I owe you all some form of update. You all brought me so much kindness. Its only fair I let you on what has been going on with me after lullaby. I got fired. Got a new job. found love. Bought a home. Married and got a beautifull daughter. She is 3 now. ( Time really flies.). I look back at this project with much love. I have tried to start new projects. But the time I have to invest has been very little. I still draw from time to time, to keep my skill up. Perhaps when I find more time I can animate again. But for now my time goes to family, friends and job. Thank you for understanding. I hope the last years have been kind. Greetings WarpOut
The idea that Celestia gets her rainbow mane as a sort of magical scar from using the elements is my absolute favorite headcanon. Celestia being unable to escape the reminder of what she's done every time she looks in a mirror is so tragic and I absolutely love it.
I've always thought her mane was supposed to be reminiscent of the Aurora borealis. "The Northern Lights are actually the result of collisions between gaseous particles in the Earth's atmosphere with charged particles released from the sun's atmosphere." but I think I like your headcannon wayyy more
The fact that everyone praised her for banishing nightmare moon while she sits there in complete agony knowing what she did to her sister is heart wrenching, anyways, love this animation, still watching it 8 years later😭
YA 9 AÑOS BRO Y TALVES EL QUE ISO EL VIDEO OSEA EL DUEÑO DEL CANAL JAMAS SUBA OTRO VIDEO DE MY LITE PONY MUCHOS AÑOS SIN SEÑALES DE EL QUE PENA LA VERDAD
What I love about this masterpiece is that it doesn’t show any sister as “evil”. Because when you think about it neither of them are evil, they’re just ponies who have made mistakes.
I agree! I’m tired of the fandom arguing over who’s the “evil sister”. When like you said neither of them are evil they’re just ponies who have made mistakes.
The idea that using the Elements of Harmony in this way amounted to such a shock of magical and emotional trauma that it tints her mane, in the same way that a serious event can give a person a grey streak, is such a hard hitting notion. I would imagine that generations later, the ponies of the day would probably compliment her on her beautiful pastel rainbow mane, without realizing that Celestia would have probably felt a twinge of guilt and regret and sadness that she would have to smile through, each time.
Luna's banishment is such a good story that it probably deserves its own, more mature audience oriented show/movie. I believe it has the content! Anyway, yeah, we're crying, but just IMAGINE dealing with the weight of your actions and the only justification you can come up with is: "it was me or her" which sounds like a cop out, and while all that is going on, you KNOW you won't see your beloved sister any time soon so you need to cope with that, And on top of all of those emotions, there's still the confusion surrounding the betrayal, "why would my own sister try to murder me?" and while all of that emotional storm is circling around you, you're then crushed by the realization that, in the end, this is all your doing. You failed to comprehend the real situation, and these are the consequences of your own ignorance and pride, and you must live with those consequences for a thousand years. Lauren Faust wrote a pretty gut wrenching tale into the beginning of her pony show. These animators and songwriters just really flesh it out 20 times better than MLP's official media ever could.
@@Creativeusername617 OYE BRO TU SABES SI EL PANA QUE ISO ESTE VIDEO ESTA ACTIVO TIENE OTRO CANAL CUENTA EN FACEBOOK YA SON 9 AÑOS SIN QUE EL ESTE PRESENTE PERO SI NO ES ASI ADMITO QUE TODO LO BUENO TIENE SU FIN
I'm freaking out right now because I can't decide who is the better princess!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Luna or Celestia? Night or day? Moon or sun? Eternal night or Eternal day? Darkness or sunshine?
@@kimyragreen3549 neither. Eternal Day will literally burn everything and everyone. While Eternal Night will cause cold and basically everyone will be scared because of "monsters in/from the darkness". So, I think Eternal Night is better than Eternal Day.
@@biancadaileg2482 yeah, and every time she was complemented she would remember seeing the pain on her sisters face. Every. Single. Time. Now grabs some wipes for your tears, you'll make a mess.
Everyone is talking about how using the elements of harmony changed Celestias hair from pink to rainbow as some kind of "scar" but I havent seen anyone mention how transforming into Nightmare Moon changed Lunas hair from a regular deep blue to her current "galaxy"-like flowing hair as a sort of scar, too Honestly I love the two headcanons, they are so canon for me Amazing job
Also after transformation from Nightmare Moon to Princess Luna her mane was light blue and then it eventually became Blue galaxy mane (NM had dark blue, almost black galaxy mane)
I personally think that Luna’s hair reverted back to blue initially because she was greatly weakened by her time as Nightmare Moon and Twilight and Co using the Elements to revert her basically pushed back her magic for a short while before it went back to looking like the night sky.
Celestia’s hair changing after she uses the elements is such a good detail. This animation, the singing, the music, everything about this is beautiful and wonderful to me. It helped me for years.
If you were to look at the scene carefully, you notice that celestia's horn doesn't glow when the star starts to glow. Meaning, she isn't using her power at all and it was the star itself. Trying to keep the harmony between the two, sun and moon.
3:53 the look of sheer terror and sadness in Celestia’s eyes hits harder than anything I have ever seen… I used to watch this animation all the time when I was little and now that I’m older I understand and feel the pain so much more, it’s truly an amazing and at the same time heartbreaking animation 💔
Me too! I already watched this masterpiece of work for like... 10 times or more... And here am i again, since a friend asked for a music to recommend, and then this came right through my mind...
I still love the way she uses the elements as a last ditch hope and the PAIN in her eyes as she see that her sister isn’t saved, but trapped in the moon. I love the show of absolutely despair in the loss of Luna, instead of the almost indifference in the show.
@@bambi5595 There’s a time limit on the spell in which the pony, Luna/Nightmare Moon in this case, would only be trapped on the moon for a thousand years - in the episode Luna comes back, it’s 1000 years later so she was able to leave (as Nightmare Moon) before she was turned back to Luna by the Mane Six and reunited with Celestia
I am a grown man. I am 22 years old. I have seen this animation a dozen times. And I still cry watching it… This is forever going to be my personal canon of how it happened. The show didn’t do it justice sadly. Anyways gonna cry now
@ watch the season 4 premier when it’s about the fight between Luna and celestia and then watch this, maybe you will see the difference in writing and emotions
I think it changed my brain chemistry a bit, seeing this when I was a tween, how the part of the song most truly embodying a lullaby was accompanied by a fight scene. Still my favorite part upon revisiting. Edit: better wording, more detail
Coming back to this I never realized how dark and depressing Celestia’s past was spending thousands of years alone because she messed up and never realized how her little sister felt, Seems like MLP is not always sunshine and rainbows.....
This was made roughly a decade ago and yet I feel as though only now am I fully appreciating it all. The vocals, the lyrics, the gorgeous lighting effects, the fluid and seamless animation... and GOD everything about that fight scene is just PEAK cinema. It's all so emotional and beautiful. THIS is ART
Makes me want to be a part of the fandom again. This is just by far one of the best songs ever made for ponies. I was just letting my light playlist Play. (It's all music. all of it) and this popped up... It's just incredible. I'm 22 now in the Marine corps and I'll still never forget this.
Ditto, I loved this as a kid, I was a bit older when G4 started, but years later this vid is still so good, the song itself is beautiful as well as the animation and it really HITS
@@sketch63 right ! I do understand that as a children's show it couldn't go into big depth, but if they made a side story, they'd earn loads. It'd be interesting if there was a side show that was based in the past before Twilight.
@@liithivm Yeah they can't go too crazy on the story or the kiddos may think it's boring and for the most part they can't go too dark with the story ethier so they can avoid the wrath of angry parents lol. If the show had a more mature rating I could definitely see there being alot deeper lore and It would be very cool to see as a long term fan who enjoys in depth storytelling.
On the contrary, Avatar was a children’s show and was a masterwork of character development and worldbuilding. It’s just a matter of direction and the showmaker’s intent.
I just noticed a detail so very sad after all these years!! At 5:00 it establishes that celestia has a tradition of tucking her sister in using her magic, and when we skip to the present with her outside the window we can see that she still continues to tuck her sister in by setting the moon!! Gosh the detail put into this is stunning
This comment made me realise that was in fact lunas room and not a room in the moon 🤕 I watched this so many times amd didnt realise it, and would be so confused like "why is there a room on the moon?" 🫠
Did you fail to notice that Celestia has no wings in the finale? I'd think that would be a more glaring error /) Beautiful work none the less. I've loved this ever since it came out during
@@Duke-Orgulje me neither especially not after what she did. She ignored her own sister and that's what led to her sister attempting to kill her. If that really happened I would have just sat there with a bucket of popcorn
There’s a profound deepness to the lullaby. The anger that Luna feels because of not being understood is a testament to those of us as adults who exist in the world today. Especially those who grew up in homes where the family dynamic was barely existent. What’s even more challenging with this particular piece is that there are so many feelings and emotions. A loss of someone dear, a dynamic shift in melody, heart break, reprise, a moment of breathing, a moment of intense crying. A wanting to be with a sibling who no longer is with you due to the destruction of the self that comes with it and the emotional rot it brings too.
