Laudna Spoiler Reveal Reaction | Critical Role Campaign 3 | Episode 17
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Critical Role Campaign 3 | Episode 17 Reaction | Laudna Reveal
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Of all of Bells Hells, Orym was the perfect person to hear Laudna’s story. Because he had what the others lacked: context. Because he heard the story from the Tempest and Vox Machina’s discussions. And, above all, he’s just like Laudna: a victim of collateral damage from an act intended for someone else. For Laudna, it was intended to be a warning for Vox Machina. For Orym, it was a consequence of the attack on Keyleth specifically.
I love that Orym and Laudna have that connection. They lost so much, yet chose to continue living for their own sakes.
And even when she tried to brush it off, saying it was so long ago… Orym still said, “Respectfully… SO FUCKING WHAT?!” That got to Laudna. And you can tell, even when she still tried to convince him to pay her no mind. He still couldn’t let it go.
Perhaps that is also why she opened up about her ears. Because she knew he would understand, even without words. And it was the EARS that made him embrace her, that stoked his anger towards the cruelty she had to suffer… and it no doubt gave him another purpose. Another reason to protect.
“Nobody should have had to face anything like that. I AM sorry, and I’m impressed with you.”
“Thank you. It’s very kind. It is strange, I don’t think anyone’s ever really apologized for it, it’s not really your place but… it means a lot.”
Overall, I love that she allowed herself to feel that vulnerable, to drop the smile and feel remorse for her death for the first time in over 30 years. I bet she even allowed herself to cry genuine tears. Her voice even cracked when she thanked him.
And for her part, Laudna seemed to know how much Orym understood, she saw that same trauma and sense of loss in his eyes. Thus why she said, “I think it’s clear that you empathize because you understand.” Even without knowing everything about his story. Hell, she seemed to understand when he vaguely mentioned losing someone close in the attack once he truly started opening up earlier in the campaign.
That he also willingly took a level of exhaustion shows that he’s not going to just let this slide… and I bet that when they woke up, Laudna noticed it. Maybe even gave him a look that said, “thank you” and he gives a nod in response. And then one little hand holding before mounting their horses.
One final note… it hurts even more that we SAW her there in the castle in LOVM. And now the Sun Tree moment will never be the same again.
Because she was there, all along.
Alright i’ve seen this same comment on three separate Videos. Why?
@@charleslamar817 Well… why not? It’s true.
@@charleslamar817 upvote farming
...And now things have come full circle.
@@brettchew3771 Indeed. And she’s finally healing from “the worst thing that’s ever happened”… That entire first half of 38 was cathartic as we saw her choosing to face her trauma and… come to terms with it. Still a long way to go, but she’s finally doing it. And she was welcomed home, she has a home to return to after years of isolation. Maybe at the end of the campaign, she WILL return home.
The way marisha and Liam work together is just incredible.
This is a testament to how good all these people are: many people have hypothesized that Laudna was one of the Sun Tree victims since she said she was from Whitestone, so all she did here was confirm what people already thought; and yet she still made it absolutely profound and heavy and heart-wrenching. The whole "Of course I'm happy, the worst thing that could possibly happen to me already has" line was a full gut-shot 😭
The earliest tweet about Laudna being a Sun Tree victim was way back in November 16 of last year. At that point, we already knew Laudna came from Whitestone (Pate debuts episode 2, back in October) but didn't have her specific rez date or the circumstances surrounding her resurrection until a few days later. I think TLOVM ep 5 solidified the idea of Laudna = Sun Tree victim more than anything, when the Vex-alike had a similar color scheme to Laudna and the same long black hair.
Even when the theory gained popularity, there were plenty of folks saying it couldn't be, because the dates didn't line up exactly: The Tide of Bone happened approx 810 PD, which is more than 30 years before the start of C3 (843 PD). Obviously one can easily chalk up the miscalculation to either (a) rounding down, or (b) the undead lady losing her grasp on time (and maybe even sanity) thanks to the undead patron jabbering in her head.
Point being, it was a popular theory, but it was in no way confirmed until this episode dropped. I think the feelings were divided between complete shock and vindication.
