troypetmecky86]

To be fair, she didn't get involved in the Jester-Fjord-Avantika triangle. She decided to make her own

[@Nebafyer_DandD]

@@AlexPerez-tt9ru She is after all a Monk of the Way of the Cobolt Soul. Like... Its the inquisitor rouge as a monk.

[@vrmn8tr]

@@AlexPerez-tt9ru bruh if you find that annoying dont watch first campaing, keyleth is always wanting the spotlight, even in conversations she's not participating, some people think marisha wants to show everyone she can roleplay all the time she forgets about the other people at the table, including the dm and ends up beign too melodramatic and/or forced and/or exaggerated

[@saetharion]

Travis: "They need to do a study on the effects of your DnD character on your natural person..." Challenge accepted. I wrote my Master's Essay on the performative and constructed nature of identity and how it is contextual and dynamic, and intersects with language, emotion and narrative storytelling. I used Travis Willingham's performance of Grog as a demonstration of how one can create and perform an identity. Why Travis felt stupider/more awkward? Because Identity is basically a bunch of stories in a trenchcoat labelled "narrative". And when you're playing a character so deeply like that, you're taking on their stories. And stories about your life are no more or less real than those of DnD (medically done the memories are even stored in the same part of the brain). Stories refer to what happened in the past and the past doesn't exist anymore, it's an abstract concept. So playing Grog he has this comfortable set of stories, a few narratives you could say, that comprise the identity of Grog, that he picks up and wears every Thursday for years. That can't really just be put down like it's nothing, there's crossover. Some of those stories linger. Why does that matter or make him feel dumber? Because identity is how we relate to the world. It's the contexts we use to make sense of things. It's like we navigate by the stars. Distance and direction in relation to them, yknow. It affects how we perceive, experience, feel, think, everything. So by having those sticky Grog identities, it is literally impacting how he perceives, thinks and feels. Hopefully once I've cleaned it up a bit more I can publish it =)

[@elbruces]

I've experienced thst with some different characters, only being really able to think of approaches and solutions in their terms. You play differently when you're a combat monster as opposed to a political swindler, and not just because of relative strengths and weaknesses.

[@vivamexico254]

Plz if you ever do publish it send us a link I would love to read it

[@astra1627]

Link 😃😃

[@danielcastillo591]

You just outnerded one of the nerdiest communities in the world To that, I applaude you, good sir

[@ZyroShadowPony]

I would love to read it

[@awizardwithwords994]

I know i'm probably supposed to be thinking about Jester and Fjord in this video but Marisha non chalantly saying: "Thank god weed's legal." Made me laugh my ass off. 29:48

[@cr0wn9001]

Reminded me I should go smoke XD

[@dynamicworlds1]

The 31:47 bit ending in the quick "what's your charisma?" is where I lost it.

[@mitchelle.3559]

*Mutual Lightbulb goes off in their heads* "We can make whoever we want, bone whoever we want!" "YEEES" *excited high five* That's true love, my dudes

[@TotallyNotLoki]

And they did, kind of, when they acted out the love letter in xhorhas after dealing with the giants in the mine

[@BaldursPicketFence]

22:49 Laura is just chipping away at Travis’ feeble defences. Episode 64 proves it! Who's back here after Episode 64?!!

[@GodBear97]

Which one was 64 again?

[@GodBear97]

@@zazi5305 Thanks!

[@lbozo6629]

Back here after episode 118

[@sabrinafletcher7884]

33:09 dear christ. that... god. dude told on himself

[@BasementRuthie]

The way that these guys can talk so intelligently about their characters emotions that even their character isn't aware of, or react in different ways in character than they would IRL is INCREDIBLE I mean I know they're actors, but still that's impressive.

[@gavensedgwick6516]

BasementRuthie That's just basic RPing, my man. No acting experience required. It's called "not metagaming"

[@BasementRuthie]

@@gavensedgwick6516 Yeah but some people still can't do it 😂

[@acemoz]

Bro, you do realize that this is an RPG right? Acting like your character is literally the point

[@gavensedgwick6516]

BasementRuthie It would seem so. Just look at all the likes on the original comment. Basic minds impressed by basic things I suppose.

[@BasementRuthie]

@@acemoz This is true but as I said, many people struggle with it. I dunno maybe I've just played with a lot of people whose strong point isn't that? Haha.

