The Summoning - Nerdy Prudes Must Die Animatic

[@lazyeule]

Wiggle Wiggle tonight OH!😩

[@Fire-Lord-Azula]

Wiggly will wiggle tonight!

[@avaclark3820]

Is it just me, or do y'all also want to see them hold a Ouija Board and them ask the question "How many pickes can you shove up your &$$" Edit: And the Ouija Board shows '910'

[@elvirak8846]

Lazyeule? what are you doing here? .... Oh right

[@billcipher4368]

The demons be wiggling tho just saying

[@joannacopeland8729]

i love your content

[@iateadogwheniwas5yearsold]

THE "you gamble it all on the roll of the dice" PART WAS SOOO SICK

[@crimsonprincess7420]

I love how Grace and Steph look so determined and Peter is just ✨nervous✨

[@redrasegarden]

I like Steph’s hair

[@captaincrazycreative]

​@@redrasegardenit's so pretty fr

[@redrasegarden]

@@captaincrazycreative ikr?

[@beanrouge]

His blood sugar is quite low

[@imaymellow]

It makes sense because he was the Lords' target

[@gltchundertale2756]

I feel like you kidnapped the vibe of the lord in black so well. Having Wiggly standing atop the stage is a nice touch

[@bookworm3696]

I did not realize how much blinky needed a cell phone.

[@theinimitablejora522]

I love the use of the word “kidnapped”

[@Emma-Maze]

Kidnapped?? 😂 Captured hahah

[@rorocksisagod4046]

Who's that?

[@robo1513]

@@rorocksisagod4046the green one

[@lordgeneralmilitantdeezy7550]

I like how each one represents their first appearance. Pokothos: the blue liquid from tgwdlm Blinklothep: The roller coaster from Watcher world T’noy Karraxis: Time bastard and showing Ted what was in the box Nibblenephim: Honey Queen because of what he does to Linda Wiggog Y’wrath: The soft plushy tentacles of wiggly from Black Friday

[@cryptic_kay]

I know some of these, but which starkid musicals are the lords in black from?

[@lordgeneralmilitantdeezy7550]

@@cryptic_kay they aren’t from any single musical, they occasionally show up to cause chaos

[@Coolbeanskindaguy]

​@@cryptic_kay nightmare time

[@BookWyrmOnAString]

​@@cryptic_kay pokey is from the guy who didn't like musicals and nightmare time: yellow jacket Nibbly is from nt: honey queen Tinky is from nt: time bastard Blinky is from nt: watcher world And wiggly is from Black Friday

[@sandelion415]

@@lordgeneralmilitantdeezy7550thanks for the lore :) I’m gonna have to watch more starkid

[@TheBmb-ki8gj]

I like the expressions of the kids as they do the chant showing the different levels of trepidation between them: -Graces’ face is completely straight and determined, she seems to have no qualms about using the Lords in Black’s power or at least is not openly afraid of it, foreshadowing how by the end she’ll harness their powers in full in her quest to punish all dirty dudes. -Peter is the most openly afraid, he looks at Steph nervously and looks around fearfully as they do the chant, self explanatory. -Stephanie strikes a middle ground between Grace and Pete, she looks at Pete nervously as they sit down showing she’s afraid of what the LiB might do to him but as she looks at Grace her expression changes to match Graces own steeled determination, partly because she knows the LiB are their only hope and partly because she’s not as worried for Grace since she doesn’t like her very much. Then as she says Nibbly’s full name she almost sneers disgustedly, she doesn’t want to do this but there’s no other choice, foreshadowing her eventual reluctance to pay the LiB’s price (or fuck off).

[@Lie_Z]

Just realized that Pokey’s mask crashing into them at the start mimics the meteor crashing into Hatchetfield in TGWDLM! This is so well thought out!

[@catfoy8888]

Same with the roller coaster being a reference to watcher world I think? And the maze being a reference to the box

[@prohappyboom]

@@catfoy8888 i think the roller coaster is closer to a reference to "Ride the Cyclone" where the main characters all die from a roller coaster accident and spend the rest of the musical competing to see who comes back. Edit: just watched a animation of watcher world and i was wrong.

[@ethanrappthefilmmaker]

1:20 is so brilliant. You barely have like just enough time to process what you're looking at before they shift forms again. Really captures the eldrich horror vibe when you pause and look at the silhouettes too.

