THE TRUTH IS A CAVE // the magnus archives animatic
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- čas přidán 26. 02. 2021
- (SPOILERS FOR S3-4)
aka "[banging pots and pans] CAN WE TALK ABOUT MARTIN'S RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS MOTHER", the music video
this has been... a very long time in the making. not, like, technically speaking, i only started actually working on this like, two weeks ago, but i have Thought about it since around early 2020. after several days and one (1) all nighter... i'm just happy to have it out of my head at this point.
please enjoy this little bittersweet love letter to one of my favourite characters.
SONG: • The Truth Is A Cave - ...
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oh oh. I love Martin losing his hair color in the Lonely. Also, his facial expressions at the hospital with his Mom were soo expressive, I almost cried. And the switch from the flower bouquet in the trash to the grave, excellent!! And switching between the grave and Jon's comatose form, ahhhhhh. I was all extremely emotional.
We all said that the boys needed a rest after all they've been through. They can rest now, together
hey this comment made me cry
Thanks! I literally cannot do this today ❤️
They moved to another dimension and are living happily, own a small coffee shop and they're having an amazing time, and you cant prove me wrong.
@@cumcumber4880 I'd like to imagine that other dimension is Nightvale.
I'm crying--
Ough Martin!! Him moving around the office aimlessly and then Jon bursting in! And finding the flowers for his mother in the garbage and cutting to standing at her grave while he’s still holding them! Like a small act of petty rebellion that he didn’t have to buy new flowers, he could use the same ones but it’s also so sad cause like that’s all he has to offer you and they’re kinda not good enough but still!! And the tape clicking off when they find each other in the Lonely. This was fantastically well done, thank you so much for uploading it
I love this so much, the part with him alone in his office was lovely
Saw this in my recommended and thought “aww this will be another *slightly* angsty fluff Jmart art, cool lemme check it out”
And now I’m crying to the most wonderful Martin Blackwood tribute I have ever seen, thank you
AAAAAA his hair slowly going white..... visual poetry baby
This makes me so emotional, Martin with his mum's death and him in the office alone and then Jon comes in and Martin pushes him away and then is sad that he pushed him away. That hit me, cause when your depressed you miss people so bad but then just push them away cause you're scared of rejection and judgement. You portrayed that so well I love your art especially this animatic. Thank you so much for making this, can't wait for more💙
in total candidness, I cannot watch this fully because I will loose it, but I wanted to express my appreciation that you put love and effort into this tribute to Martin Blackwood bc I love him
okay so I basically started crying on the train... Damn, this is beautiful! Especially loved the part when we only saw him in his own little office.
crying and weeping, this is absolutely incredible! the pacing is fantastic, i adore the obvious tension with his mother in the hospital scenes, the little martin heartbreakingly brushing off the flowers that were thrown away, the flash of jon in the hospital bed with his mother's grave. it's fantastic, the shading and drawings are so polished its so gorgeous!! the s4 montage is so cute and exactly how empty, lonely, and trapped martin must have felt. love that it all stops as jon reaches out to him at the end, positively wonderful im in tears
Holy shit this is so well done and it makes me so FUCKING upset Martin just makes me so emotional and you portrayed his relationship with him mom in such a beautifully heart wrenching way AHHH
GODDD DDDDDDD . OH MY GODDDDDD. I STARTED ACTUALLY CRYING AT THE START BUT IT BROKE INTO FULL ON SOBBING WITH THE PART WITH HIS MOMS GRAVE SWITCHING TO JON IN A COMA, LIKE GODDJSVUDSHSUDH0SD THIS IS . ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL!! GOD
I LOV E HOW U FOCUSED ON HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS MOM LIKE AAAAAAAAAAAH WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT IT MOREEE I JUST LOVE THIS SO MUCH, ITS SO .GOOD
TRANS MARTIN BLACKWOOD REAL!!!! I LOVE THIS... Also I know you didn't write the song and all, but the choice to have Martin refer to himself as his mother's child as opposed to his son made me think about how desperately he wanted his mother's approval. He knew that no matter his gender, he would never be the child that his mother wanted him to be. But he couldn't measure up to what she wanted from him, because it wasn't up to Martin to get his mother to love him. That was on her entirely. The vision of his mother that he saw in the lonely didn't pull away, but she also made no move towards him. Of course, it was already too late for her to show him the love that he needed.
oh god i actually never thought about those lyrics like that?? even more pain, i love it!! (also yes trans martin real!!)
