Mollymauk's Theory of Happiness (Critical Role pmv)
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- Опубліковано 10 лип 2019
- "A story about memories left in the heart."
Hello! This is the first time in a long time I've done anything of this sort, so it's pretty messy, I know. But I'm quite happy with how it turned out. I can't believe it's been a year since everything went down though, time flies.
Thank you to Will Stetson for giving me permission to use his beautiful cover, David Toth for writing such stunning lyrics, and the cast of Critical Role for the hundreds of hours of entertainment they've given us!
Don't forget to love each other!
-- credits --
original song: Ayano's Theory of Happiness // 「アヤノの幸福理論」 - Jin ( • じん / アヤノの幸福理論 (IA)【OFF... )
english cover: Will Stetson ( • Ayano's Theory of Happ... )
Lyrics: David Toth
Art: Luc Wilkinson
my links!
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patreon: / lucdrawsthings
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![[Dear Fellow Traveler] - Critical Role Animatic](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/cPYw_OtdxZw/mqdefault.jpg)
In a way, Molly's life is exactly how he would have liked it to be: Burning twice as bright for half as long.
half as long. twice as bright
Big facts
Shine on circus man
... Or burning twice as bright, for three times as long, all the whole consuming the flames of his enemies.
My candle burns at both ends; It will not last the night; But, ah, my foes and, oh, my friends -- It gives a lovely light.
Me: man I love Mollymauk he’s my favorite
Everyone else: *quietly* oh no
I was on the CR discord and I mentioned I'd bought the new mcfarlane molly figure and someone asked about it cause they're not caught up so they didn't get the ad in episode 101. I gave them a link and asked what episode they were on and they said "Oh, I'm just starting 26." And I'm just thinking "Oh god, I can't talk to this person for awhile. I can't save them from this, I just have to watch the train crash."
And like eight hours later they come back online and they're like "You knew. You knew and you didn't say anything!"
I've had to quietly sit there and wait for friends to learn the truth. It's painful, but necessary
That's ruff budy
@@quinnsinclair7028 I love that, That's so great 🤣
@@quinnsinclair7028 where do I go too see them
You think your cool hu? Making a grown man cry you proud of that?
3:26 is when i started crying. the lyrics "I'm begging, take anything to save that small band of heroes and life that they're living" are so molly and they hit so hard and I'm so sad now i miss him so much
this is beautiful, thank you
long may he reign
Yeah that's when I started crying too. Now I can't stop. TT~TT
Damn it, now I can’t stop either.
Held out to bout 3:50
I am still not over his death and I don't think I ever will be
I cried at 4:48 because I read all the messages and already was on the verge of crying
One of the small things I love is the fact that Molly has such a big amount of hair that he stiled it like the queen he was...
I miss him, dear gods I miss him so much and this made me silently cry for 30 minutes, such a cute art style for such an emotional animatic. Molly was a great character and even if Cad is great or even if his death was necessary for the rest to understand the consecuenses of the future.....it still hurts so much that the man that made...that tried to make everything and everyone feel better had to leave the group so early and so suddenly.
Long may he rain, the flamboyant purple demon, the man that made a whole group of people in different parts of the world laugh, cry and learn with each of his actions.
Even Gods need to Rest from time to time.
May his Rest be a relaxing one.
And one day maybe he will be standing by their sides again.
But until then,
Rest in peace,
Mollymauk Tealeaf.
Long may you reign.
Shine bright circus man
LONG MAY HE REIGN!!!
Well you sir I like you
"Whoever it was, just put it back. I think they've earned it. Put it back"
I like to think that Molly is watching their adventures and laughing at all the dumb stuff they do and crying with them for all the sad stuff.
Spoiler***
When Nott became Veth I like to think that he cried just as much as yeza
Spoilers if recent episode
Are you sure about that...
Isn’t he still “alive”?
@@robbomegavlkafenryka6158 well this comment was made 8 months ago before anyone knew about that
@@thelightningkin9161 Matt basically tells us he’s going to get back up later.
@@robbomegavlkafenryka6158 when? To be fair I only watch the main show but I'm curious
I was trying pretty hard to read the little messages the Nein left for him because I could barely see through the wall of tears blocking my eyes. The RES 1000 diamonds *broke* me...
