“What am I without you?” “Yourself.” Tubbo genuinely thought he was about to die, and he wanted to make sure that his last words to his best friend were assuring Tommy that he was his own, independent person, he had worth as a separate person, and he didn’t need to rely on anybody else for validation. Tubbo knew that Tommy heavily relied on others as a source of self-worth and didn’t see himself capable of existing as his own person, and Tubbo wanted to let him know that Tommy was worth it on his own, he was worthy of existing and living on just by being himself, and even though he was going to lose Tubbo, he was going to make it on his own. Even without others, Tubbo knew that Tommy has his own self-worth, and Tommy doesn’t need to weigh himself solely based on the value that others give him. He’s his own person. And Tubbo wanted Tommy to know that, even if it was the last thing he would ever do. Amazing animatic.
I love this scene, especially because, to a certain extent, we did see Tommy without Tubbo, and I like to think the character would think of that and who he became and how he clearly didn’t like who he had turned into
Honestly the line: “what am i without you?” And tubbo answering: “yourself” is so hurtful, without tubbo tommy would been defeated, tubbo killed dream making tubbo give tommy back the disc and tubbo was the reason the disc is in tommy’s hands, 2 friends sitting on a bench.. put the disc and sit to chill, Never seeing we would have been at this edge, as the times we could have been killed, (yeah that is a little poem i made :) )
I don’t get the meaning tho All I understood in the line was that Tubbo made no difference even if he existed with him or not cuz since he said “yourself” then it means Tubbo made no difference to Tommy
if everything had gone dream’s way, tommy would have been in the prison, probably being manipulated again. tubbo trying to stay positive was,, sad, but also nice. he didn’t want tommy to be more negative about it than he needs to be. honestly overall this scene was both nice, and sad
@@kazzoey2868 the meaning is that even if Tubbo is gone he knows that Tommy will at least still be alive, will have a chance to rise again, to one day make it back to that bench with those discs and listen to his favorite song, his best friend living on in his memories.
Tubbo's black soul-less eyes were just... they hit so hard. The only time they changed was when Tommy was telling him about how he was the sidekick and Tubbo had tears in them. But the scenes of Dream changing were chilling! Ahhhh! This entire thing was making me cry again, even though I've heard these lines so many time. I love you facial expressions . The anguish in Tommy's face, god. I have no idea what would have happened if Tubbo was killed.
the way dream glitches into a human form, the absolute brokenness in tommy’s eyes the whole time he’s trying to convince tubbo, the exhausted look on tubbo’s face the whole time,,,,,, i’m gonna cry wow u are crazy talented ;0;
I noticed this, this is scene really shows the difference in Tommy and Tubbo’s thought processes. Tubbo thinks logically, he’s examined the situation, saw the pieces on the board, and calculated the possibilities and accepted defeat when he saw no way for them to escape. Tommy thinks with his emotions, he won’t give up hope, he’s come too far and they’ve done so much, he is not going to backdown. He believes they can find a way, they can save the day, and be happy. It’s such a really neat part of their characters, and how they foil each other.
It's what's interesting about Tubbo's character. While very calm, collected, calculated; No one can truly be comfortable knowing they will die. Especially from execution. You can see seldom cracks; his arms shaking even though he hides them, nervous sweat stains rolling down his face. As much as he makes it appear like he isn't, he's terrified. He does a terrific job at hiding it though.
@@MariaMartinez-si8zx nah that wasnt a canon reaction. Tubbo was more so shocked and in disbelief with his real reaction. This isn’t the first time people have told him that Tommy was dead. So it makes sense for him to be unsure.
My theory is that because tubbo has had many near death experiences, he has became somewhat desensitised to death and just goes along with it. Might also show his lack of sympathy or empathy towards other characters.
@@Ninhydride I really don't know if I would say tubbo has a lack of sympathy/empathy tbh, especially considering how easily trusting he is and how his whole aim of his presidency was to try and make other people happy and at peace
@@sadz42 if you look at how he acted during Doomsday you'll notice just how desensitized he is, he showed very little emotion, not to mention the argument in the community house (or what was left of it.) Sure, he showed anger and sadness but after Tommy's whole "the discs are worth more than you" thing he just kinda shut down. He's been getting better tho (rp tubbo not irl, just wanna make the distinction, they are 2 very different people.)
Quackity’s “you fucked up” at the end totally got me. How he’s standing alone, holding a battle axe, facing the last person on the L’Manberg enemy hitlist, even though the country is gone, guaranteed to win with the whole SMP by his side, fulfilling a goal he’s had for so long. The callback with him words, intentional or not, to when Tommy first said the same thing to Eret during the revolution. The whole thing is beautiful, but I especially like Quackity’s bit. I don’t watch his streams all that often but he definitely deserves more attention.
totally! Quackity’s character is super interesting, and I’m glad he finally got a win by helping take down Dream (even though his part may have been small!)
Things about this I love: 1. RP Dream glitching from his smiley face self to his real self in the last scene 2. How Tubbo kept putting his hands behind his back as a closing pose 3. How Tommy’s eyes were detailed but Tubbo’s were dull, showing defeat 4. Tommy’s face when he noticed Punz stepping through the portal, that was hilarious 5. Also I loved how the screen panned over to the pets in the fences but they had their blocky-in game looks haha 6. The two final pose shots, it was so cool!!!
1:46 YOU CAN SEE HIS ARMS TREMBLING OH MY GOD YOUR ATTENTION TO DETAIL IS SO AMAZING. HE WAS HIDING HIS FEAR FROM TOMMY BECAUSE HE WANTED TOMMY’S LAST MEMORY OF HIM TO BE A STRONG ONE. BUT WE ALL KNOW HOW MUCH HE WAS REALLY STRUGGLING TO KEEP HIS COMPOSURE. GOD YOU’RE SO GOOD AT THIS I LOVE YOUR STUFF
Like, as powerful as the "Yourself" line is, Tommy's little "please dont go"s just fucking BREAK my heart, and paired with your art and the motion, I am simply deceased.
This scene still SHATTERS and REBUILDS my heart each time,, their expressions are so lovely?? Tommy looks so heartbroken as he's about to lose his best friend. Tubbo eyebags growing more and more prominent as the scene goes on. Tubbo standing closed off hands behind his back. Whether it's to look like a president in charge or to hide his shaking hands from Tommy, we'll never know :((
They eye bags are like a way to show how he has accepted it, and it makes sense with his character. His character has matured so much throughout the series.
The best thing about this moment is that usually Tubbo is known for being the emotional one, but in his lowest moment, we see Tubbo be the good friend Tommy needs. It’s so bittersweet to think that they spent a month apart, only to be reunited to fight against Dream one last time. And at the point where it felt like it truly was the end, the whole SMP, people who both Tommy and Tubbo have touched in both good and bad ways, come to the rescue. At that point, it didn’t matter wether they hated Tommy and Tubbo or hated Tommy and Tubbo. All the mattered was defeating Dream. 👏👏 good work!
I think Tubbo was trying to soften the blow of his death so it seemed like a relief rather than a punishment. He knew Tommy had almost ended it all in just a week of depressive loneliness and wanted to try and make it seem less like he was alone and that it was just farewell for noe
I love the fact that you made it seem like Tubbo was trying to stay strong for Tommy. He knew that Tommy was freaking out so he was trying to act strong and was trying to assure Tommy that everything would be fine. I think that's what makes Tubbo's goodbye so heartbreaking, that you can tell that he's trying to act strong for the sake of Tommy
1. The audio fade 2. Tubbo accepting his fate and literally how heartbreaking this is 3. Tommy crying 4. Tubbos looking like a depressed older brother 5. Dream with the chess piece. 6. The side kick 7. PUNZ WITH THE DESIRE OF MONEY 8. THE LAST PART GOLD 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
One of my favourite parts about this animatic is how Dream becomes more human-looking after Punz steps through that portal with the small army he gathered. Dream goes from intimidating to becoming a cornered animal, and it shows with the crazy look in his eyes. He knew at that moment, he had lost.
I really appreciate how you did Tubbo’s expressions in this one. No shame or slander to other artists but this is how I pictured Tubbo looking. Trying to stay strong for Tommy and not cry because he knew it’d just make things worse and Tommy would act out irrationally as a last ditch effort.
