To be fair Before things went to hell Blumiere was rather stable It was after Blumiere 's dad sent tippi away and he opened the dark pronosticus that he went a bit nuts
@@cmyk8964Both of them are only presumed to be dead, you can see them living happily in a grassy field in the end, so who knows? Even so, Timpani was more than happy to go out this way.
@@isauldron4337 I saw it in stages. First Blumiere was isolated as hell by edict of his father: for the duty of being head of the Tribe of Darkness. Then he was found by Timpani and started to question his role and future. Then his father took Timpani from him. Then, he opened the Dark Prognosticus out of rage and despair ... and once you open that book you see the grim, cold, truth of your fate and you lose a sense of free will. Maybe Blumiere, before becoming Count Bleck, thought he was doing this all on his own, to find or avenge Timpani, but once he like anyone looking into that Book saw what he thought was his fate, he gave up and completely gave in. It was only when the heroes and the Light Prognosticus and Timpani interfered that it changed fate, or added sentimentality and love to the grimness of it ... and that made the difference.
@@MadWeegee I mean, to be fair, Mario hardly has any impact on the story beyond him saving the day. Like, you could replace him and the rest of the playable cast with totally original characters and hardly anything would be lost. If I have one gripe with SPM, it would be that I wished the story had a bit more to do with the Mario world beyond the main 4 and some enemies.
@@thegoodmudkip3652 Fair. The only things I can think of that needed Mario to be Mario for it to work was Bowser being so mad that Mario destroyed his castle for "like the 100th time", and the joke that nobody knows who Mr. L is.
This is the reason that Super Paper Mario is my favorite Mario game. It wasn't an overcomplicated plot or took itself too seriously, but it had enough of a plot that was spread throughout the game along with a great blend of comedy and heartfelt emotion to portray something that actually felt like an adventure.
I thought he looked like a circus director while his minions fit to the circus description with Nastasia being the hypnotist, O'Chunks the strongman, Mimi the shape shifter, Mr. L the circus artist and who would've thought that Dimentio is the clown
This really hits the heart really hard. Especially with that song of choice, it really conveys Bleck's tragedy and pain towards the end of this video. It’s enough to make my heart stop for a moment.
I can't even begin to explain how amazing this is You truly brought Blumiere's/Count bleck's story to life so beautifully His meeting with timpani all the way to one of the last times we ever see them It's beautiful This is how their story would be told through visuals (cause we really only get text ingame)
If only the second instalment was on the horizon. SPM will forever be my favorite of the trilogy, yes I said trilogy as later games simply lost the charm the original three had.
Nah I agree dude. PM64, PMTTYD, and SPM are a trilogy. Truly the strongest Paper Mario’s, until we got *Paper* Mario and everything went to hell (or maybe the Underwhere)
Oh my gods everything about this is so beautiful I almost teared up at several points your Timpani design is adorable I love your headcanon for Nastasia and the glasses, staff, etc. I love how you had the Bleck Squad get together in the same order as when you fight them (thematic parallels are so good) literally everything about this is amazing
This animatic is truly a masterpiece, and this Nastasia headcanon is something I could totally accept as canon - I really love her pre-minion design, as Timpani's one, too. As a old SPM fan who still loves the game and its characters, seeing a beautiful work full of heart as this not only makes my day but also makes me feel in love with this game once more. Thank you so much for making this
it's a crime Nintendo just decided to forget about the whole SPM cast. the story this game had was something else. something the paper Mario games that followed don't and will never have ever again. fantastic job, every single bit gave me chills!
Damn, even as a storyboard animatic. This is really amazing, every thought care and attention to detail shows. The enjoyment making this shows and it's utterly heartbreaking to watch. Good choice of song too 👍
First off, this is now one of my favorite videos on this platform. It is CRIMINALLY underrated, both it and your channel deserve more attention. And second off, this made me feel something. And that’s coming from a person who feels emotionally numb a lot. The ending of Super Paper Mario came close to bringing me to tears, which says something as it is beyond rare that a piece of media makes me feel that way. But this just beat that out. It didn’t make me cry, no, but I FELT something while watching this. That’s how you know you did a good job. The expressions, music, just everything is freaking amazing. You should feel beyond proud of yourself for this, keep up the work! Edit from over a year later: I'm much better with my emotions now and SPM is still peak. God is good!
It's honestly a fuzzy feeling for me that the underrated 3rd sibling of the original Paper Mario trilogy is getting more love in recent years by fans🥰. Also that's an adorable interpretation of what Tippi/Timpani would have looked like as a human before she had her soul put into that butterfly🦋 looking pixl body by Merlon.
This was phenomenal! Some parts almost got me to tears. I want to see someone animate this next. And 7 minutes of story boarding takes a really long time, so good work
I loved seeing your rendition of Blumiere and Timpani's meeting, relationship, and loss. Their story was the true story of SPM and to see it enacted in this way was simply beautiful. . . well done!
This is such a masterpiece! The story of super paper Mario is such an amazing story and the game doesn’t get talked much. It should tho. This was just so beautiful
This… holy shit. I cannot express how much I love this thing. I think one of the best things about this, aside from the animated parts which are SO AMAZING is the wordless story telling. You can tell EXACTLY what’s happening through the visuals alone. You can even kinda imagine what the characters are saying. The only thing I can describe this is, *Beautiful.* 999/10 Edit: I just wannna compile a list of everything great about this thing •The expressions in the characters are amazing •The movements of the characters are amazing especially Dimentio’s •The animations tend to sync perfectly with the music. •It’s cool how all of Bleck’s minions were present when Bleck murdered his father. •At 5:42 is one of my favorite scenes in this. We have Bleck crying who has come to realize that Timpani is gone and he isn’t getting her back any time soon. Nastasia is trying to comfort him. O’Chunks and Mimi are just happily talking, completely oblivious to what is going on and Dimentio is looking back towards the Count. He knows EXACTLY that the Count is lying to him and he is smiling at the Count’s misery. •Some of the scenes are directly based off moments in the game, of course and you can tell exactly which scene is what if you’ve played the game as much as I have. •The music is a great choice. It encapsulates all of Bleck’s thoughts. He didn’t want to exist without Timpani. He couldn’t bare to be without her. So his only solution was to destroy himself and everything that took his beloved away from him. •Your design for Bleck’s father is very nice. His slouch is kind of nice. •I wanna just say again the expressions and movements are so good. They’re just so amazing. •4:17 Hugging •Just everything about this. Everything is amazing. It’s perfect.
Thanks for the interpretation! I first played this game when I was roughly 5, and then I got stumped after chapter 2. I saw the game in my cabinet in middle school and decided to take another stab at it. At the time, I wasn't really seeing it as an rpg, just more of a platformer with a story. Furthermore, the storyline between the chapters became confusing, as I hadn't really played the game in eight years, and my memory wasn't clear on what happened. After clearing chapter 5, I decided to give up trying to pay attention to the side storyline and focus on the main plot, but that only made the end more confusing. I haven't touched the game since, so this recap really helps! Thanks again!
If you showed this to someone with zero context, I guarantee that they wouldn't even know it was _Mario_ until Peach and Bowser showed up. And even then they'd probably think these are just a bunch of random angsty OCs.
The only reason Mario and the gang are in this game is to keep it a Paper Mario game. But none of them are the main character. I love the surreal vibe of this game, and as I played it I had to keep reminding myself that I'm playing as Mario characters.
This is the definiton of underrated, seriously everything about this is beautiful, the animation is really well done, I like your little spin on the backstory better than the original one tbh, and I love how you slightly emphasized Dimentio's toxic relationship with Bleck, constantly floating around him, observing him in the scene at 5:42 and destroing his spirit near the end of the animation. And this still does not have more 500k views? Smh
AAAAAAAAAA IT'S TOO PRECIOUS, I ACTUALLY CRIED A LITTLE- T0T Seriously tho, I love this beautiful interpretation of Timpani and Blumiere's story. I don't know why, but seeing this where Blu gathers his team BEFORE becoming Count Bleck just makes the whole lying/betrayal fiasco at the end with Dimentio 256x more sadder since all of them have been together thru it all even before they were the "bad guys"- q-q
Everyone is the protagonist of their own story, although in this case and without realizing it Blumiere (Count Bleck) ended up being the real protagonist of the game. Their love story is one of the saddest ever written (even more than Romeo and Juliet). This animation is an unfairly underrated masterpiece and I don't know if you would like it, but it would be fantastic if you animate it in color one day, I would really appreciate it, I will share this video on my social networks so that more people appreciate your work, thank God that I found this video of my favorite Paper Mario game, simply beautiful animation.
