It's All So Incredibly Loud 『The Stolen Hope: Prequel』PMV | Part 2

edit 6/29/2021: turning comments back on unless it gets bad again
Edit 11/25/2020: comments are disabled because some people oversteppped some serious boundaries

Part 2 of 2 for the TSH Prequel PMV Series

After months off work, I finally finished the beast…. Look at her. Such a beaut

If you’re new here, hello! These characters are NOT. N O T. warrior cats! But cats from my animated series called The Stolen Hope, which is completed and ready for viewing! I am rebooting it as well! This PMV centers around the events that precede the first episode of the series.

Characters: Rose (cream and orange cat), Maxwell (Blue and black cat), Lydia (blue and white cat), Romulus (black/orange/white cat), Ares (blue and white cat), Kaylee (purple and black kitten), Warlock (greyish cat with the cloak) Random Spy (cream and brown cat), Strike (brown tabby with floppy ears)

Programs:
Drawing: FireAlpaca
Editing: Sony Vegas Pro 13

Song: It's All So Incredibly Loud by Glass Animals

This project would not be possible without the help from my Patrons. If you'd like to see exclusive TSH content, see posts several days before being aired to the public, or just want to support my projects, please consider pledging to my patreon! Link is at the bottom of the description.

Story:
After Rose murders King Romulus, a wandering cat named Lydia stumbles upon his body. Realizing the identity of the tom, she realizes that it could land her some credibility, even power in Romulus' Empire. She sees the rose drop, but thinks nothing of it

Lydia is greeted by Prince Maxwell. Instead of being upset over his King's death, he's cheerful, realizing he's now king. He immediately takes a liking to Lydia, and Lydia sees this and decides to use it to obtain power for herself. The two end up forming a relationship.

Rose is being fed information through a spy. The spy is revealed to be Queen Lydia, and Rose jumps on the opportunity. She makes a deal with Lydia: Assassinate and dethrone Maxwell, and their kingdoms would become unified. Despite Lydia realizing that Rose was responsible for Romulus' death, she's pleased with this idea. The two continue to meet for several months.

Lydia becomes pregnant with Maxwell's kittens. At first, she's upset, but Rose reminds her that this just solidifies her place as Queen. After Ares and Kaylee are born, Maxwell shows a softer side, deciding to turn over a new leaf for the sake of his children. Now, Lydia is uncomfortable with the assassination attempt.

When Lydia tells Rose she doesn't want to follow through anymore, Rose reconvinces her. Little do either of them know, one of Maxwell's spies has spotted them, and immediately reports it to Maxwell, which infuriates him. He bursts into their bedroom, finding an open window and two motherless kittens, showing that Lydia was in fact not at the castle.

When Lydia returns, Rose waits outside the Empire Castle for the assassination attempt to finish. After a while, she gets nervous and decides to see what's going on. Horrified, she discovers Maxwell has murdered Lydia after finding out her true intentions. Rose, now infuriated that her plan has failed, as well as seeing her friend die, vows to make Maxwell pay. She rushes to the lair of the Warlock, a mysterious cat from Lydia's past.

Rose begs Warlock to curse her brother. Bitterly, he agrees, and drops Lydia's necklace in his cauldron. The curse on Maxwell is placed, and his children watch in horror. Rose discovers a painting on Warlock's wall. It hits her in the face. Warlock was Lydia's father. Before she can do anything, Warlock punishes Rose as well. Heartbroken, he screams for her to leave, telling her she will now be forced to face the consequences of her actions. She is forced to see the spirits of those in her life who she has wronged. King Romulus, Lydia, Strike, and Lillia all surround her, condoning her actions. She is completely overwhelmed.

Several years later, she is murdered by Maxwell and Lydia's son, Ares. Rose was given the opportunity to raise Lydia's motherless kits, but Rose refused, leaving them to deal with their now abusive father, which is why Ares sought to get revenge, leading to the end of Rose's story.

