"Are you okay?" "Yes." "Are you sure?" "No, I've been stuck down here for hours!" lmao lmao lmao

I love the Slayer's Take. They're just so unimpressed with Vox Machina.

I love how Liam is deadpan and completely in character whenever he's talking as Vax and then whenever he's not talking he's just losing it and quietly laughing his ass off.

Sam: "We never go back for things, though." Pike's Stealth Armor: "Yet again, I am forgotten."

I would watch The Percival de Rollo and Viktor Show until the heat death of the universe.

I've reached the halfway mark. 57/114. I am not ready for the road ahead.

Percy: Are you dating right now? Victor: No, I'm just taken.

The nerdy druid hanging out with the Sun Tree. So is it Geek and Sun-Tree?

That contrast of having Vax come out of the temple surrounded by three maternal figures all concerned and worried while Percy walks alone , in the dark literally gripping to his body due to his own hex. That is a foil ladies and gentlemen.

HAHA! "I've heard other people have dated gods before. That Cashew guy."

Liam: I am trying to find Shaun Gilmore Laura: Shaun? Thats his name? How did you know that! Sam, quietly: He slept with him Ah hidden gems. It's amazing the things you pick up on the second watch through

For those of you binge watching in 2020, Matt was talking about the Pulse Nightclub shooting in orlando, I believe. It actually took me a few minutes to remember that that was only 4 years ago, and not even a decade has passed. Sorry it hit me that

"I have some errands," says Percy. "WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" says the audience!

Marisha: "Can the girls take like 20 minutes to get ready?" Travis: "20 minutes? Yeah right... What plane are you on?" I love that man. He is a gem.

"did it choose me because I was broken, or did it break me" Gave me chills. That's some good character rp right there

"do you understand?" "i dont think any of us fully understands. if we did, we would be gods." what a line.

Gilmore meets Victor, and Matt loses his sanity.

The sun tree changed from "empathic grandfather" to "Totally radical surfer dude" and I LOVE IT!!

The three iconic duos of Vox Machina Vax & Gilmore Percy & Victor Keyleth & Sun-Tree

I’ve rewatched the “Black Powder” bits so many times at this point lmao. Everyone’s genuine concern about how Victor kEEPS LOSING FINGERS is the most wholesome and yet insane thing ever

Matt deserves an applause for every Victor performance :^)

Me, binge-watching: "Okay, I'll go to bed right after this episode." The cliffhanger: "I'm about to end this man's whole sleep schedule."

I absolutely love how happy and perked up Percy gets every time Scanlan says something about stealing an airship hahah

I love Vax’s story arc. I’ve seen some people get upset at how dramatic he is, but watching the Happy-go-lucky, reckless rogue slowly turn into an unwilling Paladin of a goddess he doesn’t even like, much less feel a connection to, is quite a journey.

Viktor is a perfectly created NPC because when prompted to get his actual hand back or a mechanical hand his immediate response was "how cool is the new one?" a true man before his time, not only a pioneer in gunpowder and alchemy but a transhumanist.

This may be controversial but i feel victor is completly on the the same level as gilmore when it comes enjoyability to watch

Percy is such a tragic character, the way he went to Raven Queen, wondering if his soul was capable of saving, and why his friends didn't hate him. It's even more sad when you look at the last episode, when he said that he just wanted to be a clockmaker, to fix things.

Pros and Cons of watching/listening to Critical Role in your vehicle: PRO - Hook it up through bluetooth and it's like a podcast! AWESOME! CON - Every battle I have to pull over so I can see the awesome map(s) that Matt has constructed PRO - I can try to catch up as I am currently on EP 57 of Campaign #1 and it's 2021 CON - I am getting some very weird looks as I fist pump and cheer like Grog when they defeat the bad guys! PRO - It takes away from the monotony of the road. CON - I have to take breaks sometimes to compose myself during some of the emotional parts... Nothing like watching a big bearded trucker sobbing into his morning coffee because of the love Vax has for his sister, or the healing process regarding Scanlan and his daughter... Damn you, DAMN YOU ALL! I love you! Thank you!

