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[annathefenecfox]

Small details in the Octonauts #6

This is my favorite scene in The Caves of Sac Actun.

This scene shows how well Kwazii knows his Captain and how much he can be said to care for him.

After all, if he didn't know about Barney's fear, he would have said something like, "Come on, Cap, what are you afraid of." But no, he slowly swam towards him and said in a half-whisper that everything would be fine.

But whether they have known each other for a long time or he is just the second hand of the Captain is up to you. I personally believe that they have known each other for a long time and consider themselves brothers.

[autistic-writer-angel]

Angel

It occurred to me that not everyone is going to read Rise and Fall (Rude! Just kidding!🙃)

If you do want to read it, here's the link:

If not, I figured maybe I should also introduce Angel here. So, that's what this is (may add to this as I go):

Name: Angel Bingham

Species: Human

Nationality: English

Birthday: 25th December

Age: 10 (debut to The Great Christmas Rescue); 11 (The Great Christmas Rescue to A Very Vegimal Christmas); 12 (A Very Vegimal Christmas to end of original series); 13 (Caves of Sac Actun, onward)

Debut: Between episodes 12 and 13 (Monster Map and Lost Sea Star)

Role: Just someone who helps the Octonauts (or tries to, anyway), later Junior Octo-Agent

Home: Octopod

Physical Appearance: Longish dark brown curly hair; pale blue eyes with a streak of brown in her right eye; freckles; short; pudgy; wears a purple and white striped T-shirt and dark blue overalls (I wish I could add a picture, but I can't draw to save my life.)

Personality: Shy, sweet, sensitive, caring, clumsy, curious, anxious, unsure of herself, energetic, excitable, brave (sometimes)

Likes: Writing, reading, swimming, adventure, going on research missions, riding in the GUPs, listening to music, playing with her stim toys, helping the Octonauts, hanging out with the Octonauts, hanging out with her stuffed turtle Flossie, animals

Dislikes: Staying still, wearing skirts or dresses, getting up early, having her hair up or brushed, sports, vomit, screwing up and feeling useless (both of which she thinks she does a lot)

Fears: Fire, sudden loud noises, storms, the dark, needles, getting older, polar bears (formerly)

Family:

Ben Bingham (father, deceased)

Sally Bingham (mother, deceased)

Grace Bingham (older sister, status unknown)

Benji Bingham (older brother, status unknown)

Skylar Bingham (younger sister, status unknown)

Trivia:

AuDHD

Favourite GUP is the GUP-P

Favourite kelp cake flavour is Neapolitan

Favourite colours are blue and purple

Backstory:

When Angel was eight, she moved from England to Australia with her parents and her three siblings. In Australia, they lived on a boat.

However, while out on the boat when Angel was ten, a huge storm hit. A lightning strike set fire to the boat and killed her father. A gigantic wave hit, throwing Angel and her mother overboard, resulting in the death of the latter.

Angel held onto her backpack in the water and washed up on a deserted island. Six days later, Shellington found her, suffering from hypothermia and a broken leg. Luckily, the Octonauts came to her rescue, but Angel must adjust to life without her family and with an unusual new family, having learned that animals can talk. To make things worse, she's scared of Captain Barnacles.

Fortunately, she was able to get over her fear. Although, it did take her four months. She got stuck on the side of a cliff while rescuing a little penguin chick (one of Peso's cousins) and the Captain offered her his paw to pull her to safety.

The Octonauts were pretty shocked when Angel hugged the Captain after that. Until then, she would scream every time he came near her!

[novastaar]

I figured I might as well ask a couple more. I love this kind of stuff! 😁😍

Boom 🌋 - Where were they during Ring of Fire?

Dark 🕳 - Where were they during Caves of Sac Actun?

Reef 🐠 - Where were they during the Great Barrier Reef?

Bed 🛏️- Where do they sleep on the Octopod?

Deadly 🐌-Did they get stung by the cone snail?

