The amount of pain I felt when the "To be continued" popped up is extraterrestrial. Alan, I mean it with the bottom of my heart, your series can be directly compared to the million dollar movies. Not just tbe lore, the music and sound effect you use aswell, just extraordinary. Please take you time to produce these masterpiece.
Imagine how much wrath Victim must feel. He’s been traumatized for years, trying to forget the pain that was inflicted on him, only for it all, after 4 years to be taken away. And then he finds out the thing responsible is nothing more than a clone of him. A clone who was actually given tools to be powerful. To not be a victim. A tool that, from his perspective, was designed SPECIFICALLY by his creator to come fetch Victim back and continue to make his life HELL. There are no words to describe how much hate Victim must be feeling towards Alan and TCO right now.
The main theme of this episode is that "your actions have consequences". Alan learned to stop torturing the stick figures and the Chosen One realized that his internet rampage was wrong, but that will not stop victim from having a genuine desire for revenge.
Love from India. Been seeing your videos over a decade and you are rocking it more and more. Every video you have been doing is phenomenal. I really wish you get the recognition you deserve around the world more. You are a true inspiration and please take care yourself! Btw Victim, TSC first video and Minecraft original one are my all time favourite media ever and I am really lucky to have found your channel all those years ago. Thank You!
I fully respect the fact that Alan goes through with the narrative that he was a villain/abuser to sentient/sapient stickmen for "a long time" in total even after redeeming himself. It can be very easy to portray yourself as a benevolent figure in your own story, but Alan retroactively added more crimes on his list for the sake of the story and the explanations. Not only that, but the effort to create natural consequences and motivations for the actions of Alan, Victim, TCO, and TDL in a non-verbal story is impressive as ever.
(Updated) Lore update(I'll consider release date of each episodes as the time these events took place): 2006 - Victim was created, tortured for months. 2007 - Victim escaped, The Chosen One was created and then later trapped by anti-virus. 2011 - The Chosen One escaped, The Dark Lord was created to destroy The Chosen One but later teamed up with him. Destroyed Alan's pc and invaded the internet. This was when Victim celeberated his 4 years anniversary after Rocket Corp. Everyone disintegrated, Mitsi died. The Chosen One also started to realize his wrongdoings at this time. 2012 / 2013 - Purple's father left the family, his mother later died, leaving Purple all alone by himself. 2014 - The Second Coming was created, Alan changed his perspective on stick figures and befriended them. 2015 - The gang discovered Minecraft, Herobrine possessed Red and was defeated later on. 2017 - Minecraft rediscovery. Green and Blue met Purple, which was a king at the time. They entered The End, Purple stole the Dragon Egg and got overthrown. 2018 - Dark Lord created Virabot and sent it to Alan's pc, Dark Lord vs Chosen One, Chosen One saved Alan and the stick gang from Virabot, they followed him into the portal. Chosen One vs Dark Lord again. Dark Lord wore the Viraband, Alan's join the fight, everyone died. Second Coming awakened and defeated Dark Lord and revived all. 2020 - King Orange lost his son, wanted revenge on Minecraft, got the command block, hunted the stick gang, met Purple and began his plan. He later got 2 Minecraft Blocks and destroyed Minecraft but Second coming reversed it and saved everyone. King Orange and Purple redemption. 2023 - Chosen One is being hunted down, the mercenaries captured him and Second Coming back to Rocket Corp. Victim vs Chosen One. Victim interrogated Chosen One and found Alan. The stick gang's rescue attempt failed, yellow was captured.
its him ' victim ' the first Alan stick figure of AvA series finally got his own episodei cant believe its been so long since his first appearance , we finally reach this part. Thank you Alan and his team working on this beauty series.
13:59 Smith is a good friend of Victim and Mitsi. It's not surprising that he is also traumatized (and guilt-ridden) by her death, not to mention that he witnessed it firsthand. This also explains his obedience (and perhaps sympathy) towards Victim, given that they have lost what is important to them.
@@kuronya3582You could say agent had feelings for Mitsi too but their friendship is mutual and he respects Victims boundaries and relationship you could say he is a chill guy but serious about his job
The entire time I was just waiting for the explosion. We all knew it was coming. Though this does somewhat contradict previous lore in that... When TCO and the Dark Lord were on their rampage spree, Newgrounds was one of the times TCO was shown to have held back or been uneasy about it. Yet he just blew Mitsi to bits.
Truly… the one that got away. Victim found new life elsewhere, one where he wasn’t tortured and killed multiple times over. He built a business, provided an easier living for his kind, and on top of all that, found love… …and lost it. That loss is what ultimately drove him to hold onto the resentment and anger towards not just The Chosen One, but the Animator as well. This is definitely one of those series where you kinda sympathize with the villain. He had it all, till chaos struck, and he lost it all.
Great villains are written to be in a way relatable, where their evil actions can be easily understood when you are placed in their perspective And Alan did it all without a single line of dialogue. This man is not only a legendary animator but an insane story writter
@@DisvordyAssuming he's not dead, if he comes back, it'll probably be next season. I'd love to see him get more development and become less of a caricature, but.. after this, I'm not so sure anyone else would be eager for that. The problem is that Dark was never given any nuance, so there's nothing left to expand on. His brand of villainy was really flat and generic. If he were to come back as a full-blown bad guy, it would just be a trite repeat of Season 2. But if he were to be redeemed, or even made neutral, people would probably still be mad, becuase many don't think he deserves a second chance (plus, if Victim gets redeemed, then I can see people getting tired of every villain getting redemption). It's a shame though. I would've loved to see more of his dynamic with Chosen when they're not destroying everything. But I guess that's all up to interpretation now.
The fact that so many things connect from this one episode shows Alan's great storytelling, how he can flesh out Mitsi from this one episode, sympathise with Victim through the trauma he went through, and why he hated TCO in the first place! This is amazing storytelling, and I love it! But now, we will have to wait.... on the next one... Edit: I made a video of oversimplifying this whole thing on my channel!! Thanks for the likes!!
I love this episode but there are some contradiction like for example before Alan just erased every memory from his laptop including the victim here it seems to be retconned and the choosen one was known for holding only the dark lord was doing most of the killing here tye choosen is doing the killing.
The Chosen One:What did you want to me? Victim:Remember Misti? The lady you shot down in cold blood?! The Chosen One:What does it matter to you anyway?! Victim:EVERYTHING!!!
No wonder this took a whole year. This is legitimately a work of art. I love nothing more than story lore and characters come to life which you execute perfectly. Connecting every single major event in the series at once is really impressive. You're honestly a mastermind and a master animator.
9:02 was just an example of how well Alan can portray different emotions. Dude was able to give victim a full on panic attack and made it look so easy to recognize.
Definitely. I recently started to admire how fear and anxiety and that kind of negative emotions are portrayed, but I never thought I would see a stickman have a panic attack
The ambience and the way of the music and the perspective of how you look at it. It's like literally just a movie. The details of him shaking and literally taking cover.
The distorted vision, the muffled sounds, the visual hyperventilation - all of it's done to perfection! Just before the sun pierces the clouds you can even see the image cloning and going out of focus, reflecting Victim's perspective even further! All of these are symptoms that occur during all-out panic and it's wonderfully done! Kudos to the team for the details!
Creating a synpathetic villain is hard but you make it look easy. There was a time I thought the era of stick animation had passed and would never reach the peaks of the old days, but you keep putting on show that stick figure animations can be more than just the ludicrously choreographed anime fights.
There’s something I just love so much about how pure hearted and kind Mitsi is, because it’s like a reflection of the pure wonder, fun, and innocence of the childhood creativity that created her.
She even helped Victim before she was officially born. While she was being uploaded, her green data (particles) helped push Victim's rocket to the world they both ended up in. Her entire existence has been connected with Victim even before the beginning.
It's finally here. And it was amazing. I cried at _that_ moment. The way the previous episodes were tied together was so well done. And all the cameos were great too. This episode really shows that despite Alan not abusing his stick figures anymore after AvA 4 that his actions still have severe consequences...
What a beautiful story of tragedy and resilience. Giving us a break from the full gang so we can witness the heartbreaking backstory of Victim was the perfect decision for this series. You and your team did a fantastic job on this episode! The music, editing, animation, and storyline were all outstanding! After watching nearly all of your other videos, Alan, I am delighted to give your entire channel the rank of: “Elite Entertainer”. It is the highest rank on The Scale. Congratulations, and I look forward to seeing more of your content.
I think I see where this is going. Anyone remember the montage from the Virus parts of AvA? Where it shows shots of TCO and TDL going on a rampage? By the time they hit Newgrounds, TCO was completely disarmed. As in, his flames were totally out, and he had his arms up as if pleading to TDL or begging for forgiveness at the world they were destroying. In other words, TCO had renounced his destructive ways by the time the events of this episode occurred. That destruction was all TDL, I guarantee it. Not convinced yet? Look at the destruction shown in this episode. All fireballs; explosive orange projectiles fired at high speed. This is NOT TCO’s MO. His main projectile attacks are constant fire streams and red eye lasers. It isn’t until the fight against the Virus that we see more developed powers out of him, like lightning summoning, fire punches and antivirus(?) waves. TDL, on the other hand, started spamming projectiles on day one. They were his signature move until gaining the Virus powers, and his strongest attack pre-ViraBand in The Showdown was a huge explosive fireball. Additionally, notice how in both the perspective of The Agent and the cameraman who recorded a shot from The Showdown, TDL is curiously absent. This isn’t something you do by accident; this is Alan showing us how Victim’s limited knowledge of the situation has laser-guided his vengeance on the wrong stick figure. This is definitely going to be a major plot point later. Side Boat: I like that Alan(the creator) isn’t retconning his actions(the character) from AvA 1-3, where he is actively malicious and some might even say sadistic towards his own creations. He *could* have just hand waved that away, but he didn’t. More than that, he went in depth on the mindset of Victim after what he went through. Trauma, PTSD, and full blown panic attacks all caused by what Alan did. Victim is *deeply* scarred, and it is entirely Alan’s fault. I’m pretty sure that’s gonna be a major plot point too, when Alan inevitably interacts with Victim again. Say, doesn’t that green energy look almost exactly like the energy TSC started using in The Showdown? The energy that was capable of perfectly restoring both his own body and his deleted(not just killed by injury, but LITERALLY DELETED BY A CODE-DEVOURING VIRUS) friends? I think there just might be a happy ending for Victim yet. He deserves it more than any of the cast so far. Poor guy.
So basically, we have to hope TSC learns how to consciously use his revival powers, learns about Victim's history, AND learns about Mitsi, before Victim and Agent find Alan and do something they can't take back. My main question is, if TSC and the team find out about Alan's past and TCO's internet-wide rampage with TDL, will it shake their stances with them? Will they view Alan and TCO any differently, or be as forgiving as they've always been? Will VICTIM ever forgive Alan? Is that even on the table? And where will TCO go if the truth IS figured out, and his name is cleared? And better yet, if TSC's powers become a mainstay, will he be able to revive ORANGE'S son?
I agree but even if the Chosen One was less murderous, he was still in a killing spree before entering Newgrounds so he still deserved the torture Victim gave him in “The Box” episode. What make this even worse is that the Chosen One was the reason why Dark Lord became a villain in the first place so even if the red stick figure was the one who killed Victim’s love interest, he is still an accomplice. Plus, unlike Victim and The Dark Lord, the Chosen One was evil at birth so yeah.
Also worth noting that Victim is fully convinced that he's being actively hunted by Alan and every stick figure he makes, INCLUDING TSC. His paranoia could very well get in the way of a MIRACULOUS opportunity to bring his wife back.
Fun fact: March 15, 2007 was the day Victim escaped March 15, 2007 was also the day Animator vs. Animation II was made, when the Chosen One was created. Alan didn't even wait before trying to torture another stick figure. You really were a monster, Alan.
