It's All Futile! It's All Pointless! | Desert Duo Life Series Animatic

all fictional CW's: d*ad bodies, fatal injuries, bl0od, vioIence, implied mvrder, implied trafficshipping
In which Grian regrets things.
(i tried So hard to get this video out before s4 but oh well. hopefully you like it. don't have to mention it but obvs this won't have any references to limited life)
Song: It's all futile! it's all pointless! by Lovejoy
Also published on Twitter, Tumblr and Instagram with the handle ommmmara

[@ommmmara]

for any new people that might click this video, i stand with shelby i won't delete this video due to the fact that it is My art and My hard work, even if it is tied to that man, but i wanted to make my stance on that clear

[@strych9ines]

i love this animatic and have done for the past 11 months. i will continue to love it, as i always have - for the art, and the story being told... not for the song. #standwithshubble

[@Wheresthatcow]

It's good knowing that people know to separate the art from the artist

[@strych9ines]

@@Wheresthatcow that is not my point. The term separate the art from the artist is never good - it teaches people that consuming an awful person’s work is okay to do, and therefore continuing to support said person both in terms of money and the algorithm is okay to do. It’s not. My point with my comment is this: As much as we would all love to go back and rewrite time to make wilbur not awful, or to make this song not written by him, or to make this wonderful artist have chosen a different song, we cannot. We can’t turn back the clock. What we can do is learn moving forward not to support the musician, and use this content to support shubble and spread the message of anti-violence. We can appreciate the animation for its art and the time and dedication that went into it, whilst still acknowledging that a different song would’ve been more appropriate if we could turn back the clock, and that could the artist have changed it they probably would’ve.

[@Wheresthatcow]

@Strych9ines I am deeply sorry for misinterpreting your message, I did not mean any harm and i will fix my behavior. Thank you.

[@PrinceLinkOfDragona]

This was great especially the part showing all his past "loves" he killed (Scar, Mumbo, and BigB) I also liked the part where 3rd life Gri ran into Scar's arms and the Jellie kitters in place of the "kids" song. Lovely job!

[@ommmmara]

thank you!! that running part was actually one of the last things i set in stone for the animatic, the rest i visualized perfectly in my head. probably because that part doesn't really have any lyrics

[@PrinceLinkOfDragona]

@@ommmmara for a part added towards the end I say it fits exceedingly well! It added a nice Segway from the verse (and Grian in his jumper) to the chorus (Scar 'singing' the chorus to Grian)

[@ommmmara]

@@PrinceLinkOfDragona mhm !!!! i definitely Wanted scar to sing that chorus and i'm glad i found a way

[@inmyrainboots]

I like the difference in double life scar being wholesome and wanting grian to love him while in 3rd life he was like “you’re stuck with me, i’m a disease”. I also loved the view of al the different hearts connected. great job!!!

[@ommmmara]

thank you so much!!! to comment on that, 3l scar supposed to represent how grian sees him, hence why at the end of the scene scar disappears and grian is alone, he was getting taunted by his own thoughts

[@inmyrainboots]

veryyyy good i also just noticed you never showed scars eyes in grians flashback to him which is a really cool detail

[@FineSeasoning]

So C!grian's been so in love with a disease/unhealthy relationship, he doesn't want to accept C!Scar's *true* love.

[@CommonlyScarce]

"I don't miss you, I miss the thought of what we were" :') Amazing animatic!

[@KaptainPanJack]

Lovejoy + Desert duo + angst + beautiful art = ✨perfection✨

[@wanderingchild4088]

Everyone talks about how Jimmy is the Canary. When he dies in the series everyone realizes how close death really is. Grian is also some kind of harbinger of death. Anyone he’s close to in a series, he ends up taking or causing them to lose their final life in some way.

[@ommmmara]

exactly! that's why i made grian's wings black. he's supposed to be either a crow or a raven, which are often seen as omens of death :) not only that, but he's also the creator of the game, so technically he's indirectly responsible for every death in the series

[@wanderingchild4088]

@@ommmmara The Raven and the Canary. The harbinger and the warning. I truly enjoy that comparison.

