Come Along - Lord of the Flies

[@penicroom]

Im so glad im not the only one who thought there needed to be a lotf animatic to this song

[@ROBIIIIIIN]

LOTF is my special interest and this animatic makes me happy

[@Muff1nz_x3]

I can hardly find lotf vids that aren't 'lotf explained in _ minutes ' or some educational vid I'm so glad there's animatics

[@ChiefCline]

I'm a 7th grade english teacher. Can't wait to show this to my kiddos when we're done reading this book This video is amazing.

[@toastyy_cat]

7TH GRADE?? THAT YOUNG? Omg I read it freshman year 😭😭

[@stupididiot4850]

Those lucky kids

[@ethandaniel1424]

​@@toastyy_cat I just finished it independently from school in my junior year

[@pard_o]

​@@toastyy_catI read that book in 7th 😭

[@aspinthesnake5636]

@@toastyy_cat Me too! That book probably would have traumatized me in 7th grade...

[@LilacLily17]

WHAT?? One of my favorite books animated to one of my favorite songs??? I love it!! KZbin why didn’t you recommend this to me sooner?

[@oatmealover3000]

THIS VIDEO GIVES ME A TON OF NOSTALGIA IVE BEEN LOOKING FOR IT FOREVERRR

[@allietheotaku]

My highschool is doing a production of Lord of the Flies, and it’s gonna be my very last show before I graduate. I’m playing Simon and tbh I will never recover. Absolutely beautiful animatic, this song is on the LOTF playlist I made for when I’m doing stage makeup/putting on my costumes and it just feels so fitting so I’m so glad someone made smth with this song for LOTF!!!!

[@callerunknown]

You have no idea how happy this makes me, Lord of the Flies is one of my favorite books of all time and it makes me sad to see that there isnt much content out there like this for it so this animatic just makes me so happy, it's so beautiful and well made too!!

[@awholecucumber]

Thank you so much!!! I wish there was more content but hopefully as more people read the book they will be inspired to create something from it.

[@Ducklann]

I feel the same way! Lord of the flies was like my awakening to the world of reading it was amazing.

[@joeydoesstuff2142]

My dad who’s a teacher gave me such a detailed summary of this book that I understood this animatic perfectly. I’m gonna read this one day

[@QuiteSimplyInsane]

this might as well have been a musical score made for lord of the flies, the song is literally just for LOTF

[@JoshBou]

The 1963 version still gives me chills. Great animatic.

[@awholecucumber]

Some of their designs were influenced by the movie, but others I wanted to keep true to the book. The movie is phenomenal, despite how it strays from the book.

[@puppyvomit7807]

I'm so happy that Lord of the Flies is coming to new generations. This book was exposed to me in 2017 and meant so much to me. This was beautiful Erika.

[@awholecucumber]

Im really glad that the book has gained so much exposure, and that you love it. And thank you so much 💕

[@Melonamimimimi]

ahh im so happy this animatic of lotf existed

[@ChiefCline]

I wanted to let you know I have shown this to my students and they're absolutely obsessed. We watch it multiple times a week :) My students say "It's so sigma. So skibidi sigma rizz. It's not beta, it's very alpha" so I think that's good

[@awholecucumber]

I'm always so happy to hear teachers showing this to their students. I'll take their compliments :)

[@literallyjackmerridew1047]

THE EMOTIONS AND THE EFFORT THAT WENT INTO THIS

[@deadly-nightshade]

I'm a hardcore Lord of the Flies fan, and I think this animatic is a rare treat. (I'm obsessed with animatics.) I love your art style and how you fit the entire book into 3 1/2 minutes. Also, Ilove the references to Lewis Carroll's "Jabberwocky" in the song ❤

[@martamacedo7998]

Was obsessed with this book in high school. There's so little content for it so I'm delighted to find such a beautiful high quality animatic about it!! The lyrics fit so well, there's something so haunting about it. Even though i knew it was coming, seeing Simon's dead body was CHILLING, especially as you stayed on the frame for so long. Gah im obsessed with this, gonna rewatch a few more times ! Thank you sm for creating this!

