Tommy Come Down | Dream SMP Animatic

Took me a week (a minute a day which took about 3-5 hours each time) and made me crippled, enjoy
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This basically goes through the phases of Tommy’s trauma. The entire animatic is supposed to be a visualization of what was going through Tommy’s head during his time on the tower, like a, “life flashing before your eyes” thing. Most of the metaphors are illustrated as seen from Tommy’s perspective only, since we are going through his thoughts in this animatic. You can perceive the rest as you wish ;)
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There’s a few visual glitches in there that happened during exporting the file but psh, it’s alright. Let’s pretend I meant it.
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Song: Achilles Come Down
(It’s in the first frame guys it’s right there)
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The french;
On the other hand, I see many people die because they judge that life is not worth living. I see others paradoxically getting killed for the ideas or illusions that give them a reason for living (what is called a reason for living is also an excellent reason for dying).
Of an apartment-building manager who had killed himself I was told that he had lost his daughter five years before, that he had changed greatly since, and that that experience had "undermined" him.
What sets off the crisis is almost always unverifiable. Newspapers often speak of "personal sorrows" or of "incurable illness." These explanations are plausible. But one would have to know whether a friend of the desperate man had not that very day addressed him indifferently.
The memory of a lost home or the hope of a promised land. This divorce between man and his life, the actor and his setting, is properly the feeling of absurdity.
Either yes or no. This would be too easy. But allowance must be made for those who, without concluding, continue questioning. Here I am only slightly indulging in irony: this is the majority. I notice also that those who answer "no" act as if they thought "yes." As a matter of fact, if I accept the Nietzschean criterion, they think "yes" in one way or another.

[@abitheangel7753]

YES ANOTHER PERSON WHO APPRECIATES THIS SONG AND IMMEDIATELY THINKS OF THE SMP

[@bloodysovy8026]

Yeeees, seriously I love this fucking song, and it is so perfect!!! POOOOOGGGG!!!

[@milo7913]

I love this song

[@evanlif9441]

I love this song

[@whale_inc9646]

I love this song

[@okiechick1423]

It reminds me of this one someone did called Wilbur come down

[@buo-enwee8872]

THE BLUE IN HIS EYES AT THE END THO MAKE ME GO BRRRRRRRRRRR

[@kara6418]

ßßßßßßßßßß (if you watch Wilbur when he was in Nikki’s house you would get this)

[@simpidy9428]

@@kara6418 what happened when Wilbur went to Nikki's house?

[@kara6418]

@@simpidy9428 he used Nikki’s computer for MCC and then continuously spammed “ßßßßßßßßßßßßß” in the chat while saying “BBBBRRRRRRRR”

[@arandomperson42069]

ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß (Im sorry I just had to)

[@nameling75]

THE BLUE MADE MY HEART HURT NGNFNGH ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THAT HE LOST THE BLUE IN HIS EYES DURING THAT ARC,, AND THE BLUE COMING BACK AT THE END,, oh mY HEART

[@chocolate-em4wq]

“Some of us love you, there’s not much but there’s proof” with the friendship emerald, compass, and flag was genius Very well done

[@polarknight5376]

I completely forgot about the friendship emerald and compass and you reminding me of those actually made me cry thinking "oh yeah, that was so cute when that happened."

[@daz1717]

yes!!

[@dfquartzidn6151]

Also if the Christmas present exchange between Tommy and Techno was canon, that could have been included, as well! ^_^

[@itskaede1628]

I legit sobbed when that part came up

[@edsweet2858]

When did he get the friendship emerald I forgot

[@lizzywithall5619]

Ahhh I love how everything is black and white except for the string around Tommy and then his eyes at the end OUR BOY GOT HIS BLUE BACK

[@trucetruce335]

“Remember the pact of our youth” WITH THE DISCS AND COMPOSES IM SCREECHING

[@lizzywithall5619]

The one person who disliked this, I just wanna talk ok

[@vincentkusko6680]

*hiding pigstep and rocket launcher*

[@trucetruce335]

I don’t, come catch these hands.

[@athatcher9367]

4 now, they must be hunted down, prepare the hounds!

