the mind electric | rain world animation

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  • Опубліковано 18 тра 2023
  • Two months in the making and more hours than I would like to admit later this project is finally finished! Going over the events from the Rain World timeline, from the perspective of abandoned gods.
    Rain World is a game where you play as a Slugcat in a world left by an extinct civilization, with an immersive complex ecosystem in which you are trying to survive and find your way back, or uncover a path much more existential. The game has incredible lore and a way of telling it, and with this animation I wanted to commemorate its meaning to me and share it with you guys. I hope you enjoy!
    This game and its story is very dear to me, I cannot stress enough how much I love this rainy game. Thanks for watching.
    Want to support me on other platforms? It is much appreciated!
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    Animation inspired by the game Rain World.
    Song: 'the mind electric' by Miracle Musical.
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  • @merlinsartbook
    @merlinsartbook  11 місяців тому +405

    100K views. That is so profoundly mindboggling to me. I cannot thank you enough for watching my silly passion projects I throw hours into making. I am so flattered by your many comments and likes, it brightens my day every time someone comments I made them cry or inspired them or simply pointing out something they've enjoyed about the stuff I make. I am so happy to hear some people have gotten into Rain World after seeing my animation. I'm adding every single one of you to my tally of friends I have convinced to play Rain World.
    There are more animations coming. I've been busy with life responsibilities the past few weeks, so I have barely started, but be on the lookout for another Rain World animation I have planned, perhaps other animations in the future relating to more RW or my OC's/D&D characters, and maybe some random stuff that bursts out of my brain onto my canvas.
    Thank you for watching, being here, and being awesome. I love you guys

    • @mentalfloof-sleep6851
      @mentalfloof-sleep6851 11 місяців тому +2

      I was JUST about to say congrats on 100k views!

    • @Sqwidiot
      @Sqwidiot 11 місяців тому +1

      i mean you deserve it

    • @NurtyBN
      @NurtyBN 11 місяців тому +1

      you deserve it!

    • @user-ir5ht9js4x
      @user-ir5ht9js4x 11 місяців тому +2

      Очень хорошая анимацыя получилась

    • @mellowmooon
      @mellowmooon 11 місяців тому +2

      It deserves it!! this is definitely one of the best animations in the fandom, I can't stop rewatching it

  • @basdejong1598
    @basdejong1598 Рік тому +645

    It's heartbreaking to see Pebbles going from "compared to you I'm god-like" to "hello green.. thing"

    • @cometisV2
      @cometisV2 10 місяців тому +60

      oh my god you're right

    • @mothgirl326
      @mothgirl326 9 місяців тому +119

      Also the repetition of "I cannot help you. I cannot even help myself" and it slowly gets more and more apt over time as he weakens

    • @Kanako_ketsunake
      @Kanako_ketsunake 9 місяців тому +36

      YEHA THAT HURT ME REAL GOD DAMN HARD-
      I’ll never ever recover

    • @jessiesowter
      @jessiesowter 9 місяців тому +61

      "You the unknowing recipient, I the reluctant gift."
      That line is reversed when playing as Saint.

    • @Kanako_ketsunake
      @Kanako_ketsunake 9 місяців тому +25

      @@jessiesowter ok this sounds like lore I need, but I cannot read this backwards my brains melting

  • @CanOfSodah
    @CanOfSodah Рік тому +1523

    This is perfect. An amazing incorporation of how The Mind Electric messes with its own music with the flickering around between different time periods and Pebbles own shifting opinions on stuff.

    • @merlinsartbook
      @merlinsartbook  Рік тому +109

      Thanks for the kind words

    • @miyondamenggo
      @miyondamenggo Рік тому +34

      @@merlinsartbook i cant stop listening and watching this video. The animation is immaculate, and works perfectly with this song which I can’t stop listening to

  • @Northflowo
    @Northflowo Рік тому +466

    YOOOO THE WAY IT TRANSITIONS INTO INTRODUCTION TO THE SNOW YESSSS!!!!!!!! PHENOMENAL WORK AS USUAL!

    • @merlinsartbook
      @merlinsartbook  Рік тому +42

      Hehehe it was planned all along

    • @merlinsartbook
      @merlinsartbook  Рік тому +40

      Thanks for the kind words! Means a lot

    • @Generalmacka
      @Generalmacka 8 місяців тому +4

      WHEN IS SOUTH COMING OUT

    • @kitsurinreal
      @kitsurinreal 4 місяці тому +2

      i now cannot hear this song without hearing the catboy version thanks to you flowo

    • @Veryspecialat
      @Veryspecialat 4 місяці тому +1

      @@merlinsartbook this is the only time I can get a message out to a creator: Have a good day.

  • @lucasm2344
    @lucasm2344 Рік тому +731

    Five pebbles and his interections with the other iterators is legit one of the best tragedies in videogames. I can't see any of them and not feel bad on some level.