This was absolutely stellar omg. I love how you can interpret Blumiere/Timpani’s story so differently from person to person. I truly think SPM is one of the most effective emotionally driven plots I’ve ever witnessed
I absolutely LOVE your ideas and personal headcanon - especially when Blumiere serched for Timpani WITH Nastasia and therefore met the whole gang - truly amazing work you inspired me for some artworks haha.
Wow...... I found this video for the first time a few days ago, but I've been putting off leaving a comment, because I feel like there are no words I can possibly string together to properly convey just how I feel about it, and how much it means to me........ but I have to try. "Super Paper Mario except I take it way too seriously"? Oh no, that couldn’t be further from the truth: you took it _just as seriously as it needed to be._ And more. “Why did I make this”? You made it for every single person who played this criminally underrated game as a kid and became _obsessed_ with this ship, this pairing between a blue count guy and a rainbow butterfly girl that was THE defining romance - one of those people being me, and obviously, clearly, with all the love you’ve put into this, yourself being one of them, as well. Super Paper Mario remains one of my favorite games of all time, and like so many others I have heavy childhood nostalgia for it. And I may just sound like an overdramatic, nostalgic, biased fangirl, but to this day, Blumiere and Timpani’s love story is still the greatest I have ever encountered, despite it being told so simply and with so much left up to interpretation, in a freaking Mario game of all things. It’s beautiful, and sad, and deep, and passionate, and I’ve always longed to see something that takes it more seriously and gives it the grander treatment that it deserves, at least in a video format (there are already plenty of fanfics and art for this ship, and I love them all 💖)… and that’s exactly what you’ve done here. This is, in every sense of the word, a masterpiece. It is CRIMINAL that it doesn’t have more views and attention, that the ENTIRE FANDOM doesn’t know about it. I can’t believe I didn’t find it two years ago, and that I only did now because I’m on a SPM kick again and so this got recommended to me. I have NEVER seen an animatic for these two before, and to see one so long, with such a gorgeous and haunting and fitting song, with SO much attention to detail and emotion in every single frame… I want to cry, I HAVE cried watching this, I feel so unbelievably spoiled and overwhelmed beyond belief 😭😭😭💖💖💖 Your designs for Blumiere and Timpani are SO CUTE; admittedly I’ve gotten so used to the more typical anime-esque/humanoid designs some fanartists use for them, but I really love how you stylized all of the characters according to the game’s art style, and found a balance between making them cutesy but not _too_ cartoonish, so they don’t feel out of place for the serious tone of the story (idk if that makes sense lol). I love, as another comment said, how EXPRESSIVE everyone is - how despite there being no dialogue, you can easily imagine EXACTLY what’s being said or why they react a certain way, purely based on their expressions or body language, and I think even someone who didn’t already know the story could easily tell for a lot of it, too. I know jack all about the process of making an animatic, but I’m fascinated by how this has typical static frames I expect, yet certain moments appear to be straight-up actually animated as well??? It’s so FLUID, and SO pleasing to the eye to watch. I’ve been rewatching it so many times over the last few days (I have a problem asldkfklds) and I swear I pick up on a new observation or detail every time I do, this is just SO WELL-MADE AND I’M FILLED WITH SO MUCH EMOTION EVERY TIME I WATCH IT AUGHHHHH I absolutely LOVE your take on Nastasia, and on the order of events. In my own personal interpretation, I always assumed that Blumiere getting the Dark Prognisticus and killing his father/destroying the tribe happened immediately after Timpani was banished, and that he searched for her and found all his minions once he already had the identity of Count Bleck. To me, them only meeting him once he’s already Bleck, and without having more knowledge of his plight/motivations, adds more significance to the fact that they’re still so loyal to him (well most of them lmao), because by that point he's already in “villain mode” so-to-speak, and yet humanized by the fact that he obviously found other people to care for despite supposedly wanting to destroy all worlds. BUT, this interpretation is just as compelling for different reasons: the minions meeting and knowing him as his true self instead of once he’s already “a villain” (though I guess still already calling himself Bleck, because of the later Dimentio moment and all), and bonding with him all that time and BEING WITH HIM when he finally turns to his last resort and turns evil and kills his father, Nastasia being the one who knew him the longest and knew him at his most innocent and vulnerable… I love it so much, as well. It makes them feel even closer to him, with them being there when he does the deed and takes on his new persona entirely, yet again even still not truly _knowing_ him as intimately as Nastasia does. No matter the order of events, Nastasia is always the one who knew him for the longest and knows his real self the most, and I’ve never seen anyone have their relationship start as far back as this; making her one of his servants is so genius and so bittersweet?? I love it so much??? It adds much more significance to why she would be so loyal to him, and why she would be so determined to help him be with Timpani (both during the early search and at the endgame when they realize she’s alive) and care so much about his happiness despite her own feelings, because she was _there_ when he still had Timpani; she _saw_ how happy he was with her in his life, much happier than she’d probably ever seen him before, and she wanted to preserve that happiness no matter what. She’s so goodddddd 😭😭😭 this just might be my favorite Nastasia interpretation fr, as much as I love the bat story in-game too; they’re both poignant in their own ways 💙 (and idk if you meant that people were giving you shit for doing your own spin on things, but if they are they can shut it, because this is WONDERFUL; seeing everyone’s different takes on the SPM cast in fandom is part of what makes it so great and fun to interact with) This comment is already way too long lmao, but now I’m going to go through this and overanalyze/dissect every single second and point out my favorite parts/details (like another comment did but more lmao), because this and you deserve that much, for how much work and care you put into this masterpiece: • 1:37, love at first sight 🥹💖 • The way he flinches at 1:46 when she reaches for him, it’s a small moment but it says so much about how this is probably the first real time he’s known any kind of love or compassion in his life :’) She touches his wound so tenderly, and her expression is so sweet, and combined with the lyrics "if it’s gonna get violent tonight, tell me you’re gonna be alright; you’re gonna be [alright]”, it’s just so 😭😭😭 my HEART 😭😭😭 (sorry most of this will probably just be incoherent gushing OTL) • 1:57 they are so cute together I’m gonna fucking cry (I’m crying the entire time lmaoooo) • 2:07 love at second sight :’) • I’m so curious what the bubbles in the background at 2:11 are supposed to be… as for the circles, is it supposed to be like a yin-yang design? I LOVE them, especially Timpani’s version, because the way they’re laying at 2:14 sorta forms a heart shape :’) and them slowly rotating combined with “I don’t want the world to turn without you” *chef’s kiss* I wish I could have that image of them in the circle separately; it’s so nice looking 💖 • Blumiere’s father has SUCH A GOOD DESIGN. I love the way he’s hunched over, yet still appears intimidating and towering over Blumiere and Timpani. He's very scary with such a simple design, and his first appearance with the smoke and him rising up out of it with the red lighting reminds me of like in a Disney movie when the villain appears and grows large in a similar fashion. He’s fantastic 👌 • Blumiere is so unbelievably smitten at 2:42 and 2:49 😭😭😭 precious bean • The way he gets scared when he hears someone enter his room, then is relieved to see that it’s Nastasia, and then IMMEDIATELY starts gushing to her about Timpani; I can just _hear_ everything he’s saying, look at the way he’s holding his face and how happy he issssss!!! 😭😭😭💖💔 and her little determined nod at 3:08 when he asks her to help him see her again…! She’s so good and cares so much about him!!! • 3:32 and 3:41 *crying over how sweet and adorable they are for the millionth time* LOOK AT HOW TENDERLY HE TOUCHES HER FACE………. AND THEIR SMILES AT EACH OTHER… I CANTTTTT 😭😭😭💖💖💖 that might just be my favorite frame in this entire thing tbh, I wish it was a separate art, it’s so beautifulllll 😭💖 • 3:49 him doing the throat cutting gesture oh my GOD, it’s genuinely so chilling and has to be one of my favorite parts as well. Obviously there’s no dialogue so that’s the only real way to convey the severity of his threat, but that’s what makes it so powerful and terrifying; no words are needed. Along with the lyrics “I’m getting tired on the other side”, which could refer to the father’s patience being nearly at its limit, but also just in general with Blumiere being unhappy on the side of the Tribe of Darkness/how their side isn’t right for him and Timpani. (I hit the character limit, oh my god why am I like this 💀 continued in the reply comment; I am so sorry you have to read all this)
