i am 100% on board for the headcanon that John only rebelled against the hunger because of how badly he fell head over heels for Merle

@plutototoh

5 жыл бұрын

That's basically not even a headcanon, it's just... Canon that he was swayed by Merle's undying loyalty and trust in what good there can be in the world, despite everything

@bigc2125

5 жыл бұрын

I mean it wasn't really romantic. John grew to respect him for his unwavering ideals over the lost century, and eventually, when his "ascended" became desperate, he realized what he started was spiraling out of control. To me, passing it off as romantic feelings kind of cheapens the deep respect and, at the very end, friendship these diametrically opposed beings formed

@raycat9301

5 жыл бұрын

I thought it was funny as hell.

@sofialaya596

5 жыл бұрын

I think it doesn't have to be romantic man... fandoms like to see couples everywere but it's not allways the case. there's so many other ways of having a strong relationship, be it friendship, deep respect, fatherly love, etc etc. That's oversimplifying the human nature and it's beauty, same as saying every boy and girl who love each other must be a couple

@linear5695

3 жыл бұрын

@@sofialaya596 let people see what they want.

I'm glad that a relatively minor character like Magic Brian got such a great part! Honestly, if he hadn't been around the whole adventure wouldn't have happened, so it makes sense that his song is all about "the coming of a new era".

@clecanadalawexplained6330

4 жыл бұрын

Benett Malcolm I love that even for how small a character he was, both in terms of time present and over all impact on the plot, he’s still one of the most memorable characters on the show.

@katie3935

4 жыл бұрын

Ladd what do you mean minor he's my world

@DarkGameingGuy

4 жыл бұрын

Magic brian came back like 3 different times. in one form or another.

@cas2762

4 жыл бұрын

Magic Brian deserves the world. Dumbass elf wizard whose dumbassery is only competed by the dumbassery of our actually genius OTHER dumb gay elf wizard Taako “from TV” Taaco.

@filiurwish1858

3 жыл бұрын

I didn't think of that, but you're so right! The new era of their adventures had started from Magic Brian, the spuder boi.

The john part is so gay and sad I'm in love op,, this whole thing is fantastic

THE HUNGER IS THE CHORUS IN HELLFIRE I LOVE!!!!!!

Please know I was anticipating Merle as Esmerelda and I STILL SCREECHED OUT LOUD. This is amazing. Edward and Lydia as Ursula is perfect

Woah its john hungry man

@Aggrofire

5 жыл бұрын

feed him ,..,

@Cannedtun4

5 жыл бұрын

John vore the hunger

@nightcollapse

5 жыл бұрын

Thirsty*

@sofialaya596

5 жыл бұрын

if only he had vored a banana with the shell he'd be furfilled...

@newspaper_stand

4 жыл бұрын

Joseph Thirsty

The color creeping on johns face was a nice touch! Very interesting idea and you did a great delivery! Good job im glad you did this!! Btw just because i can hear mother gothel at the end i could feel some maureen even though she wasnt really a true villain

@andypalmer5095

5 жыл бұрын

*oh my God you're right*

OMG this was so good. The Hellfire one, i want it to rewatch it over and over again. Is so good. Thank you!

I'm crying at the John bit gghhghg

dude, it's no secret that i absolutely love your style but omfg?? this animatic started out so powerful and each scene was just getting better than the previous and i was SCREAMING? each time a song switched i was just like "yOOO!" this was so good!!!!!!! your style and your choices of which villain got which song were spot on? my favorite part was the john part tbh,, idk that scene just hit me the most but dang this is so good and op?? this animatic is absolutely goals. keep up the great work!!

This is so good!! Hellfire gave me chills!! And the Gaston one was so creative

OK, I absolutely adore the idea of the Lich Twins singing Gaston throughout the entire Arms Outstretched scene! XD

Aaah, I’ve always been a huge fan of the angularity on your style and it looks especially fantastic in this! I love the way you drew the hunger and all its hands and eyes! The expressions are amazing too (as always), I love how you made Lydia float and Killian chime in during Brian’s turn Etc etc I’ve watched this 3 times already I think I’ll just put it on loop

Aaaah I loved this so much, ,,, Johns part broke my heart so much, oof

*me, pointing at john:* MY BOY!!! LOOK AT THIS BEAUTIFUL SINGING BOY!!

