if its not clear, this is basically the origin story of what the fuck happened to grian, he used to be a harpy! then like… he was turned into a watcher- he also got his iconic red jumper from mumbo!!!
I’m trying to figure out the whole AU so I could explain it to other people better, so here’s what I got so far: It all starts in Evo, more specifically when everyone is jumping through the portal with the animation. The Watchers pull aside Grian to do something to his soul so that he’ll turn into one of them and the Listeners do the same thing to Solidarity (I’ll call him Jimmy). Grian gets wings big enough for him to immediately start flying, and Jimmy doesn’t seem to change. InTheLittleWood (Martyn) and Smajor (Scott) become friends with Grian and Jimmy probably because of their weirdness. Scott, Jimmy, and Martyn all abandon Grian close to the end of Evo. After Grian kills the dragon, the Watchers pull him aside again and do something to him that makes him have the face shape of a low-level Watcher in the Downside Up. Grian then proceeds to fly through the nearest portal which happened to be Hermitcraft as fast as he can. MumboJumbo (Mumbo) finds Grian and helps him heal during seasons 6 and 7. After that, Grian opens a portal with his own magic and everyone gets shoved into hardcore Minecraft worlds where there’s chaos I’m currently to tired to explain. After all of that delicious player fear, eyes start appearing randomly all over Grian that only the Watchers can see through and everyone gets put into Hermitcraft season 8 (the one with the giant moon). Mumbo has to take a chunk of Grian’s soul for whatever reason and then almost dies (but not right after and he did get the wings and eyes). Sometime after but still in season 8, the Watchers replace the moon with a giant eye that crashes right on Boatem. But before it crashes, everyone in Boatem (except for Mumbo and I don’t know where his is at all) get sent through a portal made by Grian to the Downside Up. I don’t really understand what happens after that, but it looks like a very angry Grian attacking low-level watchers. It appears that Grian saved Jimmy did some kind of magic to the Watcher part of Mumbo’s soul get replaced with actual human soul. I would greatly appreciate feedback
almost there! at the end grian takes the watchers to the downside up and everyone remains to sort out the moon situation, scott isnt in evo so hes just brought along after the last life finale, and mumbo is just at grians healing at the end!
Oh my goodness I don't even have any words for this, its amazing fluffle! You have done it again, I am crying and will spend the the next hour/s re-watching this its so good
THIS!!! This is amazing! It's gorgeous and I love it! You actually got me crying with the Mumbo and Grian bit. The fight scene was amazing and I'm so glad Martyn is seeing that Grian isn't one of them. Mwah - this was a piece of art and I adore it
WHOA THATS THIS I AM AT LOSS FOR WORDS THIS IS SOO GOOD IM NOT EVEN FULLY AWAKE ENOUGH TO APPRECIATE THIS BUT I APPRECIATE IT AND ITS SO GOOD AND DAMN YOUR ART IS FUCKING POWERFUL AND I CANT WAIT FOR MORE !!!!
Oh my god I love it! Very happy that Mumbo isn't dead although the angst would have been beautiful. I'm gonna watch this a couple more thousand times now bye bye
That was beautiful! It's so cool to see this story presented like this, I adore the movement in it, especially the dragon fight! You nailed a good flow throughout the whole thing, and it's just so cool!
I’ve been following along with your WatcherGrian animatics from like the very beginning, I basically read the doc and fell in love, every time I saw you posted a new animatic I got super excited! You never disappoint. So I’m here to say that THIS IS AMAZING! I LOVED IT! I CANT EXPRESS HOW GOOD THIS IS! AHHHHHHHH
oh my gosh. this is just fricking amazing. all the faces and everything, and the dragon fight, and the fight at the end. Watcher form Grian is terrifying and I want to draw him now- also, _emotions._ dang.
(I'm thinking about what their saying.) 0:16 "Wow you got bird flappy things?!" 0:18 "I have to go somewhere, goodbye." "WAIT!" 0:25 "Hey why the long face?" 0:28 "I'm scared to ask the teacher a question because it might be a stoopid one." 0:36 "NO IT ISNT! My name is Jeff." 0:40 "AH! WHY IS EVERYONE A BLOB?!" 0:42 "Oh god, thats a big flappy bird." 0:45 "GIMMIE YOUR BIRD FLAPPY THINGS! THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE PERSON TO HAVE THEM!" 0:49 "Thats some good strawberry jam!" 0:51 "Yes, my name is [[puppet]]" 0:53 (with a cracked voice) "OLA ME PUPPET! I AM EYE-MAN!" 0:57 "THESE ARE MY FLAPPY BIRD CAGES!" 1:00 "HAHAHA! I MADE YOU A BIRD! >:)" 1:04 "I CANT REACH THE DOOOOR!" 1:11 "WELL THAT WAS A CRAZY DREAM!" 1:14 "Hey are you ok? I heard you making bird noises while you were asleep." 1:21 "By the way, where'd you get those bird flappy things?" 1:24 - 1:26 Styleeeee 1:27 "HEY WHERE'D YOU GO?!" 1:29 "OPEN SESAME!" 1:35 "I HAVE BAT FLAPPY THINGS!" 1:35 "WHILE I HAVE EYES!" 1:36 "NO... THIS CANT BE!" 1:40 "HOHO! WHILE I HAVE BIRD FLAPPY THINGS AND EYES!" "OH GREAT HEAVENS!" 1:45 "HAHA! NOW ALL OF US HAVE BIRD FLAPPY THINGS AND EYES!" 1:50 "Wait... NO! I WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE THOSE!" 1:59 (Where tf did he go.) 2:05 "WHY ARE YOU THROWING UP?!" 2:09 "Wait... I can explain, I ATE ALL OF THE STRAWBERRY JAM!" 2:10 "What? No, NO! NOOOOOO! IT WAS SO GOOD! THAT WAS MEANT FOR SHARING!" 2:12 "AND I DONT REGRET IT! :P" 2:13 "IM GLAD THAT I ATE ALL OF IT!" 2:15 "NONE OF THIS WAS YOUR FAULT... IT WAS THE JAM'S FAULT FOR BEING SO GOOD." 2:17 "I JUST WISH THAT I STILL HAVE MORE..." 2:19 "YOUR GONNA BE OK WITHOUT THE JAM! SHATAP!" 2:25 **falls asleep** 2:32 "HAHAHA! I AM THE ALLMIGHTY EYEBALL!" 2:33 "WHAT?????" "NANI?!" ">:(" 2:35 "I think it wants a staring contest...." 2:36 "BUT YOU KNOW THAT WERE TERRIBLE AT THOSE!" 2:37 "OLAAAAAA! I CAME BACK!" 2:43 "SHOO! GO AWAY BIRD!" 2:46 "STOP! IM HERE FOR THE JAM!...." 2:48 "AAAAAAAAA! GET AWAY FROM OUR JAAAAM!" 2:49 "(Wow. Hes very fond about the jam...)" 2:53 "(Shoot, its eyeball parents are mad.)" 2:55 "I CHOOSE VIOLENCEEEEEEE!" 3:00 "This is such a bloodbath." 3:10 ~Story Ended~ (WHEEEEEZE! THIS TOOK ME HALF AN HOUR!)
