#love Community Gardens

[o-sunny-day]

More Forgettable AU song connections and explanations!!!! Its been on my mind for a bit… Community Gardens by The Scary Jokes is SO MUCH FUN to use with Gaster…

We havnt seen him in the comics yet… So we dont really know what his vibe Is gonna be…But, I think this song is really good for my favorite interpretation… Same with Rambling Of A Lunatic which I elaborated on a bit here.

That vibe being, him not having a care in the world, being ambiguously lucid, and in general being like Jevil- SOMEONE WHOS LOST THEIR MIND but is still weirdly chill and happy about everything?? Also not making much sense a lot of the time. NOT in a Spamton way, since he’s clearly still pretty distressed-

For the first line- ITS ACTUALLY KINDA FUNNY IN THIS CONTEXT

“Full disclosure, i AM a Monster.” as in… he is still somewhat a normal person, hes not “something else”. I imagine in an AMV (that I like 99% sure I will not make) Gasters talking to Flowey and/or Papyrus and bein like “dont worry :D”.

OR WE COULD TAKE THIS IN A WAY DIFFERENT DIRECTION- and instead he’s just saying that he IS A MONSTER. “full disclosure, i am a MONSTER. Not the species though! Ive done abhorrent actions!” and he’s being crazy chill about it acting like thats a normal thing to say- “oh btw, I suck-ass”

That narrative also works extra well with the next line, “A creature of despair- Not that that should be a cause for concern!” Like AGAINNN- augh. This is just how I imagine Gaster in general, not just in the AU. Hes an insane scientist, who is morally ambiguous, but also has incredible hospitality!

Then the last part, with "if there's one thing ive learned in all my years here". It perfectly refers to the VOID and how he's been there for...a lot of years. and ALSO how Wingdings at first was in despair because he didn't "plant his heart in community gardens" aka- MAKE FRIENDS

"The culmination of man's mistakes" you mean your mistakes? 👁 Gaster?

The "culmination" and the "desert turning to glass" would probably refer to "THE INCIDENT" and just in general all the ripples that happen because of that- the incident is the culmination of Wingsings' mistakes...

"If there's something to be learn from all these losers" is really funny cause all I can think of is Gaster childishly calling Alphys and Sans "losers" in a tongue and cheak fashion. Except he's the only one in on the joke. DO YOU GUYS SEE MY VISION😭😭 He's got like the saddest life but is the happiest guy in the world

"The price you pay for arrogance and a false sense of immunity" little self roast

"Face the wrath if a dying star" I fully give all credit to this song for making me obsessed with the concept of Papyrus being a star, and Gaster, in contrast, being a DYING STAR

IT'S SO COOL?!?!?!?

Now i wanna make a star map of the characters, making them all astronomy things through heart breaking metaphors

Like Sans is a planet revolving around the sun (Wingdings) and Gaster becoming a dying star cause the sun he once was, imploded- meanwhile Papyrus is a uhhhhh well he’s a star, but so is the sun technically, so idk man.

Alphys is a telescope. Take that.

[moonwoodhollow]

Community Centre in San My

[elderwisp]

[a-path-by-the-moon]

[thedrawingwolfie]

if you’re not fucking with the creaking you’re not fucking with ME 🫡🫡🫡

[bumblebeeappletree]

Every once in a while I’ll see some posts about everyone should become vegan in order to help the environment. And that… sounds kinda rude. I’m sure they don’t mean to come off that way but like, humans are omnivores. Yes there are people who won’t have any animal products be it meat or otherwise either due to personal beliefs or because their body physically cannot handle it, and that’s okay! You don’t have to change your diet to include those products if you don’t want to or you physically can’t.

But there’s indigenous communities that hunt and farm animals sustainably and have been doing so for generations. And these animals are a primary source of food for them. Look to the bison of North America. The settlers nearly caused an extinction as a part of a genocide. Because once the Bison were gone it caused an even sharper decline of the indigenous population. Now thankfully Bison did not go extinct and are actively being shared with other groups across America.

Now if we look outside of indigenous communities we have people who are doing sustainable farming as well as hunting. We have hunting seasons for a reason, mostly because we killed a lot of the predators. As any hunter and they will tell you how bad the deer population can get. (Also America has this whole thing about bird feathers and bird hunting, like it was bad until they laid down some laws. People went absolutely nuts on having feathers be a part of fashion like holy cow.)