The line "what am I without you?" "yourself" hurts so much. So does the "It's about time anyways" It sort of showed how Tubbo also thought that he wasn't much help (which isn't true) and that the server would be alright even if he were to die right then and there. People have been glossing over the fact that Tubbo was one of the most traumatized ones on the server if not the most. He's canonically 17 now and he has been through all of the wars and helped MAJORLY in every single one of them. He grinded and got weapons and potions for the first revolution and after that, he helped by being a man on the inside and eventually losing his second life. Note that in Manberg, he didn't really had anyone. Niki was revolting, Fundy was trying to earn Schlatt's trust and Quackity.... Well, he was the vice. And even after the Manberg situation, he never really got a break. He was forced into the position of power and everyone expects him to fix what was barely left of their home. While being expected to do that, he was also forced exile his best friend and was peer pressuredinto trying to execute Technoblade. He thought Tommy was dead and planned a funeral only to be called a monster by the person presumed dead. Philza, his canonical dad, was against him the entire time and destroyed the last bit of home L'manberg was. It's sad, really and amazing how he still see's the bright side of people and situations after all those betrayals and trauma. Someone needs to write a therapy arc but by the looks of Ranboo's most recent lore stream, the eggpire, and the whole 'wilbur not ghostbur' scenario, that's not going to happen anytime soon, isn't it?
Punz saying “you should have paid me more” is my favorite quote of the entire smp story. The feeling of confusion to surprise to happiness and relief was instantaneous.
The moment I saw Tommy's character design immediately I went *"Oh no not this son of a bitch again making me cry and scream."* And proceeded to cry the moment Tubbo and in his precious, deadly little accent, went "We wont make it to the portal" and shit- fuck I started tearing up when Tommy started tearing up and I've never hated myself more for not learning about the Dream SMP fandom up til this year, because I swear to fucking god Dream is a literal cryptid at this point, like- is he an agent of chaos? Does he actually like Tommy? Why did he have that talk with Technoblade and Tommy and all that argument and shit going on about the favor Dream apparently has on Techno? F U C K
I really think tubbo has more to his character.his character is more accepting and he realized at this point there’s nothing else he can do.it’s beautiful to see his more sadistic side be more of his true side
This is what I've been saying. Also in my opinion tommy's character is insensitive to tubbo. He was so busy saying sorry to everyone else that he never actually sad down and talked to tubbo, the guy he's dragged into all his problems.
@@Aramanela But he did apologise to Tubbo??? He apologised to Tubbo many times, and the whole way to the battle he was trying to coax Tubbo into talking about his own feelings cause he cared and knew Tubbo is known to bottling things up. What the hell are you talking about.
Tubbo telling Tommy “yourself” hurts because of the time he exiled him he said to tommy “you’re selfish” which made it worse :) The way Tubbo expected death is hurtful too
Heartbreaking You can see Tubbo trembling, but he's hiding his fear from Tommy and appearing apathetic instead. Don't think I'll be able to watch this without getting close to tears
Yeah I know right! Especially when Tommy starts talking about the sidekick thing, Tubbo tells him “please no.” The painn. That almost made him break his apathy. It was just so hopeless of a scene :(
No one talks about how much Sapnap telling Dream to step away H U R T S. Dream, this green blob with :) on his hecking chest, just completely left Sap and George behind in order to obtain more power. Sapnap, someone who just wanted his friend, told him to *step away* literally *protecting* Tommy and Tubbo. Sapnap, in one of the streams, asked Tommy if he thought Dream cared about him (since Dream had gotten pissed off and yelled at Tommy that he didn't care about anything other than the disks) and Tommy flat out told him "no." At the start, they were literally best friends, building the community house, having the pet wars and disk wars and everything... Sapnap and George literally had to deal with the fact the community house was blown up. He admitted it right in front of Sapnap only minutes later to this in the stream. my soul hurts, everything hurts. (also, personally, when Tubbo says "yourself", i hear it as more of a question of like, 'who else would you be?' And with that said, Tubbo's just saying the Tommy was always Tommy, Tommy will always be Tommy no matter how much he might change after this event... god, the angst is strong.)
When dramatic things are happening I find Tubbo to be such a chilling character because of how quiet and calm he is compared to everyone else, especially Tommy, shouting and screaming.
Tubbo accepting this and Tommy not trying to give up is just sad... "What am I without you?" "I was your sidekick. Please don't go." Are lines that are so sad that I didn't expect to come out of TOMATHYINNIT'S mouth
THAT IS SO CLUTCH " sorry Dream... you should have paid me more.. " " Dream! Step away from them.... " " You. Fucked. UP. Dream... " THOSE LINES GAVE ME CHILLS BRO, LITERALLY SHIVERS DOWN MY ENTIRE BODY Edit: daMn bOi thAts aLotA liKes :0
I just realized how Tubbo says he's a pawn is like representing if he reaches the end of the board they become anything they want. And the entire SMP was the queen. cool
I love how Tubbo's eyes were dull and black with no highlight, but when Punz and everyone else came through the portal, his eyes had a highlight in them
This hurt so much watching it. Seeing Punz and the others hit me with a wave of relieve. I was so scared when Tubbo wanted Tommy to choose the discs over him during their fight with Dream. "What am I without you?" "Yourself." Heart? *Shattered.*
I was so angry about this event beacuse Technoblade *TRIED* to tell tommy about his tenancy to choose disc over people. But he *STILL* didn't listen, and went right back to trying to get the disc, not caring about anything else. And the saddest part is tubbo just gave up....like he literally just stoped trying to prevent tommy from being so reckless. (This might make me sound rude) but i kinda hate Tommy's roleplay character, and wanted tubbo to die so he could learn his lesson. Yeah i feel bad about Tommy's depressed arc, and the fact that his character is also a child, going through all of this. But i hate the inconsistency and refusal to actually learn his lesson. (Ik this is all roleplay)
imagine: tubbo knew dream would play the card that he could resurrect people, so even though he was scared of dying he felt forced to put on a facade that it was okay, so tommy would believe that tubbo was okay with being dead, and tommy could kill dream
Tubbos charachter is so extremely underrated. Even by Tubbo himself C!Tubbo has so much potential, the trauma, the acceptance, the logical thinking- there's so much to work with there. I can rarely find enough content of c!Tubbo and definitely think with this new arc that Tubbos charachger should have more of a role, more to do. Also this anoamtion was amazing. The glitching, the style, the lipsync, Quackitys badass expression at the end, Sapnap standing menacingly, the whole chess scene- beautiful!
this wasn’t in the animatic (which is totally fine, i loved this so much, you did a great job) but when tubbo goes to ranboo when tommy confronts dream and tubbo says “hello minuteman” my heart got warmed so much
i just started violently sobbing throughout this oh my god what is it about animatics that everything's so much sadder??? i already cried watching the actual scene and then this animatic just finishes me off??? what the hell
EXACTLY LIKE WHEN THEY WERE LOSING AND THEN SPIDERMAN CAME OUT OF THE PORTAL AND THEN *EVERYONE* STARTED COMING OUT OF THE PORTALS AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
I cannot get tired of how you style Dream. Like the transformations and shifts, to his facial expressions are so amazing. They truly capture his character and that goes for everyone else of course! How you displayed Tommy and his face being all restless trying to come up with something, and when he see's dream and pulls tubbo away from him. Even with tubbo and seeing how calm he is through his movements. Seeing sapnap stop dream made me very emotional btw :,> aND- the end of the video was just amazing, Dream and his shifting/morphed self surrounded by everyone Omg, amazing work ya did so well!
I’m in tears. This scene makes me cry every time. Tommy is about to be locked away, and his best friend is going to be killed. But tubbo accepts it, and I feel that’s what hurt Tommy the most. The fact that there was a tiny slither of hope, some chance that they could make it out alive, and yet tubbo doesn’t care. “What am I with out you?” “Yourself” Tubbo can see that tommy is his own person. He isn’t just defined by the people he knows, or who approves of him. He is so much more than just ‘part of the duo’, or ‘the smp’s troublemaker. You really captured the emotion in this scene so well! Tommy’s face when tubbo says ‘yourself’ honestly just breaks me. This is amazing! Well done!