OH. MY. GOD. I just relistened to the entire Balance Arc. Happened back on your channel after watching your other TAZ animatics, and this was posted TODAY. BRILLIANCE. UTTER BRILLIANCE. Edit: After re-watching it about 10 times so far some comments. I love how well the vocals fit Magic B, and the lyrics "tiptoeing nearer" when he's doing little paws. Really shows how silly of a first boss he was, but at the same time he's still a big baddy. Everythings still beautiful, and John pulls at my heart strings. A ship I never thought I needed.

Possessed magnus as Gaston and john praying to his congregation, great A+ stuff

No no no no no IT WAS SO GOOD AND I WANTED MORE MAUREEN MILLER AND LEGION COULD HAVE BEEN SINGING MOTHER KNOWS BEST ARGH But seriously, that was incredible, and I love everything that you've done. Now I have to listen to the entire arc again.

@CJ-st1um

4 жыл бұрын

Or friends on the other side

I did a lil screech when I saw that this was you who updated yeet

The John (n Merle) scene was so perfect oh my lord

Edward in Magnus as Gaston is perfect.

Okay so everyone’s talking about Johnchurch, which I love, but NO ONES TALKING ABOUT HOW AMAZING LYDIA AND EDWARD LOOK

This is amazing, but I can't stop thinking that the female part in be prepared is spider bryan

I love how there’s no clothing details on magic Brian, so I can only assume he’s either wearing skin tight latex or is buck naked. And either one is exactly in character.

I was living for my boi Magic Brian

I love how the strength of their character can be seen in your portrayal!

I love this so much. Epecially the Gaston one which both hurts me and makes me happy

Amazing! The hunger singing back to John gave me the biggest grin. Tho major love to Black Spiders Song. Just so good!

Oh I've always related Poor Unfortunate Souls to Lydia and Edward I'm glad to see someone else do the same! You really fit the songs to each villain very well great job!

This is so so good. Ur John content is fantastic and holy shit that possessed Magnus!!!!!

this is 100% perfected

This is incredible. They all fit so perfectly, expecially John and Edward 💜 You're an amazing artist.

Highkey the best video ive watched this week

@hotvanilla

5 жыл бұрын

Also some good johnchurch content 👌🏻

@jodymarkgraf7625

5 жыл бұрын

Until today, I didn't know "Johnchurch" was a thing. Beautiful though

The pure *hate* in the Hungers eyes is so amazing

the merlejon is strong with this one

If you're planning on doing a part two Mother knows best reminds me a lot of Lucinda but if you don't want to count her as villain you could do hodgepodge for that. Friends on the other side would be great for Legion. Jaffar's song is harder but since it's about transportation you can connect it with Jenkins, or maybe when Sloane pushed jumped off the cliff and made that giant monster

@LilyTheSmol

5 жыл бұрын

Do you mean Lucretia? -RU =)

@madisonellicott4624

5 жыл бұрын

Mother knows best could work for the Chalice, trying to convince the boys to take its deal and Prince Ali reprise would work for Jenkins if its his victims singing, cause Jenkins lies about being an innocent train worker man and was more than he seemed

@tgapcharlie

Жыл бұрын

i think friends on the other side could work well for either of the millers

I LOVE THIS SO DAMN MUCH I CAN'T EVEN EXPLAIN

I love this more than I probably should

GASTON KILLED ME IN BOTH LAUGHING AND CRYING

oh my god John as Judge Claude Frollo is _perfect_

@jodymarkgraf7625

5 жыл бұрын

Right??? I never had thought this would make so much sense until I watched this and now nothing makes more sense...

I love John's part the most please finish this, this is awesome

Fucking phenomenal! I love how dynamic the part with John and The Hunger was! Keep up the great work!

Well that's the most unique way of presenting Arms Outstretched that I've ever seen

with how sad i got during johns part i absolutely lit up when i saw magnus and lydia i can’t wait to see what you do with the last 3!!

