What's that Mother's name? 

And it was so good and in character that Scanlan didn’t say “that’s okay”. He said “thank you for asking”

This is what makes grog and Percy amazing. Grog is a surprisingly good listener. Percy durning that clip sits there and acknowledges his short comings. He knows In many ways he sucks. Two wonderful characters.

This moment is gonna GUT so many new fans when it happens in LoVM, and I CAN'T WAIT!! 😈

I won’t lie, that part made me tear up. Grog was trying to better himself from the experience and try to make his friend feel better. It shows a lot of growth for the character.

The world would be different in that it would be worse. You don't validate someone who is being irrational and blaming the way they treat you on you. No part of what Scanlan was ranting about was any of their fault. Vax in particular tried many times to have serious conversations with him, but he lied or dodged the question every time. They have given him opportunities to reach out to them but he never took them. They've asked him his age multiple times and he never answered. Vax asked him to talk to him if he ever needed to. He wasn't even honest about the money he lost buying fake drugs and while he was buying those fake drugs Vax was sitting outside ready to storm in because Scanlan asked him to. Yea, just about every other character has had their personal issues pertaining to the goals of the party, but they didn't go out of their way to deal with those personal issues. The only person the party has helped that only involved personal reasons was Keyleth's Aramentae. If Scanlan had said he needed them they would have been there for him in a heartbeat. It's his fault, not theirs. In the end, they are all comrades. They have all put their lives on the line for each other. That should mean more than knowing of each other's hardships and family members. Scanlan was being blatantly selfish. They have proven time and time again that they are willing to sacrifice their lives for each other, yet Scanlan doesn't see that as love. Also, to say that Grog listened is not accurate. He heard what Scanlan was saying, but he didn't fully understand. He answered in the only way he knew how and it was innocent. Grog is ignorant of Scanlan's selfishness here, which makes sense and there was nothing wrong given the context. Yet, the others were aware of Scanlan's selfishness, and to knowingly avoid that for Scanlan's sake would be wrong.

@Julius Ezra hmmmm Yes, I too am a real human

@Julius Ezra yeah nobody cares, and if anybody does their a bunch of creeps

I thought alshley was notts mom not Scanlan.

@@brendanaparicio6339 exactly. They are Veth's parents, and he later forgot how he had called them, and called Ashley Laura.

And back to a heart wrenching moment. It came full circle.

Best thing is they made jokes about it the second the scene was over

It is like the reverse nott, where every joke turned out to be rooted in something absolutely gut wrenching heartbreaking down right traumatising

That coupled with Sam fucking getting it out the gate, staring Marisha down waiting for her to get it as well. SLAYED me.

T3hSylntSyco he did not get it out of the gate. The only reason he got it was because he watched the twitch chatt from the previous episode, since they pre record the episode since episode 100 of campaign 2. So if the Twitch chatt would not have screamed Kiki´s mom since the first time the M9 lay their eyes on Viridian, it would take alot longer for any of them to make that conection.

@@jonathansolberg5072 See, that's the strange thing, because he said he saw it in the Twitch chat when he checked around 10 minutes before the reveal. (He was checking because he wanted to see how many would still be watching that late into the session.) He couldn't have seen it in the current chat, where it did appear at the point he mentioned, if they had prerecorded the show, but he wouldn't watch back a previous Twitch stream during a filming. So it seems possible that their prerecording is intermittent, possibly.

Their

@@maniakb416 what do you think you’ll get out of correcting one word from a year-old comment

Hosted by Bill Hader.

@@Logan_Baron Exactly what I thought of as well! That and the Tina/Amy show, "Meet Your Second Wife"

He actually saw it in the chat

Yeah, I know. but that wouldn’t work for the joke now, would it?

Except his own apparently XD

Except for his own apparently 🙃 (also the new episodes are prerecorded so I don't think he would have seen it in chat, maybe saw theories from the previous week on Twitter and stuff though? some people called it as soon as Viridian was introduced)

@@rwolfheart6580 he says he saw it in chat

And in no small part because of Sam himself.

Scanlan didn't deserve the meme. Sam totally does.

Ik they didn't care for scanlon... Like at all

It’s what he would’ve wanted

@@lorziewhelp9136 I mean no, it's not

All these years I never realized that .

Well, Taryon Was The Rich Son Who Tinkered & Made A Giant Metal Contraption. He Just Needs To Figure Out How To Make It So He Can Fit In Side & Pilot It. XD

I mean, he put them on the spot. SO now they are making sure it never happens again. and it's a good ribbing. Kinda like the goldfish incident.

@@Firan25 Right? Sam ripped out their hearts with that outburst, he's fair game for all the payback after that.