• 4:05 HIM PREPARING HIMSELF AND THEN BOWING OUT OF THE FRAME AS THE MUSIC SWELLS…. aughhhHHHHHHHHH my favorite section of the whole thing actually 😭😭😭💖💖💖 (as I say at every part lmfao) it’s so powerful and you _know_ exactly what’s going on even before you see him holding the ring, and even if you don’t know the story. And he’s so cute with it, and her crying smile is so cute, and then THE HUG AT 4:17 😭💖 aka the other best frame in this *cries* they are peak romance your honor!!! • Blumiere’s father wearing glasses like Nastasia’s when he hypnotizes Timpani, very nice touch • He looks so scared at 4:42 and the father is so scary in the next frame, and at the peak of the singing, I’m so sad :’) and it took me a few rewatches to catch it, but the heartbeat monitor line flattening at 4:49, with the slight screen shake as the music abruptly stops, ohhhh that’s so good im so fucked up :’) 💔 • Blumiere and Nastasia going back down the levels of the castle at 5:02, mirroring the similar part at the end of the video… • The little exchange at 5:13, man… He’s uncertain, being in his Bleck outfit now but still very much Blumiere, and Nastasia makes it clear to him that she’ll be with him every step of the way, giving him the encouragement he needs to steel himself. He goes through the portal without her, and she wants to say more, clearly worried about him, but she has no choice but to silently follow him, as she always has, and as she forever will. The repeated refrain alluding to Blumiere not wanting the world to turn and the sun to burn without Timpani, but also Nastasia not wanting the world to turn and the sun to burn without Blumiere :’) • The montage of him traveling and meeting all the minions is so great. And at 5:42, when he’s privately distraught at the futility of the search, with Nastasia comforting him while O’Chunks and Mimi are happily chatting and none the wiser to his pain (but Dimentio catching on because he’s Dimentio, smh), aughhhh my heart man…. 💔 • love Dimentio being the one to subtly point out the Dark Prognosticus to Blumiere • Blumiere’s father appearing much smaller and helpless and not at all intimidating anymore once he’s at the mercy of Bleck, as he kills him… god… • The sequence with his evil laugh at 6:21 as the music hits its peak is pure _magic_ , especially because of the split second frame in there that shows him with wings, as the flow of his cape mimics wings as well, giving him the feeling of being a fallen angel. It’s so GOOD and tragic and powerful and- *cries* • Blumiere gesturing for Nastasia not to help him after Dimentio exposes him :’) I’m in pain • The frame at 7:39 literally crushes my soul to pieces… Earlier in the video, he goes down the stairs of the castle to go through the portal after Timpani, and now, he ascends the stairs, also to go towards her (feels like he’s ascending to heaven 😭 sorry I mean the Overthere)… except this time, it’s not to reunite with her, but to say goodbye, once and for all. He stands at the top of the castle and watches her approach, lets himself see her as “Blumiere” one last time, and bows goodbye to her. The lyrics “I don’t wanna live a life without you; I will watch the world burn without you” could not be more fitting for such a moment. he’s crying. i’m crying. we’re all crying. my life is irrevocably changed from this stupid game and this stupid couple and this crowning glory that belongs in a museum 👍 I wrote a fucking essay here so long that I had to split it into two comments, oh my god I feel so embarrassed lmao, I just can never shut up once I start rambling 💀 but I also don’t regret a single word of it, because this video deserves every bit of thorough praise I could give, and more; it deserves all of my feelings, all of my thoughts, all of my love, and I wanted to take note of every detail, so you’d know that none of it went unnoticed and unappreciated. This is pure beauty, this is _art._ This is the perfect, powerful animated tribute SPM and this couple deserve, and it makes me so emotional to be able to tell just how much you love it/them too, by how much care you put into this 🥹💖 I can’t even imagine how long and how much hard work it took you to make, and I don’t know if you have any desire to ever make more… but, if you decide to, one day, I would _die_ to see a continuation, from the final battle to the end of the game with their wedding 😭😭😭 legit I would PAY for that, I am being so serious lmao. Or anything else you’d want to do with them. Just. Blumiere and Timpani are in the best hands with you 😭🙏 if there’s anyone I would trust to bring their story to life, as you already did here, it’s you. Thank you so much for blessing us with this beautiful treasure. My childhood self is completely overwhelmed, in the best way 🥹😭💖 now I’m going to shut up already, and rewatch this for the millionth time. I know I’ll be coming back to it often, and thinking about it for a long, long time :’) (also the thumbnail is amazing in its own right. _Have_ to mention that.)
You said everyting that had to be said, this is trully a masterpiece, and you also understand all the depth of the animation and SPM. Im really speechless, you made a really good comment 𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘑𝘰𝘣 👍
bruh how do I decide to replay this game for the 100000000th time a few days ago and between then and now (the night I beat it) this gets uploaded. crying . love what you did with nastasia's origin and your timpani design !
oh my goodness you have no idea how happy i am that someone pointed out design and backstory timpani in particular had to be a combination of things: inspiration from other designs to make it read as timpani, conventions from how the mario franchise likes to design its princesses, making it *not obvious* that tippi is timpani, making her not a nightmare to animate... balancing all that was a really strange experience, but i ended up with something i really enjoy, and i'm really glad the audience seems to like it too
bro as you can tell by my account name i am an extreme spm fan and i gotta say this is one of the BEST paper mario videos i have ever seen. though it may not align with the actual lore from the game, everything is genius, from nastasia starting off as a young maid for the tribe of darkness and befriending blumiere, later to depart with him when re rebels, as well as the story of how he met each villain, down to the last details of dimentio showing signs of his own agenda, like when they're around the campfire and he's peeking back at the count, who is struggling to deal with his emotions and such. amazing
this is the third time I've come back to this video in two days... I... can't express enough... I'm not a normally emotional guy, I don't remember when the last time I cried or thought about crying for a fictional character... this made me actually question why I'm not crying right now... also... can I say how this song was a perfect choice for this animation and for this game and for it's story. I loved literally everything about this.
UM HELLO THIS IS SO GOOD LIKE WTF WHY DOESN'T THIS MASTERPIECE HAVE MORE VIEWS???? I currently am in a super paper mario nostalgia and seeing that people still make new content for this game despite it being over a decade old, it just makes me so happy! This was so amazing I almost cried, great work!
Beautiful work on this animatic! Its so nice to see the Count Bleck and Tippi's backstory in a more clear and visual sense. Also loves that you went with the "show, don't tell" route which makes retelling this story more interesting
This is amazing! Its always a pleasant surprise to see art and other content of super paper Mario made by fans who also love the story and characters! I've been playing the game recently again due to childhood nostalgia, thanks for making this beautiful animatic!
I love this. This animation is great, and I love seeing Blumiere's transformation into Count Bleck. It's so weird to realize he didn't always refer to himself in the third person when he was Blumiere, but after reading the Dark Prognosticus he adopted that moniker, and probably went more than a little mad. I do wish we could have seen him slaughter his father and his world after the latter's betrayal, to complete that transformation. But it is all awesome. I like how he and his henchmen, his minions, were basically him as the hero and them as his allies. If only he had been more discerning of that pest ... Dimentio. ;)
Super paper mario has the darkest story (the whole end of the world is the true prophecy) and the best story ever (Blumiare and Timpani) And this was perfect
Been two years since I saw this and I keep coming back to it just to feel something and remind myself of how much I love SPM. I’m still waiting for a colorized version or even a interpretation of what happened to the two after the events of the game. Amazing work ❤️
Sooooo awesome! My 13 yo little brother just started playing this game after I’ve played it 3 times, this animatic makes everything so simple and understanding plus we’ll done!
This is my favorite paper mario game when i played it as a child, I LOVED it. Is everything I want in a game, good and beautiful story, good humor, good mechanics good bosses, good ending (I cried when blumiere and timpani were on a hill saying that they are happy for all eternity) although o chuncks was a leader of an army but one his generals betrayed him and when he was all alone count bleck.. i mean blumiere found him. And dimentio always knew about the chaos heart profecy. When we finally beat him once and for all, im not very sure if he actually died because he can trick everyone so easy and make us believe that and his character is pretty creepy and funny and cruel, so he could of escaped to a safe place
This animatic is perfect! You did such an amazing job with every aspect from the music to your illustrations. Love this so, so much! Thanks for bringing this story to life again! Really miss having games with stories like this 😃!
Bro, the song??? The animation??? The emotion??? God I fell in love with this game all over again. Seeing it told in this format just gave me chills. I absolutely adore the way you’ve captured this!!!
