Alan Becker - Blog Posts
Everyone's favorite cosmic joke
Idea given to me by @thevisjex
don't often do backgrounds, but I wanted to do one here
Alright, I think I know another better story.
Any of you watched Alan becker's "animation vs minecraft" series?
If you haven't, it's really good, follows these 5 stick men going through minecraft just experiencing all the things. Like, they fight a warden, they do parkour, they use brewing stands, they even enter that old minecraft mob school YouTube series too.
Anyway, they have a story where this guy (also a stickman) and his son are in what we can assume is the real world, and are at a fair. The kid sees an attraction that's experiencing minecraft in real life. They have this big booth, a waiver to sign, all the stuff, and it works. But something goes wrong, the game shuts down with the son inside, and he seemingly dies. Then the dad spends the rest of the time trying to destroy the game, killing anything in the way, and destroying whole worlds if he has to.
The story is fantastic, the animation is phenomenal, and generally it's just a better minecraft movie. It's like 2 hrs long too, so probably what the official movies gonna be.
Tldr, watch the Alan becker series, it's just better.
Very much enjoying the minecraft movie discourse as someone who has played it all of once.
Look like a hunk of shit, so thank you Hollywood for that.
Watch this animation where someone just made it like 50% better.
Bro poor Alan XD
Sticks always break his computer, I can't imagine all the times he had to reset everything or even buy new computers XD
“Mitsi is dead for good” “mitsi is going to be revived” secret evil third option: she goes back to her original file
EP.35
反正也攒不了多少/我先发，。
Doodles of the new ep kgkghkkhkhkgkg
I like to imagine that green went completely feral through the episode, like, completely lost it
King Orange in the new avm ep be like:
@ophanim-vesper
✨Memes✨
Sorry for bad quality, "backgrounds" were only like that
Someone on the official Discord mentioned Purples backstory in E29 being too abrupt and I couldn't stop laughing over my own response so I made this. Purple really just traumadumped onto Green with 0 hesitation and its brilliant
when i first read this post i thought "obsidian slab boy" was just some sort of title for the boy and not an instruction to translate the slab in question
my Roman Empire is this one image on Pinterest and everyone thinks it’s a base/dynamic template when it’s actually Animation vs Minecraft fanart
these two make me so sick you have no idea
dont click more theres some really scary stuff there
AARRAAAAGHH
had this silly hc on what if purp's snoring emit music notes....
goodnight idk I think. Hope thisbguy never wakes up
sorry for asking, but could you do some ChoDark? Or KingDark?
OK
DID VICTIM AND DID TSC
Hear me out, no, fucking listen to me.
Victim has DID. Each past death + clones are an alter, the last one who survived is the host that split into two: one being the one left with memories of Mitsi and the other being the one we see front in the box.
Soon after AvA10, Victim realises that TSC is in the early stages of the same disorder with most of the alters not being very conscious.
Therefore, instead of trying to help or leaving it be, Victim Rocket (the host) purposefully worsens the situation and makes Orange split a shit ton of alters by various ways of torture and manipulation. Their alters try to stop them, but they can't. They're too weak to front.
They tell Shady Smith that it's to benefit from the kid's powers easier or some shit. But in reality, they see their "weak selves" (the rest of the alters) in TSC (+Yellow and TCO). They're trying to be "the superior one in the power dynamic". They are trying to control their surroundings.
Cowboy manages everything in The Second Coming system and puts Orange (the host) through many puzzles and challenges to keep them distracted and away from the front... away from whatever horrifying thing Victim is doing to them...
Victim knows the host is hidden deep in the mindspace. They try to lure the host out bc they deem the rest of the system useless. Orange tries to get out of there after realising what's been happening. Cowboy can only keep them* safe for so long...
*Every sentient being you see in AvE and more... (Yes, the Math symbols and the multi-dimentional creatures are alters.)
Purple's monophobia has nice roots to some parental issues, and I can't emphasize enough on the honers AvM29 executed through their unique style of auditories and visuals in a headspace minimalist. Not only introducing the main climatic conflict and turning point of a character, but simultaneously expanding on those same elements through metaphorical lenses in a way where it doesn't feel.. cramped, forced, nor fast paced. Because while it is something that is handed to you, it's something you're deliberately left to dive into because of just how subtle it is. It can honestly be quite easy to miss if you're not someone who likes to unravel detailing meticulously.
Note Block Universe is a musical based short. They're acknowledging and signing instruments to these respective characters. Purple having a signature violin, and Green having a clarinete. In research, people who play the clarinet have unique and similar personalities. They're very bright, outgoing, sociable, aware, empathetic, and passionate. People who play the violin are shown to be more closed off. They are dedicated, emotional, passionate, and intelligent. While both instruments hold their own musical difficulty, they work well together in duets as well.
Getting into Purple's elaboration, their father was such a big part of their life. His role served as a tutor, a guide. (Someone who wasn't completely in his biases, but a tutor nonetheless.)
Purple was not provided an ounce of comfort following the split. To say they didn't have the best household would be an understatement. They are glued to their mother's side and catering to her health. After her death, after seemingly implying that they had buried her, they don't move from their position, and the violin starts increasing in its shaky E strings. They're locked in place. Their head stays low, and their limbs sag. They're paralyzed, a bit similar to how Orchid stood following Navy’s abandonment. Wind blows beneath the petals, and the graphs sway to reveal Purple's dad. Only then, does the motif pick up.
But It's with amusement that you note the usage of shots.