[@zakoppi777]

i've only been seeing Grian's black wings as some kinda reference to watchers but this interpretation goes way more hard, Timmy as a omen of death to those around him? Grian as the one who delivers it? this itches a part of my primal brain👌😌✨

[@whyamihere523]

And it especially makes sense considering in this season both bad boys were among the first out-- Jimmy can be excused with the canary curse but Joel hasn't done that badly since the first season

[@rottencandy2675]

@@whyamihere523 I dunno-Grian killed Timmy alot in that series. Not to mention, if he hadn't changed his mind and told Timmy to push the cart, he wouldn't have fallen off of Skynet.

[@sergeantsarcasm7]

God the entire sequence between "I dont miss u You" and "somewhere warm to sleep" is so good I don't have the words omg it's so floaty and intense and emotional and tender and bitter and oof.

[@k_asternix3114]

Man. The strings of fate being used to show how Grian feels 'tied up.' Stuck with Scar whether he wants to be or not. Great stuff.

[@ommmmara]

thanks for commenting on that! i find it really interesting how the symbolism and iconography of soulmates fits their dynamic, especially since they completely subvert the ideal of the perfect loving pair

[@evojelly4609]

The flash back hug during the chorus is iconic- love the poses

[@ommmmara]

thank you!! i love your stuff as well. and it's interesting that you interpreted it as a flashback because i was meaning for it to be more of like. a physical representation of grian's thoughts and feelings. but i mean. i guess it kinda is a flashback. idk i just never thought about it in that wording

[@PerryRata]

Oh my god. This might be the most emotional I’ve ever felt watching a Minecraft animatic. Oh my goodness-

[@kindofcl]

This is gut wrenching in the best way

[@ommmmara]

i really appreciate this comment

[@pinklime2051]

The song fits him INCREDIBLY WELL. It's actually really suprising, because I've watched this animatic several times before and never realized it. C!Grian and C!Scar click so well in the first life season, but in Double Life things just aren't the same, no matter how hard C!Scar tries to make it seem like that. He's still in love with C!Grian but C!Grian's since fallen out of love, but he still loves the *idea* of C!Scar. That's what it means by "I miss the thought of what we were". It's unavoidable, and this animatic is so good at showing that! Amazing work, very emotional!

[@th3.f0r3st]

I watched this several times because of how beautiful the whole thing was. I had no idea how well Lovejoy songs fit the Life Series until this.. I like the idea of Perfume being with Scott and Jimmy’s whole thing.

[@th3.f0r3st]

The colors seem to mean a lot more than they do at the surface, like how in DL, you show Scar and Grian and green and red respectively, opposites, but in TL they’re the same kind of shade of yellow, that’s super cool and I love your art!!

[@jaybirb13]

ur character designs are so good and the color coding and the missing third life and its all so perfect. also i 100% understand why you listed trafficshipping as a warning but it was very funny to me bc i read that and thought "good"

[@ommmmara]

LMAO had to cover all my bases. it's right next to equally horrible things such as "fatal injuries" "violence" and "implied murder"

[@GhostGecko]

what does trafficshipping mean? /genq

[@jaybirb13]

@@GhostGecko shipping characters in the life series (3rd life last life double life and limited life) it's called that because their names go from green to yellow to red just like a traffic light

[@GhostGecko]

@@jaybirb13 oh ok ty

[@jaybirb13]

im once again losing my mind over this animatic what the fuck i have so many emotions

[@nwilson0420]

during the first few seconds, grian has this bit of shine in his eyes and an actual mouth while the rest of the video he only has his eyes, and even the shine is gone. i think this shows that he used to be so carefree before becoming linked to scar. but since scar is so carefree already, grian feels obliged to protect him which means he isnt as happy. not talking as much, letting scar take the lead, etc. basically, grian just isnt happy. he isnt happy being linked or forced to stay with something, which may root back to the Watchers from EVO. either way, grian cant even be happy with bigB because he knows no matter what, he's still linked to SOMEONE.

