The Old Days || Dream SMP Animatic || Dream Team 

Talk about a freaking underrated animator someone get them some clout

Dream tried to get rid of all attachments "holding him back", but he could never get rid of the love he held for his friends ;-;

"Nobody deserves bloody torture in prison" thank you, I hate how that's a debate in the fandom right now.

This makes my heart hurt. Has anyone else ever felt like they wish they could go back to the old days with their friends? I sure do. I love the animation it’s amazing, and the mood you put into this is Indescribably good.

This helps to understand Dream's character a bit better

This shows that dream did really care about his friends, makes me feel a little sympathy for his character

The dream smp wouldn’t be the same without the animators

so nobody is going to talk about how dream just stops smiling? there are flashbacks where his smile is wide and happy but then his face goes completely insensitive, without even any hint of smile.

I think we can all agree this is outstanding, the usage of color? the shots? The subtle symbolism? the music choice? all of it adds up into one beautiful piece of work. Incredible job!

All these people making animatics have a talent for making a block game depressing even though people were often laughing during the "horrible" parts in game. I don't mean that in a bad way either, it makes the experience of dream smp so much better in my opinion.

I love this so much; it really shows that although he’s done monstrous things, c!Dream is still human. He had friends, he had bonds, he had a life, same as everyone else. And despite what he’s done, nobody deserves the punishments he’s being given. He’ll just leave more broken than when he came in...

The light slowly fading as the flashing frames show the story progressing, eventually ending with dream, alone, in the dark is such a good storytelling choice

Its a lot more sad when u realize that george and sapnap is making a nee kingdom (kinoko) with karl and it just showd that theyre (atleast)moving on and trying to create new memories while dream is stuck in the prison

I've been desperately hoping for an animatic that showed the Dreamteam's side of the story, since I feel it's a true tragedy that just not get explored as much as anything else. This is so much more than I ever could've hoped for. You managed to capture the feeling of nostalgia and heartwrenching tragedy, their facial expressions-- when Dream ghosted behind them for a moment as they Remembered I'll be honest with you I gasped out loud. Actual real tears and that's not an exaggeration. This is just, beautiful. Thank you so much for this. ;o;

Dream wanted to cut all the attachments (teared up the photo) but when he was alone in the prison he still missed and wanted to hold on these old days (taped pieces together) Just crying now leave me alone

No one ever wants to see their side of the story. This portrays it so well!

the sentences: “Dream is a bastard man that deserves to be locked up.” and “I miss Dream on the SMP” are statements that can and should coexist.

I'm not crying....*sobs*... you are! Oh God... this is so good.

I hear “Heaven help the ones who fly away” - George and Sapnap “Never help the ones who fly away” - Dream Fitting really, for their personalities and relationships after the events that happened in the SMP the three created. Incoming Rant: It’s also pretty sad to think that Dream only left and abandoned his friendship with his friends for the sole purpose of protecting them from any consequences they’ll go through by associating and sticking with him, and him knowing that the two are his weaknesses, and can be easily manipulated to gain control over him, so he loses said attachments to the two people most precious to him, so they don’t get hurt I also accept my own personal headcanon that Dream accepts and embraces being the ‘villain of the history books’, and knows that he’d much rather have George and Sapnap remembered to be on the ‘Good Guys Side’ than be with him on the ‘Villain’s Side’, since he knows they’re both too good ‘a people to ever do anything, or attempt to do, (what) he’s done edit: ALSO ALSO!!! In the beginning, with the first lyrics 'we took the wrong way down, you see just one side now', it hits HARD when you notice how Kir drew and animated the shot; Dream, mask broken and at his lowest, facing the two people most precious to him, turn away on his time of need, was when he realizes nobody was ever truly on his side since the beginning of the conflicts. They were with him from the very beginning, helping him build THEIR kingdom, and him helping them with their endeavors, only for them to turn away when he needs them, and only seeing the other sides' stories and perspectives, NEVER his own. Nobody tried seeing things from his perspective; at the beginning, he wanted to put everything in the server to peace since Tommy adn Wilbur's want for an independent nation might spur trouble(and it did), and took drastic measures to do so, but as conflicts rode on, he went further and further down the path of insanity, perceiving himself as the one who's always right and developing a God complex with his knowledge of resurrection, and everybody else also developed their own problems and mental illnesses(if this sounds rude I APOLOGIZE I DON'T MEAN FOR IT TO SOUND RUDE OR INSENSITIVE). The wars and fights didn't just the affect the 'protagonists', the 'supporting characters', hell, even the 'anti-heroes', they also affected him, and nobody tried to care or even think about his own situation, not even Sapnap and George, the two people who know him better than anybody else and still believed in him. IDK maybe if everybody tried to do so, maybe Dream wouldn't have had to resort to his actions, or even fallen into depravity, but they didn't, and now? Now, they'll have to reap what they sow once/if Dream gets out of prison, with nothing but revenge and madness in his mind from being left to (physically, mentally, and possibly emotionally) rot and be tortured. Not only that, but with George and Sapnap, they leave behind the things they consider precious to them that associates with Dream; Sapnap with Dream's armor and George his kingly gear, but with Dream in prison? The only thing that he's left clutching with is possibly HIS most precious item; a photo of him and his two best friends, which he doesn't let go of, even after his friends' betrayals, his fingers covering his portrait in the photo, leaving his two best friends’ portraits to be seen, but his own not, maybe foretelling him being forgotten as the creator and founder in the future? Only having the others be known even a little, but him forever forgotten in history

