Last Life SMP Animatic - The Other Side

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if you've never watched Last Life and have no idea what the context of the video is, I'll give you some help!

This animatic is centered around two pairs:
Grian and Mumbo (red)
Bdubs and Etho (blue)

At the start of Last Life, everyone gets assigned a random amount of lives. Once you lose all your lives, you are permanently dead. However, when you get onto your final life, your name becomes red and your objective changes from "survive" to "kill everyone else". When you become red, your alliances are also cut, meaning that you cannot team up with anyone who isn't red.

During the events of Last Life, Grian and Bdubs both become a red name. They each go to their trusted partners (Mumbo and Etho) and try to convince them to go red with them voluntarily, not wishing to kill them. Since Grian and Bdubs are red now, they can no longer team up with their trusted partners anymore (by the rules of the game) unless Mumbo and Etho *also* go red. This animatic shows these two pairs back and forth, as they attempt to convince the other to join them on the red name side.

[chrisrin]

If you are unfamiliar with the Last Life SMP and want some more context about the animation, feel free to check the description!

Also, I've added custom color-coded subtitles so it's HIGHLY recommended you turn on Closed Captions!

[amateurishanimation]

I love how the fandom have collectively agreed that Etho’s design should be Kakashi, but *_fluffy_*

[LunizIsGlacey]

Ah yes, love that classic moment from Last Life where the disgraced red-life Builder can't bring themselves to kill their best bud so just try to convince their passive Redstoner friend to willingly sacrifice themselves so they can continue to have fun together, only to be declined for fear of exile. Great moment, an event you totally only ever see once.

[SporkleBM]

Etho bringing his mask down to be heard more clearly is such a power move- oh my goodness

[usedtobekrampus]

pretty interesting hearing the words "cure your aching" from the guy who looks like he got in a fight with an end crystal and lost

[altfundo]

“If I were mixed up with you, I’d be the talk of the town
Disgraced and disowned, another one of the clowns”
man that Hurts considering grian was exiled from the southlands after turning red even when he helped found it

[blackberry]

the part when grian expands his wings and starts to fly really got me. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. THE MOVEMENT, THE AUDIO CHOICE, THE CHARATER DESIGN AND ARTSTYLE. I don't see how this could be any better then it allready is, a true masterpiece.

[miriamtong]

The transition from Etho to Grian at 1:50 (more precisely 1:55) captures their Last Life personas so perfectly. Etho is firmly focused and never once truly tempted by Bdubs, whereas Grian seems eerily calm but his twitchy eyeballs give away his instability and desperation.

[LyricMMX]

I love how this animatic makes Grain and Bdubs seem insane, Grain in more subtle way.. Really makes me think about these events in mumbo and Etho's perspective rather then Grain and Bdubs. I really love how grain is pretty much threatening mumbo with the pickaxe throughout his part.

[The-EJ-Factor]

Mumbo shouldn’t be worried about being “disgraced or disowned by the town” he already was by making a bunker instead of a tower.

[veryconfused]

I love how Bdub’s expression goes from annoyed to afraid when Etho takes off the mask.

[mrsbasia]

I love Mumbo's part on the ladder. That was so smooth.

[AquaFire_]

Parts that stood out to me:

0:49 The way you managed capture the sadness in Ethos eyes just killed me!

1:08 The way you managed to make Mumbo seem confident yet still show how he was nervous.

1:21 THE SPIN! And then the sadness in Bdubs’s eyes. 😭

1:32 the flip! Beautiful!

1:46 the way Etho takes off his mask so Bdubs can see his whole face and see he’s serious about this.

2:27 You somehow managed to perfectly capture the sadness, loneliness, and craziness in both of them.

2:31 Finally, Etho looks like he isn’t going to even give it a second thought, it’s just a “no, ” and he has a plan. And then, Mumbo looks like he feels sorry for Grian but he won’t turn red for him.

Beautiful!

[rio_]

i REALLY love how you differentiate the power imbalance between both pairs, with grian and etho being the ones in control (despite bdubs being red, not etho). in the first shot of mumbo and grian, mumbo is the one backing up nervously and sweating while grian is the one advancing in, whereas with bdubs and etho, it's the opposite--etho is the one in charge of the conversation, sitting down first and looking steady and unwavering. mumbo avoids eye contact and averts his glance constantly, while etho is constantly staring right at bdubs, usually looking down at him from above. the final frame shows it best, with etho unimpressed squinting, and mumbo's wide-eyed panic. so much thought went into every frame and it's incredible and i genuinely can't stop watching and picking up on different things, AMAZING WORK

[fate]

1:50 (ish) is genius! Ethos taking his mask off and BDubs in a genuine moment of shock because he knows this is getting serious, the attention to detail!! As well as Grian able to grow and ungrow(?) wings is an amazing way to portray he’s amazing with Elytra and a good poke at Hermitcraft which both him and Mumbo are in and the series Grian got addicted to wings in 😂 but seriously this is insane and I’ve already watched it many times!!

[firstkeepitreel]

Now that Season 2 is ended, the irony of what occurs after this makes this even better. Your animating skills are simply

[jordanford]

I think my favorite detail is 0:26, where Bdubs is singing about releasing Etho from the ‘walls’ that are keeping him trapped - except Bdubs is the one stuck inside a room, and the walls around him squeeze in closer in that shot.

[Ani]

CHRIS! THIS IS ASTOUNDING! Your expressions are incredible, I ESPECIALLY adore the way you animated Mumbo's movement, and your BDubs design is impeccable. GREAT JOB!!!

[TxcRan]

THIS IS SO GOOD
ETHO BRINGING DOWN HIS MASK
THE WAY GRIAN FLEW SHOWING HOW FREE HE WAS
THE FACT THAT MUMBO LOOKED GENUINELY KIND OF SAD BY THE FACT THAT HE HAD TO DECLINE
AND THE SADNESS IN BDUVS EYES WHEN ETHO REJECTED HIS OFFER
ITS SO GOOD

[KeganLeavess]

I'm absolutely freaking out over this! The pacing was matched so well with the tempo, you can feel the energy and the tension between the red lifers and the ones they're trying to convince. THAT CHOREOGRAPHY THOUGH!! I wasn't expecting Mumbo to just pull incredible moves on the ladders, and just seeing that like. It blew my mind. Etho almost "dancing" with Bdubs in a way, and how he spun, and then Grian actually flying circles around Mumbo like!! The dynamism and how you connected the two groups together with parallels and similar scenes, especially that last bit where it was the exact same fluid motion!! This was everything I could've imagined and even more, congratulations to you for finishing this project! You worked so hard on it, and it paid off BIG TIME