    • @gollygosh
      @gollygosh 11 місяців тому +55

      They just wanted to help, but he keeps pushing them away :(

    • @brunopagnoncelli975
      @brunopagnoncelli975 11 місяців тому +51

      ​@@gollygoshand he only saw the truth when it was too late, leaving him isolated drowning in his own regret.....thankfully our boi rivulet came to the rescue

    • @Schnort
      @Schnort 10 місяців тому +23

      ​@@brunopagnoncelli975and then Saint murdered them :]

    • @Generalmacka
      @Generalmacka 9 місяців тому +8

      IT'S BECAUSE OF YOU AND MOON THAT I'M ROTTING AWAY IN THE FIRST PLACE! GET OUT!

    • @DialecticRed
      @DialecticRed 9 місяців тому +23

      Not just one of the best tragedies in videogames, but one of the best tragedies of all time period. There is something about the world and story of Rain World that speaks to me on a level few other things can. These absolutely colossal superstructures containing AI supercomputers to solve the ancients' problems only for them to be gone by the time the main story takes place. How 5P was so blinded by his hubris and ambition to re-create the circumstances that led to the demise of Sliver of Straw that he sacrificed everything for it, and ultimately paid for it over the next however many cycles it took for his can to deteriorate to the Silent Superstructure by Saint's campaign. How he condemned Moon to collapse by taking all of the water for himself, and to an extent also how Moon, despite being capable of stopping him earlier on (as indicated by a conversation between No Significant Harassment and Seven Red Suns in Spearmaster's campaign), she ultimately was not assertive enough to stand up for herself despite the dire circumstances. This I would say is also in and of itself a lesson, how being too accommodating at your own expense can ultimately leave you far worse off in the end, which is something I relate to a lot because I struggle with it often. I am struggling a lot for money, and not because I spent it on self indulgent things but because I have used so much of it to help out friends in difficult financial situations that there isn't much left for me.
      I'm just rambling at this point but... all I want to get across is that I really fucking love this story, and the world in which it takes place. Rain World truly is a masterpiece.

  • @briannasevenhuysen5566
    @briannasevenhuysen5566 Рік тому +587

    I have tears streaming down my face. I didnt expect to cry from this but it was so oddly perfect for the rain world time line. I hope you get leagues of attention for this because it deserves it.

    • @merlinsartbook
      @merlinsartbook  Рік тому +50

      That means a lot! Thanks for the nice words

  • @gavin5410
    @gavin5410 Рік тому +257

    I'm amazed how good the iterators look with human body proportions. I would have expected it to look strange on them.

  • @honey-snap
    @honey-snap Рік тому +194

    I WILL NOT CRY ABOUT THE PINK ROBOT I WILL NOT CRY ABOUT THE PINK ROBOT I WILL NOT CRY ABOUT THE PINK ROB i am crying about the pink robot this is SOOOO UKCING IAGOOOD ITS AMAZING OH MY GOD WHAT WHAT I LOVE IT

    • @Foxett25
      @Foxett25 Рік тому +17

      PEBBLES IS THE BEST BOY HE IS AMAZINGLY WRITTEN

    • @merlinsartbook
      @merlinsartbook  Рік тому +31

      We all cry about the pink robot. That's been Videocult's agenda from the beginning and we love them for it.

    • @Protogen-oh9dv
      @Protogen-oh9dv 2 місяці тому

      he’s called FIVE PEBBLES

    • @LocalChaos-8217
      @LocalChaos-8217 2 місяці тому +1

      HELP THIS IS SO ME

    • @krayendangalhamdulillahhad7235
      @krayendangalhamdulillahhad7235 Місяць тому

      ​@@Protogen-oh9dvFinally someone told him

  • @gachakris2924
    @gachakris2924 Рік тому +170

    "When it grows bright the particles start to marvel having made it through the night"
    I got chills here. The apocalypse of his own making has passed, and now the snow started to fall. It was absolutely the most fitting moment in the whole animation

  • @S11ushie
    @S11ushie Рік тому +190

    wow, i love the way you animated this, including all the slugcats passing through pebbles' chamber was a great touch, and the almost apocalyptic feel of pebbles' surroundings with the rot and lizards was incredibly well done. I've never heard this song before but it fits almost perfectly, giving a feel of a spiral into insanity. Love the added touch at the end from your previous animation :) keep up the good work, i love seeing all the great stuff come from talented people like you who create incredible stuff about rain world.

    • @jessiesowter
      @jessiesowter Рік тому +11

      The song is, indeed, about someone spiralling into insanity! The protagonist was wrongly accused of murder. He pleads insanity, but he is sentenced to electric therapy. Because he is not insane, the electric chair drives him mad. (Then he goes sailing because "idk what would you do if you were insane?" and dies)
      I think that's what happened. I just read comments on the video lol

    • @Foxett25
      @Foxett25 Рік тому +4

      ​@@jessiesowter Pretty sure he's accused of murdering his own girlfriend, but someone else killed her (Murderers is the song i think), and he reunited with her after he drowned.

