The Legend of Vox Machina 3x12 BLIND Reaction | Souls in Darkness

[@elfbreath]

Fun fact about the Percy resurrection: Taliesin said things could have gone very wrong when Vox Machina tried to bring Percy back. It wasn't just fighting off Orthax or doing a complicated ritual, it was convincing Percy to want to live again. Because Percy (and Taliesin) were convinced his story was always meant to be a tragedy, and if it ended with Anna Ripley then maybe that was something like justice. Any pleas to the Gods wouldn't have worked. Neither would telling Percy he still needed vengeance, or reminding him of his dead family. But Vex admitting she was in love with him? In Taliesin's own words: "Oh yeah, that'll do it."

[@radudancoroian5169]

Honestly having booty chicks to clap is a solid justificstion to come back from the dead lol

[@elbruces]

While they were playing out the ritual, Taliesin was sitting in their green room watching them on a screen and waiting to send a text to Matt saying whether Percy had been convinced or not.

[@elykphant1910]

Just to add even more emotion to that last song, Sam said it was the last thing he recorded the night before he went into surgery for his tonsil cancer.

[@bobbyhall994]

@@elykphant1910 omg I did not know that

[@elbruces]

There is absolutely no way he could have hit those vocal leaps near the end with Braius voice. kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZmPEpKh9d5d9lcU

[@adamphillips5389]

Still blows me away that Sam recorded that song the night before he went into surgery to remove tonsil cancer.

[@adamphillips5389]

You can tell he was thinking about his family while singing. I think it's why the song hits so hard.

[@Soursprout93]

Get you a man who looks at you when you're throwing up like Vax looks at Kiki.

[@Lngbrdninjamasta]

Ultimate relationship vibes ❤

[@Mordring]

I mean, kinda was like that with my parents, a pair of mischievous trolls who are still together 38 years later. As their offspring I can attest it worked out quite well, indeed.

[@grifftastic2745]

Thordak's portion of the dracolich voice was performed by Levar Burton, btw.

[@Quotenwagnerianer]

Nice!

[@Hawk199031]

The D&D nerd in me wants to say that wasn't a dracolich. More so a zombie dragon with a soul reattached to it. Dracolich's need a phylactery for their soul just like any other lich.

[@samcarter565]

Part of me is hoping for Mark Hamil to voice the coming villain, but… if by some chance, Levar Burton did it, I would not be upset

[@bobbyhall994]

“Love changes people” is a huge theme for CR as a whole, and I love seeing the bond between Vax and Percy grow. It’s not just romantic love, but platonic love has the ability to change people too.

[@AdamEspersona]

Once again, “there is nothing stronger than love.” It changes people and saves people.

[@yiklongtay6029]

We aren't getting that line for easily another 3 years

[@radudancoroian5169]

Not really. Vax and Percy never really had a a friendship, not like Grog and Scalan for example. Vax's calling Percy his brother is more of him just aknowledgeing him as his brother in law.

[@nightingale8178]

@@yiklongtay6029 ohh I'd say more like 4/5 and only if M9 would release next year and every year

[@reverseprime141]

Seeing your reaction to Percy’s resurrection is a happy ending to this season

[@Quotenwagnerianer]

It also shows they did the right move in making it more dramatic and not the "lets go to the next temple and use a diamond" kind of ressurection that it was in the campaign. But you win some, and you lose some. I know there are people out there who were dissappointed that "A bard's lament" was missing from the show. I'm not sure how I feel about its absence. I felt it was not necessary in the show. Pike was around more to comfort and guide Scanlan. And one of the main reasons why that moment was so strong in the campaign was because you were not quite sure how much of it was acted and how much of it was genuine shock. That is hard to translate to a tv show. I still miss it, but not that much that I would it trade it for something else they did instead.

[@juicejooos]

@@Quotenwagnerianer Resurrection isn't that easy in Critical Role and it especially wasn't easy after Percy died from Ripley because he didn't want to come back to life in the first place.

[@DungeonDragon18]

@@QuotenwagnerianerThey got a bit of it with Keyleth yelling at everyone and storming off, and that made a lot more narrative sense than Scanlan being mad at this point.