This is the first animatic that has actually made me want to cry. It’s beautiful.

Awesome man! Dream acts as the antagonist for a lot of folks nowdays, but it does not erase the person he was earlier, the dear friend of George and SapNap, and your animation really captures that! Well done!

Dream character animatic? POGGERS

“An eye for an eye makes the world go blind” Many times, the “hero” of the story is only the hero to the people who agree with them. A fact that is incredibly ignored is that villains are the heroes to the people on their side. Dream is a villain because it was easy to blame things on him rather than have people take responsibility for their actions.

"The villain will always be the villain if the hero is always the one telling the story." My favorite quote of all time.

The expressions, the sentiment, the shading and flow in and out of each scene, plus the music choice is just spot on. This is fantastic. Even the way the photo at the end has been taped back together. Beautiful.

I think this is a really good portrayal about how each character in the DSMP is specifically written to be morally grey. There are no good characters or evil characters; everyone does good and bad things. I think Dream is the best example of that. He did everything he did because he wanted the SMP to feel like a family; someplace safe and happy for everyone to get along, and he wanted them to be united. The cost of their union was the cost of him, since he sacrificed everything to make sure he was the common enemy and bring everyone else together. It's tragic, if you think about it like that. He wanted so badly for everyone to be apart of a group that he purposefully made everyone hate him just so they could have that feeling of community.

Thank you for making an animatic that shows what Dream's character was like before, no one really makes animatics showing Dream this way. No one deserves torture, no matter what they've done.

Dude this actually made me want to cry so bad. I miss how it used to be honestly, when it was mostly just them, hanging out and being silly. This is so well done though!

NO STOP IT I WILL CRY- but seriously dude you are so underrated! this is awesome

I can feel the angst radiating off the title.

You need more attention. Your art style is amazing! They way you showed what George and Sapnap miss and what they don't is amazing. The way you showed that Dream missing them while he's in prision is perfect and the music is everything!! Great JoB :D

I have such confused feelings for C!Dream. On the on hand, a lot of what he's done is unredeemable. But having been in the fandom for so long, I also remember when he was actually understandable. I just miss the old Dream man ;-;

Can we just appreciate that near the end how it got darker, probably showing Dream's decent into darkness? It's just beautiful.

Every frame from 3:18 is incredibly drawn and beautifully sums up not just Dream's journey, but the story of the SMP, just not from the perspective of the most traditional "protagonists".

Crying... But Dreams Character is so missunderstood by most people, this may help them understand him a bit better

WTF ITS LITERALLY JUST ROLEPLAY BUT WHY AM I CRYING THIS HAD ME GENIUNLY CRYING I AM AMAZED THIS IS INCREDIBLE, AND ITS SO UNDERRATED PLEASE THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL, THE ART, THE ANIMATION, THE SUBTLETY HOLY CRAP THIS IS MY FAVOURITE DTEAM DSMP ANIMATIC CONCERNING THE DTEAMS STORY ON THE DREAM SMP 💕💖💞💗👏👏💕💖💕💖💕

I'm not even finished watching but my mouth is open in aw this is so good, thank you

Dream Team sad memories? pog

Damn, the last part where he stood with his friends, them turning their backs and him all alone in the cell really brings out the feels

I've never seem an animatic that follows dream's story.. like he's the one who has actually been there the e n t i r e time and yet this is the first of anything really (animation, writing, art, etc) that I've seen do that, fucking phenomenal omg!