[@anobservatory4227]

0:18 The leaves falling off teasing the shadowy tentacles of the LiB. 0:22 I guess everyone in that family feels dread after hearing that name, for good reason. 0:33 The branches becoming the darkness of the LiB circling the kids is so cool. 0:49 Wiggly first showing up as just shining eyes like he did in Black Friday. 0:51 I'm so used to the stage version that I was waiting for the screams of the audience. 0:57 The LiB as a colorful swirling mass is both terrifying and pretty. 1:03 Pokey's blue sh*t from tghdlm. 1:07 Binky's amusement park from Nightmare Time 1-2, also I just want to highlight the look on the kid's faces in this frame. 1:11 Nibbly must feed from Nightmare Time 2-1. 1:15 Tinky looking at the toys in his toy box from Nightmare Time 1-4. Also I love the look of the box with a maze inside that turns into a clock pattern on the outside. 1:20 The fuzzy Wiggly doll from Black Friday, also the order the LiB show up in is the order they're said in the ritual like how in the master cut of the show they give us a close up on each LiB in that order. 1:21 Before we see the LiB in their full glory we see the silhouette of their doll forms. 1:25 In this spinning shot we see them in a pentagram position like what they were going for in the staging of this show. 1:32 Starting here we see that certain part of the LiB are shaded differently, the mouth for Nibbly, the mask and goo for Pokey, the box for Tinky, the eyes for Blinky, and the crown for Wiggly. 1:33 Poor Ted stuck in the box. Also is it just me or does Tinky's messy hair look like goat horns and ears. 1:34 Blinky having multiple eyes under his glasses, like he's barely keeping his human disguise together. 1:35 Again Wiggly is just a pair of eyes like in Black Friday. Thank you for letting me point out the details I saw in this video.

[@shandzii]

Comments like this make me so happy bwaahh thank u

[@anobservatory4227]

@@shandzii Thank you for making such high quality detailed animatics for all of us.

[@eulaliko3457]

To add to your second point, the order the names were said (Blinky, Tinky and Nibbly) lines up with who shows up of screen: Grace (we’ve been watching you Gracie), Pete (a Spankoffski) and Steph (Stephanie yum yum)

[@heroscentral9380]

​@@shandziiHello? May I text with you?

[@thehistoryandbooknerd8979]

@@heroscentral9380 that is an inappropriate thing to ask.

[@YakitoriQueen]

This is fucking BRILLIANT. I cannot overstate how much I love this. Because I've seen this so many times and have analyzed it almost frame by frame, here are some brilliant details I want to point out: - Not entirely sure if this is intentional, but when the trio sings T'Noy Karaxis, it shows Pete, and then when they sing Nibblenephim, it shows Steph, which are the specific Lords who single them out later in the song - Once again, not sure if this was intentional, but when chased by Pokotho in the nightmare sequence, Grace puts her hands over her ears - The Blinky rollercoaster ; reference to Watcher World!! - At the end of the nightmare sequence when the trio is falling into the hands of Wiggly, Grace is praying - User @gltchundertale2756 already pointed this out, but Wiggly is standing on the stage whereas all other Lords are standing at the trio's level, because Wiggly is the ruler of the Black and White - At the end when all the Lords are shown individually, Ted's screaming shadow appears in the Bastard's Box for a few frames, referencing Time Bastard - Lastly, I love how your design of Blinky shows him with many pupils in one eye. Very offputting and fitting :)

[@ytdude2935]

I DIDNT SEE THE SHADOW IN THE BOX OH MY GOD

[@ninjabreadman1993r]

Also, Blinky is literally holding an *Eye* phone.

[@annecrookston1968]

I can't find the shadow, can someone maybe give me a time stamp?

[@maraudersine_645]

@@annecrookston1968​​⁠​⁠1:33 On the frames with the yellow lord. The shadow appears in the box as they cut away.

[@hfar_in_the_sky]

1:21 I love the little motion bump each Lord has when the black pulls away to reveal their human form. It's a nice subtle way to give that feeling they're "settling into" their human forms

[@lanahex]

I LOVE the detail of Ted being trapped in the Bastard’s Box

[@burntbeanies7886]

Oh this is gorgeous, my god. I ADORE how you illustrated the eldritch nature of the lords in black, and all those transitions between them with the coaster and the mouth and the toy box maze AH! So good! The expressions, they use of colour, the character designs, your style, I loved it the first time I came across you and I love it all over again. Thank you for making this!

[@ccherry.berryy]

RIGHT LIKE ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE

[@luna732]

I was literally gasping at the transitions, it really manages to show off this eldritch feeling of only scratching the surface, in the most delightful way. You can tell they're "restrained", in that you aren't really seeing them fully, and ahh it's so creatively showing off each Lord in all their overwhelming might

[@phoebedarker]

That was BEAUTIFUL but I audibly gasped especially at their reveals as human forms🎉

[@peydays173]

Was obsessed with Blinky’s phone with the eye when I realized the beautiful connection between social media, observation, and (from what I remember of Watcher World) Alice’s attachment to her phone. Such a great detail!!

