I love how JD is just this shadowy demon in the background

Everyone: Veronica x nerd boy Me: that scene with Martha and ram was heartbreaking

5:58 i love the detail of Heather McNamara not laughing until the other two do. that just explains their whole dynamic in a few seconds

love how veronica constantly mentions how she wants to blow up the school throughout the musical then JD comes along

The cute nerd guy and his Heathers obsessed friend tho I love them-

animator: *creates a new nerd boy* Everyone liked that.

i love how when veronica says "Mythic Bitch" chandler goes from looking all nice to looking more sinister

the fact that nerd boy was in love just the way she was, even before she got beautiful, has my hearttttt. He didnt blush when she was beautiful, but when she was herself

Why does this “Beautiful” animatic hit different tho

“I’d like to be their boyfriend.” Smooth my guy, you’re so amazing at flirting.

I love the small references to JD. It makes it seem like he isn't just some guy, that just so happens to be in his senior year, that appeared out of fuck all, but instead an actual student. Love the animatic, and as an animator myself, I can understand the pain of making an 8 minute animatic. Bravo.

I like how Veronica is always in closed poses - her arms are close to her body, shoulders are higher than in a fully relaxed position, the body language is great in this. Also when she gets a makeover by the Heathers she is still closed, but opens a little and does lots of wide arm moves, but still returns to the closed poses because she's still used to it

Veronica: set this dump ablaze! Also Veronica: then I can blow this town! Jd: I like this girl...

*WHEN* THEY MAKE HEATHERS AN ANIMATED SERIES IT BETTER BE LIKE THIS

4:22 I think the reason why Duke doesn't have a solo like other "important" characters and only has one reprise, honors when Veronica says she doesn't have a defined personality.

I feel like the scene at 8:09 has some symbolism Bottom two are the crushes (either crushing on Veronica or Veronica crushes on) The best friends (Heather C being Veronica’s new “best friend”, and Martha being Veronica’s old best friend) And then Veronica herself. The center of it all

is really no one gonna talk about those GREAT GOD DAMN EXPRESSIONS ????

"I'd like to be their boyfriend" *Instant regret* OK HOW DID IT BECOME ONE OF THE MOST LIKED COMMENTS???

i loooove the details! my favourite one is that when veronica explains that Kurt Kelly is "The smartest guy on the football team." (2:52) And when you see the "Why?" part (3:20), you see that Kurt used to be a nerd who probably was bullied, explaining why he's not only the smartest on the team, but ALSO why he got into football in the first place, as a way to avoid getting bullied again. Which again is why he probably bullied Martha. Absolutely amazing! keep it up!!

Morci is so powerful, they created an entire fandom around Veronica and the unnamed, but universally adored Nerd Boy with a total of 30 seconds of interaction. Also, I ship it completely and formally request links to the fanfiction. UPDATE: Previously unnamed nerd is possibly/probably named Jamie (thank you, "name here", in the comments)

8:13 love the contrast, The two crushes, the two best friends, and Veronica in the center

Am I the only one who loves how Heather Chandler says, "And heather I need your brush."?

Things I noticed in this animatic (a work in progress): 1. The picture of Veronica and her classmates/friends at 0:21 was taken in 1979, 10 years before the musical takes place. 2. Veronica’s memories from around that same time (like the tag game) turn from a happy past to a sad present (getting shoved by the same kid she played tag with 10 years prior) 3. The soft blue-purple light that surrounds Veronica as she sings about beautiful life shares space with kids beating each other up. 4. As we see later, Nerd boy likes Veronica A LOT, but if you look at 1:26, there are some jocks behind Veronica whispering to each other, probably about the exchange taking place. 5. 1:31, the hot girl and the disabled girl are yelling insults at each other, even though they are both treated like scum. Much like the guy in front and the girl in the back (in front of Veronica) 6. 1:54 is a frame from the explosion that killed JD… 7. 2:07 Ram does this in the… slime tutorial, too. 8. Sweet nerd boy, pt. 1 (2:38, someone has a crush on a certain girl!) 9. 3:19-3:40 The blacked out forms of the characters tell their stories, along with their lyrics. Here’s my analysis: Nerd boy: Picked on by his peers for being nerdy Quiet girl: Victim of abuse Kurt: Was probably a nerd, like nerd boy, but joined football to escape the taunting And we know Martha and Ram’s story. 10. 3:35 “send me a sign god” “GOD” Our love is god. The sign is JD. That’s not a good thing. 11. Whenever the Heathers enter, the lighting matches the color they wear in the musical. Veronica’s blue is added at the end of the song. 12. 4:30 is how everyone sees Heather. 4:34 is how Veronica sees her. 13. 4:45-5:05 The “nerds” talking about what they want with the Heathers, such as getting noticed by guys while they hang out with them, being like them, for them to be nicer, and what that other kid wanted… 14. Chandler and Duke laugh at 6:01. McNamara laughs at 6:02. 15. 6:27. God, help this poor unfortunate soul. 16. 6:54. Quiet girl from earlier looks a lot more upset at being touched the the other nerd boy. 6:55, it looks like she’s being comforted by her friend. History of being abused confirmed? 17. One of the strugglers at 7:00 is revealed to be Ms. Fleming. Go listen to shine a light and you’ll know what I mean. 18. Quiet girl and Goth girl look shocked to see Veronica after holding up those trays for just the Heathers since freshman year probably, maybe even longer. 19. Nerd boy pt.2. I don’t think he likes who Veronica has be come… And last but not least… yes it is cuz I didn’t try hard for this one… 20. The main five people in this animatic. Except for JD. But he’s the antagonist/love interest. So he’s still, there. Thanks for reading my rant, if you got this far. Most of these details I picked up from other comments, but I noticed some others, too.