Ahh soo cool and emotional, well done mate, noone looks at dream from this pov , this was creative

I was always secretly a dream apologist, this is just sad so much pain. But so well done and beautifully made

when dream said he didn't care for them did he really not tho? Did he really not felt pain? Did he really not felt guilt? Did he really not feel like he wanted to scream? Did he really not feel happiness when he was with them? Did he really not feel joy with them? Even tho the whole people on the server (roleplay) see dream as this person who is pure evil with that smiley face mask, dream is still a person who has felt lots of things and I mean painful things..behind that mask we and they don't really know what or who or how he feels. Behind that mask maybe be just a boy who wanted to be with his friends and peace but is swallowed by darkness and evilness and needs SOMEONE or SOMETHING to take that mask of and show him where there is light and hope...(ROLEPLAY ,LORE) I'm still new to the dsmp so I'm sorry if I'm wrong it's just my opinion 😅

The progressively getting darker as the snapshots of his past go by at the end is amazing and so effective!!

This just really just comes to show that the 'villain' depends on someone's story, like how George and Sapnap used to not consider Dream as the villain as the three fought alongside to defeat their so called villain Tommy but Tommy thought and did otherwise. Same as for Ranboo, the both of them (or atleast I think) thought of Dream as this evil man who literally manipulated and controlled/controls them therefore thinking that Dream is the villain in the story. One could say he wasn't the villain but I could say otherwise. But something that does warm my heart though is that even though he seemed to be the villain in the eyes of a lot of people including the fans (and me) in the end he still cared about his friends but unfortunately became blinded by his want for power. (sorry if my english sucks i'm not fluent in it)

After todays lore this just hits so much harder 😭

... Maybe I teared up a little... But, geez, Dream's de-evolution of his character is just sooooo good! It reminds me of Azula's character arch, a little. Although he didn't start out as an emotionally compromised 14 yo girl with prodigy syndrome.

even after years, this animatic is a perfect example of the masterpiece the dsmp was while it was alive, i get emotional thinking abt it

I was already a Dream apologist, but oh lord-

Mom said it’s my turn with the super amazing art skills 🧍🏼‍♀️

I'm no huge fan of the Dream SMP, but if you think about it, Tommy was the reason Dream went down such a bad path. Edit: I am now much more into the Dream SMP and Dream did go too far.

Don't forget that Tommy started this when he started fights on the server, then went against dream for and gave up his disk for L'manburg which by the way was a democracy so if they said no pulling votes together they would have won but then Slatt came in to put both Wilbur and Tommy in exile, now when this happened Wilbur went crazy and became more dangerous than dream, Techno joining was great but they all betrayed him except Dream, Philza, and Ranboo. Techno is still a person like everyone but he isn't something you own or use whenever. People say Technoblade should be dead or imprisoned but he is like that because of them betraying and abusing him. Then the fall of L'manburg happened with Techno, Philza, and Dream. Philza is not crazy but he killed his own son because of them and wanted vengeance. Dream went to prison only because of him being outnumbered by 20 people, even Technoblade would have trouble dealing with that many in a short time. Now Tommy deserves that exile because of him griefing a house, starting literally wars, betraying people, and even trying to overthrow dream. But he was outside, he could build, travel and do all sorts of things. Dream was imprisoned with a cauldron, clock, and raw potatoes, people don't visit him as much and can't do anything. He was finally able to get company but Tommy just hurts him at every second he had. Dream had a cat to keep company but Tommy killed it just to keep hurting dream. Dream was fed up and killed him and Revived him. Tommy now knows dream isn't bluffing anymore and will kill everyone for the torture he put him through.

I LOVE THIS!! It really gives us insight on his character, after all what was Dream? He was just a man who owned a peaceful land and wanted to protect his friends and the people he loved. What did he get from it though? A crazed man who started illegally selling drugs with children and declared Independence (which is declaring war too) from a land which was already free, a child who broke the only rules (No greafing, stealing) and when was punished tried to get out of it by using the dead remains of someone who Dream held close to his heart, Spirit. We can't judge Dream by the things he said to his ENEMIES (Tommy, Wilbur, etc) about wanting power and not caring, because we all say things we don't mean in front of people we're against. His friends never bothered to let him explain, the times they spent together all to waste so easily, with a simple "Just tell me you hate me". No one stood up for Dream.

