Llamas with Hats: Epilogue

A brand new epilogue to the series about two hat-wearing llamas.
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[filmcow]

Thank you so much to our Kickstarter backers for helping to bring this project to life. It’s been 15 years since the Llamas with Hats series began, and nearly 10 years since it ended. Coming back to the llamas after so long, in this new way, has been a joy. I’m proud of what we’ve put together, and I hope you enjoy this new epilogue to the story.

If you’re returning to the channel—welcome back! We still release new videos every month, such as:

Shadowstone Park—an ongoing series about a cat and pelican attempting to solve various dastardly murders:

Llamas with Hats 1-12: Re-Cut—An “”“advertiser friendly””” edit of the series:

The Table—an hour long audio play about a table:

Perfect Husbands—A series spun off from the “Charlie the Unicorn” finale, starring Norwell the weasel and an ensouled coat:

If you’d like to support our future work, you can do so via Patreon! We don’t do sponsored ads in our videos, so nearly all of our funding comes directly from our viewers. You can get commentary tracks, trading cards, signed ghost drawings, and more:

[leakagevoltage]

“I always thought of you as made of moonlight”

*Paul turns into the moon*

[PengwinGaming]

Turning fucking llamas with hats into a surrealist art film is crazy

[Something-hzhu]

You hear that? That’s the sound of forgiveness. Screaming and then silence.

[ExperimentHT]

"I like my friend, but I've realized I'm bad for their life. I want my friends happiness more than I want to be around my friend, and so I must leave their life."

[BlazingImp]

an Epilogue longer than the whole series is wild.

[RayOfTruth]

Carl realizing the mistake after killing the acorn is likely the first time he's ever felt non-selfish regret.

[LucianAdonis]

If written several thousand years ago, this would be studied in schools as some philosophical tragedy.

[MnSquid]

The last line hits hard. "As long as you stay away from me" is Carl telling Paul to avoid him in order to not get hurt. "Or I stay away from you" is Carl realizing he can't keep placing the responsibility on others to deal with the consequences of his actions. At the last moment of his life, Carl accepted that responsibility once and for all. Beautifully written

[Lancierre]

"Bury yourself in a deep hole, stay there forever"
The fact that that's what a Seed does. A seed is a thing that is buried in a hole, and stays there forever.
But the seed still grows into a tree, something that whilst silent and unmoving, is able to nourish other things in its passive action.
He did, in the end, do exactly what Paul asked of him. For once in his life.

[itiswhatitis]

I laughed, I wept, I ate the person next to me.

[winglesscanary]

"Maybe we've been here all along, just two llamas in a meadow."

"I didn't leave you, Carl. You left the world."

"Bury yourself in a deep hole. Stay there forever. Spend the rest of time in darkness and solitude. Free the rest of us from you."

"Its a beautiful day, friend!"
"Is it?"
"Somewhere it is!"

Never would I have expected such amazing lines to come from Llamas with Hats.

[neph_]

I love how symbolic the act of Carl turning into a tree is. He basically turned into something that could do what he in his previous form never could, grow and change. I also love that, now that he turned into a tree, he is in the middle of the dessert where no other trees or life in general exists near, so, even as a tree, he's now somewhere where he can't hurt or bother anyone else around him, doomed to be completely alone forever. And I love that, despite his solitude, the moon, symbolizing Paul, still keeps him company, watching over him and yet still so far away from him, where Paul always should be.

[Rixec]

This was quite a trippy and thought-provoking episode, but a very fitting ending for Llamas with Hats. Carl wanted everything back. Everything he got rid of. He wanted Paul. But Paul was dead. He was seeking a solution to absolve him of all he did, but he wasn't going to find it. Even with his realization, sometimes we can't get back what we lost no matter how much redemption we want. Sometimes the best thing we can do is accept what we lost and give them what they really need and want.

Paul and Carl could never come back together. Carl was too toxic for Paul no matter how much he liked him. That's why him accepting he needed to stay away from Paul is so meaningful. It's easy for someone to try getting away from a toxic person, but it's another thing for a toxic person to realize they need to stay away. By accepting that, that was the greatest act of redemption Carl could get.

And in a sense, they are together even while forever apart. That ending can be seen as Paul reincarnating as the moon that Carl associated him with while Carl became a tree. Paul got all the distance he could ever want from Carl, the peace he wanted. And Carl actually got to finally grow, starting as a small acorn and becoming a majestic tree. He can't go anywhere or hurt anyone, but his growth is symbolized there. He may never be forgiven or redeemed, but he finally accepted what he had to do.

[DarkElfDiva]

Carl's friend turned into the Moon. That's rough, buddy.

[Cru]

15 years.
15 fucking years.
Holy shit, baby. We’re back.

[cnraptor]

watching this a child and then youtube giving me this epilouge to sit through is the most surreal thing for me this year

[Kenuda]

Building off of other comments here: In a way, both Carl and Paul got what they wanted and needed. Paul did like Carl. That was obvious from him sticking around after the first 37 murders. Eventually he realized he needed to leave though, so he did. Carl needs Paul, he's obsessed with him. He does want the best for Paul in his own way, which I'm not going to even attempt to moralize about. By becoming a moon Paul gets the distance he needs from Carl but, gets to still see him grow and hopefully change. Meanwhile, Carl has to stay away for Paul's own wellbeing and future. He even has to stay in a lifeless desert for the sake of all beings. But, he gets to be somewhere where he can enjoy Paul's presence, even from an impossible to traverse distance. In a way it can be seen as one small good thing for him in exchange for recognizing that he must stay away from all life.

[thekingtm]

I just wanted to talk about the brilliance of the Meat Pipe for a second.

What it truly was and was trying to do does not matter in the slightest its sole purpose was to remind us of carls innate nature.

The moment he meets the pipe he attempts to eat the thing. Watching the live premier you could see the audience go “That’s Carl for you” “peak Carl” “some things never change”
Showing that even though Carl feigns remorse things are JUST as the pipe says “you’re not SORRY, you just don’t like things taken from you” to which he kills the pipe again and chases after Paul.

The pipe was the perfect way to show us the audience not just TELL us the audience that Carl as he is is beyond redemption. The only path forward for Carl was renewal.

Thank you filmcow this really was a beautiful send off

[peck]

We got a new llamas with hats before silksong, it’s over