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It is basically an edited version of the corresponding episodes. The only new thing is that there is new art included at key moments. It shows how a character looks like or it is art of an important moment. The episodes are edited so that the main story and character moments are included.

Hey y'all, is CR Abridged worth watching if you kept up with C3? Been wondering if it's something I want to put my time into. What's the format like?

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Before I start: It is totally fine not to like how Beauyasha acted in C3. Everyone is allowed their own personal opinions. I am just noticing a worrying trend and wanted to share my opinion.

Beau and Yasha are a horny couple. That is fact. This is not something that only happened in C3. Their first meeting was all about physical attraction. They slept with each other after their first date and Marisha and Ashley never stopped making sure to mention that they have sex a lot. So clearly sex is a very important part of their relationship. On top of that they are both very shy when it comes to romance. Most of their romantic moments happened when they were alone. So when they went on an important mission where time was of the essence and they would spend most of the time with a group of strangers, the physical part of their relationship would be more obvious. On top of they, they just opened their relationship a few weeks before and the woman that lead to the talk that opened their relationship was standing right there. And let's not forget how much sense it makes that talks about adoption would halt due to Beau and Caleb's investigation of the Cerberus Assembly. All of that together explains to me why they acted the way they did with each other in C3. Also the M9 were supporting characters.

Also, before anyone mentions Beau being OOC, Dani explained in very well during 4SD: Beau is only comfortable with the M9. She will put up a front for strangers and even lie to support that front.

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I am so tired of people analysing every little thing if their little blorbo said something but when they talk about stuff they don't like, suddenly there is no subtext anymore. Because no, EXU Divergence doesn't show that Bells Hells were wrong all along. Some people see one god give one of them a belt (while completly ignoring that this group of people could be helped in more ways) and another god be a loving sister (while completly ignoring the Moonweaver CHOSE to become mortal with the expressed purpose to create a sisterly bond with someone to basically prove a theory) and completly forget what happened before that (or even at the beginning of Divergence as a show): The gods went to war with each other with only little carew for the mortal casulties. The Primes never even tried to do anything other than banish the Betrayers while this war wiped out 2/3 of Exandria's population. And they were ready to do it again to stop Predathos.

The Primes are not evil incarnate but they are not perfect either. And with how much power they posess, they should be judged for their faults much more harshley because if their power goes unchecked, things like the Calamity happen. I get that their role in modern Exandria is much more contensious. Their presence behind the Divine Gate brought both good and ill. But the threat of Predathos was always going to let them react without thinking. That would have happened regardlesss of if Predathos was freed now or in hundered years. As for destroying it: Please remember that what Matt revealed is not something anyone in Exandria knew. The Luxon is something even the Primes don't know anything about. It would have taken a lot to find out anything about this option. And also, destroying Predathos would have been the most boring option. After we found out so much of the Primes faults, to have everything go back to normal would have been unsatisfying. Now the Primes still live and can actually change and grow. And if they fuck up again, it will not be impossible to actually stand up to them.

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I get being disappointed that characters from other campaigns seemingly overshadowed Bells Hells in their own campaign. But these characters were either NPCs helping Bells Hells or part of a cutaway that showed us fights we would have only heard about second hand if we didn't see them through VM and M9. I personally doubt BH would have suddenly stopped their pursuit of Predathos and have talks or other deviations from their path. C3 from the jump told its story very differently. All the characters' flaws were explored through action while dealing with the main plot instead of giving each character a distinct mini arc. I totally get wanting more explicit character focus but character development still happened. Ashton for example had one of the most subtle and poignant character moments in the finale. Their friends didn't abandon them as they fell. They helped him. And they stayed. I personally don't see how us finding out how Ashton became what he is today would have been more impactful than that.

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Sure, the Stormlord was nice enough to our traveling party but let's not forget that the Prime Deities barely did anything to help any survivors on the ground. Nobody (not even BH) ever said they were terrible people. They are just very callous and when push comes to shove, they care about their own (even Betrayers) over the mortals they supposedly love. I personally am really excited to see those perspectives shift now that they are mortal too.

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I am all for liking different content differently. I totally get prefering Brennan 's EXU run over the longer Critical Role campaigns run by Matt. But acting like those two things are comparable is just ludicrous. Don't get me wrong, I love EXU run by Brennan but Matt running long form campaigns like that would be terrible. It is pretty obvious that Brennan creates railroades. For a mini series that works great but over hundert episodes of this? Both players and viewers would get fed up with the lack of far reaching choice sooner or later.

