#CR2E136

[revvethasmythh]

the utter goofiness of quarter-ling veth and sheepleb floating out into the astral sea at this heightened point of drama in the story while the rest of the cast make a colorful array of hilarious sheep-puns in the background is such an embodiment of how this show is the fucking best, actually

[thequeenofmyownscreen]

Sixteen things I noted about CR2E136 “Hell or High Water” :

3 eyes and Beau and Caleb have True Sight !!!!!! Maybe there's a bright light to those fucking eyes, like Laura said.

Ok, one thing I (kinda) knew about Campaign 2 before starting it was "Artagan is a weasel ???" and that was IT, no more context ! So let me tell you, I was still falling off my chair at the reveal that SPRINKLE IS ARTAGAN, because I'm a dumbass who did not put two and two together, or, as it is, the logical conclusion of : Jester's god is the Traveler and Jester bought a weasel -> the Traveler is in fact Artagan -> Artagan is in fact inhabiting a traumatized red weasel. BUT THIS IS THE GREATEST THING EVER

Caleb : "[Artagan being Sprinkle] is the only reason he's still alive." Artagan/Sprinkle : "You're not entirely wrong... it's been a journey !" I'm laughing so much oh my god, of course Sprinkle is only maintained alive by the grace of 3000 years old archfey who loves a little blue tiefling. The image alone of Sprinkle talking in Artagan's voice is sending me. I love how Jester is pretty chill with it, like "It makes perfect sense !"

THEY CAN READ EACH OTHER'S MINDS AND SEND THOUGHTS TO OTHERS ??? not even 25 minutes into this episode and so much has happened already

the DM : "These walls are smooth and there's a slight residue left on them... These walls are lined in lead." The impulsive barbarian, quietly : "I was just going to taste it, but I will leave it alone."

A time travel device ? That is Caleb's first goal !!! OOOOOooooh I see what you're doing, Mr Mercer, the temptation ! And this is relevant to Essek too ! "Correcting mistakes" indeed

They spend 20 minutes arguing what they should or should not do to avoid the monster, both in AND out of character. Liam : "This is like if we, us, not the characters, us were trying to save the world." Marisha : "How have we ran a company successfully for the past... how many - years - ?" Taliesin : "Pure luck."

THEY GOT GOT !! Lucien, the fucker, also made a clever ambush with the psychic charges !!

Yoooo, the sequence where they were trapped between the monsters and the tunnel with maybe more intuit charges was awesome, what a challenge

The stargate !! I knew it, but still it was nice to hear Matt say that this portal was linked with the Water Plane and that it was why a flow of perpetual water was coming through.

"Here's my plan : we're all cows !" ooooh nice call-back

Marisha, nervous, as she's prepared to have Beau talking to Lucien : "I'm playing a 20 charisma character next campaign." Me, checking out Laudna's stats : "not yet, but she is a warlock ! So she will get there"

Molly is still in there, either fragmented, or a piece so small it can't be seen most of the time. Except when Caleb called him "circus man"

Caleb is a sheep ! What follows is 30 minutes of sheep-related puns : "You sheep-shifted ?", "He got baaaaaaa-nished", "In space no one can hear you bleat", "Baaaaaaaa-yyye !", "Sheepleb !", "Don't be sheepish get in there", "This is shear terror", "Caleb's already hoofing it that way", "This is veal bad, you guys", *obligatory Taylor Swift goat scream reference*, "Everybody flock together", "We are wool-fully unprepared for this"

Yasha : "Where's my girlfriend ?" Matt : "Beau is 10 feet from you, on the stairs, still facing of with the creature, which is now faced in that direction. Boobs and all, facing off with Beauregard." Yasha : "She knows how to handle that !" (Marisha does a *you got that right* kind of face)

Oh my god, for all the jokes about "coming back to the beginning", the fight with the water elemental where Jester was the only one left in the room at the end gave me HUGE flashbacks of that fight with the blue dragon where she was almost left alone too (if it wasn't for Nott)

[yoursarcastichorse]

This was too funny, I just had to draw them.

