#which if u have ever worked with sheep. good luck doing that urgently.

[drumlincountry]

EVERY fantasy book EVERY scifi novel every starwars movie every post apocalyptic show. I ask, WTF??? The same same question EVERY time. Say it with me - WHERE’S THE FARMING?

#ursula k le guin is guiding me. hand on my shoulder. #approx 200 generations of agriculturist ancestors stand at the other shoulder and they are yelling #where does your food come from? who makes your clothes? #who repairs them? #how do you store these things? how do you preserve them? #What fuel do u use to cook how many people are you feeding? #look. too much of the art i consume comes from the imperial core/global north where most of us have to think about where our shit comes from #approximately none of the time #but if u are writing about an alternative world u HAVE to have these systems #i just watched the gay episode of TLOU and it was pretty good in that regard but in the early part the guy had chickens #excellent move good work #and then the chickens never reappeared?? nor the food garden? we only saw leisure activities? which sure u could have some time i guess. #but what the fuck were you feeding those chickens? did ur big metal fence keep foxes away too? #and then at the end [spoiler event] WITHOUT LIKE. REFERENCING WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO THE ANIMALS? #YOU HAVE DEPENDENTS MY DUDE. YOU CAN'T JUST [SPOILER]. #and how do those quarantine zones work? those walled citiess? we saw the land 10 miles to the east and it was wilderness? #and weirdest thing there was pasture? grazed pasture? but no animals on it? is this city land? #why weren't the fugitives avoiding it? why was it in the middle of forest? #or was it some other self sufficient person? in an underground bunker? who herded all their sheep in when they heard people coming? #which if u have ever worked with sheep. good luck doing that urgently. #me fein #agriculture