"Well done. Here come the test result: You are a horrible person. I'm serious. That's what is says: A horrible person. We weren't even testing for that"
Alan, out of ALL animations you made, this one yanks at my heart strings the most. First was the abuse victim endured, then his escaping to overcoming his trauma. Meeting Mitsi and friends, starting their "Rocket" Repair Company. And when The Chosen One and Dark Lord attacked, I explained everything. The tech, motivation, all of it. This whole animation series, in my honest opinion, is worthy of being turned into a full MOVIE franchise
To me purple is NonBinary (they/them). Everyone can have their headcannons for the characters identities You're free to consider purple any gender you see them as, same for Goldie (King Orange's- I mean Dad Orange's deceased child; for me it's a girl because why not? Ofc it's personal you can consider Goldie as a son, daughter or child)
I like how from victim’s perspective, the protagonists are all basically heartless villains, wanting to torture him, because he is a victim. Bravo Alan, I see the insane potential of story writing this has to offer.
I love how Alan shows emotion and gives a sense of understanding from everyone of his stick figure's view, so much so that not a single one feel like the "villain". They all have their own reasons why they do what they did and for valid reasons. Not a single one can truly be called the villain.
Your storytelling skills, creativity, artistry, and heart are truly something else. I feel so lucky to have grown up watching your work on UA-cam, nonetheless. Thank you again, Alan. So excited to see yet another incredible story continue to unfold.
16:07 I think this could be the reason Purple's dad left. He got traumatised by what happened in Newgrounds that he wanted his son to be strong enough so that he could protect himself and his mom which could be why at first Purple and his dad's fights were at first for fun, but towards the end of their relationship looked more like training. [Edit] I forgot to state that Purple was always being trained by Indigo, I'm just stating that this event could be a possible reason for why Indigo started to get harsh with it. also thanks to one of you guys in the comments, I didn't even know Indigo had a name lol.
16:08 i love the fact you included purple and his family because that confirms it, animation vs minecraft and animator vs animation are, in fact, in the same universe.
Не умею хорошо писать на английском, надеюсь переводчик сработает нормально. Интересное наблюдение: Жертва не обладает силой Избранного или Темного Лорда, но обладает отличным умом и по меньшей мере организаторскими навыками благодаря которым смог создать крутую компанию и продвигать инновационные технологии в своём мире. Он инженер и со всеми примочками он самый сильный из тройки, одна только пауза может останавливать Избранного, а значит и Лорда тоже остановит, со всеми инструментами он сильнейший из тройки, даже не смотря на недостаток в характеристиках. Тёмный Лорд обладает только одним атакующим спелом и по характеристикам близок к Избранному, но по наблюдению он уступает ему в силе, но только в чистой силе, Тёмный Лорд ещё достаточно умён и сообразителен что придумал крутой вирус и смог усилить себя лезвиями так что после апгрейда стать сильнее Избранного. Почти топовая сила плюс злодейский интеллект делают его самым опасным из тройки, он не сильнейший, но он может зарыться и создать какую-нибудь мощную штуку против которой сможет выстоять только персы имеющие доступ к "божественной" силе. Избранный же не показывал каких-либо интеллектуальных способностей за рамками боя, но в бою и критических ситуациях он довольно сообразителен, у него очень много атакующих способностей: пламя, лазер, лед, молнии и по чистой разрушительной мощи, без внешних улучшений, он сильнейший из тройки. Все его способности направлены исключительно на бой, никакого созидания, одно чистое разрушение. Довольно странно что он осознал всё только когда Тёмный Лорд решил сделать огромную пакость против которой все их прошлые похождения показались бы детской забавой. Наблюдение в следующем: единственный из тройки "добрый" персонаж сейчас обладает самым большим разрушительным потенциалом и никакого созидания. Самый злой персонаж, который имеет больше всех мотивации ненавидеть Алана не обладает никаким самостоятельным разрушительным потенциалом, но имеет огромный созидательный потенциал так как по сути его компания обеспечила всех жителей его планеты современными технологиями и подняла уровень жизни от грубо говоря средневековья до новейшего времени. Ну и Тёмный Лорд который имеет разрушительный потенциал на уровне Избранного, чуть ниже, но обладает созидательным потенциалом, пока что применимый только к средствам упрощающим разрушения. Однако его вирус и браслет это довольно крутая технология даже по меркам Жертвы. пс. Второе Пришествие уникален, он обладает доступом к "божественным" силам, но только в специальном режиме, а до этого он примерно на уровне Жертвы по характеристикам. Потенциал стать крутым злодеем есть. Ну или будет довольно классная заруба команда на команду Жертва с Темным Лордом (потенциал стать союзниками у них есть, при чем очень большой, до того момента пока Жертва не узнает что Темный Лорд был союзником Избранного, но у Темного Лорда есть отмазка по этому поводу) против Избранного и Второго Пришествия. псс. Вышло довольно много, хотя планировал меньше, надеюсь не возникнет больших проблем с прочтением на других языках.
What's really tragic is that victim had became content, he was ready to move on- only to have it brutally ripped away from him again. It builds a compounding hatred in victim for Alan and his creations. And at the end of the day, it's hard to blame him. He has no way of knowing TCO and Alan have moved on; victim still wants (and frankly *deserves*) revenge.
14:02 The fact that he STILL has hallucinations about Alan but ignores them completely shows how much Victim has improved thanks to Misty and although it's clear that he'll never forget the torment he went through, he decides to focus on his future. Another proof of his good heart is that, by that time, with his company in full swing, Victim HAS ALL THE NECESSARY RESOURCES to take revenge on Alan (like sending him a virus like Dark Lord did or something else) but he decided not to do it and Be happy with his wife and his new life.
@Dabi_Toya1Assuming he even knew where Alan's PC was (remember, the current plot is about him trying to locate Alan, unlike TDL, who could do so with ease). Your point still stands though.
@Dabi_Toya1 Absolutely. If it weren't for TDL & TCO (though really it's more TDL's fault) then victim would have never found the motivation to hunt down Alan. It makes me wonder how they'll resolve the conflict.
am always loving the way there is an explanation to why something happens in the animations, a motive with a common goal: stop the other side thinking they are the enemie
I don’t wanna say anything yet, but so far everyone that has made mistakes now looks up to The Second Coming for showing them how to be better. Alan’s abuse of Stickmen was met with TSC’s compassion, The Chosen One’s selflessness to defeat The Dark Lord was met with TSC’s determination to protect his friends and save others. I would expect that Victim’s hatred for Alan’s abuse and his loss of Mitsi to TCO will be met with TSC’s forgiveness and his ability to bring others back from destruction, like when TDL dematerialized Red, Green, Yellow, and Blue and TSC rematerialized them after beating TDL. He could theoretically also bring back Mitsi, and Victim could forgive Alan and TCO. Also, anyone else noticed how the system that creates stickmen has the same green-yellow energy as TSC’s abilities? (That was the main inspiration for this theory).
The fact that Alan is able to make me care more about a character in 20 minutes than some movie producers can in several hours is a real testament to his story telling ability. Especially since said characters are _literal stick figures with no facial features._ Like, it's actually insane how impressive Alan is!
Reminds me of the Shoji episode from MHA S7. How do you make someone completely forget, even just first a bit, that a complete minor side character from the start wasn’t a main character , entirely?
This is exactly what happened: 1) humanize the character: Make him like those he appeals to. 2) write her a story; a story with a bad memory. Then increase his human side with the story. Justify what you have done and will do. 3) Soundtracks Music is very important; it intensifies the feeling. Especially in Alan and his team's work, I notice that they use music in a “ taking no chances” way.
Alan's behavior toward Victim makes sense for the time, there were a LOT of stickman abuse games back then just for the fun of it! Victim was probably not the only one going through those experiences
I just noticed that Alan becker went from making animations for fun in 2006 to making an entire freaking series full of lore and adventures and backstories until now- This episode was really worth it to wait for a year! Thanks for keeping us entertained, Alan Becker.
Tragedy. That is the only word that can properly describe Victim. Not only was this poor guy tortured for years, but found someone who cared for him and started a thriving company, only for it all to be taken away from him by his torturer's creations. I'm honestly rooting for him now. After everything he's gone through, he deserves it And what amazes me most is that you were about to tell such an emotional and beautifully animated story without any of the characters talking. This series is truly something special. Thank you Alan and your team for making something so beautifully amazing. Your work is one of a kind
yeah. victim expirenced soo much. he was tortured for a full year by his creator. and then he finally escaped and found someone who cared for him and he could trust so he thought he will be safe but then only 4 years later it was all taken from him by his own clone created by his creator. one who was not created to be tortured, but to torture. so im 100% sure victim got all the right to be the villain in the stickmen universe. i really hope victim will have a good ending. but i think that for him to have a good ending he needs to learn who deafeted the dark lord, who was created by alan to manipulate the chosen one. and why alan did all of this.
It also explains why Victim has an interest in TheSecondComing. From what Victim has seen, TheSecondComing had the ability to create and recreate things. To the Victim, he thought that maybe, just maybe... ...he could recreate Mitsi.
@Neuwey331 i dont think he was aware of the second coming. In the video the stickman recorded we only see the chosen one and Alan's mouse. The second comign at the time was at the side watching or either already deafeted the darklord and headed to the control panel to revive his friends.
I never imagined that pages were represented as balloons connected by tubes. That was possibly demonstrated in the TDL vs TCO fight, but it's really crazy, I love Alan's creativity
I love it, Victim having PTSD on the mouse cursor and having hallucinations about Alan torturing Victim is in my opinion opens his character a lot and on his perspective Alan and Tco is the villain on his POV
You clearly were braindead enough to forget Victim started off with wrecking Alan's PC immediately. How does it entitle to Victim being the abused one?
@dragroch5536 His name is VICTIM. Probably an ENTIRE YEAR of his existence was to be tormented by Alan, which was expertly shown at the start. He tried to fight back, but he failed, and Alan continued to torture Victim.
@Paleofan1211a game to him, yes. But he didnt want to fight just played "how to kill your stickfigure in X amount of ways" cuz otherwise he wouldnt name it "Victim"
I love how everything this man does is connected to the same universe and the victim is not only another one of his creations, but was also affected by the two most powerful ones he had also created. When I saw that my whole view of it changed, I'm just curious how it will all tie together.
So that’s why Victim went from black to grey, the process of forcefully transferring to the outer net made his skin tone the same as the hair tone of Mitsi. And I only knew that lady for twenty minutes, but I will say this, she will be missed. No wonder Victim went revenge crazy, he finally escaped from a cycle of torture, only to meet someone who brought him genuine happiness. But that someone was taken away by what he assumed to be the very person responsible for his suffering.
Now we also know that Rocket corp originally wasn't a weapons and technology research facility it was merely a chain of stores that sold electronics. That guy with the glasses isn't even a mercenary he was just a regular security guard before the attack, victim and glasses guy just have the same goals they both hate TCO
I mean, he's kinda right. Both TCO and The Dark Lord were Alan's creations, one for fun, just like Victim, and the other to try to defeat TCO, but turned on him. In the end, Alan was the source of all his suffering. The only thing he doesn't know is the TCO and Alan aren't friends. Their goals aligned during the fight against TDL, but it isn't like they're buddies. I just keep wondering if all the destruction to fellow animations was what turned TCO "good" or if it was something else about the brutality of TDL
@@eduardomoncada1 Regardless of whether or not they consider each other ‘friends,’ Victim and company were _relatively_ clear in the line of questioning, first taking personal revenge, then indicating the cursor, then searching the memories. TCO choosing to interrupt the brainscan would indicate _more_ that they’re allies than not.
I think I know where this is going. The opening montage of young Alan tormenting Victim is more than just showing the breadth of Victim’s trauma, it’s showing a fundamental aspect of Stickfolks existences. Every time young Alan typed ‘Victim’ into the element name, it was always the same individual who was brought into existence, all the same memories, no matter how many times he’s died. What I’m trying to get at here is that in order to finally stop Victim’s plans; Alan, TSC, and the gang are going to have to track down Grace and her PC to get her to re-upload Mitsi to try to get Victim to stop. Likely in a race against time before Flash is shut down.
Yessss I can't wait! The boy seriously needs that girl back or he really wont be able to recover I feel like. He's seriously been through hella too much!