[@cussundriakneal9904]

Either way, Travis WILL cave eventually, and we will get our Fjester kiss. Not 'lemme save yer life' kiss, but a KISS kiss. ;}

[@Frosty_tortuga]

Didnt he basically kiss her under water when he transferred his air to her.

[@ralliemurray4796]

@@Frosty_tortuga op: "Not 'lemme save yer life' kiss, but a KISS kiss." Still a great scene though, and all of Jester's responses to it since then have just been precious.

[@Satsujinki1973]

@@ralliemurray4796 Definitely needs to kiss her while Detroit Rjock City or Rjock and Rjoll all night plays in the background.

[@gangamel5979]

Widojester gang

[@OOPS_droppedIt]

.............

[@wheelcha1rman2]

Travis "I'm not that smooth irl" I honestly think he's bewildered at his own marriage sometimes. Bloody love him.

[@JMesonT]

For those wondering: Travis "complaining" about Laura trying to seduce his dnd character is from TM episode 85 at around the 52 minute mark.

[@aftmostfools]

9:13 this is very concerning to hear from THE ORPHAN MAKER

[@quinlan6390]

I have come to speak the sacred words. TRAVIS HAS FINALLY DONE ROMANCE IN DND!!!!!

[@scottvanlaar9087]

Hallelujah

[@mcmann2243]

Now he’s unhinged in c3 as old bastard man

[@gunslinger11bravo]

I can't believe Laura doesn't think she's attractive enough to have played Lust from FMA on camera. She is amazingly beautiful and seems like a really fun person. She is totally Lustworthy. Travis seems to realize how lucky he is.

[@handfulmousefly]

I know right? She's beautiful and adorable

[@deffdefying4803]

She's both trustworthy and Lustworthy

[@johnathanera5863]

I disagree. Laura is certainly attractive but if your gonna play as the embodiement of human sexuality you gotta be otherworldly attractive lol.

[@gunslinger11bravo]

@@johnathanera5863 to each there own, but as far as I'm concerned she is. You should watch the Blizzcon video of her singing "Daughter of the Sea". Everyone has their own tastes though.

[@muchluck7981]

Well to be fair, Travis was lucky to have met Travis... except the fact he was the one who set her on fire

[@tinker7768]

We did it boys

[@scottvanlaar9087]

Ladies and Gentlemen, we got em

[@zorionmclarrin7033]

"You can't really endear people to you if you hide stuff." Travis letting people know why they suck at relationships.

[@KalonOrdona2]

Sam's perspective on Nott makes a ton of sense just factoring in goblins' short lifespans, let alone dangerous lifestyles. Great stuff

[@AnInsaneOstrich]

Travis describing how he couldn't ask the island about Vandren is like when you complete a mission in an RPG and it says "MISSION FAILED" for another mission you didn't know you had.

[@JMesonT]

This is the Valentine's day content I needed while I stay home and wait to watch CR live tonight.

[@Jeremiah90526]

14:38 Laura "Get motivated to... get in Jester's pants" 15:10 - 15:35 Best bait for slash fiction ever on this show

[@Legacy0901]

12:17 My favorite part of Talks Machina is how Brian treats the cast as close friends instead of celebrities, the chemistry is amazing

[@Laguccia]

considering he's been dating ashley for 6 years before they got engaged... yeah i think they're all pretty close

[@GodBear97]

They ARE close friends

[@mentalrebllion1270]

This did not age well…mostly the comments 😅

[@lilacx5657]

Oh my gods someone did this. *In majestic voice* My body is ready.

[@swapsplat]

I wish I could have a relationship like Travis and Laura has.

[@woodrowcall3158]

swapsplat What’s stopping you?

[@Fr3k3]

we all do

[@ferrous719]

Its worth the work

[@deffdefying4803]

@@woodrowcall3158 socialising is tough for a lot of people. plus, there's no guarantee that even if you socialise correctly often enough to land someone, that person is a decent person.

[@woodrowcall3158]

@@deffdefying4803 Still nothing stopping someone. Difficult doesn’t mean impossible, and good things are worth the trouble. You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.

[@TimdeVisser86]

These two are just too cute together, I love them.

[@alexforrester8090]

I have a feeling you are talking about Travis and Foster

[@skateywatey]

I wish the session 0 games were filmed and then released at the end of the series or somethingggg

[@morganbiddlecom]

Your dedication to this ship is truly inspiring.

[@bcn1gh7h4wk]

and we all know how Fjord feels towards ships.

