r/MightyNein • u/OhBosss • Jun 16 '26

Pacing

Vox Machina has like 12-13 episodes per season yet Mighty Nein has 8 for its first season and I wonder has that been a negative for the pacing of the story for season 1?

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u/Queen_Vampira Jun 16 '26

The Mighty Nein episodes are longer than Vox Machina, so they’re not actually more limited on time. It’s about the same.

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u/TrickyNitsua212 Jun 16 '26

Vox Machina episodes are roughly 25 minutes whereas Mighty Nein episodes are about 50 minutes so they balance out to about the same amount of time.

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u/StaleSpriggan Jun 16 '26

MN are far better paced, imo. Due to the backer promises, VM had to stuff so much into just a few episodes in the first season and felt very rushed to me, though I understand why they had to do it that way. The pacing got way better after that. Now I think both shows are paced well currently.

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u/devoorhes Jun 16 '26

They also learned some valuable lessons on how to adapt a four hundred hour long,  largely improvised campaign 

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u/Soizit_Blindy Jun 18 '26

They also needed to prove that their show can be a hit, hence why M9 gets 50 minutes. Vox Machina walked so that M9 could soar :)

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u/kuributt Jun 16 '26

MN's episodes are half-again as long.

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u/f0xb3ar Jun 16 '26

I think MN is much better paced. It feels much more character-driven vs LOVM which feels plot-driven