A YouTuber Made the Most Insane Animated Movie Ever

[@kurtisconner]

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[@-Cube]

yes

[@jackassbroo]

Alright m8

[@Bananapants241]

Hey Kurtis

[@CosmosPandemonium]

Will do, Kurtis!

[@sampeep57]

😱

[@maevem316]

"When I was your age, I had people asking me to draw images for free. Society hates us." Killed me actually. This dude got too many free art requests and he snapped... pay your artists people

[@normalaboutpathologic]

As an artist, that's too relatable. I also turn into the dollar store joker whenever someone wants me to draw them for free

[@themightyflog]

Well the good news is folks won’t be asking for free work. They;l just use AI.

[@_g0r3c0r3]

lol i always drew for the whole school for free.. i guess i should have snapped too :((

[@AZaqZaqProduction]

That was such a weird line of dialogue. It really came through that the guy who made this movie had a personal grudge about this.

[@himbosuplex]

@@AZaqZaqProduction its hard not to when you hear it that much after a point

[@taekookie1976]

In Kurtis' own words, "Art is subjective, but I wish I wasn't subjected to this."

[@Shadozcreeping]

human art is subjective. generative pre-trained text iteration algorithms are not art (i would go to court and risk my reputation stating for a fact that this movie was not written by a person)

[@Shadozcreeping]

@ville__ well sure, that's art that has a history stretching back thru all of recorded history, art which can be beautiful and evocative of the human experience. it's an entire form of art worthy of celebration and preservation. generative text prediction on the other hand is a placeholder where artistry should be

[@lgrask1762]

​ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT KIDDIEPORN?GET THE FUCK OUT @ville__

[@xxyzxxyz690]

@@Shadozcreeping excuse me WHAT kind of "art" are we talking about again?

[@TheManinBlack9054]

@@Shadozcreeping there is no but, ART is subjective and you cant' say that this is not art because you subjectively believe it is not. it is not consistent

[@kendallnh]

this movie feels like it was written by that kid on the playground that nobody wanted to play with because he would always change the rules in the middle of the game to make sure he would win

[@thefungiwhisperer2313]

I guess we know what they were doing while we all weren't playing with them then

[@killergrooves2438]

@@thefungiwhisperer2313 Writing a kill list. I mean drawing ding dongs.

[@isabelladuarte799]

omg yes!!!!!

[@wayworner]

@@killergrooves2438both. Both is good

[@elricardo2901]

As someone who used to be that kid I can confirm that is something I would have written back then

[@birthgravy]

This entire movie looks like a mobile game ad

[@madsstokes]

This is the most accurate comment xD

[@elsinaattheworkshop]

The "art of murder pilot" is this but 100000x way better than this, you guys should check it out.

[@pinkrobot8147]

THATS WHAT I WAS THINKING

[@Yoanka]

The madmen behind the Merge Mansion ads would be so offended by this comparison. I know it sounds like I'm insane or pranking you, but I genuinely recommend ignoring the game they're attached to and watching a compilation of the ads on KZbin. They have a live-action trailer starring Pedro Pascal, for crying out loud.

[@soulsearcher9620]

mobile game ads have better production quality.

[@dead_insideandout]

This movie is like someone with adhd trying to explain a movie they saw 2 years ago once and they fell asleep halfway through.

[@chaoticoverdrive27]

Omg. This is so accurate 😂

[@IgotnofoCus0]

I have ADHD and I agree 🥲

[@dead_insideandout]

@@IgotnofoCus0 same •́⁠ ⁠ ⁠‿⁠ ⁠,⁠•̀

[@DiMagnolia]

You caught me

[@panda.with.a.pencil]

Don't call my adhd having ass out like this

[@oliviastephens3310]

the beat boxing puppy being described as her sidekick and then only having that one single scene is phenomenal

[@MissMissyArt]

THATS WHAT I WAS THINKING

[@matthewroth4078]

Surprised no one is talking about this

[@na6731]

no fr I was wondering if there were more scenes of it

[@bafflemint8442]

It has two other scenes. In one, it asks the kids to draw it some food, and they explain that they only work on commission and can't do any free art requests. In the second, the first drawing is going off to fight Mist, and Calobi says, basically, "You shouldn't fight Mist, but if you do fight Mist, especially don't take the beatboxing puppy". He's very specific about that. The first drawing takes the Beatboxing puppy anyway and they get knocked out of the sky by a giant evil whale.

[@MilitaryGradeAluminum_]

@@bafflemint8442this movie is so insane you could literally say anything and I’d believe you

[@breezy4.063]

Something about “I got bored” being almost immediately followed by “this is my passion project” in the synopsis is weirdly funny to me

[@daltg2705]

Beatboxing puppy

[@buffbarney2648]

​@@daltg2705 im sure it has some sick beats

[@arc4705]

ADHD behavior

[@Iron678Maiden]

He was bored then it turned into their passion

[@3mindrebel]

@@WonderlandWanderer404 Good for you?

[@notatriangle9499]

I love the subtle yet horrific implication that her sister isn't real and was instead spawned from the drawing she tried to trace

[@gooeydude574]

Would that make her sister her daughter?

[@Igettoosillysometimes]

​@@gooeydude574 sounds like something from Alabama

[@grampa.corybreshears]

She named her fake sister pillow 😭

[@KatsukiBakugoN1]

@@grampa.corybreshears”Hey mom” “hi u fvcking disgrace” “I made a sister” “how the hxll did you do that” “her name’s pillow” “WHAT THE ABSOLUTE FU-“

[@WestonNey3000]

I love how the beatboxing puppy doesn’t beatbox, it just sings while background music plays.

[@larissabrglum3856]

Right, I thought "I don't think the person who made this knows what beatboxing is"

[@chrisanderson7906]

feels like a bad family guy joke

[@BunnyyBitez]

Beatboxing puppy!

[@Divine_goose612]

You take that back 😂

[@viviennemorgan7217]

beatboxing puppy= best character.

[@Lauren-wj3rz]

"family movie" followed by "our art teacher is so exhausted due to the cutthroat economy. also we're teenage alcoholics lol" is so funny

[@icu3869]

12:14 the concern about drinking-ON SCHOOL PROPERTY is…odd.

[@Random-sk6hm]

The teacher shaming his student for the way she dresses aswell 😭

[@kellyrosenblatt2017]

Were they not cussing the entire movie?! Like I can’t understand the target audience here lol

[@anartskii]

@ville__fuck you, I can read that.