Nothing makes me happier than seeing a good horse in an animatic and I haven't even watched it yet Edit: Noooohhh please don't turn me into a c!Dream apologist this animatic is too beautiful

Looking at that picture Dream's holding at 3:02 The spots of tape make it kinda look like he was going to tear the entire thing apart but stopped partway through. You can see stress marks but they aren't taped together, which either means that he ran out of tape (rather unlikely) or he started ripping it during some sort of emotional high and regretted it almost instantly. The tiny details are amazing!

Not me thinking of George lore half way through and seeing the image of George drooling in my head 💀

Oh. My god. No those are not tears that’s just my emotions leaking...

this deserves SO MANY MORE views!! your subtle movements of george and sapnap are so so good and i love how dream never has those minute changes. this is amazing!!

oh my god im crying. hes. hes physically holding on to a representation of the old days on the line 'hold on' excuse you who let you do this (i love this btw you're so talented)

If you really think about it, Dream is a tragic character. He thought in the end that removing all attachments was the best for himself but it only ended in tragedy for him

i’ve been watching this over and over and i noticed that once dream loses sap and george, the black eyes on his mask go empty/become blank i think it’s bc he’s like,,, empty without them right? i’d like to think u all can hear me sobbing bro the music and the colors u used for each person and all the little things i can’t get over any of it-

Finally a dream team animatic! This is incredible! I’m going to be honest, everyone sees the sleepy boys being torn apart and that’s sad, but no one looks at how sapnap and George feel after Dream did all this stuff

I feel like I’ve just watched the entire SMP again in four minutes but this time, from dream’s perspective. This is INCREDIBLE.

/rp the c!dteam is one of the saddest dynamics on the server imo, not just because of lore but because of the LACK of lore they have together because of the road Dream took. Dream intentionally lost his friends and cut them off to avoid 'attachments' and being vulnerable, Sapnap disagrees with everything Dream is doing and knows he has to stay in prison even though he misses him, George was clearly hurt by everything Dream did and just sort of let himself fade out of the lore. I'm pretty sure the last time the three of them (not counting DreamXD 'lore') were together was when Dream dethroned George and then attacked them in El Rapids. :( It hurts so much when they're the Dream Team and they're supposed to be the closest trio on the server.

“I just wanted to be a happy family again”

When i saw the community house and mr. beckerson’s tank- Tears really got to me..

*woah you really woke up and thought “let’s make them cry” huh*

This is pretty good! I do hope that at some point in the Smp, dream has a redemption arc. It would be so heartwarming if he reunites with everyone and slowly over time, becomes friends with everyone again. ☺️

so one thing i noticed is that compared to the before Dream and the now Dream is that the places for the eyes in his mask get empty they go from fully colored in to a black circle with an outline. it may be a mistake but i take as a symbol that he lost himself and his soul. The full time is when he was happy and wasn’t crazy but the empty part is when he was manipulative and horrible. The symbol shows that he lost himself

3:32 no one talking about alissa in the background? im crying

I love the detail of Sapnap looking away while George keeps looking at the prison. It shows that while Sapnap understands what Dream has done and believes that he deserves prison, George who has been asleep for awhile doesn’t even know half the things Dream’s done and therefore is having a harder time letting go.

A few seconds in to the animatic and the music started playing, I was like "yep ik this is going to be an emotional animatic," but besides that the music choice, the pairing of the scenes and the art are all to amazing

pov: ur in the premiere chat and theres an E spam

*doesn't have a million views* Me, spamming the rewatch button: fine, I'll do it myself.

This helps show that dream isn't completely evil but is definitely corrupted with power yet still cares about his friends :)

Without animators like Knp the fandom would be so boring

Honestly, I just want Dream out of prison at this point. Torture isn't something anyone deserves not Tommy, not Dream, not Quackity, no one. You reap what you sow and Quackity is gonna have one hell of a shitshow when Techno and Dream get out.

How this only has 10k, I don't know. How the artist did this, I don't know. What I do know, is this is a masterpiece of a emotion of beauty, and it really makes the audience think back to how before everything things were so simple, and even the villains of the server like Dream are still human, and we take that for granted.