We’re slowly getting better with having gardens and vertical farms within cities, and there’s some laws on being able to have a chicken or two at your house or what-have-you in the city for some eggs. (Or maybe some quails since they’re smaller than chickens it’s something that you’d might have to check in your area.) Maybe you would be able to raise some honey bees or rent them out because each honey tastes different from different plants. But ultimately when it comes to meat or cheese? Go to your local farmers. Go to farmers markets, meet with the people there, become friends, go actively check out their farm. See how the animal lives are and if the farmer is willing, talk to them about sustainable agriculture. See what they can change if they’re willing. Support indigenous communities and buy their food and products, especially if you’re close enough that the food won’t spoil on its way to you. (Like imagine living in Texas and you want whale meat from Alaska and you buy it from an indigenous community. I would imagine that would be pretty hard to get.)

Either way everything dies in the end. Do we shame scavengers for eating corpses they found before it could rot and spread disease? Do we shame the animals that hunt other animals to survive? Yes factory farming should no longer exist. So let’s give the animals the best life we can give them. If there’s babies born that the farmer doesn’t want, give them away to someone who wants them as a pet. Or someone who wants to raise them for something else. Not everyone can raise animals for their meat. I know I can’t I would get to emotionally attached. I’d only be able to raise them for their eggs and milk.

Yeah this was pretty much thrown together, and I just wanted to say my thoughts and throw them into the void. If you have some examples of sustainable farming/agriculture, please share them because while I got some stuff I posted from YouTube, I’m still interested to see what stuff I might’ve missed!

[potionbarrel]

after having the first ideas for this animatic about 3 and a half years ago, i can happily say the sketch stage for community gardens is finished in its entirety! rambling under the cut

although i'd put this project down to work on other things for stretches of time— days, weeks, months— i always at least wanted to get the sketches and pacing laid out for the full animatic, and now it's just... here!! it's really wild to think about. it is very choppy and messy in places, with it being the first animatic i've ever attempted, but i'm so proud of it. the idea had been confined to paper and my own head, and now it's just here and i can watch it more or less like how i imagined it. holy shit.

i don't think this'd make the top 10 when it comes to hlvrai animatics, because there's so many out there that are gorgeous and have so much love put into them, but i never wanted mine to be the best possible version of itself. just having it exist is a point of pride! even things could've wound up better, i like the animatic i got, 3 year old art and all! i think drawing these flowers is muscle memory by this point, and i'm now intimately familiar with every start and stop of this scary jokes song, LMAO.

but! thank you for reading, thank you for watching, and i hope you like it! thanks for the interest this undertaking's been shown over the years. means a lot <:-)

[adventures-in-poor-planning]

I do think I'm going to become an insane hermit if I see 1 more snarky rejoinder about growing your own veggies n fruits if they're so expensive. Growing your own veg as an amateur is an enriching, calming, joyful way to get three bell peppers in a whole season.

[shelovesplants]

After dinner joint in the garden 😋 🙌🌼💛💨

[annabelle--cane]

Can't wait for you to see the best boy in the whole wide universe (Ekko).

loved his bridge fight with jinx so much. he appears to be the only person in this whole show capable of taking like ten seconds to think through a decision before acting on it. love a man who runs a community garden.

[thegardenofbae]

Self care can look like this 😴🌙💐

But it can also look like this. Sometimes the best way to care for your spirit is to surround yourself with people who love you and pour into you 🤍✨

So I encourage you, while you’re cultivating and curating your individual self-care routines, to remember to leave time and room for cultivating life-giving friendships.

[kamaluhkhan]

i should be working on my thesis. i should be grading midterms. but instead? instead im thinking about whether i should do a vi x reader hunger games au or buffy the vampire slayer au or spiderverse au.

[daily-ethoslab]

[608] Heres a scavenger hunt! Try to find the album that inspired the colors of this etho! Hint: the name of the author is on the shirt :^P

[inspiredsimmerx]

“tell me what to do - i’ll do anything”

[beautyofaphrodite]

Αφροδίτη ἐν Κήποις

Aphrodite of the Gardens

(requested- all images found on Pinterest)