Twelve things I noted about CR2E75 “Rime and Reason” and the Talks Machina about it :
Mica, after Sam in the ad presented fake items that "will be included in the store - nope not really" including a silver cock square ring : "Can I go home now ?"
Liam is not there and unable to connect, so Marisha's piloting Caleb, and attempting to take the accent (she just does an hilarious and bad rendition of a Northern European accent - like... 'the guy who owns the sauna in Frozen' bad). "Matt is horrified", says Mica, who hasn't watched Campaign 1 and didn't know Marisha's infamous "dwarven accent". I'm so happy. And throughout the episode, Sam just takes great pleasure to annoy Marisha as she's playing Caleb. A true friend.
Marisha : "Oh yeah, before going to sleep, Liam has like eight things he wants to do." Matt, lightly sarcastic : "Of course he does. What is it ?"
Oh, I LOVED Caduceus and Fjord's talk. Especially this phrase : "What do you think this is? All of us, me, here, you, here, these people... this is intervention. Eventually, some day, somebody will pray for a miracle, pray for something to save them, to whatever gods are nearby, and that prayer will be answered because you'll show up. That's how it works. That's what a champion is." Also I love how Taliesin and Matt siltently communicated with their eyes while Caduceus was asking the Wildmother ; I think they have similar ideas on faith and that helps.
They really did it. They put together a "Best-off of the critters' insults thrown at Brian during Travis Willingham's Yeehaw Game Ranch". Amazing. And it made me want to watch the second season in one go, but I will wait further to see all of it in 2 days like I did last time.
Marisha, as Caleb, not even trying the accent anymore : "I can also send in my shitty cat, Frumpkin, that fucking fails at everything." Nott : "Caleb, that's your cat !" Marisha, as Caleb, trying and failing the accent : " Oh, sorry... love him so much..."
ANCIENT WHITE DRAGON ? oh no. They're fucked !! But I love dragons so much, and I really miss them, especially with Matt making them fucking terrifying. The start of the Chroma Conclave arc was one of the best scenes that ever happened.
They really made some good plans this episode. First with the yetis, and now with the dragon. It went well first, too ! Despite the dragon seizing the spider queen and the mithril, the dragon had breathed on it, and so the mithril changed or started to. Also the dragon did not see any of them and no one was hurt, that's a victory. The second part was more difficult, but I think they were very clever.
I just love that from the POV of the guys... they're chilling, down in the tunnel, in the dome... while the ladies of the Chaos Crew and Reani are up there on a stealth missions... and suddenly they hear a noise ! Are those the bottle rockets that Beau bought in Hupperdook so long ago ? It sure is ! OH NO FUCK THE OWL AND BEAU AND THE DRAGON
I think in a weird way it was "good" that Liam wasn't there - though I love him, he is a man of action, even with Caleb being support, and I'm not sure Caleb would have stayed in the dome if Liam had played him. But Marisha did (also just the fact that she had to play 2 characters facilitated her choice to put Caleb in the dome, I think). And thank god for that, because otherwise, they were dead.
This episode of Talks is wonderful, because of the very antagonistic way that Mica is goign after Brian's job. I love their dynamic !
Oh, so Marisha the deductive genius once again was right, Gelidon was a dragon scorned !! By none other than Vorugal !!
