Critical Role Mollymauk Animatic - My Friends 

Molly was the friend everyone wants, Cadeucus was the friend everyone needs. Talisin played both to perfection...

“Molly said... not to steal from happy people.”

Whatever it was, just put it back. I think they've earned it. Put it back.

Taliesin really did set the gold standard for a Character, in less that 30 episodes he made a character that shaped the party as well as the entire campaign.

"We are all stories in the end, just make it a good one eh?" You did, you beautiful bastard. You were definitely a good one.

“Something will be here” “What did you just do?” “I made sure the earth will remember him”

WATCHED THIS FOR THE FIRST TIME RIGHT AFTER EP26 AND CRIED. NOW IM BACK AND IM CRYING FOR A DIFFEFENT REASON!!! LONG. MAY. HE. REIGN.

Let's be completley honest. Mollymauk's death was the most important event in the career of the Mighty Nine. It/He taught Nott about stealing, taught Caleb about the past, taught Jester about the future, taught Yasha about friendship, taught Beau about comedy and trust, taught Fjord about leadership, and taught Cadeucus about the rest of the Mighty Nine. And most importantly, he taught the Iron Shepards a lesson.

Then Ashley Johnson goes and puts this song in her Yasha playlist. You can catch me crying in the corner.

And one day, many many years from now (for the Mighty Nein at least), as they’re traveling the many planes beyond their own, maybe, just maybe they’ll hear those words again... “Never in all my years have I seen a group more in need of a good time.”

there are like 3 different stages of "this hits different" depending on how far in you are in the campaign

I think what makes this hit extra hard completely unintentionally was that the second word Kingsley ever spoke was "Love". Even though Molly wasn't completely back and pretty much all of his memories were gone, he didn't forget it, all of the love. All. Of. The. Love.

You can see a young Henry crabgrass in the last shot.

My brother never watched Critical Role and he saw this video over my shoulder. I just heard him say “ yea idk whats going on but im gonna cry in the shower over the purple guy”

"Molly said not to steal from happy people." "Beau - Molly knew things - MOLLY *KNEW* THINGS!" "The only magical thing in this room is you, my friend." "Does the bouncer come with us?" "OF COURSE! She's the CHARM!" "You remember a coat. Did you wear that coat? You don't think you'd wear that coat...but there was a coat." "I KNOW YOU'RE IN THERE MOLLY!" "But Long may he reign." "Shine bright, circus man." “Put it back. Whatever it was, just put it back. I think they’ve earned it. Put it back.”

This is what Molly saw during the ritual.

Molly is watching these chaotic idiots and laughing his ass off right now. Those fools. His friends. He loves them

I can't wait until the Mighty Nein are traversing the outer planes and a familiar voice greets them with "Well, took you long enought . . ."

The purple man who died for his friends is saved by those friends. Our Circus man has returned to his shiny throne, long may he reign

Okay but just picture this flashing through Molly’s mind as he’s revived

Something I noticed: the clerics now keep every revival spell that they can prep. Without fail, they make sure to have the materials and magic needed to keep this from happening ever again

“Makes you feel like none of those memories are real, even though you know they were.” “They were.” “... Molly was a real person, yeah?” “I’ve got his tarot cards to prove it.” “Still got his damn belt.” “Yasha’s got his coat. He was real.”

Shine bright circus-man

This hits Different after the events of tonight...

My goal: Get over Molly's death. My obstacle: This video.

I think the fact that you highlighted all of the bright and good of his life with them is what really ripped my heart out of my chest.

This one hitting different after episode 140. This animatic really brought home the poetic beauty of Molly’s storyline for me.

THE ABSOLUTE UGLIEST OF TEARS RIGHT NOW. OHMYFRIENDS

I just realized the beginning of Molly looking at his cards... it's the same as the end. This is after he died and he's looking back on his friends.....

"Mollymauk wanted to leave every place he came to, a little better than when he arrived". I can't say he succeeded in that, but he did leave Critical Role a lot better than it was when he arrived. Shine bright, circus man. Even as I watch this for the fourth time in the past month, I shed a tear for you.

I got on the critter wagon at the beginning of campaign 3, and I've been bingeing VM and M9 to catch up. Yesterday I got to M9 episode 26, and I already knew Molly wasn't going to make it. Didn't cry when he fell. Didn't cry when Beau and Caleb buried him. But this? This tore my heart out and wrung it like a sponge. Even though I already know how the campaign ends, thanks to mountains of spoilers, I've been crying for fifteen minutes about this gorgeous eulogy. You crushed it. Long May He Reign.

Do not stand at my grave and weep. I am not there. I do not sleep.

