I really wanted to make a longer animatic after all the positive feedback I got on the previous taz animatic.
Podcasts have recently become a large part of my life and while I'm sad The adventure zone is finishing its arc I'm so happy to have been able to listen along up till now.
I cant give enough praise to the show and its
creators.
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"Taako I can't remember her face!" Barry cried while looking at Lup's identical twin
awh fuck man this comment made the rest of the video way sadder fuck
well i mean, he probably couldn't remeber she was taako's identical twin, and once the voidfish erases something form your mind you can't be remibnded of it if you havn't tasted it's icur.
it's possible that he's forgetting Taakos face at the same time
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Izzy Sandle or he’s forgotten that she is his twin and doesn’t know they have the same face
You go directly to the criminal box with griffin mcelroy and think about what you've done
Chris Borgars-Smith 😂
Chris Borgars-Smith is the criminal box in any way similar to the clown box
Ashley Boettner yea
@@taakotuesdays only if you abandon your boy
Yo real talk though, Davenport got it the worst.
Lord Destrustor mhmm on his birthday a celebration of the day he was born he literally forgot his entire life and like Griffin really twists the knife with the whole "normal life" stuff
its so fucking sad too because in the beginning of the podcast they were just fucking around and were like "lmao what if all he could say was 'davenport' like a pokemon or something" and then griffin goes and does This Shit like, 50 episodes later and its really good story telling but also Super Not Okay
"His whole life, *was* the missions'"
I still just cannot forgive Lucrecia for what she did to Davenport. I remember feeling so disgusted and angry when I realized what she did to him... She basically lobotomized the poor guy! I know it was for the good of the plane, but still... There has to have been a third way.
His fading "Im Davenport" gets me everytime
Travis's "who are you" is so amazing because it's not just him forgetting it's also sentimental about how uncharacteristic it was for her to hurt everyone like that...
Ouch ouchhhhhhh oh god I never thought of it that way tiger lily noooooo
And I've been killed again....yes....who ARE you??? Of course.... weep.
Hey, hey, hey, Fuck you /jk. But seriously, Lucretia is my favorite, and this wrecked me
You know what hurts so much? Barry was *so close.* He was going to the cave THAT NIGHT. He would have found Lup. He had all he needed. He could have found her, and saved her. But he couldn’t.
I thought the Felicity Wilds held the Animus Bell and Wonderland, but Lup was in the mine near Phandolin
The cave and phandalin were close to the felicity wilds
shut the fuck UP
Crowe re listening to this for a third time. Griffin’s story writing is a masterpiece. This is his masterpiece.
I only recently recovered from the TAZ finale (just listened to Balance recently) and now my heart is broken all over again
Imagine Lucretia's grief each time she went to check on one of them and they were gone. She journeys to Raven's Roost only to find it in the process of being abandoned. She asks the closest person what happened, and she's told that the merchant's district was destroyed by a deranged governor and that everybody who was in it is dead. She shows up to Taako's next scheduled show, but his wagon doesn't show up. She asks the authorities if they know what happened, and they tell her that he's on the run for poisoning and killing half a small town. In her final stronghold of sanity and peace, she takes a day off to go to the beach and recuperate, but... Merle isn't there. She tracks down Merle's house. Perhaps Merle is sick and didn't go out that day, she thinks. When she inquires his location from his family, they tell her that they can't find him either. He went out one day and never came back. All of these friends, who she was supposed to have kept safe, now missing, a criminal, or presumed dead. Imagine her surprise and joy when, out of nowhere, Killian comes back with three random reclaimers, and they are somehow *all three* of those friends who she had thought lost to her. Imagine the weight that was taken off her heart when she realized that they were relatively fine. And then imagine her having to go through that whirlwind of emotion again when she sends the team off to Wonderland and she's told that only two of them returned alive.
WHY HAVE YOU DONE THIS TO MY HEART
WHY
KappaRoss imagine her self contained joy whenever the trio goof around, her love for them constantly having to be restrained behind a facade of separation and sensibility.
It's established that Lucretia purposely brought THB together. I think one of the Reunion Tour episodes mentions it.
Oh welp ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I don't know why but even when this is the most serious thing ever I couldn't help but chuckle and smile at Magnus' little, *"It's a duck!"*
Sung Lee he’s just the most precious soft fluffy boi, I love him
he said it in such an adorable way
Ikr, same thing with Lucretia's "Hot Diggity Shit"
the realization of “i’m davenport” is unparalleled sorrow. “who?” being a completely improvised line just goes to show the absolute magic of this story.
