The only thing that keeps me going is the insane amount of parallels between taylor’s lyrics and dnf Its Acrually insane its like w rep she time traveled To modern times and wrote about their relationship (100% true She told me)
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gogurt doodles from artfight for @neuronflyeater
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When u ask him about his super amazingly coquette bow
Leon sketch bc this is the first time in a long time I actually enjoyed what i drew guys you can like reblog n stuff :3
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The tags immediately after this directly address me and say 'don't answer this' but I asked my friend if I can anyways cause I really liked it and they said go crazy so I'm gonna go crazy.
Also I've talked a bit about field bindweed/morning glory in this post but I'm gonna go into greater detail here because it's one of my favorite flowers.
Like I mentioned before, the reason I chose morning glory to be Lizzie/Joel's flower's because of their associations with love, undying or in vain. Flower language is a bit finnicky in the sense that depending on context/who you ask meanings can change.
Specifically, I draw field bindweed. This invasive plant is notoriously difficult to manage. Their root system grows fast and can go up to twenty feet underground. Properly taking care of an infestation can take years of work. The seeds can also remain dormant for decades so you may think you've cleared a field, only for them to start growing again.
Here's a framed root system grown from one seed for reference. I just think it's so dang cool.
Bindweed smothers other plants and creates great competition for nutrients in the soil it occupies. When it's completely out of control, it's leaves can shade other plants, which also kills them.
I think because of it's tenacious growth habits, the association with undying love and obsession make total sense. To me, Joel is characterized by being completely independent and not really taking to people that well. That is, until someone strikes a chord with him, at which point he sort of digs his claws in and can't let go.
In life series there's plenty of examples of devotion between characters, but usually those are instances where the devotee suffers because of their dedication. When Joel decides he's going to be loyal to a person, it's more so dangerous to everybody else than it is to him.
On the flipside, because of the way bindweed can't easily be uprooted, Lizzie is here to stay as she appears now, for better or worse. Joel can't be rid of her without having the actual intention of letting her go, which he simply can't do. Whether she's a real ghost, or a product of his own mind, or some external malevolent force doesn't really matter because she's not going anywhere long term.
This is all to say that yes, the vines growing being a way to show attachment developing is absolutely true. It's also true that Joel is completely aware of the fact that he's prone to latching onto people in a way that's sort of freakish (for lack of a better word) but it's all he knows how to do.
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