*Some context, cause let's admit it some of you are so confused:* - Nyx is salty because Lyner's mom came to his quiet, tourist destination planet and basically destroyed it and the people inside it except him. So he's out for revenge. A phrase here which means 'kill everything she loves', and the pendant that Lyner is wearing (which I'll get into later) is definitely is bonus. If you're wondering what's the deal with his smoke, it's because his planet was known for specializing in herbs, but yeah, now that everyone's gone, _might as well get his enemies high and murder them while they're in their drug-induced euphoria._ - Kay-Ren used to be a construction worker, she's got insane strength skills, which explains why she can tackle two people without breaking a sweat. Her fam is currently missing. Upon first meeting, she and Lenna had a fight each other, and she _almost_ won. Kay would have squished dearest Lenna under a boulder if Mr. Lenna's dad hadn't interfered (that's good, otherwise we'd have no Lyner, and no Lyner means sadness). He managed to convince her to not kill his daughter and instead work for them, thus becoming Lenna's first servant. - Mir is Lyner's partner. Initially, he tried to assassinate Lyner (because of his mom) and start an uprising against his family, but eventually they fall in love because Lyner is one adorable bean. Also, they have unique bedroom activities which we will _not_ get into. - Jet is... Jet. I didn't get much info on him, but I guess he cooks food and drinks alcohol. (Update: alright, so he used to be in the mafia, really messed up big-time by making leader's daughter pregnant and gets imprisoned. Lenna gets him out, and in exchange for his services, he asks her to destroy his planet, which is why he feels guilty and likes drinking to wash away the depression brought by requesting an inhuman creature to destroy your home planet. Fun stuff.) - Lyner is the son of Lenna. Why is he not like his murderer of a mother who goes around slaughtering innocents in the name of peace? (Look, I'm just mad she had to make Nyx go evil, like what's a herb planet gonna do? Drug everyone up and then slaughter them--- hey, hey wait a minute...) That's cause she's usually away where her duty calls her, and he spent a lot of time with his wonderful father, Hansel, who taught him the wonders of kindness, which is why Mir fell in love with him. Instead of finding a mini Lenna, he finds a sweet boy who did nothing wrong. - The people we see in Lyner's vision is his family: Lenna (or Lena, the older posts spelled it that way), aka lady with the wings, Hansel, aka man with horns, and his sister is Aggie, aka the younger girl with the horns. - The pendant is a family heirloom in Lyner's family, and it's passed down on their child. It has to be given to them right after their born though, otherwise it doesn't work. It's usually given to the firstborn child. The pendant grants its wearer immortality, immunity, super strength, and cosmic power. There are only two pendants. Their origins are unknown to Lyner. If you take the pendant away from the wearer, it will lose all senses and control, and it will do everything to get a replacement. If it doesn't get one, it will disintegrate and die. - In Lenna's defense, she only wants peace in the universe and she has to do unsavoury things to get there, but eh, I'm still mad at her. So yeah. I've only seen this animatic today... and I've rewatched it for more than I'd like to admit. The characters are cute as heck (Lyner screams in a distance), and the story's got me intrigued. All info comes from Lazy Eule's Tumblr, if I'm wrong at some parts, feel free to correct me. This animatic is gonna blow up. Anyways, wow, this was fun. Thanks for making this, Lazy! Edit: _now here's more character intros and my theories in case you want to explore more of this lovely stuff, it's very, and I mean very lengthy tho, and if you read the top, you have your basics covered already_ - Mr. Lenna's Dad was the previous holder of Lyner's pendant. He has to be pretty persuasive to talk down a strong, angry 'about-to-murder-someone' midget. Mr. Lenna's Dad was an intimidating ruler, and that's where Lenna follows, although she's softened up a bit because of Hansel. Notice the past tense? Yeah, Mr. Lenna's Dad is dead. 