I love how the emotions towards scanlan are progressing just like how she was with amity 😆😁

Matt Mercer said that during the campaign, the vestige and the connection to the Raven Queen were supposed to go to Percy. But of course, because Vex was killed by the trap, Liam O'Brien, the guy playing Vax, requested a deal with the Raven Queen to save her, so he got them instead. If you ask me, it suits Vax a lot better. Also, the story of how Vax and Vex found Trinket is really sad, but also kind of heartwarming. A combination I like to call a "classic Pixar moment". I also love how, thanks to that amulet, they don't have to leave him outside of cities and buildings anymore.

@garnetbird7557

Жыл бұрын

"Classic Pixar moment." Yeah, that sounds about right.

@perrycarters3113

Жыл бұрын

I just imagined Percy flying around with black wings, firing guns off mid-air.

@WeeLassReacts

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I like the fact it was Vax too, I feel like Percy had a lot of moments last season so its nice to see some other characters getting the spotlight this season!

@sluggardly

Жыл бұрын

It was mores specifically the aesthetic of the armor that was inspired by Percy's mask and bird imagery, but it wasn't really "meant" for any of them specifically. It was designed for a Dex fighter, so any of Vax, Vex or Percy *could* have gotten a lot out of wearing it. The armor was an artifact of the Raven Queen, but a vestige doesn't guarantee any kind of connection to a deity. Her involvement in the campaign was not something Matt planned, but something that was improvised in the moment of Vex's death and Liam's choice to have Vax offer himself to the goddess during the ritual to bring her back. Liam was going through a shit time in his life (either having just lost, or preparing to lose his mother to cancer, I can't remember exactly), and was ready to sacrifice Vax so that Laura could keep Vex. When the ritual succeeded, the Raven Queen's attention was an attempt on Matt's part to turn the event into something meaningful and special for Liam. And, again, any of them *could* have used the armor, but at that point they all agreed it should be Vax. Which, you can say a lot about his character work and his voices, but *that's* the sort of thing that to me shows Matt's quality as a DM.

@mayaenglish5424

Жыл бұрын

That's not actually true, It could have gone to any of the characters who could wear leather armor if I remember correctly, which is most of them. Now Percy was interested in the Matron of Ravens sure, but it wasn't designed for him specifically. I feel like Taliesin saying that Percy was interested in the Matron has over the years blown out of proportion into people thinking that Vax got armor meant for him or something. A lot of the vestiges Matt made with non specific intent. He had an idea in mind of who they might go to based on character's personalities and interests, but he wanted there to be flexibility and the chance for spontaneity. Also just for world lore reasons it would look kind of weird if there were weapons that seemed tailor made for each of them Specifically just lying around! Having a bit of ambiguity helps with the world building. Though I must agree that I'm glad Vax got the armor and not Percy, It suits Vax but it would have just been Too much on top of Percy's style. I mean Taliesin totally would have made it work, the man's a genius, but still, I absolutely love the way that both character's turned out. Edit: also what J Taylor said lol

The Matron of Ravens (or, the Raven Queen) is the goddess that watches over the passage between life and death every time Vax saw her, she was ferrying someone across that barrier, and was about to do so with Vex until Vax stopped her

@kalvinelward4938

Жыл бұрын

He didn‘t really stop her more like made an offer and she accepted.

@forgemakesstuff2734

Жыл бұрын

@@kalvinelward4938 yeah that’s what I meant 😅 just couldn’t find a way to say it that wouldn’t spoil other stuff at the time

@alexkoder1982

Жыл бұрын

Still think Vax got a glimpse of her history with that vision at the end of the episode.

@ShadowyFox_86

Жыл бұрын

While I agree with what you're saying as far as the Vex situation, I have to disagree about the others. We don't have proof of that (either implied or explicit) in the show. We do have proof that she's simply been watching Vax, but we don't know the reason yet.

I LOVE how Kash decides to intervene in the totally-not-a-beholder-for-legal-reasons fight when Keyleth gets petrified

@pinkrole2210

Жыл бұрын

It's an Onlooker. That's _totally_ different from a Beholder.