OUCH.
crying this is SO good oh my god......... thank you SO much for this i love how you explored martin's loneliness and how it developed over time, your martin is so pretty and i love his design and also GOD the emotion in this. also the way his mother kept cropping up again and again making him feel worse and him seeing her in the lonely......... MAN. MAN. i love the frame of martin curled up on the floor of his office i feel u bro. this is such a gorgeous video and does such justice to martin, a character who deserves so much recognition as being so good and i just love it. thank u. very swag
That was so incredibly beautiful. My heart was so heavy the entire time and gave the biggest smile when Jon found him in the end.
Godd the amount of work you've put into this,, the clear love you have for this character really shows..I am not ready to see how Martin Blackwood's story ends but by god you showed his journey,,, and he's come so far
thank you for creating this. It's my favorite tma animatic!
God I love the Oh hellos so much and I love this animatic's story as well. Definitely needs to be more animatics from martin's perspective this was wonderful
this has left me absolutely an emotional wreck wtf this was BEAUTIFUL
WHAT AN EPIC CHARACTER STUDY ON MARTIN THAT MADE ME SHIT
THANKS ASTER!!!!!
as someone who's a new tma fan and their special interest is the oh hellos, this video was literally sent from the heavens and i hope both sides of your pillow are always cold 🫶
THIS IS SO PRETTY ARE YOU KIDDING ME
I let out the most ugly squeak by the end. Like I was just staring super quiet almost holding my breath through all of it, and at the end I just went "EEÊEIAÄAEK" without meaning to, and I think that sums up pretty well my feelings
God I'm speechless I just. I legit started crying, this is so beautiful. I love your martin so so so much
it hurts how much this song applies to martin and that animatic is incredible omg
Okay first off, this is amazing. Your expression work is top notch and I love your art style. Secondly, Martin slowly losing more and more of his hair color while he's sitting alone in his office as the Lonely gets stronger is such a cool detail. Amazing video.
HES SUCH A SWEET BOY HE DOESNT DESERVE ANYTHING BAD TO HAPPEN TO HIM HE DESERVES A BIG HUG AND A NICE WARM CUP OF TEA AND THE ENTIRE WORLD ❤❤❤
This... is so gorgeous and so heartbreaking.
It captures that quiet, gentleness isolation of the Lonely so well and makes my heart Ache.
The whole bouquet part is just a masterwork.
And Martin slowly losing his hair colour in the office as he gets more and more isolated... *chef's kiss*
This is so WELL PUT TOGETHER when it was showing him working as an assistant, that was such a good repetition and then entering the lonely??? Amazing perfect splendid
Wow this interpretation of Martin hits the core, my dude
The transition from the flowers in the trash to the flowers on the grave was so good!
There’s so much emotion in this and it shines through
THIS IS SO GOOD IM CRYING
this is so good!! you really captured martin's loneliness, you really got how he must of felt across!! lovely
Oh, my Martin. Gorgeous. Heartbreaking. Thank you.
the flowers in the trash then on the grave was so visceral it broke my heart
THE PART WITH THE FLOWERS AND HIS MOM??? YOU DIDN'T NEED TO GO THIS HARD ;-;
AHHHHHH I LOVE SO MANY THINGS ABOUT THIS. I KOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS!!, FIRST OFF YOUR MARTIN DESIGN IS IMPECCABLE OH MY GOD HINESTKY EVERYONE LOOKS SO GOOD AND EXACTLY HOW I IMAGINE THEM AND THEN THERES THE SONG CHOICE?? ITS PERFECTTTTTT AND OH MAN THE BACKGROUNDS AND LIKE... GHE TEXTURE IS SO NICE?? THIS IS JUST. THIS IS JUST REALLY REALLY GOOD THSNK YOU FOR MAKING IT 🥺🥺🥺
This is incredible ♥️ I love the way it is paced because I kept expecting to see the familiar faces of the archive but instead it is mostly Martin in the moments that we don't see in the podcast. It was really moving to see the progression of his relationship with the lonely from his perspective. I loved it♥️
I am sobbing and will be for the next 10 days, do NOT hit me up.