3:49 Molly's eyes were the reddest.
Thank you for coming to my Ted talk.
I wonder what it look like if they where bloodshot?
@@boopydoopy9156 .....This hurts
havent even watched it yet but im SO Stoked to see this because I was literally listening to this song yesterday and going "this would make a good mollymauk song" [now ill watch]
Wait, I thought this song was made for MollyMauk... it fits so perfectly, even the big sister thing is something I'd see Molly saying. I didn't even remotely think it wasn't a fan made song for Critical Role. Only thing that was odd was the Ayano thing at the beginning.
My mission: to stop crying about Molly’s death
This song: 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Watching this always makes me teary eyed, but it’s been minutes since episode 140 aired and I’m sobbing
"Even this small game of heroes is special and worth it, so please just for this moment, try smiling again, for all of us are a family my friends." I can just imagine Molly saying this line as he says his final tearful goodbye to the nein, before (spoilers) the Wildmother just yeets him back into his body.
Spoilers spoilers spoilers spoilers spoilers spoilers spoilers spoilers spoilers spoilers spoilers spoilers spoilers spoilers spoilers spoilers I'm warning you seriously there are spoilers so many spoilers ohmygod just if you haven't seen EP 140 do not read spoilers spoilers spoilers spoilers spoilers spoilers spoilers spoilers spoilers spoilers spoilers spoilers spoilers
The wild mother: "THE FUCK YOU DOING GET BACK IN YOUR DAMN BODY!"
The wild mother then proceed to yeet mollymauk back into his body
"The memories come back to me, the ones I had loved and called my family"
This hits harder then before
This time, the Mighty Nein are going to be big sisters.
Molly WAS the Mighty Nein to me. He was their heart and soul. Through him a band of random adventurers became friends and then a family. "I left every town better than I found it" not just towns, circus man, not just towns
Long-haired molly is my new aesthetic
This hits even harder but in good way after episode 140
This is so good, honestly jesters sketchbook was a great addition and you focused on such great character moments
This song gets a whole new meaning after recent events. Save that small band of heroes indeed. Long may he reign.
I just saw his death a few days ago. I, for whatever reason, couldn't physically manifest my emotions. During this, I was weeping. But still no tears. My tears never work like they should.
Same, I was at work and couldn't actively emote the way I wanted so I just had to stand there biting my lip for a good couple hours so I didn't bust out crying.
4:46 i can laugh best with you??? CALEB WHY WOULD YOU MAKE ME CRY LIKE THAT
Okay Now I've watched it- holy shit this is amazing!!! You did the entire song in such beautiful imagery, all the transitions, the editing of the 'too perfect' audio, the accent of red UGh. This is brilliant!! I love your design of Molly too, this makes me so emotional but its so so perfect. Amazing work buddy!
Well boy doesn’t this have a WHOLE different tone with these last arcs 😳😳
*MUFFLED EP 140 SCREAMING*
Seriously, though, this hit so many of the beats and lore bits that hadn't happened or been revealed yet!
Spoilers
Like "Their probly mad at me for things all I've done" as Lucien, and the BUTTERFLIES with Caduceus!
Honestly imagine him thinking they'd hate him for dying only to find they never stopped trying to save him while he regained his memories I wish he came back with them so he knew instantly
"Maybe if I had red eyes" especially
I like to think that first shot is King preparing to hear the stories of Molly from the others in the finale. Like before he could speak
number 4 on my list of 83 things i love about this video: everyone has way more hair and its so fluffy and i love it
the red eyes thing really hits hard now
The card with all their little messages.. this is beautiful
This has me sobbing, man i miss him, cads great but damn
For long will he reign
Why is this so perfect? I'm bawling.
I’m speechless. This is absolutely gorgeous. I honestly don’t know what I can say that can do this justice 😭
I don't know why I connected with a character so much but I still get choked up over Molly. I think since we had such a short amount of time with him that it gave us more to imagine on our own. Filling in the gaps of his character with the things we love most.
Shits fucked up
who's back after the finale...?
i've cried so much, y'all
Edit: Honestly just the first line. "The memories come back to me, the ones I had loved and called my family"
Kingsley carries on the legacy Molly left behind. I'm glad King got to wake surrounded by friends.
