I love the inclusion of Luke singing “Good Kid” because Percy and Luke were so similar but taking different paths because of their mom’s. Percy’s mom wasn’t insane, Luke’s was and it scared him.
Though honestly, in HoO, in Percy's POV he thinks about how Luke got tired of the gods and resent them and how he's starting to feel that way too, an thinks about how he was around Luke's age when that started happening.
@@ashlynduarte8526 Percy always had a kind of understanding with Luke, they shared the same grudge and later the tiredness. I honestly think that if Luke played his cards better, he could have gotten Percy on his side. The sentiment against the gods wasn't uncommon among the half-bloods either. I think the biggest difference in that Percy wasn't as detached from the world, the civilisation that Luke would destroy as collateral damage. He was slightly more sensitive to the wellbeing of the people around him, slightly more afraid of what the gods can do and slightly less willing to trust any other supreme being to be better than them. I don't think that Luke was that far gone or that much different, it was a slight difference that made a crucial distinction
Yeah they are similar in a lot of ways only Percy's got an anchor, his mom then that anchor grew as he met and befriended more people. Luke on the other hand, while he still had people that anchored him, he did not know nor see them. Luke's anchor was Annabeth (and Thalia but it was more Annabeth imo) but she was invisible to him until he saw her as his anchor in his last moments.
You know what's scary to think about that Percy trusted Luke so much, he basically viewed him as an older brother. The scary part is if Luke didn't reveal himself like that he could have probably manipulated him into hating the Gods to the point where he would join Kronos and since Percy was the child of the prophecy the Gods would've been screwed
Can someone please make fanfiction for this? Fine, I'll do it. (This may not be that good, just a warning) Annabeth was confused. Most of the time Seaweed Brain would be running up to her as a greeting. It was strange, but she decided not to think too much of it. He had a life and she should respect that, despite that her stomach didn't loosen. That is until he came walking over to her, which should have been a red flag considering he would usually carry a bored or angered expression. Instead it was calm and calculated which was absolutely terrifying to witness. She walked over to him, reminding herself to not look incredibly excited to him. "What happened to you? Something good must have happened." she cursed herself for not greeting him as she waited for the usual sarcastic remark. "Annabeth, I wanted to talk to you about something. In private." He said, emphasis on the word 'private'. They found a place that seemed private enough, and after double-checking for any Stoll pranks, they sat down. "So what's wrong?"I asked. "Listen Annabeth, do you remember our first quest?" he said, clenching his fists "Of course! How could I forget?" "Was it weird that after the important quest of our lives, camp is exactly the same?" "I mean, yeah, but I don't mind." "Camp is supposed to be a safe haven for demigods. Cause the gods actually give the smallest grain of worry for us. That's what everyone says." "Percy, your not making any sense at all." Annabeth said, her stomach tightening "Oh come on Annabeth! Your a child of Athena, surely you've suspected something weird! That they don't care, that they want us gone?" Percy was standing up now, not smiling his usual goofy yet lovable smile but a cold one. "Percy, they don't care about us but we have each other and everyone else at camp. I know it isn't much but it's something." Annabeth had added the last as the words flew past her mouth. Since when did she be this sentimental? "Annabeth, please, help me." Percy put out his hand,"We can defeat them, then no one will be left alone." A light bulb went off,"Percy, please, your not considering helping him right?" "Just answer the question. We're better off without them anyways." he wasn't angry, more hopeful, as he looked at her with pleading eyes. This wasn't fair, To him or her. She held back a tear, she knew her feelings would be crushed. Yet, she grabbed her dagger which was weak compared to his ability of controlling water. But she had a plan, and that is just as powerful. She waited for him to strick, knowing what he was gonna do. His eyes widened, full of disappointment. He raised the water above himself. And escaped, leaving Annabeth with just a look to see. She didn't remember the screaming and arguing after the escape. It doesn't pay to have feelings. Edit: This was set somewhere after The battle of the Labyrinth but before The last Olympian.
