The Mark Side (2020 Series)

## The Mark Side

***The Mark Side*** is an animated web series created by Saveraedae. Currently, one episode is released, 4 unreleased episodes are announced and more are planned to be released in the following years. The episodes are released on YouTube, and are all organized in this playlist.

## Plot

> **Official description from the website:**
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>  *"Time and time again, Mark Reed's self-centered actions and attention-seeking nature cause him to disrupt the lives of his friends and family. Inevitably, everyone reaches their limit with him, and the series follows him as he navigates the complex and often misunderstood situations that contribute to these consequences."*
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## Setting

The Mark Side takes place in the fictional town of Ohwell, Texas; The town is set in and based off of the real county Bell County. According to Saveraedae, Friend Fiction starts off the series in the year 2017.

## Episodes

*Main article: The Mark Side (2020 Series)/Season 1*
### Main Cast

* Collin Weiler as Mark Reed
* Andre Grandpierre as Benjamin Washington
	+ Andrew Richards in Friend Fiction
* Kruyo as Jonathon Washington
* Xeph The Panda as Kenny Peterson

### Secondary Cast

* Jaden as Ash Powyrs
* Dark Mage as Leon Reed
* Josh Portillo as Boss
	+ Sirius Rhys in Friend Fiction
* Katherine Black as Darcy Reed

### Recurring Cast

* Ghostie VO as Ashley Moore
* Saveraedae as Iris Talevara
* Xeph The Panda as James Talevara
* Bold as Dominic Washington
* Angie Min as Summer Washington
* FalconOnTheSax as Ava Glenn

## Development

### Early development History

This series is essentially a reboot of the  2016 series. Before becoming an animatic series, the first three episodes were written to be a comic. Its development is very rocky, being cancelled many times and picked back up ***four times***. The first time was in 2017 when Saveraedae announced that she was creating a TMS comic series. This quickly got cancelled due to work overload, and it was then announced that ***The Mark Side*** would be a novel series. After dealing with losing half of her work, Saveraedae cancelled it again, and it wasn't until 2019, when again, it was announced that ***The Mark Side*** would be a comic series. However, Saveraedae was beginning to get more confident in her animation abilities, so she, for the last time, in November 2019, announced that ***The Mark Side*** would be yet again, an animatic series; going back to its original roots.

> ***Evidence:***
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In between everything, Saver spoiled the entire storyline of TMS through many different means, including animatics to music videos and even writing a complete timeline. The timeline that the 2020 series follows is said to be mostly aligned to the timeline that was made publicly available, stating that the series will essentially be an adaptation of it.

1. ↑ https://www.themarkside.com/about
2. ↑ https://x.com/TheMarkSideSHOW/status/1628175640603009027?s=20
3. ↑ https://twitter.com/TheMarkSideSHOW/status/1627789371746263040
4. ↑ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm11678185/?ref\_=tt\_cl\_t\_2
5. ↑ https://x.com/TheMarkSideSHOW/status/1628550703496011779?s=20
6. ↑ https://x.com/TheMarkSideSHOW/status/1628869364870008834?s=20
7. ↑ https://x.com/TheMarkSideSHOW/status/1629295374765551619?s=20
8. ↑ https://x.com/TheMarkSideSHOW/status/1629574334208507905?s=20
9. ↑ https://x.com/TheMarkSideSHOW/status/1630266221684834304?s=20
10. ↑ https://www.tumblr.com/saveraedae/739186171371044864/ayy-working-on-some-tms-drawingdoodle-requests?source=share