I'm going to be honest, when I first saw this I was expecting a vine or something due to the thumbnail looking kind of silly to me. This hit me like a f*cking brick for that assumption.
OMG, i´m about to cry. This animatic it's a prove that the love SPM deserves, and not only that you just made it amazing and beautiful, how dedicate!! Love it
So beautiful.....I don't think I've ever seen such a detailed animatic.....Let alone a paper Mario one. I've already watched this on loop! Thank you so much for encapsulating one of the key reasons why this game I'd one of my absolute favourite games of all time. You've just earnt a new subscriber my friend! 🤩
Wow. Incredible work. Kinda struggling to think of words to describe how great this is, really. Excellent interpretation of the game's backstory/story. It's awesome seeing Blumiere and Timpani being developped more in depth, gives the whole story a lot of extra immersion and emotion. In only a few scenes, elements like Blumiere's conflicted past before meeting Timpani, his troubled relationship with his father (love his design btw), or Timpani's fear of things not working out are implemented in very natural ways, following an intriguing little story. The head-canons, specifically in regards to Nastasia and her hypnotic glasses, are really enjoyable and add to the story in their own ways. I love the montage of Bleck going around recluting his minions, and then it being reflected with a mirrored montage of Mario & Co. fighting them. The music choice is fitting and goes well with the animation and themes too. Everything is expertly crafted to give this story a more epic and cinematic feeling. It may be cheesy, but I love it, I can feel the passion that went into this. Having grown up with this game and it being an all-time favorite of mine, it's delightful seeing this much passion and creativity poured into it. Also, that last meme Bleck in the corner for half a second after all the serious stuff made me audibly chuckle, if that's worth anything.
This was beautiful. I always loved this story in the game, I always loved this game. I teared up because of the raw emotion this made me feel. I wasn't expecting the main plot of the game at the end but that was cool to see the whole story play out. XD
not too far off from what really happened, Count Bleck's story is one of tragedy built from his own father seemingly ending the life of the one Count Bleck loved the most and he fell into deepest despair thinking the world better off gone without the woman he loved alive and by his side doubt plagued him every step of the way and that only grew when he learned of his lost love's survival but believed himself too far gone to immediately give up what he began.
Oh my god, this is incredible! I love your interpretation of the Super Paper Mario flashbacks with Timpani and Blumiere! The art is, of course, outstanding, but this video hit me so hard in the feels… Exceptional work! :D
HOLY CRAP THIS IS AMAZINGGGGGG I wish that I found this video so much sooner!!! It always warms my heart to see SPM get any acknowledgement these days, but DAMN you went above and beyond and represented this game as the beautiful work of art that it is!! Makes me cry over Timpani and Blumiere all over again man 😭😭 But seriously just. Well done!! I will absolutely be watching this video again and again, it’s just too amazing
Op this is an absolute beautiful and gorgeous tribute to Super Paper Mario and the love story of Blumiere and Timpani (I hope I spelled their names right) I literally cried for all of this video. Bravo!
I’ve always read the ‘letters’ at the end of each chapter in the game, how Blumiere’s loss of Lady Timpani made the evil grow inside him, if he couldn’t be with her, the he would destroy all worlds
I watch this so many times. The animation is great, the everything, oh my goodness words can’t describe how great this is! Love this video in my top 5 favorite Yt videos!
I LEGIT. HAVE NO WORDS TO EXPRESS. HOW MUCH I LOVED THIS. I’M??? SOBBING?????? THIS IS SO GOOD AND EVERYTHING IVE ALWAYS WANTED!!! 😭❤️ I literally became like a giddy child at Christmas and started running around sobbing to my friends and family about how good this was THANK YOU SO MUCH OMG. I’m reminded yet again how much I love this freaking game, even after all these years. I’m so happy to see others who cherish it as much as I do and to create such amazing art surrounding it. Thank you 🥺💖!!!
This is so good! All of the artwork is stellar, the story you're trying to tell is coming through beautifully and all the emotions are just perfect! It's amazing to see this interpretation of their origin's (I love nastasia's by the way) and Timpani's design is perfect! Stellar job!
Something that is really cool is that at first, the Blumeire’s Father is tall and threatening until Blumeire loses it and becomes Bleck. Then Blumiere’s Father became smaller, showing that he was no longer the big threat. Good attention to detail of how powerless he was to stop Bleck from destroying the world that the Tribe Of Darkness lived on!
His father's fear was palpable. And he was the one who created that threat. That was a look of karma coming to roost, of realizing just how badly he fucked up. And perhaps it was a little more satisfying than it should have been. Definitely that cruel smile on Bleck's face actually made his father's formerly imposing figure look as pathetic as it really was by comparison.
I watched this shortly after you posted this, and I was mainly in awe of the animation. Now, a while later, I watched it and I couldn't stop crying after A Certain Point. Your art is beautiful and the combination of art and song is enough to bring people to their knees.
Although it is quite late for me to comment from when this was uploaded I just wanted to say thank you for making this beautiful animatic, you did SPM the justice it deserved and I'm glad I'm not the only one who remembers it, I grew up with this game and seeing it be put together in art to this degree brought me to my knees halfway through watching it, you're amazing and I hope you and those in the comments are doing well.
I view Count Bleck/Blumiere as the embodiment of opposites separate. His and Timpani's story serve as an example of what happens when a lover is separated from another. This could be a dark parallel to Romeo And Juliet.
I just realized that the relationship between Blumiere and Timpani is literally “I can fix him” but it actually worked.
To be fair
Before things went to hell Blumiere was rather stable
It was after Blumiere 's dad sent tippi away and he opened the dark pronosticus that he went a bit nuts
As long as you don't count them both dying in the end
"I fixed him... but at what cost?"
@@cmyk8964Both of them are only presumed to be dead, you can see them living happily in a grassy field in the end, so who knows?
Even so, Timpani was more than happy to go out this way.
@@isauldron4337 I saw it in stages. First Blumiere was isolated as hell by edict of his father: for the duty of being head of the Tribe of Darkness. Then he was found by Timpani and started to question his role and future. Then his father took Timpani from him. Then, he opened the Dark Prognosticus out of rage and despair ... and once you open that book you see the grim, cold, truth of your fate and you lose a sense of free will. Maybe Blumiere, before becoming Count Bleck, thought he was doing this all on his own, to find or avenge Timpani, but once he like anyone looking into that Book saw what he thought was his fate, he gave up and completely gave in. It was only when the heroes and the Light Prognosticus and Timpani interfered that it changed fate, or added sentimentality and love to the grimness of it ... and that made the difference.
Seeing regular ass Mario after the first six minutes was jarring, I was so immersed
For real, I've played through this game so many times and I still can't believe it's the story of a Mario game
@@MadWeegee I mean, to be fair, Mario hardly has any impact on the story beyond him saving the day. Like, you could replace him and the rest of the playable cast with totally original characters and hardly anything would be lost. If I have one gripe with SPM, it would be that I wished the story had a bit more to do with the Mario world beyond the main 4 and some enemies.
@@thegoodmudkip3652 Fair. The only things I can think of that needed Mario to be Mario for it to work was Bowser being so mad that Mario destroyed his castle for "like the 100th time", and the joke that nobody knows who Mr. L is.
@@PrunselClone The latter being really stupid because that’s literally his brother.
@@infinityheart_tm9270 What? You gotta be trolling me, there's no way Luigi is Mr. L
This is the reason that Super Paper Mario is my favorite Mario game. It wasn't an overcomplicated plot or took itself too seriously, but it had enough of a plot that was spread throughout the game along with a great blend of comedy and heartfelt emotion to portray something that actually felt like an adventure.
It did have some dark moments though.
@@seasonembrace3624But ended well for it
I want a fully animated and colorized version of this storyboard so badly.
Same here
yea,
that'd be cool
Same
Indeed
Same
6:16 : *Peach and Bowser appear*
Me: Oh right this is a story for a Mario game
Luigi turns to villainy😮
This is amazing! Also I always thought that Blumire/Blecks outfit in the game was a wedding suit, anyone else think that or just me?
I... HOLY
i
i had never thought about this before but this is gonna live in my brain now
Hol' on-
IT IS
I thought he looked like a circus director while his minions fit to the circus description with Nastasia being the hypnotist, O'Chunks the strongman, Mimi the shape shifter, Mr. L the circus artist and who would've thought that Dimentio is the clown
@@PAPERskillordyeah it’s like a mix between a ringleader and a wedding suit oml
Dude, this is awsome! It's so nice to see people care this much for Super Paper Mario!
ngl i thought the game was lost to time
@@nightmare_eclipse4933 you'd be so surprised
@@nathanelgatian9950 we refuse this wonderful game to die
Yes, SPM is really cool to be forgotten
I agree, its my second favorite game
Watching this after watching the Mario movie is making me realize that this game's story would be a PHENOMENAL movie.