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[galemtido]

Alrighty, I had these comments turned off since November 2020, but now I’m going to turn them back on. The reason I turned these comments off is because people ended up engaging in fights with one another over these characters. Even I got heated at points, but all the nastiness has since been removed. “Rose is worse” “Max is worse” “Lydia is worse”. As the creator, may I remind you that they are all bad in their own ways, but Max takes the cake for being #1.
He willingly assisted in the murder plot of his father, drove out his family, abused his children, and murdered his wife. That split second of him smiling at his children does not remedy the harm he’s caused. However, liking him is 100% okay! Heck, I LOVE him as a villain! It just gets into sticky territory when people start justifying his crimes for that split second of affection he showed, which was abruptly cut short anyway. This same justification and thinking goes for Rose as well. Same for Lydia. As I said before, go at it! love them! analyze them! that’s what makes indie projects fun! just be respectful to those around you and be kind to those you disagree with! Nobody here is 100% good, nobody is 100% bad. They’re all grey in some way.
This PMV was meant to highlight all the horrific things that went wrong to set up the rebooted series! Don’t fret, a lot of the things in this end up getting covered in the reboot, so you’ll get some answers to your questions soon!
Thank y’all for the support, and go check out episode one of the reboot!

[axelf]

_I ABSOLUTELY LOVE HOW EVERY CHARACTER IS COMPLEX AND HAS BELIEVABLE REASONS BEHIND THEIR ACTIONS AND BEHAVIORS FHFHFGH_

[meadowfeather]

Wow, Aries’ mom looks so much like Vivian in body shape / head shape. Now I’m thinking that Vivian inherited her grandma’s head / body shape, and her mom’s colors mixed with her dad’s colors. Jackson basically got his grandfather, Maxwell’s darker blue, mixed with the browns of his mom, and his general body shape matches with his dad. Very nice

[snowfiredraws]

Again, this is amazing and it makes you realize that things aren’t so black and white. Rose is definitely not the goody two shoes the light kingdom thinks. Not saying she’s a villain or anything, but she definitely didn’t even consider the consequences of her actions. She didn’t consider the danger she put Lydia through by telling her to go through with the assassination, even when Lydia saw Maxwell’s good side. She didn’t see the consequences of giving Maxwell a curse and definitely didn’t think she’d suffer the same fate. Rose wasn’t a bad cat, but she should have though her plans more thoroughly through.

[galemtido]

I don’t have enough space to put this stuff in the description, so here’s extra links!

[IzziOriginal]

OH MY GOD THIS IS AMAZING!!
The expressions of the characters, the story, the Tweening the shading?! THIS IS INCREADIBLE!! The way you draw cats and just in general is amazing, and I could probably go on about this for a while, It's just that good!!!

[StardustGaming]

Okay. Now THIS is amazing! Also, I've noticed this "Maxwell is the victim here" or "Rose is the true villian" comments and what not, but to true victims are Strike and Lillia! Strike was just trying to do what was right for his tribe, but his own son and Romulus ruined everything for him. Lillia was just trying to be a good mother, and had to watch her son turn into the villain. And no, I'm not taking sides on Maxwell or Rose here, yes they have roles, but both are victims to what has happened. They just reacted differently to the pain set on them.

[illbringyoudown]

Rose really said "oh my brother has a wife? My wife now."
(This is so well made you've improved sm since ep 1 of TSH !! I am so excited for this story

[aimlessopossum]

I don't hate Rose at all, she was just so blinded by her goal to stop her brother that she didn't fully realize the pain she caused. I'm not saying she's a good cat but she's a hell of a lot better then maxwell.