[@penelope9290]

I'm so happy that Nerdy Prudes Must die is getting the popularity it deserves

[@mrmightyena8786]

I love that you didn't just capture the energy of the characters in your own style, but the actors playing them, too. Setting aside obvious giveaways like Joey's lankiness and Jon's voice, I'm convinced that I could've picked out Joey, Mariah, Corey, Curt, and Jon as their respective characters had I no knowledge of the show. Especially Curt lol. Like that's literally just his face 🤪

[@rosie-posie.6777]

literally all i could ever want out of the introduction to the lords in black, i am obsessed with how you present them, all the little references from watcher world to the bastard's box to honey queen it is just SO GOOD ! and god i really love the fact that their attempts of being in "human form" are still a little flawed, like with pokey leaking goo from his face, to tinky having goat-like characteristics, to blinky hiding his multiple eyes behind the human form's glasses. the amount of detail in this is insane!

[@ivyinkwell1754]

I just got introduced to them now and I'm plkeased to know this was one of the best possible outcomes! I love all their designs, and I already have a favourite (the goat one). I checked the comments and saw the blue one in connection to TGWDLM and I was like "OH, so YOU'RE responsible for allat!" and had a brief wave of agression/ns, though that one's def because the Apotheosis incident was the first Starkid musical I really got into and the only one I've actually watched in full, and so is the only one so far in which I'm really attached to the characters. But the mind control with a twist thing is one of my favourite concepts they've come up with So like, that one I also really like on principle. I don't know a LOT of these other references but honestly the cinematic universe has opened up to me and I think I will try exploring it! even if the humor isn't really to my liking most of the time, there's some gems on the soundtrack that I've thought really hard about before, and I'm sure it'll be worth it, right? I mean, there's not THAT much content, right...? "eldritch gods in human disguises but they're either misinformed, disinformed or just don't give that much of a crap" trope my beloved, also Honey Queen. Have no idea what that one's about but I'm lowkey kinda scared haha

[@WhAt-vr4fq]

Omg I love that you decided to give Blinky an eye smartphone. I think he was the only one in the live version who was missing a prop that represented his motif. You see, each one of the lords in black in their human version has a prop that represents them (I based this on a tumblr post): Nibbly: a lollipop (represents his hunger for people who want power), Tinky: the bastard's box (represents his ability to travel in time and his interest for people who want to change the past), Pokey: a theatre mask (represents his ability to steal other people's bodies and "impersonate" them via their want for the thing they cherish the most) and Wiggly: a wiggly doll backpack (literally represents him and he represents the want for more than you already have). Blinky's EYEphone could represent him and the want for knowledge (social media drama and gossip) and also how he delights watching human madness. I loved this animatic a lot, this is incredible! PD: Sorry for this bible of text lmao

[@Mvmrobots4030]

I agree but i think wigglys prop is actually the crown on his head representing him being the leader of the group and such

[@WhAt-vr4fq]

@@Mvmrobots4030 oh yeah! I think it could be a prom king crown! good one

[@xxgirl101xx]

I always thought Blinky’s prop was meant to be the glasses (he pulls them down to peer above the frame at one point) however I prefer the phone since that speaks more to the variety of ways his themes seem to manifest and how he targets Alice, a girl obsessed with her phone and social media. It’s not just that Blinky’s watching you. It’s that you know you’re being watched, that you’re being spied on, that you must then perform for the watcher or be punished, that you will be judged, that you WANT to be seen, and your own desire to watch and know and judge and perform for others. So a phone (and by extension social media and news websites and even the camera function) fits him way better thematically. Wiggly’s prop could be the crown (prom king, leader, most powerful and POPULAR guy in school) but it could also be the Wiggly doll backpack he’s wearing. Either way it’s not just about how he’s the most powerful of the LiB or the leader, but how out of all the Lords he is the one about being worshipped directly. With the others being worshipped is more incidental to their other themes, Wiggly’s entire thing is about being popular and worshipped and adored directly. And prom king is basically a popularity contest.

[@MoonPatch]

Funky eldritch vibes ✅ Amazing character designs ✅ Great animatic even if it's not a 'full' one ✅ Yup, this is a Shandzii upload alright! Absolutely love it, good work

[@larissafracalossi9847]

I didn't know how much I needed Nibbly with bangs over his eyes or Blinky with a-thousand-eyes-in-one and a smartphone, but gosh, I did :') I was already pretty obsessed with the Lords in the stage version, but this introduction you made before they appear in person is simply amazing! Absolutely wonderful job!

[@gooseboiwastaken]

I JUST finished the musical 3 minutes ago, gosh what a timing. This is such a cool representation of The Black Lords :D!!

[@lightningbolt9155]

5th rewatch, just realized Grace was praying as she fell in the scene right before they revealed the human forms. I love all the tiny little details!

