Just imagine Wilbur helping build l’manburg again, make friends again, making new friends, being a good guy, helping everyone be happy again and making sure nothing happens to anyone!
This is the first animatic I’ve seen that captures this as bittersweet, rather then just sad or scary. A celebration of ghostburs life, but also of wilburs. I love that his smile at the end isn’t evil!!!!! He’s just glad to be back. And that’s something I can get behind
My thoughts exactly. I find it quite strange that everyone chooses to depict this with Wilbur having glowing red eyes and a toothy grin while thinking about random evil. Not only does that completely misinterpret this scene but it also flys in the face of Wilburs character and how real he felt. I hope as we see his character grow people will drop this idea of Wilbur being evil with no example in present day other then “ Tommy said he’s bad and even though he’s a child traumatise by death who probably isn’t very rational and we’ve seen Wilbur being super chill we should take his word for it because Wilbur was pure evil!”
@@velliott6641 YESSS THANK YOU. OH MY GOD. Like- please. Just because he was yelling abt that being his sunrise doesn't mean he has ulterior motives mans literally just trying to right his wrongs. Wilbur canonically didn't have any stimulus in limbo for 13 YEARS. 13 years with zero stimulus- I think anyone would be ecstatic to be able to feel again, or in his words, feel alive again.
This hits different after Phil's latest lore stream. All that time, his only way to connect with his son had been through the letters he would send, with Will only showing him the happy and sugar coated parts of what was going on in his life. It makes so much sense, and is yet so sad.
This is one of the few times I've seen Wilbur and Ghostbur's arcs together AND with a kinda upbeat song. I'd say something about the animation too, but it left me speechless. This is amazing!
He's my favourite too! He's hated on a lot for how he dealt with the trauma of being exiled from his own country, but I never considered him "the bad guy". I think he's a good man who went through a war meant for an army, and didn't know how to cope with the consequences of that. I'm glad we both see him as our favourite!!
This is so well made!! I love the tease of angst when Fundy took Wilbur and Tommy's picture cause he wasn't in it even though He was Wilbur's son. I also really love the song!! Good job op you're excellent!
@@waterlemonandfriends c!Wilbur's just a bad dad in canon I guess? Cause during the elections he compared c!Tommy to c!Fundy and said he's better. But he didn't think of Tommy as a son. They've always had a more brotherly relationship anyway.
I know everyone says it but wow, DSMP artists are just on another level, like seriously you can say that the script is better than any Netflix movie or the cast is better than Hollywood, what I think makes the DSMP so special is the people like you making animatics so fast yet so beautiful the entire community deserves an Emmy.
I would watch an animated series about the dream smp lol. Since I’m a new fan, it would be way easier to catch up instead of thousand of hours of streams in 20 different perspectives
@@lizzy4013 29 different perspectives actually. *If you want to catch up without only watching lore streams look below* Anyway there are some great videos to help you catch up. My favorite is a _documentry_ (no I am not overexaggerating) formated video giving *most* of the lore within a story telling aspect. It covers the large events and conflicts that occured in the SMP and it's amazingly orchastrated. Here it is: ua-cam.com/play/PLgfSb9uBCIkbhhgZoIJcgG1uSmznXk5Rv.html If you want to look up information of an event, character, place, object, arc, stream, ect. on the Dream SMP lore, will you love the Dream SMP wiki (it is my life savior when it comes to lore lol). It's like wikipedia, but for the Dream SMP. It's a little difficult to navigate as your figuring it out (just because of the quanity of content there), but just go to the search bar and search whatever your looking for. Here is, highly recommend using it or haivng it on hand: dreamteam.fandom.com/wiki/Dream_SMP
Words can't express how much I love this! The first few seconds with Phil was very fun, and the way the photo was on his letter was so cool! Ghostbur's introduction was really great, too. I think my favorite frame was when he was laying on Friend, I just thought it was adorable. I also liked how you showed the first revival. Overall, it was fantastic! Keep it up! 💙💜💙
The last few minutes are gonna kill me! Edit: I hate how people say "OMG THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE LIKES!!!!!!!" So anyways, how is everybody's day going? Edit #2: Idk, I didn't think I'd get this far. Edit #3: I can't stop watching this animation, does anyone else agree? Edit #4: How did we get here? Edit #5: Hello boys, I'm back!!!!!
I am such a sucker for animatics that don’t make c!Wilbur out to be some “huge, evil, big bad villain that only wants to hurt others.” He did a lot of wrong, yes, but he was also canonically depressed, suicidal, struggling a lot, and going through a mental breakdown after everything he believed in got turned upside down and he mistakingly believed that the people he cared about hated him. He had genuinely good intentions in the start and wanted a country that could give protection to his family and friends, but his habits of constantly hiding his emotional struggles and mental illnesses in order to maintain a fake “happy, strong, charismatic, presidential” persona for the sake of others led him to a self-destructive mental spiral when his world started crumbling down around him. He ended up seeing both himself and his own creation as the reason for all problems on the server, so in order to solve those problems and “free everyone (as he put it),” he mistakingly believed that he had to destroy both himself and L’manberg in order to end his suffering and end the suffering of others. He screwed up a lot, yes, and he did hurt others, and his mental state *doesn’t* excuse that, but c!Wilbur wasn’t an irredeemable monster like a lot of the fanbase portrays him as. He is a *human* who was seriously hurting and never reached out to get help, so in desperation and in his rapidly declining mental state, he did bad things that he ended up hating himself for, so much so that he commit assisted suicide and believed he deserved to be dead. And now he’s a formerly-suicidal person that’s finally *happy to be alive again!* He’s happy to be able to experience life, to watch the sunrise, to feel and see again, after so long in torturous darkness. Regardless of what he may or may not do in the future, that’s just such an awesome, uplifting thing. And I love this animatic for not portraying him as an “irredeemable monster.” Nice job on the entire video! It’s amazing! :D
I just got into the DSMP a month ago, and this is my first time interacting with the fandom at all. I just had to say YES. I agree 100%. It's frustrating how most people are in either camp "c!Wilbur is a maniacal supervillain, end of story", or camp "c!Wilbur is just misunderstood and in pain and isn't evil at all!" Like, no. He committed great evil. He was flawed from the very start, with the drug van stuff. But he isn't pure evil either. Deep down he truly wanted good things for the people he cared about and was willing to fight for these freedoms. Then, like you said, he broke mentally, committed an evil act for twisted reasons, and committed assisted suicide. I want so badly for a redemption arc... but frankly, even though Wilbur is teasing one now, I don't trust that it's where he's going with the story. ;_; He's stated multiple times that he wants to subvert everyone's expectations.