[@liswatching3241]

Come along catch a Heffalump Sit with me on a muddy clump We'll sing a song of days gone by Run along now don't be glum Get you gone now have some fun Don't be long for the end is nigh Don't let moments pass along And waste before your eyes March with me and the borogoves Come with me and the slithy toves And never ask us why Come, come, come, come, come along now Run away from the hum-drum We'll go to a place that is safe from Greed, anger and boredom We'll dance and sing 'til sundown And feast with abandon We'll sleep when the morning comes And we'll rise by the sound of the birdsongs We'll be here when the world slows down And the sunbeams fade away Keeping time by a pendulum As the fabric starts to fray There's no such thing as time to kill Nor time to throw away So once for the bright sky Twice for the pig sty Thrice for another day Come, come, come, come, come along now Run away from the hum-drum We'll go to a place that is safe from Greed, anger and boredom We'll dance and sing 'til sundown And feast with abandon We'll sleep when the morning comes And we'll rise by the sound of the birdsongs Come with me catch a rare type specimen Cuddle up with a hesitant skeleton We'll break our fast with friends Once we're fed we shall disappear rapidly Many moons to the west of here and happily Our journey never ends Shut your ears when sirens sing Tie armbands to your feet Listen up and you won't go wrong again Float along on a verse-less song and then Get to where the two ends meet Come, come, come, come, come along now Run away from the hum-drum We'll go to a place that is safe from Greed, anger and boredom We'll dance and sing 'til sundown And feast with abandon We'll sleep when the morning comes And we'll rise by the sound of the birdsongs

[@millie6288]

Thanks

[@mariacaridadrodriguezsalto1679]

Bless your English teacher who assigned you this project 🛐🛐🛐🛐🛐

[@davidemarani550]

This animatic is very beautiful, you can really see the effort put behind this project

[@victoriat8922]

Just finished reading Lord of the Flies and I find this! The song choice is excellent and it's clear a lot of care was put into it. Thanks for sharing it! :)

[@awholecucumber]

Thank you so much!! I had heard this song before and I thought it was fitting, so I'm glad others agree!

[@sadiepeterson4494]

Off topic but would you recomend the book? Its been collecting dust on my shelf for a while

[@victoriat8922]

@@sadiepeterson4494 Oh absolutely! It's not long, and it has a captivating ending. I literally couldn't put it down for the last two chapters. 😂 I do think the start is a bit slow though, but the end is worth it.

[@sadiepeterson4494]

Victoria T thanks

[@cromano5953]

Same lol

[@bluestone8767]

I remember Mrs. Batty showing this video to us as an example for the project. All the way back to my online freshman year in 2021. I am surprised to see this back on my homepage and to this day still believe this was really well done. I miss the quarantine days a bit too much haha

[@kindoflame]

I have never seen something like this done before with classical literature. It is such a great idea and you execute it flawlessly!

[@juniper5979]

Discovered this 3 days ago and I've seen it 50 times I'm not even kidding I love it so much

[@itsender6525]

We just finished reading this book in my English class and I got so invested in the characters. I made a poster for my teacher and I cried when Simon died (he was my favorite). I looked around for animations and art about LOTF but didn't find much, until I found your animatic. I am SO grateful someone made something like this, especially with your level of talent. I have watched this animatic SO many times. It is absolutely amazing and I have sent it to many of my friends who are also reading the book for their English classes. Thank you so much for making this! You are so incredibly talented! I love the detail and the way you aligned the drawings with the lyrics so perfectly. The images of Ralph running when Jack is hunting him down are amazing and I love the first "come come come come come along" where the characters appear in a line. This animatic is absolutely wonderful. Keep up the amazing work!!!!!

[@awholecucumber]

Comments like these make my entire week honestly, it means so so much to me that people analyze it and enjoy it and continue to rewatch it. I put immense effort into storyboarding it and fitting it in the best way possible for each line and beat so thank you so much for this!!! :,))

[@itsender6525]

aw im so glad i could make you happy! you deserve it. youre so incredibly talented and i cant wait to see what you do in the future! thank YOU so much for making such an amazing work of art. it made me (and continues to make me) very happy

[@allietheotaku]

So well said 😭😭

[@heluvsriley]

i loved this so much. the end was so sad. i especially loved how you portrayed jack. it was amazing, jack is my favorite character and you did him perfectlyyyy

[@joeyd344]

I have been binge watching this since I found it, Happy belated New Year

[@aotsupremacy38]

I LOVE THIS SONG! AND BECOUSE THAT I WANNA SUPPORT U I'M ALWAYS LISTENING WITH YOUR EPIC VIDEO! thank you, lord of the flies is my favourite book and bc of you I can enjoy more and more of it. really, thank you

[@The_Wanderer_]

Me when i first saw simon: SIMON Jwehfkjewh its cool to see how people imagined the characters this looks very nice

[@awholecucumber]

Thank you!!! I used inspo from the book descriptions but also the film :)

[@chibbydibbybob]

This is Sooo cool!! Come Along is such a fitting song too!!

