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Getting TM1x92 together from transcript

Synopsis

 * Denise corrects Brian that they are pre-taping.
 * Brian gives a shout-out to audience members from Finland.
 * The audience was given Critical Pins pins. Brian says there are also people handing out "Free Denise" pins.
 * The cast enters and takes their seats


 * Brian: My grandfather used to tell me, "Brian, a lot of things in this world are free, and Denise is not one of them."

... Brian: You're watching, Mom, and that's all that matters.
 * Sam: Brian, how's it feel? This is the most people that have or ever will see your show!

Questions for the cast from Brian
{{Talks Machina question
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 * question = What are the joys and challenges of a game versus a show, and how do you not lose one or the other?
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 * Matt: going from private to public can be hard when you don't know how the audience will receive it. Critical Role and other tabletop shows are creating for themselves as well as an audience. It's not just content to be consumed it's an invitation to be part of it.
 * Travis says two years of the home game let them develop their characters, real-life friendship, and irreverent style that they've carried with them. "Once we got used to the random-ass cameras being in the room, we keep doing our thing." Live shows are very different though.
 * Marisha: getting "How do you want to do this?" and the entire audience exploding at Gen Con and chanting Keyleth's name was one of the top moments in her life.{{ep ref|ep=1x62|2:06:41|more=The moment where Keyleth casts Blight on the crocodile and kills it.
 * Matt never expected HDWYTDT, a phrase that started organically in their home game, to take off. People have tattoos now.
 * Similarly, Liam can't believe that Sam putting his finger on his upper lip as "Burt Reynolds" is the stuff of legend.
 * Sam says they have always blamed Keyleth, in both the home game and on the show.}}

{{Talks Machina question
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 * question = A lot of people recently have been talking about the connection between tabletop RPGs and social therapy. Has the show been therapeutic for you guys in any way, and if so, you know, in what ways?
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 * Taliesin: Playing the game is therapeutic, but not broadcasting it. It lets him work things out. A few weeks ago, Taliesin decided he was "in a mood" since someone had yelled at his mom, and Percy was going to do something messed up.
 * Marisha says they respond the following week to the internet's response like an ouroboros.
 * Laura: hanging out with them puts her in a good mood; any time she's feeling depressed, the minute they get together it's so uplifting.
 * Taliesin: You become a family with the rest of the cast in theater, but there's also pre-show jitters. Taliesin doesn't get the jitters from CR, just the family vibe.
 * Laura gets pre-show jitters. On the time way to the show, she feels "like I'm about to do a play that I know none of the lines to."
 * Matt is a "madman" for an hour before every episode. He won't even talk to the rest of the cast because he's setting things up.


 * Right before the most recent show Sam missed, Matt realized he had to play Tary.
 * Travis says the profanities they shout at Matt right before they go live is their way of saying, "welcome, Matt!" "Born out of love", adds Liam. Marisha says it's how they hype themselves up. Matt cautions to be good friends with your DM before doing this.
 * Matt brings it back around to therapy. There's been a lot of studies showing that TTRPG has therapeutic benefits; creating a persona and living in those shoes builds empathy. Matt's grateful that TTRPG forged the cast's friendships and connections through this community. He's still in contact with people he played with a long time ago. It's a weird shared bond, going through a very intense experience together, in the theater of the mind.
 * Liam offers that he hit rock bottom when this was just their home game. Then again since this show started airing. The cast are his closest friends, outside of his own family. "They helped me work through some shit on stage. It's one of the greatest gifts in my life."}}

{{Talks Machina question
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 * question = Do you think Vox Machina is better at planning?
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 * Laura says they're the worst at planning. It's one of the hardest things about being broadcast. If they were at home planning they'd take their time and have some snacks. She worries the audience wants them to hurry up.
 * Matt asks Laura if by "people", she means Travis. She agrees she feels his frustration.