@aramyengoyan.7325

Жыл бұрын

@@pinkrole2210 ah yes, onlooking and beholding, DEFINITELY different/s

@RealNTAF

Жыл бұрын

@@aramyengoyan.7325 seems more like a type of gorgon to me, because of the petrification.

@aramyengoyan.7325

Жыл бұрын

@@RealNTAF not sure if you are familiar with the original campaign or not, but the monster they fought there was, in fact, a beholder. And I believe beholders also have the ability to petrify. Just putting this out there :P

@RealNTAF

Жыл бұрын

@aram yengoyan. right, but in this world it could be a gorgon, since they never actually say what it is.

The broom actually isn't a vestige, the reason they're calling so much attention to it is that later on they find a vestige underneath a bunch of dirt, and the only way to reach it is for Vex to sweep all the dirt away which would be impossible without the broom. It's a pretty interesting scene, tho Scanlan making her wear a maid costume while sweeping felt unnecessary, unfair of him to make her wear a particular item of clothing just to be able to use the broom

@alexkoder1982

Жыл бұрын

They went full Legend of Zelda with that one. Complete with Vex having to fight a giant scorpion near quicksand.

@cryofpaine

Жыл бұрын

For a moment, I forget this is the "fake spoiler channel", so I was so confused by this. 😁

Fun fact: in d&d revival is just another spell albeit with more expensive material components the DM felt like this was too easy so he homebrewed a more difficult version with a higher chance of failure

Fun fact: despite the fact this creature has one big eye, is endowed with tentacles and has a tendency to paralyse people, this is not the D&D Beholder. This is an Onlooker, a _completely different_ beast!

@silverkyrie4714

Жыл бұрын

I mean to be fair, it was a beholder originally. They came up with the Onlooker to get around copyright. So it's so similar intentionally, not quite "completely" different

@garr_inc

Жыл бұрын

@@silverkyrie4714 That's the joke. Did you not understand the reason for my intentional italics on "completely different"?

The inclusion of the spirit of Purvan Suul to test Vax was a great addition to the story. Because of how long he's been dead, the only time he was interacted with on the stream was a brief appearance in ExU: Calamity, which took place at a point in time when the Matron of Ravens had made him her champion, but before he got the armor, and we never got to really see what made him a legendary figure in the present day. Here, we get to see that he had the skills.

The stuff with Vax and the Matron of Ravens is explored throughout the season; you'll especially get answers in episode 11. But the main bits they don't explicitly say are (1) when he said "take me instead", she obliged, just not in the way he expected; and (2) the thread she cut wasn't Vex's life force, it was the connection between the twins, which she severed to forge a new connection between Vax and herself. Btw, I'd say Scanlan's character episodes this season are 6-7 and 10-12. And the woman at the end: it's not a spoiler. You know her already. Look at her hand: it's mechanical. There's only one character we've met with one hand.

Zarah upon getting petrified: "Oh no! My own petard! I've been hoist upon it! Why that's the worst kind of petard to be hoist upon!"

She is the matron of ravens, this worlds death goddess/grim reaper. And yes it might take time to love Scanlan. Remember a lot of us watched the streams and had a long time with him so these characters are special to us. We have seen the ins and outs of them. You sadly wont get as much from the show as they have cut several great character moments from him and everyone but that had to happen there's like 100s of hours of stream this is coming from.

@cryofpaine

Жыл бұрын

Scanlan is still my least favorite character in VM (and that includes Tiberius from the campaign - the player was shit, but I liked the character). But he did grow on me. He takes a lot of getting used to. But the events this season shows really went a long way towards giving him more depth and making him more sympathetic.

@kitkami

Жыл бұрын

@@cryofpaine I think starting out Percy and Keyleth were my least favorites. They both were just so boring at the start. That changed as things went on. I felt like the players came out of their shells more which improved the characters. Scanlan and Grog were my favorites, followed by the twins, Pike was almost never there. The live streams were boring without Scanlan on the ones Sam was away but that honestly was likely more Sam than Scanlan cause the same was true in the second campaign when Sam was not able to be there a time or two.

