Earth - Secret Life Finale Animatic

Inspiration had me in a chokehold alright
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Song is Earth by Sleeping at Last

[@GoodTimesWithScar]

So Good!

[@Spectralyzed]

The fact that both Scott and Pearl offered up their lives for their ally, but where Gem took it, Scar refused? That parallel was perfection, and they didn't even know they'd done it.

[@mysticalmaid]

I think it was very wise of Scar not to accept the life at that point, Pearl is a strong ally and Gem is a pvp beast.

[@Spectralyzed]

@@mysticalmaidAbsolutely agree. He made a great choice, and it led to him winning the entire thing.

[@sunshinefresco9499]

Scott and scar both made the right decision tbh. Scott was at 3 hearts before being killed by Gem. No matter what, he was going to die first. Pearl was at 15 hearts. If Scar had taken the sacrifice, there’s no guarantee that he can beat Gem in a PvP fight. But with Pearl’s help taking her out it was basically a guarantee top 2.

[@mysticalmaid]

@@sunshinefresco9499 I agree

[@Storm_Chaser325]

@@mysticalmaid I watched gems pov as well, she was actually pretty low even with just scar beating her up, I mean if there wasn't two she may have won but honestly scars pretty good at pvp better than her like to admit at least

[@lolli_popples]

God the part with Gem makes me legitimately sad. Like Scott and Gem tried so so hard and did so well, but it barely made a difference. Gem still died next despite Scott’s sacrifice.

[@depstein3847]

I find it very entertaining that Scott sacrificed himself for Gem and then Gem complained about getting 2v1ed

[@Gardivanyth]

@@kawaiigamergirl4432 Plus, the tasks keeping him out of alliances also meant he wouldn't become emotionally dependent on those allies. So many people fell on the sword for their allies in the final battle, only for it to not make a difference. But Scar had no such allies. He just went where the wind took him, as Grian would put it.

[@eaglefan2569]

​@@depstein3847Was a bit entertaining to hear that after watching Grian's POV ngl lol

[@citra1885]

​@@kawaiigamergirl4432 Scar is Watcher's favourite boy confirmed

[@citra1885]

​@@Gardivanyth This is the telltale sign that Scar will win. Just like the previous winner. (Grian with his green kill, Scott not doing what the boogeyman curse told him to, Pearl who's lonely when everyone else has their pair, and Martyn with his deceive and disloyalty where every other group fight for their allies till the end.) When you think about it, everyone except Scott ended up alone. Grian got betrayed by Scar and the two fight in the end, Pearl was abandoned by Scott since the start, Martyn betray Scott near the end, and Scar who's everyone enemy this season. Only Scott who's different. And I find that quite interesting. (And I suppose we found another new pattern to guess the next winner.)

[@barbaravazquezsantos3148]

HOW DO ALL THE ARTIST MAKE ANIMATICS SO FAST!!?! (It's beautiful as always)

[@SunflowerStationArt]

Pure will and determination 😂 and then a lot of burn out

[@barbaravazquezsantos3148]

@@SunflowerStationArt It makes sense, besides I was very excited to see animatics about Scar win

[@c0pykatt]

Beats me. I know i'm personally super slow at it. But wow

[@Rosie_does_art]

No sleep

[@SunflowerStationArt]

@@Rosie_does_art true

[@Versalatte]

OH MY GODDDDD that parallels between Gem choosing to honor Scott's sacrifices versus Scar refusing to sacrifice Pearl THAT GOES CRAZY!!!! Especially considering Scar has been in her position. Pearl has been in SCAR's position. This is absolutely incredible I need to lay down for a million years.

