Props to Travis for that Grog statue, he held it for over 8 minutes! He deserves another jug of mayo or something

Dear god, Travis is DEDICATED to his role as Grog-statue

Rewatching during pandemic Wild how the party treats the feywild like itll be a jokey, fun, fairy tail romp; and not the old school german fairy tail horror that it actually is

This had me Dying of laughter!! Matt: you slam into something hard. Vax: Does it feel like a theatre? Matt: no it feels like a wall. Vax: Like a wall of a Theatre?

does anyone else find it funny that they are willing to enter the lair and fight an ancient black dragon but cower at the prospect of entering a pixie village.

Garmelie : "You should avoid the happy campsite !" Party : okay. Matt : you hear jovial music... Party : Let's go !

the fact that Vax went "guys some fairies just saw us and flew away" and everyone's reaction was just going back to sleep is SENDING ME

I love how sam can think of a song faster than it takes for him to think of what to do in a turn.

I feel like this episode is literally just Vox Machina doing everything Garmili said not to do XD

Sam: "Strong 8. S T R O N G 8." Taliesin: "Natural 1." Liam: "Natural 1." Matt: *cackles maniacally* Everyone: "Oh no."

2:37:10 “that’s nice” “hello fairies” “I will make some tea” I’m convinced Caduceus is just tired tired Percy

"Hello fairies. We are napping." KILLED ME LOL

Travis should have gotten a DM inspiration for how long he remained stoned.

I think, given how rare guns are in Exandria at this point, it would have been really cool if some creatures tried to counterspell / put magical barriers up against Percy's shots, only to be left confused and fearful for why it wouldn't work. That would have been a nice touch.

Matt yelling "NO THEATRE!!!" at 2:11:41 so loud that the audio spikes and starts clipping is so goddamn funny to me, it really shows how fed up Garmili is.

"Vengeance is tasty ... but not very filling" underrated line

You know a joke's good when Liam disappears from the screen

Percy, in the most casual and unintimidated voice possible: "Well, you're a bit intimidating." *sips tea*

Everytime Percy calls Vex “Dear” another year is added to my life out of pure joy

Laura: Trinket saved us. Sam: Pics or it didn't happen. Had me rolling.

I really hope that Matt gave Travis one of those extra experience tick marks for holding that statue pose for so long

I like that Sam was dancing the entire time he was charmed, that's some in character dedication

The party used the "things to avoid" list like a "to do" list. "Happy Campsite" check "Lycans" check "Pixies" check "Hag's House" maybe next week. 😂😂😂

dude travis held that for so long, it looked like his section of the camera was just frozen. really quite impressive. then he just casually resumes it perfectly twice.

Liam: In my heart I am a Kitty Cat And he doesn't even have Frumpkin yet.

Grog: "We were reasonable... next time, everything dies." And DMs wonder why PCs always choose the "kill everything" option. X-D

Percy and then Vex rolling nat 20s back to back is such 'after you dear' energy given how that relationship is starting to come together, especially how Percy kills one and is like 'That's one!" and its Vex right after. So good.

I love that the audio got fucked up when he yelled "NO THEATRE"

Just got to mention how much I enjoy Mercer's 'flitting pixie wings' sound effect.

It took 60 episodes for Scanlan and Grog to finally get back at the girls for when they stole the carpet and flew off before finding Clarotta.

3:57:14 Sam giving the most honest history lesson of every battle/war ever: "Everyone was bad, including us, and we lived. That's it."

Bigby's Hand at level *7*... *CRAZY HAND HAS ENTERED THE GAME*

Two natural 20's for Sam. Meanwhile, Will Wheaton rolls a series of ones and sighs, growing more exhausted by the added strain

3:57:14 "Everyone was bad, including us, and we lived. That's it." I feel this quote really captures Scanlan's opinion regarding most of the moral dilemmas Vox Machina faces. I love it because it's logical and it perfectly fits in line with his personality and alignment.

I *love* Matt's face as the party is planning their strategy for the pixies. There's a layer of neutrality but you can just see he doesn't quite believe what he's hearing.

So that wolf was stuck in a square stone room with a throne for who knows how many decades just staring at the inside of the Raven Queen Champion's tomb. That poor puppy.

With all this talk of "don't go to the Theatre I was hoping the next episode would just be called "The Theatre".

Dear Critical Role, thank you for this show. My husband of 12 years just passed suddenly on march 4, and this is the only thing getting me through

Oh _lycans_ like "lycanthropes," not "lichens" like the plant-fungus-stuff. Okay. I definitely thought Matt said "lichens." Darnit, I was really excited for the crew to meet a group of sentient fungus-people.

"No more stops unless we're going to the theatre." I can't tell whether Vax genuinely wants to go to the theatre or Liam is just being really wistful about Laura and Travis's Hamilton tickets.