@CallistoTheWarriorQueen

Жыл бұрын

@@cryofpaine Scanlan was my least favourite too and Keyleth. Though I liked both a lot more after the Chroma Conclave arc. The twins, especially Vex, have always been my favourite :D

the ending art is actually the color scripts they used to determine the colors of each scene

"That doesnt mean I like him". Flashbacks to "She still destroyed Kings cupcake" anyone?

The lady with the crystal ball at the end is Dr. Ripley from season 1. And for some of your other questions, here's a lore dump (no plot spoilers): The scary grim reaper lady is The Matron of Ravens aka The Raven Queen and she is the goddess of death. She was once a mortal arch-mage who invented a ritual to ascend to godhood and usurped the original god of death. The Calamity was a centuries-long war that started a little over 1000 years ago where the evil gods attempted to wipe all life off of the planet. Two thirds of all life was destroyed and Vasselheim (the city from ep 2) is the only city from that time to survive to modern day thanks to help from the good gods. The Calamity was what Vax was seeing visions of. Also, little bit of meta lore: This was Sam's (the guy who plays Scanlan) first ever DnD game and he said at the outset that he wanted to create "the worst character" which goes a long way to explain why Scanlan is the way that he is. However, there is more to him than it seems at first.

@alexkoder1982

Жыл бұрын

Even the name is a result of a random name generator.

Sad fact. Keyleth was *hated* during Campaign 1. Called a Mary Sue and disliked since Marisha Ray, who plays Keyleth, was Matt's Girlfriend now Wife. So they accessed her of getting better treatment for being the DM's Girlfriend.

@devildham

Жыл бұрын

It was a bunch of incels and assholes. It's really good to see Keyleth getting so much love now.

@ArtoriasB

Жыл бұрын

Seriously? Keyleth is fucking amazing, how could anyone hate her??

@Heavensrun

Жыл бұрын

Like, the dumbest thing about it, even if she WAS? It's not a fucking competition, it's a bunch of friends playing together. If the other players don't have a problem with it, WHO FUCKING CARES?

@thegrandwombat8797

Жыл бұрын

Yeah it really sucked, fortunately community opinion has come around, and that attitude is broadly condemned now.

@queenidragon4489

Жыл бұрын

Yeah it sad how do many people couldn't separate her from her character I think they even had to turn off the stream chat because the harassment got so bad

About the end cards: they're colour scripts. Basically they hired an artist to do one of those for every setting/scene so everyone working on that particular bit could refer back to that colour script for character positions, lighting and colour pallete. And they figured, well these look dope, let's just use them instead of paying even more for custom animated end cards.

The art for this season is gorgeous

After this season, you should get Kith and Kin. It's the prequel backstory for the twins. Parts of the audiobook are read by Vex and Vax. Also....The scary crow lady is the Matron of Ravens....look up death and crows in Celtic Mythology, and you'll get a good idea of who Vax is dealing with.

Oh, and that woman at the end was Doctor Ripley, the woman who was on Percy's list but got away in season 1.

Lot of us have more info on Scanlan and his growth from the Livestream game. Your opinion is well founded for the information presented so far. I am super curious how you feel about him at the end of the season!

Because you were talking about how beautiful this show is: there's a truly stunning fan edit called 'The Beauty of The Legend of Vox Machina' that just sets shots from the show to some piano music and it's done _masterfully._ I'll put a link in a reply, in case the comment gets taken down for having a link in it.

I empathize with you on Scanlan. If I didn't already know his full story from Campaign 1, I think I'd feel a lot less charitable towards the character. I think some of the disconnect is that people who love Scanlan's arc look back at where he started with rose-colored glasses. Truth is, he does start in a rough place and does need to change to become somebody we can truly root for. That full arc, of course, is that Scanlan polymorphs into a cute little turtle and stays that way, and then he's just Vox Machina's turtle pet who dies tragically when a burly half-orc steps on him.

If you liked this episode the next one is going to be wild. They run across the reanimated corpse of sylas and they have to fight him while he rides the white dragon. It is epic.

I'm so excited for the growth you'll get to see in the team. The Matron is such a unique character. She's so creepy, which is wonderful considering how she's not evil or good.

