#arty-pillar

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An animatic based on the events of the ‘I Know How to Live’ series by Clatter_pillar on AO3, set to the ending of ‘Finale: The Magic Store’ from The Muppet Movie.

The animatic starts with Juniper (Jax’s name post-coming out within the fanfiction) looking into a mirror, wearing a dress and admiring the reflection with surprise, before turning to Pomni—dressed in a jacket and hat resembling Caine’s—and taking her hand, to the lyrics ‘Life’s like a movie, write your own ending’. 

‘Keep believing’, as Juniper and Pomni lie in the grass, Juniper looking at Pomni with a mix of teary hope and trepidation. ‘Keep pretending’, as Kinger and Juniper talk in the darkness of a forest, before cutting to a glowing vision of Ribbit and then Pomni. 

‘We’ve done just what we set out to do’ is sung to the backdrop of a compilation of different scenes: Pomni, Ragatha, and Juniper balancing on small platforms in 80s/rave-style outfits; Pomni putting makeup on Juniper; Gangle showing Juniper her sketchbook while they’re sat in the dark in the common area; Caine floating above Juniper and talking to her in her room; Juniper and Ragatha stood silently facing the hallway, turned away from the camera; Juniper laughing at Pomni on the floor as they play DDR; Juniper talking to Kinger in the pillow fort; Zooble and Juniper stuck together in an elevator—and, finally, everyone together at the beach—Juniper, Pomni, Ragatha, and Zooble together in the water as Gangle and Kinger make sandcastles and sunbathe in the background. 

‘Thanks to the lovers’; a close-up of the photo of Ribbit, Kaufmo, and Juniper pre-transition together held in her hand, cutting further away to reveal all the photos on Juniper’s wall flipped back over. 

‘The dreamers’; Ragatha, Kinger, Gangle, Zooble, and Caine all gathered in Pomni’s room in pyjamas, sitting on the floor and looking like they’re laughing as Caine floats sleepily above them.  

‘And you’. Pomni laying down beneath blankets, hand outstretched against the mattress and hopeful. Pomni and Juniper holding each other close, Pomni’s hands on Juniper’s face like she’s something precious and both smiling like there’s nowhere else they’d rather be.

The video ends with Juniper’s final quote of the series, before a final fade to black: “yes, this is what I want life to look like.”

An animatic featuring Razzma and King from Great God Grove. The background is a plain light pink.

It begins with Razzma doing a picture frame pose over her face, saying “Picture me this”, then pointing in front of her. It cuts to King watching him speak as he says “We go back to your house”, and cuts to Razzma again to say “We tell your parents that we’re running away together!”

It cuts to a side shot of the two sitting opposite each other, with Razzma, jokingly serious, saying “They think we’re lesbians” as the background turns into a lesbian flag and then back again. Razzma then clarifies: “We’re not, but we let them think it because it’s funny”, and it cuts to King looking amused, but nodding in agreement. 

Going back to the side shot, Razzma continues: “And then we run away to Portland together,” with a doodle of the Grove appearing behind them. “Because that’s where the lesbians… are most accepted” as a doodle of Mitternacht giving a thumbs up layers over the Grove drawing. 

Razzma begins to look more flustered, and it cuts to her saying “Even though we’re not—I don’t know why that matters, but I like it.”

King goes to interrupt, and they speak over each other for a moment before King puts her hand up, looking a bit like she’s trying not to laugh, and Razzma says “Yes”, embarrassed but also trying not to laugh.

King puts her hands up and, half-giggling as she speaks, says “I’m cutting you off” and takes Razzma’s hands, with Razzma already laughing as she starts with “Picture me this:” 

Her face is somewhere between fond and amused, and the background turns back to the lesbian flag as it cuts to just King, saying “We are lesbians”. 

A Great God Grove animation, set to a snippet of the song 'Rumpus' by Karen O and the Kids.

The video starts with the outstretched arms of Housecat Man, Lumber Jacqueline (who is holding Bug Wurth in her fist), Patchie, and Robart against a dark sky with falling confetti. The hands toss their own confetti—with Bug Wurth throwing confetti for Jacqueline and Robart also tossing Peeps the bird into the air.