I like how the whole time Vox Mochina were dealing with the Lycans, Grog has the 'please just freakin bite me' expression. And when they leap away Grog is like take me with you~~

So, Grog is immune to charms, twins & kiki have advantage against charms, Percy has Indomitable + a decent Wis score, and the Gnomes have advantage against charm spells.... which means that hilariously, Trinket is the most likely member of VM to benefit from Countercharm. Gotta love the irony.

Vex attempting to wake Percy up is everything and makes my Perc'ahlia heart sing.

Liam: "Do we need to steal it or...?" Matt: "desecrate it." *my brain, immediately:* Scanlan, go take a shit in the middle of the circle. Liam: "I could fly you 500 feet into the air and you could shit on that circle." 👀👀

I like it when Matt gets visibly pissed at all the Nat. 20s.

Travis' pure joy at the werewolves is giving me life. He just cannot stop smiling

3:31:13 Travis and Liam look at each other for barely a second and in perfect unison they both raise their hands up for a high five, _and_ go for the freeze frame. The synergy at this table is unbelievable.

VM completes the side quest to gain a guide that will help them avoid all the dangers in the fae wild. Proceeds to trigger every trap they come across regardless of said guides warnings.

I just noticed that Sam is wearing a shirt of himself wearing the Scanlan shirt

I just want to say I love Matt's voice for Garmili. The way he high pitch whines at "oh no what are you doing?" was great. It really adds to his character. I could see him in an animated movie.

Matt knows his party so well. He KNOWS their curiosity is so strong that all he has to do is place something in front of them and the party will just interact with it. He’s trapped them multiple times using this against them.

I love the contrast between Vex and Keyleth's wonder and Percy's horror expressions when they first see the fairy city.

“It was a worthless endeavor, and I’m sorry we went” is the theme of this episode.

Grog: "I would like to cast Blood Axe at 7th level."

"I have a dollhouse at home, there are things that are necessary!" - Lord Percival Frederickstein von Musel Klossowski de Rolo III of Whitestone, Member of Vox Machina of Greyskull Keep

2:43 - Sam’s BackBlaze song 5:34 - Intro 7:04 - Recap 10:14 - Game starts & Trinket’s upgrade card 15:06 - Doubtful 17:00 - Going in the cave debate 20:50 - The Cave of the ??? 22:01 - Gambling begins 25:20 - Cover story and ACTING! 25:48 - Sir Bruce Willis 26:06 - Not Mythcarver 31:40 - Garmelie is not a great guide 38:00 - The sound of music 44:57 - Gambling continues 48:40 - Vax is a great dancer 50:55 - More dancing 51:57 - Pokeball vs necklace irritates Mercer 1:00:00 - Percy has a plan 1:01:10 - Sam’s double roll 1:10:30 - Werewolf investigation 1:33:00 - Pixie Recon 1:35:51 - Break Starts 1:53:10 - Break Ends 1:59:00 - But what does “desecrate” really mean? 2:02:46 - Keyleth’s hallucination 2:12:00 - Invisible barrier 2:13:23 - Return of the Lycans (communication issues) 2:22:08 - Minxie patrol 2:29:22 - Batman FTW 2:30:56 - Scanlan finishes reading 2:37:00 - Tired Vox Machina is not the smartest 2:38:45 - Vex makes Tea (and is mocked) 2:41:00 - Scanlan sings a greeting (CUBE) 2:44:30 - Diplomacy skills 2:46:22 - Grog Statue (Travis stops holding position at 2:54:02) 2:54:01 - Roll initiative 3:08:15 - Cuddly Scanlan (badger badger badger) 3:10:13 - Cuddly Vax (kitty kitty half-elf) 3:14:11 - Keyleth’s 6th lvl sunbeam 3:17:38 - Percy splatter “ONE!” 3:21:42 - Vex splatter “TWO!” 3:22:26 - Sam’s unexpected badger surprise 3:31:10 - Vax Statue & Keyleth 5th lvl greater restoration 3:33:20 - Howling 3:39:00 - Teeny tiny little piece of shit 3:40:33 - Hulk hand 3:42:20 - Hungry like the Wolf 3:43:40 - “Our plan worked perfectly” 3:46:00 - Keyleth 7th lvl greater restoration 3:47:23 - twinkies! 3:48:43 - Garmelie’s sketches 3:53:00 - New friend 3:54:00 - Percy has a doll house? 3:55:43 - Onyx statue of a dog (hmmm) 3:59:41 - Game ends

full props to Travis, and the grog statue

*everyone's debating outcome of Pixie/lycan encounter* "Everyone was bad, including us. We lived and that's it." - wisdom of Scalan Shorthalt

Oh the glee in Matt's face when they started to roll natural 1s.

Vox Machina: Let's avoid the creepy bear skull. Also Vox Machina: Is that music in the middle of the forest? Party!!