[@Corinna2116]

WAIT YES YOURE SO RIGHT AHHH

[@TheFreakingStarlight]

Did anyone else notice that Pearl has her hand on Scars's shoulder at the end with all the winners

[@anonymousnlonely3315]

@@TheFreakingStarlight WHAT I NEED TO SEE THIS

[@ghostie.writes]

well, scott had 2-3 hearts, whereas pearl had 15. gems choice was good, scott literally said in an urgent voice gem u need to kill me im on 2 hearts

[@Hermitcraft_X]

​@@TheFreakingStarlight❤

[@juliec.547]

Rusty watched Scar's episode, asked "is anyone gonna animate that?" and didn't wait for an answer

[@cheddarbub6324]

Scar’s victory was so poetic honestly. He tried the entire season to make friends, but the Keeper forced him into becoming the villain and, therefore, alone. He then finally gets a crew, feels like he’s finally made friends, even denies Pearl’s offer to kill her for his victory! But then suddenly, in the heat of the moment, he finds himself the winner, yet alone again I’m flabbergasted that you made this in this short amount of time. That, and the fact that this is exactly what I was hoping for from the Lifers animatic community! You are a legend, Rusty, now go get some rest with that crown on your head ❤️

[@meoowrie1540]

This series was definitely Scar's storyline. The way the plot was being built up for him was just amazing! And all the butterfly effects in this season!!! I look forward to seeing more animations.

[@LavenderGPCBF]

Bro how does Scott always sacrifice himself in these past few seasons… Scar’s win was 100% deserved, the Secret Keeper’s got nothin on him

[@jelena_r]

Literally every single one of his deaths was a sacrifice!

[@Aprianex]

Maybe it's cause he doesn't care about winning anymore. He's won already... Wonder why he doesn't want to win anymore? Did he see something horrifying as a winner? What did the watchers do to him?

[@cup_of_tea755]

I don't think any of them want a repeat victor and Scott is very good at surviving to near the end. Pearl tried to do the same thing to ensure scar would win. Since they don't want to win they are better off supporting their allies.

[@Hamza2_7272]

@@cup_of_tea755 yeah, you can kinda tell that pearl wanted scar to win at the end, pearl had an insane bow and despite that she tried to go into a melee fight (knowing that scar had a much greater sword and a heart advantage) and pearl also had a couple gapples in her inventory that she could've easily used at any point in the fight so it definitely does seem like they dont want repeat winners which is understandable but i would still like to see scott or pearl to win another

[@AstronomicalJelly]

@@Aprianexi mean he also did sacrifice himself on last life before he knew he won, with what not killing any of his allies as a boogey which lead to his death. he's just that loyal

[@voltsiano116]

This is great. He was made to be the villain, and in a way he did embrace it... but _only_ as far as needed. I love how Gem's acceptance of Scott's sacrifice was contrasted against Scar's refusal to get the extra hearts from Pearl, which ultimately got him one step closer to victory when he and Pearl overcame Gem.

[@idontknowhowtochangemyusername]

The parallels of Scar and Pearl is insane to me. Pearl had no friends in Double Life, and was the winner. Scar had no one friends in Secret Life, and was the winner. Their characters were there for each other when they needed each other. The improv of the series is amazing, and the stories that the fan base comes up with through the similarities will always be amazing to me. ❤

[@Orion_44]

I think Earth is the perfect thing to represent Scar, as he was lonely the entire time, despite the others around him. Similar to how life developed on Earth. Scar is also a master of terraforming the earth beneath his feet.

[@milocatfromhell]

Also worth noting Grian as the sun - third life. Pearl as the moon - the final episode alliance, and how she always said that she didn’t want to win again

[@Mr_Wakky]

Why do all the winners have these nicknames? What do they mean?

[@crayonstarshine]

The sun, the stars, the moon, and mars. Now, we add earth. Fantastic animatic!!!

[@fallen_x]

​@@solarprogeny6736 It's just a fandom thing. Grian's name translates to Sun. Scott was a Starborne on the origins SMP. Pearl, of course, is Pearlescentmoon. The sun, the moon, and the stars. When Martyn won fans wanted to fit him into that space theme as well, and now scar has joined them.

