the scatterbrained squirrel

He/him \ constantly in a battle with ADHD (always losing because I keep forgetting to fight it) \ talk to me about Night Vale/Control/Horizon/BG3/D&D/Star Wars/Southern Reach!

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ok at one point there was a tumblr post of like an eldritch creature that appears in the Clair Obscur sequel and you find out it's Lune who somehow breached containment and made it out of the canvas and I always assumed it was meant as like a joke or fanfic idea or whatever but I realized tonight when I finished the game

in Verso's ending you watch everyone get gommaged the classic way ie fading into petals....except Lune. She just sits down in a huff and the camera pans away and that's the last you see of her

so like........maybe?????????

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back on my c4 bs with ep 12

Brennan putting that new dad experience to good use in this flashback

"I need you to roll persuasion but with wisdom because there is no charming your way out of a crying baby"

that goodbye has been 20 years in the making oof

the unstoppable urge to just whisper "polo" when Matt introduces himself as Marco

but also, lol Marco Mercer

you know I thought maybe having to hang out with this bunch after intense trauma might mellow out Sir Julien a little bit but nope STILL such an asshole

Julien: can we not interact with people here? Brennan: bruh you're in a pub

do you think dwarves would know how to make a mean wagyu

something about the description "at a decibel that was concerning" is so funny to me

I'm loving the simultaneous plots of this sweet summer child missionary talking to this group about her faith and meanwhile Occtis is sitting there attempting to find out if an undead can eat food

and then Julien is out doing some James Bond stuff in the back

of course that was Tyranny's sister Thaisha is in so much danger lol

Occtis invents Krazy Glue to staple his guts shut

these demons are so right but also so wrong hahahahahahaha

did Thaisha just solder his chest shut

roll to NOT seduce this NPC

"it's not an insult it's a criticism"

I know I've said this before but it is very interesting how much subterfuge in pre-digital eras relied entirely on the fact that you as a common guard just couldn't type a couple words into a computer and look up information immediately

"I don't know why I knew he would have a walrus moustache" becaues his name is Otto and German. Brennan literally just put Chancellor Bismarck in this game

poor Ingrid lmao she just wants a date

we're really trying to just do a Bridgerton sideplot now in this campaign

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I continue to lose track of time because what do you mean the Edinburgh live show happened already (spoilers below)

Sam's instructions for what he wants to look like make-up-wise is just whatever makes me go "...oh no"

yup that is the appropriate level of oh no for a Sam Riegel costume

I love that the production crew already cut one of Sam's mics like no we don't need to hear this actually

it is still incredible me that they got to book Edinburgh Castle but they are never going to be allowed again after this lmfao

Taliesin heard Sloss mention quickest death and was like challenge accepted

I swear one day there's going to be a one-shot that's literally just Yasha and Beau trying to have a vacation despite everything

I wanna see Jester's Sending records

let sleeping babes lie Caleb

Matt getting distracted by a bug

how are Taliesin's accents getting WORSE

"we can take their lives but we will never take their Seadom"

NOT THE DRAGON TURTLE

this is the funniest and most excruciating series of whiffs I've ever seen Matt is SO mad

One-by-one is now Laura's new vocal tic

they totally cheated their way out of that dex save with Evasion and I can practically see steam coming out of Matt's ears

this is HYSTERICAL

I need to start a "jesus christ Sam" counter for these watchalongs

also a "Sam, what the fuck" counter but that's really the same thing

this party is just RUINING Matt and Daniel's night man

"this is incel behaviour" "oh you're picking up on the subtext NOW?"

dropping a 7th-level Counterspell on a Cure Wounds is crazy

if Fjord finishes this I swear

ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY FOUR POINTS

I'm imagining Jester messaging Ukotoa for funsies

"it's like a cuck but just watching the guy do such a bad job"

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PROJEKT FUNBALL SPOILERS TIME

RedChild MC = Eadwulf cameo????

who let Sam humiliate an entire live studio audience

It has begin: Now wrong in multiple languages!

Jester WOULD drag Fjord's 13 STR green ass up the side of a volcano at like 5 in the morning

is it a sex swing is Veth building ein Sexswing

Samveth continues to have zero concept of halfling timespans

Caleb's Nein-Sided Haunted House

"You take no damage at all from this really poor roll: Monks."