[@AdamEspersona]

Keyleth’s come a long way since Season 1. She found love that keeps her tethered. She found her own path to becoming a leader. She’s survived undeath, passed through fire, braved the fey realm, went to hell and back, and conquered her nemesis. And she did so by utilizing all she’s learned across three seasons to outlast and outwit her, baiting her into incinerating her own corpse, thus leaving the diseased ashes open to being “reclaimed” by the earth and free to be transferred back into her new body. In other words, she _deceived the Deceiver,_ beating Raishan at her own game and reducing her to being the DECEASED Deceiver.

[@Phi1618033]

And so begins Arc 3, where -- believe it or not -- shit gets even crazier than everything we've seen so far.

[@thetntraider]

“Pain doesn't make people. It's love that makes people. The pain is inconsequential. It's love that saves them."

[@VegetaLF7]

As with season 1, we see the thing that can save Percy is the love of another. Cassandra was the one to snap him out of his No Mercy Percy mode and here it's Vex's declaration of her love for him that broke Orthax's grip on his soul. Nothing is more important to him than family

[@Chaosm03]

Most table to screen videos of The Mighty Nein will consist of Laura Bailey saying "You Pooping?".

[@brandontrussell9568]

Honestly, if you did watch Calamity, it might be easier to enjoy just by yourself without doing a reaction. As incredible as it would be to watch it along with you! It's hard enough for anyone to find time to watch four 4-hour episodes of make believe+math, so I can only imagine planning and recording a reaction to it! lol

[@DungeonDragon18]

Yeah, a proper reaction video would be really hard to do for a series that long, but maybe she could watch it off screen and then give her thoughts about it with the relevant clips edited in.

[@samcarter565]

The last episode is more than 4 hrs long

[@mikebreaddelancey4755]

Season 1 ended with Vox Machina stopping the Briarwoods from summoning the Whispered One but it created the spinning orb of death instead. Those blind cultists appear to be worshipping it.

[@corporealghoul]

They mentioned winters crest is coming. Thats is the exandria equivalent to our december holiday season. If we get a holiday special from vox machina i will flip out. And they already have a one shot themed after saving santa.

[@bandi138138]

It ain't a season of Vox Machina without Keylith throwing up

[@hogwarts659]

I love it when Kiki transforms into her cat form Minxie and when the music changes to her Elemental forms.

[@zippomage]

i love how the possessed zombie corpse of an ultimate dragon wasn't the final boss of the season, it was just admitting you love someone. wicked.

[@appo9357]

@19:19 Did you notice the orchestral arrangement of Bald Man Cry?

[@surlycanadian]

Shimmy aye, shimmy aye, oh.

[@piperbird7193]

Season 4 was only just announced, so I don't know if there's anything recorded, or even written yet. Also, I'm not sure Sam can sing yet? His voice is still pretty rough from the cancer. I also wonder if they've already recorded Mighty Nein or not. Veth's voice will also be hard for him right now.

[@toamszkozak8822]

I imagine that the voice work is already done ,usually it's always done before the animation and we already had a first look for that a couple months ago and on top of that Travis also said that there is a chance that the Mighty Nein will premiere in late 2025 so they defenitly had recorded the voice linea for the show

[@Quotenwagnerianer]

Mighty Nein voice work is probably already in the can. You know how long it takes to produce a season of animation.

[@jackakimbo5718]

I can't say for sure about singing, but from the most recent episodes of the campaign his voice seems to be pretty much where it was before, including doing voices outside of his normal speaking voice

[@easterslice]

The voices might sound a bit different in the animated show. They did for Vox Machina.

[@operative2136]

He can definitely pull off the Veth voice right now (he did it as recently as this past thursday), though I'm sure he probably has to take breaks from that voice between recordings.

[@DracheLehre]

In the stream, Keyleth wasn't the one who killed Raishan, it was a guest character. Well that's not entirely true, she did essentially kill who Raishan was with a clutch spell, Feeblemind. If successful upon a failed Intelligence save, it sets Intelligence and Charisma scores to 1, renders them completely able to cast spells or even speak. There is a chance to shake it off once every month, but with the user's intelligence at a severely low level, they would have to be INCREDIBLY lucky. However, for boss monsters, they do have an ability to just say "Yup, I succeeded" a few times in a fight. But, luckily, they forced her to use them all before Kiki made the play.

