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rogueslayer452Critical Role recently wrapped up their second campaign, and I don't have much to say about it, honestly. I sort of stopped watching midway through, since I was falling behind anyway (as you do) and I realized that I just wasn't motivated enough to watch the episodes fully. I eventually ended up watching highlights that are posted on YouTube to get the gist of what was happening. But as a whole, I wasn't emotionally invested with C2 as I was with C1, which was disappointing because I wanted to be but, well, you can't force a connection when there isn't one. And that's not to say that the second campaign was bad or anything, it just wasn't for me, and that's okay! Just because it wasn't my cup of tea doesn't mean it can't be someone else's.
My main issue was mostly with the fandom community, which that's a whole separate rant altogether because boy do I have Opinions on that matter. But I do think that kind of bled into my disinterest with C2 just a little bit, which is sad because you shouldn't let the misbehaviors and entitlement of a fandom ruin the possible enjoyment you have with something. Which is why I'll still be checking out C3 whenever it premieres, I'll just be separating myself from the fandom.
However, I have to say I'm more excited about The Legend of Vox Machina and the most recently announced projects, including the Vox Machina versus The Mighty Nein special one-shot!
My main issue was mostly with the fandom community, which that's a whole separate rant altogether because boy do I have Opinions on that matter. But I do think that kind of bled into my disinterest with C2 just a little bit, which is sad because you shouldn't let the misbehaviors and entitlement of a fandom ruin the possible enjoyment you have with something. Which is why I'll still be checking out C3 whenever it premieres, I'll just be separating myself from the fandom.
However, I have to say I'm more excited about The Legend of Vox Machina and the most recently announced projects, including the Vox Machina versus The Mighty Nein special one-shot!
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Date: 2021-06-10 09:50 pm (UTC)I'm honestly just so flabbergasted by the level of entitlement some fans have. And it's true that all fandoms have a toxic side to them, and this is definitely more than true when it comes to a show like CR that has been rising in popularity and gained a lot of newer fans once the second campaign began. But man, just the entitlement went through the roof and I think a lot of that started when Mollymauk died early in the campaign, and it just went downhill from there. And look, I get it, people have opinions and criticisms, I have them too, but the cast don't owe you anything when it comes to telling their story. You can critique the show without accusing them of not doing things the way you wanted them to, since that's just fan entitlement and fan brattiness, and I've seen a lot of that over the course of C2 within the fandom.
And I know that C1 wasn't perfect either when it came to the fandom drama and wanks and whatnot (the Keyleth/Marisha hate, for example, or people trying to police Matt how to DM his game, etc), but with C2 it just multiplied and it created a not fun fandom atmosphere to be in. And idk if this is for CR specifically or if this is just the curse of a fandom becoming bigger, as I mentioned, or the fandom community as whole in general across everywhere has become more and more entitled. idk
Either way, I will still be consuming the content the CR cast and team put out (and they have a lot of projects lined up, and bless them for having so much content that we can enjoy despite the state of the world over the last year and some), I'll just not be engaging with the fandom as much.