You cry

Midnight Gospel - 1x8 ''Mouse of Silver''

[@Hey-Its-Dingo]

For those who might not know, the song that kicks in at the end is titled "We Cry" on the soundtrack.

[@goof3209]

pain

[@fard_it]

What sound track and what platforms is it on?

[@fard_it]

HeyItsDingo thank you

[@Hey-Its-Dingo]

@@fard_it You're welcome. All the music is great, Joe Wong did an amazing job.

[@amitshibuk]

Time for 'SPAIN' except no 'S'. I searched for this soundtrack but couldn't find it. So whenever I felt like listening I just came back to this video again and again.

[@oddsocks8183]

The fact that she’s already dead when this aired hits hard man

[@bedbathandbeyond9763]

Maddy Carroll-Slinn this comment made me cry harder oh my god

[@Issa_rat]

she died three weeks after the original podcast

[@idkman8691]

Turtle Mcguffin can I have a link to the original one? I wanna see this shit.

[@catthatlooksatyoufunny7377]

@@Issa_rat Oh god...

[@DafneTheHedgehog221]

@@idkman8691 kzbin.info/www/bejne/bZiodIF8Z66YqJY Its around the 1hr 17min mark

[@ldrcnyms00]

"Duncan's mother, Deneen Fendig, peacefully passed on April 3, 2013. Incredibly, three weeks earlier she had the idea to sit and record a podcast with Duncan that would end up being the final and most powerful, perspective-altering episode of The Midnight Gospel."

[@tonychopp2952]

Wow, that’s the day I turned 8. She seems like she was an amazing woman

[@marlowmorbid8531]

this isn't really true, this clip of dtfh is from 7 months before she died. she recorded a different one with him 3 weeks before dying, and that audio isn't in TMG

[@sexorswag]

@Humble Magician was there any need

[@theshortstuff]

your so much closer to life when you are dying. how amazing is that paradox

[@Nextbigthan0]

She died on my birthday 🥺

[@firespirit383]

This is not acting, this is a son and a mother having one of their last conversations.

[@HaggyWaggy1234]

Wait that's Duncan's mom irl? If so god man Im in tears

[@firespirit383]

@@HaggyWaggy1234 it's from his family hour yes.

[@alyssarivera4461]

@@HaggyWaggy1234 yeah, is a recorded conversation he had with his mom before she passed away

[@HaggyWaggy1234]

@@alyssarivera4461 awwww that sucks, hope she's doing better in the clouds

[@alyssarivera4461]

@@HaggyWaggy1234 yeah, but honestly this show probably helps a lot of people cope or get a new perspective on death. I haven't really experienced a death that was hard for me to get through, but this show really helped me because I have a really huge fear of death in general. I bet his mom would be or is extremely proud of him for what he has created.

[@galaxythebat]

The hardest part is that in the original audio from the podcast, after Duncan's mom says "You cry!" it doesn't cut to music or silence. The next two or so minutes after she said that is just Duncan sobbing. It's one of the last conversations between a son and a clearly loving mother as they talk about life and her health and how she is dying.

[@basilecooper8401]

Not one of the last, the podcast is from 2013 and she sadly died in 2018

[@galaxythebat]

@@basilecooper8401 ... You must be on some shit because that doesn't make what I said wrong at all. That's completely irrelevant even

[@gabiwsales]

@@basilecooper8401 she died in 2013, 3 weeks after the episode was recorded

[@svedfgrgeerhwehgr]

@@basilecooper8401 She died in 2013. Look it up. Don't just spread misinformation about someone.

[@surferproh2o]

@@basilecooper8401source: trust me bro

[@andrewloves1993]

In the original podcast when his mother says “you cry” Duncan/Clancy goes silent for like 2 minutes while he silently sobs and it is the saddest thing ever

[@TRITACOS12]

Is it in an episode of DTFH?

[@seychastjevesnerra]

could you please help me to find a link to it?

[@andrewloves1993]

seychastje vesnerra kzbin.info/www/bejne/bZiodIF8Z66YqJY its at around 1 hour 17 minutes

[@seychastjevesnerra]

@@andrewloves1993 thank you a lot, caring soul...Have a wonderful day!

[@Atri4]

@@andrewloves1993 Thank you so much.

[@rowan-priince1860]

The way he said “no!” After she said “it’s because I’m your momma” like he was fighting back tears with laughter was so sincere.

[@thecrazykillr8011]

Plastiic-cake I haven't seen the podcast yet but I'm assuming it's cause he really is

[@tom4947]

Ya, this isn’t acting. It’s his mom and she died of it a few weeks after recording the podcast in questions.

[@Minto8384]

@@tom4947 oh no... really? That's so sad...

[@lee_likes_bees]

Tom D i- i- i don’t know what to say this is...

[@backstabboi4559]

Gah dam

[@tamararivera9694]

Finding out this was a real podcast with his mom, it just broke my heart

[@sluggish._]

I never knew it was real and now i’m sad:(

[@chelsraknrl4218]

Man...

[@KK-bt6nc]

Who’s mom?

[@benditotrouxa893]

Wich is ep?

[@Atomskk.]

K K the creator of the show

[@Sapphire-Lily]

No video has ever consistently gotten me to tear up When she says "You cry!" it feels like she's saying that I'm allowed to stop pretending, to stop trying to be strong And for that brief few seconds I feel like I can just let it all out

[@okbuddywhattheflip]

nice pfp brother

[@justinbailey2347]

Same power as ‘it’s okay to cry’ by Sophie. An invitation to vulnerability. After her death I couldn’t not cry any time ‘Immaterial’ played.

[@operationd--msday]

​@@justinbailey2347 is it cold in the water makes me wanna cry still

[@KCoyoteXD]

What episode of the podcast

[@Heladio54]

False?

[@zeldie2375]

It hits that we’re listening to a woman who has been dead for seven years

[@gisfrl4049]

ow.

[@sxkjknjw2]

@Pantomath Life is ALWAYS UNFAIR never forget that

[@pizzaman9859]

Pain

[@Silverdude217]

It hits even harder when you realize that the woman is his mom

[@EarleTKG]

@@Silverdude217 well no shit, it was in the video.

[@Blacklemonsss]

The fact that this was a real conversation between a mother and son makes this scene hurt 100,000 more

[@redpug2133]

Wait what

[@ToonishBroadcast]

@@redpug2133 yup this conversation/series is based off a real convo with their mom. Their mom passed away a believe a week later

[@jamzee_]

@@ToonishBroadcast about a full month after the Family Hour episode was released, Duncan’s mother passed.

[@cthegoat4386]

wow

[@Rocio1002Cp]

How you don't know its a podcast, what show are you watching? the wall?

[@Jadeworks99]

“You cry” My tear ducts: “yes ma’am”

[@chesmanetsenor4088]

needs more replies

[@flowerpatchtoons1101]

@@chesmanetsenor4088 yeah

[@Shrimp8008]

I come back to this video every once in a while and always goes down like that

[@hawkwood9257]

your comment always makes me laugh

[@voidjuice]

100% exactly what happened.

[@kamloopy2438]

Watching this with no context, "that's because I'm your momma!" hits so hard because it changes the entire understanding of what the conversation is.

[@radhummingbird97]

0:41 That's not acting. That's the sigh of a man who's realizing this is one of the last conversations he'll ever have with his mother

[@oh8024]

Well this is from a real podcast from a long time ago with his real mother who sadly passed away.

[@radhummingbird97]

@@oh8024 I knew that, it's because of that that I thought Clancy/Duncan's sigh sounded so real

[@grimmisascorchmain9486]

Didn't seem like a very hard sigh to replicate

[@_mossy_8520]

@@grimmisascorchmain9486 ok kid we get it you are edgy

[@grimmisascorchmain9486]

@@_mossy_8520 I think you misunderstood my comment, I wasn't downplaying the clip, I was just saying it was an easy sigh to replicate, but given the context, has a lot of meaning. We get it kid, you're an asshole.