"Take me instead you raven bitch!" Will live rent free in my head forever

My IRL Scanlan was a slightly younger (and admittedly cute) girl. She got comfortable running her mouth around me because I was "safe." Looking back I realize I was just too Ace to react to any of it. So basically Scanlan type characters don't bother me because I know they're all talk. Mineta types on the other hand... I really enjoyed Kash's character in general but him being voices by Will Friedle made it even better. Great V.A. and liked the himbo older brother he played on Boy Meets World. Cute that their bear is named Trinket and now can be stored in a trinket.

@corvacks8924

Жыл бұрын

Will Griddle also played Lash on the stream as well

Scanlan is kind of like Barney Stinson. I'm guessing he has his arc. But also, LET'S GOOOO!!! 😁

@devildham

Жыл бұрын

Yes....yes he does.

I am a bit sad that they made Zahra so antagonistic in this show since in the stream she was a lot more chill. As for the fake spoilers, Grog eventually becomes the champion of the Knowing Mistress, the goddess of wisdom and knowledge.

@itilosi9929

Жыл бұрын

on zahra: kind of. she was like this when they first met, before the briarwood arc. she hasn't had the same development in the show that she had in the campaign at this point.

@MadSwedishGamer

Жыл бұрын

@@itilosi9929 To be fair it's been a long time since I watched the Slayer's Take mini-arc, but I feel like she wasn't so hostile as to actively hamper their progress with something the Take wants them to do, was she?

@itilosi9929

Жыл бұрын

@@MadSwedishGamer maybe not quite antagonistic enough to sic a petrifying beholder on them. but vex's and zahras interactions when they were tracking the dragon in the campaign were equal parts open distain for each other and frankly ridiculous levels of sexual tension. their attitudes from early on were adapted quite well i think. Plus Zahra probably thought vox machina was bullshitting her about the vestige to a degree. she probably thought they were gonna abscond with it just for profit thought it should belong with osesa and the take

@edwardlwittlif

Жыл бұрын

This is fair, especially if you were attached to Campaign Zahra, but I kinda like the change, tbh. It's spicy, and it opens up cool possibilities for character growth.

@sandpiperr

Жыл бұрын

I think she's way more interesting this way.

Also the mysterious woman with the hood at the end is someone you've met before in season one, have fun guessing!

@alexkoder1982

Жыл бұрын

I know! It's Future Keyleth! After she gets corrupted by The Whispered One and comes back for revenge on Vox Machina for their loss against the Mighty Nein in the Battle Royale. All because one of them had to let slip to Beau that Keyleth killed a kid.

@Dotterelly

Жыл бұрын

@@alexkoder1982 yeah, I was really surprised when she stole the time magic from the mighty nein so she could go back to the early days of vox machina!

In a side note, in some cultures raven and crow sometimes have been seen as servants that help ferry souls to the after life. So yes that is the golden strings you see. The strings are someone's fate and cutting the string is when you die .

You've seen that person at the end before. She was one of the people on Percy's list last season, Dr. Anna Ripley. She's appearantly keeping track of them for some reason.

It's ok wee Lass us critters freely give head pats and hugs as needed

I am so excited for you to see some of the upcoming episodes!

Yes, the broom is the only weapon they need to finish off all the dragons. Well spotted. Love all these reactions so much. You pretty much are Pike curse for curse.

The Matron of Ravens reminds me a lot of The Morrigan, although the Matron doesn't seem to have the war element as much. But it's pretty mind-blowing to realize the intro from Season 1 Episode 2 has had those golden threads and ravens. Wooooow.

The "Onlooker" in this episode was a distant relative of the last champion Perv-on and Trinket; it was just trying to give the group a Petri-Bear hug.

So, if Vax had to face the Raven Queen's former champion to be worthy of the armor, does that mean he was gettin' his Purvan? 😋

Oh, I'm reading into everything. Ok, that sounded better in my head.

The tutorial? The entire Chroma Conclave is just the tutorial.

The Matron of Ravens is the goddess of death and fate. Hence the common mythological motif of "threads of fate."

Wee Lass about Scanlan: “It’s not like I like you or anything! Baka!”