Alan... Without showing any emotions on the stickmans, without any voicelines, this story make me feel happiness and make my eyes wet. I love your animations, plot and everything so much. Thank you for this masterpiece!
Man, Mitsi and Victim have this strong couple energy they give off in a span of just over 10 minutes of screen time, but the way she died like that was just so tragic. And those green particles just confirms that TSC has the power of creation, and if he could bring his friends back, I believe he could bring back Mitsi too! This whole animation was 18 years worth of lore all compressed in a single 20 minute video, nothing short of incredible.
maybe that's why victim was suprised at the sight of, not another clone of himself created by the same Alan having insane power, but by the power having the same green color he saw years ago
This explains so much about the first few episodes. We understand why victim hates the mouse cursor why the symbol is a rocket ship and why victim hates the dark Lord and the chosen one.
THERE IS A CRIME SCENE IN MY CHEST. MURDER ON MY HEART. Seeing Victim suffer for half a year, and escape with severe PTSD is one thing. But to see him overcome his PTSD, with large help from Mitsi and the townfolk, just to see all his friends die at the hands of TCO, is heartbreakinng. Really, this episode revealed that no one is really in the right. TCO may have changed to be far kinder, but it doesnt change the fact that he killed Mitsi in cold blood, among many others. Victim has suffered a lot, but does it justify the brutality shown toward TSO, and 5 innocent stickfigures that just stumbled into this whole situation? Alan (the character) may be kinder toward the current bunch of sticks, but he is mostly the reason Victim is the way they are now. Thank you for still making great stories without a single word uttered (mostly)
Oh yeahhh, TSC and the stick gang were just trying to have fun and Alan mercilessly deleted them out of existence, which really puts those stick figure freedom and stick figure rights into perspective. Who knows, there could be other animators who are far more feral and more animal than what Alan did
@@Никитавасильев-э9щ TSC is "The Second Coming (or in avm terms, Orange) he is often around his friends Green, Blue, Red, and Yellow. He was created by Alan (the character) after TCO and TDL.
*"Villains aren't born, They are made"* This is a very true example from Victim, And seriously, no one can blame him at all. Hope he finds peace real soon.
A villain is made when the person chooses to be one, someone born with nothing can choose to be good, something born with everything can choose to be evil
bro this studio is NOT REAL. The fact that they can make SUCH genuine, beautiful, emotional, intricate pieces of art is such a spectacle, and to do it all on such a HIGH LEVEL, when full on movie studios with hundreds of millions of dollars of budget fail to come close to such a scale, this is just so amazing. The way these productions are able to play with your heart strings, make you GENUINELY CARE for these stick figures who can't talk but can communicate in such a way that words couldn't, AND BALANCE soo many different sides of the story, all with a plot that just makes sense in every way, my words just cannot describe my appreciation for this series. Please, keep up the AMAZING work Alan and team, your work is really inspiring.
I don't think I have the words to do this piece justice. Linking Purple to the AvA story, Agent being there before the events of previous episodes, and the fact that Alan pretty much made himself the villain in all of this. The level of creativity this must take is far beyond incredible.
There's also reference to TCO's wanted poster in the "Cherry Blossoms" short. As for Purple's mother. I was thinking she died of old age, but there's a lot of other possibilities.
6:52 so victim was the one who opened up the animation world to all stick figures directly from PCs, so now you can just go straight to the animation world rather than through a rocket.
I think what's going on is that victim was the reason people's stick figure drawings started coming to life out of nowhere, like what happened in AVA 4 where Alan was simply animating TSC then he suddenly just sprung to life
I had a dream the day before this was posted. All the characters had voices but I can only remember how two of them sounded. TSC had the voice of an adult man trying to to sound like a child, and yellow had the voice of a middle aged black man.
Can we appreciate the cinematography??? The way that for a show without voice acting, Alan and the team managed to perfectly convey Fear, desperation, trauma, love, hope, healing and unadulterated rage through visuals only. Holy. Crap.
Heck yeah. I am just in total awe at how stellar Alan's work is, I've just formed a small obsession to it after realising he took it to a whole other level... better than 80% of movies I've ever watched, and not a WORD of dialogue or facial expression.
These madlads did it again. They got me rooting for an antagonist's destruction only to have it do a complete 180 upon 180 as I realize the conflict is much deeper than I ever thought.
I just realized now that I've been watching this series for 18 years. 18 years since the original video was released to the world. _18 years_ since Victim was first drawn... that is a _weird_ feeling. **edit** For those who are confused - the original animation was posted on Newgrounds in 2006. It was uploaded here in 2007.
The first AVA video is the reason i learn flash. I cant believe after a decade you still make new video with 2007 anesthetics... The OG flash UI, new grounds... God! So much nostalgia
Honestly the second most interesting thing here is the world building: So like, the internet in the Becker verse is linked to itself like normal HOWEVER, when things made by artists - things made with bits of their heart and soul - are uploaded, they are given life in a world tethered to the platform their based on (this should mean that every platform is its own planet) The most important thing to note is this world is tethered to the platform and from there to the person who made them If the platform is disrupted they’ll get pulled out of the world and dropped into it or perhaps further into their own PC This relationship might also explain why by Green got so addicted to YT besides the high of being a content creator - he uploaded himself, made himself a link to YT And they can die though it seems that naming art the same as the OG can possibly revive them? It’s possible Mitsi could be restored from the OG file on the computer she was made in or she could be redrawn by Alan? Unsure
Yeah but reviving may be hard with the time gap. Definitely possible assuming mitzis creator kept her original memory and cache from her old windows computer all the way into getting toward windows 10 which is what alan is on now. If victim were to die I don't think he can be brought back since Alan's original computer was destroyed
I was thinking that TSC would revive mitsi after getting "activated" we were shown that under certain circumstances TSC gets powers and can revive people so maybe he gets activated again by Victim or mitsi stays dead who knows? let's just wait for the next episode
Hold up , if they can be revived as long as there data is intact , doesn't that mean there are technically an infinite amount of the ganb, seeing how they are from there own website which was popular to play with , and when they revive do they keep there memories, but then what happens if two people open it at the same time , with the stickmen remember their past/present lives and what happens if they meet will they remember the interaction from both perspectives? Sorry I'm just rambling 😂
@theodencortes5627 I think that TSC's powers are probably linked to the creation of life or just life itself. Their powers look pretty much like the particles that represented Mitsi's data (and by extent every other animation) so it's possible that TSC's powers are linked to that. It would make sense, since he's (as far as we would know) the only animation that is capable of creating life from animations (since he naturally seemed to just have it since the start on AVA 4)
Thank you for sustaining my faith and hope for stickman animations and projects! You are almost the only person I know that makes these anymore. I’m trying to start my own thing but it’s taking quite some time and effort but these animations keep me going! Thank you Alan.
This is insane!! I never thought Alan would've spent almost a year torturing the victim after that first animation, really puts a new meaning to his name "victim." And also showing us what was of The Chosen One and The Dark Lord and how they went on to cause destruction... Honestly after watching all those animations I never pondered on what happened after, I thought it was all really linear but now we get to see what really has been happening... The Victim's repeating story of pain, The Dark Lord's thirst for chaos, even Alan's own evolution from torturing and using the stickfigures as toys to eventually befriending the fighting stickmen and the Second Coming and living alongside them. What an absolute masterpiece this series is, I can't evem fathom what Alan has in store for the next episodes, much less for the ending... HAVE MY LIKE
I wonder if, when Alan first drew a little black stick figure for an animation he was working on, if he ever thought that 18 years later, this is where he'd be.
@TheSmallestLittleBilly which is what makes it so awasome. Using unrelated things and linking them together is just, so awasome of them? I dont words to describe my amazement
0:20, the first reason Victim tries to escape, even before he knows he’s being attacked, is because he sees the green pastures in Alan’s desktop and wants to be in them. Alan, through his torment, keeps him trapped instead in a blank white sheet with no life or character, and even when Victim escapes, the trauma he carries with him keeps him stuck in a grey fog. However, when Mitsi, characterised by the green energy of living creation, stands by him during his panic attack at 9:33, the greyness finally clears, and Victim finds that, at last, he’s arrived in the beautiful green pastures he yearned for when he was born. Victim, though he founds a company that creates infrastructure, lives in a rural town with Mitsi, among the greenery. But after Mitsi dies, we never see him leave his office, and the shadow of Alan’s actions traps him once again in an empty, soulless, white box. Except this time, he has the opportunity to become the cruel dictator of the emptiness, and, in attempting to take revenge on Alan and TCO, he becomes the tormentor he hated when he was born, trapping Orange and TCO in perpetuity without destroying them in the same way Alan continually kept him around. He is away from the greenery of Mitsi and Orange’s creation, but isn’t quite in the darkness of TDL’s destruction. Instead, he’s in a blank greyness, and indeed, after escaping his destructive doom from Alan who coloured him dark, became grey himself. In other words, he still has the opportunity to choose the darkness of destruction, or stand back in the green pastures with Mitsi once more.
Оу... я... не знал... его судьбы. Алан смог показать почему Виктим... стал... таким. Теперь... всё стало ясно. Это месть... которая... копилась в нём на протяжении стольких лет. Теперь мы знаем почему он всё это затеял...
I really like, how this isn't just some huge misunderstanding or something along the lines. No, Alan tortured Victim, The Chosen One killed the one person that ever really meant something to him. Going through all of this without even thinking of giving up proves one thing, Victim is strong, very strong at least mentaly.
@HellHeaterit was shown that TCO killed her since he hovered over her. And it was proven that it was TCO bc at that moment he was working with TDL so it had to be him
@@globglobglab TCO wasn't fully against the 'internet attacks' idea at the time. Plus it would be useless for Victim to be mad at TDL when he's already died.
Strong mentally? Instantly started torturing TCO once he caught him and you mean to tell me a person that did all of what Victim did is "mentally strong"? His determination is strong and he's intelligent, but he's a very emotionally weak person (I guess understandably) This still doesn't justify him doing the things he was doing
@@el_eyenimator Depends on perspective of course. If we were in Agent's shoes I have a feeling most of us would end up like he did. To sympathize with Victim and want justice for what happened. Of course we know that Alan and TCO had a change of heart (More so Alan since TCO felt guilty for the Newgrounds attack) but they dont know that, and I would not blame the two for not believing that.
This episode left me in tears 、 legit feel bad for Victim 、 after being tortured and traumatised by the cursor 、 he escapes and gets a peaceful life 、then some clone of him just goes on a rampage 、putting the blame on him 、 taking that peace away 、 depressing stuff 、 can't believe I'd tear up over a stickman animaton
And the worst part is You find out that the clone and the cursor are in the same side , i know that's not what happened but for victim it looks like the cursor send the clone to destroy the new grounds , imagine the hate in his heart
ABSOLUTEST CINEMA it's crazy that 17 years later, Alan Becker still makes interesting lore, made just epic series and still finds a way to progress. Look at these sceneries, look at the graphics. It looks like these stick figures really do live their own lives. And that one, single line in the end. Even the scene of Victim drawing a single line after walking, with context becomes an epic scene summarizing all his hate into one single piece
this nearly put me in tears, seeing the pain and agony the victim went through, all for a teenager's amusement and the moment he escapes, the moment he has freedom! the wounds his past gave him paid such a toll on his mind that it took years for him to overcome them, and after so long, after finally finding happiness, its all taken away from him again, but the same creator that tortured him. The amount of rage he must have is no doubt astronomical This is absolute peak storytelling, thank you Alan for blessing us with your stories and animations, you truly are a legend!
This is an absolutely beautiful series, I love all the characters backstories and how detailed they are, How Victims perspective on the situation is way different from the others, the beautiful animation and sound affect, the way he has ptsd attacks and hallucinations about the cursor is also a beautiful detail. How you show the emotions of a character without a face is also mind blowing, like when Victim saw how Mitsi died which faded to what seemed to be depression is absolutely incredible and the emotion after the to be continued is brilliant. I hope this series doesn’t end soon, since it is really amazing ❤
HOW does Alan keep making masterpieces??? This is genuinely incredible. This explains why Victim tortured The Chosen One, where Purple comes from, how Victim is still alive… and it gives us a worse, more tragic, and more painful backstory than even King Orange. I’m so glad to be once again reminded of why Animator vs Animation is one of my favorite series’s of all time.
