Piece of Cake | Animated Short Film 

I like how the one groom is super angry, but then the other one is just mostly confused, and all he knows is that he cares about the one bride, so he's willing to let her go and get with the other bride because he knows that's what she needs most. Like he's confused, and willing to understand, and because he loves her, he's willing to let their situation change because he's supportive.

i love the extreme contrast in the two relationships at the beginning. one was extremely toxic and downright abusive and the other one was much more caring; at first he didn't fully understand but after seeing the two girls fighting together for what they wanted, he understood and let her go without a fight. loved everything about this, down to the last detail!

I immediately started crying when i saw the two women who look exactly like them come in at the end. This was so beautiful and well made. I can't express how happy it makes me

THE THORNS ON THE CAKE SYMBOLIZING TOXIC LOVE…OMG

I love how the one man realized that the other guy needed to be stopped. It made me so happy to see the two women getting on the cake together and being so loving to eachother, it was just beautiful

Crying over the brides that came in at the end 😭 she didn't have an arm either! That's so adorable, they found their perfect cake!

I like how there was no real dialogue, all of it was just action... which “speaks louder then words”. As well as letting everyone, no matter what language they speak, to understand its meaning. Storytelling is incredible

I hope the other guy eventually gets his own cake topper because he was so nice

I loved that the other bride's partner let her go so easily with the blonde, everything was completely beautiful, I cried to see that a couple was looking for exactly those figurines for their wedding 100/100 ❤

The fact that the real life couple matched the toppers is soooooo freaking cute!!

I love how one groom is super confused yet super supportive and lets the bride be happy and I hope he gets a happy ending of his own.

I adore how the nervous groom wasn’t painted as evil. Just hesitant and confused.

okay so a few things i really liked about this: 1. I love that the cake with the blond boyfriend and Val had thorns around it, while Jesse and Mara's cake had pearls and softer features, kind of showing the difference in their relationships and who they were as characters 2. THE ANIMATION IS SO GOOD?? 3. I love the idea and i want to know what drugs you were on when you thought of it so i can buy some (/j) 4. i also love how, in the end, Jesse realized that the blonde guy was not a good person and helped Mara and Val 5. the difference in the dancing is absolutely amazing

I also love the fact that many did not notice: the blonde girl did not get her arm fixed, something that I understood as "even if you're in a healthy relationship now, you still have scars and traumas from your abusive relationship"

The ending was so perfect, having them look like their human counterparts ✨

1:45 I just love how he wasn’t even mad, he just didn’t know what he did wrong 😭

When the two women walked into the store that looked exactly like them :((( That was so sweet, I loved this.

All I wanna say is, thank you. Not for the LGBT representation but for the disability representation. The blonde woman has the same disability as me, same arm, same look, and it's something that is not common to see in media and I'm really thankful for that. Edit: 1) Thanks to the creator for putting a heart on the comment and to all the likes! ❤ 2) Sorry for my wording, English isn't my first language but I only wanted to get the point across that although I'm thankful for the LGBT representation, it's the main point of the video and I thought it would be obvious to point out, sorry if it sounded weird.

I like how the the blonde cake topper girl's cake represents toxic/unhealthy relationships while brown haired cake topper represented a healthy relationship both were portrayed perfectly and how at the end the cake toppers represent an actual lesbian couple in the end there's so much accurate representation and I love it this is such a beautiful well made short film

Watching this reminded me of one of my closest friends. Her mother was married to a man who was abusive towards her when my friend was born. The final straw for them was actually my friend's mother falling in love with a young woman. Who helped her leave her abusive husband. My friend now has two absolutely wonderful mothers.

The groom ornament that ended up defending, helping and accepting them was so wholesome. I love how he was confused and a bit upset at first but then realized he really didn't want to harm them and would rather let his bride go and let her be happy with someone else :')

Notice how the abuser didn't show remorse or sadness when she fell. He only acted once he was pressured by everyone to do the right thing. Even if she weren't gay, she still needed to get away from him! I also liked how the other guy was confused but eventually accepted and supported them. I see a lot of same-sex stories vilify the opposite gender and it's quite sad and tiring.

That one groom will be on his own cake. When a single guy wants to binge eat cake because he's single, they would have the perfect cake.

End credits are the cutest part about this! The couple getting married choosing the cake is just such a cute thing to add.