My heart melts a little bit every time Pike says "Grog"

"Mortals can achieve great things. I did." gave me chills.

Just rerolling Initiative on these Timestamps: Enjoy folks. 00:10:18 - Intro 00:11:48 - Recap 00:13:54 - Start of part 1 00:16:30 - The Slayer's Take Guild Hall 00:17:32 - Loran 00:18:36 - Matt messing with the cast for not remembering Loran's name 00:19:58 - "You half-elves are a humble bunch" 00:21:32 - Vanessa 00:29:47 - Percy's mask 00:31:49 - Victor the Black Powder Merchant 00:45:54 - Duskmeadow 00:51:09 - Vax and Vex 00:52:56 - Raven's Crest 00:55:05 - Entering the Raven Queen's temple 00:59:33 - "Oh dear, oh my, oh gosh, oh jeez, oh boy, oh goodness gracious" 01:00:13 - A priestess appears 01:04:28 - The Pool of Blood 01:08:13 - The Raven Queen speaks 01:16:47 - Back with Pike and Keyleth 01:23:08 - Vax and Vex 01:25:23 - Travis eats his pencil 01:26:07 - Sam has drawn a dick on Percy's notes 01:27:34 - Deidre, and The Sore Socket Habedashery 01:32:33 - Grog gets a pointy hat, and makes a pun 01:34:46 - Sam rolls a natural 1 01:36:13 - Pike and Grog's new hat 01:40:06 - Scanlan inspires Percy (Black Hole Sun, by Soundgarden) 01:41:27 - Percy's mechanical hand 01:42:40 - A very secret message 01:42:58 - The Braving Grounds by night 01:43:54 - Back at Victor's 01:49:49 - Percy visits the Raven Queen 02:05:23 - Sam provides some comic relief 02:08:31 - End of part 1 02:09:19 - Fan art! 02:22:43 - Start of part 2 02:27:21 - Matt explains the feywild 02:29:20 - The stream goes down and the cast wins D&D 02:31:13 - The Ozmit sea 02:32:03 - The Whisper and The Shrew 02:32:30 - Marisha rolls a natural 1 02:32:55 - Taliesin rolls a natural 1 02:33:20 - Pike and the Island of Glass 02:34:51 - Steal an airship? 02:36:04 - Keyleth and the Sun Tree 02:38:50 - Zahra 02:41:25 - Laura is surprised by Gilmore's first name 02:41:56 - The guard 02:43:42 - Gilmore and Eskil the Realmseer 02:49:28 - Travis being real 02:50:24 - Girl talk 02:53:02 - Grog wears his money 02:53:49 - Sleepy Matt 02:54:07 - Allura and Kima 02:55:56 - The ziggurat 03:03:24 - Scanlan suggests a new name for the party 03:04:21 - Allura's research on the Vestiges 03:06:51 - Allura's research on the dragons 03:12:35 - How Thordak was trapped 03:14:49 - Vex's question, technically 03:15:06 - Gilmore uses words 03:20:42 - Taliesin makes a very clever pun, but no one notices 03:23:46 - The Sun Tree is the coolest tree ever 03:29:58 - Percy gives Zahra an unexpected task 03:32:49 - Percy tinkers a mysterious thing 03:34:15 - Grog does a prank 03:36:06 - Vax has fun with oil 03:38:20 - Gilmore and Vax 03:43:05 - End of part 2

So basically the whole pool thing is that you have to accept that death will come to you to commune with the Raven Queen? Really fits the astetic of the god of death. Good job Matt!

I just have this weird mental image of Vecna on the other side of the little portal ball thingie getting hit in the head with random shit, sorta stomping around every time he gets pelted with a random rock or teddy bear, like "what the hell, guys?"

"I like to fix things." Sounded so innocent. I love Percy.