One of? Unless you count fanfictions, this is the best thing to come out of the fandom by a long shot. The Moon Rises and Children of The Night are amazing, but even they pale in comparison to this, from the story, to the instrumentals, to the lyrics, to the animation, to the storyboarding, to the emotion, etc., this song is just everything about fanworks in general done right, and done better than anything else. I'd honestly say this is the best fanwork I've ever seen from any fandom.
What I love about this is that it shows how much Celestia truly loved Luna. She asks for forgiveness for not doing anything earlier. She does not blame Luna for her jealousy, instead blames herself for not being there for Luna when she needed her.
@@Duke-Orgulje read Minis' reply, I don't believe it's any of their faults, they were both just ponies who made mistakes. Celestia and Luna aren't flawless gods in equestria and they have owned up to their mistakes.
The detail of Celestia setting down the moon as a parallel to her tucking Luna to bed ever since her little sister was a baby always gets me… it’s such a clever bittersweet detail it breaks my heart, I wonder if Celestia sung lullabies to Luna back then too.
And the way you can feel Celestia’s love for Luna in each lyric from 2:50 , especially nearer the end of the song: she wants her words to transcend space and somehow reach the sister she misses so dearly
Kai matyti VIENARAGĖ MĖNULYJE REIKIA NEITI UŽMIGTI NE JŪSŲTAM TAI GALAXY KING TAI ! NE JIS TOBULAS! JUK SUSIRGIMAI JŪSŲ TA GALAKTIKA ŽVAIGŽDYNAS ,KURIOJE ,KAD YRA!
@@emoduckyThat one hits hard because it's gone. The Peak Era of Fan Animation was Children of the Night, and Hasbro killed it all right then and there.
This is and will forever be the greatest thing this fandom every produced. It might be pretty much dead now, but the legacy of this video will never die.
Not nearly as dead as one would expect. I have seen new musicians coming into the scene, people looping back around to the old content, content creators being brought in reacting to the show, recently posted videos popping up in my suggestions with theories about the world and lore... It seems to me that Gen 4 is here to stay.
@@dreamwalkingдумаю, это хорошо Вообще заявлять о том, что какой-то там фандом "мертв" глупо как по мне, так как в любом случае пока у нас есть Интернет сюда будут заходить новые и новые люди, которые рано или поздно наткнуться на это, заинтересуются и будут создавать ещё больше контента
Here's something I realized. When Celestia used her horn at 0:44, everyone was wondering why or maybe she's just using it to set the moon. But as you can see, the moon fully glows yellow (which means Tia is holding it) and stays like that for a while.. She did it to hug the moon, to hug Luna, like to say goodnight, and rose the sun to set the moon.. Such heartwarming..
lmao me and my sister get the same punishment bc my mom says being equal is important, but when one of us over did it then one of us get slappy and other gets happy
Dude I don’t care what anyone says, this is one of the most emotional piece of the mlp fandom. Literally this is my first time seeing it since middle school and it still made me cry. And can we talk about how amazing the animation and vocals were?? Literal masterpiece
I just seen it after 5 years and it still made me cry. And I am just looking at the comments to see is someone rewatched it and cried again. This is a masterpiece! Thank you for your comment! Felt like I am not the only one
This fundamentally altered my brain chemistry as a child. Seven years later and I still remember all the words. This is a masterpiece musically and visually and always will be
I don't think I remember the words until I come back to this again and suddenly I'm singing along to the entire thing like I did as a child. truly a timeless masterpiece
My younger cousin asked me if I knew this song & asked me if I would sing it for them so I did, now I don't have The best voice but ik how to hit some notes, their face after I finished the song was adorable They had a light in their eyes, Best memory & moment with that cousin.
@@sidneysaldevia81 what if i told you that each frame of this was hand drawn pictures. that these 5 minutes and 55 seconds consisted of thousands of pictures.
I never realized how good this was when I was younger but holy shit does this hit harder than the actual show cuz like,,,, I guess it's technically creative freedom because it's not canon and part of the actual show which is for kids. But having a reason for why Luna turned evil, which was due to the older's blindness from her own arrogance and ego. And now Celestia has to deal with the consequences and grief that come with her actions and its just- sooo good
Even after 9 years later this animation is still one of the most impressive fan works I've ever seen it always gives me goosebumps and i don't have the words to describe the feelings of pain and desperation this masterpiece has managed to convey
The fact that you're mom believed that you animated this is wholesome. She believed that you have the talent to animate something like this. Your mom is supportive bro, lucky you.
Same. This song, this animation.. I remember watching it so frequently back when I was 7. I’m 15 now. Time flies so fast, and I will forever cherish this video.
This was a true masterpiece. Both the singer and animator took the watered down tale we get in the show's prologue and brings it to life, showing what the two sisters truly must have felt. You can see their outrage when they quarrel, and truly feel Celestia's sorrow and remorse as she reflected on what she had done. If there were a chef's kiss emoji I would post it here, and I almost never use emoji. (Yeah yeah inb4 ok boomer)
Well. Warpout you did a very good job but why did you get fired!!?? 🤔 you put so much work on that and BAM YOUR FIRED!?!?!!? why?! why did you get fired??!! 😈😈😈😈😈😈😈😈😈
@@suehayes203 To understand why MLP:FIM inspired so many people, you have to understand it's background. I can give you a short version, but I won't. :D MLP G1 was born in the 80s, and the animation series had classical villains, so it wasn't just for girls with everthing in pink. It was the 80s, a different world. People were going to be free. The soviet era was going to fall, the frustration of the Cold War was going to fade. And of course this decade was the end of the sexual revolution, where love was love and free, and of course that's the decade when the LGBT movement was born. So here comes the My Little Pony. It wasn't made strictly to little girls as I said. It went hand to hand with Transformers, G.I. Joe and so on, love was still love, so as a boy watching a show made for girls (but not strictly) wasn't a big problem. This was the decade when creators of the MLP:FIM was young or even kids. Well, the G1 ended and the 90s arrived with Cartoon Network with classical animations. The sexual revolution ended. The Back Street Boys, NSYNC and many other boy bands was born in this decade. Teenager girls wet their panties for them, and the magazines told the teenagers what does girls and boys do. The anime bring the masculine heroes and feminine heroines idealizing the genders. There was spiced characters too, that's true, but the gap was wider between boys and girls. And of course My Little Pony G2 was mostly for girls. At the end of the decade Cartoon Network started to air more... risky shows, like SpongeBob Squarepants, Courage the Cowardly Dog, and so as the artists who were kids in the 80s started to work. They wanted to tell stories, experiment with new technologies and tried to open the world. In the 90s there was huge stress on the youth. You had to be masculine or feminine to be successful or you were nothing. Those who couldn't or didn't want to join the others, were outcasted. Those guys started to shoot at Columbine in 1999. And then came september 11th, 2001. The 21th century started with tragedies, rock bands were the new boy bands, Cartoon Network aired dark and twisted shows, South Park became popular, and in the chaos was born the Powerpuff Girls, where little girls beaten the shit out of villains. One of the creators was Lauren Faust. In the 2000s people became hypersensitive due their experiences, which escalated in the 2010s because of the internet. On the other hand the net has spread throughout the world, sites like Deviantart was formed, the era of smartphones has started. People became less connected in personal, left their injured youth for themselves, but those guys found their way to express themselves through art. In 2010 My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic was aired. After the hostile years of the decades before, there was a show, full of love, with the promise of adventure, characters who weren't just crazy, but had their own motivities and sometimes in the deep a strong wish to find acceptance, care and love. Lauren Faust wanted to be more deep with the story, but Hasbro didn't want to take the risk, so the fandom created new stories and spread the word of the show. This is how I see. :)
*all the mlp kids coming back and having intense nostalgia rn* seriously tho, this gave me so much nostalgia and now that I'm older and know more things about art and life in general I realize how much of a masterpiece this is. well done :)
No matter how many times I listen to this song, the lyric "I love you, I miss you" always makes me breakdown and cry. I'm not sure why, but I think it's because I relate with Luna in this case.
i loved that line cuz i personally relate to celestia actually. i feel like it's portrayed very often in the media (like in shows, movies, etc.) where the younger sibling 'hates' the older sibling because they're overshadowed by them or they're too naggy, etc. but the younger siblings never realize exactly how much their older siblings treasure them. maybe it's because i myself am the oldest child and have a younger sister, but it kinda pains me to see celestia hated so much for being accused of making luna suffer, being a bad queen, etc. tho i understand, it still hurts when your love is kind of underestimated to the point that you're hated.
