The Owl Tree

[lissamon]

Love it! Gorgeous :)

[chrisnatti]

My new favorite movie on YT. Just favorited it.

[HerfJerf]

Bwaahahaha. The owl tree counsel, the Mariam wheels, the origin of Callie aka owlphanumeric!

[frumpyframpton]

I watched this over 5 months ago, based on where it is in my favorites, and I thought it was incredibly beautiful, and I didn't even know Callie or Maquarium.

[yaffle]

oh that's good to hear, and I'm so glad to have introduced you to those wonderful ladies!

[NewWarriorMan]

Fabulous.

[SomebodyIusedtoknow]

yaffle, i should tell you every day for the rest of my life how much i love this video ♥

[yaffle]

forehead kisses from me to you.

[mattmallone]

cool man, hubert pube was an owl once.

[popsuckits]

I have an even greater respect and admiration for the work you do after my sad ball bouncing clip which I will not be sharing. It seems too much like work to do for fun.

[yaffle]

that's how I started, it can take a while to get the basics down.

[vickileroy]

I love this video. It's an incredible story and the fact that you told it in 2:40 is completely amazing. The imagination and creativity is impressive. Thank you for sharing it with us. I'm on my way to visit your channel and sub now, so I have to go.

peace and earth muffin hugs,

vicki

[yaffle]

yay, earth muffin hugs!

[lukeap]

wow, that gave me chills! great job.

[classygirl91]

this goddamn good story

[HeidiSaid]

That was beautifully disturbing! You're all over my channel... :)

[PuppyZwolle]

Nice sjamanistic story. Great stuff..... I think I have to subscribe now... yup, I do.

[yaffle]

sjamanistic! I like that, thank you very much.

[izreor]

?????????? what

[artmemoirs]

It was beautiful and haunting at the same time. Great job to everyone involved.

[yaffle]

thank you, the ethereal music helped a lot.

[timido66]

Very cool.

[yaffle]

hey thanks.

[zebidee55]

This was cute and wonderful beyond words! I can't believe how happy it made me!

[yaffle]

your comment made me happy!

[dancegypsy]

"you married a mouse!?"

yaffle, I love you!!! Tears are absolutely streaming down my face from laughing at your comment replies. WHAT have I been missing???? Ohmygosh.

[ournationalspace]

dancegypsy, yaffle is a hilarious commenter, a wonderfully nice person and such an original cartoonist - he's one of the best things about youtube!! :-)

[yaffle]

ournationalspace is the best thing about youtube, I say this because he says good things about me.

oh, and his HUNDREDS OF ORIGINAL SONGS.

[dancegypsy]

I LOVE it when something I read silently in my mind can prompt spontaneous outward, out loud laughing (so much better than typing LOL, right?) as did this:

Bowlingballout: I liked all of it, the story, the music and the animation.

Yaffle: you should have seen the 5 minute tap dancing owl sequence I had to cut.

[dancegypsy]

yaffle, that was amazing!! As far as I know, it's the first of your videos I've watched and what a fantastic introduction to your channel. I see your name in numerous comment sections we both frequent, but just haven't checked out your channel. Or, if I have, the experience of my visit resides in the fried part of my once wonderful memory. THIS was delightful and I loved it!!

[yaffle]

I've seen you too I think, thank you for your comments, nice to meet you!

[rangexrs]

im sorry but what the FUCK was that?

[ratkenrat]

that was great!

[yaffle]

cheers, you do some fun animation too.

[Illuminatta]

That was adorable!

[yaffle]

next time you see an owl, give it a hug.

[Illuminatta]

I will! (if it lets me!) :)

[yaffle]

the constant hooting would be intolerable!

[candypops71]

Cool. H likes it too!

[MrsAtomicUs5000]

Beautiful <3

[yaffle]

thanks!

[jantheempress]

very cool!

[yaffle]

thanks, I see you do some cool art stuff yourself.

[jantheempress]

Thanks yaffle :) I'd like to try some storytelling like what you've done too...Love it!

[JustA11en]

A huge "you rock" to all involved. Very, very, cool.

[JustA11en]

5, fav, auto-played.

[yaffle]

thanks a lot, very nice of nice of you.

[SomebodyIusedtoknow]

Oh Yaffle, my dear sweet friend! You have made my dream come true! This is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen. Sincerely. I didn't have the Internet in my house for two days and I must've missed this when it first came out.

The wheels for feets... lulz

Callie's hair... ♥

Flying away... *sigh*

You... HUGE HUG!

[yaffle]

I'm so glad you and callie like it, you two gave me the ideas.

HUGE HUG BACK!