THIS IS SO COOL!! I’ve never seen someone be able to do wilburs entire story in one video, and STILL manage to keep him consistent and you can tell it’s just so wilbur, whatever arc he’s in. I love the parts with Phil, and all the poses and stuff and hhh your art is just so cool :0
Okay, well, first off you absolutely spedran this. Second off you _destroyed_ it, this has to be my favorite animatic now ohhhhhh myyyyy goodness, your art, the philza-ghostbur interaction, the storyboarding is all perfect. You're so darn skilled.
I shed a tear today rewatching this one... I clearly remember watching it a month ago after the "not your fault one" and literally squinting at everything I didn't know - the characters, the story arcs, the events, the streamers - because I didn't want to get into it, into Dream SMP, right at that terrible time. I had a terrible timing switching from Grian's animations to Philza's, and then to Dream SMP as consequence... Nevertheless, I don't regret it. I've been catching up content, older streams, main events and then chiller ones. It has been a blast. The story, them, their characters, they just fit together so well. Animations have been helping me absorbing lore so much, and rewatching them now just helps me seeing all the details I missed... (Wilbur brewing at the start... I never got why he was represented with brewing stands. Also why Ghostbur had blue in his design and a sheep, and why he would melt in the rain...). And I'm still missing stuff, I know it. Thank you for the hard work, your animations are amazing, and I love your character designs. It hasn't been long, but I'd redo it all over again. Actually, I'd wish I had gotten into it sooner...
i was preparing my mind for the emotion but clearly it's still to early for watching animation about this so now just let me cry in peace and i will come back more ready
i absolutely LOVE how you draw Will and Tubbo, don't get me wrong I love the design and art of them all sooo much but those two make my heart go boomboom
Watched this animation just as I was getting into the dream smp, had no clue what any of the references were or who anyone was, now I know all of the lore and people. I’m so glad I started watching them
something interesting to note here after like my fifth THOUSANDTH time watching this (so good by the way) in the little scene where he's lying in a field with the book it has the square swirly thing which is like karl's logo or something maybe- is he reading tales of the smp? Speculation pog. Anyway, awesome animatic- huge fan and the wilbur/ghostbur tale is so well done! Drawings are amazing and I love the choice of music. Portraying wilbur and ghostbur together so beautifully and bittersweet/kinda upbeat also. Great job👍👍👍👍👍👍
The replay button is looking mighty attractive right about now Ok but I keep coming back to this, it’s probably my favourite dsmp animatic, even though I’m really far behind, and I’m only at the start of Tommy’s second exile
I am literally listening it in 2024 and just started to discover your arts , I am amazed !! I think everyone will agree with me that we need to see a whole film or series about this story .You are doing an amazing job bro , don't stop doing it.❤
just based on the thumbnail alone i have already gifted this video the highest honor- i liked it and added it to BOTH of my animatic playlists and as an extra bonus i turned on post notifs because yes i did all of this before the ad at the beginning of the vid was over because yes
This animatic is not only beautiful, but so clever in so many ways. The way the lyrics are used to portray Wilbur's and Ghostbur's story is absolutely fantastic. If I could, I'd honestly go through the whole thing and analyse it line for line, but since I can't, I'll settle for a few phrases. "Burning bright right till the end, "Now you'll be missing from the photographs, missing from the photographs." In this part of the animatic, it shows Fundy taking a picture of Wilbur and Tommy, back in the early L'Manberg days. Back then, Wilbur was indeed "burning bright" as were the hope and dreams of the L'Manbergians - he was their brave leader, respected, calm and thoughtful, a rolemodel especially to Tommy and Fundy. At this point in time, Wilbur's and Tommy's brotherly relationship was thriving, they were ready to stay by each other's side and fight together "till the end", while Fundy and Wilbur were slowly beginning to be pulled apart as Fundy realized that Wilbur cared more Tommy and L'Manberg than about him; He would therefore be "missing from the photographs". "Crystallizing clear as day, "Oh, I can picture you so easily, picture you so easily." Despite the fact that his son has set out into the world and is "far away", Phil knows how he's doing thanks to the letters Wilbur sends him. Because of them and the pictures he keeps of him, Phil can "picture" him and his adventures "easily", imagining his at this point still hopeful and joyful demeanor "clear as day", like a "crystal" in the sun. Then, the switch: "What's gonna be left of the world if you're not in it? "What's gonna be left of the world?" Although we see no blood, no button and no sword, you can tell that we've jumped to the fateful day of November 16th from Wilbur's and Phil's expressions. It shows the moment when Wilbur asks Phil to end his life, expects a father to rid the world of the one thing that is the most important to him: His son. From Phil's perspective, the question of what is going to be "left of the world", or left to live for without his son, suddenly becomes painfully relevant - Wilbur is one of the most important parts of his life, and he can't imagine a world without his child "in it". And yet, Wilbur hands him the sword and forces him to face this terrible reality. Later on, the same lines are used when Tommy talks to Ghostbur - a creative decision which I consider to be genius, to say the least. On one hand, it draws a parallel between Alivebur's death and Ghostbur, and answers the question of what is "left": Ghostbur is literally the part of Wilbur that stayed in the world, he's what's left of Alivebur's existence. However, at the same time, Ghostbur