I am crying right now that something like my little pony is considered nostalgic. It fandom was truly a gift and the animation was really smooth and beautiful. People of the fandom are still alive and that what makes me proud
It is really sad that the show ended I watched ponies since 2015 I guess. (I live in Poland so I dunno when the premiere there was). I was out of the fandom in 2018-2021, I came back 13 May 2021 (Because Of this song that was so nostalgic to me) and I didn't know what happened to MLP. Now I see that the show ended and it makes me upset that I wasn't there for almost 3 years. Take care Bronies/Pegasisters!
@@ondori4685 dude same. I watched since like 2013 but kinda dipped out around 2018, and now that it’s over I’m like oh damn I missed a whole lot and now it’s done :’)
this video always gives me chills ESPECIALLY when Luna yells at Celestia and then the fighting scene.. the way she tears up as she has no choice but to send Luna away for the safety of herself and her kingdom, the way Lunas silhouette is shown on the moon and Celestia just stares in a way that’s like “what have I done?” and screams out in pain. The line “forgive me for being so blind..” makes me so sad too… absolute favorite animation ever
This is the first time I’ve watched this, and my *god*- I had to restrain my tears because I was in public. This hit so much harder than I thought it would. Not to mention the animation is phenomenal!
man I see this kinds of comments and all of the post about the series finale and I wan't to kill DK, well the Brazilian tem at least, we have been stuck in episode eleven since 10th of august, if I recall correctly the day, but I know it was in august, well fuck, at least we know all the hype is going to be worth it, from all the spoilers we got :| anyways, I still feel the nostalgia from the early days, back when the fandom was called "Eurobeat" lol, all of the amazing music and animations, every work of art this fandom has created, it's now part of my life, and it will be forever. gen 5 is coming tho :) just hope it is not a fiasco
Tbh celestias parents would’ve been long gone by this point. Natural born alicorns are like- immortal, so they kinda grow slow. Given that celestias mother probably earned her spot, she was not a naturally born alicorn, and was therefor not immortal, she was probably dead by this point
@@lilacvang4838 they're in 1 or 2 episodes of the first season, they all looked... very normal. I think star swirled the bearded help in amplifying Luna and celestia's magic to get them where they are
All these years, and I never noticed that Celestia's main was still only pink during the battle and didn't turn rainbow until after she used the elements. That is incredibly sad to think about what looking in her reflection would be like for her.
Actually in cannon that's now how that went. It will show in drawing her with pink hair, but when Twilight sees the battle between Celestia and Nightmare Moon, her hair is multicolored the whole time. In the animation though it does give me the same thought.
Arctic Line Pony: Celestia! How did you get your rainbow mane! Celestia: ...... Luna banished to the moon... Pony: Uh... Ok...? I kinda asked how did you get your rainb- Celestia: I SAID LUNA BANISHED TO THE MOON Pony: ://////// Ok...?
Six years. Still I can watch this and appreciate how much emotion and artistic talent went into making this. I love every artist and animator that created this masterpiece. Still I am crying at the sheer emotion that went into this.
@@Star_Infinitee Just a thought but it helped me get through my loneliness, though I still battle with it, but if your lonely now that just means you have many people waiting for you in your future. Don't give up hope, because you never know, your sister may be just as lonely as you. It is easy to be lonely when surrounded by people but the people who surround you are the people you need to see who can strength and help you.
2:51 to 3:35 ALWAYS GETS ME the way she express her love through a lullaby like she want luna to hear "lullay moon princess goodnight sister mine " that lullaby saying she want her lullaby to reach her is just so pretty ESPECIALLY "luna your loved so much more than you know" listened to this when i was a child back when im a teenager
Well it is also more realistic since in MLP after they blast someone through a wall the villian waits for them to get steady but in this Luna wastes no time
Plot twist: The similar idea in writers' heads is actually like WrapOut's, but since Hasbro does not allow the writers to use the same ideas as fans', they change to the canon lore we get, seasons later. Even though the very first ep of the series is also the pilot, but Celestia in the book has a pink mane. So I think Lauren Faust did that to imply that when Celestia banished her own sister, she was young
I came back here after so many years, and DAMN! I had already cried when I saw it for the first time and I'm crying again from Nostalgia! 😭 This animation is and always will be a Masterpiece of the MLP Fandom 🥰😍
"The blame was my own, the punishment yours". When you're playing with your brother and suddenly you break something and your parents blame your brother instead of you...
this is STILL the best animation I’ve watched in my life to date. This tops anything a major animation company has put out. It’s just so crisp and beautiful.
@@snqoqo Fr!! I’m pretty sure this whole animation was worked on only by *one* guy! Violet Evergarden’s animation is lovely, but there’s literally hundreds of thousands working on it. Of course it needs to look presentable.
As a kid I genuinely sobbed while watching this. The music is absolutely heart wrenching, the animation is beyond gorgeous and the execution is perfection 🙏🙏🙏🙏❤❤❤❤ thank you for being such an important part of my childhood
I love how well you portraited the story. It's not Luna who's bad, it's not Celestia, they both had their reasons, they made mistakes, they had their reasons. It shows just how much both of them suffered in the past, and it makes me so incredibly grateful that they're happy. Super well animated, I love it! This must have taken so long to do-
Very true, it goes to show that siblings may sometimes squabble with one another over silly or petty things but... like you said they had their reasons & made mistakes. But in the end siblings will always find it in themselves to forgive each other even if it may take sometime along with a bit of patience but the love & bond we sibling have for each other will always be there to remind us the importance of family & togetherness to overcome whatever struggles or obstacles that may come our way so we can face them together against all odds. Celestia & Luna may have made mistakes in the past but... their Love & Bond as sisters will help & guide them on their path to overcome struggles & obstacles they'll face.
Just would like to say, this has a good story behind. First off, Celestia’s mane changing when using the Elements of Harmony makes so much sense since she had pink hair as a kid. Then, her need to hold back since she didn’t want to hurt her sister even while fighting her. And finally, the ending when we see Luna’s bed and that it’s empty, representing perfectly what it looked like without her. Such a good animation
Love bow UA-cam will always bring me back this wonderful piece which no matter how long the mlp fanbase had vanished from its former glory, its still one of the most beautiful and dedicated derivative works.
"May these thousand winters swiftly pass I pray..." Whooo... Every time... the power those words hit you with... All these years later and I still get chills when I hear them
I like to think that the reason Celestia used the Elements of Harmony was that although her power really was really just much stronger than her sister's, she didnt want to hurt her sister so she had to hold back. But since the Elements of Harmony are much gentler than her Solar powers, she used them instead, which is why we see her flash of realization when she crashed there.
I hate to burst your bubble but no that's not the reason why she used the Elements of Harmony. She used them because nightmare moon is stronger then her and since she was hurt, she had no choice.
That's a nice take on it! I'm sure you know the likely reason she used it though was because her powers were not strong enough and if you think about it does make sense. However I'm sure the only reason why Luna was stronger was because she became Nightmare Moon and has no restrictions on using her powers at their highest level because she was, well, bad. If Celestia was Daybreaker I'm sure she would have beat Nightmare Moon easily because we've seen it in the one episode/s where Starlight Glimmer switched their cutie marks so technically you're right. Celestia/Daybreaker is stronger than Luna/Nightmare Moon.
This storyline is way better than the original, just saying Edit: I mean the fact that they fought and the fashion that nightmare was banished. I liked that it was way more dramatic, as an event like that should be. I also liked how celestia got her color and wavy hair from this event instead of just having it because of magic.
ive got to admit its nicer, also it would be more physiologically damaging due to whenever she looked at herself and saw the mane it would remind her of that day
ELYsium actually I’m sitting here rationalizing every detail of imagination. I can’t cry over a story that’s not my own, I don’t know why. So instead I sit here and try to absorb every detail to make it feel like my story so that way I can cry.
i still can't believe i literally memorized the whole song when i was 10 and tried to sing it as perfectly as i could while nobody was home. This used to be my favorite song ever and i listened it for the first time after more than 8 years, still remembered most of the lyrics but it hits so hard. Absolutely love this song and animation!
I can't believe people are still here after years! I thought I was the only one! This song is the most beautiful I've ever heard, it deserves more attention
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I owe you all some form of update. You all brought me so much kindness. Its only fair I let you on what has been going on with me after lullaby.
I got fired. Got a new job. found love. Bought a home. Married and got a beautifull daughter. She is 3 now. ( Time really flies.).
I look back at this project with much love. I have tried to start new projects. But the time I have to invest has been very little. I still draw from time to time, to keep my skill up. Perhaps when I find more time I can animate again. But for now my time goes to family, friends and job. Thank you for understanding. I hope the last years have been kind.
Greetings WarpOut
I wish you happiness and longevity!