    • @aviator8632
      @aviator8632 Рік тому +2

      @S11ushie I agree :)
      (I think the @ failed but oh well)

  • @mossyrocks1096
    @mossyrocks1096 Рік тому +67

    Idk if this is on purpose but the sign behind pebbles as he attempts the procedure looks like suns symbol, given suns was the one who told pebbles that’s super cool!

  • @thejadewizard6178
    @thejadewizard6178 Рік тому +61

    I love the part were Pebs was bracing for the collapse, I really felt something, it was really tense and I liked how he fell over in convulsions. Poor boi.

  • @Voxen712
    @Voxen712 Рік тому +106

    Usually it's special to find half a minute of full animation from one person on YT, and then RW community pulls up filled to the brim with amazingly skilled and especially dedicated artists making whole short movie projects within months of hard work. This one specifically has to be in the top 5 for sure, outstanding quality in so many aspects!

  • @The-EJ-Factor
    @The-EJ-Factor Рік тому +87

    when I first saw this animation I was thinking a lot of fandoms use songs for animations of games that don't really fit, but this is close enough. After seeing a bunch of other animations with this song because how much I liked the video and feel, I realised I enjoyed this vidio the most, even animations with OC's made for this song still don't match the lyrics even though they were trying to be a music vidio for the song, but when you look at the lyrics it doesn't really fit. This one fits with the script a lot better when compared with almost all the others, This is amazing and you should be proud of it.

    • @merlinsartbook
      @merlinsartbook  Рік тому +7

      Thank you! I really appreciate your compliment :)

  • @rocirusoverlord8110
    @rocirusoverlord8110 Рік тому +229

    Honestly wasnt expecting this today, but this is an utter masterpiece. Using one of my favourite songs in such a way which fits perfectly with the lore of rainworld itself, utterly cannot express how brilliant this is.

  • @scarredclawsgibberish
    @scarredclawsgibberish Рік тому +24

    2:37 NOO THE GREEN LIZARD :(
    also this is one of the best rain world animations i've ever seen, you did a brilliant job.

  • @nexneedsanewvessel7571
    @nexneedsanewvessel7571 Рік тому +54

    i. i am so OBSESSED with this. i lost track of how many times i've rewatched it. it's so incredible
    you've captured so INCREDIBLY that spiraling degradation of 5p's mind like. his brain is LITERALLY rotting. and you can FEEL it in this video. ghflksjhfdsjkghsf the visuals match the music SO WELL and i am losing my MIND over that slow, glitching transition between all the slugcats, how we see rivulet leave with the core and just. how certain melodies are given to different slugcats, as if making nods to 5p's different mental states
    man i dont even know. im just so obsessed with all these visuals and the shakes of the screen. it feels so VIVIDLY like reality is ACTUALLY falling apart around him. the rot and the glitches and gfkdjgshf WITH THE CAN FALLING INTO THE OCEAN AND CREATING THAT MASSIVE WAVE AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
    im just so awed by this i swearrrrrrrr

    • @merlinsartbook
      @merlinsartbook  Рік тому +4

      I'm so glad you've enjoyed it so much 🥲

    • @localpedestrian7894
      @localpedestrian7894 Рік тому +2

      YES!! I 100% agree. I’m glad the glitches in the original song weren’t left out either, it just tops it all off and makes it perfect

    • @nexneedsanewvessel7571
      @nexneedsanewvessel7571 Рік тому +2

      @@localpedestrian7894 yessssssss the glitches both visually and graphically r so good. all this warped audio and messed up camera angles MAKE this video. cinematography babeyyyyyyy

  • @JostyleAnimations
    @JostyleAnimations Рік тому +327

    I love this so very very much. It's a perfect summary of Pebble's tragic story and I also love this song a lot. Animation is STELLAR too!
    btw at 3:18 I went: "WAIT THIS IS THAT OTHER ANIMATION-"

    • @merlinsartbook
      @merlinsartbook  Рік тому +62

      Hehehe it was the plan all alongg

    • @QuakeSomethingUnique
      @QuakeSomethingUnique Рік тому +12

      @@merlinsartbook dann, that is perffect

    • @nyuh
      @nyuh Рік тому +9

      HOLY HECK I DIDNT REALIZE THATS SO COOL

  • @crossoverepisode
    @crossoverepisode Рік тому +33

    HOLY FUCKING SHIT!!!!! This is so good holy crap!
    I was literally just thinking about pebbles. How so little people seem to really comprehend how horrific his story really is. This video portrays that perfectly. All wrapped up in an animation that is just really fucking good.

    • @robertchappell8086
      @robertchappell8086 Рік тому +1

      He's still a bastard, but he's a *tragic* bastard in a tragic world who's mistakes are fucking horrifying to think about when you consider the superstructure is his *body* and the rot is eating it from the inside out, taking away his agency and his memories, when the only thing he can do is consume ever more water to try and flush the rot out of his systems to prevent his systems from completely shutting down
      Like I would 100% slap him but then I would comfort him if given the chance because that shit must suck so much, just desperately wanting a way out but accidentally killing your big sister and giving yourself turbo cancer

  • @Argom42
    @Argom42 Рік тому +35

    ive been waiting for someone to do this properly. you nailed it.

