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WhitePine Horror Au - “Walking Trees”

A month after the party massacre, everything was “normal” no pain, no suffering, no more weirdness. Everyone in the estate are safe, the servants get their tasks done, the Hemolockes live their lives, everyone is -.-. .-.. --- .-- -. ---... / - .... . -.-- / .- .-. . / --. --- .. -. --. / - --- / -... . --. .. -. / - .... . .. .-. / ... ..- ..-. ..-. . .-. .. -. --. / .- --. .- .. -.

Seraptor has been sent out to get groceries, but he hasn’t come back in a while. Some of the servants are starting to worry about him. It has been two hours after Seraptor left from the safety of the mansion, Mr, Pierce has decided to go to find him. Pierce has gotten to the city, he notices that it is completely empty, there are no people on the streets, every step he takes echoes around the streets. He enters Reddoon’s shop, he wasn't there, Pierce looks around to find anyone in there, he turns around the corner to find Reddoons sitting in the corner with his hand covering his left side of his face.

Pierce: “Red?”

Reddoon: “(Franic breathing)”

Pierce: “A-are you ok?” Mr, Pierce walks towards Reddoon’s

Reddoon: “. . . Y-you need to get out of here. . .”

Pierce: “No, can you please tell me what happened here”

Reddoon: “. . .There was s-something. . . it was-s attacking everyone, . . .but, it didn’t kill anyone, it just [HURT] them.”

Pierce: “Then where is everyone?”

Reddoon: “I-ii don’t know. . .”

Mr, Pierce notices that Reddoon’s hand that is covering his face was covered in blood. He asks what happened to his face. Reddoon takes his hand off his face which reveals that there’s a slash across his entire head. A lot of blood was dripping from his eye. Pierce took off his coat and wrapped it around Reddoon's wound.

Pierce: “Let’s go”

Reddoon: “You don’t have to tell me twice”

Pierce helps Reddoon up and they start moving. Pierce looks around the street, nothing is there. Pierce was going to take Reddoon to the estate for him to be safe and heal, but then they heard a scream, it was Seraptor. The estate was too far away for Pierce to go to it and leave Reddoon there and go back to help Seraptor so he went back into Reddoon’s shop and left him there for safety. Pierce runs to help Seraptor, he turns to the next street and sees, the Being. Seraptor was in an alleyway, the being was too big for it to enter so it was breaking down the buildings around him to get to him. Pierce shots his shotgun at the being directly to its head, it didn't even flinch. The being slowly looks towards Pierce, its radiating eyes and smile makes Pierce squint his eyes as his vision starts to blur. Pierce shoots again to its face making the glow stop, the being’s eyes turn black and starts dripping blood, its head starts shaking frantically. It starts running at Pierce.

Pierce runs into an alleyway for safety as the being makes distorted Yelps. Seraptor takes this opportunity to get away from the being. Pierce runs behind the buildings as the being tries every opportunity to get to Pierce. Pierce hears the being’s stomps and bellows get further away, then he hears the beings bellows get closer, they came from above him. Pierce looks up and sees that the being was running on top of the buildings, it catches up to Pierce from above but kept running, it got to the third building ahead, its hand glowed for a moment before it punched the building it was on and completely collapsed it. Pierce fell down when he tried to stop running and get away from the collapsing building, a bunch of debris fell on top of him. A piece of debris fell on Pierce's leg making him scream in pain, he tried to get up but his leg was broken.

He began to crawl away, the being was under most of the debris of the building slowly getting out. Pierce tried to escape, he moved with all of his strength, but it was worthless. The being got out of the pile of debris and immediately found Pierce, he was crawling away in the middle of the road with no sense of direction. The being slowly walked closer to him, Pierce tried to run but it was worthless, Pierce was suddenly filled with despair, he didn’t know what this feeling came from, it was like it was being forced into his mind. The being picked Pierce up from his leg and raised him up right above its head, the being’s jaw open in unnaturally lengths, the being lets go of Pierce.

