The Newest Murder Drones Episode Is an Astonishing Triumph

[@Comictale9001]

Honestly, it was kinda foreshadowed by Nori (technically). “Build doors from the incoming sky demons!” Is a quote he got from Nori. So all In all, it actually DOES fit in character because he’s just doing what his wife’s closet says. My man literally just is following his wife’s plan.

[@Raccoon-Memer9999]

12:32 this is a misconception. The reason she “suddenly” booked it with the bug is because V was there. When it was clear Tessa was likely going to work with V. The thing that murdered her parents. That’s when she puts her foot down, or I guess. Puts her foot up and down and books it. At least, that’s what I think.

[@silver_dusk]

That makes sense for doll's character, of course she wouldn't wanna ally with her parent's murderer, contrasting with uzi willingly teaming up with the drones who killed her mum,a lot of her colony and nearly herself, because she sees the potential goodness within them, whilst doll is unable to look past the trauma they caused her and sees v and the others as monsters which she uses to justify her own horrific actions.

[@YoBoyNeptune]

My initial impression was Doll was worried that there would only be one cure and wanted to make sure she got to it before Uzi or Doll thought she could take Tessa and J in a fight if they betrayed her but not all 5 of them. What you said makes more sense

[@LuckyTheCat256]

I agree

[@RedBadGaming]

​@@silver_duskYea this and the original comment all make sense.

[@ukaszgrzesik7231]

My thoughts exactly.

[@Tenavix]

"I dont think she has said a single thing that is memorable" Nori: "Youre frickin' grounded"

[@hamham_6411]

Yeah, that was a massive ??? moment to me too. "Those things killed your fricking MOTHER!" with the subsequent slap was an absolute standout moment, too. It was funny, a great callback, and something _only she, Uzi's mom, could've reasonably pulled off._

[@muserweaver]

What about "And humans just khhgh ghhhkhh khhhkh"?

[@funfionn2045]

what about "I'm looking for a hunk named khan"

[@Lokeeeethenerd]

“You stupid or something?”

[@Tenavix]

@@Lokeeeethenerd real

[@jinxed231]

N killed Tessa because she repeated what the AbsSolver/Cyn was saying about “you know why i keep you around” because it thinks of N like a pet. when he heard it a second time he immediately attacked

[@taegra]

Not to mention she was driving a sword into Uzi. And Tessa put this HUGE responsibility on N, saying "I'll need you to choose the universe over one little drone" as if killing Uzi was an inevitability. If Tessa didn't know about the patch, that changes everything about how that went. The fact she immediately dodged the question after he said "one chance" was already risky enough, but like you said- _how_ she did was significant.

[@jinxed231]

@@taegra exactly! i forgot to mention the patch, but it was completely logical for N to do what he did; it feels shocking to us because (at least for me) it takes a rewatch to catch stuff like that :p

[@jinxed231]

@@taegra i hadnt even thought of the universe over uzi part tho

[@shinyeeveelution789]

Also the "I'll give you one chance", and "Tessa" immediately fails that chance, something the Tessa he knew wouldn't have done. Even if this was still Tessa, it's not the Tessa he knew, this Tessa was malicious, no matter what was happening. And the repeating of what Cyn said before is like your sudden side dish of an already complete meal of reasons.

[@EclipseAnimationStudio]

Dont' forget about how the air is supposed to be toxic, yet tessa constantly gets her suit torn or takes off her glove and other things. If she was human, that should have killed her, but Cyn won't have known that.

[@hamham_6411]

7:53 I actually disagree with your "N being OOC" take a bit. To me, this is the apex of his development: from an absolute doormat at the start of the pilot, through decisively standing up to V in Cabin Fever, to taking _very permanent_ actions on his own here, all to protect who he cares about. He's abandoned his previous motive of futilely attempting to befriend his workmates, and changed his mission objective to protect Uzi, the one drone who finally gave him a real chance. It was developed excellently, and the moment with Tessa was, in my opinion, a culmination of that buildup, and perhaps the best moment of the entire show. Yes, even past the knife dance.

[@RedBadGaming]

Welp you said what I would have said about this moment in the video.

[@lemonlemon7932]

Mhmm, he even started regressing a little bit when Tessa came along, relying on her for guidance and following her. But once that led to Uzi being scared off and separated, he decided that "Enough is enough." If he didn't like something, he was putting his foot down. He asked Tessa if she knew about the Patch/potential cure, and she started to monologue instead of giving a straight answer like he asked. He's following his heart instead of blindly following others, and taking the lead when he thinks something's wrong

[@Yagsterr]

You KNOW you've made a good episode when Vanity is positive about it. We've truly entered the end times.

[@AStoryWithLukeAnimates]

Agreed

[@blackOPS99-ey8mj]

Indeed we have

[@blurryburrnn6]

Thank you for saving our boy Dronethrone lol

[@Axolotl_2347]

Praying for season 2 🙏

[@EclipseVenexus]

It’s a surprise. But a welcome one.

[@thathollowknightplushthath1465]

I had huge expectations for this ep. I'm just gonna say my dissapointment was that it finished, which is the greatest honor i can give to an episode in a series.

[@colfy3961]

don't forget that in episode 5, when cyn warns tessa about the massacre she's about to commit, she says something along the lines of "you will not have to discard your pets, and I will not discard you" which directly foreshadows how cyn never discarded tessa, using her corpse to disguise herself.

