#rvb crit

[rwdestuffs]

RvB0: What went well, what didn’t, and all the in-between.

Since RT is making this a bit easier by releasing the complete seasons in long videos, this is arguably something that probably should be done to wrap up the whole thing, and maybe see how far the series has come.

Red vs. Blue: ZERO is arguably the most divisive season of the entire series of the show.

Now obviously, people are very resistant to change, but whereas the prior seasons had change that was received to varying degrees of positivity, it was overall, positive.

So let’s go over some history to better understand what happened.

The main aspect of the original Reds and Blues, intentionally or not, were based off of gaming stereotypes.

It’s WAY too long to describe here, so here’s a link to how it works: [here]

Seasons 1-5 is basically a showcase of these gamer stereotypes. Displaying them as their base personalities and grows them as these new characters.

The whole entirety of Project Freelancer is pretty much a deconstruction of gaming tropes. The AI are Lootboxes that give an edge to a player, they have leaderboards, and they go into lobbies with lower level players to basically flex all over them.

The Chorus Trilogy has an arc deconstructing the concept of these types of team battles, pointing out how it never really amounts to anything except profits for the one side that’s basically the third party (Think Mann Co from TF2).

Season 14 is basically a celebration, so we’ll skip that, but keep in mind Meta vs. Carolina, it’ll be important later.

Season 15 is basically an attempt to revive the series. Maybe a documentary on prior pro players, and how people might try to exploit them, or how people may have lost their streaming careers to some of the players humiliating them, but that’s a stretch. There is no real tie to gaming here, or during this arc. This is where the whole thing starts declining. A lack of actually tying it to a gaming trope arguably makes it much more different than the previous seasons.

So, where does RvB0 stand in all this? Well, it is a bit of a return to form by being a previous pro player wanting to get a new squad, but having to now adapt to a new team.

But the way we’re introduced to them is jarring. This isn’t some episode of DEATH BATTLE. We should get to know who these characters are by their interactions with one another, their dialogue, and their actions. But let’s take a look at what gaming stereotypes we’re working with here. we already covered Florida, and the Director is basically these guys’ sponsor who basically caused all of what happened. Carolina is the streamer who gets mad at losing her top rank, York is the nice guy who probably helped set up other peoples’ streaming equipment and is just a friendly guy to be around in general, South and North are what happens when someone gets a rare item from a lootbox and the other doesn’t, etc.

Shatter Squad, is unfortunately, a lot of repeat gamer stereotypes.

West is basically the dad who is an ex-pro trying to make sure his team succeeds, like Florida.

One is the competitive pro who doesn’t like having her top spot challenged, like Carolina.

Axel is the resident Cool Guy™ whose exploits are told by anecdote or flashback. Similar to Tucker, except minus the sex jokes. Or maybe he’s like Wash, in the sense that he’s an ex-pro who got out of the game but keeps being dragged back into it by other circumstances (maybe financial).

East is the new player, much like Caboose. She thankfully is different enough by way of being the stream mole who helps out the other team by sabotaging the team she’s a part of.

And Raymond is the guy who thinks that all his tech and equipment will give him an edge over his opponents, much like most of the Freelancers who had an A.I.

The action is actually good, except for one scene. The scene where East (temporarily) kills Tucker.

Like… Torrian. Torrian. Meta vs. Carolina is my favorite episode of season 3 aside from Hulk vs. Doomsday, and you have him go down to a dagger? You pretty much animated an epic fight scene with all the Reds and Blues in the RvB0 advertisement that really should have been Tucker vs. Jaune as a means of joint advertising- I’m getting off topic here.

The new characters are also a point of some good and some bad. Obviously, you can only do so much with the OG characters until it becomes stale. This is why Dragon Ball is starting to get boring. It’s also why Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure is still going strong. But trying to diversify the cast isn’t going to go well with a lot of the original audience. The most progressive thing the Blood Gulch Chronicles did was have Church challenge Simmons’ stereotypical comments regarding Donut. Change won’t go over so well with the audience.