[@elegantdisarray]

Yeah, did they ever come back to that plot point? Do they ever learn that underage drinking is wrong and grow as ppl?? I need a sequel now!!

[@badcharacterdevelopment]

Ariel had to give her voice to have human legs, and Paige had to give her British accent to bring freaky Mii-esque Creatures to life so it's basically the same thing

[@RVDinator]

I'm fucking cackling.

[@_g0r3c0r3]

im actually crying this movie made me insane

[@Randomaccountiswear]

Nahh miis look better than the characters in this film

[@mrgklnds]

Don't curse my Miis like this

[@rosemary3029]

Don't drag miis like that

[@JoeBurgerCinematicUniverse]

you know how much shorter this would've been if Paige just drew like... a gun

[@hmmmm5677]

"You're drawing guns on school grounds?"

[@StarfywalkingTYPH]

Like a shotgun and she shoots the bad guy like an action comedy film

[@JoeBurgerCinematicUniverse]

@@StarfywalkingTYPH after a badass one-liner

[@KatsukiBakugoN1]

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@JoeBurgerCinematicUniverse”taste my drawn fury BI-“

[@gimmiekiwi]

​@@hmmmm5677 Detention for 15 seconds, when will you learn....

[@ReclusiveRaven]

the fact that she just said "beatboxing puppy" and it appeared is so wild because her power is that her drawings come to life, not that she's able to just materialize anything she speaks

[@NuttyRedBaBonkerz]

I think it was more that she noticed the puppy coming over (... despite seemingly being behind her??)

[@ReclusiveRaven]

@@NuttyRedBaBonkerzi mean maybe???? but why was he there anyways??

[@hodor4904]

@@ReclusiveRaven I understood it as her calling for it to come out on cue? But really regardless, that entire scene is still surreal

[@vaehtay]

I think my favourite part of that scene is that the other guy is ALSO confused as to why her reply to his statement was “Beatboxing puppy!”

[@chipstick3856]

I can’t believe you forgot the extremely important piece of lore (found in the description) mentioning that the beatboxing puppy is her sidekick. That kind of makes it more confusing though, because (unless Kurtis didn’t show it) the puppy never shows up again despite apparently being important enough to be in the synopsis. Edit: grammar

[@chicken]

The poor AAVE "Girl we've been knowing how to draw" followed by beatboxing puppy gave me such emotional whiplash

[@Princesscowgirl99]

Also the fact that his character was conspicuously voiced by a white man 😭😭😭

[@Viyanca]

That was the ethnic portion of the film

[@jaylawesley213]

I love that someone brought this up bc huhhhhh??????

[@celestialloves4264]

​@@jaylawesley213 Nice, that's the next line!

[@plutopawzz]

@ville__ i thought you guys disappeared

[@lichenmoss]

"shut the FLUFF UP" actually caught me so off guard i thought he legitimately told a character in this kids film to stfu

[@DaTrainMan]

@RyanRennoIdsi aint watchin dat doodoo if u a reply spammer

[@zw0mbii_p0rcela1n]

he sounds like eric cartman 💀

[@SirFlooberis]

@RyanRennoIdsyo it’s Ryan renNolds wwwwww

[@_g0r3c0r3]

​@RyanRennoIds 🤖

[@grosebud4721]

I also thought he really said the f bomb in a "family movie"

[@Tabth3778]

At first I was like "alright, maybe it's gonna be bad, but I respect the effort and dedication of undertaking a project this big out of passion" And then he said he's on par with Disney and Dreamworks And I take it all back

[@nathanielmathews2617]

I would've felt like an asshole but he literally gave us the "You can make fun of me" card.

[@Tabth3778]

@@nathanielmathews2617 exactly

[@Zarmdthecoolest]

I mean, Dreamworks is a stretch and a half. But... it _is_ depressingly close to Disney's Wish

[@Tabth3778]

@@Zarmdthecoolest True 😭

[@Alex-RavensPeak]

​@@Zarmdthecoolest I mean no

[@_just_a_lil_dud_]

Saying “moisty” like that after slide tackling a wizard is the hardest line ever and you can’t convince me otherwise

[@big_comrade7653]

It's a great (terrible) mortal Kombat reference lol

[@nickmagwood9200]

how dare you try and cyber bully the creator of this wonderful movie by saying your content is better@ville__

[@jaredjoe133]

@ville__ You don’t

[@unicorn69]

@ville__You have one video and it’s you stepping on a pride flag

[@postaldude39]

@ville__ What are you yapping about?

[@jacjac4390]

I know everyone is talking about the tonal whiplash with the beatboxxing puppy but I can't get over the lifeless art teacher slumped over the locker

[@leviathankinnie7721]

NO ONE IS TALKING ABOUT HIM

[@ZenoX8662]

Bro thinks he golden freddy😭

[@canileaveplease1461]

i thought he had died from alcohol poisoning at first 😭

[@Idfkmwdyt]

It was so random I STARTED LAUGH/CRYING till the video ended

[@Val0r2]

Honestly I believe this movie is true art, just not in the way the creator intended LMAO

[@fallingupwards7974]

they went from "beat boxing puppy" to "alcoholic teenagers" to "art teacher dies from the economy"

[@zselescuki]

In like... 30 seconds 💀

[@kinderparadiso]

3 types of people dealing with depression:

[@darshansooful9559]

@@kinderparadiso “Bro I’ve been feeling really down lately” “Beatboxing puppy” “Huh!?”

[@Thefrogbread]

@@darshansooful9559badaba badaba daba

[@myloiscoolerthanyou]

i think im going fucking insane

[@axeliguess253]

10:53 oh this is where the famous line was from

[@anormalhumanbeing6100]

This movie legitimately feels like a dream. The plotline is constantly changing, things seem to happen for no reason, the words people are saying aren't coherent, nothing stays consistent. Like, this is the first time that saying something feels like a fever dream is entirely accurate

[@ruthie8785]

First animated film directed by Franz Kafka.

[@noneya262]

Literally. I could imagine dreaming something like this. When the girl randomly said "beat-boxing puppy" was when it got really weird, but then the blonde guy pulled out a cup of alcohol to make a toast to that puppy? That makes as much sense as my usual dreams.

[@user36812]

It's just like it was written by kids playing pretend on the playground. Especially the way the origin was told three different ways.