[@awichow1446]

Ok what do you need to talk about :)

[@awichow1446]

XD

[@leorapai2850]

Theory: Since Tommy is like Theseus in Greek mythology Techo probably wrote himself or Dream to be like Achilles, the invincible warrior with a single weak point To go into detail as to why I think it'll be Dream, his canon lives are unknown and he's extremely powerful, so I think that when his lives are revealed his one weakness will be that he only has a single canon life and his others were already taken in a time before the SMP story in that character's past EDIT: This theory has now been deconfirmed as of the recent disc finale, Dream died and he came back twice, still a fun thing to think of! My new theory is that his lives are directly linked to Ranboo’s or since he can resurrect people every time he dies he just gives himself another life to make himself basically immortal

[@ant9347]

Techno's only weakness is that one favor

[@poets_and_books5523]

Ooh... I think you might be right

[@anvisriva1824]

That’s such a cool theory

[@leorapai2850]

@@anvisriva1824 Thank youuuu, I'm aspiring to be a writer and a streamer myself so I try and pick up on Techno's possible subtle hints so I can possibly do something similar one day

[@3verlong]

@@ant9347 no its Carl

[@buo-enwee8872]

BRUV REALLY MADE AN ANIMATIC FOR A 7 MINUTE SONG

[@mossripalextechno6450]

When it switches from the people he's close to to dream! *SYMBOLISM!* SYMBOLISM OF DREAMS MANIPULATION! *YES!* THANK YOU!

[@aprilzephyr9887]

Okay first off THIS IS AMAZING. The art, the timing, the song choice, the SYMBOLISM HOLY CRAP THIS IS UNDERRATED. WARNING THIS IS A LONG COMMENT LOL Basically, Tommy is reflecting on all the people in his life and their effect on him. Because Tommy’s fatal flaw is relying too much on other people, and it’s because of that that he can be manipulated so easily. The lyrics all fit so well I fricking love it!!! The beginning: all the people in Tommy’s life and what they would want him to do/what they’d remind him. EACH LINE FITS EACH CHARACTER SO WELL FLBDJDKSBKSH Tubbo: Tommy and Tubbo have been bros this whole time, which is why Tubbo exiling Tommy cut so deep. Tubbo betrayed Tommy in the worst way possible. But can Tommy really bring himself to leave him? Wilbur: Wilbur doesn’t care the way Tommy does. His descent into madness, betrayal of L’Manburg, and consequential death ended out well for him - now he’s Ghostbur. He doesn’t remember anything bad and is no longer in pain. He already ended it all, and now he’s happy (or so he seems). Can Tommy end his own pain by doing the same thing? After all, it’s pointless to resist. (Absolutely LOVE the flashing from Wilbur to Dream.) Techno: Techno can pinpoint what Tommy feels because he’s been there. He’s been faced with this choice before, and he’s fighting. “Don’t listen to the lies. You deserve better. Don’t sell yourself short. See life as a worthy opponent.” The strings: I think these represent all the ties Tommy has to the people in his life. Even though he’s the protagonist, he’s let other people manipulate him, control him, and essentially puppeteer him for their own ends. He’s tied himself to so many others so tightly for so long that now he’s tied up. His life isn’t his own. Now he’s cutting the strings, the mental and emotional ties that let other people use his life for their own ends. He’s taking control of his own life, no strings attached. In addition, I think the scissors hovering over the strings are from the Greek myth about people’s lives being represented by strings and how, when the string was cut, the life the string represented ended and the person died. So the scissors symbolize Tommy’s debating whether or not to jump. So not only is Tommy cutting the ties that let other people control him, but he’s also dying to his old life. Before he was living the life others puppeteered for him. Now he’s living his own. All the voices, all the people he’s known, the people he’s loved, the people he hates, people who have helped him and people who have betrayed him, friends and family, they all come into play, arguing over each other as Tommy struggles with himself. And Tommy makes a choice. He’s done living in other people’s lives. Now he’s making his own. Well I failed miserably in keeping this short LOL that’s just my take on it, again this animatic is absolutely stunning and I am utterly enthralled with it. Fantastic job!!!!!!!!! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 Thank you for coming to my TED talk 😆

[@korokpot1919]

EYYY, that about hits the bullseye! Now to you pinned comment readers; in short, live for yourself. Choose to live not because someone told you to, but because you choose to. Everyone has done you good and bad. You pick what you see from it.

[@mk_nugget]

Holy shit you’ve got the biggest brain I could have never imagined

[@aprilzephyr9887]

Lol I just have a good insight into people, but thank you! 👍😁👍

[@lilyanakittinger349]

Interesting

[@AnnieLis04]

This explains the video soo much!

[@buo-enwee8872]

that parallel where all his close family drew back to dream was just wow

[@milomystique]

can we just appreciate the fact that: 1. THIS IS SUCH A GREAT ANIMATIC IT IS SO CRIMINALLY UNDERRATED 2. THE ANIMATIC IS 7 MINUTES LONG. THATS A LOT OF FRAMES AND DRAWING. seriously though this is absolutely stunning, and the song choice is great too. also thank you so much for that message at the end.

[@p1neqpple693]

There is the one puppet that dream/the puppet master can’t put on his strings ;)

[@kazanoha5003]

Who??

