MASSIVE SPOILERS! Table to Screen S3 - Dr Anna Ripley

[@tomkvideo]

I love that Ashley was watching at home and texting Laura like "I can be on the show next week, stabilize him!"

[@pinkjaguar12]

I think the table version is absolutely amazing and cathartic, but for what the show had to work with, seeing the twins take Ripley down in such a clever and brutal way was also pretty satisfying. Especially because that's Percy's wife and Percy's brother doing the deed. It could have been the awesome group kill, but the fact that they still kept certain elements and had Ripley's own hubris and selfishness contribute to her own demise (killing off her crew that could have helped her in order to save the guns; isolating herself on the boat to begin with; being so cocky that she thought she could take on the twins, despite them clearly being absolutely brutally lethal) was pretty cool. It wasn't all of Vox Machina killing her, but it was still Percy's family all the same.

[@ajfatca]

watching it again I also see why they could have changed it...even for Amazon the table version is superrrrr violent lol.

[@randalladkins7452]

They also keep Vex finishing her off with the arrow in the chest and then an arrow in the mouth stoping her death scream! 😊

[@mrsmi1ey]

Seeing Marisha so heartbroken absolutely killed me. In my long-term campaign, the first time a beloved NPC died our entire group was essentially in mourning for the next week, as if an IRL friend of ours had died. It was crazy, and helped me understand how actors are able to have such real emotion in TV and films. When you fully immerse yourself in the ropeplay, the emotions can become real. Being able to share those real emotions with friends at the table is a beautiful thing.

[@aceofalltrades8777]

I watched until 4:58, before I saw an animated version of Vax against Ripley, and I was like “why don’t I remember that?” THE LAST THREE EPISODES ARE OUT! I’ll be right back

[@safi6749]

I just rewatched that episode today. Anna's list had the name of the emperor of dwendal empire from c2

[@arwo1143]

He did banish her……

[@thajoker9813]

She met Delilah when she worked for the assembly so it makes sense

[@nathanieldonigan3659]

I was unbelievably stoked when she finally died in the show. They gave her so many chances to change and she just got worse and worse. I cheered when Vex finally put her down without letting her get her last words out 😂

[@pardox28]

Okay, so Percy’s death & Anna’s death were in the same C1 session/ episode. The moment in this video where Travis comments about Percy heals & then is knocked back unconscious was actually the 1st thing that happened in the session; not sure why this moment was put after Percy’s death. And also omitted was Scanlan casting a spell to capture Ripley in a bubble, which allowed VM to surround her & all of them to get the killing blow.

[@Red_Devil_2011]

"New member of Vox Machina coming next week! Bercy, the crossbow-slinging ginger!"

[@saphari22]

I love the group HDYWTDT but I gotta say I found the one they did in the show is much more satisfying, especially with Vex taking Ripley down with Percy's arrowhead!

[@Frreak0zoid]

Holy shit Marisha's arms changed between this moment and currently in C3. She has trained a lot for creator clash.

[@ArturoRivera2004]

pop2x

[@TheOffkilter]

It wouldve been funny if they had been able to incorporate Taliesins " Im like Rasputin here, this is getting ugly", such an underrated line that flew over everyone but surprisingly Marisha at the time.

[@frostreaper1607]

Eeeh no, to meta, but I'm glad we got at least 1 'I'm going to do something weird' .

[@traviscue2099]

This is where I prefer the series version. People need to remember that the show is telling the story, it's not a replaying of the game. For Percys death to sink in, you can't just leave his dead body there and go right back after Rispley, changes the tone completely. Mollys death works really well on the Table because they have to stop and reflect after being defeated.

[@awkwardaquamarine19]

At this point, I don't know which version of Percy's death is more impactful, VM attacking Ripley together to avenge Percy in the campaign or that betrayal of Ripley with a haunting song playing in the show. Either way, this was an awesome moment. My only critique in TLoVM was that Cassandra didn't even get to say a line during Percy's resurrection. If memory serves, she was pivotal in convincing Percy to come back.

[@frostreaper1607]

Did she ? I don't believe so, didn't she barge into the place when he was already breathing slapping him awake or something. I wish she could have at least given him a hug in the show tho, but I guess they ran out of runtime.

[@awkwardaquamarine19]

@@frostreaper1607 LOL! Yes, I just realized I misremembered right after I posted this when I saw the clips of Percy's actual resurrection in the campaign. I also thought that the Jester-Fjord with a baby cameo was in S1 of LoVM. Turns out, it was only a throw-away easter egg narration of Travis in Grog's one-shot. Like, I can actually see the animated sequence in my head as a blink-or-you'll-miss-it moment. What can I say? I have an overactive imagination. Cheers!

[@ellemars1817]

I overall liked the changes they made with Percy's death. It felt more appropriate imo to have the showdown between him and Ripley more isolated. What I would have liked to have seen was more of a mourning period with the rest of the team. Especially seeing just how much the death of one of their own affects the group as a whole.

[@canyouguessit]

I still can't believe we have to wait until season 4

[@smashbrandiscootch719]

I wonder how they'll ruin that one too.

[@arwo1143]

@@smashbrandiscootch719 Dude,…. What the fuck is your problem?

