The legend of Vox Machina - Season 1 Eps 5 Reaction

[@TheKPCoyote]

Those “craziest thing you ever killed” experiences are from the actual campaign. So Kiki really did “Shhh, shhh, go to sleep” a duerugar in lava.

[@peterk7931]

Kraghammer

[@Aidscapade71]

My one question is, the thing grog killed... Was that supposed to be the bullette? I'm pretty sure he killed it that way

[@operative2136]

Oh man, I think I remember that. Was that when they figured out just how horrific lava was for taking damage in 5e?

[@Firglin]

Any idea which episode that was?

[@MrThierryFournier]

@@Firglin Breaching the Emberhold | Critical Role: VOX MACHINA | Episode 6 at 1:21:45 You're welcome

[@envenged6967]

So glad Adam also lost it at the rope sounds in the credits. That was some psyop level horror.

[@matthewsteinmetz729]

Honestly the best decision they've made in the series so far. If the rope sounds aren't there it doesn't hit anywhere near hard enough

[@pReviewd]

I mean……the cut to black and then have Keyleth’s line is high tier direction.

[@SadLittleNerdKing]

@@pReviewd Such a good moment! Also, iirc during the campaign, Marisha/Keyleth was the first to realize what the briarwoods had done, and I believe she said something along the lines of “it’s us” as well. So this moment here is super hard hitting.

[@Baileycoltonsummers]

I adore Adam just getting Percy possessed as he's watching.

[@solair4553]

I mean whats worse that or the acid stealth kill from campaign 2

[@catswithlasers]

The final line of "It's us." was an absolute gut-punch. It really moved the Briarwoods from, "Oh these guys suck," to "Oh, I hope the party destroy them in the most painful ways possible."

[@Fsudryden]

GUYS!!!!! The guy who plays Grog on the show just tweeted he loved there Reaction to episode 5!!!!!! They are watching you!!

[@Fishcandy_Cosplay]

To make “that Keyleth” moment even worse that was in the game where she pushed him in lava and the air push was to push the into the lava but it actually cooled the lava surrounding them in rock SO IT GETS EVEN DARKER

[@Aidscapade71]

"HAH I never knew you were an artist!"

[@taliesinbreen]

Still not as bad as when Mariaha had Beau kill that guy with a mouthful of acid. That was so grim.

[@MrGorn25]

Was that the Raalksasha that Vax fought in the Slayers Take arch?

[@Fishcandy_Cosplay]

@@MrGorn25 I think so and they may use that for foreshadowing of some kind

[@cecilia7932]

In my head the story of how Keyleth accidentally killed that kid played xD Kiki's my favourite character!

[@wordywolf3]

Yeah... that Sun Tree moment was the point in the campaign where I was like "oh, this is DARK dark, we're doing *this*?"

[@KingsBard]

Yeah and in the original campaign they even hunted and hanged a Bear because Trinket was at the dinner.

[@wordywolf3]

@@KingsBard Yeah I remember that being the moment where it really sank it that it was *them* they were showing. High-key Disturbing.

[@lary6420]

They just witnessed the moment CR came into it's own: The Sun Tree.

[@MrGorn25]

Heyyyy there kiki

[@matthewletexier]

Sun Tree, been here since day one

[@MusicUnderMyBreath]

@@matthewletexier this made me laugh way to hard lol

[@cyanide7270]

The thing about it for me is that i both love, and hate it. I never watched C1, like Jay im a C2 guy and was what i started with and still havent gone back to C1, so Legend is the first time i saw this moment. The problem with it for me, is that i also DM for a group of my friends who are long time critters who HAVE watched C1, and ive been planning to use that exact thing of the "current BBEGs hung lookalikes of each of you as a warning and a message" FOR MONTHS now, and now its bloody ruined because i just found out CR did it years ago, so i feel like its just going to come off as if i ripped it off from them.

[@kagato23]

@@cyanide7270 at least you know now before you did it Anyway, this is the moment when most of us came to LOVE this show. I mean we liked it, but this was the moment for many of us where we went all in.

[@acopper3488]

Fun fact: the animation team did NOT want to animate horses because of how weird they walk, so they made them CG and then animated them that way. Even then you won’t see a ton of full body shots of the horses

[@709mash]

The live stream they had with a couple of the animators a while back was funny, cause one of them strated drawing a horse and gave up half way and made it have a tail instead of back legs like the unicorn Scanlan briefly changes into 🤣 that was a direct references.