[@samqaouy]

Your animatics are so much to me i can’t even explain

[@ommmmara]

!!!!! i've done literally two in total. i'm glad to have made an impact

[@lynnied3ar]

so real

[@infizer0]

God this has quickly become one of my favorite Life Series animatics I CANT STOP WATCHING IT!!! So I thought I should leave a comment. I'm so happy to see an animatic that rlly leans into the whole "Grian kills everyone he loves thing" as that's one of my favorite things with him and while there's a lot of fanart exploring that, I haven't seen any animatics that do so. And the way you utilized it here was so perfect!!! My favorite part has to be the bit with Big B near the very end where he pulls his hand away to reveal the injury from Ren getting skewered, I have a weakness for "very injured character looking unnervingly happy" especially when it's used in the way it seems like here where it's almost taunting (an image of Big B haunting Grian, not B himself - that's just my interpretation at least) Your animatics are fantastic and your art style is SO GREAT, I loveeeeee the way you draw Grian w' his eyes especially. Can't wait to see whatever you put out next!! (no pressure)

[@ommmmara]

thank you so so so much i really appreciate this comment, especially since i recognize your username and i love your art :'> and to confirm! yes pretty much all of this animatic aside from the very beginning is implied to happen in grian's head, the bigb seen at the end is grian's own thoughts taunting him

[@drift5567]

right so I was vibing to the song, enjoying the amazing art and desert duo content... and then mumbo comes on screen. and im like! oh! right, 'cause grian killed him yada yada angst... still vibing.. and then bigb... and you should have seen my face. my jaw DROPPED!!!!!?!??!!?!? I never made the connection that grian has basically killed each of his strongest allies.... in every series. or at least some of his favorites. every one of them died by his hand and??? im in shock. beautiful art. im gonna have to think about this for a hot minute.

[@ommmmara]

THIS WAS ME WHEN I MADE THAT CONNECTION ASWELL it's one of my favorite "fun" facts about the life series. i wonder which one of the bad boys he'll murder this season

[@Casxda]

Desert Duo and Lovejoy!? What more could I ask for XD This is awesome btw! I love your style ^^ Alsoo, has anyone else realized that all three seasons, Grian ends up killing the people he cares the most about. (Scar, Mumbo, BigB)

[@ommmmara]

thank you and yes that's what the animatic is about

[@Casxda]

@@ommmmara Oh- lol

[@lolli_popples]

He seems to be coping pretty well. Joined a gang, the usual.

[@ommmmara]

as you do!

[@lumaberrycream]

I don't know how to say this other than this is so visceral to me. I've watched it so many times, and the only way I can describe my feelings about this is visceral. Like the part where Scar is on top of Grian is so viscerally uncomfortable to me (I'm aroace), but like it still works extremely well and actually pulls me into it more, and to sum this all up, good job.

[@ommmmara]

thank you so much!!!!! i'm aroace too :))

[@lumaberrycream]

​@@ommmmara Nice!

[@blanketfortz]

the spyglass for apathy and the cookies for dating apps UGHH so good. i love your artstyle its very expressive

[@la800]

genuinely fanning my eyes im going to cry this was SO GOOD. the bit with him killing all his past favs...lord help me this was amazing

[@tegcat]

DESERT DUO ANIMATIC WITH LOVEJOY SONG?!?! YES PLEASE. AND THE ART IS SO EDIBLE /pos

[@sonder-moon]

literally sobbing crying shaking this is so great i love the colors and movement and desert duo so muchhh

[@ghostly_august]

Oh my god I just realized how often Grian kills his best friend/teammate in the Life Series

[@ruemistressofyeets]

Whoah. You really went there with this one. Not that Grian *doesn't* always somehow end up killing his closest friends/allies, and not that they *don't* always let him get away with it for some reason, buuuuut .... dang. Truth hurts!

[@ommmmara]

can't wait for the ultimate bad boys betrayal

[@zakoppi777]

i've been going back here to rewatch this so much cause this scratches my brain in such a good way (like this goes so hard, the symbolism and the references, the desert duo parts go so hard to where it shows Grian's past loves and how they've lost their last lives (from Grian)? hit me in the feels with that one ngl)

[@sgorby]

Om I love this so much you can't even imagine I'm obsessed

[@FireAlarm435]

I’ll never hear this song the same… Very good animatic tho!! :D

[@poppyseed799]

One thing I really like about this is the part where it’s like “The shyness of waiting for his phone calls” it shows like pizza n stuff THIRD LIFE 🥰 they were gay that season “Replaced by apathy” it shows the spyglass cuz it’s Last Life now, the season where Grian didn’t really interact with Scar much, instead hanging with the southerners “And dating apps” a cookie cuz it’s double life now, and having a secret soulmate is definitely like a dating thing lol.

