The crowd having Blinky’s purple eyes is so fun, it feels so oppressive and frightening

2:16 Pokey just decided that he had to somehow participate in this song while Blinky was busy with all this drama

ok but can we point out how in the bridge it had like. the puppets of max and richie showing that the adults were totally ignoring the violence that was already happening BEFORE the murders

I don’t see enough people appreciating the the way Richie and Max are dolls during the solo because that ideal Hatchetfield was a romanticization of the way they pretended the kids got along

Pokey: hey can I fill someone with a divine voice in your number? Blinky: what Pokey: it'll fit perfectly, trust me Blinky: ... only if I get to watch

holy SHIT this is so genius? I never even really considered how the Lords in Black were influencing this scene and of COURSE it's Blinky!! And Pokotho in Bryce's Reporter's solo!!! and their colors in the "rainbow"!!!! And I love how much more violent you made it, calls back to Black Friday and it REALLY WORKS thank you so much for making this!!!!

the birds-eye shot of the crowd being blinky's eye is INSANE . this rules !!

Talking about Blinky and the Lords in Black's involvement would be too easy -- can we talk about how Solomon seems resistant to the Lords' influence? It's brought up/implied at some point later in the musical that he's already been involved with the Lords to some capacity, so it would make sense that it'd be harder for him to crack under their (metaphorical) pressure... ... and besides, Blinky and Pokey just wanted a good show.

the amount of blinky purple here to show the dark lords are ALREADY here and have always been watching like this is INSANELY amazing im obsessed with this vibe here omg and pokey's blue being used for the spotlight??? AND the puppet strings? fucking AMAZING detail

Oh Blinky is eating *well* tonight!!!

THE “RAINBOW” BEING THE LORDS IN BLACKS’ COLORS. OMG THAT WAS SO COOL. I LOVE THIS !!

this is UNHINGED. I adore the way the angry crowd is just a shapeless mass of anger with just those familiar purple eyes, and I love how unique and beautiful and true to the cast the designs of all the characters are!! Genuinely I can't express properly how much I love this

After seeing this animatic it’s made me think about something. Every musical in the hatchetfield series has focused on one lord solely. (TGWDLM was Pokey and Black Friday was Wiggly) but thinking about this animatic and the choice you made to have quite a lot of Blinky Symbolism it made me feel like NPMD is a collection of all the lords together. Wiggly, causing the townspeople to start getting wrathful and suspicious, even making Max vengeful, Tinky being the one who torments the Spankoffski line, Pokey being the one who loves a good “I Want”, Blinky who watches as the townspeople get more and more suspicious of each other and i suppose Nibbly is just there to see who’s the hungriest/who’ll go the furthest. Now that I’m saying all this out loud it is a bit wobbly here and there but considering we had a giant musical number solely dedicated to seeing all the lords and the fact that the black book was used to bring Max back in the first place, I think it’s a decent theory.

I love how u draw boy jerry, perfect amount of unhinged

Can we talk about the sign language interpreter ??

0:37 HIS NAME IS CLETUS JONES, HE’S KILLED THREE PEOPLE (amazing animatic btw)

Amazing use of color to indicate the Lord in Black! I love it! Also, absolutely love the idea of half of the chaos being instigated by Solomon, as well as it turning into an outright Black Friday situation.

THE LAST PANEL WITH THE NIBBLY EYES HOLY FUCKING SHIT THIS IS AWESOME

I love the little detail of Solomon starting it all, just telling Boy Jerry to make something up lmao

INCREDIBLE. FANTASTIC. EVERYONE SHOULD SEE THIS!!! this is such a good interpretation of what couldn't be shown on stage! and the way its entirely filmed by a news crew??? GENIUS.

Connecting this song to bliklothep is genius, make so much sense

Honestly? This is my favourite Hachetfield animatic. The details and ESPECIALLY the stuff about the LIBs, with Blinky influencing it all and Pokey’s blue light.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE THE WAY YOU DREW EVERYONE IN THIS!!! BIIG FAN OF ALL THE BLINKY MOTIFS THE SHAPE OF THE CROWD, THE PURPLE, THE CANDY, THE EYES EVERYTHING SOOOOO COOL WELL DONE!!!!