'How can you know, stranger?' you may ask, and let me tell you why. Remember the rule with the pendants? Yeah. I wanted to tell you not to worry, and that he probably died of natural causes because I didn't want to peg Lenna to be as heartless enough to forcefully take the pendant from her old pops and watch him disintegrate. And I realized. Pendant grants immortality. Whoopsies. So... you can just imagine what happens behind the scenes... I imagine Lenna just going to her father like, "I'm sorry dad, I love you and all, but I'm gonna give birth to my firstborn child, and he'll be needing that," and then proceeds to yank the pendant out. - And here's where my guesswork comes in based off snippets I know. Lenna's still kicking and alive somewhere. Nyx doesn't want her to be alive, but what can he do? She has a freaky pendant that makes her unkillable and unstoppable. There's only two pendants in the whole universe, one's with Lenna and the other's with... Her son. So sneaky little Nyx hatched a plan to garner the attention of Lyner and Co., Nothing too big, otherwise Mother would come. No, he only needed Lyner's pendant. Plus, it's easier for him to take a pendant from less experienced Lyner compared to Mrs. Pacifistic Murderer. I'm not too sure if he knows how the whole transferring of pendant works, but if he does know, then I can assume his plan goes somewhere along the lines of: a) forcibly take Lyner's pendant, hope Lyner doesn't kill him in the process, escape, and relish in Lenna's grief as he takes away her only son _Or._ b) drug up Lyner, make _Lyner_ fight against his mother, which will be harder for Lenna since it's her own son she's fighting, so she'll hold back more, increasing drugged Lyner's chance of winning. If Lyner wins, then great! If Lenna wins, then he should start digging his own grave. However, even if they both die in the process (which I doubt, it's not gonna be _that_ kind of story), it's all great for Nyx cause he killed two birds with one stone. Plan b didn't work out as well as he thought because Lyner brought his friends, and as we all know, the power of friendship saves the day. If Nyx is smart, he would have had a backup plan besides 'smoking and making people dance'. Either he escapes, or Lyner manages to capture him, and they win. Since he had Kay-Ren under his mind magic, he can hold her hostage in order to make Lyner cooperate, yada-yada, you know how it goes. - On that note! I also have another theory. It sounds far-fetched but hear me out. You see the thing that killed Mir and Lyner's family in Lyner's nightmare? I think that's some juicy foreshadowing. If you pause at the right moments when monster big mouth comes up, you can notice a few striking details such as: The monster's ears. It has that unique design I've only ever seen in Lyner's family. So, we've established that monster is his relative (of course, it can be "just a coincidence", but it seems very unlikely that this slipped Lazy's attention). Also, notice the collar. That's where they always put the pendant (see: Mr. Lenna's Dad, Lenna, and Lyner). Monster is glowing the same glow as pendant, but has no pendant. You can see that the tie is undone, no glowing stone, and monster is looking unhinged. I tried counting the corpses by the monster's feet but it's hard to tell if there really are three corpses or two. Anyways, it's possible that Lenna loses her pendant (probably due to Nyx), goes crazy, and it's a battle between Lyner and his mom, kind of like my other idea, only this time, the other way around. It's also possible that Lenna dies, someone else gets her pendant, but that doesn't make sense if you have to take into account that the pendant can only be transferred at birth, unless Lenna's been missing for an extremely long amount of time (and I doubt that since Aggie's young, and monster looks considerably older). My problem with "Lenna is monster in Lyner's vision" is that the monster isn't wearing what Lenna wears, and Lazy's depiction of a crazy ex-pendant holder is more uncontrollable tentacle teethy (... you get what I mean) and less smug smile, "hi there, I killed your loved ones, now it's your turn to die." Maybe the "someone got Lenna's pendant" theory works if we see another character with those defining Voxelle ears, and if they found a way through the "must be transferred at birth" issue (doesn't explain the loose collar but my brain is running on coffee fumes, and I need sleep, but I procrastinated, so here I am). Edit: It just occurred to me that it is possible that another pendant-wielder could exist in the universe, after all it is a big place. Whose to say there aren't any other pendants? All we have is info _from_ Lyner's family. Maybe a Voxelle, but distantly related from Lyner's family. It would make sense with these inconsistencies. About the corpses, if we're being considerate with the shapes, I guess we can count the the 'flat pointy thing' as Lenna. Note that none of these are confirmed. I'm just guessing how things turn out, and this is becoming more of a ramble than anything. Thanks for reading this essay, until next time on 'holy crap, how long is this comment?' Edit Edit: Apologies for the word vomit, haha, especially to those who read through the whole thing.