I love love LOVE this! Perfection! And may I just say, I love how you draw Brian and Bryan! Always my favorite villains

I honestly dont expect you to contuine this but honeestly mother gothel as lucretia

I would freaking love to see this fully animated!

thank you for combining two of my favorite things: TAZ and the Hunchback of Notre Dame

Brain is so cute!! And i love the john and merle part

Magic Brian as Scar was so good!!! Fantastic job as always!!!

i'm DYING. this is so GOOD. your lydia could punch me in the teeth and i'd thank her. taako's face of "yeah right" at "this one longing to be thinner" and just your taako in general? BIG YES. magnus' face at "this one wants to get the girl", OW. my boy magic brian and his bff bryan are looking great as ever. you perfectly portrayed his general vibe of "could be absolutely terrifying if he wanted to but luckily for us he's a total goober". could we Take a Moment to appreciate taako's expression as brian knocked him over and merle's face being the perfect mix of scared, confused and completely blank? and how merle threw a fucking ROCK at brian to stop him from stabbing gundren? and that TRANSITION with bryan? and the john part?? BRB CRYING. i'm at an absolute loss of words to describe it. it's just. my HEART. you can feel his shame, fear and pain as the hunger starts to rebel and punish him. somehow it's really painful how, even as he's obviously terrified of what the hunger will do, he still can't help but smile when he looks at merle, how he actually looks happy when he reaches over the table to hold merle's hand in his thoughts and then it immediately cuts to the hunger growing angrier? and it's especially bad because for a moment he looks almost relieved, thinking that the hunger forgives him for not being able to hate merle/being too in love to hurt him? and then it all goes to shit when the hands starts grabbing him. and ALSO how the hunger appears slightly calmer after they're done torturing him, like it's some sort of "we've already made you hate yourself for having emotions (because they're obviously keeping you from feeding us), so we'll leave you alone for a moment but just remember we can and will hurt you again the second you mess up again" situation. then just as it hurt the worst it switched over to edward admiring magnus' ass. amazing. i love the idea of the vogue elves just being completely oblivious to what's happening as the whole arms outstretched sequence unfolds (which, by the way, if you animated the whole thing i would go COMATOSE because i adore it with all my heart and the sneak peek we got is already amazing), i love how merle's a bit confused and taako is just in complete disbelief of the fuckery that's happening, utterly pissed, twitchy eye and all (since, if i remember correctly, merle failed his perception check and wasn't aware what's going on at the time), i love how you've portrayed taako's soul jar spell, i love magnus big ol' grin as he realised taako was coming to the rescue, and i especially love the look of absolute terror on edward's face as the umbra staff starts sucking him in. i've never seen someone portray "oh shit" so perfectly. also i already saw your tumblr so i know that's how you draw elf ears but taako's ears move and? that's THE good shit. and i would fucking die for your art style in general you do such a good job portraying the characters' personalities with such simple shapes i spent a solid hour just watching this over and over again it's...so...good...

A continuation could include: - Maureen Miller & Legion for Mother Knows Best - Jenkins for Friends on the Other Side, could make a reference to Robot Rematch as well - Maarvey and the Hammerheads for Prince Ali Reprise

"this is nearly a year old" yeah whatever the Gaston part is BRILLIANT

Hi im a nerd and almost cried because this made me happy

Me: I won't catch feelings for podcast villians Also me: aww shit

i love!!!! THIS!!!! I NEED THIS IN MY LIFE AND I ENJOYED A LOT, AAAA

God that Gaston one really got me OUCH but brilliant work!!

Now if only we knew what the villains from eleventh hour, Rockport, and the raven mask would sing

OK THE "why i see her dancing there" MOMENT WAS SO IMPACTFUL I JUMPED AND MY LAMP CRASHED

this is actually the best thing i've ever seen. i'm in love. the gaston part was especially good !!!!!

all of this is gold and ahhh you got me good with the john part. thank you for your service op

Kudos on fitting the songs so well to each villain, it's brilliant! XD

Ngl I've been watching this on repeat since you released it. Can someone please toss some self control my way? This dissociation is getting out of haND--

I AM LITERALLY CRYING THIS WAS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL THANK YOU FOR BLESSING MY SOUL WITH THIS

The smile Magnus gives just before Takko grabs him feel WAY too in character :')

AMAZING

Ummmmm this was SO GOOD!!! I didn’t know how I felt about the Hellfire/John comparison when it started but it worked SO WELL! This was amazing, well done.

