"What's your alignment?" "...Good." "Good? " "Good-ish..."

I swear, on Matt's tombstone it will say, "he was looking pretty rough" Edit: 7 years later and I'm still getting notifications about these comments I left. I've long since stopped watching CR but damn is it fun to come back and see time capsules like this.

Marisha being so flustered she burned a higher level spell slot is so incredibly in character for Keyleth, that was perfect

I don't know why they're so surprised Percy is getting so many nat 20s, that's what happens when you sell your soul to a creepy smoke demon.

Matt miming eating popcorn while Keyleth fluster-heals Vax is gotta be one of the funniest background events. It's good to be the DM, you can see your friends embarass your girlfriend while at the same time see romance happen in the story you're telling together.

So... just watched blind spot 1x19 and there's this bit about DnD at the start. Ashley calls her colleague a wizard, who calls her an elf. Then she says "Actually, I'm a gnome cleric"... So got in a reference at last! So cool ;)

A favorite moment I'm not seeing anybody else talk about: Taliesin turning to a flustered Marisha saying "I wanna see what color you turned!"

"YOU! DON'T (smack) GO INTO (smack) ROOMS (smack) BY (smack) YOURSELF (smack) GOD (smack) DAMN IT!" (smack) - Percy, echoing the feelings of all of Vox Machina and the entire audience

"Which one of my ancestors did you just shame to death, again?" That may be my favorite sentence without context ever.

THIS IS THE THIRD TIME SCANLAN HAS MOCKED AN ENEMY TO DEATH. He's a living embodiment of the 'hello 911 I just witnessed a murder' meme.

So when Wheaton said " Somewhere out there, there is someone who nevers rolls below a 17" was he referring to Taliesin?

When Percy started picking up the arrows I was like, Oh, he's gathering them up for Vex, that's sweet... - oh.

Cassandra: "It's a shame you're not as tall as your tales..." Scanlan: "Go big, or go gnome!"

59:50 "What's your marching order?" "We'll go Percy, Cassandra, Cassandra, Percy, Percy, Percy."

I love Marisha’s note-taking. She has a tiny notebook that I think is where she writes notes on plot stuff, so whenever someone new shows up as Matt’s describing them, she always pulls it out to read to see if she knows them. I think that’s how she remembered it was Ripley too, it’s so cool.

Taliesin: I'd like to gamble here. Casino owner: I know who you are, and I'm never letting you in.

"Teach me how to use a gun and i'll teach you why it's a bad idea to teach me how to use a gun."

For those curious Taliesin rolled a grand total of SEVEN! natural 20's.

That kiss had me screaming, & the moment being interrupted by Percy whacking Vax with a bunch of arrows for reckless endangerment yet again was almost better. Also, I love that Taliesin basically decided 'ok, now it's just unfair' by rolling that many Nat 20s, retired his own die from the rest of the game, and then proceeded to roll more Nat 20's with a different die. Like that's so cute & also such a nice thing as a player to say "Okay, someone else deserves a turn here" even if it's just your golden hand.

DON'T *smack* GO IN *smack* TO ROOMS *smack* BY *smack* YOURSELF *smack* GOD *smack* DAMNIT *smack* new personal favorite line

Percy: Which one of my ancestors did you just shame to death? Scanlan: The one that possessed you! Percy: Okay fair. this is the best moment in this episode.

I love everything about this group. Matt laughing his ass off about Vax kissing Keyleth shows what kind of amazing people they really are. Also remember that Vex is a VORACIOUS flirt with every NPC and Travis always shrugs it away with a tease. There's no drama or weirdness that they bring in from the outside. Their characters are their own entities, and they control them as such. Just beautiful.

Out of all of the things that would put me on edge or bad omens I’ve seen in the past 30-something episodes, I have never shifted so uncomfortably in my seat until the moment Scanlan was handed a gun.

“It’s a series of words that I know individually but he strings them together in ways that don’t make sense.” I love Tahliesin

Poor Liam. He sounded like his voice was about to give out the whole night.

unfortunately my imagination is very lacking so I keep imagine Cassandra as basically "Percy in a Dress"

'It's a shame you're not as tall as your tales' Dang, the de Rolo sass clearly runs in the family!

Percy just saying no to Cass and Scanlan's interaction is just amazing and never fails to make me laugh.

Does the kiss get a sneak attack bonus?

"did you just squeek?" "maybe. you don't know. shut up!" I'm laughing so hard!

I am thinking that Whitestone will resort to burning their dead instead of burying them as a custom for a really long time to come.

Mercer's evil laugh as he starts the break immediately after the dramatic kiss.

Percy dropping 20s like there's no tomorrow.

Keyleth/Marisha gets so damn flustered post-kiss it's the funniest thing ever.

