TAZ Animatic: Petals to the Metal 

Adding color when Griffin added music was a nice touch. It really matched the affect it had when I listened to the episode the first time

This might a bit unrelated, but can I just say how kind Taako was in this scene? Like, a lot of the time he's seen as an ass, and in a lot of instances he truly is, but at the same time, he just... drops that when it counts? And here it's clear, Magnus and Merle are still joking lightly, but Taako is vocal in how he despises this outcome, and his replies to Sloane are sincere, and in the end he's ready to defend them if need be. I just... I love that a lot. Especially considering his backstory, and all the bits he's missing, and how withdrawn and defensive he often is, and how, despite that, he sometimes can't help but be empathetic and vulnerable. I love Taako a lot.

Does...does your Taako have a sombrero wizard hat? That's amazing. I adore it.

I love how you animated that last laugh between the characters without losing the tragedy of the moment. Really great job!

So I like to think that when Sloan is whispering to Hurley she just says “hey do you wanna be a tree?”

i was not expecting everything to be coloured after the transformation! i really like it, kinda helps transition the mood.

sometimes a family is two lesbians. Sometimes a family is a literal fucking tree.

hey. hey. listen. i finally got to this part in the podcast. came here to say thank u. i'm crying.

And then Taako fails The will check against the sash

This is the first time this show made me cry and I will never ever forget it.

"Don't even think about it, Magnus!" I love scenes when characters laugh-cry like that :,)

this is so beautiful. it was one of the very first times i cried during the show, and god did this bring back all those emotions hard and fast. that last bit where you drew them all crying as they laugh? life ruining, thank you so so so much for sharing this

Sloan: “There’s nothing we can do.” Taako: “That’s horseshit!” Awww character development! He’s starting to care about others more!

Something so underrated and that you did VERY well is when Taako just refuses to accept that there's nothing they can do for Hurley. It's kind of glossed over in the actual clip, but it's very good and it makes me feel feelings.

omg I really just realized why Taako is so upset when Sloan says there's nothing to do about the poison and I'm crying again

in all honesty, i just wasn't feeling the whole petals to the metal arc, so this scene wasn't as moving to me as i'm sure it was for most other people. however, this is still a great animatic, and i think the color at the end really added something special, so i'm glad you took the time and effort to play around with it.

This sad but. Absolutely beautiful scene. This is what sold me on this podcast.

I just realized that Magnus was going to one chop the tree with rail splitter. i forgot it one hits any tree.

thank you so much for this animatic, this is the most emotional part of the podcast for me. you did it so much justice!!! evetytime i hear this part i start crying, i'm not sure why. i love everything about this animation, the colour of the petals, the change after hurley and sloane become the tree, the poses, the way that sloane looks at hurley, the designs of all the characters, the silly touch of the sombrero on taako, everything about this is so beautiful.

oh my god taako's hat

my favorite gays god bless em

Loving the Tex-Mex Wizard design on Taako. Good stuff.

This moment is the 1st time I cried during the TAZ: Balance arc podcast!

This scene still makes me cry every time I listen to it

Sloane's design is amazing and I kinda want that image at 4:33 framed, this is so good

I don’t care if they didn’t explain the whole tree thing, this part was so beautiful, I loved these two characters

I remember listening to this podcast for the first time and going "haha, funny DND shenanigans!", but then this scene happened and it was an emotional gut-punch out of nowhere. I didn't expect this podcast to give me so many feelings, but it has made me cry numerous times. Balance was just incredible and I think this was the first moment that made me acknowledge and appreciate the depth the story has.

awww that was beautiful! this actually makes me want to start listening to TAZ.

This is really good. Made me really relive hearing this for the first time. I totally,,, didn't,,, cry,,,,

I love this so much! I almost cried again to be honest with you. I love your designs for everyone, especially Takko and Mangus. And having the gang crying while laughing was a wonderful touch! I think I'm gonna save that scene as my background because of how well drawn it is :)

it sounds like griff is so close to crying in the middle of this whole thing

Hiii well I've come back to say thank you soooooo much!! This is the video that introduced me into the adventure zone, which has become such a huge part of my life. This introduced my to the McElroy's and their content and DnD in general (I'm starting my own campaign this summer!!) I mean it really means a lot to me, so thank you so so much. ♡♡

-sob- my tree lesbians

Amazing! I love all your character designs, and you've made this scene ten times more heartbreaking than it already was

DAMN IT. Audio or animatic, the end of the that arc still makes me cry and laugh.

so beautiful

This is the first time TAZ made me cry like a bitch, and I'll never forget this episode

this is so sweet and sad i cried hella at this scene and this captured it perfectly 😢😭 thank u for making this

The Raven is perfect!!