[@awholecucumber]

Thank you so much!!

[@eleanorfarrell847]

Wow this is amazing, I love your art style it's gorgeous! The way you've portrayed the characters is brilliant and the song fits so well with Lord of the flies. Ralph crying at the end broke my heart!

[@LyndsayChan]

I’ve been in the Lord of the Flies fandom for a little over a year and this is still one of the best things I’ve ever seen for it

[@awholecucumber]

Love finding the LotF fandom members in the comments, Im really honored that the video made such an impact on you guys :))

[@isabellaflorio6885]

Wow. I just finished reading LOTF and my friend told me to watch this. This is very well put together!

[@logando3305]

I loved this book so much. Glad to see an animatic of it, especially with one of my favorite songs

[@remnantsofroses]

YES YES YES THAT'S MY BFF

[@awholecucumber]

LOVE YOUU

[@SaramatheUnchained]

I know it’s been a long while since this was posted and you gloated that this talented artist did this, but can you tell them that they were remarkable

[@chaoticpoint8105]

I should read the Lord of the Flies again.

[@clayebba1456]

Lord of the flies is by far my favorite book. This is a beautiful animation.

[@martinasanchez-cruzatgraci1035]

WHAT THE FUCKKKK THIS IS AMAZING DUDE i love every single second of this, you don’t know how happy this makes me

[@jangofett3441]

Ey! It’s not every day you see lord of the flies fan content! Just wanna say, this is fucking amazing. You did a great job with the flow of things, and the art is absolutely phenomenal✨

[@moris632]

this is beautiful.

[@savannahb6307]

I have always thought this song matched Lord of the Flies! You ate this up. I enjoyed every second of this. I mean, I'm in awe!! Amazing work ❤

[@awholecucumber]

Thank you so incredibly much! Your words mean a lot to me :,)

[@savannahb6307]

@@awholecucumber Aww of course! This deserves way more attention

[@ravenashc3425]

Why does this only have 4k views? This is beautiful! I just finished reading Lord of the Flies and this perfectly captures the book!

[@joeyd344]

I love this so such, you chose the song perfectly and animated everything to go along with the lyrics perfectly. I love this skit so much

[@awholecucumber]

That means a lot to me!! I had been working on a previous project for the book while looping the song and I figured that it goes along fairly well

[@joeyd344]

@@awholecucumber I'm overly excited you responded, I'm glad you still check you're comments, but anyways yea I found this skit after watching the movie which I was kind of unsure of but this skit changed my mind, I am a Lord of the Flies obsesser now.

[@awholecucumber]

@@joeyd344 I am very honored 😳 there are quite a few animatics people have made for Lord of the Flies so I highly suggest you check them out!!

[@joeyd344]

@@awholecucumber Thanks, I will definitely check them out, but I'm sure none will be better than yours ✨

[@carisrandomchannel5101]

This is so underrated!! I genuinely cried at the end..

[@Yellowtailz]

i just finished this book and this was so amazing!!!!!!!!!!

[@notquiteneutral2590]

I’m testing out of tenth grade english tomorrow and had to prep by reading LOTF. I’m so glad I found this, I really liked the book and I love Cosmo Sheldrake. Thank you for this, you earned a new subscriber.

[@k3_1k0w7]

chills

[@DennysMakesMusic]

I showed my English teacher this. I think he liked it

[@wereprofessionals9521]

Props to this animation for introducing me to Cosmo Sheldrake and his wonderful music!

[@blumhuebat]

I always thought of Lord of the Flies when I listen to this song, glad someone else also thinks the same

[@redapplelillian4697]

Ok! This is absolutely amazing! 🤩 I’ve watched this I wanna say around 50 times and it just keeps getting better!!! Im a huge fan of lord of the flies so when I found this I was more then happy! Jack is my absolute favorite character and you drew him perfectly! Love this!! 💕

[@jadaesmeralda1307]

I have watched this about 10000000 times, it's so amazing and I truly love it a lot

[@PSYCHSCOP]

SSIMONS DEATHG OH MY GOD HHGJFJH I LOVE YHIS SO MUCHBGOODNESS GRACIOUS!!!!!!!!HELLO BRO

[@gc6929]

Dang... you did this SO right

[@awholecucumber]

Thank you 😌

[@mariabzhuiyan4708]

You literally have NO idea how happy this makes me- like I'm going to watch this anytime I have a bad day

[@awholecucumber]

That makes me incredibly happy to hear :,)

[@Goldfinch1410]

I’m learning to play this song on guitar to play in Simon cosplay ! Ali’s this animatic is wonderful btw keep up the good work

[@Birifine]

I LOVE IT This deserves so much more attention!