I wanna see Count Bleck lively animated so badly...
This really hits the heart really hard. Especially with that song of choice, it really conveys Bleck's tragedy and pain towards the end of this video. It’s enough to make my heart stop for a moment.
I can't even begin to explain how amazing this is
You truly brought Blumiere's/Count bleck's story to life so beautifully
His meeting with timpani all the way to one of the last times we ever see them
It's beautiful
This is how their story would be told through visuals (cause we really only get text ingame)
If only the second instalment was on the horizon. SPM will forever be my favorite of the trilogy, yes I said trilogy as later games simply lost the charm the original three had.
Nah I agree dude. PM64, PMTTYD, and SPM are a trilogy. Truly the strongest Paper Mario’s, until we got *Paper* Mario and everything went to hell (or maybe the Underwhere)
CS and SS are like the Shrek the Third of the paper mario series.
Oh my gods everything about this is so beautiful I almost teared up at several points your Timpani design is adorable I love your headcanon for Nastasia and the glasses, staff, etc. I love how you had the Bleck Squad get together in the same order as when you fight them (thematic parallels are so good) literally everything about this is amazing
Also Dimentio showing up as the song goes “oh no”.
Would you believe that my heart stopped for a moment when those final lines were sang? Cuz it did.
This animatic is truly a masterpiece, and this Nastasia headcanon is something I could totally accept as canon - I really love her pre-minion design, as Timpani's one, too. As a old SPM fan who still loves the game and its characters, seeing a beautiful work full of heart as this not only makes my day but also makes me feel in love with this game once more. Thank you so much for making this
it's a crime Nintendo just decided to forget about the whole SPM cast. the story this game had was something else. something the paper Mario games that followed don't and will never have ever again.
fantastic job, every single bit gave me chills!
This is tearjerking, is this Lady Timpani taking care of a fallen Blumiere?
Yup
7:14 "Does the name *"Blumiere"* ring a bell?"
Oh, Dimentio. What a jerk.
Get in line, I’m kicking his @$$ first!
this almost made me cry, so beautiful. i consider this canon now
Damn, even as a storyboard animatic. This is really amazing, every thought care and attention to detail shows. The enjoyment making this shows and it's utterly heartbreaking to watch. Good choice of song too 👍
First off, this is now one of my favorite videos on this platform. It is CRIMINALLY underrated, both it and your channel deserve more attention.
And second off, this made me feel something. And that’s coming from a person who feels emotionally numb a lot. The ending of Super Paper Mario came close to bringing me to tears, which says something as it is beyond rare that a piece of media makes me feel that way. But this just beat that out. It didn’t make me cry, no, but I FELT something while watching this. That’s how you know you did a good job. The expressions, music, just everything is freaking amazing. You should feel beyond proud of yourself for this, keep up the work!
Edit from over a year later: I'm much better with my emotions now and SPM is still peak. God is good!
Found you
Let alone a MARIO game making you feel like this. SPM is truly something special.
@@mr.lantern1111 It is, it truly is.
It's honestly a fuzzy feeling for me that the underrated 3rd sibling of the original Paper Mario trilogy is getting more love in recent years by fans🥰. Also that's an adorable interpretation of what Tippi/Timpani would have looked like as a human before she had her soul put into that butterfly🦋 looking pixl body by Merlon.
This totally deserves a fully animated version
Even with the ttyd remake out, still had to come back to admire the best Mario story with the best animatic.
Super Paper Mario was the best in the Trilogy in my book
throws myself into traffic you know?
LET THEM BE HAPPY GOD DAMMIT THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL
This was phenomenal! Some parts almost got me to tears. I want to see someone animate this next. And 7 minutes of story boarding takes a really long time, so good work
This brought back my Super Paper Mario obsession in all the best ways this is all I can think about and I'm thriving.
I loved seeing your rendition of Blumiere and Timpani's meeting, relationship, and loss. Their story was the true story of SPM and to see it enacted in this way was simply beautiful. . . well done!
This is such a masterpiece! The story of super paper Mario is such an amazing story and the game doesn’t get talked much. It should tho. This was just so beautiful
This… holy shit. I cannot express how much I love this thing. I think one of the best things about this, aside from the animated parts which are SO AMAZING is the wordless story telling. You can tell EXACTLY what’s happening through the visuals alone. You can even kinda imagine what the characters are saying.
The only thing I can describe this is, *Beautiful.*
999/10
Edit: I just wannna compile a list of everything great about this thing
•The expressions in the characters are amazing
•The movements of the characters are amazing especially Dimentio’s
•The animations tend to sync perfectly with the music.
•It’s cool how all of Bleck’s minions were present when Bleck murdered his father.
•At 5:42 is one of my favorite scenes in this. We have Bleck crying who has come to realize that Timpani is gone and he isn’t getting her back any time soon. Nastasia is trying to comfort him. O’Chunks and Mimi are just happily talking, completely oblivious to what is going on and Dimentio is looking back towards the Count. He knows EXACTLY that the Count is lying to him and he is smiling at the Count’s misery.
•Some of the scenes are directly based off moments in the game, of course and you can tell exactly which scene is what if you’ve played the game as much as I have.
•The music is a great choice. It encapsulates all of Bleck’s thoughts. He didn’t want to exist without Timpani. He couldn’t bare to be without her. So his only solution was to destroy himself and everything that took his beloved away from him.
•Your design for Bleck’s father is very nice. His slouch is kind of nice.
•I wanna just say again the expressions and movements are so good. They’re just so amazing.
•4:17 Hugging
•Just everything about this. Everything is amazing. It’s perfect.
Ja el padre de blumiere se lo merece eso le pasa por entrometido 😤
Thanks for the interpretation! I first played this game when I was roughly 5, and then I got stumped after chapter 2. I saw the game in my cabinet in middle school and decided to take another stab at it. At the time, I wasn't really seeing it as an rpg, just more of a platformer with a story. Furthermore, the storyline between the chapters became confusing, as I hadn't really played the game in eight years, and my memory wasn't clear on what happened. After clearing chapter 5, I decided to give up trying to pay attention to the side storyline and focus on the main plot, but that only made the end more confusing. I haven't touched the game since, so this recap really helps! Thanks again!
If you showed this to someone with zero context, I guarantee that they wouldn't even know it was _Mario_ until Peach and Bowser showed up.
And even then they'd probably think these are just a bunch of random angsty OCs.
The only reason Mario and the gang are in this game is to keep it a Paper Mario game. But none of them are the main character. I love the surreal vibe of this game, and as I played it I had to keep reminding myself that I'm playing as Mario characters.
This is the definiton of underrated, seriously everything about this is beautiful, the animation is really well done, I like your little spin on the backstory better than the original one tbh, and I love how you slightly emphasized Dimentio's toxic relationship with Bleck, constantly floating around him, observing him in the scene at 5:42 and destroing his spirit near the end of the animation.
And this still does not have more 500k views? Smh
_I'M CRYING SO HARD, WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS TO ME_
AAAAAAAAAA IT'S TOO PRECIOUS, I ACTUALLY CRIED A LITTLE- T0T
Seriously tho, I love this beautiful interpretation of Timpani and Blumiere's story.
I don't know why, but seeing this where Blu gathers his team BEFORE becoming Count Bleck just makes the whole lying/betrayal fiasco at the end with Dimentio 256x more sadder since all of them have been together thru it all even before they were the "bad guys"- q-q
Everyone is the protagonist of their own story, although in this case and without realizing it Blumiere (Count Bleck) ended up being the real protagonist of the game.
Their love story is one of the saddest ever written (even more than Romeo and Juliet).
This animation is an unfairly underrated masterpiece and I don't know if you would like it, but it would be fantastic if you animate it in color one day, I would really appreciate it, I will share this video on my social networks so that more people appreciate your work, thank God that I found this video of my favorite Paper Mario game, simply beautiful animation.
I just saw this again, and OH MY GOODNESS! THIS IS INTENSE!!!
Thank you!