[@p1neqpple693]

@@kazanoha5003 tommy -_-

[@p1neqpple693]

@kamyab king see how dream got techno on his strings is by giving him the totem of undying and so he needs to repay dream but once dream uses the favor techno is no longer on dreams strings but until then dream has techno on his strings

[@p1neqpple693]

@kamyab king yeah but the thing is he can’t hurt dream at all cause of the favor

[@witchesbeginning9623]

@kamyab king The favour actually does have a very large impact. The only reason why being that, because Techno had to actually use the totem of undying, if he hadn't needed to use it? The favour wouldn't hold to much impact, but that totem saved him from his execution. So that's a life debt he owes to dream. A life for a life.

[@bloxieminer2176]

this is so well portrayed, I’m a little worried for what’ll happen in the next few days, I wonder if it’ll end like the last war or if it’ll have a happier ending. this is is pog!

[@EndedAxolotll]

Nothing has happened since ur comment lmao- But my prediction is that dream will probably use his favour in the next lore stream, idk what for tho

[@Holly-me2sl]

It was mentioned on one of Tubbos streams that season 2 will be set in a different world, they'll be unable to move they're items to that world. This might be foreshadowing some sort of disastrous event that will completely destroy both L'Manberg and the Dream SMP. Not sure though as it seems pretty farfetched.

[@pigeonboi230]

if season 2 is in a different world, then i would think it may be caused by the withers techno has, along with the prison

[@pikapower7184]

@@Holly-me2sl it’s giving me major Mianite vibes

[@Holly-me2sl]

@@pigeonboi230 agreed.

[@haleyconsidine7163]

2:41 THE PARALLEL OMG POG

[@skratchisrandom5596]

I live for Tommy wearing Wilburs trench coat

[@xxwolfrocksxx1829]

Another thing, this probably isn't the point of it, but the fact that tuffs of grass and flowers grew along the plain dirt he had placed to build his tower-to me, that says he stood there for so long, debating and debating, balancing the consequences and benefits. As someone whose found herself in that very position, it feels so real, like a punch in the gut. When I saw it all I could think was "oh, tommy..."

[@anerdwithopinions1165]

“See life as a worthy opponent” is such a techno thing to say

[@neck3947]

this is amazing!! you so accurately portrayed his trauma and the healing process that I'm hoping he finally goes through. the severing of the strings is beautiful, and i like that you can interpret the strings being cut by him or by the people helping him. this is phenomenal.

[@ae1103]

H A H

[@moxieisamoron319]

This shit is going to blow up, just letting you know.

[@joseangelodominguez2057]

like l'manburg?

[@mk_nugget]

@@joseangelodominguez2057 oh-.

[@erensgotaces]

This did *not* age well

[@tonykhang1984]

@@joseangelodominguez2057 oh-

[@edwinnewmaniii2092]

@@joseangelodominguez2057 0-0 Oop-

[@gingerspice5477]

IVE BEEN WAITING FOR A TOMNY EXILE ANIMATIC WITH THIS SONG AND YOU FUCKING KILLED IT! SHOWING NOT ONLY DREAMS MANIPULATION BUT ALSO ALIVEBURS LASTING INFLUENCE. THE LITTLE FLOWERS IN THE DIRT TOWER DEPICTING LIFE IN AN ACT OF COULD BE DEATH. AHHHHH ITS SO GOOD!

[@ashlynnpoll6115]

YES!! The wait is over!! Edit: oh my goodness this is amazing!! The fact you used the first “Achilles, jump now” with Wilbur because of the pain he caused when he became villainous and destroyed L’manberg, and showed the repercussions of having the person you look up to betray you. But the fact that you also showed Wilburs love for him (especially now that he’s Ghostbur) is just *chefs kiss*. The complicated feelings that come with that are so well expressed! The fact that Dreams manipulation has its main role by making Tommy first see the bad side of each of his loved ones, followed by the care and true love they show for him is amazing! AND THEN THE LAST MESSAGE IS SO SWEET AND SO NEEDED ESPECIALLY THIS YEAR! What an absolute masterpiece! I originally came to your channel through Instagram and I can’t wait to see more!

[@maiya9188]

‘remember the pact of our youth, where you go im going, so jump and im jumping, since there is no me without you’ with tommy and tubbo is absolutely incredible omg

[@xxwolfrocksxx1829]

THE WAY YOU MADE TECHNO SO SOFT FOR TOMMY!!!!! HELP ME I'M DROWNING IN MY T E A RS

[@raviosolaire]

this song never make me cry, but the message at the end did.. because.. I did need it. thank you..