[@alicecullenkinnie6581]

“its because im your momma!“ Me: *sudden realisation*

[@alicecullenkinnie6581]

Billie Joelish ikr 😭

[@eyezz0]

@Billie Joelish ugh 😰

[@lolvera007]

What does it mean

[@Gibbypastrami]

@@lolvera007 this show is basically like, the guy who voices the dude here, Clancy, is a comedian who has a podcast. The audio for this show is taken from the podcast and sort of cut and chopped into a cohesive plot kind of, then the show is animated over it This is taken from an episode of the podcast, the woman here is the comedians actual mom who actually has cancer

[@Gibbypastrami]

@@lolvera007 so "sudden realization" is the person realizing the woman is his mom

[@faith9196]

“You’re a special case” “That’s cause I’m your momma”

[@Zeverinsen]

*The water ducts open*

[@okaywhynot4728]

oh god that broke me

[@delriowav]

That hit so fucking hard, man...

[@geezee9375]

Every time. 😭

[@d3adpotato]

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@ABucketOfFish]

Now that both my parents have passed from cancer, my mother when I was seven and my father earlier this year, rewatching The Midnight Gospel is making me realize and feel a lot more now. “You cry.” It’s the truth. You cry, it’s the only way to get that pain out, the only way to clear your mind. Thanks so much to Duncan for making this wonderful show and wonderful podcast.

[@dragonlordsaviour7005]

So sorry for your loss.

[@CrayCrayslab]

Almost the same situation, just reversed - dad died when I was 3 (no memories of him) and my mum almost 2 years ago now, both from cancer. When the show came out it had been a few months after my mum's death so I was still y'know, very emotional over everything. That episode hit way too close to home than it should have. My dumb stepdad told me to not cry in front of my mum while she was sick because that would be discouraging, so I never did. As a very emotional person in general who cries over a lot of things that was really hard for me. But now that she's gone I can cry as much as I want and she will never see me.

[@hacimbbew7298]

sorry my dad also, you should get checked out because some cancers are genetic.

[@notsans9995]

Your dad must be dissapointed he left his legacy to a massive pussy.

[@Aztesticals]

You ever take a dna test to see if you are at risk as both your parents dying at suprisingly young ages statisly means you really should be tested. And i know the fear or the known. But i know now that i have a very very high risk of early onset dimentia. Neither of my parents were. But i am. Its a random bit of bad luck. Am i a tad in denile hoping in 30 years when my symptoms hit that we at least have some treatments to make it suck less. But good odds i wont be the computer human hybrid i dreamed of being if i could live to 80 with 60 more years of advsncement. I got 30. Maybe less as im 25 snd i could get slapped with it in under 20. Gotta live but i have plans to stsrt being more frugsl now to help my family in case.

[@heyitsfen]

I haven’t even seen this show but the fact that this audio is actually him and his mother is so heart wrenching

[@taylorhope4651]

You have to watch it this episode will destroy you lol and the show is just amazing

[@midnight2544]

Your missing out bro this is by far the most creative show i’ve ever seen and by far the trippiest and best episode Duncan is a honest genius and the team behind the animations are beyond talented

[@midnight2544]

I don’t do drugs personally but if that’s your forte watch this episode high and the rest on a psychedelic I bet it’ll change your perspective on the world entirely.

[@jasonbezuidenhout968]

Watching the whole season even if you hate it is worth getting to this point

[@HOF3000]

Fuck I didn't know that

[@joseorellana4327]

There is no way to stop a heart break.....you just.....you cry

[@JonnyJPlayer]

Wow you are first

[@zalifor]

Out of all the comments, I happened to cry on this one.

[@blackwizard3264]

JonnyJPlayer this is cheesy asf

[@liquidmang]

I'm really happy that Duncun was able to not just talk with her like this but record and immortalize this moment with his mother. I cant believe she died weeks after recording this.

[@liltaymae9957]

She did?

[@el-wizardo]

@@liltaymae9957 3 weeks after recording

[@mapleleaf65]

This scene brought me and my own mother closer. Even now this woman still has a ripple effect on the universe

[@ilovehotmoms5804]

@@liltaymae9957 unfortunately yes

[@Stefanialak]

Wait seriously? She died in real life right after this? 😢 I’ve watched this episode so many times, it’s helped me so much. Wow…

[@Cavedwellersz]

Hearing the words “you cry,” in a soft motherly voice while currently living in a household where if I cry I’m just told to stop crying and get shamed for crying, really sort of hurts me but as well as helps me.

[@marinettemasyrenaud8742]

*Hug*

[@Cavedwellersz]

@@marinettemasyrenaud8742 Awh, yt :’D

[@marinettemasyrenaud8742]

@@Cavedwellersz *headpats you too* Hope you laugh at least once today.

[@Cavedwellersz]

@@marinettemasyrenaud8742 tysm, I wish the same for you!

[@Myte-kz4bv]

you deserve a good mom.

[@allisongawen4681]

dude this came on my recommended and i thought it was gonna be some funny animation kinda shit. and i cried

[@gylfie7]

@Angry Combat Wombat i've read somewhere that his mom died not long after this was recorded... this makes the whole episode even sadder

[@imnotfamusyet1655]

Same but why tho this is deep and sad👀😐😞

[@COTOZ._1]

i dont want to be rude but the title has cry in it

[@_lol.imagine_]

Same

[@crustykeycap5670]

It literally says you cry on the title

[@MattZorrow14]

I love how when he says “that’s so fucked”, he has a look of anger, like life has chosen this route for all living beings and that it’s seemingly unfair. That really got to me.

[@rosesweetcharlotte]

It's one of those normal, weird little things about dealing with these things. It's actually sort of...nice...it's weird...like, your world is being torn down, everything is going to shit, but fuck, you still have to pay for shit and do these normal, stupid things. And it feels sort of nice. You don't have to deal with the pain so much at once

[@sunphoenix1231]

I mean that's life. It has to die for new life and new opportunities. The cycle. We aren't the only beings aware of our own mortality. Dogs, monkeys, elephants and whales have been shown to mourn. For fair to exist, unfair does too.

[@Professor_Utonium_]

It isn't fair or unfair. Life doesn't choose victims.

[@lucaspenades]

I think he was talking about the price of cremation

[@ZeranZeran]

Everyone can feel that. No matter who you lose. God, I love my mom. I'm going to be so lost when I lose her, but I know I'll be okay because of her.

[@billydiaz2049]

"How do you stop a Heartbreak?" "You cry. You cry." That actually got to me. I don't know why.

[@thepenguin114]

Because it's the deepest truth any of us will ever know

[@yvaincallipso84]

Because the way she says it, if feels like she's giving you permission to cry and just mourn and be sad about whatever is hurting you. It's a really beautiful scene.

[@poppabless]

It’s just that powerful my guy.

[@theshockinglyeloquentdog9945]

because she sounds so wise and so strong and she says some honestly sobering things that we, fortunately, would not think ourselves because we were never in the position that she's in. yet. so when he asks "how do you deal with that" we expect her to have some magical words, some way of looking at it that makes it all okay. but instead she just says "you cry!" like it's the most obvious answer in the world. because it is. no amount of acceptance or rationalizing is ever going make it okay. it's always going to hurt and be terrifying and there's nothing any of us, not even this incredibly brave, intelligent woman, will ever be able to do to stop it.

[@michal752]

It’s true tho.. crying is just the most relieving expression of emotions, letting things out with no need of words just releasing the pain from your system

[@JarrodHahn]

I lost my son last year and I didn't know how much crying I still had to do until I got that gentle reminder.

[@mantisshrimp6169]

I'm so sorry for your loss.

