Tightrope || Grian animatic (3rd/Last Life, Hermitcraft) 

I love that the community just unanimously decided to make Grian a parrot after the Pesky bird incident

Grian: But where’s Joel and Timmy? Scar: They’re not on Hermitcraft. Grian: Where are they? Scar: They’re on Empires. Grian: *Ferb, I know what we’re gonna do today.*

Ooh, dang you really know how to tug on the heartstrings, this is wonderful. Despite the ending shot in the void seeming like a bleak finish for them, at least this time Grian isn't separated from either of them, even if the world's destroyed. This is just so good, you're making me feel a lot of feelings in this house right now

"You're crying from Grian Minecraft?" "The seeing HermitCraft Season 8 as a 'happy ending' to 3rd/last life got to me." "Alright"

I just can't help but hear in my head, watching Scar and Grian looking at each other during the part of "It's an adventure with a breathtaking view"... Grian: Do you think Mumbo would be proud? Scar: Absolutely!

This is so amazing! That shot at the end, tho… it’s too late at night to be feeling these feels. Also, I think you’re the first animator to make Grian’s eyes be flat squares without it looking weird. Good job!

I'll be honest. I never thought anyone could connect three separate series in a 4 minute song but you did and it worked really well. The funny thing this time is that Grian's now paired with Scar legit and he can't kill him... Also Mumbo's not there so yeah. To Double Life we go...

I adore all of this. I also love how Grian going purple right as the moon is gonna hit sort of implies that he's the one who pulled them into the void to save them. He may not have even meant to, just reacted instinctively and activated his watcher powers. No one but him would realize that he'd been the one to do it

OH this was amazing. I loved the process of this - from 3rd life, and his relationship with Scar and his 'win' when he died at the end, to Last Life and his relationship with Mumbo and that tragic end, how he died there as well and lost BOTH of them... and then to Hermitcraft. Where he found both his friends again, and had good times with them, and even if things ended with the moon crashing into Earth (and some sleep deprivation), they were all safe in the void, together. Finally. Grian drawing them closer with his wings at the end - Just. My heart. I just LOVE your art style, how you tell the story you want to tell, everything about this. Superb work you funky little artist.

WOW. WOWOWOWOW. oh my god. this got me EMOTIONAL!!! your transitions and framing.... the NARRATIVE!!! it's SOOO well crafted. absolutely amazing work.

MY HEART. This is so absolutely brilliant!! The narrative you told with your gorgeous animation is so heartbreakingly beautiful. I feel as if I’ve just watched a movie. The callbacks to third life and last life with the ending shot of Grian, Scar, Mumbo and Jellie!! Breathtaking.

This is gorgeous!! I especially love how you incorporated the Watchers. I feel like they're usually shown as a purely malicious force, but you included them in good and bad moments, which makes it seem like they're just... a part of Grian, not good or bad. I loved it! Really well done!

CACTUU THAT WAS UNCALLED FOR I THIS WAS AMAZING AT MUMBO AND SCARS DEATHS I LITERALLY HAD TO PUT DOWN MY PHONE AND JUST WALK AROUND FOR A SECOND. IM SERIOUSLY ABOUT TO CRY. WELL DONE

This is so heartwrenchingly beautiful. I don’t think all the words in the universe can encapsulate it…

This fits in so well now with double life. Grian comes to hermitcraft to see a man he just murdered and one he did a while back just to wind up as soul mates. Perfection

I love how this artist can make Grians rectangle eyes looks so expreesive

Not going to lie, seeing Mumbo with the ear wings at 3:21 had me nervous due to Fluffle's videos. But was "aawing" at the end. They were finally both safe next to Grian

This makes grian look so much more peaceful than he actually is lol

This...I love this. You wove these three storylines together so well...this is one of my favorite animatics. Ever.

I love how the fandom basically agreed to give Grian bird traits, like everyone woke up and suddenly agreed, "Pesky Bird Grian!"

The fact that I was so speechless at this masterpiece that all I could say out of reflex is “moon’s big”

Your animatics hold the most special place in my heart. Life series has been a constant in my life for a long time, and your art makes it feel so real. In your other desert duo animatic and in this one, the way you portray how grian and scar initially teamed up is gut-wrenching. "Some people long for a life that is simple yet planned" and showing grians first base is so poetic. Thank you for your art.