[@AdamEspersona]

I feel that how they did it in this episode was far more satisfying. Kiki got to outright deceive the Deceiver, baiting her into leaving her diseased ashes open for absorption.

[@DracheLehre]

@@AdamEspersona Both ways they did was pretty good. The campaign was a bit more cathartic IMO because Raishan prized her intelligence and knew how to say the right things at the right time. Take them away and she becomes nothing but an angry, slobbering beast. Her actual death was just formality at that point. Plus, Patrick Rothfuss finally finished something.

[@zippomage]

@@AdamEspersona i dunno, using a spell to take away the spellcasting of a spellcasting dragon was pretty clutch

[@balijosu]

I also think Feeblemind would have been harder to translate to animation without some forced exposition about the effect.

[@happyslapsgiving5421]

Ok, but have you ever heard of the Traveler? 😈

[@AtomikaBlerd]

@@happyslapsgiving5421 He’s really cool, you guys!

[@doctorsno906]

I hear he travels a lot, cool guy

[@mariusroth4966]

why did I read this in a very specific, blue-ish voice?

[@sdaubs]

@@mariusroth4966 Yep, I did the same thing.

[@chrisd4228]

@@mariusroth4966 same...

[@Dunybrook]

Just when you think this show won't brxak your heart, you realize it probably will break your heart worse than you imagined.

[@zarathos616thewolf]

In fact, Angela, she became a Lichdragon because she kept her mental faculties and a bunch of immunities.

[@AdamEspersona]

Including immunity and counters to the vestiges. She planned that far ahead... except for Keyleth's new elemental form and her cleverness.

[@IceMetalPunk]

Technically, in D&D they're called dracoliches.

[@zarathos616thewolf]

@@IceMetalPunk technically critcal roll use pathfinder

[@Mordring]

@@zarathos616thewolf they only did in their home game then migrated it to D&D 5E when they started streaming as it was growing in popularity at that point. The only thing retained from Pathfinder was Sarenrae, Pike's deity.

[@JirkaKunst]

Taliesin: "It's just, one day you lose so many people and then just one day you stop. And at one point in your life you decide that suddenly for no reason, you're just not allowed to die yet. Your life just isn't your own anymore, and suddenly you've done what you were supposed to do and now you're back. And it's just not yours anymore, is it? And what of everybody else? It's not fair, any of it. I don't know. I'm very glad to be here. (laughs) I just miss an awful lot of people, that's all. And I don't understand how we get to choose."

[@tinofaygo]

So, just a reminder, Vax said it to Keyleth in season 1 when they were about to be swarmed by Zombies at the sun tree. That's when she was like "you pick now to say it?!?!" She repeats those lines in a previous episode this season as an homage to that scene.

[@kingofheavymetal]

Can't wait for s4 and I can only recommend to watch the ressurection of Percy in the campaign ! (ep 69 around 1h11)

[@kptree1323]

Also recommend Ripley’s death in ep 68, there was something so powerful about everyone being involved in it

[@kingofheavymetal]

@@kptree1323 Oh for sure, Ripley's death is a sight to behold.

[@theunfamousone2818]

Scanlan did not leave the group happily in the streams, he woke up from his coma and yelled at everyone, the best part was it was 100% justified, it was his best moment in the campaign

[@CrownofMischief]

Maybe not 100%, but definitely at least 75-80. Mainly because while many of his grievances were fair, there's a point where you need to meet people halfway. Which is something even Scanlan admitted, but that was after he took his sabbatical.

[@davidjoneas1500]

The next Show should be the Mighty Nein show which is campaign 2. I think a lot of people are waiting for it. I know I am.

[@smashbrandiscootch719]

I was really waiting for it, nit after how badly they screwed up this season, I almost don't want to watch it because I'm worried how they'll screw it up.