It’s a shame we don’t get any animated adaptations of young adult musicals Cause this is amazing, arguably better than a stage musical

"what did I ever do them?" -the guy who said he wanted to kidnap a heather, photograph her naked and leave her for rats

"give me a sign God" **shows JD in the song "Our Love is God"** the details in this animatic is so nice

At 3:29 I love how Ram and Martha are being pulled away from each other, Kind of like Ram does like her but doesn’t want to get made fun of for it, that or I’m just looking too much into it but I just love that detail!

The character designs here were so well done! I can’t imagine how much time and talent went into this! I’d say my favorite parts were 0:26 with the transitions between past and present, and the small detail at 6:00 when Heather McNamara was slower to join in on the laughter, showing that she was just following her friends and wasn’t that bad on her own. Overall, beautiful animatic!

"college will be paradise if I'm not dead by june" i felt that one, I'm in my exam year rn so i feel that exact same way

"College will be paradise if I'm not dead by June." Looking at you, Coronavirus

The SA reference gives me chills.

The level of detail in this is incredible! As well as the beautiful frickin’ art and the details throughout like the fluidity of everyone’s facial expressions and body language as they react to everyone else, some things I especially love are: -The intro cards, framed as candid closeup snapshots. Specifically how Heather Chandler’s card changes with even the font becoming a big, angry scrawl at “She is a MYTHIC BITCH”, and Veronica only getting her own intro when she joins the Heathers and thinks she’s consequential. Like only now does she believe herself to be an active character in the story (even qualified to be the protagonist), rather than a passive observer. -The flashback parallels. A “Tag, you’re it!” push as kids is replaced by a push of pure cruelty as teens. Girls who help and comfort Veronica as kids insult her as teens. -The derogatory terms applied to the kids consuming their identities in the photo, seen later in the “Why?” bridge section. -Oh yeah! The entire “Why?” bride section. MY GOD IT’S BEAUTIFUL! And so, so sad, PLEASE GET THESE CHILDREN FRIENDSHIP AND THERAPY!!! -I know this falls under the last point, but Ram and Martha being chained and pulled apart by social expectations, both heartbroken in their own way. Also “Why don’t I fight back?” and “Somebody fix me” killed me. -All the moments where we see the bullies are hurting too. Not just Kurt and Ram, but everyone who hurts someone else. In particular the disabled girl (who has to deal with ableist discrimination and degradation on top of sexism) and the ‘hot’ girl (who has to deal with sexism and constant objectification and degradation because of gender and sexual biases) insulting each other in turn, showing perfectly how people who should be supporting, defending and leaning on each other are instead divided by the community’s toxic attitudes and their insecurities. -First chorus: Veronica appears to be unique and isolated in her idealism, demonstrated by her seemingly unappreciated gesture of kindness, and so sings alone. Second chorus: the other students all sing along with her and the nerd boy returns her kindness, presumably emboldened to do it by her. She’s not alone. None of these aching, desperate, miserable kids have to be alone. Final chorus: Veronica loses her diary and the need boy picks it up again, like the last chorus, but this time the chain of kindness is severed, since she’s too swept up in the thrill of her newfound popularity to notice or care. Such good character and arc establishment in just this sequence of events. -The foreshadowing flashes of JD. First at the line “Send me a sign, God”; fitting because he’s currently adrift in despair and finding no meaning in anything. He’ll later declare his love for Veronica “God” and use it to justify murder. Not… not the right sign there, JD. Then he’s seen when Veronica becomes socially significant, which leads to them meeting.

