4883: Gar Fera

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
Dom Fera is a YouTube-based music and video creator. I'm not sure how good his videos are but his music is phenomenal. This strip takes lyrics from "The Reckoning", a song from his album Midnights in October. Consider giving it a listen.
Original Square Root of Minus Garfield strips: 2010-10-07, 2013-11-12, 2015-12-31.
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==Transcript==
One October just came around
{Garfield stares out into some sort of imposing light}
Garfield: OH NO!
{Garfield slams the door}
Garfield: October is coming!
Just to shake the sky and move the ground
{Odie, Jon, and Garfield are standing in the snow while lightning strikes a tree nearby}
SFX: CRACK!
Garfield: How about stopping there, jinx-boy!
Jon: I'm glad I didn't mention a volcano
{Meanwhile, in the background, a volcano spews molten rock into the air}
SFX: FOOM
Just to strongly insist the wind should up and change
{Garfield stands in the snow}
Garfield: ENOUGH WITH THE SNOW ALREADY!
{It stops snowing}
And it knocked down walls, and bridges too
{The wall of Garfield's house falls over}
SFX: CRASH!
{The roof, no longer supported by that wall, collapses on Garfield}
SFX: KA-BOOM!
And it reached more people than we knew
{A pizza guy, a goldfish, a mouse, a spider, Arlene, Odie, Liz, Jon, Garfield, Pooky, and the unnamed purple dog sit in front of a camera}
Jon: The pizza guy?
Garfield: He's like family
And it left with nothing really left the same
{Lyman and Odie sit at a table}
Lyman: The world is constantly changing
{Lyman turns into Jon, causing Odie to panic}
You called it the Reckoning
{Garfield stands in front of a sign that reads "End of Comic"}
And your voice came through unquestioning
Jon: That was a stupid question
Garfield: Ah-ah-ahhh... there are no stupid questions!
You said the universe was trembling
{Garfield bounces on a hardwood floor}
SFX: BOUNCE BOUNCE
SFX: BOING BOING BOING
Don't you know?
{The universe trembles}
Don't you know?
{The universe trembles}
'Cause you felt it coming long before
Garfield: I sense the powers of darkness are gathering
{Jon enters stage left}
Jon: Hey, Garfield, instead of a hamburger, how about a veggie burger?
{Jon exits stage left}
Garfield: They're heeere
I walked you through your own front door
Jon: Lyman
Lyman: Jon
And I spent just one night on your floor
{Jon looks angrily at the reader. He is lying on the floor, with Garfield and Odie hogging his bed}
For a few nights in a row!
{Jon sleeps on the floor for an entire week}
Change ain't so sudden
{A timelapse is depicted of Garfield's changing appearance over 25 years}
It just hides as it's comin'
{Jon looks for Garfield, who is hiding in a vase he shouldn't possibly fit in}
Garfield: You do what you have to.
Is this change, or fruition
{Liz kisses Jon, for the first time in several years}
Liz: Well, happy birthday!
SFX: KISS
Of some hope and ambition?
Liz: Did you get something nice?
Jon: I got a life
Garfield: And they lived happily ever after
Is this all repercussions?
Garfield: Oboy! My feet can touch the floor again!
{Garfield gorges himself on food, evidently not having learned from his mistakes}
{As repercussions for his actions he becomes even fatter}
Jon {facepalming}: Garfield, Garfield, Garfield
Was this grown out of something
Garfield {talking to a young tree}: Someday, tree, when you grow big enough, I might climb you!
That we cursed?
Garfield {talking to a different tree}: Stupid tree... may all your stupid branches fall off!
That we prayed for?
Jon {praying}: Now I lay me down to sleep...
That we knew we could wait for?
Jon: I finally got a date with Beth!
Jon: It's three years from next Thursday
You named it the Reckoning
{Garfield stands in front of a sign that reads "End of Comic"}
Garfield: At least U.S. Acres had a sunset
Text on the side of the panel: Thanks for reading!
In your perfect notebook lettering
Jon's diary {in perfect cursive}: Monday: Dear Diary, the dawn of a new week. The possibilities are limitless
One October levelling all we knew
Garfield: Can this day get any better?
Jon {with an alien head}: Ants have eaten the fabric of reality
Garfield {ceasing to exist and becoming part of the infinite}: Well, yes it can!
And you felt it coming long before
Garfield: I sense the forces of darkness gathering
Jon: It's diet time
Garfield {running for the hills}: Save yourselves!
I kissed you on that dancing floor
{Jon and Liz embrace and kiss on a dance floor}
SFX: BEEDLE BEEDLE BEEDLE
SFX: BEEDLE BEEDLE BEEDLE
SFX: BEEDLE BEEDLE BEEDLE
SFX: BEEDLE BEEDLE BEEDLE
SFX: BEEDLE BEEDLE BEEDLE
SFX: BEEDLE BEEDLE BEEDLE
And you held me loose, and I made sure
Jon {embracing Liz}: Liz, you're wonderful
To hold tight on you
{Jon and Liz embrace and kiss, Odie covers his eyes}
Garfield {with a thumbs up}: I gotta give him this one
Oh, I'm holdin'
Liz {holding and kissing Jon}: Awwww
Garfield {ruining the moment}: You can make mine a kitty liver treat
Oh, I'm holdin' tight on you
{Jon embraces Liz, who is crying at a sad movie. He has the biggest grin on his face, not because Liz is crying but because he is holding her}
SFX: SNIFF
I'm holdin' tight on you
{Liz embraces Jon, who gives Garfield the smuggest grin ever grinned}
Garfield {who would be ruining the moment again if Jon weren't being so smug}: Maybe she could exchange you for something good
Girl, I'm holdin' tight on you
{Liz and Jon share a hug while Odie hugs Jon's leg}
Liz: Merry Christmas, Jon! Merry Christmas, Odie!
Whoaa!
Whoaa!
I'm holdin' tight on you
{Jon and Liz embrace and kiss. Garfield looks up at them, beaming, because although he won't admit it he's very happy to see Jon finally in a relationship}
Girl, I'm holdin' tight on you
{Jon and Liz share an embrace and a kiss, for the first time in the comic and the last time in this edit of it}
SFX: KISS
{Afterwards, Jon dances into the night with Garfield, filled with a joy he has not known before}
Jon: Yah tah tah tah, yah tah tah tah
SFX: CLICK
Garfield {not ruining the moment for once}: Human love... it's so glandular
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