TRAVIS ACCIDENTALLY EATING HIS MECHANICAL PEN, THE LOOK ON HIS FACE AND HIS FIRST INSTINCT BEING TO "HIDE" IT HAS ABSOLUTELY MURDERED ME 1:25:20

Percy saying he is just right height wise is hilarious considering they used him as the base height to measure things in the animated series

"Do you believe?" "Well, I was just literally held in her hand and spoken to by her after being submerged in a pool of blood, so... Yeah?"

I like that the party is starting to realize that the Raven Queen is not bad or good, but a natural thing that watches over the transition from life to death. The people need the Raven Queen and her champion to make sure that people do not defile the sacred transition.

Sam: "Yeah, I like the ocean. . . I don't really like the ocean." Nott: "WATER KILLS YOU!"

Holy crap, this teaches me not to judge motives. Taliesin kept quiet about why Percy visited the Raven Queen until the end of this episode for quite a surprisingly nice effect. Amazing! I suppose as a DM I should trust players to do cool shit?

I've never seen a comment about it, so I just wanna throw it out there: This is the first time I've seen Vax have a real degree of fun and laughing since he shaved Grog's beard halfway. Thats got to be 15-20 episodes at least. Maybe more. Vax always seems so dramatic and self serious unless hes bantering with Vex. Its nice to see him with a sense of humor again.

Nobody: Pike: Hi, Grog. My heart: melting

"The city of brass sounds fun" Matt furiously writing notes

Vax's quiet laugh and "It is not what I _wanted."_ gave me chills. Wonderful acting. (also love Matt's smile at this exchange)

The real pain of going through this series years later is finding out about all the limited merch I missed out on. That Joe Mad poster. *_*

When Keyleth talked to the Sun Tree for the second time I was really hoping that Matt was going to say, “hey boo”

The contrast between how Vax and Percy each handle their "final moment" is interesting

raven queen @ vax: you’re wonderful and special and you’ll change the fate of everyone around you raven queen @ percy: you’ve always been broken; know better than to face me

Vax: does some emo shit Percy: me too!

When they put the hat on Grog's head: "“A man walks down the street in that hat, people know he's not afraid of anything.”

Taliesin looks simultaneously giddy and terrified whenever Victor is involved

3:44:46 Marisha: "I can see chopping someone's body up might be psycho." Taliesin: "It's not psycho if you drive a very small car with not a lot of trunk space."

I love the character development for victor. Not only is he losing fingers, he’s ALSO losing his hearing

At the end, I was like, "NOOOOO!!!! Don't leave me hanging!!" and then I realized that I don't have to wait a week to see what happens. Edit: I’m currently caught up in Campaign 2 and I miss watching episodes continually...

The "girl talk" about Scanlan absolutely murdered me. I was cackling for ages

Travis: “let’s be honest… it’s more like 2 hours..” Laura: *looks up in ‘we have had this conversation’*

