Fantasy High SM Year Animatic | Fabian's Breakdown 

When you can't tell if Lou is laughing or crying...

I love how Lou laughing so hard simultaneously makes him sound like he's crying and Fig using the power of metagaming to get us to Chungle Down Bim

The meta-narrative humor is S O F U N N Y. Like, them asking him if he did something smart or cool when they were fully sitting around the table watching him make the worst in-game decisions possible and know all this information already. "So you killed him?" No... "Didn't Chungle-Down Bim help you?" _noooo_ "Chungle-Down Bim probably saved you!" *NO* "But you grabbed Alistair when you ran away, right?" No, I abandoned him _confidently_

I keep dying at the "He SAID HE WAS GONNA SHIT IN MY MOUTH"

I keep coming back for Adaine’s “N o o u r g o a l i s t o g e t a n A.”

This whole character arc is Lou just flexing all his acting talent and comedic talent to perfectly balance the tone of Fabian's story.

The build to Fabian revealing Chungledown Bim’s new mission, the repeated NOs and the whiny laugh crying, kills me every time

The way he says “well I guess I have brothers and sisters but I didn’t really have time to process that, so-“ god, just kills me. It’s like, a mood but also so chaotic. I can’t tell if he’s laughing or crying, maybe both. Relatable honeslty

“and there was old young benjamin… who was old… BUT ALSO YOUNG”

the way Lou says “nooooo” is so fucking funny to me lmao (also love that riz is just quietly putting a blanket around fabian)

I love that everyone meta-gamed to just torture Fabian here

"We brought one Gilear- we made _that_ mistake- we did not mean to bring TWO!" Kristen is savage, dayum

Kristen's "Huh. HANG UP." is probably my favorite in a long list of Kristen moments.

Anyone: Mentions Chungle-Down Bim Fabian: HE WILL S H I T IN MY M O U T H

Fabian tripping over his feet trying to stop Fig from calling Chungledown Bim at 3:45 is such a beautiful touch. And a perfect set up for the next layer of his breakdown! *chef's kiss*

“ not even mines his my father’s just like everything else I have” This is a funny scene but this hits different

I love how Fabian half-sings the "NoOoOoO" like he's a choirboy

I freaking LOVE Fabian's arc in this SO MUCH! I was expecting it to be that he would return and fight for the right to his father's legacy and to be a True Pirate, but nO!!! Fabian doesn't have to be JUST his father's son, which was the _only thing he really could be_ growing up because his mom was so distant and out-of-it all the time, but embracing his Elven Heritage was exactly what he needed with no fuss no muss because that is JUST AS MUCH a part of him as the pirate stuff. I'm not biracial or mixed heritage, but I can only imagine how impactful, important, and or touching this storyarc was to people who are. Who grew up feeling they were strongly one identity over the other, but learning to embrace themselves as a whole and that it's not just picking sides. Some stuff works and some stuff doesn't and it's because of who _You as a unique person_ are, not because of traits and tributes of others.

This is fucking exactly how teenagers comfort eachother and I'm HOWLING

This is amazing because it's such a sad moments and yet everyone in the room can't stop laughing, even Lou, who's trying his *best* to disguise his laughter as if Fabian's crying

I love that the characters are all trying to be sympathetic and are very worried because they've never seen Fabian like this, but the players are relentlessly making fun of Lou.

Poor Gilear, he cares about these guys so much but he STAYS getting dunked on.

"yea its pretty insufferable sometimes" Riz at the end under his breath XD hes just so good at these zingers

Fabian tripping really just made me do this high pitch shriek in the middle of the already laugh

God Lou is such a good actor. His laugh-crying in combination with your animation of Fabian flopping around on the floor is just... just perfect. Couldn't picture it any better myself.

I love how Lou makes Fabian ugly cry lmao

On a scale of Kristen to Riz, how well do y'all support and comfort your friends?

Riz reflexively pulling his gun in response to Adaines ‘No! Our goal is to get an A!’ and then getting embarrassed about it was so cute, made me laugh, loved Adaines animated delivery of it too, this whole animatic is great

The frame of “ _but also y o u n g_ “ is my fucking favorite shit

The part with adaine was INSPIRED!

I love when the bad kids are drawn like the rubbery teenager babies they are This is so good 😂 Seeing them all huddled in a room really drives home that if they were in any other location this would 100% be Fabian describing a piratey fever dream after a bad trip

i looooove the awkward way that kristen slaps him it's so teen

I have to know how Brennan came up with such devastatingly funny pirate names.

All of them telling him him being Bill Seacasters son is actually his least likeable trait is fucking hilarious, but also served as a great way to help him out of that headspace.

I personally think this was the bad kids lowest point, like they rolled so many ones it’s unbelievable

3:48 the way he just falls over like a domino is so funny

*"HE SAID HE WAS GONNA SHIT IN MY MOUTH!"*

Riz giving Fabien a blanket is everything

fabian just going “nooooo…. nooo… no noooooo” is SO fucking funny to me

"huh, hang up!" is i n c r e d i b l y underrated

Watching the other players throw some heavy ironic expectations and questions at Fabian, then watching Lou run through entire fiasco, spinning laugh attacks into mental breakdown tears had me laughing so much I teared up. This was the PERFECT exchange to animate. Thank you.

You can hear Lou the player breaking as Fabian is sobbing lmao

this is so so so good! it still manages to be funny while also seriously showing how far fabian is falling. im excited for whatever you make next!

NO. OUR GOAL IS TO GET AN A terrifying. amazing touch

So sweet how riz covers him with a blanket!

