Mouth Log || Evil Xisuma Animatic [Hermitcraft]

Considerations of stagnation
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Eyy, it’s been a while! :)
I’m still kind of reeling over what happened during the Season 8 Evil Xisuma storyline and the implications it has for his character. It was fun, but one thing that left me confused was EX’s character regression. Season 8 EX is a very different (and worse) person from who he was in previous seasons, even before he was redeemed, and we don't really get a reason why. Micer2012’s theory proposed a plausible in-universe explanation: Season 8 EX is under the influence of Jeff the Minion’s Midas Curse.
Being a sucker for possession arcs, I latched on hard, which is why this animatic exists.
Anyways, stay safe, have a happy holidays, and thank you for your support!
Other notes:
- I'm stretching both canon and the theory a bit, especially towards the end- most of this video was outlined before the Big Moon plotline wasn't even a thing, and when I added in the ending, it hadn't crashed into the server and Evil X hadn't decided to skip town. The moon breaking is a metaphor now, LOL.
- In Micer's theory, Evil X isn't consciously aware of the Midas Curse, but I kind of changed that for the sake of drama.
- I like to think of this animatic as a reworking of Saint Bernard. Some of the ideas in my AU coincidentally ended up becoming canon or compliant with Micer's theory, so there's quite a few similar elements, even if the trajectories of the stories pretty different. Saint Bernard was meant to be the setup for a wider storyline where EX ultimately became an antihero, haha. There's still the possibility of Season 8 Evil X being entirely simulated as part of the Hermatrix, so there's some hope for them in those regards.
Song: Mouth Log by Sidney Gish
Micer2012's theory:
micer2012.tumblr.com/post/661...

[@annie.d3026]

I really love this!!! The usage of color is amazing. Having it be mainly grayscale except red as EX’s “natural” color, with the curse being green, is GENIUS. It makes green seem evil and red seem good/natural, which really added a lot of nuance to this story for me. Cant put my finger on why color stood out to me so much but I loved it. Beautiful job!

[@emberdragon3436]

*Hugs Exxy close and tells him everything will be ok*

[@lipopcorne489]

Aww an evil X animatic I love them but they're rare. And I'm even more sad that Xisuma didn't like doing lore that much, especially because of the bad critics -_-,

[@TinyAzalea101]

The fact that you made me emotional over what was originally an April fools prank from Xisuma

[@thatSweetTea]

PLEASE THE POOR BABEY HE DOESNT DESERVE THIS- love how you drew everything, the colour pallet works so well to convey all the emotions!! beautiful work, even tho i feel sad for ex all over again XD

[@danibob_]

WHATT THIS IS SO UNDERRATED poor ex:'(

[@seattlesalt5248]

Edit: I've just returned from reading all of Micer2012's theories and learning all i can about Evil X, and I think it's safe to say I've fallen into a new hyperfixation. I love this animatic so much, perhaps even a little too much (I've watched it like ten+ times at this point). Here's to EX lore, and any new stuff you create! Truly, this is such an amazing animatic, you're so skilled! This is so amazing! I will admit i know next to nothing about evil x, but daaaaaang if this doesn't make me want to learn everything! And the way you use color is so !! chefs kiss!! Also, some of it is covered up, but from what I can tell the galactic text at 2:34 translates to: "Where is your heart?" Anyways, this is one of my favorite hermitcraft animatics!

[@obsession_expert6245]

I can relate to this almost completly, except I was falling into this hyperfixation a bit earlier because I found out about Grian lore first, I've watched this animation at least 5 times both before and after reading the lore! I'm so excited to get into this

[@earmuffstar2074]

HELLO??? THIS IS GORGEOUS????? I'm losing my mind over how well this is drawn and how nicely the story is told. i FELT that moon shattering at the end.

[@winterswishing]

This is so cool! I love the way you draw stuff, and the painting of the moon at the end was so nice. The visuals are wonderful!

[@fallbladew967]

Jesus Christ... 1:40 was simply stellar. this whole video was simply stellar. What a wonderful piece of work.

[@obsession_expert6245]

This is so good! And deserves a LOT more! I'm pretty new to the fandom and every incredible fan work like this drives me deeper into it, this is so wonderful!

[@phantom_demise5303]

A NEW EX ANIMATIC WOOOOOO IM SO WXCITED :)))

[@annieanimal8904]

Ahhhh its so goood!!!!! I’ve watched it like a billion times now and i cant stop crying every time!! I can imagine that ex is the one singing, and the helmet just has a voice changer in it and and-

[@rambrosius7006]

I loved this so much! Your art style is immaculate and the music really fits Ex. :-))

[@dinolover8183]

THIS i love this new favourite animatic here

[@nightberry7]

Started the year listening to this, now I’m ending the year with it :D Happy new years

[@space0case24]

I'm crying, screaming, rolling on the floor. I love the art ahhhhh

[@hirarara3663]

This is awesome! Your character designs, the way you paint dome shots, the expressions. This is so so cool!

[@Mellowellow]

Love the animation, as always!

[@arnarnia]

Wow, this is amazing!!! It makes me feel so much for EX and it's super well done. Love the details like the knitting (and are those big eye glasses on the sink?!) All the drawings are so good!

[@tumblingartist]

Oooooh Evil X content??? Lovely art

[@teldrynsero]

FUCKIN EPIC BRO love your art style!! best EX animatic i've seen so far!!

[@squibkanotty99]

Screaming crying throwing up /pos

[@notnamelesschannel6367]

this makes Evil X seem like a traumatised teenager (he is traumatised) your design makes him look like a teenager (not meant to be rude) (i have a headcanon that he’s actually just a kid like about 16 years old & very traumatised & the reason he did all the stuff he did on Hermitcraft was because he didn’t know when too far was too far & he thought that it was just normal pranks & didn’t understand why they got all mad)

[@abbyweeks5293]

This is absolutely amazing! Great job!

[@iamtrash5011]

this was amazing! i love your art

[@reed5528]

I love this animatic so much!! It is so underrated and I have watched it at least 10 times. Are you okay with people using frames from this as backgrounds because I love the frame at 0:41 so much,,,

[@lunauri1780]

Thank you! Generally, feel free to use anything for personal use but please credit if you're going to post it online :)

[@reed5528]

@@lunauri1780 of course! Thank you!

[@FernandoHernandez-ni9jf]

Awesome! Great work!

[@izzykvance2909]

YOOOO THIS IS AWESOME

[@valedragonspeak9004]

Wow that was amazing!!!

[@gizmoanimatez4918]

Ive never heard this song woah.... Love it

[@asteroid435]

Omygoodness that's really cool!

[@santinoooooo]

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