Shine Bright, Circus Man

Read Jesters fortune Dramatic hand on shoulder with Fjord Helped Caleb out of his state Danced with Nott Was a great friend to Yasha *Smoked a joint with Beau*

Not only does Molly's death still hurt, it hurts even worse now.

Long may he fucking reign.

I’ve now cried 3 times over Mollymauk 1: His death 2: Yasha’s graveside meltdown 3: This dang video

I went into Critical role knowing about Molly's death. From day one I told myself that he'd only last a measly 27 episodes and to not get attached. But I think part of Molly is his ability to worm his way into your heart. The same time he was charming his way into the lives of the Nein, he was also finding his way into our own. It truly was impossible to not love Mollymauk Tealeaf. And i can say with utmost certainty, while he may or may not leave every town better than he found it, he left me and the Might Nein better for having known him. Shine bright circus man. Long may he reign.

shine bright, circus man

For long will he reign

I can't help, but think how much fun molly would have had on the pirate ships

Never thought I would see the day the death of a DND character would be mourned by an audience like traditional fiction.

LONG MAY HE REIGN, LONG MAY HE REIGN, LONG MAY HE REIGN

the campaign ended and I'm here yet again

Yasha and Molly sleeping was touching. It's easy to forget sometimes that the two of them have the most history together. It was so hard to listen to Matt describe her finding out about Molly, I just wish Ashley Johnson was there to do it herself.

I still wait for the moment when molly shows up in a tavern again..... Under another name,... With his first memory being digging himself out of his own grave

This hits so differantly after EP140 Long may he reign. "Whatever it was, just put it back I think they've earned it, put it back."

C2 E140 spoilers All his friends He beat within their hearts And they never gave up on him Welcome home Mollymauk Long may he reign

Merry Christmas to everyone except Lorenzo

I thought I was over Molly's death, but nope. This was beautiful

Anyone back here after last night? Wow. What a journey we've all been on.

And then they were Nine.

One day, they'll see Kiri again. And they'll have to tell her Molly's not coming back.

Problem: sad about Molly's death Solution: think about Caduceus bursting out of the church like Shrek with Allstar playing in the background

".....whatever it was......put it back......they deserve it........"

After episode 140.... the word "Love" has such a deeper meaning. It's beautiful.

FlyboyElm: Roll a Constitution Saving Throw to see if you cry. Me: *Rolls* I got a Natural 20. FlyboyElm: Does not beat the DC. Me: ;-;

I don’t care how great Caduceus is, or how much I love him. I will always miss Mollymauk Tealeaf. Good bye, Circus Man.

This hits different rn.

Somewhere in the distance, you can hear Ashley Burch let out a heavy sigh of relief

The Critical Role cast has seen this, right?! Taliesin has seen this, right? RIGHT!?!?!

This made me remember the fact that Pumat doesn’t know that Molly died. I’m not prepared for that moment.

This has aged in so many weird and wonderful ways

:). Happy to be back here

Jester: I stand and hold on to Molly's horns. Molly: Meh, I'm into it. Man, when I saw that as a art piece...

As an iraqi combat veteran who has lost friends in battle...this just made me cry...truly moving, which speaks so much about the man who brought this character life in our hearts. A prayer to fallen comrades.

Long may be reign, as he will

You know I think this made cry even people that haven't watch critic role for three reason: 1 the music 2 the animation 3 this is relatable.

Rest in peace Molly, the wandering wierdo you manage to find more life in 2 years than many would find in a thousand You will not be forgotten

I love Cadeuces. I love him so much. But there are no words for how much I miss Molly. I've never missed a character so much. I'll just be sitting listening to an episode, and I'll just think "Molly would've loved this". I cry every time I watch this video. It's so beautiful.

over 100 episodes. just under 3 years. All of it culminating in one penultimate episode. ♫♪♫"All of the love, all of the love! And I can't forget it! All of the love, All of the love, as we stood tall together~"♪♫♪ Long May He Reign.

Revisiting this before tonight's episode. At least 95% sure I'm gonna cry.

Molly was such a show man that even his death was a masterful performance

that awkward moment when you're not even in the fandom and somehow even then you're only keeping yourself from crying because you're supposed to be writing an essay right now *sobs*

“So you felt for this empty speck.” - so many emotions.

Welcome back Circus Man

how dare you, but also thank you. the cards in the end broke me completely. very well done

You know, one interesting thought would be that Molly is just waiting on the other side of the veil, constantly flipping his cards to try and tell the future of his companions (particularly Yasha), and is just sitting wherever they ended up, laughing at all the shenanigans they have gotten into.

Episode 140 gang, where are you at?!

i feel that after this last episode it was handled beautifully. that the man who was Molly who gave him a voice and life gets to decide weather or not he gets to use that voice once again. the poetic justice that is wrapped in that is beautiful. Shine bright circus man. may your reign be long and prosperous.