@@maybeimthefoolishmortal4344 oh my fucking gods. you’re almost as good as rick riordan for the small story there. note: i said ALMOST. No offence but NOBODY will ever be better than rick. but you came close-
Violet & Emma Lovegood | "Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, kool-aid, and chocolate chip cookies," Said Mrs. Castelian "They are your favorite! I'm so glad you came back, Luke!" Percy wasn't Luke but he nodded, barley touching the moldy sandwiches.
People seem to forget: Luke’s betrayal really hurt Percy. Luke was one of Percy’s first friends. He was even before Annabeth. And, yes, Grover is and always will be Percy’s first and best friend, and yes, Grover is great, but also, Luke was technically the first friend Percy made who befriended him because he was him. Grover originally met Percy because that was his assignment. Even though they are still best friends, it is true. But Luke? He wanted to befriend Percy because he was Percy, no strings attached. Well, at least that’s what it seemed like till the betrayal. Luke was the only person, besides Grover probably, who treated Percy the same after he was claimed. The only one not to stare at him when he arrived. The only one not to get annoyed or look at him like he was stupid when he asked a question. And once again, Grover is great, but he also had a lot going on at the time and couldn’t always be of greatest help. To Percy, Luke was a friend, a mentor, and an older brother. There’s no way his betrayal was easy. There’s no way Percy didn’t walk out with some trust issues. There’s no way it wasn’t traumatic. The person he really looked up to tried to kill him, after all. I feel like that’s forgotten all the time. There’s a line in BotL where Annabeth says that Percy didn’t know Luke, that he didn’t understand. He might’ve not known Luke like Annabeth did, but he still looked up to him. He still saw him as an older brother. His betrayal still hurt. Another thing to remember, Luke was probably one of the first male figures Percy had a lot of trust in and could really look up to. Poseidon was never really there, Gabe was an asshole, his teachers hated him, and Chiron I don’t think could be considered a familial figure for Percy until much later, around book 4 or 5. Anyways, thanks for coming to this TED Talk, I like ranting. Peace, and stay safe.
i can understand why Annabeth would be upset at Percy for being mad at Luke, because Luke was practically her older brother. she, Luke and Thalia had been their own little family and that, of course, would probably be why she was so upset about his betrayal
@@eaniopd, of course I understand her point of view. I never said she was wrong to be upset, she was very justified, but I also understand Percy’s point of view. It was understandable that Annabeth was angry and upset that Percy was so sure Luke was evil. Luke practically raised her. He was her older brother, best friend, and first crush. He was the one there for her when she felt no one else was. It’s obvious she doesn’t want him to be evil and wants to save him. But Percy was right to be sad and angry too. Imagine one of your first and closest friends who you look up to as a mentor/older brother figure betrays you, tries to kill you, and is now actively trying to destroy everything you care for and love, and your best friend and crush still wants to justify and defend him _and_ you have evidence that she might choose him over you (Sea of Monsters). That’d suck, especially considering Percy already didn’t have very high self esteem in the first place. Both sides are understandable and I’m not trying to say one is more so than the other. I love Annabeth and Percy both. But I am saying that the entire thing was probably really hard on him. It was hard on both of them. Their varying views on Luke caused a lot of miscommunication on both ends and many mistakes were made so they both ended up feeling confused and hurt.
@@y.g.4441, that PAINED me. Even knowing a lot from spoilers, it still shocked me just how little Luke cared. He just did a total 180. I actually still somewhat like Luke’s character because he has complex intentions and it’s interesting looking at him and Percy as two sides of the same coin, but that scene was written so well to just absolutely crush the hearts of the fans.
"I don't care if I hurt anyone" *flashes back to Annabeth and Thalia* Oh Luke... you say that but you still love them both, and it just hurts the three of you had to get separated by fate...