This is thank you for your work, for the benefit of fandom
Wow 5 years really can do that-
Anyways, good luck!! All 118k+ of us will be rooting for you!
woaa u build up my childhood tysm we're so happy we can see you again🖤.
Thank you for this beautiful piece of art
The idea that Celestia gets her rainbow mane as a sort of magical scar from using the elements is my absolute favorite headcanon. Celestia being unable to escape the reminder of what she's done every time she looks in a mirror is so tragic and I absolutely love it.
So tragic I absolutely love it?? Gurl you sure your ok 😀
@@pixelpeach7814 I'm doing fine lol, I'm just a writer that really likes a well-written tragedy 😅
@@Neonnotecards FUCKING MOOD WCKJBWEJHF
Ojalá eso fuera canon
I've always thought her mane was supposed to be reminiscent of the Aurora borealis. "The Northern Lights are actually the result of collisions between gaseous particles in the Earth's atmosphere with charged particles released from the sun's atmosphere." but I think I like your headcannon wayyy more
Celestia's mane changing after she used the elements still hits me right in the gut
wow i didnt even notice that
To pink to kinda a rainbow but it’s really sad that she did that to her very own young sister
Amputee Andrea what do you mean she had no choice
Right?? 😭
I noticed that so much
Okay but this interpretation of the fight between celestia and luna is 50x better than the one we got in the show
when i first watched this when i was 8 i just fully accepted it as canon lmao
@@Apollo_G bruh same
FR!
its literally canon guys im totally the creator of mlp and i say its canon!! /sarc
@@Apollo_GMight as well be, fandoms has its remnants.
The fact that everyone praised her for banishing nightmare moon while she sits there in complete agony knowing what she did to her sister is heart wrenching, anyways, love this animation, still watching it 8 years later😭
YA 9 AÑOS BRO Y TALVES EL QUE ISO EL VIDEO OSEA EL DUEÑO DEL CANAL JAMAS SUBA OTRO VIDEO DE MY LITE PONY MUCHOS AÑOS SIN SEÑALES DE EL QUE PENA LA VERDAD
THIS VIDEO NEVER LOSES ITS CHARM 😭😭😭💔💔
Always brings the tears in my eyes,this is so special song,brings back my childhood and everything good i had...
@@MLP-2017 do you feel bad for luna cuz I do ...
@@Jazzie_69 Yes,it's really sad to see what luna had to go trough...
"And forgive me for being so blind"
That hit me hard
My god same!
@Moon Lightz same I don’t know what it is but it’s so good
@@tophbeifong1999 you being toph just 👁️👁️
Same gurl
Harder than a pekka
What I love about this masterpiece is that it doesn’t show any sister as “evil”. Because when you think about it neither of them are evil, they’re just ponies who have made mistakes.
EXACTLY!
True! Finally someone who understands!
I agree! I’m tired of the fandom arguing over who’s the “evil sister”. When like you said neither of them are evil they’re just ponies who have made mistakes.
@@yesagreed8419 YES!
i definetly agree. even as a kid i understood neither of them were truly in the wrong for their actions, they just made mistakes.
The idea that using the Elements of Harmony in this way amounted to such a shock of magical and emotional trauma that it tints her mane, in the same way that a serious event can give a person a grey streak, is such a hard hitting notion. I would imagine that generations later, the ponies of the day would probably compliment her on her beautiful pastel rainbow mane, without realizing that Celestia would have probably felt a twinge of guilt and regret and sadness that she would have to smile through, each time.
oh god that is seriously saddening!
Man, you're making me cry over a rainbow pony :c
@@avery3834 Rainbow pony did it to me first :
No its because she was reformed and you need to do something good to earn mane back
Damn
The way celestial cries after using the elements of harmony ALWAYS GETS ME CRYING
i always tear up the moment she looks up and starts crying 😭🙏
the piano building up into it slices me to the feels
Luna's banishment is such a good story that it probably deserves its own, more mature audience oriented show/movie. I believe it has the content!
Anyway, yeah, we're crying, but just IMAGINE dealing with the weight of your actions and the only justification you can come up with is: "it was me or her" which sounds like a cop out, and while all that is going on, you KNOW you won't see your beloved sister any time soon so you need to cope with that, And on top of all of those emotions, there's still the confusion surrounding the betrayal, "why would my own sister try to murder me?" and while all of that emotional storm is circling around you, you're then crushed by the realization that, in the end, this is all your doing. You failed to comprehend the real situation, and these are the consequences of your own ignorance and pride, and you must live with those consequences for a thousand years.
Lauren Faust wrote a pretty gut wrenching tale into the beginning of her pony show. These animators and songwriters just really flesh it out 20 times better than MLP's official media ever could.
😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😺
@@Creativeusername617 OYE BRO TU SABES SI EL PANA QUE ISO ESTE VIDEO ESTA ACTIVO TIENE OTRO CANAL CUENTA EN FACEBOOK YA SON 9 AÑOS SIN QUE EL ESTE PRESENTE PERO SI NO ES ASI ADMITO QUE TODO LO BUENO TIENE SU FIN
Years later, it's still the best video our fandom has.
I'm freaking out right now because I can't decide who is the better princess!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Luna or Celestia?
Night or day?
Moon or sun?
Eternal night or Eternal day?
Darkness or sunshine?
@@kimyragreen3549 neither.
Eternal Day will literally burn everything and everyone.
While Eternal Night will cause cold and basically everyone will be scared because of "monsters in/from the darkness".
So, I think Eternal Night is better than Eternal Day.
@@basicallyiamfox Thanks! I was this close to having a panic attack
@@kimyragreen3549 bruh XD
why
@@basicallyiamfox because a lot of people like Celestia and a lot of people like Luna, and I just don't know who to pick!
“And that foolish pony did nothing to stop the destruction of the one who needed her most” that hit deep
yep
agreed
I literally just passed by that scene while reading this comment
♥
That line really does hit deep
I absolutely love the idea of her hair being like that because she used the elements!!!
Would have been perfect for the show
Omg thx for pointing that out I didn't even notice it it's probably my favorite part now
@@biancadaileg2482 yeah, and every time she was complemented she would remember seeing the pain on her sisters face.
Every. Single. Time.
Now grabs some wipes for your tears, you'll make a mess.
@@firerosenight6937 stawp bc I'm actually bawling rn😭😭✋🏾😭
Yeah i love it when her hair change into the rainbow but i wish it could be real
Everyone is talking about how using the elements of harmony changed Celestias hair from pink to rainbow as some kind of "scar" but I havent seen anyone mention how transforming into Nightmare Moon changed Lunas hair from a regular deep blue to her current "galaxy"-like flowing hair as a sort of scar, too
Honestly I love the two headcanons, they are so canon for me
Amazing job
I love this 😭🙏 I love that you pointed this out, never realized that 💀🙏
Also after transformation from Nightmare Moon to Princess Luna her mane was light blue and then it eventually became Blue galaxy mane (NM had dark blue, almost black galaxy mane)
@@ashlynwolff That is the "scar" Im talking about
I personally think that Luna’s hair reverted back to blue initially because she was greatly weakened by her time as Nightmare Moon and Twilight and Co using the Elements to revert her basically pushed back her magic for a short while before it went back to looking like the night sky.
When you're no longer in the fandom but still came back to appreciate this masterwork
ME
ME
me?
Me
I mean the animation is gorgeous and the songs amazing
Celestia’s hair changing after she uses the elements is such a good detail. This animation, the singing, the music, everything about this is beautiful and wonderful to me. It helped me for years.
If you were to look at the scene carefully, you notice that celestia's horn doesn't glow when the star starts to glow. Meaning, she isn't using her power at all and it was the star itself. Trying to keep the harmony between the two, sun and moon.
@@whippilicious8117 wow I didn't notice that.
Dude im glad someone still watching it with mr
@@wojtekkordowski9141 hi
@@kirklagare1560 hello
I swear 7 years later and this song still hits me so hard
I know 😭
I know how it feel
True
Bro same
Yeah, I will always love this song
3:53 the look of sheer terror and sadness in Celestia’s eyes hits harder than anything I have ever seen… I used to watch this animation all the time when I was little and now that I’m older I understand and feel the pain so much more, it’s truly an amazing and at the same time heartbreaking animation 💔
I don’t know what to say but this hit me right in the gut
6 years later and i return back to this masterpiece and still cry.
Samee fate brought us back here once again, definitely won't be the last.
Me too! I already watched this masterpiece of work for like... 10 times or more...
And here am i again, since a friend asked for a music to recommend, and then this came right through my mind...
Exactly this was literally my childhood
BOZETAK XPDDDD
Someone please hand me a tissue cause I don't think I can hide my tears any longer
4 years later and nothing has matched the sheer quality of this masterpiece.