I love the castle skyscrapers

gOSh i love your sloane design and, well, your art in general!! i'm so glad i found this, it's amazing :)

WHAT did she whisper? "Hey do you wanna be a tree with me"??

I love this, I just recently got into Taz and I want to animated this scene but I don't think I can do it justice but you did so much better than I dreamed of

"there's nothing we can do for her." "HORSE SHIT!"

I love the way you've drawn the characters!

Love your imagining of the Raven.

I just watched petals to the metal and that scene broke me, you did a amazing job with this animatic and brought back all those emotions

That’s exactly what they all look like

Damn, that really floored me to see it turn to color and the trio's laugh...

Griffin: narrating the beautiful last moments of two lovely NPCs Justin: “Horse shit! Hooooorse shit!”

Read the graphic novel for this arc today. I think I ruined the splash page of the Cherry Blossom tree with my tears.

DOES ANYONE ELSE HEAR THE VOIDFISH'S SONG TOWARDS THE END OF THE STINGER OR IS IT JUST ME?

Great! Sloane looks beautiful

im so emo again i hope youre happy this is so gorgeously done this is amazing!

that scene was only 5 minutes long? man, feels like an hour.

I only made this comment to be the 69th commentor. Love the animation!! Great job!!!

This was lovely! I love your character designs!

Pedals to the metal was wild

This made me cry real hard

This is fantastic!!! Your character design is so good and I just aaaaaaaa

For me, this was the moment that turned Balance into something truly special. Up until then, I still felt like I was listening to a humorous podcast as a rowdy family played a fun DnD game with an interesting original story and some cool thematic settings and ideas. This was the first time that I cried, though. I found myself unexpectedly moved by the imagery described in this scene and the way that these two characters found peace. It gave more emotional weight to the Tres Horny Boys' quest, and made the potential consequences of their successes and failures feel more personal. It's the moment I went from enjoying The Adventure Zone to loving it.

Dah shit, I’m crying again... God I love this scene

Sloane whispering to Hurley: Have you read the Percy Jackson books?

I literally started crying during this part. It was so beautiful I dont know if griffin made the music but my God it was beautiful.

this is one of the most beatiful taz animations ive ever seen?? (im realizing just now that im about 3 years late lmao) but i cried so much listening to the episode and you did it amazingly

I'm genuinely crying. Your depictions are great, but your paintings of the tree and the petals are outstanding!

This is so good and so powerful! Seeing it animated like this gives it that much more emotion and your artwork and timing and the transitions are beautifully done. Like another commenter said, I love how you add that moment of humor and levity at the end without breaking the immersion or emotions of the scene.

I know this is 4 years old by now, but the still where the three of them laugh while crying is breathtaking. Wonderful art

I have listened to this scene like...15 times, and every time I cry

This shit makes me cry every time. Fucking Griffin and his emotional arcs

im on episode 23 and spoiling myself terribly and i cant bring myself to care at the moment this is gorgeous

i think this is probably the first part of balance that made me cry.. but definitely not the last

I’m so glad griff unburied these gays

i got a little choked up during this scene in the podcast but i didn’t cry. this time i definitely did

Who down votes these? How could you? I can't fathom

the fact that taako gives such a shit here is. character defining

i cry. thank you

i love how you drew Sloane

i got to this episode at 4 in the morning and I fuckin CRIED so bad

Only podcast to ever have made me cry, and this just makes it even more beautiful

I already cried about this scene how could you do this to me

aAUGH i cried as well, this is very well done

Oh good, just in time for my tear duct test

I miss good TAZ :(

really love how you designed Sloan

aCK

Amazing work!

I enjoyed this enough to make myself go through that whirlwind of emotions again.

man,,,,

I watched this before starting Taz and I still wasn't prepared .... ; _ ;

That was so beautiful and I'm crying so hard

the advempture zzone is a ccomdedy ppodcastt,,,