Mickey's Descent Into Madness

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Screenplay
Tom Bourgeois aka “Ethereal Snake”
and
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@A Fox in Space @MeatCanyon @The Minute Hour

[@EtherealSnake]

I've released Mickey Descent Into Madness OST on spotify and all streaming platforms! open.spotify.com/artist/10iFh3psxvBxiiyvveUJYY?si=RliKrKCcRHuYy8qA2PqZrw

[@hulkminer1942]

Thank you, the ost for this is one of the best KZbin soundtracks I’ve heard in a while

[@StrawberryWarlord]

Nice! Guess we'll have to listen to it all again :)

[@berzerk8196]

Thank you very much

[@joaquizzletwizzle]

YESSS thank you good one.

[@arzetek4694]

Thank you, I really loved the OST and the story of Mickey series of yours

[@veitongowarriorjml440]

When i saw the twist that they weren’t Disney characters at all, that was when I realized this wasn’t a shitpost anymore. This was art.

[@leonedevaudier76]

A gorgeous display of a tortured empty man struggling with his own decisions

[@jayden3988]

shitpost is art

[@veitongowarriorjml440]

@@jayden3988 damn you right you right

[@rozza3135]

fuck I just spoilt it for myself

[@Wulk]

When they reveal that true name of Goofy was Gabriel Gibson it blow my mind

[@sebastianalvarez6006]

And remember folks: If disney copyright claims this its officially canon

[@meemcat188]

nice. Hey stop scrolling

[@yggouro9613]

A Meat Canyon fan, i see

[@sebastianalvarez6006]

@@yggouro9613 Never forget RIP

[@yggouro9613]

@@sebastianalvarez6006 How could I, he was stolen from us Till this day I mourn our loss

[@jmozart198]

Let his struggle be a lesson to us all

[@designationc6042]

I love the deeper meanings of this animation, the characters were never Disney characters at all. It was all the result of the broken mind of a war veteran who had to live with a horrible mistake he made. His slow and steady fall into madness caused his sense of self and reality to blend with so many things he had seen before until he couldn’t tell the difference between the reality he’s trapped in and the fiction he watched as a kid. It was all a blur, a blur that only gained clarity when he realized and accepted his mistake and the way it affected everyone and himself

[@greyshadow37]

I was thinking exactly the same and was about to comment about it until I saw your post. Yes, the protagonist's mind is so broken he is replacing them with his childhood shows. It's sad. Tragic. And this just only shows the masterfully crafted work of art which is this video. and its prequel.

[@AuntyBethra]

oo, personally i thought it was him de-humanizing himself, to lesten the burden

[@siddharthajfk7722]

We shouldn't forget about the shot with the needle shown during the part where we can hear his 'interrogation' by (probably) the CIA. I understood it in the way that they gave him a max payne like serum that together with the 'interrogation' itself brainwashed him into seeing everybody as disney characters.

[@thesmartone6601]

Oh Now it all makes Sense

[@Pan_Z]

People who struggle with the present and fear the future often cloister themselves in the past. Mickey here clad his own reality in better memories from childhood to make living more bearable.

[@John.McMillan]

I just realized that the reason Mike/Micky saw everything as the cartoon and his reality was so distorted was because once he got back from his mission the CIA put him through MK-ULTRA to make sure he stayed quiet and genuinely believed in what he did. His lying and keeping the file was his psyche in some way absolutely refusing to believe that and refusing to let it go. His mind tried to crawl into his childhood, making everything a cartoon to cope, but it didn't work. No matter what he couldn't leave the war, couldn't leave what he did. Irregardless of how hard he tried.

[@brandonnguyen6718]

Yeah. That's why while every else's person's face is distorted into a cartoon, "Mickey"'s face retains his old features.

[@crabinijig8403]

In a way, it represents his illusion of duty to a country that never truly existed outside of his head.

[@algorithmgeneratedanimegir1286]

The word is "regardless."

[@sheakennedy-ordway1156]

Irregardless isn't a real word. It's a double negative like 'there ain't no such thing'. Oh, somebody beat me to it.

[@godofmath1039]

​@@sheakennedy-ordway1156 Except "there ain't no such thing" still has a meaning, which is to say that "there ain't such a thing." "Irregardless" doesn't even mean anything outside of "without lack of regard." The original commenter is just stupid

[@mtv_levus]

the fact that a shitpost turned into a legitimately high budget saga never fails to amaze me

[@Human_traain]

Amaze us

[@raygaullas2179]

I guess no one will see this but I’m a 12 year old artist/producer making trap and hip-hop songs. You would make my day by simply liking this comment so more people would notice me. Thank you all, and god bless you.

[@oshdubh]

Not to mention that over $5,000 got raised by the community to fund it

[@bruhmomento9032]

@@raygaullas2179 it's okay to follow you dreams, however self advertisement is not the way to reach them

[@Odibio.Skins.]

and its insanely good.

[@mimiblilly]

The worst punishment for Mickey was to not be punished at all

[@fadedsoul7837]

To live with his guilt yes

[@captainconcernedsr.5360]

God just sat there picking his nails barely summoning the urge to judge him.

[@doubledownpleasegosubtotte4274]

Forever in pain

[@kingsarues1586]

Mickey received a punish worse than living with his guilt. He has to live with the manifestation of his guilt haunting him forever through max.

[@deadinside2342]

I'd say this is worse than death

[@steeks9132]

it's no coincidence that steam boat willie goes public and youtube recommends this video again

[@ghostrights9314]

You tricked me. You made me think I was going to watch some meme-ish nonsense, but I ended up watching a dramatic masterpiece.

[@bigolnoob5491]

absolute facts, man.

[@rewenemp]

Same

[@S1apShoes]

This is legitimately better than 95% of anything Hollywood produces. . . . and it started as a parody shitpost. Never change.

[@odethious5639]

S1apSh0es watching ethereal snake? Awesome. Just awesome.

[@Exuro_]

95? The number 100 is what your looking for my friend.