[@justsomejerseydevilwithint4606]

6:00 the bus is driving itself, thank you very much; if you recall back at the start of the camp episode, the teacher is riding it with reigns, and it bucks a bit before he says "easy, girl" as it comes to a stop. This is a world of sentient machines; The bus is alive.

[@Axolotl_2347]

I agree entirely with your doll take. A good closure to her arc would be for her to know that Yeva saved the planet. She probably won’t come back cus her core was eaten but this is murder drones who the heck knows lol. I think the main problem with MD is that due to it being an independent project, they can only make 8 episodes per season (unless they make a season 2 hopefully) which kinda rushes the pacing of the show. Hazbin also suffered from this, even big projects like the live action Avatar show felt rushed cus it was only 8 episodes. MD would be 100% better if it was 16 episodes instead of 8.

[@silver_dusk]

I've seen others theorize that, dolls solver core wasn't bitten into/destroyed by cyn, but rather 'swallowed whole', to which some think (AND HOPE, especially ME) she might take over cyn's body from the inside to help uzi in the season finale, which is a stretch since they had been nothing to exactly foreshadow this (unlike zombie tessa's reveal)but hey, episode 8 could be crazy given the uzi in space cliffhanger we got.

[@Axolotl_2347]

@@silver_dusk I have a personal theory of mine. The theory is that the Solver stores the consciousness or “robot soul” of each drone it assimilates, this allows it to create copies N, V, and of course J. However all of these stored consciousness fight for control over whatever body the solver is possessing. Due to the solver being incredibly strong, you only really see small glimpses of some of their consciousness. For example: the solver acts in a childlike manner and calls N big brother, only the original pre-possession personality of Cyn would do that. In episode 2 the solver doesn’t act childish, but in a more professional sort of way “We are repairing this host as per our directive”, maybe that is J’s personality leaking through? Uzi is the most obivous in the fight in episode 7 we see her personality leak through because she hasn’t been fully possessed/assimilated. So maybe all the “robot souls” that are assimilated are kinda just trapped in limbo. Maybe Uzi entering the flesh pit makes her enter whatever metaphysical plane all the cores are in. If that is the case then Uzi would see not only Doll, but also original Cyn. Idk that’s kinda a crack theory and not really that practical, however I hope Yeva is alive as a core thingy or Doll somehow returns in some metaphysical way idk, or they use her eyepatch for something idk.

[@Axolotl_2347]

@@silver_dusk but honestly I think the swallowed theory is more feasible, like Doll’s core gets spat out or something idk.

[@SomebodyWhoExisted]

I've seen a theory of Doll's body being like a physical hologram type thing, from the oil trail disappearing and reappearing, the reflection of doll's text on the screen being the wrong colour and the body not existing as Cyn drags Uzi and N to the pit

[@Axolotl_2347]

@@SomebodyWhoExisted I think that’s just animation errors

[@ketchup_.puppets]

[3:35] Uzi finding how much more anime Nori has pirated than her 💀

[@ttilatv3502]

idk yet if it is mentioned already, but I will forget this if I don't say it now. I reason why N killed Tessa that quickly may be because she started saying a similar thing to what Cynn said when he was starting to saw his hand off.

[@taegra]

I personally disagree with the idea that every element within a story absolutely needs to serve a strong purpose. Even then, I still think Doll had a compelling purpose as Uzi's antithesis. Doll and Uzi both had inherited the absolute solver. They both lost family to disassemblers and Uzi's only surviving family called her a "disappointing failure of a child." So essentially Uzi had no family left either. Doll willfully, remorselessly killed innocent worker drones. Many of whom could have also had families. She most certainly took children away from their parents, just for her own petty revenge. She told Uzi she would help her, but changed her mind because of her refusal to have anything to do with V. I do think it's fair for Doll to not want to work with the one who killed her parents, but for her to care about their death but _not_ the deaths of the students at the prom made me certain she would be a tragic character. To me, her lack of closure did not feel like an injustice to her character, because she became the very thing she was against with V. Doll's story is a tragedy. Uzi regretted killing people at Camp 98.7, even though they were awful to her. And afterwards she's seen drinking oil out of an oil can, which I think was intentionally showing her looking through alternatives to having to kill anyone for her vampiric compulsions. Uzi does not want to hurt anybody, even though everybody outside of N constantly hurt her. She started to look at the bigger picture immediately, realizing that the disassembly drones were being used. She accepted help when she realized she needed it. Everything about her character opposes Doll. And then Doll uses her final moments to warn Uzi. That made her death not as "pointless" as it could have been with everything leading up to that moment.

[@TheKaijuKing54]

I agree that the characters of Murder Drones are messily written. This really brings down the show for me. One example of this that I don't see people bring up, is when Uzi kicks Nori into The flesh pit. We’re supposed to feel relief when N and Uzi hug, but I’m unable to feel relief because I’m more concerned that Uzi may have unknowingly killed her mother. This could even be fixed with one simple change. Instead of kicking Nori into the pit, I would have Uzi begin to crush her mom by kicking her into the ground. N would then shout at her and we would get our NUzi moment. Uzi would then pick her mom off the floor, speechless to see her still alive after all these years. We could also have a comedic moment where Nori could give N a death stare for spilling the beans to Uzi. Finally, before Uzi and Nori could start any kind of conversation, Cyn would reveal herself. Nori would try to defend her daughter but Cyn would impale her and then throw her into the flesh pit. And just like that, we would have the exact same scene with everything ending up the same way as it did in the show without the worry of Uzi accidentally killing her mom. It's small stuff like this that I think could improve the writing of Murder Drones massively! What do you think though?