[@davidjoneas1500]

@@smashbrandiscootch719 in what way do you they think they screwed it up this season

[@rogue7723]

Idk about it, from what little I've read about the _Mighty Nein_ almost all of the main characters are _massive jerks._

[@queenannsrevenge100]

@@rogue7723they start that way, but then, so did Vox Machina when you think about it. Vex and Vax are mercs who drift everywhere and had bad reps with most of their past clientele, Percy was “no mercy Percy”, Scanlan, Grog, and Pike were basically professional bar-crawlers, and Keyleth was the nicest one of them all. Mighty NEIN start with a lot of bad baggage, but their whole story is overcoming it.

[@DungeonDragon18]

@@rogue7723 That's kind of the fun of that campaign, watching a bunch of self-centered, traumatized, and apathetic mercenaries slowly work up to caring about each other and the world. A lot of the reason I love Beau and Caleb's friendship so much is that they hated each other at first, but as soon as they saw past each other's facades they realized they were soulmates.

[@cmbart1]

When I first saw this episode, it felt like goodbye. But then I found out they got renewed for season 4 the day before this aired. SPOILER ALERT The ending. That...would be one of THE most famous (infamous?) villains in D&D who dates back to the earliest days in the 70s. But it's someone who could potentially offer options to redeem Vax. If you know you know. I agree re: a Grog storyline but it kind of makes sense when you know that he served as kind of the plot taxi for their campaign...the other players would kind of drag and wander around, then Grog would do something stupid that they had to deal with.

[@GreenFenril]

They already hinted to him; but that villain won't have the same name because, well, licensing issues and all.

[@352eden]

You're not ready for the stuff coming in season 4. And you're going to absolutely fall in love with the Mighty Nein.

[@AnimatedEffigy]

The Whispered One is coming. We are his blood.

[@dntm123]

I don't think it's brought up enough how great Matt Mercer is in his few roles in the show. Like, he went absolutely ham voicing Orthax in this episode. And him as the Clasp member in episode 10 felt so genuine to the stream, like him giving exposition to Vax and Vex felt like a moment at table.

[@bryanmacklem2654]

This last episode had it all. Percy's resurrection, Keyleth really coming into her power, Scanlan coming to grips with being a good father along with another really good song, Vax coming to terms with being the Matrons champion, and knowing he has obligations, Vex having some real happiness, Grog and Pike just having fun. A minor spoiler though is that spinning ball was shown at the very end of season one under the ziggurat, and is the beginning of the final arc of Vox Machinas campaign, and it only gets better.

[@DnD_Guru]

Delilah: We are his blood. Zerksis: We are hus Blood Cultists: We are his Blood That's a lot of Peeps Whispering about blood

[@briandalke5946]

I'm a bit disappointed they didn't do the mother scene, since it was such a major moment in the campaign, but I can understand why they went a softer route since they didn't know they'd get another season and they didn't do much set up for it.

[@JamesSerapio]

I live how you immediately picked up Raishan's transfer to thordak's corpse last episode. Yeah, the dragon is undead, and in D&D it's called a Dracolich. There's some interesting reading in those. 😅

[@Lngbrdninjamasta]

"We are his blood!" We have heard this phrase across all seasons of this series...💀 Angela, u might have to go back and look for who says them

[@EditoroftheT-force]

Vex just being ready to bone after like a day of him being resurrected is very in character

[@DrLipkin]

The good news is that Critical Role really cranks out content. LoVM only debuted in 2022, and they've released 3 season in 2 years. Invincible, another adult animation on Prime, debuted in 2021 and only dropped its second season this past April. Most likely we'll get The Mighty Nein in 2025, and probably LoVM s4 in 2026.

[@BBerloat]

We are his heart, we are his blood.

[@BBerloat]

Great reactions all this season!