[cl0wnphobe]

Why are 90% of Critical Role episodes Iike

[thatonesadending]

Hear me out ... Taliesin could totally get Mollymauk back.

This is probably Veth and Cads last adventure with the Mighty Nien. They both have homes and families that they miss, but are sacrificing being with to basically save the world and their friends. But if they succeed in this adventure in Aoer, Sam and Taliesin would probably make the character choice to retire their characters.

Sooooo .... How utterly wonderful would it be if Matt is seeing this coming, and is giving the M9 a way to defeat the TombTakers, get Molly back, and let Taliesin play his beautiful colorful circus man again. I loved watching him play that character, and we simply didn't get to see enough. And Sam, I don't even know what kind of chaotic character he would make, but it would be great.

Maybe it's wishful thinking, but gods would I love to see Caleb be the one to pull Molly back out and kill Lucien's consciousness. I don't think Lucien even realizes Molly is there, so wrapped up in himself. But Caleb has obviously seen it, and is trying to provoke it, figure out if it's just memories or really Molly. And with their connection ... Honestly might be the only way to stop Lucien. The man is way too powerful for the M9 and completely without morals. But Molly isn't, and I think could take over Lucien by sheer force of will.

Molly would come back trumatized from litterally being buried alive in his own body while that evil son of a bitch pilots it. In my head it would make sense that Molly, Caleb, and Beau would lose connection to the eyes without the Nonogon, and Molly would be.more powerful but not understand his magic and would not have all the crazy over powered stuff Lucian has. That would make it easier to level Molly back at a level 14-15 so Talisin could fairly play him again.

Also, think of all the angst Caleb would go through looking at his once dead favorite Circus Man, the man who helped him understand his past doesn't have to define him and he is worthy of love and forgiveness from his friends ... And then look at the other purple hot boi in the room that he was just starting to trust again. Tell me that he wouldnt be conflicted. And Essek not be jealous that Caleb's attention would be split.

While I am being ridiculous, tell me it wouldn't be absolutely hilarious if Sam made another character that was a super hot woman, and try to seduce Fjord away from Jester, that's the only motivation that this new character would have to follow the M9. Sam and Travis's rivalry would be very interesting :-)

[justalittlebluetiefling]

Why is Jester always the last one left in these situations?

[lateniteradio]

we love intelligence 2 in this house

[ozbian]

The Claret Orders tend to be nomadic huh ... like say a travelling circus that took a special interest in a lost amnesiac Blood Hunter and whose ringmaster was definitely hiding something?

Anyway I wonder what Gustav Fletching is up to these days...

[sj2d3d]

beau and caleb brainstorming and sharing theories telepathically

[neechollayy]

me: hears a description of Jester and Fjord flanking a portal to the Astral Sea, looking across at each other with steel in their eyes as their hair whips from the wind

also me: completely short-circuits at the cinematography of the moment

[revvethasmythh]

veth has suggested using marine layer four times in the past ten minutes. as far as I am concerned, veth is marine layer's #1 fan

[haorev]

Oh Lordy the T dock thing and hearing about it is like painful knowing what Caleb’s like entire long teen dream goal is

Also the merging of transmutation and dunamancy? That’s fucking Shadowgast babey.

[squishiest-wizard]

[komaeda-nagayto]

Essek standing there right now like “what the fuck why is there a weasel-god and what the fuck is going on?”

[cl0wnphobe]

Molly inside of Lucien, attempting to get back to his friends and cut off this dramatic ass villain's monologue

[thatonesadending]

Anyone interested in a short fanfic of how Caleb could defeat Lucien without magic, and save the world with just a kiss?

Been thinking about it all day, but I don't know if anyone wants to read that.

Edit: Sooooo...... I did it 🙂