Love || Riptide Animatic (SPOILERS!!!) 

In this context, this makes Gillain asking Chip and Jay so many questions almost tragic. He was never able to, and to trust that the man who he probably believes gave him a new life with questions he never got answered in the undersea as a kid is so raw and heartbreaking.

You really just went "alright how many people can I make cry today?"

We need Charlie to see this, it’s so breathtaking and I don’t nearly have enough words to describe how amazing it is!

after the conversation we got in episode 63, this animatic hits especially hard when you look back on it. because as it turns out: thats pretty on the money, huh? 'the more time i spend up here (...) the more i realize that... they raised me to be a weapon'. and they did. wonderful animatic, genuinely fantastic.

Not sobbing. Seeing Gillion so sad with blood on him is buddy heartbreaking. This is absolutely stunning. I’m so proud of this community and you are just amazing

This makes the ice arena thing so sad. When Chip betrayed his trust he didn’t know what else to do but fight

YOU WERE RIGHT I WASNT READY

genuinely in tears rn- this is made so stunningly

Dude this… I did not expect this to make me cry. I personally relate with Gillions character really heavily and seeing this amazing animation accompanying the audio was beautiful. Another stunning piece of work, Kat :)

This hits even harder after stuck in a ball arc

We need to show this to Charlie!!! This is so good!!!

Gonna be honest, I'd proably be crying rn if my grandma weren't in the room atm *S t u n n i n g*

This is absolutely STUNNING. Not only is the audio STRIKINGLY written with very sharp and vivid imagery and description, but the visual of Gillion constantly reach up and out for something (that something of course being love and approval) is heartbreaking and, I believe, universally relatable. Well done. Truly.

This audio decided "HEY this person!this one right here! Hit him, right in the emotional gut and heart" and then the audio was the fuckin emotion anvil, good job now not only is my emotion heart and gut bruised they got heckin purée-ed. /pos

This is one, no the best riptide fan piece I have ever seen. Don't stop pulling on those heart strings.

I wasnt expecting this in the slightest. Its rare animatics bring tears to my eyes but this is a gem for sure. All of your work is honest gems. I always love the movement and expressions. Everything is always beautiful. You can feel all the emotions and just... i love it. Though i have a question i am sure you have heard a thousand times at this point.. but what program do you use? I am trying to dip my hand into animations and dont know what a good program would be.

IM CRYING WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS (this animatic is amazing btw- the composition of all your animatics are stunning)

Idk who this Gillian guy is but wow this still had me in tears

I have watched this video like a dozen times And you’d think I’d not get as emotional about it after this many times You’d be wrong 🥲

beautiful !!! i love all your animatics to be fair

AHHHHH EMOTIONS HELP THIS IS AHHH

dang my mouth was genuinely agape the entire time this is so good aaaaah! I don’t cry from RU-vid videos, but dang, this videos got my eyes welling

holy shit this, the audio, the art it’s so good but also so fuckin sad man good job y’all

Ok now this. This! Holy shit how did a funny dnd podcast come to this!

WHAT THE FUCK KAT THIS HURTS SO BAD /POS

I don't know about you but I smell angst. :)))))))))

This gave me HUGE goosebumps. It really emphasizes the way he was raised to be a killer and not know it

my heart ;-;

I don't know how to respond to this beautiful, gut-wrenching animatic and audio. Oh god my heart-

holy cow

I’m sobbing now holy fuck this is awesome

i will cry dont test me btw this is FUCKING AWESOME

The audio on its own was amazingly done, and then adding the animatic on top just.... aHHHHHH, is all I can say /pos

Damn shit i never realised how sad/traumatised Gillion Tidestrider is.. the more animations and fan made things how more and more i realise how Gill had literally no childhood.. he was tought to fight and do as the prophecy says.. no wonder why he attacked Jay’s father when they were in a meeting (or whatever the circumstance was i don’t remember that well) cause that’s the only thing he was tought.. fight..

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah What the hell that was so fricking good, omg I have no words I'm saving this thank you, I love your animations and Teddy''s work what? Omg I didn't know such a cool thing existed I'm checking their work out AsAP Imma keep binging the goods now eheh

NOOOO NO THIS KILLED ME IM GONNA CRY N O

This is AMAZING! It’s basically spot on to Gillion’s character, the animatic goes so well with the audio and the end result is so heartbreaking!

