Take the Princess with you (Slay the Princess) ANIMATIC

[@JJ_R]

1:05 I like how the name on the gravestone is “Princess Princess”, calling back to earlier when the Voice of the Hero thought it was her name *and* her title.

[@sebastienbusque2312]

Given that she'll answer that you can keep calling her Princess after the "battle" against the Shifting Mound when you ask her real name, that tombstone is a cheeky bit for sure.

[@Brydav_Massbear]

Princess is indeed a name.

[@umgarotoaleatorio7044]

​@@Brydav_Massbearsort of, but i can't help but see "Princess" as EITHER a title or a dog name, so the thought of that is quite silly lol

[@RiptoGakt]

@@Brydav_Massbear One classmate that I had in a college program that I briefly attended has this as her name. Can confirm it can happen.

[@lurkingShadows]

Narrator's wing turning into an aggressive point at the door is peak

[@zanochureal7588]

It is like he could have hands if he wanted all this time but didn't do it, just to do it now at the door

[@Randomchannelidk-zm6dy]

lmao the hand of the narrator 2:27

[@elecman748]

🐦☝️

[@TheNightmareAngelYT]

"Maybe it wasn't the end of the world after all. Maybe it was the end of his." You're god damn right!

[@Goddessllias]

Poor narrator, there he was with a certain victory only to realize the geniuses he was escorting believed in the dullahan.

[@fernosbonos5394]

The cage is a shock

[@GreenGork]

RIDE FOR DEATH, DULLAHAN !!!!

[@kavest3210]

@@GreenGorkeven here? Pmoon fans really are everywhere

[@RiptoGakt]

You would think he'd have been aware of *that* one if he had read about all those stories of the fair folk, but he's the same guy who keeps insisting that she's "just a princess" in the Beast and Den routes.

[@clamidia7729]

I love the long quiet's design and movements they are simultaneously confident and nervous

[@Mentally15broken]

for some obvious reasons this feels more enjoyable than the actual game. i could watch a whole movie of stp with your art style!

[@reubensalter8125]

I like both. I like the subtlety of the original but this is a really fun take on it too.

[@WolfBoy-om6dw]

Agreed!

[@captainlandalien9921]

Agreed x2

[@judesliggoo]

bruh that's really insulting to the people who put years of work into their game, just saying an animatic is more enjoyable than it's entirety

[@Mentally15broken]

@@judesliggoo as you can see, i didnt say "oh my god the game is trash, this should have been it instead" i just said that "i feel like i enjoy this more" which does look like a preference but its because my favorite characters from my favorite game are moving, and not just that, most of them even get a character design to appear here, making me enjoy watching them interact with each other and the princess the reason im here and i watch every stp animation of this channel is because i loved the game and its characters and obviously, i have enjoyed it so much meaning i would sit and watch them again if it becomes an animation because it would make me want to see how they would look or act in these situations, making me enjoy the game and story that i have already had fun with, even more btw, this channels character designs are just chefs kiss! also, without the people who made this game and story, there wouldnt have even been any videos about it here and i wouldnt have found this adorable channel its just as if you enjoy a show/anime more than its related comic/manga but i would apologize to any developer of the actual game if they ever found this comment of mine and got offended by it because i didnt mean to offend anyone...

[@SixArmedSweater]

Quiet’s blank stare is delightful, as is your toothy little Narrator. 💕

[@TwoHeadedMeerkat]

I remember doing this scene for the first time, and the narrator honestly has a point. Why would I take a severed head with me? Why would I need some lady's severed head on my mantleplace? Why in the world would I advertise this, shaking her around to everyone I meet like the world's most morbid Yoyo. Why did the Princess EXPECT me to take her head with me? When I got the Drowned Grey ending, I was very confused.

[@inevitablecrit4869]

i think depending on any certain minute choices, it telagraphs it different and the dialigue slightly changes to account for the greater "understanding" of her intent. or maybe thats just not a thing and its just the ominous phrasing and communication she uses right before she gets chopped off-you couldve overlooked it

[@Derkosson]

I think it depends on the previous routes you did as well. I did the Adversary and the Damsel before the prisonner, so I understood that she wouldn't die, and that leaving the cabin was her goal. So in my mind, what she wanted was 100% clear.

[@iosis9324]

You could tell what she wanted by the few hints she and the Skeptic gave. But as it is, yes, I and even the developers agree that it does not make sense to immediately understand what she wants and get punished in the form of Drowned Grey for not understanding something in her hints, which is why the developers will completely change this in the update of Pristine Cut by adding a new more logical route if you did not take her head outside.

[@reubensalter8125]

​@@DerkossonIt also depends on whether or not you did as she asked. If you charge her or try to sit closer then drop the knife while she strangles you, ala Markiplier, she'll take the knife after releasing you and begin cutting. Because she didn't get to "explain" her plan, the whole reason for her doing so would be lost to most people.

[@reubensalter8125]

You did the Markiplier method 😅

[@trollman_2345]

Finally someone depicts the shifting thing in an animatic, even if just for a second.

