hey so uhhhh Late-August made a new dsmp animatic ( “Desolate” ) and it’s literally so beautiful please watch it. anyways, if you didn’t know, their first animatic ( “Innocence” ) really blew up (and you should watch that too, it’s also amazing) and i’m kinda a little bit maybe obsessed with both lol. so uh i just wanted to make this post pointing out some of the parallels i could find between Innocence and Desolate. i might be totally overthinking this, and this got really long (oops) but hey it was fun to think about.
this is kinda messy, possibly incoherent, and looping all over the place, but i tried my best to keep it in roughly the order of events in Desolate. there will be a | [innocence / desolate] under the picture(s) that says where they’re from, to hopefully minimize confusion.
innocence
desolate
tying the two animatics together really nicely, to start it off. the end of Innocence has tommy, tubbo, and the other survivors grimly looking on at l’manberg’s remains, while Desolate opens up with tommy, tubbo, quackity and fundy (the cabinet and main-ish characters for dsmp season 2) surveying the damage in the aftermath of the war. very smooth. perfect for watching the two animatics back to back, and a nice reminder for people who watch them separately.
desolate
innocence
ghostbur wakes up in a forest! nice little callback to the beginning of Innocence, where wilbur spawns in a forest. the scene from Desolate is also more washed out and gray, presumably because ghostbur is. well. a ghost. he’s dead, and the general vibe isn’t as hopeful/happy as it was in Innocence, before all the war and insanity and bloodshed.
desolate
innocence
bit of an obvious one, but i think it’s really cool how Late-August showed ghostbur remembering his death. not to mention, this also emphasizes his character’s color as blue.
innocence
desolate
interesting how the tables have turned, isn’t it? in Innocence, wilbur was looking down on dream, confident in his independence and proud of his country. and in Desolate, it was dream who sat on the wall, looking down on tubbo – looking down on the president of l’manberg.