No animation has exceeded the average quality of animations as much as this has
Luna's Determination
You have been filled with
*D E T E R M I N A T I O N*
Leon Smith so true. This is the best animation
Facts
I still love the way she uses the elements as a last ditch hope and the PAIN in her eyes as she see that her sister isn’t saved, but trapped in the moon. I love the show of absolutely despair in the loss of Luna, instead of the almost indifference in the show.
But. Luna came back in a episode. how?
@@bambi5595 There’s a time limit on the spell in which the pony, Luna/Nightmare Moon in this case, would only be trapped on the moon for a thousand years - in the episode Luna comes back, it’s 1000 years later so she was able to leave (as Nightmare Moon) before she was turned back to Luna by the Mane Six and reunited with Celestia
@@m4clematis I think it is because of the fact that the Elements knew that they would have a better holder by that time.
If you rewatch the scene carefully, you’ll notice that celestia’s horn doesn’t glow, the element of magic acts on its own accord.
Poor celestia
I am a grown man.
I am 22 years old.
I have seen this animation a dozen times.
And I still cry watching it…
This is forever going to be my personal canon of how it happened. The show didn’t do it justice sadly.
Anyways gonna cry now
As a 21-year-old I do my best to sing along but it's so full of uncut raw raw emotion
Dont worry, im 46 years old and still find this powerful emotive, my eyes always get wet listening to this wonderful song
It’s a beautiful song, great animation and storytelling, I’ll pass what’s left of the tissue box
How did the show not do it justice?
@ watch the season 4 premier when it’s about the fight between Luna and celestia and then watch this, maybe you will see the difference in writing and emotions
The fact that NO ONE is talking about the fighting scene is a crime. That animation is good as hell.
3:07 was mind boggling
True
Especially the lunar eclipse
I think it changed my brain chemistry a bit, seeing this when I was a tween, how the part of the song most truly embodying a lullaby was accompanied by a fight scene. Still my favorite part upon revisiting.
Edit: better wording, more detail
@@robyncoreOMG I JUST REALIZED AAA
Coming back to this I never realized how dark and depressing Celestia’s past was spending thousands of years alone because she messed up and never realized how her little sister felt, Seems like MLP is not always sunshine and rainbows.....
Trixie practically nearly suicides in an episode, this show caught me off guard quite a bit and I’m not even done with the second season
I meant to say 6th season
@@alexfaircloth6050 what episode is that?
No second prances; if you haven’t seen it I don’t want to spoil it because it’s in my opinion one of the best
@@alexfaircloth6050 ikr if you really think about it so many episodes hold so much sadness it’s depressing now
still one of the greatest pieces of art this fandom has ever made
Correction people or person.
Yep
best video on youtube
Along with with "The Moon Rises.
Okakkw
This was made roughly a decade ago and yet I feel as though only now am I fully appreciating it all.
The vocals, the lyrics, the gorgeous lighting effects, the fluid and seamless animation... and GOD everything about that fight scene is just PEAK cinema.
It's all so emotional and beautiful. THIS is ART
Its been 8 years yet I still teared up at this. This was so nostalgic.
Makes me want to be a part of the fandom again. This is just by far one of the best songs ever made for ponies. I was just letting my light playlist Play. (It's all music. all of it) and this popped up... It's just incredible. I'm 22 now in the Marine corps and I'll still never forget this.
不知道過了多久，上禮拜腦中卻突然浮現出這首歌曲
也許搖籃曲已經成為我回憶中重要的一部分
Same I was in the 6th grade loving mlp now I’m 20 so crazy.
Its been a long time indeed, This Animation is truly amazing and nostalgic!
Ditto, I loved this as a kid, I was a bit older when G4 started, but years later this vid is still so good, the song itself is beautiful as well as the animation and it really HITS
if MLP wasn't a children's show, it could've had so much deeper lore and storytelling. truly made my childhood.
I definitely agree, it's story has alot of potential
@@sketch63 right ! I do understand that as a children's show it couldn't go into big depth, but if they made a side story, they'd earn loads. It'd be interesting if there was a side show that was based in the past before Twilight.
@@liithivm Yeah they can't go too crazy on the story or the kiddos may think it's boring and for the most part they can't go too dark with the story ethier so they can avoid the wrath of angry parents lol. If the show had a more mature rating I could definitely see there being alot deeper lore and It would be very cool to see as a long term fan who enjoys in depth storytelling.
On the contrary, Avatar was a children’s show and was a masterwork of character development and worldbuilding.
It’s just a matter of direction and the showmaker’s intent.
@@Alanari this too! You wouldn't expect a show about ponies to have deep lore, but i, even now as almost an adult, still like the show.
"Luna, you're loved so much more than you know"
Hits hard😭
ikrrrrrrr
Hits harder than a freight train full of cement bricks going at Mach 10.
I’m really very sad- 😭
@Carmen Cogswell "ikrrr" mean I know right
Ikr?!😭
This song has no business being this good. The animation, the plot, the audio, the sfx, the vocals. Everything was perfect.
I just noticed a detail so very sad after all these years!! At 5:00 it establishes that celestia has a tradition of tucking her sister in using her magic, and when we skip to the present with her outside the window we can see that she still continues to tuck her sister in by setting the moon!! Gosh the detail put into this is stunning
Omg I thought you said fucking instead of tucking 😭
This comment made me realise that was in fact lunas room and not a room in the moon 🤕 I watched this so many times amd didnt realise it, and would be so confused like "why is there a room on the moon?" 🫠
I HATE YOU WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS TO ME YOU ARE SO. SO RIGHT
@@kieraareik.266 that's WILD😭
Did you fail to notice that Celestia has no wings in the finale? I'd think that would be a more glaring error /)
Beautiful work none the less. I've loved this ever since it came out during
Celestia is the true definition of “with great power comes great responsibility” she got so absorbed in being a ruler she forgot to be a sister
Ok
@@Duke-Orgulje me neither especially not after what she did. She ignored her own sister and that's what led to her sister attempting to kill her. If that really happened I would have just sat there with a bucket of popcorn
Never thought about it that way... But pointing that out.... Yeah, so true
@@Duke-Orgulje Well I'm actually a female but yeah that works to
@@Duke-Orgulje This, Luna is best princess.
proud to say that i’m 18 years old and coming back to appreciate this 😭😭
Hello what is the Tittle of this movie? My child wants to watch this. The whole story. Pls
Same omg I can't believe this was fanmade its so beautiful!
@@elizahburi9089 "My little Pony Friendship Is magic"
Saame
@@elizahburi9089 you get the story in the first season of My little Pony, I think the series is on netflix (so it’s not a movie)
There’s a profound deepness to the lullaby. The anger that Luna feels because of not being understood is a testament to those of us as adults who exist in the world today. Especially those who grew up in homes where the family dynamic was barely existent. What’s even more challenging with this particular piece is that there are so many feelings and emotions. A loss of someone dear, a dynamic shift in melody, heart break, reprise, a moment of breathing, a moment of intense crying. A wanting to be with a sibling who no longer is with you due to the destruction of the self that comes with it and the emotional rot it brings too.
8 years of pony, and this is still one of the greatest things to come out of the fandom. Truly amazing.
luchog I have been a pony since 6 years and it’s awesome fandom I want more music like this with heart and soul
longer than that my dude.
@@HubertJasonCumberdale I'm sure others have been around longer, but I doubt they've seen much more awesome than this come out of the fandom.
Of course
One of? Unless you count fanfictions, this is the best thing to come out of the fandom by a long shot. The Moon Rises and Children of The Night are amazing, but even they pale in comparison to this, from the story, to the instrumentals, to the lyrics, to the animation, to the storyboarding, to the emotion, etc., this song is just everything about fanworks in general done right, and done better than anything else. I'd honestly say this is the best fanwork I've ever seen from any fandom.
WarpOut legit appeared, dropped one of the greatest pieces of fan made content in history, then dipped.
Legend
Warp has a new job and a kid
@@arctic_shadow578 legend
He really did seem to just... warp out, didn't he?
Probs forgot the password lmao
@@RolaiEckolo LOL
What I love about this is that it shows how much Celestia truly loved Luna. She asks for forgiveness for not doing anything earlier. She does not blame Luna for her jealousy, instead blames herself for not being there for Luna when she needed her.
And it doesn’t show any sister as “evil”. Because when you think about it neither of them are evil, they’re just ponies who have made mistakes.
^^^^
You guys are right Celestia love her sister Luna and look what happened now
yes this
@@Duke-Orgulje read Minis' reply, I don't believe it's any of their faults, they were both just ponies who made mistakes. Celestia and Luna aren't flawless gods in equestria and they have owned up to their mistakes.
Even 9 years later this is still my favourite video on the internet
The detail of Celestia setting down the moon as a parallel to her tucking Luna to bed ever since her little sister was a baby always gets me… it’s such a clever bittersweet detail it breaks my heart, I wonder if Celestia sung lullabies to Luna back then too.