I viscerally felt the rejection in the hospital room. Wow. Good job!
OH. MY FEELS.
THEY HAVE BEEN RUN OVER.
This was really lovely.
Screaming crying throwing up this was wonderful
I...
This is simply just beautiful. I am not ashamed to admit that I cried.
As someone who heavily relates to Martin, this def made me cry. However, it's incredibly lovely, I really do enjoy it
The sound of the tape recorder stopping at the end was what got me 🤚💥
the detail?!! Martin getting distracted by the tv, the second long flash of Martins moms grave turning to Jon in a coma, the tiny spiderweb in the corner of his office, the sudden click of the tape recorder at the end *chefs kiss* I could watch this 100 times
Martin's story is just so sad i cant-
OH MY GOD. JUST. OH MY GOD
First off vv good, second off I like how it looks like everyone is always wearing fingerless gloves
oh also! the way the first time we see the photo the dad is faceless, and the next time we see the dad's face but not the mom's! good
hahah that's just how i draw hands, always thought it looked kind of like a doll's hands but fingerless gloves works too!
I am going to CRY
I just want to let you know that this is my favorite Magnus archives animatic. I come back to it very often. Martin as a character always connected very strongly to me, and seeing his struggle alongside an oh hellos song!?!? It really hits. Plus the way you organized the shots flows super well together. My favorite parts are probably the tomb scene (flowers in dumpster to flowers on tomb to John to Peter) and the little alone in the room scene.
oh weird its raining. legit crying haha that was beautiful
Oh gosh this was a WONDERFUL animatic, I love the choice in music! And the expressions too!!!
CURRENTLY CRYING WEEPING SOBBING A LAKE POOLING IN MY ROOM. this was so lovingly animated oh my gosh! martin picking up the flowers from the trash can made me physically put my hand over my heart my poor boy. and just! the small glimmer of hope in the end *cries* brilliant work :___)
Aaaaa your expressions and body language are so natural and flow into each other with every frame! You really out did yourself this time!
THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL IM GONNA CRY WE NEED MORE MARTIN VIDEOS TY FOR THIS I LOVE U
I LOVE THE WAYYOU DRAW EYES ONGGG legit cried while watching thiz
With hindsight, knowing how much Martin loved Jon, I can only imagine the pain that he experienced as Jon entered the coma. It makes me realize why he went with Peter so easily.
This brought me to tears. I really enjoyed this video. Thank You.
Oh wow. Words cant describe how good this is
Martin beloved ,,,
Such a perfect song for him and the editing of this is so cinematic and gorgeous and you really did encapsulate his journey so well! This is probably the best AMV I’ve ever seen for his character, well done !! Same as the other comments on here, the office part is so cleverly done and I felt my heart physically wrench when Jon burst in ;-; Amazing work!!
i am crying in the middle of class oh my god this is so good
wow.... jeez you don't see martin explored like this often.. this is rly rly good and nearly made me cry
Holy feck this is wonderful thank you for making this. I adore searching and finding art like this after I've finished an amazing show so I don't have to be sad it's over
I accept nothing but martins mom slander in this household
watching this for like the third time and i'm screaming shaking sobbing throwing up etc i will literally never ever get over martin k blackwood and his mother and this reminds me of that in the best possible way
I’m not crying you are
I have so so so much love for Martin Blackwood and his character and his story and I also love the Oh Hellos so this was everything to me. Have already watched it 3 times in a row to make sure I didn’t miss anything
absolutely stunning!! gripped my heart tightly the whole time,, especially the hospital scenes, heartbreaking but fantastically made
Ah finally, more content with this man that makes me weep openly into my hands. You know, the way you do when you love characters in a story that has a sub genre of "tragedy" in there. I'm fine, this is fine. You did this so well. It's really poignant and beautiful. I've known and loved people who grew up in homes like Martin. This was a gorgeous tribute to the character, you truly did this so well
incredible.
oh this is one of the loveliest animatics ive ever seen
OH MY GODNESS how can you be so underrated this is AMAZING💕✨
Hey don’t mind me I’m just *violently sobbing over how beautiful this is*
MARTIN my love im so sorry
this is lovely op thank you :)
holy shit this is amazing
ah. shit. i'm feeling feelings,
I cannot express how great this is. From the designs to the movement, it all had me captivated! Very very good work!