It's been a year since this masterpiece has been created and I am celebrating.

im not ready for this oh no

This song, it really reminds me of how COVID has affected me. I still cry thinking about how I can't go outside, how much I miss my friends, and how much I want to burn my mask. It makes me tear up, thinking about how different it was when I still went to school, and how different it was when I saw my friends every day. It makes me realize all that we take for granted. It makes me realize how hungry I am for any human connection, because now it's gone. Now I see how different everything is now. My dreams are my only escape for the horror film we're living in, and being lonely made me come together with other people, do new things, and see everything slowed down. Yes I know that sounds weird, but now? Now I see a flower grow day by day, now I see the leaves slowly fall off the trees, I see the snow melt, and then I see it all over again. It makes me see what this pandemic has put us all through, but it also makes me just want everything to be okay again. Thank you for reading my TED talk I'll just be quiet now

This was one of the first Dream Smp animatics I ever saw. It is still one of my favorites.

That was absolutely beautifully done. Recalling all these events, the reminiscing, seeing how far Dream dug this pit for himself, it’s really sad. And I love how specific parts were animated with more movement to emphasize the swells in the music. Amazing work❤️

I was trying so hard throughout the entire thing to not cry then the second the last frames played my eyes were like "OPEN THE DAMS"

Уоп уоп, я не заметил не одного русского комента... Черт, я просто пересматриваю этот аниматик каждый раз и удивляюсь тому насколько же большую работу проделал автор рисуя его...музыка подобрана идеально, персонажи и их чувства прорисованы безупречно....самое главное что зрителю передана та самая атмосфера которую он ожидает начиная просмотр видео. Огромное спасибо автору за проделанную работу, будем ждать еще больше такого же прекрасного контента от вас !!!

Holy shit that got a sub out of me. The nuance and character designs and the storytelling. One thing that I loved was that it was a very clear arc, i never struggled to connect the different scenes and the whole thing felt very cohesive. So beautifully executed, I am so impressed :)

I cannot stop watching this video!!! It’s so good. I love how it addresses Dream’s character. There’s not a lot of videos that do that. Especially from 3:19 on, it really shows Dream’s experience. Also, I love your art style.

This is honestly when I used to enjoy the server.. less fans, les toxicity, less script, more fun, more genuine interactions.. I’m sad this left tbh

Instead of being contraversial, here is a headcannon: Dream or "Clay", their friend, is possesed by DreamXD. DreamXD is the one who accually wants control of the server and they use Dream as a puppet. The Characters dont know this bc so little is known about DreamXD, I also think this explains ranboos supernatural possesions and why dream keeps telling everyone that he is a god. Because he is, or DreamXD is. The dream team would have fallen apart after they realized it wasnt their friend under the mask anymore, but they go to visit him in prison anyway bc they are trying to see if Clay is still in there. DreamXD uses this to their advantage and makes people feel sympathy for them. But Clay is either gone or trapped deep down. Also I think the mask is too hide his eyes which glow green bc of DreamXD.

This is fantastic, and I never would’ve expected it would pair so perfectly with the ending of the whole SMP

He ripped himself out of the photo and glued it back together I CANT, my heart !

SPIRIT, THE BEST HORSE.

ok brb i'm gonna go binge watch George, Sapnap and Dream's 3/3 videos just to cure this PAIN

This is incredible! The flashing through all the arcs was so detailed for getting so little time on the screen and that is something I can truly respect!!

I love when a villains backstory makes you feel sympathy because the stories just hurt that much more and it makes it so much more memorable.

This animatic is absolutely phenomenal! The art style, mood setting, the angst 😭 straight to the feels. Love how dream's character is expressed here. Definitely deserves more recognition 🙌

Badboyhalo- "wanna hear whats going on on the outside?" Dream- "yeh, how are george and sapnap?" Come on guys even tho he was broken into becoming a bit of a bad guy u gotta admit he still loves his freinds and is far from the only 'bad' person on the dream smp, hes just the only 'feared bad' person and thats why they locked him up

Ngl,this almost had me in tears,the animation and the story line just fit together. The way you were able to express the story was amazing and the song is perfectly.

I am watching this for about the 10th time and am in tears again. There are no words to describe how amazing this is. Where it first shows Dream in the prison.... and then it flashed through all the "memories" (which I love so much) and then ends with him in the prison... I love this so much, and the ending is absolutely perfect.

Im gonna cry