In a similar vein: Hodor held the door
Justin McElroy has absolutely obliterated me multiple times with that one word. Every time it brings me to my knees. Hearing Clint’s proud chuckle in reaction is just beautiful icing on the saddest cake.
I think one of my fave moments is when Justin improvises the "who" and you can hear Clint's impressed chuckle in the background
Griffin has managed to make static white noise one of the most horrifying things ever. Also the ending of this episode never fails to give me fucking chills. I think this is my favorite episode of all time.
Yeah it physically hurts me now. And just feels bad.
Taako: I'm afraid nobody else would have me. Griffin: Everyone in the world deserved to be around you Taako (...) and you deserve it too (...) You're Taako from TV and you are so, so loved.
HEY THAT HURT
@@taakotuesdays It hurt me too, but as someone with RSD (rejection sensitive dysphoria), anxiety, and depression, hearing that assurance given to Taako that even if you're afraid no one wants you around that you're loved was something I needed.
@@lindseyherbst9444 oh yea it was a super sweet moment
Who are you and how dare you make me feel that again
Hello? FBI? Please come arrest Griffin McElroy for killing me emotionally
I can't believe that I can now legitimeately say that the banana cronch guy is now one of my all time favorite fantasy writers
Bri Koala the GRIFFINS AMIIBO CORNER MAN HAS MADE ME CRY FOUR FUCKING TIMES WHAT THE FUCK
Lucretia’s “Magnus please just lay down please I love you” hurts me every single time
yo the bits of static that pop up while dav and let merle are chatting? killed me??
When Merle starts talking about moving to the beach and for just a couple frames, it goes black and white and the hunger is there, taking his dream away... that's what got me.
"I don't want you to fall and hurt yourself." WHY DOES THAT MAKE ME SO EMOTIONAL??!
"I don't want you to fall and hurt yourself." Tell that to Barry :(
Guaranteed cri evritim
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6:42 *Buzzfeed article* What your favorite Red Robes would look like as ducks.
“Not all exits ... are made equal.” I’m finished.
If it hasn't been specified, I like to think that Taako and Lup are identical (As does the rest of the fandom, it seems). The irony of Barry saying "I can't remember her face" to Taako just hit me and took some of the drama away from this scene for me. Yet, at the same time, added more...? Like, the voidfish is so powerful, that even though Barry is looking at the face of the person who he still knows to be Lup's identical twin, he still can't fathom what she looks like. Also, I kinda wanna put Taako in a Time Out corner for saying "You're not my mom!" when the Director asked if they were all okay! lol
Robyn I'm thinking that it's like the time where magnus was revealed to be the statue of the red robe. He saw that it's his face but his mind could not make the connection that he is the red robe. So Barry saw taako's face and he could not remember that that's how lup's face looks like. He just didn't know lup's face anymore... I made myself cry again. Crap.
OMG....I never once considered this. I am now a puddle....
Honestly I never really thought of them as having the "same face", even if they were identical.
It's been over a year since I made this animatic (July 9th) and I have to say every single comment brings me to tears. I remember sitting down after school every day for a week planning out shots and glitches and little animations , I remember piecing this together in movie maker thinking about the future of Taz and where the story was going. And I remember before that sat listening to the episode knowing , damn I've got to Animate something for this it's so emotional and this podcast means so much to so many I've got to throw my hat in and make something before it's all over. I never expected such beautiful kind responses I'd receive I never expected so many responses! I forget how lucky the adventure zone is to have such amazing fans and SO MANY amazing fans and how incredible lucky I was for this animatic to get noticed. Everytime I receive a notification of a response/comment I feel blessed I've been lucky enough to be part of a creative , kind and caring community of podcast listeners so I just wanted to say: One year later : Thankyou again for all your comments every single means everything to me. Thankyou
you're an absolute gem, you can definitely see all the hard work you put into this project and I'd just like to add another thank you to the list! hope you're well, this is gorgeous and so well done 💗
2019 third time listening to TAZ and watching your vids. You are just as important as the creators themselves.
@@mizslcarr9795 ah this is so incredibly sweet! I apologise ive only just seen your message thankyou deeply and dearly from the bottom of my heart. I hope you are well in return and thankyou so much for the lovely commenta dn for giving this animatic your time.