[@Musabre]

No spoilers in the comments , okay sure but IT'S THE BLACK ORB OF DEATH FROM SEASON ONE 😆😆😆

[@syl20m20]

1 and a half year sure, but before that campaign 2 “mighty nein” will arrive

[@bucue802]

Props to the editor for 22:58

[@toamszkozak8822]

About season 4 ,yeah we defenitly will wait for this a little bit but the good news is that it is possibile that we will get the Mighty Nein series in late 2025 so there's that and let me tel you something ,you are not ready for this ,you will fall in love with the Mighty Nein just as much (if not more)as you fell in love with Vox Machina,the Mighty Nein are seen by mamy as the best critical role campaign so can't wait for you to meet them

[@davizloco]

I think Leo would just date daughter's friends when they turned old enough. He'll never change

[@crazymauler]

its not really a spoiler but remember the orb under whitestone? well lets just say its 1 of many that are around the world.

[@jxcefxce]

I think we’ll get the Mighty Nein show next before we get Season 4, and I hope you end up loving those misfits as much ad I do Angela!

[@pardox28]

Percy died in episode 68 in the campaign & was brought back via a resurrection ritual in the next episode, 69 (nice). So Critters had to wait a week to see if Percy would be brought back & so it was fitting that TLOVM watchers also had to wait a week for it to happen. Since the campaign uses D&D 5e rules where revivify, resurrection, and raise dead spells exist, in Exandria the Matron is a little more lax on those type of spells. By this point in the campaign, Pike had died once (pre-stream; it's why her hair turned white), Grog twice, Vex twice, Percy twice, and Scanlan twice. At that point in the campaign, only Vax & Keyleth hadn't died. But keeping that faithful to the animated series would have made each death not that impactful. So I understand why they made resurrection magic in the animated series world much, much rarer & the cost for doing so much more severe. As to the EXU: Calamity 4-episode series (20hr 17min in total), most of the ppl that have reacted to it on KZbin have uploaded it in multi-parts. I think most have watched 1 hour and then made that part 1; watched another hour and made that part 2; etc etc. I don't know if that matches Critical Role's content policy when it comes to reactions of their material, but you can find those specifics on their website.

[@karuux]

I'm sure the mic appreciated the apology -- great reaction vid!

[@DrLipkin]

In D&D, there are different spells that can bring someone back from the dead. The weakest spell that can bring someone back is Revivify, which can only bring someone back who has been dead for less than a minute. This is what was used on Vex in the Sunken Tomb. Someone who is Revivified comes back to life with only a single hit point, but they are otherwise unaffected by their ordeal. More powerful spells can raise someone who has been dead longer. But those spells take longer to cast (meaning they can't be performed during combat like Revivify can), and they take a toll upon the person who is brought back. Raise Dead can bring someone back to life that has been dead for 10 days or less, but the person that was brought back takes a -5 penalty to any attack roll, skill check, or saving throw that they make afterwards. That penalty is reduced by one each time the revived person takes a long rest (which is 8 hours of sleep). Unless the show changes things to make stuff more dramatic (which they've done before), Percy should be right as rain in less than a week.

[@benprescott8646]

If you will recall Vax did already say the words out loud to Kiki back in season 1. When they were by the sun tree fighting off a horde of undead he told her and got rejected but has been there ever since.

[@Heavensrun]

Don't forget, Vax was the *first one* to express his love. It's always good to say it back, but it's not like he's never told her how he feels.

[@_anne7956]

Nothing to do with Vox Machina, but I can't handle not asking... Angela would you please consider watching Agatha All Along?🥺❤

[@janiekramer2344]

I have a feeling we are going to get the first season of Mighty Nein (their second campaign, animated) before we get Season 4. I'm okay with that since my absolutely favorite FAVORITE CR character ever is part of it. Also, the fan-made love letter and "get well soon" to Sam is both heartbreaking and heartwarming. Calamity is on YT. I'm just going to say this: if you choose to watch it, start buying boxes of Kleenex and bottles of wine now. And watch it in small doses. There is a reason that those who saw it probably jumped up and screamed when they heard Xerxus's name (and saw him on screen) in this season of LoVM.

[@rhylin26]

So grog was intended to be just along for the ride. His arc last season was basically his only arc on stream.

[@cairothetiefling_]

Percy and Vax being brothers and calling each other ‘brother’ means so much to me. Was kinda disappointed Scanlan said ‘real family’ because real family is those you surround yourself with. Not just blood relations. They are truly family and that’s something I love about DnD, is you can make lifelong friends as your characters become friends and family.