[@RedBadGaming]

Man you really crushed the fantasies of a MD fan all in one paragraph. But I can't deny your simple idea right there. Honestly the reasons for what he ended up getting is just as "There are only 8 episodes" and "Liam wanting to get MD over with", take the last one with a grain of salt, but I'm having that feeling after reading that first paragraph of your comment. Now I am concerned that the show might just be a mini series.

[@TheKaijuKing54]

@@RedBadGaming I don’t know what you’re talking about. I never mentioned Murder Drones being short, and it doesn't affect the characters' writing quality. Characters can still be written well within a short time if time is used wisely.

[@Appletank8]

There's definitely some tonal issues with MD, it struggles to decide whether we should be feeling horror or comedy. Serious moments get diminished by a joke, WDs seem to be killed off by the dozens but there's little consistency on whether we're supposed to care about it or not. But the atmosphere is very good most of the time.

[@Sleepy-Stars]

You KNOW you’ve made a good video when the premiere waiting lobby is all about J!

[@The_gaslight_district_Fanboy]

If even the MD “””villain””” likes this episode, you know you created an absolute masterpiece Liam.

[@Axolotl_2347]

You know it’s peak fiction when the guy who almost never gives positive reviews likes it

[@Reinoiro]

​@@Axolotl_2347 What are you people smoking if you think md is peak fiction

[@Axolotl_2347]

@@Reinoiro we don’t mean peak fiction literally However I do think it’s the best indie animated series Peak fiction is clearly regular show

[@Reinoiro]

@@Axolotl_2347 Well you're right about the indie part for sure

[@Axolotl_2347]

@@Reinoiro Lackadaisy is a close second imo

[@ttilatv3502]

btw, when Cyn hugged N in the cave and there was that flashback, when we cut back there is a purple screen flashing on N's face smth like "Access denied, contact admin Darkxwolf17", so I think Cyn wanted to control N or wipe/modify memories, but the ep5 Hacking prevented that (in ep5 we see that the new admin for N and V is Darkxwolf17)

[@AeshaAshraf-t7l]

People who think we need a season 2 👇

[@uxydra6403]

Yes!!!

[@EclipseVenexus]

I said it before on another vid but I find it interesting that nori’s murderer isn’t too important. But to be fair, episode 3, our glorious favorite, has established that Uzi could inherently give less of a shit. It might be saved for much later. Who knows.

[@muserweaver]

Also now both N and Uzi "killed" Nori in different ways so they're even

[@jarcake6581]

Poor Nori...

[@Reinoiro]

One of the best improvements this episode made imo is making the worker drone side stuff feel actually hype and not insufferably generic like before

[@bellebelle5758]

What do you mean Worker Drone side stuff that was insufferably generic like before?

[@Reinoiro]

@@bellebelle5758 In general the parts of the show more focused on workers are way more boring for me, like prom stuff, camping and school. Probably the reason episode 4 is my least favourite and 5 is my favourite

[@bellebelle5758]

@@Reinoiro So, what makes Ep 5 your favourite Worker Drone centric (if you can even call it that) epsiode?

[@Reinoiro]

@@bellebelle5758 Umm idk the glaring LACK of worker drones?

[@MeethaMadina1263]

A positive review on MD from Vanitymoth himself? Now that's new. & i'm all for it. All & all, absolutely incredible review as always, mate. You are probably my favourite MD reviewer i know because of how you much you explain stuff in full detail & also how you point out your issues with each episode (which most of them i low-key agree with you xD). & in general, making a long video going through everything. Love your work & your big brain. And of course, not to mention your disappointment & frustration towards J having 0.1 second screen time & Doll's death. xD This moment kinda made me happy because i have same feeling as you do about these 2 characters. Especially Doll's death. She died for absolutely no reason. Solver itself said that it doesn't needs her & yet goes on to finishing her. :/ The part where you said along the lines of having many questions & not that many answers in the new episode, i agree with that soooo much. It's lines like these that make me watch you because you make sure everyone knows your issue about this. As much as Astonishing the EP7 was, your review of this EP7 was also Astonishing! I'll see you in the next Episode. Episode 8. ;) Or maybe any other MD video you might do. Not sure. I mean, EP8 will probably come out next year if i'm being completely honest. xD

[@RedBadGaming]

I also agree on Doll and J, like J is probably one of the show's bad qualities, like not only did they do shit with J, but ever since the pilot. She's just there, barely saying any new lines, and she's never developed past the pilot. Like really I personally consider that one and maybe only Liam's "Guilt" of the show, apart from Doll's death, but then again, there's always a possibility of Doll coming back for episode 8, so "innocent until proven guilty."

[@Serialdesignation__X__Xyra]

"She's just a more boring version of Uzi." "Nori is a discount Uzi" DANGGGGG💀 Edit: since episode 8 came out he is right now 😭

[@MRBluntFo]

Aww c'mon he didn't have to be so hard on Nori.

[@Serialdesignation__X__Xyra]

@@MRBluntFo Fr! Like I love her character sm😭

[@Vixenwillow_]

Like, she wasn't great, but she's funny so idk

[@BlueSoulGamer]

Doll getting killed offscreen like a total chump was one of my biggest issues with the episode too. I would rather have liked to see her team up with Uzi so they could have learned their parent’s history together. Instead both characters got neglected in one of the most important episodes for both of them, which was highly disappointing.