“You know I’m in love with you” _raucous laughter, coughing, and going on break_ Cut to “In light of the attacks in France” That is a tone change alright.

Marisha accidentally rolling a 1 with the snitch was perfect

Percy, looking at Cassandra and gesturing tentatively to the rest of the group; "These are...my friends..."

"Don't loot my family's crypt!"

Keyleth: Vax? Um...be careful. Vax: Of course, Keyleth- Vex: *leans over* He will be :|

"Wait. As that happens, and my consciousness fades away, I don't say anything, but here's what I think in a split second. I think of my friends that I have spent so much time with. *I think of Keyleth, beautiful, walking under the trees.* I think of my twin sister..." OHMIGOD IT MAKES SENSE NOW. When he said that, I was like, *really *, you think of * her * before you think of Vex, but now-- I SEE THE LIGHT

Oh my god Laura's face when Vax made his move was absolutely priceless. Her reactions are always so animated and lovable!

59:21 - its like half a second but does anyone else hear Travis say "Time for a Family Reunion." after they find out that all the tombs are open.

Liam: "You go first." Sam: "17!" Liam: "Shut up, 27." That made me chuckle so hard.

56:44 We see Laura asking Liam about his throat, and he shrugs it off saying he'll be better next week and jokes that now his voice is deep enough to do a Grog impression. Like a minute later all the guys are impersonating Vax which sets up Vax impersonating Grog and guys I flipping love these people and this story it's all too perfect.

Laura's face when vax kissed kelyth

That awkward moment when all 3 players fail their charisma saving throws and the DM has to intervene to stop it from being a massacre.

"Oh no, so scary... And cute, like a kitten." - Scanlan to Possessed Keyleth

I just realized that we get to see Percy smacking Vax with the arrows......ANIMATED!! I can't wait! LOL!

Liam's "after-monster sounds" voice works so well with the fact that Vax nearly died in this episode. Perfect!

Percy beating Vax with the arrows was priceless. Edit: The Scanlan/Trinket rivalry is also great.

Just bringing this back up here. Thank you frankichiro! 00:00:56 - "I tried, but he hurt my wrist really bad" 00:02:11 - "What's up, bitches?" 00:04:05 - Vax kisses Keyleth! 00:04:55 - End of part 1 00:11:09 - Fan art 00:14:01 - Start of part 2 00:15:19 - "Roll for tounge action" 00:15:39 - Awkward Vax and Flustered Keyleth 00:16:13 - "Folks, we don't know what we're doing" 00:16:27 - Matt pretends eating popcorn 00:17:30 - Percy whacking Vax 00:18:06 - Cassandra and Percy 00:12:52 - "Percy, you have a sister" 00:24:55 - "That Ripley is very talented" 00:26:51 - Magic boots! 00:28:05 - "Vax, do you need my help to unlock it?" 00:29:09 - Letters 00:31:00 - "Yaarl?" 00:31:30 - "Oh, motherfucker! He's a spy!" 00:32:30 - Scanlan uses Shit-scrying 00:33:14 - "The delicious scent of burning human flesh fills the room" 00:33:38 - "You've squeezed all you're gonna be able to get out of that" 00:34:34 - "These are my friends, by the way" 00:35:35 - "You pull your finger on the finger part, and the big boom part comes out" 00:36:00 - Scanlan and the gun 00:38:44 - Cassandra's story 00:44:56 - "I do trust you, that's the problem" 00:48:30 - Percy's potion 00:50:14 - "That's the name of my belt as well" 00:31:32 - "What is Lady Briarwood?" 00:52:18 - "The whispered one" 00:52:56 - "That's a series of words I know individually, but it's strange that together they make no bloody sense" 00:53:49 - "It's a shame you're not as tall as your tales, small one" 00:54:11 - A small battalion of Percys and Cassandras 00:55:34 - "Abrasiveness is his most powerful weapon" 00:56:53 - "Is there anybody who's not made uncomfortable by this?" 00:58:13 - "Is this the body-switching episode?" 00:59:50 - "We'll go Percy, Cassandra, Cassandra, Percy, Percy, Percy" 01:01:23 - "Yeah, no. Don't go Skyrim on me" 01:02:34 - Taliesin rolls a natural 20 (4/7) 01:03:18 - Mysterious dark green glass 01:06:47 - Travis rolls a natural 20 (1/2) 01:09:31 - Taliesin rolls a natural 20 (5/7), Matt bans his die 01:11:20 - Taliesin rolls a natural 20 (6/7) 01:12:32 - Taliesin rolls a natural 20 (7/7) 01:15:55 - Matt forgot about the Hero's Feast 01:17:00 - "3v3, man. Battle Royale, let's do this" 01:21:07 - Taliesin rolls a natural 1 (2/3) 01:22:50 - Pike! 01:23:36 - Taliesin quoting Bedknobs and Broomsticks (kzfaq.info/get/bejne/htadpst6z8u3pmw.html) 01:24:04 - Sam makes a funny accent 01:24:47 - Scanlan's alignment is "Good-ish. Sort of like Devious Good" 01:26:16 - Vex recieves the lamest inspiration ever from Scanlan 01:26:45 - Taliesin makes a squeak 01:26:59 - Scanlan uses a Cutting Words doo-wop on Keyleth 01:28:30 - Taliesin working on his Spirit Squeaking 01:29:14 - "Oh, that's my mausoleum!" 01:29:35 - "Let's do this! I've always loved that bear" 01:30:20 - "Trinket bowling!" 01:35:17 - Taliesin rolls a natural 1 (3/3) 01:36:27 - "This is Percy beating up Percy right now" 01:37:49 - "Oh no, I hit Trinket" 01:39:09 - Scanlan inspires Vax (Moves Like Jagger by Maroon 5) 01:40:32 - Matt forgot to add Cassandra to the initiative order 01:41:45 - "Yeah, the old Less-Likely-Trick" 01:45:31 - "Grog! I know you don't know what's going on right now, but kill Keyleth!" 01:47:42 - Marisha makes the cutest wheezes 01:53:55 - Cassandra is having a weird time 01:54:32 - Taliesin makes a creepy ghost voice and quotes Evil Dead II (kzfaq.info/get/bejne/adOmacWo1Jy2c6M.html) 01:55:20 - "Oh shit, we've just been killing our friends for no reason?" 01:22:57 - Travis rolls a natural 20 (2/2), his first time critical hit on the show 01:57:01 - Percy fails two Death saving throws 01:58:54 - Scanlan grabs a little feel 01:59:14 - Sam tries to say Percy's full name, Taliesin start singing "It's De-lovely" from the musical Anything Goes 01:59:58 - Scanlan mocks a ghost to death 02:01:16 - "Which one of my ancestors did you just shame to death, again?" 02:02:34 - Scanlan raps a song of rest (O.P.P. by Naughty by Nature) 02:03:07 - "Holy Bejeezus guys, can we never do that again?" 02:04:19 - "Don't loot my family's crypt!" 02:04:42 - End of part 2 02:05:35 - "Ashley is getting home right now, in case we need her..."