Watching this in a theater was transcendental. I adore Marisha/Laudna on a normal day but after this?
I’m an only child- I lost both parents while I was in college. I was already emotional over being in a room with other CR fans for the first time. When she said
_The worst thing that’s ever happened to me has already happened._
It hit me like a ton of bricks. I don’t emote easily on a normal day- much less in front of other people. I tipped the hat I was wearing down and cried for two minutes after.
We all had theories, but Marisha delivered this so gut-punchingly well. Yasha’s “I have so many flowers to bring her” was the last time I remember being so moved by a new detail.
I love Marisha Ray. I love this show and it’s stories. GOD
I wonder... If they all ever go to the air Ashari for Orym and meet Keyleth, would Keyleth recognize Laudna? That's a moment I wanna see
Welp. We now have an answer to that question.
Wasn't exactly how imagined but in a way we got way more
Oh Gods. The look on Sam's face. He knows he's never going to be able to top this BUT HE LOVES IT!
This is brilliant timing on Marisha's part. She got a "previously on Critical Role..." without tipping her hand.
Talisin's eyes are so big the whole time. I wonder if Laura/Imogen know the details of Laudna's backstory, I would imagine she does since they've traveled together for a couple of years and they already seem so close.
Given that Laura still reacted, I suspect she only knew a part of it. Probably wasn't privy to the suntree of it all.
Laura said she wanted to throw something at Marisha, so I doubt she knew THAT aspect of it. Marisha likely kept it secret for an on-stream reveal so that Laura could also be included in the surprise.
@@captin3149 I think that Laudna having been the body setup as Vex meant it was particularly important that Laura specifically wasn't spoilt.
After Laudna tells about her invitation to Whitestone castle, you can see Travis thinking that the Critters are going to go WILD. And when she said, "Of course! The worst thing to ever happen to me has already happened," Travis was clearly thinking, oh that's goood. This is GOLD! I could watch that scene over and over and it's just as exciting every time.
You can also see Matt let out an internal whistle when she says that as well.
I love the faces everyone was making as Laudna was giving her back story. Many Emotions to be had.
Oooh boy recent episodes has made this episode so much better
Marisha is an absolute genius. That should be the primary focus and I think it mostly is, so I want to let everyone else’s comments on that stand and pivot to focus on two other aspects:
1. The look of pride and enjoyment on Matt’s face. Get you a man who’s that proud of your creations, ladies and gents
2. Liam is an absolute god, as far as I’m concerned
I loved Matt's face at the beginning:
-"Where are you going with this....?"
-"Oh.... right."
Gotta love Laura's expression when the penny drops.
"... Marisha, you bitch..."
I love the way The crew all start reacting..... But then Taliesin freaks out!!! His face is always So expressive! And the silent mouthing to Marisha! Too Cute and fun(ny)
What hurts is that “hearts” vanish from comments if you edit them but anyway… yeah, she was there. And I’m confident that she was dressed to resemble Vex… right down to the ears… my gods…
I assumed she was dressed to resemble keyless but thats certainly a possibility.
@@peytonfryer5700 I would think vex just by hair color
@@Achridian When the suntree was originally described Matt mentioned paint being used to represent colors, so it's possible her hair was colored red. But it's unclear at this point, so it could certainly be either.
@@FulcanMal ah I did not know that, cool 👍
@@FulcanMal Yeah he described Keyleths effigy as having red paint through her hair, presumably because they couldn't source an actual ginger, but as far as we know Laudna doesn't have nail wounds in her head, so Vex is the best guess atm
Marisha absolutely killed it with this character (No pun intended, but I'll take it). My favorite of Campaign 3 for sure. The whole time I was watching this I was like "F*** yes Marisha, you bad ass!"
This was genius level stuff. Makes total sense. I can't wait to see the future interactions that this background can bring to us.
Btw, love your videos!
If it’s a certain twin… Marisha’s accent choice is incredibly genius level cause the intonation… just on point.
I’ve been hoping for so long that Laudna was from the Sun tree incident. I’m glad Marisha was on the same page I was when she built Laudna.