[@ommmmara]

thank you for pointing that out !!!!! i really like that part

[@webs4447]

This is one of those animations I come back to time and time again

[@rainecreates]

This is amazing!! Absolutely amazing song choice, and I loved the style you used in this one. It's really amazing how much emotion you manage to convey through Grian's pixel eyes!! Absolutely beautiful animatic, incredible work!!!

[@ommmmara]

i was waiting for someone to point that out !!! he intentionally doesn't have a mouth or a nose (aside from the very first frame of him, before he starts really thinking) and he doesn't actually speak at any part of this animatic. he's just wallowing in his thoughts, letting them consume him. his eyes are the literal window to his soul and to the truth. it all we're seeing, nothing else is conveyed aside from that. and also, it is a reference to his minecraft skin! :) because i think it's cute

[@Mmouse.]

“Eat those kids” with the Jellie pandas😭🥲

[@themonkeman8525]

I've literally watched this like 7 times I come back here so many times

[@JustARandomLesbian]

I never knew that Lovejoy and Life Series animatics would be so amazing, but here we are. Great job!

[@Fallen-dt1xt]

this video has altered the way i feel when this song plays in the best way

[@RedFromTeaWars]

I have rewatched this thing so many times..the format and the song and the colours and the pacing and the little details and the character designs and the BEAUTIFUL ARTSTYLE. this is a MASTERPIECE and i’m so happy it showed up in my recommended :D

[@shale8385]

iafiap my beloved!! and this fits so well with desert duo... they'll never be rid of each other! No matter how much they might want to be. head in hands

[@ommmmara]

and that's why we love them

[@arsoulnist]

OMG THIS IS SO GOOD!!! THE SONG CHOICE THE DESINGS!!!!! WILBURS SO RIGHT THIS WILL MAKE HOME IN MY GUT!!!!

[@lynnied3ar]

THE COOKIE AND THE SPYGLASS AND THESE SMALL DETAILS OMGG,HDSJFHSAD

[@TheCatQueenGG]

* sniff * I'm not crying, you are. This was amazing! I loved this so much! Plus the song fits rlly well with this!

[@mushroomcantalk1017]

I don't know why, but I love the way you draw Mumbo amd bigB

[@ommmmara]

they were very fun to draw!!! bigb specifically i've draw a bunch in my sketchbook because i really enjoy his pov of the life series, but mumbo is one i don't draw very often

[@tenrues]

I LOVE THIS I SO ABSOLUTELY ADORE THIS all the callbacks to third life makes me HURT so bad i am going to explode. love the song choice and i love THIS

[@Luckilly_]

I like to imagine that grian is the only one that remembers any of the previous live series, and grian was stuck in a unhealthy Stockholm syndrome relationship with scar due to guilt during 3rd life. Then when he was paired with scar in double life, and scar didn’t even seem to try not to get hurt and was a kinda bad soulmate he ‘cheated’ on scar because he kept remembering what had happened in 3rd life.

[@squippp]

THIS IS SO AMAZING!!!! I love the designs of Third Life Scar and Grian SM ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@whomstdvelynt]

BANGER omg this is so cool. ur artstyle is so

[@khaotickiri8223]

WHAT THE HELL THAT WAS AMAZING??!?!? I KNEW THE SONG WAS GOOD BUT I DIDN'T KNOW IT FIT SO WELL!

[@starstrewnspore]

I may cry. This is so well done :,D also Grian needs a hug

[@ommmmara]

thank you! he does deserves to love

[@omlette]

MAN THIS IS THE COOLEST Lovejoy and desert duo

[@localwheel]

AHHFdlksfj THIS HURT MY HEARTTTTT /POS ABSOLUTELY STUNNING WORK I LOVE THIS SO SO SO MUCH !!!