In addition, the passing of Tucker’s sword to another character wasn’t going to go over so well without a big fight scene over the sword. Again, Torrian: YOU MADE Balrog vs. TJ Combo, All Might vs. Might Guy, and Blake vs. Mikasa. Out of everyone on that team, you of all people would have been more than qualified to animate a cool fight sequence that would showcase Tucker stopping East from just stabbing him. I know that the research is left to other people, but one of the big things about the characters is that they tanked a bomb worth a few dozen megatons of TNT… And Tucker goes down… To a dagger.

The fight sequences of RvB0 are great. I’ll say that much. But after every fight, I fully expected Wiz and Boomstick to come in and explain why the fight went down the way it did. Though, that may be due to me actually being interested in RT because of DEATH BATTLE… For better or for worse…

The dialogue wasn’t that great though. A lot of the humor falls flat, and the only joke I legitimately laughed at was when a member of Shatter Squad (One IIRC) responded to Carolina’s bold and serious declaration of “We have to save Lavernious Tucker” with “Who’s Tucker?” This is a series where the comedy comes from dialogue. So slapstick and physical humor don’t land as much, and the whole thing of them making reference to their situation doesn’t let a joke land as well as it could.

People are used to the head bobs of prior seasons, so the expressive gestures is super jarring and actually makes dialogue harder because you have to accompany it with the gestures. The limitation of what they had in season 1-5 is what led to innovation. Limits are how you make something extraordinary. So the freedom of actual gestures makes the overall product feel less like RvB and more like Torrian‘s equivalent of RWBY. He wanted to make a bunch of cool fight scenes. Which like… He had the perfect place to do that: DBX. Want a character who can generate a clone and uses a bladed weapon to fight? Uh, Noob Saibot is right there. You could have him fight… I don’t know, maybe Shadow Jago? They both utilize darkness, it would be fun.

Regardless, I honestly hope that wherever Torrian takes his talents, that he’s going in a place that he likes and that can keep him and his family comfortable.

RvB0: It’s a mess, it hardly really connects back to the OG Reds and Blues, and while the new characters breathe a new life into the series that was sorely needed, it probably wasn’t what people expected. This changing of the guard type of story doesn’t really work when the previous guard doesn’t pass down the mantle.

Also, Carolina constantly calling Wash by his real name just feels like some random pandering. It used to be special that you didn’t know what the real names of the Freelancers was, but the constant use of it just feels like something to just be there to constantly use.

But hey, if you liked it, more power to you.

#rvb crit

[rvb-is-gay]

ok so now that the final episode of rvb0 is out for everyone, lets get into some discussion about it! please note that post isnt a topic of debate but rather just my personal thoughts about everything, so dont go arguing in the replies

(fair warning ahead of time for any fans, this is mostly criticism and negative feelings about it, so keep scrolling if you dont wanna read it)

When RVB0 was first announced, I remember everyone was first upset that the Reds and Blues weren't in it, including me. But now that I've watched the whole thing, I can say with confidence that my only issue with RVB0 isn't the lack of the Reds and Blues, but rather everything. the dialogue, some of the animation, the characters, the delivery, the pacing, the ridiculous amount of clichés, etc. I don't dislike RVB0 just because there's no Reds and Blues. I dislike it because I just found the entirety of it bad.

When I first started watching it, I went in with an open mind that maybe this season could actually be really good. I’d also be lying if I said that there wasn't a single scene that I liked. There were actually a few, but they still didn't make up for just the overall badness of the season. But please note that I don't blame the voice actors for any of this or even just Torrian Crawford for the season coming out a giant mess. Many people worked for this season and always had the opportunity to improve or change things but didn't. But anyways, let’s get into some of the criticisms I have for this season.

1. Smaller and more opinion oriented criticisms

This isn’t really criticism or anything important, but rather just a few things I found a bit weird to me personally.

First, the term “ragtag team of misfits” was used to describe Shatter Squad (and was even actually said out loud by One in the last episode, which sounded just so cliché and dumb in my opinion). I don't think this describes them at all?? Everyone has, at the very least, decent relationships with each other (save for One and East who were competitive with each other (which I also fucking hate in RVB that all the girl characters are always competitive with each other)), but that still doesn't really fit the term ragtag) and they all fight very well. I think ragtag fits the Reds and Blues more than it does Shatter Squad; they're bad at fighting, they argue and fight all the time, they're idiots, and that's why we love them. If they had just stuck with “a team of misfits”, that would've made more sense, but again, this is more of a personal opinion than genuine criticism.

