#critrole recap

[the-last-teabender]

Spoilers for @oxventure Wyrdwood 5 - Ironclad

A friend who was also watching mentioned to me that it is actually really narratively pleasing that Andy got an envelope after this week's episode. Morven being all "just use magic you idiots" followed by her taking a consequence. Sometimes the dice just know what it takes to tell a good story.

[strolling-through-emon]

sure, i already made my mom a powerpoint to get her up to date and feel like she watched all of the episodes she didn’t have time for, but then again i am me and have no chill whatsoever, so i made her video compilations.

[hello-eeveev]

thanks to critrole recap shorts for furthering my "essek is cat-coded" agenda <3

[wardensantoineandevka]

for Midst: 💜 (😌) and also 📖 specifically cuz I wanna know which episode of this incredibly economical show you think is least load-bearing

unpopular opinion ask game

💜: Which character is way hotter than everyone else seems to think?

To quote Sara: Imogen Loxlee is a CATCH.

Now, because I know you sent this on purpose after our exchange on the post where I said Imogen CritRole is NOT as hot as everyone seems to think, I'll also say that the women in purple and yellow in Imelda's brunch group, presumably Desiree (fancy shoes) and Lucille (process of elimination) are also hot.

📖: If you had to remove one book episode from the series, which would you choose?

I'm taking this as wholesale removal, cannot transfer or shift any of its contents into another episode, but subsequent episodes are altered slightly to account for stuff like "so it's been mentioned before that—" to properly accommodate that the information is NOW brand new. This is tough because the series is still ongoing, and things are being continuously revisited and paid off all the time.

I'd go with 1.09: Convert. The episode establishes Concord confirming the cabaret is the center of the Breach via the arrival of the stealth ship, how Valor accounts work, and Imelda REALLY pressuring Weepe to open an account. I do think that losing Concord and Imelda here would fuck the pacing a little bit, but I don't think it'll fuck things TOO much because Concord recaps everything in 1.12: Coda only a couple of episodes later (after a brief appearance in 1.10: Trust) and we do see Imelda in 1.05: Missions and 1.15: Accounting (Convert being the halfway point between there to remind us that this subplot is ongoing) and she's already laying it on THICK and Weepe is very much considering it already in Missions. The pacing and tension will be a little uneven if you remove Convert, but I think it's manageable and not as much of a hurdle compared to taking out other episodes. We'd very much lose something in terms of pacing and rhythm and tension and you'd definitely feel it missing, but I don't think it's insurmountable.

I did also almost consider 1.04: Fold, but we lose the Lark and Fuze tension and the Fuze and Tzila relationship, and those are much bigger hits to the pacing and emotional continuity.

[zaritarazi]

Rachel vs critrole day 1: do i start bells hells abridged or listen to sad boyz recap madame web for the 1000th time. On the one hand, i want to get into new things. On the other hand, he keeps swinging around in there

[lyliacs]

anyone catch caleb and essek holding hands in the divine intervention scene?

[jester-of-the-sea]

I miss the CR recaps Dani used to do before the episodes. I know she does written ones now but it's just not the same 😭

[nochiquinn]

campaign 2 episode 63: no plan survives contact with the mighty nein

I'm so tired, I'm attempting to stay awake by working on the Xhorhouse in minecraft

"is that tower really strong enough to hold the weight of that 60-foot tree?" I sure as hell hope so

taliesin's hair is VERY freshly dyed. it might still just have dye in it

I had my own mind=blown moment when I saw this on twitter.

I mean he ran for Vin Diesel, right? am I remembering that right? but also: Stephen Colbert

"I never know what's happening anymore"

look at these children actually getting their ducks in a row BEFORE they go into a place

I can't wait for it to all go to shit

[muffled wii shop music in the background]

"just tell them the bear necessities" blocked

the background play every time sam reveals a new flask decoration

matt: :[ sam: 8D? travis: xD

laura. travis.

