Early Start (MLP survivors infection au)

[@Captain_costin]

Hello again everyone! Thank you for waiting, I hope you guys like this episode! It doesn’t reveal much, and is 9 minutes of basically straight dialogue, but that’s because I do these for fun and for practice, so I hope you guys can take it how it is and I hope it’s enjoyable anyway

[@Randombookwoorm]

I love this au, it has a great story line, and i love the designs of the mane six, and especially scootaloo. I think it reveals some pretty small but still interesting details to know.

[@N0tSun1_8]

I dont care if it doesnt reveal much, i just wanna watch theese episodes!

[@Planet_X495]

It's OK❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@KCARLIN]

I CLICKED THIS VIDEO LIKE MY LIFE DEPENDED ON IT

[@Blindingstorm95]

Im Been Waiting And Am Really Excited For Another Episode :D

[@bearcu8gamer805]

This is probably one of the most realistic infection aus. They act like they would normally and are usually pretty much everything at their disposal. This is incredible!

[@Overlord9332]

Hearing them mention Rainbowdash and Applejack with the hope that they aren’t dead is so heartbreaking

[@Blindingstorm95]

I Dont Think AJ Is Dead Yet, Rainbow Is Zombified But I Dont Thin AJ Is

[@2Navalie]

The way they talk about dash without knowing shes infected😭 OUCH THE SUFFERRINGG NOOOOO ARGHH ITS GONNA BREAK THEIR HEART

[@LittleBeaner_56]

I fucking LOVE that you used that fact that twi was a unicorn when she tried without dashy BUT SINCE SHE AN ALICORN SHE CAN USE THEM ON HER OWNN!! YOU SO SMART OMG😭👏❤️

[@acethethirdking]

Twi's buggin if she thinks spike is gonna let her go without him. Losing her would destroy the poor little dude.

[@TheToyTendoGamer]

I love the fact that they're not just rushing into it. They actually have..brains, and are using them! Great work as always.

[@ProfessorKoe]

You are a really talented VA. Like, i know you're prusering a career in art/animation, but you could be a hell of a VA for animation. Your Australian, British, and North American accents are top teir. The inflection you put on emotion and your ability to alternate between the impressions of each pony (which are also very good) is impressive. Good fucking job, my guy.

[@waffie6785]

It's great to see the main cast again, I've definitely missed them! I can't help but think it's somewhat cowardly of Discord not to want to talk at all. I mean, imagine causing an outbreak and then not wanting to own up to what you did, that couldn't be the case for him, but it just seems that way

[@MissyMona]

This is SUCH a good series, like seriously the best most realistic one too. It's got the characters personalities and voices SUPER well, the art is stunning. It's more about the relationships and struggles of a very real long form story. Everyone is so grounded, but they're also still themselves especially Pinkie Pie. You NAILED Twilights personality and struggle with slowing down. I love how you clearly saw the whole of FIM and are drawing even from the movie. I love how magic and flying isn't entirely gone like a lot of AU's but actually used as survival skills. But given very reasonable considerations. Awesome job.

[@SebastianMichaelis99]

Id like to hope that celestia put the sun where it is because she was either bitten or dying. That way the sun was up still but not to high to burn the planet. So life can still continue longer without it

[@gachacatproductions431]

That’s such a heartbreaking and wholesome idea I can’t describe it. I love it

[@Lovegood04-03]

I'm in love with how you wrote this story. Because it feels well written and planned out. I think compared to other infected au's ive seen this one focuses less on gore and horror and more on whats going to happen to our favorite pony friends :3. i can't wait to see more of what you have in store for the future.

[@LuisVasquez-h2p]

Pinkie is the making the most sense….. ok thats pretty smart but out of her joyful zone always nice to see especially in a epidemic

[@kobe_basketball24xxm_jxx98]

ps We make spike greedy, he become big boi dragon! We ride him into battle then with the indominable pony spirit we quote "Spartans, tonight, we dine in hell! Thirsty for Spartan blood! Pledged to crush!" with "This is where we hold them! This is where we fight! This is where they die!"