[@raviosolaire]

I subscribed just because a: amazing animation and b: you made me cry with a few simple words.

[@gunner681]

It will get better, I hope that everything in your life turns up, no matter the condition.

[@raviosolaire]

@@gunner681 thank you. it's weird having people care, but honestly, thank you.

[@calendars4]

same 🥲

[@rainwhal]

Everything will be better! I believe, one day you will find something in life!

[@lemon_notes2645]

Theroy: The moral of the entire story of Tommy's arc (also fantastic job on animating this!) is that no matter where you are in life, when your world has just turned upside down (exiled by your best friend, being mocked at, manipulation, etc.) you can still get back up and keep moving forward because that's what -humans- heroes do

[@hihelloemrsn]

This is top tier!!!!!!! Physically pogging!!!!!!

[@pOisen_c0ntrol]

"Can you hear me Achilles? I'm talking to you" that one line.. that one line always hits me hard the fact that the person who is singing going out of their way to say YOU I am talking to YOU I am telling YOU not to jump and the thought of it always makes me think.. like i said they are talking to YOU I am now talking to you and I hope you can hear me I want you to know you are here for a reason and please don't let yourself fall so far that you can not get back up I am here you are here I will be here please talk to me if needed I don't mind:)

[@Lilackity]

"No audience could ever want you" This just reminds me of when Wilbur told Tommy that could never be a president Ahhh this animatic is amazing

[@hentilla7610]

The end is so beautiful when Tommy realizes that he has been manipulated and goes to Techno! This is so beautiful it made me cry 😢

[@hoodie_gang563]

Ik I'm late but. I really needed the end screen. As someone who has struggled a L O T with suicidal ideation and mental health problems, this arc was tough for me to watch, especially as I'm not even two years free of being in a hospital. The fact that the acting was so good that I *understood* Tommy's character through the time in exile. He did an amazing job showcasing how depression really is. It's not someone who is always sad, it is a person with hopelessness and depression at their core, who feels happy for long and short periods of time before going back to that core. The fact that, through Tommy's portrayal of (basically me early 2019 lmao) a clinically depressed and traumatized teen, I realized things that I had never know before about me, my depression and trauma, where is stems from, and where my depressive episodes stem from, is amazing. Idk this feels weird to say because we are basically the game age, but I'm really proud of him and how well he did the 2nd (or whatever number we were on) arc. Sorry for my long and personal comment. Ill say it so yall dont have to: N O B O D Y A S K E D 🙃

[@benjymonkey3163]

This hits different now that he’s gone 😔✊

[@bigchad9255]

Hits different now that he’s back

[@benjymonkey3163]

@@bigchad9255 lmao yea

[@abbiecm9010]

In the moment where there are two voices singing and Willbur, tubbo, techno and Philza were circling around Tommy (around 4:30 ) . An attention to detail is that at first it fazes to the personas that left a negative impact on him, ( AKA the ‘insane’ Willbur and president tubbo, I don’t really know about techno considering he doesn’t really change but I assume it’s because in the later vers he’s in his Antarctic empire clothes Idk) The fact that he sees the “anti-versions” or the corrupted ( in Tommy’s eyes) of his loved ones shows us that it’s the first thing he often thinks about, it’s not necessarily the voice telling him to jump down, but to me it seems like the in between, the purgatory. Reflecting on who he had wronged and have been wronged by. which gets interrupted by the personification of dream, the voice telling him it’s his time. I just really like how when it fazes back to them from dream, it’s not even their current forms (aka ghostbur or just president tubbo again) it’s Tommy’s favourite memory, which is so bittersweet because Tommy will never have that back again, and yet that is what helps him get down SAFELY. I might be relaying information that is obvious but I wanted to call these details out because MY GOD THE ARTIST IS AMAZING LIKE WOW.

[@SkaterGirlFC]

YOOOOO IM SOK GLAD SOMEONE ELSE THOUGHT OF THIS SONG FOR TOMMY ON THE PILLAR THERE!!!!! I loved how when like, the voices (?) are arguing it starts by his friends and famioy saying then like, dream taking that place showing how dreams manipulating tommy into thinking his family doesnt care about him, and then the rebuttel is by the real person showing his family does care??? amazing job!!!! and the last chorus for him healing with techno??? perfect!!

[@A_Bagel]

I love how when Tommy landed in the water he was content with death, then he was like, "oh, wait. I still want to live," so he went and created a new meaning for his life free from Dream. This song is great too, and it really fits the current script (I can't think of the word right now) for the SMP. I just can't believe how amazing this animation was.

[@yumiwu3264]

I like how you acknowledged how wilbur and techno (partially Tubbo) aren’t innocent and did contribute to his trauma. I feel like people gloss it over a lot!