[@MeethaMadina1263]

I agree with you the most regarding Doll's situation.

[@silver_dusk]

Yeah I literally thought doll and uzi would meet in the cabins, have a small fight before they come to a truce and find the cure together, and overall have some time together to show their conflict of motivations and actions whilst uniting in their desire to get rid of the solver, as well as learn about their mothers' backstories relating to copper 9's desertion. Doll's death immensely disappointed me, since she didn't have a satisfactory/interesting conclusion, her not surviving for a return in season 2 is already sad to me, but she didn't even get to episode 8, like vanity said, she feels incomplete like v and j.

[@anastasia_852]

I think that's the point of her character. She refused any sort of help from Uzi in the 3rd episode, went out on her own, and died on her own. It's kind of poetic, actually.

[@BooperLooper]

"What about our date?" "Sorry babe, Vanitymoth uploaded"

[@BIGSHOT973]

"What the hell is a Vanitymoth?"

[@BooperLooper]

@@BIGSHOT973”you wouldn’t understand anyways”

[@BIGSHOT973]

@@BooperLooper "damn-"

[@muserweaver]

So who's the most oppressed group in society after all, J or Doll fans?

[@Axolotl_2347]

J at least came back. Doll probably won’t. J at least has room for character growth in episode 8, Doll is just dead and her arc was left stunted, finished but not to a palatable end. Unless Cyn didn’t chew her core and just swallowed it and Cyn spits the core out or something idk. Or they figure out some bs solver magic way to revive her, she is dead for good. Also J has a plushie while doll only has a figurine. Clearly Doll fans are more oppressed.

[@Anonymous_Lilac2270]

In the scene where it’s a flashback to the disassembly drones killing humans, I say it’s more than just appealing visuals with not much meaning. In the scene, I’m pretty sure it was Cyn trying to re possess N, in which after the flashback, a window on N’s screen appears for a moment, saying something along the lines of “access denied” and mentioning the admin which was darkxwolf17 aka Uzi, which is a callback to episode 5. This basically meant that Uzi was able to find a way to keep Cyn from re possessing n and also v.

[@Iso20227]

Doll was wasted. J was disrespected. Nori was amazing for the first few seconds and during the battle, but just seemed like Uzi for the rest of her screentime. N shooting at the elevator had the potential to be my favorite scene in the episode, but it was ruined when he immediately calmed down by just looking at Uzi. WHERE IS IT?! WHERE IS THE ME-N-TAL BREAKDOWN?! He came *SO* close! The battle was the best battle in the show. Absolutely peak. It was incredible how good it was. They didn’t say anything, but it showed their characters through their fighting perfectly. That’s the only reason why I say that Nori was a good character. Because she had a good character during the fight. Overall, Mass Destruction was the best episode so far, but Cabin Fever still holds a special place in my heart. 7 is the best, 4 is my favorite.

[@Comictale9001]

N is definitely gonna have one in episode 8, no doubt. He thinks Uzi is probably dead, Tessa, the ONLY thing surviving from his past turned out to be his freakish “sister” and V is dead. So yeah, he definitely will unless the plot says “screw N, we will never make him mentally unstable.” The only thing holding him back was when Uzi was almost hurt, so he tried to calm her down by doing that.

[@Iso20227]

@@Comictale9001 that wouldn’t be a “screw N” move. that would be a “screw all of the fans” move. I swear, if N doesn’t have a mental breakdown in episode 8, I will. I will learn 3D animation so I can make a fan animation of N losing his sh** for the sole reason of providing myself with the therapy I need.

[@lukepak1224]

It's like V said in episode 4 "He made friends with rocks."

[@hcanimation4102]

You don't know how excited I got when I saw that N started shooting at the rocks because of V's sacrifice, like I just know he's holding back on so many emotions to deal with other things, but I really want to see him breakdown after everything he's been through.

[@RedBadGaming]

I agree with some of these, especially Doll and J being wasted and or disrespectful in terms of being underdeveloped. Nori gets a pass for me, because I mean c'mon. You can't tell me that it was cute like "Mother and Daughter", and plus. Khan was kinda like a generic "Bad dad" and shit. So we need a character that can be mostly copied from. Also as for N and calming down instead as he sees Uzi... Well that already checks out, and him not having a mental breakdown does make sense, since my man was going through an arc. Making difficult decisions, standing up for himself, etc. But for Episode 8... Yea nah my guy **Has** to get a mental breakdown, and an Ultra one at that.

[@AYcosmick]

11:00 he was in denial 💀 21:19 im so mad i didnt see this

[@Wild982]

I understand some of your gripes and complaints about this episode but personally I think a big point of this episode wasn’t just to reveal some big plot twists but also to pivot/change the direction of the show to a position where it may be able to have a second season without feeling as if they are dragging it on. (Also I agree with you on that tessa scene being peak) and one last thing tessa might not actually be dead and even if she is she probably wasn’t killed in the gala 1: the reason why I think tessa isn’t dead is because the absolute solver has the ability to create organic matter from nonorganic matter 2: there’s an image in one of the episodes that shows tessa in the cabin fever lapse and we know that the cabin fever lapse and its experiments happen after the events of the gala ps:mb if grammar is off or this is worded weird am sleep deprived

[@muserweaver]

I dunno if it's more or less terrifying but there might be more of Tessa than just skin. Cyn was able to walk normally and imitate Aussie accent all too well.

