Made this a few years ago but never shared it as it was just for practice.
Having owned Sara Bareilles’s previous albums, I blindly purchased her then latest album the day it came out. As I listened, I noticed a strong baking and pie theme connecting the songs, which seemed a little strange until I discovered it was an album of songs Sara wrote for a new musical, “Waitress.”
At the time, I didn’t know the story of the musical or of the movie on which the musical is based, but the emotion in the lyrics of the song, “She Used to Be Mine” was so clear, you really felt for the character, and could see who she’s transforming into. It was something I really wanted to draw and animate, just for fun and practice.
I never showed anyone, out of embarrassment, because by that time, my coworkers and I were all geeking out over Jessie Mueller’s rehearsal performance that hit YouTube a few months later in 2016. Her acting was so good and inspiring, and what I had done just didn’t compare.
Clearing out my old animation files from my Nintendo 2DS, I thought I’d finally post it. I used the maximum memory limit of 100 drawings, so the animation feels more like a blocking pose test, but it was really fun to make. :)
One year after the exorcists were pushed back into Heaven. The Hazbin Hotel has been rebuilt and is filled with sinners after word got out that Charlie and her friends managed to defeat Adam and the angelic forces. Unfortunately, despite all these successful achievements, something is missing.
Charlie: (sitting in her large, cold bedroom at a grand piano, a picture frame leans against the music stand in front of her, a class of bourban sits on the wooden ledge, and a burning cigarette smolders in an ash tray next to her on the bench)
Charlie: (takes a drink, places her fingers shakily on the keys, and begins to play as she sings)
🎶 It's not simple to say that most days I don't recognize me.
It's not easy to know. I'm not anything like I used to be.
It's not what I asked for. Sometimes life slips in through the back door and carves out a person that makes you believe it's all true. That was when I had you. 🎶
(Looks at the picture and smiles softly as a tear blurs her vision)
🎶 If I'm honest, I know. I would give this all back for a chance to start over... and rewrite an ending or two... for the girl that I knew!
To fight a little harder! To bring back that fire in her eyes! That love that used to be miiiiiiine! 🎶
Charlie: (chokes back a sob as she wipes away the tears and slows her playing)
🎶 She was messy... but was kind. She was lonely from time to time. She was hard on herself. When she was broken, she wouldn't ask for help. She was all of this mixed up and baked in a beautiful pie. 🎶
She is gone... (glances at the picture of her and Vaggie together, holding each other tightly as Charlie kisses the top of Vaggie's head), but she used to be mine.....
I literally don't know when I will ever finish this but I would like to show at least what I got so far of my Ducktales Animatic "She used to be mine" -
centering Della's thought progress in the past when she left her family.
He’s imperfect but he tries
He is good but he lies
He is hard on himself
He is broken and won’t ask for help
He is messy but he’s kind
He is lonely most of the time
He is all of this mixed up and baked in a beautiful pie
- (S)He used to be mine by Sara Bareilles from "Waitress"
Dyin' Ain't So Bad - Bonnie & Clyde
Empty Chairs at Empty Tables - Les Misérables
I Say No - Heathers
Your Obedient Servant - Hamilton
Memory - Cats
Why - Tick, Tick... BOOM!
Monster - Frozen: The Broadway Musical
She Used To Be Mine - Waitress
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Doverstar
I listened to this song the other day and instead of crying about myself I drew Lilo so she could cry about her life 😬. Maybe one day I'll make the whole song into a lyric comic.
What's missing from other duets of "She Used to Be Mine" is the protagonist's (Sara's) emotional devastation from losing her dreams and sense of self being countered by a duet of her partner (Brandi) singing about the devastation of watching her partner lose herself in a way that she can't help or salvage