[@checkmateathiests]

I can’t stop watching this because 1: It’s very good and captures his depression arc und redemption arc amazingly 2: It has so many symbols to past reasons that would push him over the edge.

[@sofiense379]

I love everything The faces The song How the background color changes It is perfect

[@athatcher9367]

Welcome home, Theseus!

[@nyooom9729]

“there is no me without you” hits different after the stream on the 20th

[@overlyfriendlycryptid6080]

I was prepared to be really sad at the beginning and then it ended up with a happy ending. Thank you, I needed this

[@b0fa_1]

I like the way you visualise how Tommy’s distrust in everyone grows. He feels caught in an ever-growing web of lies (the red strings) and feels like everyone he once called friends has used him or turned on him. Over and over again he’s raised on a pedestal only to be brought crashing down to Earth by the the same people. Now, he’s about to do the same. But this time it’s on his own terms

[@mischaniven5318]

the people on this smp have a great way of storytelling and then everyone who does animatics can create an almost short film like video and I live for it

[@clarissarojas7959]

1:15 “since there is no me without you” hits _so differently_ after the disc war finale, it’s so painful but in the best way

[@Lauren-xl8xi]

3:34 the prime log looks so good!! omg

[@thevoidstaresback4464]

WHAT WHAT WHAT THIS SONG AND DREAM SMP AND SO RECENT.. I CAN'T PROCESS THIS BUT IT'S AMAZING

[@goldem0_derp393]

God yes someone did the whole song!! It was so beautiful and the animation and art! It was like watching a story you never want to end! I got shocked, sad, happy, and anxious! Jeez there’s just this whole list that could literally take me forever to just describe how amazing and detailed this is!!! Edit: SCREW IT IM RE-WATCHING THIS TILL I PASS OUT

[@Guglug7712]

Oh this fits Tommy’s depression are a little to well :(

[@CuddleCuttlefish]

I've always loved this song, and was worried if I wanted to see it used in a Dream SMP context... However... Holy heck, this was amazing! I'm really surprised how well the song actually fit to this part of Tommy's arc. I was ready while watching, to write a comment saying 'my only complaint would be that the pessimistic voice was Wilbur and not Dream', then it started flashing between Dream and, not just Wilbur but, *all* of his friends... And I was like 'THAT'S GENIUS!'. Not only does it show how it was Dream who pushed him to the edge by lying to his friends and to him, but it shows how what pushed him was thinking all of these negative thought/taunts were what his friends were thinking of him, when really it was all just Dream. It seems self explanatory when I write it out, however, it's actually really clever to manage to tell all that with such a small detail. Using Wilbur as the first and main 'disguise' for the voice is very logical too. Not only because he lost his mind at the end, but because he was and to some extent still is with Ghostbur his most trusted figure. Not the same as Tubbo who's been with Tommy all this time, Wilbur was someone to look up to, someone to guide him, the first person to put faith in him. So out of all the people he knew, imagining those words coming from Wilbur, would be the most hurtful. You could counter that it'd hurt more from Tubbo, but I don't think so. Tubbo and Tommy were long time friends, they were on equal terms. It'd hurt to be told that by someone you consider at equal sure. But you can push past it, since it's just the opinion of someone who's at your own level. Hearing it from someone like Wilbur however, almost like a father figure and idol, is much more devastating. Some other things I liked. First of, the red strings filling the screen with the music, during times of only instrumentals. Even though it was abstract, it was something that connected to the story the animation was telling (I'm assuming Dreams Web of lies, since it falls apart once he starts talking himself out of it), but it gave something interesting to look at on screen while there was no lyrics to animate! Finally, I loved your decision to make the second positive voice that's trying to reassure Achilles in the song, to be Tommy himself in the animation. I always find that part of the song to be really powerful and emotional, the two inner voices battling to get Achilles to keep going or give up. However, by changing the dynamic to Tommy arguing with his own inner doubts, it gives him more agency, and makes the moment where he chooses to land in the water, so much more powerful. He did that himself, he saved himself, no one passively saved him. He got himself out of it.

[@elo3710]

I felt like a rollercoaster of emotions thinking back to scenes where tommy wanted to give up. You are very creative I love how you used tommy as it fits perfect with the song!

[@mischaniven5318]

tommy's character arc in season two has to be my favourite storyline ever in the smp! this is my absolute fav dream smp animatic as well!!!

