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Rather Vocalized Illusion is the flagship show of Val'Kyr Studios and it's director, Jerry Peet.

Rather Vocalized Illusion (often abbreviated as "RVI" in video titles) is a web based lecture series on Western society done primarily through Youtube. Early episodes were done in Zero Punctuation style animation, with later episodes presented as an in-person lecture.

You can see the show here.

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This show provides examples of:

• Actually Pretty Funny: Bhaalspawn takes a serious attitude through most videos, but often slips a gag or visual pun into his narration that gets much attention in the comments section. YMMV on whether the jokes are actually funny or just groan-inducing.
• Angrish: Bhaal has moments where he stutters out of sheer shock.
• Arch-Enemy:
  • Disney and Hasbro.
  • Americans also seem to strike a particular nerve.
  • Bhaal has also dedicated videos to his immense hatred of Japanophiles.
  • Bronies were an enemy for a short time. This conflict has since been resolved.
• Ascended Fanboy:
  • Ethan Anderson (AKA The Psychosocialist) was a big fan of the show, then Peet asked him to collaborate on a few videos. The two now work on the channel together.
  • Brittany Johnson became a recurring character in the Ask Bhaalspawn Webcomic.
• Asexuality: Bhaal has no reproductive instinct, and no sex drive whatsoever.
  • The sole exception is the fan-turned-best friend, Brittany.
• Badass Boast:
  • Subverted in a side video, where Bhaal attempts to taunt Bronies. See Tempting Fate below.
  • The Psychosocialist challenged Tommy Wiseau to come after him, proclaiming "I'm Canadian Motherf*cker."
• Ban On Politics:
  • Peet refuses to cover subjects about US Politics (with the exceptions of historical events).
  • This standing was put to the test in late 2011 when many viewers asked him to do a video about the Stop Online Piracy Act. peet caved to a certain extend and announced an episode about Piracy itself.
• Berserk Button:
  • Never mention love to The Psychosocialist.
  • While not flying into a rage, Bhaal nuked himself upon learning of the Baldur's Gate Pony Mod.
• Bloody Hilarious: Early episodes often featured the drawn Bhaal character brutalizing other sprites with absurd weapons with often gory outcomes.
• Character Tics: Try to find a recent video where Bhaal isn't brushing his hair back.
• Converted Fanboy: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.
• Crossover: Doomsday Ascending shares continuity with Peet's other rather large fanfic, Tale Of The Valkyrie.
• Dark Is Not Evil: The Psychosocialist goes around wearing a Hannibal Lecter mask, Proudly listens to heavy metal artists such as Disturbed, Korn and Ozzy Osbourne, Wears all black (with few exceptions) and in videos is shown to be a cynical, dark individual.
• Deadpan Snarker: Very much so for both Bhaal and Psycho.
• Devil's Advocate: Bhaal sees no reason to become part of the recent gamer crusade against Electronic Arts (though this might possibly be due to EA owning BioWare).
  • Bhaal actually plays Devil's Advocate numerous times throughout the show.
• Epic Instrumental Opener: Season 1 episodes always opened with a big orchestral score in the title sequence.
• Fanboy:
  • Bhaal (and Peet in real life) is this to BioWare.
  • This also holds true to anything Tara Strong is in. Whether he likes it or not!
• Handicapped Badass: Peet cannot see out of one of his eyes, is partially deaf in one ear, and has nerve damage in one leg. He was granted this title by several commenters.
• Hannibal Lecture: Many of Peet's responses to negative comments turn out this way.
• He Who Must Not Be Seen: Bhaal frequently speaks with an unseen and silent assistant that seems to stand just offscreen in newer videos. Oftentimes asking for help in remembering lines.
• Humans Are Bastards: It does not take very many episodes to gather that Bhaal has a severe distaste for humanity in general.
• Insane Troll Logic:
  • Bhaal once tried to compare Bronies to Homosexuals in terms of persecution.