[@sebastienbusque2312]

This was an interesting route-one of my favorites, too. The main line of that route is 'Trust'. The Voice of the Skeptic does not trust the Narrator, and the Hero has to trust the Princess' plan to get the best possible outcome.

[@reubensalter8125]

More specifically it's blind trust, as opposed to Thorn which was more about broken trust that needed fixing. Also Skeptic might not trust the narrator but he's also wary of the princess - she might use the blade against the hero if he gives it to her, but she also might not. Though she does has every reason not to trust him either. Alternatively the hero can let curiosity get the better of him and inadvertently create his own way out for both of them, or he can choose not to trust her at all and face the consequences, depending on what happened.

[@NotAGerman]

Honestly, I was hoping the mc will hug her head with the "I will protect you" kind of vibe.

[@reubensalter8125]

She doesn't need to be protected though. She can protect herself, the mound even says as much. Even as a head I'm sure she can do some weird acrobatics.

[@Yassen1990]

Another great job! I always love the expressions you have for them, especially the narrator. Showing him physically fading away as he audibly fades away was a nice touch.

[@parasocks1613]

It’s funny how he doesn’t even seem panicked

[@reubensalter8125]

​@@parasocks1613Oh no he does. You can hear it in his voice.

[@Maggotier-t5o]

The way you showed the approach of the Shifting Mound to claim its vessel just like in the game is brilliant! I love your anamatics, they feel like an enhanced version of the actual game!

[@Trivial_Whim]

Don’t you just hate it when you abruptly realize the world has ended and you haven’t even given your exposition yet.

[@Brydav_Massbear]

If you look carefully, you can see the Prisoner's head look at the Quiet One and then blink. Very nice attention to detail.

[@orionofvolga]

Yes! One of my favorite routes and I like the design for the skeptic, I think the hairstyle fits his inquisitive demeanor quite well

[@Señor-Donjusticia]

My first Princess. Though in my case, I got chained with her.

[@abbycollins4820]

2:32 - 2:33 - Love that his wings unfurl as he jumps

[@someperson9613]

2:15 frame absolutely glorious

[@casualbird7671]

I adore how you depict the narrator, a lovely little feral birdy. I wish there was a good option in game to just have a long friendly conversation with him

[@YorkJonhson]

Love your take on the skeptic and hero's body language. Also the Narrator being a normal-sized raven with little pince-nez glasses is a cute design choice. Hahah

[@purplehaze2358]

The fact that the tombstone was labeled "Princess Princess" fucking killed me.

[@pyrotf2198]

yeah thats +15 max hp

[@hunniepopRizz]

Eyelander lol

[@Destroyah5000]

Like the chapter that gives you the achievement "Ahab", this one should have given you "Perseus".

[@selensewar]

Sometimes i wish this entire game could be animated like that. Superb work.

[@Doomsword0]

I love the design and movement you give these characters, it all feels so right. I love the blank but cute look The Decider has and how small the others are

[@WdymAzul131isntavalible]

the narrator having a hand got me laghing harder than it should lmao

[@artyrak4]

How did you make a decapitated prisoner so cute? your artstyle is really something

[@griffinraynor8425]

[Hero] Can we please just leave? [TLQ] (dissociating) This is so funny and well done. I love how the Voices and the Narrator are roughly the size of the head. And the Narrator growing a finger when he points. Great stuff.

[@saranorah228]

1:44

[@realgachacomic20less5]

That was pretty much what talking and fighting is all about good conversation or take action.

[@buffykamikaze8382]

"RIP Princess Princess" got me

[@GamerMage2k-kl4iq]

I can’t help but keep coming back to these amazing animations! :D

[@alistersinclair4600]

1:53 lmaoooo the narrator's 'eugh' face

[@Midorisgayestfan]

I always personally imagined the Voice of the Hero as a dove, next to the Narrator as a crow/raven, as they are basically the antithesis of one another anyway

[@kaylenvee8150]

I always felt uncomfortable with the fact that we were just holding the Princess by the hair the entire time. Like that couldn't have been pleasant. I'm glad you showed us holding the Princess properly in both hands.

[@reubensalter8125]

I dunno, it makes sense to me: we didn't fully realise she was actually alive and we probably didn't want literal blood all over our hands. Plus I don't think she actually minded, especially since she's supposed to be one of the unfeeling ones, and if anything holding her like that would actually be more painful anyway.

[@FonVegen]

Not to mention her being just the head probably meant the strain wasn't too bad. A lot less weight than the whole body.

[@BowChicaByeNow]

I've really grown to love these animations as they cotinue to be created. And now whenever I see a new one in my feed I'm happy.

[@thrall6647]

Greetings praise algorithm gods! Can't wait for pristine cut and more Prisoner. Great animation!