[@iceman10129]

With how fast you have to get episodes out the door, no one has time for anything. Thus CG horses, carriage, undead dog creatures, environments, etc. No need to redraw over and over again.

[@elfbreath]

According to Sung Jin Ahn from the Tavern Keeper Build video: With fantasy creatures like dragons or griffons you sort of get a pass, because there's not one general consensus what they're supposed to look like. But people KNOW what horses look like, and would be able to tell if they move or look even a little bit wonky. Plus unless you've worked closely with horses for years and years its hard to conjure up what a galloping horse looks like and draw that perfectly. Too many legs!

[@Lenny-ue8hk]

That's also why they took an airship to the shale steps in an earlier episode

[@thatepicwizardguy]

castlevania did just fine making horses. weird

[@emberise6613]

Me when that poor little girl walked into Whitestone palace: "Oh fuck, they made the Sun Tree _worse_ ..." My hands were clasped over my mouth for the next two minutes and I just started crying silently knowing what was coming. That scene was absolutely the scene in the original campaign, as others have mentioned, where the true horror of this entire arc just sinks in... Matt describing it and the little boy in purple and then the bear and you realise just what it is the characters are looking at. I hated the Briarwoods before that, but that's the moment that really cements you against them completely into going along with Percy's 'kill them all' attitude. I'm grateful that autoplay cut it short for me because... yeah, I was traumatised enough the first time round. Thanks Mercer.

[@sullivan108]

Matt called out early on that we'd get to see things from the villain's point of view. I was not counting on that scene...

[@BasketOfPuppies]

Marisha Ray's reaction in game, when she realizes what Matt is describing, is chilling.

[@JulianCommodus]

@@BasketOfPuppies And Taliesin (Percy) saying "I'm walking the fuck away," after three descriptions were made; he figured it out WAY faster and his reaction actually caught Marisha off guard.

[@amodelmannequin]

when I noticed that group's different body types in the wide shot I said out loud "Delilah, you stank bitch how DARE you" lol definitely added a bit to the original, which was already pretty jarring

[@tomkvideo]

And Sam’s daughter voiced the little “did we win a prize” girl - EVERYTHING IS JUST SO DARK.

[@cairothetiefling_]

Keyleth's horrified realization "It's us..." ALWAYS gives me chills

[@Drakoni23]

Man, Adam just GOT Percy. Yes, of course he's reciting the names! Also Mimi sounds adorable

[@HazySkies]

4:27 "Didn't know she could do that without horns on her head" The rabbit only had horns because it wasn't just a regular rabbit form, but a jackalope.

[@leonielson7138]

9:01 Adam: "What did, that, what, how did she just do?" I think that was 'Charm Monster', a 4th tier enchantment spell that's part of the Druid's spell list.

[@oediaxl]

Don’t know if you’re familiar with the concept of the critter hug, but you’re kind of getting one. We love people who love critical role and reaction channels everywhere are blowing up. That being said, I’ve been with y’all since movie trailers and wish you the best.

[@pReviewd]

Thanks for being with us for so long. And our arms are open and ready to hug all Critters big and small 😁

[@nathanreed1269]

Blowing luck points to befriend a mimic who then goes along with you is just... *chef's kiss

[@leonielson7138]

A gargantuan mimic with a Headband of Intellect that teams up with an Elder oblex, it pretends to be a roadhouse while the oblex impersonates the people. Playing softly in the background is an acoustic version of 'Hotel California'.

[@AksentNethariaFilm]

I truly love how rabid of a Percy stan Adam has become

[@ambrabridges2161]

He needs to cosplay as him for the finale.

[@AksentNethariaFilm]

Oh absolutely

[@Dorokill]

The best part about watching new critters watching ONLY the animated series, is their priceless reactions to "The Sun Tree moment"

[@cryhwks]

Congratulations on getting shouted out by Travis Willingham/Grog.

[@nuru666]

8:49 - Never, EVER piss off the Druid.

[@mateakalanj3988]

vex is still at the "we need to be ready to split at any moment" point in her arc. give her some time haha

[@richieroberts16]

Jay: Is Jester your favorite yet? Flashes back to the cupcake with the dusk of deliciousness. Me: She will be. She, will be.