Second, I don’t really like the aesthetics this season had. Everything felt a bit too neon and bright and then some stuff just felt like it came straight out of World of Warcraft or something. It didn’t really feel like RVB.

Third, my feelings about Carolina constantly calling Wash David can be summed up by what Michael said in the first episode of Halo 4 LASO: “Now we’re just gonna throw his name around all willy nilly. It used to be a secret.” When someone is called by their real name in RVB or just any story in general where everyone goes by code names, it’s usually a big deal and indicates something serious. Carolina wore out Wash’s name the first time she said it and it just got more and more irritating from then on out and lost its value.

Fourth, who was the blue and purple soldier in the first teaser we got? Was that One? Did they decide to change her armour colour? I don’t know, I just randomly remembered that and thought it was weird but I guess it must’ve just been a colour change.

Now, onto the more serious criticism.

2. Animation and dialogue

The second thing I wanna talk about is the animation. Don't get me wrong, the fighting animation is probably the best compared to everything else and it was pretty good to watch, but the talking and idle animations and gestures were..... kinda yikes. I know that it could be chalked up to “well we’re not used to seeing animated gestures since all of RVB usually has everyone just holding their gun and using the regular Halo models” but there were still some pretty bad parts.

Take the scene from Encounter at 3:26 as an example (I uploaded the scene to YT to put here, but obviously it was blocked for copyright):

This scene is probably one of the worst when it comes to not only the animations, but the dialogue, pacing, and delivery. When I first saw this, I honestly laughed. Here's a list of my problems with this scene and what made it so laughable:

The overexaggerated hand gestures. I get that because everyone's in armour and a helmet, it can be hard to show expression, but this feels like a bit much. Especially when One says “what? You’re pulling us off the mission? You cant do that!” I think that one scene in season 15 when Grif stays behind on Iris while everyone leaves and it slowly zooms in on Simmons’ visor somehow does a lot better at expressing feelings than this.

East immediately making the connection between Axel and Zero feels weird. I don't know if its just me who feels this way, but I think it should've been a little bit longer before she immediately is just like “you know Zero don't you”

Axel saying “I... I do... I did”  also sounds weird and like he was trying a bit too hard to sound dramatic. I don't really know how to describe it its just such a weird delivery of the line.

The way they all immediately start yelling at each other.

One saying “Axe, I trusted you” right after saying “tell us the truth”. Girl, you gave him no opportunity to explain and just immediately jumped to not trusting him anymore. Speaking of which, I don't think this was ever really mentioned again and had no meaning or importance to it.

The echoing of “I trusted you” also feels cliché to me, but this is more of a minor thing.

I think this one comment on one of the episodes on the RT site that says the dialogue “seemed acted rather than natural. It didn't really sound like how people normally talk, more how actors talk in plays” is how I feel about all of the dialogue in RVB0.

3. The villains

Zero and Diesel both felt like they didn't really have any motivation at all for being villains. Phase is probably the best when it comes to this. She was essentially abused by her father as a child and forced to undergo being experimented on. This is an actual good and understandable motivation.

Diesel we know basically nothing about, and then on the other hand, all Zero wants is power. But for what? Why? I can understand that power is a pretty common thing for people to want, but it still kind of felt like there wasn't really anything there.

Some previous good villains in RVB include:

Temple: Temple witnessed his best friend be brutally murdered right in front of him by 2 soldiers who didn't give a shit and just left him to die, especially right after he told him he was having a baby. Of course it’s understandable that he has a hatred of Freelancers after this. Any normal person would.

Felix: Felix was probably the best villain of all of RVB, to be honest (right beside the Director). He was just somehow so likeable and had so much personality, despite being an asshole. His ultimate motivation was money and being rich, which is another thing I can understand; the more money you have, the more you can essentially do whatever you want and live in luxury. I mean, even so many people in real life do horrible things just for money. I don't even have to give examples for this. Felix in general is also just a psychopath.