I think Blinky's REALLY enjoying watching this show. Just don't blink!

Commenting for the algorithm in the name of our Ceaseless Watcher, Bliklotep. May their thousand eyes gaze upon this animatic with favor, O' ancient eldritch audience, praise be the council of the Lords in Black!

0:39 is boy Jerry...a sign language interpreter? Fucking sick.

I love how the mayor does the Cletus jones hand for 3 “my name is Cletus jones I’ve killed 3 people” 😂

Your imagining of a different scenario, Lauter and Bailey in a little stage, Dan and Donna live, and the reporters in the crowd, was super original! Loved it ;)

THIS WAS SO GOOD AND 100% WORTH THE WAIT DAN AND DONNA MY BELOVEDS GOD JERRY LOOKS SO PISSED THE WHOLE TIME GOD MAYOR LAUTER JUST LEAVES LIKE DUDE YOU STARTED THIS MESS- I LOVE THIS ANIMATIC DUDE

THIS IS AMAZING?? I love all the blinky and pokey motifs and refrences throughout this I never thought about blinky influencing everyone but that makes so much sense and is such an awesome addition!! AND THE PUPPET PART WOAH, it really shows how none of the adults were paying attention to any of the violence happening in the schools until someone was actually murdered like oh my god??? This is outstanding amazing job ‼️🫶

ooooo this is fun. i love how realistically designed everyone is and the idea that blinky is influencing everyone to stir up more chaos consider what the lords of black are doing is O fun!

Trying to decide if the Boy Jerry design looks like someone in particular or if I’m just cursed. And it looks like he maybe signs at the beginning? Either way I’m obsessed with this! My new favorite interpretation of this song. Solomon instigating and then having it turned on him because of course Blinky won’t leave him out! The puppets! The whole Black Friday esque ending! So good all around. I hope to keep seeing your interpretations of these songs and characters.

Blinky and Pokey really decided they had to go all out on this collab and I love how you can clearly see whos influence is strongest at any moment, its so good

OH MY GOD WHAT A PERFECT ANIMATION AAAAAAAAAAAA seriously, the color combinations (which I assume) that are related to the Lords In Black are FUCKING AMAZING

my friend got me into this animatic yesterday and it's driving insane in a good way. every little detail is amazing. also that line "if he gets me next make it three", did you know the hand position you chose (thumb and index together) is, iirc, american sign language for the letter F? Press F to pay respects, mayor Lauter. you did amazing boss. thank you for making this.

HI OH MY GOD THIS WAS SO GOOD all the references to blinky were just so great; the chorus being alternating between the different characters; HOW UNHINGED BOY JERRY IS AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT; solomon lauter getting into the car at the end; the whole thing being shot as if its a news broadcast; MAX AND RICHIE IN THE BRIDGE; ur design for dan reynolds; UR ART STYLE IN GENERAL /POS; huge fan of the shot at 0:33 where the crowd is an eye; the note from the mayor to boy jerry just saying "make something up" before the brains were soup line, which makes so much sense considering lauters the one who initially said it was a ""man on the loose and hes got a gun"" (to which there was no evidence of, peak hatchetfield logic)- ALSO THE COLOURS IN THAT SHOT R SO GOOD; and then dans face on "yeah its gotta be donna", and him holding the camera to say "well i certainly dont *love* killing"; boy jerry pushing barry down the step thing and that following shot hes so fucking ominous /pos; the blue spotlight for pokey as well in the bridge; AGAIN, HOW UNHINGED BOY JERRY IS; how by the last chorus theyve just all dissolved into flat our MURDER (barry becomes the man with the gun, according to the shot at 3:06 lmao ,, and boy jerry with a hatchet (im assuming hes the one who got assigned an axe bc of abstinence camp and the axe man?) (and the way u drew all those murder scenes /pos ur anatomy is literally so good)); the horizontal pupil at 3:43 -- sorry this is long but this is genuinely my new favourite hatchetfield animatic and ohh my god this is so good i could easily write more abt it just going over more little details but god. this is amazing :D

3:16 The Girls Are Fighting Again- Great animatic btw, I’m blown away by your skills!