 * Matt says they have gotten moderately better at planning recently and weighing alternate options.
 * Taliesin says many great movies are about making and executing a perfect plan, but that's not fun. Chaos and complete lack of control is fun!
 * Liam can't wait until Travis "has to play a 19-intelligence general or wizard next campaign." Marisha and Laura agree that it will be great. Travis jokingly threatens to play a pigeon with an intelligence of three.}}

{{Talks Machina question
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 * question = Tell us a little bit about devil contracts and the dangers of the Hells.
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 * In the Hells, there are more large-scale dangers where everything around you is bad instead of the familiar single-target, localized enemies. He's enjoyed watching them squirm.
 * Devils are a very organized, tyrannical structure of evil. Contracts are the bread and butter of the devils' work that gives them influence and power. Matt is very proud of how they responded to the offered contract. As a DM, Matt loves when players choose poorly. But in the Nine Hells, there is no good choice. Everything is going to probably end up poorly.
 * Travis asks if there are there brothels in Hell. Matt replies, "you know what incubi and succubi are, guys?" Laura jokes that you have to sign a contract in order to walk into the brothel.}}

{{Talks Machina question
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 * question = How much fun are you having right now as Tary?
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 * Sam: Playing a new character is exciting and fun and weird. It was terrifying the first few times. They've been doing these characters for so long and know them so well. It's exhilarating to not know what he's doing.


 * Sam: Well, I was going to say something really dirty and I'm not going to. There's a little placard right here that says, "Please be aware that members of your audience are underage."{{ep ref|ep=TM1x92|}}

TALIESIN: You've inspired drunk conversations about what we're going to do next. We've started talking.

LIAM: Lot of ideas. When you made your entrance and saw all of our faces, did you feel like you had walked into a seedy tavern on the wrong side of town? Like, some guy breaking a bottle and sizing you up?

SAM: You all had such scorn and hatred on your faces. I was genuinely scared you would fire me. It made me work harder to try to convince you to let me stick around, and you did.


 * Marisha and Laura were genuinely pissed at Sam for a good 24 hours.}}

{{Talks Machina question
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 * question = Favorite one-liner so far?
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 * Both Taliesin and Marisha can't remember saying quotes of their own that others quote back to them.
 * Travis: "Your secret is safe with my indifference" - Percy{{ep ref|ep=1x45|2:18:05}}
 * Marisha: "Trust me, I have an intelligence of six. I know what I'm doing." - Grog{{ep ref|ep=1x1|41:22}}
 * Taliesin: "Life needs things to live." - Percy.{{ep ref|ep=1x63|1:15:46}} Taliesin was tired when he said it and owes it becoming a "thing" to Sam.
 * Laura: "In the darkness, I say, 'fuck.'" - Vax{{ep ref|ep=1x07|1:06:22}}
 * Matt: When Patrick Rothfuss as Kerrek wrote the letter to Keyleth, "You passed through fire",{{ep ref|ep=1x69|1h59m15s}} it fit her character arc at that time perfectly.}}

{{Talks Machina question
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 * question = What's something about your characters you think will never change?
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 * Travis: Drinking ale and getting arrested.
 * Marisha: Keyleth will continue to put her foot in her mouth. She also wants Keyleth to hold onto her wanderlust, her excitement and love for the world.
 * Taliesin: Percy's air of superiority may diminish over time, but not his anger issues. He'll never stop pretending he doesn't have them.
 * Liam: Vax will probably always sacrifice himself to keep his family safe.
 * Laura: Vex will probably always hold grudges, randomly get naked, and will always love Trinket.}}

Questions from the audience

 * Normally it's not hard, but Laura was coming from an eight-hour session recording in a South African accent.
 * Sam says Matt sometimes has to change accents within the same sentence.
 * Matt keeps notes next to certain NPCs of their vocal texture, their age, and other descriptors, such as similar celebrities. He tries to follow that or makes something else up entirely.}}

Thank My Guests

 * Cravitz Fillinghand
 * Mariska Haritray
 * Owl-skin Taffy
 * Jean-Claude van Sam Fecal
 * Mausoleum Robe Tie-In
 * Path Traverser}}