The Director: The whole reason the Director did what he did was because he lost the person he loved most in the world: his wife. He was willing to do literally anything to bring her back, leading to all of his actions in the Project Freelancer saga. You can find many examples of movie/TV/book/etc characters/villains seeking vengeance as a result of loss of a loved one and grief. Despite being a horrible person, the Director actually managed to be a villain you could even sympathize with, making him even better.

Sharkface: Although a bit of a more minor villain, similar to Temple, Sharkface is a villain because he wants revenge on the people that killed his team, the people he considered to be the only family he’s ever had.

4. Tucker & the swords

The fourth thing I wanna talk about is the whole thing with Tucker and the swords. I always found it kinda weird how both Tuckers sword and now Locus’ sword in the chorus trilogy were the same, but then in RVB0, Zero’s sword looks and acts completely different, but that might just be a little nitpick of mine.

As for Tucker, it was so good to see him. Although I don’t know if it was just me, but he seemed a little OOC. What I didn't like about seeing Tucker again was that he did literally nothing the entire episode. He was useless. He said “I can fight” at one point but then all he does during the battle is get held at knife point, run away, and then get stabbed and have his sword taken. Tucker isn't an amazing fighter, but he’s definitely a lot more capable than just this. We’ve seen him in action many times and I just feel like he could've done a bit more. It almost feels like he was purposefully nerfed and tossed aside just to advance the plot.

Another thing that I and probably a lot of people are upset about is the fact that Tucker might not even own his sword anymore?? When East stabbed him, he apparently died and the sword was rebound to Phase, but it wasn't very clear that this was the case. Although the beginning of the next episode starts with hospital beeps and a flatline, I don't think it was still really clear enough that Tucker actually died long enough for Phase to reclaim the sword because I saw a handful of people confused in the comments and, like me, even thought it was just bad writing at first and that the writers completely forgot about the rules of the sword established over several prior seasons.

When in the hospital, Wash tells Tucker that he almost died. Although I actually liked this scene because it was nice to see wash and tucker bantering again, I think it could've been made better and made the plot clearer if instead of saying he almost died, Wash said something along the lines of “Tucker, you died. Your heart stopped, but they were able to bring you back thanks to their advanced medical tech” and then in response Tucker freaks out because that means his sword will now work for Phase and now they know how urgent the situation is.

I really really hate that Phase just has Tucker’s sword now and nothing is even said about it. If Tucker was to give his sword away to someone, I think many people would prefer that it was at least someone close to him, like Junior for example, but instead it goes to a random girl he hardly knows.

5. Pacing

The fifth thing I wanna talk about is the pacing. This season was definitely a lot shorter than normal and I think that’s one of the things that really prevented it from being good. The entire story just feels rushed and while I understand that it can be really difficult to build a good story and characters in such a short time, I think there’s still ways you can do it without it feeling like there’s so much missing. I think the long intros and outros are also responsible for less time and maybe they should’ve considered cutting them to give more actual episode time. Here’s a few things that were poorly done as a result of bad pacing:

The final battle against Zero: The whole battle just somehow felt like a typical video game boss battle that ends super quickly to me. Shatter Squad didn’t even defeat Zero, he just up and got disintegrated or whatever from Black Lotus.

Shatter Squad giving up on their mission: After receiving the silly deep voice filtered message from Zero, everyone on Shatter Squad just immediately gives up on finding him.

One’s speech: One’s speech wasn’t awful or anything and I didn’t really have any problems with the speech itself, but rather just how quickly the team went from “we can’t do it.. it’s over..” to “you’re right! I’m in! Let’s go get them!” Compare this to Doc and Sarge’s speech to the Reds and Blues after Church and Carolina leave in season 10 episode 20. It just felt a lot more genuine (this is probably because the Reds and Blues had a lot more time to be developed, though) and was only given after some time passed rather than 2 seconds later. The scene and context also transitioned well into it and at first, nobody was on board with what Doc was saying, which is more realistic in my opinion. People’s minds won’t just instantly change, they’re still gonna think about it and maybe have a few doubts at first.

Phase and West: During their fight, West talked a lot about how he regrets giving Phase away to Starlight, that he won’t hurt her, and is even willing to die for her. Their scene together ends with Phase punching him in the head and then leaving to join the others and nothing else about them is mentioned. We don’t know if Phase forgave him or not, we don’t know how West feels, etc.