[@Zechshero23]

I always forget you do all the voice acting it's literally spot on like wow

[@myra_x0x0]

5:38 that little sound when pinky hugged twilight was just so cute🥹🥹

[@Inferno144]

I cannot wait till we see whats actually befallen the Crystal Empire. Is it safe? Is it overrun? Or did Cadence have to pull a 'Scorched Earth' and hide it much like it did originally for a thousand years.

[@RRRRRRAAAAAAA]

Cadence was the first one to be infected, I believe. It’s been awhile since I watched this series.

[@sonicgen20]

Since the elements are still around I guess this takes place late season 8 since the student six and the Washouts are around and the elements were destroyed in season 9.

[@tylerweaver4414]

This series is incredibly well written and maintains a very nice ambient level of tension. The worldbuilding is great and I find myself overjoyed at the notifs that you've posted again. All this to say that you haven't just created an effective fan work, but an effective story as a whole. Of course the things you do with as a fanwork are impressive as well. It's a bold move to write as many characters as you've decided to write and you make them all seem realistic and grounded. Even Pinkie Pie feels like Pinkie Pie in an apocalypse scenario. Really great work! I hope you see this series out to a natural conclusion!

[@whiteasparagus4331]

I love how this au doesn’t have that much body horror or just gore in general, it focuses on the characters and how they are dealing with the infection, don’t get me wrong the body horror and gore shit is cool af but I love seeing the characters genuinely trying their best to survive without focusing so much on the infected is refreshing, genuinely one of my fave aus by far, good job

[@lilylauk]

So worth the wait! Revealing plot stuff is fun and all, but character pieces are important too. I love your work. The way you draw the ponies feels so natural and like they have the right weight to them, and your voice acting is impressive! And I love love love the story. Can’t wait for the next vid ^^

[@sarahni]

Im so glad to see this group again but everytime they mention Dash my heart squeezes

[@samuelkirkwood6702]

Don't burnout yourself, we'll still be here to watch this intriguing story unfold!

[@mothwingthemedicinecat]

it is going to hurt when they realize that Rainbow dash is gone, and Apple Jack most likely is as well

[@RabidCannibal-vx6lm]

(Spoiler for those who haven't seen the rest of the episodes) I realize the saddest part out of this entire situation is that now that RD has been infected and died, she and Twilight will never make up. Twilight will likely blame herself for not stopping RD, and she'll probably carry that with her for the rest of her life. Best case scenario her friends will help see reason as to why it's not her fault, but who knows? The storytelling here is literally so compelling. The small details, everything from the soft cricket noises and quiet background really bring it all together. This feels like a real series.

[@tomascaro5224]

We still don't know, if Discord or Zecora can fix this and save her it would be the best

[@RabidCannibal-vx6lm]

@@tomascaro5224 Hm, RD already died, but it would be quite a stretch to think they could reverse the entire virus and bringing back essentially dead ponies. It's probably safe to say none of the infected will ever regress to their original forms, but perhaps a cure for the newly bitten or vaccine for everyone else. I'm pretty sure infected ponies are dead.

[@RabidCannibal-vx6lm]

@@tomascaro5224 RD is dead. She was infected and seemingly put down by the others. It would be quite a stretch to think either of them could fix the apocalypse with a snap of Discord's fingers or some mystery potion from Zecora. Assuming the zombified ponies are dead...yeah there's no hope for them. It could be magic that may possibly keep them alive but that's just speculation at the moment. The virus was created via chaos magic though... Anyhow yeah, RD is most likely not coming back.

[@FirestormDDash]

You always sound so natural in all ranges. You must be fascinating to talk to in person!

[@Heonykitty]

Agree

[@Reindeer-Pig]

Thank god! An mlp infection au that's not voiced by a scrap machine! Great job!

[@yamyam4050]

Im fearing that discord may be infected or become infected due to guilt, tho its unlikely

[@compahearts5546]

I'm glad an infection au remembers spike. Since most forget about him. I'm glad spike is mentioned i hope he does more but glad I'm glad you updated. I hope u get more motivation.

[@Geoffthespider]

This is amazing. I love this slice of life stuff. so many infection aus focus to much on the gore and the action but having these slow moments really bring life into it.

