Straight vs. Curved

Straight's orderly life is thrown into disarray when Curved drips into his life. While Curved wants to bond with Straight, the latter tries to get rid of her as quickly as possible - a game of cat and mouse begins, a battle of geometries and opposites. Can Straight get back to his old life?

Written & Directed by: Johannes Friedrich Schiehsl
Design: Johannes Friedrich Schiehsl, Philip "Philtomato" Bawasanta
Animation: Ana Carić, Benjamin Swiczinsky, Ina Gabriel, Annika Reichmann, Johannes Friedrich Schiehsl, Stefan Tantanta
Sounddesign: Johannes Friedrich Schiehsl
Music & Mixing: Alexander Zlamal
Violin, Viola & Violoncello: Barbara Ortner
Funded by: BMKÖS, FFA, Kultur Niederösterreich, Stadt Wien
Co-Producer: Thomas Meyer-Hermann, Studio FILM BILDER
Production manager, Film Bilder: Bianca Just
Producer: Benjamin Swiczinsky, Conrad Tambour, Johannes Schiehsl
Neuer Österreichischer Trickfilm, 2023

[Rainquack]

Square dude has no taste, instantly rejecting her like that.
I love a whole lot about this, fantastic work!

[TyraWadman]

He was hostile when she was friendly. He was willing to submit and give things a chance until he saw a way out. Now that he's back to his 9-5 world he can't help but wonder if she'll ever come back/what could have been if he'd just accepted them.

[dreamofwings]

Lets play a game! How many obscure kinks can YOU spot! I count at least seven

[frenchfries]

A lot of the comments imply that this is about gender or sexuality, I am really not under the impression that this is the main point of the story. We have the protagonist, living according to a strict discipline (represented by his cubic design) and suppressing any desires or emotions (curve). However as these are part of human nature, they do come through - but he tries to fight them in attempt to maintain everything in his life under his control. This constant self suppression lead to his emotions eventually taking over, reminding him of the beautiful feeling of letting go for once. Eventually though, this new state of uncertainty frightens him and he flees himself into his old order again - just that now he can’t go back to that freedom, and feels like something is missing.
I feel like the emotional and natural part of himself was represented by a female character because women in art are generally associated with the beautiful, natural and desired, just think of nude paintings in flower fields and the like, they represent muses and creativity and emotionality and do not fit into a norm of rigid self control and rationality. So it’s a design choice to personify the accumulated protagonist’s human nature which he’s been trying to suppress with exaggerated female physique. It’s just a metaphore. How else would it make sense when he’s eating or entering the blob and his entire design changes? I think it’s representing that part of himself, and when he accepts it, it shows outwardly, too. Just my thoughts, different interpretation is of course possible

[forzafolia]

Loved the Jafar reference from Aladdin

[dweebteambuilderjones]

There is a considerable sexual violence metaphor here that I refuse to unpack because I just _know_ it's going to piss someone off if I try to.

[bovinearrogance]

Damn, thats a weird amount of vore in one animation. I didnt even log into Furaffinity yet

[wellingtonmarques]

ESSE CANAL É DURRO EM MAIS DE 13 ANOS AIDA TW DE PÉ

[personalities]

Straight's world was drawn in ALL straight lines. Curve's world drawn in all curves. When they mingled, the lines mingled.

[blok-rflj]

excuse me… when will you post more stuff from the mag youth magazine series? i’d like to see more of it😊

[choccocker]

oh if the roles were reversed, everyone would find it creepy.

[atlas]

I don't really understand it but it seems like this has a deep meaning 🤌💅

[AnaClaraM]

Let the man be square! Why she want him round like her 😢

[char_lou]

I noted a Genesis reference in this .. and a kinda men are from Mars, women are from Venus vibe.

[thomasmccormick]

This makes me think of a Trans man fighting dysphoria.