Tsundere Mosco doesn't want to admit that Scanlan's growing on her XD

@alexkoder1982

Жыл бұрын

Growing on her like a fungus that you just need to find the right recipe to kill it with.

The animation on this show was great in Season 1, but in Season 2 they've just kicked it up quite a few notches. Arthur Loftis, the Art Director, is also a Critter. He contributed to the original kickstarter before he had any idea that he would be involved in it. All of those gorgeous backgrounds and settings are mainly him. And you're right to call out the lighting. Their post prod and color teams with the lighting, the shading, the affects like sparks and snow and rain and smoke are so amazing. And then I could gush on and on about the music as well. Neal Acree, yet another Critter working on the show, does an amazing job to set moods, boost action (the tentacled monster attack music was fantastic, for example) and overall sculpt our emotions with this show. If you go back and watch Episode 3, you'll notice that there was actually not much music until the very end after Vex's death. All amazing. Speaking of going back and watching, if you do, you'll notice that every time Vax sees the Matron of Ravens in Episode 1 and 2, you hear a quick croaking of ravens. Another of the great details they like to throw in. Such a well-made show.

If one is to be a champion of the goddess of death and fate, they must learn to accept their fate and embrace their death.

I think the reason I like scanlan and not others similar to him is because of how he treats his teammates he makes a bunch of sex jokes but not at the expense of them and doesn't try to sleep with any of his teammates. I could do a whole psychoanalysis about him but I don't want to spoil things.

@alexkoder1982

Жыл бұрын

Scanlan: Vex can watch. Just don't focus on me.

Just wait, the show will explain the Raven Queen and those golden threads😉

5:50 OH just wait for when Pike turns into a Hexenbeast while fighting Scanlan next Season.

Can’t wait to watch!

Scanlan's character arc came later in the campaign as it aired. The animated series follows the campaign as it unfolded. There is much more story to be revealed. If you feel and think the same way about him after all of the story is told, so be it.

@mlindsay3133

10 ай бұрын

Please be open to a Scanlan story arc.

Can’t be the champion of the goddess of death if your afraid of dying

The thing about DnD no one has plot armor. See there is dead (going to 0 health) and then there is dead-dead. Dead mostly means that someone is "unconscious and bleeding out" they can be be brought back with a healing spell. But then there is dead-dead and that requires higher level magic and expensive spell components. There are ways to bring people back yes but death is still a possibility. If you are not of a high enough level for the spells and some one that is dead-dead... Well that is time to roll up a new character. Normally you have the spell components you cast the spell but in Matt's game he wants death to mean something so he homebrews a rule that the spell also involves a ritual. Depending one the spell 1 to three people can help. Like once Grog intimidated someone (forgot who) back into life. In this one Percy triggered the trap but he dodged out of the way and Vex got hit. It was trap that dealt a massive amount of damage and if you went to 0 you just died. The look on Matt's face was gut wrenching when he realize. The spell ritual wasn't going well when Liam (Vax) stepped up and told the Matron of Ravens to take him instead. Also (I think but take with a grain of salt) at the time his mother recently so he channeled that into his plea of his in game sister. That also was even more gut wrenching. Professional actors...

@cryofpaine

Жыл бұрын

You are correct about Liam's mom. In fact, Vax seeing the gold thread between him and Vex is explained later in the season. This is an ability that Matt gave Vax as a gift to Liam because he knew what Liam was going through. One of the problems with the series is how to handle death. Because of the rolls, you could have a character die in every single episode, and it would always feel tense. There would always be a weight to it. But in the series, you don't see that, so the weight has to come from the situation. And if we continually see people being healed and coming back from death, it's going to feel less and less tense. So far they've done a good job of keeping those stakes up. And the one benefit is that if/when it does happen that a character actually dies, it will be that much more impactful.

I love how unclear they make the communications from the deities. In Matt Mercer’s world lore, there exists something called the Divine gate, which prohibits the gods from directly affecting the world, by design. Kind of makes clear communicating difficult, however.

Daddy? Sorry. Daddy? Sorry. Daddy...sorry. Daddy?

