The Legend of Vox Machina Season 2 Episode 9 Reaction

[@SKy_the_Thunder]

Can't wait for you to see that fight. It has a couple great character moments, which culminate in one of *the best* spontaneous combat maneuvers the group has ever pulled off on stream. And they animated it beautifully.

[@gilessaint-loup2426]

And gives us a line that rivals "Avengers Assemble!" in awesomness.

[@CandleLight129]

It was actually Pike who healed Grog when he was younger. She just used the term grandfather as it was simpler in that moment. Additionally, in the campaign, the orc that wanted Scanlan's autograph is named Dr Dranzel and was actually the one who discovered Scanlan (in the musical sense) and started his career as a bard. It's actually quite amusing when you learn who Sam based Scanlan's backstory on.

[@gilessaint-loup2426]

I thought it was just a joke character after Sam asked what the worst race class combo was to Liam.

[@CandleLight129]

@@gilessaint-loup2426 That's where the race/class came from, but he actually based the backstory off Eminem. Dr. Dranzel is a play on Dr. Dre and there are other similarities I won't go into just yet for spoiler reasons.

[@ShadowyFox_86]

​@@gilessaint-loup2426 Almost everything starts with a joke for Sam. But yep, Dransel does discover Scanlan in the stream. Sam borrowed a lot from Eminem. 😂

[@chad8767]

@@gilessaint-loup2426 Gnomes are a very under rated race in DnD, and are my actual favorite. Played a few Gnome bards to be honest.

[@kenle2]

@@chad8767 They are really versatile. They can be tinkerers, mages, bards, artists or a more non-traditional role. And have special abilities that give them advantages while exploring underground or in the wilderness. Also, their personalities make them easy to play as jokesters or eccentrics.

[@Ryan-gz8rs]

Fun fact! The guy that the guards killed after playing boulder parchment shears is voiced by Chris Sabot, the official English voice actor for Piccolo and Vegeta

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitive2]

Oh nice! 😀

[@miafiolekova5817]

All your questions will be answered in the next episodes. And i just want to point out one detail that may have slipped. When Grog talks to Pike about facing Kevdak and she told him: "But what if i need u?" That is the same sentence Grog asked when Pike told the group she needs to go to a temple when they were leaving for Whitestone. Grog also asked Pike: "What if i need u?" Its a small detail but it perfectly showcases the bond between Grog and Pike.

[@I.Lostalim]

I picked that up on my first watch, it is such a beautiful call back.

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitive2]

Nice callback. Missed that 🥲

[@Geth-Who]

"KEVDAAAAAAAAAK!!" What a freaking delivery!

[@michaelgreenwood3413]

"REMEMBER ME?"

[@BaldursPicketFence]

Not Pike’s mom, it’s actually Pike. The story of how she got her white hair is also quite harrowing too.

[@Liesmith424]

Hope we get that in animated form next season, since it happened before they started streaming their sessions.

[@BBS-dl1lt]

Is it…? Pike specifically says pop pop is her great great grandfather. When the girl is healing Grog in the flashback though, she says “thanks for saving my grandfather.” That would imply it’s Pike’s grandmother.

[@BossDragon3000]

It is actually Pike in the flashback.. That is when Grog first met Pike (Gnomes live a very long time)

[@suntiger745]

@@BBS-dl1lt It's Pike. She just doesn't bother saying great-great-grandfather every time she talks about Wilhand, but I get why it's confusing in this particular instance. :)

[@CrownofMischief]

​@@BBS-dl1lt she even called him Grandpa Wilhand in the episode. The reaction cut it off, but it would've been around where it cut at 2:59. The creators also confirmed during their live watchalong

[@Samgreen90]

(At 4:30) Grog: WHAT THE *FUCK* DID YOU JUST SAY?! THAT should have been his response when he charged in.

[@Neomagam]

I cannot wait for your reaction to Ep. 10! Its an incredible episode; maybe my favorite episode of any show ever. I'm sure you are both going to love it.