I'm pretty sure TDL did that because if you watch their flashback, you can see TCO had enough of their internet rampage and tried to appease TDL. But that shot of him descending is amazing.
This answers so many questions. A big one to me was how in the world was Victim still here because we had seen Alan delete him but turns out he made him again and again until one day where Victim broke free from Alan’s PC. Then there was how Victim even knows about The Chosen One and what he had again him, like we as the viewer could assume from the previous episodes that it’s because he was another of Alan’s creations and he clearly has hate for Alan and could maybe use him to find Alan, but what we actually see is that because TCO killed someone close to him and he found out about who did it thanks to Agent Smith. For Agent Smith at first he just felt like a mercenary, but turns out he’s not it’s clear he felt bad for Victim not being able to save his loved one so he continues to work with him, so not a mercenary but a soldier or even a spec op working under Victim. As for the other 3 their origins are still unknown but I think it’s safe to assume they are also survivors after the Newgrounds attack given how unique they are and Newgrounds having plenty of unique animations from different people and with their special skill sets were put in the same team with Agent Smith.
I think one of the agents is actually a cave painting stickman. The bow, arrow and primal hulking out. Also the fact it is litterally based on cavemen artstyle. Seems like stickman world is more than just internett creatures.
Here I am, getting emotional over a stick figure I hated 20 minutes ago. I'm even considering joining the enemy's side at this point, how good of a story teller do you need to be to do that? Thank you Alan. Every time i watch a video of yours, I'm reminded that we are blessed to have you as a youtuber.
I wont even consider victim as the enemy, he was a guy that was traumatized by his creator and TCO, maybe in the future of this series Victim will come to peace with Alan and TCO
This isn't just a villain arc, it's a revenger arc. We all know that though, but just thinking about it again after watching this makes it feel even harsher.
@@sadlimon5635no not really. The Chosen One was given abilities, and if I remember correctly, Alan wasn’t hostile right away it was The Chosen One that attacked Alan’s PC first when he was created.
Whoa. Every new episode you guys continue to amaze me with what you can do. This was a perfect episode, really can't wait to see what happens from here!!
Look how BADLY Victim is SHAKING in this part. 8:08 Really shows how badly traumatized he is. After all, he got tortured by alan every month and possibly even daily.
not to mention that it was his entire lifetime at that moment. every second he had lived he was tortured and killed over and over again. he didn't even know different life existed
Anyone noticing the green glow is literally the same particle when the second coming in his op mode, so im guessing the explosion that vitcim made when entering the stickverse releases a lot energy and thats where the power source of tsc, tco and tdl came from because we see that some of the green particle went through Alan Becker's computer
I think the creative green power went into TSC, the only stick figure to have the same green abilities. And also why he and he alone came to life without being converted to symbol.
I think the green glow represents creativity. As for the connection to AlansPC, I believe that was how The Chosen One and The Dark Lord were able to make it to Newgrounds in the first place.
It's actually the hidden potential that came from animations, all animations have these hidden potential things. Look at the moment when mitsi was in saving process, it released energy that sent her through the newgrounds, but victim collided with her and both got sent to shepherd's place, and also in AvA: The box, when tsc tries to draw those electric eel thingies, they also emit light which almost destroyed the workplace. Because animations tend to be more powerful if they are in a fictional place, or somewhere that also uses animations.
I feel like The Chosen One is the bottled up rage of Victim. The hate, sadness, fear, and torture. 18:55 Victim was originally black until he was stripped down to gray when he was breaking through the barrier of Newgrounds. 6:50 It can't just be a coincidence that they look alike.
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The amount of pain I felt when the "To be continued" popped up is extraterrestrial. Alan, I mean it with the bottom of my heart, your series can be directly compared to the million dollar movies. Not just tbe lore, the music and sound effect you use aswell, just extraordinary. Please take you time to produce these masterpiece.
THIS IS REALLLL
10/10 episode, would’ve been an 11 if not for the cliffhanger
Million dollar movies aren't this good
When i said on my mind: this finna be only victim's backstory
I deleted that idea (or better saying, prediction) and then it happened...
very real
Imagine how much wrath Victim must feel.
He’s been traumatized for years, trying to forget the pain that was inflicted on him, only for it all, after 4 years to be taken away. And then he finds out the thing responsible is nothing more than a clone of him. A clone who was actually given tools to be powerful. To not be a victim. A tool that, from his perspective, was designed SPECIFICALLY by his creator to come fetch Victim back and continue to make his life HELL.
There are no words to describe how much hate Victim must be feeling towards Alan and TCO right now.
Mr bean
If he had the power, he wouldn't be Victim. He'd be AM.
Y ademas le quito a la persona que ama
it was for a year
I have no mouth and I must scream ahh villain 🗣️🗣️ 🔥🔥
The main theme of this episode is that "your actions have consequences".
Alan learned to stop torturing the stick figures and the Chosen One realized that his internet rampage was wrong, but that will not stop victim from having a genuine desire for revenge.
"Violence breed Violence."
@@rauhillah3884 "But in the end it has to be this way"
literally the plot of library of ruina
@AnishBirje-ky9xg Standing here, i realise!...
@ЯрославДьяченко-м2ъ You are just like me
Love from India. Been seeing your videos over a decade and you are rocking it more and more. Every video you have been doing is phenomenal. I really wish you get the recognition you deserve around the world more. You are a true inspiration and please take care yourself! Btw Victim, TSC first video and Minecraft original one are my all time favourite media ever and I am really lucky to have found your channel all those years ago. Thank You!
i also from india
@abhinavpatel9408 Hey! Good to know!
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How much is that in US dollars 💵
@@tongangamerboy Around 5?
I fully respect the fact that Alan goes through with the narrative that he was a villain/abuser to sentient/sapient stickmen for "a long time" in total even after redeeming himself.
It can be very easy to portray yourself as a benevolent figure in your own story, but Alan retroactively added more crimes on his list for the sake of the story and the explanations.
Not only that, but the effort to create natural consequences and motivations for the actions of Alan, Victim, TCO, and TDL in a non-verbal story is impressive as ever.
Oh, so that’s who the kid was
Exactly another reason why I love this show 🥰🥰🥰
Yeah the whole moral seems to be "actions have consequences"
ngl i like abuser alan, gives him more character rather than just being a semi omnipotent “god” like figure.
Sometimes humans are ruthless
18:50 I feel bad not only for Victim, but for Agent. Not only he witnessed death of his good friend, but he then had to do it AGAIN
You can see him trying to take off the memory scanner 😭
Poor Agent or agent Smith/shady whatever what u want to call him
And Agent also has to face Victim about the death of Mitsi 😢
He was like "I am so sorry , i couldn't save her in time"
@@aethous9163 poor man was crying when he had to re wind
(Updated) Lore update(I'll consider release date of each episodes as the time these events took place):
2006 - Victim was created, tortured for months.
2007 - Victim escaped, The Chosen One was created and then later trapped by anti-virus.
2011 - The Chosen One escaped, The Dark Lord was created to destroy The Chosen One but later teamed up with him. Destroyed Alan's pc and invaded the internet. This was when Victim celeberated his 4 years anniversary after Rocket Corp. Everyone disintegrated, Mitsi died. The Chosen One also started to realize his wrongdoings at this time.
2012 / 2013 - Purple's father left the family, his mother later died, leaving Purple all alone by himself.
2014 - The Second Coming was created, Alan changed his perspective on stick figures and befriended them.
2015 - The gang discovered Minecraft, Herobrine possessed Red and was defeated later on.
2017 - Minecraft rediscovery. Green and Blue met Purple, which was a king at the time. They entered The End, Purple stole the Dragon Egg and got overthrown.
2018 - Dark Lord created Virabot and sent it to Alan's pc, Dark Lord vs Chosen One, Chosen One saved Alan and the stick gang from Virabot, they followed him into the portal. Chosen One vs Dark Lord again. Dark Lord wore the Viraband, Alan's join the fight, everyone died. Second Coming awakened and defeated Dark Lord and revived all.
2020 - King Orange lost his son, wanted revenge on Minecraft, got the command block, hunted the stick gang, met Purple and began his plan. He later got 2 Minecraft Blocks and destroyed Minecraft but Second coming reversed it and saved everyone. King Orange and Purple redemption.
2023 - Chosen One is being hunted down, the mercenaries captured him and Second Coming back to Rocket Corp. Victim vs Chosen One. Victim interrogated Chosen One and found Alan. The stick gang's rescue attempt failed, yellow was captured.
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Bro this comment is underrated
Literally
fr
I need more prediction of this one
18:57 I have to shout out this particular shot, because the way TCO fire ends up looking like a fire in victims eyes is just, so so amazing
The fact that Victim doesn't even have eyes is more amazing.
its him ' victim ' the first Alan stick figure of AvA series finally got his own episodei cant believe its been so long since his first appearance , we finally reach this part. Thank you Alan and his team working on this beauty series.
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HOW DID YOU MAKE THE STICKMAN?
@@naimyasin2624I think he is a membe4
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13:59 Smith is a good friend of Victim and Mitsi. It's not surprising that he is also traumatized (and guilt-ridden) by her death, not to mention that he witnessed it firsthand. This also explains his obedience (and perhaps sympathy) towards Victim, given that they have lost what is important to them.
ma poi, è collegata (in parte) anche la storia di purple
I think he had some feelings toward Mitsi so her death hitted his as hard as it did to Victim
@@kuronya3582You could say agent had feelings for Mitsi too but their friendship is mutual and he respects Victims boundaries and relationship you could say he is a chill guy but serious about his job
Yeah :)
@@Silvergalaxy7383 Agent being a chill guy seems canon until the canon event.
KING'S STORY WAS A BRUTAL ORIGIN STORY, BUT VICTIM'S IS ON ANOTHER LEVEL
The entire time I was just waiting for the explosion. We all knew it was coming. Though this does somewhat contradict previous lore in that... When TCO and the Dark Lord were on their rampage spree, Newgrounds was one of the times TCO was shown to have held back or been uneasy about it. Yet he just blew Mitsi to bits.
@@GoldyLag I KNOW RIGHT!?
Alan's villain arc before orange and co
Fr, the reason why he wanted Chosen One stick figure captured let alone had a grudge against him
Yeah, instead of one person Victim lost almost everyone.
none of this would have happened if Alan wasn't a psychopath in 2006
Oh true
Yeah, but there are a few good things that happened because of Alan too. Not saying the good outweighs the bad.
16:07 Purple and their family!!
Wow I didn't expect to find you here
I saw them too
So it means purple will definitely also hate the chosen one and dark lord
Holy crap it is!!!!
Oh my I never noticed!
Truly… the one that got away.
Victim found new life elsewhere, one where he wasn’t tortured and killed multiple times over. He built a business, provided an easier living for his kind, and on top of all that, found love…
…and lost it.
That loss is what ultimately drove him to hold onto the resentment and anger towards not just The Chosen One, but the Animator as well.
This is definitely one of those series where you kinda sympathize with the villain. He had it all, till chaos struck, and he lost it all.
King Orange - lost his son
Victim - lost his love
Alan sure knows how to make reactions
Great villains are written to be in a way relatable, where their evil actions can be easily understood when you are placed in their perspective
And Alan did it all without a single line of dialogue.
This man is not only a legendary animator but an insane story writter
The Lord Dark:lost his Killer
I hope TDL make a reoccurance because his defeat is ambigous
@@DisvordyAssuming he's not dead, if he comes back, it'll probably be next season. I'd love to see him get more development and become less of a caricature, but.. after this, I'm not so sure anyone else would be eager for that.
The problem is that Dark was never given any nuance, so there's nothing left to expand on. His brand of villainy was really flat and generic. If he were to come back as a full-blown bad guy, it would just be a trite repeat of Season 2. But if he were to be redeemed, or even made neutral, people would probably still be mad, becuase many don't think he deserves a second chance (plus, if Victim gets redeemed, then I can see people getting tired of every villain getting redemption).