This was absolutely stellar omg. I love how you can interpret Blumiere/Timpani’s story so differently from person to person. I truly think SPM is one of the most effective emotionally driven plots I’ve ever witnessed
My favorite in the Paper Mario Trilogy
Nintendo’s version of Star Crossed Lovers
I absolutely LOVE your ideas and personal headcanon - especially when Blumiere serched for Timpani WITH Nastasia and therefore met the whole gang - truly amazing work you inspired me for some artworks haha.
Alternate universe where Nintendo accepts the SPM idea from that one movie director
it's been... IT'S BEEN 16 YEARS!!! OH MY GOD!!! YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
BRINGS ME BACK TO THE 2006 WII GAME!!!
Wow......
I found this video for the first time a few days ago, but I've been putting off leaving a comment, because I feel like there are no words I can possibly string together to properly convey just how I feel about it, and how much it means to me........ but I have to try. "Super Paper Mario except I take it way too seriously"? Oh no, that couldn’t be further from the truth: you took it _just as seriously as it needed to be._ And more. “Why did I make this”? You made it for every single person who played this criminally underrated game as a kid and became _obsessed_ with this ship, this pairing between a blue count guy and a rainbow butterfly girl that was THE defining romance - one of those people being me, and obviously, clearly, with all the love you’ve put into this, yourself being one of them, as well.
Super Paper Mario remains one of my favorite games of all time, and like so many others I have heavy childhood nostalgia for it. And I may just sound like an overdramatic, nostalgic, biased fangirl, but to this day, Blumiere and Timpani’s love story is still the greatest I have ever encountered, despite it being told so simply and with so much left up to interpretation, in a freaking Mario game of all things. It’s beautiful, and sad, and deep, and passionate, and I’ve always longed to see something that takes it more seriously and gives it the grander treatment that it deserves, at least in a video format (there are already plenty of fanfics and art for this ship, and I love them all 💖)… and that’s exactly what you’ve done here.
This is, in every sense of the word, a masterpiece. It is CRIMINAL that it doesn’t have more views and attention, that the ENTIRE FANDOM doesn’t know about it. I can’t believe I didn’t find it two years ago, and that I only did now because I’m on a SPM kick again and so this got recommended to me. I have NEVER seen an animatic for these two before, and to see one so long, with such a gorgeous and haunting and fitting song, with SO much attention to detail and emotion in every single frame… I want to cry, I HAVE cried watching this, I feel so unbelievably spoiled and overwhelmed beyond belief 😭😭😭💖💖💖 Your designs for Blumiere and Timpani are SO CUTE; admittedly I’ve gotten so used to the more typical anime-esque/humanoid designs some fanartists use for them, but I really love how you stylized all of the characters according to the game’s art style, and found a balance between making them cutesy but not _too_ cartoonish, so they don’t feel out of place for the serious tone of the story (idk if that makes sense lol). I love, as another comment said, how EXPRESSIVE everyone is - how despite there being no dialogue, you can easily imagine EXACTLY what’s being said or why they react a certain way, purely based on their expressions or body language, and I think even someone who didn’t already know the story could easily tell for a lot of it, too. I know jack all about the process of making an animatic, but I’m fascinated by how this has typical static frames I expect, yet certain moments appear to be straight-up actually animated as well??? It’s so FLUID, and SO pleasing to the eye to watch. I’ve been rewatching it so many times over the last few days (I have a problem asldkfklds) and I swear I pick up on a new observation or detail every time I do, this is just SO WELL-MADE AND I’M FILLED WITH SO MUCH EMOTION EVERY TIME I WATCH IT AUGHHHHH
I absolutely LOVE your take on Nastasia, and on the order of events. In my own personal interpretation, I always assumed that Blumiere getting the Dark Prognisticus and killing his father/destroying the tribe happened immediately after Timpani was banished, and that he searched for her and found all his minions once he already had the identity of Count Bleck. To me, them only meeting him once he’s already Bleck, and without having more knowledge of his plight/motivations, adds more significance to the fact that they’re still so loyal to him (well most of them lmao), because by that point he's already in “villain mode” so-to-speak, and yet humanized by the fact that he obviously found other people to care for despite supposedly wanting to destroy all worlds. BUT, this interpretation is just as compelling for different reasons: the minions meeting and knowing him as his true self instead of once he’s already “a villain” (though I guess still already calling himself Bleck, because of the later Dimentio moment and all), and bonding with him all that time and BEING WITH HIM when he finally turns to his last resort and turns evil and kills his father, Nastasia being the one who knew him the longest and knew him at his most innocent and vulnerable… I love it so much, as well. It makes them feel even closer to him, with them being there when he does the deed and takes on his new persona entirely, yet again even still not truly _knowing_ him as intimately as Nastasia does. No matter the order of events, Nastasia is always the one who knew him for the longest and knows his real self the most, and I’ve never seen anyone have their relationship start as far back as this; making her one of his servants is so genius and so bittersweet?? I love it so much??? It adds much more significance to why she would be so loyal to him, and why she would be so determined to help him be with Timpani (both during the early search and at the endgame when they realize she’s alive) and care so much about his happiness despite her own feelings, because she was _there_ when he still had Timpani; she _saw_ how happy he was with her in his life, much happier than she’d probably ever seen him before, and she wanted to preserve that happiness no matter what. She’s so goodddddd 😭😭😭 this just might be my favorite Nastasia interpretation fr, as much as I love the bat story in-game too; they’re both poignant in their own ways 💙 (and idk if you meant that people were giving you shit for doing your own spin on things, but if they are they can shut it, because this is WONDERFUL; seeing everyone’s different takes on the SPM cast in fandom is part of what makes it so great and fun to interact with)
This comment is already way too long lmao, but now I’m going to go through this and overanalyze/dissect every single second and point out my favorite parts/details (like another comment did but more lmao), because this and you deserve that much, for how much work and care you put into this masterpiece:
• 1:37, love at first sight 🥹💖
• The way he flinches at 1:46 when she reaches for him, it’s a small moment but it says so much about how this is probably the first real time he’s known any kind of love or compassion in his life :’) She touches his wound so tenderly, and her expression is so sweet, and combined with the lyrics "if it’s gonna get violent tonight, tell me you’re gonna be alright; you’re gonna be [alright]”, it’s just so 😭😭😭 my HEART 😭😭😭 (sorry most of this will probably just be incoherent gushing OTL)
• 1:57 they are so cute together I’m gonna fucking cry (I’m crying the entire time lmaoooo)
• 2:07 love at second sight :’)
• I’m so curious what the bubbles in the background at 2:11 are supposed to be… as for the circles, is it supposed to be like a yin-yang design? I LOVE them, especially Timpani’s version, because the way they’re laying at 2:14 sorta forms a heart shape :’) and them slowly rotating combined with “I don’t want the world to turn without you” *chef’s kiss* I wish I could have that image of them in the circle separately; it’s so nice looking 💖
• Blumiere’s father has SUCH A GOOD DESIGN. I love the way he’s hunched over, yet still appears intimidating and towering over Blumiere and Timpani. He's very scary with such a simple design, and his first appearance with the smoke and him rising up out of it with the red lighting reminds me of like in a Disney movie when the villain appears and grows large in a similar fashion. He’s fantastic 👌
• Blumiere is so unbelievably smitten at 2:42 and 2:49 😭😭😭 precious bean
• The way he gets scared when he hears someone enter his room, then is relieved to see that it’s Nastasia, and then IMMEDIATELY starts gushing to her about Timpani; I can just _hear_ everything he’s saying, look at the way he’s holding his face and how happy he issssss!!! 😭😭😭💖💔 and her little determined nod at 3:08 when he asks her to help him see her again…! She’s so good and cares so much about him!!!
• 3:32 and 3:41 *crying over how sweet and adorable they are for the millionth time* LOOK AT HOW TENDERLY HE TOUCHES HER FACE………. AND THEIR SMILES AT EACH OTHER… I CANTTTTT 😭😭😭💖💖💖 that might just be my favorite frame in this entire thing tbh, I wish it was a separate art, it’s so beautifulllll 😭💖
• 3:49 him doing the throat cutting gesture oh my GOD, it’s genuinely so chilling and has to be one of my favorite parts as well. Obviously there’s no dialogue so that’s the only real way to convey the severity of his threat, but that’s what makes it so powerful and terrifying; no words are needed. Along with the lyrics “I’m getting tired on the other side”, which could refer to the father’s patience being nearly at its limit, but also just in general with Blumiere being unhappy on the side of the Tribe of Darkness/how their side isn’t right for him and Timpani.