@@404UserError Oh my ! this is so incredibly kind! this is such a high praise I really appreciate your comment and for coming back to watch this video ! I really do appreciate the time you took to right this out thankyou!
You're gonna have loving replys on this haunt you forever 😂 and you totally deserve it, thank you for sharing your incredible talents with us
the ghost you drew of Lucretia's true reactions: "all back home", "this is going to be great", "great as always"-have me a sobbing wreck of a human. thank you, friend
saaaaaaameeeeeee
I can't imagine forgetting about one of your best friends while you're sitting right in front of them. I can't imagine what it's like to forget absolutely everything in the middle of playing cards. I love how you draw the imminent fading of the memories. Like, the slow consumption of the pixellation. You've done such a good job with this and I'm blown away by the sheer quality and scope of your work.
“Who?” Me: * collapses *
I always sob at Davenport having his memories removed.
The music cue that directly hits after "who?" will never not hit me hard
I LOVE YOU MAGNUS, I LOVE ALL OF YOU I'M SORRY, IT'LL BE OVER SOON I WILL ALWAYS BE WITH YOU
the scenes of the boys forgetting their past are sooo well done; but what really got me is the gentle visualisations of lucretia's actions and emotions. truuuuly well done. so much attention to detail... i uhhhh cried harder then when i listened to the actual episode (which was 30 minutes ago); this hit much closer home. loved it
I'm glad I'm not the only one who watches episodes and immediately watches animatics of the scenes from that episode
"Im davenport" will make me cry forever
"This mission has been my life" and the static killed me oh my gosh how did i not notice that before holy crap
LUCRETIA BOUGHT A DUCK FROM MAGNUS. There is so much freaking heart in the story Griffin and the McElboys have crafted, and this is such a great tribute because it really captures that heart. The sadness and the love. Bravo and thanks for sharing.
I can't believe you animated this whole thing. this is seriously SO amazing, I'm gonna cry again?????? the little stuff you added like the hanged man and the typography and the outline of davenport I a m DYI NG
Honestly Griffin managed to transform all of their goofs into this absolute masterpiece and I love it
17 minutes are you insane?! Holy cow! This is incredible!!!
Hey just wanted to say I appreciate every single comment y'all have left , it truly means the world to me all the amazing kind words you have left me Ive read everyone of them and take them all to heart. I hope to continue to create animatics that celebrate this wonderful podcasts aswell as it's amazing fans. Thankyou, truly thankyou all. Here's to the finale and whatever comes next.
You honestly put an ENORMOUS amount of work into this and I'm amazed at how well it came out... I'm still both excited and terrified of what's going to happen next
i nearly shat myself when i saw that this animatic was 17 minutes god this is so fucking good too i feel like a dont deserve it thank you for blessing the universe with this content
Got to the end of Magnus and Lucretia, with tears in my eyes, and saw that it was only half over. This was excellent. Thank you for bringing these amazing scenes to life.
kelljan70 the Magnus and Lucretia bit was so hard to draw Magnus is my favourite character so it was extra rough to make the frames for
I got such intense shivers when Griffen said “This is it!” And the OG music started playing.
the close up on the hanged man SO GOOD DUDE
"..and I lost Dear Dear friends because of that decision" I was able to hold back the water works but that line gets me every time I hear it.
During the last few moments Merle seems almost toxically positive, but it really makes sense when you think about his offhand conversations throughout the campaign. During John’s existential speech, he says that he believes that if you keeping holding on to joy, you’ll eventually find it. During his spa visit with Lucretia he says ‘if you stand for nothing you’ll fall for anything’. He has a strong belief in (he stands for) the coming of joy and tries to hold onto it almost constantly. Even when the rest of the crew is in moral agony from the destruction, Merle keeps his chin up. It’s not necessarily helpful for the crew, but it *makes sense* Sorry it’s midnight and I’m in ramble mode Maybe none of this makes sense but I took the time to type it so it’d be a waste to leave it
I literally cried like 16 times watching this. I can't believe how incredible it is. The ghost of Lucretia reacting as she wishes she could react to them. I die.
The Davenport one is actually the one that hit me the hardest. What Lucretia did to him is AWFUL.