Pierce was nearly eaten by the being but then a car appeared ramming into the being, flinging it across the entire street. The person in the car got out and went toward Pierce who fell down when the being got flung, Pierce looked up to see that Seraptor was the person in the car.

Seraptor: “Are you ok?!”

Pierce: “CLEARLY, no”

Seraptor: “Yeah s-sorry. . .  let's get out of here.”

Seraptor helped Pierce to the backseat of the car then Seraptor went to the driver seat to try to get the car working again, after a couple seconds it finally started working, the feeling of despair was still in Pierce, the feeling was slowly going away but every second of it going away it was replaced with {Pain}. The being got up from being hit by the car and let out a giant bellow echoing across the entire city then started chasing the car. Seraptor was going to go to the estate but he realized that everyone would be in danger if he did that, so he came up with a new plan to try to lead the being far away from the city, but he didn’t know what he would then do if he led it away. The bellows of the being get closer and closer, Seraptor tried to get away by going faster but it didn’t seem to do anything. Pierce looked behind the car to see how far away the being was from the car, Pierce saw that the being was getting close really fast, he told Seraptor that the being was getting pretty close, so Seraptor went even faster, but because of that it was getting very dangerous for driving at the speed they’re going. The being stopped for a bit but then it started to glow a bright orange, it started to run again, getting faster and faster until its skin bursted into flames.   Pierce: “Oh sh*t. . .”   The being started to take off the fire from its body to make a ball of fire to shoot it at the car. Pierce even when in pain tried to help Seraptor by telling him which direction to go to dodge the fireballs, but it didn’t help and one of them hit the engine by the being doing a precise throw. 

The car crashes into a building while the flames from the engine burn the car. Pierce manages to open the door of the car with little strength he had. The being looms over as Pierce tries to get away but all of the strength he had went away making him lay hopelessly on the ground. Seraptor was still in the car unconscious from the impact. The being walks over to the car and rips open the roof and takes Seraptor out while he bleeds from his head because of the crash, then the being materializes bandages then wraps them around Seraptor’s wound. The being puts Seraptor on the center cross on his back, then chains wrapped around him trapping him to the giant cross. The being looks over towards Pierce who was still laying motionless on the road. When the being looked at Pierce a new wave of despair came to Pierce’s mind. The being raised its right arm then the barbed wire attached to its hand got shaped to a spear like form, then the being positioned itself to stab Pierce. The being was about to finish him off but then it completely froze, after a bit the being started walking away from Pierce to the woods. 

Pierce was left laying on the road, all he wants right now is to die, the pain and despair is too much for him, but then he sees something, people. There were people hiding in the alleyways, buildings, and under cars, three people ran over to Pierce to help him, the three people got Pierce to one of their cars to go to the hospital. When they arrived at the hospital there were so many people, all of them had wounds or just looked like they were in so much pain,Pierce didn’t really know what was happening, the pain was making thinking hurt so much. After a bit on a hospital bed a person came to the room, it seemed to be a doctor. They were holding something but Pierce couldn’t really tell what it was.

D0ct0r: “|How are you feeling right now?|

Pierce: “. . .” He couldn’t talk, when he tried to talk a sharp pain went to his mind, like grenades exploding.

D0ct0r: “|Makes sense why you can’t talk, you've been through so many things. . .|” The doctor puts down the things they were holding, it was a hammer, a long pick like tool, and two syringes.

D0ct0r: “|Luckily for you, you won't remember anything about what has happened in this city. Don’t worry, all things are getting taken care of.|” The --. --- ...- . .-. -. -- . -. - / --- ..-. ..-. .. -.-. .. .- .-.. Picks up the syringe.

D0ct0r: “|You will be all right|” The Doctor injects Pierce with one of the syringes. Pierce began to feel strange, then he completely lost any control he had from his body.

The doctor grabs the pick like tool and hammer, they put the pick tool on top of Pierce’s eye, then they put the hammer over the pick, they hit it like it was a nail, straight towards Pierce’s mind. After three hits they stopped and put the tools down, they injected Pierce with the other syringe. 