(I hit the character limit, oh my god why am I like this 💀 continued in the reply comment; I am so sorry you have to read all this)
• 4:05 HIM PREPARING HIMSELF AND THEN BOWING OUT OF THE FRAME AS THE MUSIC SWELLS…. aughhhHHHHHHHHH my favorite section of the whole thing actually 😭😭😭💖💖💖 (as I say at every part lmfao) it’s so powerful and you _know_ exactly what’s going on even before you see him holding the ring, and even if you don’t know the story. And he’s so cute with it, and her crying smile is so cute, and then THE HUG AT 4:17 😭💖 aka the other best frame in this *cries* they are peak romance your honor!!!
• Blumiere’s father wearing glasses like Nastasia’s when he hypnotizes Timpani, very nice touch
• He looks so scared at 4:42 and the father is so scary in the next frame, and at the peak of the singing, I’m so sad :’) and it took me a few rewatches to catch it, but the heartbeat monitor line flattening at 4:49, with the slight screen shake as the music abruptly stops, ohhhh that’s so good im so fucked up :’) 💔
• Blumiere and Nastasia going back down the levels of the castle at 5:02, mirroring the similar part at the end of the video…
• The little exchange at 5:13, man… He’s uncertain, being in his Bleck outfit now but still very much Blumiere, and Nastasia makes it clear to him that she’ll be with him every step of the way, giving him the encouragement he needs to steel himself. He goes through the portal without her, and she wants to say more, clearly worried about him, but she has no choice but to silently follow him, as she always has, and as she forever will. The repeated refrain alluding to Blumiere not wanting the world to turn and the sun to burn without Timpani, but also Nastasia not wanting the world to turn and the sun to burn without Blumiere :’)
• The montage of him traveling and meeting all the minions is so great. And at 5:42, when he’s privately distraught at the futility of the search, with Nastasia comforting him while O’Chunks and Mimi are happily chatting and none the wiser to his pain (but Dimentio catching on because he’s Dimentio, smh), aughhhh my heart man…. 💔
• love Dimentio being the one to subtly point out the Dark Prognosticus to Blumiere
• Blumiere’s father appearing much smaller and helpless and not at all intimidating anymore once he’s at the mercy of Bleck, as he kills him… god…
• The sequence with his evil laugh at 6:21 as the music hits its peak is pure _magic_ , especially because of the split second frame in there that shows him with wings, as the flow of his cape mimics wings as well, giving him the feeling of being a fallen angel. It’s so GOOD and tragic and powerful and- *cries*
• Blumiere gesturing for Nastasia not to help him after Dimentio exposes him :’) I’m in pain
• The frame at 7:39 literally crushes my soul to pieces… Earlier in the video, he goes down the stairs of the castle to go through the portal after Timpani, and now, he ascends the stairs, also to go towards her (feels like he’s ascending to heaven 😭 sorry I mean the Overthere)… except this time, it’s not to reunite with her, but to say goodbye, once and for all. He stands at the top of the castle and watches her approach, lets himself see her as “Blumiere” one last time, and bows goodbye to her. The lyrics “I don’t wanna live a life without you; I will watch the world burn without you” could not be more fitting for such a moment. he’s crying. i’m crying. we’re all crying. my life is irrevocably changed from this stupid game and this stupid couple and this crowning glory that belongs in a museum 👍
I wrote a fucking essay here so long that I had to split it into two comments, oh my god I feel so embarrassed lmao, I just can never shut up once I start rambling 💀 but I also don’t regret a single word of it, because this video deserves every bit of thorough praise I could give, and more; it deserves all of my feelings, all of my thoughts, all of my love, and I wanted to take note of every detail, so you’d know that none of it went unnoticed and unappreciated. This is pure beauty, this is _art._ This is the perfect, powerful animated tribute SPM and this couple deserve, and it makes me so emotional to be able to tell just how much you love it/them too, by how much care you put into this 🥹💖 I can’t even imagine how long and how much hard work it took you to make, and I don’t know if you have any desire to ever make more… but, if you decide to, one day, I would _die_ to see a continuation, from the final battle to the end of the game with their wedding 😭😭😭 legit I would PAY for that, I am being so serious lmao. Or anything else you’d want to do with them. Just. Blumiere and Timpani are in the best hands with you 😭🙏 if there’s anyone I would trust to bring their story to life, as you already did here, it’s you.
Thank you so much for blessing us with this beautiful treasure. My childhood self is completely overwhelmed, in the best way 🥹😭💖 now I’m going to shut up already, and rewatch this for the millionth time. I know I’ll be coming back to it often, and thinking about it for a long, long time :’)
(also the thumbnail is amazing in its own right. _Have_ to mention that.)
You said everyting that had to be said, this is trully a masterpiece, and you also understand all the depth of the animation and SPM. Im really speechless, you made a really good comment
𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘑𝘰𝘣 👍
Wow that's a lot to read. I'll try again tomorrow.
it makes me so happy to see how much people still care about this game after all these years
bruh how do I decide to replay this game for the 100000000th time a few days ago and between then and now (the night I beat it) this gets uploaded. crying . love what you did with nastasia's origin and your timpani design !
oh my goodness you have no idea how happy i am that someone pointed out design and backstory
timpani in particular had to be a combination of things: inspiration from other designs to make it read as timpani, conventions from how the mario franchise likes to design its princesses, making it *not obvious* that tippi is timpani, making her not a nightmare to animate... balancing all that was a really strange experience, but i ended up with something i really enjoy, and i'm really glad the audience seems to like it too
bro as you can tell by my account name i am an extreme spm fan and i gotta say this is one of the BEST paper mario videos i have ever seen. though it may not align with the actual lore from the game, everything is genius, from nastasia starting off as a young maid for the tribe of darkness and befriending blumiere, later to depart with him when re rebels, as well as the story of how he met each villain, down to the last details of dimentio showing signs of his own agenda, like when they're around the campfire and he's peeking back at the count, who is struggling to deal with his emotions and such. amazing
this is SO well done, this didn't even need dialogue because the characters were so expressive on their own!!
this is the third time I've come back to this video in two days... I... can't express enough... I'm not a normally emotional guy, I don't remember when the last time I cried or thought about crying for a fictional character... this made me actually question why I'm not crying right now...
also... can I say how this song was a perfect choice for this animation and for this game and for it's story. I loved literally everything about this.
UM HELLO THIS IS SO GOOD LIKE WTF WHY DOESN'T THIS MASTERPIECE HAVE MORE VIEWS????
I currently am in a super paper mario nostalgia and seeing that people still make new content for this game despite it being over a decade old, it just makes me so happy! This was so amazing I almost cried, great work!
ABSOLUTELY EATING THIS UP RN THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS I NEVER THOUGHT I'D SEE AN ANIMATIC ABOUT THESE TWO
Beautiful work on this animatic! Its so nice to see the Count Bleck and Tippi's backstory in a more clear and visual sense. Also loves that you went with the "show, don't tell" route which makes retelling this story more interesting
This is amazing! Its always a pleasant surprise to see art and other content of super paper Mario made by fans who also love the story and characters! I've been playing the game recently again due to childhood nostalgia, thanks for making this beautiful animatic!
AGREED 🤝
@@zyxkara8177 🤝!!! Fellow SPM fan! We should be friends if you're willing :D
@@icypopz8736 Absolutely L- I mean Icy Popz!
I'm just so glad to see that there are other people who are still adamant about this game, thank you for making this masterpiece!
I love this. This animation is great, and I love seeing Blumiere's transformation into Count Bleck. It's so weird to realize he didn't always refer to himself in the third person when he was Blumiere, but after reading the Dark Prognosticus he adopted that moniker, and probably went more than a little mad. I do wish we could have seen him slaughter his father and his world after the latter's betrayal, to complete that transformation. But it is all awesome. I like how he and his henchmen, his minions, were basically him as the hero and them as his allies. If only he had been more discerning of that pest ... Dimentio. ;)
NGL Traversing through Castle Bleck was like a pitch black version of the Back Roons. If you don’t take clues to the next path, you can end up lost
Super paper mario has the darkest story (the whole end of the world is the true prophecy) and the best story ever (Blumiare and Timpani)
And this was perfect
This is art
You're making me cry 😭
5:30 Castle Bleck emerges, servants, Nastasia, O’Chunks, Mimi,Dimentio.
Been two years since I saw this and I keep coming back to it just to feel something and remind myself of how much I love SPM. I’m still waiting for a colorized version or even a interpretation of what happened to the two after the events of the game. Amazing work ❤️
THIS WAS AMAZING. Now I'm gonna go cry about their love story for the millionth time
Dude this was beautiful.... and these DANG ONIONS are messing with my eyes
This.... Yhis is a beautifully orchestrated masterpiece. I was so in it the entire time that I didn't want it to end.
every once in a while, i think about those two
and sob
Coming back to this after almost two years to say this is still the most insane (pos) animatic ever and I love this. Thank you for making it.
