#Plant Talk

[mrgladstonegander]

joining the war on transgender scrooge on the side of transgender scrooge

[polteban]

monster design for the "toxic meltdown" prompt from @catmask and @frogcroaks's MONSTER MAYHEM

(and being used for Project Breaker)

HCA-888 AVARICE, also known as the "Illusion of Control", "False Yggdrasil", and "247 Years and More" is a Storie that desires to take more and more land. Many powerful people have joined the ranks of the snakes on its crown after giving up their land. People with hope have looked upon it and dug their own graves at its roots to try and do... something.

Its influence should not be seen as an easy means to get rich quick. You only realize how far you've gone when you look back and see no one behind you.

Design notes:

TOXIC MELTDOWN -> Despair of late-stage capitalism/ climate change, taking advantage of "if i just work hard enough". toxic work environment and a mental breakdown/meltdown.

the eyes are the fruits it gives to exchange "power" (gaining more land, tricking people into working for it)

888 resembles the snakes eating each other, but it also represents financial success and prosperity

The rainbows are supposed to resemble oil spills, but its supposed to trick people into thinking it is beautiful / the way to get a better future

the snakes eating each other represents general greed / putting down or exploiting others to gain power, but also how companies just sort of.. eat each other

its a tree because money is the "root of all evil"/"money grows on trees", and the idea of the Original Sin starting capitalism (thanks Moby Dick)

[ourochoco]

having ocs is so fucked up bc you think “i cant wait to see more art of this character ^_^” BUT THERE IS JO FANART. BECAUSE ITS A GUY IN YOUR HEAD. WITH A STORY THAT ISNT PUBLIC!!!

[pocketdogs]

all of my plants, if you even care

[luckiestblock]

tearing up from the technoblade stories, immediately followed by tearing up from tommy playing 2020 tommy playing c!tommy (it hurts)

[luckiestplant]

For my Literature class i was allowed to make a short comic adaptation of a literary work that influenced me, so I picked Demian. If you want to read my explanation of why I picked it and made certain decisions, you can read it under the cut ! :)

[It is 862 words. I only needed to write 2 paragraphs. I... really like this book LOL]

I chose to adapt Herman Hesse's "Demian" because it's a very influential book for me. I saw myself in the protagonist, Emil Sinclair in how he worries about what other people think of him as a kid, leading him to tell different lies to different people. His struggle to rationalize what is "good" or "evil" is rooted in his religious upbringing, and his first step towards discovering himself and his own values is from someone (Demian) telling him a different perspective, and inviting him to think for himself. I felt seen in how Sinclair wants to be guided by others, but feels unable to teach others, and seeing him eventually reach independence makes me want to reach that point too. He starts off the book seperating things into binaries like Man and Woman, Good and Evil, but over the course of the book those concepts start to overlap and gray for him. He admires Demian and Beatrice for being a boy with feminine features, and a girl with masculine features, and when he eventually meets Frau Eva, he loves how handsome she is. The scene I adapted, where he sees himself in his own painting, not visually but emotionally, really connects with me as an artist who puts themself into their work, and gets a slightly better understanding of myself when I first step back and look at it. I don't want my pictures to look like a mirror of me, but still reflect me somehow. And with my experience with gender, I see myself in Sinclair's idealization of androgyny, even if those sorts of words would not be used at the time. This connection I felt with the book helped move me to read more classic literature and see myself in them.

I decided for the first page to not have a lot of narration because I felt that it could be told through pictures. The scene starts with the sun "slanting red through my window" during sunset, and "Inside my room it was dusk", which gave me my color palette for the comic; reds and warm purples. Sinclair is not very detailed in the first page because I thought it would feel more atmospheric, and to emphasize the self discovery on the second page. The three panels on the bottom were repeated with subtle changes in expression to give the feeling of time passing as, in the narration, "For a long time I sat oppposite it even after the picture had faded out." He blends in with the light of the painting because of how much he's taking it in; the last panel's sudden contrast is the moment of realization leading up to the next page. The painting's sudden detail is partly because I got too into drawing it, but is so important that it should be in substantially more detail; it is a catalyst for Sinclair, and it is symbolic of his connections (and future connections) in the book. Besides Sinclair's emotions, it is the most detailed description in that scene, and the way he describes it radiates joy and excitement.

The first panel of page two has vague drawings of Beatrice and Demian, with Sinclair sparking with recognition. I wanted him to have a similiar feeling as the painting, glowing with color, because this is an important moment for him. Beatrice is not very detailed because he has never talked to her; she is someone who he saw on the street and admired, and at that point, he had not met Demian in years. "But myself" is split from the sentance to give more emphasis on his revelation. The second panel's narration is split but tied together to make it feel more floaty and slow, to emphasize each point, and to help direct readers to the next panel with Demian (the lines in the last panel are also supposed to help cheat with that). The text around Demian purposefully switches alignment and leaves extra space to 1) help connect the flow of narration from the second to the fourth panel, and 2) because it conveys Sinclair's semi-divine view of Demian (masculine and feminine, youthful and mature). The woman in the fourth panel (who he later realizes to be Frau Eva) has especially split narration because he doesn't know her yet, and she is a dreamy "ideal" to him; she isn't concrete in his world yet. For panel 2 and 5, there is an egg cracking and a bird flying off as a reference to a motif later on in the book; "The bird fights its way out of the egg. The egg is the world. Who would be born first must destroy a world. The bird flies to God. That God's name is Abraxas." This quote has found its way into media inspired by Demian, and influences how people see the characters, and it's an especially touching quote because of how strong and confident it feels. If the bird (Sinclair) is not able to break his egg (the sheltered world he grew up in), he will never "hatch" and fly to Abraxas (self-discovery). It felt especially important to me to include this motif even if it hasn't technically appeared in the book yet, because it is a perfect metaphor for growing up and for Emil Sinclair.