This whole scene honestly almost brought me to tears and I love how you drew Tubbo putting on a brave face and doing his best to keep it together for Tommy's sake only breaking at one point when Tommy said that he in fact was Tubbo's side kick and not the other way around ahh I just feel pain-
F*cking beautiful ,the animation carries the emotion and and tension of the scene beautifully. Coupled with the nightmarish facade of Dream being eating away and broken as Tommy and Tubbo are taken away from his grasp is wonderful visualized. Amazing work , please remember to have a break if needed btw you deserve it!
Woah... just how dream starts glitching like he's malfunctioning. It's almost like he's struggling to keep up his form so he starts to take on a more human form as he experiences more extreme emotions.
this is SO GOOD. your designs and art are always on point, and that shot of tubbo on the chessboard with dream looming behind was so MENACING in the best possible way. you portray all of them and their interactions so well here, and ya got me feeling emotions over "who am i without you" "yourself" again aaAAAA. the portal entrance was sick as hell, and dream's form starting to flicker away from 'emotionless, controlling orb head' into a human form was an EXCELLENT touch, and its a perfect way to visualize him losing control of the situation, and giving him literal cracks in his metaphorical armor
This is amazing! I really love all the faces of the others as they come through the portal. Ranboo looks scared, Puffy looks devastated that her duckling would do this, Niki looks like she doesn’t even care anymore, so does Jack, Eret looks grim, Bad looks excited, etc. I absolutely love these types of details because it makes so much sense for their characters at this time. You are very skilled!!
(: When tommy was told to say bye to tubbo dream said so aggressively - *"YOUR GONNA MISS YOUR CHANCE TO SAY GOODBYE TO YOUR BEST FRIEND?"* because dream never got the chance to say bye to snapnap or george
The coming of everyone to the rescue genuinely had me yelling in my room. It had some serious Avengers Endgame vibes to it. But as much as I’m glad Tubbo lived, the story seemed to go in a tragically meaningful way, and that whole climb-up to Tubbo’s sacrifice was kind of undermined in the end.. It would have rounded Tommy’s character arc really well, as much as his own : the sidekick dying as hero... poetic, tragic. But I’m curious to see what is to come
Tubbo's acceptance of death is interesting He was shocked and yet fought in the Final Control Room He was betrayed and yet defied Schlatt as best he could at the Festival But against Dream... He accepts defeat After fighting so hard, after getting so far, he gives in I think it's because if they didn't comply, Tommy may live, but not without scars And I think Tubbo would rather die to spare his best friend rather than live with a permanent target on both their backs
Every single frame of this is a masterpiece. I haven't seen many people talk about this, but I love your Dream design. The way he shifts from a blob to a human when he gets upset or agitated, just perfect.
U know everytime I think I'm over this somone makes some beautifully draw animatic or comic or something and it makes me sad all over again. This is soooo well done!!!!
Oh my god, I absolutely love how you did the unsettling glitches with dream! Also the expression of Tubbo is so - MUA! We can literally see him trying to stay calm in front of Tommy but is actually trembling, his eyes are empty and without highlight until the team shows up... It's so beautiful, just so beautiful.
Watching this scene happen live was such an emotional rollercoaster. I don't think I've ever teared up at lore (apart from ghostbur screaming at Phil).
Aww man... This scene was so sad, and the way Tubbo was so calm and accepting about it... And then Punz! And Sap! And Quackity! Argh! And you animated it perfectly! Amazing work! 💖
I love the little details and emotion to give them. How Tubbo was trying to stay calm and hid with shaking- and the emotion in Tommy was very well expressed. Well done
The Epic lines list: "It was never meant to be." "Do you think you're a hero?" "I'm saying this in the nicest way possible... You fucked up." "Dream, You should've paid me more."
WOAH THIS IS AMAZING!!! YOU SHOWED THE EMOTIONS PERFECTLY!! The slow resignation and realization in Tommy's face, the quick realization of Tubbo's? PERFECT. This is amazing you did REALLY WELL. And your dream design is one of the best I've seen. JUST MWUH- CHEFS KISS
i love your dream design, because i love how he glitches into his other form, and i love how he had "problems" id say, figuring out which form to be in because he is stressed, i think that when he is truly stressed, he glitches into his ball form on impulse, but because he had never expected this to happen, he is stressed and proceeds to glitch into his human form, but he doesnt want that to happen, so he forces himself into his ball form, which f*cks up his glitch and he is stuck in between, as the last picture/ frame showed. idk its just a theory/headcanon, youre allowed to use it Rosentin :) Edit - He can glitch normally, stressed or not, he just glitches on stressed impulse. Double Edit - At 2:32 in the video if you pause it, you can see dream's glitch f*cking up, with i think backs up my theory/headcanon :)
I need to write this for myself TUBBO'S MANNERISMS IN THIS SCENE: 0:01 Right of the bat, we get Tubbo looking at Tommy, dull eyed, while Tommy's hands are on his shoulders. We see that Tubbo's logistical mind is in control. He already knows what he has to do. (such as he did when making the exile verdict) 0:05 Tubbo is looking off to the side, not directly in Tommy's eyes. He's presumably thinking about a way to get out, even if there is no way for him. He looks back up at Tommy, and the audio goes quiet. He has tuned out Tommy at this point 0:10 He catches Dream's dumb smiling mask, and we see a glimpse into Tubbo's emotional side. He wants to get back at Dream, somehow, someway. There is no hope for Tubbo to do that directly. He knows this. (more on this later in my personal final verdict) 0:13 Tubbo goes a meets Tommy's eyes again. He puts his arms over his chest, symbolizing that he's not going to move from his position, his fate has been decided, in his eyes. Tubbo shows Tommy the distance, and Tommy looks away in fear. 0:17 Tubbo looks away from Tommy while he is in shock, and he takes a deep breath. He has to act strong for Tommy, he can't have Tommy worrying about Tubbo. Tubbo puts a hand on his shoulder and smiles. Usually a friendly gesture, but Tommy still isn't convinced. Tubbo continues to tell Tommy that it's alright, and that they had some laughs. 0:24 Tommy is obviously shocked. He asks Tubbo why he has accepted it, and Tubbo stares blankly at him. Tubbo knows he doesn't want to go, he just needs to. He brings his arms down, out of words, and he shakes at the reality. He's going to die, and he can't do anything about it. He has clenched fists, presumably because he is holding back his emotions. He continues to try to convince Tommy that there is no way out of this. 0:55 Tubbo's arms are behind his back, showing that he is accepting. This is false, as proven later by the fact that his arms are shaky behind him. His eyes are also considerably more baggy than before. He's grown tired of this game of chess, grown tired of being a pawn. He doesn't want to be a pawn. 1:06 Tubbo is taken aback by Tommy's words at first, but then closes his eyes and smiles. He knows he has to stay strong for Tommy, show him that he can be himself without Tubbo. 1:21 Tubbo is still smiling, and lightens his expression. He doesn't want to see Tommy cry, but of course Tommy will cry. He comforts Tommy and tells him that everything will be alright. 1:37 Tubbo laughs nervously. This has happened before. Before Tubbo exiled Tommy, he laughed nervously. The truth settles in at this time. He was optimistic, but it's coming to an end. Just as the cabinet was optimistic, but the truth dawned on Tubbo what had to be done in order to provide the best result for what he was in charge of. 1:47 We see Tubbo's hands are shaking behind him, as explained before. He then opens his arms, further explaining the idea that he is ready. Ready to go (still false) 1:55 He then walks past Tommy, but Tommy grabs him by the arm. We once again get a glimpse into Tubbo's emotional side. He's worried. He doesn't want to rip away, so he lets Tommy speak. After Tommy says "I was your sidekick," He tenses up and tears form in his eyes. He looks up, still thinking emotionally, and pulls away from Tommy, not because he didn't believe what Tommy said, but because Tommy hit Tubbo in the feels. Tubbo needs time to regroup himself before he accidentally let's his emotions out. He responds with a shaky "No.." Once again, he didn't not believe in what Tommy said, but because he needs to do what he needs to do. 2:16 he regroups himself completely, and reaffirms what he is doing is right. Still trying to convince himself on what is to come 2:30 Tubbo is insanely shocked. Despite all of this logic that he put into his head, there was still another way out. Something that couldn't be done during exile, because no one else was there to be the mediator. We see Tubbo's eyes have a slightly glint in them, allowing his emotions to shine through shock before he has to move away from Dream. POGCHAMPPP For my personal theory on what is happening here. Tubbo would get Tommy to run out to the portal, with Tubbo distracting Dream while Tommy would do this. Tubbo knows that Tommy would want to try and save Tubbo, so Tubbo tries his best to convince Tommy that this was for the better and there is no other way out of the situation. Of course, there was no need for this (AND BOY AM I GLAD) but it would've been interesting to see how Tommy had decided to deal with that situation. TLDR: THIS ANIMATIC IS SO GOOD AND TUBBO'S CHARACTER IS WELL THOUGHT OUT
The conversation between Tubbo and Tommy is just a punch to the gut. Tommy is a person who doesn't give up and Tubbo is a person who just goes with the flow. He didn't fight, he just accepted the fate that he thinks he will have.