[@solarprogeny6736]

Someone on tumblr said Scar should be Mercury, I'll paste what they said here: First, the god Mercury. Mercury (or Hermes, as he is more popularly known) is the god of "financial gain, commerce, eloquence, messages, communication (including divination), travelers, boundaries, luck, trickery, and thieves" (Wikipedia). This encapsulates Scar's role in the series-but especially Secret Life-near perfectly. This alone was enough to convince me he should be Mercury. But there's more! Second, Mercury is the closest planet to the sun. Grian, as everyone who's gotten this far down the post should know, is represented by the Sun. That is his symbol. Scar is always going to Grian. They've been allies twice in the series, and were almost allies again in Secret Life. Scar is always close to Grian, whether either of them like it be or not. Lastly, but certainly not least, Mercury has no moons. This one is a bit of a double reason! Two reasons in a trenchcoat! First, Scar has had no true allies this season. He's made some temporary friendships, but he never found a teammate. If we imagine the moons as representative of allies, then Mercury having no moons is rather symbolic, I would think. (Does this make Lizzie Venus? Idk.) The second aspect of this reason, is to do with Pearl. As you probably know, Pearl is the Moon. Scar won when he killed Pearl. Scar became Mercury when he got rid of the Moon. Mercury has no Moon.

[@MyoMi_07]

​@@fallen_x And also, Grian's the sun because he's the Light of The Server!

[@fallen_x]

@@solarprogeny6736 ohhh this is good! I might have to go with that!

[@Kacenits]

@@solarprogeny6736 that's it we have to force everyone to make THIS the thing

[@Taeyoming]

That frame of scar at the end with all the past winners hits. Remember when he was talking to pearl and bdubs and pearl saying how she feels bad going after skizz/tango because they've been so nice and Scar says "it's just nothing after this".

[@dragonartz3207]

I like how you showed the parallel between Scott sacrificing himself to Gem, and Gem killing him, and then Pearl trying to sacrifice herself to Scar, but he didn't kill her.

[@comet3423]

crazy how Scar spent the entire season trying to make friends and form good allies only to be shut out by the secret keeper forcing him to be a villain, then decided to embrace the villain role and won. thats a really good arc for the watcher's lore imo "How did the guy with no friends win?" - Scar's last words.

[@krackacka]

I love how both Scott and Pearl offered to sacrifice themselves for their respective allies, Gem and Scar, and while Gem took it, Scar didn't, and they won because they fought Gem together. It's so beautiful how when Scar finally got friends, he treated them well. (Minus how he immediately started to kill Pearl afterwards but we pretend it was more elegant)

[@rogue_sorcerer1239]

I like to think of the final fight between scar and pearl as a reluctant battle neither wanted to win but the winner had to be decided.

[@ScienceManothy]

I don't understand how you were so fast and it turned out THIS good. Thank you so much for these animatics, they've been great fun

[@skalleywagg]

ExCUSE me!??!! So good!!! What!!!! Oh my gosh!! I loooved the parallel of Scar and Pearl vs Gem and Scott!! I thought that was such a poignant moment in the series, and to see it here like this…ah!! Goosebumps!! Love it!!

[@Chelseanation]

i honestly love the idea of the secret keeper as a person making scar burn thing. what a animatic great job!!!!

[@RedGyl]

Scar representing Earth is so fitting. The Life series feels complete, as far as that bit of Lore goes.

[@confusingTM]

I'm sorry this is so specific but I am genuinely so in love with the way you animate capes/flowing fabric in general its so good

[@ragedragon1018]

One thing I think is interesting is Scar only did as well as he did thanks to his skill with the Bow and when Scott talks about them being like the careers, Scar was much more of a Katniss and won in the end

[@mistythewizard]

This is amazing! The way Scar looks at his book when realising he can't team with Grian, the Secret Keeper forcing him to start the fire, and the way you drew Scott's sacrifice, with Gem facing Scar and Pearl alone afterwards are so cool!

[@Hailoow]

the way you drew it like gem is knighting scott THIS GAVE ME CHILLSSS

[@darbilicious]

I love Sleeping at Last and I'm insane over how well Earth fits not just lyrically but symbolically. I've seen a lot of people saying Scar should be Earth and this just cements it in my mind. This is so so amazing

[@masonjar213_]

Sun, stars, moon, ocean, and now earth. I love how these line up.

[@petra._]

RUSTY. THIS IS PURE CRAZINESS. absolutely beautiful work, i love how you tied scar’s experience with the secret keeper!! thank you so much, you’re my favorite life series animator!!