@@sara13rose89 Yeah. Luke might have pulled through in the end during the Last Olympus. It doesn't excuse all the horrible shit he did. In the first book, he befriended this awkward, troubled child and earned his trust, and was already planning to kill him from the get-go even BEFORE he was revealed to be the child of the Big Three (remember the Hellhound during Capture the Flag?). Then he offered magic shoes that was gonna drag him to Tartarus (which would have stranded Annabeth and Grover in the Underworld with a very pissed off Hades). Then try to kill Percy again with the scorpion. The second book, he poisoned the tree of his closest friend and framed his father figure Chiron for it and was gonna feed Annabeth to the drakon. The Third book, trick Annabeth to holding the sky. The fourth book, sent his half-brother Chris Rodrigreus, a fellow child of Hermes, into the Labyrinth which nearly drive him insane and was planning on attacking Camp Half-Blood. Also throughout the series, he had seduced and blackmaied Selena to be his spy. Keep in mind that Kronos had no control over Luke until he becomes his host at the Battle of the Labyrinth as he's literally nothing more than a thousand chopped-up pieces in Tartarus (not to mention he had the Curse of Achilles since at least the Titan 's Curse, so he was straight up invincible). If he had any doubts, Luke could have given up at any time. But he didn't out of sheer hate.
@@fbiuzz Listen, I agree with you that he is a horrible person. But I don't think he could have just left. He would have every monster hunting him, and he would have nowhere to go. Chronos would never let him leave.
This is really good! I noticed when Luke says "So I will do anything" it shows Annabeth, foreshadowing in Titan's Curse when he kidnaps her and in Last Olympian when he breaks his promise to her. Then it shows Thalia when he says "I don't care if I hurt anyone" foreshadowing him poisoning her tree.
I’m rewatching the part where Percy realizes that Luke is the lightning thief over and over again, because it is so good and dramatic it really makes me understand the betrayal and fear that Percy felt in that moment.
Man I'm in love with how you did Luke's scar! It makes so much sense to be multiple scratches since dragons would have multiple claws. This is my new favorite TLT animatic!!
3:10 i would of animated a tear in his eye to show him that he knows what hes doing is wrong but is blinded by rage to get back at the gods for treatying and their children bad, and with him in a tear drop foreshadowing his arc
Oh my goSH!!!! This is absolutely insane. Both the coloring, the expressions, and the art style of this animatic was perfect. You can really see the work you put into this!! My favorite part was from 2:35 - 3:38 , especially the panel at 2:35 -- the way the color scheme just /switched/ to a bunch of darker colors added to the absolute expression of betrayal on Percy's face and rage on Luke's where so cool!!! This fabulous Last Day of Summer Animatic is completely underrated. You did a fantastic job on this!!! Thanks for gracing my eyes with this animatic, I'm definitely going to recommend it to a couple of my friends who also love the Percy Jackson series & musical
This song is I think one of the saddest, because when Luke reveals his feelings you realize that these are feelings people have. When Luke sings, "I've been here since I was a kid, I've done everything they've ever asked and for what?" You realize that Luke struggles with abandonment in some ways. He came to camp when he was a kid after running away from home. He probably had hopes to meet his father and have a completely different life, but was still abandoned even after doing so much. Basically he felt betrayed by everyone and everything. Luke's emotions are real and are things that real people struggle with. I think that that aspect is the most important thing about the song.
THIS COMPLETELY GUTTED ME. The details in this are just immaculate! The contrasting of the colors makes the whole production really pop, grab-your-attention-and-keep-it, and the character designs!!! Percy here is rounder, more smooth, and part of that is likely because of his being only 12, but then Luke is all hard lines, straight, narrow-minded and teetering on the edges of sanity even now. It’s /brilliant/, and the sheer emotion portrayed in every movement, every expression, the angles that this story is told in...Gods BLESS, this is hands-down one of the best PJO animatics!
I just reamber the time in sea of monster when there on the the princess andromeda and Luke was trying to get annabeth on his side and he was like we need your smart and annabeth was like “BECAUSE YOU HAVE NONE OF YOUR OWN” like so much for the guy you liked
I love the addition at 2:06 of Percy saying Luke's name in concern, it's a very small detail but it would make the dialogue feel so much more natural for Percy in this moment because Luke is saying some *very* *_concerning_* *things* and it's only natural for him to try and show that concern.