"Send me a sign god" *shows JD *Hello yes, I would like two orders of foreshadowing with extra trenchcoat thanks.*

Everyone: OMG THE NERD GUY!!! Me: Yo, she actually put the people with the lunch trays going down as the Heathers come in

This is actually such a great representation of high school like not as exaggerated but honestly

8:14 I love the separation between what will be her life in the future and what it was/would be before the heathers with JD and heather c. on one side of her and martha and nerd guy on the other

When Jamie went "I'd like to be their boyfriend" it implies that he already saw Veronica as someone comparable to the Heathers aaaaaahhhh my heeeeeeaaaarrrt

The transition of her being tagged as a kid to her being pushed as a highschooler was- *amazing.* Edit: Woh thanks for the likes 😳

I like how Martha and Ram was beside eachother when they said "Why won't he date me?" "why did I hit him?” it was like they really liked eachother but ram just didn't show, he was literally reaching out for her

“Fight the urge to strike a match and set this dump ablaze” JD: I could help with that

Is this Heathers content in 2019? Hell yeah!

Veronica: "I also do report cards, permission slips, and absence notes" Me: "And suicide notes...."

At 8:09 I love how you drew JD. I'm sorry, but I LOVE when animators and little background images of JD before he actually shows up. Also, I love your art style.

THE NOSTALGIA! I FOUND IT AGAIN!!!

i’m not simping for the nerd, i’m not simping for the nerd, i’m simping for the nerd

I love the detail that when Heather C. and Heather D. laughed at Veronica, Heather M. didn't laugh at first but then laughed soon after.

6:45 is probably one of my favourite parts of the song

Ok but can we talk about how expressive the faces are, like I just love the way the characters look and the facial expressions are so clear and everything

Veronica: if I’m not dead by June! She’s not.But almost everyone else is

I like how she has the most natural face in this animation

Can we just appreciate this scene and how it looks so real and good 6:55

Can't belive this came out four years ago...

Sorry JD, but the geek boy doesn't seems a maniac He's so cute :(

Verônica x JD: well... Veronica x a random guy: WELL WELL WELL WELL WELL! WE HAVE A SHIPP HERE!

I LOVE THIS!!! The idea and image of JD as well being a faceless character til the end frame. All other scenes with him never showed his face. It was either the POV to have his head off screen or showing JD's back. I love that because he WAS the quiet kid. He wasn't known or talked to/about.

“Send me a sign god” JD: *Y O U C A L L E D*

Shipping Veronica with "why do they hate me?" guy I see, interesting take! And contrasting him with JD too, love to see where that goes!

*”God, help this poor unfortunate soul”* Me: What are you Heather, *URSULA* ?

This is two years old but it’s still one of my favorite animatics to watch, the way you can see the surroundings and each expressions and even the way the artist displays the characters info in the video proves this artist has dedication and creativity. I love this artist’s ability to make it look like more than a musical animatic. (Sorry if my grammar sounds funny.. lol.)

6:34 is probably my favorite part of the song. I love the way she sings this line, especially at the brush part. But my favorite part of the animatic is probably the end. It feels so grandeur, as it should be really, and I feel like it conveys a lot of emotion. But if I had to pick a part I'd probably say 7:43 - 7:46 when she's on the table

My favorite Heathers character Before: Heather McNamara After: The N e rd

There’s so much detail and the background stories that are barely hinted at. I’m living this is absolutely amazing

i just had to come back what, 3 years later? to say thank you, this animation was how i got introduced to heathers AND MUSICALS AS A WHOLE!! now i listen to “Be more chill”, “mean girls”, “beetlejuice” and so many more, and i’ve seen jerseys boys and i’m going to see heathers live in september! you’ve made it so that i’ve found one of my favourite things in the world and i’m so happy that i’m a weird sort of way you’ve literally made it so i have more friends by connecting through a love of musicals! i now know all of the song from heathers hehe. and i don’t care how many animators i watch or how many i sub to or love, you are THE best animator i’ve ever watched, i love your style, how you show emotions on characters, it’s just *beautiful* i know it might be really weird of me to comment this but i just had to say it, you’re an amazing artist and thank you so much for indirectly changing so much in my life for the better ❤️💛💚💙

Omg I love how the video gradually gets more colorful throughout the video

i love the attention to detail!! at 5:58 when McNamara is paying attention to veronica as Duke and Chandler are smirking at each other, and how she only joins in laughing when she noticed them laughing. Foreshadowing at its finest I'm in LOVE

I can just imagine writing in a diary and writing: WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY Edit: Omg thanks for 1k likes!