[@alexandergomez0327]

I’m so sorry for you loss, Jarrod. Prayers for you and your family’s healing.

[@colerainez8903]

I am so sorry man. I hope time has been a little more manageable since you've last typed this. I wish I could give you a hug man. I pray everything is doing alright @@alexandergomez0327

[@bradman7281]

No father should have to go to the funeral of their children. I'm sorry for your loss.

[@stephanieh5478]

I’ve lost my grandma and she was like a second mother to me. It’s been 1 1/2 years and I still cry like it was recently. .

[@wowie7568]

also after discovering this podcast was a *real* interview trussel did to his mother 2 or idk many weeks before she died for cancer in 2013.....it really hits hard

[@sunlioness1]

No, it's 7 months before.

[@mommf1288]

Whaaa I didn’t know that know I’m really crying

[@franciscovaladez7171]

@@sunlioness1 she passed away 3 weeks after this podcast

[@nativechatter999]

@@franciscovaladez7171 i guess it was her time to go. I feel honored to have been given a look at her advice to her son.

[@Rabbit-o-witz]

Anyone has the name of the podcast?

[@kiki.___]

the second she said “it’s cause i’m your mama” my heart sunk and broke

[@Zeverinsen]

That's where I have to pause every time. It's because you can tell that she's saying it because she knows the situation and wants to take the edge off, but we all know you can't take the edge off of knowing your mother is possibly (in this case literally) days away from dying, and that you'll never see her, the person that birthed you, ever again. It's just too much, man.

[@cosmicdraconian6712]

@@Zeverinsen tell me dude. It hurts like nothing else

[@Aiiask7]

@@Zeverinsen at least your comment prepared me for the final blow 😭

[@Zeverinsen]

@@Aiiask7 But the sad truth is that you'll never *truly* be prepared 😭

[@krisbikreme]

AAAUUUU IT HURT I REALLY WENT :(

[@terminl1327]

Just the interview audio is tragic, but the way they emote makes it heart wrenching. What really tears me up more than anything is his face when he starts crying. Feels too real. Real as it is I suppose.

[@commanderrose4798]

Its because it was, this was an actual podcast with his mother in 2013, she died a few weeks after this podcast due to the cancer. The animation continues on even when it gets quiet, due to them not being able to ask her to come in so she could record lines with her son. This is a way to honor her memory while she helps explain to people that it will all be okay, even if you can't do anything.

[@supgoodworld2408]

that's cuz it's actual audio between the voice actor and his mother a couple days before she passed.

[@KazzieBB]

@@supgoodworld2408 3 weeks, not a couple days

[@Siiggi]

The way he immortalized his mother in this cartoon is just a beautiful thing

[@morales69]

When she says “you cry” her tone is so real like she’s speaking to me, and I’m just crying

[@abyssebehemoth2121]

It's because it's a real conversation between a dying mother and her son in real life

[@xx_lil_sip_xx4924]

Same

[@MarcoGarcia-lg5tl]

ive seen this video 5 times and i always get teared up

[@ouchdog]

shes speaking to all of us, though she may not have known it at the time. a simple yet complex conversation- a topic and sentiment that most people can relate to or emphasize with. really beautiful stuff

[@morales69]

@@ouchdog i agree. he is very lucky to have such a wise mother. its so beautiful to see.

[@lancemansell9442]

Grown ass man who bottles everything up here. Straight faced through the whole video, but when that first "you cry" gets said. I lost it. First time in a while. Damn.

[@owkrikki]

Bro same

[@shortshortz4693]

Felt that

[@jcsthedon]

Preach it. I never cry, but something about the delivery and the way this presented telling a real story with real emotion... It broke me.

[@victoroa1974]

Boy shut yo sensitive ass up

[@victoroa1974]

nevermind I just cried

[@franciscoguinledebarros4429]

_"I know I know I know but cmon there's no way to stop the heartbreak, how do you sto-... what do you do about that?"_ _"YOU CRY... You cry"_ Well GODAMM that hit

[@planetzdr]

Cried even on the third viewing. She is such a great person

[@scotts274]

You hear him sigh in pain multiple times through the interview. The pain of losing your mother has no expiration date it just gets easier to cope with.

[@gatito.8519]

" you're a special case." it made my heart break when he said that.

[@ShannonPowers]

I started crying immediately. My father past from cancer and wow...this just clip just encapsulates the entire experience. Bitter and beautiful.

[@Wizgoht]

I always tell my mom she’s more than a mom to me and my sister

[@cervixcrusader85]

@@Wizgoht Same. I may not act like it most of the time, but I always be sure to remind them at some point. Be it literally/up front or subliminally. Because there is no one else in the world that I hold the same relationship with as those two women. And I know I would regret it if I was disingenuous with them.

[@stingerjohnny9951]

You’re comment deserved 1000 likes, sorry I was one short

[@DarkSalamander0]

I dont know why he said that

[@sweetspatrol1707]

God this episode was a punch in the gut but like.....in a good way

[@abbers0737]

ethyn smith Yeah... I remember I would listen to Duncan’s podcast just for background noise, and then stumbling on this episode. I was so shocked at that moment, that they captured such a tender, genuine moment

[@trshbgs]

yea..shit you need to hear but man it hurts

[@kaitlynoberauer8408]

Oh yeah

[@waxwiresnwaves]

Yep :|

[@gadellomagnollo1810]

I started laughing uncontrollably when he said that cancer was like an extreme version of a tornado tearing a house down. I don’t know why. He is technically correct, but I feel like at that point, there’s hundreds of things that are more similar to cancer than a tornado.

[@Molto_Benny]

I love that he pointed out that she WAS a special case, and she joked about it being because she was his mom, but that's actually 100% accurate. Our egos do make us think that us and our families are special cases, and to others we aren't, we're just another drop in the bucket, but we are special to the ones we love.

[@deusprogrammer_thekingofspace]

But in the microcosm that is your circle of friends and your family...you are special cases. It's a matter of perspective. In the grand macrocosm, nothing is a special case. That's why we must never live in the macrocosm and instead exist in the microcosms we create.

[@ashleyrobinson9373]

I'm pretty sure he said it as a compliment

[@commandcube1156]

I believe the inverse is true, that we are special cases, but many fail to neglect that others aren't just drops in a bucket, but everyone are cases just as special as yourself and everyone you'll ever hold dearly.

[@tannervlasic8356]

I'm pretty sure it's just genetic resonance of cells. I think that feeling comes from the differences in biodiversity. You know how people that look like you or have features about their life that give that nostalgic feeling. It's like that.

[@jimmyelkordy3752]

My mother had MS for almost 40 years, went through so many issues in life including chronic pain, a broken hip, and then was finally told she'd have 6 months to live before her stage 4 pancreatic cancer would kill her, and she kept kicking for 2 years. I always thought of my mother as this incredible case that would be studied for years because no matter what happened and what odds she faced, including an overdose on painkillers where she was technically dead for a few seconds, a car crash, and some bad falls in life, she just wouldn't die. Not only that, but she STILL could walk/jog despite her MS. And at some point during the second year she just got so much worse so fast, and it really hit me that this was it, my mother might actually die, after so many years of suffering, and 2 years of the worst cancer, her organs began to fail and her liver (or kidney, I really wasn't in the right state of mind when the nurse told me) ripped, and her stomach was being squeezed by the fluids that came out of it, and they put a small hole in her and a tube and it had to be drained so she wouldn't be in pain. She was on morphine (2 doses) and fentanyl and still needed something else for the pain to not be so bad. My sisters and I spent the last week with her and our father as we stayed and talked to her while she was on her death bed, and even through all that I thought "No she's the special case, she's gonna bounce back from it, she's going to beat this somehow, she's done so may amazing things already." And she didn't, and I learned that while she was an amazing and incredibly strong person, others had been through the same, a lot of people survived for years after the "6 month" news. It really shattered the illusion for me and made the world feel a lot worse.