[kiseiakhun]

If someone wants an easy starter plant but doesn't want a snake plant, get them a pineapple plant tbh. I straight up forgot to water it for like 2 months and it didn't change. The leaves didn't droop or anything. Now I watered it and I swear it already grew bigger in one day. I'm scared. What if it outgrows me. What if it outgrows my house.

[sarahgrows]

We are fully transparent on this blog!

Recently I rearranged my lights because the one outlet they were plugged into stopped working. Today while watering my babes, I noticed the pink on my PPP is fading! After a quick goog I decided to focus another one of the light wands onto her. I'm hoping it is simply a light issue and not something else. She is really tall and I'm sure requires a lot more light because of that. Guess who needs another grow light 🙃 Accepting grow light and death drop donations 🐸

[mynamesaplant]

just need to vent about my day real quick

we found a cat, a stray, decided to call him Jeff. he's been lurking by our place for like a month. he comes by Sunday and he has a massive gaping wound right near his eye. it fucking stinks. clearly infected. we decided to take him to the vet bc he might get worse. cleaned him up best we could and try to make him comfortable.

fast forward to today. we are trying to be careful so the stupidhead (Jeff in the cone of shame), doesn't escape.

i didn't see him follow me. didn't see him zip between my legs and take off toward the brush behind our place and out of sight.

it's a high stress situation. he's injured and we don't want him getting stuck somewhere and not being able to free himself. search the woods but we both have to go to work. we're both upset but there's nothing we can do.

i reach out online, trying to do something while I'm stuck at work. i'm posting descriptions of him and even offer my phone number in case someone finds him and needs to let me know ASAP.

huge mistake.

get a call around 11:30 and it's some guys who are telling me they found Jeff. they claim to be part of the county's animal service. they tell me that Jeff was handed over to them after a woman struck him with her car and his legs were damaged. i'm trying really hard not to burst into tears on the phone bc the worst has come to pass. this small animal trusted me enough not to bite and scratch and hiss at me as my sister and I fuss with his wound, trying to clean it so it doesn't get worse.

they say that in order to help Jeff they need a deposit so that the vet can start the surgery to essentially save his legs.

first sign something is off: the number was listed as private and then when I asked for some kind of confirmation, bc something in my gut told me it was weird, the number changed to match the county number.

second: when I asked if I could go down and see Jeff, I was told I couldn't, something about needing to get him in surgery as soon as possible.

third: the place they claimed to be calling from isn't open on Monday - weird, but they claimed to be the EMERGENCY county animal services when i questioned them.

fourth: i asked if i could go down to pay the deposit and i was told no, it could be done over the phone. when i asked if they could take a card, I was told that I didn't need to pay with card, and then that I couldn't pay when I pressed the issue. i was informed that it was simple, i could pay with ApplePay or Zelle or CashApp or etc... a county office cannot accept card? i was told that the machine was down - UNTIL DECEMBER.

if it wasn't already clear, these men were trying to scam me out of 1500$. they were trying to take advantage of my fear and anxiety over a missing pet (reminder Jeff is not my pet, but I hate to see animals suffer). the payment thing was really where I was questioning everything and, although the department they claimed to be calling from was closed, I figured that the county office that that department would have to answer to wouldn't be.

i called the county office. tried to explain everything as best I could, just trying to be sure this wasn't the real deal. the people at the county agreed with me, they would never ask for pay like that.

i hung up on these dudes multiple times bc I was getting bad vibes but kept getting reeled back in bc they kept calling me back and reiterating that Jeff was injured and needed help now.

i just want anyone who reads this to know that scammers are scum, but they prey on bad situations BECAUSE they know there are good people in the world. pet owners especially will do anything for their pets. Jeff wasn't even mine and I was prepared to get a fake surgery underway so he didn't suffer.

scammers will lie bc it's all they know how to do well.

if you ever get into a situation like mine, take a deep breath, and just try to think. make people answer questions, keep asking until you get an answer and, if they don't, ask yourself why they won't.

Jeff is safely back at my place, still adorned with his cone of shame, and looking no worse than when he slipped out this morning - the little bastard. i cried all day bc this fucking cat escaped on my watch and I nearly got scammed bc his dumbass wouldn't stay inside. i cried for another hour when i got home as he kneaded biscuits against my chest.

stay safe out there.

[t0t411y-n0t-hum4n]

everybody meet my child

the underside of his leaves are ourple

[needlepointbear]

Thoughts I had while weeding as a volunteer for a public garden

Ow, ow, ow plants hurt

What if there's a snake in here

Oh wow, this has been severely neglected and I'm going to have to create some bald spots in order to take care of it

I hope the tai chi class on the terrace likes the free ass show

Please be a weed and not a weird ass plant I haven't seen yet

Oh God, the tai chi class saw me fall on my ass from the force of the plant coming out

What if there's a snake in here?

If weed, why pretty

Oh no I've been stabbed

What if there's a snake in here???

The rest of the time I was humming the chorus to 'I eat boys'

[mrgladstonegander]

dana terrace please give us more webbies

[polteban]

Polteban (Ulnujaba) is a Shadow monster known for its extreme loyalty and dedication to the people it cares about. Simply seeing its owner in danger can cause it to change forms. This loyalty makes them a good beginner monster for new Players, but can cause them to form grudges against people.

Its head and limbs can disconnect from the main body, which is "stuffing" underneath its cloak. Its stomach is a vulnerable position for it, so being allowed to rub its belly is a major honor.

oc: banamo

[ourochoco]

i think about this post so often i want it to be real so badly. it would be the coolest thing ever and it should have 200 episodes

[pocketdogs]

rearranged our living room by filling it with plants + finn for good vibes 🫶