#vmnb

We’re all talking about being slapped in the face by No Mercy Percy after two episodes of him being quiet and withdrawn (if a little persnickety). And in the original stream, Percy spends the first 27 episodes the same way, firmly in the background of most scenes (and no player at the table behaves as if this is unusual).

...Imagine being one of the other players, though. Imagine being slapped in the face by No Mercy Percy after two years. TWO YEARS of quiet, withdrawn, maybe slightly snobby.

I, and like one other person (@acepalindrome), have decided that, for those of us who have not seen Critical Role but are joining the fandom with the The Legend of Vox Machina cartoon, it might be wise to have a separate tag so we can post our reactions/thoughts/theories with lower chances of running into spoilers!

thus, the hashtag #vmnb or Vox Machina New Blood was born

if you're entering the Critical Role fandom through the cartoon, use this tag and we can check out each others' posts and live safe from spoilers.

Sometimes I just get the urge to paint like Frans Hals - aka painterly and smiley - and today it happened to coincide with an urge to draw Gilmore :3 (I put the painting this was based on below the cut)

[ID: two images of a digital painting of Shaun Gilmore from Critical Role. The second is a close up of the first. Gilmore is drawn from the chest up: he has his head slightly cocked and wears a big happy grin. He holds up a book with a green and gold cover, as if to say “I found it!” or “this is what you need!” /End ID]

the very first game was originally supposed to be a one shot done for liam o’brien’s (vax) birthday. it escalated.

liam and laura bailey (vex) have the same birthday--hence, twins.

ashley johnson (pike) was in the first avengers movie

travis willingham (grog) has done drag and it delights me every time i see him in it

the reason critical role exists as it is at all is because of felicia day, who got them their spot on geek and sundry

the whole cast has cosplayed as their characters and this photoshoot is most of the thumbnails for campaign one

each player (plus matt) has made playlists for their character. i’ve seen a few posts going around sharing those but in case anyone didn’t know

laura and travis are married

marisha ray (keyleth) and matt are married

the name scanlan shorthalt came from a fantasy name generator because sam riegel is just Like That

sam and liam are married to people who are not each other, but because their nickname for each other is husband, people often mistake them for being married to each other

taliesin jaffe (percy) is bi