It's a shame though. I would've loved to see more of his dynamic with Chosen when they're not destroying everything. But I guess that's all up to interpretation now.
The fact that so many things connect from this one episode shows Alan's great storytelling, how he can flesh out Mitsi from this one episode, sympathise with Victim through the trauma he went through, and why he hated TCO in the first place! This is amazing storytelling, and I love it! But now, we will have to wait.... on the next one...
Edit: I made a video of oversimplifying this whole thing on my channel!! Thanks for the likes!!
Mr bean
Yeah bro, I can't wait for AVA 12 to come out 🤩
I love this episode but there are some contradiction like for example before Alan just erased every memory from his laptop including the victim here it seems to be retconned and the choosen one was known for holding only the dark lord was doing most of the killing here tye choosen is doing the killing.
There's also purple's parents in there
Now to wait another year 😊
The Chosen One:What did you want to me?
Victim:Remember Misti? The lady you shot down in cold blood?!
The Chosen One:What does it matter to you anyway?!
Victim:EVERYTHING!!!
No wonder this took a whole year. This is legitimately a work of art. I love nothing more than story lore and characters come to life which you execute perfectly. Connecting every single major event in the series at once is really impressive. You're honestly a mastermind and a master animator.
@SirWiggs i think they still would have done it much faster if they weren’t working on so many other stuff
@@cocospacial8573 true
A whole tricking narrative?
This worth waiting
I would wait no matter how many years it takes for new episodes
@@kamirokira To think this series just about 19 years old, almost a whole two decades of animator vs animation is crazy
This is literally a:
Victim: "You took everything from me..."
TCO: I don't even know who you are..."
Moment
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end game reference
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LMAO FRRR
So true
9:02 was just an example of how well Alan can portray different emotions. Dude was able to give victim a full on panic attack and made it look so easy to recognize.
Definitely. I recently started to admire how fear and anxiety and that kind of negative emotions are portrayed, but I never thought I would see a stickman have a panic attack
The ambience and the way of the music and the perspective of how you look at it. It's like literally just a movie. The details of him shaking and literally taking cover.
him and krinkles have mastered animating body language
The distorted vision, the muffled sounds, the visual hyperventilation - all of it's done to perfection! Just before the sun pierces the clouds you can even see the image cloning and going out of focus, reflecting Victim's perspective even further!
All of these are symptoms that occur during all-out panic and it's wonderfully done! Kudos to the team for the details!
I dont think alan is the sole animator anymore. This is a team project now
Hey, since the first stick figure, animation, never quit UA-cam and keep doing what you’re doing cause you’re doing great
Creating a synpathetic villain is hard but you make it look easy. There was a time I thought the era of stick animation had passed and would never reach the peaks of the old days, but you keep putting on show that stick figure animations can be more than just the ludicrously choreographed anime fights.
I was gonna make one but everything was difficult.
This is no longer a villain, and there are no villains here. Because he was mocked, destroyed many times, his friends were taken away
Yeah
There’s something I just love so much about how pure hearted and kind Mitsi is, because it’s like a reflection of the pure wonder, fun, and innocence of the childhood creativity that created her.
Well said bro 🫂
She even helped Victim before she was officially born. While she was being uploaded, her green data (particles) helped push Victim's rocket to the world they both ended up in. Her entire existence has been connected with Victim even before the beginning.
And of course Alan makes us love a character then kill it 💀
@@Blitz-7i true, Alan is the true vilian all the time.
Imagine if grace was there when mitsi got killed lmao
It's finally here. And it was amazing. I cried at _that_ moment. The way the previous episodes were tied together was so well done. And all the cameos were great too.
This episode really shows that despite Alan not abusing his stick figures anymore after AvA 4 that his actions still have severe consequences...
Like the sangtraan Alaway say if him see the donate mít tơ bít việt nam
This is extremely true...
Wow
Good work Neil sounds
Like the sangtraan if him see donate mít tơ bít
What a beautiful story of tragedy and resilience. Giving us a break from the full gang so we can witness the heartbreaking backstory of Victim was the perfect decision for this series. You and your team did a fantastic job on this episode! The music, editing, animation, and storyline were all outstanding! After watching nearly all of your other videos, Alan, I am delighted to give your entire channel the rank of: “Elite Entertainer”. It is the highest rank on The Scale. Congratulations, and I look forward to seeing more of your content.
He worked on this somewhat alone.
I think I see where this is going.
Anyone remember the montage from the Virus parts of AvA? Where it shows shots of TCO and TDL going on a rampage? By the time they hit Newgrounds, TCO was completely disarmed. As in, his flames were totally out, and he had his arms up as if pleading to TDL or begging for forgiveness at the world they were destroying.
In other words, TCO had renounced his destructive ways by the time the events of this episode occurred. That destruction was all TDL, I guarantee it.
Not convinced yet? Look at the destruction shown in this episode. All fireballs; explosive orange projectiles fired at high speed. This is NOT TCO’s MO. His main projectile attacks are constant fire streams and red eye lasers. It isn’t until the fight against the Virus that we see more developed powers out of him, like lightning summoning, fire punches and antivirus(?) waves.
TDL, on the other hand, started spamming projectiles on day one. They were his signature move until gaining the Virus powers, and his strongest attack pre-ViraBand in The Showdown was a huge explosive fireball.
Additionally, notice how in both the perspective of The Agent and the cameraman who recorded a shot from The Showdown, TDL is curiously absent. This isn’t something you do by accident; this is Alan showing us how Victim’s limited knowledge of the situation has laser-guided his vengeance on the wrong stick figure.
This is definitely going to be a major plot point later.
Side Boat: I like that Alan(the creator) isn’t retconning his actions(the character) from AvA 1-3, where he is actively malicious and some might even say sadistic towards his own creations. He *could* have just hand waved that away, but he didn’t. More than that, he went in depth on the mindset of Victim after what he went through. Trauma, PTSD, and full blown panic attacks all caused by what Alan did. Victim is *deeply* scarred, and it is entirely Alan’s fault. I’m pretty sure that’s gonna be a major plot point too, when Alan inevitably interacts with Victim again.
Say, doesn’t that green energy look almost exactly like the energy TSC started using in The Showdown? The energy that was capable of perfectly restoring both his own body and his deleted(not just killed by injury, but LITERALLY DELETED BY A CODE-DEVOURING VIRUS) friends?
I think there just might be a happy ending for Victim yet. He deserves it more than any of the cast so far. Poor guy.
@@pixeldreams5193 needs more likes bruv
So basically, we have to hope TSC learns how to consciously use his revival powers, learns about Victim's history, AND learns about Mitsi, before Victim and Agent find Alan and do something they can't take back.
My main question is, if TSC and the team find out about Alan's past and TCO's internet-wide rampage with TDL, will it shake their stances with them? Will they view Alan and TCO any differently, or be as forgiving as they've always been?
Will VICTIM ever forgive Alan? Is that even on the table?
And where will TCO go if the truth IS figured out, and his name is cleared?
And better yet, if TSC's powers become a mainstay, will he be able to revive ORANGE'S son?
I agree but even if the Chosen One was less murderous, he was still in a killing spree before entering Newgrounds so he still deserved the torture Victim gave him in “The Box” episode. What make this even worse is that the Chosen One was the reason why Dark Lord became a villain in the first place so even if the red stick figure was the one who killed Victim’s love interest, he is still an accomplice. Plus, unlike Victim and The Dark Lord, the Chosen One was evil at birth so yeah.
welp lets see how alan is gonna make the next episode!! Im very excited for it!!!!!
Also worth noting that Victim is fully convinced that he's being actively hunted by Alan and every stick figure he makes, INCLUDING TSC. His paranoia could very well get in the way of a MIRACULOUS opportunity to bring his wife back.
Fun fact: March 15, 2007 was the day Victim escaped
March 15, 2007 was also the day Animator vs. Animation II was made, when the Chosen One was created.
Alan didn't even wait before trying to torture another stick figure.
You really were a monster, Alan.
"Well done. Here come the test result: You are a horrible person. I'm serious. That's what is says: A horrible person. We weren't even testing for that"
@@G0uda_ "I've been real busy being dead, you know, AFTER YOU MURDERED ME!"
@@Goldstandard_1 "You are not a good person. You know that, right? Good people don't get up here. "
was
@@chxl63 was a monster*
Alan, out of ALL animations you made, this one yanks at my heart strings the most.
First was the abuse victim endured, then his escaping to overcoming his trauma. Meeting Mitsi and friends, starting their "Rocket" Repair Company. And when The Chosen One and Dark Lord attacked, I explained everything. The tech, motivation, all of it. This whole animation series, in my honest opinion, is worthy of being turned into a full MOVIE franchise
And all of this was done without any dialogue. People, take notes.
@@chadgorosaurus4898 FR
i agree about all that. absolute cinema
Fr
Why am I thinking about UNDERTALE ?
ALAN PLEASE TELL US IF PURPLE'S A MALE OR FEMALE
@@Nugg3tZ Bro???
@@K1NG-R3X yeah?
I think she's a female
To me purple is NonBinary (they/them). Everyone can have their headcannons for the characters identities
You're free to consider purple any gender you see them as, same for Goldie (King Orange's- I mean Dad Orange's deceased child; for me it's a girl because why not? Ofc it's personal you can consider Goldie as a son, daughter or child)
I like how from victim’s perspective, the protagonists are all basically heartless villains, wanting to torture him, because he is a victim. Bravo Alan, I see the insane potential of story writing this has to offer.
The victim, playing victim.
@@tipherethestebanSCO thats what i was thinking bro
Bro congrats Alan the one who tortured victim and caused tco to do that rampage
@@vrexyyzeditz yea lol the only protagonist that could possibly be the key to getting Mitsi back is no other than TSC
Li for a new g g is the only one that I am so happy
I love how Alan shows emotion and gives a sense of understanding from everyone of his stick figure's view, so much so that not a single one feel like the "villain". They all have their own reasons why they do what they did and for valid reasons. Not a single one can truly be called the villain.
@ChromiumCharge What about the Dark Lord?
@@standinginthelimelight He’s definitely the most blatantly evil out of the villains we’ve had, aside from maybe a few one-offs in AvM
@@standinginthelimelightdark lord was just made to destroy I guess. And he got angry when chosen betrayed him
Allan?
My guy allan started this tho? It's his fault? I'm not saying he didn't change, I saying he had no right to do that to victim in the first place
Mitsi: Don't worry, I can fix him 😊
TDL & TCO: Come again?
Victim:NO PLEASE NO
Agent: MITSI NOOOOOO!!!!!
And angel Mitsi now see what Wictim do... It's too hard to understang who is right.
@ДіМаАнtsc is right..
I hope Victim wins, or at least becomes as good as king Orange
Okay.
How is Alan making the most sympathetic villains I have seen? Out of stick figures?!
This is straight up depressing and I love it!
Your storytelling skills, creativity, artistry, and heart are truly something else. I feel so lucky to have grown up watching your work on UA-cam, nonetheless. Thank you again, Alan. So excited to see yet another incredible story continue to unfold.
Ur rich 🥶 but yeah the creator design is I N S A N E. He was my childhood.
Bro deserves more likes
16:07 I think this could be the reason Purple's dad left.
He got traumatised by what happened in Newgrounds that he wanted his son to be strong enough so that he could protect himself and his mom which could be why at first Purple and his dad's fights were at first for fun, but towards the end of their relationship looked more like training.
[Edit] I forgot to state that Purple was always being trained by Indigo, I'm just stating that this event could be a possible reason for why Indigo started to get harsh with it.
also thanks to one of you guys in the comments, I didn't even know Indigo had a name lol.
And Purple ended up having to search for his father, because he wanted to prove that he's not a failure!
and he/she? did it too. he proved himself to king orange as like his dad.
@@Watermelon-L0L mostly AvA and AvM, but yeah
Crazy to think we will maybe see why orange got into the maths things
@ІсаєнкоАртемmaybe he TCO think he can open his power again by doing math and geometry. Lol, iam just joking tho._.
