Dan

Hello guys - 20 - they/them

[dead-end-draws]

Inspired to design an OTGW tattoo after revisiting the official art book, it’s such a gorgeous piece of animation.

And a great fall tradition to re-binge! 🍂🍁

[bubblegundays]

cake for mental health thats what i say

[spicymochi]

snail bunny

[discocuttlefish]

"Evelyn Evelyn - "Elephant Elephant""

a masterpiece

[aquarianowl-art]

Frog🐸🌱

[bubblegundays]

Life is just like an acorn swimming along in a lazy river within this industrialized suburban home

[bluebirdmask]

this is my favourite bit of otgw trivia (text from Art of Over the Garden Wall)

[cognitiveinequality]

It blows my mind that someone would post this, then choose not to link to the video:

[chikkou]

i dont think enough otgw fans talk about the exploration of complex family dynamics that the show manages to weave through pretty much every episode. like the relationship between wirt and greg seems so innocuous in the beginning, just normal aloofness due to the age gap, but as the episodes go on it becomes clear that wirt full on resents greg and actively dismisses him as “his stepdad’s kid,” while greg openly admires/loves wirt and doesnt understand why he wont spend time with him. theres so many little moments that make the lack of reciprocity in their relationship obvious, and it literally takes almost DYING for wirt to understand that he needs to treat his brother better. like holy fuck man ill be shocked if the person who wrote their backstory doesnt have a step/half-sibling cause WOW they got it right

[chikkou]

nah i got more to say about this cause i genuinely think this show handles this kind of relationship in such a refreshingly honest way. whenever you see a step/half-sibling relationship in kids media its always such overdramatic nonsense with one character screaming “I HATE YOU!!!” and a whole big dramatic crying scene but we dont get that here. wirt doesnt hate greg. the resentment is there, absolutely - but more than anything, wirt is INDIFFERENT to greg. he doesnt even think of greg as his brother, which his song makes pretty clear given his wording:

and the disconnect between them is made plain through small, but notable actions throughout the show. on more than one occasion, wirt leaves greg behind (one time after “jokingly” telling the frog cops to take greg instead), doesnt seem that bothered when he goes off by himself, is slow to humor him but quick to pass the buck onto him, and just generally, is so busy wallowing in his own fear and misery that he allows greg to get into some really dangerous situations for a pure lack of concern. the only time we see wirt really get angry at greg is in the flashback scene, and because greg was trying to HELP him. to really rub salt in the wound, that scene is immediately followed by wirt jumping out of the way of the train - and leaving greg behind.

thats not to say that wirt really wanted greg to get hurt or anything like that. i think its more that wirt doesnt truly understand the position hes in, nor what the woodsman told him in the first episode - “you are the elder child; YOU are responsible for you and your brothers’ actions!” - until greg is taken by the beast. greg is willing to sacrifice himself for wirt without a second thought, but wirt would never have done the same because he is self-absorbed to such an extent that he doesnt understand his responsibility - and failure - to protect greg until its almost too late.

over the garden wall is a GREAT coming-of-age story for a lot of reasons, but i think the development of wirt and gregs relationship is my absolute favorite part of it. wirt goes from thinking of greg as some kid hes stuck with to immediately asking for greg after nearly dying, and the path they took to get there is crafted so perfectly. i fuckin love this show bro ksdfhjkdsf

[thestuffedalligator]

Okay I just wrapped up the annual Over the Garden Wall rewatch and it’s late and I don’t know how well I’ll be able to articulate these thoughts but:

The Beast knows it’s in a story

The Beast knows it’s in a story, and it knows how people react to stories, and that’s horrifying in a series based out of folklore and fairy tales and storytelling tradition. The Beast preys on people by knowing how they’ll react to stories. The Beast acts frustrated that Greg used a honey comb for a “golden comb” and a spiderweb on a stick for a “spool of golden thread,” but it’s baiting a trap - by exploiting that same fairytale logic, Greg is going to die of exposure in the cold while he waits for the sun to “set” in a cup

Because of course Greg will wait to see the sun set into the cup. Of course the Woodsman will keep the lantern lit. That’s how the story should go. The Beast is a parasite sucking blood out of a perfectly arranged Grimm fairy tale about the martyrdom of parenthood.

The only way to properly defeat it is to actively defy the story being set out ahead of you. Over the Garden Wall says, over and over again, that Wirt will sacrifice his life for Greg. “You are responsible for you and your brother’s actions,” the show says. The original pitch bible for the series said that Wirt would sacrifice himself for Greg, that he’d die to take responsibility for Greg-

And then Wirt stops and says “Wait. That’s dumb” and immediately shatters the story that’s been set up for him, and that’s how he defeats the Beast.

[beyonce-knowles-carter]

OVER THE GARDEN WALL + DETAILS 🍁🎃🍂

Led through the mist, by the milk-light of moon, all that was lost, is revealed. Our long bygone burdens, mere echoes of the spring, but where have we come, and where shall we end? If dreams can’t come true, then why not pretend? How the gentle wind, beckons through the leaves, as autumn colors fall.

Somewhere lost in the clouded annals of history, lies a place that few have seen. A mysterious place, called The Unknown.

[skittles-rainbow-cat]

saying “i love you” is so freeing though, like your best friend does a silly dance in the parking lot so you say “i love you” or your partner says something rly dumb but it makes you laugh so you say “i love you” or one of your parents brings you some of the food they cooked so you say “i love you” it’s so freeing and pure and human so maybe we should say “i love you” a little more often

[ithelpstodream]

[glitterz]

Omg rly ??

[ithelpstodream]

yes! really!

translifeline.org

US: [phone]

CANADA: [phone]

Pacific time: 8am to 2am

Mountain time: 9am to 3am

Central time: 10am to 4am

Eastern time: 11am to 5am

Alaska time: 7am to 1am

Hawaii time: 6am to 12am

[aaliyahbreaux]

Okay so I just got off the phone with them. I talked to a trans girl named Aurora & she was super helpful! She gave me a few doctors to talk to & encouraged me to seek therapy instead of just rushing to get my pills. She literally found a trans friendly therapist in my town & I would definitely recommend giving them a call!

[nothappy-nonbinary-forpositivity]

GUYS COME SEE THIS!!!!!! I didn’t know about this, come look!!!!!!

[suriandtaal]

it literally would not be right to ever not reblog this

[podcastgalore]

For any trans followers I have. Stay safe and know you are loved

[curiouslyhigh]

This is the actual weirdest meme to get great information from.

[noseblod-deactivated20220317]

yeah

[bubblegundays]

Love it when I find that one song I can listen to for hours

It's like music? hehe yeah :]

[magicskeletonswithhats]

[yuutta]

over the garden wall + favorite soundtracks [template]

[ghostsberry]

Oh how the gentle wind beckons through the leaves