That Dude

Unshaded + BG

-For the intro, I started it off with Ep7 (the cast and Caine's first scene) + chapter 2 (Bubble ragebaiting insulting Caine to his breaking point)

-The lines that are seen in the part 'and I've lost it all, I'm just a silhouette':

+ ''But he had.''

This coincidentally foreshadows what happened between him and Scratch (UNINTENTIONALLY btw)

-'I'm a lifeless face' hence the bee npc since it is LITERALLY a lifeless face' :)

-'and my eyes are damp', from the words you left' scene in chapter 12 with Gangle hugging Caine + scene Ragatha and Gangle go worried over him (from the words you left)

-'Ringing in my head(1)' » he's running on adrenaline in this scene and pushing himself to his limits, hence the 'ringing'!!!

-'when you broke my chest(1)'

We see his expanded form since the abstractions 'broke' his small shell/prison(?) which is his avatar, whilst slightly showing the cast glitching

-"ringing in my head(2)'-

During the haunted amusement park adventure, the 'ringing' represents the memories of what Scratch did to him and what HE did to Scratch + being in Scratch's place this time (the father)

-'when you broke my chest' chest = heart (and trust if you wanna delve deeper) for this scene during his crashout chapter, since next scene it pans out to Gangle then cuts to —

'and if you're in love'- Gangle offering time to be his friend (which he hasn't gotten that kind of love for a while since...) + colored because it's a happy memory

'then you are the lucky one'

A memory with Queenie this time colored like that also bc it's a simpler time + Queenie feels like the 'lucky one' too! (Caine also!)

-"Cause most of us are bitter over someone" panning over to Scratch's post it note, since legit everyone has bitter feelings over this canine.

-'Setting fire to our insides for fun'

Represented by the rule violations 'setting fire to his insides' of Caine and eventually same goes to the remaining cast except Gangle (only one in white)

-"... from ever missing love"

This was timed at Caine since I'm highlighting Gangle and Caine's mutual friendship + replaced the word 'them' with 'love' by accident but it fits because IM A FOOL FOR LOVE!!!

- For the last three 'and you caused it'

1) Kinger + panning to the cast (caused aa lotta pain on him)

2) Caine (bc of his crashout oof and putting the rule violations onto them)

3) Technically Gangle (although focus is not on her but the computer since Caine doesn't really blame her for what she did and this is more focused on her working on fixing Caine's decision at the POV of Caine)

Extra ones:

- During the first scene of the cast, everyone is in dark blue but Jax is in dark purple, hmmm I wonder why?

- Gangle was shaking during the first hug scene (chapter 12) as shown by the shake lines that were moving :)

- This animatic took around one week to make art + edit which is impressive btw, I'm surprised at my own capabilities

-This animatic follows chapters whilst having a dark bg chronologically UP UNTIL THE FLASHBACKS (chapter 7 + 38) then after that, majority of the scenes after have a LIGHT BG 🫰

- There was text behind ''HEAD'' during the first 'ringing in my head' scene, which are taken from the actual fic in chapter 14 'Helping Bucket'

-The flashes of Scratch during the 'bitter over someone' bit goes as follows:

1) Scratch mad at Caine and tries to find an exit

2) Typing commands

3) Scratch looking terrified

4) Ditto but he faces Caine, revealing his half-abstracted state

-Caine's hand during the 'silhouette' part is kind of staticky which is a reference to....something in the Last Act, will not elaborate if you know you know

-The scrolling rule violations are much faster for the humans than Caine's since this is their first time dealing with such rules :')

-Yes, Kinger has shine in his eyes then loses it during the third to last 'and you caused it', because he feels guilty