All I can say is that this was amazing!!! i loved the way you added in all the lords in black in different parts of the song, but still kept Blinky's colors the main ones since the entire town felt that paranoia. This was so good, and I can't wait to see what you do next ^~^

this RULES honestly i'm obsessed with your artstyle. for some reason i especially adore the way you draw jon and joey. i would love to see a TGWDLM animatic from you if you ever decide to make one

0:33 BLINKY

Nice, the Blinky colours were a cool twist

Coming back for the millionth time and finally commenting, the way you draw Jon’s characters always scratches my brain just right. Boy Jerry here is just so unhinged looking I love it !!!!!

I LOVE how you make Corey do the thumb-pointy touch with three fingers up at 0:37. Cletus Jones much? Love all the (somteimes very ridiculous) crossovers and hints you can do in the Starkid fandom. Also loved how just before that, he lazies about until he realizes the cameras focus on him, and it is conveyed so fast and efficient and is just very good animatic storytelling XD

OH THIS IS THAT GOOD SHIT I love the usage of Blinky’s colors and the inclusion of his eyes. Gives me the impression that The Lords in Black were very much present before the Summoning, and they were just watching the town unfold on itself

This was actually so horrifying, you perfectly showed the neighbours turning against each other (to the point of *more* murder), excellent job!

DUDEEEEE !!!! THIS SOOO GOOD OMG,,,, seeing all the teasers was great but now that’s it’s all together it’s freaking PHENOMENAL,,,, gonna watch this a thousand times so it’s forever ingrained in my brain *insert various screaming nighthawks here*

WowowWOW this is amazing! I seriously loved everything about this but the shot that got me was the crowd forming Blinky’s eye like oh my god?? And the bridge with Richie and Max with the LiB colours? Absolutely losing my mind

HOW HAVE I NOT LEFT A COMMENT YET?? Oh my god, I adore this animatic! I especially adore how you represented the violence here, the crowd being possessed by blinky, in a sense! that sort of violence is perfect for hatchetfield, just look at black friday! your designs for all of these characters are so good - i think my favourite are karen and and bailey, honestly. and the way you framed it?? hello?? i ADORE how it's being shot as a newscast. you breathe so much life into these characters, from the little details you add to the background, and just how unhinged they all become!! amazing work!

Hello? How have I not seen this before?? It’s absolutely fantastic! I feel like the way you’ve portrayed the events of this song adds a lot of that apocalyptic weight that so often shows up in the hatchetverse. Now it’s turned from an accidental death to a series of killings to a full blown massacre, and it’s clear that even when the lords in black aren’t the impetus of the horror they’re always present and willing to turn a bad situation into a disaster. Also, them working together! Such a sweet sibling moment :)

Dude I love you sm. I always took this song as interpreting mass hysteria and never even thought of it being influenced by the lords in black. This deserves so much love i swear.

godddd, everything about this is SO GOOD!! absolutely incredible stuff, I'm gonna watch this like a 100 times There's so many cool little references and things I'd just never considered about this scene Also thank you for your impeccable ✨✨Dan Reynolds ✨✨ design

The idea that the crowd is under blinky’s control? You earned a sub, man.

OH MY GOD THIS IS INCREDIBLE??? I'm literally sitting here like :o no words- this is so incredible holy moly

the references to nibbly when they get all murdery my beloved

INCREDIBLE. I've been waiting and hoping that someone would make a hatchet town animatic and this is everything I could have possibly wanted. It was made for me exclusively. Thank you!

Love Love Love Love LOVE! All of your designs for the townspeople, everyone is really distinct

THIS IS ABSURRLY INSANE HOW IS THIS SO GOOD HOLY SHIR-

This is so amazing!!!! I love it so so much, the fight choreo, the references to the lords, it is such a beautiful adaptation of this song and I adore it

This is genuinely one of the best Starkid animatics ive seen- one of tge best I've seen in general for all the references and continuity. Great work!