I love how Matt does things. 1:22:00 ish, he saw the 3 ghosts all taking over the players was a shit situation. And reading this, he took something heavily in character - Vax embracing religion somewhat following Pike, him having put time into it, and rewarded it by giving a chance to shake the ghost and help rebalance the odds in a very in-character, balanced, flavorful way. It didn't feel like an "Oh shit I gotta fix this" thing, but natural, one of those situations where the DM bending the rules is nice.

Even Percy was getting irritated with his own great roles it was beautiful.

1:57:06 That feel when you realise that if Percy had failed that first death saving throw, he would've been DEAD. Just imagine, Percy dead before facing the Briarwoods. That would've been horrible.

1:36:40 Matt: You are being attacked and stabbed by yourself. It's weird Tal: I'm not reading too much into this. This is not a metaphor! Marisha: dies

I love that Matt gave them the opportunity for a short rest while Cassandra was getting her things. I love that he doesn' t play DnD as DM vs. Players, it's a story they're telling together and he wants it to be as good as it can be.

Every time I reminded myself that everyone looked like Percy and Cassandra during that ghost fight I burst out laughing, like at 1:54:22 , Percy basically gets charged at by a larger version of himself that says "Percyyy".

LAURAS FACE WHEN VAX SAYS HE LOVES KEYLETH IS EVERYTHING HOLY CRAP LMAO

You would think Percy's smoke monster friend would have something to say about another spirit moving in

4:13 The reaction by Marisha and how flustered she gets when Liam as Vex confesses his love to Keyleth is fantastic. Re-watching C1 and seeing the start of the Keyleth/Vax relationship is still just as adorable as it was the first time. What a moment.

At this point Scanlanigans has almost killed as many of Percy's family as the Briarwoods.

Why are people so weird about Vax and Keyleth? Or more accurately about Liam and Marisha playing there characters as having a romance? If this was a tv show and they were acting it wouldn't be weird. Vax is not Liam, Liam is not Vax it makes sense and makes for a good story. Plus they are all actors professionally and can separate character from self. Nobody acted like it was weird when Matt as Gilmore layed on the flirt with Vax so why is this weird? The answer is, its not.

Vax said “You know I’m in love with you right?”, kissed her, and then my PHONE DIED. THAT WAS AMAZING AND MY PHONE DIED!?!!!!!!!!