Things I love so much about this animatic: The flashbacks to the quest itself- the ichor on Ares' leg, the fire sunglasses, the scissors!!! THE CUTTING OF THE STRING!!!, the apparition of luke behind percy, how annabeth is taller than percy, everything about dionysus, luke having multiple scratches down his eye instead of just one (it has CLAWS there would be more than one scar), annabeth ruffling percy's hair, the creepiness of the conversation he has with luke, how shocked percy looks .... God. This is so good
DUDE, THIS LOOKS EPIC!!! the expressions, the colours, the poses are so incredible, and the constant change between the frames is so good, it makes it so dynamic!!! ALSO, UGH, THE EXPRESSION ON LUKE'S FACE AND THE REALISATION IN PERCY'S AHHHHH- and when luke's eyes are just staring at the empire state and he slashes it *chef's kiss * THIS IS AMAZING, I HOPE YOU GET MORE VIEWS BECAUSE THIS IS JUST INCREDIBLE, IT DERIOUSLY GAVE ME THE CHILLS!
I figured it’s objectively Kronos but since we’re in Luke’s head those evil overlords may as well be the Gods scratching up and leaving the Earth their kids are on to bleed all for a laugh.
“I’ll do anything, I don’t care if I hurt anyone” combined with the flashback of Thalia actually physically hurt me )): you did a great job with this!!
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh that flashback to annabeth and thalia and thalia having the eyes blanked out aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa so good aaaaaaaaaa the expressions are all so awesome aaaaaaaaa how is this so good what how and then the silent dialogue at the end how dare you make me feel emotions
You smell that? That... Familiar smell.... Oh I just realized. THE SMELL OF AN UNDERATTED ARTIST FR THIS IS LEGENDARY I LOVE THE Expressions. How sometimes you just show certain parts of the characters. Like when look said he came back changed you only showed the scar on his face. And just the flashback to Annabeth and Thalia BOI DID IT GIVE ME THE CHILLS OF MY LIFE EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS MASTERPIECE GAME ME CHILLS!!!!!
Hdhsshhshd I'm really glad someone noticed me drawing only the side of luke's face that had his scar when he said that line because that was VERY much intentional!! It makes me really happy to know people enjoy my stuff .
yknow what i have so many more thoughts here we go the beginning twenty seconds or so that have so much going on in the background and so much motion, but never gets too muddled the incredible level of detail on everything from Percy and Annabeth's height difference to the Stoll brothers having different numbers of beads on their necklaces because Travis is older so! much! color! love it so much! most animatics don't have much color and this just blows them out of the water "is he always like this?" "pretty much" i love them so much your expressions are so freaking good i can't- the arena!!! the cinematic shot of Percy looking at the destruction Luke has wrought, Luke's expression changing as he hears Percy's voice, Luke turning towards him scar-first, amazing everything with Luke is just. fucking amazing. the reflection in the water, the droplets of blood on the grass, that DRAGON?!? it's there for a second at most but it's so goddamn cool and detailed. the color palette turning gold (foreshadowing?) and then blood red, Percy standing up, "Luke?" Hermes in the background, faceless and behind Luke, and then- AND THEN THAT SINGLE MOMENT OF REALIZATION ON PERCY'S FACE. you can see the EXACT second where everything clicks. Luke's FACE a second after that, no mouth, scar prominent and eyes icy blue to contrast the blood red of his sillhouette, Percy's look of hopelessness and confusion and utter betrayal in the background, and then Luke turns toward him scar-first again and the other half of his face is in shadow, percy's HORROR as he realizes what this means, the desperation as he asks "WHY?", and the Luke TOWERING over Percy, emphasizing his height, his age, his experience, over him, leaning down into his face like he's a terrified little boy- and compared to Luke, older, stringer and so much more bitter, he is- and then the utter deranged look on Luke's face as he cries "Good!" the next few shots keep emphasizing Luke's height and power over Percy, that divided panel between their eyes at 3:00, the golden eyes and the dragon claws slashing over Olympus, Luke's reflection in his blade, faceless but with so much rage, panning up to Percy on the ground as if he scrambled backwards and fell, "I don't care if i hurt anyone" with Annabeth and then Thalia with her eyes covered, Luke ripping off his camp necklace and tossing it away before summoning the scorpion, lifting his sword to the sky as he says "so i think it's time we watch them fall", Luke just disappearing as he says "soon there'll be no gods at all" and then the silent text at the end, Percy waking up panicked and then Annabeth in tears asking "where's Luke?" aaaaaaaaa i love this so much i can't even
luke's part honestly is the best. like when i read the book (TLT), before i got to the part where luke was a traitor, i really liked him. he was nice and cool. i guess when i figured out he was the traitor i kinda just accepted that, but in the last olympian book, when luke sacrificed himself i really understood that he was really just a disturbed and ignored kid. honestly if i was in luke's shoes, i'd probably betray the gods too.