    • @merlinsartbook
      @merlinsartbook  Рік тому +9

      I'd been waiting too, took matters into my own hands. Thanks for the compliment :]

  • @Foxett25
    @Foxett25 Рік тому +32

    YOOOO ONE OF MY FAVORITE SONGS, MY FAVOURITE GAME, AND AMAZING ANIMATION?! HOLY HELL I ADORE THIS!
    THE END CARRIES OVER RIGHT INTO “introduction to the snow” WAOOWOOW-

  • @plutonium293
    @plutonium293 Рік тому +33

    I adore how this works with the lyrics (ex: 1:42 "Nuns commence incanting as the lightning strikes mine temples thus(...)" with the green lightning; spinning camera at "Spiraling down thy majesty")
    This is by far the most wonderful piece of art I've ever had the honor of watching and I am high key addicted to this video. Amazing work.
    Edit: Listing off each time this video matches (as much as I can) with the lyrics because I've noticed a few more since commenting this (not the rhythm and glitches, that would be a really long list)
    0:54 - LttM's can collapsing at "All mine towers crumble down(...)"
    1:05 - Water used to flush out the Rot appears as soon as the word "thirst" is said
    1:07 - Neuron flies at "Scattering sparks of thought energy"
    1:11 - Hunter delivering NSH's neuron fly at "Deliver me and carry me away"
    1:23 - Just a neat detail I noticed: FP's arm lowers the further along the timeline the slugcat is.
    1:42 - : )
    2:33 - FP looks down when the demented voices say "down"
    2:41 - Shows a hole in the roof of FP's chamber @ "And you fall inside a hole you couldn't see"
    You absolute legend you've basically singlehandedly spoiled me on animation.

    • @merlinsartbook
      @merlinsartbook  Рік тому +6

      Thank you for the cool analysis, people noticing and talking about the intentions behind every scene is incredibly cool and it makes my day reading these

    • @xxstrawberryxx7219
      @xxstrawberryxx7219 10 місяців тому +1

      You forgot that at the raise your right hand pebs actually raises his right hand

    • @plutonium293
      @plutonium293 10 місяців тому +1

      @@xxstrawberryxx7219 That's actually his left hand, but since he's facing in the direction of the camera it IS on his right side

    • @xxstrawberryxx7219
      @xxstrawberryxx7219 10 місяців тому +1

      ​@@plutonium293No like right after he turns to moon and raises his right hand

    • @ryanbraun804
      @ryanbraun804 2 місяці тому

      Me trying to sleep

  • @arrowacep
    @arrowacep Рік тому +24

    The fact that you not only made a gorgeous amv using a song that I love so deeply, but also that you drew the outside of Pebbles so detailed and yet a large amount of the amv was very simple in its shapes and colors is staggering. Im sending this to my rainworld friends. Fucking a, really.

  • @abrokenpearl
    @abrokenpearl Рік тому +58

    This is good stuff! To make a whole 3 minute animation with color takes a lot of dedication and patience, good job!

  • @fishbone6202
    @fishbone6202 10 місяців тому +4

    Adding the start of the cancer on the hunters back was a really nice touch

  • @SluggoX_
    @SluggoX_ Рік тому +13

    SOBBING SO MUCH THIS IS AMAZING AAAAAA
    his little hand twitching to grab the pearl at 1:57 had me absolutely stunned in panic and feeling the need to HELP THE POOR MAN.
    wonderful animation youve done!incredibly smooth and so satisfying to stare at 0.o a beautiful end result :33
    imma have this on replay for an eternity

  • @souruki_
    @souruki_ Рік тому +33

    extremely well made, those two months of production were definitely worth it!
    love it, kudos

  • @voyagerwitch
    @voyagerwitch Рік тому +12

    great stuff! it definitely underscores the ways five pebbles is sympathetic and the ways he isn't.

  • @hystericalbroad
    @hystericalbroad Рік тому +14

    woah, the amount of detail here is something to be appreciated. you did a nice job

  • @averagejoe2933
    @averagejoe2933 Рік тому +19

    One of my favorite songs from one of my favorite albums mixed with one of my favorite games thank you for making this this is now one of my favorite rain world animations ❤ (probably my favorite part is that it ends with the beginning of your other animation)

  • @oneirithedreamer4361
    @oneirithedreamer4361 Рік тому +12

    Holy heck the song fits so well, the way the story flows with the music and the transitions is just ✨One of the best rw animations ive seen for sure, those two months were definitely worth it!!

  • @stuartpot1971
    @stuartpot1971 Рік тому +21

    This is stunning! Beautiful art, amazing animation, fantastic story, masterpiece in every aspect.
    I. LOVE. IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    This is actually depressing to see that so little people seen this animation, wish you luck and thank you for your amazing work!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @redcobra2461
    @redcobra2461 Рік тому +12

    I can’t stop watching this, it’s such an incredible animation, the absolute power of it all and it all explains Five Pebbles’ story so well
    As someone who has tried to do animation I can imagine how much work you must have put into it and it’s just, wow, this masterpiece deserves way more praise!!