This is how I discovered Heathers, and I have no regrets

NGL, I love this version of the story

Right now I am imagining the Nerd's heart being crushed when Veronica starts dating JD

Veronica at the start: Level 1 Crook Veronica at the end: Level 100 Boss

This animatic introduced me to Heather's a few years ago. I saw it again, so I watched it again, and I still love it

I’ve watched this 6 times in a row, this is literally beautiful (no actually it is)

I DIDN'T KNOW I NEEDED THAT CUTE NERDY GUY IN THE MUSICAL BEFORE YOU CREATED HIM O M G He is so precious :')

JD x Veronica: “Meh...give me something better” Veronica x random nerd: “that’s the one”

the tag/being shoved transition was genius!! the animation is so smooth and the art style is GORGEOUS

this is the most beautiful, amazing, scary, and just downright emotional animatic I've ever seen. Great frickin job

Morci: *Uploads Heather's animatic.* *Everyone liked that.*

3:58 “We were paid to do this.”

Ok .. this might be one of my favorite animation lord..

"Notice me senpai ;-;" made me bust out laughing

That guy trying to cover up his feelings for Veronica though. 😂 I really like how you added him! And I like how you added J.D.!

The way the nerd boy blushed at Veronica but didn't blush when she became "beautiful" was a nice touch. It just shows how he loved her for her and nothing else (CAN WE GET VERONICA THIS NERD DUDE LIKE... RIGHT NOW?!)

The emotions and expressions were so beautiful, and they just gave so much strength in the animation. (I LOVE THIS SO MUCH)

I'm so grateful I stumbled across this anamatic a few years ago bcus it was the reason I watched the actual musical! Watching this after so long is super nostalgic!

things I love about this: -when they sing "give me a sign god" an image of JD appears for a moment. kinda foreshadowing to the whole "our love is god" thing? -I frickin love Veronica's hair. I dunno why. it's just so...f l o o f -the animation is amazing. I actually can't get over this art style and the smooth animation and the shots and just fdsbhjkbas -Heather M. is just so innocent and cute in this. the smile is just adorable, and in this animatic she reminds me of Ty Lee from ATLA. -Contrary to McNamara, Heather Duke is looks kinda grumpy, and Chandler smiles, but it's very clear that it's not as innocent as McNamara's. It's just an amazing job of portraying their characters. -the little flashbacks to when they were kids!!

"God help this poor unfortunate soul." Now I'm sure that Heather will be reborn as Ursula.

No quiero, NECESITO Mas interacciones del chico nerd y veronica😻

OK NOW HEAR ME OUT. That was just one of the most amazing and accurate versions to an animation for this song. And 8 mins???? Your are divine. I haven't fuckin finished. The flashbacks to Veronica and the students' childhood is a pure genius, and the part after Veronica says "dear dairy, wahhhhhhhyyyyy" and everybody starts talkin about their anxieties is just PERFECTNESS. I love how you presented it all, i love your hella creative ideas, and i love the thought behind everything. You. Are. Amazinggggggg🔥🔥

i haven't heathers for awhile morci: surprise biTcH-

Am I the only one who loves how she sings “this is the thunder dome”?

This was it for me. This was the iconic start to an era for me bro like it’s acc crazy bro. Like I actively imagine the scenes from this animatic when I hear this song, and I’m infecting my little sister with the phase so MWAHHAAHAA 😋🤭🤭

this will be forever and for always my favorite heathers animation.

Beautiful: Ah, just a high school musical Dead girl walking reprise: Well shoot

I love how ”send me a sign, God” is JD with a gun

An amazing small detail that no one really noticed is that the shade used to only be red, green, and yellow, representing the Heathers. But after Veronica’s introduction as a new Heather, the shades become red, yellow, green, and blue.

How do you draw like this? My god, the talent is unbelievable! This is utterly beautiful and I’m loving seeing my favourite song be brought to life like this!! Congratulations on such an amazing thing and I hope you’re proud of this for decades to come.

Heather C: **Reads hall pass** Who are you? Me: Umm I don't know, maybe the only person who isn't named Heather on the hall pass that you just read.

6:00 the fact that heather m didnt laugh until she saw the others laughing is-

5:53 Veronica: boon DEEZ NUTS!

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