is his own entity who is scared of dying, but willing to do so to bring Wilbur back. He's asking himself about what the world would lose if he wasn't "in it", and to him, the answer is: Nothing much. Ghostbur, in is own eyes, is not needed in the world; He's just the ghost of a person who was a bad human being either way. He's that not-quite-Wilbur who may have caught the people "off guard" by humming Wilbur's "favorite song", the anthem, in the ruins, but who isn't him, doesn't want to be him. (It also reflects rather nicely on the talks Ghostbur and Tommy had about death and Tommy's sentiments regarding the situation. Tommy, during exile, used to contemplate ending his existence because he felt unloved, worthless - so he talked to Ghostbur about it. Not that all of this was one-sided, though. Over time, Ghostbur grew on Tommy, and he began to care about him being there. Tommy wanted Wilbur back, but at the same time, he started to become worried about what would happen to Ghostbur. But again, Ghostbur claimed that he was fine with the idea of dying.) Because despite his fear of death, despite the fact that he dislikes Wilbur, Ghostbur is willing to sacrifice himself to make the people he loves happy, as a later part shows: "So get drunk, call me a fool, "Put me in my place, put me in my place, "Pick me up, up off the floor, "Put me in my place, put me in my place." Ghostbur agrees to take part in the revival attempts and, knowing fully well that this might be his end, he allows Philza and the others to put him "in his place" - both metaphorically and literally. During the ritual, him and Phil re-enact the scene of Wilbur's death - he's put in Wilbur's "place", plays his role in the literal sense. But there's more to it, though. As previously mentioned, Ghostbur believes that he has no "place" in the world since he's just a place-holder for Wilbur, so he thinks it's better if Wilbur enters and Ghostbur leaves it. It's practically a request to remove him from existence, therefore putting him "in his place" since he shouldn't exist in the first place. However, right when they're nearing the part of the scene in which Phil impales Wilbur with a sword, killing him, Ghostbur suddenly begins to act reluctant, scared. He's acting like a "fool" because from his point of view, his emotions are getting in the way of something that is meant to happen regardless, and he's wasting people's time, and even worse, making them worry about a ghost that has no right to expect them to care. And yet, Ghostbur likes it when they pay attention to how he's feeling, looks for comfort and solace; He wants to be "picked up off the floor" when he's down. And this is what Phil does: He gives Ghostbur time to calm down, talks to him in a soothing tone, and holds him in his arms, giving him the comfort he needs, the illusion that he matters. And interestingly, now, after we had to witness Ghostbur's demise, it begs the question of whether this illusion was actually reality. In the song, the chorus talks about a sentiment that is closely related to mattering: Missing someone. "Every minute and every hour, "I miss you, I miss you, I miss you more. "Every stumble and each misfire, "I miss you, I miss you, I miss you more." Usually, you would only ever start to "miss" someone when they're actually gone, but Wilbur was already "missed" during his lifetime. We see the animatic contrast the Wilbur who founded L'Manberg, the one who was loved and admired by his people with the Wilbur he became after his "stumbles" and "misfires", a rebel who may have been still a leader but was often called into question for his ruthless strategies. The old Wilbur went missing somewhere between the creation of L'Manberg and his death and over time, with every step Wilbur moved away from his ideals, and ultimately his death, the L'Manbergians and his family "missed" him "more" and "more". In fact he's missed so much that up to this day people wish for his return - even so much that they're willing to bring the corrupted him back. They want to believe that a spark of this good him is left in him and that they can save him, that the missing son, friend and leader can finally return to his people. And Ghostbur, is he "missed", now that he's gone? Well, I, for one, think that history might not remember him, at least in the way he would deserve to be. Because on one hand, it appears that, while most characters liked him, many seem to have already directed their attention to the newly revived Wilbur - Ghostbur is an actual ghost of a memory in the back of their mind. He's disappeared without leaving a corporeal or physical trace behind; There's nothing that would prove the beginning or the end of his time in the world. He fades the same way he appeared: With a bang, but yet silently, with all attention directed at him and yet unnoticed. Ghostbur's non-existence is outshined by the return of the man of the day, the one with the power to build and destroy a whole nation, bringer of both hope and desperation. On the other hand, however, he might still be in the hearts of the people that were close to him, for seldomly has there been a person as universally appreciated as he was. There are people who remember him clearly and fondly, and are trying to hold onto his memory, who treasure what he gave them, his gifts and his company. Tommy especially treats Ghostbur and his memory as his own person - whenever Wilbur claims Ghostbur's belongings and experiences as his, he insists to draw the line between the two, between the good that is Ghostbur and the bad that is Wilbur. And who knows, since Wilbur stated that his conscience once lied dormant behind Ghostbur eyes, perhaps a part of Ghostbur can see that at least once person is "missing" the true him for what he was; There's a brother that misses him dearly. Again, outstanding animatic and amazing song choice; I'm still mind-blown how well you tied it all together, and how you somehow managed to take an unrelated story and a song and made them fit together like puzzle pieces. Thank you so much for making this (and for reminding me that I should be listening to Bastille more often, it's been a while).