(You have no idea how happy these asks make me)

🌋: Trixie was back home the the Sahara during the Ring of Fire. She was only told it had even happened after the fact. Frog was in the repair station with Tweak and Kwazii but ended up getting caught under a pile of broken machinery and needing major repairs

🕳: Trixie had gone along with Barnacles and Peso to bring Coby back home, but she ended up staying behind at the cenote instead of going in the caves since she's not a strong swimmer. Frog was in the Octopod for most of the time. They only really had any role during the search for Barnacles and Peso

🐠: Trixie was helping set up the gup-W, and planned to leave once her help was no longer needed. Of course, she ended up getting caught in the whole sea star situation, standing guard by Corey and the other coral (I don't remember if he was named or not), making sure the sea stars didn't get to them. Frog was only present in the making of the pirate pies

🛏: Trixie (a lot like your own character, Angel [this wasn't on purpose, lol]) sleeps in a spare room. One that the Vegimals were using for storage that was made into a makeshift bedroom. It was pretty small, but that's what Trixie prefers. It was dismantled once she left to go back home to the Sahara. Frog sleeps in Tweak's room, kinda just propped up on a shelf while she charges

🐌: Trixie was the only other one (besides the Captain) who managed to catch the snail but dropped it once she was stung. She was the first one to come to after the sting, but the last one to fully recover. Frog isn't able to be stung since she's made of metal. She wasn't able to find the snail, though, so she ended up helping Peso with the other octonauts

[octoagentmiles]

do you have any hcs for barnacles and dashi ? I'm rewatching it and many episodes start with the two of them in the main area , oftentimes there's a third person involved but it's always the two of them so they must spend alot of time around each other :O 10 / 10 bonding

Had to think hard about this since Dashi's role in the main series is so small—but you're actually so right 👀 10/10 buddies 👍

You'll get my headcanons I promise but first you gotta listen to me infodump, okay? Deal:

I personally headcanon that Dashi was one of the first Octonauts, she hasn't been around a super long time- but at least long enough that she was probably around for the first Octopod, and that would give her and Barnacles (and the other OGs) plenty of time to get close.

We know Inkling canonically founded the Octonauts, but I imagine that it was actually Barnacles who picked out the crew—over various fateful encounters (Kwazii, Peso), or already knowing them (Tweak)—with the two exceptions of Dashi and Shellington.

Shellington heard about them through the kelp vine by pure chance, and got himself a job via determination. Then, at some point—he recommended Dashi to Barnacles or Inkling, and got her a position as an intern. (He knew her through her photography; she took pictures for him once or something like that.)

I also headcanon they weren't called The Octonauts yet at that point. I headcanon that Dashi came up with the "Octonauts" name during her first few days, and they kept it. (Coincidentally, the first Octopod crashed during those first few days. T'was completely unrelated, I promise 😅)

Fast forward: I've been thinking about Dashi in AnB a lot lately, and the one question that keeps coming up is: "Why did Barnacles make her the Captain of the Octoray?"

They haven't addressed it in the show yet, and it felt a little bit like the writers just wanted her to Do Something, y'know? So I went back to rewatch some of her main series episodes, and this scene from The Surfing Snails stuck out:

This scene shows how much he trusts her. He trusts her to make the right calls, and to be careful. He shows this trust in her again in the Wild Windstorms:

"...I'm ready for this!"

"I know you are, Dashi."

I REALLY wish they had spent more time giving her some kind of arc, showing this trust being built. She absolutely deserved an arc like Peso's, where we could've seen her growth and her bond with Barnacles getting stronger. It would've made the Octoray thing make much more sense, and I would've loved to actually SEE her evolution from "getting stuck in a whale shark" to "inventing stuff with Tweak" to the level of respect that Barnacles clearly has for her in S4 and Beyond, but instead it feels like all that stuff happened off-screen.

I also wanna point out real quick; that Dashi is one of the select few characters to ever call Barnacles by his first name only. This is something that the writers frequently use to emphasize closeness between Barnacles and someone else (Kwazii, Natquik, etc), and Dashi has done it twice. I'll admit I thought it was an error the first time, but then I caught her doing it again in Sac Actun. SO CLEARLY THEY ARE CLOSE. YES? WE AGREE. YES.

ok I'm done. pleasure doing business with you 🤝

*slams hands down on table* MISC. HEADCANON TIME ‼️ (which technically, could all totally be canon until the writers finally decide to give us real information ✨)

She has 100% read ALL of his books and journals, at least twice. Sometimes he gives them to her so she can beta read them, and she's also helped edit a few.