  • @maxnihil604
    @maxnihil604 Рік тому +10

    this is one of the best rainworld animations I've ever seen

  • @NormanNormalman
    @NormanNormalman Рік тому +14

    I knew the next one would be incredible, but I was not expecting a literal masterpiece. I cannot wait for more of your animations!

  • @druidshollow
    @druidshollow Рік тому +13

    oh this is SO FUCKING COOL!!!!!! what an incredibly emotional take on pebbles' story, i REALLY love the emotions in the part where pebbles is collapsing. this song is so good and honestly just so iterator-core i was just starting an animatic to the not glitchy version w my ocs LMAO
    i was obsessed with the saint and pebbles animation for a while and i was so hyped to see this in my suggestions, your style is so great i hope this video gets massive attention it totally deserves it!!

  • @korch2012
    @korch2012 Рік тому +15

    Whis is gorgeous. Animation is on level, all the composition, color and art style in general are so good, but story... you executed it masterly. This is one of the best animation/animatics that I've seen about the Rain World, and I never thought that 5 Pebbel's lore could go so well with this song. Beautiful work< more people need to see this

  • @boppertron4929
    @boppertron4929 Рік тому +12

    Ever since I learned about the Rain World lore I knew this song would be perfect for an animation about Five Pebbles. Well done.

  • @Banana_Slugcat
    @Banana_Slugcat Рік тому +8

    This is just beautiful, no other way to comment on this. The quality of the animation and character movement, watching Moon crash down made me shiver. I want a Rain World movie now 😭😭

  • @hollyfrostdraws4227
    @hollyfrostdraws4227 Рік тому +29

    I know nothing about rainworld but this is truly a work of art the timing and everything! Please keep up the wonderful work!! :))
    Edit: I got the game and I'm confused but so far it's so good- I keep dying to the lizards but im gonna try to keep on (attempting to) explore im not sure where to go tbh but I think I finished a cycle thing? Idk but i reached the end of the symbol things

    • @crossoverepisode
      @crossoverepisode Рік тому +9

      I find it so cool how Rain World animations like this can poke outside the community to people who know absolutely nothing about the game or its story, and yet still be grasped and appreciated.
      I wonder how different this video seems to someone with no context?

    • @hollyfrostdraws4227
      @hollyfrostdraws4227 Рік тому +6

      @@crossoverepisode yeah I find that pretty cool! I've been trying to understand rainworld lore it's a bit confusing but I kinda understand like the slug cats and the robot people ( don't know what they are called )

    • @Foxett25
      @Foxett25 Рік тому +7

      ​@@hollyfrostdraws4227 I'l try to explain the lore in some way :D
      There was once a civilization, however, they really didn't wanna be here. The whole world, from bugs to inteligent creatures is stuck in a cycle of birth and death, and rebirth. So that civilization, called ancients, deside to just, die effectively. They find the void sea, which is just a bunch of acid that will melt anyone and anything. So they promptly jump into the void, unfortunately, if your ego is too much, you wouldn't be able to ascend even with the void fluid.
      You'd become an echo, a ghost like entity which can't die, can't move, it can only speak and remember.
      And so the ancients need to die in some way, but how?
      So they create some really, really big calculators, big enough to house entire cities on top of them. Those computers are called iterators, because they think, calculate, and _iterate_. The most important part of an iterator is the puppet, that being the robot-lookin body (Pink guy being pebbles, Blue guy being Moon in this video)
      The ancients then promptly stop existing, somehow.
      The iterator are now alone, only able to talk to eachother and try to off themselves.
      Unfortunately, the ancients didn't want their Rgb gaming pcs to die, so they put in a bunch of taboos, such as “You can't kill yourself” or “You can't edit your genome”
      But an iterator, called Sliver of Straw SOMEHOW DIED ANWAYS, sending a triple affitmative (Solution exists, it's portable, and it's generally applicable) and dissapearing from the lore.
      Iterators are now split into those who believe that Sliver's solution is good, and that it's death itself. And those, who think it's dangerous and illegal.
      Five Pebbles, also just called Pebbles, or FP, is a younger iterator, built later, and he's angsty as hell. He has a mentor, a fellow iterator called Seven Red Suns (SRS or just Suns), who he's very close to. He also has a "sister", an older iterator called Looks to the Moon (LTTM, Big sis moon, BSM or Moon), who's can(Structure) is unusually close to his.
      We don't know when or why, but SRS somehow aquires some very illegal information, that being a way to overcome the self destruction taboo, and offing yourself. And like a responsible friend, they send to to pebbles by a messager (Spearmaster, also dubbed 7, cause they're supposedly the seventh messanger).
      This procces requires a lot of water. Pebbles shares water with Moon, and like a responsible, not at all emo guy...
      Yeah no he takes all the water.
      Moon is now being melted from the iniside, because, you know, dehydration.
      Moon uses a forced broadcast, pleading for Pebbles to stop, because she's being killed. Pebbles is interrupted in his very sensitive, dangerous procces of creating a creature that'd eat away the Self destruction taboo, and creating the rot (Blue tentacle thingies that are basically cancer)
      Spearmaster is sent to pebbles agian, to no avail, and manages to get moon's final message to the group.
      Moon's can collapses, and she's now in a coma.
      A few more slugcats happen, most of them having no significance.
      Artificer lost her kids, killed a bunch of scavengers, and had a funny drone.
      Hunter has some more significance, being sent by No significant harrasment (NSH) to revive Moon with a special green slag reset neuron, and also having some really bad cancer.
      Gourmand has no lore significance. It's just a really chonky cat.
      Survivor, agian, no lore. Just a slugcat.
      Monk, agian, unsurprisingly, no lore. Just survivor's younger sibbling.
      Rivulet, also called Ruffles, had ALOT OF LORE. They have a pearl in their stomach detailing how to take out an iterator's Mass rarefaction cell (Basically the heart). Agian, we don't know why, or how, but they have it.
      Pebbles himself asks Rivulet to take out his last cell, which would kill him.
      Rivulet does that, some shenanigans later, gets the cell to moon, travels trough moon's ruined structure, and inputs it into moon's cell chamber.
      Moon is now mostly working, and can actually do things.
      Then we have a time skip.
      The saint is a strange fluffy green slugcat, a pacifist unable to throw spears, and a vegan who goes into a vegan seizure if they eat meat.
      They however, have a long tounge :)
      And also, are a god that's able to ascend anyone and anything.
      This fluffy fella gathers all the karma they need, and ascend both Pebbles and Moon, and finnaly, and the suffering both have been trough.
      There's definitely some things i left out (Ancients being jerks, UI being annoying, ect) but i am way too lazy to include it.

