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the garden of basil rowan moore 🌿
art by me, script by @sunkitty143!
(we no longer allow comic dubs!)
some notes:
- aside from basil’s parents’ general design and the implication that they’re busy and rich, everything else about his family outside of his grandmother is cat’s headcanon!
- the flowers assigned to each family member are olive blossom (oliver), dahlia (dahlia), sea aster (oliver’s father), goldenrod (elijah), rosemary (rosemary), and azaleas (basil’s grandmother)
- the flowers in the last part represent the people (new and old) in basil’s life!
- dahlias are in the same family as daisies and sunflowers!
- basil’s dream of his family tree/garden is inspired by the meadow in headspace
- spirit mari takes the form of her 15 year old self to basil, as he never wants to turn away from the truth again
thank you again for the patience and encouragement as we worked on this!! i honestly wouldn’t have gotten through this much work over the months if i wasn’t in love with what cat wrote, so i hope you enjoy it! 🫶