[@syweb2]

@@muserweaver To be fair, the Absolute Solver is able to near-perfectly mimic voices with its holograms. It might be able to do that without them as well.

[@Chill-Ice]

So if the hole led to the church, and they were trying to find the labs, can't they just jump down the hole all the way to the church?

[@EndyDino]

28:38 what if you’re a character development fan? (Not saying I am, just mentioning)

[@Uzi002]

"Nori hasn't said anything memorable." Nori: Your frikin grounded! Also Nori: How do you know my daughter? Nori again: you look familiar

[@Webbewaf]

A joke, something obvious and preview to something obvious

[@fuutasfootrest]

my girl doll didnt have to go out like that.

[@Tyromaniac]

19:05 - 21:49 My brother in Christ, "Preach" does not even BEGIN to describe how masterful your wording of this segment was. Truly incredible work, my guy! Edit: Same goes for the video as a whole, I just liked that particular segment because TesCyn

[@TotallyNot0048]

I expected episode 7 to be good, but I didn't think it would be THIS GOOD Edit: Thought I'd give my opinion on episode 7 while waiting, It doesn't beat The Promening but its pretty damn close. The only flaws are Doll's death wasting her character and feeling rushed, Tessa is Cyn theory is pure nightmare fuel but is very disappointing considering we lose arguable one of the best characters and the narrative is weakened from love or humanity to a generic good vs evil story, and Yeva is very unwhelming (may just be my own personal opinion on her though, considering I expected some plot twist with her or for her to at least get dialouge) Other then that, The N and Uzi fight scene completely over throws the knife dance, the quality of the animation, the emotions, the actions. I'm so glad that 'N killed Nori' theory was right but it didn't treat it like a big plot twist, instead as a joke. Considering Uzi already forgave N ("We move forward together or not at all"), it could have ruined the series if it was treated like a serious thing. Nori is just an older Uzi, a bit one noted, but I'm willing to forgive it due to how much stuff happens in this episode. Uzi's sacrifice isn't masterfully setup, but it for sure is better then the writing for V's sacrifice. N is actually doing something for once, the scene with him killing Tessa is a perfect example of how brutal this series can be, and might just be my favorite scene in the series (besides for the N and Uzi fight scene) The mom backstory is fine, I didn't care much, but I'm glad we finally know everything that happened when the core collapsed. The Solver is a more active threat, making them a better and more threatening villain. Getting this part out quick because its about shipping, as a NUzi shipper, I think the shipping was handled well and was there while not overtaking the episode. Not much to say on Uzi, she's still good. The side plot looks really promising, while it feels odd to see Lizzy, Thad, and Khan come back out of nowheres, I don't really mind because this is the perfect excuse to give J a much needed fight scene. J is perfect in episode 7, though I'm disappointed at the lack of screentime, I'm hoping that she'll finally get her chance to do something besides bullying N and being killed off for jokes (side note, I'm interested in seeing how J will react to hearing the news that Tessa's been dead for the past years) The horror for Doll's death scene almost makes up for the waste of character she is, The scene of N looking out to see earth being destroyed and humans dying is startling, but doesn't feel overdone to the point where it feels like it's just there to shock the audience, it shows the right amount of gore and never over does it for any scenes (even Tessa's death scene) The ending is great, leaving us questioning what just happened and wondering if N, Thad, Lizzy, Khan, and J got off the planet safely, or if the Solver possessed Uzi and killed everyone. Also it leaves the audience with the question of where is Nori. I have no idea how episode 8 could ever be better or more depressing then Mass Destruction, And I still have so much more I want to talk about, but I don't feel like writing about this masterpiece for an hour. 9.9/10, S- tier episode

[@hcanimation4102]

I agree with your opinion. Episode 7 was absolutely insane and filled with horror and nightmare fuel in the best way possible. The action was incredible and beautifully animated. There were so many scenes that felt cinematic. I really loved the opening scene. Also N was still his adorable self in this episode, but im glad that they also showed him being more serious. I really wanted that for his character.

[@AlexisAlicea-fg4ev]

Yeah it was good 💔😭

[@Drone_D125]

To be fair with the lack of V being mentioned N is the only one who would care to mention it and he was constantly stuck with something that needed his full attention after the cave in and him immediately “forgetting” about V after realizing he almost hurt Uzi was probably just a part of his grief as he just lost one of his best friends so he of course would be much more protective of his friends especially uzi afterwards

[@justaseal]

A positive Vanitymoth review, now ain't that just something.

[@Comictale9001]

I could see most of this being right and wrong , but the only thing I STRONGLY disagree with is the part where you said it kills any shock value of V’s return. Almost the ENTIRE FANDOM THINKS V IS STILL DEAD DUDE, IVE TRIED TO TELL THEM BUT THEY WONT BELIEVE IT.

[@anastasia_852]

If there's no corpse, she ain't dead.