Actually tigers do eat grass, when their stomach is upset, most predators do. I love this campaign so much!!

"No, I'm just going to cripple you, calm down." Made my day right there!

49:35 *Vax: I’m at Burning Man!* _narrator: he was, in fact, at fyre festival_

i love how literally every plan they make sounds great until the moment they actually start it. then it's like "nope, nope nope nope, this isn't working EVERYBODY BAIL"

2:29:00 lol, just picturing it like this... approaching a little make shift tree hut, playing creepy tunes from a music box, vex sitting there with her pointy hat, scrying orb and broom, with an unusually nice tea set, cackling and saying "oh hello dearies, ive been expecting you, ive made some tea! wehehehe!" and everyone just sleeping as if a spell has been put on them xD yes vex thats how you make pixies feel welcome, by looking like a total witch x)

Travis wants to be a werewolf so bad I love it

I love the moment of "A little communication is all we need!" "Can I take out my blood axe-"

I love how they are in the Feywild and decided to follow the mysterious, unknown music in the woods when, in folklore, that is LITERALLY how you get kidnapped by the fey.

Vax: "I am charmed at the drop of a hat!" Hence Gilmore ;P

I just imagined Vax poppin' and Lockin' inside of the necklace for a little while before realising he was charmed any longer.

2:37:12 Tired Percy is how I act all the time (especially “Hello fairies, we’re napping”)

I didn't notice until the end...Sam is wearing a shirt of himself wearing a shirt of himself.

"Keep away from any jovial camps" ...a jovial camp appears "LET'S CHECK IT OUT!". Love it xD They really didn't need any guides if they ignore the advise tho.

Scanlan's lesson for the day: "everybody was bad,Including us. But we lived..."

Matt did such an amazing job with the Lycans likenesses. I mean, he does a good job with everything, but the line, "LIARS, DECEIVERS, you talk too much. Your meat would taste like ash in my mouth" Gdamn 😳 Such a gnarly line for lycan. The fact the VM deserved it made it even more impactful. Masterful Mercer as usual 🤘🏻

40:08 "We don't need to stick a stick into every beehive we come across." Vax, I have been binging this for a couple of weeks now and it appears that all of you really do. As much anxiety as it gives me, I love it.

anyone else supremely impressed at how Matt's voice kept going down and down for the Lycan NPCs? he got so low he didn't get back to his normal register for a few when he wasn't doing the RP. I was genuinely worried for his throat there!

Watching Taliesin play a gunslinger vs. pixies makes me think of when the bad guys are shooting at Ant-Man.

Matthew Mercer based this entire sequence on the Forest section of Dragon Age: Origins, too bad Ashley wasn't there this week, she would've known the Lycans were the good guys in this scenario.

I like how keyleth and Percy are smacking/shooting grog to make him enraged 😂

Taleisin looked like he saw the face of God when Sam rolled back to back Natural 20s 😂 1:01:23

I kind of wanted the Lycans to call back to Grog after he hit the barrier loudly: "WE ALREADY TRIED THAT!!"

Who else thinks of "No Capes!" When ever he says "No Theater!"

Sam has been reading a book while reading as Scanlan in game for the past 3+ episodes. I can’t figure out if he’s nailing RP or genuinely has work/etc to take care of

Am I the only one that was a little bummed that they didn't save the elf and the Lucan at the happy camp? Lol

Grog: Lets do something stupid. Scanlan: Roll for it. Grog: Natural 20.

Grog holding his pose for about 8 minutes was a nice touch :D

Travis' commitment to being a statue was impressive.

THE COUNTER CHARM SONG IS "BAKER STREET - GERRY RAFFERTY". Sorry, it's just that I spent a good time looking for that song cause I hear it on the radio on the drive home and always forget to look it up.

Player: is there any writing or symbols on the walls of the cave I can see? Dm: sure make an investigation check DM Translator: make a roll to see if I need to come up with any BS to explain to you something I didn't think about.

I'm really LYCAN this episode 😂

"I feel like we've desecrated relics before." - the motto of D&D groups everywhere.

I’m really glad that Drake song didn’t exist two years ago because I know Scanlan would have inspired Keyleth with “Keke do you love me?”

Sam's ultimate history lesson: "Everyone was bad, including us, and we lived. That's it."

liam turning into a vampire when he loes it laughing is my favorite part of this show

"In my heart I am a kitty cat." -Liam The moment Frumpkin was born.

Is it weird that I actually like Marisha's 'destroyed' gravely voice?

Travis gained so much xp in my mind for the commitment on that groggy statue

This episode is a great example of the saying "Curiosity killed the cat"

Ranger Vex is a Natural Explorer - While travelling for an hour or more through your favorite terrain, difficult terrain doesn't slow your group's travel. Got to remember to read about your abilities.