FW| 'It's gonna get weird' Rain World AU animatic

One of my biggest projects! Not perfect but I love the result!
Also, I would like to thank these ppl for allowing to use their OCs in this:
yeetdoesvideos (YT)
foxett (discord)
novastars751 (discord)
moonkillz0w0 (discord)

Song by Neil Cicieriga

[FantasticKratzor]

Really like Saint's unhinged expressions, he truly looks batshit insane lmao

[insertfunnyname]

Technically in the canon Saint has repeated his cycle nearly infinite times.
I love to think that something like this has happened at least once in his life :)


But people seem to forget the effect that infinity has on creatures. Yes, Saint has probably done this. Yes, Saint has killed for fun. But what is even more terrifying to me? The condition Saint is in at the time of the campaign.

Think about it. He has repeated his cycle so many times that he has seen all of it. Every nook and cranny of the world, every variation of every creature, every kind of death and rebirth, all of it.
Over.
And Over.
And over again.
He is not simply beyond the cycles, not just aware of them, but the very essence of his mind has been made eternal. Nothing matters to the Saint, not pain or death or even failure. A being that has been so utterly defeated by the uncountable eons that it has spent in the cycles that it has become a literal force of nature. Uncaring, unrelenting, unstoppable.
You could kill Saint a thousand times, a hundred thousand, and he would return. You can build the mightiest of walls to keep him out, but his patience is such that he can wait as the passing eons erode your castle. Nothing can stop the Saint, for he has seen it all. He is no longer conscious of what he does. He is a cold, heartless, and unfeeling savior.

That is what terrifies me more than any unhinged version that I see.

[Emperor-Quill]

"We weren't designed to ascend, and it drives us mad."

Moon laments over the situation the Iterators exist in, but as we know, even Iterators eventually can collapse, die, rest.
Saint has no such solace. They exist permanently within the cycle.

Ancients couldn't ascend, and made Iterators.
Iterators couldn't ascend, and one of them made Saint.
Saint cannot ascend. Saint cannot ascend.

[velvet.melody]

finally more people are drawing saint as an absolutely unhinged demon
this literally makes me giddy with excitement like a child on christmas morning

also great animatic

[flamepelt]

as someone who’s longest hyperfixations were gravity falls and rainworld I am, absolutely in love with this

[Pizza_kid_Dizzy]

Pov: saint downloaded lots of mods and also turned on dev tools

[partiallypeculiar]

We've seen unhinged and all-powerful Rivulet,
Now get ready for off-the-frame and unstoppable Saint.

[huntiehunterslime]

This is really interesting because in the beginning Saint won’t even throw a spear or eat a batfly, but as he visits the echos, he becomes power hungry. While at first glance, this might look like an exaggeration from the actual story, the longer I think about it, this is pretty much what happens. He becomes a god and even tries to ascend the void worm. He just gets rid of anyone who gets in his way, also completely defying gravity. I think you did an amazing job of capturing this and thank you for making such an amazing animation!

[mildlymarvelous]

This is so well done!!! My favorite part is how Saint defies gravity in such a relaxed way, not stiffly T-posing but instead lounging on the air with so much sass. My favorite segment is probably the animals turned into statues, the jump-cuts one after another really hammered the horror home.

[RealFurSwapChara]

I love this! I love to imagine this as a DustWorld: Freezing Rains timeline where, despite Saint aiming for good, the execution is just crackhead insane.

[Rexxui]

awesome! i love when people have unique styles with how they draw the Slugcats and other RW creatures.
this is a very interesting alternative take on Saint's character, and i'm gonna be honest - when i first witnessed Saint's campaign, i felt a bit unnerved by how they could just "kill" things at will like some sort of deity, and with them turning into an Echo in the end, i'm not surprised people would eventually interpret Saint's actions and their character itself as more insane and cruel. very good animatic!

[shrumalogre]

i think Saint being trapped in an endless cycle existing only to free the others would eventually have a ‘groundhog day’ effect where they just go slowly insane as the cycles progress until eventually this happens

[dracoqueen]

I conclude this *specific* au of saint is the creator of INV's reality.

[Lemn_Ade]

Ngl, when i saw the song title for this. I was a bit confused at first but then after hearing for a while, it sounded very familiar till one part of the lyrics made me remember the unused villain song. I think it fits very well for this au!
Also the color schemes you selected fits the scene very well!

[notblueferret]

i always thought saint abilities looked kinda evil. happy that someone took that idea and went absolutely feral with it

[plutonium]

True evil makes people drink decaf

This song is absolutely perfect for Saint and this animation is absolutely perfect at encapsulating the energy of this song

[flooferdooper]

Was looking for a video I watched once where monk went on a killing spree with doom music in the background and found this on accident, 10/10 would do again.

[birb]

You know what? Thinking about Saint with Neil Cicieregas voice wasn't something I thought I'd ever do XD I love it

[MJP-]

I half expected saint to just randomly get fragged from a spear at the very end.

[pokulaukkanen]

Living for eons is bound to cause some mental derangement.