@devildham

Жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣 it's so true

LOL "I'm going to stop making s#!t joke." No you won't and that's why we love ya.

as clarification - the Matron wasn't foreshadowing Vex's death, but as you saw later... spoilers ... she told Vax she'd been watching him for longer than he knew. She wanted him, the Fate Touched. Vex's death was the opening she needed to get her talons into him.

5:03 - *“Can they do it?”* There are several ways to bring the dead back to life in D&D, and they have increasing power requirements and material cost, depending on just how dead the person is (ranging from "only _mostly_ dead" to "ashes scattered in the winds"). Matt added some homebrew rules to make the process more involved than just paying the gold and casting a spell, so that a character's death remains a scary prospect and never becomes a mere inconvenience. 9:08 - *“They're just gonna **_sweep_** the dragons with that. […] Did that joke make you **_bristle_** with indignation?”* Nah, I can _handle_ it. Let's just sweep it under the rug and dust out hands off it. 😉 12:01 - *“The fuck is that thing?”* That is a _completely new and original_ monster, called an "onlooker"… because Beholders (which is what they actually fought in the campaign) are copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast, and they would have to officially license it. Throughout the series, they've gone out of their way to avoid entangling their 100% creator-owned IP with any licenses from big corporations - and they were wise to do that, given what happened at the start of this year. Hasbro/WotC attempted to pull some _major_ evil bullshit by replacing the Open Game License, under which everyone had been using D&D for many years, with a new license that said "Everything you have created is _ours_ now, and we have the right to market, sell, or rewrite it however we see fit, without paying you a penny. Forever." Basically Hasbro/Wizards went "Wᴇ ᴀʀᴇ ᴀʟᴛᴇʀɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴀʟ. Pʀᴀʏ ᴡᴇ ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ᴀʟᴛᴇʀ ɪᴛ ᴀɴʏ ꜰᴜʀᴛʜᴇʀ," and expected everyone to just roll over for them. What's worse, the language in the proposed OGL 1.1 seemed precision targeted at _Critical Role_ in particular, seeking to grab a shamelessly large part of their income for Hasbro/Wizards. It's probably not a coincidence that _Critical Role_ recently debuted a brand new fantasy roleplaying game of their own devising, called _Daggerheart,_ which appears to put a greater focus on narrative than pure mechanics. Many now expect them to transition from D&D to _Daggerheart_ at the end of campaign 3, or possibly earlier, if Hasbro/Wizards feel that everybody has forgotten what they did and try again. 19:43 - *“Percy's face!”* Travis (Grog) and Sam (Scanlan), who were overseeing the show's production, specifically asked the animators to slow down this bit, so that audiences could really savour Percy's goofy expression here. They'd be glad to know it was appreciated. 20:33 - Vex: _"Do you know what I bet would fit in it nicely?"_ - Grog: _"Me!"_ Fo-o-oreshadowing! 20:45 - *“It's like a pokéball.”* Which is exactly what the players always called it, at the table.

Vex does some crazy shit when she finds out Trinket is the final vestige....kinda....more like it's been in his stomach for years and recently learned one way to use it. At the table there was so much experimental feeding and waiting to get that bear to shit it out. Eventually they decided it was worth risking their vulnerable pet to be their vestige wielder in the final battle. Crazy awesome stunts they pulled.

If you're interested in the bts (even for non-reaction reasons) they made a series of videos before s1 called "The Legend of The Legend of Vox Machina" where they go into who is doing the animation, character design, music, etc. It's all pre-season 1 so there's no fear of spoilers

Eventually its a debt to a Goddess of Death. That fate is sealed in stone.

Rescue hamsters are the best. Mine was Francesca and was evil, ancient and loved to bite everyone. 🐹

To give some perspective the matron of ravens is basically like the Celtic deity the Morrigan without the confusing triple goddess hold over from the prior gaulic culture she's kind of a Shepherd of the Dead so Vax is working for a very important Grim Reaper figure he basically made a fairy bargain for his sister's life in that clutch moment take me instead was considered as a general offering

Good job Hamish

7:11 I mean it was Kash too, The Animation makes it a lot harder to see what's going on, which makes sense because it's all esoteric representation of DnD rules. But basically resurrection magic in Matt's world isn't automatic, they can fail. You make offerings, so Vax made an offering to the Matron of Ravens and she accepted... whatever that means. Think of it this way, Kash Gave Vax the opportunity to Offer himself. It's one thing for the Matron to let a resurrection spell go through after all, it's another thing for Vax to just shout into the void expecting something to happen without any magic.