[@S1apShoes]

@@Exuro_ No lies detected

[@lean5384]

Have you watched apocalypse now?

[@user-eo6mm8fr2c]

can somebody tell me about the parody shit post?

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

It started from a shitpost that escalated into a cinematic masterpiece

[@eugenicssupporter5139]

This could definitely be a movie

[@thebloodyalbo4580]

It never was a shitpost bro

[@Bugilbagel]

@@thebloodyalbo4580 yes

[@GUStavoSuperCool]

Yooooo link me the shitpost lmao

[@pinguoindubg3607]

@@GUStavoSuperCool well the first video where shitpost

[@parknplay8328]

One thing I just realized is that when the voice is asking him if he destroyed the documents, his voice flutters a little when he says "yes", unlike the monotone nature of all of his other answers. He kept the documents all that time, despite his orders to destroy them, because he couldn't bring himself to destroy the thing his best friend gave his life to protect. That's amazing storytelling right there in my opinion. It was only because he never destroyed the documents out of respect for his friend's determination that the only friend he had left gave up when he was forced to read them.

[@partsground4096]

seems he had to fight truth serum through that too, basically rewire his brain into believing something else

[@TrippZ8]

11:22 I like how with everything Mickey says to the interrogator he immediately responds because it’s all expected but when he says goofy the interrogator pauses because he has to think about what he means

[@thebxtcher8378]

question for you, this is the most recent comment that I could find on this video. Does this correlate to what the video is talking about when it comes to MGS games? If so I 1000% want to play the games now. If not, do let me know. Thank you.

[@TrippZ8]

@@thebxtcher8378 I’ve never played mgs

[@user-en8vb9th5v]

​@@thebxtcher8378You can tell there's some influence, I really like the games so do play them

[@JAVASTRONIVLA]

​@@thebxtcher8378 Dude ikr, it felt so much the same

[@AFoxinSpace]

There's no one else in the world who can do what you do.

[@patriksjorgensen]

And Your Voice-Work Was Great!

[@Tom-jq8ck]

Well done, I recognised that voice instantly.

[@4kduck947]

*episode two*

[@R3TR0--93]

Your grizzly voice is so badass, you could technically voice Snake

[@Maverick626]

i got some damn chills down my spine with your voice acting

[@jedediahhopkins6051]

Yes officer? That’s it. That’s it right there. The shitpost that spun out of control and became an amazing story. Please arrest it. It’s making me sad

[@Wulk]

The creators of this just decided that they were gonna tur this meme into a masterpiece of writing, this is absolutely crazy

[@_mossy_8520]

No can do its too good to arrest, now we just have to live with it

[@dubuyajay9964]

"Coward..."

[@Jirovanhatalo]

I dont Even understand how IT hit so hard

[@darthnox125]

It never was a shitpost.

[@VinlandicSoul]

My father was in Vietnam. I only found this out after he died. It cleared up a lot of his solitary quirks that I never understood when he was alive, and I wondered why he never told me himself… After seeing this video I can’t help but think: Perhaps it was because he was perpetually battling his own descent into madness, and none of us realized it at the time.

[@lidmc796]

When war was war it must've been traumatising. When war is deception and dishonourable like it is today, it must be brain snappingly destructive to the psyche.

[@wesleyhassmer1753]

That’s deep man… Your dad fought for his country, whether or not it was for the wrong reasons. Wherever he is right now, Ik he’s proud of you. 👍

[@TheDriller64]

The fact that this man managed to create four memorable fleshed-out characters that are interesting and identifiable with, using fucking Disney cartoon characters no less, a premise that should be comedic (not gonna give away the twist), and putting them in a story that conveys the horrors of war, PTSD, and what it does to a person, all in 17 minutes is a phenomenal achievement. My only complaint is that this video is not a full-length movie. 9/10.

[@orcacam0715]

Mickey’s downfall ultimately being that he couldn’t look Max in the eye, and that being the same thing that Goofy asked of Mickey before he was killed, is so absurdly good. You have an incredible talent.

[@Mobilizes]

his downfall isnt where he couldnt look both father and son in the eyes, it was when he chose his country over his friend from childhood, or at least when he started dying inside.

[@orcacam0715]

@@Mobilizes True, but I’m talking about his downfall in the sense that not being able to look Max in the eye is what exposed him.

[@TheTank531]

Yes but the thing that wows me the most is that twist, he was hallucinating, seeing his past as cartoons where the last place he felt alright, driving himself to almost committing suicide, it’s just so well thought out, I love this

[@Ajc-ni3xn]

@@orcacam0715 I feel like him looking at max is what made him remember

[@brodienolegs308]

@@TheTank531 🦒

[@theimperialyank]

Duty to Country - Mickey Duty to Cause - Donald Duty to Others - Goofy Even in war a soldier fights for different reasons, but true duty is to know which one is right.

[@DojimaNoRyuEnthusiast]

Oh hey I found you in a video this time

[@ventii_kun]

I like this quote. Nice bro👌

[@redryder18]

Your name looks familiar.

[@misterwacky3186]

Which means this is a painful test of loyalty.

[@ownagecakes9938]

-Sun Tzu

[@brandonmartone3681]

Its honestly insane, how war drove this man insane. To the point where he kills goofy. But watching as he slowly starts remembering reality. This was a man who was driven so mad, that everyone everything turned into cartoon characters. Or maybe, this was a way to tone it down. But the fact that before he was sounding like the actual mickey, but now, it's a whole different voice. It's just honestly insane what could happen to a man after he truly snaps.

[@brandonmartone3681]

My thoughts were so scattered because of how deep this is.

[@cleaning7187]

I tried showing my friends this video. All of them scoffed at it saying "What is so special about it" or "It's alright." or "Why is it Mickey Mouse themed?". This has got to be the most meaningful and deep 17 minute video of my life. The way the film displays PTSD and the effects of war are amazing. Being able to see all the characters interact with each other after what Mickey has done to Goofy is phenomenal. Please keep making more films like this, it is an eye opening experience with the writers and VAs make it sound and feel in the moment.