"What am without you" "Yourself" This acting is so amazing. Honestly throughout the entirety of the SMP since Tommy joined you see Tommy being all "big and bad" but when we was about to lose his bestfriend he put all that away and showed how much he was hurting and how much he would hurt without Tubbo. The wholetimeline of the Dream giving Tommy PTSD is such a good arch because not only did it give Tommy's character background but it gave his character a different look at life. Tubbo's acting was also amazing!! Tubbo is normally seen as the bubbly fun emotional character on the SMP but when he thought he was going to die all he did was tell Tommy that it would be ok and that he doesn't need him. This scene will forever be one of my favorites in the DreamSMP because of how much emotion it has and how good the acting is. It also brought Tommy and Tubbo closer together. Beautiful animatic
I find it interesting how in most adaptations of dream, his human form is the god level player despite nobody knowing how he actually looks like. In this, his blob form is the puppet master and his human form is weak. Dream also is half half at the very end. on one hand could just be a really cool way to end the same but i think that it shows how dream is in control and willingly surrenders. Now he couldn’t have took on half of the server but I really don’t think dream is the type to do the whole “i’ve won” villain monologue. dream has at least three people who are willing to help him. I feel like dreams blob form will make a return later on.
The fact he went from Optimistic, to accepting demise to being Optimistic when everyone else comes back, compared to everyone else who is seemingly so brave the entire time, optimistic, knowing it will turn out okay in the end, shows how easily swayed Tubbo’s character is, how human like he his, compared to everyone else on the server. How people can just accept dea feat and not everyone just persists as so many people seem to do, some just, accept it. It’s so,eating about Tubbo’s character I hadn’t thought about much but his character is quite easily swayed or manipulated, and just so accepting. It’s just really cool to see such a human like figure, all the protagonists in almost everything persist, are Strong and stand their ground, but Tubbo seems to be, ultimately- weak. Not that it’s a bad thing, it just opens up a massive window for character development I can’t wait to see :D
This is absolutely gorgeous- the shading?? That ✨ C L E A N ✨ lineart?? CHEF KISS, BEAUTIFUL. And your style is just so awesome!! And that scene with dream and the chessboard gave me CHILLS- this entire video is just absolutely beautiful and just- wow I love this.
I JUST NOTICED THAT WHEN TOMMY STARTS PLEADING WITH TUBBO TO NOT ACCEPT IT, HE STARTS TO CALL HIM "TOBY." AND SOMEHOW THAT HAS DESTROYED MY EMOTIONS ALL OVER AGAIN. he got so fucking upset that he dropped to using his REAL NAME. Also, the way tubbo says "Goodbye, Tommy" just literally almost made me cry and I've already watched this scene several times. Another thing that's striking in this scene: Tubbo actually acting like the older of the two. Usually it's easy to forget that he's the elder of the pair, but here we can really see his secret maturity on display? Tommy just going to pieces, and Tubbo fighting as hard as he can to hold it together and keep a calm front for him. God, this is good.
“What am I without you?”
“Yourself.”
Tubbo genuinely thought he was about to die, and he wanted to make sure that his last words to his best friend were assuring Tommy that he was his own, independent person, he had worth as a separate person, and he didn’t need to rely on anybody else for validation. Tubbo knew that Tommy heavily relied on others as a source of self-worth and didn’t see himself capable of existing as his own person, and Tubbo wanted to let him know that Tommy was worth it on his own, he was worthy of existing and living on just by being himself, and even though he was going to lose Tubbo, he was going to make it on his own. Even without others, Tubbo knew that Tommy has his own self-worth, and Tommy doesn’t need to weigh himself solely based on the value that others give him. He’s his own person. And Tubbo wanted Tommy to know that, even if it was the last thing he would ever do.
Amazing animatic.
That’s deep as sh-
The fact that Tubbo was hiding his own fears even when he was about to DIE for Tommy’s sake is so heartbreaking... /RP
Ue ue ue (sound of crying)
I love this scene, especially because, to a certain extent, we did see Tommy without Tubbo, and I like to think the character would think of that and who he became and how he clearly didn’t like who he had turned into
@@PhazeRay He tried to hide the fake he was shaking.
wow...i didn’t think of it that way...
IS NO ONE GONNA TALK ABOUT QUACKITY’S “you fucked up” BECAUSE THAT IS SO BADASS
HE'S A BAD BITCH YOU CAN'T KILL HIM
He delivered that line very well
Wait didn't tommy say you fucked up ?
Bruh 666th like lmaooo
And his *”a** kicking outfit “*
Honestly the line: “what am i without you?” And tubbo answering: “yourself” is so hurtful, without tubbo tommy would been defeated, tubbo killed dream making tubbo give tommy back the disc and tubbo was the reason the disc is in tommy’s hands, 2 friends sitting on a bench.. put the disc and sit to chill,
Never seeing we would have been at this edge, as the times we could have been killed, (yeah that is a little poem i made :) )
I don’t get the meaning tho
All I understood in the line was that Tubbo made no difference even if he existed with him or not cuz since he said “yourself” then it means Tubbo made no difference to Tommy
@@kazzoey2868 which isn’t true
This is too angsty for me
if everything had gone dream’s way, tommy would have been in the prison, probably being manipulated again. tubbo trying to stay positive was,, sad, but also nice. he didn’t want tommy to be more negative about it than he needs to be.
honestly overall this scene was both nice, and sad
@@kazzoey2868 the meaning is that even if Tubbo is gone he knows that Tommy will at least still be alive, will have a chance to rise again, to one day make it back to that bench with those discs and listen to his favorite song, his best friend living on in his memories.
It's fine , It's fine, We had some laughs.
Hey
No, *no it's not.*
*no it’s not fine*
It's not fine
No. It's not fine anymore. Tommy's dead now.
HOLY CRAP THAT LAST SCENE-
Yeah that last scene was rlly creative !! Especially how dream changes
IKR
also hi mira :D
IKR IT GAVE ME CHILLS
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I only feel chills. That’s sene is scary in a way unlike a normal scare.
Tubbo's black soul-less eyes were just... they hit so hard. The only time they changed was when Tommy was telling him about how he was the sidekick and Tubbo had tears in them. But the scenes of Dream changing were chilling! Ahhhh! This entire thing was making me cry again, even though I've heard these lines so many time. I love you facial expressions . The anguish in Tommy's face, god. I have no idea what would have happened if Tubbo was killed.
the way dream glitches into a human form, the absolute brokenness in tommy’s eyes the whole time he’s trying to convince tubbo, the exhausted look on tubbo’s face the whole time,,,,,, i’m gonna cry wow u are crazy talented ;0;
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I noticed this, this is scene really shows the difference in Tommy and Tubbo’s thought processes.
Tubbo thinks logically, he’s examined the situation, saw the pieces on the board, and calculated the possibilities and accepted defeat when he saw no way for them to escape.
Tommy thinks with his emotions, he won’t give up hope, he’s come too far and they’ve done so much, he is not going to backdown. He believes they can find a way, they can save the day, and be happy.