And the way you can feel Celestia’s love for Luna in each lyric from 2:50 , especially nearer the end of the song: she wants her words to transcend space and somehow reach the sister she misses so dearly
@@anonnymouse_1412 YES ALL OF THIS IUBVJYHBVJEFC YES QWQ
Kai matyti VIENARAGĖ MĖNULYJE REIKIA NEITI UŽMIGTI NE JŪSŲTAM TAI GALAXY KING TAI ! NE JIS TOBULAS! JUK SUSIRGIMAI JŪSŲ TA GALAKTIKA ŽVAIGŽDYNAS ,KURIOJE ,KAD YRA!
Jūsų dar turkai tie boizonų neatstoja nuo ATEIVĖS KŪRINIŲ TECHNOLOGIJŲ TŲ TAI! ...
@anonnymouse287 yeah you can sorta tell.. she wishes her words to reach her sister. It's rllt sad...
im a whole adult now and this is still the only animation on youtube that brings genuine tears to my eyes
If it didn't I would say something's broken within you.
for me too. me too
4:33
What about children of the night? That one hits hard too
@@emoduckyThat one hits hard because it's gone. The Peak Era of Fan Animation was Children of the Night, and Hasbro killed it all right then and there.
It’s been five years and I’m still crying.
Same here
same :(
It's been 3 years ever since I saw this I'm still crying I know how you feel
Me too OP
Same
This might be the best thing ever produced from the fandom.
wait.. what?
A fanmade video you can watch, understand, and cry about without needing to watch the entire series?
*groundbreaking*
It's because this is just about the first two episode that's why
You know what else is groundbreaking?
2:21
@@merylvrdm lol
@@merylvrdm omg im dying!!
oh
This is and will forever be the greatest thing this fandom every produced. It might be pretty much dead now, but the legacy of this video will never die.
Not nearly as dead as one would expect. I have seen new musicians coming into the scene, people looping back around to the old content, content creators being brought in reacting to the show, recently posted videos popping up in my suggestions with theories about the world and lore... It seems to me that Gen 4 is here to stay.
Speach!!😆
FR!!
@@dreamwalkingдумаю, это хорошо
Вообще заявлять о том, что какой-то там фандом "мертв" глупо как по мне, так как в любом случае пока у нас есть Интернет сюда будут заходить новые и новые люди, которые рано или поздно наткнуться на это, заинтересуются и будут создавать ещё больше контента
Yesir
Here's something I realized.
When Celestia used her horn at 0:44, everyone was wondering why or maybe she's just using it to set the moon. But as you can see, the moon fully glows yellow (which means Tia is holding it) and stays like that for a while.. She did it to hug the moon, to hug Luna, like to say goodnight, and rose the sun to set the moon..
Such heartwarming..
AWWWW
okay I agree
@Lillian Wiegand I ruinied 169 likes 😔
Its at 225 Likes now
*Perfect balance*
Crap, mate, my heart just did a triple take and now my throats stuck closed...
No UA-cam animation can top this and I can say that confidently all these years later
Celestia: "Surely their is no pony as great and beloved as I"
Derpy: Hold my muffin
I think i actually screamed-
About Fluffle Puf
Spinel: |Casually turns into a pony| *Hold my garden.*
@@Str6wbie *That's right I've heard this story over and over again
Gee, it's swell to finally meet some other SU:TM friends!*
@@sheriearl2629 That's right I heard the story over and over again gee it's swell to finally meet her other- *And Peggy*
“The blame was my own, the punishment yours,”
...every older vs younger sibling rivalry EVER...
The sing hits different when you've had a disagreement with your own younger sibling five minutes ago ...
lmao me and my sister get the same punishment bc my mom says being equal is important, but when one of us over did it then one of us get slappy and other gets happy
yes this is so true
THIS IS UNDERRATED!
@@jules2291 HAAHA so truee
Dude I don’t care what anyone says, this is one of the most emotional piece of the mlp fandom. Literally this is my first time seeing it since middle school and it still made me cry. And can we talk about how amazing the animation and vocals were?? Literal masterpiece
I just seen it after 5 years and it still made me cry. And I am just looking at the comments to see is someone rewatched it and cried again. This is a masterpiece! Thank you for your comment! Felt like I am not the only one
i watched this since I was 3-5 I think and I miss the childhood memories so much 😕
Frrr
I don't think anyone is going to argue with you, this is consisidered one of the best parts of the fandom!
im literally sobbing over it as a 15 year old and i sobbed over it as a 9 year old
“And when i dream, ill fly away and meet you there” that line never fail to make me cry.
Now that I am older and can appreciate the details better, I realize that this is a masterpiece in drawing and animation.
Since when did you watch this? I remember being 7-8 boy and not knowing how much effort was made for this
@@homelessman6662 I think at 8-9 I don't remember very well
Same
This fundamentally altered my brain chemistry as a child. Seven years later and I still remember all the words. This is a masterpiece musically and visually and always will be
I don't think I remember the words until I come back to this again and suddenly I'm singing along to the entire thing like I did as a child. truly a timeless masterpiece
omg same
My younger cousin asked me if I knew this song & asked me if I would sing it for them so I did, now I don't have The best voice but ik how to hit some notes, their face after I finished the song was adorable They had a light in their eyes, Best memory & moment with that cousin.
How do I tell y'all that I didn't watch this vid as a kid 😭
4:33
The fact that this animation is better than the actual show just goes to show how talented people are
Amen.
I mean the original show was animated in flash and a sudden shift in animation might devide the community.
@@sidneysaldevia81 what if i told you that each frame of this was hand drawn pictures. that these 5 minutes and 55 seconds consisted of thousands of pictures.
@@dawnseeker176
And with just this one person it took about a couple of years I believe !
@@sidneysaldevia81 but still it would look great
I'm not even a fan of MLP or aware of the overarching storyline, but this video consistently brings me to tears. It's that good. Thank you.
Honestly no one should be embarrassed for liking this. Generally a great song
i know this is off topic but i love your pfp! The iconic Gabriel Shrug
This...
It’-...
*_I am le Speechless_*
@@amiraissleeping eyyy
EternalDepression ayyy😌
Wait people are embarrassed?
I never realized how good this was when I was younger but holy shit does this hit harder than the actual show cuz like,,,, I guess it's technically creative freedom because it's not canon and part of the actual show which is for kids. But having a reason for why Luna turned evil, which was due to the older's blindness from her own arrogance and ego. And now Celestia has to deal with the consequences and grief that come with her actions and its just- sooo good
YES
Don’t curse
@@Talia-s7x heckity heck
okie
Thai!gd
Left the fandom years ago, haven’t listened to this in 4 years. I still cry.
Same 😭
Same dude.
yo same
I remember watching this when I was like 8 years old ;-; the nostalgia is real
😢😢😢😢😢
Even after 9 years later this animation is still one of the most impressive fan works I've ever seen it always gives me goosebumps and i don't have the words to describe the feelings of pain and desperation this masterpiece has managed to convey
2:51 My mom looked over my shoulder at this time and said “Did you animate that? That’s so good!”
I wish mom, I wish
And did you? :3
The fact that you're mom believed that you animated this is wholesome. She believed that you have the talent to animate something like this. Your mom is supportive bro, lucky you.
Lol
One time i was editing a video and then my mom heard the song and thought i made it, I feel your pain
Noah Lani lol I wish too
Coming back 6 years later, still a true masterpiece. I'm crying right now. I left the MLP random, but I come back to this. Truly a work of art.
I'm in a pool of tears. That's how loud and ugly I cry
This song got me through my years of loneliness and solitude it means so much I tear up listening to it still haha
@@Bob-qx7vx No your not alone because God is always with you when you feel you don't matter to anyone
Same. This song, this animation.. I remember watching it so frequently back when I was 7. I’m 15 now. Time flies so fast, and I will forever cherish this video.
This was a true masterpiece. Both the singer and animator took the watered down tale we get in the show's prologue and brings it to life, showing what the two sisters truly must have felt. You can see their outrage when they quarrel, and truly feel Celestia's sorrow and remorse as she reflected on what she had done. If there were a chef's kiss emoji I would post it here, and I almost never use emoji. (Yeah yeah inb4 ok boomer)
I think or a lot of people this was a great example of how much people can make with so little.
Well. Warpout you did a very good job but why did you get fired!!?? 🤔 you put so much work on that and BAM YOUR FIRED!?!?!!? why?! why did you get fired??!! 😈😈😈😈😈😈😈😈😈
@@kayharrison236 ....H u h
@@kayharrison236 ???
Duh it’s a rap like the moon rise :/
It’s almost been a decade since this video existed. This was the best video with top tier animation.
This song is hitting harder than ever during quarantine.
I feel you
Idk why, but sure
So true
Agreed
Ikr
Not even a MLP fan but this was breathtaking wow.