[@BlackBart_87]

Why did I hear this in Yoda's voice? Lol.

[@richieroberts16]

@@BlackBart_87 Because that's how I wrote it. :D

[@HazySkies]

Yes, the legendary cupcake

[@richieroberts16]

@@HazySkies May it forever reign.

[@sandorfalusi3486]

"Roll for big turkey check." Yup, that's D&D all right...

[@robertjackson3552]

even batman is telling Percy to chill

[@dragoninthewest1]

7:10 no, Adam, that's a red-tailed hawk. Eagles don't screech, that's a lie created by Hollywood.

[@screeb0746]

That kills they were flashbacking to happened previously in the campaign and the Keyleth one was extremely hilarious

[@acwolf92]

Adam mentions Assassin's Creed, all percy needs is a hood.

[@timpappot9873]

so, according to critrolestats, the creatures they fought in the last episode (ep27 in the campaign) were invisible stalkers, even though they were flavored as undead

[@devildham]

During the campaign, yes. In the show they are wraiths or specters (at least mechanically), don't know if they specifically changed it to that, but it would make sense because Invisible Stalkers are....well...invisible.

[@HazySkies]

While it doesn't match the original, I think it was an excellent decision. As how they directed the wraith attacks made it so creepy, horror-esque and far more scary than just "invisible assassins" would be. Especially the face crush and the keyleth 'possession' parts, jaw-dropping that probably wouldn't have happened otherwise. Just incredible.

[@damian01061973]

@@HazySkies plus without those visuals its likely we wouldn't have gotten Laudna.

[@ghostpants7930]

Im so glad we got the shot of the names on Percy's gun and Fun Fact for those unaware, his gun is called "The List."

[@bethkrager6529]

Oh that's the name he settled on? I only ever heard it called "the pepperbox", to be fair I was likely multitasking if it was named in stream and not on talks.

[@ghostpants7930]

@@bethkrager6529 I think the gun itself is a Pepperbox but it's titled The List. Like how you could give a Glock a name but its still a Glock, so you're not wrong.

[@thecrispyninja1936]

I can’t believe we get to see this moment animated… Damn.

[@Rafdi13]

And now Travis Willingham has admitted to enjoy your reactions. nice!

[@BlessMyHart96]

I’m so glad y’all hopped on the Vex and Percy train too! I put up with Keyleth and Vax lol

[@xgozulx]

the realisation when Delilah give the pendant to the kid D:

[@andrewichigo]

That first time entering Whitestone and feeling like a Curse of Strahd vibe was so cool

[@devildham]

Right? I've always believed that had Vox Machina not interfered, Whitestone would have been flung into the mists to prevent the Briarwood's from calling......you know who to Exandria.

[@jeffwithheldforsafety8359]

Travis Willingham just tweeted a shot from your episode.

[@kagato23]

My party has a wild magic sorcerer who had his boot turn into a mimic and try to eat it’s foot. The rogue started tossing food at it after they got it off and now has a pet, named Boots. It currently disguises itself as his backpack and holds torches for him cause he’s the only party member without dark vision.

[@devoncelis9613]

Travis Willingham aka Grog saw your reaction video, and tweeted about it.

[@Kaiju23]

Can we all agree that Matt Mercer's brain can be a wonderfully dark and demented place?

[@rosenrot234]

Artagan surely showed that too

[@fukokuroha4094]

Lol I think marisha tries to make those "go to sleep moments".... remember the guard with the acid in campaign 2?

[@galmorzu]

Showed up at the perfect time, was looking forward to this one.

[@childofbacchus]

The Sun Tree is such a viscerally horrifying moment, even in the stream. Even though it’s probably the moment where the stream *really* sunk its claws into me. There was only one kid in place of Scanlan in the stream, cause they never met Pike at the feast, so they had a freshly hunted bear strung up in place of Trinket, as well as another body for Tiberius (the campaign member who left just as this arc was kicking off) who they painted red as he was a red dragonborn. They also painted “Keyleth’s” hair red in the stream, but there’s something really spinechilling about them *nailing the antlers* into her head and nailing the fur onto “Vex’s” shoulder. The bodies in the tree have absolutely haunted me since that episode and I’m so glad they didn’t pull their punches on it for this.