THE SHORT FILM HAS BEEN FINISHED LESGOOOOOO/pos Dang, I remember seeing this project being announced around a year ago or more, and to see it finally be complete is genuinely awesome. This turned out amazing! Everyone did a great job with this short film!

I don’t know why but I really hope that the man who supported his bride’s relationship is doing alright or found someone else and is happy.

Is it just me or does the Blonde woman have faded cracks all over her? Implying this is not the first time she’s been broken or hurt by him. I might be reading too much into it, but if so what an incredible detail!

the nicer yet confused groom is really caring. he loves his other half and is willing to let her go for her happiness

*who knew a story about lesbian wedding ornaments could be so intense yet wholesome?*

The man's a legend for letting them be together it's shows so much difference in their relationship even the cakes show that

I liked the detail of the blonde brides cake being surrounded by roses and thorns. Awesome animation!

Poor guy (the nice groom) lost his girl but knew he can’t control love, respect to him

I love how the brunettes husband accepted them for who they were

The couple coming in at the end and picking them as cake toppers near had me in tears

i loved the connotations of the knife and fork scene - men taking knifes, women taking forks, knifes generically being paired with a fork like how some people think women should be with men or vice versa. LOVED IT!! - sincerely your local lesbian

A small detail I loved is how the blonde caketopper had thorns around her original cake, showing how toxic the relationship was, while the brunette one didnt have anything around her cake, showing that her husband was much more accepting and understanding. Loved this short film!

I like how one of the husbands is a genuinely kind person who was just in love with a woman who couldn’t love him, Not necessarily because it paints men in a positive light, but because it helps erase the narrative that women “turn” lesbian due to poor experiences with men.

This genuinely made me cry. With how much anti-LGBTQ legislation there is and the sheer amount of terrorist-level hatred our community faces everyday, that a symbolic and beautiful short that demonstrates why diversity and inclusion is so valuable.. is incredibly refreshing and needed. Thank you and all other team members for making this 🫂

this is an accurate representation of what happened to my grandmas! they are lesbians and married and each have had similar experiences.

I'm a heterosexual male, and there was a time I was against same-sex marriage. Two reasons, the way my time was and also because of my own faith becoming zealous. A lesbian co-worker made me see the error of my ways. I tried to justify and pretend to be someone I wasn't and self-gaslighted. I felt shame and took the time to self-reflect and later became a supporter of same-sex marriage. Especially since having family members who are LGBT. With all the anti-LGBT sentiment growing every day, I must fight for them, especially for the family members in the LGBT. My lesbian aunt, my lesbian cousin, my transgender cousin-in-law. And for my friends. Overall, I loved this animation, it makes you think.

gods the credits in those gay shorts are everything also you DO see the difference between an abuser and a man who actually cares. Loveless marriage does not mean there is no care there. Great representation of that, of gayness, and of disability. That end story had me in the feels.

What I love about this animation is that it not only focuses LGBT but I can see the topic of ‘abusive relationships’ 0:51 when he kicked away her broken arm shards dismissively as he helps her by hiding from ppl ‘s eyes that he not an ‘abuser’ but everyone knows the truth this scene reflects reality.

We Stan the guy that supported his bride’s relationship

I love how supported one of the grooms were like he was confused and just accepted it! That’s so sweet I feel like he would be like the cool uncle when if they had kids😅

I loved the thorns around the cake with the blonde cake topper. They went with the roses but also hinted at the groom's personality.

I adore that they managed to teach us that love is love, there isn't a straight love between a man and woman, but of a sane and healthy relationship no matter the gender or the sexuality

I love how this explains not only unhealthy relationships but how the blonde girl probably got out of the toxic relationship and how with the brown hair guy he tried his best to fix things but in the end he accepted the girl should move on and so should he this is a really good animation

I want Jesse to be on a cake alone and then a guy walks in and buys the cake with Jesse on it because he just wants cake.

Their little happy ending with the two brides had me tearing up for real! Especially with the disability representation!!!!! SOOOOOO SWEET

This just popped up in my recommended & I'm so glad it did. This was beautiful & clever, & said SO much without saying a word. I actually gasped when douche-groom slapped her & she fell to the ground. Of course the end had me in tears, especially when I realized the blonde lady in the couple was also missing part of an arm. Both brilliant & heartwarming. (Kind of an 'aside', but the brides who found their perfect decorator, which somehow managed to include their appearances all the way down to the arm, would sure look to me like a 'sign' they were 'meant to be' ^^ So romantic.)

