#Bumbling boatswain

[onionowt]

I miss my wife

[doppelneer]

YET ANOTHER HEADCANON.

This time for Bos

I just think that would be cute and cool but also that would be pretty useful I think.

Also been wanting to draw nesting guide since the start of the season.

[plutonium-sky]

Hi!! Abyss crew love time. I just spotted something GREAT, and now own a new hc. Anyways.

Look! At! This!!!! They all have a Gem (yeah I know it's probably darkstone but still. I'm calling them gems)!!! Of course, this can be interpreted in a few ways, but as the person I am I can only see it in one way: acknowledgement that you're part of the crew- part of the family. They deserve that!!!

Anyways. Since Boatswain has the most gems, I think that they're the ones who make them. That headcannon kinda fell down to "they are longtime friends with Commodore, who trusts their judgement with distribution of the gems and safekeeping of loot" because why not!! And! They could also be the first mate of the crew! Among other things!!!

And of fucking course this means I'm finding a nice spot for my own skykid to wear a gem lmao. (I say, as I modify how her wristband looks like)

[mufos-photo-album]

Anyone notice something strange with the Bumbling Boatswain?

I'll give you a moment...

There's actually 2 things wrong with them! If you compare the Boatswain (far right, acorn hat) to the Ceasing Commodore (tallest spirit), you'll see that the Boatswain's chest piece thingy is missing. Additionally, look at the shoes! Unlike the other spirits with similar shoes (Guide, far left, and Commodore) they actually have modelled shoes this time. To put it another way, the Guide and Commodore's shoes are textures and are "painted" onto their models. The Boatswain's shoes are actual separate models, similar to the shoes player characters can wear.

"Maybe the boatswain always looked like that..." is what I originally thought while seeing this, but nope!

(Sorry for long Boatswain) Image above is pulled from the Sky wiki. They got new kicks but bumbled so hard they forgot their chest piece...

... Also, has anyone else noticed the Boatswain is like, curiously absent from the cutscenes featuring the other Abyss spirits? I can't remember if I saw them during the first cutscene where the game shows you where they are in the Aviary village, but in the later cutscenes where the Abyss spirits are in the concert hall, I remember not seeing them in the audience. What's happening??

[beigetiger]

Pirates of the sea and the sky

[may-y00]

Taking the rough sailors to watch the Lovey doveys play together once again

I think they stepped on Stewie- sorry Stewie-

[sykloni]

[tsin-datura]

skycord doodles

Boatswain please come home 🙏 🙏

Honk shoo mimimimi

You could tell I gave up on performance halfway through

[abyssforphantoms]

Two years, and this group of spirits still live rent-free in my mind.

[aricoatl]

I rushed this one 😭

[wanderingskychild]

Soon may the Wellerman come

To bring us sugar and tea and rum

One day, when the tonguing is done

We’ll take our leave and go 🏴‍☠️

[onionowt]

Huh? Cape? Haven't heard of it.

[catofaurora]

Collaborated with Smithle111 on the Sky wiki on this!

I did the Commodore lines and flats, they the rest~💞

[plutonium-sky]

Headcannons list for Cackling Cannoneer (and also the Abyss crew in general cause I got overboard) specifically so far because I just thought of a really stupid but funny one

Cut because the list Is Very Long And You Should Be Intimidated Because I Have More

I like to call him Thane (or Thaen)

Scottish, has an accent that gets worse the more emotional/distressed he is

nicknames everyone he likes (e.g. Abyss guide (Abby) as "Little Kitten" or Anxious Angler (Fern) as "Songbird")

Has about 5 different guns but only keeps 2 of them on hand at all times (2 different harpoon guns, one that we see in the memory that's basically a sniper and one for fishing (aka has a rope attached to harpoon), 2 flintlock pistols as backup, and another flintlock as a backup to the backups)

Has a knife on him at all times, even while asleep (so do the rest of the crew. Yes even Abby)

Ever since he nearly drowned and got eaten by the beast, he has a slight (lie) fear of deep water

Abby saved him from the beast before because she conveniently had a lighter on her when she found his boat and dived down to fetch him, freeing the manta with it

Has very small acid scars on his legs from lying down in beast stomach acid for a bit

Is the reason why a tower in Treasure Reef is missing a lot of it's structure (had too much fun with the ship cannons)

Assigned as the weapons man for the ship, looking out for threats. Otherwise he's on land watch because that doubles as looking for threats (aka spends his time in the nest of the ship)

Has never met his biological father, instead considers the Ceasing Commodore (or Alemez, as I call him) to be his dad. His mom is alive and he visits her whenever the crew comes back from an expedition

The ship IS a pirate ship, but they're licensed. They scavenge for resources, and find stuff that can be reused. They are also sometimes hired by merchants to protect them from Actual pirates

May seem self absorbed and uncaring, but that's because you haven't got him to open up yet

You don't want to hurt a crew member while he's around. You're gonna have a bad time running away or defending yourself from a very rageful Thane

Tends to play up his stories for the sake of other's entertainment

Strong Sibling Vibes with most of the crew (he would absolutely "increase gravity" on Abby)

Doesn't get seasick easily, but it does happen from time to time

Fucking hates snow. And ice. What is this slippery cold floor why is it a thing (as an extension he avoids Valley at all costs)

Don't let him go to somewhere cold, he's gonna get a fever Immediately

And another name list cause it might have been confusing: Cackling Cannoneer = Thane/Thaen, Abyss Guide = Abby, Ceasing Commodore = Alemez, Anxious Angler = Fern, Bumbling Boatswain = Ismael

And the funny joke headcannon:

Names his weapons like Heavy from tf2 does as a joke

[pathologicalrunaway]

today's daily quest was so cute😭😭

jamming with the gang yeeeey

i'd do anything to get the same quest but with the performance spirits🥺

[kid-of-chaos]

I’ve seen no one point this out about the final duets quest but once I do it’ll cause some amount of chaos I bet

Bumbling Boatswain is nowhere to be seen in when you bring the abyss crew to the Concert Hall.

I’m sorry you had to find out way.

Will be making a story about this-