I want to talk about an episode of Craig of the Creek that I’m so so thankful and proud to have been able to do: “Scout Guest”
I’m just gonna go through bits and pieces of the process, and I apologize if it’s a little disjointed or messy as I do.
Back in 2020 I made these tweets:
I was so simultaneously happy and saddened to read how much this resonated with so many people. But also I’ve been thinking about these things… my whole life! Trying to navigate the messiness of childhood, family dynamics, love, nurture, care and self worth. Everyone on Craig of the Creek has always been open to listening and exploring people’s stories that they wanted to tell and this was a topic I wanted to talk about, it just took a while to figure out a way to do it that made sense for the show and our characters. I think I pitched a couple ideas here and there but nothing was quite working out yet.
Then I finally pitched an idea revolving Jason, one of our characters I got to play around a lot with in previous seasons. They liked it, and asked me to write up a little run down of what I envisioned the story would be. This is what I sent them:
The amazing writers took this idea and ran with it and when the time came for the outline to be handed out, I was so thankful I also got to board this story as well. They brought in the super talented Danny Cragg which I was so thankful for, too ‘cause I really felt like he’d be able to handle this kind of story with care.
Here are my original boards from that episode most things stayed the same but it’s fun to see the little bits that got changed or cut.
Boards_ScoutGuest_part1.pdf
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Boards_ScoutGuest_part2.pdf
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It took me a while to figure out how to frame a story like this while also maintaining the POV being with one of our main characters. So I thought about a time in my life from the perspective of a kid outside looking in and having to interact with the messiness. I shared a little bit of that over on twitter as well:
So, in a way, through Jason, I got to tell a little bit of my story. I know when we did the first pitch of the boards one of the things that came up was the question of what IS the reason Jason can’t be at home that night? And I purposely wanted it to be unanswered. I wanted to cast as wide of a net as possible for anyone that maybe didn’t have the same story as me, or someone else, but that we all could understand the FEELINGS that Jason has. I wanted as many people as possible to be able to see themselves in Jason in that moment.
Again, I am so glad and yet so saddened to know so many of you resonated with this story. I’m sorry it’s a story that needs to be told, but I’m so very thankful we got to tell it.
Some of my boards on Craig before the Creek movie. I really enjoyed working on this, always loved the show so when I got a chance to be on both the show and the movie I jumped on it. Everyone showed out on this.
Welcome to the official blog of The Grave Below The Flowers Au. Make yourself comfortable!
What is TGBTF (The Grave Below The Flowers)?
TGBTF is a Craig of the Creek Craigson (Jason x Craig) Au where The End Was Here has an alternative direction of going.
It is a lot more angsty than the show itself and is for slightly mature audiences. As it tackles darker themes.
What are some content/trigger warnings within this fic?
Gore, swearing, abuse, neglect, ptsd, drug abuse, smoking, alcoholism, animal death, Unconsensual kissing, Unconsensual touching. If anything else pops up, it is said here. Just expect lots of angst.
Where can I read the fic?
Wattpad is where the fic will be one. However, it might get cross posted on ao3 if I ever get an account. If you see the story on any other site, expect Wattpad unless I say I posted it myself on there. The fic has been stolen/pirated, and please report the story and tell me.
How often should I expect this fic to be updated?
Due to school, you should expect the fic to have updates once a week or so.
Is fanart allowed?
Absolutely :D Just please make sure it follows the story and you're not completely redoing the fic yourself. For example, follow the main ship, Craigson/Honeysalt. Don't draw sm like Vancraig and claim it's for TGBTF.
If you have other questions regarding this Au or wanna say something, you may do so. Spoiler questions will be ignored. If you do not know whether or not your question might reveal something that'll spoil the story, you may ask me. Happy reading, everyone.
Antis or any rude comments will not be welcome, Craigson haters, get your ass out of here and do something useful instead of throwing a tantrum about the main ship
(2) Craig of the Creek: Heart of the forest finale. Found some time to watch and I must say the team did an amazing job. Took screenshots of some of my sequences and did a boards to final comparison. Streaming on Max.