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Hello there! We are Jana and Bal, two Critical Role fans from way back when - and that’s where we want to take you all back to!Since we somehow end up yelling at each other about Critical Role Campaign 1 all the time anyway, we decided to turn it into an actual podcast for your listening pleasure. Or something.Every other week (if Life allows it), we will publish a new episode covering an episode of Critical Role Campaign 1: Vox Machina. At length. A length under the one of the actual episod ...
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With the Good Plot finally knocking at the door, only a couple of hours being stuck on errands and with customer service remain until Jana and Bal get to join Vox Machina for dinner and a snack while covering Critical Role Campaign 1 Episode 24: The Feast. 00:00:00 - Intro 00:12:01 - Warnings: Body Horror, Loss of Limbs, Fantasy Racism, Torture, me…
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Jana and Bal wade through all the tits, drugs, and religious foreshadowing surrounding Vox Machina leaving Vasselheim behind for the plot and we all learn valuable lessons on treating NPCs well, lest they stabbinate you later, while covering Critical Role - Campaign 1: Vox Machina - Episode 23: The Rematch. 00:00:00 - Intro 00:07:09 - Content Warni…
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Jana and Bal bear very snarky witness to Vox Machina joining one cult, visiting another, and tell you why you shouldn't eat crayons just, like, in general, while covering Critical Role - Campaign 1: Vox Machina Episode 22 - AraMente to Pyrah. 00:00:00 - Intro 00:11:03 - Content Warning: Drinking to Cope, Animal Cruelty, Appropriation of Maori Cultu…
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Going back in time a bit, Jana and Bal practice some much needed self-care and cover all of Critical Role: Campaign 1 Episodes 20 and 21: The Trial of the Take Part 3 and 4 in one combined episode, and follow Team Grumpy through all the edge, the dice nudges, the hags forgotten to time, and the official start of the shipping races. 00:00:00 - Intro…
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Jana & Bal react to the official trailer for The Legend of Vox Machina Season 2 as well as cast announcements and episode titles, talk about their hopes, dreams, and fears for the season, and accidentally make fun of the edgy titles they've also given their patrons. Ooops. 00:00:00 - Intro 00:04:06 - HAPPY BIRTHDAY LULAFIA 00:05:20 - Trailer Analys…
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Part 3 of Jana & Bal's thorough and honest look at the The Legend of Vox Machina cartoon, covering the actually really good final episodes, miscellaneous thoughts, what went wrong and weird with Ripley, and demanding tribute; not for pleasure, but for equality. 00:00:00 - Episode 10 00:10:54 - Episode 11 00:22:50 - Episode 12 00:38:40 - Insecure Wr…
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Jana and Bal rejoin Team Happy Fun Times Paper Party Hats in Part 2 of The Trial of the Take of Critical Role's Campaign 1: Vox Machina, and debate giant personhood and the intricacies of dragon procreation, while also unabashedly simping for Mary Elizabeth McGlynn. 00:00:00 - Intro 00:12:45 - Content and Spoiler Warnings: Vomit, Loss of Agency, Se…
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Part 2 of Jana & Bal's exhaustive and honest look at the The Legend of Vox Machina cartoon, covering the life and times of Archie, what went wrong and also weird with Cassandra, a genre shift that wasn't worth it, an unexpected Vaxleth defense, and why Laura Bailey should write Everything. 00:00:00 - Episode 5 00:17:22 - Episode 6 00:31:27 - Episod…
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Jana and Bal join Team Super Happy Fun Times on their fake mission and debate fantasy contract law, middle child syndrome, and the ethics of girl on girl bullying while covering Episode 18: The Trial of the Take Part 1 of Critical Role Campaign 1: Vox Machina. 00:00:00 - Intro 00:03:16 - BIG CAMPAIGN 3 SPOILERS 00:04:36 - The Spoilers Have Stopped …
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Part 1 of Jana & Bal's exhaustive and honest look at the The Legend of Vox Machina cartoon, covering the episodes that had us feeling decently hopeful because all went bad in the next section. If you want to listen to the entire episode right now, feel free to support us on Patreon, where the 3.5 hour experience is available without interruptions, …
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Jana and Bal cover the three things you can do with dragons, why the Slayer's Take is a cult and MLM, the legal ramifications of kill stealing, and why the most explicit sex scene in the entire franchise is a fight scene in their discussion of Critical Role Campaign 1: Vox Machina - Episode 17: Hubris. 00:00:00 - Intro 00:08:30 - Content Warnings: …
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Think of this as 5 days early instead of 2 days late. Will we return to a regular publishing schedule? Possibly. Eventually. No promises. Jana and Bal take a grand tour of the lore of future past while the party loses some demonic but also some gnomish cargo in Critical Role - Campaign 1: Vox Machina Episode 16 - Enter Vasselheim. 00:00:00 - Intro …