I love how Merle can go from wholesome dad friend to hippie uncle
17 WHOLE MINUTES OHMYGOD BLESS
Oh shit. It's 17 minutes long. *start vid* OH SHIT. IT'S THIS PART. *Davenport's cries* No... *Taako: "Who?"* Noooo *Barry: "Kill me, Please!"* _ALL THE TEARS ALL OVER AGAIN_ *It keeps going* 12/1 I can't even do anything right now.
everytime i hear lucretia's "I love you, I love all of you" i tear up
In April of 2021, my uncle passed and the message "not all exits are made equal" ran through my head through months and it still does some days. But this show really pulled me out of such a rut simply because of the words of wisdom from Clint. Taako's loosing of Lip and family hit so hard simply because I could relate to him so personally. TAZ did so much to help me.
Fuck. Just with this, I realize how good taz was and how amazing the brothers are. I legit cried in the final episodes because I felt that narrative so hard. Even 2 years later, this one snippet hits like a brick. Such an engrossing story.
The Adventure Zone is a bad show because it made me cry real hard
“What home is good enough for taako?” Oh thanks, Griffin! Thanks for the Emotion!
The fact that griffin started this from a standard dnd journey shows how insanely creative griffin is and how naturally entertaining the mcelroy family are
I just realized how much more lucretias little speech with Merle at the spa meant to the story
holy shit wow that was absolutely amazing, the transition from the ipre logo to the bob symbol made me tear up. i love your art!
That's okay I didn't need my heart anyways. TT-TT Great job with the animatic. Loved the bits of static popping up as memories were erased. Then the Lucretia ghost in a few of the Director's moments with her friends. Or the typography. Just little details that were a nice touch overall.
Okay I know this video is three years old but the scenes slowly dissolving into static is SO GOOD and really adds to the emotional impact of everything and aaaa I just love this video and your art a bunch even though this whole sequence makes me cry!!!!
I've been having a hard time seeing Lucretia as a good person. I think it's Davenport and Lup that do it for me -- she made Davenport a god damn punchline and doomed Taako to memories of isolation, of loneliness. Just... Ugh. My siblings are my world and if someone did this to me, I'd probably wring their neck, but Lucretia is just a so well-developed character that I'm AAAAA
she had, NO RIGHT MAN
I can't hate Lucretia, My siblings mean absolutely everything to me and I never fail to cry at parts regarding the 7 birds because they're a family, she hurts me because I know she never wanted to hurt them and did know how She was an idiot, we all are except, her one point of idiocy affected herself and her family I know it sounds strange, but when something you did is hurting you, you think "this must be right, this must be my sacrifice" and watching the others be so happy added to this But it wasn't true Lucretia is ultimately an anti hero, and I love her, I hate her too, and that's what makes me cry It doesn't help that I love john too, tell ya what, let's all blame Captain Captain Bane Man fuck that guy
I can't, she didn't know what would happen to Davenport, but if you claimed if she did know she'd still do it anyways as a necessary sacrifice I would agree. Still, she's not a bad person, she was a desperate, hurting person with good intentions, but made a lot of mistakes. She messed up a LOT and did a lot of bad things but she only intended the best, and thought she could make up for the wrongships. She made mistakes and learned and developed through them in the end. Good people make mistakes too.
Listen to TAZ they said. youll laugh they said.
Barry begging Taako to kill him so that he can remember always makes me tear up a little bit.
The “I’m Davenport” bit always tugs at my heart strings and gives me chills Griffin edited it so well to show a man having his entire identity erased
this is so amazing. i cried through the whole thing. thank you for doing lucrecia's part too and the ending, cause that sometimes gets me even more than the forgetting parts. its just wow. you did such a good job. thank you. thank you.
Surely I'm not the only one to notice the phallic pond at 3:05 right? ... *RIGHT!?*
Providence83 that was not intentional whoops , good eye I guess? ha
I sneezed while watching this and even the sneeze sounded sad.
There is absolutely no way I could have listened to this as it was being released. To have to WAIT to hear the ENDING???
I JUST NOTICED LUP’S LICH FORM BEHIND TAAKO WHEN GRIFFIN SAYS “her friends were here again” OHHH MY GOD
I cry every time when Magnus forgets and the song starts and Lucretia says "God, Magnus no... You weren't supposed to see this.. please just lie down I don't want you to fall and hurt yourself. I love you, I love all of you. It'll be over soon..."
THIS IS IT. and hen the episode ended and we all went “GOD DAMNIT GRIFFIN!!! HOW DARE YOU!!?! FUCK!!”
Every time, every single time I hear "I'm Davenport..." I tear up, I just teared up a second time typing this.