[@HiddenInThe_Veil]

the lines "I don't miss you/I miss the thought of who we were" are so apt for double life desert duo, and your portrayal DID NOT DISAPOINT. in fact, i gasped aloud at how well this animatic was structured, and was subsequently interrogated by visiting family members. i love this a lot.

[@clethoclouds]

i do not think i'll ever get over this animatic. OR YOUR ARTSTYLE. its so pretty. ouhghghgh........ om, i love you /p

[@serafawn]

this animatic has altered my brain chemistry i haven’t felt so actually moved/been emotional over ananimatic in FOREVER. THIS IS SOGOOD AND FITS CGRIAN SO WELL

[@SolesitoAnimations]

How many times have you watched this? Me: *yes*

[@zonkerdoodle1912]

OMG THIS IS SO STUNNING "You will never get rid of me" MY FAVE LIKEER so amazingg it it describes their history so well and the art is so gorgeousss

[@anachronisticCat]

i like the way grian is getting increasingly tangled in the string. and the transition from dl to 3l. MY HEART. oh.......... that. that ending! as he's falling apart with the blood of his allies on his hands............. that's gonna stick with me.

[@vqidk]

HOW THE HECK DID I *JUST* SEE THIS?????????? THIS IS THE BEST THING EVER. ABSOLUTE MASTERPIECE, HOLY SHIT??? IM SO INSANE ABOUT THIS, THIS IS MY FAVORITE SONG EVER TOO OMGOMG?!?!? I LOVE THIS SO SO SO MUCH

[@angel_ovo55]

This is going to turn into my new obsession, isn’t it?

[@Mogamingthe1st]

The way I gasped when I saw this :O Edit: This is simply my favorite now. Favorite what? Idk but it is my favorite.

[@ghostcore_7625]

OH MY VOID AAAAAAA THIS IS SO GOOD CLOSE TO TEARS OMV THEY YOU CAPTURED THEM SO WELL YOUR ART AND THE TRANSITIONS AND THE AKSHDFKHRKSJDF explodes /pos

[@orcy3464]

this is amazing!!! actually surprised myself how invested I was

[@Messwiththehonkyougetthebonk]

This is the first video I saw from you. *You earned a subscriber!*

[@shroomoroom]

This is so good! I love how BigBs grave was a EVO symbol! Such a nice detail! And your artstyle is gorgeous and also good choice of music for Grian POV in the life series! By far my one of my favorite life series animatics! Also may I ask what traffic shipping is?

[@ommmmara]

thank you! i noticed that grian built graves in minecraft using a cross, and i thought "there's no way i'm drawing a christian religious symbol in my favorite fictional minecraft series" and as for trafficshipping! it's the shipping between life series members. people like to use "traffic" because the color of the three lives looks like traffic lights. instead the term would be like. lifeshipping. which isn't as good a term

[@shroomoroom]

@@ommmmara Ah Thank you! But it was very clever to use the EVO sign as I think that wouldn’t fit as nicely!

[@mikado_m]

Whats evo..

[@ommmmara]

@@mikado_m EVO (evolution smp) was an old server grian made back in 2017. a few of the life series members used to be on that server (bigb, martyn, jimmy and pearl) and it's where the whole concept of the watchers comes from. the EVO symbol is in the logo, if you're curious you can look it up

[@hamham_choco]

when u got an animatic with ur favorite band's song and ur favorite series: WE NEED MORE LOVEJOYxLIFE SERIES AAAAA

[@EskaytheSquirrel]

I came here for Grian and got to listen to Wilbur sing...

