ORIGINAL AnimationS

Extended review: After I recorded this, I got curious about what other people thought about these books, and the reviews seem pretty evenly split between negative and positive. The criticisms that keep coming up are that it’s a rip-off of every other ‘revenge quest YA novel’, and that the genderfluid rep feels under-utilised and pointless. I guess my response to those comments would be that I kinda get it. When I googled “stories with genderfluid protagonists”, I was looking for a protagonist that would often cycle through different bodies or modes of presentation, excitedly reflecting on how each one made them feel. Something kinda aspirational for me. I didn’t get that in these books. Instead I got a protagonist who was so used to being genderfluid that the act of switching up how they looked was kind of mundane and routine to them. But to be honest, for me, that was nice in a different way - to see someone able to just exist like that, without it being a big deal.

It's very rough, and it took a week of re-learning animation, but I made the silly cartoon about how hard it is to make anything.

Animated short film about an innocent fantasy in contrast with harsh reality, intended to make a viewer question whether it's better to play along and encourage the fantasy or be honest and prepare for the real world. A story by: Sam Cybichowski and Corey Macdonald Stop Motion puppets, sets, and animation: Corey Macdonald Character design and 2D animation sequences: Sam Cybichowski Special thanks to: Ali Johnson, Olivia Johnson, and Phil Archer Watch the submission edit here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnDXx2Gbsb0&t=2s