[@DanielPlaceholder]

​@@dickrichard626 I think this is just a classic case of people being different, having different views and conotations for quite literally everything. What is profound to one person is mundane to the next. As for the animation, I don't care about the work put into it. Everything we do only matters as much as its consequences, and the consequences of animating this video are a neat psychological story in my eyes. Still more work than some of the videos in my feed. Damn I need to get off of youtube.

[@DanielPlaceholder]

@dickrichard626 You make a good point. There are some videos I love and some that I hate. I wish the youtube algorithm would change to get rid of stupid youtube videos like those cringe and childish animated SCP videos. I hate those, but at the same time, I enjoy youtube videos from dj Peach Cobbler because of the ideas he talks about. You might think that he is cringe, and I can not in good faith say that you are wrong. But presumably, people still enjoy this cringe induced content, and we should present our case, but also be prepared for people to reject it. One day, maybe people will understand how to make a world without cringe, but until that day comes, we will endure the chaos of creation. (Edit: i just realized I failed to address your main point. I will correct this in the morning.)

[@talisman_g1]

@@dickrichard626 Uh, buddy, most people don't like videos.

[@thathollowknightplushthath1465]

​@@dickrichard626what? Because it's an animation made by one person, not your normal animation made by 4/8 animators, it's an individual work, and the whole point of this being lazily made makes no sense... did you even watch another video on his channel? This guy profundizes on weird and surreal art, which means he's not interested in money, and genuinely makes things to improve his all-kinds of art (which goes from 2D, 2D with 3D-like features, 3D, you get it) Also... uhhh... what? You dont like new stuff because it's easier to make? What are you? An anti-technologist? Why would you not like things being easier? Although... i do get your point on things requiring less effort... but you still have to appreciate that art is becoming available to more people because of this. But like... This is completely hand made and doesnt use any CGI, voices are recorded and tested and music is produced by the creators. Although i dont know what you mean with this not making sense or not getting things straight since multiple war veterans or conscripts have visited the channel and OST, reporting that they took the story seriously and understood it. BUT, again, this means that this is content of a genre, implying that some people will love it and others despise it. Last drispoval of your point. How. How the hell is this for kids. It is very clear that this animation did not find it's correct public, and the posibility is that kids were attracted to this animation, somehow werent noticed by their patents, and did not get what it was about. It is also a fact this channel is not that famous But as an ethereal snake fan i can say i do see your perspective.

[@thathollowknightplushthath1465]

​@@talisman_g1and that... also that...

[@normalperson2637]

"How I stretched a 3 minute joke into a fucking trilogy"

[@MidnightMission-ir]

It's actually 4

[@VuPhan-kt2ww]

@@MidnightMission-ir good thing

[@vn9574]

@@VuPhan-kt2ww r/stfu

[@VuPhan-kt2ww]

@@vn9574 Nobody cares

[@Vic_Lit344]

@@VuPhan-kt2ww stfu

[@copykaktus4193]

The fact that Disney cartoons have historically been used for the USA’s war propaganda machines also makes it all even more of a masterpiece about the horror that was the Vietnam war.

[@TheArklyte]

Horror is in the fact that they've learned their mistake in Vietnam and used those lessons to teach media how justify and glorify every war since that. War hasn't changed after all...

[@murty4529]

@@TheArklyte war never changes

[@alanyuhki28]

@@murty4529 "If there's one thing that my time in the army has taught me... is that... War, war never changes" -Sole Survivor, Fallout 4

[@A_TIPSY_AVIATOR]

Wanna know something worse, we literally repeated it again over the past 20 years because we didn’t learn

[@Smittiy]

"War has changed..." -Solid Snake

[@jackmeredith9289]

12:07 The guitar chord just as "Goofey" disappears and we see the man himself for the first time, it still haunts me. This is absolutely amazing, well done.

[@olliegoria]

It's definitely chilling. He looks a lot like Shaggy.

[@samjasek1755]

That last shot of the trio going from adults to being kids again is haunting

[@notanuberweeb]

I love how mick’s insanity is explained by the use of characters, you can see moments of sanity in the glitches. This isn’t a story of Disney characters in Vietnam, it’s the story of a Vietnam vet turned detective that copes with what he saw and did by imagining his friends, family and himself as Disney characters. It’s the only way he can remember, as you can clearly see the military wiped (or tried to) his memory, leaving only his childhood for reference. And because of that he mistakenly sees people as Disney characters. This story is actually really sad. And I did not expect this out of a shit post.

[@Crazylom]

It is not a shitpost anymore, it is pure art!

[@mx_nana_banana]

And the Mickey Mouse voice is just in his head, and this is how he truely talks

[@culturalliberator9425]

Wow said it was ever a shit post

[@fuzzfiend]

Big lez fuck ye mate

[@HitBang_]

Big Lez another shit post turned into something truly magical

[@lt.dashkov1079]

"Give a farmer seeds and he'll create food, give a musician a melody and he'll create music, give a soldier an enemy and he'll create nothing, he only destroys, kills" - Mickey Mouse, 2020

[@danisob3633]

give them a shitpost and...

[@wertygamer3687]

@@danisob3633 theyll make a series

[@subjectverbargument9871]

@@danisob3633 they'll make a masterpiece

[@bautistaarmada5152]

I’m pretty sure the year is 1969

[@wertygamer3687]

@@subjectverbargument9871 our end quotes are similar.

[@JDDimensions]

*It wasn’t Mickey, it was Michael all along.*

[@celrailfan4449]

I can't believe how a joke video turned into a masterpiece film, my words can't describe just how good this video is, excellent animation, very good writing and just perfect execution overall

[@celrailfan4449]

I remember crying at the end the first time I saw this video, it's so perfect, you can actually feel the characters and think about just how horrible was the war in Vietnam

[@pepebotellas4781]

This started as a fucking parodie, now it has its own lore......and that’s amazing

[@businesscatt]

parody to what?