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Jana and Bal cover hitching an airborne ride to Vasselheim, the nastiness of fighting in the skies, Bunny Rabbit Hit Point Maximums, and many a bisexual maneuver in their discussion of Critical Role Campaign 1: Vox Machina - Episode 15: Skyward. 00:00:00 - Intro Music 00:00:19 - Introduction 00:03:00 - Bal Stole a Cat 00:06:45 - Teasing the TLoVM E…
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Finally free of the Underdark, Jana & Bal now embark on a sightseeing tour of NPCs and also exactly what the title says while covering Critical Role Campaign 1: Vox Machina - Episode 14: Shopping and Shipping. 00:00:00 - Intro Music 00:00:19 - The Art of the Recuperating Episode 00:05:12 - Recent News, New Intro! 00:10:20 - Door Gag 00:11:03 - Cont…
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Jana and Bal celebrate finally leaving the Underdark and the least good arc of Critical Role Campaign 1: Vox Machina behind with a little musical interlude while covering Episode 13: Escape From The Underdark. Climb on top/life is yours to conquer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qa6ZVuw9xi0 Out of the Abyss in 7 Minutes: https://www.youtube.com/wa…
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Joined by Bal's DM and person who cares about fighting mechanics Lily, Jana and Bal learn all about action economy and why you should really trust your DM when it comes to balancing boss fights, while covering Critical Role Campaign 1: Vox Machina - Episode 11: The Temple Showdown. 00:00:00 - Intro Music 00:00:20 - Introducing Lily 00:03:38 - Still…
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In a bit of a musical mood, Jana and Bal take on the absolute filler that is Critical Role - Campaign 1: Vox Machine Episode 10 - K'varn Revealed. 00:00:00 - Intro Music 00:01:15 - We're Fine 00:07:25 - Remember the Campaign 3 Opening? 00:14:30 - Content Warnings: Mention of Child Death, Body Horror, Loss of Agency, Sexual Harassment 00:15:25 - Spo…
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Joined by their long-time fandom friend, local geologist, and Illithid Aficionado Christine, Jana & Bal hit the homestretch of this first and most forgettable arc, the last tentacl-y bits of Critical Role Campaign 1: Vox Machina while covering Episode 9: Yug'voril uncovered. 00:00:00 - Intro 00:05:14 - Too Many Percys 00:07:48 - So How About That T…
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While talking about Critical Role: Campaign 1: Vox Machina - Episode 8: Glass and Bone, Jana and Bal are taken back to the world of performative ~* sTrOnG iNdEpEnDeNt wOmAn *~ feminisim of 2015, and of November 2021, as they are officially out of the time paradox. Sort of. 00:00:00 - Intro Music 00:05:24 - Content Warnings: slurs against sex worker…
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Tackling the worst episode of Critical Role Campaign 1: Vox Machina so far, Episode 7: The Throne Room, Jana and Bal choose to lighten the load with a pop quiz and many a Willhand'ildan joke. 00:00:00 - Intro Music by Curran Son 00:00:17 - Introduction 00:01:48 - This is a Bad Episode, let's have a Gimmick 00:03:23 - Animal related tangent 00:05:58…
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Discussing Episode 6 of Critical Role Campaign 1: Vox Machina - Breaching The Emberhold, while making healthy life choices such as drinking coffee at midnight, and calling out the absolute DISRESPECT Kima had to deal with. 00:00:00 - Intro Music 00:00:20 - Introduction 00:05:45 - A Lindsay Ellis Tangent 00:10:30 - Content Warnings: Body Horror, Tor…
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Jana and Bal discuss the first three episode of The Legend of Vox Machina; the performances, the adaptational choices made, and the Vex Apology Tour of 2022. And if it cautious optimism and enthusiasm aren't quite for you, just know that had they recorded this a week later, it wouldn't have been quite as enthusiastic. 00:00:00 - Opening and Warning…
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Discussing Critical Role - Campaign 1: Vox Machina Episode 5: The Trick About Falling, among an assortment of fun things bodies can do and the joys of no progress being made. 00:00:00 - Intro 00:04:26 - Explaining The Time Paradox 00:08:20 - Content Note: Animal Death - Remembering Dagon 00:11:20 - Content Warnings: Loss of Agency, Drinking to Cope…
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Discussing the Great File F*ckening, a plethora of Critical Role related controversies, lost and found Campaign 3 predictions, unhingedly looking at the bright side, and maybe also Critical Role - Campaign 1: Vox Machina Episode 4: Attack on the Duergar War Camp. 00:00:00 - A Pre-Warning: Discussion of Colonial Imagery and Violence 00:01:26 - Intro…
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Discussing Critical Role - Campaign 1: Vox Machina - Episode 3: Strange Bedfellows, along with torture, cannibalism, metaphysical dicks, and dragon god sex. It's a ride, y'all. 00:00:00 - Jana from the future has warnings and announcements 00:02:36 - Intro starts 00:10:29 - Content and Spoiler Warnings: Discussion of cannibalism, torture, slavery, …
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