Tucker’s sword: Phase still has Tucker’s sword and like the scenario with West, nothing about it is mentioned. We don’t know what she’s going to do with it, if she’s going to keep it, if Tucker’s gonna do anything about it, etc.

6. Clichés

Clichés aren’t inherently bad and can be really impactful and good if done right. But when it comes to RVB0, it’s jampacked with clichés that aren’t good. Here are a few examples:

Everyone gives up until a speech is given: All of the points for this are the same as above, but I wanted to include this scene as a cliché as well.

Every female character is competitive with each other: RVB falls into this a lot, like I mentioned earlier. It happens again with East and One, although luckily they seem to resolve it, but not until literally the end of the season.

West’s fit about East: All of the lines and delivery in this scene were just atrocious and cheesy. I think West’s dialogue just could’ve been a bit more original, but instead we’re given this boring predictable “I won’t lay a hand on her. I promised her. I promised her mother. I promised she’d be safe” spiel that has no emotion to it in his voice.

The whole “I got this, you go ahead” thing: This isn’t like a super cliché thing, but I found it pretty interesting how it happens twice in the same episode.

I think this is pretty much all I can think of at the moment. If I think of anything else, I’ll add onto this. Overall, I think RVB0 would’ve done a lot better as just an RVB spinoff so that it could have more episodes and seasons dedicated to developing characters and a good plot. I’m really disappointed with this season and I hope whatever comes next is better than what RVB0 was. I hope the team that worked on it can learn a few things that come from the good and valid constructive criticism given to them. And if I had to pick, I think I’d say Raymond was my favourite out of all the new characters. He just felt the most relatable and realistic to me.

#rvb crit #rvb0 critical #rvbz critical #post #mod sol

[robotnuts]

also on some extent i agree that you should take serious criticism from your peers and not losers on the internet with no experience, audience reception still is.... important. if you’re making a show and your audience fucking hates it, you don’t have to listen to their dumb ideas of what went wrong and what theyd do better, but it is NOT a good sign and means you should be looking for heavy criticism from your colleagues 

#journal entry #should i start tagging this #rvb wank #i also agree and think i should have directed more crit towards RT itself and not the creative team #if RT shit happened because none of the VAs want to do rvb anymore i understand #and it just makes me more mad that RT played coy about whether the reevbs will actually be in it or if theyre ever coming back

[simberrys]

stardew valley bachelorettes 

abigail | penny | emily | hailey | maru | leah

#not for download i just wanted to make these girls #i'll make the boys later #might fuck around and make like crit role characters #rvb characters maybe #ts4

[redvsentrymissing]

Raymond is red team.

#rvb zero #rvb #not crit

[agent-murica]

this came to me in a fever dream

#red vs blue #rvb #no i dont take constructive crit on this post only #dexter grif #im not tagging everyone so lmao #writing.txt

[sunflowerfinch]

I honestly need to rp again because it helps me not overthinks while im writing. who cares about mistakes when you’re coming up with things on the fly

#wann rp fahc #but also crit role #or taz #or even rvb tbh

[lavernius]

thoughts on kais relationship w the rest of blue team?? i just think she deserves more screentime + funny interactions w her team.

KAIII i love her i hate how long she got sidelined and i think she got robbed when she came back. i will discuss how i think she and the team get along:

kai + church. they would be funny friends because kai has no filter and church has no patience. kai says something without thinking and church is like "that's fucking dumb" and kai responds with "yeah i fucking realized that after i said it shut the fuck up"

kai + caboose. BEST FRIENDSHIP. everyone thinks they're both ditzy but they both just process things in their own ways. i like kaiboose as a concept i actually think it's a fun ship but also i just like them constantly watching the rest of blue team and being like "these bitches could never be at our level"

kai + tucker. do NOT get me fucking STARTED. they could've both gotten development without tucker's chorus development being erased, using tucker as an outlet for kai was rt trying to make kai a "strong woman" feminist stereotype but it was just badly executed and fucked with so much of the character they had already established for kai.