imagine not being affected by the bad guy because ur literally too short

Moral: *Meth has no effect on short people*

Nyx: hmmm i wonder what is the best way to get revenge for my whole planet’s slaughter..... ah yes... dance party

I never thought of this as a villain song. I like it.

advantages of being short: - take anyone down by tackling their legs - undetected for miles - can talk to smol animals - *mind control cant touch you*

'whats this button do?" "oh im gay now"

Can we just please admire the fact that Nyx can walk down stairs, dance and almost kill a bunch of people in HIGH HEELS i can’t even stand up on them half the time

Full summary of this animatic: Some space fairing kiss-bois and their mom confront the bisexual vape god. The End

lyner: I know a guy that has mind control, but hes in a different nation jet: what nation lyner: halluci-nation

probably my favorite thing about this is that the reason one of the characters evaded the smoke was because they were just THAT freaking short and the reason they got infected by it later was because somebody was HOLDING THEM HIGH ENOUGH FOR THEM TO REACH IT

Lyner’s Mom was really like: let’s destroy this guy’s planet, what’s he gonna do? Get my son and his friends high and try and kill them?

How to survive anything: Be half the height of your average-sized friends, thus half the height of the villain

Him- "Ladies and Gents this is the moment you've been waitin for" Me, someone who has seen this exact animatic almost 10 times, and is somehow so intrigued and loves these characters and the animation in general- *heavy breathing*

Nobody: Me to the literal villain: Take me! I'm open! Please! Take me!

if that isn’t nyx’s canon voice i am gonna throw hands

I know this animation was meant to be serious and actually show some conflict with the characters but my god each of Nyx dance moves where so passionate and attractive. I seriously love this character, his design is perfect.

Mum : The food isn’t that hot! The food :

0:16 I might turn straight for this man

I love how Nyx doesn’t seem genuinely evil- he looks so, calm when he’s dancing and doing all this. And obviously seems to show little care for our main protagonists, only for Lyner because of his bitterness towards Lyners mom, and even as he’s ‘defeated’ he just seems very relaxed yet stern. You can tell he has an artistic and more enthusiastic side, but has lost so much he doesn’t even care about anything else except getting revenge. Yet it’s not grim of him too either- maybe I’m looking way into this- either way he’s kinda hot 😍

1:19 Me, after watching the “ I know I’m a wolf” animatic: DONT TAKE IT OFF-

Mir: *dances with some random person that isn't Lyner* Kay Ren: "NOT ON MY LGBTQ+ RIGHTS WATCH!"

0:27 imagine if he triped right then and there

After seeing Nyx's background, it can be confirmed that villains are just people who weren't saved. Nyx isn't really in the wrong for wanting to take revenge on Lenna, and of course, he's warped after what he's been through.

Everyones: knows the history and characters Me: I dont know wtf is happening but im in love with and i cant stop watch

Okay, everyone's talking about how they are crushing on Nyx, but *get me a fur coat like his gosh dangit!*

Dug a little deeper into these characters and I love how Nyx isn't a one-dimensional bad guy but instead has a sympathetic backstory

My thoughts that no one asked for. 0:22 _That_ is a coat. 0:28 How is he even walking in those heels? 0:34 Hypnosis vape? 0:41 Definitely hypnosis vape. 0:57 New favorite frame of anything ever. 1:19 DON'T TAKE OUT THE PENDANT!! DON'T DO IT! 1:35 You're about to die, Nyx. 2:03 Is this a flashback? A premonition? Just imagination? 2:24 Why does that look like Lyner with long hair and no pendant? 2:24 Nyx looks so done. 2:44 No, he got Kay-Ren! 2:51 Still the best coat. The moral of the story: Be short in order to avoid mind control and Nyx might have a crush on Lyner.