It just makes me think that Pate DeRolo is a play on words for Marisha "Pate/Bad Day" also the puppeteer kinda resembling the ropes...bit of a reach but I can see a connection.
100%... Just watch Travis' reaction following "Bad Day"... He knows because of his history... "Bidet" lol
I love how giddy literally EVERYONE is hahahhaha SO GOOD
Well, we are now 100% sure that Laudna isn’t a De Rolo
yeah by I wants really holding out hope that she was a resurrected De Rolo sibling after like episode 12
I freaking adore you. You're reactions are always so strong and pure. It's always wonderful to re-experience these moments through your eyes. Thanks for being so wonderful.
Thank you so heckin much
@@SkyMcSparkle Always
First of all thank you for uploading this videos, I love watching your reactions.
Now to the content :
I wasn't sure about Orym as a character, not even on ExU but it's scenes like these that make people like me appreciate a character a lot more. I have barely nothing to say about Laudna because even before she dropped the Whitestone bomb, she was my favourite PC this campaign.
What I really love about this scene is the chemistry that they all have with each other and the level of restraint of everyone at that table, sometimes it is a given because they are professional actors but even with that in mind thy have a level of respect for each that I would want to see in everyone IRL and on the Internet.
Marisha and Liam are fantastic role players and masters at improvisation.
Side Note : I am not dismissing anyone at that table, I think they all are more-than-great actors.
Excuse me for the rant and for the grammatical errors that this lines may contain, but English is not my first language and I don't think I've ever written so much on any language that I am not native in, so I'm a little nervous now
Honeslty only like two mistakes in this that I glossed over till i went through and read it outloud, and my native language is English
"Marisha's character is a love letter to all the critters " 🥺🖤 stop
I was listening to this while at my job and when I was working on a customers car I started freaking out lol. Absolutely love this.
Glad you enjoy it!
I cried..so hard. When I saw this live. So hard. And coming back around and finding this reaction video you uploaded.
I am right back to crying. Oof..
Her acting is mesmerizing to watch, and she is playing my favorite character.
Percy`s eyes xD
I love that it's "Percy's eyes", not "Taliesins's eyes" or "Ashton's eyes" - because in that moment it WAS Percy who suddenly awakened and took notice.
@@andrecanis4894Talesin said in a talks Machina I believe that Percy was SCREAMING in the back of his head.
Greatest fear right now is…when they deal with soul/ghost Delia, Launda would just die on the spot
Laudna was resurrected by Deliah when she created Zombies to combat Vox Machina. So Deliah put a bit of herself in each undead? Or is it the desire to kill Vox Machina? Either way, coming anywhere near Keyleth would be a horrible encounter. Keyleth, or sadly Oyrm, may be forced to "kill" Laudna.
This scene gave me chills 😊
"Of course, the worst thing that ever happened to me has already happened.". Matt: *eyes shift back and forth*
Sam and Travis's reactions give me life. 🤣😂 Sam is here for the chaos and Travis is like "you actually did it!"
The "different life though, as they say" with Marisha's face and few lines after give me big 'Delilah is slipping through a bit' or 'she's talking partially TO Delilah and reminding her she's dead and gone and worth little to Laudna'. Can't decide which.
You and Taliesin had the exact same facial expression.
Theory confirmed
i love the look between Matt and Laura,
Can you explain what you meant when you said: "If Oram's character is a lover letter to Marisha and Matt, then Marisha's character is a love letter to all the critters." I would still love to understand what you meant by both of those metaphors.
Who was Laudna meant to portray in the tree? Was she supposed to be Vax?
"Liam: for my campaign 3 character, I’m going to make a PC that is a love letter to Zephra because I love what Matt and Marisha created there, by making him a reflection of the values set up by Keyleth and showing how Zephra continues to prosper under her leadership"
Marisha is an excellent storyteller and I know she was mainly fucking with her friends but I KNOW she's like yeah, I'm going to fuck with them ALL. The Sun Tree was such a shocking moment in CR history then on top of that the amount this messed with Percy. They sat together, were BFFs and prob had more insight into him than anyone else. Then prob really sat on what Matt had laid down all that time ago. Laudna was the Vex stand in.