1:11:53, Taliesin: “I will lick your die”, Travis: “Will you lick both of them?”, Laura chuckles nervously. Travis, the king of sneak attacks in words/jokes.

I love how Matt is just eating invisible popcorn while this all happens, a show in a show :P

Laura's reaction to Vax declaring his love, is still to this day one of my favorite moments of Crit Role history XD

Laura: "We really need a cleric." And then she played a cleric next campaign... Who became notorious for never healing her allies. Thank Melora for Caduceus!

“You know I’m in love with you, right?” had me smiling like SUCH AN IDIOT AAAAAAA

Timestamps: 4:24 - The ship sets sail 04:37 - Break starts 11:09 - Fan art 14:44 - Break ends, game continues 17:28 Percy whacking Vax 27:46 - (Not really a highlight, but I was looking for it) Vax takes a look 35:35 - That's a bad idea 53:50 Cassandra kinda sorta flirts with Scanlan and Percy reacts appropriately 54:15 Scanlan has A Great Idea and Matt's face is priceless 56:50 Lets play "Which of the Percys is Vax" 1:39:13 - Scanlan sings a song to inspire Vax [based on Moves Like Jagger by Maroon 5] 1:59:58 - Vicious Mockery 2:02:33 - Scanlan raps

"YOU CAN'T HAVE MY D8s!" "Ok fine, have my D8s"

taliesin intensely eating a slice of pizza while rping percy is *A Vibe*

*Suddenly kissed Keyleth* isn't a running theme I expected to encounter on this show lol

But Vax, what about Gilmore and his glorious goods?

Percy is literally the Anti-Wheaton. They both exist as entities only for the sake of the other's existence. They are literally yin and yang, positive and negative. I am gonna call it that when one of them dies (Either of old age, or otherwise), the other will die on the same day. Simply because one cannot exist without the other to balance them out.

To be fair, Percy rolling a bunch of 20's makes sense knowing he's there for revenge and will be on absolutely high alert trying to kill anything in sight lol.

55:20 nobody said: "that's just how we DeRollo" That's a missed opportunity!

1:26:46 - That squeak by Taliesin, Marishas face when he does it, and his face when Marisha points it out hahaha

Damn vex went straight gangster. She jacked that dudes shoes.

when Marisha touched Taliesin's dice and they started rolling shitty THIS IS WHY NO ONE IS ALLOWED TO TOUCH MY TINY DICE

Liam rolling sleight of hand to take the gun and smirking telling Sam “you go first” was just immaculate

Is Taliesin like the RNGesus or something? because 7 crit's is unheard of, not to mention when he reach out to "suck matts luck away" Matt ended up getting two natural twenties in a row.

Is it just a coincidence that Matt Mercer actually looks like an elf?

I swear Taliesin and Marisha's friendship is one of my favourite things

I know the kiss was a huge thing of this episode. But can we talk about Scanlan's epic moment of 'We are all de Rolos today'.

04:24 The Kiss Heard Around Exandria

"Abrasiveness is his most powerful weapon"

I was kinda hoping that when Percy went "Oh god I have a sister." for Vax to clap him on the shoulder and go "Welcome to my world." :P

Is this the second time Scanlan has gotten, "How do you want to do this" by mocking them to death?

2:00:34 - To Kill with Mocking Bard Eh? Anyone?

"You know I'm in love with you, right?" Oh my god, that bomb drop right before break! I actually felt MYSELF blush!

Watching this 7 years later but Liam's gravely British voice is so attractive 🤣

WOW! Sam just continues to astound me with his ideas. No DM, no matter how many unholy pacts they may have made, can hope to match that sort of unexpected out of the box thinking, and you can *see* it on Matt's face, too.

Percy is just making up for Wil Wheaton guys, the balance must be made

57:17 I know he's hurting, but Liam's voice as Vax tries to get Kiki's attention absolutely MELTS ME

In case anyone else is looking for it, the time stamp for when Matt bans Taliesin's die from the rest of the game is at 1:09:44. But the legend of The Golden Snitch would live on...

When Keyleth cast cure wounds on Vax at the beginning Scanlan should have sang "Sexual Healing" for inspiration.

I know it's a tiny and obscure thing, but I always laugh when Sam takes a drink of that giant-ass tankard.

Watching in 2022 is such a different experience than the original critters. I've watched almost 10 months of videos in a little over a week and actually watched the show before any of the campaigns. It makes me so happy to know I have hundreds of hours of Critical Role left to enjoy.

It makes perfect sense for Percy to be droppin' 20s, It's his own turf, he's inspired to right the wrongs, he's on point.

One of my favorite moments: Marisha's LIGHTNING FAST reaction as Matt catches her in the middle of being cat-possessed. 1:45:48