00:00:20 - The cast shows support of the LGBTQA+ community after the tragic Orlando nightclub shooting 00:05:55 - Joe Madureira's Battle Chasers and his awesome painting of Vox Machina 00:10:18 - Intro 00:11:48 - Recap 00:13:54 - Start of part 1 00:16:30 - The Slayer's Take Guild Hall 00:17:32 - Loran 00:18:36 - Matt messing with the cast for not remembering Loran's name 00:19:58 - "You half-elves are a humble bunch" 00:21:32 - Vanessa 00:29:47 - Percy's mask 00:31:49 - Victor the Black Powder Merchant 00:45:54 - Duskmeadow 00:51:09 - Vax and Vex 00:52:56 - Raven's Crest 00:55:05 - Entering the Raven Queen's temple 00:59:33 - "Oh dear, oh my, oh gosh, oh jeez, oh boy, oh goodness gracious" 01:00:13 - A priestess appears 01:04:28 - The Pool of Blood 01:08:13 - The Raven Queen speaks 01:16:47 - Back with Pike and Keyleth 01:23:08 - Vax and Vex 01:25:23 - Travis eats his pencil 01:26:07 - Sam has drawn a dick on Percy's notes 01:27:34 - Deidre, and The Sore Socket Habedashery 01:32:33 - Grog gets a pointy hat, and makes a pun 01:34:46 - Sam rolls a natural 1 01:36:13 - Pike and Grog's new hat 01:40:06 - Scanlan inspires Percy (Black Hole Sun, by Soundgarden) 01:41:27 - Percy's mechanical hand 01:42:40 - A very secret message 01:42:58 - The Braving Grounds by night 01:43:54 - Back at Victor's 01:49:49 - Percy visits the Raven Queen 02:05:23 - Sam provides some comic relief 02:08:31 - End of part 1 02:09:19 - Fan art! 02:22:43 - Start of part 2 02:27:21 - Matt explains the feywild 02:29:20 - The stream goes down and the cast wins D&D 02:31:13 - The Ozmit sea 02:32:03 - The Whisper and The Shrew 02:32:30 - Marisha rolls a natural 1 02:32:55 - Taliesin rolls a natural 1 02:33:20 - Pike and the Island of Glass 02:34:51 - Steal an airship? 02:36:04 - Keyleth and the Sun Tree 02:38:50 - Zahra 02:41:25 - Laura is surprised by Gilmore's first name 02:41:56 - The guard 02:43:42 - Gilmore and Eskil the Realmseer 02:49:28 - Travis being real 02:50:24 - Girl talk 02:53:02 - Grog wears his money 02:53:49 - Sleepy Matt 02:54:07 - Allura and Kima 02:55:56 - The ziggurat 03:03:24 - Scanlan suggests a new name for the party 03:04:21 - Allura's research on the Vestiges 03:06:51 - Allura's research on the dragons 03:12:35 - How Thordak was trapped 03:14:49 - Vex's question, technically 03:15:06 - Gilmore uses words 03:20:42 - Taliesin makes a very clever pun, but no one notices 03:23:46 - The Sun Tree is the coolest tree ever 03:29:58 - Percy gives Zahra an unexpected task 03:32:49 - Percy tinkers a mysterious thing 03:34:15 - Grog does a prank 03:36:06 - Vax has fun with oil 03:38:20 - Gilmore and Vax 03:43:05 - End of part 2

Man I love Matt's depiction of the Raven Queen. Everything is kinda creepy and dark and worrying but then it almost becomes welcoming. And comforting. I love playing Paladins/Clerics with complex Gods and you can already see that having cleared up the worry and confusion helped Vax, as did accepting that he now has some sort of purpose.

I love liam. His ability to rp vax's slow nervous breakdown is astonishing

I saw a lot of peeps dunking on Taliesin for going to the temple as well, but to me it feels like this is the only way to do it. I loved it to be honest. We got to see both sides of the coin here, The Raven queen's champion being received and honored, scared but calm, ready to take on his larger than life quest, and then we have his opposite, crawling in the dark, blind, no one there to aid him, flailing and panicking, only to find out that he has no greater purpose than to save himself by just living. If Taliesin had done this any other episode, it would not have the same punch or effect, and it wraps up this segment of their journey perfectly. For both characters it changes their directory in very different ways, and to say that this is stealing someone else's thunder is so unfair. It deepens our understanding of Vax's importance to the Raven Queen, if anything.

Grog and Scanlan need a spin off show with Kashaw as a frequent guest

I swear I want to see one day when mercer plays a kenku and imitates everyone.

From Percy’s family tragedy to a demon possessed gun to a possessed sword to four dragons destroying the world, all to end up at Pike running out a door, falling down the stairs, to landing face first on a spike with feet flailing around. God I love Critical Role

Percy just judging Ripley's style. It's so "I don't like her I hate everything about her"

I love love love that Liam caught The Reveal At The End faster than the rest of the group, laughs, and makes the hand gesture. I may have screamed a little

Alternative episode title: "Blood Baths and Beyond"?