I love that Jellie had her own helmet This was also just amazing

Man coming back to this and seeing Jellie at the end there made me have to hold back tears all over again.

I think I've already commented once on how good this is (if not, it's amazing), but I was re-watching it and realized that Grian wears a crystal. Like, the kind of crystals that Scar sells as a magic man. Don't know if that connection was intentional but dang good job either way.

I live by the headcannon that the world's in the "X Life" series are created by the watchers to observe Grian and his friends in different scenarios and test Grian in his human form, take that wholesomely or maliciously as you wish

I watched this while I was watching Double Life... I watched this while I was watching 3rd Life... I watched this while I was watching Last Life... I watched this while I was watching Limited Life... now I am finally here watching it after making it to the Hermitcraft S8 Finale. It's just a feeling of completion finally fully understanding one of your favourite animatics that triggers so many emotions and tears It's so good, Cactuu I can never get over how good it ishrfesauhrfjrfwlakjhrwlkjahfwkjah

Me: what instrument do u play? Cactuu: *makes this* Me: Ah, I see. The heartstrings 😢

I’m grown enough to admit that last scene where Grian pulls them closer made me tear up a bit

I’ve watched this so many times already and I can’t get over how expressive Grian’s face is even if his eyes are two rectangles! It’s amazing and I absolutely adore your designs for Scar Grian and Mumbo!

you don't know how much i love this, i literally giggled/sobbed at the ending where grian pulled scar and mumbo closer, this is too good

The reason there’s no dead bushes in the shot of the desert is because Joel took them all. (Also awesome animatic, I loved it)

Bro I love the fact that at The end there is a little jellie aswell

Wow. Just wow. I really like how you included 3rd Life, Last Life, and Hermitcraft in the same animatic. It really plays into the whole end poem idea of "waking from one dream into another." Well done! EDIT: I watched it again and my allergies acted up. i'M nOt CrYiNg, yOu'Re CrYiNg!

This was utterly beautiful. Never thought one could connect all three of these worlds together so fluently. Amazing work! Also, this gave me a new headcannon: Each SMP is a new life and no one remembers the previous except for Grian because of his Watcher background.

You’ve managed to pierce so deep into my heart. I don’t know if I’ll ever forget this. The emotions from the end of 3rd life, added into this. The loss of a friend by your own hands, then followed by the killing of mumbo. It just takes the narrative of loss of loved ones from your own doing, and makes it 100x more impactful(almost as much as that moon)

Dang, the end scene really got me! and when Grian pulls them closer with his outstretched wings... 😭🙂😊😭😭

Ok that really hurt. This animatic was amazing. I love your style, and the way you've spanned across Grian's experience with his friends over the span of three different servers is amazing. I have successfully been saddened. Amazing. Thank you.

Watching this animatic has made me realise that Grian has permanently killed all of the people he loved the most in the Life Series. Like He killed Scar in 3rd Life, Mumbo in Last Life and BigB in Double life, not to mention that he was the reason for his and Scars final death in DL.... All I'm saying is that there's a pattern here...Bad boys betrayal arc maybe?

HHHHHHH I love this so much!!! The way it ended so bittersweet with the Hermitcraft bit, the music, reusing some details/ scenes from your other animatic? It's such little things but it makes it so much more nostalgic and emotional and heartwarming and I just can't- You bet I'm adding this to my playlist now...

I love how the watchers in this are made prominent with the purple imaging, but at the same time hidden. they're sort of hidden in plain sight, which is awesome, especially in hermitcraft

I LOVE IT!!! That's such an amazing concept - Grian living through three separate lives, I dont know how to word it but the story just works so well, with him waking up after each death and ARSHDIFBIGvjkdMFDE ITS TOO GREAT also how dare you make me cry over a minecraft animation

I feel like this really sets the intensity of the "life" series compaired to hermitcraft an I love every second of it

I find it interesting how you tied the Watchers in with Grian. It feels like he knows every adventure he tries to go on will eventually end in disaster... but the adventure, the people, the memories are still worth it. Especially with the end of HC season 8, when his eyes and head feathers turned purple... He knew, but he had hoped that maybe, just maybe, this time it would be okay. And in a way, it was. He still had his friends in the end. Whatever they were about to face, they would face it together. This time, he wasn't alone. ALSO SEASON 9'S LORE HAS ME MAJORLY HYPED LIKE WHAT-