It’s such a really neat part of their characters, and how they foil each other.
Bruh tommy feeling sad that tubbo might die and when tommy died he laughed at his death big bruh moment
It's what's interesting about Tubbo's character. While very calm, collected, calculated; No one can truly be comfortable knowing they will die. Especially from execution. You can see seldom cracks; his arms shaking even though he hides them, nervous sweat stains rolling down his face. As much as he makes it appear like he isn't, he's terrified. He does a terrific job at hiding it though.
@@MariaMartinez-si8zx nah that wasnt a canon reaction. Tubbo was more so shocked and in disbelief with his real reaction. This isn’t the first time people have told him that Tommy was dead. So it makes sense for him to be unsure.
D:
Absolutely. They work so well with each other and balance each other out so nicely (when they listen to each other.)
Tubbo excepting death is... chilling. Even more so since he made it out alive.
My theory is that because tubbo has had many near death experiences, he has became somewhat desensitised to death and just goes along with it. Might also show his lack of sympathy or empathy towards other characters.
The fact that tubbo 100% thought he would canonically die and to be alive was the least likely outcome is so heartbreaking
@@Ninhydride I really don't know if I would say tubbo has a lack of sympathy/empathy tbh, especially considering how easily trusting he is and how his whole aim of his presidency was to try and make other people happy and at peace
@@sadz42 if you look at how he acted during Doomsday you'll notice just how desensitized he is, he showed very little emotion, not to mention the argument in the community house (or what was left of it.) Sure, he showed anger and sadness but after Tommy's whole "the discs are worth more than you" thing he just kinda shut down. He's been getting better tho (rp tubbo not irl, just wanna make the distinction, they are 2 very different people.)
In my opinion he calmly accepted death was because of Tommy’s line “the discs were worth more than you ever were”
Quackity’s “you fucked up” at the end totally got me. How he’s standing alone, holding a battle axe, facing the last person on the L’Manberg enemy hitlist, even though the country is gone, guaranteed to win with the whole SMP by his side, fulfilling a goal he’s had for so long. The callback with him words, intentional or not, to when Tommy first said the same thing to Eret during the revolution.
The whole thing is beautiful, but I especially like Quackity’s bit. I don’t watch his streams all that often but he definitely deserves more attention.
totally! Quackity’s character is super interesting, and I’m glad he finally got a win by helping take down Dream (even though his part may have been small!)
It’s made extra bone chilling by what happens later between them…
Things about this I love:
1. RP Dream glitching from his smiley face self to his real self in the last scene
2. How Tubbo kept putting his hands behind his back as a closing pose
3. How Tommy’s eyes were detailed but Tubbo’s were dull, showing defeat
4. Tommy’s face when he noticed Punz stepping through the portal, that was hilarious
5. Also I loved how the screen panned over to the pets in the fences but they had their blocky-in game looks haha
6. The two final pose shots, it was so cool!!!
I loved the last Quackity pose. The beanie made it even better
The smiley face was his real face dude
Minor detail but I am in LOVE with the design for Puffy it's so good
Oh and when everyone came through the portal Tubbo got the light in his eyes again because there was a little white light in his eyes in the end
One other thing I would add is the emotion suddenly on Tubbo's face when Tommy said he was his sidekick
WHEN TOMMY SAW DREAM GLITCHING HE PANICKED AND THAT TRIGGED HIM SAYING "TUBBO- BEHIND BEHIND",,, SUCH A GOOD TOUCH
1:46 YOU CAN SEE HIS ARMS TREMBLING OH MY GOD YOUR ATTENTION TO DETAIL IS SO AMAZING. HE WAS HIDING HIS FEAR FROM TOMMY BECAUSE HE WANTED TOMMY’S LAST MEMORY OF HIM TO BE A STRONG ONE. BUT WE ALL KNOW HOW MUCH HE WAS REALLY STRUGGLING TO KEEP HIS COMPOSURE. GOD YOU’RE SO GOOD AT THIS I LOVE YOUR STUFF
I didn’t notice that before. __aight time to cry more__
OMFG I DIDNT REALIZE WHY IS THE ARTIST SO GOOD-
I loved that part so much 💝🌸
Like, as powerful as the "Yourself" line is, Tommy's little "please dont go"s just fucking BREAK my heart, and paired with your art and the motion, I am simply deceased.
This scene still SHATTERS and REBUILDS my heart each time,, their expressions are so lovely?? Tommy looks so heartbroken as he's about to lose his best friend. Tubbo eyebags growing more and more prominent as the scene goes on. Tubbo standing closed off hands behind his back. Whether it's to look like a president in charge or to hide his shaking hands from Tommy, we'll never know :((
i thought i was the only one who cried at this lmao
I think it was to hide the fact that his hands were shaking from Tommy
They eye bags are like a way to show how he has accepted it, and it makes sense with his character.
His character has matured so much throughout the series.
@@LostArtificer nope I also cried
I love how Tubbo’s eyes were so dull when he accepted his death, and how they kinda lit up again when everyone came to save them. This is great!
The best thing about this moment is that usually Tubbo is known for being the emotional one, but in his lowest moment, we see Tubbo be the good friend Tommy needs. It’s so bittersweet to think that they spent a month apart, only to be reunited to fight against Dream one last time. And at the point where it felt like it truly was the end, the whole SMP, people who both Tommy and Tubbo have touched in both good and bad ways, come to the rescue. At that point, it didn’t matter wether they hated Tommy and Tubbo or hated Tommy and Tubbo. All the mattered was defeating Dream. 👏👏 good work!
Personally, Tubbo is far more logical than Tommy, so I feel as though his reaction makes sense
@@saqifali7463 I also feel that Tubbo is the more logical one and most of the time just goes along with Tommy's shenanigans
@@Crimson_Vision Yeah when it comes non-role play its the opposite lol
I think Tubbo was trying to soften the blow of his death so it seemed like a relief rather than a punishment. He knew Tommy had almost ended it all in just a week of depressive loneliness and wanted to try and make it seem less like he was alone and that it was just farewell for noe
I agree. But also uhm, did you write "whether they hated Tommy or Tubbo or hated Tommy and Tubbo"? Lol
I love the fact that you made it seem like Tubbo was trying to stay strong for Tommy. He knew that Tommy was freaking out so he was trying to act strong and was trying to assure Tommy that everything would be fine. I think that's what makes Tubbo's goodbye so heartbreaking, that you can tell that he's trying to act strong for the sake of Tommy
1. The audio fade
2. Tubbo accepting his fate and literally how heartbreaking this is
3. Tommy crying
4. Tubbos looking like a depressed older brother
5. Dream with the chess piece.
6. The side kick
7. PUNZ WITH THE DESIRE OF MONEY
8. THE LAST PART GOLD
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
I really think tubbo is a older brother to Tommy
@@angiemajo he is :)
I’m your 1000th like, poggers
Also when he had his hands behind his back, they were shaking.
9. SapNap’s hair
One of my favourite parts about this animatic is how Dream becomes more human-looking after Punz steps through that portal with the small army he gathered. Dream goes from intimidating to becoming a cornered animal, and it shows with the crazy look in his eyes. He knew at that moment, he had lost.
I really appreciate how you did Tubbo’s expressions in this one. No shame or slander to other artists but this is how I pictured Tubbo looking. Trying to stay strong for Tommy and not cry because he knew it’d just make things worse and Tommy would act out irrationally as a last ditch effort.
My like puts this comment at 666 likes... that’s something
@@DoodlesIGuesss 688
The line "what am I without you?" "yourself" hurts so much. So does the "It's about time anyways"
It sort of showed how Tubbo also thought that he wasn't much help (which isn't true) and that the server would be alright even if he were to die right then and there. People have been glossing over the fact that Tubbo was one of the most traumatized ones on the server if not the most. He's canonically 17 now and he has been through all of the wars and helped MAJORLY in every single one of them. He grinded and got weapons and potions for the first revolution and after that, he helped by being a man on the inside and eventually losing his second life. Note that in Manberg, he didn't really had anyone. Niki was revolting, Fundy was trying to earn Schlatt's trust and Quackity.... Well, he was the vice. And even after the Manberg situation, he never really got a break. He was forced into the position of power and everyone expects him to fix what was barely left of their home. While being expected to do that, he was also forced exile his best friend and was peer pressuredinto trying to execute Technoblade. He thought Tommy was dead and planned a funeral only to be called a monster by the person presumed dead. Philza, his canonical dad, was against him the entire time and destroyed the last bit of home L'manberg was. It's sad, really and amazing how he still see's the bright side of people and situations after all those betrayals and trauma.