[@buckedlobster8232]

OOOOOOH YEAH NEW KITKAT UPLOAD FUDGE YEAH! Honest to god excited for how this world develops. this is like my fave mlp fan story to date since fallout equestria. Im a writer at heart and work on both my own book and fanfics in my off time so reading/watching/listening to this story has been a joy to behold.

[@sleepsaur]

you did ALL of the voices?? you have incredible talent, this was exceptional!

[@TeaInACup-zg4du]

You know I’m incredibly curious and it’s been on my mind for quite a while: If this takes place whilst and after Discord brought back King Sombra, Tirek, Chrystalis and Cozy, did he banish all of them or just Sombra? It’s only mentioned that Sombra was sent back from where he came from, but what about the others? Do they know what is going on, or are they still in the hideout?

[@frostedfelony]

I love this, this scares me I wonder how Celestia and Luna look infected.

[@Skygirl-rp4ob]

UGH I love it when characters actually LISTEN to each other 💞💞

[@Legendary.Potatos]

This au is definitely one of my top favorites. I'm sooooo looking forward to what happened at the crystal empire, especially with the state of the sun and the moon. I'm also desperately waiting to see if Apple jack is alive ever since that cliffhanger episodes ago. Theres so much going on its all so exciting to think about the possibilities

[@dreamwalking]

Now I'm wondering... What about the magic mirror? Escape might be the best option for the remaining residents of Equestria.

[@frostedfelony]

The eerie noises at 4:10 get me every time, it's so eerie with the calm background

[@Lucyvr-du7wx]

This infected au the best

[@Kingdobaddy-zh3of]

I'm pretty sure it wasn't that the elements didn't work because rainbowdash wasn't there but because spike didn't want to use rainbows because he was scared she would get mad at him Sorry If I'm wrong

[@Jaded.Pencil]

I just started binging these infected aus a couple days back and I wanna say that your series is by far the best of them all, capturing many different aspects of life in a situation like this, and it's been my favorite. There's levity, growth, and reflection as much as horror and fear in any situation, even terrifying, terrible ones like these, and you've captured that so much better than a lot of the others, whilst also remaining faithful to the character's...characters haha. Love what you've done so far and look forward to seeing more in the future!

[@niafalemai-jt8et]

(SPOILER) Just imagine being in applejacks hooves,heading home hoping your families alright to only see two of them informer of you infected… As she runs into the bunker probably from Big Mac and then hiding and crying.Blaming her self for their deaths and also blaming that she couldn’t be a good older sister to apple bloom thinking that she is dead possibly.

[@THE_CAKE_L0VIN_BUG]

YEAHHHHH!!!!! THE BEST PONY AUTHOR HAS POSTED AGAIN!!! WOOOOOOO!!!!

[@Secret_Moon]

The bare yellow background gave such a strange serene feeling.

[@compahearts5546]

Id like to think aj is ok since last video we saw had her trapped but still alive. So I hope she makes it out.

[@starorcarina8525]

It’s so beautiful, stay strong, take your time and this is one of the best Infection AUs I’ve seen

[@leeyahros7655]

When is apple Jack going to make an appearance again- I want to know what happened to her

[@soupcatoffical]

I love your take in this so much, yours is definitely my favorite, i really hope u can finish this!

[@jujuoof174]

Ohhh, I’m excited! The voice acting is good!

[@Boyce2B]

I LIVE for your updates! Your characters are so unique and your art style is so wholesome and gorgeous! I cannot wait for the next episode and I will rewatch this one again and again until then!

[@gachacatproductions431]

You do the voice acting?! It’s amazing! Especially fluttershy. You’re so talented rahhhhh I love this

[@AutumnKatto]

This series keeps me inspired to work on my own haha

[@archivedchaos00256]

lifes gotten busy for me so im a little late to this episode, but its so cool seeing their situation and how they work with it. very realistic interactions between them all as always.

[@Bright_star176]

This is really good but it’s making me wonder what happened to celestia and Luna are they infected or dead are they in trouble did discord do something to th?