MULTIPASS

cad: what about second breakfast

[little rascals voice] 'PORTANT BISNESS

it's a duty, our duty

slow thy roll, widowgast

twitch went out just as a witch cackled at me in minecraft. minecraft witches cursed my internet.

"I thought you'd finished your point" "I hadn't" every conversation in my house

"let's form our OWN COUNTRY"

"we should"

JESTERLAND

a continent away, the lady of whitestone looks up, sensing a disturbance in the force

I love the little pause matt makes before he brings out a map. v dramatic, I approve

I also love how excited the battlecam title is

making their way downtown

small goth

jester no

THAT'S what matt was looking up

no plan survives contact with the mighty nein

DON'T GO TOWARDS THE LIGHT

"I smell velveteen on your breath"

RATSTATS

"possibly" "probably"

VEX I missed Vex

I am experiencing a stress

broad nightlight

CEILING GOBLIN

turn into a triceratops

shit in a corner

beau's initiative is the new percy's initiative

mala: Travis is never happier than when a plan is about to go horribly wrong

clusterfluffernutter

matt: a real people name, that's so weird

"if we fuck it up we'll just leave the dynasty" AND GO WHERE

travis analyzing literally everything matt does during combat is my favorite

bouncing betty

strong briarwood vibes

noooo the horse is innocent

GOOD JOB Y'ALL

"hodor jokes were fun once"

"OVER THE WALL" "I'm gonna get a tattoo"

they're so stressed

"that's surprising OUT of combat, to be fair"

"that's why I put up with your FUCKING initiative, because I wanted BANE"

HWAT

WHAT

FJORDIE

FUCKING CLUTCH

"I guess I'll just use a DOOR, like a LOSER"

no 23-9 is 19 they all miss

right? did I misunderstand that? I probably did, I can feel my heartbeat in my scalp

fucking piece of seven

every time they say "dex save" I hear "duck save"

bad siri no metagaming

I appreciate liam's flavor text in theory but it ends up being a word jumble and I retain nothing

ashley is gonna kill someone in the parking lot

not even yasha. just ashley burning off stress

Locate Scarf

this hobgoblin is a freak

I will murder anyone who says anything mean about ashley for this

as cad reverts to his natural form of bob ross

"covert" fjord do you know what that word means

why is this motherfucker writing in celestial

why is this bugbear napoleon dynamite

(how is matt able to switch between those two voices)

marisha has forgotten how to chair

please let jester do the coolest thing ever

well it TRIED to work

is it the gentleman

I'M SO CONFUSED WHO IS THIS WHAT IS HAPPENING

MATTHEW NO

I understand we're speedrunning yasha's arc but WHAT IS GOING ON

matt steering them away from the earrings

“I kind of like the clusterfuck” I DON’T

[hold-the-fjord]

oh yes please this is the best. please include official spelling of the names and places in the recap.

[the-littlest-goblin]

a true renaissance woman

[sapphicstacks]

“Imogen eventually says no…” is the perfect way to summarize this conversation. Absolutely no notes for you Dani Carr, you’re doing amazing.

[ariadne-mouse]

Underrated moment of the recap. Look at him. Look at this wee tiny purple angry lil guy. He looks like a nuisance you pull out of your vegetable patch by the scruff of his wee little neck, who then hisses at you and tries to gnaw your thumb instead of your prize rutabagas. You drop him, cursing, and he flees into the underbrush.

[fortunesfavours]

I like my essek outfit design a lot so I drew it instead

[shdowgast]

please just give me a mighty nein one shot already i don't care if it doesn't have like a big plot just m9 visiting veth's summer camp and shadowgast and beauyasha with the kids fjord jester and maybe even kingsley visiting after a year at sea!!!! and cad making some good tea and having a blast!!! i just miss them

[iprefermactavish]

Meet Bells Hells | Crit Recap Animated | Campaign 3

@ravennowithtea WHAT THE HECK?!?!?!?! 😲💘

[orym-blossoms]

CritRole Recap Animated Essek is so cute, even when he's confessing to war crimes.