my friend and i go to investigate a nearby hunter's campsite. i, invisible, get caught in a trap and separated from my friend. to regroup, i go back to our camp to ask if she's there. she's not. so i head back toward the other camp. meanwhile, my friend is doubling back to our camp to look for ME. we're both stealthing and can't see for shit, so we miss each other completely. I fire a flare into the sky to try and locate my friend. this incites hunters to attack us. my friend gets shot with two arrows and inexplicably runs directly toward them. everyone is screaming. she casts a charm spell and it only works on one of them. our lesbian friends are having a drink and watching this happen without helping. against all odds, these hunters are the same bandits we have terrorized twice before. i shoot one in the leg, then congratulate them for not being thieves anymore. a giant red ape lumbers out of the woods, causing everyone to flee in terror. this is a regular night in the life of the mighty nein
Finally reached the part about Nott's transformation, and Sam is so good!!!! Everyone else is so excited about having figured out the spell, but of course Nott would be freaked out, because as soon as she's transformed she has no reason not to go back to her family and even if she wants to, she doesn't want to leave the nein, or Caleb, or give up adventuring, and Sam plays her hesitance and her apprehension perfectly <3 <3 <3
TWENTY things I noted about CR2E92 “Home Is Where the Heart Is” and the Talks Machina about it :
look I know this is goddamn fucking long but !! have you considered !! that Miss Marisha Ray has absolutely destroyed my heart this episode !! also so much other stuff happened !!
SAM WHY. this is dis. gus. ting. I got nausea even watching it from 2 years apart.
Sam, on explaining why he was late returning to his seat after the opening : "Just brushed my teeth again." Matt : "Is that how you keep them so large ?" HOLY SHIT MATT the roast is amazing.
Jester cast Dispel Magic on Nott just to see. Travis, as Fjord (at the beginning at least) : "Do you have chills ?... .... Are they multiplyin' ? ♪ Are you looooooooosing controoool ? ♪" Matt, who hates Grease as much as me, notes something on his sheet with a grim smile.
WHAT ? THE WOMAN WHO CURSED NOTT WAS THE SAME WOMAN WHO GAVE BEAU'S FATHER A PATH TO RICHNESS ?? Matt is really out there connecting the dots, huh.
Oh no. Beau really really really does not want to talk to her dad. She said it out loud. And her whole physical behaviour is extremely reluctant.
Nott's go-to song in karaoke ? "Sweet Caroline", but in Abyssal ! THIS IS SO AWESOME let me repeat myself, I fucking love everytime the cast bursts into song, and this was no exception !!!
There's the Leaky Tap. There's the Evening Nip. And now, because they're forgetful, there's the Leaky Nip !! Poor Matt
Marisha is amazing - yes I know you know - but the way she portrays Beau's fear and trauma about returning to a father that was never proud and always wanted her to change ! What an extraordinary scene with an extraordinary actor.
Matt's face, upon realizing that Jester has the handwriting of the Gentlemen and can now "Parent Trap" her mother and father if she wants to (she wants to), is everything.
Oh, how I missed a classic Jester and Nott mess-around (yes, I am referencing this brillant Tv show that was New Girl). Pure chaos !!
IT'S THE RETURN OF THE SYPHILIS BANDITS !!!!!
Meanwhile, Beau and Yasha are just drinking and watching all of this unroll from the hill, like the greatest tv show they've ever watched.
The long-awaited conversation between Yasha and Caleb delivered its promises. "Do you love her ?" "Who ?" "I don't need to tell you who" OH MY GOD !!!!! I don't for sure know who they're talking about. Either way, either Nott or Jester, it's a tragedy.
I love that Marisha plays Beau so well, and Matt knows her character and just her so well, that yes, the DM can absolutely say that the character is "acting a little bit like you first met her" without it being a stretch or not true. Because it is true, it is the vibe. Poor Beau. At this point I felt like the end of the episode was gonna wreck me, and I was right.
No words. Just eternal admiration for Marisha Ray. One hour of extremely tense familial conversation with an asshole father, taht was either abusive or "just" neglectful or both...
Love that on the way out, to support Beau and fuck with her shitty dad on the way out, Nott steals just anything she sees and Yasha threatens her dad and imply the loss of riches could help him remember what's important.
Matt, to Marisha : "It's so weird playing your asshole dad. It's a very strange disassociation exercise !" Liam : "I hope so." LIAM !!!!!
Marisha and Laura together on the couch is such a good combo. They understand each other so much.
I've said it before, but Talks like this, after emotionnal RP episodes like this one, is SO GREAT. Sure, they answer questions, but it's a little less for the audience than to process what happened.
Laura thinks Vex and Beau has common points "daddy issues and little siblings !" and thinks they would get along well together, and Marisha just adds that they would be like "the two head cheerleaders, that are best friends, but also..." and THE REST IS SILENCE while she gives her this look !!
i'm losing my mind. Dani and I went to the same place in 2 seconds.
Fave part of this episode was when Yasha asked ‘do you love her’ and the twitch chat started shouting random names from any woman in critical role, ever
I’m actually not done with this one yet, I just thought it might be nice to not be behind for once!
Beau having an inexplicable arm rash to get out of a social situation might actually be one of her weirder lies. No wait the syphillus thing was Caleb. I wonder if Essek took that seriously?
Essek has now been present to absorb every bit of Notts backstory without the Nien ever actually intentionally choosing to fill him in. I wonder how he felt about the surprise/shock of how tragic her life really was? I know he’s an evil bad guy but he can still have sympathy for individuals. I wonder if Notts story was upsetting and sad or if he was just :) new magic :) on the inside
Caduceus asking about his family and then actively choosing to delay seeking them out?? Why do you do this my son.
I’m trying to understand what his weakness comment to himself was about? I think probably what it was was an apology to the wild mother for needing confirmation and not just having blind faith in her, but I could be wrong. There are some ways where me and Cad are like the same person but in others I just don’t get him. I have never once been able to lie about a single one of my emotions.
Beau just gets more and more interesting and also sad. I wonder how often her dad was physically abusive. This is going to be very hard for her.
ISHARNI IS SO SCARY WTF MATT. How does he keep topping himself with these evil npcs, they just keep getting creepier. I love the voice to kinda pitch her choice down. I think most hag-type characters have this high screechy thing, and moving away from that makes her feel even scarier somehow
It is such a heartwarming twist that the gentleman genuinely does want to be in Jester’s life to at least some degree. Even if he’s uncomfortable and doesn’t really know how to do it, at least this means he really does care about her/regret being an absent father.
