Secret Life 9 in a Nutshell [Animatic]

god i love the contrast between scott's sacrifice and scar's unwillingness to end pearl's series like that

We've never had a better- or less willing- villain.

1:37 Ohhh I love Grian swooping over Pearl's body as a ghost, it's wonderfully subtle and indicates Grian's in-chat message to Scar so perfectly

Etho is just the most wholesome man ever. He was getting chased down and he’s just like “I just want to die at my home”

I’ve never seen the “scar she’s dead” part portrayed that way! Absolutely wonderful!

Skizz and Scar’s look exchange at 0:28 is insane! I love your animations so much!

oh my god, scar playing it off as an accident THE FUCKING SMIRK. he’s the opitome of a glorious-bastard villain and i love him for that. i hope he gets to have a better friend/ ally network next season. his commitment to not betraying pearl was so sweet, he finally got the friendship he was looking for all season and was going to see it through to the end, even if it could have got him killed 💜

Man, the frame with the silhouettes of the winners is so ominous, but so great. It’s like they’re saying “you’re one of us now, now you know how it feels”

Okay, but the way you drew Skizz's stare (0:29) and Scar's expression when he says "crazy" (0:31) have me wanting a whole movie now! That is just brillant storytelling, I love it sooo much! Honestly, with this animatic and the one you did for "Earth" the last session especially seems so cinematic, a movie with Scar as the protagonist would work so well. Thank you for highlighting and recontextualising these moments so the potential for the really compelling story that lies within becomes apparent, I don't think I would have seen it without your animatics! ❤

The EXPRESSIONS!!!!!! You did such a fantastic job! I've got chills from Skizz and Scar's looks

0:50 I like how scott goes from being the dramatic sacrifice play to being your grandparent's giving you their leftovers

Scar is such a good villan Props Well animated too Really got the vibes he was giving out through the video

Scar won because he knew exactly how to make and break alliances. He managed to get every faction he interacted with in session 9 to, at least briefly, ally with him and assist him. He allied with the heart foundation (even after pinning them against each other) to attack the mounders, only to betray them, ally with the mounders instead and come out on top. He allied with Gem & the Scotts who helped him kill BigB, Cleo and Etho, only to then (unintentionally) break away and work together with Pearl to take out Gem And when it was only him and Pearl left, he did not hesitate to finish what he started. To win Secret life, he had to break his final alliance too. This was the way of Traitor Scar; I mean Trader Scar, and his genuinely impressive victory.

Scar was an absolute menace in this final session, it was insane. I love the stare down at 0:27, just Scar’s smirk. Verbally trying to convince the others, but fully admitting what he down to Skizz. I love the ghosts of all the winners at the end, welcoming Scar to their ranks.

I love how you had Grian’s ghost lead Scar’s vision to Pearl’s body as a way to visualize Grian telling Scar that Pearl died in chat. Very creative and unique

The best aspect within the whole LifeSeries is that each player makes subconscious decisions to naturally balance some things out across the seasons, as these are friends just playing minecraft, its not a tournament or competition.

the change in expression and wording from wounded animal to put him out of his mizzory was halrous and worked so well.

Scar and Skizz making eye contact as they talk about tango's death with everyone else kinda blurred in the background??? IS SO EPIC. NOT TO MENTION HIS SMIRK AS HE SAYS "let's put him out of his misery" about Etho, and Gem and Scott's expressions as Scott sacrifices himself i just GAHHH I could go on but this was freaking EPIC MAN AWESOME JOB AS ALWAYS :D

I was just watching your animations when you posted! And it looks fantastic! I love how much emotions is there during Scott's death, and Skizz and Scar's expression after Tango was killed were just golden ❤️

Scars "crazy" with that look at skizz😭 THE AUDACITY😭😭