[@montanarose4622]

@@ruthie8785”beatboxing cockroach!”

[@montanarose4622]

@@ruthie8785”beatboxing cockroach!”

[@rebecca62629]

the way they change paige's origin story every 2 mins reminds me of those improv classes where they have to change their reply every time

[@arfbarkbark]

NEW CHOICE

[@abbyrosegarden]

CHANGE

[@fraylak]

NEW CHOICE

[@eibteeda3317]

NEW CHOICE

[@iexist6677]

NEW CHOICE

[@edeely698]

"I have more art degrees than you can even imagine" is the funniest brag like okay man, way to announce that you're in debt lol

[@lybasily]

HELPPWPEIEJ

[@Vrikrar]

"I have more art degrees than you can even imagine!" Says the high school art teacher, arguing with a literal child.

[@Frantic857]

Run to Jesus!!! If you have defected from God then read these Scriptures: (Lost Sheep, Luke 15:1-7 - Lost Coin, 15:8-10 - Lost Son, 15:11-32 - Rich Man and Lazarus, 16:19-31) Jesus is calling you back home, read His word, believe and repent. Saved by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone!. The world is racing toward "AMAGEDDON" !!! And people need to get right with the Lord! If you have not read the books of (Daniel chapters 7-12), (Ezekiel chapters 37-39) (Matthew chapters 24:1-51 + 25:1-30), (1 Thessalonians chapters 1-5), (2 Thessalonians chapters1-3) and (Revelation chapters 6-19), now would be a good time. They will explain a lot about what is going on right now! These books will cover the "Wars" about to come, the Rapture, World judgement, hence the Tribulation and the Great Tribulation! These books will also be the most ominous and scary for the unbelievers and the most exciting and uplifting for those who believe in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior!... It is my hope and prayer that people would repent and believe on the Lord Jesus Christ before all these things take place, because it is going to be very, very scary if you do not and you decide to wait and see what happens.

[@0_kurdingiii]

​@ville__ur name describes u very well

[@lybasily]

@ville__ WHAT

[@andrewmcwherter1834]

This movie took six years to make. A major plot point is the ai art controversy, which wasnt really a thing untill a year or two ago.

[@darianstarfrog]

And seems to be written by A.I 😂

[@Mr.HaterJaquavius]

Especially that one joke about that one state in the US

[@stevencraeynest7729]

I find it weird how everyone believes that. I highly doubt it took 6 years to make that trash

[@rat-in-a-boat]

surprised he didn't catch the "with no outside funding" immediately followed by the "only a small amount of people donated"

[@iamnotthatguy7166]

not only is the movie bad but the one or two people behind it seem extremely deceptive

[@LazoGT]

"i was bored" "this is my passion project" "no outside funding" "few people donated"

[@guhraysee]

pfffft omg I didn’t even catch that 😭💀

[@olive9097]

@iamnotthatguy7166 and not only are they deceptive, but they’re BAD at being deceptive lmao

[@sabina.d]

And then says his donators didn’t believe in him or the film turning out well lolol like but they HELPED TO FUND ITS CREATION 💀

[@frthistimee]

“I lost my accent when i grew up because i moved countries” is something i would have written to “fix” a plot hole in a story that i wrote in like the fucking third grade 💀💀

[@anasemelianova5759]

i almost cant believe its real. the writing is SO bad. they tell you the premise like 5 different times from different POVs. WHY?

[@Kat-hd1nj]

so fucking true 🤣🤣

[@soedtoez91]

Also, isn’t they lady narrating British?? Why didn’t she voice the main character?

[@Andy-jh2fs]

​@@soedtoez91 that's what I kept asking myself! They clearly have an adult female with a British accent why not use her?! Lol

[@anasemelianova5759]

@@Andy-jh2fs or if you planned to use her but didn't end up working with her just redo the child voice over or frankly she could've just worked her moving to the states into her adult story in a more natural way of explaining the accent change if she really desperately wanted to make child her British. none of this movie makes sense.

[@jacciswacc4335]

I love how this 6 year passion project uses current-day topical internet humor and talking points.

[@yourmomswaterbottle]

EXACTLY and it was one of the earliest dialogues too

[@truezephyr4431]

@@yourmomswaterbottle I agree with it obviously not actually fitting in, but it being at the beginning doesn't mean a whole lot. Not just movies, but writing in general doesn't usually go in the same order the plot itself plays out in.

[@Random-sk6hm]

The fact that AI has only recently entered public consciousness and it's such a huge premise in this film...

[@webwalker]

FR

[@Torma25]

the actual animation might be that old and he just added a whole bunch of dumb tiktok shit with the dub which is more recent

[@Sootle]

you have no lived till you force all your friends into a discord call and watch this entire movie. gosh its an experience.

[@stevedenny7887]

I'm absolutely stealing "I have more art degrees than you can even imagine". That's such a funny, absurd brag.

[@Fermin-hw5pd]

He probably has 2

[@stevedenny7887]

@@Fermin-hw5pdNo, I can imagine 2

[@KolonelCeanders]

@@stevedenny78873?

[@doodleedoo]

@@stevedenny7887he probably has one

[@ericfieldman]

​@@stevedenny7887 what about 3?

[@raetreader]

Holy shit I saw a clip of the beatboxing puppy on tumblr just completely out of context, but apparently you still get the same amount of context when you watch the full movie

[@devorahcohen866]

Same, I originally thought it was some bad fanimation of miraculous ladybug? That was the only explanation that made sense to me but i was incredibly wrong

[@aspennntree]

NO SAME i freaked out when my friends talked about this

[@Bubbles-od2zm]

NAW SAME FAN TUMBLRINAS UNITE

[@BasicViewer]

Same!

[@HoodieHorizon]

for a movie who's message is "ai bad and art is underappreciated", this movie feels ENTIRELY ai generated

[@iamathousandapples]

Wait it isnt? The cadence of all this guy's dialog screams AI.

[@_g0r3c0r3]

beatboxing puppy

[@cheebuu3360]

​@iamathousandapples yeah, even the way scenes flow feels like a robot fumbling it's way through a prompt. Beat boxing puppy.