kai + tucker CONTINUED. from a less "rvb crit" stance, i think they should be close friends. kai's impulsive but she's far less so around tucker, is the one who forces tucker to think things through when he's getting ahead of himself

kai + tex. I KNOW THEY HAD THE JOKE IN CANON THAT TEX WAS JEALOUS OF KAI BUT. they stick together 100%. i like sistex and think it's a good dynamic, but even as friends tex will watch out for kai and kai will open up to tex without a hitch

kai + wash. completely just. friendly bullying. kai makes fun of wash and undermines any authority he has but she's always one of the first to point out if wash isn't doing hot or ask if he's alright. wash won't banter with her but he'll roll his eyes or, if he's in enough of a mood to fuck around, mock her to get her laughing

kai + sheila. i can't say they'd be close, i think kai would see sheila as cool and pretty but doesn't have much else to say to her. they talk if the situation gives them an opportunity to but they don't really go out of their way to interact. also both my kai and sheila are fat transfem girls and i think they'd bond over it :)

kai + florida. i really have no comment here i think to kai florida is just kinda... there. she laughs at his dad jokes and she's never had a father figure before so she's like. i like you you're weird

#rvb #kaikaina grif #did i forget anyone. i hope not #i believe in kaikaina supremacy #inbox #anon #nicohc

[saintoflostmonsters]

How long is RVB Zero going to be? And what’s it about?

Zero is gonna be eight 8-10 minute episodes so we're only getting about 64-80min of new content this season.

Edit: @twinkleballa has updated information on episode lengths so it's confirmed each episode is at least over 12mins putting us at 96‹ minutes for the season

Rather than continue following the Reds and Blues, Zero follows Shatter Squad as they come together to stop the new villains from getting their hands on this season's big bad box of goodies (any generic action plot you can think of basically just animated in a neat Halo-esq candy coat) which is why I said they should've just gone the movie route. If you're a newer fan looking to get into the series it's supposed to be a good jumping on point but I've had a few good discussions with some Zero-crits where we agreed that it would probably be best to see if you like the actual series (s1, watch on your own schedule and enjoy at your own pace, regardless of who tries to rush you or speedrun the series) before you attach yourself to what is -realistically, given RTs track record- gonna be a "test" season.

#red vs blue #rvb #rvb0 #red vs blue zero #rvb zero

[ct-hardcase]

Whew so the hbomber rwby crit video came on and while some points are being made, bold of a guy who’s praising RVB to talk about how rwby’s plot was undefined from the start

#adaurable #this isn’t rwde but ask to tag I guess

[rwdestuffs]

Pros and Cons of the new RvB season.

So far.

Pros:

The new characters breathe a certain new life into the series. Their various abilities, powers, and equipment makes for really interesting fights, and it’s an interesting take on a long-running series.

Cons:

The lack of the original characters makes it feel like a brand new show rather than RvB. This makes it seem like less RvB and more like Torian doing his own version of RWBY… Which is to say he wants an excuse to make a bunch of cool fights following a story.

Pros:

All the animation is gorgeous. While the lack of the use of old Halo movements makes the show kinda jarring when compared to older seasons, it’s really interesting to see it being fully animated.

Cons:

No real character development. In episode 2, the characters are basically glossed over like they were in a DEATH BATTLE or like in Suicide Squad. The characters aren’t given time to develop and have their stories fleshed out over time, it’s all thrown at you in episode 2.

That weird in-between:

After every fight scene, I expect Wiz and Boomstick to come in and explain why the fight went the way it did.

#rvb crit

[creatrixanimi]

Hey love you love ur blog. But some of your grif rants are a little. Hurtful? I understand not liking character choices or thinking they’re ooc, but like. Grif’s challenge in the maze? Made me cry. Cause cruel gym teachers and the idea of having to take a difficult gym class by my own fat self is awful debilitating for my self-worth. So when you call it a “fat joke” it hurts. (1/2)