"if we attack these cats the internet will be more mad at us than they have ever been"

does that phrase work in Common though OH IT DOES

Jester rolling intimidation vs...Jester

yes by all means let's inflict more parental trauma on poor Caleb

yes by all means let's inflict ALL KINDS of trauma on poor Caleb

they were so close to a Pock o' Peas joke there

oh this is THAT moment huh

the Produce Flame straight to Wall of Fire escalation pipeline

Liam casting Wish on Sam to CAUSE life is SO fucked up

well I'm glad YOU'RE having fun Matt and Liam

"I'm going to use Shape Water to shape the water that just came out of me" Matt you did this to everyone

Laura bailing at the last minute on that dildo joke

I would like to point out Yasha has not actually lost a turn yet despite Caleb trapping her twice with spells

Ashley rage too strong shirt can't hold

SHE FLICKED THE BEAN

I love that Liam just started them with the hardest chamber

Veth WOULD make a breast pump uniform for herself

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I made it to episode 10!

the Archanade had a The Fly accident because of course it does

what weird shit are all these noble houses working on

Brennan leaving Whitney dangling off a cliff for a whole week just to tell her she saved on that basilisk stare is crazy

someone take that rumble button away from Brennan

Brennan has almost killed Thimble TWICE in the first ten episodes

"next battle I'm gonna come with a real gun"

"I love that canonically you do not know how to pet a dog"

Sam ragebaiting Laura: a 4-campaign story

Brennan is out to murder someone in this campaign someone stop this man

that disadvantage from the wolf howl is just straight carrying Teor rn

someone confiscate that die from Brennan

Laura Bailey just carrying this whole party in the tiniest of backpacks tonight

someone give that die we confiscated from Brennan and give it to Travis jfc

what is the chair repair budget at Critical Role LLC

Brennan is just out to get everyone tonight

Dark Horse Wine saved Wick's life tonight

Sam ragebaits Laura pt 43154089527038

did Brennan really make them play like 7 hours hahahahaha

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C4E009 stuff?

I love when Brennan is like what if we do a bit of meta theatre memories in our good socialist D&D

all of these people are accomplished actors in their own right but it always strikes me how much Liam leans on his stage experience and that's not a bad thing

Taliesin leaning into the vampire vibes today

the Tachonis have been busy in this part of the world

lol the magic border collie talking about herding sheep

Brennan explaining upper class solidarity to the party lmfao

the wild man shooting the shit with a mastiff about "dog stuff"

bunny cavalry?????

Hawkins and Morgaine are just such a funny pair

WHAT THE FUCK ARE THESE FAIRIES

god Brennan dropping comic relief in the middle of giving Thimble the WORST news

this is all gonna just turn into everyone jaunting into the feywild

hahahahaha Morgaine and Felltower

oh this is so much cooler of a backstory for the Hounds than I could've imagined

years ago people and the Faerie lived together in harmony...that was before the Candescent Creed attacked?

ah nothing like an emotionally broken lord to bend towards the forces of darkness

I'm loving every time the Creed does something bad and everyone just turns to Sam

Sam is really gunning for the narrative angle of having to rely on his personal growth to boost his CHA score

egg! egg! egg! egg!

ARE WE GOING TO CLIFFHANGER ON A BASILISK

I love that they sent the D&D rookie right into the literal basilisk's pit

it's also so funny how much Sam refusing to watch his own show annoys everyone

Whitney girl even the Halovars don't believe in the Candescent Creed lmao

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honestly the narrative structure of the big plot twist in expedition 33 is so fucked up, you beat the BBEG, you spend so long on the endgame cutscene that a PS5 controller straight up times out and disconnects, and then BAM.

AND THEN THEY HIT YOU WITH "EPILOGUE"???????

Sandfall when I get u

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Cannot get over Esquié belly flopping every time they break into a run. I don't know how many drugs that guy is on (and you can't tell me he's not on any, buddy literally floats using rocks) but I kinda want all of them

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C4E008 weirdness

poor Aranessa but Thainessa = new roommates?????

Faerry

all of these haircuts are cursed

did they just...photoshop Laura's hair onto Sam

Dr Finger is honestly the most hysterical honey trap ever

"have you not seen these titties" "they're the only reason I'm even letting you roll"

"my name is Jizzebel" "oh and THIS guy calling you a courtesan was the out of line part??"