[@sugar-dr2qc]

Secret life members: *uploads, not in a hurry at all to see the animatics, just glad they enjoyed their time playing together* Artists like u: SPEEEEEEEEED

[@tomm9056]

WOW this is incredible! The contrast between Scott sacrifing himself to Gem for hearts and Scar not accepting Pearl's offer is beatiful! This season has become my absolute favorite, I've been rooting for Scar since Third Life. Also having Gem on the series was just the best, I didn't know her before and she became one of my main POVs. Every interaction she had with Scar was great, I hope they get to team up in a future season!

[@PlushieDoesDoodles]

How did you finish this so fast? I haven't watched it yet but I've already liked it. I know it'll be amazing. Scar's win was, in my opinion, well overdue. EDIT: WAAAAHHH I LOVE IT!!! It's so pretty, I can't stop watching! Well done, as always! The flashes from limited life, double life, last life, and 3rd life Scar and the flash of double life (?) Pearl are so cool!

[@csmrookie9600]

Grian’s last stand was something to behold as well. Some say, if it weren’t for his trap and 1v3, Gem, Scott, and impulse would’ve been much stronger against Scar and his temporary team. Plus it would be cool to see the animatics of Grian fighting with all he has, until his shield broke.

[@Spr1ngtide]

I LOVE that the Secret Keeper made Scar start the fire! And also the fact that her hand was on his shoulder for the winners’ thing at the end because ALLIES

[@Sleepyheadtime]

ITS NOT EVEN BEEN A DAY…. WHAT THE HELL… THIS IS GORGEOUS OH MY GOD.

[@Katzaca]

0:32 the transition of the flowers was so good 😭❤

[@xhaandyesh]

I DIDN’T EVEN NOTICE THAT Now I love this animation even more-

[@notvelvscakes]

ITS BEEN LIKE 5 HOURS SINCE THE FINALE, HOW?!

[@Rarity36Rage]

The parallels with scott and pearl offering up their lives hit so well!

[@ThatNerdyPjoFangirl]

thank you for making this i've watched it 10 times! I love when scott sacrifies himself to Gem to win, but shes so distraught about it. It made me cry 😭

[@I.needed_a.handle_name]

I love the explosion/gust of wind changing the flowers on the cape, the transition is just Great

[@TrisStrudel]

The man who could relate to the Scarlet Pearl best ends up as her final ally. That is so touching.

[@flowerpetal20]

Omg the transition from scott sacrificing himself for cleo (0:53) to pearl sacrificing herself for scar - and him not accepting it ( 0:58). AAAA it's amazing!!

[@redram6080]

He sacrificed himself to Gem but tbf she did play as Cleo for a session last season

[@CabinofAresfan8]

He didn’t even want to win or be the villain. The ones who wrote the tasks turned him into the accidental victor. All hail Scar the bow master of the Life Series.

[@Drawlistics]

This was beautiful… AND A HUGE SPEEDRUN JUST HOW DID YOU DO IT SO FASTTT YOU’RE SO GOOD

[@petalsemblance]

Ohhhh I loved this so much! 😭😭😭 I *love* Sleeping at Last, so this was awesome. The narrative of Scar being forced to play the villain until he gave up killed me, so I love this portrayal of it. All the efforts of friendship he had to turn down leaving him so lonely, and so he finds a kindred soul in Pearl? I freaking loved that detail, alongside the beats that matched Scar's past Life iterations. Thank you for always making such awesome animatics and sharing them with us!

[@Rubyfireruby]

Oh mannnnnnn the parallels between Gem sacrificing Scott and Scar sparing Pearl... I love this so much also Scar is the Earth now this is canon

[@neku2741]

The ending all boils down to Gem accepting Scott sacrifice while Scar rejecting Pearl's. Very poetic until you realizes Scar don't have allies and straight up shot at Pearl with no hesitation🤣🤣.

[@fuzzylittlespider]

I LOVED Pearl and Scar's teamwork in this series! It was so sad when he was calling out to her when she died.

[@PRINCEofNONE]

Dang the switch between Scott and Pearl sacrificing themselves, but playing out differently. Lots of parallels in this season.

