Uploaded January 2022 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Wow this took a month for me to finish. 😳 Well that's because I was busy with my job and other important stuff I had to deal with. Shoutout to Aura who gave me this music video idea a year ago.

Bruh it was so hard trying to design the scenes the right way because I was dealing with a lot of things this January. It was hard for me to concentrate, but I don't want to drag on this project so I tried the best I could. o(-(

This video focuses on Sylvain. The beginning shows glimpses of his messed up childhood that made him into that philanderer we know today. The lyrics "just another product of the day" is way of him seeing himself as another product to produce more "crest babies". Girls go after him just for his crest and not for who he is. He must have been sexually assaulted at one point by them. Not to mention, how his older brother Miklan tried to kill him when Sylvain was just a kid. All because Sylvain has a crest. Having a crest ruined Sylvain childhood and messed up his psychological growth.
This music video would have been a lot sadder and messed up if I actually have a Miklan model for MMD. Because in the Japanese dub, Miklan called Sylvain a "princess". It makes me wonder if Sylvain's childhood is a lot more grim than I anticipated...

Then the video proceeds to show Sylvain's perspective in the Blue Lions route (Azure moon). But here's the catch: All those smoke effects you keep seeing... indicates that Sylvain is just seeing illusions of what will happen in Azure Moon and the potential bonds he'll gain from it.
He's actually in the Crimson Flower route the whole time.

Sylvain really hated crests, and Edelgard's rebellious goal is to get rid of the divine Church system as well as the crests. Sylvain, though very jealous of Byleth, joined him and the Black Eagles in hopes of getting rid of the Crest System... not knowing of the tragic consequences that will befall him afterwards.

I also want to note that the only Blue Lions character I recruited is Sylvain when I played the Crimson Flower (Black Eagles) route. It makes me wonder what he's going through when he had to choice but to fight his friends and Dimitri. Yes I'm a sucker for angst and tragedy. Tokyo Ghoul forever changed my story preferences lol. 😭

Red Spider Lilies symbolize change and rebirth. A death of one phase and a new beginning of another. This symbolism is very similar to the Death Arcana symbolism. Death Arcana also means change and rebirth. It doesn't actually mean death itself. Sylvain is associated with the Death Arcana because of his crest. On the outside, it's funny cuz he's not the Death Knight. But this is why I showed red spider lilies at the ending. They are also CRIMSON FLOWERS.

A new era has begun. The era of humanity. Gone are the days of gods, crests, and divinity. Crests are no longer put on a pedestal as Sylvain wanted but at what cost?

MMD credits are at the end of this video.
MMD CREDITS THAT I FORGOT TO MENTION:
Dark Souls knight models: Tokami-Fuko / FromSoftware
Bow and arrow: Wampa842
Book: Tehrainbowllama
Potion: Littlemisshorror
Other weapons: キャベツ鉢
Motion & Camera: Starfire★Uchiha
Underwater Bubbles effect:
XDOF effect: そぼろ
Rain effect: 山田淀子
MangaLines effect: 針金P
Blood effect: Mio_nee
Hit-Blood effect: BeammanP
Fall Glass effect: BeammanP
Silhouette effect: 針金P