[@CarlosRuizisthebest]

This type of shit I like.

[@kingbroly2534]

Is this a parody of something?

[@INeverWanted2010]

@@kingbroly2534 he means a parody as in Disney characters coming back from war lol

[@kingbroly2534]

I thought this whole thing was from a movie

[@jesusalejandrolopezsanchez4186]

the most anticipated by the entire internet connoisseur world has arrived

[@amanzeihedioha]

Let us partake in this series of a duty bound mission and life changing mistake

[@DyslexicMitochondria]

i have waited years for this

[@mattearenzi8972]

@@DyslexicMitochondria Hi bro I watch your channeII. Love your vidss

[@Human_traain]

Sad life

[@Kris.G]

we are the 1% of the Internet

[@sturmuwus4962]

Lost a old buddy not long ago who served in Nam. Miss him everyday. Wasn’t only a friend but also felt like a grandfather. Rest in peace Mark. I’m sorry you had to go through that hell.

[@resupero]

Im sorry for your loss. I hope things have gotten better Take care - An internet Stranger

[@concept5631]

Sorry for your loss

[@-N0V4-]

Steamboat Willie's has entered into the public domain and Donald Duck will soon too. Wondering if we're gonna get more full budget works like this

[@ChansonOignon-qd8nv]

It's best if we leave it at here, I don't want this masterpiece turning into a low effort movie

[@Joel-Haver]

The backgrounds are insane, holy dang!

[@rizalalbar]

Hey you here too. I think you both and meat canyon should colab. That's gonna be a masterpiece.

[@MakeDamnSegura]

Glad to see you here, Joel. This is some awesome animation just like yours

[@basselsabubgarcia9195]

Hi joel hope you have a great day or night.

[@Perfectix]

I LOVE U JOBEL

[@phildonjohn]

Joel now I'm analyzing the hell out of these backgrounds

[@fettuccine8699]

Remember kids: If a studio or company of their designated character/show claims/copyrights a video, then it’s canon, thus creating an alternate timeline

[@comradesusiwolf1599]

In plain English: if Disney copyrights it, it's canon.

[@damndaniel7107]

So dragon ball gt is finally a cannon

[@dlobelow760]

Disney better cuz I want this timeline

[@Wulk]

I will be so mad if Disney take this gem down it took a huge effort for the creators to make this and even if it is a meme you can't denie that the writing is amazingly good

[@DrewPesci]

Im waiting for Disney to claim this like Warner bros claimed wabbit season

[@NukaVader76]

Mickey got the worst punishment for a guilty man; no punishment at all

[@lunch_trey]

My grandfather served in 'Nam. For most of his tour he served over there and then in the final year of his tour he was stationed in D.C. where he was called "baby killer" everyday he went to work. It messed him up to the point he took up drinking which caused rifts with his family and ultimately led to his death. That war... that war wasn't something anybody was prepared for. The Vietnamese were slaughtered and the Americans came back mentally scarred (if they came back at all).

[@thisisaname7267]

This series when from: “Haha funni mouse man”, to “Dammit Mickey if you trust me then look me in the eye when you pull that trigger.”

[@bensoncheung2801]

888 likes

[@AureliusAurie]

Its sad though

[@generalrubbish9513]

Oh shit, I love the twist of Mickey being MK-Ultra'd to forget what he saw, which broke his already damaged mind even more, causing it to take his memories of the Mickey Mouse cartoons he watched as a kid and conflate them with reality - which, in the end, made him hallucinate himself and others as Mickey Mouse characters. Great fucking work, Snake, cheers.

[@Daud-ix4tm]

I love that twist

[@jacktobias6513]

This is horrifying, completely horrifying. Good job with the story and animation Ethereal Snake , good job.

[@generalrubbish9513]

@@jacktobias6513 It is. My guess is that the government spooks tried to brainwash him into believing that the things he saw in 'Nam weren't real, only something he saw in a Mickey Mouse cartoon, but it ended up having the opposite effect - he still knew 'Nam was real, but now he thought the cartoons were real, too, causing him to imagine himself and his friends as Mickey Mouse characters.

[@christianmccauley7340]

@@generalrubbish9513 yeah, because he called goofy Sargent something gibson.

[@korsekil]

@@christianmccauley7340 Gabriel Gibson. He's the only real world name we know here.

[@Hattori_Orion]

Holy shit.. i came in expecting a joke, ended tearing up. Whole room felt like it was spinning. This was probably one of the greatest stories ive seen. This went hard

[@ihavenogoodnames8994]

"The clubhouse has gone silent ever since the gang came back from the war. Years gone by, only few remain. A man, a broken man brought to suffer the weight he caused by himself. A weight that made the memories of the war into a vicious hellhole in one's mind." -Pluto

[@YesItsbee]

When they showed that they're real people, It's not a parody anymore. It's a full on drama about the Vietnam war.

[@duckmaster291]

It's called yoloing everything in

[@almightynugget3843]

Shut up

[@YesItsbee]

@@almightynugget3843 who was that directed to?

[@lejenddairy]

@@YesItsbee it was directed to me. I’m that guy.

[@brenxbux]

@@lejenddairy You're not that guy pal, trust me you're not that guy.

[@theman5982]

Ok... so Mickey gets MK Ultra'd to forget about the documents that he killed his best friend for. The mind control makes him think of himself and his friends as cartoon characters. That's fucking something.

[@jovif.spemudaindonesia1841]

10/10 Plot Twist

[@pablopereyra7126]

So he forgot about the incident until like 10 years later when he went insane

[@jovif.spemudaindonesia1841]

@@pablopereyra7126 MK Ultra messed up his head

[@pablopereyra7126]

@@jovif.spemudaindonesia1841 Tru

[@arkazzahdnur6694]

It's also accurate as Disney's characters are period correct around that time + it's part of his childhood

[@bobbywhite6897]

I always find myself coming back to watch this again and again. A series that started as a joke turned into an amazingly well put together story about PTSD and how truly terrible mickey is as a person. Bravo

[@BrickDaniels-qu7bz]

Dude was apparently brainwashed.