[@thecheesycookie2767]

IT'S BEEN EIGHT HOURS SINCE THE FINALE HOW HAVE YOU ALREADY MADE AN ANIMATIC It's amazing I love this

[@trheros7503]

Rusty just did a creative idea plus process speedrun. Amazing i thought about how you animated the winners together in the time's up animatic. I imagined how Scar was next.

[@callmew1nner]

YOURE KILLING ME THE SECRET KEEPER TAKING HIS HAND THE FLASHBACK TO DL PEARL HIS EMPTY EYES WHILE HURTING HIS FRIENDS Leave me here to rot while I weep, *god*-

[@Enchanted_590]

DUDE! I LOVE THIS SO MUCH! SCAR DESERVED THE WIN! The parallels between Scar in Secret Life and Pearl in Double Life is absolutely amazing! The way Pearl was willing to sacrifice herself but Scar didn’t allow it was a moment that I love! When I saw Scar and Pearl team up it reminded me of Double life. Where Pearl and Scar teamed because they were both left alone and wanted to troll the person their tied with! I loved seeing another misunderstood player/outcast win! I wonder who will win next season! :D

[@djblueheartb.e.l3449]

This was beautiful like legit- so beautiful. When I thought of all the animations and animatics that would come out after the angsty and unexpected ending to Secret Life with Scar winning, I was thinking of you as one of those animators that was going to make a banger animation/animatic of sorts to do Scar’s win justice. This was phenomenal and I watched it twice and will probably rewatch it more than just those times.

[@talkingto]

can't stop rewatching this animatic... secret life's finale worked so well with the parallels to past seasons and i'm obsessed with how you've shown it here along with scar's storyline this season :') beautiful work!

[@SilonaLurks]

Okay, okay, I've been following your animations for the Secret Life stuff, and I was not expecting to be hit by this, oh my god, this hit like a ton of bricks in the best way possible. Everything from the Scott and Pearl sacrifice parallels, to Scar being torn between the two main teams left on the server, it's SO GOOD DUDE I specifically wanna point out that transition at about 30 seconds in, where Scar's cape changed with the explosion??? That is such a cool way to symbolize his yellow to red transition. Well done. Chef's kiss. Everything about this is gold. 10/10. 5 stars. Like button smashed. Subscribed.

[@RikkuTakanashi]

The more I hear the song the more it's so amazingly fitting for Scar in SL! Especially since people/me as well, have dubbed Scar the Earth for the winners. I think another good song for the series as a whole would be Crazy - by Gnarls Barkley

[@purplechickeneevee]

WOAHHHH 37 SECONDS AGO THIS ACTUALLY GAVE ME CHILLS

[@karrinmakesstuff]

I think it’s awesome to me that they did hint at the lore. They knew what they were doing with the watcher symbol.

[@planetfall5056]

I find it crazy that a niche fandom animatic that's 2 months old has over twice the likes the original song has, and said video is 9 years old. Crazy underrated band. Really glad you showed them to me Rusty.

[@reekill_playlists]

I love the connection between person and environment. I cannot remember for the life of me what Martyn's is, but I love this concept regardless. Congratulations to GoodTimesWithScar, the fifth winner!

[@celestialtempus6241]

I’m pretty sure he’s Mars The sun, the stars, the moon, and mars

[@reekill_playlists]

Ah, now I remember

[@celestialtempus6241]

@@Anonyomus_commenter Yeah it does, it’s just that I’ve seen him as mars in fanart. But i really like comet now that you say it!

[@-inFinity05-]

This is actually so good! Scar was forced to be the villain all season, but in the end, he really was the hero. When Scott offered his life Gem took the offering, but when Pearl offered her life Scar refused. The ending where Scar didn't even know he had won is incredible. I swear, these unscripted seasons make better storylines than any script ever could.

[@adoxerella]

Ugh. This hits too hard. How can you do this to us so soon. There are so many good bit. The part where he hesitates to take Grian's hand. The part where the Secret Keeper pushes the hand with the matches down. The bits where he's torn between allies and he has to choose. It's all so good.