[@thisname5ucks]

​@@_g0r3c0r3 I'm the beatboxing puppy ‼️‼️🗣️ I know you think it's funny ‼️‼️💯

[@_g0r3c0r3]

@@thisname5ucks i want some food in my tummy🔥🗣 all the ppl know they love me❗🗣 da ra dow 🗣🗣❗💯🔥

[@YukiKarasuAkuma]

The self insert oc in this movie feels exactly ACTUALLY like that one kid on the playground who everyone hated playing pretend with because you'd be like, "and then my ninja character uses a kick on you by complete surprise from the shadows!" and they'd be like "NUH UH. NO CUZ uh MY CHARACTER IS ACTUALLY A GOD AND HE'S MADE OF GOLD SO THE KICK WOULDN'T EVEN WORK ANYWAYS AND HE FORESEES THE KICK WITH HIS FUTURE VISION AND DODGES IT LIKE THE MATRIX AND HE'S ALSO SUPER HANDSOME AND POWERFUL."

[@beepk_]

finding out that this movie was made seriously and not as a joke is the equivalent of a child finding out santa isnt real

[@momerathsoutgabe-mt1gc]

I refuse to believe it isn't a troll.

[@VynilCat]

Wait Santa isn’t real?

[@LittleNightmaresBiggestFan]

@@VynilCat he is just some people don't believe in him

[@Fewix_]

​@@VynilCathe's real, i saw him

[@KeeperOfKnowledge]

​@@VynilCat he is, the X leaks claiming to be Drake are actually Santa lekas

[@carowilking2595]

"all three of us can actually draw" is giving "i think we ALL sing"

[@exowthyou]

Istg it felt like I heard that somewhere already but couldn't figure it out 😭 now ik where I heard that 🤣

[@pickchickens5286]

they fly now? they fly now

[@Mossy-Artist]

He’s right behind me, isn’t he?

[@Anthology_of_Holly]

I’m so glad I’m not the only person who immediately had this thought 😂

[@ljutici]

immediate first thought

[@chickennuggetpaw]

The Our Drawings Gas Leak Theory is actually genius. It explains why nothing in the movie makes sense, why the characters act so weird, and why the plot is crazy; they’re hallucinating! The art teacher passing out from the gas leak also makes perfect sense.

[@ugh1230]

my theory is the guy that made this had a gas leak in his house which somehow didn't kill him but made him do... this

[@jetstonez7935]

for a solid minute i thought you meant the creator had a gas leak while making this 😭

[@bakedgoldfish45]

@ville__begone bot

[@professorxangus]

20:04 I like how they hid his mouth so they didn’t have to animate the lip sync

[@Midnightstar2675]

Whenever there’s a creator self-insert you know it’s gonna be great, especially when their character takes the spotlight away from the main character and gets to do all the actual plot relevant stuff

[@shadowking2926]

Yeah, at that point, just make them the main character. Idgaf if it's a "self insert OC", just be honest about who the movie is about.

[@ErieRosewood]

I was gonna say "hey selfinserts aren't bad!" but then I got flashbacks to thomas austruc and I've changed my opinion

[@janrautmann7179]

Chris chan behavior

[@Midnightstar2675]

@@ErieRosewood yeah I think self inserts can be done well, especially as little cameos and easter eggs but whenever the character starts taking on more of a role in the story it can easily become a mess

[@madisonl893]

@@Midnightstar2675 it'd be like if stan lee got to kill thanos

[@toesmerp]

the fact that he made the characters say things like crap and “shut the fluff up” because it’s a family movie then automatically talks about getting wasted and having a double cheeked up alien is insane 😭😭

[@loadedchilidogfarmer235]

@ville_ WGAT

[@deakyisthecheesetomytoast7333]

@ville__pardon😭😭😭😭

[@fuzzyotterpaws4395]

Even crap would have gotten me slapped as a child lol

[@fuzzyotterpaws4395]

They said "damn" so clearly they still curse in the movie

[@copperandgold4674]

@ville__do what now

[@Rainy_Day_Daydream]

“Girl we’ve been knowing how to draw” “Beat boxing puppy!” I think I’m going fucking insane

[@whateverart]

Dooodaadda

[@D44RK_Iced_Yogs]

B E A T B O X I N G P U P P Y

[@crocodillian9486]

the beatboxing puppy scene sent me into orbit

[@sparklefall687]

Honestly I'm shocked Barbie hasn't had one of those hellhounds before

[@melonpulse4833]

Hopefully the puppy doesn't drop 50k on an amv like another beat boxer 🙏

[@miguelgarciasuarez2506]

10:49 SO THATS WHERE THE AUDIO FROM TIKTOK CAME FROM

[@shellybelly1071]

The beatboxing puppy took me out, but the art teacher looking like a victim of a hit and run seconds later did it for me lmao

[@Sunidhi2706]

the way it just suddenly cut to him like THAT on the floor TOOK ME OUTTTTT

[@Turbuggy]

I am genuinely convinced the script was generated using AI. The way the scenes flow into one another, the way dialogue doesn’t completely make sense, it all screams ChatGPT

[@pixelated_human]

thank god someone else said it. it doesnt feel like a human tried to write this, they just took the script verbatim from the ai and animated to it

[@gooodmorning4526]

Was ai like that around 6 years ago? I fully believe the script isn't made by humans bc it makes legit no sense, but is it possible ai made it?

[@ZosiaBlob]

​@@gooodmorning4526who said it truely was 6 years. It might of been 6 weeks and he just lied to get attention.

[@renbae436]

or it's just the dialogue part made last min@@ZosiaBlob

[@saintsea-hat7891]

14:10 really gets put into perspective huh…

[@maybemabry]

i love how the beatboxing puppy was her "sidekick" and we see him like once

[@genericname2747]

She was his sidekick, and the beatboxing puppy went on a quest without her so she wouldn't get hurt

[@amberwingtundrawing776]

He is actually in it for a few scenes but his debut is the only important part, the channel mascot is more of a sidekick tbh. I love that I know this but I can't remember advanced trig anymore

[@catbatrat1760]

That sucks, honestly. The beatboxing puppy is the only good part of this film.

[@Greatduck777]

@@amberwingtundrawing776 the channel mascot is almost the main character of the movie for a while. you can't really make a movie where you make a self insert and make it the main character, or a sidekick to the main character, because that's a fanfic.