I screamed when I found this today, I LOVE your artsyle. i believe in puppet richie and max supremacy

I never put a comment here? Fixing that: This is so dang well done! The camera angles really show off the tension of the scene and the way you portray both the violent nature of Hatchetfield and the sickly sweet “candy and rainbows” fantasy in such sharp contrast is great stuff. Not to mention keeping all your wonderful designs consistent and realistic while still providing great expressions (Solomon and Jerry especially). Great work!

oh my god the designs the movement the composition on its on. The purple augh its so good this is so good

does anyone have their hands on the hatchet handle guys

Love the implication that Solomon, due to his previous experience with TLiB, fully sees what's happening here and has no issue with it because desperate people are good voters.

this animatic is so underrated, the direction just MWAH! PERFECTION!!

i'm just getting into the hatchetverse starkid fandom thing but this is honestly so cool??? like your artstyle is definitely one of my favorite. just in general lmfao this also might be me not knowing a lot about the fandom ( i was confused abt the eyes the first time i watched this (i still have leftover tma brainrot and got REALLY confused) but watching it again it makes a lot more sense ) but this feels very. tma. like the eyes duh but the brutal pipe murder.,,, maybe i'm just going insane (i probably am) great animatic, would watch on loop for hours 10/10 would reccoment

3:13 nibbly joinin in

3:40 [extended sounds of brutal pipe murder]

oh this is TASTY i love your use of color,, the way i GASPED when the sun came into frame also the way you used the camera?? like in the beginning there's a few shots that the camera doesn't see, sometimes we can't see the characters' eyes, etc, but then the MOMENT bryce's solo is over it's All Eyes All On Camera All The Time. perfect visual of blinky going "haha okay you got a turn. my song now" lol. i love this sm

I can tell who everyone is based on how you draw their faces, very impressive

hnnnnnnnnnnnnnnngggggggggg YES I LOVE THIS it captures the horror of the Hatchetverse SO WELL. This song is so eerie behind the humor that comes with it

this looks goddamn incredible!!!!!!!! i love the strong imagery and coloring!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Is it animator’s headcanon that everyone got violent with each other? I love the idea that Blinky had some force here, that’s sick as hell. I like to think each other had some hand in what went on in NPMD, and I think putting Blinky here makes a lot of sense. Especially with it basically being all The News in Hatchetfield can possibly talk about.

This is the dark timeline of My Dead Gay Son and I am HERE FOR IT (And the stunning art and symbolic imagery

i LOVE all the details! max and richie as puppets, showing how the adults weren’t paying any attention to the real violence happening before the murders. purple for blinky, blue for pokey during bryce’s performance, and was that a goat eye for tinky i see at the end??

this is so cool!! love the watcher world influence

holy shit ive been waiting for an animatic for this song and you DELIVERED this is amazing

Dude this is one of the best animatics ive ever seen

this goes hard

This reminds me of We Become What We Behold in the best way

Dude this is so fine!

Idk why but the one reporter having a singe eye showing at 0:32 is really creepy to me like it was definitely purposeful but idk why it’s so creepy Love this btw I’ve watched it like 3 times at least the last couple days

This is so good! It really conveys the creepiness of the song!

IVE NEVER SEEN DARKER TIMES 🔥 🔥 🔥

Needs to be more like this, love sk

THIS IS SO FREAKING PEAK I WISH I SAW THIS SOONER OMFFGGG

This was SO GOOD OH MY GOD.

OHHHH I REMEMBER BEFORE THE LOCKDOWNNN

Why did I get the notification for this masterpiece almost a week late? This was awesome the attention to detail was showstopping. I hope we get to see more from you

I commend you for this much detail in this!

this is so brilliant

OOOH THE ARTSTYLE IS SO PRETTY AND THE EXPRESSIONS AND POSES I LOVE ALL OF IT absolutely amazing work!!!!

Absolutely amazing!! Love the way you animated this!

Awesome work as always, can't wait to see what you do next ❤

This is gorgeous!!!! The detail and thought put on each frame is stunning!!!

This is AWESOME

omg this is fantastic. i had never thought of the possession angle but this does SO MUCH with the animatic format i LOVE it

This is stunning!!!! my god, great job!! :D

absolutely love this interpretation you killed it

More unhinged boy Jerry yes please!!!