[slippereal]

i want to make out with the chick with the wheel feet

[SomebodyIusedtoknow]

don't even pretend that you haven't already bebe ♥

[slippereal]

more to come xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo!!!!

[yaffle]

get in line.

[slippereal]

that was a really nice thing you did yaffle rock on

[mogirl69]

i really, really liked this... very totoro.

5 stars! faved!

[yaffle]

oh yes, I love ghibli films - some of the music is taken from them too.

[citizenstand]

the purple one is like a female version of mattias!

[yaffle]

a female version of matthias? get me her number.

[kenrg]

Cool!

[DocRusty]

I attacked an owl once.

[livelifealwaystoo]

Who won?

[DocRusty]

It was very close, he was a mighty opponent but I managed to bash his beak off with a hammer and he surrendered. The fight was spectacular and we forged a bond of mutual respect which has led to a long standing friendship. We are planning to holiday together this year and have booked a villa in Southern Spain for the last two weeks in August. If you are a sexy person, or a sexy owl, you are welcome to join us.

[yaffle]

the RSPB has been informed, expect a visit from some feathered tough guys.

[livelifealwaystoo]

My husband was attacked by an owl once.

[yaffle]

you married a mouse!?

[snaggletoofskitty]

Another favorite! I lOve your collabs guys... greatness as usual. So much lOve to all of you, YouTube wouldn't be the same for me without ever discovering you. I'm the lucky one. lOve to you.

[yaffle]

it's great to be able to share ideas.

[DardisMusic]

Very nice video  - I didn't cry but I would have if there had been a dog in it and he had died in the end.

[yaffle]

I had to cut the dog fatality at the last minute, damn I wanted tears!

[SomebodyIusedtoknow]

c'mon kevin, surely you cried a little ♥

[personaggiomagro]

great, really! I want roller feet me too!

[yaffle]

buy some roller skates and we can form a roller skating gang.

[SomebodyIusedtoknow]

hey, can i be the leader? i know where all the smoothest sidewalks are!!

[Imsoooconfused]

I like when their hair blows. Great story. Lots happens... in a good way!

[yaffle]

I like the bit in star wars when luke is looking out at the two suns with his feathered hair blowing in the wind.

[SomebodyIusedtoknow]

yes, yaffle took our dreams and made them real ♥

my feel look exactly like that too :-)

[guidotnb]

Good story, vid, everything ... it is great!

[yaffle]

I couldn't have done it without all the lovely people I met on youtube. *cries*

[sirnubenegra]

nice soundtrack. did the others animate with you? i would love to add some characters on your next one.

[yaffle]

I animated it but they gave me the original idea.

yeah, we could do something together, after I clear my current schedule.

[sirnubenegra]

hey, not rushing you. lol. i just wonder if this could be the first animation collaboration

[SuicideFriendly]

Very well done!

[yaffle]

thanks for watching.

[MBRHIndustries]

That was awesome, I'm glad I got to watch it on a big tv. Good jarb you alls.

[yaffle]

maybe I can get this shown on one of those jumbotron screens they have in football stadiums.

[andymcgaffigan]

i kept waiting for the part when the owl tells me how many licks it takes to get to the center of a tootsie pop...but the moment never came...

[HisRoyalDudeliness]

When all the owls were staring at her I pictured "YOU GON GIT RAEPED", then I suppose she would be all "ORLY?" and they'd be all "YARLY". Then I would get really mad and angry and take all of my furious rage out on my crotch. Fin.

[andymcgaffigan]

poetry. LOL.

[HisRoyalDudeliness]

I tried to write a haiku about it...yeah...

[HisRoyalDudeliness]

See owls gang rape girl

Weird madman watches from screen

Mad fist molests crotch

[owlphanumeric]

sick.

[HisRoyalDudeliness]

I try.

[FunToRelate]

whoooo wouldn't like this? five stars! nice music synchronization too.

[yaffle]

whooo indeed!

[warlocksarewatching]

great new video yaffle my man!

[yaffle]

thanks, it was fun!

[colbent]

i realllly enjoyed this

please don't remove this comment!

[yaffle]

petition youtube to rearrange the remove and reply buttons on the comments!

[dickchurch]

nice, i really enjoyed it a lot. pretty music too.

[yaffle]

the music does a lot of the work for me.

[jbdale]

That was great!

[yaffle]

thanks a lot, you do cool stuff too.

[eshninerforest]

I wish my girlfriend would turn into an owl. :)

[yaffle]

haha, stay away from my canary.

[Elaina43]

Really nice!

One question: Is it truly better to be an owl?

[yaffle]

having a head that can turn 360 degrees would be great, then I can see who's making faces at me.

[Elaina43]

Ooooh, good point!