Can’t believe you’d attack me like this

As sad as it is to say, Molly was probably the best one to die in the group. And what I mean by that isn't that he was the worst character or that he deserved to die the most. God knows that's not the case. What I mean is, well... Losing anyone would have been devastating to all of them. But, I think Molly filled a gap that the nein needed without realizing it. We all know Beau is an asshole, that Nott is a bit of a kleptomaniac and often steals for selfish reasons, hell that fjord is about as empathetic as a rock sometimes. We know Caleb originally joined the group only to further his agenda, that he'd turn tail at a moments notice. But, Molly was none of these things. He was the nucleus of the group without any of them realizing. More than that he was their entire moral compass. And without him... what are they? That's what they had to ask themselves. When Molly died it was sink or swim. Figure out how to stay together without their heart, or fall apart as a group. The amount of character development we've seen as a result of Molly's death has been incredible. It may not have been necessary that he die, but I firmly believe that these characters would not be where they are today if they hadn't lost Molly. I'm excited to see how things will go from here, and how they will continue to evolve as a group without Molly, gone but never forgotten. Long may he reign.

anyone here after last nights ep? they didn’t forget him

Who's here after 140? Farewell, Mighty Nein. Long may YOU ALL reign.

...when Clay used "Decay" on Molly...well, I just hope they revisit his resting place. I bet lavender would be a wonderful sight to see...

I just realized why this video hit me so hard. I'm not even at this episode yet; I saw it before I even really knew what Critical Role was. But now I know that Mollymauk only had two years of life to him. Before that, nothing. So, I was in the Army. You know people, but not for huge amounts of time. You meet people in Basic, you leave most of them behind. Then you meet more people, and you start over. Everyone has their past. You hear about it. You get chummy. You eat the same food. You tell jokes. You fight with each other. You work together. Sleep together. Hell, you everything together. Then they leave. Or you do, and just like that, they're part of your past. Or they die. You're there, or near when it happens. Then suddenly, they're everybody's past. But they're also your present. You never stop thinking about them. You eat a sandwich, and you remember he liked this one place where he took you so he could prove it was good, even though you already believed it was. Or you remember the time both of you nearly bought it when the vehicle got flipped by a mine, but you were both coated in blue gatorade so that when you climbed out of the wreck, all the two of you could do was laugh at your stained-blue faces like tooled-up Smurfs. This video lets you remember the good times of a character you never knew or cared about until they made you care. A total enigma, then a friend, then family, and now, a memory.

!! spoilers for the finale episode 141 !! I don’t think I’ll ever stop missing Molly. He brought out the brightest and best colors from the Nein. He served as one of their first and strongest connections and he was genuinely an amazing member of the Nein, they loved him just as many of the fans did and we all wanted him back. I still recall many of his quotes that reside firm in my heart. Unfortunately, it’s heartbreaking Mollymauk Tealeaf may not be present anymore but his reign stays mighty. Kingsley Tealeaf says the last feelings he remembers is feeling like a grand majesty and royal, that brings me joy and peace knowing Molly passed with those feelings. I don’t see Kingsley and Molly as the same, and I’d say their reigns are separate, but Kingsley definitely fits as his brother and will only boost Molly’s fame with his ship. So this is a Thank you to the circus man, the icon who brought so much joy and chaos to his own world and ours. Long may he reign.

This video was in my recommended when the 140 livestream started. RU-vid KNEW!!!

This animatic was the animatic that made me start watching Critical Role, and then Critical Role got me into D&D, so thank you for creating this masterpiece. Now may we raise a glass for Mollymauk, for the life he lived with the Mighty Nein, and in the hope that he will return as the Molly they once knew and that we all loved.

"Be the chaos you want to see in the world."

Who's here after e140. Jeeze. Emotions.

Hello post-Episode 140 Critters. Long may he reign 👑 💜

"shine bright, circus man..."

Holy frick this is so beautiful but it hurts so so muuuuuch! Shine bright Circus Man!

Long may he reign

Long may he reign.

What makes Molly's death all the worse is that he knocked himself out, with his own blood maledict. He was so angry at Lorenzo for taking his friends, that he never stopped to check if he'd survive, if the next cost was too great or not. Regardless, wherever he is, I'm sure he's looking down upon the Nein with a smile.

I miss Molly ..... Critical role is such a strange form of storytelling that I didn’t really realize that till watching this. Caduceus is great. He has a cool collected vibe to him but I miss the unique energy Taliesin brought to the table as Molly. SPOILER: I can only dream of the kind of things molly would have done during the teams pirate adventures. (Note: don’t mistake this for any sort of displeasure over critical role. I’m still loving it)

There are now tears of joy.

Long may he reign.... Shine bright, circus man