[@HazySkies]

Yeah, I noticed that. It was a quality and honestly chilling touch, the antler nailing into the 'keyleth' corpse's head. It shows just how little the Briarwoods care about others lives or their bodies, and how far they'll go to send a message hard. The podcast it was described as being sloppily done, like they didn't care much about the details to show they weren't worth the effort. But on this it was more like the opposite, where they go into detail to mock them, display their power over the land it's people, and make the message hit even harder.

[@childofbacchus]

@@HazySkies the way my stomach just *dropped* when Delilah put that necklace on that little girl. It took me a hot second to realise what was happening in that scene, even though I suspected this might have been the episode for the Sun Tree

[@reloki8459]

I had a similar "charm a weird thing to be your friend" in a campaign I was in. My druid ended up pulling off a Nat 20 animal handling check (plus a ridiculous modifier) on an animated table and it ended up becoming our group's surrogate dog for the rest of the time.

[@hannamihaly2381]

“This episode had everything” Liam

[@gnomesaiyan1680]

For anyone curious: The creature Vax killed in his flashback story is called a Rakshasa. They are devious little buggers.

[@warforged79]

Hotis the rakshasa.

[@ffreed]

The anecdote about a mimic reminds me of a Titansgrave campaign I ran a few years ago. It was a fantasy/sci-fi hybrid setting, so the party was traveling through a damaged subway system, and they made a deal with the resident gang to deal with a monster dwelling in the tunnels. Long story short, they ended up in a boss battle with a Subway Train Mimic.

[@dancook6114]

I knew what was coming and when i saw delilah put the everlight's symbol around the girl's neck i was like 'oh no i thought they were just dinner for sylas but this is way worse'. And yet seeing it realised in animation as the final shot then with the rope sounds over the credits was just perfection. Well played critical role, well played

[@RPG_Angie]

Just casually rewatching these for the third time...

[@MrThierryFournier]

I'm a bit disappointed that Titmouse didn't made the hands of the Rakshasa the wrong way. It looked like a Weretiger.

[@Serevuin]

It may have been for copyright reasons. The show doesn't have rights to DnD specific content (which is why they refer to Pelor as the Dawnfather, for example). Rakshashas' backwards palms are apparently a DnD invention, and thus off limits.

[@damian01061973]

@@Serevuin Same reason the " Bulette" looks like it does.

[@nuru666]

Also why we get "Scanlans Hand" as opposed to Bigby's. There's one other, but it escapes me at the moment

[@sandiesandholm1236]

"Is Jester your favorite yet?" may be my favorite comment so far 😂 #Jester4ever ❤️

[@RhinForti]

The monsters they fought were most likely Shades... Those are vicious, but easy enough to take on at lower levels. Intangible, attacks cause the victim to roll a save or lose Constitution Score and if the victim dies in a certain way, they themselves become a Shade after a certain amount of time.

[@edwardfrench9368]

I would rate this episode 7/7 familiar looking hanged folk.

[@Shelma32Reactions]

The sun tree moment continues to hit harder....

[@Jonny_R]

I believe the Sun Tree scene led to the infamous question on Talks Machina for Matt Mercer: Matt, what the fuck?!" =D

[@kathrynrowland5165]

I agree that that is a good question for this scenario. But Talks Machina hadn't started in this part of the campaign. The moment on Talks that you're referring to deals with Artagan at the very end of C1

[@Jonny_R]

@@kathrynrowland5165 Ahhhh, thank you. I forgot when Talks started.

[@FuuNoKamiOka75]

Fun fact: They said "White Castle" instead of "Whitestone" so much in the original show they made a shirt that had "Whitestone" in the logo of White Castle.

[@Keyofone]

Jay: Whatever, you're gonna start digging Percy soon anyways. Me: Well, look at him! Can you blame her?

[@InkyPetrel]

Saw that Travis shout out on Twitter! LOVE that they watch you guys! :D

[@VoiceNerd]

DM here. I LOVE when players go shopping! They get to meet interesting NPCs and look at standard and special items either in the books or of my own making. Fun to see what people pick!

