#keyleth critical

[athena1138]

I’ve only got 13 episodes left in the first campaign of Critrole. 

Firstly, I’m heartbroken and terrified to say goodbye because goddamn I love most of these idiots. 

But secondly, I’m super excited to be done with Keyleth. (Hella Keyleth critical below.) 

Jfc she’s driving me crazy, and she has been for a very long time. But like. I’m on the episode with Sprigg (Darin De Paul) and it’s been a super awesome episode, I love it, I love Sprigg, it’s great. 

But her weirdass out of nowhere freak out about Sprigg’s “impermanence”? Oh my GOD I just wanna smack her. 

I don’t think it’s Marisha. I think Marisha is a cool person. But Keyleth sucks. Just. So bad. She’s always trying to make things mean shit and she’s always going on these big long monologues and it’s like. Jesus christ dude. Everyone else has grown as a character except her. She’s still young and stupid and overly dramatic and I’m so over it. She started annoying me when she was going on about Percy’s “your soul is forfeit” but it did end up actually being important so whatever I guess. But she’s just. Always constantly about something that has 0 relevance. It’s like she has to be the center of attention (which Vax does a lot, too, I think, but at least Vax makes things funny every now and then. And intentionally funny, not just “haha I’m an idiot” kind of funny which is 90% of Keyleth’s “humor.”) 

And it’s not even just her dramatic breakdowns. It’s like. Everything. She always has to have the answer, except she doesn’t know what the question was. D’you realize how often the group decides on something and she’s like, “So we’re doing this thing we briefly mentioned 5 minutes ago? Oh, but, I thought that’s what we were doing--.” In planning, she always throws in barely relevant questions that derail things more than they help. And she throws out absurd ideas and does stupid shit like all the time. Every single time they’re in a fight based on elements, she turns into that element instead of an opposing one except on the RARE occasions she brings Tidal Wave to a fire fight. “Oh, we’re in the fire plane. I’ll turn into a fire elemental.” Like, dude, then none of your attacks are gonna do shit. 

I just. I’m over it. I’m over her. She reminds me of my friend from when I was 12 except that she’s supposed to be an adult. At the beginning, sure. I didn’t mind. I understood, even, hell I LIKED her. (I have a post about Theni being in love with her ffs.) But like. She’s the leader of her people now. She should be calming tf down and maturing and not acting like a tween. Scanlan’s calmed down. Grog’s growing up (learning how to read, my precious bean.) Vex is learning generosity. Percy is losing his royal air bullshit. Vax has stopped being bitter about everything for the most part. 

And then there’s Keyleth. Overreacting to everything. She’s the technically-not-really-physical embodiment of a panic attack and I’m ready to have talked myself down from it now.

[lindira]

I was listening to Episode 59 of Critical Role, "The Feywild", at work today and I was instantly reminded how genuinely disappointed I was with how they were acting at the beginning. Maybe I'm sensitive to this sort of thing, but playing pranks on someone who just lost his sight is REALLY not cool. Percy was obviously upset about it. And everyone else's continuing to poke at him and throwing things at him seems cruel, not funny, to me.

Especially with Keyleth! Normally I can range anywhere from not minding her to outright loving her, but MY GOD she acted like a spoiled brat in this episode! Trying to attack Percy with wet willies, trying to keep him from getting his sight back unless he said he forgave her, and fondling Garmeeli's fur without permission?? Just the most self-centered she has ever been.

[technoturian]

Why the heck is Keyleth so anti-religion in a setting where one of her friends has given her ample proof that the gods actually exist and have tangible, helpful power? It’s one thing saying you don’t want to serve the gods, but acting like they don’t exist or have power is just silly in a setting where clerics and paladins wield said power right in front of her all the time and they’ve actually met like two gods now.

This woman in Episode 53 has been through a horrific experience, losing her son, watching a dragon destroy her city, and when she tries to find hope in Melora, Keyleth out of nowhere decides it’s time for a religious debate and says, “I don’t believe in your god’s powers.” Nobody asked, Keyleth.

For someone who thinks all religious people are zealots she certainly acts like a zealot when it comes to dictating other people’s morality and beliefs.

[lindira]

Keyleth can do some creative stuff, and when it works, it can be awesome. But OMG when she has a bad idea (which is not a small portion of the time lately), she is reeeeeally stubborn about seeing it through regardless of sense. It's so frustrating to watch.

[lindira]

warsonghold replied to your photo “Yeah, but I didn’t start at the beginning. I started from episode 24,...”

If you ever have time, the first few episodes are really funny, and everyone goes through a lot of character development!

Yeah, now that I know that I like it, I’m hoping to go back and watch the first ones sometime. (And maaaaybe get my husband to watch with me somehow... we’ll see, lol) I’m curious about the adventures they keep referring to in the episodes I’m watching!

cyansomnia replied to your post “Just finished watching episode 31 of Critical Role, and Scanlan is...”

You and me both! I like Scanlan and Grog, but heavily dislike Keyleth.

Yes! Scanlan is my favorite, with Grog as a close second. I think I’d like Pike a lot too if I saw more of her (she’s only been in one of the episodes I’ve seen so far.) And I don’t much like Keyleth either. I don’t mind that she’s trying to be the conscience of the group, but the way she goes about it is pretty grating.