[@emmastorey1308]

My mom never really liked this show but didn't mind it playing in the background. I turned it on the other day because I wanted noise playing for my dogs because there was construction going on. My mom was sitting in the living room and started to watch it and actually enjoyed the show. When she got to this episode, I could hear sniffling and asked what was wrong, she was crying because of this episode and I always cry when I watch this one in full. I don't know what it is but I think it definitely has something to do with how sweet and calming his mom sounds when talking about anything and everything.

[@naruinoiscanoninanalternat2947]

:cmonBrug:

[@SixCoreSecond]

The reason why "you cry" got you is that she basically in her motherly voice gave you permission to do something that you thought you shouldn't do. But that's how a human relieves himself of emotional trauma and stress. You just cry. And then you feel better.

[@tallyblue3168]

:')

[@Knaan-ro6eo]

I cried when I read your comment

[@David-uc4hc]

She gave me permission alright. Evidently I needed it.

[@Somethinoranotha]

What if u wanted to and felt u needed to but couldnt

[@SixCoreSecond]

@@Somethinoranotha the you gotta ask yourself what stops you

[@McMaCo0]

The first ‘You Cry’ is an answer to the question. The second ‘You cry’ is a mom seen her child holding back the tears for so many days.

[@meowmyr]

god that hit so so hard

[@CatKat4008]

H I s

[@free_siobhan]

This show is criminally under appreciated.

[@ryanmarshall5407]

@Oh Dahng boi dude it may be but he's saying it needs more, even if it is highly praised he think it needs more. That was like part of what he was saying

[@hannahisadisaster337]

Fax, no printer

[@velvetmidnight9535]

That’s cuz it’s basically a podcast thrown into a cartoon for visual pleasure not so much a show that gets people talking however It definitely is under appreciated it should be seen more

[@drewv6852]

Most overrated show to ever hit Netflix. Such a lazy work, pure aesthetic over substance, and an absolutely annoying central character/inspiration. It’s trash content for low minded individuals.

[@inactive929]

Drew V But I mean, the podcast audio they used is hitting hard man.

[@James-ij1ez]

The fact that "you cry" is so beautiful and wise that it immediately summons sobbing in me every time..... what a wonderful mother she must have been.

[@jennyay]

I knew I might cry but I didn’t expect I cried to this extent when she said, ‘you cry’. Watching this episode on the second Mother’s Day without mom was one of the best gifts I have received from the universe.

[@agnes6613]

Well, I'm at the same situation as you. This is my second Mother's Day without mom and I've just finished this episode. It's really a punch in the heart.

[@jennyay]

Agnes Vitoriano This episode feels like a virtual hug being sent by all of our late mothers from the Cosmo xx

[@nerdgem7]

It’s been 11 years. It gets easier but that pain never goes away.

[@leotard9387]

This comment made me cry again

[@theinkslicer]

Holy shit dude! I'm sorry you've got to go through this.

[@kingebeneezer7986]

I swear they infused this episode with some kind of magical crying spell that makes you weep uncontrollably.

[@ididntdoanythingiswear7653]

maybe ...love?

[@hollow6189]

@@ididntdoanythingiswear7653 what's that?

[@darrylferguson3622]

It's probably the fact the audio comes from a real interview the show's creator did with his mom, and then she passed away 2 weeks later.

[@scottbruckner4653]

Reality. Genuiness. Love. Compassion...

[@hacim42]

I am not a crier. I can count on one hand the amount of times some piece of media made me cry. Damned if this video didn't get fuckin close.

[@Kazner0h]

As soon as she said "You cry" I immediately started crying.

[@griffinmartel5764]

Same here.

[@vinathewolf72]

Same...

[@buzztune-8235]

everyone did

[@bellaackerman5394]

Same here

[@2girls0brain]

every damn time

[@reneewilliams3339]

My dad has only a few months left to live, I came back to video in hope of finding a solution to the pain. There is no solution to the pain but the only natural thing you do, You cry. Update: My dad has passed peacefully.

[@ImtheHitcher]

I'm so sorry for your situation. This episode helped me realise all the pain is just an outpouring of pure love, I know your dad has felt it and I know it will have helped him. I hope you and yours are well

[@shinji8624]

My condolences

[@Phawks-Phire]

I'm sorry for your loss. 😢

[@InanotherUnivrse]

Sorry man couldn’t imagine the pain , he’s lookin over you now happy and proud of what you become

[@armcus0]

@@InanotherUnivrse the sadness may not go away, but I feel its important to honour the feelings that come from love

[@luvtortyz2177]

As someone who grew up with an emotionally neglectful mother, the part where she says “you cry” in such a gentle voice just breaks me inside

[@b1njjj95]

Oof I felt that! I too grew up with an emotionally neglectful mother.

[@nooberr881]

Same here

[@ZootyTooter]

This honestly is a test And I failed miserably

[@thesleepiesthead]

Same here..

[@misha9705]

Same here

[@soda-bf9vc]

I think park of why “You cry!” hits so hard is just the way it’s delivered. she said it like it was the obvious answer, like there was nothing else you could do to deal with it, like it was almost bewildering that it isn’t common knowledge. because really, it is the obvious answer. we go so much of our lives being told to “be strong” and not to cry, despite really yearning to let ourselves feel things, that it’s so validating to hear that it is the obvious answer, that we weren’t wrong to want to cry. we’re *supposed* to cry.

[@A_name_is_a_name]

Nonya Business our tears keep the river flowing for otherwise we wouldn’t be able to keep the ship moving.

[@pendra_txt]

In some way, philosophy and overanalyzing had diverted meaning from things. Wittgenstein was right, the real job of philosophy should be to put everything in their right place.

[@A_name_is_a_name]

Andrés Urrutia there is no right place. Just ones we use to get what we desire but nothing more. Whether humans venture the galaxies or not means nothing. Find bliss in that friend. Otherwise depression will come-a-knocking.

[@sinbaon2154]

It Hits Hard Because Of The Honesty And How It Is Delivered. Especially Once Realizing That’s A Real Conversation. I Just Think We All Hear Our Moms, Reminding Us For When That Time Comes. Completely Wasn’t Expecting That. That’s The Funny Thing About Epiphanies, They Are All Soooo Obvious.

[@tehBleuRiot]

I always tried to hold my tears back when and after my mom passed. But it was the moments when I couldn't help but cry that losing her made sense.

[@Silvete]

Being able to hear someone say that to deal with the heartbreak "you cry" instead of "be strong. there is nothing we can do about it" like flips a switch. Like that instant, anything I had been upset about and had been trying to handle flowed from my eyes.

[@josephcroeniangamer3727]

There is a mexicana comedian that talks about it, and how the modern mentality that pain should be avoided or denied instead of being lived is killing us, he talks about how he was hearthbroken and crying like a mess when his bets female friend died, and how people was teling him to dont cry because she wouldnt have liked that, and he answered "well, fucked shouldnt have gone and died" and then he laughed. Avoing tears is a fake strenght.

[@adanl.a.6550]

@@josephcroeniangamer3727 link?