Your designs fuel my entire soul I swear
ohhhh this is so beautiful!! this is one of my favorite songs of all time and i think you've stolen my heart with this -- especially the way that peter lukas shows up after he and jon fight. thank you for sharing!!
MARTIN KINNIES RISE.
I'm only on season two and I teared up seriously watching this. Ahhh I shouldn't spoil it for myself but this animatic is so beautiful and just so Martin. Well done
absolutely beautiful oh my god martin deserves the world :')) you did an amazing job on this (and i totally didn't cry nope no)
oh my lord this is so beautiful
I legitimately cried so much. Thank you, this is absolutely amazing.
omg i love this so much thank you
as a the oh hellos fan who loves martin this video is very dear to me
This is so beautiful
ugghhhhh this has me crying all over Mr. Martin K Blackwood all over again
oh. oh my god. oh my god. i've been having Feelings about martin all day (
It’s been a while since the video was posted, but the song choice is SO GOOD that I just have to rant about it.
“The Truth is a Cave” originates (as far as I can tell) from the Neil Gaiman short story, “The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains”. Without *too* many spoilers, the story is about a man using his nonthreatening appearance to gain the trust of another man- only to strand him in the high mountains as revenge for harming his loved ones.
The story focuses *heavily* on grief, betrayal, and abandonment. I cannot think of any better story to associate with Martin Blackwood.
Plus, the phonic connection between “Black Mountains” and “Martin Blackwood” is *really* nice to me. That might be reading too much into the video, though.
Anyways, I absolutely love your animation style, and the timing is impeccable. Thank you!
i'll be honest, i had no idea about that neil gaiman story-- i did not look too deeply into the proper meaning of the lyrics while making this video, but as far as i know all that everyone says is that this song is about plato's allegory of the cave. it taking inspiration from that story would make SO much more sense to me! i'll give it a read for sure, but from what you're telling me it does give me a whole new view on the song and how it applies to martin. thank you so much!!
@@skyberia wow I somehow just… forgot about Plato after two years of ethics classes 😆 you’re probably right that that’s what they’re referring to- hiding away in the Cave to avoid the truth outside of it is an oh-so MA concept to toy with. I’d just never heard that phrase in relation to the allegory before!
Martin's hair slowly going white I'm crying
I am actually crying. As in full on sobs and water running down my face.
I always though I identified most with Jon, and in many ways I do. I snap at people when stressed, I want to know why everything is how it is, I read a lot, I’m cynical and sarcastic as a defender mechanism, I want closeness but push people away. Then came season 4 and I realised I’m a lot like Martin as well. I want to help even if I’m not always going about it in the right way. When I fall in love I usually don’t act on it in obvious ways but I try and make life as good as possible for the person. And most of all, I have a huge tendency to isolate myself (as in literally not leave the house and often not my room) because although it doesn’t feel good it doesn’t feel bad either. It’s safe if not the best. Whenever I picture what entity I would serve it’s always the lonely. I may have a craving fit knowledge, but usually loneliness and isolation are more important. And honestly, the lonely is the only one I’m not fully scared of, because I’m already so alone anyway, so it can’t get worse. So yeah this hit hard.
This video has a very special place in my heart.
Came back here after 159 (3. relisten) and suffice it to say I am just ugly crying.
I remember watching this after I finished TMA for the first time in Jan and subsequently fell even more in love with one of my favourite bands because of it.
Thank you.
I’m holding office hours for my students and i had to close the door for a bit because this one got me :’)
First time I found this I barley had any clue what tma was and just searching for videos with music from my favourite band ( thought Martin was Jon and his mother Gertrude lol), jump to one and a half year later and this animatic is making me teary eyed :,)
I knew this was going to make me cry but Jesus 🥺 this is so good
This is so well made and so well done.. Hit me right in the feels :') I love your Martin design too, it's so good!
I’M ACTUALLY GONNA GO LIE IN A POND I LOVE HIMMM
the web in the corner !
this is gorgeous and perfect and i love your art so much, thank you
screaming rn this is gorgeous-your line work uh helloooooo 😍