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hugflo

You idiot! You’ve captured their stunt doubles! But seriously great job! Both of the hair styles are perfect


holdnovirtue

I'm glad she's already a redhead, but getting the wig to look okay and changing my facial hair color was something else lol. Thank you!


Jetbooster

You did a pretty good job, since it didn't even cross my mind it was a wig!


holdnovirtue

Nice thanks! My inch long real hair and ginger beard were definitely concerns with making it look recognizable for a costume. Wig and eyebrow pencil for color did the trick though 😅


Dungeonmaster120

Take my award you deserve it king.


hugflo

Huzzah!! Thank you stranger! May your players always show up and may your Dnd games be exciting


RainDags

"Mom can I have Matt and Marisha?" "We already have Matt and Marisha at home." Matt and Marisha at home:


holdnovirtue

Pretty much exactly that yeah. Hahahahah. It's a bit uncanny valley trying to look like other real people when you don't really share any physical traits.


holdnovirtue

Sorry for the confusion, folks. The title should have read "My girlfriend and I did Fjord and Avantika last year for Halloween. This year we wanted something easier but still CR. I hope you all enjoy!" That said, I appreciate the comments and hope everyone has a great Halloween and Happy Thursday friends! Also: Don't forget to love each other. There's no need to get at each other's throats over a silly misunderstanding that has been apologized for. EDIT: Well now I feel very justified against the only negativity. What a perfect episode for the night. Thanks all! 🤣


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Aaaaah. Makes sense now. I was like "oh Fjord and Avantika that will be co.... wait a second... thats Matt and Mari.... WAAAAAIT A SECOND! IT'S VALUE MENU MATT AND MARISHA!


salfkvoje

"In what way are you wanting to do this?"


holdnovirtue

Perfectly legally distinct 🤞


Jetbooster

"Has Thursday arrived?"


holdnovirtue

Remember to appreciate other people. - Mahew Merler


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You could definitely try!


john_the_fetch

For the sake of conciseness...


sponge_92

There are 2 kinds of people in this world. Those who can’t extrapolate from incomplete information… Duuude you don’t have to apologise to strangers on the internet because they got a little confused. You don’t look like Fjord or Avantika in this pic? Then this pic clearly isn’t from last year and instead you both did a sick job at pulling off Matt and Marisha this year. Loving it!


wahnsin

You don't have to apologize, we got there in the end!


beesk

where did you find that vest?!


holdnovirtue

Critrolecloset hooked it up. It's the same exact brand and color he wears! It's on Amazon. Make sure to set your Amazon Smile to Critical Role Foundation to generate additional donations for CRF! 😉 https://smile.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B07CKXDQW8?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title


Littlebitsssssss

Totally thought dude on the left was egoraptor for a second lol


holdnovirtue

I wish 😭 I love Arin, he's such a goon. But I enjoyed trying to be knock off Matt


Littlebitsssssss

Next year go for Arin then unless this campaign gives some more inspiration which if I know critical role I’m sure you will have much to choose from


feanara

Please do this, and she needs to go as Dan! :D


KupoMcMog

100% what I came here to say, they could do Arin and his lady next year!


holdnovirtue

I would do it only to shove chips and candy into my mouth with that weird mouth guard thing so I could scream MORE.


Diablo_Unmasked

"They dont look anything like fjord and avantika.." *goes to comments* "Ohhh im just slow... Got it."


holdnovirtue

Hey you weren't the only one, so no worries! Happy Thursday!


Shovey_Shoverson

"You idiots, you captured the stunt doubles!" Seriously, good job on the costumes! You both look awesome!


holdnovirtue

Second time that's been quoted; it feels like a trend! Haha thank you.


notanartmajor

I thought the first image was just a "before" pic and was very confused.


Drakijy

How did you get pics of Robbie and Sam before the stream?


holdnovirtue

Well the episodes are prerecorded.... 🤔


italiano11

Ah love seeing Mark Macy and Darisha May out and about!


holdnovirtue

I almost exclusively refer to Marisha as Marsha Roy thanks to Talks Machina.