[@billberndtson]

29:44 When campaign 1 ended I consoled a fellow Critter who wasn't satisfied with 500+ hours of content, a talk show, a musical and many other songs, and cosplay and fan art to the moon. We always want more. Get ready for The Mighty Nein!

[@zephyrfields9977]

20:23 There are so many ways this could have been worded better "You're like family but I have a real one" Dude. Chosen family is no less real.

[@billberndtson]

14:21 My favorite line in s3. Got chills. :)

[@jeffcross9960]

if you listen closely... the voice laura uses for lust is roughly the same as voice she uses for vex and vax's mother

[@darrenl3289]

The actual battle to defeat Raishan obviously went different, but was a huge moment for Marisha and Keyleth nonetheless. With Scanlan down, everyone else on their last legs, and Raishan still being a huge threat, Marisha took a risk that paid off. I highly recommend finding the clip online. A great "snatch victory from the jaws of defeat" moment.

[@bcn1gh7h4wk]

imagine how OP Percy must be that they had to bench him 2 episodes so that Keyleth could solo a dragon.

[@DungeonDragon18]

Percy was only dead for about 24 hours in the campaign, but I like that they left him dead longer to give the emotions time to settle in.

[@Shadowace724]

Angela, I find it funny how attached you are to the characters. No disrespect intended but imagine what it is like for us OG critters that spent 500+ hours with these wonderful characters. I am deeply in love with each and every one of them. TLOVM is kind of an alternate universe and the live show show is main time line, I hope you get a taste of the live show, you will never look back if you love the animated show. Great reaction!

[@romaneditstwitchvods]

anytime keyleth does anything bad ass. "oh yeah its big brain time"

[@chipsalom]

No spoilers but with the additional seasons we're getting (season 5 is apparently being worked on but just hasn't been officially announced) there's definitely plenty of potential garage storyline ahead don't you worry :-)

[@houselebeau]

That orb at the end. I could be wrong. I played a dnd based video game once and there was a crypt level where a similar orb was raising the dead. They may not take that route, but that’s my best guess

[@thetntraider]

Travis made Grog with a pretty barebones backstory, including calling Grog's father Stonejaw Strongjaw. With him being kicked out of the Herd by his uncle Kevdak after protecting Wilhand, and everything coming to a head with getting the Titanstone Knuckles from Kevdak last season, I'm unsure how much more they'll flesh out Grog's character.

[@Mordring]

Unless he somehow happens to find that one item he originally did in Thordak's lair, Grog's story is pretty much concluded and he now serves as a (very) strong supportive character helping his friends conclude their stories. That is until he finds that other item (a weapon) which will make him very relevant in the final arc.

[@AAAndrew]

One of them mentioned a month or more ago that they were so busy these days, and how difficult it was to switch characters so much as they had to go from recording Vox Machina to Mighty Nein to then playing on Thursdays their characters for Bells Hells. This told me that they were already recording a fourth season of VM because the voice acting was already in the can for season 3 long ago.

[@Ironoclasty]

Please sign my petition to allow tail-wagging dogs to stare at tennis balls in the background. The thing that this set is missing is a tail in constant motion while the juggernaut of puppy before it intimidates an inanimate object. This is a sub-plot that we know we all need. It is my fervent hope that, at some point, the canine in question suddenly notices the camera and approaches for a full-snout solo. There is no greater content!

[@Dariobrazil]

raishon now inhabits thordak’s body, so lance may have been written off the show that way. i think it is an acceptable compromise if thats the case. i’m still amazed they made S3 work as well as they did with what was probably a first draft of the script. and… i want more, just like you!

[@ciferlu254]

Hope you're ready for the upcoming (and fully confirmed) season 4 of TLOVM when it comes around, cause I know what's coming and I definitely am!

[@JDub-TV]

Season 3 ended and all I could think was "Can haz season 4 now, pls?" 🥺 But as much as I LOVE Vox Machina, I really think Mighty Nein might be my favorite group, and can't wait for the M9 series.

[@Kai-fb1ol]

Vax already said he loved Keyleth in Season 1.