God, I love comments like this one. This makes it clear that people not only like my work, but they also understand what I wanted to say with this. Thank you so much!
the song choice made me cry because I was really homesick one year when I was away at summer camp and the counselors would play the acoustic version of this song before bed almost every night... this is a perfect fit for the animatic
I like how each one of wilbur’s characters are parts of him, ghostbur is his happy thoughts and feeling always looking on the bright side of life whereas revivebur is his dark side cunning and evil able to manipulate and lie without a care in the world
Anddd I'm crying. great, Wilbur being back and Ghostbur being dead really has thrown me for a loop... More than any of the other lore except for probably Ranboo's Enderwalk State lore.
Oh. My. God. I did not expect the song to sound that way, but it's a really good fit. I absolutely loved this. Everything about this is outstanding, the art, the transitions between scenes. This animation is kinda leaving me a little speechless.
I FEEL NOTHING BUT PAIN /pos I love your designs so much, and seeing phil interacting with the smp before he was on it, Fundy already pulling away from his father even though he was the one taking the pictures... Wil's own son doesn't make it into the pictures he sends his dad. Ghostbur's fear at the attempted resurrection, the way all the wilburs are differentiated, just *everything.* Thank you for this
So... what would you little maniacs want to do first? Wilbur: I would like make a place called L'manburg and destroy it with 11+ stacks of T.N.T. later on.
Woah, this looks stunning!! I absolutely adore the way you potrayed Wilbur's character, he just seems more,, human, if that makes sense? Also this song is just gonna be stuck in my head for the next couple days, I just know it. It fits so well!
I LOVE YOUR ART SM
WOLFY
I WASN'T EXPECTING TO SEE YOU THERE :D
Wolfyyy :D Love ur art >:D
AGREED
We too!!
Just imagine Wilbur helping build l’manburg again, make friends again, making new friends, being a good guy, helping everyone be happy again and making sure nothing happens to anyone!
*closes book* like that'll ever happen
HAHAAHA YES we can dream :’)
@@tinorandom you beat me to it
Wilbur is an anarchist
This just hit me :')
hey this might be one of my favorite animatics ever in existence this makes me so happy alskdfjasdf
How it’s so sad though
@@cadenceolivia6304 i'm a wilbur simp send tweet
@@cadenceolivia6304 SAD JUST MAKES IT BETTER
S A M E
samee I can’t describe how much I love this animatic
This is the first animatic I’ve seen that captures this as bittersweet, rather then just sad or scary. A celebration of ghostburs life, but also of wilburs. I love that his smile at the end isn’t evil!!!!! He’s just glad to be back. And that’s something I can get behind
My thoughts exactly. I find it quite strange that everyone chooses to depict this with Wilbur having glowing red eyes and a toothy grin while thinking about random evil. Not only does that completely misinterpret this scene but it also flys in the face of Wilburs character and how real he felt. I hope as we see his character grow people will drop this idea of Wilbur being evil with no example in present day other then “ Tommy said he’s bad and even though he’s a child traumatise by death who probably isn’t very rational and we’ve seen Wilbur being super chill we should take his word for it because Wilbur was pure evil!”
@@velliott6641 YESSS THANK YOU. OH MY GOD. Like- please. Just because he was yelling abt that being his sunrise doesn't mean he has ulterior motives mans literally just trying to right his wrongs. Wilbur canonically didn't have any stimulus in limbo for 13 YEARS. 13 years with zero stimulus- I think anyone would be ecstatic to be able to feel again, or in his words, feel alive again.
but so many ppl in the fandom twist that and show him as this psychotic abusive villain with red eyes and a crooked posture and it upsets me mahn.
nobody:
not a single soul:
not even ghostburr:
Кир: I AM SPEEED
this is a compliment, don’t misconstrue it
Word of the day:
Mis•con•strue
To interpret (something, especially words or actions) wrongly
@@randominternetartist2615 ya learn something new everyday
This hits different after Phil's latest lore stream. All that time, his only way to connect with his son had been through the letters he would send, with Will only showing him the happy and sugar coated parts of what was going on in his life. It makes so much sense, and is yet so sad.
This is one of the few times I've seen Wilbur and Ghostbur's arcs together AND with a kinda upbeat song. I'd say something about the animation too, but it left me speechless. This is amazing!
Wilbur is my favorite character from the dream smp and you portrayed his entire story from the beginning so beautifully :))
Yes! With Dream and Ranboo, Wilbur also is my favorite
YESSSS
@Isabelle Kelly samee I love Wilbur and his arc qwq
He's my favourite too! He's hated on a lot for how he dealt with the trauma of being exiled from his own country, but I never considered him "the bad guy". I think he's a good man who went through a war meant for an army, and didn't know how to cope with the consequences of that. I'm glad we both see him as our favourite!!
Pov: you got this in your reccomended and now your waiting for the premiere while trying to think of a clever comment
My first though was: “OH I KNOW THIS SONG.” I just love that feeling-
This is so well made!! I love the tease of angst when Fundy took Wilbur and Tommy's picture cause he wasn't in it even though He was Wilbur's son. I also really love the song!! Good job op you're excellent!
YESSSS
I know right, the hint that Tommy is more of Wilbur's son than Fundy ever was? Heartbreaking.
@@waterlemonandfriends c!Wilbur's just a bad dad in canon I guess? Cause during the elections he compared c!Tommy to c!Fundy and said he's better. But he didn't think of Tommy as a son. They've always had a more brotherly relationship anyway.
Wilbur is not a great parent.
@@waterlemonandfriends they are brothers canonically
i am very excited for this
update: IM FCKING CRYING
SAME BESTIE
I know everyone says it but wow, DSMP artists are just on another level, like seriously you can say that the script is better than any Netflix movie or the cast is better than Hollywood, what I think makes the DSMP so special is the people like you making animatics so fast yet so beautiful the entire community deserves an Emmy.