Longshots are used to highlight a character's body language and to establish their relationship with the environment. The cinematographer wants you to be indulged in the scene entirely, so there isn't a specific focus for this very purpose. Close-ups are used to communicate an intensive focus on a character's body language, expression, or a symbolic piece entirely seperate from the character. The transitions between shots delivers an emotional emphasis in compliment to context, pace, and narrative.
This clip is a follow up to the autoscripted note visuals, focusing on the transition to a headspace environment. This communicates to us that this is their nadir. A longshot; Purple's sombre, her grave, and those petals. A close-up with Purple's casted shadow and blank stare, then a close-up to their focus in question, which is their mother's grave and those petals. The wind picks up, and the graphs follow the petals, revealing their dad. A longshot, and every trace of Orchid completely vanishes. Purple lifts their head, and their concentration is completely locked. A medium-shot, Purple reaches out, and thus, their venture begins.
This transition is an immediate culmination to what we were presented with. It becomes extremely futile, restrictive, and useless if you were to not treat the autoscripted notes bit with the same field of analysis as the headspace bit. It doesn't just haunt the narrative, it's the literal motive.
Purple's father's methods in tutors weren't appropriate nor comprehensible to someone so young. (Or rather, someone who wasn't particularly made to be a candidate for sparring..) Their mother rather distanced herself from either discomfort, fear, or perhaps even both from the observings of sessions, as there isn't nearly enough to imply that Navy was physical with her before.
When Navy stomps her away, you would usually expect a parent to protest to defend their child, protest to be involved. But here is where she proves you wrong. She doesn't make it known that no, I'm not going to let you treat our child this way. While she doesn't comment on his style in parenting in the clip, the pure disgust and judgement is apparent enough.
Regardless, she still bystands until she doesn't, but it already affected Purple.
Only stepping in once she's certain they're in danger, once she believes it's a necessity. And this isn't to demonize Purple's mother, she's just a character with flaws. But being a bystander to “training” to the extent of feeling obliged to defend yourself when up against those foundations is morally unjustifiable and screams volumes on the situation. Having such an inconsistency ultimately results in Purple confiding in themselves, becoming stubborn to those outside their defensive field, because they don't think they're ready to let anyone in. Something that wasn't made by their own hands, but is left with their responsibility to break.
Navy was a tutor, as much or as less as he was a parent. Purple was distressed, begging, while Orchid did not look back once. Purple was dazed, and only then does Orchid's legs giving out from underneath her snap them out of their musings.
Because if they had done anything different, would the outcome remain the same? Would it be any different from what it is now? Is it their fault?
While they can't change the past, there's a possibility to retrieve it, isn't there?
Because Purple was a child of two people, even if they didn't particularly have a childhood. With one parent deceased, another absent, they're alone. They stood paralyzed until something itched, because they don't need to be alone. They didn't want validation, they wanted their remaining parent back into their life. Of course, keeping Navy’s style in mind, this includes validation as a narrative product, but not in the way I often see portrayed in the fandom.
Because not only is Navy huge, centered in their mind, it's his animation upon the abandonment. That head turn, the way his shoulders slightly sagged upon returning back to his motion. It's the most traumatic memory that Purple has of him. It's what they obsessively analyzed, what plays over and over again. It's the reason they're going through these drastic heights to begin with. The current situation they believe they can protest and what they believe they can accomplish by redirecting that choice.
And as Purple has to manually and metaphorically climb their depths to get to their father, they're deliberately burying and repressing their grief for their mother. Deeper and deeper as they go higher and higher.
If it be a dragon egg as the supporting figurative amongst the climb or an abrasive king who takes that spot. And the king who takes that spot is a bit more.. well, major. He's really major. Because this is an authority figure. In Purple's mind, this figure was the first to offer them a sense of belonging since their bout of being alone. The bout being (presumably) 8 years.
And latching onto the first authority figure that offers you inclusion as an immediate response because you were alone for so long, Isn't.. you know, good. That isn't healthy.
Because when they're close, their father turns his head the other way, and they fall. It's a brutal reminder. It's a shove to reality. But they're not back at the beginning. They're on a platform due to other's presence. They have a group, and they can be a part of this group. Because it's not the end just yet. Because there's someone that notices them. And he's whispering something, something they're not ready to understand, and they completely discard them.
But before the quintet even made their introduction, before they even made their appearance, before Purple can even process the potential friend group, it was their own refusal to accept Navy's choice that the platform stood to begin with.
Despite having their elytra throughout the entire span of the series, this is the only time it's actually included in their headspace. It's to emphasize a callback. Their likening to their elytra grew double in size because that was the material that gave King that greenlight approval nod. If it be their response on retrieving the elytra back onto their body after the strike from King, or if it be being held back by Green. Fishing rod in hand, and by that elytra nonetheless.
When King’s betrayal forced them back into those depths they repressed, they reflect. They're right back at the beginning, the very beginning, and those shaky E strings pick up once again. They didn't accomplish anything, and everything went to waste. But at the same time, was there really anything to waste to begin with?
Purple is back in those pools of petals, there isn't a grave to compliment, just her petals. Their head low, their limbs sagging, and Orchid’s petal falls. It's just one petal, and they extend their hand.
But it flakes right past.
Because she isn't here anymore, they don't need a grave for clarification. We don't need a grave for clarification. Only then, does Purple stiffen.
They look to their father, and his back is already turned. But that's because it always has been.
But this time they don't reach out. Because it was his choice. Because they have to accept that.
And that means they're all alone.
Or are they?
Green's vulnerability
I knew that Green was vulnerable to something big falling from above, but I didn’t expect that to be the case even in Lucky Block Staff.
While everyone else is pushing the ceiling back, Green alone still hasn't recovered.
i wonder what he watched (he being me) (what he watched being animation vs minecraft)