I can't that was so sad!!!! TvT that was amazing good job

First of all this animation works so well with the audio and is really lovely and well put together, I love how smooth all the animations are and how detailed yet simple all the frames are. Second, and I don't know if this is rude or not, I'm sorry if it is, but I found a really cool song that I think would make for an excellent Riptide animation. I don't know if you would be interested in doing this but I really like all your other animations you've done and thought it would be cool to do a Riptide animation over it. The song called Man the Cannons and it's by Johnathan Young (AKA Galactikraken), its a pretty long so don't do the whole thing but I think just the opening would still be really cool. Again I apologize if this is really rude sounding I just generally think it would be a cool little animation. Thank you for your time and your wonderful animations you make.

MY HEART NOOO This is so good and so heartbreaking hhhhhh

this hits different now after the trials

watch me sob over this

Sobbing so hard oh god;;

I think I’m Addicted to the puppet scene

OH. OH THIS IS AMAZING.

omfg this is so gosh darn good bro wtfffff pop offfffff

holy shit holy fuck incredible breathtaking showstopping stunning. more synonyms for impeccable. I love it

I was going through your animatics and I forgot you made this and now I’m crying

WTF THIS IS SO GOOD IM GONNA CRY

im not crying, youre crying

YOOO this is actually so cool !!!

I love this im making this canon the animation is amazing too this is so cool

That was so GOOD!!! Ugh amazing storytelling that was awesome

I'm sobbing

KAT THIS IS AMAZING

ABAHGDYD IM CRYING GRRR

this is genuinely so beautiful and i've lost count of how many times i've watched it

but holy crap this is so well done

CHILLS

This is so good! It’s so heartbreaking!

Imperfect written version Children are taught that love is a reward. Not something that is given to you without reason, No it is something you must fight for. Gillion fought for it Every day was spent fulfilling duties that never quite felt right, duties that never made sense to him He spilled first blood at age five Could kill a man at age ten Could kill twenty at age fifteen A boy holding a dead man’s sword One he could barely lift over his head as he pierced the hearts of a thousand men But he didn’t know what he was doing. All he wanted was that shiny golden star on his end of year report card And the screams from parents, siblings, and children were only bumps in his road Gillion was never born a child Simply a puppet on strings that seemed oh so easy for a parent to pull For every kill he received praise “You’re a hero, Gillion Tidestrider, the one who will save our people.” He bit his tongue and swallowed his questions as he clutched the side of that skyscraper called love Clinging as his fingers began to slip Every task that was failed was a gust of wind attempting to knock him over Ever task completed was a new handhold too pull himself up on Prophecies were whispered between ears and textbook pages Gossip wrapped around the boy’s limbs pulling him backwards every time he willed to take a step And eventually they tied him down to the chains in his bedroom and the lock on his door All because the elders said so All because it was said that he would never find love because he was destined to become what his parents feared most Children are taught that love is a reward or only something you receive once you’ve grown into the picture perfect image of a picture perfect child Little do they know that love is allowed even if they fail, perhaps if Gillion Tidestrider had learnt this all these years ago He wouldn’t have that ink on his wrist Perhaps if he learnt this he wouldn’t be destined to die but instead to love and be loved in return.

Aaaaaaaa it’s so good! I can’t!! I don’t have the wordsss!

I’m about to cry rn

It's beautiful but its hard to see through the tears ;)

hoooolllllyyy shit. that audio mixed with the animation???? enough to knock a man out

Oh god this is so good but so sad

when this video finished i just blankly stared in shock at the screen for a full ten seconds. holy shit man i'm not okay after watching this it's so bittersweet and sad

Im SOBBING and IM GONNA WATCH IT AGAIN AAAAAHHHG 😭😭😭

i can't tell what this is spoilers for so i shall simply return once i am fully caught up

:0 this is so good!!!!!!!

Beautiful :’)

Stunning!!

I’m going to cry

WHY DID I DECIDE TO WATCH THIS RIGHT BEFORE GOING TO BED BRO IM GONNA CRY

How. Dare you.. 🥲 this was incredible

ok Ima go cry now... sniff sniff

I'm not crying, the fans air is hitting my eyes.

this was great

I almost cried this is just how used Gillian was in the undersea his story is a sad one

thought this was gonna be fish n chips but now im crying. stunning as always

Im not gonna cry im not gonna cry im not gonna cry. Im nearly going to have an entire breakdown instead.

Mmm pretty voice

Mood

Bruh I’m crying. I hate it here

h o l y s h i t Wow but also ow

nobody talk to me

Ow

what the fuck I didn't know gill had this type of backstory, is there a part of the show where he Talks about this?

Is this audio/ writing canon???

Why this guy look like male undyne