I would watch an animated series about the dream smp lol. Since I’m a new fan, it would be way easier to catch up instead of thousand of hours of streams in 20 different perspectives
@@lizzy4013 29 different perspectives actually.
*If you want to catch up without only watching lore streams look below*
Anyway there are some great videos to help you catch up. My favorite is a _documentry_ (no I am not overexaggerating) formated video giving *most* of the lore within a story telling aspect. It covers the large events and conflicts that occured in the SMP and it's amazingly orchastrated. Here it is: ua-cam.com/play/PLgfSb9uBCIkbhhgZoIJcgG1uSmznXk5Rv.html
If you want to look up information of an event, character, place, object, arc, stream, ect. on the Dream SMP lore, will you love the Dream SMP wiki (it is my life savior when it comes to lore lol). It's like wikipedia, but for the Dream SMP. It's a little difficult to navigate as your figuring it out (just because of the quanity of content there), but just go to the search bar and search whatever your looking for. Here is, highly recommend using it or haivng it on hand: dreamteam.fandom.com/wiki/Dream_SMP
I-how in the world do you do this so fast?! Wilbur literally just got revived like earlier today!
Must be a god. Only explanation
Maybe they were actually only working on the Wilbur and ghost but part, and then when he got revived then they began the revival part
This is the most bittersweet display of pure beauty and emotion an animatic has ever portrayed
The Ghostbur and Friend scenes have my heart 🥺 I’m happy Wilbur is back and all, but I got so sad when that meant Ghostbur had to die 😭
Words can't express how much I love this!
The first few seconds with Phil was very fun, and the way the photo was on his letter was so cool! Ghostbur's introduction was really great, too. I think my favorite frame was when he was laying on Friend, I just thought it was adorable. I also liked how you showed the first revival. Overall, it was fantastic! Keep it up! 💙💜💙
Despite everything, this animatic is still so special to me (as is c!wilbur)
Damn this was amazing.. Shows Wilbur in a more humanising way instead of the crazy manic. Man I have miss the guy ngl
Same
Wilbur was always my favorite
@@marlenaturpin3128 Yeah there is a lot of character coming from him Cc! Wilbur really bring C! Wilbur to life 😊
‚What would you little manics like to do first?‘
*MAKE A COUNTRY.*
The last few minutes are gonna kill me!
Edit: I hate how people say "OMG THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE LIKES!!!!!!!" So anyways, how is everybody's day going?
Edit #2: Idk, I didn't think I'd get this far.
Edit #3: I can't stop watching this animation, does anyone else agree?
Edit #4: How did we get here?
Edit #5: Hello boys, I'm back!!!!!
Ooh my day was pretty good, I know this was made 2 days ago but oh well, how was yours?
My day is going great, thanks for asking
@@Matthew-kq9uk Of course, no problem.
“Hm? What was that?” “Oh nothing, just my heart breaking into a billion pieces! Now if you’ll excuse me I’m busy.... AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH”
This hits different today
I am such a sucker for animatics that don’t make c!Wilbur out to be some “huge, evil, big bad villain that only wants to hurt others.” He did a lot of wrong, yes, but he was also canonically depressed, suicidal, struggling a lot, and going through a mental breakdown after everything he believed in got turned upside down and he mistakingly believed that the people he cared about hated him. He had genuinely good intentions in the start and wanted a country that could give protection to his family and friends, but his habits of constantly hiding his emotional struggles and mental illnesses in order to maintain a fake “happy, strong, charismatic, presidential” persona for the sake of others led him to a self-destructive mental spiral when his world started crumbling down around him. He ended up seeing both himself and his own creation as the reason for all problems on the server, so in order to solve those problems and “free everyone (as he put it),” he mistakingly believed that he had to destroy both himself and L’manberg in order to end his suffering and end the suffering of others.
He screwed up a lot, yes, and he did hurt others, and his mental state *doesn’t* excuse that, but c!Wilbur wasn’t an irredeemable monster like a lot of the fanbase portrays him as. He is a *human* who was seriously hurting and never reached out to get help, so in desperation and in his rapidly declining mental state, he did bad things that he ended up hating himself for, so much so that he commit assisted suicide and believed he deserved to be dead.
And now he’s a formerly-suicidal person that’s finally *happy to be alive again!* He’s happy to be able to experience life, to watch the sunrise, to feel and see again, after so long in torturous darkness. Regardless of what he may or may not do in the future, that’s just such an awesome, uplifting thing. And I love this animatic for not portraying him as an “irredeemable monster.” Nice job on the entire video! It’s amazing! :D
I just got into the DSMP a month ago, and this is my first time interacting with the fandom at all. I just had to say YES. I agree 100%. It's frustrating how most people are in either camp "c!Wilbur is a maniacal supervillain, end of story", or camp "c!Wilbur is just misunderstood and in pain and isn't evil at all!" Like, no. He committed great evil. He was flawed from the very start, with the drug van stuff. But he isn't pure evil either. Deep down he truly wanted good things for the people he cared about and was willing to fight for these freedoms. Then, like you said, he broke mentally, committed an evil act for twisted reasons, and committed assisted suicide.
I want so badly for a redemption arc... but frankly, even though Wilbur is teasing one now, I don't trust that it's where he's going with the story. ;_; He's stated multiple times that he wants to subvert everyone's expectations.
