There She Is {Another Step} Reaction
Added 2024-04-10 16:00:07 +0000 UTCI ADORE this short series you've NO IDEA <3
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OMFG! There she is was out when I was in High School. It made me cry and I tried to show friends but they all responded with "I don't get it" or, "That is just stupid". I am so glad to get to see your reaction to it! Gunna press play now! Edit - I just realized that this is not the original 3 videos but still watched it with ya.
Spadez
2025-01-31 18:14:54 +0000 UTCThanks again for introducing me to this series.
Chris P3
2024-05-21 13:09:02 +0000 UTCThis series has always held a special place in my heart. And I'm so glad you covered it. I really love the mention that if someday they were to have a mixed-species child of their own, Il-ho is afraid that the child will be bullied like he did. But then Doki reassures him by saying that they will have many kids, so their children will have eachother and will even loved by other pure children. Showing how optimistic and confident she is about her future family's life together. I love how their short cameo is meant to help Il-ho out with his fear of the future for inter-species lovers. It's such a great rep for real inter racial relationships.
Dan_Ganing_Fan
2024-04-11 16:00:57 +0000 UTCThank you again for covering this series. Much like you, I found it on Newgrounds, I think shortly before Step 2 was released. It was firmly in the #1 slot at a time when stick figure action choreography, ultra violence, and edgy humor were the site's MO. It was refreshing, and different, and just... fucking amazing. It tapped into the emotional side of myself that I'd been trying to deny at the time. Since discovering this series I can't imagine how many views I must have racked up combined. I love that they took the time to extend this story beyond "happily ever after" and show that one victory doesn't win the war. How from Step 2 on, we only see the brothers being irrational, that we didn't know their perspective, what they'd been through. A bit of that whole "Be kind to others because you don't know the wars they're fighting" concept. Another testament to how amazing a medium animation is. Not one spoken word, the songs are in a language I don't understand, but I get the story perfectly. And it makes me feel. More than most any live-action series or movie ever has. Side note: The only other piece of animation I still go back to from that era of Newgrounds is "Bitey of Brackenwood" by chulaid. Incredible stuff at the time. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjAi8_idb4pystQmbK6nBiDsedis7rSaU&si=jo0YmkK62KkkTrvd
Joey Quixote
2024-04-11 12:35:24 +0000 UTCWatching it again, you realize the middle brother was in the flashback scenes off to the side; while the youngest brother likely wasn't born quite yet. The title has meaning to the short, in that the situation is more complicated than just needing acceptance. Love won for Doki and Nabi, but that doesn't solve the societal issue. Do we continue to act with violence against the 'no love' crowd? What do we do about kids that may still be bullied despite love winning? The older brother is constantly at war with this in his head and heart. Ultimately the crane disaster is what brings everyone together. Because, as it turns out, True Love Winning isn't just a matter of one side gaining acceptance and hurting the other side, it's about coming together as a society and demonstrating that love and compassion to everyone. Because that's how we'll ever be able to bring about true societal change. That how we take another step. That's how true love wins.
voyager-ngc5195
2024-04-10 19:00:50 +0000 UTC