Someone needs to write a therapy arc but by the looks of Ranboo's most recent lore stream, the eggpire, and the whole 'wilbur not ghostbur' scenario, that's not going to happen anytime soon, isn't it?
That was amazing
This is great but phil isn't Tubbo's canonical dad, phil confirmed that Wilbur was his only canonical kid
Punz saying “you should have paid me more” is my favorite quote of the entire smp story. The feeling of confusion to surprise to happiness and relief was instantaneous.
When dream was yelling "hey hey HEY HEY HEY" he sounded like a pissed off dad and i lowkey got scared lmao
this was so scary, i thought tubbo was actually gonna die
same bro
I was freaking tf out
Same, I started crying when I watched it, like just the thought of not having a happy and alive tubbo hurts.
Same I was so relieved when the others showed up
Like I didn't even notice that I was holding my breath 😂😂
I know I almost cried, it was so scary
The moment I saw Tommy's character design immediately I went *"Oh no not this son of a bitch again making me cry and scream."* And proceeded to cry the moment Tubbo and in his precious, deadly little accent, went "We wont make it to the portal" and shit- fuck I started tearing up when Tommy started tearing up and I've never hated myself more for not learning about the Dream SMP fandom up til this year, because I swear to fucking god Dream is a literal cryptid at this point, like- is he an agent of chaos? Does he actually like Tommy? Why did he have that talk with Technoblade and Tommy and all that argument and shit going on about the favor Dream apparently has on Techno? F U C K
Dream Hobbies:
1: Scream to childs
2: manipulate everybody
3: *YOU SPIN ME RIGTH ROUND* with the watch
Because the child doesn’t visit often enough to manipulate, he’s began throwing the clock into lava
@@moss7245 don’t worry :) he has another one to manipulate
pfft- lolol true
@@justwalkingby3882 WIPE THAT SMILE OFF YOUR DAMM FUCKING FACE-
@@justwalkingby3882 i feel like i have a hunch on who it is seeing as you put this ":)" at the end.....
"Yourself." and the "This is checkmate." line broke me
I really think tubbo has more to his character.his character is more accepting and he realized at this point there’s nothing else he can do.it’s beautiful to see his more sadistic side be more of his true side
This is what I've been saying. Also in my opinion tommy's character is insensitive to tubbo. He was so busy saying sorry to everyone else that he never actually sad down and talked to tubbo, the guy he's dragged into all his problems.
Sadistic???!?? Do you not know what that word means???
@@Aramanela But he did apologise to Tubbo??? He apologised to Tubbo many times, and the whole way to the battle he was trying to coax Tubbo into talking about his own feelings cause he cared and knew Tubbo is known to bottling things up. What the hell are you talking about.
@@pearlyp9898 he only apologised when things went horribly wrong
@@pearlyp9898 true dream is sadistic not tubbo
Tubbo telling Tommy “yourself” hurts because of the time he exiled him he said to tommy “you’re selfish” which made it worse :)
The way Tubbo expected death is hurtful too
Heartbreaking
You can see Tubbo trembling, but he's hiding his fear from Tommy and appearing apathetic instead.
Don't think I'll be able to watch this without getting close to tears
Yeah I know right! Especially when Tommy starts talking about the sidekick thing, Tubbo tells him “please no.” The painn. That almost made him break his apathy. It was just so hopeless of a scene :(
No one talks about how much Sapnap telling Dream to step away H U R T S. Dream, this green blob with :) on his hecking chest, just completely left Sap and George behind in order to obtain more power. Sapnap, someone who just wanted his friend, told him to *step away* literally *protecting* Tommy and Tubbo. Sapnap, in one of the streams, asked Tommy if he thought Dream cared about him (since Dream had gotten pissed off and yelled at Tommy that he didn't care about anything other than the disks) and Tommy flat out told him "no." At the start, they were literally best friends, building the community house, having the pet wars and disk wars and everything...
Sapnap and George literally had to deal with the fact the community house was blown up. He admitted it right in front of Sapnap only minutes later to this in the stream.
my soul hurts, everything hurts.
(also, personally, when Tubbo says "yourself", i hear it as more of a question of like, 'who else would you be?' And with that said, Tubbo's just saying the Tommy was always Tommy, Tommy will always be Tommy no matter how much he might change after this event... god, the angst is strong.)
Tubbo sounded like he was ready to die. This is really good!
When dramatic things are happening I find Tubbo to be such a chilling character because of how quiet and calm he is compared to everyone else, especially Tommy, shouting and screaming.
"What am i without you?"
"...yourself"
MY HEART ISTG
Tubbo accepting this and Tommy not trying to give up is just sad...
"What am I without you?"
"I was your sidekick. Please don't go."
Are lines that are so sad that I didn't expect to come out of TOMATHYINNIT'S mouth
THAT IS SO CLUTCH
" sorry Dream... you should have paid me more.. "
" Dream! Step away from them.... "
" You. Fucked. UP. Dream... "
THOSE LINES GAVE ME CHILLS BRO, LITERALLY SHIVERS DOWN MY ENTIRE BODY
Edit: daMn bOi thAts aLotA liKes :0
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I just realized how Tubbo says he's a pawn is like representing if he reaches the end of the board they become anything they want. And the entire SMP was the queen. cool
I love how Dream went from looking scary, to being scared in 5 seconds.
I love how Tubbo's eyes were dull and black with no highlight, but when Punz and everyone else came through the portal, his eyes had a highlight in them
as well as when tommy said that he was tubbo’s sidekick! the details are amazing!
OMFG WHEN QUACKITY SAID- *"You fucked up, Dream."* MY STOMACH CHURNED AND EXPLODED WITH BUTTERFLIES!
IKR! HE MADE IT SOUND SO, SO, GOOD.
I swear people were making “Achilles Come Down” animatics for Tommy in exile but I think the same song would be good for this scene too
This hurt so much watching it. Seeing Punz and the others hit me with a wave of relieve. I was so scared when Tubbo wanted Tommy to choose the discs over him during their fight with Dream.
"What am I without you?" "Yourself."
Heart? *Shattered.*
I was so angry about this event beacuse Technoblade *TRIED* to tell tommy about his tenancy to choose disc over people. But he *STILL* didn't listen, and went right back to trying to get the disc, not caring about anything else. And the saddest part is tubbo just gave up....like he literally just stoped trying to prevent tommy from being so reckless. (This might make me sound rude) but i kinda hate Tommy's roleplay character, and wanted tubbo to die so he could learn his lesson. Yeah i feel bad about Tommy's depressed arc, and the fact that his character is also a child, going through all of this. But i hate the inconsistency and refusal to actually learn his lesson. (Ik this is all roleplay)
imagine: tubbo knew dream would play the card that he could resurrect people, so even though he was scared of dying he felt forced to put on a facade that it was okay, so tommy would believe that tubbo was okay with being dead, and tommy could kill dream
The facial expressions you gave them makes this scene even more sad
Tubbos charachter is so extremely underrated.
Even by Tubbo himself
C!Tubbo has so much potential, the trauma, the acceptance, the logical thinking- there's so much to work with there. I can rarely find enough content of c!Tubbo and definitely think with this new arc that Tubbos charachger should have more of a role, more to do.
Also this anoamtion was amazing.