The story telling in this animatic was outstanding!! Great video as always :)
im loving the constant agony that gets reccomend to me on yt 👍
Same 😃👍
YOU ARE NOW MY FAVORITE PERSON FOR MAKING AN ANIMATIC OUT OF A BASTILLE SONG LITERALLY ANY BASTILLE SONG IS A WILBUR ANTHEM. AMEN THANK YOU
YES AMEN DRYYA YOU ARE SO RIGHT
ABSOLUTELY
THIS IS SO COOL!! I’ve never seen someone be able to do wilburs entire story in one video, and STILL manage to keep him consistent and you can tell it’s just so wilbur, whatever arc he’s in. I love the parts with Phil, and all the poses and stuff and hhh your art is just so cool :0
LET GO!! NEW ANIMATIC
This animatic is perfect in every sense of the word it's so pretty and well done!
THIS IS SO GOOD I WILL CRY.
also thank you god for not making wilbur out to be a villain in this aaaaa
yoooo this song is PERFECT for wilbur, well done
Okay, well, first off you absolutely spedran this. Second off you _destroyed_ it, this has to be my favorite animatic now ohhhhhh myyyyy goodness, your art, the philza-ghostbur interaction, the storyboarding is all perfect. You're so darn skilled.
WAIT this song fits WAY better than I expected it to. Ah this is so good, the music, the art, a stellar combination!
Fundy being "missing from the photographs,,,,,," OUGH,,,,,
*crying over the brilliance of the animatic*
GRAMMARLY IS THE FREE WRITING ASSIST-
I shed a tear today rewatching this one... I clearly remember watching it a month ago after the "not your fault one" and literally squinting at everything I didn't know - the characters, the story arcs, the events, the streamers - because I didn't want to get into it, into Dream SMP, right at that terrible time. I had a terrible timing switching from Grian's animations to Philza's, and then to Dream SMP as consequence...
Nevertheless, I don't regret it. I've been catching up content, older streams, main events and then chiller ones. It has been a blast. The story, them, their characters, they just fit together so well. Animations have been helping me absorbing lore so much, and rewatching them now just helps me seeing all the details I missed... (Wilbur brewing at the start... I never got why he was represented with brewing stands. Also why Ghostbur had blue in his design and a sheep, and why he would melt in the rain...). And I'm still missing stuff, I know it.
Thank you for the hard work, your animations are amazing, and I love your character designs.
It hasn't been long, but I'd redo it all over again. Actually, I'd wish I had gotten into it sooner...
Bruh this is like one of my favorite songs Ngl u had to have drawn this as fast as the speed of light
THIS IS SO GOOD I'LL BE REWATCHING THIS FOR 99 TIMES NOW
This takes on a new meaning after Techno's passing
o7
o7
Pov: you watched the premier and now your crying bc you miss ghostbur
yeah- that's me
i was preparing my mind for the emotion but clearly it's still to early for watching animation about this so now just let me cry in peace and i will come back more ready
This is so sad with seeing what happend yesterday, but i cant wait for the new lore
I feel SO MUCH PAIN but this is fantastically worth it! I am living for the letters, it's a touch not a lot og people put :)
Memento Mori
This animatic makes me emotional and I have no idea if it’s happy emotional or sad emotional… this is so amazing
i absolutely LOVE how you draw Will and Tubbo, don't get me wrong I love the design and art of them all sooo much but those two make my heart go boomboom
Pov: you miss ghostbur cuz dream revived him
yeah...
ONE OF MY FAVORITE ARTISTS MAKING AN ANIMATIC USING ONE OF MY FAVORITE SONGS FOCUSED ON ONE OF MY FAVORITE CHARACTERS?? YES PLEASE OMFG
Watched this animation just as I was getting into the dream smp, had no clue what any of the references were or who anyone was, now I know all of the lore and people. I’m so glad I started watching them
“What’s gonna be left of the world if your not in it?” Damn I felt that
I love this animatic it’s so touching also wow that was quick
I've watched this so many times my recommended is just this video
something interesting to note here after like my fifth THOUSANDTH time watching this (so good by the way) in the little scene where he's lying in a field with the book it has the square swirly thing which is like karl's logo or something maybe- is he reading tales of the smp? Speculation pog. Anyway, awesome animatic- huge fan and the wilbur/ghostbur tale is so well done! Drawings are amazing and I love the choice of music. Portraying wilbur and ghostbur together so beautifully and bittersweet/kinda upbeat also. Great job👍👍👍👍👍👍
Nooo now I have bad memories and nostalgia.. WILBUR WHYYYY
The replay button is looking mighty attractive right about now
Ok but I keep coming back to this, it’s probably my favourite dsmp animatic, even though I’m really far behind, and I’m only at the start of Tommy’s second exile
one of my favorite animatics for dream smp ngl
I am literally listening it in 2024 and just started to discover your arts , I am amazed !! I think everyone will agree with me that we need to see a whole film or series about this story .You are doing an amazing job bro , don't stop doing it.❤
I like that wilbur was never depicted as evil, and ghostbur never depicted as "pure". It was simply just them, just human or ghost.
THIS IS SO GOOD OH MY GOSH THOSE EXPRESSIONS ARE ON POINT!
AWW AHH I LOVE THISSSS DUDEEEE WILBUR IS BACK POGGGG
ABSOLUTELY POGGERS! WOW LOOK AT THE DETAIL. THE SONG FITS PERFECTLY, AND YOU WERE ABLE TO SQUEEZE NEW LORE IN! INCREDIBLE!
With this one and the Life is Strange one, Good Grief animtatics are 2/2 on my favorites list
just based on the thumbnail alone i have already gifted this video the highest honor- i liked it and added it to BOTH of my animatic playlists and as an extra bonus i turned on post notifs because yes
i did all of this before the ad at the beginning of the vid was over because yes
The fact that this is a nostalgic song with a nostalgic part of the storyline is nostalgically nostalgic ;-;
YES MORE BASTILLE COMTENT PLEASE THANK YOU LITERALLY THEIR SONGS FIT SO WELL
This animatic is not only beautiful, but so clever in so many ways.