[@amberrama5663]

Bro the "there is no me without you" hits different after the finale

[@m1dn1ghtlive90]

The 18 people who disliked this video clearly have no taste, this animatic is amazing :)

[@chillinghere5996]

Since Tommy is like Theseus, I feel as though Technoblade would be Achilles. Being a feared, almost invincible, warrior with his main weakness being his love for Phil, Wilbur(and Ghostbur), Tommy and Carl (his horse). Especially with recent actions, it feels as though Techno still cares about Tommy (despite killing him constantly during yesterday's stream) because of how calmly he let Tommy walk away and didn't fight him for his axe back. Techno is honestly such an interesting character as I could see him having an arc of paranoia or depression where he is terrified of Phil betraying him and Ranboo or one of complete chaos, taking Tubbo's and Tommy's final lives with no mercy. I expect it to be the latter since he is the Blood God lmao.

[@Drawsca]

This is fricking awesome you did amazing !! The expressions, the parallels between some characters, the timing and the way you represented the story itself is amazing !!!

[@shelbyteague7928]

I LOVE THIS SO MUCH!! I can't draw but I did an animatic concept for this song a while back (outlining who's speaking when and some blocking) and seeing this made me very happy, as it was made very much how I would've wanted my version made. The primary difference was that the dark and light sides arguing weren't characters in my version, more pure metaphors of the inner darkness and light, but on the "Do you hear me, Achilles? I'm talking to you" they merged into Ranboo and it is revealed that everyone else Tommy was seeing (Techno, Tubbo, Wilbur, and Phil) were figments of his imagination and Ranboo was the one who came. All that said, I really enjoy this take, truly one of my favorite Dream Smp animatics. I just wanted to talk about differences from my own concept as this got me thinking about it, not that this isn't absolutely amazing as is!!

[@Leo_Gumball]

im crying so hard for so many reasons but especially because of techno and tommy's friendship being torn apart.....the end just crushes me because i know what happens next

[@camdotcoms]

dude this is so cool!! this song is PERFECT for this wow

[@kalea.b06-39]

i love how you can see the changes he went through, its not one thing but so many, the tent, logstshiere, compasses, to discs, not one thing defines his choices even though he acts like it

[@pink_vanilla8402]

I literally found this ong today how does it fit so well with the tommy exile arc- i am so thankful you made this beautiful anamatic for not just a part but for the WHOLE song this is a work of art

[@jaasieltorres]

NOT SURE IF THIS IS ENTIRELY RIGHT BUT WHAT THE HECK ALSO AMAZING AND BEAUTIFUL ANIMATIC!!!!!!! Achilles come down would be referring to Tommy and asking him to do something for them. Showing that Tommy is vulnerable and can be easily manipulated by those he thinks he can trust. The animatic also tells us along with the song being in Tommy's POV that he is trying to find a reason to live because a lot of the things he thought he had turned out to be fake, it shows the compass revealing that the only thing more important to Tommy than the disks is Tubbo. "the most dangerous things to love" also proving that Tommy is easily manipulated by his loved ones, showing red strings symbolizing he is like a puppet being told what to do and also showing Tubbo because he is the one who betrayed and exiled him proving that even though he loves Tubbo, he still wronged him. A little bit before the 5 minute mark it shows Dream and Tommy's friends trying to tell him not to end his life meanwhile Dream is telling to him to do, then it says, "no one asked your opinion" telling us that Tommy is finally taking a stance and is ready to be truly independent and not have to rely on others, because in some of the exile streams Tommy was worried about what Dream would think of him. Near the end at 6:25 it says again "the most dangerous things to love" and it shows his friends and people he trusts and the red strings being cut. Telling us that Tommy is not willing to be a puppet anymore- not willing to be used by others, and that even though he still has his friends and love ones he will not be deceived and will carve his own path, without the opinion of others weighing him down.

[@korokpot1919]

SO CLOSE, you’re in the general range, just not hitting the exact point

[@mayranavarro1896]

BRUHHH I STARTED CRYING BROOOO AND THE END WHERE HIS EYES GOT THEIR COLOR BACK I JUST CANT THIS ANIMATIC IS SO AMAZING!!! 😭👏

[@exodus2875]

I would personally think the meaning is that this is what Tommy is feeling, isolated and alone and Wilbur telling him to jump is what he feels what Wilbur was using him for, just a pawn and was meaningless to him. I dunno tho

[@laurenwallace9434]

This is my literal favorite song and I'm so glad someone finally made it into an animatic. This was so well done and left me absolutely speechless.

