PRESS "X" TO DOUBT | Vox Machina Season 3 Episodes 3 & 4 Reaction + Analysis

In Which the Team bobs and weaves through "The Horrors" but like...emotionally.
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[@cuppa6319]

Xerxes having anything to do with Vox Machina is a new addition to the show (I believe it was a different demon and Percy was the one who made a deal) and I love the inclusion *so* much. He was a player character in EXU: Calamity, a four-episode campaign showing the events leading up to the Calamity, a mass extinction event in Exandria’s history. It's really cool seeing him in "modern day", since he's become such a different person than the one we see in Calamity (spending 1000 years in hell will do that). It's probably one of my favorite pieces of Critical Role media so I highly recommend it, since it’s short and doesn’t have any VM spoilers.

[@niamhfox9559]

Oh I just realised all the crit role players (Marisha, Sam, and Travis) who were in EXU calamity were there to hear Xerses monologue. I loved the inclusion of the art style they used for exu.

[@elbruces]

I can't recommend Calamity enough. It's still a lot to edit & upload a reaction for, but it's worth a watch even if it's on your own time.

[@zachjones8085]

I think another comment said it, but the devil Xerxes isn’t originally connected to Vox Machina, but another cr miniseries, exu:Calamity. You mentioned in your last episode that you havent watched critical role much/at all, but im begging you to check out Exu: Calamity. Its Genuinely one of the best D&D series I have ever watched, and its only 4 episodes. Even Brennan Lee Mulligan (the Calamity DM) said it was the best D&D of his life. It basically is the story tuat Xerxes mentions in the episode, but it doesnt begin to show how incredible of a story it is. Seeing him show up in this show is both so cool and so tragic. I know this probably means nothing from a random commenter, but please watch Calamity, it is worth it. (Hell maybe you could make a video or something reacting to it, idk)

[@easterslice]

I don't think anyone is going to fight you about Keyleth throwing Vax out of her room. Is Vex being out of character when she trivializes sleeping with Percy? Maybe. It's a bit hard to say because we haven't seen Vex in any similar situation before. It feels like she's had trysts or flings (and perhaps mistakes) before in her life. Perhaps they all turned out badly for her.

[@togroglog2457]

Yeah they try to keep the dialogue natural but sometimes you need that exposition, and that's where the show falls down a little bit. For example, how many show only people even knew Kima was a halfling?

[@doctorcanonvo4647]

@@togroglog2457 tbh I had no idea, I thought she was a dwarf.

[@NothingKingKN]

​@@doctorcanonvo4647 I haven't watched the serie in a long while and I, too, thought she was a dwarf.

[@niamhfox9559]

They did seem to jam a lot into this season due to not knowing if they'll get another one, it has meant stories have been mixed up and slowed down if not put in reverse which is frustrating me. I do like that they've stuck to Keyleth's journey and not just skipped ahead past her awkwardness and attempts at leading but not knowing how to do it. I loved that they've put Xerses in here, I don't know how they're going to join everything together in the next storyline or if they'll have all the characters that turned up later in the campaign but they can't put it all the fan favourites into another one or two seasons. I am now past the point where I have seen the streamed game, though I am completely spoiled for that.

[@theanonymousunknown1949]

We will not stop you! Please do a metaphor refantazio video Omgod! Btw, I hope you’re doing ok. I know this month isn’t going to be easy, especially when we get into 2025. But I just hope your doing good 👍