[@mordirit8727]

13:24 the _name_ of that gun was "The List" xD

[@Aegolius]

Ok, have to call out the 'thanks seagull, I knew you would agree' since it was a Red-tailed Hawk. Now, back to our originally scheduled content. ;)

[@Twoswordsdrizzt]

Glad they showed the go to sleep moment, but at the table it was even better. She tried to hurry it along by stepping on his head to submerge him and then gust of winding down to cool the lava on top of him. Even Travis was stunned, and he had grog ripping people apart with his bare hands. It was awesome 😎

[@Geth-Who]

We had a domesticated mimic in our party too! We rescued him from a cult we were attacking, that was purging a mimic infestation they'd gotten when we walked in on them. He had the intelligence of a spaniel. We found him on a shelf, whimpering, as they threw his parents' wooden bodies on a bonfire. So we took him in, my wife played him, we named him Chesty, and based our party name on him: The Fellowship And The Thing.

[@anonymouspotato3453]

That is the cutest thing I’ve heard in a very long time.

[@aidanroy2391]

That's how you make players want to kill villain for real

[@TheKPCoyote]

I can’t wait to see your reactions for the next episode. Hell all of the next episodes. You guys are in for a ride. It just keeps ramping up!

[@reveller-upon-opium]

The best take I've heard about shipping members of the party is: why limit yourself to just two of them? Polyamorous Vox Machina. It totally fits their characters and makes any ships totally plausible. Love y'alls reaction as always! :)

[@ffreed]

Yeah, come to think of it, they could be a poly pile with hardly any change at all.

[@zachary37]

@@ffreed I feel like they have definitely made jokes in campaign about how they all have orgies together lol

[@sarahsmiles9127]

Thank for the perfect post workout activity while I’m eating lunch! I’m so glad you both love the show as much as I do :)

[@LeeCarlson]

"Who are you?" "I'm vengeance!"

[@PhoenixForceTravelAgency]

I love when I immediately fall in love with a show. This show is sooo good.

[@wobdarden]

If I'm not mistaken, in the live-play after the session wrapped up (Sun Tree was one of, if not the final thing that night), the entire table was like "What the fuck, Mercer?!"

[@AnnMegFair]

I think what Kiki used on the creature was a Dominate Beast spell or something like that, cause it's eyes glowed green right after, like hers, so I suspect there was some charm effect going on. And the Sun Tree moment is SEARED into my brain from watching the campaign. Harrowing stuff.

[@Peki_THC27]

the pure joy i feel when seing your videos of vox machina i swear, just seing it uploaded makes me smile

[@notyourfathersdm]

I love the mimic story! Best mimic story from my campaigns was one I ran where the party got in good with the emir of a desert kingdom. In the center of the palace courtyard, among the gardens, was a gazebo that the emir used for all his meetings, and it wasn't until the party started back-talking the emir and the whole gazebo shuddered that they started to suspect something was up. When the palace was attacked, their suspicions were confirmed when the entire gazebo came alive to defend the emir. Turned out the emir had rescued it and tamed it in its infancy, and had kept it as a pet and guard dog ever since. It also made a nice homage to the legend of Eric and the Dread Gazebo.

[@Thoronris]

When I heard the story of the mimick, my first instinct was "Oh, I hope my group ever does something like that, I'd definitely allow it!" Then I showed my husband that segment of your video and his reaction was "Oh, no, if you ever do something like that in my campaign, I will make sure you'll fall into a deep hole, break your toe and have bad luck for two years as a punishment!" Two types of DMs, I guess xD

[@RolandLory]

I recommend you to watch this moment, with hanging bodies, on the show. It's so impactful. Here you have pretty short couple of seconds, but there, when Matt was describing each body on the tree, and slow realisation of a team about what exactly they are see on a tree. It's just such a strong moment in this story and sets a tone for the whole arc and what will come next.

[@burkelash]

No one in their right minds could hate you two! Just saying.

[@adenpowter]

"You scream and everybody comes a-running"

[@Jazz41173]

They should have gone to White Castle. Stocked up on burgers too. 🍔

[@Baileycoltonsummers]

There's videos out now with the in game part where they find their hanging selves it's really cool to watch it now in the show.

[@OGuselessrogue]

"No one will ever come between us" technically true based on the seating arrangements in the bathtub

[@astorywhispered]

i see what you did there.

[@mrs.paperweight6036]

I am glad you guys are doing this series... your of my favorite reactors.

[@minja379]

The mimic story, I'm crying laughing, thanks for sharing! Mimi is one of my nicknames 😂

[@melnay1352]

I love that Scanlan has been the damsel in distress of this series.