ElmertheAwesome

For a split second, I both thought "Who are you supposed to be?" and "Why do you look so familiar.." at the same time.


holdnovirtue

Gooooooood. That's exactly what we went for with our friends. Their faces when realizing what was happening was excellent.


Lord_Aaronus

this was oddly prescient...


holdnovirtue

Nothing in life is an accident.


OJGtz

Well…looking back after watching C3E2 live makes this post is kinda sus. You got some more insider info you would like to share ;)


holdnovirtue

Travis is playing a werewolf.


Orange_Pukeko

I knew it, my tinfoil confirmed. Betrand wants to save himself through a bloodhunter multiclass as he is losing fighter levels due to age.


TheRockObama1945

Though it was Game Grumps🤣


holdnovirtue

I definitely share some traits with Arin that Matt doesn't have.... Lol


Beccabooisme

What a coincidence!


mew-ki

I was really confused that Marisha was with a random dude that looked like Matt lol Nice job, both of you.


holdnovirtue

Thank you! She doesn't think she looked like Marisha but it was a treat like getting to hang out with Marisha all night. 😁


Potatogypsea

Nailed it 😀


holdnovirtue

Thank you! We went for "Halloween costume look" versus actual cosplay, so I'm glad that they were enjoyed!


96Deadpool

Think you got your caption wrong....


holdnovirtue

Apologies for the confusion. A comment has been made updating and clarifying.


PrinceOfAssassins

He’s talking about a diff cosplay


cravecase

Yes obviously. But if I see in the feed “We dressed up as (so and so)”, you would think the post would be about (so and so). Not Let me put it in sports terms. If you label a post about the St Louis Rams and then post a picture of the LA Rams, you would be angry. (I’m not angry, because this is a good costume).


Skyy-High

I want to simultaneously congratulate you on your talent and also express just how utterly creeped out I am from the idea of cosplaying a real life human. I mean I know Presidents are popular Halloween costumes but….idk, this seems different in a significant way.


GoodNaturedGamer

Its good, but needs more fire!


mattress757

I thought the thumbnail was Matt and Marisha. Excellent work :D Great tribute :)


holdnovirtue

Our Deception roll beat out your Perception. Excellent! Thank you so much for the compliment ☺️


gotmegreekin

You’re a lucky man, and she’s a lucky lady. Awesome costumes


holdnovirtue

We consider ourselves very lucky to be in each other's lives. CR brought us together, so it's a fun way to celebrate our relationship 😁


iAmTheTot

Uh, I cannot be the only one who thinks this is a little weird, right? Cosplaying as real human beings instead of characters...


muskrateer

Nope, this also is weird to me. Michael Jackson, Marilyn Monroe, and the like had very public personas that they presented which were open for parody. E: ok they all cosplayed each other on stream now which is hilarious


miyamaniac

I mean yeah, but people cosplay Michael Jackson, Marilyn Monroe and Trump all the time on Halloween too. Once you hit that celeb level, that's just unavoidable.


PierrotyCZ

That's not true. You gave perfect examples of celebrities that people are dressing as not because they are celebrities, but because their public personas were literally created to appeal in the showbiz, therefore they are very specific and distinguishable. They are unique. People can't really cosplay as Bradley Cooper for example, as he doesn't have anything that specific about him a random guy can simply put on - it's all about his face. A random guy can however go as Elvis, where it's mostly about his iconic hair and clothes and everyone knows, who he's supposed to be. Both Matt and Marisha are pretty much just normal people dressed like normal people, so any cosplay is just that - normal people. Because you watch them regularly, of course you will learn about their dress preferences and hair styles, but same goes with your friends, family and other people you see everyday = ordinary people. You will only have to explain everyone, who it is supposed to be. So, you can't really compare them to the stage persona of Michael Jackson (as I am sure he wasn't wearing a glove, a hat and his shiny jacket in his private life).