[@oblivion9662]

Perfect as always ! Keep doing these I'm begging

[@dagothur2779]

NGL kinda love these animations

[@dhararry7929]

"Stop reading into things!" -The Narrator

[@bendysans1473]

They should hire you to make an animation for the full game. This is great work and I would love to see more. 0w0

[@RuxenKai]

I love e way you draw the birdys and the narrator. They're so funny, this is amazing

[@RequiemPoete]

TBF even if we forget the fact, she's still fully alive, even a normal humans brain would still be alive at this point, as it seems you leave within the 6 minute mark of her death.

[@YOUR_LOCAL_ARSONIST]

I love the way you draw all the voices

[@olegoleg258]

the only thing I am sad about is that we cannot -lay the princess- spend a little bit of extra time with the prisoner after taking her up, and letting her enjoy the world. as an individual, rather than a piece of infinite minds

[@samten6080]

2:51 If I'm in this predicament, I'll get cut off halfway through my stupid dialog, so which means I'll die of talking too much.

[@uneditedshenanigans]

Amazing job.

[@floor-goblin2247]

i love all of the expressions in this

[@monsieurmearoni1977]

Guh these are always so lovely to watch, great work again!!! :D

[@celivitoria]

2:16 Narrator slapping Hero 😂😂

[@mikeheiser3728]

2:32 very cute hop

[@melissam6931]

I love the shove that the Narrator gives (I believe Hero), very good animation

[@greenhydra10]

I don't like full bird mode Narrator having a hand.

[@Scortch-lo3xy]

love these

[@remydiaz6490]

I like the character designs of the Voices and the Narrator. They look good. So are you going to do another Slay the Princess animatic, this time featuring the Spectre?

[@brokcat7418]

I didn't know that the long quiet have a tail

[@justcherryqwq5543]

That's just my own design of the Long Quiet cuz like drawing long tails

[@aarondanigelis5396]

These are S Tier keep em up

[@saranorah228]

Sceptic has a tiny tail, wonder why

[@Higheeler]

Yo ‘My dead GF’ is wild

[@anthonyfrias5533]

Like the first victim of the guiatee

[@winzigerflashendeckel6894]

1:06 as yoda once said: "there is another" >:)

[@KhepriProductions2022]

Fantastic as always

[@مصطفىالاسدي-ل7ف]

I know this ending but I haven't seen it in a game even though I haven't played it yet. I've watched a lot of videos of the whole game.

[@al_lazy3519]

Could you imagine being called Princess Princees?

[@rabbit2389]

asavgdhjbaklhagsdfaskh narrator smacking hero god that's incredible

[@abbycollins4820]

Haven’t seen anyone animate this scene yet.

[@captainlastreo5160]

Screwing over the Narrator gives me life.

[@dande-lion]

Mimir Moment

[@stariu6901]

cool

[@gistasbanaitis473]

Im still wondering what if you carried the head upstairs but left it there... Like you can see the world trough window. when not taking head you don't. Whould you actually be free to go outside to the saved world and stuff ?

[@reubensalter8125]

Probably not. Either the world still ends or she tries to kill you as a head for leaving her behind.

[@unifiedhorizons2663]

Well in game she chops her limbs off with complete discard why would losing her head be a problem

[@reubensalter8125]

Yeah, she even asks us to do the limb chopping and if we can't, she just gnaws into it. What's wrong with losing a head?

[@monokomomo4977]

to be fair its limbs that just a eeeh moment, its the head that makes it worse since that should instant kill you while cutting limbs is just a slow death or bleeding for abit

[@dannywolfblood3704]

💗💗

[@tselhamishac5910]

Did you made up the scenario? I can't remember that one

[@jk0273]

Me neither

[@FonVegen]

Nope, it's how you get the Prisoner out in the game as well.

[@Gingerfrost]

Here bandage for your hand, loved the animations. Thank you wounded hand.

[@meherinmouly]

[@talkingsaladsbooks257]

I don’t care what anyone says. I say the narrator once dated the princess and she dumped him. And he was so depressed he committed suicide and blamed her in death.

[@marions.3657]

They all say they are cold before being taken I want to see jokes about all the vessels being cold in the shifting mound

[@reubensalter8125]

Yeah but not all of them. Spectre's fine, the Greys are fine, I think, some of them don't even mention being cold. Plus, I think it's actually warm in there. And some even like it

[@marions.3657]

@reubensalter8125 I meant it as a joke , like the vessel begging the shifting mound to turn up the thermostat and her telling them to go put a sweater on.

[@reubensalter8125]

@@marions.3657 But again they're within her. If anything it'd be too hot. For most of them anyway.

[@marions.3657]

@reubensalter8125 .... Get your fetish out of here

[@Mushi-Mushroom-Favorikos]

Well, it looks like it could be canon

[@reubensalter8125]

Not really. That's different. Especially with how it happens

[@Mushi-Mushroom-Favorikos]

@@reubensalter8125 That why I said it could be canon, I don't know if it's a real route or it's modified but it looks like it could fit

[@reubensalter8125]

@@Mushi-Mushroom-Favorikos It is. This is an animatic of actual route, it's not an original route. There are some differences but it's mostly the same.

[@Mushi-Mushroom-Favorikos]

@@reubensalter8125 It could be a good branch