This makes me cry, but also smile, because the Mighty Nein have come so far and I think Molly would be proud of them, off to stop a war.
Oh, guys... I hope y'all are keeping up, because I'm not well from this latest episode
Every time I come to this video it makes me cry. I've recently had the roughest year of my life. My family split apart after 11 years together, followed by one of my best friends since middle school dying in his sleep. This song with the animatic are just so wonderful and make me think of how I always make sure to stay strong through the worst of it for the sake of my family and friends. It really just helps to get this off my chest. Thank you for making this beautiful animatic and showing me this song, it really has helped me get through some of the worst parts of these recent times.
I am crying because
I am cutting an onion.
Then watched this video.
Then cut myself while cutting an onion while watching this video.
Then cried waterfalls after cutting myself while cutting an onion while watching this video.
Then I hit my toe on a corner because my tears obscured my vision.
That's rough buddy.
You rolled a lot of nat 1
I thought the pain was gone
turns out it had just found a good hiding place
long may he reign
hey op? ouch
this is amazing
I've never missed a character as much as I miss Molly 😭
Me, before clicking on the video: You've already cried at his funeral, and you're over him.
Me, midway through the video: Well, shit, it must be raining.
This is amazing and totally deserves far more attention!!! I love the design for molly, and how such a character specific song can connect so well with a character from a completely different story. Really well done!!!
This hits so much different now
Long may he reign.
Long may he reign!
I honestly love this
Past 1 AM and randomly found this. Thank you so much for making this. He deserved such a beautiful tribute.
Oh my goodness...this is criminally underrated, and so much hardwork was put into this gem of an animatic! What art program did you use, as well as editing program? Like I said, this is just so well crafted on so many levels!!!!
ahh thank you!! I sketched all the shots in storyboarder, cleaned the sketches up in clip studio paint, and just kind of threw the whole thing together in imovie since I didn't have any better editing programs. I'm glad you liked it!!
I've never been so emotional invested in a character/group of characters and this is making me cry
Before video: This video is going to destroy me
After video: This video destroyed me :'(
Years later this is still such a beautiful piece.
How am I just finding this now- this is wonderful and beautiful, I’m crying. This is truly special ❤️❤️
First off.
Amazing work i felt so sad, great job :)
secondly,
Now i really want to see what happend to Molly because Taliesin / Caducess did say "Something will be here".
And it really feels like a teaser and its killing me ;_;
When they pass by the cliff again I need a big red wood tree, with that colorful cape of his stook in the branched
A colorful and eye-catching tree that makes him justice
Well we got two things out of it. Lucien and Henry 'The No Grab-Ass' Crabgrass.
this hits different after ep 141
The feels, the tears
i told myself i wasnt gonna cry but the fucking notes for him from everyone broke meee
this is so good tysm
I started campaign 2 knowing what was going to happen and told myself I wouldn't get attached. Not 4 or 5 episodes in he was quickly my favorite and felt very real. It made every wonderful moment so much better and yet bittersweet at the same time.
Honestly at this point I watch this video to cry.
I watch it to remember Molly.
Because some how even though I knew his fate he weaved his way into my heart.
Long May He Reign
Watching this after the last episode.
Hey I didn't need these tears today but ope. Here they come.
Long may he reign
time to sob uncontrollably ! i havent gotten this sad over molly in months..........
(this is incredibly done oh my god )
Shine bright Circus man... And long may he reign!
So this is gorgeous, the concept is amazing, and I think what you just did to my feelings is illegal. Seriously, this is lovely, thank you for uploading it and sharing it with us all.
Yo this brought me to tears this is the prettiest thing of all time.
Thanks, I needed that crying time
YOU HAD NO BUSINESS MAKING ME CRY THIS MUCH
honestly one of my favorite videos since it came out. I love the artwork that OP made for it. #LongMayHeReign
I love how you Incorporated molly's genderfluidity with the longer hair. I LOVE IT SO
I cry everytime I watch this
Odd body proportions for Jester and Fjord aside, this was a pretty cute video.
sorry, odd how? this thing's a few months old now, so I just scrubbed through it to check, but I can't see any super glaring mistakes on those two compared to the rest.