She has written her own journals, mostly in the form of scrapbooks, that she shares with him too. He has a first edition signed copy of one of them.

She made friendship bracelets for everyone on the ship after the Octopod was rebuilt, and he keeps his on his desk. It's still in mint condition.

I feel like at least ONE of the cameras in her collection was a gift from him.

She is trained on how to steer the Octopod manually. Considering the only two on board at the time who knew how to do it were Barnacles and Tweak—her showing slight interest was the only convincing he needed to teach her.

Sadly, she's never needed to use this skill. Yet.

She learned how to play harmonica when he decided to learn accordion, so they could duet together, but she got the hang of it much faster than he did.

They work out together sometimes. She's much stronger than she looks—and has won an arm wrestling match against him at LEAST once. She's also beat him in a foot race; it was almost a very close tie, and she needed to lay down for an hour after—but she did it. He will never live either of these down.

They definitely gossip in HQ sometimes, when it's just the two of them.

[gkathleenk]

BELIZE

DAY ONE

I landed in San Ignacio, Belize on Tuesday, March 12th. I started my day off by checking in at my Airbnb. The place I stayed at was called "Bird Nest" and it is run by Terry who has been hosting for a year. The cost is 90 BZD (45 USD) and since I will be staying for 2 nights, my total ended up being 273 BZD (136 USD). The Bird Nest is located in the by the Mopan River, so I was only a 7-minute drive away from the city of San Ignacio.

After getting settled, I took a 10-minute drive to the Katun Ahau Belize Culture Tours. They offer 4 different types of tours along with the ability to customize a tour of your choice. I chose the A.T.M (Actun Tunichill Muknal) Cave Tour, which is a 2 1/2 to 3 hour tour that takes you all along the cave. We started off the tour by driving to the Tapir Mountain Reserve so we could take a 45-minute hike to the cave entrance. In the hike, we had to travel through knee height streams by using a rope. Once we got to the cave entrance, we swam across a spring pool for 15 seconds to get into the actual cave. We traveled through underground mazes, tunnels, chambers, and more, we ended up in a ceremonial chamber which housed the "Crystal Maiden" (a skeleton of a 17-year-old boy whose bones have been calcified which makes him look like he was made of crystals). In the same chamber, you will find "The Cathedral" this is the driest part of the chamber, and you will be asked to take your shoes off at this point. The cave is made of limestone and shoes can damage the floor. "The Cathedral" houses Mayan artifacts and 13 skeletal remains. After "The Cathedral" we kept walking and soon found our way out of the cave after spending around 2 hours there. The shuttle bus then came to pick us up and take us back to San Ignacio.

After flying this morning and going on this cave tour, I was completely drained, and I needed to sleep this instant. On the drive back to my Airbnb, I was fighting back yawns and trying to keep my eyes open. I unfortunately had to skip dinner. As soon as I got back to the "Bird Nest" I flopped on my bed and immediately crashed.

*Due to the cave's no camera rule, I could not get any photos of me in the cave. My apologies.

DAY TWO

After the huge adventure that yesterday brought, I decided to relax and just tour the city of San Ignacio for day two. I started off my morning by reflecting my time yesterday. If I'm being honest, I did not like it. The cave was beautiful and seeing all the ancient artifacts was amazing, but it took the life out of me. I have never been more out of breath and exhausted in my entire life. And on top of that, I traveled alone, so I had no one to talk with and complain to during the walk-- and I am not the one to talk to strangers. But, today is a new day that will not feature any heavy travel, and hopefully I will get to actually eat today.

I got out of bed, dressed for some warm weather due to their moist and tropical climate, and drove into town. It was around 11:30 AM, meaning The Guava Limb Restaurant & Café just opened. I was debating between getting breakfast foods and lunch, but I ultimately ended up on lunch. I chose to get the Sesame Pork Panini, which is a shredded pork sandwich with mozzarella and herb cheeses with a side of french fries. My meal ended up being 52 BZD (26 USD) but I tipped my waitress 10 BZD (5 USD). Tipping in Belize isn't mandatory, and it's not a shitty thing to not do, servers do not get offended if you don't tip.