Hi! I'm sorry that my crits upset you and I had no intention of doing that but... I think this comes down to a difference in interpretation? Like I can really see how people could see the Gym teacher thing as being important and I think that interpretation is great! but the problem with it is that it’s an interpretation... and the scene itself was treated like a joke by the writers for all intents and purposes. If it wasn't so goofy and virtually indistinguishable from other jokes in rvb done at Grifs expense I would never refer to it as a joke. But I have a feeling that's what it was to the writers no matter how hard everyone tries to spin it around as being serious. It was treated with a goofy tone which implies they weren't being completely serious about it and that means that people who laugh at fat jokes WILL take this scene as a fat joke... Which I think is a failure on Rooster Teeth's part to get the point across in a serious and respectful manner. And like... I was a chubby kid in school so I know the gym feel but to me this didn't feel like a true delve into the flaws of gym class in the public school system. It's cool if you see it another way but I personally feel like I’m not wrong, or at least I'm not completely wrong about this scene. Your interpretation is valid but I don't think my interpretation came out of nowhere either. And the other one wasn't trying to bash anything? In fact, I meant it as an invitation to share headcanons because I personally can't figure out what was going on myself. I do know about military recruiters and stuff like that and I think that's a good headcanon! Honestly, I’d like to hear more interpretations! I'm sorry that these made you feel bad but it wasn't my intention? I'm not trying to be mean... I'm just airing my personal thoughts about stuff and if it’s coming across as especially mean I really don't intend it. These posts are more me voicing my thoughts than like.... actually writing a serious review or anything like that. People are free to share opinions as long as its a respectful exchange rather than a “you’re wrong here’s my way--” kind of thing! So feel free to share headcanons and stuff. I honestly love it when people do that!

#ask #rvb first spoilers #im not trying to be mean? but i cant help my interpretation of something #Anonymous

[a-taller-tale]

@anneapocalypse replied to your post: Some Doc crit from S13 and thoughts on Grif’s past...

How do you feel like O'Malley factors into all this? I realize it’s a massive unexplained plothole given Omega hasn’t been in Doc’s head in quite some time but I still have trouble seeing much of that being Doc’s conscious doing.

I can’t really see this version of O’Malley as a separate entity from Doc. Though it’s certainly up for interpretation there. His mental health is definitely not great, and who knows how much is from his dimension adventure or from his prolonged experience with the aggressive AI, and he was never the most sane of them to begin with.  On the other side, even pre-Omega, Doc has a history with Grif and Red Team that’s not very friendly. When they took him from Blue Team as a released hostage in S2, Grif was the first to be friendly with Grif. Doc quickly decided to distance himself from Grif in order to raise his status with the others. Though that tactic failed, and it’s not to the caliber of this, it’s still the beginning of several instances where they go from friendly to not friendly. Then there’s the fact that Simmons left Doc to Wash and the Meta is S8. Then the future cube thing happened. Which is a big deal. I also think Grif noticed Doc disappeared. It’s heavily implied he and Simmons discussed it and hoped no one would notice, until they got Tucker’s call on the radio.  Yeah, Doc’s relationship with Red Team is weird.  Frenemies. Doc and Grif are frenemies.  Oddly enough, although I’m not a huge Doc fan in general, I still ship him and Donut. I think they play off each other really well.

#more doc crit and analysis s13 #anneapocalypse #rvb #rvb rewatch #rvb s13 #frank doc dufresne #dexter grif

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also watching shisno, while i hated it, was inifinitely more enjoyable to me because it was still often very funny

#rvb is a comedy when the comedy stops working the show falls apart #and rvbz isnt funny #journal entry #rvbz crit #humor is subjective i know but christ

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i originally followed u for critrole art but then i went through ur art tag and there was rvb then there was dragon age it was like opening one of those russian nesting dolls but w rly detailed and wonderfully made artwork stay beautiful hope u have a great day 💞💞

i’m still brand new to crit role fandom but i’m really stoked about having a whole new cast of characters to practice drawing on. both the official artwork and fan interpretations are so GOOD

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(soft anon) unfortunately I'm not one of your followers, but yeah, I'm another member of the rvb to dnd podcast pipeline. I don't have any proof of this, but statistically, given the numbers of former rvb fans who got into dnd podcasts afterward, I think the connection has to be there somewhere.

literally back in 2018 when i got into TAZ there were SEVERAL people i followed who were RT fans (if not fully RVB fans) that were getting into DND podcasts at the same time and i don't know what it was about that time period but suddenly EVERYONE was into taz or crit role or dndaddies ajdfhdsjs

#and then an amusing amount of them ended up going to sanders sides too #which is just such a funny pipeline to me #my posts #asks #soft anon