I SCREAMED when the Bodysnatched Magnus singing Gaston part came on.

god i love how just staght up diss merle like that

The Hellfire bit had me in hysterics for some reason

I absolutely love every piece of this. I wouldn’t have thought the goofy twink Magic Brian to be an evil bastard Scar, but it fits perfectly! And the Gaston being paired with the twin in Magnus’s body? Hilarious and clever! And John’s devotion and servitude to the Hunger being pared to a holy Frolo who is temped like he is to Merle’s compassion? G E N I U S! I’m 100% sure that if the McElroys have seen this, they would be totally proud and in awe of it! Great job!

This is so good!! I love the arms outstretched part!

It fits so well and looks absolutely amazing.

Omg. This is beyond amazing ~

Words cannot express how much a full thing of just good ol johnny vore boy singing hellfire would SLAP

This was absolutely gorgeous!!! fantastic!! Amazing. Honestly I love how you transition from scene to scene. How you incorporated all the villains story lines, all of johns part is just amazing!!Thanks for making this!

Two years later this STILL makes me go fucking FERAL!

The John part made me laugh and then cry. Merle being esmerelda was perfect, and the moment john’s hand cracked with the different colors it broke my heart all over again.

0:40 Taako’s face as he falls over fucking kills me

Oh my god I love it! It's surprising how well these songs fit them!

THIS IS SO CLEVER?! Oh my gosh I love what you did with the gaston part that was pretty genius

Um.... YES!!!! THIS IS EVERYTHING!!!

I feel like the director could have been in the mother gothel part, because she held too much fear and only wanted to protect her friends

I know it's been a few years, but I just wanted to comment to say that I utterly adore this, and I occasionally come back to rewatch it to remind myself it exists. Thank you for making it.

i know this is a bit 'old', but i just got into the fandom and finished Balance like a few days ago, and I CANNOT STOP WATCHING THE GASTON SEGMENT HERE! It's sooo good, and I love Lydia and Edward. Vogue Elves are my favorite villains honestly. I just love evil game show hosts uwu. But your facial expressions are great and so are the movements... God, I cannot even explain how much I love this in wordsssss!!!

ive already watched this four times. i adore this so much and i have seen NONE of the disney movies these song come from? but man. this is golden. and the transition from magic brian to john? i SCREAM!! the brians look so COOL! and john stretching over the table looks so lifelike and i . you've really outdone yourself

@liched3827

5 жыл бұрын

alright, well, sixth time now,

the hellfire bit SENT me

Can your character designs just not... be so fantastic. Because honestly? Their great.

omg you used all the best disney villain songs, thank you very much for your service comrade

I'm somehow already nostalgic for your TAZ animatics, so seeing The Boys in your style again made me feel all warm inside.

WHAT THE HECK THIS IS SO GOOD THIS IS SO FREAKIN GOOD, THIS WHOLE VIDEO HAS LIFTED MY SPIRITS! ❤️❤️❤️💕💞

Holy crap! You made Scar play the part of Magic Brian! I love it!

you're like, my absolute favorite TAZ artist????? I stan you to death. Your artstyle is super original and rly rly cute Also all super in character to btw???? Also I laughed my ass off when it was the scene where magnus got possesed. You have really good transitions and really really clever uses of the song and lyrics Also my johnchurch stanning heart is SHAKING i love you

Great, now I'm impatient for both the warriors M.A.P AND murder on the rockpoint limited. Thanks a lot!

I love the pacing in the last two parts!

The songs fit the villains very well. I could see Magic Brian doing somthing like that. Also JohnChurch being head over heels for Merle is the cutest thing ever.

This is beautiful and so fitting, thank you

Hey this is Really Really Good. I spat out my drink when Magic Brian showed up, and was absolutely riveted through John's segment, and the beats in Gaston for Edward in Mag's body was Super Duper choice!! :D Amazing!

Straight up obsessed with this my dude!

I have never been happier with something I've seen in my life.