    • @hollyfrostdraws4227
      @hollyfrostdraws4227 Рік тому +3

      @Foxett oh my- thank you so much! I sorta understand things now, At first I thought pebbles and moon were like protectors of the slugcats lol but ty again!!

    • @demirbed
      @demirbed Рік тому +4

      Also the *MONKEYS* have the most advanced piece of AI in all of video games.

  • @Wowimsick
    @Wowimsick Рік тому +3

    the rain world fandom can only make memes and these very serious videos. no inbetween

  • @szemtelenmano1247
    @szemtelenmano1247 Рік тому +2

    Fuck everything. This animation is a perfection. the music you've chosen for that is generally great. It even fits the character. You did everything GREAT. I wish you everything, EVERYTHING good.

  • @CakedPie
    @CakedPie Рік тому +3

    this is the best thing ever
    two of my favourite things combined together!!! love the anination and art

    • @marzzziiipan
      @marzzziiipan 11 місяців тому +1

      caked pie located errr err missiles fired

    • @CakedPie
      @CakedPie 11 місяців тому +1

      @@marzzziiipan marzi i will eat you

  • @katsmith2291
    @katsmith2291 Рік тому +10

    Oh my gods. How has this channel not blown up? Two months well spent, a banger video made, and a new subscriber gained. Looking forward to whatever comes next!

  • @QuakeSomethingUnique
    @QuakeSomethingUnique Рік тому +5

    it must take a lot of time and effort to make this 3 whole minute animation, RESPECT

  • @The-EJ-Factor
    @The-EJ-Factor Рік тому +2

    I actually like what you did with the subtitles, it's a nice touch.

  • @acanadianderg4035
    @acanadianderg4035 Рік тому +4

    I love how you where able to connect this video to you're previous one!

  • @AgentSapphire
    @AgentSapphire Рік тому +5

    You genuinely captured Pebbles' journey perfectly. And The Mind Electric was the perfect choice for this. Seriously, well done.

  • @aurasilvertongue2859
    @aurasilvertongue2859 Рік тому +4

    I first heard of this song from a Hollow Knight animatic, and I've always thought it would be perfect for one for Rain World. You blew this out of park, well done! Can't wait to see more from you

  • @The_Mantis
    @The_Mantis Рік тому +5

    holy shit I love this, words cannot express how amazing something like this is in such a small community, plus this is one of my favorite songs from one of my favorite bands.

  • @logandude13847
    @logandude13847 11 місяців тому +3

    I keep rewatching this, I have no idea, I can’t stop myself I always watch it whenever I see it in my recommended. It’s really strange.