@@lucdrawsthings5786 Jester and Fjord's official artwork has them as being fairly fit, not overweight.
@@yuui9183 yes, I know? I've seen their official art. likewise, molly's has him with short hair, no lip piercing, a completely different coat, etc. I changed all of them up a fair bit from their canon looks. they're not the official designs, so there's no harm in giving them different body types.
@@lucdrawsthings5786 ...But only Fjord and Jester were drastically different, which is why I said their proportions were odd. I never said that it was wrong for you to do so, merely commenting on the dissonance on those specific characters.
@@yuui9183 fair enough. odd made me think I'd made some major anatomy fumble with them at first since it seemed negatively phrased, my mistake. sorry if I came off aggressively or anything!
Someone can only truely be dead, if no one rembers them.
They are dead physically,
but not to us. He will always be there for us.
YOU TRYING TO MAKE ME CRY, FUCKER?! CUZ IT'S WORKING...
YOU'RE AN AMAZING SOUL...
I never knew i could cry this much over a dnd character.
A nice moment in campaign 2 could be Caleb casting Contact Other Planes to ask something and Mollys voice is heard, of course answering in a typical Mollymauk fashion.
It's just a nice thought I had while listening to this. That would be a nice and bittersweet moment.
just hearing his voice makes me emotional
I had saw this a while ago knowing what was gonna happen but I didn't want to get anymore spoiled
So watching it now... I cant,,,
I told my DM 'I am going the full Mollymauk' he went 'ok' and another player said, 'you have to pull in Scanlan, you are the bard.'
My older sister loves Molly, he's her favorite character and I just sent this video to her! I'm sure she'll love it
This is so incredibly beautiful; I’m actually crying.
Very well done! Bravo!
First of all
How Dare You!
D:
I'm crying! This is beautiful!
Both the song, and the art, and it's just so perfect!
*gross sobbing*
Wow this hit hard ..
Thank u so much for this! 💜
I've only watched 2 episodes (and some animatics), and im crying.
i just wanna say 1) i am Extremely Emotion 2) this is legit one of the Best Mollys ive ever seen (and other too like i love all your designs) 3) thank u for sharing!! the animation is really nice and a very unique style in both the art itself and the animation and i really enjoyed it!!!!❤
I just realized when Jester reaches 17th level she could cast true resurrection and bring him back, probably not gonna happen but hey a man can dream
Doesn’t the body have to be less of a day old or else it wouldn’t work? Or am I thinking of a different spell?
@@austinallison7625 with true resurrection it's a maximum of 200 years and it repairs all damage, it costs a lot though
@@thelightningkin9161 ah.
SPOILER
that wont be necessary anymore. He's already back.
@@takumeme545 well 'back' as far as we can tell
Amazing art, I teared up a little
im literally crying my eyes out right now
Alpha to Alpha, and homeward bound we be. ;)
Shine bright circus man, long may he reign
Love the way you made this like a sketchbook done by jester.
To Circus man 🥂
Long may he reign
These are the fruits of his labour look how beautiful they have grown
Wow, thats a Combo i didn't expexted but needed. So Sad, So Beautiful!
This video needs more love
A week ago my friend killed himself, and I tried to be hard and unfeeling for everybody's sake, but now...
I just remember how he and Molly are like each other, two agent of chaos that are smilling trying to make people happy, even though they are in so much pain.
And like with Molly and the Might, me and my friends couldn't do a thing to help.
I'm so sorry to hear that. Losing a loved one like that is always a horrible experience, and I don't think there's anything I could tell you as a complete stranger that could truly help. But bottling things up for the sake of others isn't fair to you; you deserve to grieve as you need to as well. I hope that you're able to find peace after this horrible experience, and please reach out to those around you that you love if things become too much. No one should have to shoulder this sort of grief alone.
@@lucdrawsthings5786 thanks, I should do that, just need to find the courage to open up.
He left this world better than how he found it.
Thanks for making my day with this beautiful and heart wrenching price of art
Mollymauk long may he reign supreme in my heart until the end of all fucking days holy shit mamma mia
respect really well put together
and i love how you draw everyone
Help, my eyes are leaking
I mean, maybe it's from minor med withdrawal, but this sent me into unexpected full-blown tears. absolutely perfect.