I like that the brown haired groom didn’t try to force her to do anything and he accepted the fact that she liked the blonde haired girl

I don't think we're appreciating how creative of a concept this is

⚠️ Spoiler! ⚠️ I just love how her exboyfriend accepted the disconnection and let them be together! He understands he couldn't control love, hopefully he finds the right one ❤

I'm not gonna lie when the couple came in and found the cake toppers I started crying it was so cute that they found ones that represented them

That is the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen. The grooms understanding of how the bride feels, how he no doubt feels sad, yet he doesn’t hesitate to usher her to who will make her happy…it’s wonderful. The scene at the end with the couple buying the cake and the cake topper girls sharing a kiss at the end- super heartwarming.

I like how the ex just casually let her be with the other one even though he didn’t fully understand

What struck me was that the angry husband helped his bride up off the floor not because he cared for her, or felt sorry for striking or pushing her off, but obviously just to save face (pun intentional), and I love that she was _not_ having any of that. She didn't cower, didn't accept him back, didn't play along or act thankful. She went like "You hurt me, and you don't care. I'm not going to help you with your image" The human couple at the end was really cute, too, and that the toppers changed position from dancing in the shop to kissing at the wedding 😍

I love how the cakes represent something as well, the cake the blond was on was filled with thorns showing a unsafe relationship and a hard place to leave without suffering injury. As for the cake with the pearls seemed delicate and safe, yet the bride wanted off. In my eyes it meant that even though everything is going well, you can still wish for more. As the groom on the cake held her back it seemed he didn’t wish for her leave him unsure what she was wanting, yet not knowing what he was holding her from. The fight scene showed there’s more to just a ending of relationship someone is always gonna think that two people that ended on good terms either hate each other or live in disgust of knowing that their used to be other half is now living a better life off without them and it turns into the motivation of well, “blank and blank ended like this and he’s upset or she’s upset yet I’m fine with the fact we broke it off yes it hurts but it doesn’t mean I can’t wish happiness for that other person” the guy on the blonds cake seemed angry that she left him, and he seen he was hurting her (which led to her falling off the cake and breaking an arm) but he didn’t care. Or I’m an 15 year old paying wayyy to much attention to a small animated film about cake toppings and have nothing to do with her summer.

I have been following this short film’s creator since it’s early development and I’m so happy it’s out and receiving so much positive feedback

I love how this describes that not all women want to be with men and might prefer being with other genders, and you should not take it out on them that they prefer that. As an lgbtq+ person, I respect this animation very much even though I don’t understand what it is like to be in a relationship as I am aro/ace. But this is overall a beautiful animation! It’s surprising how so many people can easily express things without voices or text, just body language, expressions, and noises.

I remember watching your camp camp animatics YEARS ago and I loved them. Now you have a whole short and it’s amazing to see your improvement and talents to shine through! Great Job!

I'm gonna cry this was so wholesome, I started kicking my feet back and forth at the end when they were at the wedding

A very sweet story! Happy that Val and Mara could get their happy ending (and new beginning!). Amazing work all around- congratulations to the crew involved! ♥🏳‍🌈

A wonderful little gem that you absolutely must not miss. Short but intense; this short film manages to touch your heart and make you empathize with the characters despite its short duration. 🥺🌈

I love that Jesse was accepting of Mara and Val’s relationship. I’m so glad that this short film finally came out :)

When I saw the cake topper brides together, I was hoping a couple were gonna come in looking similar!! I cried when the brides came in omg🥺this was so sweet I legitimately cried

Not enough people are saying this, but the music is gorgeous!

This made me think of me and my girlfriend. She was in an abusive relationship when I met her and we fell in love organically. Eventually she left that relationship to be with me and went through hell to do it. We watched this and cried together…beautiful work. People like you should be in our animation studios.

Philosophers, 100 years later: Of course, these two were best friends helping each other out!

SOBBING !! indie animators deserve more funding because when you let people follow their passions and truly speak through their art without boundaries or censorship they create beautiful work like this masterpiece 🥺❤ i finally know what all the hype is about, they are so adorable!!

THE FACT THAT THEY GENUINELY LOOK SO MUCH LIKE ME AND MY PERTNER IS AMAZING

This may or may not have been intentional, but I noticed that Val and her groom were dancing on a cake with thorns around it. Her groom also seems rather abusive, which is seen when he slapped her and she fell off the cake. Could the design of the cake be referring to their abusive relationship?