The way the lyrics are used to portray Wilbur's and Ghostbur's story is absolutely fantastic.
If I could, I'd honestly go through the whole thing and analyse it line for line, but since I can't, I'll settle for a few phrases.
"Burning bright right till the end,
"Now you'll be missing from the photographs, missing from the photographs."
In this part of the animatic, it shows Fundy taking a picture of Wilbur and Tommy, back in the early L'Manberg days.
Back then, Wilbur was indeed "burning bright" as were the hope and dreams of the L'Manbergians - he was their brave leader, respected, calm and thoughtful, a rolemodel especially to Tommy and Fundy.
At this point in time, Wilbur's and Tommy's brotherly relationship was thriving, they were ready to stay by each other's side and fight together "till the end", while Fundy and Wilbur were slowly beginning to be pulled apart as Fundy realized that Wilbur cared more Tommy and L'Manberg than about him; He would therefore be "missing from the photographs".
"Crystallizing clear as day,
"Oh, I can picture you so easily, picture you so easily."
Despite the fact that his son has set out into the world and is "far away", Phil knows how he's doing thanks to the letters Wilbur sends him.
Because of them and the pictures he keeps of him, Phil can "picture" him and his adventures "easily", imagining his at this point still hopeful and joyful demeanor "clear as day", like a "crystal" in the sun.
Then, the switch:
"What's gonna be left of the world if you're not in it?
"What's gonna be left of the world?"
Although we see no blood, no button and no sword, you can tell that we've jumped to the fateful day of November 16th from Wilbur's and Phil's expressions.
It shows the moment when Wilbur asks Phil to end his life, expects a father to rid the world of the one thing that is the most important to him: His son.
From Phil's perspective, the question of what is going to be "left of the world", or left to live for without his son, suddenly becomes painfully relevant - Wilbur is one of the most important parts of his life, and he can't imagine a world without his child "in it".
And yet, Wilbur hands him the sword and forces him to face this terrible reality.
Later on, the same lines are used when Tommy talks to Ghostbur - a creative decision which I consider to be genius, to say the least.
On one hand, it draws a parallel between Alivebur's death and Ghostbur, and answers the question of what is "left": Ghostbur is literally the part of Wilbur that stayed in the world, he's what's left of Alivebur's existence.
However, at the same time, Ghostbur is his own entity who is scared of dying, but willing to do so to bring Wilbur back.
He's asking himself about what the world would lose if he wasn't "in it", and to him, the answer is: Nothing much.
Ghostbur, in is own eyes, is not needed in the world; He's just the ghost of a person who was a bad human being either way.
He's that not-quite-Wilbur who may have caught the people "off guard" by humming Wilbur's "favorite song", the anthem, in the ruins, but who isn't him, doesn't want to be him.
(It also reflects rather nicely on the talks Ghostbur and Tommy had about death and Tommy's sentiments regarding the situation.
Tommy, during exile, used to contemplate ending his existence because he felt unloved, worthless - so he talked to Ghostbur about it.
Not that all of this was one-sided, though.
Over time, Ghostbur grew on Tommy, and he began to care about him being there.
Tommy wanted Wilbur back, but at the same time, he started to become worried about what would happen to Ghostbur.
But again, Ghostbur claimed that he was fine with the idea of dying.)
Because despite his fear of death, despite the fact that he dislikes Wilbur, Ghostbur is willing to sacrifice himself to make the people he loves happy, as a later part shows:
"So get drunk, call me a fool,
"Put me in my place, put me in my place,
"Pick me up, up off the floor,
"Put me in my place, put me in my place."
Ghostbur agrees to take part in the revival attempts and, knowing fully well that this might be his end, he allows Philza and the others to put him "in his place" - both metaphorically and literally.
During the ritual, him and Phil re-enact the scene of Wilbur's death - he's put in Wilbur's "place", plays his role in the literal sense.
But there's more to it, though.
As previously mentioned, Ghostbur believes that he has no "place" in the world since he's just a place-holder for Wilbur, so he thinks it's better if Wilbur enters and Ghostbur leaves it.
It's practically a request to remove him from existence, therefore putting him "in his place" since he shouldn't exist in the first place.
However, right when they're nearing the part of the scene in which Phil impales Wilbur with a sword, killing him, Ghostbur suddenly begins to act reluctant, scared.
He's acting like a "fool" because from his point of view, his emotions are getting in the way of something that is meant to happen regardless, and he's wasting people's time, and even worse, making them worry about a ghost that has no right to expect them to care.
And yet, Ghostbur likes it when they pay attention to how he's feeling, looks for comfort and solace;
He wants to be "picked up off the floor" when he's down.
And this is what Phil does: He gives Ghostbur time to calm down, talks to him in a soothing tone, and holds him in his arms, giving him the comfort he needs, the illusion that he matters.
And interestingly, now, after we had to witness Ghostbur's demise, it begs the question of whether this illusion was actually reality.
In the song, the chorus talks about a sentiment that is closely related to mattering: Missing someone.
"Every minute and every hour,
"I miss you, I miss you, I miss you more.
"Every stumble and each misfire,
"I miss you, I miss you, I miss you more."
Usually, you would only ever start to "miss" someone when they're actually gone, but Wilbur was already "missed" during his lifetime.
We see the animatic contrast the Wilbur who founded L'Manberg, the one who was loved and admired by his people with the Wilbur he became after his "stumbles" and "misfires", a rebel who may have been still a leader but was often called into question for his ruthless strategies.
The old Wilbur went missing somewhere between the creation of L'Manberg and his death and over time, with every step Wilbur moved away from his ideals, and ultimately his death, the L'Manbergians and his family "missed" him "more" and "more".
