Just a Man [EPIC: the musical x RWBY animatic]

How many dead people can you name from the last sequence? Leave your take in the comments, who gets them all will get... idk, one of your headcanons canonized?

I've been working on this one on and off for 2-3 months.... and then i did 75% of it in like 3 days. Idk what happened, i just did *shrug*
This song just works SO WELL for Oz! I took a little bit of creative liberties, but only the tiniest bit, that's how perfect this match is.

And in the time it took me to get that moment of hauling, Epic's first 2 sagas got remastered tracks... Which yall should check, since i couldn't use the new version here. And almost the same day RWBY found a new home. 2 at once, i guess that kinda was the push to finish this, lol
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Credits:
"Just a man" by Jorge Rivera-Herrans:
(Make sure to give the new version a listen!)

King of Vale design inspired by Sasasafeier's art
Check sasasafeier on tumblr!

[lieselrose]

How many fairytales are ruined for Oscar because he's stuck going "wait that's me!"

[purrgiri]

"im just a man and not even a good one"

He's just a guy who got played a bad hand played for a fool by cruel gods and the thing the women he once loved became a lesser man would have broke gave up and let the world burn but he still kept fighting for tomorrow


The infinite man the undying man the forever king of mankind eternally broken as long as he'll protect mankind

[MattJWaters]

nothing ive seen in rwby has ever made me feel the weight of ozma's lifetimes as much as this animatic, the burden he must feel having to fight someone who he still loves and the despair at everything he's lost and will probably lose again. you can feel him when he says forgive me just seeing everyone he feels he failed, I think a lot of them would if they saw what he had lived like because they would know he was doing his best with limited information fighting a monster but he doesn't feel he deserves the forgiveness himself, he sees himself as just as bad as salem despite everything he's done

[ravenousanimation]

HOLY FUCK, that transition from the tear to the bullet on "when does a man become a monster" is complete geinius. Cause that moment is when ironwood lost the last semblence of humanity the had left

[SaberWolf]

Bro, I didn't even think this song would fit Oz until I saw this, AND THAT LAST PART WITH EVERYONE SURROUNDING HIM?!?! Naw, that is PAIN!

[JaniceMarieAudio]

UH THIS IS MY NEW FAVORITE THING EVER!!!! EPIC AND RWBY?! MY TWO FAVORITE THINGS

[ToaArcan]

Oz at this point is pretty much a mass of scar tissue shambling around in approximately human form, and this captures it perfectly.

[RoRo-wjut]

for when the reason becomes the blame hit me like a sack of bricks

[zoharamitai]

1:41 the tear?? Turning into the bullet? Omg

[bee-vklr]

this is absolutely perfect in shedding ozma/ozpin's struggles while also shedding light that while the past reincarnations were already grown men when ozma's soul appeared and merged with theirs, oscar is still a teenager.

if this is the weight of all the lives ozma has carried, just how much heavier is it for someone who's barely grown?

[TheRichmaster]

this fits perfectly with Oz and his pains... it's also kind of somber when you think by "home" he's referring to the afterlife

[abv]

oh boy, I really do like animatics that completely re-contextualize the meaning of a song. they are great.

Odysseus: is singing about his guilt about the many warcrimes he has, and is about to commit.

The Ozzes: are singing to his/their new self, lamenting how he is about to get saddled with multiple lifetimes of painful memories, regrets, and bloodshed. "close your eyes and spare yourself the view" Don't look at the memories don't delve to deep, all you will find there is pain. "how could i hurt you" you are so much like me, now we are the same, and my mere presence is will hurt you, who is my new self.

"I'm just a man" takes a completely different meaning here. Both are admissions of imperfection.

[kmmasktv]

This really puts into perspective ozpin's pain

[sunnysunsins]

How many dead people can you name from the last sequence? Leave your take in the comments, who gets them all will get... idk, one of your headcanons canonized?

I've been working on this one on and off for 2-3 months.... and then i did 75% of it in like 3 days. Idk what happened, i just did *shrug*
This song just works SO WELL for Oz! I took a little bit of creative liberties, but only the tiniest bit, that's how perfect this match is.

And in the time it took me to get that moment of hauling, Epic's first 2 sagas got remastered tracks... Which yall should check, since i couldn't use the new version here. And almost the same day RWBY found a new home. 2 at once, i guess that kinda was the push to finish this, lol


Credits:
"Just a man" from Epic: the musical by Jorge Rivera-Herrans (Make sure to give the new version a listen!)
"The 

Infinite man" narration by Phoenix/Night
King of Vale design inspired by Sasasafeier's art

[eds]

*286th like*
Rwby and epic are just two of my favorite things so this is just awesome

[mariapazgonzalezlesme]

You did a better job in portraying Ozpin than in the canon, hell, you even made me fell pity for him. You are goated, my man!

[jacksonmain]

Okay this may be the best animatic I’ve ever seen for rwby. I think you perfectly captured the very essence of Ozma. How he struggles to protect the remnants of the world he once knew from the woman he loves the most. Keep up the great work!

[KronosFiction]

I have never seen an animatic I've liked more. I'm freaking out about how amazing this was rn

[TheAngelofFate]

😍😭 I’m SPEECHLESS??? Holy shit!? This is amazing! It’s beautiful! ITS STUNNING! I always thought that the Epic songs were a perfect fit for Rwby but I never thought this one would fit Oz and the rest of the incarnations so well! Because it’s what I’ve always said when it came to Ozpin, he is just a man. A man who’s made a lot of mistakes but is still a good person underneath those mistakes. I also love that you showed Oz watching over Oscar and that Oz really doesn’t want to subject him to the pain he’s gone through, that makes my dadpin heart very happy 🥰

I didn’t even think it was possible but you made me love Ozpin even more than I already did and I loved him a lot before! 😭

I can’t thank you enough for making this, there are so few videos nowadays that focus on Ozpin and showing his struggles, this is so amazing and I can’t thank you enough for the gracing us with this

[wishingeel]

Epic AND Ozma stuff?? You've given me life and yet I feel completely destroyed after watching this!! (in the best way haha) The transitions! The attention to detail! The sheer amount of Oz stuff packed in here! Love it, amazing animatic!!