  • He later retracted this statement saying that it was beyond insane.
• Jump Scare: Several episodes have had screamers or startling images inserted in them. Many are designed to be comical rather than scary, others use Rule 34 as the imagery.
• Killed Mid-Sentence:
  • One episode had Bhaal knocked out while talking so the Psychosocialist could hijack the show (a second time).
  • Bhaal was cut off in a rant about plot holes in his second episode on Brony Culture by the editing software.
• No Fourth Wall: Bhaal is always talking directly to the audience, never to other characters outside of gags.
• Noodle Incident: Bhaal (and Peet in real life) quickly changes the subject when anyone asks about the "Bhaal/Psycho Slash Fic."
• Oh Crap: The Psychosocialist's reaction right before Bhaal beats him for hijacking his show.
• Only Sane Man: Bhaal's presentation style and highly critical view of society takes this approach.
• Out-of-Character Moment
  • When divulging the things that made him have a better opinion of Friendship is Magic, one of them was that someone showed him a picture of the show's creator◊. He only uttered one word after this: "Wow". Considering that Peet has a history of being uninterested in appearances of people he has never met, this is very out of character for him.
    • This moment was parodied in a preview of an upcoming RVI. Peet makes a point of saying there is no "hot poster girl" for television production, and the same image of Faust jumps onscreen. Peet's reaction seems to be one of discovery.
  Bhaal:*Dials phone* "Ethan... I figured out why men like My Little Pony!" *Pause* "Faust is freakin' gorgeous, that's why! It was so obvious!
• PC Vs Console: Bhaal is an exclusive PC Gamer, stating there is no current generation console exclusive game in existence that has made him want to purchase a console.
• Rule34: During a series of videos on Bronies, Bhaal often inserted Rule 34 images into his videos as a method of revenge.
• Running Gag:
  • TACTICAL NUKE! INCOMING!
  • Bhaal seems to have a habit of forgetting names of characters, settings, and even whole websites, often asking for help from an unknown and silent person offscreen.
• Shout Out:
  • Two sprites drawn by Peet resemble a Gardevoir and Fluttershy.
  • In his review of My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic, Bhaal opened with the same opening line found in The Nostalgia Critic's review of the Care Bears movie.
  • In his review of Cardcaptors, Bhaal closed the review with "I'm a cheap knockoff, I remember it so you won't flame me."
  • His early videos were done in Zero Punctuation style.
  • Peet's Screen name.
• Slash Fic:
  • A fanfic exists on the Internet featuring a Bhaalspawn/Psychosocialist pairing.
  • Peet has apparently seen it, but never speaks of it.
• Squee: Bhaal did this several times in a row in his Brony Culture episode.
• Stalker with a Crush: LylSweetsFairy.
• Stroke The Beard: The Psychosocialist does this a LOT.
• Sturgeon's Law: Bhaal applies this to Anime, Bronies, 4Chan, Americans and Modern Music as validation for hating them.
• Sweet Dreams Fuel: In his review of Cupcakes and Sweet Apple Massacre, in the midst of all the creepy and disturbing imagery used for the visual aids, Peet inserts a picture of Fluttershy waking up◊ with the caption You guys are probably horrified and uncomfortable right now, so here's something cute.
• Tempting Fate: Bhaal taunts Bronies after recieving an e-mail warning from them, only to immediately have an Atomic Rainnuke dropped on his head.
• The Wiki Rule: There is a Wiki for this show here.
• Vaporware:
  • Peet talks about having designed a video game, but the general public seems to have no knowledge about it.
  • Has an article on the show's Wiki here.
• White Knighting: Bhaal does this in the Ask Bhaalspawn blog, where mistreatment of the character of Brittany is met with his fury... unbridled fury.
  • He also White Knighted the entire company of BioWare in one episode of the web series.
• You Cannot Kill An Idea: The entire focus of the show.

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