16:08 i love the fact you included purple and his family because that confirms it, animation vs minecraft and animator vs animation are, in fact, in the same universe.
then at one point, both series will collide, and we may see another showdown
i hope purple and king appear in this AvA season
this also implies that purple's mom died from the massacre too
EDIT: ok i get the point already so stop replying the message and blowing up my notifs
Just different times
It was unnecessary but a good conclusion
Не умею хорошо писать на английском, надеюсь переводчик сработает нормально.
Интересное наблюдение: Жертва не обладает силой Избранного или Темного Лорда, но обладает отличным умом и по меньшей мере организаторскими навыками благодаря которым смог создать крутую компанию и продвигать инновационные технологии в своём мире. Он инженер и со всеми примочками он самый сильный из тройки, одна только пауза может останавливать Избранного, а значит и Лорда тоже остановит, со всеми инструментами он сильнейший из тройки, даже не смотря на недостаток в характеристиках.
Тёмный Лорд обладает только одним атакующим спелом и по характеристикам близок к Избранному, но по наблюдению он уступает ему в силе, но только в чистой силе, Тёмный Лорд ещё достаточно умён и сообразителен что придумал крутой вирус и смог усилить себя лезвиями так что после апгрейда стать сильнее Избранного. Почти топовая сила плюс злодейский интеллект делают его самым опасным из тройки, он не сильнейший, но он может зарыться и создать какую-нибудь мощную штуку против которой сможет выстоять только персы имеющие доступ к "божественной" силе.
Избранный же не показывал каких-либо интеллектуальных способностей за рамками боя, но в бою и критических ситуациях он довольно сообразителен, у него очень много атакующих способностей: пламя, лазер, лед, молнии и по чистой разрушительной мощи, без внешних улучшений, он сильнейший из тройки. Все его способности направлены исключительно на бой, никакого созидания, одно чистое разрушение. Довольно странно что он осознал всё только когда Тёмный Лорд решил сделать огромную пакость против которой все их прошлые похождения показались бы детской забавой.
Наблюдение в следующем: единственный из тройки "добрый" персонаж сейчас обладает самым большим разрушительным потенциалом и никакого созидания. Самый злой персонаж, который имеет больше всех мотивации ненавидеть Алана не обладает никаким самостоятельным разрушительным потенциалом, но имеет огромный созидательный потенциал так как по сути его компания обеспечила всех жителей его планеты современными технологиями и подняла уровень жизни от грубо говоря средневековья до новейшего времени. Ну и Тёмный Лорд который имеет разрушительный потенциал на уровне Избранного, чуть ниже, но обладает созидательным потенциалом, пока что применимый только к средствам упрощающим разрушения. Однако его вирус и браслет это довольно крутая технология даже по меркам Жертвы.
пс. Второе Пришествие уникален, он обладает доступом к "божественным" силам, но только в специальном режиме, а до этого он примерно на уровне Жертвы по характеристикам. Потенциал стать крутым злодеем есть. Ну или будет довольно классная заруба команда на команду Жертва с Темным Лордом (потенциал стать союзниками у них есть, при чем очень большой, до того момента пока Жертва не узнает что Темный Лорд был союзником Избранного, но у Темного Лорда есть отмазка по этому поводу) против Избранного и Второго Пришествия.
псс. Вышло довольно много, хотя планировал меньше, надеюсь не возникнет больших проблем с прочтением на других языках.
What's really tragic is that victim had became content, he was ready to move on- only to have it brutally ripped away from him again. It builds a compounding hatred in victim for Alan and his creations.
And at the end of the day, it's hard to blame him. He has no way of knowing TCO and Alan have moved on; victim still wants (and frankly *deserves*) revenge.
14:02
The fact that he STILL has hallucinations about Alan but ignores them completely shows how much Victim has improved thanks to Misty and although it's clear that he'll never forget the torment he went through, he decides to focus on his future.
Another proof of his good heart is that, by that time, with his company in full swing, Victim HAS ALL THE NECESSARY RESOURCES to take revenge on Alan (like sending him a virus like Dark Lord did or something else) but he decided not to do it and Be happy with his wife and his new life.
:AlanOrange
@Dabi_Toya1Assuming he even knew where Alan's PC was (remember, the current plot is about him trying to locate Alan, unlike TDL, who could do so with ease). Your point still stands though.
@Dabi_Toya1 Absolutely. If it weren't for TDL & TCO (though really it's more TDL's fault) then victim would have never found the motivation to hunt down Alan. It makes me wonder how they'll resolve the conflict.
@@vaingloriant Not without a few punches, collateral damage and casualties.
SO MANY bangers dropped today:
- First Cory came back outta nowhere
- Then Digital Circus ep. 4 dropped
- And NOW we finally get AVM 11
*Ava11
@@Kirbymama_thevoldka954 Oop- yeah ,:D
wait ep.4 dropped today? gotta watch that now brb
what is cory?
@@heatclief6256 CoryxKenshin.
The storytelling even without a single word spoken is just beyond incredible.
what about “dinner's readyyy”
Yea
It's almost like Wall-E
@relojac ok 2 word lol
almost like a skibidi toilet...
am always loving the way there is an explanation to why something happens in the animations, a motive with a common goal: stop the other side thinking they are the enemie
I don’t wanna say anything yet, but so far everyone that has made mistakes now looks up to The Second Coming for showing them how to be better. Alan’s abuse of Stickmen was met with TSC’s compassion, The Chosen One’s selflessness to defeat The Dark Lord was met with TSC’s determination to protect his friends and save others. I would expect that Victim’s hatred for Alan’s abuse and his loss of Mitsi to TCO will be met with TSC’s forgiveness and his ability to bring others back from destruction, like when TDL dematerialized Red, Green, Yellow, and Blue and TSC rematerialized them after beating TDL. He could theoretically also bring back Mitsi, and Victim could forgive Alan and TCO.
Also, anyone else noticed how the system that creates stickmen has the same green-yellow energy as TSC’s abilities? (That was the main inspiration for this theory).
tco didn't kill mitsi it was tdl
@@luisrosas2443 we dunno who it was. we can only say that she died from fireball explosion, which both of them can do
That's almost the same as what I was thinking. TSC could bring Mitsi back if his powers are just the same as what we saw
@@andreaxd1783 Hopefully the next episode will bring redemption and a change of heart for Victim after his abuse from Alan and losing Mitsi.
Oh I didn't even notice that! Oranges abilities ARE the same aesthetic as the sort of interface-layer energy! Excellent insight.
How did you manage to make us so fond of a character in 20 minutes? I'm on the verge of tears.
The fact that Alan is able to make me care more about a character in 20 minutes than some movie producers can in several hours is a real testament to his story telling ability. Especially since said characters are _literal stick figures with no facial features._ Like, it's actually insane how impressive Alan is!
Reminds me of the Shoji episode from MHA S7. How do you make someone completely forget, even just first a bit, that a complete minor side character from the start wasn’t a main character , entirely?
This is exactly what happened:
1) humanize the character: Make him like those he appeals to.
2) write her a story; a story with a bad memory. Then increase his human side with the story. Justify what you have done and will do.
3) Soundtracks Music is very important; it intensifies the feeling.
Especially in Alan and his team's work, I notice that they use music in a “ taking no chances” way.
Alan's behavior toward Victim makes sense for the time, there were a LOT of stickman abuse games back then just for the fun of it! Victim was probably not the only one going through those experiences
@@maroonlegend4374 Yeah but Alan was particularly sadistic, the worst part was when he deleted him slowly that was just horrifying to watch.
@@naviekd2409 Alan is the real villain of the series lol
Just for the vids man@@GLAJayden
hopefully Allen will change or do something to make amends for the victim. because I don't think the victim would be that easy to stop.
@ Alan is indirectly responsible for Mitsi’s death cuz of the creation of TCO
Victims story is heartbreaking😢
I just noticed that Alan becker went from making animations for fun in 2006 to making an entire freaking series full of lore and adventures and backstories until now- This episode was really worth it to wait for a year! Thanks for keeping us entertained, Alan Becker.
Mr bean
i totally agree
Just noticed?
Just noticed??
Just noticed???
15:11 my smile never faded that fast.
I knew it 😭
FR
Fr fr bro
I FEEL so Sad For victim😢😢
18:57
So much emotion coming from this shot alone
I pictured the devastated look on his face
connection terminated
Oppenheimer ahh expression 💀
@@infernusdoge Im sorry to interrupt you Mitsi, if you still even remember that name
the fire looks like burning eyes
Even Red and Black stick figures had a reason to become evil...
Tragedy. That is the only word that can properly describe Victim. Not only was this poor guy tortured for years, but found someone who cared for him and started a thriving company, only for it all to be taken away from him by his torturer's creations. I'm honestly rooting for him now. After everything he's gone through, he deserves it
And what amazes me most is that you were about to tell such an emotional and beautifully animated story without any of the characters talking. This series is truly something special. Thank you Alan and your team for making something so beautifully amazing. Your work is one of a kind
I can tell alot of people are now gonna root for victim to win now
yeah. victim expirenced soo much.
he was tortured for a full year by his creator. and then he finally escaped and found someone
who cared for him and he could trust so he thought he will be safe but then only 4 years later it was all taken from him by his own clone created by his creator. one who was not created to be tortured, but to torture. so im 100% sure victim got all the right to be the villain in the stickmen universe. i really hope victim will have a good ending. but i think that for him to have a good ending he needs to learn who deafeted the dark lord, who was created by alan to manipulate the chosen one. and why alan did all of this.
It also explains why Victim has an interest in TheSecondComing. From what Victim has seen, TheSecondComing had the ability to create and recreate things. To the Victim, he thought that maybe, just maybe...
...he could recreate Mitsi.
Honestly, I’m thinking about how TSC is gonna react when he learns about what Alan was doing for that year with Victim
@Neuwey331 i dont think he was aware of the second coming. In the video the stickman recorded we only see the chosen one and Alan's mouse. The second comign at the time was at the side watching or either already deafeted the darklord and headed to the control panel to revive his friends.
I never imagined that pages were represented as balloons connected by tubes. That was possibly demonstrated in the TDL vs TCO fight, but it's really crazy, I love Alan's creativity
U prob fhuggleyy ir😂
I love it, Victim having PTSD on the mouse cursor and having hallucinations about Alan torturing Victim is in my opinion opens his character a lot and on his perspective Alan and Tco is the villain on his POV
You clearly were braindead enough to forget Victim started off with wrecking Alan's PC immediately. How does it entitle to Victim being the abused one?
@@dragroch5536 the first couple second of AVA 1 is literally Alan throwing a massive block at him
@@dragroch5536 No. This is heavily implied to be some kind of game to Alan. Alan wanted to fight him in the first place also Alan attacked first
@dragroch5536 His name is VICTIM.
Probably an ENTIRE YEAR of his existence was to be tormented by Alan, which was expertly shown at the start. He tried to fight back, but he failed, and Alan continued to torture Victim.
@Paleofan1211a game to him, yes. But he didnt want to fight just played "how to kill your stickfigure in X amount of ways" cuz otherwise he wouldnt name it "Victim"
I love how everything this man does is connected to the same universe and the victim is not only another one of his creations, but was also affected by the two most powerful ones he had also created. When I saw that my whole view of it changed, I'm just curious how it will all tie together.
So that’s why Victim went from black to grey, the process of forcefully transferring to the outer net made his skin tone the same as the hair tone of Mitsi. And I only knew that lady for twenty minutes, but I will say this, she will be missed. No wonder Victim went revenge crazy, he finally escaped from a cycle of torture, only to meet someone who brought him genuine happiness. But that someone was taken away by what he assumed to be the very person responsible for his suffering.
Now we also know that Rocket corp originally wasn't a weapons and technology research facility it was merely a chain of stores that sold electronics.
That guy with the glasses isn't even a mercenary he was just a regular security guard before the attack, victim and glasses guy just have the same goals they both hate TCO
@@AiRPasternak TCO and the Animator, not TSC.