[@DanteYewToob]

It legitimately helped me. I saw this about a week after my dog died. I had him for 15 years and I have lung cancer and he's been with me through a dozen surgeries, a dozen recoveries and pretty much saved my life when I was at my worst. I was trying soooo hard to just "man up" and not cry. To push it down and it hurt so fucking bad I couldn't sleep or eat or anything. Hearing her say that I fucking LET LOOSE! He had booty cancer and I took care of him for months and hand fed him and I tried holding it all in for months. When I was supporting his little bony butt when he went potty, remember how chubby and cute his butt used to be. I just held it in. "Be a man. Be strong. That's what I'm supposed to do. Suck it up." Hearing a woman that wise, who obviously had her shit together, in a similar position to me... give me permission to just let go and cry. Was extremely cathartic. I literally had to pause the show and come back to it about an hour later in a pile of snot filled toilet paper covering my bedroom. It's such a simple idea. A simple message, but I think it's a powerful message for a lot of people who have been taught that emotions are weak, or emotions are ugly. Or people who hear words like "ugly cry" and get self conscious and repress emotions and natural feelings due do societal pressures. Those two words helped me a lot and I hope they help other people too. Sometimes it's okay to just cry. Let yourself feel it all. It helps to get it all out.

[@jimenahernandez3796]

This scene actually hit so hard to me for this exact reason. In january my mom died after dealing with cancer for almost three years and in her funeral I was trying to just keep it together because my whole family was so broken that someone had to hold all the weight of the situation. All the people who attended were telling me that I had to be strong for my little brother and my dad so it really didn't help me to deal with how I was feeling. When I watch this scene I just start to cry all those tears that I was keeping inside because I wished that someone had told me this when I didn't knew how to feel with my moms death. Sorry if something doesn't make sense, english its not my first lenguage

[@DoktrDub]

Well you can be strong but, the best way in many cases is to let it, you cry

[@RatMilk_Art]

The biggest life lesson I have genuinely learned from this show was said by his mom “I May Leave This Plane Of Existence Sooner Rather Than Later, But The Love Isn’t Going Anywhere.”

[@bethanyoneal5789]

The reality is, even when we’re gone we’re not truly gone. We are energy and energy cannot be created or destroyed, it just changes shape.

[@elizabethgresham9873]

It cuts deep when she says “that’s because I’m your mama!”

[@43waystosmile]

She says it with so much love too that it makes me want to cry

[@Jonathan-nb9lc]

It’s like something my mom would say :(

[@sirkibblesnbits1843]

My mother passed away a weekago and today was her funeral, a caring friend sent me this knowing that I often bottle up my emotions. When I watched this I could help but cry with them. This helped me to cry. And for that I thank you.

[@aflvproductions7854]

sir kibblesnbits man I’m sorry about that

[@aflvproductions7854]

But like the video says you can get through it Chin up, Thoughts Clear you can do it Man... You can do it. 👍💙

[@setsers1]

I'm sorry for your loss

[@ParzivalTheThird]

Very sorry for your loss. This video is not made by the uploader, it is from the finale episode of The Midnight Gospel, a cartoon by Pendleton Ward (creator of ‘Adventure Time’) and Duncan Trussel. I highly suggest that you watch, if not the whole show, that particular episode. It is available on Netflix.

[@zoed8406]

i’m sorry for your loss, may she rest in peace 💕🕊

[@Hollowedground]

There’s something especially heart breaking when he sounds desperate trying to tell her that he knows what she’s saying. But she’s special. She’s special to him.

[@doomboy1082]

Please shut up

[@angelguerrero7655]

@@doomboy1082 i hope you're doing well

[@flimsysteve]

I could replay “ there’s no way to stop the heart break- what do you about that?” “ you CRY! … you cry.” A million times over and it brings me to accepting, grieving tears every time. Because she’s right. Grief and love persevering. What do you do when you love so much you can’t stop the heartbreak? You cry. I will always be moved to tears by that simple and raw feeling,

[@bathroomstahl]

as someone who has lost a parent, this really did hit hard. this episode truly spoke to me in a way that no one has ever. this here is phenomenal

[@teethofmetal]

Im so sorry, hope you’re doing well.

[@cameronseibold5453]

I lost my mom to cancer nearly 8 years ago now. This episode made me sob.

[@mond666_]

I lost 2 of my parents in 12 years (my dad died when i was 3month or smth an mom when i was 12 years) and i've never cried about it)

[@mrderpyender876]

@@mond666_ cold hearted

[@mond666_]

@@mrderpyender876 I'm just a realist and if I had a grandmother who loved me too and could care about me why even if i'd love my mom I must cry? idk

[@lightbulb7700]

Duncan trussel (the producer of the show and writer of podcasts and main host in the tv show) had his mother die to metastatic breast cancer back in 2013. This episode was supposed to be the first episode or one of the first five until they really got to the understanding that this season of the midnight gospel was gonna lead up to death and causation vs reality and expectation, then after they got into further production they changed it to be the last so they can have a finally that leads up to what the season is about. I can’t imagine the heart brake and love Duncan/Clancy felt. I hope he is well.

[@kitby11]

Na men, his mom died in 2013 this podcast is really old

[@swafty5813]

False info you had the heart tho

[@fhinnes]

Nah mate, she did a second podcast a few months later. She died after that one. Not this one.

[@billyworkmna]

@Mubarak Ege HEY EVERYONE THIS GUY SPELT HEART BRAKE HART BRAKE!!!! Hear that? Nobody cares.

[@optionalboss3706]

@Mubarak Ege a bait? bro there was no bait, you're just embarrased you got called on it, just take from it what it is, learn and move on.

[@nathanvalle6997]

I just lost my dad 4 days ago. December 2nd. Massive heart attack. Died on the spot. He was 65. It hurts so much and I cant stop crying. I miss him so much.

[@bethanyoneal5789]

I hope you’re doing ok. I’m so sorry for your loss

[@Mamitarococo69]

The same happen to my mother on march 24,2024 💔💔💔

[@flowerpeachh]

God, when she said 'you cry' it's like my brain said, "Okay Sergeant!" because my tears immediately shoved themselves against the backs of my eyes.

[@caeserfroggysalad7609]

Honestly same

[@haizi7179]

i know right )))): fuck

[@gonebynow5612]

_[forcefully shoves tears back into my face]_

[@ShaunDreclin]

Same, holy fuck I was not expecting it to hit that hard.

[@mixinmasta]

same

[@twistednerve444]

the fact that as soon as she said, “YOU CRY”... i felt this wave of relief wash over me. instantly began sobbing. it’s something i’ve always longed to hear especially from my mother. i just wish she’d let herself be vulnerable with me like this.

[@KFC_Official_]

I’m proud of you for allowing yourself to be vulnerable

[@domm5653]

@@KFC_Official_ what are u doing here colonel ?

[@KFC_Official_]

@@domm5653 supporting people in their moments of tough dealings.

[@ClayMastah344]

YES...that is the word....RELIEF in being able to feel sad and that it's unfair and afraid

[@joeygreen8091]

@@KFC_Official_ and i’m just trying to spread the word of the new five dollar fill up only at kfc with or without your support

[@austindyer2144]

I know this sounds really corny. But I watch this video everytime im sad. Sometimes hearing permission to cry is what I need so desperately and I’ve been raised to hold that in. This video has been a very helpful tool for me thank you Duncan trussel

[@aleree5172]

i’ve done the same thing man, i’ve watched this on loop for about 4 times now but it helps get out my emotions on a whole other level lmao

[@youlaidaneggmakeawish]

ahhh me too :,(

[@chickennuggetpaw1017]

I wonder why crying has become something we’re not supposed to do?

[@NIHIL_EGO]

@@chickennuggetpaw1017 Crying means that you're not fine, that you have a moment of weakness, which predators could use to hurt you. Now why would we think something like that in our modern world, that's another question.

[@lettuceforlife4827]

Same

[@attezirux]

Ohh god...this made me cry. The first time I heard "It's because im ur mama" broke my entire soul. It made me want to rush to my mom and give her a big hug... man, it really broke me down bad

[@Eli_Of_Rorikstead]

Probably wasn’t the best idea to watch this before a job interview...

[@altersox3988]

How'd it go?

[@Eli_Of_Rorikstead]

Went well but I lost interest after reading company reviews! Thanks for asking!