I cry every time! Your art is so impactful... you pair it very well with the song and the result is deep emotion!
This is so frikkin awesome. You did great! Also, MY HEART
flops over hhh thank u frien ;;
THIS IS SO GOOD??? OH MY GOD
That felt like watching an entire movie... THAT WAS AWESOME!!!
Sooooo awesome! My 13 yo little brother just started playing this game after I’ve played it 3 times, this animatic makes everything so simple and understanding plus we’ll done!
I loved it. Dimentio wanted power and he saw his opportunity to claim it from the broken man.
Thank you for creating this. No doubts or whys, this is what stories in video games can bring to people. A journey that is kept close to our hearts.
This is my favorite paper mario game when i played it as a child, I LOVED it. Is everything I want in a game, good and beautiful story, good humor, good mechanics good bosses, good ending (I cried when blumiere and timpani were on a hill saying that they are happy for all eternity) although o chuncks was a leader of an army but one his generals betrayed him and when he was all alone count bleck.. i mean blumiere found him. And dimentio always knew about the chaos heart profecy. When we finally beat him once and for all, im not very sure if he actually died because he can trick everyone so easy and make us believe that and his character is pretty creepy and funny and cruel, so he could of escaped to a safe place
This animatic is perfect! You did such an amazing job with every aspect from the music to your illustrations. Love this so, so much! Thanks for bringing this story to life again! Really miss having games with stories like this 😃!
Okay, they did profiles of Maleficent, The grinch, and the Scorpion King. So, why not Blumiere?
WOW! This was so lovely! As someone who likes SPM a ton, this really warms my heart. :3
Thank you for the time and effort!
PLEASE MAKE THIS A THING I BEG YOU 😭😭😭
Absolutely stellar work!
boy i cry so much
THIS IS SO GOOD
aaaahgsd thank you!!! ;;
Best Paper Mario animatic I have ever seen. Great work!
This story moved me so much when I was young. This was wonderful. Thank you for making it.
This is a beautiful animatic for a beautiful story. I love your interpretation and how you portray everyone. Time to loop this.
Bro, the song??? The animation??? The emotion??? God I fell in love with this game all over again. Seeing it told in this format just gave me chills. I absolutely adore the way you’ve captured this!!!
I'm going to be honest, when I first saw this I was expecting a vine or something due to the thumbnail looking kind of silly to me. This hit me like a f*cking brick for that assumption.
Rough draft of animation of Blumiere and Lady Timpani
ive been in this fandom for over a decade and i think this is honestly one of the best pieces of work ive seen out of the spm fandom. amazing job
Tears have been shed watching this, it's beautiful
OMG, i´m about to cry. This animatic it's a prove that the love SPM deserves, and not only that you just made it amazing and beautiful, how dedicate!! Love it
So beautiful.....I don't think I've ever seen such a detailed animatic.....Let alone a paper Mario one. I've already watched this on loop! Thank you so much for encapsulating one of the key reasons why this game I'd one of my absolute favourite games of all time. You've just earnt a new subscriber my friend! 🤩
I was expecting for Super Dimentio to just come in and say: SUP B×TCHES
Wow. Incredible work. Kinda struggling to think of words to describe how great this is, really.
Excellent interpretation of the game's backstory/story. It's awesome seeing Blumiere and Timpani being developped more in depth, gives the whole story a lot of extra immersion and emotion. In only a few scenes, elements like Blumiere's conflicted past before meeting Timpani, his troubled relationship with his father (love his design btw), or Timpani's fear of things not working out are implemented in very natural ways, following an intriguing little story. The head-canons, specifically in regards to Nastasia and her hypnotic glasses, are really enjoyable and add to the story in their own ways. I love the montage of Bleck going around recluting his minions, and then it being reflected with a mirrored montage of Mario & Co. fighting them. The music choice is fitting and goes well with the animation and themes too.
Everything is expertly crafted to give this story a more epic and cinematic feeling. It may be cheesy, but I love it, I can feel the passion that went into this. Having grown up with this game and it being an all-time favorite of mine, it's delightful seeing this much passion and creativity poured into it. Also, that last meme Bleck in the corner for half a second after all the serious stuff made me audibly chuckle, if that's worth anything.
This was beautiful. I always loved this story in the game, I always loved this game. I teared up because of the raw emotion this made me feel. I wasn't expecting the main plot of the game at the end but that was cool to see the whole story play out. XD
not too far off from what really happened, Count Bleck's story is one of tragedy built from his own father seemingly ending the life of the one Count Bleck loved the most and he fell into deepest despair thinking the world better off gone without the woman he loved alive and by his side doubt plagued him every step of the way and that only grew when he learned of his lost love's survival but believed himself too far gone to immediately give up what he began.
Oh my god, this is incredible! I love your interpretation of the Super Paper Mario flashbacks with Timpani and Blumiere! The art is, of course, outstanding, but this video hit me so hard in the feels… Exceptional work! :D
HOLY CRAP THIS IS AMAZINGGGGGG I wish that I found this video so much sooner!!! It always warms my heart to see SPM get any acknowledgement these days, but DAMN you went above and beyond and represented this game as the beautiful work of art that it is!! Makes me cry over Timpani and Blumiere all over again man 😭😭 But seriously just. Well done!! I will absolutely be watching this video again and again, it’s just too amazing
Op this is an absolute beautiful and gorgeous tribute to Super Paper Mario and the love story of Blumiere and Timpani (I hope I spelled their names right) I literally cried for all of this video. Bravo!
I’ve always read the ‘letters’ at the end of each chapter in the game, how Blumiere’s loss of Lady Timpani made the evil grow inside him, if he couldn’t be with her, the he would destroy all worlds
This is AMAZING!!! It's brought back so many wonderful memories. Thank you for sharing your talent with the world!
I watch this so many times. The animation is great, the everything, oh my goodness words can’t describe how great this is! Love this video in my top 5 favorite Yt videos!
I LEGIT. HAVE NO WORDS TO EXPRESS. HOW MUCH I LOVED THIS. I’M??? SOBBING?????? THIS IS SO GOOD AND EVERYTHING IVE ALWAYS WANTED!!! 😭❤️ I literally became like a giddy child at Christmas and started running around sobbing to my friends and family about how good this was THANK YOU SO MUCH OMG. I’m reminded yet again how much I love this freaking game, even after all these years. I’m so happy to see others who cherish it as much as I do and to create such amazing art surrounding it. Thank you 🥺💖!!!
Love everything about this, from Nastasia's headcanon to the music going oh no when dimentio showed up, it was brilliant
This is so good! All of the artwork is stellar, the story you're trying to tell is coming through beautifully and all the emotions are just perfect! It's amazing to see this interpretation of their origin's (I love nastasia's by the way) and Timpani's design is perfect! Stellar job!
Something that is really cool is that at first, the Blumeire’s Father is tall and threatening until Blumeire loses it and becomes Bleck. Then Blumiere’s Father became smaller, showing that he was no longer the big threat. Good attention to detail of how powerless he was to stop Bleck from destroying the world that the Tribe Of Darkness lived on!
That*
His father's fear was palpable. And he was the one who created that threat. That was a look of karma coming to roost, of realizing just how badly he fucked up. And perhaps it was a little more satisfying than it should have been. Definitely that cruel smile on Bleck's face actually made his father's formerly imposing figure look as pathetic as it really was by comparison.
The Dark Prognosticus
The only complaint I have is that it took me this long to discover this masterpiece
I watched this shortly after you posted this, and I was mainly in awe of the animation. Now, a while later, I watched it and I couldn't stop crying after A Certain Point. Your art is beautiful and the combination of art and song is enough to bring people to their knees.
So emotionally moving... I love SMP!
Although it is quite late for me to comment from when this was uploaded I just wanted to say thank you for making this beautiful animatic, you did SPM the justice it deserved and I'm glad I'm not the only one who remembers it, I grew up with this game and seeing it be put together in art to this degree brought me to my knees halfway through watching it, you're amazing and I hope you and those in the comments are doing well.
Someone please fully animate this
I view Count Bleck/Blumiere as the embodiment of opposites separate. His and Timpani's story serve as an example of what happens when a lover is separated from another. This could be a dark parallel to Romeo And Juliet.