Lullaby for a Princess Animation

Fate has been cruel and order unkind How can I have sent you away? The blame was my own, the punishment, yours The harmony's silent today But into the stillness I'll bring you a song And I will your company keep Till your tired eyes and my lullabies Have carried you softly to sleep Once did a pony who shone like the sun Look out on her kingdom and sigh She smiled and said, "Surely, there is no pony So lovely and so well beloved as I" So great was her reign and so brilliant her glory That long was the shadow she cast Which fell dark upon the young sister she loved And grew only darker as days and nights passed Soon did that pony take notice that others Did not give her sister her due And neither had she loved her as she deserved She watched as her sister's unhappiness grew But such is the way of the limelight, it sweetly Takes hold of the mind of its host And that foolish pony did nothing to stop The destruction of one who had needed her most Lullay moon princess, goodnight sister mine And rest now in moonlight's embrace Bear up my lullaby, winds of the earth Through cloud, and through sky, and through space Carry the peace and the coolness of night And carry my sorrow in kind Luna, you're loved so much more than you know May troubles be far from your mind And forgive me for being so blind The years now before us Fearful and unknown I never imagined I'd face them on my own May these thousand winters Swiftly pass, I pray I love you, I miss you All these miles away May all your dreams be sweet tonight Safe upon your bed of moonlight And know not of sadness, pain, or care And when I dream, I'll fly away and meet you there Sleep... Sleep... Sleep...

Channel: WarpOut

Views: 41,479,934

Rating: 4.9142985 out of 5

Keywords: Lullaby, for, princess, lullaby for a princess, ponyphonic, remaster, remastered, violin, mlp, My Little Pony (Fictional Universe), animation, WarpOut, celestia, luna, sad, elements, harmony, simbaro, Cmaggot

Id: i7PQ9IO-7fU

Length: 7min 2sec (422 seconds)

Published: Sun May 31 2015

Reddit Comments

[u/stphven]

Oh, so that's why we didn't get an episode this week. I think it's more than a fair trade.

[u/ZoneSystem]

2.5 years is well worth the wait for something of this caliber. 6 minutes of animation is quite a lot when you break it down frame by frame. What I find most amazing is this is, for the most part, one person doing the work in their spare time. It also doesn't hurt that Lullaby for a Princess is one of my favorite songs produced by this fandom.

[u/altalector]

BEHOLD! THE FANDOM'S MAGNUM OPUS!

[u/Nazladrion]

2012-2015...watch and appreciate the credits folks.

[u/RazgrizS57]

That moment when you realize this animation has given more to Celestia's character than the entire show has thus far.

[u/seniormegamarbles]

Wow, just, I need a moment to collect my thoughts.

I've never been blown away by any sort of music video like that, especially a fanmade one. The level of quality and detail is incredible. The art style is unique enough to set it apart and have its own charm, but it doesn't detract your attention from the story that's being told. The shading, the emotion on Celestia and Luna, all of it was just.... perfect. I was literally given chills.

The song is nothing new, but I still feel it's necessary to recognize Ponyphonic for creating what is one of the most iconic (and in my opinion, best) songs of the MLP fandom.

Side thought: A small thing that I noticed was how Celestia's hair was changed from pink to the multicolored mane we're familiar with as a direct result of her using the elements. We know that this can't have actually happened, but it would have been very interesting if that was canon; it would say something about how the elements can permanently affect somepony if that somepony uses them alone.

[u/NoblePhantasm-]

Holy shit...like...holy shit... This is a truly impressive labor of love. Like, the fight between Nightmare Moon and Celestia was just as impressive if not more so than the one they did on the show itself. I don't even know what to say, this is beautiful.

[u/ZenLikeCalm]

Here is the "Behind the Scenes" video.

[u/TatchM]

That was AMAZING!

Seriously the best fan animation I have seen.