After my amazing meal at Guava Limb, I took an 11-minute walk over to the Sacred Heart Parish church. As mentioned in my 'about me,' I am not religious, but I find religion fascinating, so I popped over to the church just to look around. The main religion in Belize is Roman Catholic. The Catholicism comes from the 16th century when Spain took over their country. After Spain, they became ruled by Great Britain. Because Belize was controlled by Britain from 1798 to 1964, their second-highest religion is Protestant, making it the country in Central America with the highest Protestant population. Before Britain took over, the Maya and Garífuna population practiced a mix of shamanism and Christianity. The main language of Belize is English, due to England's colonization.

After my look around Sacred Heart Parish, I took a 5-minute drive to the Cahal Pech Museum, which is a museum located right next to the Cahal Pech Mayan ruins, which are the oldest known Maya site in Belize (10 BZD/5 USD entrance fee). The museum itself features all sorts of Mayan artifacts, such as, pottery, sculptures, paintings, and pieces of clothing. The ruins site is about 10 square miles and has 34 separate buildings you can tour. The largest building is 78 feet tall, and it's been rumored to be a sweat house.

I spent around 3 hours looking around the museum and ruins, making the time around 6:30, meaning it was time for dinner. A 5-minute drive away from the ruins, I found Yoli's Pizza and I stopped in for a bite. I was feeling especially hungry, so I bought a whole pizza instead of just a slice. I got the Mediterranean Pizza which has sausage, bacon, olives, and onions, and it cost me 64 BZD (32 USD). Because it was only 7:45 PM, and I wasn't tires yet, I decided to do some exploring of the nightlife in San Ignacio. I took a 3-minute walk to San Ignacio's most famous nightclub, Revolution Nightclub. At Revolution Nightclub, I heard some live music and danced with the people of Belize. Performing at the club was DJ LYAN who is the main performer at Revolution Nightclub. Because the drinking age is 18, and I am still 17, I was unable to drink here. At midnight, the club closed, and I decided to head back to my Airbnb, so I can get some rest before my flight out tomorrow afternoon.

DAY THREE

My final day in Belize! My flight to Panama is at 5 PM and the airport is an hour and 50 minutes away from San Ignacio, so I decided to leave now and find something to eat in Belize City. The flight cost around 571 BZD (284 USD) and it should be around 2 hours and 20 minutes. I left San Ignacio around 11, meaning I ended up in Belize City around 12:50. I chose to eat at Midtown Restaurant & Bar located on the coast. Midtown specializes in lobster, but I chose to get the Jack Daniel's Burger. The burger had Jack Daniel's sauce, cheese, onion, tomato, and I chose to remove the lettuce and pickles. The burger came with french fries and onion rings, and it all cost me 64 BZD (32 USD). After lunch, it was around 2 PM, so I thought it was time to take the 23-minute drive to the Sir Barry Bowen Municipal Airport and say goodbye to Belize.

I had a phenomenal time in Belize, learning about the different culture here and eating the amazing food. I loved all the exploring and tours I went on, and I highly recommend coming if you ever have the chance.

[jibanyans-chocobar]

I WAS REWATCHING THE CAVES OF SAC ACTUN FOR THE THIRD TIME WITH MY BESTIE TODAY WHT 😦😦😦

Random lil funfact ft. my mom who has to put up with my hyperfixation for the Octonauts: The Octonauts and The Caves of Sac Actun is my mom's favorite movie out of the three (counting The Great Barrier Reef), mine's The Ring of Fire 🙀‼️

Yucatán Jungles a scary place

…not everyone who goes into the- *gets strangled*

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[5/29-30/21]

I freaking LOVE doodling with the Lasso Fill tool on IbisPaintX!!! So I doodled up my favourite Octonauts as per usual 🥺 🐱🌈🐰

[autistic-writer-angel]

OCtober Day 16

Prompt: Lament

Words: 665

Canon to my other stories: Yes

Additional notes: Another scene I've had in my head for a while. Context? Don't know her.

@mooshie-blue I think I told you I was going to post this one.