[@BladedFish]

"The Party goes to White Castle"

[@andrewdickinson2245]

Go watch the actual play of this happening, the realisation as it hits the players..Marisha going "No...no...noo" kzbin.info/www/bejne/fnjKoYJnaK6Wq5o

[@metaforest]

Sam even asks Matt if his effigy is a child. Matt confirms. Sam goes grimly silent. Later it came out that the rest of the cast did a "WTF Matt?!" There was consensus at the time, that he'd gone too far with it. Even Marisha Ray (She may have been married to Matt by then.) quipped half-jokingly, "Yeah, and I have to go home with this guy!"

[@andrewdickinson2245]

@@metaforest not even engaged at that time. If you want to fuck with your mind, the little girl that is hanged....she is voiced in the show by Sam's daughter:)

[@metaforest]

@@andrewdickinson2245 There is no question that by the time TLoVM was in development everyone knew the Sun Tree scene had to be as devastating as possible. I love watching non-critters get steamrolled by it, and critters flipping their shit when they see the symbol on the little girl. The only criticism I have see from any critic or reactor is that pan across the effigies doesn't last quite long enough for non-critters to put it together before the cut to black. The creaking rope under the credits is devastating.

[@mayaenglish5424]

@@metaforest Yup, that's literally my only critique is that they could have lingered for a couple more seconds, but they SPOILERS FOR EP 6 go back to it in the next episode so It's not TOO big of a deal.

[@gregsteele806]

One of my favorite stories from a D&D campaign. Two PC Orc characters. One tricked the other out of his half of the loot from a treasure chest. The one who got cheated dumped the treasure on the ground and kept the box. Cue a one hour IC argument between the two about the whether or not the box was part of the treasure. "You see box on ground. You pick up box? NO! Because box not part of treasure... etc."

[@leonielson7138]

13:22 Our first good look at 'The List'.

[@morgan.williams76]

There's a monstah natty 20 moment and a level of carnage that puts jesters temple run to shame coming up before season end.

[@smiddlehurst1]

If you're talking about the bit I think / hope you're talking about please please let them get that right. Thought I might have spied it very briefly in the trailer.... but I'm not counting on, don't want to end up swimming against the tide after all ;-)

[@morgan.williams76]

@@smiddlehurst1 I like what you did there. Speaking in critter code. Problem is they could waste an entire episode on the "jurassic park" remake.

[@mathsalot8099]

Donjon has the best random generators for all the things DnD. He has so many lists and options!

[@jonathon9581]

The Sun Tree Moment where they found slain civilians dressed like them is from the campaign as well. On a lighter note, so is the battle with the locked door.

[@bamacapt115]

Had to look it up....the name of Percy's gun is The List.

[@LunarFoxfyre]

that last little bit with the sun tree has more impact than being narrated at a table huh and the go to sleep part was in the first campaign when they went into the Underdark and fought the duergar but that one happened a little differently.

[@HaleyGamber]

Headed to White Castle 🤣🤣🤣 thank you Adam

[@devildham]

The " demony, wraithy things" are called Wraiths 😆

[@SgtPriad]

Percy's pepperbox does have a name but so far hasn't been mentioned in the show. "The List"

[@RangerErnsy]

The last time I was this early, we were still peach fuzz.

[@chaduskoski5647]

A wight (pronounced "white", like "right" with a w), as near as I can tell is a little more zombie-like than what we saw, with a full physical body. Looking at what was on screen, I'd have said those were more like wraiths. Those can go incoporeal at will and life drain, but they could also do some other stuff we didn't see (as a DM, I can totally relate... "Oh, yeah, they should have done *that*.). I saw somewhere that the original game play used invisible stalkers, but invisible monsters aren't much fun to watch on tv.

[@Indioprophecy81]

Matt didn't even described how the Briarwoods captured the people they used on the Sun Tree. The show just made it in for more EMOTIONAL DAMAGE.

[@danielledaniel1900]

Percy and Vex. I can't wait for it

[@milesspence6004]

Let’s see how this one goes (Flashbacks to the end of this episode) 😳😳😳😳

[@rosenrot234]

I like to think the animators only went with animating these horses once they were told "Okay how about we have them run off a mountain and splat onto the ground?". Knowing how much of a pain it is to animate 4 legged things that had to feel cathartic.