[@TravellingTortuga]

Loved this season, how dynamics were affected by the keepers pulling at the strings. Also, it is very interesting how TL was a tragedy, then LL was more of a true victory, DL a tragedy, LmL a victory, and SL another tragedy. Really curious pattern there. Perhaps another curse? 🤔

[@florencehardy487]

Shivers down my spine… This is so poignant and really captures the season finale. Amazing work!

[@anita_2000]

This is so well made. The way you make this silly little minecraft series mean so much by pointing out the underlying feelings and dynamics, making it all so dramatic and making my little heart hurt and cry. Grian offering his hand in friendship, all the alliances being scared of scar while he's forced to be the villain against his own will, the double life pearl flashback, the lyrics fitting so well and giving it all so much meaning. I don't know how you do it but I thank you for doing it.

[@colorfulcreating1306]

My favorite detail in this whole animation is the final shot all the little details truly make it for me, pearl reaching her hand out for scar to confort him, the sun (grian) being the farthest he can be from scar, while the moon is the closest like earth, scar's bored looks as he's back where he started alone, everything is just so good

[@milocatfromhell]

So have we all agreed that Scar is the Earth? The Sun, the Stars, the Moon, Mars, and Earth Here me out: Third life. Grian, the Sun. The Earth revolves around the Sun. Secret life. Allying with Pearl at the very end, and her always saying that she didn’t want to win the series. The moon revolves around the Earth. There’s probably more but these are the two big ones that came to mind

[@LovingBallOfApricots]

I mean he also has heavy nature themes in most of the seasons. Master of the desert, Panda collector, this skin literally has sunflowers on it. He's also usually with other people but is alone now which kinda fits Earth being unique for life. And so so many points. I'm not sure if I prefer Earth or Pluto for Scar they're both so fitting and good.

[@milocatfromhell]

@@LovingBallOfApricots I've been looking through all the different arguments, which seem to be Earth, eclipse, comet, Pluto, and Mercury. I'm not the biggest fan of the eclipse and Mercury arguments, because they seem much more based around other people (Pearl and especially Grian) than giving Scar his own meaning (although I'm fully aware of what I said in the my initial comment...). After looking into symbolism a bunch, I agree with either Pluto or Earth, although I still lean more heavily towards Earth. Here's some of what I found. Earth: - Potential, courage, determination, strength - Life, longevity, mortality, resilience/stability - Creativity, perseverance, pragmatism - Solitude, beauty, healing - Logic/practicality, reliability, honesty, groundedness/stillness (these are a bit less Scar) Pluto: - Abundance/riches - Secrets/secret information - Lifetime metamorphosis/lifetime change, transformation - Death, waste, destruction, obsession, ruin - Revelation, revival, rebirth Personally I'm a big fan of Earth Scar. Who cares what the community decides on, if they even do come to a consensus for this one (which I doubt, especially since I'm still seeing different arguments for Martyn). Earth Scar my beloved

[@BoxyTheGodsy]

God damn it, you guys just take emotions right out of it, and visualize them and I love it. You deserve the world.

[@chikcon-]

ITS ONLY BEEN LIKE EIGHT HOURS, YOU’RE INSANE!!!! this is amazing. I love scar choosing sides and the flashbacks to both his character and the winners in the other life series, it gives me goosebumps. This is all just so perfect. Secret life has been so much fun

[@minirabbit2739]

Woah! This is so good Rusty!! I'm so happy with Scar's win.

[@Fynchfire]

THAT WAS FAST. THAT WAS ALSO ONE OF THE BEST ANIMATICS I'VE EVER SEEN, HOLY HELL !i

[@noatmealcookie02]

I ALREADY TEARED UP AFTER SCARS EPISODE YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO MAKE ME CRYYY this is so beautiful, thank you for such a beautiful animation of this bittersweet episode 💔😭

[@GachaMooni]

THE WATCHERS WERE ROOTING FOR HIM IN THEIR OWN TWISTED WAY IRS SO POETIC THAT HE DIED FIRST SERIES FIGHTING WITH HIS FINAL ALLY AND THEN HE LIVED IN THE LATEST FIGHTING ALONGSIDE THEM

[@happypoo6708]

This makes the whole thing feel so cinematic. Scar being forced to be the villain by the secret keeper but in the end not taking pearls sacrifice and instead allying with her to beat Gem and then pearl dying by a fall, not being directly killed by Scar.