The MLP fandom has some stupid good Artist. Not sure why tbh but it's crazy to watch them
@@suehayes203
To understand why MLP:FIM inspired so many people, you have to understand it's background. I can give you a short version, but I won't. :D
MLP G1 was born in the 80s, and the animation series had classical villains, so it wasn't just for girls with everthing in pink.
It was the 80s, a different world. People were going to be free. The soviet era was going to fall, the frustration of the Cold War was going to fade. And of course this decade was the end of the sexual revolution, where love was love and free, and of course that's the decade when the LGBT movement was born.
So here comes the My Little Pony. It wasn't made strictly to little girls as I said. It went hand to hand with Transformers, G.I. Joe and so on, love was still love, so as a boy watching a show made for girls (but not strictly) wasn't a big problem. This was the decade when creators of the MLP:FIM was young or even kids.
Well, the G1 ended and the 90s arrived with Cartoon Network with classical animations. The sexual revolution ended. The Back Street Boys, NSYNC and many other boy bands was born in this decade. Teenager girls wet their panties for them, and the magazines told the teenagers what does girls and boys do. The anime bring the masculine heroes and feminine heroines idealizing the genders. There was spiced characters too, that's true, but the gap was wider between boys and girls. And of course My Little Pony G2 was mostly for girls.
At the end of the decade Cartoon Network started to air more... risky shows, like SpongeBob Squarepants, Courage the Cowardly Dog, and so as the artists who were kids in the 80s started to work. They wanted to tell stories, experiment with new technologies and tried to open the world.
In the 90s there was huge stress on the youth. You had to be masculine or feminine to be successful or you were nothing. Those who couldn't or didn't want to join the others, were outcasted. Those guys started to shoot at Columbine in 1999. And then came september 11th, 2001. The 21th century started with tragedies, rock bands were the new boy bands, Cartoon Network aired dark and twisted shows, South Park became popular, and in the chaos was born the Powerpuff Girls, where little girls beaten the shit out of villains. One of the creators was Lauren Faust. In the 2000s people became hypersensitive due their experiences, which escalated in the 2010s because of the internet.
On the other hand the net has spread throughout the world, sites like Deviantart was formed, the era of smartphones has started. People became less connected in personal, left their injured youth for themselves, but those guys found their way to express themselves through art.
In 2010 My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic was aired. After the hostile years of the decades before, there was a show, full of love, with the promise of adventure, characters who weren't just crazy, but had their own motivities and sometimes in the deep a strong wish to find acceptance, care and love. Lauren Faust wanted to be more deep with the story, but Hasbro didn't want to take the risk, so the fandom created new stories and spread the word of the show.
This is how I see. :)
The song or the vid
@@Andras_Orvos W o a h
*all the mlp kids coming back and having intense nostalgia rn*
seriously tho, this gave me so much nostalgia and now that I'm older and know more things about art and life in general I realize how much of a masterpiece this is. well done :)
Me too :D
I was an mlp kid
i miss it so much, honestly it was such a fantastic show and a great time, first few seasons at least
Fr
Me too! I loved that show when i was younger
2:06 Snowdrop reference in Luna’s room ❄️🩵
No matter how many times I listen to this song, the lyric "I love you, I miss you" always makes me breakdown and cry. I'm not sure why, but I think it's because I relate with Luna in this case.
That quote reminds me of 9/11...
SAME that one lyric ALWAYS get me
“Luna you’re loved so much more than you know” gives me chills
For me it's the "and forgive me for being so blind" that always gets me
i loved that line cuz i personally relate to celestia actually. i feel like it's portrayed very often in the media (like in shows, movies, etc.) where the younger sibling 'hates' the older sibling because they're overshadowed by them or they're too naggy, etc. but the younger siblings never realize exactly how much their older siblings treasure them. maybe it's because i myself am the oldest child and have a younger sister, but it kinda pains me to see celestia hated so much for being accused of making luna suffer, being a bad queen, etc. tho i understand, it still hurts when your love is kind of underestimated to the point that you're hated.
I am crying right now that something like my little pony is considered nostalgic. It fandom was truly a gift and the animation was really smooth and beautiful. People of the fandom are still alive and that what makes me proud
It is really sad that the show ended
I watched ponies since 2015 I guess. (I live in Poland so I dunno when the premiere there was). I was out of the fandom in 2018-2021, I came back 13 May 2021 (Because Of this song that was so nostalgic to me) and I didn't know what happened to MLP. Now I see that the show ended and it makes me upset that I wasn't there for almost 3 years.
Take care Bronies/Pegasisters!
@@ondori4685 dude same. I watched since like 2013 but kinda dipped out around 2018, and now that it’s over I’m like oh damn I missed a whole lot and now it’s done :’)
@@ondori4685 I started in 2015 too. Best show ever 😊😇
theres a song about luna's reply
Bah ponies shmonies.
this video always gives me chills ESPECIALLY when Luna yells at Celestia and then the fighting scene.. the way she tears up as she has no choice but to send Luna away for the safety of herself and her kingdom, the way Lunas silhouette is shown on the moon and Celestia just stares in a way that’s like “what have I done?” and screams out in pain. The line “forgive me for being so blind..” makes me so sad too… absolute favorite animation ever
The truth is that I still wonder if in this animation, it was Celestia or the Element of Magic that acted of its own free will and banished Luna
Ерн.
Bro, Every time I come back I cry because of that, I'm crying now lol
@@Larts_Arts im pretty sure it was the elements not tia
This is the first time I’ve watched this, and my *god*-
I had to restrain my tears because I was in public. This hit so much harder than I thought it would.
Not to mention the animation is phenomenal!
“I love you... I miss you”
Thank you, MLP:FiM. You will never be forgotten. 2010-2019
man I see this kinds of comments and all of the post about the series finale and I wan't to kill DK, well the Brazilian tem at least, we have been stuck in episode eleven since 10th of august, if I recall correctly the day, but I know it was in august, well fuck, at least we know all the hype is going to be worth it, from all the spoilers we got :|
anyways, I still feel the nostalgia from the early days, back when the fandom was called "Eurobeat" lol, all of the amazing music and animations, every work of art this fandom has created, it's now part of my life, and it will be forever.
gen 5 is coming tho :) just hope it is not a fiasco
That part hits different
True 😭😭😭😭
True...
it'll always be in my heart
“So uh mom I kinda sent sis to the moon” imagine that conversation
Tbh celestias parents would’ve been long gone by this point. Natural born alicorns are like- immortal, so they kinda grow slow. Given that celestias mother probably earned her spot, she was not a naturally born alicorn, and was therefor not immortal, she was probably dead by this point
Lol Xdddd
@@kingofhorses5745 Well no one really knows who Celestia's and Luna's parents are so- Yeah I'm not tryna be rude or anything
@@lilacvang4838 they're in 1 or 2 episodes of the first season, they all looked... very normal. I think star swirled the bearded help in amplifying Luna and celestia's magic to get them where they are
@@fishguts_ Celestias and Lunas parents? In the first season??
?????????
one of the greatest, most legendary pieces of art to come from this fandom.
All these years, and I never noticed that Celestia's main was still only pink during the battle and didn't turn rainbow until after she used the elements.
That is incredibly sad to think about what looking in her reflection would be like for her.
omg
Actually in cannon that's now how that went. It will show in drawing her with pink hair, but when Twilight sees the battle between Celestia and Nightmare Moon, her hair is multicolored the whole time.
In the animation though it does give me the same thought.
Mane*
@@sourtea5407 -_-
Arctic Line
Pony: Celestia! How did you get your rainbow mane!
Celestia: ...... Luna banished to the moon...
Pony: Uh... Ok...? I kinda asked how did you get your rainb-
Celestia: I SAID LUNA BANISHED TO THE MOON
Pony: ://////// Ok...?
Six years.
Still I can watch this and appreciate how much emotion and artistic talent went into making this. I love every artist and animator that created this masterpiece.
Still I am crying at the sheer emotion that went into this.
i’m pretty sure it was one persone
Actually 7 years:(
Same..
:>
@@Star_Infinitee Just a thought but it helped me get through my loneliness, though I still battle with it, but if your lonely now that just means you have many people waiting for you in your future. Don't give up hope, because you never know, your sister may be just as lonely as you. It is easy to be lonely when surrounded by people but the people who surround you are the people you need to see who can strength and help you.
three years later, long out of the fandom, and this song still SLAPS
NECRONIIC oof same
Exactly
me
Like a sandal?
Yup. Going on a little nostalgia trip right now and listening to all of the amazing songs this fandom managed to produce
me tooo!
2:51 to 3:35
ALWAYS GETS ME the way she express her love through a lullaby like she want luna to hear "lullay moon princess goodnight sister mine " that lullaby saying she want her lullaby to reach her is just so pretty ESPECIALLY "luna your loved so much more than you know" listened to this when i was a child back when im a teenager
This person who voiced Celestia is a such a good singer!