[@allister_story_dump31]

I have a question? What are Cozy Glow, Chrysalis and Tirek doing(since this takes place at the beginning of season 9), do they know that Grogar was actually discord earlier and are they alive and know about the infection?

[@parlseymatter1013]

I wonder that as well. I wonder if they all just got out of equestria, because 1. I don't think zombies technically feel anything they might be empty husks at this point. Which means Chrysalis would have no point being there. We don't know if taking magic from infected ponies might spread the infection to tirek, because it's discords magic, and it might be magic as well. Cozy glow however might still take advantage of this situation, but considering that she is a foal she might be as traumatized as the others.

[@kuroyuu츠즈린]

Gosh - I am hooked up and am thankful for this series to exist

[@aubreypellerin4254]

Usually they’re telling Twilight that they don’t need a plan. These r not the time for plans

[@MafuyuOribe]

This series is truly beautiful and it deserves more recognition

[@MenAreEverything425]

I love this so much again I said this before its like watching an actual show the amount of effort put into these is amazing oh and also I hope I come across an infection au one day of all of the six mane six surviving together cuz man I cant be the only one who wants them to survive with each other 😭

[@rokblades3532]

Underated take but twilight with a bun. Makes her look 10 times better

[@moonshot_eclipse6845]

Broski is KILLIN ME with these, keep up the great work bro!!

[@axo7045]

im actually so invested, this is so well written!

[@calzkitty]

why can’t Spike come he might be in danger alone 😕

[@avrie6668]

Think about it he’s capable of taking care of himself but make no mistake he isn’t a grown adult he can make food and gather water for himself hide if one of the infected comes by but the jolly friends well their going into the heart of all the discourse, if your going somewhere that you know is dangerous and you found someplace semi safe you’d leave the old and young there while you go the more dangerous places yourself Danger and kids don’t mix pretty simple 👌

[@avrie6668]

Though I agree it’d be better if he wasn’t alone I’m not sure if they had the luxury of enough time

[@niafalemai-jt8et]

Carrying on with what avrie said he is not alone, he is with sweetiebell and other ponies with some much capable on protecting the others.

[@0xFluffyRabbitx0]

BROO I LOVE THIS BUT I REALLY WANNA KNOW HOW IS FLURRY AND SHINNING

[@Terraak47]

We all know that twilight will blame herself for rainbows death and if Apple Jack don’t survive in the basement of sweet Apple she’ll blame herself for her death as well

[@LemonLimeSkull]

love these, great work

[@oliversmith3485]

YESSS i literally watch as many infected aus as i can and this is my favorite story!! its so ic and i love the storyboard style and your art is SO cute. and voice acting??? omg ur crushing it

[@LuisVasquez-h2p]

Nah they finally uploaded ….ahhhhhh I can’t wait to watch this but later I want to eat a BLT while watching it🥹😊

[@niafalemai-jt8et]

I need to see Cheerilee with the kids to see if they’re safe.😢

[@OfficalPaintEater]

OMG IM EARLYYYY THIS IS SO GOOD I LOVE THE VOICE ACTING!! Edit:thx for the likes!❤

[@starsiblings4929]

i wonder how the twilight an the others would react to finding out about what to rainbow dash

[@kadarat8343]

ik shes dead but what happened to rainbows?

[@megalize6353]

​@@kadarat8343Yeah she was bitten.

[@kadarat8343]

@@megalize6353 oh im sorry i shouldve been more specific. when/ how did she get bitten?

[@sleepylark]

​@@kadarat8343 it showed how she got bit in the "dear princess twilight" video, iirc an infected wonderbolt bit her while she was scavenging for supplies with scootaloo?

[@starsiblings4929]

yah she when out for supplies but got attack

[@LitmusPapyrus]

That felt way shorter than 10 minutes. Can’t wait for the next one

[@lunamatomboygirl]

this episode was hyping until the let-downs but it was great and not all that disappointing, though smt i would like to know is when their going to find rainbow dash and see that she is infected and find applejack bunkering from what i assume is zombie big mac and zombie granny smith, and then eventually go to the crystal empire at last and reach the castle and go after the princesses and flurry an shining armor?, i am very into ur series and i love it, this zombie mlp series is one of a kind, no other nor others like it, so i would be more then happy to watch the finale and how it ends.