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitive2]

High praise 😯🤩

[@Knightlight-kw9sh]

I think the girl who healed Grog in the flashback was actually Pike. She just called him Grandfather to keep it short. It does look just like her

[@masongillham1670]

That's correct!

[@Gallacant]

Ye it was

[@ShadowyFox_86]

It is confirmed by the cast to be her. It's just predating events that changed her hair color.

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitive2]

At first we thought it was and then when she said it was his great great grandfather we thought it wasn’t plus the different hair. And the fact that she was surprised by how Grog met her great great grandfather 🤗 but good to know it was confirmed to be Pike

[@AutumnWoodham]

"Pike's mom" actually, just Pike. She used to have dark hair, before she died and was resurrected before the live streams, causing it to turn white.

[@operative2136]

Next episode is crazy good. Be sure to listen to the song for the episode 10 credits. It's pretty funny!

[@ColMcWillis]

Get ready for the, imho, best episode of the series. The other two are great as well but the next one is a cut above

[@davidbergfors6820]

The kill box is one of the games best moments altogether, so not surprising.

[@chad8767]

One of the best fight sequences in ALL of animation IMO

[@Antonath]

I really can't wait for next Monday for you both to watch episode 10! so excited! ^_^

[@Vergil975]

Same!

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitive2]

😎🤟🥳

[@suntiger745]

The Herd of Storms are raiders and scavengers who don't make anything of their own, they are nomads who raid and take what they need from others. A large portion of them are half-giants like Grog, but they have always been open to taking in people of any species. If you're willing to fight and kill for the herd, you're welcome among them. They were always viscous and would kill anyone who put up a fight when they raided a settlement, but when Kevdak became the leader they turned outright cruel and killed just because they could (or in some cases, because they enjoyed it).

[@ShadowyFox_86]

I wouldn't say they were vicious, pre-Kevdak. They were nomadic raiders. The real shift towards evil and cruelty came when Kevdak to others. Otherwise they were just taking to meet their needs.

[@suntiger745]

@@ShadowyFox_86 Living by raiding is pretty viscious by definition. ;)

[@madhavmandava]

Feels more like pike adopted grog....as a nephew, little bro or like she says..... buddies

[@ShadowyFox_86]

It definitely is a sibling bond.

[@jordanpeterson5140]

I love how Mary Elizabeth can always seem to coax those primal screams out of Travis.

[@chad8767]

A lot of Travis's voice takes are actually just the first take and he says he doesn't know how it happens that way. Like the "I got a beard" and then the scream of joy was his first take and he says he didn't know where that joy scream came from. He just seems like a guy who gets into the moment very easily. Also, sorry for the name association, lol.

[@ShadowyFox_86]

You're now getting to see how Ripley got in good with the Briarwoods too. She's a master manipulator.

[@richardhealy]

//he fights for the little guys - that's what makes him different// Earthbreaker Groon. "No." //going in there by himself seems like an impossible task but my money is on Grog.// Earthbreaker Groon: "Yes." Everything about Episode 10 which is brilliant and amazing and looping back to Groon's lessons in episode 2 might be summed up as "there is no 'i' in team".

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitive2]

😊

[@bcn1gh7h4wk]

"VOX MACHINA!" shout incoming.

[@Heatstruct]

grog was a teen I believe when he met pop-pop and pike

[@willcline9735]

So, between LOVM ep10 and DBZA ep 60 coming up, you guys are in for a WILD week

[@tlaragihai5953]

Next episode is everything.

[@TenebrousFilms]

Pike's hair was originally black (with a purple streak), until she was bisected by a glabrezu (look it up if you dare). Her hair turned white when she was resurrected in the Everlight's temple. Ridding the royal family of demonic influence and possession was the original reason they became heroes of Emon. Narratively speaking, it happened shortly before they started livestreaming the game. Scanlan was originally a member of Dr. Dranzel's troupe before he joined VM, so it's nice that we still get to see them.

[@andrasujj7979]

check s03 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!