Holland, 1945 [ The Magnus Archives ] Animatic

did this frame by frame under 24 hours bc im dumb and i have no idea how to operate proper animation programs also sorry squad for not doing a J animatic, as moira says "pain before thirst" in this fandom.

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[gunpowder.chicken]

The panels with "indentions in the sheets, where their bodies once moved but don't move anymore" with tim and sasha being replaced in the second panel by boxes of statements killed me dead.

[cedricbing]

The bit with Tim in bed with Sasha vs crying alone broke into my house and shot me three times in the chest

[orpheusly]

This animatic broke into my house, punched me in the face and broke every single of my most prized possessions right in my face and now i am crying this is beautiful and I'm just. Oh god i am so emotional over this.

[nesso.]

I LOVE THIS.... But it's extremely interesting how we never see Elias' or Jon's eyes isn't it? 👀

[glomp]

It's so sad how Tim seemed so happy go lucky even after losing his brother and was always trying to keep everyone happy but when he found someone who made him feel loved he lost her and eventually had nothing left to give, leading to his behavior in seasons 2 and 3.

[trixie]

I'm literally obessed with this, Love the Emphasis on the Assistants, never see stuff of just them

[chloelyses]

HEY SORRY IF THIS IS OVERENTHUSIASTIC BUT IM OBSESSED WITH THIS AND WATCHING THIS ITS INCREDIBLE I ACTUALLY CANT EVEN PUT INTO WORDS HOW BLOWN AWAY I AM??? LIKE EVERYTHING ABT THIS WAS JUST SO WELL THOUGHT OUT AND YOU MATCHED EVERYTHING PERFECTLY I ADORE THIS VIDEO AND I ADMIRE YOU A TON THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS I AM PUMPED!!! IM GOING TO MAKE CONTENT NOW. BECAUSE OF YOU. YOU INSPIRED ME THANK YOU

[chiaracardena]

this animatic just punched me in the gut
like, the nmh song, the expressions, everything is so good it made feel things, martin looking at the empty office made me wanna cry thank you this is awesome

[stanstanley]

I will never be okay again, this is so good. TIM.

[donniewarren]

having trouble finding words to say how much i love this!!! this was already a super important song to me but like the way u matched up the characters with the lyrics??? tim's part and the "and here's where your mother sleeps" line connecting martin to the lonely???? holy shit i forgot how to cry for a while but im crying in real life avsvshbab thank you

[Andrew_in_the_garden]

I keep coming back to this, non of the lyrics _literally_ fits but it still SOMEHOW manages to match the plot in a weirdly perfect indirect way, I can't stop thinking about it

[warlckvomitt]

This is genuinely amazing! You really encompassed the drastic changes the characters have went through compared from their beginnings. Just seeing Sasha, Tim, and Martin smiling together at the start versus where they end up is poetic in itself. All of the Tim scenes killed me, I miss him so much. What you drew really shows all he went through, with losing Sasha and everyone else in his life. The flashbacks are so well put together! Martin at the end when he’s alone at his mother’s funeral made me start genuinely sobbing. Seeing Martin’s slow decent into loneliness is so well drawn out. He’s had to watch everyone slowly leave and get hurt and he deserves so much better, they all do. I’m sure you worked really hard on this and it turned out wonderful! You’re very talented. The song’s lyrics go very well with your art, this is beautiful 💛

[arachnits]

THIS IS SO GORGEOUS YOU MADE IT FIT THE LYRICS SO

[belleski]

oh my god dude, this physically hurt me it was so good
thats song you applied the lyrics so well and all the drawings, your art
the frame of tim reacting to not-sasha gets me every time, i wish i had the capacity to express my love for this
also, i know from experience that getting the timing right is really difficult, but you fucking nailed it man, this is amazing
now if youll excuse me i have to go follow you because this good good art makes my brain smile emote

[leamteam]

This really hit me right in my Tim feelings. I loved Tim so much and to see all of his struggles with The Stranger illuminated so clearly here really just killed me for him. He'd been through so much. And while the Unknowing was always bound to fail, at least Tim went out on his terms and avenging his brother which I think is truly a great justice to him in a VERY SAD KIND OF WAY.
ANYWAYS YOU DID A REAL GOOD JOB THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

[stella-hggl]

THIS ANIMATIC IS SO SO GORGEOUS AND PERFECT!!!! neutral milk hotel + tma is genius actually and im so inspired by this... the ARTISTRY

[laurab]

I am actually close to tears oh my God... Like literally how perfect can a song be? Tim's brother? Martin's mum? Your animation is just beautiful...

[enbyscorner]

this one thousand percent made me cry, job

[Jamie-elqw]

oh shit this hurt so so so bad this makes me so sad in the best possible way. And Tim oh poor Tim this made Tim's death a bigger punch to the gut holy fuck he went through so much and he lost literally everything that mattered to him OUCH

[childofwonder.]

Idk what this animatic is about but I just love this song and I’m happy to see Neutral Milk Hotel get the recognition it deserves.