[@shadophaxx2401]

Girl, hes been knowing how to beatbox

[@Absolute_LUNA-C]

my favorite part about this movie is the fact that the very last thing in the credits is the words “this project was a huge financial risk. please feel free to watch this movie at least once a year.” and that has stuck with me for how desperate, threatening, bizarre and deranged it is simultaneously. it is so funny that the creator put in a message telling people to make watching their movie an (at LEAST) YEARLY TRADITION that i think i might

[@Edden004]

«I have more art degrees than you can even imagine” is fantastic

[@TeeklGrey]

That one knocked the wind out of me. This man has infinite art degrees.

[@joycewible8816]

That's one of the funniest lines ever written 💀💀

[@juliabohemian]

Straight outta the Deviantart forum

[@jennerhardin8138]

​@ville__really edgy, bro. Joking about being a ped0 isn't going to get you the attention you so desperately want.

[@TheSpiderInUrWalls]

@ville__ you’re unironically cringe man.

[@gulfcoastgaming6034]

This feels like the two people who made it hated every single idea the other person had and fucked with every aspect of the production to passively aggressively piss the each other off

[@chaoisadiva3534]

thats what I was thinking!

[@ZechariYahweahschild]

This is true and hilarious 😂 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ZechariYahweahschild]

This is true and hilarious 😂 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@tpuddin]

This is true and hilarious 😂 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Sweet_Tooth819]

Exactly which is why artists need to work with people they like working with and get along with and actually care about each others opinions

[@_Iemonboy.]

Just watched the beatboxing puppy clip 6 times and will be repeating that for the next few weeks

[@GOLOY685]

Yeah animators loved using it because of the word draw

[@yeetinonthem4205]

You cannot convince me that AI wasn’t involved in the making of this in some capacity.

[@ninevehgrey]

It's written just like ai so either ai did make it or this guy is jusy ass at writing

[@OncleClara]

Yeah I’m convinced it was. Otherwise this makes no sense.

[@tracyblanchard7663]

That's how you end up with conflicting backstories

[@ChristophersDrawings]

8:17 Moisty

[@WalletWorrier]

I feel like some of the narration and dialogue definitely had to be AI

[@Emma_The_H0ppin_H00ligan]

As an artist, this is actually an accurate representation of what we deal with everyday....some people just don't realize how hard it is riding flying orcas and fighting evil wizards with our beatboxing puppies all the time...

[@swaggyhotdog]

ARE U FROM OHIO OR SOMETHING 🤬🦹‍♂

[@SIPLAR.SIPLAR.SIPLAR.]

So relatable…my beatboxing puppy is just a beat puppy. He beats me and my mother. He’s actually not a puppy, he’s my dad. /j

[@swaggyhotdog]

@@SIPLAR.SIPLAR.SIPLAR. I was laughing until the /j

[@Watermelonbasilomor]

Real 😢

[@elizabethgalicia6069]

@@SIPLAR.SIPLAR.SIPLAR.I-

[@LetLolabool]

“Girl we’ve been knowing how to draw” to an immediate cut to the beat boxing puppy took me out

[@robotortoise]

same. I almost choked on my lunch

[@cyberattaq9113]

Showing the ‘are you from Ohio or something?’ Scene to medieval peasant from 1600s England would act as an ancient eldritch incantation and cause them to explode

[@NosebleeddeGroselha]

The fight between Mist and Colobi is basically “You can’t win this argument because I already drew you as the crying soyjak and me as the chad wojak”

[@Fermin-hw5pd]

The best part is that it'd fit the theme of the movie

[@TheyDontFwZesty]

@ville__ nobody is subscribing lil bro🙏😭😂

[@JodRoom]

​@ville__fucking finally

[@gabrielstrong7322]

An Incorrect Summary Of Our Drawings by Max0r

[@terragaming2442]

@ville__oil up

[@Aryatheartist2014]

Our Drawings feels like a very creative and elaborate shitpost

[@d3ad_ro0ster]

Best way to describe it

[@39Fanclub]

That's because it is!

[@D44RK_Iced_Yogs]

This further cements the fact that the one movie I will ever accept to be good with only one person working behind it is “Killer Bean Forever.”

[@Bratcyberspace]

He's fully serious though. Going on rants on Twitter about tracing (he is a tracer) and how he's so much better than digital circus. This apparently took him 6 years

[@invisibleven2643]

It’s literally a super long out of context compilation lmao

[@chenobujr]

I sometimes have dreams that have entire plotlines and stories that seem really awesome while I'm in them, but then I wake up and realize they make no sense. This movie feels exactly like those dreams lol. Even the whole twist with the art teacher looks exactly how my dream would make a twist like that

[@Radio.Mp4]

This movie is the definition of "your dreams have a meaning" but then it is the most random stuff ever

[@civicmimiv]

This is what Jerma985 sees in his dreams

[@Dressup_Doll]

Sometimes, I wonder what my dreams me. The rest of the time, I know it’s better that I forget them instantly.

[@sivanhedoesstuff]

@ville__ guess i'll die

[@grimeydanny4214]

"i feel like i could tell you anything-[doesn't say anything]-so tell me about yourself" is ACTUALLY the most relatable thing

[@i_eat_nintendo_cartriges_lmao]

REALLLL (600th like btw :))

[@nishiix]

most realistic thing in this whole movie tbh

[@c1nnamodoll]

"oh by the way, my accent is gonna change once this voice over is done, but that's normal. peace out" is WAYYY TOO FUNNY LMAOOO

[@naranciaisbestboi125]

​@@erickledesma4419 That ain't him, bro. You're thinking of Ryan Reynolds.

[@naranciaisbestboi125]

@@erickledesma4419 Ah, so you were engaging in a little tomfoolery, I see.

[@cxcareum]

I love how the mc wished to remove her British accent that was one of the most hilarious THINGS ABT THIS MOVIE 😭😭😭😭🔥‼️‼️‼️🙏🙏

[@Unidentified952]

FR LMAOOO

[@thetrashtastegood1609]

i did not needed to know "girl we've been knowing how to draw" comes from this 💀

[@00V0IDD]

Bro yes

[@shifu5392]

I love how "Art Style 72: Reversal of time" implies he has other different 71 art styles

[@zyerkos]

i mean calobi traces so 👀

[@ClunkerBunker]

"art style 69: your mom!"

[@tigerlillystar6143]

I mean that what happens when you have so many art degrees 😂

[@easolinas1233]

At minimum. And now I want to know what they are.

[@denjilvr]

@ville__??