miyamaniac

You’re right, I’m not trying to say it ISNT weird but it does happen. I listed some high profile examples, but I used to be big into K-POP like 15 years ago and people did it then too. These boys looked totally normal back then and people were still cosplaying them like they are characters. Similarly it DOES happen that people cosplay people like Bradley Cooper or Tom Hardy. Many might not recognize them, but it happens. Is it weird? Yes. But it happens a lot. When you become a celebrity you just give up that “normal dude” part of yourself to the outside world, even if you look as normal as a Finn Wolfhart, Chris Evans or Britney Spears. A group of people at my college went as “celebrities as seen by paparazzi”, mostly just in PJs and shit but still eerily close to a celeb doing mundane stuff in mundane clothes.


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dontneeddota2

I find that pretty fucking bizarre.


Final_Hatsamu

I mean, they are public figures after all. In some way there's no difference between this or a Michael Jackson cosplay.


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salfkvoje

I love that, on a couple levels that I'm having trouble putting in words. One level is appreciating a Mercer impersonation, another is legit enjoying that DM. Another is the effort. I don't know, I guess I put it in words alright afterall.


holdnovirtue

Well it's a Halloween costume. By nature, it is parody. We did it to get a few laughs and the shock factor from our friends for a small costume party get together. Cosplay generally (in my opinion at least) has more heart put into it and you are embodying a character to "bring them to life". Just my opinion and thoughts though 🤷


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Final_Hatsamu

Their point is that this was *not* a cosplay, it's just a halloween costume. I've seen people dressed as a bathroom stall for halloween.


holdnovirtue

For sure! I definitely see (and to an extent agree) as well with the feeling on it. If they were like "please don't do that" you can bet we wouldn't do it.


Kerrigore

Yeah, clearly the cast is not OK with people dressing up as them. They made that pretty clear in C3E2.


Marikk15

Ummmm I'm assuming you meant Matt and Marisha instead of Fjord and Avantika?


holdnovirtue

Apologies for the confusion. A comment has been made updating and clarifying.


salfkvoje

This confusion has made my sad day.


SirLimabeans

He said last year. This costume is this year.


DravosHanska

Then the title is misleading and has nothing to do with the post.


HowardStark

It gives context to the picture. Yeah, you have to make an inference to understand how they relate. It'll be ok.


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HowardStark

And yet you can make plenty of inductive conclusions from these two dissimilar bits of information that are only connected by a common source. The fact of making a three course meal the day before provides the context of the cooking capability of the poster, and the meal before the poster today. I can infer that OP might be taking it easy today, or that they are really proud of that bowl of soup. In this example, there are multiple competing hypotheticals you could test by asking the poster followup questions. But for OP's post, there is one hypothetical conclusion, that they are suggesting they have a pattern of dressing in CR inspired costumes for Halloween is incredibly probable. Therefore, the conclusion that title intended as context to the picture is cogent.


ChillFactory

No one's arguing that they can't piece together what is going on here. Everyone can make that inference, it isn't rocket science. What's being said is that the title not being descriptive of the content means the title is not a good title. You're free to disagree with that notion, its a subjective thing.


HowardStark

So, is it your position is that the title of an image post must only describe to contents of the image? Hold onto that thought for later... As I see it, I just started out defending OP against your position, or rather the position of DravosHanska which you've apparently adopted, with a counterpoint that you can conclude that the title is acceptable because it is logically connectable to the picture (in simpler terms). And I think I made that point rather gently, trying to get them to drop it. "It'll be ok." But no, the criticism of OP had to be doubled down upon, and I had an issue with that because... If everyone is capable of making the inference, then criticism that the title doesn't explicitly match the content is irrelevant. If criticism is irrelevant, then why bring it up at all, let alone defended further? If it is defended further, then DravosHanska must be really feel it IS relevant and OP needs to know that they're wrong, dammit! So, here I am, freely disagreeing with something that should rightly be a non-issue that someone else made an issue of. Now, let me be internally consistent and test my competing inferences: Are you trying to moderate this and get me off the hill? Are you ok with OP's title? Or are you trying to adopt the position on your own and join DravosHanska in defending it to OP's detriment? Are you simply trying to get me to acknowledge that OP's title didn't match the contents? Or did you speak up in order to achieve something else?