The glitching, the style, the lipsync, Quackitys badass expression at the end, Sapnap standing menacingly, the whole chess scene- beautiful!
this wasn’t in the animatic (which is totally fine, i loved this so much, you did a great job) but when tubbo goes to ranboo when tommy confronts dream and tubbo says “hello minuteman” my heart got warmed so much
i just started violently sobbing throughout this oh my god what is it about animatics that everything's so much sadder??? i already cried watching the actual scene and then this animatic just finishes me off??? what the hell
Tubbo saying Goodbyes to Tommy: Sad :(
Meanwhile Avengers Endgame Vibe*
EXACTLY
LIKE WHEN THEY WERE LOSING AND THEN SPIDERMAN CAME OUT OF THE PORTAL AND THEN *EVERYONE* STARTED COMING OUT OF THE PORTALS
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
I love how Dream started to get all glitchy and seemed to switch between personas, cool detail!!
Also, I love Puffy's design! very nice
I cannot get tired of how you style Dream. Like the transformations and shifts, to his facial expressions are so amazing. They truly capture his character and that goes for everyone else of course! How you displayed Tommy and his face being all restless trying to come up with something, and when he see's dream and pulls tubbo away from him. Even with tubbo and seeing how calm he is through his movements. Seeing sapnap stop dream made me very emotional btw :,>
aND- the end of the video was just amazing, Dream and his shifting/morphed self surrounded by everyone
Omg, amazing work ya did so well!
I’m in tears. This scene makes me cry every time.
Tommy is about to be locked away, and his best friend is going to be killed. But tubbo accepts it, and I feel that’s what hurt Tommy the most. The fact that there was a tiny slither of hope, some chance that they could make it out alive, and yet tubbo doesn’t care.
“What am I with out you?”
“Yourself”
Tubbo can see that tommy is his own person. He isn’t just defined by the people he knows, or who approves of him. He is so much more than just ‘part of the duo’, or ‘the smp’s troublemaker.
You really captured the emotion in this scene so well! Tommy’s face when tubbo says ‘yourself’ honestly just breaks me. This is amazing! Well done!
This whole scene honestly almost brought me to tears and I love how you drew Tubbo putting on a brave face and doing his best to keep it together for Tommy's sake only breaking at one point when Tommy said that he in fact was Tubbo's side kick and not the other way around ahh I just feel pain-
F*cking beautiful ,the animation carries the emotion and and tension of the scene beautifully. Coupled with the nightmarish facade of Dream being eating away and broken as Tommy and Tubbo are taken away from his grasp is wonderful visualized. Amazing work , please remember to have a break if needed btw you deserve it!
Woah... just how dream starts glitching like he's malfunctioning. It's almost like he's struggling to keep up his form so he starts to take on a more human form as he experiences more extreme emotions.
this is SO GOOD. your designs and art are always on point, and that shot of tubbo on the chessboard with dream looming behind was so MENACING in the best possible way. you portray all of them and their interactions so well here, and ya got me feeling emotions over "who am i without you" "yourself" again aaAAAA. the portal entrance was sick as hell, and dream's form starting to flicker away from 'emotionless, controlling orb head' into a human form was an EXCELLENT touch, and its a perfect way to visualize him losing control of the situation, and giving him literal cracks in his metaphorical armor
I like the little detail of hope sparking in tubbo's eyes when he realized there was a chance
This is amazing! I really love all the faces of the others as they come through the portal. Ranboo looks scared, Puffy looks devastated that her duckling would do this, Niki looks like she doesn’t even care anymore, so does Jack, Eret looks grim, Bad looks excited, etc. I absolutely love these types of details because it makes so much sense for their characters at this time. You are very skilled!!
was scared toob was gonna die, but sad we didn't get toast..
Omg tubbos farewell speech was literally one of the best speeches of the plot to date, I keep coming back to this because it’s just so absolutely good
(:
When tommy was told to say bye to tubbo dream said so aggressively
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*"YOUR GONNA MISS YOUR CHANCE TO SAY GOODBYE TO YOUR BEST FRIEND?"*
because dream never got the chance to say bye to snapnap or george
AHHWHWHWHWHWHWHEHEHWHHWWWWWWWW HOLY FUCK THAT JUST STABBED ME IN THE EYE SOCKETS HARD.
JAJSHDHHHDHDHDB WTF? WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-
This just broke my heart all over again
Hey replies
Hope i made you cry
I'M NOT CRYING YOU ARE >:'(
I love the whole Dream concept where he goes back in forth between human and the “:)” of himself depending on his emotions! Amazing concept!
THE BUNS IN SAPNAPS HAIR I LITERALLY CANT RIGHT NOW
The coming of everyone to the rescue genuinely had me yelling in my room. It had some serious Avengers Endgame vibes to it.
But as much as I’m glad Tubbo lived, the story seemed to go in a tragically meaningful way, and that whole climb-up to Tubbo’s sacrifice was kind of undermined in the end.. It would have rounded Tommy’s character arc really well, as much as his own : the sidekick dying as hero... poetic, tragic.
But I’m curious to see what is to come
Chills, this was my favorite part and you captured it really well!!
"What am I without you?"
"Yourself.."
Thats what made me start crying during the streams, like Ahhh-
Tubbo's acceptance of death is interesting
He was shocked and yet fought in the Final Control Room
He was betrayed and yet defied Schlatt as best he could at the Festival
But against Dream...
He accepts defeat
After fighting so hard, after getting so far, he gives in
I think it's because if they didn't comply, Tommy may live, but not without scars
And I think Tubbo would rather die to spare his best friend rather than live with a permanent target on both their backs
“Like you described to me a pawn..”
*”this is checkmate..”*
0:12 wow Tubbo's good at acting, he actually sounded like he wanted to give up on everything, as if he wanted dream to die.
Every single frame of this is a masterpiece. I haven't seen many people talk about this, but I love your Dream design. The way he shifts from a blob to a human when he gets upset or agitated, just perfect.
This really cool animatic: *exists*
Me: haha Sapnap with space buns go brrrrr
Tubbo’s hands were shaking in 1:46 HE WAS ACTING SO BRAVE AND CALM SO TOMMY WOULDN’T FEEL BAD MORE THAN HE ALREADY DID😭😭😭
U know everytime I think I'm over this somone makes some beautifully draw animatic or comic or something and it makes me sad all over again. This is soooo well done!!!!
Oh my god, I absolutely love how you did the unsettling glitches with dream!
Also the expression of Tubbo is so - MUA! We can literally see him trying to stay calm in front of Tommy but is actually trembling, his eyes are empty and without highlight until the team shows up... It's so beautiful, just so beautiful.
POG
I love the way you showed the pessimistic version of Tubbo and the eerie Dream
Watching this scene happen live was such an emotional rollercoaster. I don't think I've ever teared up at lore (apart from ghostbur screaming at Phil).
Aww man... This scene was so sad, and the way Tubbo was so calm and accepting about it... And then Punz! And Sap! And Quackity! Argh! And you animated it perfectly! Amazing work! 💖
I love the little details and emotion to give them.
How Tubbo was trying to stay calm and hid with shaking- and the emotion in Tommy was very well expressed.
Well done
The Epic lines list:
"It was never meant to be."
"Do you think you're a hero?"
"I'm saying this in the nicest way possible... You fucked up."
"Dream, You should've paid me more."
One is not like the others,,,
2:22 I like how the brush becomes more thicker to detail.
Woahhhh the angst is very good rn
The shaking of his hands as they were facing away from tommy is such an amazing detail!
I would like to take a moment to just appreciate the acting and how well the community depicts it
WOAH THIS IS AMAZING!!! YOU SHOWED THE EMOTIONS PERFECTLY!! The slow resignation and realization in Tommy's face, the quick realization of Tubbo's? PERFECT. This is amazing you did REALLY WELL. And your dream design is one of the best I've seen. JUST MWUH- CHEFS KISS
i love your dream design, because i love how he glitches into his other form, and i love how he had "problems" id say, figuring out which form to be in because he is stressed, i think that when he is truly stressed, he glitches into his ball form on impulse, but because he had never expected this to happen, he is stressed and proceeds to glitch into his human form, but he doesnt want that to happen, so he forces himself into his ball form, which f*cks up his glitch and he is stuck in between, as the last picture/ frame showed. idk its just a theory/headcanon, youre allowed to use it Rosentin :)
Edit - He can glitch normally, stressed or not, he just glitches on stressed impulse.