[@bigpiso9]

Love how thier marriage comes out in a sweet way and in exasperation

[@Danny_boy333]

Travis: 9:56 Me, who has seen ep 69: hahahahahahahahahaha

[@safirasart]

Thanks I needed this in my life

[@justsomedudete3320]

HOW THE FUCK?? YOURE EVERYWHERE!!!

[@leliannathefaun1656]

Fancy seeing you here XD

[@safirasart]

@@justsomedudete3320 MAGIC

[@safirasart]

@@leliannathefaun1656 fancy seeing you here too

[@leliannathefaun1656]

@@safirasart here to ship too?

[@nairocamilo]

You are a saint. Thank you for enabling my addiction

[@maggimaster]

I just wanna point out that when talking about the jellyfish and the whale situation was described Matt without skipping a beat said that was an eight

[@tarvox14]

as someone that cant really watch talks machina, this is a really lovely video that makes me smile, so thanks

[@kjj26k]

As no one can watch Talks Machina anymore, this video is a vital piece of history.

[@DutchDread]

" I trust Jester to most, and after that, maybe Yasha", ahhhh.

[@ninbrannon5777]

I'm not really a shipper, I just tend to watch romances develop and either grimace or nod and get on with my life, but goddamnit, Critical Role has becoming a huge exception.

[@isabelladimmick3409]

Ok but Sam playing with his wedding ring when he was talking about love is so cute, especially knowing how he loosely based veth/notts family in his own wife and kids 🥲

[@Gryphon2026]

I found it really interesting that we found out that Fjord & Jester knew each other at least a week longer than they knew Beu and then they finally met with the rest of the party. I guess I'm just saying that a lot can happen in a week, which is a very intriguing possibility. thanks for the vid! ; - )

[@nicolerobertson2654]

A lot can happen in less than a week, let's be honest 🤣 But yeah, I think that's pretty cool how it all happened so quick for them to get together the way they did

[@MagnusGuard]

Travis is legit my favorite person ! i hope to someday have someone in my life like him and Laura

[@Scrubs4Life]

Every time Laura says she didn't go in with the intention to seduce her husband, I hear "She lied as easily as she breathed." She co-opted Matt to set up romantic scenery for that shit.

[@RobsRandomRoms]

It's interesting to see how it started to where it is now, 118 episodes in. What a ride

[@comicstrider4851]

I can't believe some of us thought that anyone could withstand Laura's power

[@QuiteBlackpilled]

I know I'm late but if people wanna treat Fjord like an asshole concerning his treatment of nott. Episode 52 he straight up pulled one of the most badass moves to save her in the situation campaign thus far with that thunder step. Fjord is a good man and I wont hear anything else.

[@clarahaley6098]

i don’t particularly care for the character ship but the sheer glee i get from the actors harassing eachother in that sweet married jerk way is immeasurable

[@one_for_one]

i cant tell is this is a fjord and jester compilation or fjord and foster

[@one_for_one]

not a critique btw, good cut

[@Valiant_Requiem]

The ship name should be "fjesterd" or "fjestord" haha

[@deffdefying4803]

@@Valiant_Requiem But "forester" as in "Fjorester" is a word

[@Valiant_Requiem]

Fester is a word. Festered is also a word. Fjestord or other weird spellings happen because of the ship name. Forester is a word, sure, but it doesn't really have much to do with the two characters in question who are both seafaring/coastal characters. Sure, "fjesterd" might be a stretch, but I only wrote that because "fjester" doesn't have much of Fjord in it. Regardless, what I originally wrote is based on words that do indeed exist, so let's not get pedantic.

[@someonessidechannel1485]

@@Valiant_Requiem Ah, but you walk the line in ignorance The line that the people who hate fjorester with their entire being are generally the people who use the "fjester" name. At least that's how it was for the first few weeks

[@baconburrito65]

19:44 my entire love life summed up 😂

[@Aplasticjones]

It’s interesting to see the story progression in this format! Thanks for the hard work!

[@eliottdewitt893]

Boi who ever Laura crushed on in high school missed out BIG TIME 0_0 i'd be crying

[@hoboodinson]

oh my god thank you madam for this compilation! seriously you're awesome!

[@jmercedesd]

This was fantastic, thank you for this! XD

[@amberpdavis]

I definitely didn’t stay up late watching this instead of studying for an exam. nope.

[@SkilesHasFun]

"Yeah, we're squishy." -Taleisin Jaffe

[@shraingan868]

Thank you for this 😁😁😁

[@kparish05]

Well frick! This is making me SERIOUSLY think I need to subscribe to this show. This is way more serious/in-depth than I thought it was! So much appreciation for this.

