#CR Ep84 spoilers

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MARISHA AND LIAM ARE GONNA BE ON TALKS THIS WEEK

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Caduceus: *says anything*

The M9, Critters, The Gods:

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Jester really said ‘sometimes I get pissed, I try to hide it, but what if I’m being influenced by the chained oblivion??’ Oh my god someone help her understand and appreciate her anger!!

[marshmarlowee]

I’m listening to episode 84 and the line “It’s moving to greenbeans” has absolutely stricken my soul. I want that tattooed on my body.

[svartalfhild]

Dead Poets Society Redux: A Dazed Reflection Upon the Roller-coaster Ride that Was Critical Role Episode 84.

Oh man.

SCANLAN SHORTHALT LIVES.  THE DICE GODS HAVE SHOWN US MERCY.

Grog’s and Pike’s contributions to the ritual had me in tears, y’all.  We never get to see angst from them and BOOM there it was at full force.  PIKE’S NAT 20, THOUGH.  PLATONIC OR ROMANTIC, THAT’S SOME TRUE LOVE’S CRIT RIGHT THERE.  I AM CONTINUALLY AMAZED AT HOW NARRATIVELY PERFECT THE DICE SO OFTEN ARE.

Percy’s grief over the nature of resurrection, though.  That is some major survivor’s guilt right there.  He sat there and was like “well fuck, I get to come back, Scanlan gets to come back, but why the hell don’t I get to have my family back”.  WOW.  RIP MY STILL BEATING HEART FROM MY CHEST AND EAT IT IN FRONT OF ME WHY DON’T YOU.  At least he’s actually admitting his grief to his friends and attempting to deal with it instead of bottling it up.

PERCY AND PIKE’S PRANK WAS THE FUCKING BEST.  WE HARDLY EVER GET TO SEE THEIR FRIENDSHIP IN ACTION AND THIS WAS SO BEAUTIFUL.  THEY GET DRUNK AND BECOME MISCHIEVOUS ASSHOLE CHILDREN.  AND KERR IS THERE.  ALSO DRUNK.  AND HE HELPS AND WE FIND OUT THAT HE MAY HAVE SOME KINKY IN HIS PAST.  WHAT A NIGHT.

No but I was getting vibes from Kerr when he was asking about resurrection stuff that maybe he was asking because he was hoping that he could rez a fallen friend from his past or something.  THERE’S SO MUCH ABOUT HIM THAT WE DON’T KNOW.  UGH.

Vax staying the temple overnight, wondering what the fuck happens now and wondering if the Raven Queen still has some things she needs him to do for her.  Talk about “the next arc is gonna be about Vecna/undead/necromancy” vibes.  Like woah.

Oh my god, the Twins’ conversation wrecked me.  Now that the Chroma Conclave is finished, they can have the luxury of thinking about their future, but that means they have to deal with the fact that the things they each want don’t keep them on the same path.  Vax wants to go with Keyleth back to the Ashari.  Vex wants to stay in Whitestone with Percy and fully embrace her new home.  The fact that she was hoping that Vax would stay to tend his temple so that she wouldn’t be separated from him is just all kinds of HOW DARE YOU DO THIS TO US LAURA, BUT ALSO I LOVE YOU.  I can’t wait for Team Half-elf and the Disaster Human to sit down and have a serious talk about what they want and what they’re going to do.  I can’t wait to have my heart ripped out again.

I was really hoping that we’d get a conversation between Percy and Cassandra, but clearly he isn’t ready to deal with that yet.  TALK TO YOUR SISTER, PERCY.  SHE’S A TEENAGED SOVEREIGN WHO FEELS OVERBURDENED AND ABANDONED.  SHE NEEDS LOVE AND SUPPORT.  STOP BEING A SHITTY BROTHER.

I feel like even in his departure, Kerrek was still at maximum dad friend.  Like that was what I sort of imagined it’s like when a good dad helps their kid move away for the first time. Ugh, feels.

THERE IS TOTALLY GOING TO BE LIKE AN ESTABLISHED WEEK-LONG FESTIVAL IN EMON TO CELEBRATE THE DEFEAT OF THE CHROMA CONCLAVE EVERY YEAR NOW.  WITH JUST ENOUGH HONORING OF VM TO MAKE THEM SLIGHTLY UNCOMFORTABLE.

VM’s paranoia over Cenokir’s box was fucking heartbreaking, my dudes.  They have been so fucked up by everything that has happened to them, that they can’t trust anything.  What makes it even worse is that they are completely self aware.  They know they’re fucked up, but like any traumatized person, they also realize that knowing what’s wrong with them and stopping it from controlling their actions are two very different things.

LAMORE THOUGH.  THE FACT THAT THAT’S AN ANAGRAM OF MELORA IS FUCKING ME UP.  WHAT IF THAT WAS ACTUALLY MELORA, YO?  WHAT IF SHE BASICALLY JUST TOLD KEYLETH “YOU CAN KEEP MY STAFF AS LONG AS YOU FEEL YOU NEED IT”?  THAT’S SOME FUCKING TRUST IN KEYLETH’S PURITY OF HEART RIGHT THERE.  ALSO THE IDEA THAT A GOD JUST GENTLY TOLD HER THAT SHE DOUBTS HERSELF TOO MUCH HAS ME BLASTING OFF AGAIN LIKE FUCKING TEAM ROCKET.

Is it just me, or have a lot of the non-religious members of VM gotten closer to the gods lately?  Keyleth’s developing a relationship with Melora.  Vex was showing a little bit of reverence to Melora.  Grog is expressing interest in the ways of Kord.  What if this plays a major role in the next arc?  I wonder what it would take for Percy to change his attitude towards the gods.  I wonder if Scanlan will at any point think about his relationship to the gods.

Speaking of Grog and Kord, GUESS WHO’S FUCKING STOKED FOR EARTHBREAKER GROON VS. GROG PART 2.  WHAT IF GROG TAKES LEVELS IN MONK.  THAT WOULD BE FUCKING DOPE.  HE’D ALSO BE THE FIRST TO TRIPLE-CLASS.

I ALSO REALLY FUCKING WANNA SEE VICTOR AGAIN AND IF GERN SHOWS UP AT ANY POINT BECAUSE THE NECROMANCER YOU KNOW, I WILL BE SO FUCKING HAPPY.  FINGERS CROSSED.

[loversandantiheroes]

Percy, brought back from the dead for the second time, sitting by Scanlan’s newly resurrected body, reassuring Pike that he is very happy to still be alive and then letting loose this horrible, hollow, half-hysterical laugh.  “I just miss a lot of people, and I don’t understand how we get to choose.”