DIE YOUNG - Needletail AMV (cw: pink blood, canon-typical violence/death)

CW: pink blood, canon-typical violence and death _“All this that’s happening to me… it’s not your fault, Violetpaw. All the mistakes we made were mine.”_ —Needletail in Shattered Sky () I’m so glad to finally see this amv finished YAY I hope yall like it!! C: it took so fuckin long!!! Started this over a year ago (like spring of 2023?) n I was like hm why is this taking forever to finish, this video that is 5 minutes long and is fully coloured with backgrounds while I also got work n school. weird. afksdajlgh Honestly I have very little memory of AVOS so I re-read it just for this video haha; and despite the typical warrior cats subpar writing lol I ended up quite enjoying needletail’s character arc! A lot of purely selfish choices with some dire consequences (often only for others), until she finally makes the choice to ensure Violetpaw’s safety over her own. (cough spoilers for the amv:) Near the end i also added some slightly headcanon-y stuff extrapolating from Needletail’s time with the Riverclan prisoners hehe.. I think she did a lot of reflecting and regret when she saw how well they cared for each other; especially after they’d extend their compassion to her, one of Darktail’s Kin who helped drive out their clan, despite their imprisonment and hunger. Yea i think needle and reedwhisker ended up bein friends :) trauma bonded in the prison mayhaps lmao (also apparently Rain’s eyes are green and I only realized literally at the very end when the whole damn amv was done already!!! augh!! orz Come onn he looks wayy better with blue eyes right guys. right) --------------------------- ★ LINKS ★ 🌸 tumblr art blog: 🌿 commissions: 🌷 kofi: ★ AUDIO ★ 🌟 My Die Young by Penny Parker - (a cover of “Die Young” by Ke$ha, with the “My Destiny” instrumental from Sonic the Hedgehog 2006) (yes i know it’s from the sonic 06 real-time fandub. Yes i do love the sonic 06 real-time fandub) ★ PROGRAMS ★ 🌊 photoshop for art/frame by frame animation ☂️ DaVinci Resolve for editing/tweening ★ ARE YOU OK WITH EDITS? ★ ✅ You can include my *warrior cats/other fandom videos* in *EDITS* as long as you credit me somewhere (@peppermint-moss) ❌ Please DO NOT include my *OC/fursona etc. videos* in edits. ❌ Just *reposting* my art/animations (e.g. reposting like half of an amv and just changing the audio) is *Never Allowed even with credit* Please don’t do that. --------------------------- 🌲 VIDEO EXPLANATION: (see pinned comment!) 🎆 Art direction: ✧ Blue = associated with Darktail/Needle’s loneliness ✧ Pink = associated with Rain/Needle’s selfish joy ✧ Purple = associated with Violetpaw/Needle’s selflessness (I’m back at it again with the blue/pink symbolism combo oops… but this time throw some purple in there too!!)