I mean, he's kinda right. Both TCO and The Dark Lord were Alan's creations, one for fun, just like Victim, and the other to try to defeat TCO, but turned on him. In the end, Alan was the source of all his suffering. The only thing he doesn't know is the TCO and Alan aren't friends. Their goals aligned during the fight against TDL, but it isn't like they're buddies. I just keep wondering if all the destruction to fellow animations was what turned TCO "good" or if it was something else about the brutality of TDL
Colour change was made so we can differentiate between victim and chosen
@@eduardomoncada1 Regardless of whether or not they consider each other ‘friends,’ Victim and company were _relatively_ clear in the line of questioning, first taking personal revenge, then indicating the cursor, then searching the memories.
TCO choosing to interrupt the brainscan would indicate _more_ that they’re allies than not.
I think I know where this is going. The opening montage of young Alan tormenting Victim is more than just showing the breadth of Victim’s trauma, it’s showing a fundamental aspect of Stickfolks existences. Every time young Alan typed ‘Victim’ into the element name, it was always the same individual who was brought into existence, all the same memories, no matter how many times he’s died.
What I’m trying to get at here is that in order to finally stop Victim’s plans; Alan, TSC, and the gang are going to have to track down Grace and her PC to get her to re-upload Mitsi to try to get Victim to stop. Likely in a race against time before Flash is shut down.
GENIUS
Yessss I can't wait! The boy seriously needs that girl back or he really wont be able to recover I feel like. He's seriously been through hella too much!
THE FLASH GETTING SHUT-DOWN CALLBACK
o7 for the fallen 😢😞
nah that wont cuz there will be another cliffhanger i now cuz thats the way alan has posted every other
No race against time, Alan's PC in "Wanted" says 2023, Flash died in 2020.
Although the rest of this could still happen probably.
*shows the most horrifying, brutal and depressing character backstory known to man*
"Buy our new plushies!"
The AvG reaction version of the video makes this even better
In character for Alan
Plushie😄
"Now that you have seen this, buy this plushie of a dead stickman figure" 😃
Alan... Without showing any emotions on the stickmans, without any voicelines, this story make me feel happiness and make my eyes wet. I love your animations, plot and everything so much. Thank you for this masterpiece!
Seeing victim's heart and mind being healed by Mitsi is the most heartwarming anything I've seen in any form of storytelling.
Unfortunately it didn't last long when mitsi died
@@pamfilipinas9102 XD
@marcusalexanderseguradelos7837 indeed my friend 💀🙏
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Man, Mitsi and Victim have this strong couple energy they give off in a span of just over 10 minutes of screen time, but the way she died like that was just so tragic.
And those green particles just confirms that TSC has the power of creation, and if he could bring his friends back, I believe he could bring back Mitsi too! This whole animation was 18 years worth of lore all compressed in a single 20 minute video, nothing short of incredible.
atleast we know a gender of a stick figure
maybe that's why victim was suprised at the sight of, not another clone of himself created by the same Alan having insane power, but by the power having the same green color he saw years ago
@@forcoolguys1534 We know all the stick Gang, and the sticks made by Alan are male (most of it confirm thanks to Green's channel Q&A)
Wouldnt his power also bring back king oranges son, purples mom, and possibly.... The dark Lord?
Traería al hijo del rey naranja , al señor oscuro y a Mitsi pero la madre de morado no ya que eya murió de causas naturales
This explains so much about the first few episodes. We understand why victim hates the mouse cursor why the symbol is a rocket ship and why victim hates the dark Lord and the chosen one.
Victim does not know who the dark lord is
He doesn't know about the Dark Lord.
@JewTopGD это странно, ведь TDL принял большее участие в той резне.
but the question is why victim catched the second coming ??
@AMINEOMEGABANGA simply because I. The first episode, he was seen trying to defend the chosen one, so they caught him because he might be associated.
何かを理解している。それがなにかはわからないが、興奮に近いものだと思う。そんな過去があったとは衝撃だった。今までのエピソードだけ見ると彼等がヴィランに見えてしまっていたが、やはりヴィランにもヴィランなりの理由があり、第三者にとってはそれは悪事でも、当人からするとそれは正義になるのだと悟った。人には人なりの理由があるのだと率直に感じた。素晴らしい。
THERE IS A CRIME SCENE IN MY CHEST. MURDER ON MY HEART.
Seeing Victim suffer for half a year, and escape with severe PTSD is one thing. But to see him overcome his PTSD, with large help from Mitsi and the townfolk, just to see all his friends die at the hands of TCO, is heartbreakinng. Really, this episode revealed that no one is really in the right. TCO may have changed to be far kinder, but it doesnt change the fact that he killed Mitsi in cold blood, among many others. Victim has suffered a lot, but does it justify the brutality shown toward TSO, and 5 innocent stickfigures that just stumbled into this whole situation? Alan (the character) may be kinder toward the current bunch of sticks, but he is mostly the reason Victim is the way they are now.
Thank you for still making great stories without a single word uttered (mostly)
Очень трогательно получилось
Oh yeahhh, TSC and the stick gang were just trying to have fun and Alan mercilessly deleted them out of existence, which really puts those stick figure freedom and stick figure rights into perspective.
Who knows, there could be other animators who are far more feral and more animal than what Alan did
Да прям в точку от всего этого прям в душе очень больно как сейчас, поскорей бы продолжение а то меня боль в душе доканает мучает . что такое TSC?
What if the one who killed Mitsi was actually The Dark Lord? This really makes you think....
@@Никитавасильев-э9щ TSC is "The Second Coming (or in avm terms, Orange) he is often around his friends Green, Blue, Red, and Yellow. He was created by Alan (the character) after TCO and TDL.
*"Villains aren't born, They are made"*
This is a very true example from Victim, And seriously, no one can blame him at all.
Hope he finds peace real soon.
A villain is made when the person chooses to be one, someone born with nothing can choose to be good, something born with everything can choose to be evil
Kraven The Hunter
@@dorukpak8001 villain is a choice
@إبراهيمتركي-و6ث the word victim sounds better
It makes sense why his origin story is brutal it’s literally in his name
Outstanding story. Whoever wrote this is a genius.
Have you seen the projectile was thrown by the dark lord not the chosen one when mitsi got fried
im confused on why this still has no replies (hi)
@@abdulracmanandamama5676 how do you know
slap battles animator reacts to animation vs animator 11
its the sb guy
Alan becker when it comes to traumatizing his characters is on a different level
bro this studio is NOT REAL. The fact that they can make SUCH genuine, beautiful, emotional, intricate pieces of art is such a spectacle, and to do it all on such a HIGH LEVEL, when full on movie studios with hundreds of millions of dollars of budget fail to come close to such a scale, this is just so amazing. The way these productions are able to play with your heart strings, make you GENUINELY CARE for these stick figures who can't talk but can communicate in such a way that words couldn't, AND BALANCE soo many different sides of the story, all with a plot that just makes sense in every way, my words just cannot describe my appreciation for this series. Please, keep up the AMAZING work Alan and team, your work is really inspiring.
I KNOW RIGHT this is my fav yt series it's insane what indie creators have been doing in the past few years
them not being able to talk, actually makes it more emotional. sometimes silence speaks more
Indie studios in a nutshell: Passion over profit. No wonder the story is such a masterpiece.
I don't think I have the words to do this piece justice. Linking Purple to the AvA story, Agent being there before the events of previous episodes, and the fact that Alan pretty much made himself the villain in all of this. The level of creativity this must take is far beyond incredible.
When was purple linked to this ?
@@syontuteja7689 purple and his family were escaping from newgrounds when it was attacked, so it's probably how his mom died. Look at 16:08
There's also reference to TCO's wanted poster in the "Cherry Blossoms" short. As for Purple's mother. I was thinking she died of old age, but there's a lot of other possibilities.
I agree 100%. It's beyond heart-wrenching, and the storytelling is nigh god-level.
@rohangardinerno, it wasn't
6:52 so victim was the one who opened up the animation world to all stick figures directly from PCs, so now you can just go straight to the animation world rather than through a rocket.
Yeah, I think the city name is Stick-polis, Newgrounds Website it’s like a Metropolitan City but too hot
I think what's going on is that victim was the reason people's stick figure drawings started coming to life out of nowhere, like what happened in AVA 4 where Alan was simply animating TSC then he suddenly just sprung to life
I had a dream the day before this was posted. All the characters had voices but I can only remember how two of them sounded. TSC had the voice of an adult man trying to to sound like a child, and yellow had the voice of a middle aged black man.
"I told you we needed more glitter"
Can we appreciate the cinematography??? The way that for a show without voice acting, Alan and the team managed to perfectly convey Fear, desperation, trauma, love, hope, healing and unadulterated rage through visuals only. Holy. Crap.
Heck yeah. I am just in total awe at how stellar Alan's work is, I've just formed a small obsession to it after realising he took it to a whole other level... better than 80% of movies I've ever watched, and not a WORD of dialogue or facial expression.
This is a cinema movie quality
Hope alan can make a movie for cinemas
These madlads did it again.
They got me rooting for an antagonist's destruction only to have it do a complete 180 upon 180 as I realize the conflict is much deeper than I ever thought.
I just realized now that I've been watching this series for 18 years. 18 years since the original video was released to the world. _18 years_ since Victim was first drawn... that is a _weird_ feeling.
**edit** For those who are confused - the original animation was posted on Newgrounds in 2006. It was uploaded here in 2007.
@@TrackpadProductions yes
Wow you're an OG.
Uhhh. Alan’s oldest video is 17 years old
Wow, you must be so lucky to encounter AvA 1 that early.
@saditahmed7517The video on UA-cam specifically is 17 years old, it was originally uploaded on Newgrounds a year earlier.
The first AVA video is the reason i learn flash. I cant believe after a decade you still make new video with 2007 anesthetics... The OG flash UI, new grounds... God! So much nostalgia
Honestly the second most interesting thing here is the world building:
So like, the internet in the Becker verse is linked to itself like normal
HOWEVER, when things made by artists - things made with bits of their heart and soul - are uploaded, they are given life in a world tethered to the platform their based on (this should mean that every platform is its own planet)
The most important thing to note is this world is tethered to the platform and from there to the person who made them
If the platform is disrupted they’ll get pulled out of the world and dropped into it or perhaps further into their own PC
This relationship might also explain why by Green got so addicted to YT besides the high of being a content creator - he uploaded himself, made himself a link to YT
And they can die though it seems that naming art the same as the OG can possibly revive them?
It’s possible Mitsi could be restored from the OG file on the computer she was made in or she could be redrawn by Alan? Unsure
I think platform planets is more like servers (data vaults) rather than planets while creatures lives in one big world.
Yeah but reviving may be hard with the time gap. Definitely possible assuming mitzis creator kept her original memory and cache from her old windows computer all the way into getting toward windows 10 which is what alan is on now. If victim were to die I don't think he can be brought back since Alan's original computer was destroyed
I was thinking that TSC would revive mitsi after getting "activated" we were shown that under certain circumstances TSC gets powers and can revive people so maybe he gets activated again by Victim or mitsi stays dead who knows? let's just wait for the next episode
Hold up , if they can be revived as long as there data is intact , doesn't that mean there are technically an infinite amount of the ganb, seeing how they are from there own website which was popular to play with , and when they revive do they keep there memories, but then what happens if two people open it at the same time , with the stickmen remember their past/present lives and what happens if they meet will they remember the interaction from both perspectives? Sorry I'm just rambling 😂
@theodencortes5627 I think that TSC's powers are probably linked to the creation of life or just life itself. Their powers look pretty much like the particles that represented Mitsi's data (and by extent every other animation) so it's possible that TSC's powers are linked to that. It would make sense, since he's (as far as we would know) the only animation that is capable of creating life from animations (since he naturally seemed to just have it since the start on AVA 4)
Thank you for sustaining my faith and hope for stickman animations and projects! You are almost the only person I know that makes these anymore. I’m trying to start my own thing but it’s taking quite some time and effort but these animations keep me going! Thank you Alan.
Whoa! 5 dollaz!