And don't come acting like C3 has some problem of lack of choice or consequences. That is simply not true. The difference is that the choices and consequences in C3 are much more woven in over a long time whereas EXU has only immediate consequences.

In the end I love both EXU Calamity/Downfall/Divergence for these immediate and tragic consequences and C3 for its more subtle consequences and more hopefull message.

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I love Iva Deshin.

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CBR is terrible at writing articles about niche topics. According to them Rooster Teeth (which was aquired by Burnie Burns) still had the rights to RWBY instead of VIZ Media and Critical Role Divergence is set after Campaign 3 instead of being a prequel.

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I find it disrespectfull and annoying how some people chose to ignore context. Sure, Actual Play shows are another type of storytelling medium but to act like you don't need the context of the players and the DM while completly hating on a story decision is just wild to me. Watching Matt talk about how he talked with both Marisha and Liam about Vax potentioally returning and citing the current state of the world as a reason as to why he decided giving his friends' characters a happy ending just to see people hate on that same choice is already annoying. But on top of that those same people seem intent on divorce all that important context and mention empty phrases like "death in stories is important" is just infuriating. Not to mention that Vax' return is not out of nowhere but actually makes sense in world too. But no, a story is only meaningfull if it is full of suffering.

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I want to read the story of the Lawbearer and the Wildmother finding each other after they are reborn.

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So many people talk about lack of consequences in C3 and to me it feels like those people just want the most negative outcomes ever. You know why Vax could come back? Because Laura had an idea how to save the gods without them needing to run. Also all the final fights worked because the cast crushed it in all of them. Imogen being the one to be Predathos' vessel was actually the best casse scenario because she actually got to control the outcome. And the talk between the gods and Bells Hells was another best case scenario. Ludinus wouldn't have given the gods any chance or warning. Which would have led to the gods responding with tearing the Divine Gate down and confront him without care for mortal life.

I am pretty sure Matt will tell us next week a lot about what could have gone differently. A lot of people will probably be suprised by how much BH's actions actually influenced the plot.

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So many articles about the Critical Role Fundraising One Shot and all of them neglet to mention that Robbie Daymond will be part of it too. He is literally on the picture Critical Role has used to promote it but still none of these articles mention his involvment. It annoys me a little bit.

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So many people act like Bells Hells had no choice what to do with Predathos but just because the options became fewer and fewer doesn't mean BH didn't have any impact. They let Ludinus do his thing a long time before the final assult happened. I am pretty sure the big assult was only one option from many. So now Ludinus was almost ready to breach the Hollowed Cage but they still had a choice to let Predathos trapped. But BH as a group already knew something about the Status Quo had to change. It is pretty obvious to me that Predathos can't just be killed. BH could have worked to contain it again but that would have kicked that can just down a few hundred years. And with that the potential for another Calamity just became bigger. Or maybe just trapping Predathos again wasn't enough for the gods anymore. There were a lot of possibilities. But BH as a group already were leaning in the direction of changing the status quo with the gods. So Matt gave them an option to actually atempt to change it.

I think the problem is that many people didn't see the writing on the wall that the choices of BH and what the players were interested in pursuing meant that they would get the oppotunity to change the world and probably take it. So many people complained about all the god talk without taking it as a sign that BH wouldn't just let the status quo continue when given a choice.

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I love seeing names like Levar Burton, Mica Burton, Brennan Lee Mulligan and even Christopher Perkins on the GoFundMe for Producer Kyle.

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It is a little strange how many people seen so suprised about Imogen taking Predathos like this wasn't the most concrete plan they had since talking to the Changebringer. Also while Matt only made it clear this episode, it was pretty obvious to me that Predathos was not something that could be ignored, regardless of Ludinus freeing it or not. Predathos will just continue to make Ruidusborn and people who hate the gods now have a clear way to destroy them. And let's not forget about the gods, who destroyed a whole city due to the potenial of them being able to kill them. C3 was never going to end with BH defeating Ludinus.

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I love how so many people are arguing about Beau saying she hated Yasha when they first met and how OOC it is and Dani on 4SD immeadiatly understands that Beau just didn't want strangers to know she was completly enarmored with her wife from the first time they met.

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I love that the alternate universe in Episode 7 didn't disappear. So even if Jinx died in the universe we watched, she still lives somewhere. The tragedy is that she and Vi are not together.