The use of the hanged man in the tarot deck game was an awesome little detail and it works so well. the sacrifice lucretia had to make and the time she had to wait before bringing her family back into her life, really great symbolism!
i am SO EMOTIONAL. THIS EPISODE KILLED ME AND ITS SO COOL TO SEE IT ANIMATED.
I haven't cried so hard at a story since.. I don't even know when. It's so beautifully drawn and the story told so masterfully. I always get lost in listening to this. Now I can see it with lovely but sad images. Thank you.
That "Who?" kills me every time I hear or see it.. god damn fine work!
fuck me this is a lot of emotion
I could listen and watch these animatics all day. I hope LetsJustSTART takes us all the way to the beginning. The beginning of adventure zone, cause holy shit... this hit hard and this is my first viewing of an TAZ episode... And I love the art style...
did i just spend the last 17 minutes bawling like a child? absolutely.
holy tears i havent cried this much since that existential crisis 5 years ago
Every time I listen through the last ten-ish episodes of Balance, something new makes me cry. I’ve cried over Magnus and Julia. I’ve cried over Barry and Lup. I’ve cried over the Voidfish. Hell, I cried over John and Merle once. But this time, this time I’m crying about Lucretia. I fully understand what Griffin meant when he said she was his favorite character. The tragedy, the emotion, the rollercoaster. The way her story shadows the entire first six arcs of the campaign, only to culminate in her origins, her fall from grace, and her redemption in the context of the story we already knew. She’s honestly one of my favorite characters in any piece of media _ever._
I've never watched The Adventure Zone but I cried so hard during this still thanks I guess thanks for making me be invested in something I've never seen and crying my eyes out😥
Help I'm crying again- I literally cannot listen to anything from this podcast anymore without crying or laughing so hard that I start crying
“I’m Davenport” hits SO hard it gives me chills
Everytime I get to the "not all exits are equal" of this episode it hits so hard
id probably hurt myself mentally if i couldnt remember a face i was thinking of a second prior. those nightmares of cloudy faces are the worse cause you cant tell who, or what it is. at least they're the worst for me
Man, you really have to appreciate how stellar a storyteller and narrator Griffin is. Listening to basically all of Story and Song was breathtaking and emotional. You did a wonderful job of creating an animatic that fits that beauty! I loved the little internal Lucretia you put in some scenes, it was a really nice touch.
The music slowly corrupting and Griffins confident "This is it!" Gets me every time.
Every one of these is so good I think my favorite is definitely The Davenport scene I think it best illustrated the way fisher deteriorated them just him trying to hold on to the only thing he had left his name as he slowly deteriorated into just caring out damvenport
I’m just thinking about how truly devastated Lucretia must’ve been when they told her Magnus was dead after the suffering game arc.
BARRYS CHEST WOUND BLOOD WAS SHAPED LIKE A HEART IM SOBBING
This would be a great way to prepare for the new episode- if not for the emotional rollercoaster that goes with it.
17 minutes holy shit, this was fucking amazing. it helped me experience this moment in a whole new way, thank you for all the work that went into this
Any story they tell after Balance will NEVER meet the same standards.
I am distraught that Barry’s wound on his chest is a heart. I am so unhappy. God. Poor baby. Poor Taako for having to literally kill his brother-in-law. I’m hurt every single time. I’m in tears and it hurts. Well done, though. Truly. That was fantastic even though it hurt me so badly.
AND HIS LITTLE BLOOD SPOT?!
Oooo yeah I have my odd evil moments and drawing Barry clutching his heart was the most evil one
Years later, and I think the only reason why this is not more popular, is because, well you cant share it to people who dont know
i can't stop watching this. It's essentially been on loop since I finished TAZ balance a year ago.
My favorite episode of the whole balance adventure zone series. I can't wait to get more great twists and story telling amnesty!
Beautifully done. Davenport as The Hanged Man? In The Mythic Tarot, The Hanged Man is depicted as Prometheus, who disobeyed the gods and brought light to humanity, and was punished forever. Brilliant and beautiful bit of symbolism, my artistic friend.
Chills I get chills literaly every scene
YOU CANT DO THAT TO ME IM CRYING
"i don't want you to fall and hurt yourself, i love you" hits so hard every time :')
thank you for putting your time and effort into this.
Ahhh this is so amazing! I can't imagine how much work went into this. So many great little extra details thrown in I love love love it
god the effort that must have been put into this is amazing!!! 10/10