[@anthonygomez7760]

I get you man... Have a bad one...honestly needed the job and they did not treat me nice at all..it put me really in bad spot for a while...

[@carsmusicandclothing7066]

@@anthonygomez7760 I'm most fortunate and am very thankful that I work a job that I love. Finally within my 5 years of working

[@anthonygomez7760]

@@carsmusicandclothing7066 Good for you man, I will keep working to get something like that. Wish you the best this 2021.

[@Warlickx]

We got a friend who got depressed after his 7 years girlfriend cheated on him under the same roof he was with one of our best friend. He threw them both of the house and was all depressed. With our other friends we tried to cheer him up. We bringed him with us by my house and searched for something to bingewatch. "Midnight Gospel, hey it's the same that did Adventure times. What could possibly go wrong?" In the beginning of the show we thought it was just trippy, crazy, bizarre. We started to theorize what was the show about. Then, as the show continues we started slowly to feel sad. We kept watching until the end and started crying. Three big dudes on a couch trying to cheer up a brokenhearted friend weeping over Midnight Gospel. Still this is a good memory, my dude took some lessons from it, like forgiving just to feel better and all. Great show.

[@rosesweetcharlotte]

Sometimes it just feels good to be sad.

[@u9299]

I wish the best for you and your friends dude

[@Albertru213]

Is that fallout 4?

[@ethanarnold5330]

@@Albertru213 yup

[@hiddenmarimaginario]

nothing better than crying out all those feeling with your hommies

[@villainousthing]

Yeah, you cry. I lost my mother 3 years ago at 17, and I am still crying. I don’t think it ever stops

[@biglog704]

This is honestly my favourite quote from the show-“The moment you accept things as they are, you don’t need to hope anymore, because you realise we’re you are is kinda okay.”

[@adamofblastworks1517]

... where* you are...

[@NWCPcbenchmarks]

It’s strange to me that this is a real conversation that this man had with his mother than turned it in to a cartoon he probably had to listen to again and again to make it perfect. Suddenly the strange turns to strength. The strength to let out something so personal, giving it a platform so the world can hear the hard truth the hard pill to swallow that are parents aren’t going to be around forever and the only thing you can do is just cry.

[@rosesweetcharlotte]

To me, it feels like the guy is sort of stuck in a loop. Like by listening to this conversation over and over again for this show, he's stuck in a loop. Which is often how these things work.

[@aolson1111]

He's not the one who animated it.

[@m0L3ify]

I was writing a song about death as my mom was dying and I finished the production an hour before she died. Then I played it at her funeral. There was something cathartic in hearing it over and over again.

[@ConcernedAlien]

Yeah, but Duncan Trussell didn't come to Titmouse (the animation studio that produces the show) during the days when this was the episode they primarily worked on, because hearing this podcast again would just be too much for him to handle emotionally. He only listened to the podcast audio that the dialogue for this episode originated from twice after it was recorded- one time before uploading the original podcast recording to The Duncan Trussell Family Hour episode that this came from, and one time well after his mom died that was also the night after his wife had a positive pregnancy test and he learned that he was going to be a father.

[@zach-7102]

Have you ever seen Tom Scott's videos? He's sort of a youtube educator, cool stuff. He has one video about "What happened to Tom's sweater", where he talks about memory, and keepsakes. In it, he puts forth the idea that by recording a video with his sweater, he essentially uploads it and all of the memories associated with it, and backs it up online. I think something similar can be seen here, by putting it out there like this, not only has it entered the public consciousness, but he'll never lose it now

[@Chickin]

i went straight into watching all of the episodes after watching this, that show has helped me alot in such little, almost seems impossible, and as the final episode came i knew what was going to happen yet.. i cried even harder, realizing that they sitting infront of each other look at each other's eyes while saying all of those things...

[@hahahahah7189]

After seeing monke Life's been better

[@carcinogenicthalidomide3057]

Yet to see it,the reviews have been positive so far.

[@sethesteves]

@@carcinogenicthalidomide3057 I just binged the whole season, its a bit hard to keep up with what theyre saying sometimes but its sooooo good

[@issasariya381]

@@sethesteves where do I watch it?

[@sethesteves]

@@issasariya381 I watched the series on Netflix

[@VoiceofDragons]

When my step-dad died from cancer, my family and I weren't in circumstances to fully grieve. We still aren't. I've had this heaviness over me for years thats so tangled in everything I do. When she said "you cry," I did. I remember my step-dad sitting in his desk chair crying, the cancer was coming back again. He said "I don't want to go, I finally have a family who loves me. I don't want to leave you." I think about those words every time I think about him. It stopped me from grieving what I was losing because I could only think about what he was losing. How unfair it was to finally have your family back to only died soon after. This mom's peace and wisdom is what I hope my stepdad has now. And I hope he's ok that I cry about losing my dad, and all the moments I will never have with him.

[@FreeRunful]

It was the most moving thing I’ve ever experienced when Duncan’s mother said “ you cry” because it’s so existential. You’re feeling something and there’s nothing you can do to stop it, so you shouldn’t.. accept that feeling, and there’s nothing wrong with accepting that. I’m very grateful for Duncan sharing this part of his life with us. It’s really taught me a lot. His mother was so insightful. I now view life a lot differently since this episode. And I’m honored to be able to.

[@swirlystrawstudios5465]

I havnt cried in a long time, idk how I can

[@stingerjohnny9951]

Swirly Straw Studios you can’t force it, you just let it happen when it comes. I didn’t cry for nearly a decade. Then something happened one day and it all came out. The grief and loss is painful, but crying can be a genuinely cleansing and liberating experience.

[@swirlystrawstudios5465]

@@stingerjohnny9951 Thank you, guess what, I cried, 2 days ago and I felt better about my frustrations

[@dopekingzii]

Swirly Straw Studios great job man

[@TisWaffles]

I'm glad that his mom was able to make a difference while she was alive. I might not have known her as well as Duncan, but from the 2 podcasts she was in, I can say for a fact that she was an amazing woman.

[@tenki_]

throughout the episode Clancy grows more and more hair until he has the exact same hair, moustache and beard of Duncan Trussell (the show's creator)

[@MacGolfball]

*co-creator

[@KonanOoo]

no era el de hda el creador?

[@fernandosegovia8806]

@@KonanOoo No, creo que él es el animador o algo parecido.

[@KonanOoo]

@@fernandosegovia8806 lo he buscado y duncan es el cocreador

[@Dino-uv6uk]

"Just be here now... Just be here now"

[@edwardaguilar3537]

Incredible ending

[@ShadyRapture]

Really liked that they ended it on that

[@sandwich2363]

Great ending

[@nnnyel]

...

[@paulyname]

I watched this during pandemic, after Ayahuasca, i was healing and i heard this and oh my god. A river.

[@soniyastar100]

when he says “I know I know I know” you hear the pain because he does know. he just wishes it wasn’t true.

[@pinkishhaven5158]

Not a mother that's already passed on gently years ago, saying "You cry" to me who is not even her child and actively opening up the dam behind my eyes with just those words. I have never heard such tone of gentleness from an adult, it's usually the tough love type. I aspire to be like her when I become a mother myself

[@deviljon]

That's a fine aspiration. I hope you succeed!

[@littletechn8175]

Same. hearing her tone of voice I instantly cried and wished I had someone to reach out to to grab...

[@donte10111]

God speed

[@_sunny__moon_]

same, I wish I have someone to sit in front of me and just tell me it's okay to need to just cry :')

[@taylorguitar13]

You already are

[@naginani9380]

No amount of crying took away the pain of losing my mom .... I just can't cry, anymore and I feel just as empty.

[@Angel-sd5nc]

Its the healing process, u hav to let it all out and reboot. It will never stop hurting because, why would it? Its supposed to hurt, not make you feel good that ur mom died. That is love, it will always hurt ur heart to remind you that you loved, but you will still hav alot of love to share with someone else. It will keep you fighting.

