Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Critical Role: The Mighty Nein Origins: Caleb Widogast by Jody Houser

5 reviews

bibookworm's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Animal death, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, and Child abuse

Minor: Body horror

fronk10's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Good visualisation of the story Liam told in the show, with nice extra insight to Caleb/Astrid/Eadwulf’s relationship. Didn’t really expand more than that, though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Death of parent

troll_for_initiative's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual content, Gaslighting, Animal death, Blood, Violence, Physical abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Body horror, Toxic relationship, Torture, and Murder

tinysongstress's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Sexual content, Confinement, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Cursing, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual content, Gore, Torture, and Violence

Minor: Cursing, Blood, Violence, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Kidnapping

ladyfives's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

I’m sure other D&D players can relate to the table trying to out-depress each other with character backstories—and Liam O’Brien is sure the master of that craft. Caleb’s cagey, mysterious backstory is captured here in chilling and (surprisingly sensual) detail, revealing a little more about what pushed him to do what he did and how he became the man we meet in Mighty Nein.

Like Jester’s, this comic appeals to a weird slice of the audience: if you don’t know Critical Role or aren’t prepping to start it, you’re probably gonna be left underwhelmed and confused. But if you’ve watched it all, there aren’t really any surprises here, though seeing the story play out, removed from a monologue, is quite something. Maybe the audience is me. Who just likes to look at Caleb’s sad face.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror and Sexual content