[@magicalminty6203]

I'm pretty sure that dark orb with the cultists at the end, is from season 1. In the ziggurot where (I can't remember the characters or VA's names, so I'll name other characters they've voiced) Azula from Avatar TLA and McCree from Overwatch (the witch and the vampire) died.

[@brandonokeeffe1193]

You are thinking of Delilah(Grey Griffin) and Sylas Briarwood(Matthew Mercer)

[@magicalminty6203]

@@brandonokeeffe1193 Thank you, I'm terrible with names.

[@jmhaces]

I don't know anything about the actual campaign they played, but I do know D&D and have seen how they skirted copyrighted material by calling the monsters/gods/stuff by different names, so I'm pretty confident that the bad guy at the end is a callback to the being that made the bad guy from the first season a vampire and they were trying to release, which I assume is this show's version of Vecna the Lich demigod.

[@Mordring]

You assume correctly. They call him the Whispered One (one of his many titles) much like all the other deities (Moonweaver is Sehanine, Stormlord is Kord, etc.). That way they avoid copyrighted names, but retain the deity's domain and agenda. And, as anyone well-versed with D&D, you know what badass potential Vecna's presence in a campaign can bring.

[@jasonmarbach]

Another absolute masterpiece of a season. Is it season 4 yet?

[@ryanbagley3293]

I mean, for someone who doesn’t have magic Percy got fire power that is up there with vex’s super magic bow with bad news, thing is a serious cannon

[@DylanMadd]

Was shocked & pleased at the new season. Didn’t know it was even coming!! Besides how weird it is Vex and Keelith are so hot, this is one of my favorite shows the past few years. What a treat. Only downside is how quickly S3 went and the inevitable wait for S4.

[@gregolsem4438]

on the bright side, we will prob get Mighty Nein season 1 before season 4 of Vox Machina some time next year

[@rhylin26]

For Calamity. I would say release a review and commentary for each episode. Three to four hours per episode is very difficult to edit down. 😅

[@DeadMuzan]

If anyone has ever been scared to go to the dentist dunno if Percy helps lol

[@NozdormusRage]

So, this went a little differently in the campaign, but man... Vax calling him 'brother' and saying I love you impacted me so much more than Vex. And I'm a massive Percy-Vex shipper.

[@funnylilgalreacts]

Especially because it’s Vax. He was so protective of Vex and worried about Percy being dangerous. Knowing he loves Percy made my heart burst

[@Clancy111]

Genuinely love your reactions to Vox Vachina, would LOVE to see you watch Calamity. Its all on youtube although I'm sure you would want to edit it down as each they are quite long.

[@michaelmavis731]

The same should apply for every foe they slay… let them all come back over and over.

[@DelightfullyMADD]

So I was right, Pike _does_ still have Xerxes symbol on her. Or rather, the Whispered One's symbol Xerxes gave her. The question is now; why does Pike still carry that, when she willingly threw aside her Everlight symbol, especially when it was a symbol given to you by a _Devil_ and it's purpose (getting them out of Dis) has already been fulfilled? It was presented as a 'heroic' moment, but I think a foreshadowing of something far darker for Pike down the road. She may think she's just using her divine magic by 'having faith in herself', but that's not how divine magic works for clerics... and she's still carrying around an (un)holy symbol even after throwing away her Everlight symbol. I personally think the Whispered One has been slowly working on eroding Pike's faith and subtly sculpting her for something ever since she had that brief interaction with him all the way back in Season 1, where she caught a brief glimpse of him in the shadowy plane she'd shifted to while she was trying to commune with the Everlight. And I don't think that was just some vision or premonition either, I think that was actually the Whispered One himself, and that he may have managed to very slightly infest her soul or form some kind of connection with her that, until now, has been kept at bay due to her faith in the Everlight. But isn't it odd how Pike always seems to struggle with using her magic when trying to channel the Everlight, even after she had supposedly made her peace with her? Isn't it odd how all of a sudden Pike seems to have better control only after she cast aside her Everlight symbol at the coaxing of a _Devil_ of all beings? And a Devil that we _know_ is working for the Whispered One. More and more I'm pretty firmly convinced that Pike is going to be instrumental for the Whispered One's return in Season 4, and they've shown willingness to break from the story of the campaign in major ways at this point so this is absolutely going to be a thing, I'm like 95% sure of it. My main question is... has Pike ever truly spoken to the _real_ Everlight at all in this series? What if even the vision we saw of her in Season 1 was the Whispered One masquerading as the Everlight all along? Sure the Everlight was all "Any path you walk can be a righteous one" sounds good on the surface... but that's some pretty morally grey reasoning for a supposedly Lawful/Neutral Good deity, because it's simply too vague and allows for too much wiggle room morally speaking, not something good aligned gods tend to be big on, even the Chaotic Good ones. This last bit is very much purely speculative on my part and I am more 50-50 on whether it's true or not, but would make for a pretty cool twist for Pike when she finds out she hasn't truly been in contact with the Everlight for quite a long while... so who has been giving her power until now?! Dun dun dunnnn