In fact he's missed so much that up to this day people wish for his return - even so much that they're willing to bring the corrupted him back.
They want to believe that a spark of this good him is left in him and that they can save him, that the missing son, friend and leader can finally return to his people.
And Ghostbur, is he "missed", now that he's gone?
Well, I, for one, think that history might not remember him, at least in the way he would deserve to be.
Because on one hand, it appears that, while most characters liked him, many seem to have already directed their attention to the newly revived Wilbur - Ghostbur is an actual ghost of a memory in the back of their mind.
He's disappeared without leaving a corporeal or physical trace behind;
There's nothing that would prove the beginning or the end of his time in the world.
He fades the same way he appeared: With a bang, but yet silently, with all attention directed at him and yet unnoticed.
Ghostbur's non-existence is outshined by the return of the man of the day, the one with the power to build and destroy a whole nation, bringer of both hope and desperation.
On the other hand, however, he might still be in the hearts of the people that were close to him, for seldomly has there been a person as universally appreciated as he was.
There are people who remember him clearly and fondly, and are trying to hold onto his memory, who treasure what he gave them, his gifts and his company.
Tommy especially treats Ghostbur and his memory as his own person - whenever Wilbur claims Ghostbur's belongings and experiences as his, he insists to draw the line between the two, between the good that is Ghostbur and the bad that is Wilbur.
And who knows, since Wilbur stated that his conscience once lied dormant behind Ghostbur eyes, perhaps a part of Ghostbur can see that at least once person is "missing" the true him for what he was;
There's a brother that misses him dearly.
Again, outstanding animatic and amazing song choice; I'm still mind-blown how well you tied it all together, and how you somehow managed to take an unrelated story and a song and made them fit together like puzzle pieces.
Thank you so much for making this (and for reminding me that I should be listening to Bastille more often, it's been a while).
God, I love comments like this one. This makes it clear that people not only like my work, but they also understand what I wanted to say with this. Thank you so much!
Bro could’ve put that into a high school English essay and gotten full credit
I would say this is underrated but it's been less than an hour.
I'll give it a day before calling it underrated.
Absolutely awesome!! I love this! :D
yare yare daze that's some fine art you got
This makes me happy and sad at the same time
omg why am i only finding this now??? this is incredible!
excuse me,you dropped this----➤👑
How does one make Wilbur even prettier than he is irl?!
This was beautiful, I am weeping.
this is possibly one of my fav animatics of all time
Ohmygosh YES! This is so good! I love your art style. Especially how you draw ghostbur when he's just vibin on the guitar or floating around 👌
THIS CAUGHT THE BITTERSWEETNESS SO PERFECT SKSJEMWLOW
Holy shit, man, this brought back all of angst I’ve been suppressing since Thursday 😩
You don’t understand the amount of serotonin this animatic gives me
the song choice made me cry because I was really homesick one year when I was away at summer camp and the counselors would play the acoustic version of this song before bed almost every night... this is a perfect fit for the animatic
AHHHH THIS IS SO STUNNING I LOVE ALL OF THE LITTLE FORESHADOWING
Feel like he come back to family not come to destroy. I love this
Well good grief I’m crying rn-
one of my favorite animatics i’ve ever seen holy crap
I like how each one of wilbur’s characters are parts of him, ghostbur is his happy thoughts and feeling always looking on the bright side of life whereas revivebur is his dark side cunning and evil able to manipulate and lie without a care in the world
Too soon. Man... The nostalgy at the begining and then the most recent events at the end... It hurts. Amazing work!
Anddd I'm crying. great, Wilbur being back and Ghostbur being dead really has thrown me for a loop... More than any of the other lore except for probably Ranboo's Enderwalk State lore.
I cantttt the flash backs ;-; oh it hurts how much it’s changed
OH MY HEART YOU REALLY EXPLORED ALL OF WILBUR'S RELASHIONSHIPS AND LAID THEM BARE AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Oh. My. God. I did not expect the song to sound that way, but it's a really good fit. I absolutely loved this. Everything about this is outstanding, the art, the transitions between scenes. This animation is kinda leaving me a little speechless.
начни свой день правильно - со слез.
спасибо, это было очень чувственно и красиво нарисовано 😖
OMG this is amazing I'm crying. Rip ghostbur 😭❤️
This animation is the reason this song is now a permanent addition to my playlist...
I FEEL NOTHING BUT PAIN /pos
I love your designs so much, and seeing phil interacting with the smp before he was on it, Fundy already pulling away from his father even though he was the one taking the pictures... Wil's own son doesn't make it into the pictures he sends his dad. Ghostbur's fear at the attempted resurrection, the way all the wilburs are differentiated, just *everything.* Thank you for this
I'm glad I clicked that video. It made me excited and prepared for new DreamSMP arc. Can we just admire how good Wilbur is at roleplaying?
HOW CAN YOU DRAW SO WELL AND SO FAST??? I love this so much, I'm subscribing 😭
I almost started crying when ghostbur was crying and philza hugged him 🥲also great animation!
I saw this notif when i woke up and i literally SCREAMED i love this song and being seen used with dsmp made me sooo happy.
Wilburs character is just SO GOOD
OML THIS MADE ME SO HAPPY AHHHHHHHHHH 💚
So... what would you little maniacs want to do first?
Wilbur: I would like make a place called L'manburg and destroy it with 11+ stacks of T.N.T. later on.
Woah, this looks stunning!!
I absolutely adore the way you potrayed Wilbur's character, he just seems more,, human, if that makes sense?
Also this song is just gonna be stuck in my head for the next couple days, I just know it.
It fits so well!