[@buildinasentry1046]

@@Angel-sd5nc I love your comment lovely human

[@cauchemar479]

Yeah same with my dad

[@popaboogie7688]

You decide not to move on

[@WailingNinja]

It can be scary to move on. If you really loved someone and they die, it can be terrifying to consider "moving on" because you fear that not holding on to that pain would be tantamount to leaving that person behind, and you don't want to do that. You've already lost them once, you don't want to "lose" them again. If you hurt, they're still "with" you, and that can be comforting in it's own way.

[@mmm17224mmm]

I’m watching this crying over the death of my mum which has been a month ago. It really hits me when she said “you cry”. I remembered when my mum was still here, there’s a time when I was trying to hide those bad things happening to me from her. Coz I didn’t want a cancer patient to worry about me when we all knew she’s dying. My mum said exactly the same thing to me once when I lost it. I was sad over some of my relationship stuff. My mum told me she would rather see me cry in front of her than holding it myself. Watching this reminds me it is ok to cry when you need it.

[@Lifeishard237]

I’ve heard so many times “just be strong” “Time will heal” “No need to cry” etc. just a bunch of BS.. thank god this good mama can parent all of us and remind us it’s ok to cry. I have to keep reminding myself that because people keep telling me not to. And to stop being a crybaby. Crying is healing and it should be acceptable for any and every type of heartbreak no matter how big or small Edit: Fun fact - every time she says “you cry” I fucking burst into tears..

[@carrotlegs1752]

I think at times of grief, a lot of people just don't know how to comfort a grieving person. So they say those things that everyone else says, and also I think it's because people get uncomfortable about someone grieving about death. Like when some people are like " Your mom died a year ago, get over it already. " The message of, it's ok to cry, really needs to be heard by more people.

[@cuppacofi1129]

People who say that usually haven't yet experienced losing a loved one, or they have and that worked for them. Anecdotes usually work best for comforting, since you're letting them know you can relate, but if you have no story to tell/ aren't comfortable with reliving that memory, it's hard to comfort someone so distraught. It is BS, but it's not meant to be dismissive of emotion. Either way, that mum speaks the truth, and that's what matters

[@cuppacofi1129]

Carrotlegs oh crap my comments kinda similar to yours, didn't see it before I started writing my para. At least we share the same opinion lol

[@carrotlegs1752]

@@cuppacofi1129 Yeah it's ok lol. Have a nice day.💖🦄

[@ninjaswithguns]

Thank you

[@M0t0Beast08]

“You cry.” I’ve never felt such reality and love in a sentence. This what’s every guy needs to hear, you are loved no matter how broken and unfixable it is.

[@heidikamil]

Can we talk about how we were once told that it is bad to cry? Like yea, we heard the “boys don’t cry” thing... but in my case, regardless of gender or age, I would always hear someone say “don’t cry, it’s not good to cry, you shouldn’t cry” as if crying is such a bad thing...

[@user-pi3hd2bt3f]

I guess its because other people will think you are weak or easy target if they see you crying. But fuck it we have emotions why should we hide them

[@draexian530]

Crying can communicate weakness to those ignorant to the power of a human's emotions. It is a callous, cold refrain to appeal to stoicism in the face of grief. Cowardly, even, for those tears we hold don't evaporate, they sit and rot, and rot us with them. Reaching out and tainting everything, and everyone, we touch. Cry, for the sake of all of us.

[@armoredp]

That's a myth. Lots of people cried in that past and throughout history, and nobody judged them for it. It's just that you only cried for genuine reasons, not because someone didn't refer to you with your preferred pronouns. If you honestly think people in the past judged a son for crying over his dying mother you really are a moron.

[@auss6940]

@ Its less about teaching the kids to cry over any and everything, the internet shows us people do that already. What we are talking about here is teaching kids that what they are currently feeling is legitimate. Held in it can become trauma, let go it can heal but we should never feel shamed or guilty for the emotions we feel and as the kid faces them more, they will grow stronger and cry over less.

[@asleepidreamer]

boys don’t cry is sexist

[@sharpeningtheaxe]

When I need to cry but can’t, I come to this video and hearing her give me permission helps every time. From the other comments, it seems I’m not the only one. Keenan Fendig truly gave us all such a beautiful gift with these words. I can only hope that one day I can touch lives in such a meaningful way as this.

[@transsnack]

It's honestly kinda weird, grieving someone I never knew, but her voice is just so... kind. She's just a mom, talking to her scared son, trying to comfort him as best she can. And in doing so, she's comforted hundreds, if not thousands of people, who just needed that permission to cry.

[@Gracie-wt2sl]

I haven’t even watched the show I have no emotional attachment to any of these characters but this 3 minute scene got me

[@xpltassassin2143]

The conversation is real audio from a mother and her son she died less than a year after it was recorded back in 2013

[@Gracie-wt2sl]

XpLt Assassin that just makes it worse

[@Dreamin94]

If you watch the show realizing that most of the audio comes from real conversations from his podcast, it will change your perception of it. There are a lot of deep topics throughout the show. Very different and very genius, at least in my opinion.

[@rence5257]

@@Dreamin94 May I know what is the show/podcast? I wanna listen on it? is it on youtube?

[@BauliusTorvoltos]

This. It made it worse when I learned the context to it.

[@slanderco340]

I was in the middle of this EXACT FUCKING EPISODE when I got the call from my brother to inform me that my mom had passed away from cancer. It was... surreal. The most intense feelings went through me that day but this episode helped me cope.

[@RainyRunningRiver]

Bless you and yours- hope all is well ✌

[@slanderco340]

@@RainyRunningRiver Everything is well. Still affecting a big part of my life a year later. But It's something I need to accept

[@doomboy1082]

Stop attention seeking

[@slanderco340]

@@doomboy1082 youre really gonna sit here and call me out for attention seeking? I'm commenting on a video that happens to make me feel at ease after something very dramatic happened in my life. Kindly fuck right off.

[@vassilus915]

@@doomboy1082 I hope that after a year you've grown as a person.

[@SkyHighEli]

I felt like she was my mother throughout the episode. That’s impressive to capture that feeling. I’m sure others may relate. This show is golden

[@ShadyRapture]

it's from a podcast and it's his real mom. if you think about it it's a real conversation from the mom to her actual son, the protagonist. most viewers subconsciously put themselves into the protagonist's shoes, so it's normal to see her as your mother or as a mother figure.

[@Tothewindowtothewalls]

SkyHighEli it’s honestly my special little thing, because I never had a relationship with my mother, so its the first time ive been exposed to the thought of it. Honestly it showed me how to be a good mother

[@Peter-hi7tg]

i thought i was the only one

[@simonankerjrgensen1191]

Watched this on the plane ride home from a long journey. My mother had gotten cancer and had stopped taking her meditacation because of the side effects. I hadn't really processed it. When your mom said "you cry", I burst into tears on the plane. When i came home i had the longest conversation with her with many hugs and many more tears. After that she began to take the medicine again, despite the awful side effects that Made her New job a living hell. She's now cancer free and happy. Thank you for helping me help my mom, Duncan. You couldn't save your mom, but you may just have saved mine.

[@sternritternovad]

Best wishes I hope you all have many more years ahead of you.

[@simonankerjrgensen1191]

Thanks, means a lot

[@princessaur]

Just found out that this isn't just a deep artistic scene, but instead an actual, real conversation. Now I have to rewatch it with this context so I can cry.