[@lunamatomboygirl]

i actually thought twilight was going to be able to summon discord, it hyped me up there an there.

[@batatafrita_EditZ]

​@@lunamatomboygirl eu também

[@KitkatEveeFoxLeader]

This is so cool but so sad they don't know that rainbow dash is dead 😢

[@rainbowthunder1128]

This is a really good video! It's amazing how you did this all by yourself! Inspiring!

[@miko._.x-o8g]

OMGOMGOMG I love this so much. It’s literally so good. Keep doing what you’re doing. I’m very proud and very happy.

[@p_zzaomg]

YES YES IM SO GLAD YOURE STILL CONTINUING THIS SERIES THANK YOU IT KEEPS ME SANE

[@Dragonfang0I]

I love how you have shown this part also when could we possibly get an update on rainbow dash and apple Jack (but mainly rainbow dash she is my fav with apple Jack in close second)

[@S.E.A.ProductionsAlt]

It was shown in a previous episode that Rainbow Dash passed away, while Applejack is just barely surviving.

[@Random-oy7vk]

​@@S.E.A.ProductionsAlt Which episode was?

[@Dragonfang0I]

@@S.E.A.ProductionsAlt oooh ok I was hoping that rainbow dash was not dead and just infected so I kind of had a small hope that she could be cured but now I understand T-T

[@SaturnzRings3-kq8fr]

Agghhh my fuckinh heart❤️💔❤️💔❤️ Love this series so much, its amazingly done and i cant wait for more always feining for more 😊

[@jamiekagemori1299]

This is by far my favorite of these AUs

[@lilylookittykyu3115]

Aaaahh update!! My favorite infection au!! Glad to see how the rest if the main six are doing, You're so talented doing all their voices! 😭😭

[@aubreypellerin4254]

You don’t want to reunite with rainbow dash

[@lordnykae8426]

Nothing beats the rush of serotonin and dopamine i get when costin posts.

[@aidanarmitage-jn2ws]

What does everyone think happened to the princesses Luna and Celestia are they infected are they busy working on a cure and not raising and setting the sun and moon because of that or something else what do you think

[@ashtonboutwell6154]

Jusy watching these to cope with no more pinkie pie, and the fandom slowly not making anymore pinkemena stuff one of my favorite fan made thing. They better have on of pinkie pies descendents in G5 at some point.

[@AquaticFerret]

Just found these videos today and I've been binging all of them, absolutely loving this

[@paper-bage]

Something tells me rainbowdash didnt make it

[@gachacatproductions431]

Yeah I’m sure she didn’t, she was bit in an earlier one

[@bendingdemon6483]

There's an animatic things they did where gurl is a full on zombie

[@Spooky_Charlie666]

i love this series, keep up the good work my friend! Many stars wish you luck on your journey!

[@thoughts5763]

I thought the element animations looked really good

[@AkelaAnimation]

I love this series so much! I love how it focuses on the survivors instead of the infected, And there's a lot of lore ❤️❤️

[@Vulpinnation]

We’re all going to pretend that we forgot pinky pie has cartoon physics so she could just summon infinite food or just commit mast gennoacide on the infected

[@AA-hb7os]

Even toons are subject the matters of their world.

[@zexalcommander7036]

@@AA-hb7os And toon force usually requires the action or environment to be comedic. In this near grimdark setting, there's not a lot to laugh about.

[@superwendygamergirl4696]

Your voice acting is soooo gooood 🔥✨

[@Bayleezz]

This is cool (loved the voice acting!)

[@generalyoder]

This is done extremely well. Great job. Looking forward to seeing more :)

[@freshcupofangst]

I love this series so much!!! It's so good ❤

[@Soforcontex1]

I just remembered this now and came back.

[@Zebracakes.]

I love this au sm please keep posting these au videos!!!!

[@ily.stoopid]

I love this! Great work ^^

[@quinnhouk5369]

Cool. Quick question. Did you write Fallout Equestria or was that someone else?

[@Captain_costin]

That was someone else 👍❤️

[@Autumn_star_06]

5:37 AWW