TW: Slight self-harm and quite a bit of self-loathing.

Credit to @apromptingwewillgo for the prompts.

Lament

“Angel?” Captain Barnacles called. He could hear her on the other side of the bushes. It wasn’t like her to just run away, though. Something must have been wrong. “Angel?!”

He pushed the bushes aside and was shocked by what he saw: Angel had grabbed a long, thick tree branch and was hitting herself with it! She whacked her arms over and over again.

“Angel! What are you doing?! Don’t do that!” The polar bear took the branch off of her and tossed it as far as he could without fear of hurting any creatures. “You could hurt yourself!”

“That was the whole point!” the girl countered, beginning to cry.

The Captain was alarmed. Angel got upset very easily, but she rarely cried. He knelt down beside her. “Angel. Why are you crying?”

Angel let out a sob. “Because I keep screwing up!”

“Angel-”

“It’s my fault we’re stuck here! And I just keep making things worse! You could have gotten back to the Octopod ages ago if it weren’t for me, but we’ve been stuck here for three days! Your big day is completely ruined! And it’s all my fault! I’m sorry!”

“Everyone makes mistakes, Angel”, Barnacles pointed out gently.

“NOT AS MUCH AS I DO!” she exploded. “All I do is screw up! I just can’t do anything right! Here!” She slipped her Octo-watch off her wrist and threw it not at him, but towards him. “I don’t want this anymore! I’m never going to be good enough!”

Captain Barnacles knew that Angel struggled with self-esteem. He knew every Octonaut and Octo-Agent had their areas to work on and this was Angel’s main one. Still, it was hard to listen to the rant that followed. She bawled her eyes out, describing herself as completely useless and the worst thing ever. At first, he said nothing. He just allowed her to lament. Maybe all of this just needed to come out.

Eventually, when she was crying too hard to keep going, he decided to intervene.

“Angel. Take a deep breath.”

The thirteen-year-old drew in a deep breath and let it out slowly. Then she did it again and again.

She sniffled and wiped away a tear. “I’m sorry. You should have told me to shut up.”

“No”, he told her gently. “Angel, everyone feels the way you’re feeling sometimes. Everyone feels like they’re not good enough, but it’s not true. Any of it.”

“Yes it is!”

“You’re so hard on yourself. You have done so much more than you give yourself credit for… Do you remember when you and I first met?”

Despite herself, Angel had to smile a little. “I wish I didn’t.”

“You were so scared of me, but look at you now.” He smiled at her. “And you saved the life of a little penguin. You’ve helped me in the Caves of Sac Actun and helped save creatures in the Ring of Fire. You’re kind, you’re funny and you brighten up every day on the Octopod. And I'm very proud of you.”

Angel let out another sniffle. “Really?”

“Of course.” Seeing as she wasn’t convinced, he held out his arms. “Come here.”

The girl collapsed into his hug, resting her head on his chest as she sobbed. Captain Barnacles stroked her hair and talked to her gently.

When her sobs slowed, the Captain let her go. “Come on.” He stood up and pulled her up to her feet as well. “We’d better keep moving.”

Angel let out another sniff and shook her head. “Go on without me. You don’t need me getting in your way. You should just get back to the Octopod.”

“I’m not going anywhere without you”, the polar bear countered. “Oh! One more thing.” He picked up her Octo-watch. “You’re going to need this.”

Still not believing she deserved it, Angel put the Octo-watch back on her wrist. Then the Captain took her hand again.

“Junior Octo-Agent Angel. Let’s do this!”

[autistic-writer-angel]

Yes! What are the odds?!

I imagine the "I can't do it... Tinfoil" conversation has happened between Angel and the Captain one night when he checked up on her.

One time, when Kwazii's sneaking out at night (in 'Operation Cooperation'), he puts Angel in his bed and she says, "Okay, okay. Two bowls of butter."

The "There's blood everywhere!" has happened with Angel as well. 😂

Oh, and, "Who ate all the bananas?" appears in chapter two of Angel and the Caves of Sac Actun.

So... random irrelevant character lore time

Trixie is a sleeptalker. When she's in a deep sleep, she just says random nonsense. It never came up much at first since Trixie is naturally a very light sleeper. But once she started taking melatonin, she'd have actual conversations with people while asleep.