Double Edit - At 2:32 in the video if you pause it, you can see dream's glitch f*cking up, with i think backs up my theory/headcanon :)
I need to write this for myself
TUBBO'S MANNERISMS IN THIS SCENE:
0:01 Right of the bat, we get Tubbo looking at Tommy, dull eyed, while Tommy's hands are on his shoulders. We see that Tubbo's logistical mind is in control. He already knows what he has to do. (such as he did when making the exile verdict)
0:05 Tubbo is looking off to the side, not directly in Tommy's eyes. He's presumably thinking about a way to get out, even if there is no way for him. He looks back up at Tommy, and the audio goes quiet. He has tuned out Tommy at this point
0:10 He catches Dream's dumb smiling mask, and we see a glimpse into Tubbo's emotional side. He wants to get back at Dream, somehow, someway. There is no hope for Tubbo to do that directly. He knows this. (more on this later in my personal final verdict)
0:13 Tubbo goes a meets Tommy's eyes again. He puts his arms over his chest, symbolizing that he's not going to move from his position, his fate has been decided, in his eyes. Tubbo shows Tommy the distance, and Tommy looks away in fear.
0:17 Tubbo looks away from Tommy while he is in shock, and he takes a deep breath. He has to act strong for Tommy, he can't have Tommy worrying about Tubbo. Tubbo puts a hand on his shoulder and smiles. Usually a friendly gesture, but Tommy still isn't convinced. Tubbo continues to tell Tommy that it's alright, and that they had some laughs.
0:24 Tommy is obviously shocked. He asks Tubbo why he has accepted it, and Tubbo stares blankly at him. Tubbo knows he doesn't want to go, he just needs to. He brings his arms down, out of words, and he shakes at the reality. He's going to die, and he can't do anything about it. He has clenched fists, presumably because he is holding back his emotions. He continues to try to convince Tommy that there is no way out of this.
0:55 Tubbo's arms are behind his back, showing that he is accepting. This is false, as proven later by the fact that his arms are shaky behind him. His eyes are also considerably more baggy than before. He's grown tired of this game of chess, grown tired of being a pawn. He doesn't want to be a pawn.
1:06 Tubbo is taken aback by Tommy's words at first, but then closes his eyes and smiles. He knows he has to stay strong for Tommy, show him that he can be himself without Tubbo.
1:21 Tubbo is still smiling, and lightens his expression. He doesn't want to see Tommy cry, but of course Tommy will cry. He comforts Tommy and tells him that everything will be alright.
1:37 Tubbo laughs nervously. This has happened before. Before Tubbo exiled Tommy, he laughed nervously. The truth settles in at this time. He was optimistic, but it's coming to an end. Just as the cabinet was optimistic, but the truth dawned on Tubbo what had to be done in order to provide the best result for what he was in charge of.
1:47 We see Tubbo's hands are shaking behind him, as explained before. He then opens his arms, further explaining the idea that he is ready. Ready to go (still false)
1:55 He then walks past Tommy, but Tommy grabs him by the arm. We once again get a glimpse into Tubbo's emotional side. He's worried. He doesn't want to rip away, so he lets Tommy speak. After Tommy says "I was your sidekick," He tenses up and tears form in his eyes. He looks up, still thinking emotionally, and pulls away from Tommy, not because he didn't believe what Tommy said, but because Tommy hit Tubbo in the feels. Tubbo needs time to regroup himself before he accidentally let's his emotions out. He responds with a shaky "No.." Once again, he didn't not believe in what Tommy said, but because he needs to do what he needs to do.
2:16 he regroups himself completely, and reaffirms what he is doing is right. Still trying to convince himself on what is to come
2:30 Tubbo is insanely shocked. Despite all of this logic that he put into his head, there was still another way out. Something that couldn't be done during exile, because no one else was there to be the mediator. We see Tubbo's eyes have a slightly glint in them, allowing his emotions to shine through shock before he has to move away from Dream.
POGCHAMPPP
For my personal theory on what is happening here.
Tubbo would get Tommy to run out to the portal, with Tubbo distracting Dream while Tommy would do this. Tubbo knows that Tommy would want to try and save Tubbo, so Tubbo tries his best to convince Tommy that this was for the better and there is no other way out of the situation. Of course, there was no need for this (AND BOY AM I GLAD) but it would've been interesting to see how Tommy had decided to deal with that situation.
TLDR: THIS ANIMATIC IS SO GOOD AND TUBBO'S CHARACTER IS WELL THOUGHT OUT
Can we just appreciate the fact THIS AMAZING PERSON PUT SPACE BUNS ON SAPNAP?????
The conversation between Tubbo and Tommy is just a punch to the gut. Tommy is a person who doesn't give up and Tubbo is a person who just goes with the flow. He didn't fight, he just accepted the fate that he thinks he will have.
I know this is off topic but
The way Tommy’s face changes when he sees Punz walk through the portal I-
"What am without you"
"Yourself"
This acting is so amazing. Honestly throughout the entirety of the SMP since Tommy joined you see Tommy being all "big and bad" but when we was about to lose his bestfriend he put all that away and showed how much he was hurting and how much he would hurt without Tubbo. The wholetimeline of the Dream giving Tommy PTSD is such a good arch because not only did it give Tommy's character background but it gave his character a different look at life.
Tubbo's acting was also amazing!! Tubbo is normally seen as the bubbly fun emotional character on the SMP but when he thought he was going to die all he did was tell Tommy that it would be ok and that he doesn't need him. This scene will forever be one of my favorites in the DreamSMP because of how much emotion it has and how good the acting is. It also brought Tommy and Tubbo closer together.
Beautiful animatic
I love how at 2:20 tommy just changes animation quality as he looks to his left
TUBBO DELIVERS THE CHESS LINE SO BEAUTIFULLY HOLY FRACK MAN that legit gives me shivers
I find it interesting how in most adaptations of dream, his human form is the god level player despite nobody knowing how he actually looks like. In this, his blob form is the puppet master and his human form is weak. Dream also is half half at the very end. on one hand could just be a really cool way to end the same but i think that it shows how dream is in control and willingly surrenders. Now he couldn’t have took on half of the server but I really don’t think dream is the type to do the whole “i’ve won” villain monologue. dream has at least three people who are willing to help him. I feel like dreams blob form will make a return later on.
The fact he went from Optimistic, to accepting demise to being Optimistic when everyone else comes back, compared to everyone else who is seemingly so brave the entire time, optimistic, knowing it will turn out okay in the end, shows how easily swayed Tubbo’s character is, how human like he his, compared to everyone else on the server. How people can just accept dea feat and not everyone just persists as so many people seem to do, some just, accept it. It’s so,eating about Tubbo’s character I hadn’t thought about much but his character is quite easily swayed or manipulated, and just so accepting. It’s just really cool to see such a human like figure, all the protagonists in almost everything persist, are Strong and stand their ground, but Tubbo seems to be, ultimately- weak.
Not that it’s a bad thing, it just opens up a massive window for character development I can’t wait to see :D
This is absolutely gorgeous- the shading?? That ✨ C L E A N ✨ lineart?? CHEF KISS, BEAUTIFUL. And your style is just so awesome!! And that scene with dream and the chessboard gave me CHILLS- this entire video is just absolutely beautiful and just- wow I love this.
Is no one gonna talk about Dream literally FREAKING OUT at 2:27
I almost started crying halfway through, and then died when i saw Tommy's face when Punz showed up
"Too much of a distance" he sounds so defeated while saying that
just the shot of everyone and their gear
*chef's kiss*
I JUST NOTICED THAT WHEN TOMMY STARTS PLEADING WITH TUBBO TO NOT ACCEPT IT, HE STARTS TO CALL HIM "TOBY." AND SOMEHOW THAT HAS DESTROYED MY EMOTIONS ALL OVER AGAIN. he got so fucking upset that he dropped to using his REAL NAME. Also, the way tubbo says "Goodbye, Tommy" just literally almost made me cry and I've already watched this scene several times.
Another thing that's striking in this scene: Tubbo actually acting like the older of the two. Usually it's easy to forget that he's the elder of the pair, but here we can really see his secret maturity on display? Tommy just going to pieces, and Tubbo fighting as hard as he can to hold it together and keep a calm front for him. God, this is good.