0:58 shows such an incredible example of still drawings creating realistic motion. Seriously incredible

*We have to all admit, the villain is so freaking hot.*

I definitely like this guy’s introduction

heres a few little details I loved about this animatic, but the thing is I don't know the oc's names: 0:56 I love the way the high person on the right is kind of standing limp and leaning on the bad guy. It kinda shows how they're not in control, and that was pretty smart 0:11 not sure why but I love the way the artist drew the mouth here (at the last frame of when you see them in that scene) 0:16 AGH the way he does that thing with his hair and bows 😭 1:28 THE WAY THE EYES POP OUT ON THEIR FACE WHEN THEYRE SURPRISED I love that as a character feature omg 2:14 the way the background changes and then there's blood. Still don't fully understand the plot but that was so cool 2:24 WOAH THE MOUTH!!! AAAHH?!!!! thats so cool and creepy so much emotion *chomph* 2:52 its over?? :( but its so.. wait cool isn't the right word.. but interesting that he has all those drugged people following him. He has so much power and he gives off very hot villain vibes annywayssss thanks for reading?? This animation made my day thank you!

it's been two years and while i still have zero clue what's happening, i will always be utterly in love with this animatic amen

this is the only context i’ve ever gotten of these characters and i would die for every single one of them already i’m so invested

*I’m so confused but I love it, I love every bit of this*

0:13 Lyner: I’m scared Kay-Ren: Who are you Mir: *i protecc* Jet: why am I even here

Not gonna lie, I thought Lyner was Nyx's kid and that's why he was so focused on him, and looked so happy to be dancing with him; and why he wanted to keep Lyner under the influence. Then I saw Nyx's background vid. This is absolutely fantastic, you've done such a wonderful job with the animation and your characters are brilliant!

I love it when people will turn songs like this into something completely different from what it's originally supposed to be. I used to listen to this song and feel hyped and excited, but now that I've seen this, I can only see it as a villain trying to trap the protagonist in a world of happiness, only to use it againsy them by tearing it all down. But the part that really got me is when he sings, "Impossible's coming true, it's intoxicating you." And he's literally blowing smoke at everyone, intoxicating them into an illusion. All I'm trying to say is I've watched this too many times now and everytime I rewatch it, I find something else to geek out about. Thank you, and enjoy the views.

Me: * sees intro * Me: that kinda hot tho 🥵

so I've watched this animatic like 15 times? maybe 25? the expressions, the characters, and animatic in general is just so good, also the plot keeps me coming back (by plot I mean Nyx)

Shoutout to everyone else who watches these animatics at least 3 times a day

For a more coherent comment, I absolutely love how charismatic and charming this dude is. His dymanic with the other characters totally makes him really alluring to me. When he started making everyone dance, I thought: oh good god I'm falling for a fictional (villian?) again I need help

Let me try and see what's going on- Fancy man has been introduced, he has the power to make people high and control them. He manages to make one of the group members high. Our member goes and dances with Fancy man. It then happens to our other buddy, long hair and then glasses boi. Everything turns into a magical ballroom. Little baby is confused, why are people being possessed and why are they dancing? Little baby finds Long Hair and takes him back to reality. They find glasses boi and do the same. They look at their best friend who's dancing with Fancy man. Glasses Boi is the most mortified, he loves our friend. Fancy man makes their friend highx2, causing him to see perfect things, like his lover, Glasses Boi. Then he starts seeing strange and bad things. Then he is saved by glasses boi. They love. Little baby tackles Fancy man, who is angry. He then gets his army of possessed people to defeat our group. Edit: I'm sorry- I know there are names for these characters but I can't help but call Fancy man, Fancy man.

I want to acknowledge the amazingly dark and put together backstory and story writing but... YOU HAD NO RIGHT MAKING NYX THAT HOT.

This feels different after seeing Nyx’s backstory

*they're 2D drawings, don't be attracted to them* *they're 2D drawings, don't be attracted to them* *they're 2D drawings, don't be attracted to them* *they're 2D drawings, don't be attracted to them* *they're 2D drawings, don't be attracted to them*

This person can establish better characters in one song than most companies.

Man... making a "The Greatest show" sound villain - it's just genius. And the artwork is amazing. I love it!

I love the very short story told in just this song. And I love that all the villain’s plans got wrecked simply because “smoke rises, I’m short, and you were stupid enough to underestimate me.” I was cheering that little guy on throughout the whole piece, and then they’re the one taken over at the end? Brilliant!

how DARE these characters not have a full fleshed fandom THRIVING with content!!!! OP! I DEMAND to know why you and your OCs are so underrated!!!!!!