D0ct0r: “|Well off to the next one!|”

Pierce is left to lay unconsciously on the bed for hours, the pain, despair, any memory of what has happened in town since the first ever incident, has seemingly gone away.Pierce opens his eyes hearing a loud ringing, it slowly starts diminishing after a couple seconds. He sits up on the bed confused whats happening. He then sees someone sitting on a chair on the other side of the room, his vision was blurry so he couldn’t really see who was there, the person started talking to him, Pierce didn’t really know what he was saying, the ringing was still too loud to let him hear what the person was saying. The person seemed to begin to flicker, like going transparent for a couple of seconds. Pierce couldn’t tell what was happening, all of a sudden the person instantly appeared in front of Pierce.

Clown: {HELLO THERE {Buddy}!}

Pierce: “HOLY SH*T!” Pierce falls down on the bed 

Clown: {HA HA  HA   HA    HA     HA} .--- . ... - . .-. .--- . ... - . .-. .--- . ... - . .-. / -.. . .. - -.-- floats to the air kicking his feet around like a child when laughing. 

Clown: {Ohhh my, look what they did to you. . . YOU can’t even remember {Anything}}

Pierce: “What. . . w-who are you?, WHERE AM I!”

Clown: {Huh they really removed a bit to much of your mind}

Pierce: “What uh. . . what do you mean?”

Clown: {Let's fix this real quick!} Clown raises his hand up and grabs something not visible, he while grabbing the thing phases his hand through Pierce's head and drops the thing. Pierce gets his memories back, all the pain, suffering, and weirdness comes back to him. And the memory of what he did to Clown came back to him.

Pierce: “You. . . did you release that. . . thing?” 

Clown: {Yeppers!, I did warn you that this would happen, allll of the people you care about will {Suffer} what you did to me}

Pierce: “I DIDN’T HAVE CHOICE!, I WOULD HAVE DIED IF I TRIED TO SAVE YOU, ALSO THE THING ATTACK EVERYONE IN THE CITY, NOT EVEN ANYONE IN THE MANSION GOT TO EVEN SEE THE THING!”

Clown: {Yeah, the being really got side tracked. . . but at least it remembered to get Seraptor!}

Pierce: “WHAT DOES HE HAVE TO DO WITH ANYTHING?”

Clown: {I am going to use him as my new {Body}}

Pierce: “. . . WHAT?”

Clown: {Anyways the {Set Piece} is gonna happen soon, be prepared for a crazy show!} Clown disintegrates into dust and blows away through the walls.

Pierce: “What uh- GET BACK HERE” Pierce was left alone confused with the jarring information .--- . ... - . .-. .--- . ... - . .-. .--- . ... - . .-. / -.. . .. - -.-- has given him. Pierce gets up from the bed and begins to leave the hospital, but after he took his first steps he suddenly loses balance and falls to the floor. Every few steps he takes he falls down to the ground, Pierce starts to crawl to leave, when he gets out of the room he sees a couple of other people sitting on the chairs lined up against the walls, they look like they were in so much pain. Pierce goes by, he sees the exit and starts heading towards it, but then Doctor stops him.

D0ct0r: “|Wow there buddy where are you going?, let’s get you back to your room shall we?|” The doctor picks up Pierce and puts him back to the room he was in.

D0ct0r: “|Now you stay here ok? Ok|” Doctor after leaving the room locks the door so Pierce couldn’t get out. Pierce after resting a bit, was out of breath after crawling looked around the room to see if anything could help him get out. There was nothing, the room was very empty, he looked towards the window, there was something outside, it was Ash. A tentacle that was made of flesh came out in a hole in the corner of the room and went towards the window, the tentacle stabbed the lock and ripped it out, blood started dripping from the broken lock, the tentacle went back through the hole disappearing. Ash opens the window and lets out their hand for Pierce, Ash after Pierce grabbed his hand helped him out of the window.

Pierce: “You. . . were dead. . . I shot you.”

Ash: “I am not Ash, I am just pretending to be him.”

Pierce: “. . .”