[@Comictale9001]

@@anastasia_852 exactly, yet the fandom really said: “I CANT BELIEVE SHES DEAD” then after episode 7 “AINT NO WAY SHES ALIVE-“ 💀

[@baconwings8816]

congratulations, the whole MD fandom doesn't hate you anymore :D

[@Chilly_Tree]

My opinion has arrived

[@KoMMyHuCT_42]

Dolls death devastated me. She was one of my favorite character. :(

[@Chris2005Brazil-Thug]

Episode 3 is Still My Favorite Episode Too

[@AlexisAlicea-fg4ev]

Episode 1 and 3 was my favorite too 🙂

[@redboi3186]

The fact that when i was rewatching ep 5 released and I saw Tessa and cyn I was like (this was back when ep 6 was the most recent ep) "yo what if cyn killed Tessa and is using her skin" then when ep 7 came out I was so fucking shocked

[@The-winter-soldier-127]

My opinion on episode 7 is that it is great I enjoyed the hell out of this episode the writing is good like always the lightning and visuals are smooth and it’s just👌. However there is one thing that left me disappointed is Doll died so early I was expecting her to have a important role or at least something in this episode but I still love the episode though also I am pretty sad that we are almost reaching the end of the series I kinda wish and hoping will get a second season but time will I will enjoy it while it lasts.😞

[@Axolotl_2347]

Yeah imo episode 7 is the 2nd best episode, 1st being episode 3. Only thing keeping it from being the best is how poorly handled Doll’s death was.

[@syweb2]

Holy shit the Murder Drones Cynic actually likes something. 24:05 I always figured she was snarkily referring to Khan, who very clearly appeared to be in charge when he met up with her and Thad, his intro line being "Part 2A: Check the perimiter", suggesting the whole thing was _his_ idea. This isn't the first time they've interacted, as Khan is the reason Lizzy and Doll picked up Uzi for the prom and attempted pre-prom murder. 25:00 I mean, that's one of its main appeals. At that point it just sounds like it's not for you. 28:10 Thanks for pointing that out, it's really hard to see. 28:45 That's a lot coming from the embodiment of Murder Drones Naysayer. 30:05 Holy shit, if you think this is the best, I'm _terrified_ to hear what you have to say about one that you think is just "good".

[@murmurcub]

Doll fighting alongside N to stop Uzi... :')

[@piern1k336]

A very important thing to know is: Just before Tessa got her head cut off, she told N something Cyn did

[@LuckyTheCat256]

Vanity Moth: Calls this episode an astonishing triumph Also Vanity Moth: *Proceeds to explain his nitpicks about irrelevant details*

[@Originalgolden]

Like bro his whole argument is:

[@420jw]

For all the late yet impressionable viewers: Every time he says 'Cyn' in this episode, he's referring to the AbsoluteSolver Hope that helps

[@Devinrekrafted]

This waiting music is one I can vibe to.

[@aboda2432]

Rare footage of Vanity being positive

[@Rattatatatatattatatweeeeeeeee]

26:40 Doll doesn't have an absolute solver form due to Uzi's absolute solver being in progress, and Dolls being completed. I just wanted to point it out.

[@1_Springbonnie]

The 8-bit md music is the background is amazing. I need it

[@Midnight_Afton645]

I'm Kinda surprised you didn't mention the fact that Cyn used V's hologram to further traumatize N. Now that I realize this episode is drawing many parallels to a popular Horrorbrew character: Mr. Virtual. If you don't know he possesses a Virtual Boy headset and he psychologically torments whoever wears it until (this is where the parallel for his page and the Friday Night Funkin mod: Mario's Madness comes in) he eventually kills them and wears their skin in order to avenge himself and kill the man who killed him. In Mario's Madness he kills GF in order to scare/psychologically torment BF during his song "Paranoia". (I highly recommend playing Mario's Madness if you haven't already, it's AMAZING and it's getting a mini update and potentially a V3 soon enough)

[@UnderTheRated]

for a second I thought episode 8 came out

[@AlexisAlicea-fg4ev]

I was thinking the same thing too

[@Appletank8]

Re:Khan, my interpretation was that he never really took Nori's dreams seriously until Uzi found more details from digging through the Dissamblers memory.

[@guutn7973]

Finally, been waiting for your take on the episode since it released. I am both glad and surprised that you are mostly positive about it. Also I like how you are still giving Glitch a chance to let J have her screentime. I gave up hope already.

[@ThelVadam7777]

this episode was phenomenal

[@KhanGoatman]

May not argee with everything to ur video (most of it i do but some critisms or postives i do disargee with) But this easily is the best review of the episode. Bro cooked yet again!

[@AlexisAlicea-fg4ev]

I don't know what will happen episode 8 if V will return I will be very heartbroken sad and upset 💔😭😡

[@realmofthearcane7874]

"Astonishing Triumph! I'm making a note here; huge success! It's hard to overstate my satisfaction. Absolute Solver-!" --Cyn, probably

[@jakubkilian7189]

I would say this episode is like going from Ready or Not to DOOM eternal in term of pace. I watched it on premiere at 1AM and had to give myself a good 15 minutes to think what happened.

[@itz_znuggvt7940]

The description is what I was sayin fr

[@CreamIc7]

they gave N many reasons to kill Tessa

[@griffysfnafchannel]

pretty sure the goofy goober thing in episode 6 was just an act from "Tessa"

[@penguinpingu3807]

I don't think the N flashback scene is horror. It's more like gory.