I AM MARRYING EVERY SINGLE CHARACTER HERE

I know I'm late for this but 1. Your art style is phenomenal 2. The grasp you have on anatomy, perspective, and expression is just w o a h 3. The story-line, characters, and background added together (plus the music) all make every one of your videos atmospheric and immersive in a way that has made me (personally) re-watch your videos on a nearly daily basis, and I'm sure I'm not the only one who does that 4. Hope you have a good day, and stay safe

Mir: sees Nyx dancing with Lyner Also Mir: OH HELL NO-

IM NOT EVEN DONE WATCHING HALF OF THE VIDEO BUT I HAD TO PAUSE JUST TO SAY HOW GREAT THIS IS, FRAME BY FRAME IS REALLY HARD, CREATING OCS AND A STORYLINE ARE REALLY HARD, FINDING A FITTING SONG IS REALLY HARD- YET YOU DO ALL OF THOSE AND MAKE IT LOOK ABSOLUTELY STUNNING LIKE GODDAMB

Lyner: ima have to ask you to respect the 6 foot rule Nyx: nah

I cannot express how much I love how the hair animated

Nyx: **blows some magic love smoke** Kay-ren: *oops ya missed one*

There's only one thing wrong with this animatic: The villain is *WAY* too hot.

*Move , I’m in love*

"What did we learn?" short ones are always the most helpful! "And dangerous!~"

I am obsessed with the animation during "And all that was real is left behind"? The transition from the lip-sync with prominent teeth lines to the face is reminding me sm of some style choices I've seen and loved in the past. Just love me a very tired, feral look.

I REALLY LIKE NYX HES SO HSJEGDHUFISJF he so pretti i to be pretti like he

The fact that this guys whole deal is like, I'm such a hipster that my vape makes people literally crazy, is so cool and I love it so much.

1:09 Ok, but can be appreciate the single frame before he gets knocked down

Watching this after her newest one makes me sad for nyx

It always surprises me how good of a introduction song The greatest show is. Though I really want to know more about these characters their just interesting. Is it like a d&d campaign inspired story? Cause it gives me that feeling though if it’s different that would also be cool.

Not to be dramatic but I’ve known Nyx for 3 minutes and I would die for him

These characters are so cute and your telling me they’re dead/destroyed, talk about depressing!

honestly there are very few OC animatics that interest me, and i was hesitant to watch this one, but the art style was so cute i just had to click. i'm so happy i did because holy hell in a handbasket, this was amazing and i was actually pretty disappointed once it ended. you did fantastic! great job!

When I saw Kay-Ren at the end being mind-controlled I was like- “nOoO, not the smol child”

lyner had me throwing a fit like....who gave that child the right to be so fekkin wholesome. i love him. precious bb. he deserves love. they all do in their own lil special way.

This feels like a DnD session

Moral of the story: always have someone short on your team

Here's my little theory on the figure in Lyner's hallucination; I think the smoke at first is showing him is deepest desire. His family is happy and together, and Mir and himself being hopelessly in love with each other. (I'm kinda wondering whether Lenna knows about the relationship and how she feels about it). Then the smoke starts showing him his deepest fear. Sort of like a trip gone bad... He sees his father, sister, and Mir dead. Murdered. And the killer? A combination of Lenna and himself! More accurately what he's afraid that he could become. I'm not sure whether it's because he's afraid to become a ruthless killer like his mother / what could happend if he doesn't learn to control his powers / or if he loses his pendant. Notice how his mother isn't lying dead with the others. I also noticed that the clothing the figure is wearing is very similar to Lyner's own in the video. He's wearing black pants, a fully bottomed shirt and his pendant with two black ribbons. The figure is wearing black pants, a shirt, and not to mention that the figure seems to be the same specie as Lyner (see the ears) and their hair have part in the same place (and the same part as Lenna). The shirt is more open than Lyner's and the pendant is missing and it seems like there used to be something around the figure's neck (the ribbon hanging loosely around their neck), so that might tie in to the theory that he's afraid to lose the pendant and what would happen if he did. I mean think about it for a bit... Lyner's a kind hearted, gentle pacifist with the power to destroy worlds if he so wishes. A power that he doesn't have complete control over or completely understands. That has to terrifying. And seeing as Lyner is described as an over thinker, it wouldn't be a stretch to assume that he would worry about something like that. On another note: Holy cow I loved every second of this and I am now following on KZfaq, Instagram & Tumblr and can't wait to learn more about this world or the characters in it! The art style is amazing and the characters are super likeable 😍