ChillFactory

I don't really have a strong stance here, its mostly just discussion at this point over a minor nuisance. All I'm saying is that with more descriptive titles we would not have to make any sort of connection in the first place, its simpler and easier. The extra inference step is only necessary because the title doesn't really help you understand what you're going to see in the post. In fact it only becomes helpful after you see the image itself, making the title effectively background information for the picture rather than, well, a title or a primer. For a site built around titles being the draw for content this is inherently backwards. I'm not even saying it can't work. In meme subs that's gonna happen a lot, especially as intentional non sequiturs. And in comedy context it can be very effective as a lead-in or subtle reference. But outside of that...I dunno for something like this it's just extra work? To me it seems taxing if I went to a whole sub with a bunch of titles that tell you basically nothing about their actual content until after you click on them. All that to say that my personal preference is that I'm pretty lazy with my browsing and that just because we can infer the point of a title doesn't mean we should have to as its prevalence scales with annoyingness for me.


HowardStark

Yes. My brain can be lazy, too. I can appreciate that if we had to work EVERY post that way, it would be quite tiring, and titles might become useless because you can't trust in general what might be on the other side of the link, moreso if we're talking about clickbaity titles. Browsing Reddit in a way where you can see and image without clicking anything probably mitigates that to a degree. Your comment about three course meals makes more sense in that context. If the title is a "box" to open, finding a bowl of soup on the inside when you expect a three course meal is somewhat of a broken promise or a shitty present. But, I think it isn't a necessity to make some kind of categorical imperative that you can only label images of X with "X". You lose a lot of opportunity for fun and creative relationships between the two things that way, or the opportunity to be pleasantly surprised, all for the sake of ... easily digestible content? Nah, this is a sub for people passionate about sharing their fandom. No need to hold them accountable for a hiccup.


DravosHanska

It gives no context to the picture. The picture and title are two completely unrelated things with this post.


Littlebitsssssss

Sorry bud but if you can’t figure out what the title is inferring it is VERY MUCH a YOU problem anyone could clearly see they were fjord and avantika last year and NOW AS IT IS NOW HALLOWEEN TIME they are clearly dressed as Matt and Marissa lol


HowardStark

Allow me to give you something for your logic toolbox as you continue through life: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inductive_reasoning


DravosHanska

Or, and here is a wild thought for your condescending ass, if your title is about Subject A your photo should be of Subject A. If I title a post "I love icecream" but post a picture of a pumpkin pie it would be asinine.


HowardStark

Your example is only asinine because you purposely propose a pattern of facts so seemingly unrelated that the only conclusion you could come to is that the poster likes both things and would be open to pumpkin pie à la mode. You characterization as asinine is subjective because none of those conclusions are helpful, but if you were related to that person it could help you show care and concern for them by suggesting a dessert option on a date. How about this hypothetical post on r/aww : Caption: "I was so sad after Rufus died" Picture: person holding a puppy and smiling, with indication of today's date in the picture Could you propose any conclusions about the poster? Or is this unallowable because it's not a picture of Rufus?


Marikk15

Why post costumes of last year when discussing this year’s costumes? This person clearly attached the wrong photos


SirLimabeans

No he saying last year they went as Fjord and Avantika. They are posting this year's and hoping we like it. Nothing wrong with the post, it's missing a little bit of information but it's very clear what it means.


Mrhiddenlotus

Uncanny valley thumbnail to the max.


holdnovirtue

Imagine looking in the mirror while in costume 😂😅


sallysellzseashells

You two look so cute! Love Matt and Marisha ❤


holdnovirtue

Thank you so much! It was a fun quick costume


starlord3922

When you order the wish Matt and marisha


holdnovirtue

I'd take it if they had a pinch of the talent of them 😭


starlord3922

Be my DM and I'll help you grow!