Ash: “Are you ok?”

Pierce: “Other people have died. . . but I have seen them after they died.”

Ash: “I am also pretending to be them.”

Pierce: “Why?”

Ash: “I just. . . want to be somewhere that I can be loved, where I am not a monster, I want to be human, so I pretend to be other people, remove the memories of their deaths, so I can live the life I want.”

Pierce: “That explains why I have seen Div and Bit, they died and you took their place. Wait, I haven't seen Mysti after she died.”

Ash: “Her death was too big for me to just make everyone forget.”

Pierce: “Oh. . . makes sense”

Ash: “Lets get back to the estate”

Pierce: “I can barely walk”

Ash: “I will help you”

The mimicker picks up Pierce and heads towards the estate.

Pierce: “Wait, why did the lock bleed?”

Ash: “The building is alive”

Pierce: “Oh. . . nothing surprises me anymore.”

I’m writing this just minutes after waking up from a dream. It was a bonus video from Ivory discussing how the previous video—the one aimed at people who are transitioning—had been poorly received, and how she regretted the final part because it "blackmailed people in the trans community" or something like that. I don't know what she was referring to—obviously it was just a dream, not real—but seeing it left me very confused.

What surprised me the most was what happened next. I remember that, since it was a 45-minute video, I wasn't all that interested, so I was fast-forwarding through it until... "Wait, isn't that her voice from before transitioning?" And well, yes, it was. It gave me a huge scare, but it was mostly coming from the person he once was. I don't quite remember what was being said, but at a certain point, I realized the Minecraft player's POV was... well, his old skin, until he came across a 1x1 hole. He dug a parallel one, and at the bottom was Ivory's skin. Both players were crying and comforting each other. "It's okay. You are alive," Ivory said. "I love you," said his already-dead self.

Then she returned to her normal voice and began answering questions that appeared on the screen as comments; the only one I remember was whether her other self was going to return to what she said "No, he is dead for her own good". What followed was a scene that—honestly—struck me as the only good part of that dream: the two of them walking through the Minecraft Nether. It wasn't even cinematic; it wasn't like one of those dreamlike videos she used to make—it was just straight-up gameplay. I could even see the health and inventory bars. The funny thing is, both she and her past self were hopping around, dodging enemies, and messing with each other—trading jokes back and forth. I remember her past self had found what looked like some kind of egg—claiming it was a dragon egg she’d tamed using lava—while Ivory wanted to destroy it. They started bickering, but it wasn't an argument; it was just two friends playing Minecraft and trolling themselves.

At the very top of the biome, there was a sort of plateau. The only way up was via a set of rails. Ivory had gone up first, but that other version had stayed behind to look after the egg. Up at the top, there was a computer—blocky, obviously, since they were inside Minecraft, but huge, like something out of Akira or the like. You could see Ivory happily humming away as she deleted absolutely everything: her contacts, her YouTube channel, and even her Twitch account. There was a folder labeled something like "Past, Present, and Future," and she started deleting those files too. It made me laugh because, as things were being deleted, you could see that some folders contained a bunch of Illuminati symbols and references to "E. Island"—almost like a joke, as if to say, "Yeah, I'm deleting the evidence for this, too." I don't know, I found it funny that this happened in the dream; on one hand, I thought, "Yeah, that’s exactly the kind of silly thing the real-life Ivory would do." After that, there was also a folder labeled "things from the past," which was simply a bunch of images of cave paintings—literally photographs of Paleolithic paintings. I found it funny at first, until suddenly her "other self" stopped and cancelled the deletion process because I was about to erase the EscapeMaps videos.

"Wait, this is it?" He said "Are you gonna delete that too? Like if nothing ever happend? For some will be like if didn't even existed, but for others it happend..." Ivory stopped. She said something like a "...Yeah, about that". The video then returned to the original format, you know, cinematic... and then I woke up in ny bedroom. I rushed into my phone and checked her channel. Even if what I'm explaning isn't that bad, I'm glad this video never existed.

