Comingle with Jana and Bal as they cope with Cancel Culture, Cows, cursed congregations, commerce and consumption chains, and also covid while crawling their way through Episodes 26 and 27 of Critical Role - Campaign 1: Vox Machina.

00:00:00 - Coming To

00:11:45 - Content & Spoiler Warnings: Mention of Suicide/Suicidal Ideation, Sexual Harrassment, Fantasy Racism, Animal Cruelty, Cannibalism; Spoilers for Yellowjackets, Lost, Campaign 2

00:13:34 - Content Prior To Game

00:22:44 - Collecting Ourselves

00:24:07 - Consequences

00:43:42 - Cancel Culture in a Cangaroo Court

01:07:02 - Comunity Service

01:23:27 - Cows

01:40:59 - Clash With The Plot

01:51:54 - Cringy Creeps and Coping (here's the bad shit)

02:03:26 - Copious Commerce

02:21:00 - Charming Chatting while Camping

02:25:35 - Counting Points on the Purvan Scale

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Jana and Bal are joined by surprise mystery guest Michelle to behold the blatantly horny and absoutely glorious clusterfuck that is Critical Role Campaign 1 - Vox Machina Episode 25: Crimson Diplomacy.

00:00:00 - Intro

0:01:56 - Brief TLoVM Season 2 Opinions

00:06:03 - Other News

00:10:41 - Content & Spoiler Warnings: sexual situations, violence, body horror, cannibalism-adjacent behavior, elder abuse, the BWF situation, some spoilers for CR3

00:12:56 - Out Of Game Tidbits

00:21:46 - Where Are We At?

00:22:55 - Dressed Up And Ready To Go

00:46:34 - Jenga

00:59:35 - You Never Know Who You Shit On

01:01:55 - Courtyard Showdown

01:33:05 - Mopping Up

01:52:42 - This Random Encounter Is Already Forfeit

02:07:05 - The Most Important Question

02:09:32 - The Purvan Scale

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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, mention of Sexual Assault, Animal Abuse, Spoilers for Early CR3 and The Martian

00:13:18 - Out Of Game Tidbits

00:19:00 - Where Are We At?

00:20:59 - Pay Your Staff!

00:24:48 - Trauma Conga Line

0:39:37 - Three Kinds of Customer Service

00:52:19 - Even More Errands

01:03:15 - Break!

01:04:05 - Alas, Poor Beard

01:06:33 - Sending the Lizard and Assorted Others to Dwarf Town

01:10:53 - Final Preparations

01:15:38 - The Dinner

01:30:55 - The Snack

01:37:20 - The Purvan Scale

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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 Warnings: Graphic Violence, Gore, Slut Shaming, Day Drinking, Violence against not quite Children, discussion of Rape 

00:08:18 - Out Of Game Tidbits 

00:20:27 - Where Are We At?

00:21:50 - Back In Town

00:26:30 - Grog, The Vengeful 

00:53:19 - Making The Tits Weird

00:55:58 - Grog, The Victorious (And Earthbaked)

01:14:10 - VICTOR

01:21:37 - Wrapping Up

01:32:20 - Careful Who You Piss Off

01:35:15 - Careful Who You Leave An Impression On

01:49:00 - Pike's Doing Her Part

01:53:44 - Knock, knock, it's the Plot!

01:58:29 - The Purvan Scale

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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 Culture, Cannibalism, Implied Zoophilia, Ableism

00:12:22 - Out Of Game Tidbits

00:16:53 - Where Are We At?

00:18:35 - Logistics

00:24:43 - CULT CULT CULT CULT

00:43:39 - Reunion Time

00:59:30 Thank God We Can Go Shopping Again

01:27:45 - On The Road Again

01:37:00 - This Is Fine

02:03:25 - The Purvan Scale 

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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 Music by Curran Son

00:04:42 - Look at that, this IS the first episode published in 2023!

00:09:02 - Content Warnings: Mention of sexual assault and those that commit them, disrespectful language regarding sex workers, implied cannibalism, implied rape, self harm, active shooter drill anecdote 

00:11:08 - A Road Map

00:13:59 - Out Of Game Tidbits

00:25:24 - Where Are We At?

00:25:50 - High Level Recap

00:34:57 - Of Hags Not Taken

00:42:39 - Cutting Myself on All This Edge

00:57:40 - There's A Mission

01:11:11 - Combat Report

01:37:25 - Orion Complaints Corner

01:46:23 - Off To The Shipping Races

01:53:50 - The Purvan Scale

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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 Analysis

00:43:40 - Episode Title Analysis

00:55:05 - So About Those Dragon Titles

00:59:57 - Conclusion

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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 Writing Leads To Weaker Characters And Conflicts

00:48:29 - What is Magic and Why would Anyone Want To Learn It?

00:50:10 - The Lack of Escalation

00:53:09 - Pike and Faith, Archie, Adaptation Principles, de Rolo Family Dynamics, Gun Control

00:57:08 - The Vexleth Baiting

01:00:22 - Vex And The Perc'ahlia Of It All 

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