The most common example of this is when someone asks if she's asleep. She will say no, even when she is actually asleep. But I wanted to share some other things she's said while fast asleep (most of these are quotes that I've heard my friends/other people say)

"Preferably do NOT walk into the cupboards"

"You don't get to have a name"

"Are ye a landlubber or a lublander?"

"I full on CONSUME necklaces"

(Tearfully) "I'm trying to do a 1-handed Macarena... it's now working!"

"Sorry to disappoint you with my existence"

"I'm in the walls"

(In an argument with Kwazii) "you are made of stupid!"

"We can't end all wars, Jeremy"

"It's an axolotl!! *long pause* and now, a word from our sponsors"

"I'm gonna eat your family"

"If you really put your mind to it, you can pickle a person"

"I'm a wee bit sick in the head"

"FACE THE WRATH OF HEXAGON"

[reclusivesapphire]

Octonauts incorrect quotes: Bob’s Burgers edition! (watch Bob’s Burgers, it rocks)

Barnacles: Tweak, are you sure there’s nothing down there you can use to get out of that tunnel?

Tweak: Oh, wait, here’s a grappling hook! Ohoho, and here’s an escalator! Silly me!

Kwazii: We’re about to die, Tweak! Do you really want your last words to be sarcastic?!

Tweak, sarcastically: No!

***

Pinto: Peso… listen carefully.

Pinto: Life is a journey.

Peso: Uh-huh.

Pinto: That’s all I got. I don’t have advice, I’m nine.

***

Kwazii: We are Octonauts! From the womb to the tomb!

Barnacles: That’s not our motto.

Kwazii: It should be.

Barnacles: No, it shouldn’t.

***

Kwazii: Special delivery! *Kicks Shellington, who’s in a box, down the stairs*

***

Barnacles: Do you wanna talk to your sister?

Koshi: No, I wanna talk to you! You’ve been selected as the subject of my important person school essay.

Barnacles, flattered: Shut up.

Koshi: Oh, DON’T TELL ME TO SHUT UP!

Koshi: *Pulls out a paper and pencil* Question one…

***

Barnacles: Does everyone know what they’re doing?

Kwazii: In general or the plan?

Barnacles: The plan, Kwazii.

Kwazii: *sighs in relief*

***

*The Sac Actun special in a nutshell*

Barnacles: I just realized something. I had a bad childhood.

Peso: Yeah, I know.

Barnacles: What do you mean ‘you know’?

Peso: Look at you!

Barnacles: What do you mean ‘look at me’?!

Peso: Look at how you stand! People who had good childhoods don’t stand like that.

***

Barnacles: We’ve got to find a way to cut down on expenses. What can we live without?

Tweak: Probably Kwazii.

Kwazii: Hey!

***

*Shellington showing the vegimals how to cook*

Shellington: Grab the peeler and peel the carrots.

Tunip: This?

Shellington: No, Tunip, that’s a measuring cup. You need a peeler.

***

Tweak: Who’s that comin’ up the stairs?

Dashi: It’s Kwazii. I can tell by the way he walks: confident, yet still figuring things out.

***

Peso, piloting the GUP-H: I can do this. I feel like Amelia Earhart.

Peso: Oh God, she died!

***

Shellington: Let's make this kitty purr. *turns on the GUP*

Barnacles: Mm, go ahead. Try a turn.

*Shellington groaning*

Barnacles: Shellington, why are you groaning? You're doing fine.

*Shellington groaning louder*

Barnacles: Rela... Shellington, relax. Easy, easy.

*Shellington grounding continuously*

Barnacles, chuckling: Okay, okay. Shellington, you're kind of headed toward the only other GUP in the lot.

Barnacles: You have plenty of time to turn, Shellington, so just go ahead.

Barnacles: Turn one way or the other... You're just swerving back and forth. Turn one way and stick with it, Shellington.

*Shellington groaning continuously*

Barnacles: Shellington, for the love of God, turn away or stop! The brakes, Shellington!

Barnacles: On the left! You’re about to hit that GUP! The brakes! Hit the breaks!

*Shellington crashes the GUP*