Man grian really does just keep killing the people he cares about in these series

I don't know if my interpretation of this was meant to be had, but watching this makes me think of Watcher!Grian (purple) as a lonely immortal (likely coming off the end of the EVO SMP) looking into other universes at his "lesser" (finite-lives) selves. He sees one get close to Scar, but have to commit murd-suic, looks for another self who found happiness, and again watches himself forced to terminate a friend. And then he wakes up to these two friendly, familiar strangers who have appeared, wanting to explore this new land, and even when the world is threatened, he's happy that he can, at the least, save these two.

I keep coming back to watch this and I finally noticed a really cool detail. During the portion of the song done on Hermitcraft we see the scene of Mumbo taking Grian's "soul" to turn himself human again. In the clip of them together after that we see that Mumbo now has Grian's ear wings!

Yes, I know this is emotional and all, but I'm the kind of person who would destroy and emotional moment. Its hilarious how in these animatics Grian is always portrayed as crying over Mumbo/Scar's body when he kills them, but, in the actual episode he's like 'HE GOT WHAT HE DESERVED'.

That really small movement of Grian pulling Scar and Mumbo closer with his wings literally made me tear up :') Beautifull

Good job. I like how when Mumbo was on his red life his face became almost, robotic. Nice touch

I honestly, genuinely didn’t expect to have such a strong emotional reaction to any fan content when I joined the fandom. It was just good fun and shenanigans at first, yknow? And then I stumble upon amazing creations made by amazing creators like you who really grabbed my attention and have me pulled into the emotional weight of it all. The art is beyond incredible and you have such an eye for composition and timing ❤️

You are absolutely amazing at narrative!! No written dialogue and yet you conveye every connection with small details!! Absolutely amazing, I am flabbergasted )-)o

I was just thinking about how much animatic potential 'tightrope' had and BOOM! I watched this and I'm crying

I’m brought to tears! There was genuine heartache and joy I experienced watching this! You are a fantastic storyteller with your art and editing! You matched the song with the story so beautifully! I’m left speechless!

It is too late at night to be crying yet i look like a waterfall😭

HOW HAVE I NEVER SEEN THIS BEFORE THIS IS MY NEW FAVOURITE ANIMATIC EVER!!! YOU CAPTURED THEIR RELATIONSHIPS SO WELL, MY HEART, OH MAN,,,, YOUR PACING WAS INCREDIBLE YOU CAPTURED ALL THE FEELING SO WELL IM GONNA SHOW THIS TO EVERYONE I KNOW

Watching this after Scars win and Jellies passing just makes the waterworks flow

2:17 "Do it, Grian, kill me, look at them, they all want you to!" sorry not sorry i couldn't resist

Every time I wake up and I go on youtube, this has been on my home page and every time I see it I click on it and rewatch it like 50 times- I can not get over how good this is

The transition at 1:21 is so not fair! My heart can't take this!!! It's so well done and it goes to the music so well

After watching this for the third time I’m still bawling my eyes out. The storytelling and Grian’s story is just beautiful.

That ending legit has me crying I am having difficulty typing this out with teared fingers and blurred eyes

I just genuinely cried. I just aged 10 years 🥹🥹! That was a masterpiece

I swear the life series are not just your normal minecraft its an mazing story telling skill And the art just brings it all to life

oh my gosh I love the easter egg that is scar has jelly right next to him, goes to snow how deticated Cactuu is.

How many times have you watched this? Yes.

I usually listen to music while drawing but when i clicked this video i literally stopped drawing just to watch this beautiful masterpiece.

THE COMBINATION OF 3RD/LAST LIFE, HERMITCRAFT AND THE GREATEST SHOWMAN IS UNREAL!!! I love your expressions and how you show indication of lives left in the 3rd/last life scenes

I love this, this is really good made I've watched 3rd/Last life and Hermitcraft season 8 and fgauif gaui gafou this takes me back and really shows off how grian loves his friends !!

BUT THE LITTLE JELLIE AT THE END I SWEAR IVE WATCHED THIS LIKE 8 TIMES NOW AND ITS SO GOD DAMN BEAUTIFUL!!