[@dragonartz3207]

I think that Scar has an interesting connection to Grian in this series, and has lore potential. Since Grian is/was a watcher. A short little rhyme: He was slain, his life was given, his soul was bound, his time ran out, and only now has he broke out.

[@milocatfromhell]

Little detail! I LOVE the reflection of all of Scar’s skins from all five seasons. And the way it counts BACKWARDS instead of forwards is amazing. Also, as that happens, is the character slowly turning to look at the camera? Maybe turning to look at the viewers… who made it all possible… the Watchers? Great animatic as always! You did this SO fast it’s absolutely incredible

[@GreySyren]

I'll admit I didn't expect Scar to win but I'm so happy he did. He had a rough season not being able to make any friends I'm glad that he got to win a season.

[@C.JDoodles]

THIS IS SO AMAZING! The song matches so wonderfully and your art style is so amazing! Also this was so fast! ❤❤

[@Evil.Tomato]

THE FLASHES OF PAST SKINS? THE INEVITABLY OF THE OUTCOME, DRIVEN BY THE SECRET KEEPER? THE BETRAYALS?? *chef's kiss*

[@edotmq]

Grian is the sun, repersenting scars kindness Scott a star, repersenting his empathy Pearl is the moon, repersenting his lonelyness Martin is an astroyed, repersenting his desire to win All fit scar, considering hes the earth, all of the aspects put together

[@theduckgamerr]

ok im usually baffled on how you can upload a animatic 4 days after the episode, BUT THE SAME DAY??? HOW???

[@greenbed7521]

I love the shot of the secret keeper guiding Scar's hand!

[@maybethealice5950]

holy shit. that hurt way more than i expected it too. Absolutely incredible. I'm particularly obsessed with the moment when the secret keeper moves scar's hand with the match. love this so much.

[@Boogo26]

Amazing!

[@KleptoKlaws]

To make something this complicated, meaningful, and beautiful in such a short amount of time is incredible. Amazing job. I love all of your content and this is certainly not an exception. ❤

[@CrowButter]

Dude the secret keeper hand making scar set things on fire is so good

[@hillarygairey6168]

I've been waiting for this kind of video from Rusty-Courage for a while It's amazing, the song maches the animation so well and portrays the feeling of secrets and how it feels to betray and loose trust . . . Dang, I sound like my English teacher Long story short, animation good , brain go woah ❤

[@RoseLord]

Wow this was so fast! Honestly I think you won the fastest series finale animatic 🎉 congrats 🎉 I love the song, the designs (especially scars) poses and facial expressions I really love the idea of the watcher being really involved with scar (and kinda any task it was cool to see them) this just makes me super happy I swear I was so hyped watching Grian pov then we switched to gems and we lost it when gem died super shocked and too excited wait through scar video (honestly I really want to watch his whole series scar is awesome) so we skipped to the last 10 minutes and it was hilarious how confused and guilty by all the fight I swear the talk at the end him and pearl had about her sacrificing herself was adorably wholesome like my gosh i loved it and his reaction and him thanking everyone he could think of when he won it was all amazing But it never showed him dying so his account could still be on the server with a bunch of lore can sprout from or we could say the watcher took him out or even he only had 5 hearts left so knowing scar it only a matter of time I just shocked he didn’t die which it interesting on a lore side (it doesn’t matter too much) but it bugs me thematically that he didn’t canonically die like the amount of people who have made art of every winners end it will feel out of place UNLESS we decide a fandom/head canon death

[@Kiro_Valyne]

to whomever may find this comment, despite how much this season changed everything we thought about the series. (I.E. the curses, watcher lore, final winners, etc.) Scar earned that win, not because he was the villain, not because of the watchers, but because in the end, where Scott and gem chose sacrifice as their trust, scar chose companionship, he chose to put his faith in a person he had been on separate ends with but truly tried to be friends with despite the trials he faced, time and time again it was companionship he needed, and that companionship led to great moments. Scar earned his victory, even if it breaks the lore, even if he just seems so aloof about it.