[@Mordring]

Interesting point you bring here. And the Whispered One has been present in Pike's arc since season 1. I think it's quite badass as in the campaign Pike had almost no story arc of her own. She was mostly the supporting character. Main reason for that was Ashley's other job which resulted in her either being absent or only joining via (poor quality) skype call essentially bringing Pike's presence only to skill checks and attack rolls or outright being NPCed by Matt (if she was even present in the first place). Her being directly involved with the main villain of the final arc will make things very tumultuous and I'm here for it!

[@chrisd4228]

If you get a chance you should check out Percy's resurrection from the campaign. Laura just brought it... 😢

[@JimmiHoevring]

"No spoilers in the comments" Even though I just spoiled it in the video!!!

[@motarollin6280]

THE WHISPERED ONE, they’ve been teasing since the Briarwoods. Hehehe, you think things were bad before 😂. If you’re watching Agatha…. Rio, and that’s all I’ll say 😄

[@Thundarr100]

A little bit of advice for Season 4. A week or so before Season 4 debuts, go back and re-watch the entire series so that you'll have them more fresh in your mind while watching the final season (I'm pretty sure that Season 4 is the final season, unless they're going to split the final story arc into two seasons like they did with Season 2 and 3).

[@laxmaster7262]

Nobody and when I say nobody I mean NOBODY is ready for what’s coming in season 4

[@ryanbrooks8045]

I've been wondering if the lack of Scanlan songs this season might have something to do with Sam going through throat cancer at this point.

[@_UPRC]

I am totally right there with you on liking Percy the most in the show. Funny thing is, I liked Grog, Scanlan, Vax, and Vex more than him in the campaign, but you put Taliesin Jaffe behind a microphone and that man fucking DELIVERS. They just also did a great job animating Percy in the series, and he's the most relatable since he's not using magic or any powers, he's just an ordinary dude with a big brain and a gun. Love 'em.

[@chrisd4228]

we are his blood... 💀

[@Noct31]

This show rules

[@jscire__872]

We demand dog cameo! 😄

[@aaronwalker2125]

Calamity would be an AMAZING reaction from you. Just amazing. I’d suggest setting aside blocks of time per episode- try to watch the episode itself in one period of time, even though they are very long. Like reax to long movies. But you can split up the videos themselves - each episode could have two reax videos, for example. But I think you’d be great at that series.

[@firecat4529]

20:01 Btw, Scanlan's awakening scene and ending (of this season so to speak) happens quite differently in the campaign (this one's WAY more wholesome). So they seem to have skipped the very improtant part of Scanlan's arc called "the Bard's Lament" here, which was very emotional, grief-ridden and a heartbreaking moment towards Vox Machina. I don't want to spoil in in case they somehow still do that in the future (which I very much doubt) but it's an event definitely worth looking up online since it fundementally changed the campaign at that moment, cause it's just THAT important. I think they said that it changed due to Pike being present with Vox Machina more, unlike in the campaign. 7:46 I'm pretty sure during this event in the campaign Keyleth says to Rayshan after calling her "child" again: "Call me child ONE MORE TIME!" or sth similar to that.

[@thedoctor4370]

Doctor Who! Doctor Who! Doc….tor…..Who!