[@awholecucumber]

THANK YOUUU

[@stampylover6595]

Oh my gosh this is incredible! I love your style and you’ve just earned a new subscriber! This is amazing ❤️

[@awholecucumber]

Thank you so much!! It means a lot :,)

[@mxphxsto8334]

I'm speechless... I LOVE this so much you have no idea! P.s you better have gotten an A on this

[@awholecucumber]

THANK YOUUU THAT MEANS A LOT, and I did get an A 😁

[@mxphxsto8334]

@@awholecucumber you're so welcome ☺️ you deserve that A

[@genev37]

This is literally the coolest thing ever I love lord of the flies like this makes me so happy this is so cool

[@WyldFir3]

I just finished this book and i can’t express how happy this made me, there needs to be more lotf animations

[@whoosh8379]

Oh gosh, this is Amazing!! I absolutely love the song, both on its own and your choice to use it, and Lord of the Flies is such a cool book to animate!! SO COOOL!!!

[@lori6887]

Wow this is so amazing!!! I love Lord of the flies and your animation style works so well with the music, you've really captured how sinister the song feels when you properly listen to it. Thank you so much for making this!

[@whatanoriginalusername2847]

So...I have never commented on a KZbin video before but this was so incredible that I decided to write my first ever comment! I LOVE this book and finding this animation a few weeks ago genuinely made me so happy. I've rewatched it so many times that I whenever I listen to the song (which is a lot) I can visualise the exact image for every line. Seriously, this almost makes up for the lack of LOTF content out there because it's literally flawless. Thank you so much! :)

[@awholecucumber]

Im so incredibly honored that you think so highly of it :,) Im grateful that so many people have loved it and still watch it, and your comment has made my day.

[@whatanoriginalusername2847]

@@awholecucumber And your comment made mine! I actually sent this to my English teacher since we recently read LOTF in school with her. She said she loved it and sent it to every teacher in the English department :)

[@savannahb6307]

HUGE AGREE!! I wish there was more lotf content BUT THIS VIDEO IS SO GOOD

[@somepersonline]

this is so good, holy crap! I had to read this book in class just a few weeks ago, and was never really interested, but now i might reread it!

[@Cosmiccaturn]

THIS IS SO GOOD I LOVE IT AAHHHH

[@transpan-cake9506]

This is so good! Lord of the flies has honestly become one of my favorite books. This animation is so good and shows all that happened in the book, not to mention I like the characters design!!

[@animal_cracker4754]

THIS IS A MASTERPIECE I AM IN LITERAL TEARS 😭😭

[@awholecucumber]

OMG THANK YOU SO MUCH 🥺💕

[@animal_cracker4754]

@@awholecucumber OFC ITS SO GOOD! 🤩 btw do you think I could show this to my class? 👀

[@awholecucumber]

@@animal_cracker4754 Id be so honored 🥺🥺 Of course!!!

[@littlesquishy3195]

AHHHH!! I LOVE THIS!!! I'VE REWATCHED THIS LIKE 100 TIMES!!! 💖💖💖

[@ravenashc3425]

1:25 omg this scene is so perfect with that part of the song

[@vinnythepoet3483]

This is incredible. Actually, incredible. I just read Lord of the Flies and you captured it perfectly- every detail, every frame was a work of art. I can’t believe how well this fits, and how talented you are! Thank you for making it, I look forward to whatever else you create 🌺

[@awholecucumber]

Thank you so muchhhh, I put a lot of effort into it so comments like these really make my day :)

[@hello-gk5cz]

I can't stop watching this, it's amazing

[@opheliafloragente1037]

This is amazing! Truly captures the essence of the book. You're so talented, I really like your style ^^ Keep up the good work!

[@iamnadexey]

Came looking for an animation for this song, left subbed!

[@aliciaaaa.a]

i just finished reading this book and oh my god this is amazing. literally better then the movie. i actually love this so much

[@egg_mittens]

ABSOLUTELY SPECTACULAR

[@kayodetheyoutuber9595]

This was just AMAZING! The art style really fit the theme and the pacing was just perfect. Great job!

[@maevestewart]

This is amazing! You're so talented! I love Lord of the Flies and this is amazing! I love it!

