The Legend Of Vox Machina | 2x4 | Those Who Walk Away | Full Length Reaction!
Added 2024-03-06 22:31:06 +0000 UTC
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Oh wow, that's really beautiful actually. You could feel that deep level of emotion in his performance but I had no idea it was so raw for him at the time. Makes the performance that much more special
Kyle Katarn
2024-03-08 16:39:53 +0000 UTCAhhh okay so Boots of Haste. That makes a lot more sense but it's weird they never mentioned it until that moment (unless I missed it.) Made it easy to assume it was part of the Matron's gift
Kyle Katarn
2024-03-08 16:39:17 +0000 UTCAlso important: Liam O'Brien (Vax's actor/player) was dealing with his own mother's real life descent into hospice and then death in real time while they were playing this game, and between that and some scary health issues of his own, he was really struggling with mortality and loss on a personal level. He and Matt Mercer talked about it and Matt built this incredibly beautiful storyline processing grief and loss and sudden drastic change to the life one has always known, and it made Vax's storyline pretty much the heart and soul of the entire first campaign at the end. There are lots of special moments and arcs and really powerful beats - Matt Mercer isn't just one of the best voice actors on earth, he's an absolutely legendary storyteller, and each of these players are pretty incredible in their own storytelling right too, especially with their own characters' tales - all throughout this campaign, but I think if you ask most critters, Vax's arc coupled with the real life trauma and heartbreak fueling it for Liam is what truly made Campaign 1 special. If a critter had to (gun to their head) pick one single aspect of the campaign, I think that would be it. Eventually we're going to get season 3 of this show, and maybe even more (I really think they need 4 or 5 seasons to fully tell the story correctly), but some day if you're still reacting to this show and we reach the end of the story, there's an INCREDIBLE moment at the table I want to link for you to watch between Sam Riegel (Scanlan's player/actor, and also one of Liam's best friends - the whole reason Critical Role formed in the first place was the two of them, on the podcast they had together at the time, deciding that they wanted to play a game of D&D for Sam's birthday) and Liam from (iirc) the final real episode of the campaign. It's the single most impactful moment of D&D I've ever watched, and once you know the backstory and the stakes involved and everything, I think you'll probably see why. That's quite a while from now though in the narrative, I don't want to spoil things for you on how it all turns out. So we'll circle back sometime way down the road.
Jason Marbach
2024-03-08 09:22:40 +0000 UTCTo answer your question about Vax and whether he becomes a Warlock, he actually multiclassed into Paladin (like you mentioned in the outro). He took 13 levels of Rogue and 5 of Paladin. The speed he displays in this episode was actually not from the vestments in-game, but from boots of haste that he had. They decided to play more into the narrative aesthetic this way, and I think it was a good decision on their part, it feels very cinematic and chosen one-y, but in a good way.
Jason Marbach
2024-03-08 09:15:32 +0000 UTCOne word for Vax: Multiclassing
PantherMagi
2024-03-08 02:38:25 +0000 UTCThe wonderful thing about this show for the voice acting is these are people who lived these characters, birthed and created them. They essentially aren't acting :)
PantherMagi
2024-03-08 02:34:27 +0000 UTCI just realised both Korra and vox got "legend of" haha
Kingston Lor
2024-03-07 01:00:54 +0000 UTC