[@deleteduser3455]

8:58 that was intentional since it was cyn not Tessa

[@regularguy6450]

15:00 gotta agree on that

[@Jonathan83X]

I fully agree with your stance on Nori. Having her still alive is just about pointless. The only thing she does of value is give exposition, and even then Uzi could have seen everything Nori mentioned in a video. I would have given her still being alive some merit had she managed to get the Solver patch to the surface since that would no doubt be a huge game changer, but as we saw, it was destroyed by Uzi under the control of Cyn. Sure, it's possible that wasn't the last one, but considering how desperate Nori was to get it to the surface, I'd wager more than likely it was. I really hope not since that would have made that plot point completely pointless. I suppose there is a slight chance the other one that fell down the core is still there, but considering that was many years ago, I seriously have my doubts about it. I feel your frustration about J as well I'm sick and tired of seeing J getting the short end of the stick. If she doesn't do anything of value in Ep 8, whether for good or evil, then what was the point of bringing her back? Just to sell merchandise? Seriously, J is criminally underrated as a character. It's ridiculous how little love she gets in the story. As for Khan, while I'm glad to see him actually do something that matters for a change, I must admit you are right it does feel very out of character for him here. This is the same guy who left his daughter to die in Ep 1 and didn't even try to stop Doll from causing trouble for Uzi in Ep 5. NOW he wants to do something to help save the planet? I mean, it's possible he did a lot of thinking between Ep 5 and 6 that led to him recruiting Thad and Lizzy to help his daughter, but could we not have gotten one small scene of him leading up to this? It's scenes like these that fully convince me the original story idea for Ep 7 was scrapped and changed to what we got because it just feels so out of left field. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad to see them being relevant and even bringing the railgun back too, but seriously, I am losing patience with all of these, "Oh by the way, this is happening now, don't question it." moments from Liam Vickers I understand he can only fit so much in due to the time constraints of each episode, but still... I believe even a small set up scene for key moments would have done wonders for this series. The audience needs to be shown why certain things are happening, not just because. Yea, Doll was really given the shaft in this episode and this is coming from someone who hates her as a character. Even so, I wanted to see her go out with a bang, a battle to the death with N and possibly Uzi as well for siccing the Sentinels on them and V possibly dying as a result. This should have been as you put it, Doll's swan song, a hardcore grudge match where N pulls no punches on her to show how angry he is over V and will stop at nothing to avenge his best friend. THAT is the fight we should have gotten in Ep 7, not him fighting Uzi. Don't get me wrong, I wasn't completely against that, but I felt that should have been saved for the season finale to really raise the stakes. If Doll had to die in Ep 7, it should have been at N's hand, not Cyn. I wanted to see him tear Doll to pieces as a way to show he's completely ticked and won't take this crap any longer. Speaking of V and the Sentinels, that's another gripe I had with this episode. The fact we get no confirmation about V being dead or alive was insulting. I mean, could we not get even a little hint about it? Same with the Sentinels. Could we not got have seen at least one do battle with the main cast as a way to raise the stakes? I mean, I just don't see why they wouldn't be down there too considering how top secret the Cabin Fever Labs is. Lastly, I REALLY don't like the fact Tessa turned out to be fake. I mean, sure, it was a good twist and all things considered, but still... I just hate the fact the series wasted a golden opportunity to have a neutral third party in the series to give it more depth. I'm not going to say it can't work as is, but it would have made the moral dilemma for characters like N so much tragic and heartbreaking if he indeed had to kill Uzi to save the universe. Now that Tessa turned out to be Cyn the whole time, that whole struggle of his is gone. Now he can have his cake and eat it too. I just... don't understand why the series chose to drop this conflict because it was really good. What was the whole point of Uzi becoming possessed and taken over by Cyn if it doesn't force N to make a choice about what matters most? If Uzi can just be brought back that easily, then Uzi losing control and becoming the very thing she once swore to destroy is entirely irrelevant. Sure, I'm all for having the patch as a way to cure Solver drones from becoming murderous robots, but that doesn't mean all of them should be able to be saved, especially taken into account Uzi was hit by nanite acid, corrupting her programming. She should sadly be beyond the point of no return. Anyway, I didn't intend for this comment to be as long as it has, so I'll just sum up my thoughts about Ep 7 like this. It's really good, by far one of the best of the series. Nevertheless, its glaring flaws is why I'll have to put this one at #3 of best episodes just behind Ep 6 and the pilot. Mass Destruction really did a lot of things right, but it also muddied some things as well that I can't just overlook. Overall, it was worth the wait, but definitely could have used some more polish story and character wise.

[@RoosterWriters]

When I seen Nori alive I was like “how?”, and if they just replaced Nori with Doll, like her saving him, then seeing the two’s reaction would’ve been pretty cool and funny to watch. I also have concept under this comment. Hopefully you enjoy my little fan fiction, and argue what should’ve happened during it as well. You r most likely to gaze over this comment though.

[@RoosterWriters]

Everyone is split up do to the cave in. Uzi stays the same throughout the episode. Anyway, N gets snatched up by Cynessa (I absolutely love the combination of the name) Dolls cuts him free, then they run and hide. As they are running she tells him there may be a “patch of some kind” in Russian of course. I think Uzi should finding the patch at the Church, resulting in Tessa making Uzi question about her self. Uzi drops to the floor, Tessa about to make the final blow, with N confronting her about telling that wasn’t anything that they could do. She gets beheaded, N makes sure Uzi is ok, meanwhile Doll finds the patch, and instead of her using on her self she gives it to N. N of course hesitates, with Doll doing it herself. After she does this Uzi is unconscious in N’s arms, and after the patch is complete Doll also falls to her knees. N and somewhat conscious Uzi look over at Doll, with N apologizing of her loses, and with Doll seeing she did some good, being given her perspective focusing on the two and errors and shut downs occurring to her. After that dramatic look she gave she ends herself so that she doesn’t become a monster like Cyn, then the episode plays out normally giving the Cynessa twist all the more jaw dropping.