Sam doesn't let anyone live their shit down either

Sam brings this up on his own too. 😂

Honestly, I am completely convinced that broken voiced Pike drunkenly calling scanlan was her form of pay back for it. She made him regret it right there. Pike is the party's mom and that was her saying she was not angry, she was dissapointed!

Yet another example of how Percy doesn't need a demon possessed gun to take your soul.

@@Zapporah85 Jesus Christ I spit out my water

Yeah that one stung, does anyone remember if scanlan and Percy ever had a scene talking about percys anger towards scanlan leaving or was that ignored because they had a god to kill?

@@phinehashunter-eldridge8711 ignored. He noncanonically, nonverbally expressed it during a battle royale though

@@EsquilaxM classic Percy

I meant to add that part towards the end but I always I fjorget something. “I know their names because I LOVE YOU”

Dani Gee I AM THE MOST SINCERE!

I think I recall one of the cast members tweeted a photo of a piece of paper that Sam left on the table of Scanlan's wiki page that had all the "unknowns" highlighted.

@@markqurf Omg that's hilarious.

Do you know what episode that was?

Something tells me that, if Percy asks Scanlan what Kaylie's mother's name is later on in the show, Scanlan will immediately answer "Sybil" without hesitation.

Would of been hilarious cuz she’d be like what? Haha

Travis is a big teddy bear. A very thoughtful and amazing friend. And his personality and acting really emphasis this.

@@XoIoRouge Absolutely. The man can be incredibly intimidating when he wants to be (benefits of being a large guy and a phenomenal voice actor to boot) but at the same time he's just a big softy at heart

As much as Grog "I have an intelligence of six I know what I'm doing" was not the sharpest...he maybe had the biggest heart of them all in that campaign.

@@VegetaLF7 And terrified of just about anything that goes bump in the night. He's a Golden retriever and I am here for it.

@@shannononeill482 absolutely! 100!

Beau: “Hey what‘s your mother’s name?” Percy: “DO NOT BRING THAT UP AGAIN! PLEASE!” Caleb: “I’m sorry, is this some sort of wealthy persons joke?”

They have to ask it to Keyleth so they have a second freak out

Could have been nice but didn't happen😕

Yeah, that first bit is by far one of the most heavily emotional moments in the entire series. Sam fucking ripped out the hearts of everyone at that table that session.

In a way "what's my mother's name" was Sam messing with them also. I mean it was true to the character in a deeply personal way... but also he did it knowing that Tary was going to trapse in seconds after Scanlan rode off. He shook them all up and then started dropping "Little Elf Girl"s left and right.

iDongu CriticalRole has some of the most underrated script writers in LA 😉

@@bskye8 For real! You can't improv this well in a live show _Critical Role was not recorded in front of a live audience_

They're a secret rogue cell of script writers, remnants of the pre writer's guild days. They stay to themselves in the shadows and only send out scripts via carrier coyote. Legend has it their storytelling capabilities are so potent that they have stopped accepting best original screenplay and adaptation oscars due to a lack of shelf space, since 2007. Word on the street is that the Russians are trying to poach them to rejuvenate their own film industries and jump start it to standards far superior to Hollywood's. This is why they operate from the shadows, so both sides have to keep paying them to hopefully sway their permanent alliance one way or the other.

Legend has it Matt had an entire team shrunk down and he keeps them inside his head.

Why what happened? Did he get altered memories

@@iananderson4754 Mild spoilers for Caleb's storyarc: He desperately wishes his parents were still alive. MASSIVE spoilers all of Campaign 2: Caleb killed his own parents, but his plan, including every spell he learns or develops across the campaign, is to go back in time, save and substitute them, and then send his parents to safetly live anonymously in (IIRC) Tal'dorei. I think he refered to them in the present tense, because it is his desperate hope that his future self has already succeeded and they are currently alive, through a time loop he had not yet started/closed.

@@LightLMN damn. i guess thats why hes so interested in dunamancy

It just turned into "Whats your creators name?"

@@sekunriruisen506 🤣🤣

In actuality he realized it because someone from chat posited the theory, but coming from Sam was indeed perfect

I'm pretty sure Sam didn't answer because he probably forgot the name of Kaylie's mother. However, I'm sure that if Percy asks Scanlan for Kaylie's mother's name in the show, Scanlan will immediately answer "Sybil" without hesitation.

That's not a good jab. Like, at all. Scanlan couldn't remember her mothers name and he KNEW he couldn't remember her mothers name. In fact, in previous episodes, he even mentions feeling sad about it and greatly regretting it. Scanlan doesn't have to play the moral high ground like Percy does, because Scanlan already has it in this scenario. Percy just can't help but be insufferable. He can never be in the wrong in his own eyes. He has to be correct. He has to have the last word. Percy was a terrible character and everybody who looked up to him and admired him, never truly understood his character.