[@elijahaitaok8624]

​@@BrickDaniels-qu7bz maybe someone else shot goofy but MK-Ultra told him he did, carrying Goofy's death is what probably caused him to lie about destroying the CIA documents

[@RecolitusMorbus]

So, I've watched this again after a year and... it's hit me really deep. In the time between the first and second watching, my service-related PTSD has gotten bad. My mental health is slipping. I sense threats everywhere without seeing them and my heart feels like it's going to explode the moment that I hear something frightening. A sound. Anything. I didn't even do anything in the Navy. I was at Fukushima providing relief. I was in the Gulf of Arabia and Oman watching sandstorms roll over the ocean. But I'm trapped back there. Thinking, being told I was going to die every day as a naval firefighter. I'm trapped. I can't escape and I'm going to die trapped. The commonality between PTSD sufferers is a strange one. Mickey and I are trapped. And we can't escape what haunts us from the shadows, from the corners of our vision that are almost made realized. Thank you for making this.

[@resupero]

Hey man, I just saw this comment and I really hope things have gotten better. I wish you all the strength possible, and the best of luck for the future. Take care

[@resupero]

And if you need anyone to talk to, I'm here. I can also recommend some other online communities, though they are mostly for teenage-related problems and I'm pretty sure almost none of us know how to help with this. Still, we are here to listen, and I hope thats enough. I wish you the best 💚

[@creatorchris712]

Go seacrch for the Polyvagal Theory by Doctor Porges it will really help you overcome PTSD and all related problems ... trust me

[@goldenstarmusic1689]

Holy shit. I've seen a lot of comments from other service members and veterans, but this one cut deep. That feeling of dread and knowing your own mortality every day, I can't imagine. You've probably got an appreciation for life more people could do with following, take every day you have now as a blessing. Thank you for sharing your story.

[@usbgamers123]

I'm serious, not a single atom of sarcasm here. This is an actual masterpiece. Period. I've not been emotionally whiplashed like this for a very long time

[@Odibio.Skins.]

100% agree

[@leonedevaudier76]

"Animation is for children" Sure it is buddy sure it is

[@MisterImpolite]

Stfu this is awesome

[@earthatom7]

I seriously showed my friend this to tell him it's better then most recent movies lol

[@bababoey_]

True, I thought it would be funny and yea in a certain way it is, but the reality behind is deep and dark

[@bluedog843]

The fact that they were revealed as actual people. Incredible. The fucking storytelling is so insanely well made.

[@frosty8936]

Suprised the fuck out of me but holy shit it was a good suprise

[@ramcode8714]

i saw it as a brain washing mechanic they(gov) used in order to hide evidence or to let mick or mitch or what ever his name is to live back into the country... or it could be a by-product of the things he saw as a kid and used it as a coping mechanism to deal with his own actions. but it will explain why out of all three characters, goofy was the moral beacon of the three, since he was a family man, it helps sell the story better than to establish a character background.

[@neurofiedyamato8763]

@@ramcode8714 I'm pretty sure it was a coping mechanism from the Disney cartoons he watched as a kid.

[@kgb4150]

@@neurofiedyamato8763 There is literally a scene where he is shown to be injected with some drug and then mind-wiped

[@ledogehasarrived7167]

@@neurofiedyamato8763 he was brainwashed with mk ultra you can literally see him getting injected with a syringe

[@rhettsrenderingsinc.4870]

Used to be a funny, 2 and half minute video about mickey in Vietnam. Now it's a half hour long seris about Mickey taking on the full guilt of his actions.

[@Scorp006]

Bruh, this was unexpectedly amazing. Algorithm auto played it, and I couldn't look away.

[@ArnieOcfemia]

Remember, if Disney copyrights this, it's considered canon.

[@pinkpugginz]

you know they will. Warner Brothers took down meat canyons video and I know Disney is just as shitty

[@lastson5014]

So Mickey, Donald and Goofy are actually all human.

[@donnovandalusong266]

@@lastson5014 YES

[@davidevans7477]

They dont deserve credit for this.

[@V-V1875-h]

Holy shit

[@MeatCanyon]

Came out amazing dude! Thanks for letting me voice in this!

[@favre4ever39]

You did a pretty great job as Donald champ!

[@Stinky.Wizard]

THAT WAS YOU??? YOU DID AMAZING MAN THAT WAS GREAT

[@armyant9163]

Thanks papa meats and friends!

[@gmk9321]

Yeah great collab my friend

[@doubledownpleasegosubtotte4274]

Collab

[@AlexofZippo]

3 men dead but one’s still breathing.

[@Leandrob13]

Refreshing new art. I believe something way deeper is going on with this short film. Few people remember that senseless war… yet so many were scarred by it for generations. Great work.

[@DraxStarr]

Someone's been watching a lot of 80s action movies and mastered the art of their story telling. This is really good. You never disappoint

[@amiraclebuser6154]

any suggestions for 80s movies like this

[@Vince-pm5dn]

yeah suggestions for a movie like this lol

[@dullknifefactory]

@@Vince-pm5dn Deer Hunter Apocalypse Now

[@christopherparadis5503]

@@dullknifefactory Apocalypse Now is 79 not 80's. Same with The Deer Hunter which is 78

[@samthomson3394]

@@christopherparadis5503 close enough generes dont magically change thus each decade

[@kennanevans5210]

The genius of using the Disney characters. That’s probably all they actually do remember outside the horrible scenes on the battlefield(Disney made hella footage for soldiers and propaganda during war)

[@sooryan_1018]

Literally made sense as the film progressed. It wasn't Mickey or Goofy's story.... it was just a normal child who grew up to Disney's Mickey Mouse war propaganda.... and as a child... this was how he saw the rest from then... until reality crashed into him.

[@othelliusmaximus]

Some real Full Metal Jacket vibes.