[@Complexicon_of_a_Startist]

Nothin' like a good demon summoning session with your homies

[@Otisboy121]

Dude, I am legit like feeling Courage the Cowardly Dog levels of disturbed by this on so many levels! The way the entrance of the lords was not only perfectly represented by the different Nightmare Time storylines they influenced but the way the whole sequence when they take their “human forms” was Beetlejuice like! Very well done!

[@otakusurnaturelle4501]

OMG this is so amazing ! I love the forbidding ambiance as they summon the Lords and how they absolutely play with the teens upon being summoned before finally assuming a human form.

[@michaeltodd343]

One of my favorite things about Animatics/Animations made by fans is how they can elevate scenes like this one. The actors in NPMD protraying the LiB did a fantastic job of appearing otherworldly with their bizarre mannerisms and jagged movements. But this animation frees the scene from the limits of Humans on a Stage. It really captures the menace and mindbreaking hirror that summoning a quintet of mad Trickster Gods like this would bring about. Bravo!

[@trashtoon]

starting it with wigglys eyes GOT ME BLOODY HOOKED thanks for that. its so good and we're all here to be fucking cheering. loving what the fans are making with fanarts and animatics

[@emissary8071]

God this is AWESOME!!!! The tree branches turning into tentacles, Pete's nervous expression, THE EYES?!?!?!!! Each Eldritch being having a reference to their musical or episode, that's GENIUS!

[@semrielle4397]

your use of your creativity in introducing the lords in black scratches my brain its sooo good!

[@Blackundetected]

It's animatics like this that really make me wish we'd be like the Disney Renaissance and Animated a bunch of musicals because this is exactly why they were amazing!! On stage this scene was unsettling and creepy, but overall kind-of stiff in the Preformance, but only because they were limited by what they could do; it is just a stage play after all. BUT THIS!! This brings it all to life in a way you just can't in any other medium. The weirdness, the chaos, the demented giggles as the old ones tearing the fabric of reality out from under your feet!!! Perfectly captured!

[@melody9982]

This slaps so much!!! The summoning is a bop and you made the Lords in Black look so cool! The colors and transitions??? Rad. 10/10 stuff

[@userhere1190]

Sorry, your opinion is wrong. It is definitely 20/10

[@misterpseudonym]

edit: just noticed the few frames of TED IN TINKY’S BOX AT 1:32 THIS IS AMAZING the whole sequence from 0:48 onwards is SO COOL??? just perfectly evocative of what each of the lords are about. also the tree branches turning into tendrils was so sick. god. ur starkid animatics.

[@Arkatox]

Whoa, I didn't catch that! Nice catch!

[@ReddCrystal]

Fucking LOVE how you draw the nerds. This is KILLER stuff. If any starkid musical were animated, I'd want it to be this one, and by you, because JESUS it's all PERFECT. Good job! I'd hardly call this an animatic at this point, closer to a complete animation by a long shot.

[@Pat3DeR0L0]

So many nice details about the lords in black! The blue goop from tgtdlm and pokey, the rollercoaster from watcher world and blinky, the toy box from tinky and the nerds being inside it, nibby "eating" them and the green spotlight eyes of wiggly from the iconic black friday reveal. I also love that when blinky lowers the glasses he has a shit ton of eyeballs in one eye socket. The animation is so fluid and well done, matches the song so well, great job!

[@pumpkin2986]

im so excited to watch this! having now watched it: that was beautiful, I love how the lords in black were shown first through changing scenery - how bigger than life they are and that they are concept and fears. Only after that, do we see them in human form. It isnt their actual form but just a courtesy they chose to give.

[@kordacpz]

1:02 GRACE COVERING HER EARS WHEN POKOTHO GETS CLOSE . OHMY FUCK

[@idk-what-im-doing]

Ooh I love the little details in this!! Like how Grace is praying while she’s falling (during the Lords in Black intro) and how Steph and Pete are hugging when Tinky’s box opens

[@snapdragondoodles]

Anyone notice how Peter and Stephanie are hugging/comforting eachother right after the toy box walls are removed, just a cute detail I noticed while watching this over and over again❤

[@jgrant9281]

YES! Awesome and wholesome detail

[@natyx24]

Fucking hell. This is so perfect. Absolutely love that you started with the Lords in Black toying with the trio as theoretical and chaotic entities then have them revealed in human form. I think thats what Starkid wouldve wanted if they werent limited to live action. Absolutely amazing concept and scripting!!

[@watercolourAlto]

the references to the lords' nightmare time episodes are making me go insane this is absolutely fantastic

[@billcipher4368]

For someone who hasn't ever watched a single Starkid musical I still love the smooth animatic

[@rambl1ngr0se]

I gotta say how much I love the kids themselves, the lords in black are obviously great but I love how you've interpreted their mannerisms so uniquely from one another

[@salvatorerichardson5348]

I would KILL for a full animatic! such original styling can't be found anywhere else.

