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Listening to Critical Role on Spotify is both a mood killer and hilarious.
Caleb explains his fear of fire to Beauregard, and after she leaves, Nott goes to comfort him like a good motherly figure.
Then all of a sudden "GREETINGS ADVENTURERS!"
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I have watched episode 18 and I have a TON of thoughts that I'm not sure I have the coherency for right now, but that that episode was wild in so many unintentional ways beyond just the Caleb Lore Dump proper. Caleb sees Trent Ikithon for the first time (that he knows of, given his shaky memories of his time in the sanatorium) in over a decade, where an ally of his makes herself seem as suspicious as it is possible to do and makes herself a target. Afterwards, Beau unknowingly asks him to tell her about how he killed his own parents while in that man's power. The party then spends several minutes opening up the care package from Jester's mama, with a lovely letter showing how much Marion Lavorre loves her daughter, along with not-as-much-money-as-Jester-was-expecting, which is still four times as much money as she and Caleb previously argued about being "more money than [his] parents made in their entire lives". Jester then apologizes about this argument.
Like that is a clusterfuck sequence of events to happen right before Caleb admits to traumatic parricide.
Even after that though? Caleb at the library going "I'll read a little bit about the political entity that Ikithon belongs to, the guy I just revealed is a monster and will absolutely be a major villain going forwards. Mostly though I'm going to look into what I've implied my long term goal is, something that could very well tear apart the fabric of reality or at the very least rewrite everything we have already done even if I manage it." and Matt going"Cool. I'm going to allude here to the Calamity, a world ending event that happened because of mages and their hubris, and also you read about other wizards who have attempted to do what you want to do and have eradicated themselves in the process." And most of the rest of the table have NO CONTEXT FOR ANY OF THAT and are bored out of their minds?? Exquisite. 10/10, no notes.
For me, I don't think any character backstory revelation will ever, ever quite top Caleb's "I'm going to tell you the story of how I murdered my mother and father" and "I was so sure... until I wasn't, and I broke a bit" and "Anybody can make lights. Anybody could send a message through a wire. I want to bend reality to my will"
Nothing as brutally, terrifyingly visceral as the way the Empire's controlling individuals set up so many systems of abuse and manipulation. God.
totally forgot that the war officially begins/subsequent propaganda rears its head in full in the same episode that caleb divulges his backstory about being a tortured child soldier for the empire. nothing about this campaign misses
harvest close and whispers of war are a GREAT set of episodes i must say. starts with fjord's triple nat ones and ends with "i'm going to tell you the story of how i murdered my mother and father." the range
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Nein Again Episode 18
Slowly catching up! This is another episode that has been ingrained in my brain. Not only do we get the Caleb backstory reveal but it also sets up the empire siblings friendship which is my bread and butter
Do they ever bring the compass battle map thing back? I have no memory of it
The absolute fear in Travis' voice when Matt mentions the legendary action (23) Level 4! Level 4!
I love how much Liam makes a point to describe Caleb's idiosyncrasies, like hiding his face when the crowd is cheering. They're all such minor details that almost go overlooked if you don't know his deal, but they add so much flavor (53)
Got to love Nott and Jester giving a second layer of fake names while Caleb sticks with Caleb (1:10)
It is very funny to send Beau and Yasha to talk to people. Definitely the most charismatic of the group lol (1:20)
and the Caleb freeze. (1:23) An impressive dead-eye stare from Liam. Travis' "sure it is" when Trent gives his name is mildly funny.
Yasha's legendary skill with wisdom saving throws xD (1:25)
Yasha sounds so fucking suspicious lol
Got to love Nott for just straight up asking Yasha if shes a spy. Molly's comment about how she's been working at the circus (and thus cant be a spy) is actually not super useful when Yasha is well known for randomly disappearing. Tbh it would have been very interesting if Yasha had been a spy and it could've fit into her current lore p well. (1:35)
Beau: "Why are you afraid of fire" I love every conversation between Beau and Caleb. (2:11) I feel like they're willing to be honest and straight forward about things to each other in a different way then they are with the rest of the party. I think they clocked early on that neither of them tolerate bullshit well. It's also just super interesting that the favor Beau asks in return is information, her curiosity (and nosiness) is such a consistent trait of hers and it's in full force here
It feels like of course it would be Nott and Beau that hear Caleb's story first, but I guess it could've been anyone to give Caleb an ultimatum like that. Crazy how stuff works out, how would things have been different if this bonding/sharing had happened with someone else.
In some way I think Caleb was looking for a reason to tell this story. Like yes he wants to get into the library, but also if he really didn't want to share, I think he could've bargained with Beau or tried visiting on his own (2:44)
"but those dancing lights make sure I can punch people in the face when I can't see shit" aw Beau that's so sweet (2:58)
Also hot damn, Liam's acting in this conversation is so spectacular. Sometimes I have a hard time remembering that it isn't actually Caleb sitting at that table
Damn I didn't realize that Nott used Veth as a fake name ever. She was remarkably bad at coming up with aliases (3:29)
First reference to Caleb's interest in manipulating time
its pretty impressive how often they visit Pumat. Literally multiple times a week for multiple weeks (3:50)
The intense look that Beau gives Caleb when they talk about staying together. (3:56) To me it reads like she is expecting him to leave (expecting to be abandoned again), but in being worried about him leaving, it also implies that she wants him to stay
You know, even though Caleb’s tragic backstory has been memeified to hell and back by now, damn is it still chilling the way Caleb recounts it for the first time in 2x18. Liam's flat toned but very tense delivery. The fact that they had dinner with Astrid’s parents first. The ox cart pushed against the door. His parents' screams. He was sure until he wasn't.
It's so funny for Beau to say "the Cobalt Soul's got your back too" to Oremid Hass and Trent Ikithon, even disingenuously, after they gave the "word of the Assembly" regarding the war efforts. They are in charge of the Assembly and she is a random novice initiate lmao