[@munkeybrayn8696]

@@smashbrandiscootch719 wait they ruined the campaign? I mean there are alot of episodes some stuff gotta be cut but idk it was that serious.

[@canyouguessit]

@@smashbrandiscootch719 I don't think they ruined it, they just had to change somethings so it made more sense in a TV storyline compared to a D&D campaign.

[@troikas3353]

@@munkeybrayn8696 Nah, some people are just butthurt over some tweaks to the story. The original was great, and the adaptation has been awesome as well.

[@frostreaper1607]

Props to the writers of the show, I'll always like the campaign version as it has it's own merit, but the show version was equally incredible, if not better.

[@blueroninstudios]

I love this group. You make it personal by killing one character, the entire party decides that you die painfully. Ripley got hers in the worst way. Breaks my heart seeing Marisha and Laura so sad over Taelisin, though. RIP PERCIVAL

[@TK_Brainslug]

Netflix would have cancelled the show by now

[@smashbrandiscootch719]

They'd be right to.

[@arwo1143]

@@smashbrandiscootch719why?

[@daniberrieful]

​@@arwo1143 ignore this guy. Hes a generarional CR hater.

[@Lugon-Hirn]

No he is talking about the fact that Netflix is canceling series even if it has big potential​ or succes @@daniberrieful

[@zedbee2736]

I still wish that Ripley was still triumphant in her final moments. That she'd sold her blueprints, or at the very least that she'd distributed enough firearms that *someone* would learn to reverse-engineer her designs. Let her have that victory, even in death, and she becomes quite the fantastic villain in my eyes

[@CeliriaRose]

I was already disappointed in how they basically had Pike and Vax solo Thordak in the series, then they turned the vox machina how do you want to do this into a dragged out sidequest for Vex and Vax. Not to mention the nonsense with Raishan and aBard’s Lament. Man the final episodes for the season really torpedoed things.

[@smashbrandiscootch719]

Agreed. I dont even know how the rest of the story can possibly happen now. Not to brag or anything, but I donated a sizeable sum to the original Kickstarter. Now I want my money back. Sure, the zerxus stuff was fun. And of course, Percy HAD to come back. But the way they brought him back was super cheap and completely broke the rules they established in their own animated series. How did Pike do a resurrection after only seeing Kash halfway do it once? How can she even cast one if she's tossed aside Sarenrae? Kaylie can just talk scanlan out of a coma? Wtf was even the battle with raishain taking over thordak? I've been questioning CRs creative choices since C3 started but this really seals it. Critical role is broken. I may not even watch season 4 if this is the type of stuff they're gonna do. They wasted a bunch of animation time on unnecessary changes and retconning when they they could have easily adapted the real story.

[@daniberrieful]

​@@smashbrandiscootch719 you know I always wondered why you were such a hater just all over YT against CR. Now I know. You think they personally owe you something because you donated to the kickstarter. You helped pay for season 1. Thats is. 10 episodes of season 1 in fact. Lets be generous and say that initial backing helped them get the money for S2 from Amazon right away. They have fullfiled anything you think they owe you. Long long time ago. I dont even like season 3 and see many missteps but I would not have the audicity to think my kickstarter money (which has already been fullfiled) means anything. Seriously, cut your loses, you have been hating on CR all over. I see you in their comments, chats during streams, fan edits/videos and all my fav reactors. Just spreading your personal obsessive toxicity. All because you feel slighted.

[@frostreaper1607]

It's called an adaptation.

[@PlayerZer000]

​@@smashbrandiscootch719 Buddy, if you're just going to hate then don't watch it anymore. The kickstarter money was only for Season 1, so stop complaining about the changes in their creative directory for the next seasons. I'm not a full-fledged Critical Role fane so you can't say I'm biased. If you want a full adaptation of their series then go ahead and rewatch the entire Vox Machina campaign and make an animated series that's equally as long. We'll wait and see if you can do it better than the people who know their campaigns more.

[@smashbrandiscootch719]

Eh, after the way this season ended, I can't even appreciate the good moments. They ruined it. I have no clue how the rest of the story can even happen now. I don't know what has gotten into CR for the last three years, but they've been making the weirdest production and creative choices possible.

[@Ziaotic]

truly the most in depth and good faith interpretation of why they reshuffle scenes and elements. you are so wise smashbrandiscootch719

[@munkeybrayn8696]

I mean a normal dnd campaign is hard to follow but really this season and the one before make a good story and has a solid ending. It isn't as faithful to the table but there is too much content to condense. And there is alot of wierd moments. Like how do you put in a Bards Lament without Ruining Vox machina. They took all the good parts and fixed it so that it could make sense and not have everyone focus at a time. Plus you watched Critical roll you tell me what happend after they killed Thordak and Cecil. The campaign clearly didn't end.

[@HuginnHufflepuff]

Well, in addition to fact they’re running a company, working on the Mighty Nein show, playing and organizing campaign 3, and have lives and responsibilities outside of CR, I think you’re missing a huge factor they all likely went through towards the end of making this season. Sam had cancer. I think the reason why they cut out Bard’s Lament is because if they found out about his cancer during production, he probably didn’t want what could’ve been his last performance to be a repeat of that heartbreaking moment for his fans and the family he made with rest of the cast.