The Sun Tree moment will NEVER be the same again, knowing that we saw Laudna there. She was there the whole time. She wasn't an insignificant NPC, she was a victim of collateral damage. A victim that in spite of her transformation continued to exist. She chose to continue to live to the fullest, in whatever way she could.
This is what i do with my npcs. Everyone has potential to be a playable character. Just as every pc has the potential to be an npc. I was so happy that marisha did this. Ofc i cried because its horrible what lauda experienced. But as a dm i loved it
@@vincentabramo7175 she knows. When she says "It gets a little fuzzy after that" she's not saying she blacked out. She's saying that other stuff happened to her that she doesn't want to talk about.
The ear part is soul crushing because from that far away no one would see that, but they did it anyways. Then, there is the metaphor of Delilah whispering in her ear for the past 30 years since this has happened.
You know what the craziest part about all this is? This is all improv. But no, really think about it. How many times have y'all had hypothetical conversations in the shower or lying in bed? I can only image all the millions of scenarios that Marisha went through when thinking about how Laudna was going to make this reveal and yet through all of that, she can never be able to predict who was going to hear this tale and what they were going to say. And just like that, she drops that line, "Well, of course. The worst thing that's ever happened to me has already happened." Even her husband had a reaction to that line, that's been sitting in her brain for so long. It's remarkable that Marisha knows her character so well and has perfected this craft to such an extent that just like that, she manages to pull that out of her proverbial hat. What a damn chilling line to say in that moment. I was convinced Marisha was a stellar actress before but this moment takes the cake. Unbelievable.
And she delivered it in such a way that is not melodramatic, not ironic, not as a throwaway. In a way that tells me that Laudna has thought deeply about it and come to terms with her situation quite a while ago. Ie, just as you describe Marisha’s process.
When I watched LoVM, I was actually waiting to hear Laudna's name just as some throwaway line, since we already knew the Briarwoods had killed her around that time. Then 3 days later this was revealed.
your not the only one, this episode, that line. Hit me like a bullet train and helped pull me out of a slump and really recontextualise the way I looked at my depression. I'm not sure that Marisha will ever fully understand how much of an impact that one line has had for so many critters
It felt so rewarding to me that my theory I had regarding Laudna's death actually came true. I am a new critter since last year and only watched C1 until the beginning of the Briarwood Arc. I watched The Legend of Vox Machina and as soon as Laudna said in one of the earlier episodes that "Whitestone was turned upside down looking for them" (Vox Machina) I had the sneaking suspicion that she was a victim from the sun tree. What an awesome idea Marisha, I love it! :D
There's a lot about Critical Role that doesn't click for me, but these character moments? These are worth more than all the wealth in the world. I enjoyed LoVM, and I would like to see animated series of the other campaigns as well.
Does anyone know the name of the background song that plays when Laudna says "Well, of course! The worst thing that has happened to me has already happened"? really lovely piece of music, the arpeggios on the piano move me so much ;-;7
So I'm still a little unclear, but I guess Laudna was supposed to be Vex's stand-in? I know Keyleth's stand-in just had red paint run through her hair, so it's possible she was Keyleth's, but Laudna does more or less resemble Vex as-is.
I could be entirely wrong about this, Marisha would need to confirm, but based on context clues it seems like yes, she was meant to be Vex's stand-in. Especially since this is the DND version, not the show version which is a totally different canon that added new things to it like changing the appearance of the Keyleth stand-in.
@@Thanewolf26 From what i can recall, she mentioned she was basically around 20 years old when it happened. Otherwise she wouldn't look the way she does, which is the same form as when she died. so somewhere in her 20's to 30's, essentially. Which is why everyone thinks it's Vex!
@@Thanewolf26 As stated above, Laudna doesn't really age anymore after coming back from the dead. The way she looks now is the way she looked when she came down from the tree. So it had to either be Vex or Keyleth. One would expect her to pick her own character, Keyleth, but her description of Laudna looks a lot more like Vex.
@@Thanewolf26 Pike was also not hung from the sun tree in the campaign, Tiberius and Trinket were instead. So even if the age was correct, she couldn't have been Pike. I still think she was Keyleth.
they will, they just announced a new interview style show...I can't say I remember what the name of it is, but i believe the first episodes airs soon and will have Matt, Robbie, Marisha, and...someone else? to start
Thinking about it, if TLoVM didn’t show what happened leading up to the Sun Tree, it probably would’ve taken everyone a lot longer to put it together because they wouldn’t have really known that’s how it happened
In the first campaign, the party Vox Machina traveled to Whitstone to fight the Briarwoods. When they arrived they found 7 innocent people (children included) dressed and made to look like them dead and handing from a tree in the center of town. The reveal is that Laudna was one of the civilizans tortured and strung up by the Briarwoods to send a message to Vox Machina
The Pike stand-in was Marisha’s first idea yeah, but she thought that having a dead child as her character for the whole campaign would be problematic (hollow ones don’t age in lore). So she chose the Vex stand-in instead.
oh fuck, man I stopped watching CR3 after the episode where they went on a datr with that orc, I thought the campaign was going no where and was boring. shitttttt I didnt know this is what would be happening, god damn I need to catch up
I can't take anymore of Delilah shit, it was a good twist when she came back on the first campaign, but then happend again and again, can someone please put her to sleep for good...
@@jasonmendez4836 Apparently, but i suspect that its not because of her being a necromancer but for being one of the most hyped villian on CR history...
@@GabrielLima-ny6oe She's also one of the most devout followers of Vecna. Thinking she fully died is hilarious at best. This also confirms that Delilah is undead, as she's an undead patron. It's like getting mad that the Raven Queen is a big figure in Critical Role.
@@screamingopossum7809 That's so not true, even the minions of cult that willingly throw their life away for vecna are more devout than Delilah, she only serves him because he holds sylas hostage, matt has even said that vecna had threatened and punish sometimes delilah for not fulfilling her end of the bargain... The Raven Queen its not only my favorite divinity but also one of my favorites NPC, and delilah still being alive its not only a affront to her its also a demerit of the efforts of vox machina...
@@GabrielLima-ny6oe I like the idea that powerful being such as an arch necromancer leaves ripples through out their world That kind of power and rituals, her essence being tied with the corruption of white stone still impacts the world today. It's like life powerful ppl even when they die their ideas and personalities and essence still echoes in ppl today like Hitler, or Theodore Roosevelt or queen Isabella. There influence didn't ceased when they died it endured and still endures And considering the fact that this is the first clear ripple caused by the Briarwoods is insane, vecna was a literal diety and the only diety on the prime material plane, they should've been encountered effects that were caused by such a major event. It was basically Armageddon or ragnarok