[@arborealCynoid]

ME TOO I REALLY WANNA SEE THAT WHOLE SCENE 😭😭😭

[@XxxYoursTrulyxxX]

This is. Beyond words. Especially when the Lords appear and it's VERY cinematic and like. Illusiony and reality warping. AND THE DESIGNS! THE WEIRD EYES! I love the designs so much dhshshdjajakfh

[@arlo1253]

this is literally my fav starkid related thing of all times now the summoning is one of the best starkid songs ever, and your portrayal of them is absolutely perfect the transitions, the fluid animation, the lords in black going from colors to horrors to puppets to people (well, flesh suits), everything blends so well together i was kinda on the fence abt if i wanna watch nightmare time, but now i can def say its gonna be worth it

[@RafterSomeFood]

I have watched this over and over for the past few months AND ONLY NOW do I spot Ted in the box. Cheeky cheeky 👀

[@TrueDarkSparda]

The shift from eldritch understanding to human form was chilling, good job

[@sneakysnek572]

Ohhh I ADORE THIS. I’m obsessed with all the little details, but my favorite has to be how you drew wiggly’s fingers with his weird little hand gestures. The middle two fingers being together all the time, like how Jon did in the show. It’s so good ugh

[@mooks040]

OKAY THIS IS THE MOST PERFECT VIDEO EVER. Im an AVID starkid fan and an even MORE crazy lords in black fan and the attention to detail in this is PERFECT. The animation is SO SMOOTH and the details make everything better. Wiggly being on the stage to signify his leadership, Blinky having the rollercoaster, Pokey having the water, Tinky with his toybox, Nibbly eating them, ITS ALL TOO GOOD OH MY LORD!!!!!!! there is not one imperfection here, it's just so beautiful. The attention to nightmare time and the hatchetfield universe as a whole is just RAGHDGHSGHDGSJB!!!!!!

[@bwezil]

I don’t even know what this is from, but I love how you used color in this! In an otherwise black-and-white animatic, having these demons(?) be eye-catching bright, poppy colors is kinda more terrifying than if they were all voids or somethin, it feels unnatural and it’s perfect. I’ve always loved how intentional you are with color symbolism in your animatics (Ship In A Bottle specifically comes to mind, of course), and your skill really shows off here, I love it!

[@GCWeber]

it's from Nerdy Prudes Must Die, it's a musical by Starkid Productions (like all their other stuff it's available free on their youtube channel). Basically it's a slasher comedy in musical form

[@LovingBallOfApricots]

Eldrich gods more like but yeah it does fit especially since in BF when we see Wiggly they are presented as a source of light as well

[@MoriGreaves-cs3gy]

I love how at the end the lords are standing in the same positions as the points of the star on the book!!!

[@trash_bandit2479]

As someone who’s very recently got into starkid, and this being my favourite song in NPMD, you can imagine how the little goblin in my brain spring to life as I saw this. Well done!

[@cirrusB612]

0:31 The trees are gonna do something...the trees are gonna do something...knew it.

[@ModernAegis]

I love how Peter looks deeply unconfident in what they’re doing and Steph looks like she’s trying to hide how much she’s dreading whatever’s gonna happen, but Grace is completely locked in. Cute little foreshadowing for what she ends up doing with the tome once Max is dealt with.

[@gladstone1432]

I love Blinky's design. It's like their eye socket is stuffed with eyeballs. Which is so creepy, but so awesome.

[@wildernezz0]

GOD IM SO IN LOVE WITH THIS YOU HAVE NO IDEA NOT ONLY HAS THIS SPECIFIC SCENE BEEN ON MY MIND FOREVER BECAUSE I LOVE THE OVERALL VIBE AND EXECUTION OF IT FROM THE MUSICAL, BUT YOU AMPED TH AT EXECUTION BY LIKE 100????? IM ACTUALLY GOING INSANEEEEE your artstyle already is just so pleasing to the eye but all of your compositions and transitions just make things so much better??? literally each time i see your animations i want to SCREAM and once i saw this in your community post i KNEW i was gonna be OBSESSED and you DELIVEREDD LIKE THE SCENE IN THE BEGINNING WITH THE ANGLES FROM THE WINDOWS AND WHATNOT ARE SO LIKE SIMPLE COMPARED TO EVERYTHING ELSE BUT I LOVE THEM SO MUCH. IT JUST COMPLETELY GIVES OFF THE VIBE THAT SOMETHING IS LURKING AND THAT THIS BIG HUGE EERIE PLACE ISN'T AS EMPTY AS IT SEEMS AND I LOVE IT?? THATS NOT EVEN GETTING INTO THE WAY YOU DECIDED TO REPRESENT THE LORDS IN BLACK AND ALL OF THEIR POWERS AND DESIGNS. TYSM FOR THIS MASTERPIECE BECAUSE I AM GONNA EAT IT FOR LITERAL HOURS ON END 😭😭 edit: okay i said i was done rambling but i forgot to mention the turn around view with all the lords in black and i just NEEDED to mention that because it tickled my brain so much omg but im done now isweariswear

