#I’m so fucking happy the show found a way to make Scanlan sexy

[nott-gay]

I may not be a huge fan of how the Scanlan and Kaylie scene was adapted, but god damn…

Scanlan was hot as hell in that scene for fucking real.

[svartalfhild]

Always Lead with Gold and Daddy Issues, Or: Me Flailing Over Critical Role Episode 86.

This episode was so good, you guys.  It was absolutely hilarious whilst also being a bit sad, which is MY JAM.  I COULD NOT HAVE ASKED FOR BETTER.

I started having feels about Taryon pretty damn quick when he first mentioned his dad and how expectant he is.  The way he phrased it just immediately screamed ABUSED to me and as some of you may know, anyone in the shit father club is automatically my sweet summer child.  THEN VM BROKE HIM AND HE GUSHED THE WHOLE STORY AND NOW I ACTUALLY REALLY LIKE HIM AND IDENTIFY WITH HIM IN HIS SUPER INEXPERIENCE NERD CHILD WAY TOO.  PROTECT HIM.  BUT ALSO KNOCK SOME SENSE INTO HIM.

Percy’s entire turn around with him, though.  Like he started the episode ready to fucking destroy that boy and by the end, he had adopted Tary as his nerd son like “you’re dad is shit, so I’m your new dad now; sorry, I don’t make the rules”.  More of their newfound friendship please.  I want Percy to teach Tary to be cool.

DUDE.  Percy watching closely at the tavern to make sure Tary don’t do anything untoward to Vex.  Such boyfriend.  Percy saying he’s Vexed and Vex grinning and praising his word choice.  Such OTP.

VEX LOVES WHITESTONE SO MUCH. I CRY.

JARETT THOUGH.  THAT POOR MAN.  I’M SO HAPPY THAT HE’S HAPPY BEING IN WHITESTONE AND BEING IN THE PALE GUARD.  LET HIM STAY PLEASE.  ALSO THANK YOU VEX FOR TRYING TO HELP HIM. 

Oh shit, what is Vex gonna do about the suude?  She only brought it up with Grog and it’s still burning a hole in her pocket.  At some point she’s gonna need to bring that to the rest of the group.

Vex’s admission and show of trust in Grog is so fucking important, holy shit.  Even if he didn’t really understand the whole thing.  She’s clearly been hit very hard by what happened with Scanlan and the suude revelation and is actively trying to do better with her remaining friends.  IT’S SO BITTERSWEET, UGH.

Wtf Vax and Grog.  No need to fucking beat Tary up, even if he is a pompous dick.  Plotwise, though, I’m kind of super glad that went down, because we found out all about Tary and were forced to delay the fucking NINE HELLS.  HOLY FUCK I WAS SO WORRIED ABOUT THAT.

Vex is so into Percy’s intellect, holy shit.  Every time he says something smart/informative, she’s just like “THAT MAN AND HIS SEXY, SEXY BRAIN.  HEART EYES, MOTHERFUCKER.”  And then Percy just preens over how interpersonally clever she is and how proud he is of her growth.  They are so good.

I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT VEX AND PERCY CANONICALLY HAD SEX ON A PILE OF MONEY.  WHAT A WAY TO EVEN THE SCORE.  AND I IMMEDIATELY THOUGHT OF THAT ONE COMMENT ON THAT TITLING SCENE GIFSET WHERE THEY HAD VEX’S REACTION DESCRIBED AS “I’M GOING TO HAVE SEX WITH PERCY ON A SCROOGE MCDUCK MONEY POOL AND NO ONE CAN STOP ME BECAUSE I’M A FUCKING BARONESS” AND TALIESIN FUCKING MENTIONED SCROOGE MCDUCK. LIKE I CANNOT BELIEVE MY DUDES.  YOUR OTP WOULD NEVER.

I do hope we get some sort of emotional discussion between them soon, though, because they really need to do that.  As I’m learning from the ship tag, though, it is apparently normal for people in new relationships to mostly just fuck all over the place because hey look what we can do now, which would be amplified for Percy and Vex because they’ve been pining for each other for fucking ever, so I guess the take away is that we’ll probably get more discussion of feelings after they’ve banged in every room in the castle and made up for lost time.

Pike’s fucking “yeah I do” when Vex told her that she doesn’t always have to put on a brave face.  Jeebus Fucking Chrisp.  The pain.  Death would be kinder, Mercer.  Death would be kinder.

Tary’s mini crush on Keyleth, yo.  Adorable.

BOULDER, PARCHMENT, SHEARS.  NUFF SAID.

I’M SO FUCKING STOKED FOR THIS SEA VOYAGE, GUYS.  Y’ALL DON’T EVEN KNOW.  CAPTAIN ADELA IS AMAZING.  I CAN’T WAIT FOR SOME PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN SHIT TO GO DOWN.  WACKY PIRATE ADVENTURES.  ALL IT NEEDS IS PIKE AND THEN IT WOULD BE PERFECT AF.  Also, Percy’s little oh dear comment when he realized that he hadn’t been on a boat since the fishing vessel before VM.  What if Percy starts remembering more about that part of his life?  WHAT IF ONE OF THE CREW MEMBERS WAS ON THAT FISHING VESSEL AND RECOGNIZES HIM?  GOSH, I HOPE SO.