[@Bishie4Bara]

Disney and Pixar have been real quiet ever since this came out

[@gas-lyghtchristianson-ashl5041]

Dixar

[@Oneissnart]

Haven’t heard from them since

[@princessloveheartglitter]

Kurtis should make a Truman show-like movie called Kurtistown where he's the only real human and everyone else is a beatboxing puppy

[@audtoneausland4772]

Agreed

[@gooodmorning4526]

I thought this was going to be serious lmao

[@MyFatherLooksLikeAPallasCat]

Nothing could have prepared me for that twist

[@quadtoe]

bro i just came back to rewatch this mindfuck of a video and got an ad with an opening line of "what if whatever you drew came to life?".. advertising a new movie with the EXACT premise of this animated one thats crazy

[@cassius1078]

DUDE LITERALLY I JUST SAW AN AD FOR THAT MOVIE LIKE 2HRS AGO AND I HAD TO COME BACK AND REWATCH THIS VIDEO TOO. I think it's called like "(Child's name that I forgot) and The Purple Crayon" or something???? Absolutely baffling and had me feeling like I had whiplash lol

[@AmphibiousGentleman]

_Harold and the Purple Crayon_. It's based on a kids' book from 1955.

[@voidmatic]

as an artist/animator, kurtis makes a great point talking about kids animation recently vs in the past. kids media is so important, it's what you see while your brain is still developing, it's there to help you learn and grow, and its so damn discouraging to see how much content recently has just been "eh, who cares about quality, its just for kids anyways" bruh.

[@iclynnx]

Let's normalize not giving children access to the internet until they're at the very least 10. I grew up fine without KZbin and that stuff. All I needed was friends, toys, the outdoors, and some cartoons on TV.

[@genericbeansmile756]

@@iclynnx I second your motion, TV can also be overdone but at least it tends to be less dopamine-driven than internet content

[@thepoetesskhansaa]

Can I ask what your opinion is on Skibidi Toilet? I'm an adult and I could barely get through a few minutes of it when someone showed me a compilation video; made me feel quite disturbed. I don't understand how it's so popular among children.

[@iclynnx]

@@genericbeansmile756 And your attention span isn't being wrecked. My God it's too sad that kids are losing their attention span, when there's so much joy to be found in the silence of the forest, a suburban enviroment during the late evening, or during a heavy snowstorm... I want others to feel that peace that I feel. I'm still a flawed person, not better, but I am grateful that I still am able to enjoy life outside the screen.

[@voidmatic]

@@iclynnx thing is, there's plenty of good parts of the internet/cartoons esp when growing up. nowadays you see stuff like bluey handling mental health topics well, some games like minecraft can be great for kids to play with friends and learn skills like teamwork and be creative with building, but the key thing is balance - like you said, outdoors and time with friends - the tough part is seeing folks parent via iPad (sorry for the word wall)

[@Kittiekonfuzed]

"Are you from Ohio or something?" coming from a bald cartman wizard is going to kill me

[@lefthat5701]

Cartman would 100% say that though l,fao

[@kwarra-an]

Can someone explain the Ohio joke pls

[@sonicfanboy3375]

You can't even understand a joke in Ohio 💀​@@kwarra-an

[@spyr0guy]

@@kwarra-an You'd have to find someone who understands it first

[@thelegendh4sit]

@@kwarra-anaround last year or so, it became a joke that paranormal or generally weird things were commonplace in Ohio. the joke blew up and became overused by content farms and people trying too hard to appeal to the new generation, and it ended up becoming an annoyance.

[@Mercedes-Scott]

This movie is clearly therapy for its creator and a look into the weird private mind of an introverted artist. Being made fun because of their art work, having family issues, unresolved anger of stepping on a puppy, an archnemesis art teacher, the debates about art and what makes an artist

[@FreezingmoonDSBM]

Perhaps beatboxing related trauma as well 😔

[@jamie_leigh]

"Unsolved anger of stepping on a puppy" 😂😂💀

[@dallyinghualian]

wonder if the teacher getting swallowed by a killer whale is true to life, or is metaphorical...

[@EmaAlvarado_iku]

as a shadow in front of a piano once said "and like most therapy sessions it should have stayed private"

[@icu3869]

“Beatboxing puppy”.

[@Sodab0ttle8]

0:42 what is this sound 😭

[@suzannenereson1641]

the surprise "ai bad" twist at the end surprised me because i was 99% sure this script was supplemented by chatgpt

[@HumeAnn]

Chatgpt now makes complete and coherent stories. Not even AI can come up with something this incoherent and confusing

[@justahumanhahah710]

and the voices are sooo ai generated😭

[@castlegarden2999]

Genuinely thought it was AI until the "AI bad" twist. Because wtf does "Moisty" mean???

[@SheepUndefined]

@@castlegarden2999 It's a reference to Mortal Kombat's "Toasty." She first says it when the knockoff MK music plays. Also, AIs tend to get a lot of input roasting AI like that, and thus, a surprising amount of AI content is dissing AI art as often as it breathlessly praises it.

[@simplypie]

@@justahumanhahah710if the voices were AI generated I think they’d be able to make the British girl have an American voice 😭

[@neussd8752]

the video hasn't loaded yet but I swear to god if it's a little british girl who loses her lovely accent when she grows up i'm gonna lose it

[@_Katya_Snow]

Ok this was actually really funny

[@tryxdc]

be careful calling a british accent "lovely"

[@neussd8752]

@@tryxdc hahaha i was just repeating what the character said

[@iloveacnhcats]

the way I actually laughed (this sounds sarcastic but I genuinely don't laugh at stuff on the internet much when I say lmao)

[@dancingwaffle4029]

I have some terrible news

[@nonameless2]

"I believe I'm on the same level of Disney and Dreamworks" dude to have the absolute self confidence of someone who doesn't know what they're doing

[@Jupiter-T]

Honestly some people could go far with a pinch of that audacity

[@ChristophersDrawings]

Dunning-Kruger effect

[@AdamOBrien29]

Trolled everyone here, epicness

[@fleshbirdie]

Either delusion or engagement bait tbh

[@Frantic857]

Run to Jesus!!! If you have defected from God then read these Scriptures: (Lost Sheep, Luke 15:1-7 - Lost Coin, 15:8-10 - Lost Son, 15:11-32 - Rich Man and Lazarus, 16:19-31) Jesus is calling you back home, read His word, believe and repent. Saved by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone!. The world is racing toward "AMAGEDDON" !!! And people need to get right with the Lord! If you have not read the books of (Daniel chapters 7-12), (Ezekiel chapters 37-39) (Matthew chapters 24:1-51 + 25:1-30), (1 Thessalonians chapters 1-5), (2 Thessalonians chapters1-3) and (Revelation chapters 6-19), now would be a good time. They will explain a lot about what is going on right now! These books will cover the "Wars" about to come, the Rapture, World judgement, hence the Tribulation and the Great Tribulation! These books will also be the most ominous and scary for the unbelievers and the most exciting and uplifting for those who believe in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior!... It is my hope and prayer that people would repent and believe on the Lord Jesus Christ before all these things take place, because it is going to be very, very scary if you do not and you decide to wait and see what happens.

