All SM vessel animations||Slay the Princess(The End of Everything Update)

[@jpjammin1876]

I am an animator. I'm sure everyone realizes that this is a lot of hard work, but let me just confirm that this is insane! Designs for animation are typically very simplified so that they are 1. Humane for the animators and 2. They can be kept consistent with multiple people working on a production. Even with smear frames and not keeping the lines completely consistent, this is LOT of work, especially if done on paper. I have a lot of respect for Black Tabby and specifically Abby Howard for putting these designs to motion.

[@TheGreyAngelic]

THIS. Also an animator who works as a genga, this would be a NIGHTMARE to draft up and keep consistent, major props to the animator.

[@usermarongoany5616]

The versions where like "Everyone" just stares and quickly turn into an angry snarl are the most creepiest. Its like you are definetly getting under her skin, and are about to anger a literal God against you.

[@yoriavila4308]

To be fair, you're also a god in this game that stands equal footing to her.

[@rj_the_salty_trainer]

I think that's more just her/"everyone" embodying the role of the vessel. The Beast was definitely angry and....well, they're an anima;, so they're snarling at you.

[@funguy3259]

1:17 i love this one so freakin much... The way she rushes up to you like as if she is genuinely scared for you is so great... And also the way all the multitudes look confused af while she pushes them to desperately get to you is hilarious.

[@elegantoddity8609]

Everyone in that room went, wait a second, oh crap oh crap it's her, stop her!

[@johannes4123]

I haven't noticed before that in the version where she charges you she pushes away one of the vessels

[@mcdonaldsadmincourtney]

poor vessel

[@cforh]

I don't know if it's just me but her expression looks concerned. Like she's worried that if she doesn't get to you in time the Vessel might attack.

[@taddad2641]

@@mcdonaldsadmincourtney those vessels are the onse that aer the most hostile and aggressiv,e letting them sruface is rather dangerous.

[@jonathan_mothers]

The fact that thorn is the only one who has to be kept restrained by all those hands does probably imply that she's the only one who is still unhappy in there and prefers to get out and be with you.

[@UnknownJD7]

in the frame when she is being pulled up she looks hella sad

[@lordgeneralmilitantdeezy7550]

This is why I choose to accept the offer of divinity, you can be with her in totality including the thorn

[@UnknownJD7]

@@lordgeneralmilitantdeezy7550 i choose to walkout hand in hand with the stranger

[@Raidho_Sketch]

The Eye of the Needle is also held the same way.

[@jonathan_mothers]

​@@Raidho_Sketchthat one is cuz she lowkey a menace bro,eye of the GOAT

[@sebastienbusque2312]

That honestly adds to the surreal and stressful nature of that encounter. I was impressed by how the Apotheosis appears behind her due to her sheer size.

[@no1_preshboss]

Yeah that part actually scared the shxt out of me

[@gigitheskeleton6202]

a terrifying and divine heart indeed

[@Freedmoon44]

Well Apotheosis is meant to be a new God about to be born, had her birth succeeded, she would be a differant entity alltogether rather than just a fragment/vessel

[@pesto5293]

I like how the ghost like/ undead princesses have the glitch screen effect.

[@wildernessip]

the spooky ones

[@guybrush20X6]

As well as the doodle damsel.

[@cutedogsweetsugar]

When doodle damsel had the same affect I almost spat out my drink.

[@GOD-OF-DARKNESS-xc1oi]

An ordinary married couple has a quarrel: Arguments, conflicts, a little swearing, showing evidence of their rightness and in the end they kiss each other as a sign of forgiveness. Quarrels among a godlike married couple: absorption of variations of existence, distortion of the foundation of reality, disembodying themselves into endless copies in different universes for family battles, discussion of philosophical issues of the meaning of the cyclicity of life and death and...........................................tell your wife that she is important to you more than anything else and together you return all the concepts of the physical cycle and continue to live happily...

[@kaylenvee8150]

My favourite detail is that in all the display of vessels that are hostile to you and express the desire to active hurt you - the Adversary, the Beast, the Razor, the multitudes that appear behind the vessel all whip around and have that show of brief panic and anger, then they look like they're reaching out to the vessel, like they're scrambling to grab and restrain her, as if they're all collectively saying: "Don't you dare hurt him!"