[@drittzthedarktuber4327]

Batman was war propaganda back in ww2

[@bachvandals3259]

Ww2, when the US were populace were still refusing to intervene, deport Jewish refugee back to Nazi Germany, when Bush grandfather is running concentration camps and profit off it and the "Americans race and silver shirt wholeheartedly support our great Aryan friends beyond the sea". That's what war propaganda suppose to be, an necessary tool to awaken whatever left of humanity in an evil country to take back controls and make it do the right thing. It was then morphed into a monstrosity that's modern day war propaganda. Oh do i pity the fools, we all men think they were smart until they listened to one of those. "Vietnam is democratic country, what are we to instil an dictatorship and refusing their right for liberty?" "There is no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq" "Everyone connected to 9/11 is an Saudi, they publicly funded everything and we invade Afghanistan" "Libya is the most prosperous, stable country in the regions, why did we funded the extremists" "The Syrians were fighting themselves, we pretended to care and let the Turks slaughtered them all" But i hear no one sayings those thing when the war started, for we all obey the machine, "Patriotic, brave, fair... Let's wave to the children sent to die in desert"

[@drittzthedarktuber4327]

@@bachvandals3259 know it all

[@theGazzer]

i love how this not only started as a shit post but became a full saga, but also how it tells a deep and horrifically real story of ptsd and survivors guilt

[@zippydoda8317]

Realizing that Gabriel probably never got to see max only makes this sadder :(

[@tristanbeer1257]

The fact, that they are real people instead of disney characters actually explains Mickeys realistic face. He ignores the memories and faces of the people he hurt, by replacing them with childhood memories, but no matter what, he can never truly forget his own actions, the man he has become. He tries but the sins of the past are always lurking in the background, never to be forgotten. What a masterpiece.

[@Alister22ful]

Holy crap, this level of comprehension is unfathomable. Take an upvote!

[@youkilledma1211]

so true. This shows the devestating effects that war has on the mind, soul and body. as a man once said: "war is old men arguing and young men dying".

[@dailydoseofblues7708]

But you make it seem like he imagined himself as disney character on purpose. When I thought that he got brainwashed by the fbi because he knew to much

[@blitzo1340]

I like rats

[@MrMarkman12345]

Did you not see him get brainwashed

[@danecelestia6087]

I'm saving this, just in case disney goes petty and pulls it down

[@gabrielpetersen1308]

mickey mouse is actually being a coping mechanism for a deeply harmed veteran that regrets everything he has done heh Disney doesn't have the balls to make that canon

[@typicalgamer5036]

@@gabrielpetersen1308 that was deep not gonna lie

[@jarrelljohnson7345]

Make sure you repost

[@KenderGuy]

some fake disney will claim it, I bet

[@KenderGuy]

@@gabrielpetersen1308 you should see "rip wabbit season" by MeatCrayon

[@biax6642]

man, im choking the f up. This was art

[@saltymisfit6566]

It never ceases to amaze me how much talent exist in this world and how artists like this can do stuff that even the mega studios seem incapable of these days

[@samsum4525]

"i lost 30,000 men in a blink of an eye and the world just fucking watched" -Mickey

[@eth8556]

IS THIS A MODERN WARFARE 2 REFERENCE?

[@samsum4525]

@@eth8556 YES

[@wock3643]

No he helped lose 30 000 men

[@MasterJunior93]

"Tomorrow, there will be no shortage of volunteers. No shortage of Patriotism. I know you will understand."

[@beautifulmeeses]

"that's one less loose end."

[@StantonTheHunter]

"But Donald... He... He was innocent..." _Only the blood of the innocent can wash off sin._

[@fleic2262]

I think this is unironicly my favorite piece of art along with "mickey never came back" I can't explain why but the fact that the character are mickey and friends make the drama matter 100% more to me,

[@Krystalmyth]

Why can't things like this be shown in theaters? This is art.

[@NIHIL_EGO]

It could, the creator would just need to pay theaters to do so iirc, but it costs a lot, obviously.

[@mimiblilly]

What hurt Mickey wasn’t Donald finding out that he’d had killed Goofy, but instead the realization that his past had caught up to him

[@mimiblilly]

@Frax yes, but he doesn’t get it. And it that realization, Mickey discovers that he’ll never get punished for his actioms

[@doubledownpleasegosubtotte4274]

@@mimiblilly always not accepting

[@mimiblilly]

@Frax well, it’s just my interpretation of what he thinks… like you said, we don’t know. :)

[@Human_traain]

"I feel like a man dying of thirst watching a man drown" - krilin

[@Human_traain]

This is referencing those billie ellish fans

[@KTTstudios]

@@Human_traain Girls: Haha funny cartoon😂 Real Men: MICKEY NOOOOOOOOOO…

[@mrsung9720]

Tbh that is a good quote for mickey

[@radioactivehalfrhyme]

*a mouse

[@user-bg7xp8of4p]

@Kevin the Teletubbie dum girls all they do is have smal brane and shop clothing

[@tylercummings1458]

I've watched this so many times and the backgrounds still amaze me. They're designed and shaded so well, and fit so well with the theme of each scene. It helps enhance the mood of the scene. Excellent work!

[@JohnDoe-rw8he]

I created a playlist named hall of fame and this is the first video on it. Cried, touching and amazing work!

[@srbrant5391]

“The truth, Mickey, is that you’re here because you wanted to be something you’re not: a hero.”

[@harrisonfackrell]

No matter what comes next, don't be too hard on yourself. Even now, after all you've done, you can still go home.

[@schnitzelblitzer8201]

Lucky you.

[@blackgem12]

I know it’s hard to hear micky. Your all that’s left. And we can’t live this lie any longer.

[@Alex-lr9pg]

The horror

[@ComradeAesthetic]

"Remember back in Saigon, Mick? Before thing got bad, we were talking...About nothing really. I said something about goin' home and you...You said "Home? We can't go home. There's a line men like us have to cross. If we're lucky, we do what's necessary, then we die. No, all I really want, Lieutenant is peace."