[@RoosterWriters]

I know it may be a little clunky, but with some small changes to the flash back sequence, I bet it would be very good and very heart breaking 💔

[@AmaeurAnimator7312]

can someone explain to me why everyone loves doll? she's a good character but i don't get all the love for her and anger about her death

[@Cheeseburgerlove]

Haven't seen positive vanitymoth in a while, hopefully this is true for episode 8.

[@Lokeeeethenerd]

I agree with a lot and disagree with the things you’ve said but there is one thing we both agree on is that this was an amazing episode and that it saved the show

[@RedBadGaming]

Honestly yea I agree with that too, but then again I was optimistic, even after months of waiting, honestly I might have been too optimistic, since I never doubted that the show would die (even if it seemed that way), but I might have to tone down my optimism, and maybe some skepticism. Seeing as how things are going with whether or not Liam would just end MD as a mini series or continue with S2, having a conclusive ending with most of the questions of the show answered, or an inconclusive ending for a possible S2 in the future, and stuff like that.

[@TheEdge_Guy]

I dont get it, so the arm killed the world but so did the disamble drones?

[@ricardoalas7589]

27:00 💛💜

[@AStoryWithLukeAnimates]

I'll be waitin on this one

[@1_Springbonnie]

N IS HOLDING LORD FRUMPTLEBUCKET BTW

[@CelesteThe]

Absolutely epic review. By the way, Yagsterr sends his regards :)

[@neuralstrings8015]

hey look it's my opinion of the episode

[@bendi9907]

Tecyn design is very cool.

[@deleteduser3455]

The thing is I find doll a lot less interesting than V because unlike v who kills to eat and survive doll just killed some classmates randomly like a school shooter

[@ThatWannabeMusician]

If you think about it, "Tessa" actually looks away from the Sentinels when they flash

[@Grayfromsprunki-14]

6:30

[@magicnomaly_purplespadestudios]

I will comment I dont think N is obsessive actually- sure they don't bring V up again but they hv bigger things to worry about rn And Ns just genuinely caring for his best friend, if he WAS obsessive he wouldve been more aggressive with Tessa and wouldn't have went for V at ALL. Just sayin

[@supertrike5893]

Honestly I thought he was gonna despise the episode because his waifu died

[@CubeShot-7]

This is delusional lol Alastor has shown nothing but intimation

[@thesovietdogo]

i wanna see like a remastered pilot that would be cool

[@blurryburrnn6]

Welp in 4 hours I’d be in school by now

[@prestothemagnificent]

I don't know why you're so high on 3, like I love that episode, but I'd say 4 and 6 easily beat it, with this one blowing em all out of the water. Still, great video! Love the negatives and the positives

[@mrpro538]

My bet is that he'll say this is about as good as ep 3, maybe a lil more or less. Whaddya all think?

[@TotallyNot0048]

Less, Doll's death is really rushed and wastes such a interesting character, The Cynessa theory being right is brutal, but we lose a very fun character and the narrative is weakened, And Yeva feels very underwhelming. Other then that though the episode is a masterpiece and is definition of horror and a staple for what a near series finale should be.

[@Axolotl_2347]

@@TotallyNot0048episode 3 is peak, episode 7 is only slightly worse due to how poorly handled Doll’s death was. She should have had a proper redemption scene set up instead of just warning Uzi at the last minute.

[@TotallyNot0048]

@@Axolotl_2347 they should have changed her death scene. I mean, the Solver some how has V's old corpse, just trick Doll by using Yeva's corpse, surely they'd have it? (Or at least a hologram of it) Not only would it be more brutal then her confronting Tessa and then using her finale breathes to tell Uzi to fight back, but it would give Doll a bit more closure, showing us that no matter what, Doll refused to let go of the past, allowing the Solver to use the past to consume her. When Uzi sees the tape of her mother being possessed and causing the core collapse, she snaps out of it, she's panicking at it, but she isn't being consumed by it, In parallel to Doll who went towards the Solver thinking that it was her mom welcoming her into a hug after so long, after finally avenging her, making all the lonely nights worth it, Only for it to be a hologram, leaving her barely standing, and then it could play out the same, the whole 'fight back' thing. Just my take on her death though.

[@The_gaslight_district_Fanboy]

⁠@@TotallyNot0048 yep agree, but I think EP 3 it’s pretty overhyped.

[@TotallyNot0048]

@@The_gaslight_district_Fanboy wait wha No offense but I literally do not understand that, Episode 3 is (almost) perfection

[@riddickraymond7067]

It's not good if they spell everything out, just little hits here and there to keep it interesting. All the best films like the Matrix and fight club are talking in detail for many years finding new things.

[@kristiandobias5533]

Great Video I like it And I really love Episode 7

[@LongDeadArtist]

Everyone was commenting "the guy that hates everything liked it let's go" and I wasn't sure till I checked. EVERYTHING IS DISLIKED. VICTORY FOR MURDER DRONES AND LIAM!

[@gabrielbrayann7819]

You are entitled to your opinion. And i am entitled to mine, and to disagree with yours. Your opinion is trash on the character aspect. And Nori is great

[@DissasemblyDroneJ]

Vibin

[@wuba5456]

wooo

[@fredahoward1447]

Does sin have some kind of control of the overheat formula not