[@sleeplesswhipdcreme_nosleep]

Interesting how Damsel gets the cutesy approach (0:35), but Deconstructed Damsel is the creepy approach (0:41)

[@D1abolosMemez]

Wanna know what's more interesting? Eye of the Needle and Fury both get the angry approach (2:33) (2:50), but Adversary gets the cutesy approach (2:27)

[@sleeplesswhipdcreme_nosleep]

@@D1abolosMemez I noticed that too, but forgot to put it down ;-;

[@seisosimp]

​@@D1abolosMemez Looking at the end cabin dialogue for the Adversary route, if you apologize she says we don't need to because she enjoyed it. Princess being a sadomasochist (probably?) puts this perspective in a "positive" light.

[@theantagonist2589]

​@@D1abolosMemez The Adversary just wants to have fun with the you(via killing each other). If you go down without a knife and kept standing back up despite the beating, even she would be crept out and put you out of your misery. Even the Voice of the Stubborn's on her side. The Adversary and Stubborn wanted a mutual fun.

[@Hennichell]

It is fitting; Damsel's only wish is to leave with you and make you happy, and when you strip her of even that amount of agency by doubting it over and over again, you're basically killing her, earning her a spot together with the most ghostly versions of the Princess

[@lbolen4304]

The way the vessel rushes to the den / the beast with this sort of panicked look in there eyes makes me think the vessels are bursting out of the rest out of her control at first and prepared to try and lunge at the long quiet?

[@Nuclearburrit0]

Its crazy how much this scene feels like a boss fight thanks to it's presentation, despite there being no loss or win condition presented and the gameplay is identical to the entire game up until now with the danger level honestly being lower than normal simce the princess is not being antagonistic towards you in this scene

[@BasilPaste_]

aughgh... the way that the vessels are grabbing at the thorn (1:13) really makes me want!! to shout. a lot of the vessels have hands on them but none of them feel as invasive as the ones on the thorn. which fits her but also it makes me. so sad.

[@kaylenvee8150]

The Thorn is probably the best vessel to explain how being a God isn't all it's cracked up to be. In some way, the Shifting Mound is consumed by herself, or the concept of herself. She's whole, yes, but there's just too many of her. Infinite possibilities, so she can never focus on just one. She can no longer understand the finer details, just the 'heart'. Like skimming the introductory passage of a book. That's how the Long Quiet is different from her. He doesn't look at all the infinite versions of himself, so he stays a relative 'individual'. He isn't consumed by his perspectives. He can't be, because he represents STILLNESS. In some way, he's the more stable of the two, even if that means not seeing the 'truth'. That's why he recognizes the individual pieces. He focuses on the perspectives of the vessels, their emotions and what they went through. That's why he's more sympathetic to the humans. He can understand how there's a greater design like the Shifting Mound does, but he knows that that's not what the humans will see, and the whole point of their argument is that he's trying to get her to consider them. The Shifting Mound is dismissing the humans in the same way she's dismissing her own vessels. And there's no greater example of this 'unfairness' than the Thorn. Such a beautiful progression and change of their relationship, yes, but then it changes so abruptly. It changes by ENDING. And then just...moving on, but never actually seeing the Thorn ever again.

[@reubensalter8125]

​​@@kaylenvee8150But you still get to see her within either the mound or in her heart, who is basically the normal princess shaped by all the experiences of others (better seen with Stranger). And even though you can leave as mortals, you're still gods, that will never change. You're just lesser gods now (again better explained with Stranger) And who knows? The long Quiet might actually not be that different from her. He might actually agree with her. Or not. That's why he's a player character - it's up to us to decide

[@FearlessGamer27]

I love how in some of these she’s looking to actually protect the long quiet from some of the vessels. You can see her frantically rushing towards you specifically when Adversary, Fiend and Razor show up because all of those guys specifically want just you dead.

[@wildernessip]

bro Apotheosis is the coldest one fr badass af

[@Mariasouza-um8cx]

0:54 Behold!!! my very ugly me!!!😂😂😂

[@FearlessGamer27]

Loved this one, like she’s trying to show her poorly drawn version of herself.

[@nolanstrife7350]

2:44 Holy crap, an Apotheosis jumpscare! This caught me completely off-guard

[@Purpie_Slurpie]

whoever made the art for this game deserves the world, holy moly

[@stanisawzokiewski3308]

2:43 that was cool

[@ijlayugan4149]

I cannot imagine how much work you have to do to animate EVERY SINGLE PRINCESS and HANDS omg

[@Wolf_Blob]

1:17 - 1:22 The vessel trying to drag the other vessel out of the way of the Shifting Mound is hilarious. Like: "HUN GET OUT OF THE WAY-" **gets cutely squished**

[@ijlayugan4149]

I love how they all turn to look at you with their BIG eyes

[@mikedanielespeja6128]

0:45 I lost it at this one.