[sneezingcat]

1:05 I see you cat that looks like Vixy in the back

[PixelSecret]

This was amazing, like how in the story its just one side is to blame, both sides can been seen as bad when you look at what they do on paper until you know the full story, plus the powers origins was interesting

[CrystalLightEevee]

We can all agree
No Character here is innocent
And we Can't say who is the real villian
I loved the video! The movements, the shading
Everything! Amazing uwu

[carcophilus]

ok i'm actually gonna leave a serious comment now explaining to obviously, a young audience, why shipping rose and lydia isn't good, why maxwell shouldn't be sympathized with, and why rose isn't the victim but she also isn't an 'evil' character.

rose and lydia aren't healthy together. rose used lydia to fuel and push her assassination plot against maxwell, which was fueled by grief and revenge. she manipulated lydia into staying with the plot, when she had just given birth to two kids. rose used the fact that lydia could seal her place as queen to her advantage into making her stay. they aren't the 'lesbian couple goals!!' that a lot of people like to say or push. this is coming from an actual lesbian. don't ship them. it implies not good things about alex and yourself. ship dusck and caroline instead. that's a healthy sapphic relationship in the series that needs more love.

maxwell shouldn't be sympathized with. yes, he showed about a few seconds of ":-]" to his newborn children, but that was about it. remember, before the curse had even been placed, before he killed lydia, he was responsible for his fathers death. he aligned himself with romulus, and caused his family to be torn apart. he was power-hungry before the events of this pmv. he killed lydia out of anger and to piss off rose. then he goes on to kill kaylee and abuse ares. he's not a good guy.

lastly, rose isn't the 'villian' here, but she's also not a saint. she allowed her emotions to get the best of her, and it ended up causing the entire war that is the driving plot point in this series. she wanted to kill maxwell for aiding in their father's death, and the creation of romulus' empire. what did this get her? well, she manipulated lydia and dragged her along, even when she wanted to leave. she was partly responsible for lydia's death. she refused to care for ares and kaylee after lydia was murdered, even when lydias spirit begged her. rose was responsible for the curse that would plague the land and cats for many years. her drive for revenge ended up furthering the deadly war. but it came with a price, as she got a curse aswell.

anyway sorry for my info dumping and arguments, feel free to rebuttal ig in the replies if u want. lovely work as always big sis! it's amazing to see how far you've come from when i first met you <3

[zoetickite]

dude... your animating skills in this are god tier, the tweening to storytelling is breathtakingly amazing. as much as I’ve watched it already, I still have the same smile and leap in my heart

[TheCynicalhound]

This is so well done! Along with the last PMV, this shows great insight on all of the things that went down before the events of the main story and the origins of the curse. Makes me realized how many family members Warlock must have lost given all of those necklaces on his neck.
Awesome PMV. Can't wait for the reboot!

[st.rbiter]

I can't get over how good the storytelling in this is!! I barely know anything about these characters and the plot, and yet I can tell exactly what's going on through the whole video! And the fact that the story is being told in a non-chronological order makes it even more impressive:0

[SummerArtOficial]

If Rose hadn't done this, Vixy wouldn't have suffered in the clutches of Ares who was cursed. (Yes, years later I realized this.)

[FluffyGinger]

Ive watched this 5 times, I cant get over how beautifully put together this is hgvfdbrjstgjrs The story?!?!?! art?!?!?!?!? freaking backgrounds!?!?1 this looks so incredible and im absolutely in love with this story omg!!! That part were rose saw the picture then flew back as she got hit with the curse gave me literal GOOSEBUMPS!

[Starblast]

THIS IS BEAUTIFUL AND AMAZING!! I love to see more of Rose's story. It make sense why Ares would want to kill Rose. Rose didn't raise them, which leads to Kaylee's death, and Ares's curse. What Rose did was...wrong. I could see that she's angry because Romulus had kill her father and corrupted her brother. But at the same time I could see concequences of her actions: Maxwell became a abusive father when he could've been a good dad, Lydia died, Ares was raised wrong when he could've had a normal life, it shows that even the smallest move everything could change. This is a beautiful PMV!! :D

[tommylefkada]

0:38 did rose made a new skill by pushing Romulus off??? Lydia be like in 0:38 (you can see me commenting in the first pmv first pmv name : pumped up kicks)