  • @jessiesowter
    @jessiesowter Рік тому +14

    I'm literally speechless right now. What. This is...
    ???
    How did you animate this? It is beautiful??? I- ugh you showed his story so well??? I CAN'T WRITE A PROPER COMMENT >:( (ok I managed to create words!!! They are: cool video, I like.)
    I especially like 1:42 and onward, I always imagine and occasionally draw what I think he would have been going through as the can collapsed. It's pretty sad, and although most people have probably gotten over the collapse by now, I'm still shaken by saint and it's a little horrifying to see how much Pebbles has gone through. He never gets a happy ending, until what was probably hundreds of thousands, if not millions of years later. (Idk how long cycles actually last so I'm not using that time measurement. I assume one cycle is around a month, maybe a week, but nobody can say for sure.)
    Oh yeah, I forgot who they were, but some people put together theories in the comments of another 5p video that his can likely feel peice by peice, and the entire underside of the can gave way at some point, causing the can to kind of split and the inside of the can to just go "wheee here I come soon-to-be-unshaded citadel", and when the other top half of the can fell, the legs impaled it. (Sorry people who made this theory, I can't remember who you are therefore cannot give you credit :(. If you happen to find this comment you can go "hey it's me" and I'll credit you)
    Sorry for the gigantic comment lmao

    • @merlinsartbook
      @merlinsartbook  Рік тому +5

      I love the gigantic comment! It's really special to me that people leave these kinds of reactions to something I made! Thanks so much :))). I am and forever will be a Pebbles sympathizer, he did a bad and selfish thing, but he realised the faults of this actions when it was too late and suffered great consequences because of it, which is truly tragic.

    • @jessiesowter
      @jessiesowter 11 місяців тому +1

      ​​@@merlinsartbookfellow pebbles sympathizer I see

  • @zahanh_
    @zahanh_ Рік тому +2

    EXTREMELY UNDERRATED. THIS DESERVES SO MUCH MORE THAN THIS AUUGHH❤❤

  • @misterredintong
    @misterredintong Рік тому +6

    I didnt expect for this animation to be this good

  • @ChronologicalFern
    @ChronologicalFern 7 місяців тому +4

    I love your work so much.
    I have just seen it for the first time on Solemn Sunday's video. Thank you for making such memorable content within one of my favorite worlds ever! You breathe more life inito it.
    I'll be sticking around.

    • @merlinsartbook
      @merlinsartbook  7 місяців тому +1

      Thank you so much! Your kind words mean so much to me :)

  • @kydanmccabe6959
    @kydanmccabe6959 Рік тому +3

    I like how when five-pebbles collapses the flashing lights are timed to the music.

  • @that_void_being5619
    @that_void_being5619 Рік тому +4

    This is absolutely stunning,and i love the portrayal of pebbles in this! Good job ❤

  • @catbagel
    @catbagel Рік тому +4

    god this is incredible. i love how you put this together. this whole idea is so creative

  • @oh-rainworld-guy
    @oh-rainworld-guy Рік тому +2

    this looks amazing!! the two months of work were worth it :]

  • @nyuh
    @nyuh Рік тому +3

    i got goosebumbs
    this is amazing
    edit: WHOA. THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL. it is insane that you actually animated THE WHOLE SONG. also love how you incorporated every bit each slug cats' story. just. [applause]

  • @The_LC
    @The_LC 10 місяців тому +4

    Even if somone knew nothing about rainworld, the story of 5P is perfectly told and sumarized here, a hard task to achive. Amazing work!

  • @firstnamenulllastnamenull1174
    @firstnamenulllastnamenull1174 Рік тому +3

    Holy FUCK this is amazing. I have to stop halfway through, as I dont want Saint spoilers. But you know I'm coming back once I make it through

  • @Kuba_K
    @Kuba_K Рік тому +4

    One of best rainworld animations i have seen, incredible

  • @damoonguy3743
    @damoonguy3743 Рік тому +2

    Dude, I cannot tell you how many times i've watched this. I think about it constantly and will keep coming back to this for awhile.

  • @maplecat6625
    @maplecat6625 Рік тому +6

    Man the rainworld community can drop some of the best animations you’ll see around and still hardly get the attention it deserves

  • @wydx120
    @wydx120 6 місяців тому +2

    This is one of the best Rain World animations I have seen, and definitely the best "mind electric" animation I have seen yet. I keep coming back somewhat regularly to watch this

    • @wydx120
      @wydx120 20 днів тому

      Still coming back to this

  • @bogbert7019
    @bogbert7019 Рік тому +3

    i’m too eepy at the moment to put my thoughts in order enough to give this the praise it deserves but please know that this is my favorite mind electric animation i’ve seen and also quite possibly my favorite rain world animation as well. godspeed you legend 👍

  • @lavenderrr_
    @lavenderrr_ Рік тому +4

    This is absolutely AMAZING
    Good art, good animation, BANGER SONG!!!
    Im in awe because this looks so good!!! Great job!!!

  • @MagicianStevey
    @MagicianStevey 2 місяці тому +3

    Now every time I listen to mind electric I think of moons superstructure falling every time I hear “all mine towers crumble down” lol

  • @elanbus
    @elanbus Рік тому +2

    Truly sublime! Every moment is better. So incredible!

  • @karencarnaval8040
    @karencarnaval8040 Рік тому +3

    I love mind eletric and this was the best animation I've seen for pebbles storyline, I love everything of it. Amazing job!

  • @Faunarr
    @Faunarr Рік тому +2

    This is great. I finally finished most of the Major campaigns 'cept for hunter, monk and gourmand. But thanks to this I can actually enjoy rain world content now.