The woman in the hood at the very end is Dr Anna Ripley. Back in Season 1, she was on Percy's List but she ran off.

No spoilers, but everything will be explained in time. This is such a great story.

So the Matron of Ravens (aka the Raven Queen) is the goddess of the transition between life and death and also fate. There's a reason Vax can see her, but I won't spoil it. Those golden lines are the threads of fate. Vax's fate was connected to Vex. Now it's not anymore. Now it's connected to the Matron. What does that mean going forward? You'll have to wait and see.

24:00 That's Dr. Ripley. You may remember her from last season.

That person at the end, you’ve actually already met them before. Maybe you just forgot? 😉

I wonder if the title is a reference to the Le Guin story: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ones_Who_Walk_Away_from_Omelas

@sluggardly

Жыл бұрын

It's named after an episode of the stream, the name of which was a half-dramatic/half-cheeky nod to Liam (Vax's) habit of ending tense or emotional scenes with "And then I walk away."

Vax is now Mama Raven’s special little servant boy

Okay, so now they're *definitely* going to insert a character in the story based off you, to talk shit to Scanlan directly. The woman at the end is Dr. Ana Ripley. They freed her from a prison cell last season, and she ran away a few episodes later. She's in Westruun according to the broken sign they panned past.

Why do feel she will slowly like Scanlan exactly like how she did with Amity in The Owl House??

Ravens are a sign of death. I've been watching your videos on this channel from the beginning. So far you've been a good judge of character. Don't change your opinion of a character without a good reason. Let them prove themself.👌👍🤟

Vax offered his life for his sister's, and the Matron accepted; but he had to be tested before becoming her champion. Once he accepted death, she awakened the armour. (Vestiges have three states: dormant, awakened, exalted.) Vax had Boots of Haste long before this, they bundled the effect into the vestige. Amusing note, the pokeball was originally Purvan's, and contained his wolf companion; he ended up guarding the forests around Whitestone. Beholders (the second most dangerous monster, under dragons) are trademarked, so they had to tweak the monster for the show. They fought it before finding the sarcophagus, that was why Vex's hp was so low when the trap hit her. Also, Zhara was never this antagonistic. She flirted with Vex on their first visit, and forged an Arrow of Dragonslaying for her after the Conclave attacked. I'm pretty sure I can still count the number of reactors who recognised Ripley on one hand. Would you believe there are cosplayers that have already made their own versions of the Deathwalker's Ward, complete with glowy bits?

Just discovered you, but ya you will learn that Scanlan has more going on later in the season.

it's interesting you ask to learn more about Scanlan's character... there's a reason. His story is very quietly being told in little scenes and quick exchanges. It starts to pick up in a bit, but keep in mind how little we all really know about him. oh yeah, even Trinket the bear gets a hardcore tragic origin story lol During the real campaign, Liam O'Brien, the actor that plays Vax, was going through a painful part of life dealing with his mother passing. It pushed him to a very dark place and the game was one of the few things that kept him going. When the whole thing with Vex dying and the Matron of Ravens came up, Liam was very uncomfortable at first but soon enough, leaned into it. Through playing Vax going through his issues and learning to accept death as part of life (which is how he defeated Purvon in his dream fight), Liam was able to find some healing of his own. The game and his dearest friends were there for him during his darkest time.

Freaking LOVE the sound design on that monster. It's such a great Sound That Should Not Happen.

Re Scanlan: You don't need to justify how you feel. If your feelings change, then they do; that's all there is to it. Re Disliking Pike: Nah, not gonna happen. Looking forward to the journey Vox Machina takes you on; Travel Safe Friends. =)

Don't stop making shit jokes, I like them XD

I'm not going to explain just watch.