[@lovely_flower783]

10:23 why are the lockers in Chinese 💀

[@username5741]

probably premade models

[@kaitlin9288]

"I have more art degrees than you could even imagine!" has the same energy as "You fool... I have 70 alternate accounts! You'll never find my main!"

[@alleymercuryway7777]

I HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT.

[@Mr-Froggo-Man]

SONIC LIVE FAN DUB REFERENCE

[@ellensalokorpi8349]

this movie feels like something i would’ve created at 11 and not in a magical whimsy way but in an inattentive to details way

[@crazyowlgirlcncowner]

Me trying to write a 10 page story in 2 days for my middle school English assignment.

[@itsyeeoledskoolfurry3208]

Check comment by: @purrise ""This whole movie just felt like if a 11 year old had the materials to make a movie about their ocs.""

[@evaboyarshinova4317]

that blond high schooler in a bomber who says “I know a lot of you guys have addictions”, “I’m here for a good time not a long time” cutting to a corpse of the art teacher casually propping the lockers and the beatboxing puppy is the peak of us as a human society. I literally wheezed when I saw all of those Thank you Kurtis for this, this truly is a one of a kind masterpiece

[@robinl.5444]

@ville__AYOOOO???

[@jeremyross9698]

​@ville__ *Chris Hansen intensifies*

[@Megirly-kq9wh]

I actually couldnt breathe I thought the art teacher had died or smthing and the faces of the students' "😢" i was dying

[@I_eatpaper1izards]

2:09 THATS WHERE RHE SOUND CANE FROM

[@ICANTSEEANYTHING-n9r]

Girl we been knowing how too draw

[@immanenteffigy8929]

I always feel so bad when people spend years making something and then it just turns out terrible but at the same time i doubt they took much or any outside criticism for it

[@stickitydoodah]

If fewer than 10 people pitched in to fund it I bet he didn't ask what anyone thought since they didn't pay

[@catscanhavelittleasalami]

yeah that trash didn't take 6 years to make. To develop the idea, sure. But making it? Few months.

[@mightymeatymech]

@@catscanhavelittleasalami (i love your pfp, i don't play that game but it's my brother's fav rn) he probably spent a few months spread out over the years working on it, and decided to count the in between time lol

[@vpricot6362]

He would need to be incredibly prescient to somehow pullout the AI art angle 6 years ahead of time.

[@ink535]

@ville__ Cheddar Popcorn

[@littleolme7877]

Obsessed with "Flushed Away 2: Down the Skibidi Toilet" Also, the beat boxing puppy has the same energy as the rapping dog from that animated Titanic movie, I kinda love it.

[@thegreaticeteath]

man don’t come for my man fritz like that. beat boxing puppy could never compare to him.

[@HauntakuTV]

@@thegreaticeteath Epic rap battle: puppy edition

[@thegreaticeteath]

@@HauntakuTV ideally it would end with the rapping titanic shark iceteeth eating them both

[@giraffeparty0]

the villain tracing paige's handcuffs is so funny because calobi is known for tracing in his animated rap battle videos 😭

[@highdefinition450]

well hey maybe he learned lol

[@grammy_hnng]

maybe the wizard is the true self insert character

[@jjcoola998]

Oh that's hilarious

[@YourFriendlyOnlineStranger]

Also, I haven't watched the movie, but when the hell did Paige draw handcuffs? What sort of freaky stuff is she drawing?

[@Anonymous-no1pm]

​@ville__What do you mean? What do you mean by that?

[@aryniee]

literally the craziest part about this was in the Inside out video, kalobi insinuates Riley got belted in the thumbnail and then followed it up with 'she has to eat vegetables.'

[@-hani]

the abrupt scene transition from the students talking to the art teacher slumped against the lockers, just PASSED OUT on the floor had me crying laughing

[@Jupiter-T]

SAME! Unintentionally the most hilarious segue I've ever seen. Unfortunately I was eating at the time and I ended up choking and spending the next five minutes coughing. It was worth it though.

[@bornana269]

Laughed so hard I woke up my roommate lmao

[@Random-sk6hm]

The ''what the hell are you wearing'' followed by the ''you don't even have a degree' gave me emotional whiplash. I'm never gonna emotionally recover from this art teacher roasting a literal teenager 😭

[@bexiexz]

consistent whiplash

[@madisonsylura825]

Diabolical whiplash

[@bexiexz]

literally @@madisonsylura825

[@anunknownentity5070]

Straight up horrendously savage whiplash

[@alili1152]

“I’m here for a good time not a long time” cuts to seemingly dead dude against the lockers💀💀

[@Sofia-wz5bv]

10:55 WAIT IS THIS WHERE AUDIOS FROM😫😫???

[@skreebss]

I havent seen anyone mention this but the kanji “芸” on the lockers behind the “sleeping” teacher says “art” and its been driving me insane since I saw this movie

[@retr0color]

as someone who is interested in animation i do want to give the creator some props for animating an entire movie with two people. most animation teams have at least 50. and while this movie was...questionably written, i don't want to discourage independent artists. that being said, i don't think throwing 5 plot premises on the wall and hoping one makes sense is the way to go about it

[@coolkiddo3110]

most of the things he used are stock images or animations, so idk how much work he really put in

[@trashyzomb]

yeah i whole-heartedly agree

[@retr0color]

you guys do have a point, i might be being naive and this is just as low effort as it looks

[@tomghzel]

Man, I made scenes like this in C4D when I was 14 y/o and this guy used Blender. Like others said, most of it is probably from a library. It really doesnt look like thát much work at all,

[@valalava1]

I don't know if ai can animate but this feel like it was also animated by ai

[@cosmos395]

The movie is like all the combined cut parts of when Kurt's skits go on for too long

[@DaemonJerky]

Calling him "Kurt" like he's your friend and you have a nickname for him is funny as shit

[@SirFlooberis]

@@DaemonJerkywe all love Kurt here. Little kurty is a great man

[@_g0r3c0r3]

​@@DaemonJerky we love our kurtboy

[@cosmos395]

@@DaemonJerky I mean he Is Kurt, Kurt-is, that's just how I think of him lol

[@Chuuya__NakaharaHL]

Oh. My. God. This weird little animation is where the "girl we've been knowing how to draw" "beatboxing puppy" sound came from ??????