I'm not so sure I'd really want to know who's making faces behind my back... Some things are just none of my business - ah, Denial, that state of bliss.

Again, really fun video, yaffle!!

[SomebodyIusedtoknow]

Good question Elaina. Being an owl sure makes my hooting problem less bizarre ♥

[Elaina43]

I actually giggled out loud - twice - after reading about your hooting problem, Somebody. Glad to hear things are working out for ya!

[XGreysVideos]

Very cool. Well done.

[yaffle]

I enjoyed making it.

[frankothemountain]

Pretty cool.

[yaffle]

thanks frank.

[13thDimension]

yes

[yaffle]

I agree.

[lalalablubayou]

very nice i want to flying.thanks

[yaffle]

fly with me, wheeeeeeeeee!

[daligoddess2006]

Coolsome. =D

[yaffle]

cheers, you goddess!

[dudeanwalker]

awesome yaffle, owls are wise!

[yaffle]

lets go to an owl sanctuary!

[AVDJ]

freakin' beautiful, buddy!

[dudeanwalker]

hi av!

[AVDJ]

hey, bro! good to see you, dudean!

[yaffle]

thanks! it's great to share ideas with people.

[NetzDriverZ]

video poetry

5 stars

[yaffle]

I thank you.

[alexhighrise]

lovely

[yaffle]

thank you.

[Blargaldalien]

Hello,Yaffle,

WOW! Faved and D/l!

[yaffle]

cheers, take it to your leader.

[nezoone]

my hands were on my cheeks the whole time!! (that's how i admire when i am left speechless.)

[yaffle]

don't stay silent for long or I will be in trouble.

[SquiggMonster]

I couldn't help but think I may be being brainwashed.

[yaffle]

thank you for your pledging allegiance to the cause.

I've said too much.

[joelovesyou]

The beauty of it all. you've all really hit a note on this. Wonderful!

[yaffle]

it's only taken 2 years, haha.

[hourblue]

too beautiful for words!

this just blew me away...

[yaffle]

thanks to your other half!

[SomebodyIusedtoknow]

Me too!! I just saw it for the first time a moment ago... it's so well done. It's a beautiful story in and of itself, but is even more meaningful if you know the story behind the story ♥ very moving to me personally.

Gah, I'm soooo totally filled with love right now!

[bowlingballout]

I liked all of it, the story, the music and the animation.

[yaffle]

you should have seen the 5 minute tap dancing owl sequence I had to cut.

[SomebodyIusedtoknow]

it's a true story. or at least it's going to be one day when i find that magic owl tree... and flyyyy awaaaaaaaay, with callie ♥

[owlphanumeric]

yeahhh!!! i dream of that...def.!

[bwhahrhr]

this reminds me a lot of Zelda.

But three times as awsome! I loved the drawings of Callie and Mariam!

[owlphanumeric]

i love zelda! the music is intoxicating...i haven't played it in years, but i used to love it;-)

[NetzDriverZ]

Mattias.. :)

[bwhahrhr]

Josè! (:

[yaffle]

we gotta play some zelda sometime.

[owlphanumeric]

totally...but we have to play it old school-style, on the original nintendo...YEAH!

i'm totally gonna save that princess!

[bwhahrhr]

Sorry, but the Princes (Zelda) is in another castle (=mine!) :D

[SomebodyIusedtoknow]

Hey, since I missed the first day of commenting on this video, I'm trying to still catch up (see other comments).

Zelda would be so much better with more owls ♥

[bwhahrhr]

there are acutaly some not so unimportant owls in the later games! :)

[ournationalspace]

that was so beautiful - timeless and touching - and very real - my felt my heart aching watching this - although i didn't know yaffle was making this video, i knew the moment i saw the characters who they were :-) if i was a person who ever admitted crying, i would admit it; what a natural and talented story teller you are mr. yaffle 5 stars

[yaffle]

you big baby.

[owlphanumeric]

any other animation/moving picture has yet move me the way this has...

thankyou so much. this is a treasure in my heart.

[ournationalspace]

owlphanumeric, you and siuk have something beautiful to share forever :-)

[owlphanumeric]

i know... this is really the most beautiful thing...i'm all teary;-)

[yaffle]

thank you for the idea!

[SomebodyIusedtoknow]

oh you guys! I'm so sorry I'm so late for responding. I don't know if this has touched everyone as much as this has touched me! I'm all teary too... so beautiful,

[cheekychen]

This is fantastic! well done all of you, I love the owls so much!!

[yaffle]

owls are one of the most underrated birds, as is the unfortunately named stink-sparrow.

[popsuckits]

What a wonderful tale...

[yaffle]

it came from callies dream!

[popsuckits]

A lot can be learned from dreams...