Hope that made sense, my brain is fried
Plus, Marisha had a hand in Legends, based in her talking here you can tell she and Matt cooked up a small thing and slipped it in. Laura may have known some of the backstory, but her face says she didn't know this. God this was so good and so emotional and impacted. Can't wait to Laudna's story develop further.
Let’s not forget that Marisha was the main lore keeper for the home game and beginnings of the stream.
the de Rollo family is gonna end up hunting the party.
HOLY MOTHER TERESA
When I watched this moment, I had been rewatching Vox Machina on Prime with the Watch Party on Twitch. WTF was all I kept saying...and then Oyrm taking a point of exhaustion because he was so upset I understood that...
Hi I'm new here what did you mean by Orym is a love letter to Marisha and Matt?
Did anyone else catch the Liam spoiler reveal from Taliesin at 3:26:36? Is nobody talking about it? Or has everyone that has been squelched? It took the cast an awkward minute or two to get through it. I just hope it’s not a problem for Liam and/or the rest of the cast, I mean, it’s Hollywood it’s no surprise, but still….love to Liam.
Granted I haven't seen the LOVM ep yet but Laudna was most likely the uhh hang in for Vex right?
Yup!
@@SkyMcSparkle It does make the most sense, especially considering as others have pointed out Laudna was lacking holes in her head for Keyleth's antler headdress & she'd be too big to be Pike.
On a side note I love that C3 (& Matt) is more open to callbacks & previous campaign connections than C2 was.
Is it just me or when Laudna says the worst thing that ever happened to me has already happened Matt looks like he had a sudtle challenge accepted look?
Why is the character orym a love letter to Matt and Marisha? I may be missing something.
her best character so far!
Only thing I don't get, and I'm coming from a "I had not seen the original campaign, but I did see the animated series" point... wouldn't the children have been representing the gnomes (Pyke & Scandalin) and not needed to have ears cut like elves?
Laudna has not aged since she died, decayed a bit but not aged, she was a young woman when beaten and hung therefore a good stand in for a half-elf. She probably wasn't the Keyleth double or she would have mentioned the scars from antlers being nailed into her head as that's a lot more traumatic and noticable than just the ears being modified, it probably would have been part of her description earlier on and places from which black ooze would seep when she takes her form of dread. This means she was the Vex'alhia body effigy hanging from the sun tree.
The other detail I find interesting (not revealed in the show but a recent publication of Darington press) is at this time Vex'alhia is a mother of 5 and a member of the Council of Tal'dorei as Master of Commerce.
Imagine if they end up in Whitestone……
It begs the question of who Laudna was meant to represent. Vex or Keylith? This has cemented Laudna as my favourite character in C3!
Given the ears comment I'd guess Vex.
@@davidparkes7741 Keyleth was a half elf as well
@@ellwynatlas1598 Yep but Laudna is missing the wounds inflicted on Keyleth's heads hang-in to represent the antler headdress Key wears.
Having Laudna be the double for Keyleth would be too self-involved and "on the nose."
Having her be the double for Vex makes more sense, in two different ways. First, her physical appearance (dark hair, sharp features) resembled Vex more than Keyleth. And second, it would be a nice treat for Laura, and judging by Laura's reaction, that's how she took it.
The thing about the antlers is not canon to the campaign. Always remember, the animated series is an *adaptation* of the campaign.
So my guess is that Laudna was to represent Pike on the Sun Tree.
Too tall, would have had to have been vex.
Laudna was either a stand in for Kiki or Vex. She hasn't really aged since it happened.
Confirmed Vex :(
_Of course. The worst thing that's ever happened to me has already happened_
Such a good line
I didn't like Keyleth at all, Beau took me some time.... but i fucking LOVE Laudna, I was hollering when this conversation happened because I called that she was one of the people hanging from the tree when I watched TLoVM!
And i can'T say it enough...
Keyleth ? still hate her with a passion...
Beau ? She was ok.
Laudna ? Besides a few of Marishas "i need attention now" moments... i freaking love Laudna. Already one of my favorite character across all campaigns.
I was washing dishes while listing to this and just stood there till the water got cold. Totally shocked me lol