Charlie Lewandowski every day is Mother’s Day lol

Mom killed by a goblin A mother transformed into a goblin Surprised we didn't get a son of a goblin mother

the 2nd mighty nine one shot we kinda did@@deathwrow9652

I have the compilation of those scenes from Sam looking at his phone to sharing with Liam to the end saved to my phone. Never gets old.

More likely that Sam just forgot what it was.

Yes a taz reference nice

Dude none of them gave a fuck I've recently been watching c1 and am up to 73, even Vex said she cares about her broom more than him and Laura was so pissed I highly doubt she was joking. They all go to scanlan for their problems but nobody ever checks up on him.

@@a.garcha199 Pay attention to when he's dealing with personal issues, it's almost never in front of them, only NPCs. They literally had no way of knowing that he was even going through shit they might need to ask him about

to me it felt like Scanlan felt like he was only ever there to be the 'fun guy'. I feel like he was a tough nut to crack by design, but he probably never felt like anyone cared about him enough to share his inner feelings-- his best friend is Grog who obviously loves him but just doesn't really think enough to know when he should show it imo LOL idk i totally understand why Scanlan reacted the way he did. It's so true to his character-- which is being the funny guy but at heart insecure and kinda closed off and overdramatic lol i agree tho, i think the way that the party got suuuper pissed at him when he came back was justified too considering he basically just threw a temper tantrum then left. though I'd say what they did with his resurrection was pretty shitty.

I wont like cause it's on 69

@@calebdouglas2512 Not on 69 anymore, like away.

@@RossPitSharkHunter thanks for the reminder, will do

Well played

Is it bad that I skimmed your origin story when i read this?

@@liamandrew2481 Hehehehe

@@liamandrew2481 Yea I 100% skipped his origin story. I'm not in his campaign. :P @OP: To be fair, that's the "CR" effect. When players try to be as good as the CR Players. If two of my players did this (use their backstory in a dramatic rage quit, and another player shut them down by taking notes) then I would be annoyed in both. I'd have definitely increased the difficulty for future fights if I could. It's dramatic and heartfelt that it happened in the critical role campaign we like and we always try to embody dramatic moments. It's unoriginal to copy Scanlan's emotional situation, but it's even worse for you to bully them for it. They wanted a dramatic moment, and I always persuade my players to tell a good story rather than "win" a situation. I'm not against your character "having good memory" and answering "What's my mother's name?!" when it shows up; I AM however disappointed that you stole the show and embarrassed them for not knowing your backstory. Of course, you don't have care about my perspective, I'm just giving my two cents. I don't know exactly how it went down and I do know that there are many ways that would make it flow well. I'm simply assuming based on what you wrote that you didn't approach it respectfully.

@@XoIoRouge I will say, though, that a lot of the impact of Scanlan's moment is that the rest of the group didn't know. Either they had never talked about it or it was something mentioned but not remembered. While in OP's case, the background was something stated and remembered. Scanlan was right, the group didn't even remember what had happened to his mother, but in OP's case the player accused everyone of not caring to remember their backstory when one of the characters did remember, and spoke up because they cared. It can definetly be a big roleplay moment when someone says, "You dont remember anything about me!" And the response can be, "Yes, I do, I remember [backstory]!" I wouldnt punish a player for dramatically lashing out a little in character and another character clapping back with memories. And I wouldnt blame OP in taking a bit of personal satisfaction in taking good, relevant notes.

this shit's fuckin stupid and i'm laughing at myself

Oh they definitely will

WHY DID YOU SAY THAT NAME?!?

Scanlan had every right to be upset. This wasnt his first time going down, and for them to tie him up and smear pudding on the walls so his daughter, the one person in the world he cared about their opinion of him. The entire party treated him like a punching bag and not a friend up until that point

@@dragonkkid11 except Grog....he was Scanlans best friend.... but Scalan definitely had reason to go off....not knowing His Kaylies mother's name was on point for Scanlan after sleeping with so many women/men...all Scalan cared about his daughter not the woman who bore her.

Vibe Turtle believes that Scanlan had a valid reason to be upset, he was the punching bag in most cases

Both parties were in the wrong, your delight in seeing the punching bag punched further just proves his point. He’d never got a true arc of his own like the others, they saw his downward spiral as just comedic short man things(which, to be fair, was his own fault), and when he finally was taking something serious they fuck it up for him.

I definitely think that Tary's appearance a few minutes later helped alleviate the tension too.

@@VegetaLF7 Laura is deadly with those tissues.