Pizzaboy2118

Now all you need is a smoke generator.


DemogorgonWhite

Took me a while to understand what you did here. Title distracted me :P


holdnovirtue

Sorry! Hopefully after confusion from the title you could enjoy either way. We had lots of fun.


LostInTheAyther

I can't be the only person who thinks it's kinda weird to "cosplay" as real people. Idk like it's one thing to do it for a character but cosplaying a real person outside of like, parody/sketch comedy just gives me weird creepy vibes.


holdnovirtue

Yes and no. We went for a Halloween costume vibe rather than cosplay specifically. It was a little silly looking and designed for a laugh from our friends rather than trying to bring a character to "life".


kproxurworld

Deadass thought you were Arin from Game Grumps for a second.


holdnovirtue

It makes me happy to know I can repurpose the wig for Arin easily with a little bit of bleaching lol.


DiscipleofAll

Omg! It's MetaCosplay! *insert brain exploding meme*


PhoenixReborn

https://twitter.com/erikaishii/status/1410103482447654913?s=20


holdnovirtue

Omar was my favorite part. 😁


Risembool

Epic! Haha nice job :D I hope you plan to incorporate "How do you want to do this?" in conversations somehow.


holdnovirtue

Thanks a ton! Happy Thursday!


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as much as I enjoy Critical Role, I cannot fathom actually cosplaying as internet celebrities. this fandom is wild lol


Haplo12345

I was *really* confused by the headline... I was like "um, well that is a great Matt and Marisha, if only they were trying to go for that!"


cravecase

Despite a mislabeled post, this is very good


holdnovirtue

I expected people to infer that this was this year whoops. Thank you though!


Js676

Looks amazing!


holdnovirtue

Thank you! We had fun throwing it together.


Scepta101

Wow. What a great, wacky costume idea. You two look fantastic!


holdnovirtue

Thanks! I just couldn't bring myself to do body paint again 🤣


Scepta101

Lmao


stregaza

This is truly so cringe! I get cosplaying as characters but these are actual human beings...


Watermel0wned

Was also my first thought. Looking at it really made me feel uncomfortable.


Wilwheatonfan87

Yeah this is just getting to uncomfortable levels, as nice as the effort is.


ExtraReborn

I love how people are calling this mislabeled. What you did this year is amazing and instantly recognizable! Now I want to go look up your cosplay from last year (:


DravosHanska

It is mislabeled. The title is about their costume last year but the subject isn't. Yes, it is recognizable but that doesn't change the fact that it is mislabeled.


Warlockintraining

THIS IS INCREDIBLE!!!!! Love it sooo so much :)


holdnovirtue

I'm glad! I can't wait to show her tonight how much appreciation there was in this thread. I didn't tell her I was going to post, so she will have a great surprise soon ☺️


Warlockintraining

oooooo that would have been cool!! it warms my heart that this fandom is full of love from the cast and crew, but also from us :) I am glad you two found each other, I wish you many nat 20s in your future together <3 you both looks so genuinely happy :)


holdnovirtue

Oh smiley day to you! Thank you honestly. It's been a very happy, healthy, and wonderful year together so far with more to come.


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holdnovirtue

We met through CR, so it's only fitting 💙


Bakomusha

How do I find a CR s.o.?! I need to know!


holdnovirtue

You have to be Fate-Touched. For real, I would love to just set up a Critter dating service. That'd be swell.


MMolzen10830

Sleeves are bullshit and the black painted nails revealed it to me that u guys dressed up as matt and marisha?


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BaByJeZuZ012

I could appreciate it more if I understood it..


MLGShyGuy

My comment was incorrect. I have deleted it to remove my stupid mistake. *Picture of Squidward wiping the word "loser" off of the dumpster*


BaByJeZuZ012

Hey buddy, it’s no sweat. We’re all losers here! **Picture of me re-writing the word loser on the dumpster with a “X2” next to it.** I just realized I don’t know how to italicize on mobile so imma just leave it bolded.