[@alexismaynor9528]

I don’t know if you’re still checking comments, but I wanted to say something. I came across this animatic at a very bad point in my life, and it also introduced me to this song. I’ve watched this countless time and it’s worked as an anchor point. I just wanted to say thank you for the awesome animatic. Hope you have a good day :)

[@marfromthedepths4276]

THIS IS SO AMAZING THERE'S SO MUCH EFFORT PUT INTO THIS YOU ARE AMAZING

[@isaacchung6792]

“Wouldn’t it be crazy if I jump off”

[@goblin5524]

2:46 i love the way the animation matches what is said in french there in the song : "Ce qui déclenche la crise est presque toujours incontrôlable" -> 'What sets off a crisis comes almost always to be out of control' and then you just see Tommy who'd burnt down George's house just for fun I- I... someone plz cry with me...

[@nurainsyahmina7503]

7 minutes of angsty wonderful masterpiece of an arc, filled with tears and broken hearts but worry not, it's mending through time. Thank you very much for all your hard works. This is such a good song for the exile/depressed arc and your work is my personal favourite. I wish I could say more but I'm afraid I'll cry later and can't let out a proper grateful letter ;-; It;s been a ride for the season 2 of the dsmp and the reference you included just shattered my heart. Seriously, I think all those exile fanfic I've been reading really take a toll on me ahha. I am really grateful to find your work a month ago. Anyways, have nice days onwards dear Korokapot. you've done wonder for us.

[@professionalocchiolist4104]

Ok but you all have to appreciate how tommy threw wilbur's coat. I interpret that as him abandoning that mentality that wilbur instilled in him, and its just. Very good. Very well drawn and this is just 10/10

[@chibidoggosowoblm2543]

HOLY CRAP THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST ANIMATICS IVE EVER SEEN, THIS IS AMAZING I HAVENT CRIED AT A DREAM SMP ANIMATIC IN A COUPLE MONTHS BUT THIS ANIMATIC MADE ALL MY EMOTIONS OF THE DSMP FLOOD BACK, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED AFTER THIS ANIMATIC WAS MADE IT JUST MADE ME BAWL AND I LOVE YOU FOR IT, YOU ARE AMAZING ❤️

[@FubsoFub]

This animation is the ONLY way i can listen to this song- amazing song, amazing animatic, cannot be seperated. I love this so much even though its like 3 years old

[@mischaniven5318]

once again i find myself back here as I long for how the lore/depth that there once was during tommy's exile arc

[@SniperSnake-yz5dz]

Man i saw the wilbur come down animatics and it seemed like those fit wilbur so well but now it fits tommy even better

[@acidravy]

Editing brain go brrrrr. For real tho, this is beautiful and the song matches so well it's scary

[@Noor-su6dw]

OMGOSH I LOVE THE BIT LIKE FROM 4:30, the thing with Wilbur and dream, and then techno and phill and dream, THATS SOOOO GOOODDD. I alsoo loved the part with the red strings that came back everytime, that was so cool made! Also while i am watching te last minutes, the background colour changes are sooo good too! And then the ending OMGOSH THIS IS SO FRICKKING GOOD!!

[@yamiishot]

That's incredible! The compasses into disks, the 'no me without you', the wilbur and the others into dream, wow.

[@jackconlon6844]

Im very impressed that you actually made a 7 minute animatic that looks good, bravo

[@ojie285]

HIS BLUE GAVE ME PHYSICAL HAPPINESS AHHHH

[@sophiescribbles8504]

Everyone’s making animatics about Tommy to this song while I don’t see a single one about tubbo being willing to die “this is checkmate”, Tommy’s looking for a way out “we can run to the portal”, and dream is just waiting and “playing with his food.” I mean the lyrics are so fitting: “So jump and I’m jumping, since there is no me without you” and “you will not be more than a -rat- pawn in the gutter (so much more than a -rat- pawn)”

[@laurax1179]

I can’t truly express how much I love this song and how much I love this animatic. ❤️

[@jessicaschreier2682]

PACT OF OUR YOUTH AND U DRAW THE DISCS AND COMPASSES AHHH

[@whyismylifelikedis5167]

I would not have the patience for this, it’s lively and I love the detail

[@whyismylifelikedis5167]

I MEANT LOVELY

[@alexwehe2585]

"see how the most dangerous thing is to love" hits different after the finale of disc war saga and the revelation of dream's plans

[@yardenwhitman4796]

The longest animeion of the dream smp i ever seen amazing job respect

[@LauraSti]