  • @babosarosa8935
    @babosarosa8935 Рік тому +3

    Beautiful! It seems to have a lot effort put into it

  • @miragetheshadow
    @miragetheshadow Рік тому +3

    I have hardly any clue what I just listened to but I know I watched a masterpiece ✨

  • @CorynFields
    @CorynFields Рік тому +2

    I love Miracle Musical and been recently getting into Rain World, so such a nice thing this showed up recommended for me
    Nice stuff x3

    • @Foxett25
      @Foxett25 Рік тому +2

      I actually got into miracle musical (And also tally hall, and Chonny Jashes covers) after seeing an animatic rain world to TME (a different one, not this one) :D

  • @Beardieboi173
    @Beardieboi173 11 місяців тому +5

    2:37 the way the lizard just slides into the rot 💀

  • @nowylover2138
    @nowylover2138 Рік тому +2

    I knew the end reminded me of another animation, so i went to your profile and realized you made one of my most replayed rain world animations lol. I love continuity

  • @ikut4888
    @ikut4888 11 місяців тому +2

    this is crazy how good this animation is. So many good moments it's hard to call them all out. The huge mood shift at 2:18 is just chilling. The green lizor getting slurped up by what's left of the rot. That perfect segue at the end into "introduction of the snow" ahh I can't get enough of it
    That mood shift probably fits that moment in the timeline so well too, imagine being Pebbles' puppet, having been in your enclosed chamber for ages, and now you're just... outside, exposed, as a consequence of your own actions

  • @catday6498
    @catday6498 Рік тому +2

    this really paints how tragic this story is

  • @fluffyboi6283
    @fluffyboi6283 10 місяців тому +2

    This is probably one of the best animations I have seen for this song and the animation fits the lyrics and the story so well

  • @errorcode9542
    @errorcode9542 Рік тому +2

    I love this so much so fits perfectly

  • @chompy_didit8399
    @chompy_didit8399 7 місяців тому +1

    That final shot is genuine wallpaper material. It’s visually gorgeous and I love your art style!

  • @thatonerandomdepressedperson
    @thatonerandomdepressedperson Рік тому +1

    I love how at the end you put “introduction to the snow” in it fits very well

  • @cometisV2
    @cometisV2 10 місяців тому +2

    I adore this animation so damn much

  • @FurryEskimo
    @FurryEskimo Рік тому +2

    Just realized you put the extra effort into making extra fancy closed captions. Very nice work! ❤️

  • @epimf
    @epimf Рік тому +2

    holy shit, this is so cool and i love it so much!! this is so high quality and i hope it gets the attention it deserves

  • @PickledPeterPicksPrettyPickles

    Can we get an F in the chat for that Green Lizard who got eaten by the rot?

  • @randomguy4804
    @randomguy4804 Рік тому +1

    I love how it goes back to a previous video you made❤

  • @mercury4885
    @mercury4885 Рік тому +1

    fucking phenomenal. you're so talented, this is beautiful

  • @judahdog-bh6wz
    @judahdog-bh6wz 11 місяців тому +3

    At 0:55 the song is perfect 🤩

  • @axotheaxolotl3524
    @axotheaxolotl3524 Рік тому +1

    I love how expressive n stuff 5P is while collapsing. Idk how to explain it but I really like it!

  • @777kangiron777
    @777kangiron777 Рік тому +3

    This illustrates the true beauty of tragedy in such a way that I can not fathom a world without it now. Well done.

  • @zyekno2464
    @zyekno2464 Рік тому +1

    i cant stop rewatching this and your "introduction to the snow" videos
    they're just so incredible
    i cant stop rewatching the part where pebbles is collapsing- the emotions and everything
    i could go on for ages about how much i love this

  • @Deniolia
    @Deniolia Рік тому +5

    This was incredible! I felt almost hypnotized by the video. If I could double subscribe, I would

  • @25bitgamerx36
    @25bitgamerx36 5 місяців тому +2

    why does this song fit so well with the story of this game
    also amazing animation

  • @turtleturt27
    @turtleturt27 Рік тому +1

    I loved the other one you did and I have to say this even better. Love the song and you captured it perfectly for rainworld. ❤

  • @renelle9144
    @renelle9144 11 місяців тому +2

    i like how (and i think this is what the animation is showing) pebbles is sort of running away and ignoring the problems

  • @DialecticRed
    @DialecticRed Рік тому +2

    I-
    No joke this is one of the most beautiful pieces of art I have ever witnessed.
    This literally made me cry. And I do not cry often.
    This touched me in a way few things can. I do not have words to express my amazement at your work.
    Thank you.

    • @merlinsartbook
      @merlinsartbook  Рік тому +2

      Those words mean so much to me, thank you so much ❤

  • @pseudosolace
    @pseudosolace Рік тому +2

    This is so incredible!! I've watched this so many times already, absolutely insane work!

  • @goatir
    @goatir Рік тому +2

    amazing work, they fit so good with the song ;U;