[@claudiogurgel03]

The Witch is so fucking cute. I love that freak.

[@BasementDweller_]

She still cute.

[@theeljonss]

her stares give me the same vibe as Leon choking Ada on re4

[@larfrineno.7249]

idk if it's just me but the way shifty comes closer to us to present a vessel is kind of adorable :>

[@roarytheromanarcanine]

Seeing apotheosis appear in the background and just eclipse the main body of the shifting mound is terrifying and glorious

[@blh9894]

Thank you so much for posting this.

[@Chaoslncarnate]

I got so spooked by the apotheosis vessel animation ;-;

[@scorp-ion-battery]

cardboard jumpscare

[@DavinThePerson]

I'm laughing at Apotheosis' one tbh. just "hello there"

[@DissedRedEngie]

I'm fine with reusing animations, but giving the "how to draw anime" princess the corrupted animation. That decision should turn the coldest of hearts into.. into...

[@DissedRedEngie]

Also, I like the detail where the shifting mound tries to catch one of the princesses who would hate you the most and being distressed as that princess evades and appears on the other side.

[@user-ye6fp7kl1o]

​@DissedRedEngie Tbh of the vessels with those animations, the only one who really seems to hate you is Fury Den and Beast act purely off instinct. Their instinct is to leave, and they see The Long Quiet as a means to do it. It's likely they'd attack bc of that and that alone I might be wrong bc I don't remember if she has this animation, but Eye of The Needle just wants a fight. It's not out of malice, to her it's just what you guys do Razor just likes stabbing you I do agree it seems like she's trying to stop them from attacking but I don't think most these vessels actually hate the Long Quiet. Which is funny tbh that they're among the most aggressive

[@vytrixstudios2184]

I love that they did this

[@neofulcrum5013]

That’s an interesting design

[@mjserrano32]

THIS IS CRAZY I LOVE THIS SO MUCH!!

[@glitchvlogs6597]

Remember folks, all of this.. WAS DONE BY A SINGLE PERSON, AND ON PAPER.

[@BD_The-Black_Demon]

Is this for an update or this a fan animation? I wonder

[@anmionasbox4904]

This is an official update

[@LolaHaze]

1:11 2:07

[@THExRISER]

What about them?

[@sirreginaldfishingtonxvii6149]

I- *sigh...* _...would_

[@pugofwarbr]

wow, it changed a lot since last time i played

[@starrod1396]

apotheosis spooked me,damn

[@doogaminyu]

I want to see this with all the new routes

[@AverageOutdoorEnjoyer]

wow so much better

[@meherinmouly]

Awesome!

[@squidy.tea-png8343]

Woman

[@giogio51592]

several of them, in fact

[@Blwbelle]

Many women

[@fr0ggs241]

FLASH WARNING for the first 3 seconds of the video!! [its more like 2 and a half probably but its hard to tell] to the poster, if you could add a flash warning in somewhere like the title or description, that'd be very appreciated, thank you!!

[@MrSilentProtagonist]

0:53 How does someone get the badly drawn Princess?

[@itjdjtjke]

I think it's the (deconstructed) damsel

[@Ibaraki_DX]

You keep asking questions to the damsel instead of leaving until you notice there is literally nothing behind the happy attitude and cute face, and the shifting mound catches her before you keep asking questions

[@MrSilentProtagonist]

@@Ibaraki_DX That sounds like something that I would have accidentally gotten but I didn't. I guess some questions felt too stupid or rude.

[@Ibaraki_DX]

@@MrSilentProtagonist well i only watched some playthroughs and dont have the game, but if i remember correctly you ask what she wants to do and she keeps replying with "whatever makes you happy" and turning more into an anime girl while everything gets darker every time you ask again

[@MrSilentProtagonist]

@@Ibaraki_DX It does make sense thematically since she seems more and more "fake" whenever you ask more questions like "I am whatever you want" personality.

[@KeiosKod]

Anyone know which Princess the last one was? I don’t remember one where it was just her heart.

[@IniterateDiamond]

The razor, I think?

[@wildernessip]

the empty cup chapter IV of razor

[@kaylenvee8150]

It's the Razor. If you don't bring the knife down, you're forced to just dodge until she breaks against the construct that is you. Her entire form splinters and shatters until nothing's left but her heart.

[@reubensalter8125]

​@@kaylenvee8150You're not really dodging at this point, you're just still. It's like you're not actually there and that confuses and frustrates her.

[@LuisRivera-jk1vo]

I never seen any of these In the game

[@eugenlovin6788]

they were added recently