"I'll stop makingsl shit jokes." Don't you dare it's what I'm here for. Big OOF on actually knowing someone like Scanlan. Once you've met someone irl who is like that, these tropes get much less funny, understandably so. I think most in the comments are fond of where Scanlan ends up, and sometimes we can forget to look back. He was absolutely my least favorite when I started the stream! He's got some capital P Problematic behavior. I do like that you'll give him credit where it's due, he is a good team member.

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Funnily enough, the person I've known in real life who I'd say is most like Scanlan was actually a Scottish woman! I've known a lot of men who are far worse because they were actually abusive and/or sexist (ie: not good guys deep down), but in terms of being problematic because you mask your vulnerability with sex jokes...yeah, that was her. I know that's a rare exception, though.

21:00 More like an addendum to the user agreement.

Funny how she likes Pike so much, as if she can identify with her. And then, of course, there’s her feelings on Scanlan…hmmm 😏

SHOW US THE HAMSTER

Not a spoiler: The lady with the crystal ball is a certain lady Vox Machina found in a certain dungeon in season 1... a certain lady without the right hand (now replaced by a mechanical one?).

Just found your channel today and, yikes... If you don't like Scanlan, just wait until you meet Kaylie. 😂 As for the scenes with Vax vs. Pervon in his vision, not such a tutorial as a test of worth... One can not be the champion of Death if one fears death. Love your energy, love Hamish, can't wait to see all of Vox Machina with you!

Imo about scanlan your not supposed to like him. You can't have a redemption arc without anything to redeem.

21:03 end game content 😬😭

Yeaaaahhh!! POKEBEAR!

I am honestly very happy to find someone else who loathes Scanlan as much as I used to -I was quite disturbed by how eagerly people were defending him despite some of the absolutely disgusting and gross things he said and did (like you say, a walking SA case). And that is despite the animated show toning him down a thousand percent. I almost rage quit watching the first campaign after an extremely disturbing scene with an unclothed female prisoner who had suffered horrible torture, and yet people kept brushing scenes like that off. Thankfully Scanlan does grow and mellow out as a character and by the end I didn't hate him any longer, though he was far from my favourite -but I do enjoy some of his interactions with other characters once he stops being so gross. But early campaign Scanlan is pretty much the worst a character could possibly be.

You may grow to like Scalean. I really loved him in the actual dnd campaign and there is a scene there that made me cry, but he is very vulgar in show. Wish he got better quicker. Percy is still my favorite. Love that nerdy boy.

11:00 you two seconds youtube 6 seconds commercial me you lied to me😢

The Raven Queen use to be human but usurped the old god of death's position.

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I thought she was elven/fey

by the way shipping spoilers Vex and Zahra find a magical path to dual-female-conception and have a tiefling daughter named Gwen. she likes buttons and theft and crossbows.

Come on it is obvios who the women at the end is ! Vex & Vax Human Mother of course !

Yeah that’s fair; scanlan kind of has a bit of a mineta thing going in the show. While he was a perverted little deviant in the table top it felt…less abrasive to me there? Concentrating all of this deviant behavior into a smaller story line makes it punch harder. Plus having interacted with my own fair share of unpleasant pervs I can see how he would be a hard character to stomach.

Are they flirting? Considering they were canonically in the campaign.... Probably?

Scanlan's story becomes much more interesting after he gets bitten by a radioactive robot and gains superpowers.

Scanlan is a character that grows on you, like a wart. I've never been a fan of the horny bard trope, and Scanlan is the worst. Eventually, I did come around to appreciating him but it took a freaking long time for me. This is not even the scanlan that I started to like.

I feel like it was easier for a lot of people to ignore Scanlan's behaviour during the campaign, because it was spread out a lot more around the fights and quests so it wasn't as in your face, plus it was recognised as playing into tropes around bards, and mostly people remembered Sam's great improvised singing rather than the character's bad behaviour. Plus he's often in the position of comic relief, which hides how bad his behaviour is from many people. I hope you're not getting too much flak about it. He's an interesting character when he gets some actual development, I mean I never grew to like him much but I did at least understand him better.