[@Parizena]

Personally in the lore I'm going to consider him blind as if he hasn't woken up from the dream

[@Kiro_Valyne]

@@Parizena fair

[@Randomwords247]

HOW THE ACTUAL HECK DID YOU DO THIS SO FAST RUSTY OH MY GOODNESS THIS IS FREAKING OUTSTANDING!!! FREAKING THE PARRALLELS OF SCOTT LAYING HIS LIFE DOWN FOR GEM AND HER TAKING IT, AND AT THE SAME TIME PEARL TRIES TO DO THE SAME FOR SCAR ONLY FOR HIM TO HOLD HIS HAND OUT AND FIGHT ALONGSIDE HER AS HE REFUSED TO TAKE HER LIFE SOMETHING ABOUT THE MAN WHO'S TASKS OUTCASTED HIM, FORCED HIM TO MAKE ENEMIES, REFUSING TO TAKE ANOTHERS LIFE AND FIGHT BY AN UNLIKELY ALLY, EVEN IF IT MEANT HE WOULD BE DISADVANTAGED WHEN HE WOULD HAVE TO EVENTUALLY FACE HER HIMSELF I JUST IM NOT OKAY YOU CANT DO THIS TO ME

[@bexboc]

Sleeping at last in a secret life animatic I CANT THE FEELS 😢

[@krabasaurus1156]

With the fifth season finally finishing. Grian as the sun, Scott as the stars, Pearl as the moon, and Martyn as the meteor. I believe scar being the Earth would be very poetic because of the secret keeper controlling him (the Watcher's forcing his hand in the overworld) and the four types of flowers that were arranged on his skin. I'd also like to add that (people have probably already seen this) that the flowers on scars red skin are the exact same flowers that he gave to Grian when he turned red in 3rd Life, this could possibly be the Watchers giving back the flowers after Grian's victory in 3rd Life

[@LovingBallOfApricots]

Sadly Martyn is Mars not a Meteor as decided by the fandom at large by this point

[@FennecFeather-wx7jj]

absolutely amazing, the feels. and of course the insane speed at which you made this what??!!

[@ghostly_august]

HOWW DO YOU WORK SO FASSTTT!???? But anyways, this quick animatic is gorgeous. The secret keeper forcing Scar’s hand perfectly conveys his “reluctant villain” role, and I loved how Gem places the sword on Scott’s shoulder, taking his sacrifice and life, while Scar simultaneously holds out a hand for Pearl, refusing to let her die. My goodness, the parallels and foils are making me scream. Scott sacrifices himself, AGAIN. Pearl decides it’s her turn to sacrifice herself, and Scar finally feels what Grian felt in 3rd Life when he refused to kill Scar. AAAAA.

[@MagicCardboardBox]

The lone friendly trader winning it all is actually very thematic, when you think about it

[@amarisomah1777]

I was looking at the final drawing like “oh man, if we have the sun, the stars, the moon, and mars what is scar going to be?….EARTH OH MY GOD THATS PERFECT!” Kudos!

[@LunichuDraws]

I want to leave a long comment about how much I adore this but I can’t even put into words all the feels it gives me

[@astertrail]

its amazing how quickly you whipped this up! honestly this season was so amazing, and the art that's spawned from it is incredible too :D i don't usually comment on videos but your animatics/animations have been super inspiring to me and it makes me want to make more animations myself! keep being awesome!

[@jademuseplays]

How you used a song to infuse emotion so that the story could be told through its visuals is exceptionally beautiful work! This was so impactful! I’m in awe 😮

[@Slightly_Insane_B]

You made this fast- I was expecting something on Wednesday or Thursday at least! This was very cool, I loved the outfit changes and the secret keeper guiding Scar's hand down! Incredible like always! (If Grian is the sun and Scott is the star and Pearl is the moon and Martyn is a planet- what does that make Scar?)

[@jacec8436]

0:55 THIS MEANS EVERYTHING TO ME OHHHH MY GOD THE WAY THEY BOTH TRIED THE SACRIFICE PLAY THE WAY YOU CUT FROM SCOTT TO PEARL KNEELING THE SAME WAY OHHHHH MY GOD IM SO NORMAL ABOUT THEM