I remember when I was around 7 and my mom and I were in a shop where you could buy all sorts of decor, craft supplies and such. Then we saw wedding toppers and they also had same sex couples. I didn’t think much of it, but my mom said that it’s nice to see some representation for gay people. My mom is the biggest ally I know and I’m grateful that it was her that first taught me about homosexuality, made it quite easy for me to figure out I was queer in my early teenage years 😊

I’m happy they made it realistic. You can’t control how your partner if their sexuality changes. You just have to accept it and accept them. And let them go.. The good one (the more realistic side) realized this and helped instead of hurt.

This was so worth the year’s wait. Everything about it was so well put together. The ending was so sweet too (pun intended) especially with the after credits. I wasn’t expecting for Val to become a arm amputee, but the little detail of the human woman also being a amputee made me so emotional, we need more amputee rep man! Loved this cute little sapphic film!

I love how they made the toppers look the same as the human brides. Same hair, same eyes, and same skin tone.love that!!

I love not only for supporting LGBT people and the blonde woman's disability, but also for the fact that the boy was not against any of the women

The fact that the nicer boyfriend was hesitant at first and saved them was such a box character arch! I love them!

Such amazing animation. The way the porcelain shimmered in the light, the way you conveyed such raw emotion without a single word. Amazing.

I'm not crying. You're crying. This really hit me in my tender little gay heart

Showing the real couple in the end made me screech. This was adorable.

I love it, I remember seeing this film being announced and I'm just so happy that it's finally here, the level of detail is amazing and the little scene at the end with the marriage is so sweet!! 💕💕

The ending made me so happy, that couple must’ve been so happy to see a cake that represented them

It is so beautiful. Sapphics get close to non existent representation in media. I loved it so much !

I love how the brown haired woman's groom didn't get mad and let her go. I hope he's friends with them and I hope he finds someone else❤😭

Wow! That was so good! The animation, the way the story was told without any dialogue, and the music accompanying whats going on, gonna recommend this to others!

I love the brides at the end!!❤❤❤ That was such a cute touch❤

As soon as I saw the two women enter the shop in the end credits I started crying XD I officially came out as a lesbian to my whole family a couple weeks ago (it went super well and I feel so lucky!), and this is such a beautiful way of showing just how important representation is. Thank you for making this amazing animation, and a happy pride month to anyone reading this! You are valid and I am sending all the virtual hugs to those who need it!! :)

I honestly hope Jesse is doing good because he supported Mara for who she is and he deserves one of the best significant others, prove me wrong.

OMG the ending made me cry that’s so sweet that they looked like the two humans 😭 ❤

This was absolutely stunning! I especially loved the art at the end with the credits, made me a little teary eyed. Watching the process of making this film and seeing the final product come together has been absolutely amazing. You all should be very proud

This was very moving for me to watch. My wife and I married before it was legal in all US states (12 years ago), and we had to drive 12 hours to a state where it was! The world has changed a lot since then, although we obviously still have a lot of work to do.

The lesbian wedding cake decorations, the representation of physical abuse, the comfort between the two of them, the ending pages with the two women seeing themselves represented, disability and all... it makes my heart so happy. The amount of love and time put into this piece.... incredible!!!

Ik I’m months late from commenting, BUT THE MOMENT I SAW THIS RELEASE, I LOVED IT. Being a Pansexual watching this made me feel better about my sexuality, because even thought it’s a lesbian and (I’m pretty sure, idk, I forgot) a bisexual, it’s beautiful. The animation style and plot. Love is love. And also, as a Hazbin Hotel fan, they remind me of Charlie and Vaggie lol

I think I remember when this was in the works, look how far it’s come

This is so beautiful!! It turned out amazing, great work to you and your team!!

I love how Jesse accepted them in the end! Though he was a bit confused in the start, that was understandable.

The end credits makes this story come full circle it’s just so good 😭

I didn't know I could be crying over porcelain cake toppers at 4am but here I am! This is such a beautiful story, thank you everyone who worked on it ❤

4:18 oh boy here come the waterworks! I like to think that these ladies recently got engaged and this was the first bakery they visited. And just by the luck of the universe the cake toppers perfectly match them, even including the disability. Maybe the baker tries to dissuade them from using a topper set that’s “broken” but they say no it has to be that one. And then we cut to the wedding. Ugh my heart!