[@second0banana]

It is SO GOOD. It is literally the only reason I subscribe to G&S twitch.

[@Folder]

I wills admit, a decent sized chunk of the reason i ship Fjorester so hard is purely because Travis and Laura are soooooooooo f***ing cute!!! Its too adorable and too wholesome, i just cant! lol

[@PhantomXI]

The lies about not going for Fjord purposefully, we have confirmation she was totally I'm gonna romance you and your gonna fall for me, or your gonna have to turn me down. To quote Travis, She comes at me with jellyfish, and actual wife tears, come on...

[@wishwaswhere]

Would love more of this

[@katherine6446]

Thank you!! This is a blessing!!

[@GodBear97]

For a while there I thought Laura's shirt said "Best Lay Ever" in the episode 22 clips. Thought it was a Ruby of the Sea shirt, turns out, It's just a positive and happy-go-lucky shirt

[@claytonmyers9739]

Dani's laugh is the most adorable and infectious laugh I've ever heard.

[@seeshibo9451]

Jester praises to the traveler. Fjord is a Warlock. Please tell me you haven't not told yourselves that joke.

[@SpookieVonDookie]

ahhh i love this supercut

[@thickmclargehuge4448]

thanks for this

[@toshomni9478]

You must have put a lot of work into this. Thanks for all the effort. It's a great video.

[@deckssays]

15:15 the sound of Ten thousand pens striking paper as fan fic is formed

[@CalamityCanyon]

Meanwhile, during the brief period where my DM curse was broken and me and my girlfriend played DnD together, our decidedly incompatible characters shared a position of group leadership that somehow functioned despite the two of them butting heads CONSTANTLY. Kinda like two sides of the same brain. That was a fuckin experience.

[@jessirandolph9085]

Timestamp for my favorite part 22:11

[@3dagalathor]

bravo, great job

[@britblade]

BLESS YOU

[@MadSandman]

23:06 Dani is enjoying herself so much in this clip, it's awesome :D She's such a gem

[@GuilloRamiro]

Great video!!!

[@gremlinswrath2822]

This show had some rad lore and background content. Ty to these compilations keepin em real.

[@reyntime8735]

This romance will be a fjestering wound on this campaign’s free time

[@sleekgeek6716]

This f$#king slow burn bulls$#t.....I LOVE IT!!!!!

[@p0pp4]

All's fair in Gaming and Wife's Tears.

[@do-khyi]

16:40 Yes! A Mighty Boosh reference on CR!

[@leecody5885]

7:37 Laura is the Bond Villain we never saw coming! 🐈 😆

[@TheBestGoblinKing]

Thank you

[@hchano]

JFHDHGJDFHGJDF thank you so fuckin' much for uploading the clip at 24:48 ... i legit blacked out after they said my name and i missed the entire reaction to my piece. i didn't ever know what they said about it til just now ;0;/ thankyouthankyouthankyou [also thxto my friend who linked this to me haha]

[@xWinterstarex7]

Legal good is now a new alignment xd

[@chickensandwitchman1854]

"I litterly used my one fucking health potion on this bitch." At his wife, what a legendary sentence

[@itbetay8490]

“Trusts Yasha second” what about your Bjreau 😂

[@jessirandolph9085]

27:10 Cad is ace!

[@alexsanchez1620]

Hmm I wonder if travis knew he wanted to multiclass into pally since he would always say he was lawful good

[@sack7348]

Who else is here after 'the incident'?

[@kjj26k]

That connotation makes it sound like a negative thing!

[@graceparker2916]

Who else is here after ep 118? 👀❤️

[@BOLANAREDE321]

Make Fjoster happen!

[@alexforrester8090]

MarkD1159 is that fjord and foster or fjord and jester?

[@BOLANAREDE321]

@@alexforrester8090 Oh, definitely Fjord and Jester. I've never been a person to push relationships, but I do think it's sweet to watch a married couple role play out their courtship. :)

[@ak1hiro133]

that felt like 5 minutes instead of 50

[@dblundz]

miss TM so much :(

[@Andvare]

Travis is a Mighty Boosh fan? Nice!

[@Wasteland0Freak]

How would the Traveler affect Jester’s powers of he wants really a god? I’m so curious

[@alecsarcade555]

This just makes me so excited for everything that could possibly happen. Is it Thursday yet?

[@MrManicQ]

15:30 The OTP Shop