I thing Ellis that voices as Celestia
I agree it’s beautiful
Luna I love you 😍and can't even 💓❤you have a lot of love ❤you have been so 💗in the world ❤ celeriac
THIS DESERVES TO BE ON SOME SORT OF MOVIE OR BROADWAY MUSICAL LIKE THIS HURTS SO BAD I’M SOBBING-
*Hugs*
Join the club
Fun fact the person who made the song is I want to believe the most trusted person in the fandom to make a full Broadway show off mlp
Yeah. Maybe it could be about Luna's decent into Nighmare Moon.
This battle and song are way more fitting than the Show canon's.
Well it is also more realistic since in MLP after they blast someone through a wall the villian waits for them to get steady but in this Luna wastes no time
Teraunce Foaloke This is WAAAY better than how the show portrayed it
Plot twist: The similar idea in writers' heads is actually like WrapOut's, but since Hasbro does not allow the writers to use the same ideas as fans', they change to the canon lore we get, seasons later.
Even though the very first ep of the series is also the pilot, but Celestia in the book has a pink mane. So I think Lauren Faust did that to imply that when Celestia banished her own sister, she was young
Yep
@@real_chichicherry123
This is true in my head now--
I came back here after so many years, and DAMN! I had already cried when I saw it for the first time and I'm crying again from Nostalgia! 😭 This animation is and always will be a Masterpiece of the MLP Fandom 🥰😍
"The blame was my own, the punishment yours".
When you're playing with your brother and suddenly you break something and your parents blame your brother instead of you...
Haha yes, as someone who have an annoying brother this is true.
I remember taking blames for my younger brother. And because of that he would always share with me and give me some stuff of his.
@SolarYT WOAH,Chill! I dont even have a brother!
@@mikantsumiki9338 Aw so sweet
Usually it’s the opposite..
this is STILL the best animation I’ve watched in my life to date. This tops anything a major animation company has put out. It’s just so crisp and beautiful.
M
you're capping
Two words; violet evergarden
@@ruederossi2584 a few words : compare the size of the teams who made these animations
@@snqoqo Fr!! I’m pretty sure this whole animation was worked on only by *one* guy! Violet Evergarden’s animation is lovely, but there’s literally hundreds of thousands working on it. Of course it needs to look presentable.
“I love you...”
“I miss you...”
“All of these miles away....”
*me talking to my fridge across the room*
LMAO! FUNNIEST COMMENT I HAVE EVER SEEN
xD
I wish I could say this isn't true, but..........its true and funny!!!
I never laughed so hard at a comment
Mark Bordenet same lol 😂
As a kid I genuinely sobbed while watching this. The music is absolutely heart wrenching, the animation is beyond gorgeous and the execution is perfection 🙏🙏🙏🙏❤❤❤❤ thank you for being such an important part of my childhood
I love how well you portraited the story. It's not Luna who's bad, it's not Celestia, they both had their reasons, they made mistakes, they had their reasons. It shows just how much both of them suffered in the past, and it makes me so incredibly grateful that they're happy.
Super well animated, I love it! This must have taken so long to do-
Very true, it goes to show that siblings may sometimes squabble with one another over silly or petty things but... like you said they had their reasons & made mistakes.
But in the end siblings will always find it in themselves to forgive each other even if it may take sometime along with a bit of patience but the love & bond we sibling have for each other will always be there to remind us the importance of family & togetherness to overcome whatever struggles or obstacles that may come our way so we can face them together against all odds.
Celestia & Luna may have made mistakes in the past but... their Love & Bond as sisters will help & guide them on their path to overcome struggles & obstacles they'll face.
that's true
It took like 2 and a half years.
Holy-
@@KillerQueen-gx4vb nice profile picture.
Just would like to say, this has a good story behind.
First off, Celestia’s mane changing when using the Elements of Harmony makes so much sense since she had pink hair as a kid. Then, her need to hold back since she didn’t want to hurt her sister even while fighting her. And finally, the ending when we see Luna’s bed and that it’s empty, representing perfectly what it looked like without her.
Such a good animation
Absolutely BRILLIANT!
Letupita725HD★ I sure hope you subscribe to PonyPhonic and WarpOut.
I'm gonna cry
no se que hacer si llorar o gritar
Chief brave the hedgehog I already am
True
Love bow UA-cam will always bring me back this wonderful piece which no matter how long the mlp fanbase had vanished from its former glory, its still one of the most beautiful and dedicated derivative works.
3:11 that camera reverb gives me LIFE. The attention to the details is nothing less than stunning
That scene gave so much emotion✨
I love how nightmare moon mane makes it look like she's crying
naw bc same i keep replaying it and it is honestly just so amazing i love it
"May these thousand winters swiftly pass I pray..."
Whooo... Every time... the power those words hit you with... All these years later and I still get chills when I hear them
It's deep. But how did she know Luna would be gone for a thousand years?
I get chills every time
But like the "carry my lullaby winds of the earth" until "and carry my sorrow in kind" STILL MURDERED ME WITH FEELINGS TO THUS VERY DAYS.
@@hawkfeather6802 I think the banishment was supposed to last for a thousand years and Celestia couldn't change that
I was scrolling down the comments and this came up right when she sang it
I like to think that the reason Celestia used the Elements of Harmony was that although her power really was really just much stronger than her sister's, she didnt want to hurt her sister so she had to hold back. But since the Elements of Harmony are much gentler than her Solar powers, she used them instead, which is why we see her flash of realization when she crashed there.
True
I hate to burst your bubble but no that's not the reason why she used the Elements of Harmony. She used them because nightmare moon is stronger then her and since she was hurt, she had no choice.
@@kimyragreen7507 They said they "like to think", as in they prefer their take on it. I assume they know the real reason.
That's a nice take on it! I'm sure you know the likely reason she used it though was because her powers were not strong enough and if you think about it does make sense. However I'm sure the only reason why Luna was stronger was because she became Nightmare Moon and has no restrictions on using her powers at their highest level because she was, well, bad. If Celestia was Daybreaker I'm sure she would have beat Nightmare Moon easily because we've seen it in the one episode/s where Starlight Glimmer switched their cutie marks so technically you're right. Celestia/Daybreaker is stronger than Luna/Nightmare Moon.
Isnt Nightmare moon stronger than Celestia?
I’m seventeen and still love this. I discovered this when I was ten I think but I’ll always love this
This storyline is way better than the original, just saying
Edit: I mean the fact that they fought and the fashion that nightmare was banished. I liked that it was way more dramatic, as an event like that should be. I also liked how celestia got her color and wavy hair from this event instead of just having it because of magic.
What? It's literally the same exact story lmao
It's the devil!
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@@kaytrain9229 Well guess I'mma bout be possessed
EmilyEquine what she means is that in the acual episodes she was running but here she wasn’t
ive got to admit its nicer, also it would be more physiologically damaging due to whenever she looked at herself and saw the mane it would remind her of that day
“I love you... I miss you”
Don’t mind me sobbing in the corner
Don't worry,you're not alone
Amelie Rose
Okay!
😅😅
me talking to myself about my father 💀💀
Same...........I'm very sensitive when it comes to thinking about..."her"...
Can I join you?
Who’s watching after the show finale?
I’m not crying, you are..
you right you right
ELYsium actually I’m sitting here rationalizing every detail of imagination.
I can’t cry over a story that’s not my own, I don’t know why. So instead I sit here and try to absorb every detail to make it feel like my story so that way I can cry.
@@flyingturret208thecannon5 Sounds nerdy mate
@@flyingturret208thecannon5 you're not alone
M E
i still can't believe i literally memorized the whole song when i was 10 and tried to sing it as perfectly as i could while nobody was home. This used to be my favorite song ever and i listened it for the first time after more than 8 years, still remembered most of the lyrics but it hits so hard. Absolutely love this song and animation!
I can't believe people are still here after years! I thought I was the only one! This song is the most beautiful I've ever heard, it deserves more attention
I completely agree
I agree. I've never ever cried with a song in my life, but then I heard this song again. I cried. So it's kinda bittersweet for me.
same, i made a song for a youtuber idk if she noticed thou lol
Been here since the animatic she made
I also agree. It so beautiful.
Everyone: poor Celestia..
Me: poor WarpOut this must’ve taken way too long to animate
How long do you think it took ?
Months. Maybe 5 idek
@@aaliyah2xl251 2,5 years it's in the comments or description
@@synxethic It took 2.5 years :/
"Everyone: poor Celestia..
"
I think that should be Luna
I feel that my 8 year old self woke up from an eternal rest
Same here bud
I feel you dude
aGH same!
Same :,(
Same though-
This was stuck in my head 24/7 when i was a kid. Listening to this again just hits different. It feels so familiar ❤