[@capello5688]

"We wanted a full length Vietnam mickey story, and for our sins we got one."

[@Paladen_X]

Why are we here just to suffer

[@user-cd3zf2gs2w]

@@Paladen_X Why we still here? Just to Suffer* They played you like a damn fiddle.

[@nickkerr3902]

Never get out of the boat. Unless you were going all the way..... Mickey got off the boat. He split from the whole fucking program...….

[@killercougar753]

What have we done

[@darksouls76letsslaysomedem59]

War....War Never Changes.

[@itsp3pinos771]

bro, this is'nt just a simple episode, there is a lot deeper going on

[@francescononefrancese617]

I know it started as a meme but this is one of the most beautiful animations ive ever seen. I often come back to it. It makes me think a lot about accountability and guilt

[@tuanh6277]

Not enough people talk about the dialogues in this. The writing, the pacing between lines, the voice acting that delivers it--just pure, raw emotion and authenticity. Feels so incredibly real. I have literally no words to convey how much I am in awe with such talent. You are everything I aspire to be, mr. Snake.

[@FrijolesLIVE]

Oi goofy

[@adoorknob6341]

Oi goofy

[@maxanderson6216]

It is truly amazing

[@sr.365]

Oí goofy

[@zgrahamcrackerc1]

"People keep telling me life goes on, but to me that's the saddest part... Ahyuck"

[@Human_traain]

Oh

[@raygaullas2179]

I guess no one will see this but I’m a 12 year old artist/producer making trap and hip-hop songs. You would make my day by simply liking this comment so more people would notice me. Thank you all, and god bless you.

[@pyroteknikk3127]

@@raygaullas2179 no

[@namet4k3n4]

@@raygaullas2179 no

[@cosmic-creep1384]

@@raygaullas2179 no.

[@GhostiBliss]

Everything about this is genuinely so good The animations, the backgrounds, the va, and the ost is just THAT GOOD Congrats on this masterpiece my guy

[@fytra2025]

No one’s talking bout the end credit scene, it’s just beautiful, really adds to everything

[@rustycage]

This is the best thing I have seen in a very long time

[@Roperfield]

My man

[@mio7283]

Sup rusty

[@Scp_arts]

Same

[@doubledownpleasegosubtotte4274]

Is gold

[@mauriciofernandes1542]

Call of duty take notes

[@MikeRedead333]

Spoilers: When Goofy was revealed to be a human being, and the fact that he kinda looked like Shaggy, i was expecting to see Mickey morph into Scooby Doo just to add some new layer of mindfuckery to everything.

[@Human_traain]

Lol

[@esequieltrindade9244]

Me too lol

[@Dankalank]

Yep, that guy totally looks like Shaggy. Was wondering how that was going to fit into this puzzle of a story haha

[@user-vp9lc9up6v]

@@Dankalank isn't there a video about shaggy killing scooby in the Thing parody he made

[@Spacewitchofthelittledancer]

I thought this also, I am glad that's not the direction they took with it, maybe it was intentional, to make us feel like it was cartoons all along only to pull the rug out from under us a second time.

[@michaelmiller-dg6yt]

This is better than 90% of Netflix shows.

[@jeremiahball3970]

I like how they turned out to be humans in the end. They only seemed like Mickey,Donald,and Goofy because that's how the main character imagined themselves to be. Childhood favorites perhaps that each identified with

[@juliol527]

I say this in a completely serious way: this would have easily won the award for best short film at this year's Annecy animation festival, hands down.

[@entertheabyss9785]

Hands down fr as low budget as it may seem.

[@ryancurtis1881]

can it be entered for next year?

[@muggs9977]

I feel like Disney wouldn't allow that.

[@jackson3475]

If they take it down it's cannon.

[@funymanrae3191]

@@jackson3475 i know what I have to do but I don't have the strength to do it

[@xkavarsmith9322]

Remember: if Disney claims this, demand they hire Ethereal Snake.

[@LazGato]

If Disney claims this , its cannon

[@mattmetawolf8634]

They’re not gonna hire him you don’t even wanna work for Disney these guys are clowns all they’re gonna do is just claim it and try to take the video down the same morons who tried to claim a deity like Loki who they don’t own will try to Claim an Internet series is there’s no the only thing they can claim is the fact that ethereal snake is using their characters and that’s all but there’s nothing else

[@southernfried8502]

@@LazGato dammit, I wanted to say that

[@calebmurray4438]

Since Disney has bought Marvel they could make another wing that does totally different stuff from base Disney and Ethereal Snake could be head of that

[@mattmetawolf8634]

@@calebmurray4438 I seriously doubt that the only thing Disney is worried about is critical race theory

[@zaqueb]

one thing i really love about the scene where mickey confronts goofy's ghost is how it reflects the scene from macbeth where he confronts banquo's ghost - sitting in his seat, silently, his hands covered in his own blood, not speaking a single word while macbeth goes back and forth between convincing himself of the impossibility of the situation, and quickly getting more and more stressed. i think it does wonders for portraying mickey's character - a man who once had ambition, who once sought for the glory of his country, now broken and living with the guilt of his actions; forced to look into the eyes of those who have been destroyed by his own hand, and the ghost of the best friend he killed. his hands, covered in blood, silently glaring at his killer while he slowly breaks down in the face of silence. the parallels between the scenes make it all the more powerful, and make this piece of art something even greater. i adore this video man LOL

[@cezarmihu1450]

EtherealSnake somehow made an emotinal masterpiece that shows the tragedy of war. And its made even sadder by the fact that Mickey ruined both of his friends lifes. And now he has to live with it. With no punisment.

[@happyboi1447]

Fun Fact: If this masterpiece gets taken down, then it’s canon

[@razarok3584]

Yeah

[@onyxxchidori4214]

A bunch of low lifes saying “thats not how it works” incoming

[@abemulligantralz8806]

@@onyxxchidori4214 basically me

[@dr_birb]

@@onyxxchidori4214 that was hilarious man, calling yourself lowlife like that

[@MasterKombatBro]

Meat canyon is on board with this project so....

