#ep88

crab angrey bc crab got deceived

Notes:

Hershel!

Cecil's ok!!~

Cecil's comming home!

Oh god, Troy was crushed!

But he alive and that all that counts!

Oh no, now I'm worried about how the episode is going to end

Ben, Mr.X be ded

Wait, Ben, what are you doing

What just happened

Moving forward!

Chet no! Stop it!

Cecil!!

Great, now the boys are making it weird. -_-

Yes, Cecil, please never say Sammy again, it was terrifying. I had a heart attack that night.

Ooh, Cecil remembers that

Ah, Cecil lost a year of his elderly life! D,X

Aw, Cecil is grampa!

Troy!!

Troy is always right!

I Love Troy Krieghauser So Much!

Troy Is ALWAYS RIGHT!!

I always love it when an episode ends with Troy..well not last time, but the other times and this time were great!

I'M STILL WORRIED ABOUT HOW THIS FICTIONAL DAY IS GOING TO END, THO!

Hey guys. a Critter here. I’ve been poking around on the various social media sites, looking at comments and things about Ep 88. And I’ve found some things that are, well .... they’re not us.

Something happened to our fandom last night. Something I am worried about. We lost our #NicestFandom sticker. And I mean this is beyond mean Twitch chat blather (we all know Twitch chat is ridiculous and to stay away if you want to retain your sanity and love of the game). Here, I’ll give an example.

this is a screenshot taken from the reddit page: https://www.reddit.com/r/criticalrole/comments/5x7jyy/spoilers_e88_it_is_thursday_episode_88_live/

Yes, that’s actually Matt, and he’s doing something he shouldn’t have to: he’s having to pull his DM tone on the Critters to defend Marisha. And I don’t mean explaining a rule bend or excusing an ability botch. People, people in the Critter Community, are flat out saying Marisha was basically drunk and she should stop drinking. Personally, I’ve never seen Matt bite back like this, and that scares me. He shouldn’t have felt like he had to at all. I know Marisha/Keyleth gets a lot of negative backlash, even hate, but it should have never gotten to this kind of level.

Beside the fact that Matt said from the get-go that it was a long week and that he and Marisha were both tired already, it wasn’t just them. And I don’t think it was just the episode either (as a doozy as it was). Everyone looked so exhausted. People were grumpy. Enthusiasm for even good things was almost nonexistent. 

I guess I’m laying all this out to say ... I for one think maybe our beloved players and our amazing DM should maybe take some time off from Critical Role. I feel like they might have reached a point where they need a break, without it meaning that they’re going to be at a con or doing something. Just a break, a breather. It’s been go go go for months know, all stress and plots and do-or-die, all-or-nothing, everything-on-the-line action and battles. Our DM is tired. Our players are tired. Our fandom is tired. I think we might need a week off for a nap or something. I’m wondering what the fandom at large would think of this. I’m also wondering, if there was a positive/agreeing feedback, if we could let them know and maybe they could get a real breather (cause I don’t think that ep was what any of us thought was going to happen)