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This is insane!! I never thought Alan would've spent almost a year torturing the victim after that first animation, really puts a new meaning to his name "victim." And also showing us what was of The Chosen One and The Dark Lord and how they went on to cause destruction... Honestly after watching all those animations I never pondered on what happened after, I thought it was all really linear but now we get to see what really has been happening... The Victim's repeating story of pain, The Dark Lord's thirst for chaos, even Alan's own evolution from torturing and using the stickfigures as toys to eventually befriending the fighting stickmen and the Second Coming and living alongside them. What an absolute masterpiece this series is, I can't evem fathom what Alan has in store for the next episodes, much less for the ending... HAVE MY LIKE
Alan wasn't torturing him. It was a different person.
Wait no never-ending I'm stupid
@@Neutral_Goose
Alan probably thought they were different stickmen
@@Neutral_Gooseno, it was Alan who tortured victim, it wouldn’t make sense if it wasn’t alan.
Sometimes I feel like the stickfigures are going to get a movie one day
I wonder if, when Alan first drew a little black stick figure for an animation he was working on, if he ever thought that 18 years later, this is where he'd be.
Yea
I’m sure he never thought of it
Mr bean
@TheSmallestLittleBilly which is what makes it so awasome. Using unrelated things and linking them together is just, so awasome of them? I dont words to describe my amazement
Probably not as he wanted to be an animator for Pixar originally
0:20, the first reason Victim tries to escape, even before he knows he’s being attacked, is because he sees the green pastures in Alan’s desktop and wants to be in them. Alan, through his torment, keeps him trapped instead in a blank white sheet with no life or character, and even when Victim escapes, the trauma he carries with him keeps him stuck in a grey fog. However, when Mitsi, characterised by the green energy of living creation, stands by him during his panic attack at 9:33, the greyness finally clears, and Victim finds that, at last, he’s arrived in the beautiful green pastures he yearned for when he was born.
Victim, though he founds a company that creates infrastructure, lives in a rural town with Mitsi, among the greenery. But after Mitsi dies, we never see him leave his office, and the shadow of Alan’s actions traps him once again in an empty, soulless, white box. Except this time, he has the opportunity to become the cruel dictator of the emptiness, and, in attempting to take revenge on Alan and TCO, he becomes the tormentor he hated when he was born, trapping Orange and TCO in perpetuity without destroying them in the same way Alan continually kept him around. He is away from the greenery of Mitsi and Orange’s creation, but isn’t quite in the darkness of TDL’s destruction. Instead, he’s in a blank greyness, and indeed, after escaping his destructive doom from Alan who coloured him dark, became grey himself. In other words, he still has the opportunity to choose the darkness of destruction, or stand back in the green pastures with Mitsi once more.
@@trogbison1625 You need a raise for this.
This, this is simply a beautiful perspective taken on something so hidden (to most)
His name is TSC, not Orange.
This is a very good comment but he is not a dictator, he literally didn't do anything to other ppl
@AmyWall-mt4og it can be Orange.
that hits hard
Это было просто невероятно…
То как Алан играет с чувствами зрителя к героям- это работа мастера
Оу... я... не знал... его судьбы. Алан смог показать почему Виктим... стал... таким. Теперь... всё стало ясно. Это месть... которая... копилась в нём на протяжении стольких лет. Теперь мы знаем почему он всё это затеял...
You could say:
"I think TSC (The Second Coming) can bring Missy back to life."
This implies that you believe TSC has the ability to revive Missy.
I really like, how this isn't just some huge misunderstanding or something along the lines. No, Alan tortured Victim, The Chosen One killed the one person that ever really meant something to him. Going through all of this without even thinking of giving up proves one thing, Victim is strong, very strong at least mentaly.
TDL could kill Mitsi. TCO was practically a changed man at this moment.
@HellHeaterit was shown that TCO killed her since he hovered over her. And it was proven that it was TCO bc at that moment he was working with TDL so it had to be him
@@globglobglab TCO wasn't fully against the 'internet attacks' idea at the time. Plus it would be useless for Victim to be mad at TDL when he's already died.
Ok
Strong mentally? Instantly started torturing TCO once he caught him and you mean to tell me a person that did all of what Victim did is "mentally strong"?
His determination is strong and he's intelligent, but he's a very emotionally weak person (I guess understandably)
This still doesn't justify him doing the things he was doing
you know a villain is good if their backstory justifies all their actions
then would it be a villian?
Yeah, but remember, justification its not explaination, there's a diference
@@yooooomg I mean clearly they are. Tai Lung is an example
@@el_eyenimator Depends on perspective of course. If we were in Agent's shoes I have a feeling most of us would end up like he did. To sympathize with Victim and want justice for what happened. Of course we know that Alan and TCO had a change of heart (More so Alan since TCO felt guilty for the Newgrounds attack) but they dont know that, and I would not blame the two for not believing that.
@@StupidlyLazy and chef skinner from ratatoillie
This episode left me in tears 、 legit feel bad for Victim 、
after being tortured and traumatised by the cursor 、 he escapes and gets a peaceful life 、then some clone of him just goes on a rampage 、putting the blame on him 、 taking that peace away 、 depressing stuff 、 can't believe I'd tear up over a stickman animaton
TCO doesn’t put the blame on him, since others only know victim as a gray stick figure
@@asulcetus Down with The Chosen One! Down with noogai3 and Alan Becker! Down with the Animator! Down to the one that caused victim all this pain!
And the worst part is
You find out that the clone and the cursor are in the same side , i know that's not what happened but for victim it looks like the cursor send the clone to destroy the new grounds , imagine the hate in his heart
This is a cinematic level story. I’m having trouble determining who’s the villain, cause they almost all have tragic backstories.
ABSOLUTEST CINEMA
it's crazy that 17 years later, Alan Becker still makes interesting lore, made just epic series and still finds a way to progress. Look at these sceneries, look at the graphics. It looks like these stick figures really do live their own lives. And that one, single line in the end. Even the scene of Victim drawing a single line after walking, with context becomes an epic scene summarizing all his hate into one single piece
this nearly put me in tears, seeing the pain and agony the victim went through, all for a teenager's amusement and the moment he escapes, the moment he has freedom! the wounds his past gave him paid such a toll on his mind that it took years for him to overcome them, and after so long, after finally finding happiness, its all taken away from him again, but the same creator that tortured him. The amount of rage he must have is no doubt astronomical
This is absolute peak storytelling, thank you Alan for blessing us with your stories and animations, you truly are a legend!
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This is an absolutely beautiful series, I love all the characters backstories and how detailed they are, How Victims perspective on the situation is way different from the others, the beautiful animation and sound affect, the way he has ptsd attacks and hallucinations about the cursor is also a beautiful detail. How you show the emotions of a character without a face is also mind blowing, like when Victim saw how Mitsi died which faded to what seemed to be depression is absolutely incredible and the emotion after the to be continued is brilliant. I hope this series doesn’t end soon, since it is really amazing ❤
HOW does Alan keep making masterpieces??? This is genuinely incredible. This explains why Victim tortured The Chosen One, where Purple comes from, how Victim is still alive… and it gives us a worse, more tragic, and more painful backstory than even King Orange.
I’m so glad to be once again reminded of why Animator vs Animation is one of my favorite series’s of all time.
Let’s not compare lol the other guy lost his son. Different ways to see things
17:17 this frame goes unbelievably hard for no reason
I'm pretty sure TDL did that because if you watch their flashback, you can see TCO had enough of their internet rampage and tried to appease TDL. But that shot of him descending is amazing.
CGP’s canon event
It reminds me of Black Goku's first appearance.
Out of context, it looks like Agent is a Pyromaniac
This answers so many questions.
A big one to me was how in the world was Victim still here because we had seen Alan delete him but turns out he made him again and again until one day where Victim broke free from Alan’s PC.
Then there was how Victim even knows about The Chosen One and what he had again him, like we as the viewer could assume from the previous episodes that it’s because he was another of Alan’s creations and he clearly has hate for Alan and could maybe use him to find Alan, but what we actually see is that because TCO killed someone close to him and he found out about who did it thanks to Agent Smith.
For Agent Smith at first he just felt like a mercenary, but turns out he’s not it’s clear he felt bad for Victim not being able to save his loved one so he continues to work with him, so not a mercenary but a soldier or even a spec op working under Victim.
As for the other 3 their origins are still unknown but I think it’s safe to assume they are also survivors after the Newgrounds attack given how unique they are and Newgrounds having plenty of unique animations from different people and with their special skill sets were put in the same team with Agent Smith.
A loyal friend, more like, because I'm sure that he cared deeply for Mitsi too, like a good friend of 4 years, and he too seemed vengeful I think
For Agent Smith it could alsoo be revenge for TCO destroying His origin world
I think one of the agents is actually a cave painting stickman. The bow, arrow and primal hulking out. Also the fact it is litterally based on cavemen artstyle. Seems like stickman world is more than just internett creatures.
Man, Victim lost everything so many times to Alan and then once more to The Chosen One. One of the most heartbreaking backstories I’ve ever seen.
It makes you feel sorry for the guy
Which shows just how good Alan is at this
Here I am, getting emotional over a stick figure I hated 20 minutes ago.
I'm even considering joining the enemy's side at this point, how good of a story teller do you need to be to do that?
Thank you Alan. Every time i watch a video of yours, I'm reminded that we are blessed to have you as a youtuber.
@@AevisError I wouldn’t even consider him a villain, he’s just getting revenge bc he lost who he loved
I wont even consider victim as the enemy, he was a guy that was traumatized by his creator and TCO, maybe in the future of this series Victim will come to peace with Alan and TCO
Victim always intrigued me, but this video made me cry inside for him
it takes guts for Alan to portray himself as being THAT evil and i respect it lmao
This isn't just a villain arc, it's a revenger arc. We all know that though, but just thinking about it again after watching this makes it feel even harsher.
I am just surprised that the one that destroyed misti is him but from other time line 😭if he finds out will he kill himself?
@@sadlimon5635Another timeline? Aren't they different? One is "Victim" and the other "The Chosen One"
@@KashPluxer yeah but Alan's purpose was to make victim but like v2 so he can hunt victim v1
@@sadlimon5635no not really. The Chosen One was given abilities, and if I remember correctly, Alan wasn’t hostile right away it was The Chosen One that attacked Alan’s PC first when he was created.
@@shockwave3864 then why was both samr color when they was in his screen?
Just WOW!
Whoa. Every new episode you guys continue to amaze me with what you can do. This was a perfect episode, really can't wait to see what happens from here!!
Mr bean
저도 기대됩니다: D
I see you everywhere
Oh hi Pixelcraftian:)
I have a feeling everyone says that exact line if they dont know what to say
Look how BADLY Victim is SHAKING in this part. 8:08
Really shows how badly traumatized he is. After all, he got tortured by alan every month and possibly even daily.
poor little guy
not to mention that it was his entire lifetime at that moment. every second he had lived he was tortured and killed over and over again. he didn't even know different life existed
Alan had a weird fetish ngl
like, who does this
I can feel his pain
THATS TERRIBLE
Anyone noticing the green glow is literally the same particle when the second coming in his op mode, so im guessing the explosion that vitcim made when entering the stickverse releases a lot energy and thats where the power source of tsc, tco and tdl came from because we see that some of the green particle went through Alan Becker's computer
I think the creative green power went into TSC, the only stick figure to have the same green abilities. And also why he and he alone came to life without being converted to symbol.
I think the green glow represents creativity. As for the connection to AlansPC, I believe that was how The Chosen One and The Dark Lord were able to make it to Newgrounds in the first place.
It's actually the hidden potential that came from animations, all animations have these hidden potential things. Look at the moment when mitsi was in saving process, it released energy that sent her through the newgrounds, but victim collided with her and both got sent to shepherd's place, and also in AvA: The box, when tsc tries to draw those electric eel thingies, they also emit light which almost destroyed the workplace. Because animations tend to be more powerful if they are in a fictional place, or somewhere that also uses animations.
It would explain the ability to draw and reinstate code.
bro made the lore make more sense
I feel like The Chosen One is the bottled up rage of Victim. The hate, sadness, fear, and torture.
18:55
Victim was originally black until he was stripped down to gray when he was breaking through the barrier of Newgrounds. 6:50
It can't just be a coincidence that they look alike.