[@RushGarcia]

Man that hit differently.

[@hexational105]

This video right here has more depth and emotion and story telling than many high budget movies and shows today

[@demireapers1013]

Shows what PTSD can do to someone. How the difference between being a hero and a friend can be. To show how once you feel lost in the world your reality is distorted and corrupted. It's honestly kinda rough.

[@AstroSalamander]

Rush watches Etheral Snake... friggen epic.

[@greysnake2903]

War changes

[@helloTwig]

Since when have you been watching Ethereal Snake wtf?

[@jugandolarousse3986]

I watched this when it came out and this is the 10th time I go back to it and it still makes me cry like the first time.

[@Zer0Karma]

This was recommended on my home page and I feel like I was just sucker punched. I clicked on it for the laughs at the absurd visual and stayed for the deeply engaging and moving story. Phenomenal

[@deficit06]

HOW?! How a literal shit-post has become a beautifully harrowing masterpiece?! What kind of witchcraft is this?! Seriously though, this entire saga is FUCKING AMAZING!

[@CarlosianBigWang]

If this all originated from shit posting that’s fucking insane this hit me so god damn hard my brother killed him self this year he had schizophrenia and yeah… I could see something like this going through his head lmao. This animation was beautiful man

[@modeni_adeokun]

@@CarlosianBigWang I hope he rests in peace bro

[@mayonotes9849]

From a shitpost to a video with better story than modern triple A games.

[@indigomenace5718]

"What do you remember from the war?" "Nothing." "What do you remember from your childhood?" "Everything." "What do you remember from the war?" "Nothing." This fucking broke me

[@n7a2]

What is America: Life.

[@sebastianmolas9347]

I don´t get it :(

[@Steelierelk1]

@@sebastianmolas9347 He was substantially brainwashed after the operation to make sure no confidential information was leaked. It could be also be argued that part of his PTSD tied things he witnessed in war to his childhood to help him cope.

[@plantinapot9169]

@@Steelierelk1 That's actually amazing. I wouldn't have even watched this if I didn't think it was a shitpost too

[@Ferrari255GTO]

@@plantinapot9169 dude, no shitpost is this elaborate let me tell ya. From the story to the animation the quality is top

[@poenpotzu2865]

Unironically this is actually a unique and modern way of conveying some history to today's audience.

[@KlongKlongKlong]

This literally made me cry like no joke it made me cry. Good job bro

[@JYang0602]

“But Donald, he was innocent.” So was Goofy and Donald’s nephews. What I find so intriguing about this series is that as a Vietnam War piece, it’s so good. Mickey as the villain is nicely done because I believe it that when a soldier has gone through so much that they would do anything to keep a war going on to escape reality until it ends. Mickey’s choice to kill Goofy to keep the war going is done so hauntingly well. But that twist at the end with the realization that it’s just a human imagining himself as the Disney characters as a way to cope with it is so good that not even I would ever think to do that without complex thinking. I’d love to see more darker takes on Disney characters like this. Well done my guy, well done.

[@soupmuncher1862]

ok so thats why they became human halfway through thank you

[@masterzoroark6664]

So Aside this series- it was for a longass time a headcannon of mine that Mikey was a soldier before he becme a detective (i mean about new comics, I know that Disney made propaganda movies)

[@draghicivlad2444]

I think the whole disney characters thing wasn't about coping, You can see in the flashes that he was tied up in front of a screen while being injected with something. I think what happened is that "Micky" was brainwashed by the american government which messed his perception of reality to the point he couldn't tell reality from fiction in an attempt to make sure that he won't talk about what happened in Vietnam

[@AveSicarius]

Mickey was also programmed by the CIA, as you see hinted in his flashbacks, he experienced a forced transformation into what he became during the war, and he was clearly suggestible beforehand. He was brainwashed indirectly by propaganda, and directly through some unknown process. Mickey was, in many ways, a victim of the real players behind the war, he might not be innocent, and innocence is relative, but he was pushed until a breaking point by people who cared nothing for his existence, only that he kill for them without question. I think the most striking point of the whole thing is that situations like this did actually occur during the Vietnam War. Mind control and brainwashing experimentation are recorded events that took place during the war under CIA authority. Soldiers were involved in this, conscripted or otherwise, in an attempt to make a "super-soldier", i.e. a highly trained killer who could not disobey orders and had little remorse over their actions. These experiments did actually produce results, not as intended, but suggestion and programming can definitely make people act in a controlled manner. It's a similar process to what many cults or intensive religious groups use to control their followers. The question is, if Mickey was not in complete control of his actions, is he really guilty? Is he the villain? Or is the villain the faceless authority behind him, with Mickey being yet another victim of a shadowed authority?

[@LetoZeth]

Was he really the villain though.

[@Cyranek]

beyond amazed by this

[@nightstalkerzee715]

Same here

[@alamsyahbatrabatliz9340]

Good to see you here sir

[@7grandnec]

Verified moment

[@aldiy1707]

Hi checkmark

[@Tylermanguy58]

yes

[@weebmaster9591]

How did you make this?! As someone with ptsd, I’ve never seen something so accurate to how it feels. The perfect, eclipsing guilt

[@GrandNectarJ0e]

I feel like out of the trio, Donald is the most human, Goofy embodies the best of humanity, and Mickey embodies the worst of it.

[@CatManThree]

I love how this actually incorporated the fact they are Disney characters into the narrative in a way that manages to be somewhat profound. This series really went from bizarre semi-joke animations to something with a purpose.

[@brockbaker]

It's....beautiful.

[@Olivermathews0224]

Verified

[@MisterFister612]

This is a new gold standard for youtube

[@golden-facemyme4496]

Yesssssssssssssssss

[@Not_Bage]

Agreed, verified person

[@roccocasarotti9678]

It's... Perfect.

[@gerardo2600]

when a 17 min video its more deep and meeningful that the 90 min movies