"Mortals can achieve great things... I did" as a line from the Raven Queen is just so good it sounds like it was written in advance. It really was just a goosebumps moment 2:03:50

Saw a comment and had to look it up... Percy had been meaning to go to the Raven queen since episode 42. 3:36:50 into episode 42 he says he wants to go to inquire about things. He's not trying to steel Vax's thunder, sure it was kinda bad timing but people shouldn't be so annoyed.

holy shit. We've had so many mass shootings it took me a couple minutes to figure out which one they were refering to

No one can facepalm like Talisen Jaffe

I love how excited Travis looks every time something cool is happening and he just looks at everyone back and forth

All I know is I want someone to look at me the way Liam looks at Matt when he voices Victor.

The full realization of the fact that the amazing dialogue that Matt -- and really all of them -- create on the spot is better then the scripts of TV shows that have been worked on for weeks and months.

The whole scene where Matt is descibing Vax's encounter with the Raven Queen was fantastic. As a DM I absolutely had to appreciate his construction of that scene. It's a sure mark of success, when you look at the faces of the cast during that scene and every single one of them is absolutely focused and enraptured by what is going on. Those are the moments that can be difficult for a DM to achieve, and yet the most rewarding when you achieve them.

"People respond to fear differently" was so underrated

Anyone else wanting to reach through time and remind Pike to pick up her quiet armor while they are in Vasselheim?

Ashley is such a sweetheart, its unbelievable. Her reaction to victor being trapped was so genuine

I'm sitting here watching 2 years after this has all happened and i'm screaming at Pike "ASK ABOUT THE ARMOR FROM GILMORE!!!!" When they returned to Whitestone.

The scene with the,"girl talk", was great! The guys just couldn't hold it together.

I love how Percy calling male characters attractive just for the hell of it has become a running gag at this point.

1:36:10 "(All but Talesin laugh)" I think that subtitle describes Percy's character perfectly.

i do love matt and his ability to finally get Liam to know and understand that his character should seek out and kill those who wish to be immortal, and then it ends with the Raksasha, whose life is an abomination according to the Raven queen. +1 for that amazing ability.

im an unsuspecting pedestrian and talisen hit me with his "i strip" killing me instantly

I would like to once again thank the legends who made captions for these videos. I have chronic migraines, and at one point, I was in migraine city 24/7 for well over a year. they're better now, but I've had one for almost a week right now, and captions let me keep the volume on videos down while still enjoying them, which is really important when I can't do anything other than stay in bed and wait for the pain to go away. captions help the process of waiting be less miserable. I know making captions for videos of this length is truly an arduous task, but it's very very much appreciated. 💝💝💝

Sam: I just told Pike she looked real pretty tonight... Ashley: “Thank you, Scan-“ Sam: And I go back to my reading. Ashley: :( ... AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

I really think the players are 50% there for each other and 50% to just bask in Matt's character role play. What talent.

Hold up. We're 57 episodes in and they're just now discovering that Shaun Gilmore is his full name?

victor: yeah im taken....for granted

Percy never picked up his gunpowder from Viktor. He dropped off the hand, then left with nothing.

Percy meeting the Raven Queen is one of the cooler exchanges I've seen on this show.

"Pike, will you marry me?" *"Roll a persuasion check"*

Travis's facial expressions watching the Percy and Vax dichotomy with the Raven Queen gives me life.

Matt is such an incredible storyteller. As he describes the environment leading to the Raven Queen... so great.

Grog gets a hat and I almost die laughing. “I’M A SEA MONSTAAAAAHHH!!!” XD

How fitting that it was Percy that walked into Raven's crest alone at night, as he is the only one who doesn't have any form of night vision, so it actually had more of a horror feel.

Vax checking his butt looked alright before his midnight rendezvous with Gilmore was amazing hahaha

I for one, vote for the Airship.

I hate catching up because I WANT THAT FRICKING POSTER

A dramatic scene, then a comedic scene, then a dramatic scene, then a comedic scene... and so on until the end of the episode. That was such a rollercoaster of emotions!

3:43:52 "Because he runs into all the rooms first and he makes out with everybody! That's why it happens!" 😆 The things that come out of Taliesin's mouth are so often pure gold.