Can I just say, I absolutely love this AU? Between the heart wrenching story line and the amazing animations, you have me absolutely hooked! It’s a crying shake how underrated it is seeing how much effort you have put in it!
OH WOW THIS IS LITERALLY AMAZING, I GOT SO INVESTED IN IT AND ALMOST CRIED AT THE "IT'S A 'SEE YOU LATER'" LINE. THIS IS GREAT WOW. ALSO I CAN TELL HOW MUCH EFFORT WAS PUT INTO THE ANIMATIC AND IT REALLY PAID OFF, THIS IS AMAZING
NOOOO I JUST FINISHED EVO SO I COULD UNDERSTAND THIS AU AND HAD A MELTDOWN AND NOW IM GONNA HAVE ANOTHERRR 😭😭 THIS IS THE DEFINITION OF AMAZING!!! GREAT JOB AND IM SOBBING RN
DUDE IS THERE SOMEWHERE I CAN READ MORE ON THIS? A FIC A POST I NEED CRUMBS LIKE IM FROTHING AT THE MOUTH THIS IS SOME OF THE COOLEST SHIT IVE SEEN IN AWHILE IM SO!!!!! THRILLED!!!!!!
I have so many words but none of them make a coherent sentence so I will just say this is such a beautiful story and animation I'm beyond impressed like always and this again has made me cry before school starts
i come back to this video every couple of weeks 1. because i love this song 2. i love the scene at 2:32 where he just comes out of nowhere and starts going apeshit
YO!? YOOO!? HUH!? I- HOWIT'SOGOODIMGOINGTOSCREAMIDKHOQTOFEELRIGHTNOWAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH ...on a calmer note this was very good and I enjoyed it alot.
I understood a general Idea of what happened, but not really all of it, but like- I'm tearing up that's so good! I understood the watchers had the moon which is a giant eye going down to hermitcraft to feed on their suffering, and Grian was sick of their bull, and I think defeated them? And saved everyone! But what happened to Grian? Also The watcher Designs! THE WATCHER DESIGNS! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH THEY'RE SO COOL! ESPECIALLY WATCHER!GRIAN Also now I *really* need to finish Evo.
This hit me hard... and I don't even have much context to go off of, I haven't even watched Evo and I'm still going through Hermitcraft (coincidentally, on season 8 right now) I have caught up with Hermitcraft, halfway through Evo, and this AU is beginning to actually scare me
BRUH. BRO. YOUR ANIMATION IS SO FUCKING GOOD?!?!?! MY JAW DROPPED DURING THE FIGHT AGAINST THE ENDER DRAGON AND STAYED THERE FOR THE REST OF THE VIDEO. IM SORRY FOR THE ALL CAPS BUT IT IS HOW I SHOW MY UTTER AWE. HOLY COW DUDE. THIS IS INCREDIBLE!!!!!
We (mostly buttonbyte) sat down and had a think about how to represent the watchers/listeners and their humanoid forms, watchers were predatory so we thought birds, listeners are preyed so we thought insects. Martyns holds the memories of evo, jimmy holds the power of the listeners, and scott is there for moral support and justice. This isnt even jimmy’s final form! lmaoo
I just reread the doc and realized something. Grian was mortified when he learned that the Watchers knew where we was and could capture him. Yet, at the end of this he still fought them and brought them to the watcher dimension (or wherever he took them). Despite what could happen to him, Grian still chose his friends over himself. I hope he can escape safely, but I’m worried. Also reading the doc shows that Grian would be extremely import in a fight with the Watchers, due to how strong they are and him being one of them.
this animatic has gotten me to dive head first into Grian watcher AU and I am having so much fun,, I really loved this and your art is so amazing!! You tell a story so well in this, it got me so excited to learn so much more about the au
The watcher designs genuinely freaked me out, which is something I haven’t had happen with art in a while. Maybe it’s because of the contrast between them and the other cutesy characters? Anyways I love it!
Hhhhhhhhhhoooohhhhh my goodness !! /pos This is so good - everything from the watcher designs to the plot to the expressions to your art style I'm ajdmskmx !! I'm in awe you're so talented- /pos /g