[@briansantos2833]

please do this show is so good u won't regret it at all

[@issasariya381]

@@briansantos2833 what’s it called

[@psychedelicsheep4143]

@@issasariya381 The Midnight Gospel

[@psychedelicsheep4143]

@chrónos The creator, Duncan Trussel, does podcast and for this show he just takes audio clips from his podcast and centers the whole show around that. This episode is with his mom before she died

[@berryquiet6497]

My older brother died out of the blue a little over two weeks ago. Being allowed to cry, despite the hurt he caused me all my life, really means a lot. Not to put on the tough face I put up for years and just cry.

[@dabrokechimp1215]

I never comment on anything but my uncle died a month ago it’s gonna hurt but you just gotta move on and be your self and continue to Live your life the way you want much love ❤️❤️

[@berryquiet6497]

@@dabrokechimp1215 Thank you. Sending healing and care your way as well

[@maxxxxxxxxx108]

Sending love

[@berryquiet6497]

@@maxxxxxxxxx108 thank you

[@doomboy1082]

Haha

[@thatartifex3195]

I lost my fear of death a long time ago. The only fear I can’t get rid off right now is losing the ones I care about, and that’s something no one can dodge.

[@thatartifex3195]

Unless all the ones you’ve love had die before you.

[@brightestlight9462]

you should watch bojack horseman

[@StagnantMizu]

Damn I feel you, like my fear of death is so far gone I could walk at midnight in a haunted forrest without being "scared". But if something would happen to the ones I care about that is actual fright for me

[@tangerinemolar]

Hey man, I feel you. Just remember, Jesus loves you. He's taking care of your family where ever they are💖

[@thatartifex3195]

@@tangerinemolar “No thoughts and prayers can bring back what’s no longer there.”

[@doositsruminile]

The way she says ''You cry!'' it also sounded like ''son, please, don't hold that back, who told you this? I love you'' almost like rescuing him from an old lie. I've not seen the full movie yet but this scene alone helped my psyche plenty.

[@SirLightfire]

Everyone's talking about the audio, but I wanna talk about the animation. The facial expressions are *fantastic*. They somehow convey that "detached, made peace with it, but still melancholic" raw emotion, especially for the Mom. Then at the end, when they talk about the heartbreak, their expressions suddenly shift to "barely keeping it together". Well done. I also love the art style. The pastel colors, the 3-nub hands, the round "bean" shapes of the mother and son, the warm reds in the setting contrasting their pale robes and green eyes, and the texture on the background elements. The whole thing has an "ethereal" feel to it, and the setting and robes gives it an "heart-to-heart discussion with God / Jesus" feel. And on second watching, I'm bawling my eyes out. Edit: Didn't realize this was a professionally done animation. Still, it's worth praise for the quality of animation

[@temi5653]

Where is the show from ?

[@amaya8071]

@@temi5653 The Midnight Gospel on Netflix! :)

[@oliverows]

The animator is Pendleton Ward - same guy who made Adventure Time :)

[@cinnamon5675]

@@amaya8071 TYSM

[@berryberran8236]

0:36 hearing your own mother talking about arranging their own cremation is something a loving son never wants to hear. That heavy sigh he let out at 0:40 was heart wrenching.

[@AlienDemonKing]

I truly believe the universe kept her alive just so this can be heard by more people. It's the level of emotional intelligence the world has lost and truly needs back to heal.

[@squidsquid2296]

Duncan is a very powerful person and his parents are as well the world is lucky to have them

[@Bragemaster]

we may have gotten more intelligence but compare to right and wrong and understanding others and being kind to others has made this world cold but its good we can still find people who care.

[@leafling963]

Growing up being shamed when I cry and hearing a motherly voice saying it's basically essential to dealing with heart break, just made me bawl. I needed to let it out today.

[@Druidandy]

I had watched every episode except for this one for months and months. My mum was terminally ill with cancer and I knew what this episode was about. I was scared what feelings it would unearth. She passed away 3 months ago today and about a month after that I watched this episode. I sobbed through most of it because it made me realise what the feeling I had been feeling since she died was. It was heartbreak. I then felt guilty that I didn't watch it sooner because of how Duncan's mother speaks about accepting dying and how it makes me wish I could've shown my mum what she said to help give her peace because I knew how scared she was of dying. This episode brought so many emotions and broke me for almost a month but I needed it. I needed to accept she is gone.

[@idealbuzoku9201]

Thanks for the story and I hope your doing well

[@matucomedes]

i really hope you're doing better bro

[@cryinpooper]

She's never really gone. She's right there, inside you. Loving through you.

[@shinji8624]

My condolences

[@deeree2543]

My sweet friend I’m hugging you and I see you.

[@Aquarityy]

I can't believe that this was a real conversation with his mother before she passed away... That breaks my heart but the fact that there's a podcast and a show of one of the last conversations they had together... Wow... My heart is broken omg

[@SeamlesslyAwkwerd]

It’s midnight and my eyes feel dried out. That finale had me so impacted that I cried unlike ever before, like extreme sobbing and shaking. I’m glad this was made

[@zacharygreene4439]

Skelter sit on a cactus and spin

[@TheZosoamok16]

i'm 28, cant remember the last time i cried, been years, possibly since i was a teenager... but this, this struck me so profoundly i wept like a baby.

[@Loagz_Beatz]

We had doctors say the same thing to my mom, that she had 6 months etc. She lived for years after that. When she passed I held her at the hospital and it was the hardest thing I ever had to do in my life. The feeling of reality afterward wasn't the same for a long time. I couldn't really feel emotions, good or bad.

[@maqaeda]

The reason why I cried when she said “you cry” was because just like him, I was searching for an answer as to what you do about inevitable heartbreak. Even though I *knew* that the only way to deal with it is to just live through the grief, I was holding onto the small hope that her answer would be something less painful. I wanted a better solution, but the truth is that we really do just have to cry. And the pain may never go away, but you’ll be able to live with it.

[@abby5724]

I broke down, it so hard to keep doing this

[@fienaalfaro3522]

True. When I think about the people that I love will one day be gone, I know that I will be in pain and I'm scared that I won't be able to deal with it. But the thing is, you only experienced that pain because you love that person. Because they were a part of your life. And you had wonderful bond with them. Crying means you acknowledge your pain, and pain means you acknowledge your affection. As Vision said, "What is grief, if not love persevering?"

[@doomboy1082]

abby stfu, and stop dating shallow assholes. You are only hurting yourself

[@deusprogrammer_thekingofspace]

Grief is beautiful. It's just another expression of love. The strongest expression of love in fact. Loving someone is saying "One day I will hurt for you, but it would hurt more not to love you."

[@fienaalfaro3522]

@@deusprogrammer_thekingofspace Wow

[@waywardhero1177]

"how do you stop a heartbreak" is probably one of the most powerful questions i have ever heard.

[@SAMSARALIVEEEEEE]

You become emotionless

[@bazi8347]

Alternatively, "How do you stop a heartbreak?" is the question powering all of mankind.

[@luhgoony]

“how do you stop a heartbreak?” “you cry. you cry.”

[@taylorhennebury3036]

This helped me with my sister's unexpected death. She died two days after giving birth. She went to sleep and never woke up. Two years have passed but it feels like yesterday. I'm not 100 percent yet. But this show and more specifically this scene helped tremendously. Thank you.

[@nownow4323]

Good to know this show helped you, and I hope your niece is doing alright.

[@Sloptopgettingdrop]

That's hilarious bro!

[@jamesflowers1295]

Same with my brother. Nailed on his bicycle at the start of covid. Within a few short hours, I lost my idol, my toughest critic, my strongest rival, and my best friend all-in-one. I miss him every day

[@DoYouLikeTacos]

​@@Sloptopgettingdropwtf

[@therestinghornet6906]

I'm gonna go hug my brother and sister tomorrow morning. You never know when they are going to leave you Be Well Gentlemen and Merry Christmas

[@kateprix3850]

his mom is so wise and mature, i wish everyone to have a mom like that

[@thetwelfth9987]

She died in 2013