[@wildernezz0]

okay i really need to stop but need i also mention the blue guy's (i literally forgot his name and i havent finished watching the original musical he appeared in im sorry 😭) design???? like i know that dude is an ominpotent god but you make his design so cool and lowkey kinda simping oh my god. AND I NEED TO MENTION THE LITTLE SHADOW LIT PLUS GLOWING EYES SCENE WHEN THE LORDS IN BLACK FIRST APPEAR? IDK HOW I FORGOT AB THAT TOO BUT OH MY GODDD I LOVED THAT SO MUCH?? I CANT EVEN PINPOINT WHY BUT IT JUST MAKES LIKE PERFECT SENSE TO MY BRAIN AND IT IS GOING ABSOLUTELY BONKERS BECAUSE OF IT. THIS LITERALLY GIVES ME SO MUCH INSPIRATION TO TRY ANIMATE THIS SONG MYSELF BECAUSE OF HOW STUNNING IT IS BUT IT ALSO MAKES MY BRAIN GO "nothing could withstand this masterpiece. dont even try." YOU HAVE NO IDEAAA HOW AWESOME YOUR STUFF IS AAAAA 😭😭😭

[@elsabug6769]

You captured Grace so freaking well!!! I love so much when someone can balance her (& by extension, Angela’s) soft & square features so she ends up being just as pretty as she is in the show🥹💖🫶 amazing work!!🎀

[@EveryArchive]

These musicals deserve so much more attention. I'm glad they seem to be finally getting it. very exciting.

[@RXYALEKXR0M1]

i like to think that the Lords in Black purposely took on the faces of some of Grace, Steph and Pete's dead friends/ family instead of just the actors playing multiple roles lol. Also I like to think that your design of Nibbly actually doesn't have eyes under his hair. (THIS VIDEO IS SO GOOD RAAHH I WANT TO EAT IT)

[@Canonicallycreative]

Omg I’ve been waiting for someone to make an animatic of this, and am so happy one of my very favourite KZbin animators took up the mantle! Literally my only complaint is that I’d give anything (or maybe I should say whatever you want) for the rest of the song, but ahh it’s so good, incorporating little bits of the different lords’ lore from NMT was such a good touch, and the transition for Tinky’s toybox was so smooth! Also the creepy themepark ride for Blinky was so fun! It reminded me a little bit of the opening for the old Beetlejuice cartoon! I love that you really took what was there and ran with it and made it larger than life as the Lords in Black are!

[@enchantedtiger3705]

The callbacks to the nightmare time episodes were so incredible yet so subtle. You captured the lords in black perfectly!! This is amazing well done! 💛

[@Emma-mj3pz]

can I watch this forever and ever and tattoo every frame on the back of my eyelids because holy shit this is incredible. I love how you draw all of the characters, especially Steph's body type she looks so good, and the big space of the gym makes them look so small in such a effectively horrifying way. I love Pete's expressions and his big wide anxiety filled eyes, it's so good. it's so cool how the gray pallet gets darker right before getting super colorful it's so fun and visually amazing and aaaa so creative. I am so obsessed with the scenes of the trio running from each lord in black with the water and roller coaster and maze. also Pete and Steph holding hands for one second aa I love them. you simplified the lord in black faces at 0:53 in such recognizable ways. the faces at 1:06 are so funny they are so confused ghjkhjk. all of the transitions are so genius and cool and I have no words other than cool tbh it's so indescribably cool. the perspective on the legs at 1:14 looks really good too. and then that split second of Pete and Steph holding onto each other at 1:17 ohhh I am so insane about them and about this animatic. Grace praying as they fall is such a good detail, every action is so in character for all 3 of them. the perspective spin and the book closing at you zoom in aaaa so so cool everything about this animatic is visually appealing. love the Ted in the bastards box detail at 1:33. the little extra details you added with the lords in black make them even cooler. I love the detail of Tinky's hair having the silhouette of a goat head and Blinky's eye phone. I am like in shock of how good and cool this is and how well you capture the character's personalities as well as how scary the lords in black are and your art style is just amazingly expressive as well which is like the cherry on top

[@SkylaBluejay]

YOUR HUMAN DESIGNS FOR THEM ARE AMAZING OH MY GOD

[@indesiciveeevee9053]

I can't stop watching this, it's SO freaking good! The character designs, especially of Grace, Steph, and Pete are so good! The terror and confusion on their faces as the lords in black are introduced is SO GOOD!

[@choco-drops]

this is incredible- the animation quality is really good, the transitions are so creative, i love how you put so many references to the nightmare time episodes! like blinky holding the phone, and ted being in the box at the end. this is amazing!