If anyone who needs this sees it, I've stood in your shoes. I've held the bottle and cursed myself for hesitating, for being scared, for being too selfish to go through with it and take the burden off the people I loved. But I learned something along the way: YOU DON'T DECIDE YOU'RE NOT WORTH IT. It's up to the people around you, the ones who love you, to decide how much love they give you. It's not up to you, and it's not up to the thoughts that say "It wouldn't matter; they'd get over it soon." You don't get to decide if you matter to them. They decide. And if they say to you "We love you, we love you and we want you to heal and it's worth all the hurt you give us" then YOU DO NOT GET TO TELL THEM YOU DON'T MATTER. You don't get to decide if your pain is too much of a burden for them. You don't get to tell them not to come alongside you and try to help you. You don't get to say to them "You can't love me, you can't care for me, you can't cry at night begging whatever God you believe in to help me heal." That's their decision to make. And if they choose to love you and accept your burden, it's not selfish to accept their care. It's selfish and prideful to refuse it, to say "I decide what you can and cannot think about me." The second thing is that healing doesn't look like slowly improving, the way we like to think it does, the way Hollywood pretends that it does. Healing looks like the sky at the end of a storm. You start with clouds covering the entire sky. And then, at one point, there's a tiny little patch of sunlight, and then the clouds come back, and losing the patch of sunlight can feel worse than having the clouds because you had it for just a minute and now it's gone again. When that happens, you can make the mistake of thinking that you WERE healing, and now you're not anymore, but that's not true. The next patch of sunlight is coming, and then the next, and the next, and suddenly you look around and realize that there's as much blue in the sky as there are clouds. And as you go on, slowly the clouds get farther and farther apart, smaller and smaller, and the patches of sunlight get bigger and bigger. Will you ever have a completely clear sky? None of us know for sure, but we can say that the sunlight is worth it. Hold on to the sunlight, even when the clouds cross back over, because there will be sun again, and again, and again, and the clouds will shrink and the sunlight will grow until you can look at the sky and smile and say with us that yes, the sunlight is worth it.

[@Devils_Datura]

wow, i don't know what to say other than wow, this is something that would be useful to keep in mind for lifetimes

[@Hannah-cb6os]

ALL SEVEN MINUTES THIS IS INCREDIBLE

[@autumngaze_]

oh my goodness this is absolutely amazing!! i haven't been able to find anyone who used this dong for an animatic and your's is just *chefs kiss* the artwork is amazing and I love how tommy's tower had flowers that such a cool touch!!

[@melaniehernandez3343]

When it came to Wilbur, Tubbo, Philza, Techno flashing and showing Dream it really showed me that Dream is present within the words of each of them almost like a shadow. Especially for this song there are two people talking at once. One starts of by telling Tommy to jump while the other half way through comes in saying "Don't listen" and at that moment the expression of each person except Dream during the flashes change to worry or sadness. An example is Wilbur. He was shown with a great smile and just going mad only to reveal Dream being the influence as they told him to jump while at the last second when Wilbur reappeared he was in his uniform with a face of worry being the second voice saying "Don't listen Achilles" or in this case, "Don't listen Tommy" I found it quite interesting and loved the video since the song and the events with Tommy and the SMP have intertwined so perfectly. Truely amazing work and artistic skills!!!

[@woodyinthewood9544]

"Its not your time to die, Tommy." "It's never my time to die"

[@maldo_2594]

5:47 GAVE ME CHILLS OMG I LOVE THIS SO MUCH ITS GREAT WORK ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@ratwithblackdeath4377]

omg!!! I saw this on your Instagram and this is so good!!!!! So under rated

[@Mooch2308]

I rate this 14/10 on the poggers scale

[@eternal6179]

DSMP or not, this exactly what I was looking for in an Achilles come Down MV. Well done

[@whiskeredwolf4861]

“See how the most dangerous thing is to love” fits Tommy _so_ damn well. Because that’s the theme of his story! That it’s dangerous to love people and to love things like his discs but it’s worth it! But then the segment in the middle where the voices are telling him that it’s selfish to hold on to attachments, that fits so well too. Even that little bit where the song says “you are (not) a rat” kind of fits because a lot of people see Tommy as this annoying vermin that steals things even when he’s so much more. This is amazing.

[@flamingrose7921]

I really just don’t know what to say I just loved this so much omgoooooosh. Also that last part with Techno and Tommy I almost cried at that 😭

[@brookie_pooh]

This is how I found the song Achilles come down and I love the song so much so thank you for that

[@lakeapricot6084]

im screaming at the whole "not more than a rat in the gutter/so much more than a rat" (that whole bit... just the only lyric i remember). the way that it flashes between different people and then dream is so interesting cuz that... that is kinda what happeded ?? dream was telling tommy no one liked him, he was his only friend, etc. and that part portrayed that really well i think and just sdfsdf v good animatic 15/10 v pog :D

[@anxiouscatgod3125]

The fact that I've watched this around 10 times in the past day speaks to itself, this is such a great underrated animatic

[@sapphire6562]

As someone who joined the fandom just before this arc began, I am SHAKING at how this brings all of the *little* pieces of it together