This is like- and amazing illustration of Gilear. I'm absolutely here for it, it captures his whole personality for me.

Adaine's prophetic magic spilling over in rage as she says, 'NO, OUR GOAL IS TO GET AN A' was a great choice

Very well done animatic; everyone is so expressive and detailed! Possible idea for the future: the scene in ACOC where Jet reads “Thad’s” letter in Ep. 1 and gives him her underwear, and then cut to their meeting in Ep. 3 when Thad gives them back.

another fantastic one!! god i love all the expressions. lou is truly so committed to this role he'll lose his shit ON COMMAND. nothing but RESPECT for my boy

I love how Adaine went full Galadriel at 0:32

I love the direction and little moments. The camera cuts in exactly the right places to the rest of the party. Adaine going full glow-y eyes about their grade (she fuckin would), and Riz jumping down from the thing were fantastic. Also I love your style and how everyone looks. Just... very good and in the style of the opiginal art but with its own flair

I like the way you had Fabian just faceplant at the chungledown bim bit.

AWW this is so nice! I like how you turned Lou's hysterical laughing into Fabian's hysterical crying, lol. That moment with Adaine at the end GETS me, ugh

Riz putting a blanket over Fabian's shoulders thooo 🥹🥹 so cute

I love how Brennan is just silent

RIZ GIVING FABIAN A BLANKET IS SO FUNNY

Kristen is a whole mood. "We need that HERE!"

Love how Lou is trying not to laugh when he's saying No, no, no

This lives in my brain rent-free

I love how he doesn’t have his eye patch means he can be scared

This breakdown always kills me. Like, I can’t watch it without absolutely cracking up, and “he said he was gonna shit in my MOUTHHH” is something I quote way too often. I remember when I first got to this section I was in tears I was laughing so hard :’)

I love how his attempt to hold in his laughter makes it sound even more like an emotional breakdown.

What I love about this is how everyone was at the table and present for everything that happened to Fabian, but their characters weren't, so they're fully playing ignorant and feeding Lou what they KNOW didn't happen, because it makes the scene funnier; what sets Dim20 apart from other Live Plays is that these people are professional joke makers. And even a scene like this, which is full of trauma and pathos, is made all the better by the comedy.

they really put Fabian through the fuckin ringer this season

dude this is SO GOOD,,, all the movement??? INSPIRED,,, I loved rizs comforting of fabian too,,, 😭😭😭

This is my new favorite thing??? I was not expecting it to be this long I'm so impressed omg. I absolutely love it, amazing work!!!!

Oh my god the tripping as he gets up and Fig actually pulling out a book and phone and Gilear and Fabian curled up real small! Thanks for making and posting this animatic!

I can’t tell if it’s laughter or crying 😂

HETOLDMEHEWASGONNASHITINMYMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUTH!

Great Job! Loved your Riz animatic too! Any plans for other emotionally heartrending moments with the Bad Kids?

Am goblins have tail? I have never taken that possibility to brain

This was, weirdly, one of the best moments of this show.

Hey bud you’re really talented and I think animated content like this is a special kind of difficult so I just wanted to solidly thank you for making it because its absolutely making my life better

I don't know what it is, but I love watching characters _break._ and Fabian being this strong, confident character (at least in the first year, haven't watched sy yet) hurts more. This situation is pretty silly, but it still hurts me. And that "AOOWW" was glorious. Your art style amazing, I love this! 💙💜💙

God this scene was funny and this only made it better

I just wanted to say, your Gilear and Gorgug look SO MUCH like Brennan and Zac. Really great shit, please keep making content!

I don't know if it was intentional or not, but like how you drew Kristen's build on the porky side as a nod to the fact that dex bonus is a freaking negative 3

Amazing, chefs kiss A+ 10/10

kristen's "...uh hang up?"

Kristen is incredibly rude to gilear when you consider that he gave her a place to live and helped her out Does seem like the kind of thing teenager might do

This the turning point, he went from being just ok to being one of the best characters in the series after this.

THE WAY HE CURLS UP ON THE FLOORRRRRRR this is so good. hey. this is so good

Love trackers leg hair, beautiful animation

this has got to be my absolute favorite fantasy high animatic i also love how u added the interactions btwn fabian and riz

The way they all lean into the dramatic irony so hard... love it.

Saw this at work for the first time. Had to choke back laughs so much I had to step outside for a minute. Yesterday was listening to the episode where they’re flying on a rope while I was driving and nearly crashed when fig asked somebody to teleport them.

This was so good???!! I keep rewatching

This scene is such gold! And you did a good job!

this is probably my favorite thing ever,, I love how how you draw each of the characters and the background is super good !

Thank you so much for animating this! Literally this is my favorite funny moment of the second season and I was really hoping someone would animate it!

This is so so amazing, you are so talented

This is excellent and I love it and you are so talented and keep being awesome

inCREDIBLE animatic, HUGE ups on this. Real talent fr

This is the funniest thing ever you made an already amazing scene even better oh my god

i love the entire bit in SM that everyone is really dense. happened here, when adaine found out about fig and ayda AND when sandra lynn fucked garthy, i love it its so funny

This is a beautiful animation-

Love that this and another Fantasy High animation popped up on my recommended, both I have seen before and love them, on the same day that Junior Year is premering.

Oh my god Riz putting the blanket over Fabian :”)

"This is personal, and I don't like seeing you like this... It scares me."

Just watched this. Honestly felt bad when Fabian abandoned Alister