[@DefintallyNotABeaver]

I have to say, thank you SO MUCH for making this animation, I stumbled upon it a month or two ago, and it introduced me to Hatchet Field and Star Kid in general, so thank you for influencing one of my biggest hyperfixations in a while!

[@randeemeik4919]

Their shadows being Wigglys teeth is genius and terrifying.

[@semosayba]

OMG there's so many things about this vid that i'm obsessed with, there's a lot of details here and there that i can't get over 0:16 there's a bit of an establishing shot of the trees which shows that they're normal so it's even more weird when they turn into tentacles later 0:22 focus on peter at mention of t'noy karaxis (intentional or not, good detail) 0:25 focus on steph at mention of nibblenephim who calls out to her later (again idk if it was intentional) 0:48 wiggly's eyes resemble how he shows himself to President Goodman in Black Friday when they're in the black and white 0:52 i like that tinky's eyes resemble goat eyes to give him more of a distinction, as well as blinky "the watcher of a thousand eyes" literally having a bunch of eyes 1:00 i don't think anyone's said this but the transitions showing the LiB in this segment go in the same order that they switch their dances to each other in the actual choreography of this song, very nice detail! 1:01 think i said this in another comment but i love how pokey comes in like a meteor about to crash, because he sent a meteor to hatchetfield in tgwdlm 1:06 they're riding the tear jerker! obviously being a reference to watcher world lol 1:13 the inside of the toy box being a maze is really cool! 1:17 you can see steph and pete hugging so cutee 1:19 it looks like grace is praying when she's falling? thats funny lmao 1:20 they seem to take the appearance of the dolls but really really big, probably another way of disguising their true forms before showing themselves as teenagers. i like the usage of color here, the main identifying objects of the LiB like nibbly's mouth or pokey's mask are made more bright. 1:25 the perspective here is really really good it almost looks 3d! and Wiggly standing on a raised platform to show he's the one with highest power is neat 1:33 i think this may be a reference to a bonus content vid for NPMD where in concept blinky would've had a phone with a big eye for a screen? not sure but that would be insane!

[@dumbdumb8526]

This is genuinely amazing, the visuals, the way your brain interprets the lords and also their taunts in an abstract way AND it’s all on beat, the designs on all the characters, the art, everything. I kinda wanna see you do the whole summoning song now

[@bookshop7337]

Oh my gosh yes. My favorite youtube animator making a song from my favorite musical? Huzzah!

[@KaTayNaX]

just watched this with my girlfriend and we both loved this! i especially love how it's the "real" world that's black and white and the Lords in Black are so colorful, it really genuinely comes off as super threatening and alien

[@Eve.v]

obsessed obsessed obsessed 100% obsessed with this. i am so . i am so normal about this, it is very normal to break into unrepressable giggles when a piano hits a discordant note and the screen fades to black after you see three animated teenagers get lightly traumatized. i am going to think about this every single say for the rest of my life

[@cramerfloro5936]

1:33 oh, look at Teddy, trying to crawl out of the Toy Box! You ain't getting out of there, Ted!

[@Harleymotor]

I LOVE how you got creative with their summons by pulling the main 3 into an alternate dimension to really show the personalities of the Lords of Black! Each has such a dynamic character so also highlighting their colors while the “real” world stays in black and white was also beautiful

[@ryomahoshi643]

AAAAAAAHHHH THIS IS SO GOOD! The Lords in Black have been my hyperfixation for a while and I love the way you worked with them here! I especially like the rollercoasters for Blinky and how you can see Ted in The Bastard’s Box!

[@nightowlowo149]

i havent even watched nightmare time yet and have only seen fan reactions to specific scenes... but im inclined to believe that you portrayed this VERY VERRRY WELL

[@twist_ending7545]

You gotta watch Nerdy Prudes Must Die

[@nightowlowo149]

@@twist_ending7545 i already did, i just skipped the entirety of nightmare time , but i do plan on watching it in the future

[@ITSETERNITYINHERE]

THIS IS SO GOOD??? The smoothness of the animation and the way each character is shaped and the body language and everything is so GOOD now i'm thinking about how Webby would look in your style since you already make the Lords look so good. EXTREMELY well done!

[@sniv_thesnivy_snivson]

I dont know if it was intentional but i LOVE how the lords are animated smoother than the humans are- makes them really feel like they're something More, yknow?

[@limelantern5637]

that was just... I'm speechless that was incredible. Felt like a trippy song sequence from like a cult classic animated movie or something

[@padmeamidala6850]

I am absolutely obsessed with the way the Lords are in color while everything else is black and white. It's a great way to show that the Lords are Eldritch, and completely outside the normal world. And the animation is beautiful too!

[@table.butter.]

the detail in this makes me so unbelievably happy and envious at the same time. LIKE OH CRIMINEY THIS IS SO GOOD.

