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annemarieyeretzian · 1 year

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The Legend of Vox Machina S01E09: The Tide of Bone ★

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aspiringsophrosyne · 1 year

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Episode 9: The Tide of Bone

Zombie invasion! Bar the doors and fortify the mall, because all they wanna do is eat your brains.

The Good

Right off the bat, I loved the extra story we got for the Briarwoods. This is something Matt talked about at the wrap up, but we didn't get to see in the Campaign.

Plus, this justifies Delilah not letting her husband help with the fight in Whitestone, which could've turned the tides. She's too desperate to hold on to him. So much so, that it could've ultimately cost them their victory.

And not only does this flashback establish character and motivation for the couple, but also.....as bad as the Briarwoods are, the thing they serve has the potential to be so, so much worse. That scene with Delilah drawing her own blood is honestly still hard to watch.

Hey, I never noticed that poor family wriggling on the tree in that wide shot. Ew.

The fights were fun. The jokes weren't bad. Seeing Bad News used in to take down a giant was damn good. Seeing Kiki flex with some truly impressive magic was another hell yes moment, and good set up for the Sunbeam spell later.

Nice use of Percy's full name. I'd honestly started to wonder if they were going to leave that on the cutting room floor, but they picked a very good moment to use it.

I liked how they handled Vax and Keyleth here. While you get why Vax is doing it (he's liked her for a while and he doesn't want to die without her knowing it) you also get why Keyleth reacts the way she does (she does not need the distraction when they're fighting a hoard of zombies). It's surprisingly cute. And leaves the door open for further romantic development down the road.

Of course the lady of the episode is one Ms. Pike Trickfoot, swooping in at the last second to take out a shit ton of zombies, mirroring what went down in the campaign. It was such a cool moment in the original (especially since this was the first time Ashley could be back in a while) and they did it justice. Thank your Clerics, everybody! Her giving the common folk of the town some holy weapons was a nice touch.

I also just have to point out Vax repeatedly exclaiming "Ew!" or "Gross!" over the course of the episode because....mood.

The Bad

This...is another episode where the pacing does it no favors. There are multiple points in the episode where staying attached at the hip to our protagonists was unneeded and actually hurt the story.

For instance, while they were catching their breath in the safe house, we could've cut to outside. Where a bigger and bigger group of undead was accumulating out there. Then they attack. This breeds suspense and "The zombies are coming, get out of there!" type reactions. Which are always fun.

Meanwhile, the action doesn't grow; just stays constant throughout. That might sound like something you want. But you don't.

What you want is for the action to ebb, flow, and build. You want slower, safer moments that give a false sense of hope. You want the characters to think they're safe while the audience is shown that they absolutely are not. But you want every subsequent lull to be shorter, every new attack to be longer or more brutal. You want a feeling of escalation. And since we don't have that, Pike's entrance doesn't feel like the relief it should. It just feels like more action. It's great, but not as great as it could and should be.

As for Archie....not a fan of fridging. It just feels cheap. I know both Dominic Monaghan and Rory Mccan were not going to be sticking around. But they could've done something more interesting with Archie's exit.

Thinking about it now, I actually wouldn't have minded mixing Father Reynal with this version of Archie. Have him be a posthumous character, (which justifies Dominic not sticking around) but let VM find his notes. They could be read in Archie's voice and include flashbacks to resistance efforts he was up to before he died. Have the last note be specifically addressed to Percy, telling him not to give up, expressing complete faith that he was still alive and would eventually come back to oppose the Briarwoods. And that's what inspires Percy to use his full name and lead the rest of the town into battle.

Or, you know, something else. Not saying that's the best thing that could've happened, but it was another option.

Whelp, were winding up for the endgame now. See you in the next episode.

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unfortunatelyevent · 6 months

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aabria iyengar in golden make up, 575 killed, 5386386 injured

#the amount of times I had to go back to the start of the trailer is probably not healthy #ma'am huh are you free on huh Thursday? 😳😳😳#can't wait for this #candela obscura #aabria iyengar #critical role #the circle of tide and bone #cr #cr cast

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astralpaint · 5 months

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Candela Obscura: Tide and Bone 2/2

Aabria the Game Master

@quiddie

#digital art #critical role #candela obscura #the circle of tide and bone

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raguonmynieceandnephew · 3 months

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He is so fucking hot, Jesus Christ

I see and a nerdy man of color in their 40's with a deep voice and the ability to pull a full well constructed badass dramatic monologue out of his ass and lose my mind

#noshir dalal #candela obscura #candela obscura 3 #candela obscura noshir dalal #candela obscura tide and bone #candela #candela obscura s3 #candela obscura rajan #candela obscura rajan savarimuthu

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quiddie · 4 months

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I find idioms derived from scripture to be particularly fascinating. They seem to have this extra weight to them. One of my favorites is “out of the mouths of babes” which speaks to the surprise of wisdom coming from unexpected sources.

The phrase’s origin is a particularly funky translation of Psalm 8:2: “Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, That thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.”

Such evocative phrasing. It *almost* paints a picture.

Anyway, it’s Thursday.

See you soon.

#candela obscura #the circle of tide and bone #critical role #‘misfortune may meet any Mother’s child’ - the writings of the Ascendancy

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floweroflaurelin · 3 months

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The Final Flame 🕯️

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“We’re all just candles in the dark.”

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twinklestarss · 6 months

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The Circle of Tide & Bone

Candela Obscura Chapter 3 November 30th

#critical role #critteredit #criticalroleedit #candela obscura #candelaobscuraedit #the circle of tide & bone #aabria iyengar #noshir dalal #ashly burch #sam riegel #liam o'brien #the circle of tide and bone #gina darling

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raniamich · 4 months

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How it Started

How It's Going

#candela obscura #critical role #noshir dalal #rajan savarimuthu #sam riegel #oscar grimm #circle of tide and bone #mortal kombat #johnny cage #rain #zeffeero #I adore them both

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i-lavabean · 4 months

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Sometimes a family is a 97 year old field agent and his feral children

#my art #lavabean art #candela obscura spoilers #candela obscura #circle of tide and bone spoilers #circle of tide and bone #elsie roberts #rajan savarimuthu #cosmo grimm #cordelia glask #oscar grimm #if you know me at all you knew this was coming #I'm physically incapable of not drawing the faves as children #it is a truth universally acknowledged that a lavabean in possession of an art program must draw the faves as babies

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ariadne-mouse · 5 months

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cracking open a cold one with the boys (the boys are eldritch locusts) (the cold one is me) (I am cracking open myself) (and my children will feed)

#critical role #cr spoilers #op #candela obscura #circle of tide and bone

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quiche-draws · 3 months

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Excuse me. That Candela Obscura Chapter 3 ending freaking hurt.

So you know what??? Have a good-vibes-but-also-sad speed-drawing 😭😭😭

(but in all seriousness, congratulations to Sam, Liam, Noshir, Ashly, Gina and the amazing Aabria for that wonderful series. Ya'll did freaking incredible on this!!)

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