#m9 animated series

[ariadne-mouse]

This will be a surprise to no one but I am going to become absolutely insufferable if the M9 animated series gives us heretofore unknown Essek content

[shadowgasp]

something about Essek’s voice line being put in the middle of the other Mighty Nein members is so sweet to me.

he really is one of them.

[counterspelled]

"you dont seem that neurodivergent" that's because you haven't asked me about TTRPG shows.

[aspiringsophrosyne]

In this post I talked about how, for the animated series, we could do something fun when we get to that moment from episode 72. We could use the Dusts and the rest of the Nein being asleep and unaware of the events transpiring in the middle of the night to draw up suspense while Fjord plays chicken with his Patron.

Thinking back on it now, we can actually pull the same trick twice. It'll be just as effective the second time, and it won't even feel cheap. Why?

Because we'd be using it during the attack on the Nein's ship in episode 98. (Spoilers for that episode below the cut.)

Fjord is stabbed in his sleep and then further accosted when he wakes. He gets up; he and the audience realize his assailant, whose shadowy shape is only vaguely humanoid, is between him and the door. Cut to the crew, sailing the ship, none the wiser. Cut to the Nein, dreaming. Fjord, hand pressed to his wound, looks out a window. He sees the ocean; he bamfs out. Now he's momentarily stranded in the water, bleeding, as his aggressor leaves the Captain's quarters, looks out over the ocean….and spies his target. The warlock readies an eldritch blast, and Fjord ducks below. The POV goes under water; we see Fjord swimming, dodging columns of light that rise around him in the wake of the blasts.

Then we cut to the empire sibs. Veth. Yasha. Cad. Jester. All of them are still sleeping. Jester's lying in bed in the foreground. In the background behind her, we can see the doorway to her quarters slowly opening.

Until it reveals a twisted, shadowy figure standing there.

Fjord comes up for air, notices something. Camera switches to his point of view: multiple assailants are crawling up to the deck. And none of them look right.

He teleports back onto the ship. He looks around…the camera moves slightly. Both he and the audience notice the ship's bell right next to him. He frantically rings it. Jester hears, opens her eyes….and a Deep Scion is bending over her. Its unnaturally wide jaws open and dripping in anticipation of its first bite. She screams and smacks it in the face with her lollipop.

And the fight continues from there.

This wouldn't even feel like a retread because it's a direct consequence of Fjord's actions at the volcano. Its a beautiful inversion of the night he found the courage to free himself from his pact, as if Uk'utoa had taken that bloody and redemptive leap of faith and corrupted it, turning it back around on his betrayer.

And that would just be the start of the attack. The whole battle has the potential to be incredibly hype.

[i-am-shitpost]

Oh my god we’re going to see the tower we’re going to see the fucking tower and the rooms and the starry room and Caleb’s OLD HOUSE and and and GDFKJAVDJAVXNDLVD

OH MY GOD ARE THEY GOING TO ANIMATE DER KATZENPRINZ?!?!?!?!

[themadmarauder]

Imagine we have an episode where there’s a hard fight. The team is tired and just happy to be alive and together. Things seem to be looking up. They seem to be in a good place. They’re sitting around the tower laughing and just enjoying each others company and toasting to lost friends. Then the shot fades away to a familiar hill with twin blades and a colorful jacket marking a grave. All of a sudden a hand grabs the coat and twirls it around and puts it on. The shot pans up the body till we see the face of Molly, alive. Only the eyes have a bit more cruelty to them and it isn’t really Molly. Another voice of someone we can’t see then says “welcome back Lucien” and Lucien replies “Good to be back. Let’s go finish what we started” Then black screen the episode ends.

[stardusted-bookworm]

Gods, I hope Matt voices Essek. Like ik if they took the same route as Gilmore they would definitely cast an actor that would be phenomenal at portraying Essek, but by the gods, I hope Matt plays Essek.

I need the delicious sexual tension between the wizards that Matt Mercer and Liam O'Brien are so good at producing.

[isagrimorie]

Amazon has made a mighty embrace of the Critical Role cinematic universe.

Amazon Studios announced a multiyear exclusive overall TV and first-look film deal with Critical Role, the media company and D&D role-playing group behind Prime Video’s popular adult animation series “The Legend of Vox Machina.”

The first new series to be produced under the agreement is “Mighty Nein,” based on Critical Role’s second campaign, which ran from January 2018 to mid-2021. The Mighty Nein adventuring party — a band of criminals and misfits — are the only ones who can prevent the kingdom from plunging into chaos when an arcane artifact capable of reshaping reality falls into the wrong hands.

This is awesome for them!

I hope this means eventually we get Bells Hells! But also, OVAs like Search for Grog and Dale’s Closet but also!

EXU Calamity!

[critcatbar]

I love Vox Machina, don't get me wrong, but the Mighty Nein were my gateway drug into critical role (and my surrogate DnD campaign when I had no one to play with rofl) and I am going to be SO NOT CHILL AT ALL THAT IT'S GETTING ANIMATED.

Just...

These stupid blorbos in particular mean a lot to me.

I appreciate your understanding.

[tieflingpride]

the cr team just rattle dice in front of us and say “here gay people have some content” and I eat that shit up every time

[chaosgenasi]

it's really cute to have gotten to the point of c2 where they're all super excited about the kickstarter for One Animated Special after getting into cr through tlovm

[ariadne-mouse]

thank you for reminding me there's gonna be CR2 animated series!! i genuinely forgot and your reblog about it reminded me! feeling so happy about it now, i cannot wait :D

Hi Anon, I am happy to have reminded you and brightened your day! You inspired me in turn to make something silly. Thank you!

Treason's Greason's to all my fellow Essek fans looking forward to the M9 Animated Series and a peek at the Crimes behind the scenes

[oddthesungod]

I still feel a little bit insane thinking about the fact that we’re actually getting an animated Mighty Nein series in the future

[natp20]

if we get the full YOUR TURN TO ROLL theme song with a high-def intro i'm gonna burst into tears

[aspiringsophrosyne]

A possible solution for the animators who are going to have to work on Molly for the Mighty Nein series:

If Taliesin gives his blessing (because the character designs should ultimately be decided between the cast and the character designer) make it some manner of reversible.

Most of the time it's just a solid color, but when he's making a pitch, he turns it inside out and all those designs are on it. Not only does this help the animators out, it's a surprise for newbies, and it's a surprise for fans of the stream who would just assume they ditched all the more complicated iconography in Molly's design to make things easier for themselves.

Plus, it makes sense in-universe: reverse the coat, get everybody's attention, and then start talking up the circus.

[flashhwing]

Waiting to engage with the M9 until the animated series because I can't handle the long form stream/live content (RIP, I would've loved to see it Live) so I don't know who Molly is fully BUT-

Yknow that "I am bi therefore I have two swords" trope from the early 2010s? Molly's got two swords, AND they're curved. My bi ass is intrigued by the Ourple.

I feel like a city guard NPC from Skyrim. "They got curved swords. Curved. Swords."

Excellent news! Molly has two swords BECAUSE he is bi 🤗