[@nyanturtle2753]

This was so awesome. I love how fitting the song was and the animations were awesome. The contrasts was cool too and it was accurate to the book. THANK YOU

[@kittykat4480]

Wow this is great! It suits the song very well, and just... ❤️

[@ritaaa7764]

Me and my friend had to read lord of the flies for school, and she came over to mine today, we tried to look at some lotf stuff and we came across this video, we were both amazed at how well you made this! And the song choice to? It litteraly a masterpiece!! Well done :))

[@awholecucumber]

Im always honored to see people who watch this with or show this to friends!! All of your compliments mean so much :,)

[@Agender_Potato]

Just wanted to comment again to say hi, love this, make more 🥺🥺🥺

[@precursorcodes2957]

bc of like 1 frame in the animatic I now hc jack as having a crush on Ralph, nkt eving able to deal with the fact he was gay, and then trying to eradicate Ralph and those who stood by him to also eradicate those feelings

[@cozmo_Comet]

I just finished lord of the flies and rlly wanted to see if there were any animatics and oh my gosh THIS IS PERFECT??,! I love this sm

[@cozmo_Comet]

fr the way you tied the events to the lyrics fit so well its crazy

[@awholecucumber]

@@cozmo_Comet Thank youuuu!! I spent a solid week trying to outline this video and include the most relevant plot points while also matching the lyrics. Even over a year later Im still really happy with how it turned out.

[@melodyyyy.4007]

This is amazing!! I've been in the lotf fandom for about 7-8 months and this is really cool since come along is the official lotf song itself cuz every lotf fan says so :)

[@awholecucumber]

Im really honored this has somehow become a staple in the LOTF community TvT and thank you so much!! :)

[@chelith]

I AM LITERALLY 2 YEARS LATE BUT I AM SUCH A HUGE FAN OF THIS BOOK EVEN A YEAR AFTER I’VE READ IT AND I JUST WANNA SAY THAT THIS IS LOVELY, I ADORE YOUR STYLE, AND I JUST GOT A HUGE LOTF MOTIVATION SPARK BECAUSE OF THIS. KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK!! 💙💙💙 EDIT: ALSO PERFECT SONG CHOICE!! I ABSOLUTELY LOVE COSMO SHELDRAKE

[@awholecucumber]

THANK YOU SO MUCHHHH!! COMMENTS LIKE YOURS GIVE ME THE INSPIRATION TO KEEP GOING, AND IM SO GLAD YOU LOVE IT

[@annabellemorland3527]

You have no idea how much I love this

[@skillydeloach4847]

Like my 109th time watching this. My whole class is dying bro this is amazing!

[@JeffDeff-hp3el]

Love it, my critique is that I think text is used too much for inferable information, like the officers arrival and jacks “let’s smoke him out”

[@averageguy6242]

Amazing! I got the chills

[@madgirl3017]

wow! this is awesome and i love your style so much!

[@awholecucumber]

Thank you so much! :D

[@jackmerridouche1002]

Oh my gosh! This is absolutely gorgeous! Wowowo ur very talented! 💕

[@loser7895]

i love how this doesnt have any dislikes

[@belovedbloodmoon]

Legit just finished reading this book and immediately went to see if it had a fandom. I’m so glad it does, even if it’s small. This is one of my favorite songs, and I love the scenes you chose to incorporate. Your art is amazing.

[@paper2941]

Holy crap this is phenomenal!!! I’m not even into Lord of the Flies that much but you make me so invested into every character, seriously well done! 👍👍👍

[@1805movie]

I would love to see _Lord of the Flies_ done as an animated feature film. This proves that it can be done.

[@qokoa]

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS ANIMATION IT'S BEAUTIFUL!!! I'm literally obsessed with this book but there's SO little content on it 😭 Good to know I'm not the only one who loves this story to bits though! 💛

[@movedchannels1543]

This is absolutely stunning! You deserve so much more attention. Yes police this is the criminally underrated channel.

[@darcydiscovers]

What did you get on your project? I hope you got a good grade, you really deserve it! You did such a fantastic job!

[@awholecucumber]

I got an A on the assignment, and thank you so much 🥺🥺

[@rrammay]

Oh my! I haven't read this book yet and I heard it was brutal but I was still surprised lmao. I love your art in this btw! I especially liked the parts with silhouettes/simplified shapes. I think they fit the feel of the song and the "primitive society" theme of the book

[@awholecucumber]

I was trying to display the almost caveman-esk life they slowly descended into, and Im really glad someone noticed it!!