Jana and Bal marvel at the seeds of rebellion being planted ever so slowly (and occasionally blasted with holy lasers), work out some fun religious parallels, and dish out some beef on both ethics and certain adaptational choices when covering Critical Role - Campaign 1: Vox Machina episode 29: Whispers.

00:00:00 - Intro

00:04:44 - Warnings: Anti-ziganist slurs, implied sort of child abuse, violence, sexual humor, alcohol as a coping mechanism

00:05:54 - Out Of Game Tidbits

00:21:34 - Where Are We At?

00:22:38 - Concerning Genres, House Warming, and Competitive Botany

00:34:55 - The Final Boss

00:50:24 - Combative Botany and A Good Night's Sleep

01:00:55 - Don't Be Suspicious

01:18:20 - First Hit

01:27:45 - Unethical Aftermath

01:47:36 - The Purvan Scale

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Jana and Bal enjoy how nice the weather is now that a dark cloud has lifted, marvel at surprisingly successful scouting, don't shut up about the Hunger Games and then get hit by immense genre shift whiplash while covering Critical Role Campaign 1 Vox Machina Episode 28: The Sun Tree.

00:00:00 - Intro

00:04:10 - Artbook Issues

00:07:50 - Other Assorted Issues (in April 2023)

00:16:39 - Content Warnings: Death of a Child, Body Horror, Scat, Cultural Insensitivity, light CR3 spoilers

00:17:30 - Out Of Game Tidbits

00:30:55 - Where Are We At?

00:31:44 - Happy Fun Times Combat

0:50:17 - Post Battle Clean Up

01:11:19 - Approaching Whitestone

01:28:21 - Coming To The Tree

01:43:32 - The Purvan Scale

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Jana and Lily wrap up their little summer side project with the longest minute and unsafest BDSM session in D&D history, magical high-speed lawyering, hitting the undo and re-do button on reality, ending some books and failing to stay hydrated while covering the final episode of Critical Role's Exandria Unlimited Calamity: Fire and Ruin.

00:00:00 - Intro

00:02:40 - Content Warnings: discussion of end times, mind and memory magic, self harm, suicide, gore, limb loss, body horror, spoilers for Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica and the D&D Movie

00:03:39 - Out Of Game Tidbits

00:06:49 - Synopsis

00:20:09 - Comfort/Hurt

01:00:59 - Book Ends

01:26:13 - Great Workings Were Indeed Possible

01:46:02- It Did Happen And It Did Matter

01:56:26 - The Purvan Scale

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Jana and Lily continue their light summer watching with Episode 3 of Critical Role's Exandria Unlimited Calamity: Blood and Shadow, featuring wizard on wizard crime, girl bossing too close to the Dutch oven, playing among us irl, ditching your friends at the club, dealing with hostile horticulture, and literally inviting evil in, dick first.

00:00:00 - Intro Music

00:01:41 - Warnings: Mind and memory magic, body horror, mention of childbirth and child death

00:02:34 - Out Of Game Tidbits

00:08:11 - Synopsis

00:16:27 - Sexy High Level Magic Combat

00:40:47 - The Most Dramatic Bitches In Exandria

00:56:09 - A Thorny Situation

01:11:24 - Brennen Appreciation Not-Hour

01:31:28 - The Purvan Scale

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Part 2 of the Easy Viewing Experience that is Critical Role's Exandria Unlimited: Calamity takes Jana and Lily on a wild ride through the messed up implications of living in a magocracy, personalized call outs, theological and legal debates, and comparative literature readings in relation to being horny on main for the devil.

Mind those warnings. Having a law degree comes with the occasional callousness regarding sensitive topics and I apologize.

00:00:00 - Intro

00:00:20 - This Is A Personalized Call-Out

00:01:44 - Content and Spoiler Warnings: Impending Doom, Mutilation, Body Horror, Religious Trauma, Suggested Suicide, Loss of Agency, Incest, Rape as a Legal Concept, Terfs, Mention of Child Abuse

00:03:26 - Out Of Game Tidbits

00:08:56 - Synopsis

00:20:35 - Magiscience and Magical Dystopia

00:38:11 - Theology!

00:53:02 - WARNING RAPE AS A LEGAL CONCEPT PART 1 (includes terfs)

00:54:33 - Simpathy For The Devil

01:10:22 - WARNING RAPE AS AN ETYMOLOGICAL CONCEPT

01:13:50 - WARNING RAPE AS A LEGAL CONCEPT PART 2 (includes terfs and legal definitions)

01:14:50 - Quoting High Literature At Each Other About Being Horny On Main For The Devil

01:25:46 - Those Disaster Bread Crumbs Sure Got Bigger!

01:32:03 - The Purvan Scale

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For some light summer watching/listening, Jana and returning friend of the show Lily got together to yell about the relatively tame first episode of Critical Role's Exandria Unlimited Calamity Episode 1: Excelsior; the horrors of putting a god in time-out, literal late stage capitalism, mages in charge, and being observed at a party notwithstanding.

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00:00:00 - Intro

00:00:20 - Summer Fun Explanation

0:04:14 - Dramatis Personae

0:09:04 - Content Warnings: End of the World, Violence, Blood, Body Horror, Memory Modification, Discussion of Eco Fascism

00:11:00 - Out of Game Tidbits

00:13:10 - High-Level Recap

0:21:17 - Tone And Whiplash

0:32:39 - The Existential Horror of Flying a City Through Late Stage Capitalism

0:45:11 - Movers, Shakers, and the Most Dramatic Bitches of the Age

01:01:49 - Bread Crumb Trail of Doom

01:24:25 - The Purvan Scale

01:36:48 - Post-Credits Credits

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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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