[@WillieReed-e4j]

“Art style 72, reversal of time” fucking killed me dude

[@artnerd3727]

bro opened his domain

[@Fermin-hw5pd]

Man casted his Reality Marble

[@kumoric]

my favourite art style 😭

[@lanny007]

bro used the cursed technique that hasnt been used since the heian era

[@writerintheory751]

I don’t like to cry “ai writing” but as someone who likes to use ai writing for fun, this movie has ALL THE SIGNS 1. Repeating segments of the story 2. Characters contradicting conflicts that have just occurred 3. Kind of following the rules established but actually not at all 4. Characters appearing and disappearing 5. Beatboxing puppy I don’t think its totally ai generated, but… there are signs that the creator at least used some ai writing. That or he really did choose to repeat the intro 4 times.

[@KariMari1]

Wow, i love beatboxxing puppys!

[@nati0598]

Regardless if ai was used, he would still have to choose to repeat the intro 4 times. He paid for 4 different voice actors ffs.

[@proboffensive]

@@nati0598 I actually wish the voiceovers were AI generated, because unfortunately he did hire people on Fiverr and elsewhere

[@jocelynecupcake]

I feel like Disney did that with Wish too. Like, am I the only one suspicious about Wish being used with A.I?

[@Somethinglalala]

@@jocelynecupcakenah, you can search it up. Most people including me think that at least SOME AI was used

[@nicki___]

"I've worked on this movie for 6 years" followed almost immediately by "are you from Ohio 😡😡", which is like a 2020 meme, makes me think he spent half that time just THINKING about the movie and only actually made it in the last 3 years

[@cosmiichero]

i feel like the ohio meme is from 22-23 😭 no way it was 4 years ago

[@f5tornado831]

Im pretty sure most movies aren't animated chronologically, but this also doesn't look very professional.

[@paint-splash6638]

The Ohio joke has been around for years, mainly in Michigan tho

[@commandercorl1544]

That meme only really got popular in 2022.

[@HauntakuTV]

Actually, Skibidi is from 2017 but became popular recently

[@mymelody5209]

27:50 is literally “Domain Expansion”. That is literally what that scene reminds me of ☠️

[@EmYT1922]

Oh my god I laughed until I cried when Mist pulled out those sick burns like “I have more art degrees than you could ever imagine” and “You dress like a toddler.” What is that dialogue?! 😂😂😂😂😂

[@spaghettio_s]

@ville__GO OUTSIDE

[@nasirka71]

​@@spaghettio_s its one of those UTTP police, just report and ignore these mfs

[@05bastille]

This dialogue is just too advanced for you, you'd need at least 10 art degrees to get it

[@audtoneausland4772]

It sounds like durte talk

[@teethgrinder83]

​@ville__you live an extremely boring and lonely life. Stop spamming you fool

[@CosmosPandemonium]

"Girl, we've been knowing how to draw." *"Beatboxing puppy."* Yeah, that makes sense-

[@ayanindenial]

And the other dude was so confused, i feel almost bad

[@_g0r3c0r3]

theres definitely gas in there

[@EEErmine]

_huh_

[@JaneDoeValentine]

The poor AAVE "Girl we've been knowing how to draw" followed by beatboxing puppy gave me such emotional whiplash Edit: oh lovely my comment was stolen

[@deweyr_fisher]

he sounds like someone in a medicine commercial… ;w;

[@Afroshoujo]

That’s exactly how I felt

[@rudrani_dutta]

my head was spinning

[@Kiki4meezi]

​@ville__ that isn't funny don't joke about stuff like that

[@Kiki4meezi]

Why is it poor though? Like I'd say it like that normally

[@KayleeJohnson-s2r]

‘ “ girl we’ve been knowin’ how to draw ! “ “ beatboxing puppy- “ “ Huh- “ Really got me on the floor dude.

[@WackyTKKCalypso]

I saw the beatboxing puppy scene on tumblr once and i deadass thought it was edited you're telling me it's just LIKE THAT???

[@catastrophically.in.denial]

Ikr! I’ve heard it so much

[@vanillae91819]

"Girl, we've been knowing how to draw!" "Beatboxing puppy" "Im a beatboxing puppy btctbpptpbtctpcb"

[@TrustfulLoki85]

@ville__what the fuck was that tone change

[@MrShawn]

​@ville__ never comment again

[@M00NSH1N3_R3AL]

@ville__ beatboxing puppy

[@sxvliz_]

@ville__ ..cool

[@burp2019]

@@MrShawnit's a bot, just report it as spam

[@gracielikeslettuce]

12:22 love the presumably American school that has Japanese kanji 芸 for art on the lockers.

[@justass3001]

He’s probably just a weeb and wanted to add some cool ‘anime’ things

[@Froggy_Spadez]

@@justass3001or he got the assets for free or smthg and just didn’t change it

[@Dani-it9vc]

I saw that too I was like wait what the f is that about sjhfjf he couldn't be bothered to just put numbers on the lockers?

[@LittleTuff-s7u]

芸 is also “cloud” in Chinese btw :)

[@Classicalmusicscores1984]

Could be be Chinese

[@anonshrimp8299]

My favorite detail was the fact the description mentions a side kick thats a beat boxing puppy. Yet the beat boxing puppy shows up for one joke and thats it. Why he didnt just say Pagies sidekick is Colobi or the highschoolers instead is bizzare to me.

[@zaccheatorres9930]

could have easily made this a 4-part one shot on wattpad. would’ve saved 6 years and like 30 bucks

[@skrunklycreationz]

underrated comment

[@a_dot_a]

Even wattpad stories are more coherent than whatever this is