Travis is rolling a frankly embarassing number of nat 1s this session

egg! egg! egg! egg!

god I love wild magic

"this room is tonally in a different genre than what's happening everywhere else"

jesus christ Brennan 27 points is way too close

ngl getting to just stabilize as a desperate measure feels a bit OP

Dame Cosgrove getting thrown into the world's weirdest adaptation of Game of Thrones

everyone taking the absolute piss out of Gully Breeches

"I'm so sorry that you have honour"

"you say you're a people pleaser? name one person you've pleased" - Kattigan & Tyranny

aw yay Baron Cosgrove

a pack of dwarves with tankards full of water oh my god

so wait are the King's hounds of Timmony actually dogs

oh Hawkins don't fuck around

Skinner the Redcap and trees: Teor's personal BBEG

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ok that one Stormtrooper who literally threw down just to grab his electrostaff and start whaling on Finn in TFA....the fuck was his deal 😭

[tradelouisemark]

I woke up and was assaulted by a TikTok reminding me of “Do you think I care for you so little that betraying me would make a difference?” and I’m still gobsmacked that this was not in fact a shadow daddy in a novel or some big bad mafia boss but in fact the twelfth fucking doctor

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all the news the last couple days has made me realize that there is only one possible choice for the next Doctor, one single person who can unite all Britons (yes there's Whovians like me from outside the UK but let's be real here), one person who's already captured the imagination of the British people and can do so much more if they get a bigger stage

help us Count Binface, you're our only hope

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welp guess I'm never gonna find out how Horizon ends since Sony bought a whole porting studio and apparently decided they still can't be arsed to make PC ports for their games 🫠

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C4E007 liveposting nonsense

are the Sundered Houses just trying to reestablish the pantheon with themselves as the gods because it feels very much like they're just trying to confiscate all the god weapons at this point

Sam seems to be trying extra hard to humiliate all his friends this campaign during the sponsor bits

lmao they're gonna give this poor village priest a heart attack from the stress alone

I like to imagine Thimble is just chucking pebbles at Wick the entire rest of this trip

this whole environment description is just giving Highlands vibes and that was before Brennan mentioned the word croft

aw dog hotels

BIG DOGGO

mysterious big doggo?

ah yes the classic waylaying your quest halfway plot mechanic

lmao is Timmony's whole canine patrol force just druids in dog form

love seeing an asshole quite literally get beaten out of his pants by the flat side of a blade yas my lord sufferrrrr

Tyranny just going big titty Sister Nurse Cleric Joy

you know it's incredible how much subterfuge and spycraft has traditionally been predicated on the target just not having access to the internet or any telecommunications device

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C4E004 live posting nonsense

ok I get this is the Halloween episode but why is Taliesin dressed like somehow more gothy Alex Ward lmfao

lmao Bolaire with the mask from The Mask here doing some fucked up serial killer shit

ah yes I see we are doing a food sponsorship tonight for Czepeku

I just want to know if the PAs get compensated for the weird shit that Sam puts them through or "blames" on them

these floppy costumes are so bad

oh my god it actually is an Oops All Alex Ward episode

NGL it feels a bit silly that most of these characters were like veterans of the same war as Thjazi or have spent decades honing their craft but somehow they're all only level 3?

"I bear your house no ill will" is a crazy thing to say right after you just Mortal Kombat fatality'ed their patriarch

"he LOOKS like this is the first time he's ever played D&D" Alex getting bullied here by the oops all DMs (and Ashley) table

Brennan staring the party dead in their eyes, telling them to their faces that he rigged this fight, and then straight up murdering a player is just crazy

this fight didn't just escalate Brennan shut them all in a rocket and smashed the launch button

did Occtis just die inside his death (deathceptionnnnn)

"what is Bolaire's deal?????" asks everyone even in character apparently

Marisha is so redneck it hurts it's so funny

lol Thjazi messing with so many people even in death

how....how would you even do Bolaire's character sheet if he changes bodies every so often

so that's what that other spooky mask was about

lol sounds like the lords want to create new gods

Brennan is having WAY too much fun with that thunder button

hey he's only normal dead now!

close enough welcome back Laudna

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time to finish off this season because I evidently do not have enough trauma in my life

as usual spoilers under line

has Andy Serkis ever played like not an antagonist

this is going to be the "defy your gods and trust the necromancers" arc isn't it

oh but he WOULD dare, Cassandra

I really do wonder how long Vecna would've lasted if they had actually unleashed Predathos but also what he's up to these days

aw Tary

better hurry up guys you ain't gonna like the choice Pike is about to make

well that's one way to cast a divination spell

guys this isn't actual D&D Matt isn't gonna let you choose how you wanna do this lol

don't fuck with archdruids man

oh boy here we go

oh Grog you've missed so much

but also don't fuck with Vecna man

hahahahahaha Grog punching his way out of everything

alright things are going too well here when's the plot twist happening

there it is

oh no poor Tary

well if no one wants to hear your villain monologue you just freeze time and make them listen lol

bro really put the party on a Zoom call to the whole world huh

well this season ended exactly where I thought it would and I hate it pls give me more

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Go for it. I don't even care any more.

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great so now we're building Steel Watchers for real because that went so well the first time