[@evank06]

This comes up in my recommended at least once a week and I will watch it every time it is absolutely amazing

[@EdwardKnightsWrites]

I really wish people would use more Lovejoy songs in Life Series AMVs because of Will's connection to Grian! Absolutely loved this one :)

[@DaftDrac]

Oh I really like the idea of instead of the string changing color another one forms whenever you die- the burden of another string always reminding you you're closer to final death than before

[@familytablet6453]

TMW the realization that Grian killed all his friends in TL hits:

[@sonartheexterminator858]

im absolutely loosing my mind in all of the desertduo animatics ive seen today, im feeling all kinds of emotions, but what I do know for infact *is that i've gained a new fixation.* EDIT: I put so many videos in my must rewatch playlist... ITS ARHHGRAHSHFHAFWAD (desertduo my beloved)

[@TheHannahMovies]

This is the most amazing thing i have EVER watched

[@whisperingecho6849]

I havent slept and I am literally buzzing. Very good art good

[@thenameismiel4205]

Im obsessed with this animatic it’s just SO good

[@pinegavi974]

Gosh this animatic is so cool, the idea is genius

[@luunaarx]

I couldn’t just express how this brought me to tears. It’s so beautiful made. And like, it’s ENGRAVED into my brain. Everytime I listen to the full song, when this portion of the song plays this runs through my mind. Like full AMV full video. You did so well it made me cry tears of happiness and sadness. (Mostly sadness, I sobbed over this to be honest.) I live this video and I love you even more for making it.

[@holynootnoot]

I always come back to this animatic I love it

[@li0nna]

no joke ive watched this for like 5 times the past 1 hour since ive discovered, everytime i click off and watch a new video i just find myself pulled back in, this is super super cool

[@abinpillar]

what the heck that was so well put together pop off

[@ommmmara]

thank youu i tried

[@jadellowMC]

OMG THIS IS SUCH A MASTERPIECE!!! this is my fav song and now my fav animatic!

[@cooliostarstache6992]

this is my favorite lovejoy song!! also holy shit the whole animatic is great but the ending with the past teammates and references to past series is so cool!!

[@sprataaaa]

Such an amazing animatic, like WOAAAAHHH :0 Tysm!

[@Literally.Will.Solace]

This literally is amazing It’s got my favourite song from my favourite band It’s about one of my favourite minecraft series’ It’s got amazing art Idk what else but it ✨amazinggggg✨

[@TheJadedDragonArts]

W O A H I am at a loss for words… that was SO good jeez… lots of work was obv put into that, looks amazing!

[@ommmmara]

tysm !!! i honestly wasn't expecting how much it would take me. i wanted to get it out right before the new season after having started it like a week before, idk what i was thinking

[@piemy]

This is so beautiful I LOVE THIS ART STYLE MY GOODNESS

[@cosmologiy]

I don’t think I can explain how happy I got when a Lovejoy song was used for this, plus the animations amazing!

[@milotheprocat]

This is great! Love your animatics so much!! :D 🧡

[@ApoTheMadLad]

Very cool animation, king

[@beepboop2816]

Crying screaming rolling around on the floor I am in so much pain from this /pos

[@SethRobins189]

Thank you so much for making this! You put two of my favorite things together, Desert Duo and Lovejoy!

[@LapisLunaxx]

I've done it. I've found an animatic with both Lovejoy and Desert Duo. I've succeeded this is all I need in life.

[@grain-]

My man killed his own secret soulmate ._.

[@emptygrudge]

This keeps coming up on my recommend, and I watch it every time, I honestly cannot get over how amazing this animation is and how well this song actually fits with Grians perspective in the life series. I don't care if this was 2 months ago or 2 days ago this still has me amazed everytime ‼️‼️

[@ommmmara]

i really appreciate that :')

[@emptygrudge]

@@ommmmara Ofc! This is great :D

[@Laura-bs2hw]

this is perfect and the 2 comments under this explain it perfectly but i just want you to know i love this and i will keep in my favorites playlist

[@littlewigglyworms]

this hurts me in so many good ways.

[@echothefreak9396]

just everything about this is amazing. Also, lovejoy and desert duo is a great combination I didnt know I needed. Beautiful :)

[@blehfizz6194]

just this discovered this like 10months later and I love it so much???? This make me feel so sick (in a good way you hit my feels!!!!)

[@upon_thetaintedsorrow]

DESERT DUO MY BELOVED,!!!! I LOVE THIS SM,,,,,,

[@Katzy_hm]

I’m a big fan of your character designs. They’re very fluid with emotion and it’s just great. Wonderful work keep it up

[@Sky-it7yi]

amazing combining two of my favorite things round of applause