#crownkeepers

[kinkymjolnir]

oh man i missed dorian and dariax

[avengingannie]

Listen, I did not survive the Shadowgast trenches of "Caleb's in love with somebody else" and "Essek's a toxic war criminal" and "We're gonna have to punish him" to let something as small as Dorym's whole "one half of this obviously-in-love pair is absent from the table for over two years" deal deter me from faithfully shipping, and goddamn I know my faith is about to be so richly rewarded (Aabria ilu so much queen but don't you DARE kill Dorian Flute-Tootin' Storm at this crucial hour).

[cringefaecompilation]

i wouldn't trade orym and fearne's character dynamics with bell's hells for anything, but there is a part of me that wonders what would have happened if they had chosen to leave with dorian and his brother and return to the crownkeepers.

or heck regardless if they stayed or left, what if they had kept cutting back to crownkeepers every so often? i would have been fine with missing bell's hells for a week if it meant getting to see more opal, fy'ra, dorian, and dariax.

there was so much of their stories that could have benefited from a longer storyline and ended up feeling rushed. what's dariax's situation with the observer? what about fy'ra rai? what about opal and the avielux? there was so much from character foils to arcs that could have intersected with bell's hells perfectly, but we never got it and that's a shame!

[my-smial]

Hands-down funniest recurring bit in the Crownkeepers is Aabria's absolute loathing for Bless and constantly threatening Dariax about it. It's not even that powerful a spell but every time it comes up she's like I WILL MURDER YOU IN YOUR SLEEP and Dariax acts like a kid playing "can't touch me! Can't touch me!"

[finncakes]

man i miss them so much

[sqwamps]

Fearne reaching out to Opal with her hand that was blackened by the same Vestige that started her crowned transformation. Opal stabbing through it with her dagger that she brought from home.

[renatogpadilla]

THOUGHTS ON CR3E92 IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER:

- FIRST EVER CR CROSSOVER EPISODE?!

LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

- Dariax said "This Flute doesn't play itself anymore." Doriax canon offscreen?

- "After all the handjobs, this is what we mean to you?!" Damn... I mean, I'm glad Opal and Cyrus found a way to relieve stress, Gods know they're both stressed, but damn.

- Ending the episode on Opal Twice-Crowned hitting phase 2 of the boss fight was EVIL!

I love it, @quiddie ! I feel like when this gets animated in a decade or so, we'll get this fight and the fight with Otohan Thull overlayed one on top of the other for a Season Finale or something!

- Raven Queen going two for two on Rogues turned Paladin! Which is great, but now I have to replan Morrighan's moveset for that imaginary Critical Role fighting game that only exists in my head (somebody ask me about it please, I NEED to talk about it!) but at least she gets some Smite options out of the Bunny Hop command jump!

- Dariax is a Bard now too! That's honestly so perfect for Matt! And the fact that both Sorcerers and Bards are Charisma Casters makes me feel like the Synergies are gonna be great!

- Oh, Dorian, wonderful blue king... That's a lot of strength that your Dice will never agree to let you use for anything cool. I missed you SO MUCH!

- Speaking of that imaginary CR fighting game, this just solidified Opal as a puppet character. The tag combos with Ted would be WILD! Think Kenshi from MK1!

- Fy'ra Rai... Just... FY'RA RAI! Gods, I've missed Anjali at the table! Her memory with Opal, her tug-of-war with her thoughts about her sister... THE LAVA WHIP! Nothing sexier than Monks! Except a pissed off Wizard or Druid.

- On the other side of the table, I LOVE the moment the girls all collectively remembered they had to break the news to Frida... Oh, that's gonna hurt BAD!

- Anyone else noticed that Ashton is BURNT OUT and laying on the ground after his Titan form wears off, but Fearne just says she's really tired and just KEEPS GOING? Ashton is DONE for now, but Fearne needs to keep moving forward... Fuck, I love these two.

- Orym... Just... Orym. If you take a level in Barbarian after this, I wouldn't blame you.

- Side-Note: This means Dorian DID get Orym's last message before they went to the moon! He just didn't/couldn't answer! Which means, through the static and everything, Dorian COULD hear Orym! And now he's probably gonna get this message once the battle is over... Jesus, if they get to Zephra and Keyleth went to the Lodge next to the lake that's gonna be a problem...

- Side-Note Side-Note: Anyone else hoping to GOD that Allura called the Nein to help? Cause Beau and Caleb were involved, but now it feels like an "All Hands on Deck" situation, and we could use Kingsley's small army of pirates right about now...

- So much happened this episode between the grieving and the flashbacks and the rolling for handjobs that I didn't have time to process the splinter cell of Xhorhasians that split their soul in twain until I woke up... Opal may have forgotten, but maybe Ted hasn't? Though if they're the same person, maybe they both forgot...

- Aabria, the corrupting of the Memories was FOUL, I LOVE IT!!!

- Somebody needs to tell Essek about the soul-splitters. In fact, let's get to that while we deal with Ashton too!

- IF OPAL DIES, AMY CAN COME OVER AS DENI$E! Like, I don't WANT her to die, but Westruun isn't that far... 👀

- I just realized this is the first ever FULL episode of CR without Sam at the table... Fuck, man, when it hurts it hurts. Glad Marisha brought back the fan.

"Forgot the Consonants?" "No Letters." OUCH, MISS RAY, WHAT THE FUCK?!

- Raven Queen Paladins hasting themselves first thing in the fight. Vax is back, and he's a Bunny Girl now!

- I like that the Crownkeepers are a two-way Overwatch reunion (McCree Cassidy and Symmetra) and a three-way Persona 5 reunion (Yusuke, Ann Futaba and Akechi).

- Everything was so fucked this episode that everything with Liliana got knocked to the background for me, THAT'S how good it was!

- The SECOND Evoroa said Ludinus was on Exandria I knew EXACTLY where he would be! Now we HAVE to get the Nein involved, right? Unless the bastard makes the city float again...

I cannot WAIT for the next episode! And if Sam brings a new character when all the groups are together, it would be SPECTACULAR! I'm guessing he's going to play one of the moon races, because that just sounds cool... Either that or Tary!

[critrolepolls]

Adventuring Party Most Likely to (Accidentally) Kill You

Vox Machina

Mighty Nein

Bells Hells

Crownkeepers

Ring of Brass

Voting ended onJun 30, 2024

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