[@DazzlingNishi]

this animation got me into the whole Team Starkid Hatchetfield lore, and now rewatching this makes everything make so much moresense! the way Pokotho/Pocky is represented with blue goo (reference to The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals?, and also reminds me a little of Otho in the very last episode of Nightmare Time season 2), Blicklotev(?)/Blinky being represented by a theme park ride (referencing Watcher World), Nibbleheffim/Nibbly being a mouth that swallows them whole (reminds me of Honey Queen), T'noy Karaxis/Tinky being a maze/labyrinth and then a box (reminds me a lot of Time Bastard), and then Wiggog Y'wrath/Wiggly being fluff and two big lit up green eyes (very reminiscent of how he appeared in the Black and White in Black Friday)

[@twist_ending7545]

Pokotho Bliklotep T'noy Karaxis Nibblenephim Wiggog Y'Wrath

[@anmionasbox4904]

THIS IS. SO. AWESOME. I _adore_ the way you drew The Lords in Black and their shinanigans, all the designs are so on point - and all the characters clearly resemble the actors, too! You use the shape language so well. And the way, what I assume to be Wiggly's tentacles (at least at first) come from the shadow? Wicked And, I'm not this far into the Nightmare Time, but the hints at the previous victims.... So cool Stunning work as always, Shandzii

[@anmionasbox4904]

OH, AND GRACE IS PRAYING TOO So many details

[@רוניבןעזרא-ו6ש]

This is too awesome! the cartoon style, the colors, the Nightmare Time callbacks, the creepy vibes transitioning to frantic

[@evanev7]

i really like your interpretation of the lords in black, the transition from unspeakable eldritch deity to not-quite-human was cheffs kiss

[@isabellaury38]

THIS WAS SO GOOD I LOVE IT SO MUCH! I love how in one frame Steph and Peter are holding each other for comfort, it’s so cute.

[@Anamizuki]

Great staging and I love the way each god is introduced through what they do. The fade from the monster forms into human ones is also a nice touch.

[@Scarshadow666]

Probably my favorite interpretation of the Lords in Black so far - also at 1:23 Wiggle's entrance goes hard animation-wise, holy sh*t! Makes them all look so cool! ^^

[@faithbean5360]

1:21 This transition was so sleek- you really went had on the visual for, "Our true forms would melt your minds". Its just so perfect omg 😭

[@abaddonarts1129]

I've been going through a rabbit hole of Starkids stuff and came across this! My first thought is how amazingly smooth everything is, I was so surprised at just how STUNNING many parts of this are. Like there's a full turnaround of the characters at one point, and unbelievably clear symbology for each of the Lords in Black. It was a total surprise when I went to the channel and just shouted "OH MY GOD ITS YOU" because your videos are always amazing. Now it all makes sense.

[@-orczy-5111]

Woow that turnaround was sick! And the lineless stuff with the rollercoaster? Perfection I love your animatics so dang much, keep up the great work! You’re such an inspiration 😊

[@TindraSan]

ooooo I love thissss!

[@felixisfruity]

i genuinely cannot stop watching this. it is so good and I cant even explain how well this is made

[@kitsuneg.d.x]

There is so much detail I cannot begin to start I love the expression of the kids on the rollercoaster, the maze, the branches turning into shadows, the swirling lords in black and soososo much more

[@frantexmor8681]

I... I think I have no words about how fucking amazing this is. I love the whole sequence of the Lords in Black before their human form. I also love the detail of Ted being in Tinky's box, it's how I pictured it when he says "I'm gonna have the whole set in my toy box!" (Sorry if I've written this down like shit, English isn't my first language)

[@Patch3dPho3nix]

I love the way you animated the reveal for Wiggly's human appearance. All of their slide away reveals were amazing(I dont remember the actual name for that but I'll just say slide show esque) and Wiggly's was a favorite just because you really god his big presence down with him holding his hands out like a performer, and the one one up high on the stage, to show he is the strongest and the leader of his siblings. You did such a great job, it must have taken so long to make this!

[@Half_an_orphan]

Ahhhhh! The way the stars blink at the very beginning! Beautiful animation.

[@twist_ending7545]

When?

[@twist_ending7545]

When?

[@Half_an_orphan]

@@twist_ending7545 it’s during the first look out of the window. The stars in the background flicker as if blinking

[@TheDyslexicCosplayer]

Not gonna lie probably one of the coolest fan animations I’ve ever seen and weirdly has me totally up for an animated version of the show

[@alanorcotch7822]

This has made realize that a entirely animated version of Nerdy Prudes Must Die would be really cool

[@kitrobins4469]

I’ve watched this one a couple times already and it’s still my favourite Hatchetfield animatic. So pretty, so menacing, really captures the vibes of the lords and does a great job of showing what their deal is