I haven't finished the series yet...is there ANY chance or reason that the full series video being spelled "WHITPINE" is intentional?

I said it because I think it's kinda fitting that this could be a space where people inspired by Ivory could do and share things similar to Whitepine, now that we are not getting any more content related to it.

You know, Minecraft roleplay/cinematic/machinima type like videos.

There are a TON out there.

I guess we are not having anything else. But o well... It was good while it last.

I know she has understandable issues with being a public figure but the way she phrased her video made me a little confused. Was she just talking about content creation as in a social-media prescense, or is going to stop writing entirely?

After whitepine ended, i was eagerly awaiting to see what ivory would make next, however since she is quitting content creator, i need to find other series that are like whitepine.

I absolutely adore whitepine, i especially love the atmosphere that it creates, the shots alongside the music keeps me thinking about this show after it ends, and i love all of the characters and the story

Can be any form of media, another minecraft series on youtube, a show/movie on netflix, a youtube indie show, an anime, a video game, etc. i just need something

So I've been following "Whitepine" since its very conception two years ago and I just wanted to pour out my thoughts on the series, both positive and negative, since this series has been something really extraordinary and I really hope to see more like this on YouTube, regardless of whether Ivory or another creator doing the same.

What initially drew me to this series was watching Ivory's return video (if you want to call it that) and seeing what she said about telling stories. I really admired that and it's especially admirable how uncompromising this series is. It isn't tailored for the "algorithm" or anything and a step further than most content creators ever do.

The story is labeled as a "murder mystery" but this feels much more like a drama than anything else. This was really intriguing how this show has such unconventional twists to it. The murder of Mysticat, while seemingly the main conflict, is ultimately more of a vehicle for bringing much more psychological problems between the members of the Hemlocke household to light. These inner conflicts are much more intriguing than a simple murder mystery anyways and all the characters feel so practical for the world Ivory has created.

For me, "Whitepine" is a series about mortality and connection, how fragile life is, and the immense power that people have to either love or hate. Death looms over the whole show for many of the characters, whether that's Pyroscythe's grief from Mysticat's untimely demise, Clownpierce's vague trauma from his days as a soldier, Katje's desperation to survive, or Ivory's own desperate cries to save Serapter. The series ruminates on how these people handle their grief and thoughts of death, showing how death is an unavoidable constant of life. It's important to live with the knowledge that it can be snuffed out in an instant. Pyroscythe's pain shows that pain of loss in losing Mysticat, his trusted friend, that he relied so heavily upon and while it's obvious death causes suffering, the way in which Pyroscythe's grief is shown is what's so moving about it. His feelings remain within himself, locked away, and only through Ivory's support does he feel safe to open up because of his father, Zombie, causing him to close up. Credit to Pyroscythe himself for giving a pretty good performance, he sells the grief pretty well.

However, Ivory being there for Pyroscythe shows that while those who were lost aren't replaceable, there will be new, interesting faces to meet and understand. Life is always changing and it's part of life to appreciate our loved ones while we have them and to reach out to those new faces when given the chance. This love of life oozes out of a majority of the series. Many shots and scenes are dedicated to Ivory performing menial tasks for the Hemlockes and while they don't seem particularly stimulating on the surface, Ivory always meets a kind face or learns something important (whether that's shadowing Serapter on her first day or Ivory meeting Reddoons, who later gifts Ivory a pocket watch). There's beauty to be found even the smallest of things and this series really speaks to me in that way. The subtle glamour of it all in the music further dazzled me.

However, that's not to say there's only beauty as the cruelty also bleeds through in this series. Ivory's own struggles of voicing her true self is a debilitating, difficult process that takes so much mental strength from her to do. Even by the show's conclusion, Ivory still isn't completely confident in her voice but in Serapter, she has found a person to listen, that enjoys her company. Through Serapter and the other kind voices in the show, Ivory has found that she has value. A dusty, unused piano that no one cares for becomes her safe place for expression. Life is mysterious and it surprises us in ways that we don't fully understand, like this piano, trash for many but a sanctuary for one. However, this unpredictability isn't to be ran from, it's part of the beauty that makes up existence. With every cry of suffering like the burning of the Hemlocke home, there comes a response of beauty to meet it like Ivory eating ice cream with Serapter which fittingly ends the show. It's a hopeful ending, not devoid of obstacle, but one that's connecting. Even through fear of death and turmoil, the human spirit endures.