How dare you do this psychic damage to me with your skills? How could you be so amazing at these videos, so incredibly talented, and yet hurt me like this? I'd never heard this song before and I'll never hear it the same again and I thank you. Truly wonderful

this made me want to cry because of how amazing it was

It may be the fact that it's almost 12am for me or the fact that I recently binged hermitcraft seasons 8 + got back into third and last life with the introduction to double life, but this made me scrawl like a baby /pos

I found this animatic and thought it was really cute before I started watching Grian and now that I’ve watched him I want to cry

Killed Scar in Third Life, killed Mumbo in Last Life, but then he killed BigB in Double Life. Why does this man keep killing his best friends. Grian must have the sadest Life Series experience. Every season except Secret Life he has had a sad part to the story, in because in Limited Life, Jimmy and Joel died and so he was a singular Bad Boy and had to join the Nosy Neighbors. This really gives off the sadness and it makes me nearly cry, keep up the good work

This has got to be one of my favorite 3rd/Last Life animatics. I overall just really like your character designs and the way they are able to convey expressions, even if Grian's eyes are literal rectangles. I really like the specific moments you showed to tell your story. I loved it so much! It honestly made me well up a bit, and that's saying something.

Cactuu you are KILLING me with these animatics okay this is the type of video i'd watch to cry and feel emotion at the end of the day so im gonna watch this again and cry some more /pos

This is unexplainably beautiful. The song is better than perfect. The art, smooth movement, story, meaning, is just OUTSTANDING. Wow, just thank you so much.

oh my god i started tearing up here wow absolutely stunnign and the parallels??? the animation was SO SMOOTH!! absolutely gorgeous work here

OMG THE END GOT ME! IM LEGIT CRYING! 🥺😭😭😭 I WAS LIKE PLEASE PULL THEM CLOSE TO YOU GRIAN! AND THEN HE DID AND AHHHHHH TWT

Protecting his friends with all he has This as absolutely amazing this is probably one of the best animations I've seen all year

Congrats, I'm crying, that last bit where he tucks them closer with his wings has undone me. This is incredible

No matter how many times I watch this it doesn’t get old

It’s too late at night to be crying!!!! My heart can’t take this!!

aaaaah Grian angst!!! I LOVE THIS. im not crying- you are

I cant explain how many times ive watched this its SO good honestly I love the little bits of the Watchers you can see and then the story the animatic tells in general you manage to fit EVERYTHIGN into it in three minutes asklhdjasl AAAAA its SO GOOD!!

This is the first animation I actually had a tear roll down my face. (That means it is beautiful in every way and is perfecto) that really pulled me. The song fits so perfectly. The art was phenomenal. I hope you are proud

Absolutely amazing I love the art that comes from these and I wish the series never ends

This is the second time I’ve ended up in tears because of one of your 3rd Life animatics. Really well done.

"It was a prank."

this whole thing is so great but i really just cant get over jellie in the little astronaut outfit oh my god

I like how y’all depict grian as an angelic entity

I like how when it says "I,d risk it all just to be with you" it shows how Grin almost killed Mambo so they could still be friends.

can you hear me cry?? can you hear me sob loudly? can you hear my heart broke into pieces??

Grain’s “Breathtaking view” was just Scar smiling. My heart!!!

OH i didn't realize this was actually the song tightrope, OH, I am too tired to watch this now I am going to cry, tightrope is one of my absolute favorite songs!! Edit: I'm back in the morning, HOLY MOLY that was amazing. Incredible!!

This is adorable, it made me cry. i will come back in a month or two so i can cry again.

everytime I rewatch this I forget how good it is but it is SO good, your art style is so good, and I never really figured anyone would include hermitcraft, but it's fit in so well here! And to think an old Minecraft series I watched 6 years ago was actually gonna be so heavily featured in these amazing Life animations is so amazing, it's really truly something to admire, it makes me all giddy inside when I see the hermitcraft bit everytime! All of your animations are great and I hope to see more!

i've lost count how many times i've watched this! and yet i cry everytime!! never thoutgh i'd cry over minecraft smp's lore lol i'm surprised how so many ppl of this fandom have been able to turn Grian's good humor and energy into such emotional stuff also, love the designs!!