Remembrance

Try not to cry.
Want to know a bit more about the video, watch this!

Whatever your thoughts are regarding Twilight being immortal and such, I believe it is still an interesting concept to work off of. Also, this video was "technically" started before the conversation even started on it. :P
Note for 2019: Ummm...

This was originally premiered at Bronycon 2015. Big thanks to all those that came out to the panel and supported the SFM community! :D

As hinted at above, this video was originally started over 2 years ago. I ragequit due to complications in making the map and stopped for a while (about a year). A vote on DeviantArt came up with this one being the next big video to finish. So here you go. :P

The animating I personally think is meh. My big focus was on cinematics and making it pretty. The vast majority of the time working on the video were for those alone.

All the pictures in the frames (minus 1) were made by people in the SFM community as a contest. While I originally needed just 1, the shear number of submissions in 1 week made me modify my idea for the credits and fill it with pictures they made. Links to all the pictures are below.

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Animated using Source FilmMaker
Edited with Adobe After Effects
Color Correction with Adobe SpeedGrade

--- MUSIC ---

Thomas Bergersen - "Remember Me"
Thomas Bergersen - "Eyes Closing"

--- CREDITS ---

Custom Models by:

Stained Glass Texture by:

Mane 6 Pictures by:

--- RESOURCES ---

Map: Hall of the Elements

Base Pony Models:

Celestia Model:

[jaimee]

Now that I'm older, I've realised the meaning behind this video. Twilight sacrifed not only just her wings and alicorn magic, but her immortality aswell. The reason Celestia looks upset with pain in her eyes is because she knows Twilight will no longer be by her side forever. Twilight did a very brave thing.

[SusanTheBee]

Celestia's face hits me hard.
Just imagine how she feels, knowing that her precious student will one day pass on. How she chose to give up her immortality for the chance to live the remainder of her life with her friends. But I don't think Celestia has that option.
It makes me wonder if Celestia asked Twilight to make friends because she doesn't have the luxury to do so herself anymore. We never see Celestia with any friends of her own, despite her lessons on the importance of friendship. I can only assume she did have a group of close friends when she was young, similar to Twilight, but they passed on long ago. With the weight of the crown and her own immortality, did Celestia decide that she couldn't afford to lose any more friends? But she still wanted her student to be able to experience that magic before, she too, became immortal.
Was Twilight the closest thing she had to a true friend in years (other than her sister)? If so, how heartbreaking must it be to think you may finally be able to keep someone you care about close through the years, only for her to choose to give up that immortality and leave you anyway...

I'm reading too much into it, but it just got me thinking what was going through Celestia's mind here.

[ReyRey]

I just now realized that after Twilight broke the statues of her friends, she lost her wings and turned back into a unicorn. And if she's a unicorn, that means she isn't immortal anymore. Now I know what the question means when it asks, "If you had to choose between friends and forever, what would you choose?"

[caffeinatedpossum]

It's been nearly 7 years since this came out and it STILL makes me ball my eyes out. Thomas Bergersen's work is so damn amazing.

[PerpetualityHypnosis]

“It’s better to have a short life that is full of what you like doing, than a long life spent in a miserable way.”

-- Alan Watts

[dorrin]

Who's here after the finale?

It's even more powerful now...

[randomhooman_]

We probably all watched this in our childhood, just because it was our favorite fandom




But now that we actually understand the sadness and meaning in this video

[amaruqlol]

This hurt. Not because the series ended, but because of the memories. I didn’t grow up with a good childhood but MLP always made me feel better when I watched it, so watching this and understanding it in a better way hits harder.

[juicymellon]

watched this for the first time in 6 years and i still cry. one of the most gorgeous animations in the fandom and now that the show ended it kills my heart even more.

[viktorpigion]

Hi there random person reading this. Here, have some coffee and a donut in exchange for sitting here with me. This video has always meant a lot to me. As I'm sure everyone who is watching this video: I am a fan of My Little Pony. I found the show around 2014 when I was in fourth grade. I watched the show religiously, joined the fandom as an 11-year-old with unrestricted internet access does, and watched as the fandom grew. MLP was my lifeline. I had visitations with my biological father, a very abusive man, and MLP helped me survive the weekends and Wednesdays I had to be with him. Whenever I would feel scared or sad I would watch the show, listen to Land of Equestria when I couldn't sleep, play MLP roleplay on Roblox to distract myself from him. My dad ended up abandoning me when I was 12. I continued to watch the show and it helped me cope until I... didn't need it anymore. It had helped me, supported me, helped me cope until I didn't need to cope anymore. I got help, went to therapy, had wonderful friends who taught me the true magic of friendship. So I stopped watching. I went back to it every once and a while but it wasn't a part of my life anymore. I'm now 18, about to graduate high school, and...I'm scared. I'm an adult now. I thought I wouldn't be here by the time I hit senior year but I did it. I survived! And I'm scared. To try to relive my childhood I refound MLP, but the show is now over, the fandom beginning to fade, and I wasn't there at the end of it. I missed the last Bronycon, I wasn't there at the premiere of the finale, I feel like I abandoned this show without giving it a proper goodbye. Without thanking it for everything it has done for me. To celebrate graduating I am watching the show from beginning to end. A poetic end to my childhood as I both relive it and finally see how it ended. I'm saying goodbye to this old friend but not for long, just a "see you later" until our paths cross again-- and I'm sure they will someday! So, to everyone still here, here's another donut and a refill for that coffee, and a goodbye. Thank you for being here for me without even knowing it. Thank you for supporting this show and its fandom that saved my life. Thank you for being you. Brohoof.

[LittleshyFiM]

Anyone else here after seeing the series finale?

[glowpon]

I came back and watched this, and I saw the pain in Celestia's eyes for the first time. Now I understand. It was more than just her own immortality she sacrificed....it was the time she would have with Celestia. Her mentor's hope of not witnessing her passing was extinguished in a beautiful cascade of magic. So many feels again....

[bianca.g]

Just the thought that Twilight could lose her friends one day is very heartbreaking. After watching the last episode of MLP, I started to cry... Not because the series ended but because she is immortal. One day Applejack, Rarity, Fluttershy, Rainbowdash and Pinky Pie will die and Twilight... she will live on... The ponies that were important to her will die one day...

[cheetomcsour]

The unity between the six is absolutely unbreakable

[swaggied]

Alicorns are immortal.
























Can't friendships be too?

[Subspace_Subspace]

The fact that true friendship also comes from great sacrifices. Just for your friends to be there and smile.

[samdickenson]

It would make sense if Twilight did this and Celestia was still alive to tell the story. She did narrate the opening scene when the book first opened. Though in my headcanon story she gave up her immortality and passes before Twilight. Look it up guys, Luster Dawn New Days of the Magic of Friendship.

[disgustangshet]

this vid rly hits you like a bus now that the final episode is out, doesn’t it? omfg 🥺😩

[jjkmovies]

I keep finding myself coming back to this video. This is your masterpiece, Argodaemon. Your magnum opus.

[ZiptoZapto]

This animation just... it really does hit so much harder since the show's been over. I haven't watched this in a long time, but it seems everyone has the same feelings. A melancholy sadness. If anything this animation shows the fragility of life, and why we should enjoy what we have while we have it. Because nothing lasts forever, and that's okay. If anything, we should just stop and sniff the roses, even for a moment.