DUUUUUUDE THE PART WHERE THE SMALL WAS WAS TRYING TO GET TO EVERYONE AND THE BEAT GOT LOUDER I FELT ACTUAL DANGER!!! I SAW THE WIP ON YOUR TUMBLR AND LOVED IT BUT THE END RESULT IS 1000X BETTER THAN WHAT I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE LIKE!!!

I remember seeing this animatic when I was younger and loving the art that was put into it, and a few years later, coming back to it, my opinion on the content hasn't changed. This is great. You did amazing, and you still are!

I knew being short was going to be my saving grace one day

Now I’ll never be able to listen to this song without thinking of a very attractive villain manipulating his victims into a false state of happiness. The meaning has changed forever. Plus, the growing intensity at 0:32 then 0:45 feels especially panicked now. _I love it._

Can we just take a moment to appreciate the absolute badassness in that animation from 0:16 to 0:20? That was amazing. I loved it all but those few seconds were my favourite

I just fell in love with Nyx, I do not know why. By the way, animatics are at their best! It's beautiful, great, brilliant!

Nyx and Lyner dancing together looks so appealing, holy shit! When Nyx pulled Lyner against his chest for the first time and the moment when Nyx blew the smoke from his lungs at Lyner's face - I was magical!! The chemistry is through the roof and I'm here for it 😍

Is it just me or does this feel like a really good DND story

Ok but like, clearly the guy singing is some sort of “bad guy”, but he is immediately my favorite out of all the characters... why do I always like the “villain” character?

let's all be honest, this is like the 200th time you've watched this.

Holy shit.. this is absolutely beautiful. The animation, the story, the expressions.. I AM IN LOVE I have no words to express how in awe I am. This is probably one of the most original things I’ve see in my life. You truly seem like your skills have no end and there’s nothing holding you back. This is an amazing piece of work and I can’t help but playing it over and over again. You should truly, 150% be proud of this piece ❤️❤️❤️❤️

"Ladies and gents this is moment youve waited for" Me: *DAMN THATS HOT!!!*

nyx: ladies ... me: beautiful, love of my life, perfect. I have a crush on nyx

I love that the smol bean is unaffected by the hypnotic smoke JUST because they're so short

Can we just take a second appreciate how well Nyx can dance in heels? My mans has talent 👌

me:*see's it says animatic* also me:*see's the pictures move* also also me: wow didn't know it did that...

idk who these guys are and idk what's going on BUT HOLY CRAP did I love this!

goshhhh that the hottest villain I've ever seen... like, like look who wouldn't be attracted by him

This would be an amazing idea for a dnd boss. A boss with high charisma that when he sing can control people.

THE MAIN BAD GUY MAKES ME FEEL FEELINGS I DONT LIKE THIS WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO ME aaaaAAAAAA he’s so sexy You have a talent and have an intoxicating art style Keep it up seriously

Ive only known Nyx for 3 minutes but i already love him,,, but hes evill,,, i am torn. Also i wanna give Lyner a hug he seem like hes been through alot :(( looking forward to more content with these guys!!

Anyone else love coming back to old videos they used to watch 24/7 because this is it and it just make me happy

anyone notice at 1:23 Jet is crawling on the ground to avoid the smoke

me : AHHHHHHHHHH!!!! *slapping table repeatedly* this was soo cool-the characters-the concept-the smoke stuff? the eyes-just ahhh everything

DIOS SANTÍSIMO tus manos están hechas de oro puro, tus dibujos son gloria y tu animación es perfecta!!! esto debería ser una serie, es glorioso y hermoso !!!

lol love how kay-ren is just being held up so she inhales the smoke