So good! Every time Luke remembered Talhia I was ready to cry. Anabeth being slightly taller than Percy is very cute and drives home the fact they are still young kids! And the background behind characters being used as storytelling tool is very unique.
I always wondered why this song hit me so hard. I think I get it now "I'll do anything / I don't care if I hurt anyone" Luke is trying to convince himself just as much as he's trying to get to Percy. He DOES care. He doesn't WANT to hurt anyone he cares about. He sees it as the only way to get justice - a necessary evil.
That's okay. Me using a lot of colors in this animatic was basically me just exploring with color and trying to convey or show emotion with it. It also just felt really boring to me if I just used one color and one month into the making of this video I was pretty much just ready to die so I used colors to motivate myself into actually finishing it.
This was very enjoyable to watch, I think my only criticism is timing. Some frames went by very fast, and I couldn’t quite grasp what was happening on a first viewing unless I paused. But as I said it was very fun to watch, this song hits different every time I listen to it.
I don't know why this doesn't have more likes, this is one of the greatest animatics I've ever seen! Thank you for sharing your talent with us, we are not worthy!!!
i like how every animatic for percy jackson has some hint from the books i've only read the first one but i stiil enjoyed the subtle reference of the scorpian
I KNOW THIS IS AN OLD VIDEO BUT THIS IS GEN ONE OF THE BEST ANIMATICS I'VE EVER SEEN 😍😍 i LOVE the book references in this animatic!! i can't believe how little subscribers you have, your art is incredible!
I LIKE HOW PERCY IS SEA GREEN NOT JUST GREEN OR BLUE AND ANNABETH IS THE PERFECT SHADE OF GRAY AND ANNABETH IS TALLER THAN PERCY THANK YOU EVERYONE JUST SEEMS TO FORGET THAT-
The only reason I remember percy's eyes being sea green is because I remember them once being described as being so sea green to the point they looked fake and I thought that was fucking hilarious
You're so expressive, you're a master of the color wheel and character design is so good! Percy looks like the same person frame by frame, if that makes any sense.
The fact their stories are so similar that this is like a good kid reprise. Its just that percy finally got his dad god like actually there to guide him in at least one quest so far here. But like for luke he resents his dad because his dad did not care for the dude and even put him in danger. Yeah hermes knew about luke’s faith going to this direction but like there couldve been another way to stop this somehow. Unless you cant change faith at all despite being being a literal god. But its sad knowing luke will end up like this anyways since his dad knew his faith.
I'm about to have freaking breakdown. The end was so freaking awesome! I love how you incorporated the scorpion, and the whole little scene after the music ended sjvhfjeucvjfnesiibngnr I'm dying
this is incredible!! such a labour of love and the attention to detail is spectacular. i can see the events of the book all through this and UGH i can't get enough
Can I just say how freakishly good those dragons look? Like, the details. And an amazing animatic overall, I adore your character design and the use of colors.
This is the best animatic of this song I've ever seen! I love the vibrant colors, the fluidity, the emotion, litterally everything leves me speechless!
Luke betrayed Percy man, I don't remember much of the book since I read it when I was 12 but i'm pretty sure Luke was tricked. Percy seen him as a big brother and it was unexpected to see Luke be a villain by the end. Defiantly a good twist though.