However, this beauty that life is only found with morality. With the great capacity for loving relationships, also comes the capacity for evil and cruelty, manifest in some of the characters like Zombie, Bormethius, or even Clownpierce. Zombie, atop his empire of wealth and status, distances himself from the importance of human connection and resultingly pushes his family away from him, causing them to resent him. In a particularly upsetting scene, he chastizes Vi cruelly, calling him a disgrace, which is the last thing he says to him, fittingly echoing to the idea of mortality. Bormethius is also misguided in the ways that he attacks Ivory out of some personal bias and hatred, abusing his authority as a detective to do so. Even Clownpierce subdues his own trauma and it flares up episodes like with Minutetech.

Besides death and connection, this series is also undeniably about queerness and the difficulties with queer people in society. I think this could've been explored more thoroughly but it is addressed with Ivory at the end of the series, where it's a simple acknowledgement from Serapter, which is what it should be. Unfortunately, not everyone feels this, particularly those immersed in societal tradition like Zombie, who makes Pyroscythe particularly adverse to proclaiming his homosexuality. I do really appreciate how Ivory makes queerness feel very prevalent in the world she's created, like queerness is so deeply a part of Ivory, Pyroscythe, Bitotter, etc (which is obviously true but I'm glad Ivory emphasizes how natural it is) and society is suppressing it, keeping it under lock and key.

However, one criticism I do have with this is the contemporary language used to describe the queerness. Describing someone as non-binary in a period piece is obviously inaccurate and that's a little flaw with this series. There's a level of disbelief that needs to be held just with the medium being Minecraft which I'm willingly to forgive as not everyone has the means, desire, or comfort for live-action performance and expression. However, where I take issue is the casual modern slang in a supposed period piece. The proper language around the queer people (like non-binary describing Bitotter) isn't too bad as Ivory clearly values proper education around queer individuals which is very respectable. However, where it loses me is when a character says a phrase that I'd heard from someone on the street nowadays and especially the gamertags!!! It completely takes me out of a serious scene to hear "Clownpierce" or "Mysticat." Some names like Ivory, Zombie, or Izzy aren't bad but some definitely stick out like a sore thumb and it makes me wonder why fictious names weren't used. This isn't detrimental to the series by any means as this series is very cozy to me and it feels a lot like a cozy fireplace and conversation with friends. So, the casual language isn't too damaging to the emotions of the show even in scenes of peril or drama, then it can be a bit difficult to be immersed in the scene when they're saying Minecraft usernames. Other than that, the acting isn't exactly professional and that's completely fine, the amateur nature of some of the actors really makes the 'homey' vibe of the whole series so I'd say it's to its benefit most of the time.

Speaking briefly on some highlights of the acting, Ivory is really amazing as an actress and I was particularly moved by the colors of her emotions in the last episode. Ivory is pretty quiet for most of the show and it takes a good eye to really see some of the subtle color in her acting for most of the show, which is really impressive as it really matches the character. The bolder colors of her expression show a lot in the last episode and it really adds to the weight. It really felt like she was crying over a friend who might die and it really felt like she was flooded with happiness to see Serapter alive and recovering. Zombie and Boremethius also give impressive performances that deserve praise and the whole cast deserves praise too for participating in something so innovative for YouTube content.

Overall, that's the impression that I have for "Whitepine" and that's respect for Ivory for taking great idea and having so much fun with it in this Minecraft series. It's really amazing and a testament to how creative people can get with the limited resources they're given. Can't wait to see what Ivory does next and even if she doesn't make another project after this, she should be proud of the excellent story she told and hopefully it inspires others in the space to make their own stories. I certainly wouldn't be opposed.