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The days are kind of a blur
Jun. 4th, 2021 08:54 pmThis week just flew by, holy shit. I have been watching the finale of the second campaign of Critical Role, but it's a monster episode--over seven hours long!--so I expect I won't have finished it before the end of the weekend. It's been a very satisfying finale so far, with lots of deep emotional resolution for some really fraught characters arcs, and a surprise twist early on in the episode which truly caught me off-guard but in retrospect makes perfect sense.
The internet is rife with rumours that the cast aren't going to stay for Campaign 3, that they're all burned out and want to move on to something else. I can understand being burned out after the pandemic, but they have also built an entire business based around the show, so I am quite sure we won't lose them entirely. Worst case scenario I think some of them might choose to take a step away from the gaming table to focus more on running the business end of things, but I think people's fears that CR will be cancelled outright are misplaced. If nothing else, the cast have all talked about doing Campaign 3, but they're just not ready to make any kind of official announcement. I'm guessing they will take the summer "off" in the sense that they'll do a bunch of one-shots and maybe give Matt Mercer a break from constantly DMing. Running a multi-year campaign week after week for years is a herculean task, even if it is a passion job for him.
I rarely if ever watch the one-shots, so I am weirdly looking forward to getting the summer "off" from CR as well. Kind of like back in the good old days of regular TV seasons, when shows would stop filming for the summer and you could spend your days outside not thinking about your favourite characters except to look forward to the fall premieres of your regular TV shows. Yes, I am a weirdo, and I know that most people just want endless episodes without interruption, but I am kind of an "absence makes the heart grow fonder" kind of girl, and CR is wonderful but also super long--the average episode is over four hours long--so it's a pretty intense time commitment each week if you watch regularly.
I didn't intend this post to be all about Critical Role, but here we are! I am off to bed now because it's past 9 pm and I have a big weekend ahead of me. The plan is to take Peggy out for a long run early both tomorrow and Sunday, and then when she's good and tired I will head to KK's house earlier than I normally go (I usually go in the afternoon, but I am going to aim for mid-morning) and do a really hard push to get as much done this weekend as possible. I think if I crack the whip KK will follow my lead, and if we do a massive push this weekend and show real progress it might motivate her to keep working on her own even if I'm not there to help during the week.
The internet is rife with rumours that the cast aren't going to stay for Campaign 3, that they're all burned out and want to move on to something else. I can understand being burned out after the pandemic, but they have also built an entire business based around the show, so I am quite sure we won't lose them entirely. Worst case scenario I think some of them might choose to take a step away from the gaming table to focus more on running the business end of things, but I think people's fears that CR will be cancelled outright are misplaced. If nothing else, the cast have all talked about doing Campaign 3, but they're just not ready to make any kind of official announcement. I'm guessing they will take the summer "off" in the sense that they'll do a bunch of one-shots and maybe give Matt Mercer a break from constantly DMing. Running a multi-year campaign week after week for years is a herculean task, even if it is a passion job for him.
I rarely if ever watch the one-shots, so I am weirdly looking forward to getting the summer "off" from CR as well. Kind of like back in the good old days of regular TV seasons, when shows would stop filming for the summer and you could spend your days outside not thinking about your favourite characters except to look forward to the fall premieres of your regular TV shows. Yes, I am a weirdo, and I know that most people just want endless episodes without interruption, but I am kind of an "absence makes the heart grow fonder" kind of girl, and CR is wonderful but also super long--the average episode is over four hours long--so it's a pretty intense time commitment each week if you watch regularly.
I didn't intend this post to be all about Critical Role, but here we are! I am off to bed now because it's past 9 pm and I have a big weekend ahead of me. The plan is to take Peggy out for a long run early both tomorrow and Sunday, and then when she's good and tired I will head to KK's house earlier than I normally go (I usually go in the afternoon, but I am going to aim for mid-morning) and do a really hard push to get as much done this weekend as possible. I think if I crack the whip KK will follow my lead, and if we do a massive push this weekend and show real progress it might motivate her to keep working on her own even if I'm not there to help during the week.
