#It's Probably Just a Phase :(
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rmtzcoconut · 6 months ago
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Slight redesign
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tawnysoup · 4 months ago
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Transitional phase
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taeminie · 5 months ago
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evolution of peem’s emotions
We Are (2024) dir. New Siwaj
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Manny: *Running towards Danny with open arms*
Danny: *Moves out of the way*
Manny: Hey, why did you move?
Danny: I thought you were going to attack me
Manny: I was going to hug you!
Danny: Why would you hug me?
Manny: WHY WOULD I ATTACK YOU!?
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samipekoe · 10 months ago
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sorry I'm diseased in evil and peculiar ways right now
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tizeline · 2 months ago
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So after Donnie leaves them, why doesn't Draxum just...kidnap him back?
Like, yeah he'd be upset about it, but he'd be safe. Draxum's got two kids that can jumpstart the whole Stockholm Syndrome thing for him, and Donnie would be away from the humans. His kids have already kidnapped him once. It's HIS kid, tf are the police gonna say?
So here's the thing, they COULD just kidnap Donnie and keep him locked up until he agrees to join them. Buuuut y'know they're kinda in the middle of this whole taking-over-the-world-thing and worrying about keeping Donnie from escaping and/or blowing up their home again would kinda get in the way of that lol
To clarify - Draxum absolutely wants Donnie to join them, but the way he sees it they're not exactly on much of a deadline when it comes to that. If anything he's very concious of the fact that Donnie joinging them would include him having to change his entire view on humanity and Splinter, which would inevitably take A While. Draxum also figures that after yōkai take over the world, Donnie will get to see with his own eyes that the Draxum's strategy of improving the world is obviously the right choice! As such it would be easier to get Donnie to agree with them by showing concrete proof of their superior ideals, as opposed to arguing using only hypotheticals.
Overall, Draxum figures it would be a lot more effective giving Donnie space to let him change his mind in his own time, especially if taking over the world also leads to Donnie joining them, two birds in one stone and all that. Aside from that, Mikey also wants to let Donnie come to terms with the "truth" on his own, and Leo doesn't wanna force Donnie to come home with them because he's salty that Donnie doesn't want to join them. That leaves Raph as the only one supporting the forcefully-saving-Donnie-plan. Raph, being the protective big brother that he is, thinks keeping Donnie safe in a locked room until he changes his mind is a GREAT idea! But yeah no he got outvoted :(
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canisalbus · 11 months ago
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mirarasol · 3 months ago
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Rival! ❤️‍🔥 aka. Kakagai in that one ship meme
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hers-underwraps · 2 months ago
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࿐Thoughts on Octonauts main 6 duos .࿐
[NOTE: these are MY hc's/opinions -> please don't kill me]
[ANOTHER NOTE -> if any of these are similiar to yours or others hc's -> I PROMISE IT'S NOT INTENTIONAL (hey I guess great minds think alike) ]
ALSO THIS POST IS LONG - so be warned
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Barnacles and Kwazii
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Both of them are theatre kids
They love listening to musical soundtracks
One of the few people on the crew that Barnacles is really comfortable with telling his feelings
Also vice Vera’s for Kwazii, he’s also one of the few people on the crew he’s comfortable with not being his usual bravado self around and sometimes he’ll talk about his family history
Sometimes when they both need to vent, Kwazii will come into Barnacle's room and they’ll just rant for hours
Also, they probably use that time to debrief about how the other are doing + do welfare checks on the team
I just love how they match each other's energy (they are such doofuses when it’s just the two)
Brawn’s and Brawn’s fr (like in the whale shark or giant squid episode)
Both of them had matching man ponytails at one point
They have matching tattoos
Thanks to Kwasi, Barnacles accidentally finds himself telling sea monster tails when he's around the cubs
Avid Hamilton enthusiasts (both know the soundtrack word for word)
I can imagine these two drunk at a bar doing karaoke
They both had a stand-up comedy phase
Own a set of brass knuckles
Shared poetry appreciation
Sometimes Kwazii is too gullible to the things he sees on the internet and Barnacles has to talk some sense into him
They would do stakeouts together
Sing in the shower
Baranacles would drop-kick Kwazii if necessary
I also just like how Kwazii is always looking out for Barnacles
Look they are just so healthy and I love em
Light sleepers
Best volleyball duo
The best savers on the crew (Barnacles because he's responsible however Kwazii is there by default because of his pirate instinct to stash away cash (he'd forget about it and then when they are doing their yearly finances he'd just find that he'd accumulated like $40,000 (maybe stolen) in cash so he'd automatically win)
They can both breakdance? (much to the crew's horror)
Chat they are THE duo
Like lowkey imagine if one of them died, imagine how distraught they'd be (I think about this all the time) -> Imagine how they'd fall apart (Actually they remind me a lot of Brokeback mountain) (The main reason I try not to ship them is because I think it would just fall apart lowkey ) (sorry for this but they were literally the first people I thought of when I watched the movie)
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Kwazii and Peso
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Both of them love gory horror movies (peso likes to analyse them) (for medical reasons he swears)
Can both speak Spanish and will have conversations in front of the crew in it or when they want to make some outlandish comment
Kwazii and peso are like opposites attract fr fr
Kwazii spends a lot of time in Medbay, much to Peso's dismay.
Because of this, the peso has trained Kwazii in medbay, because he needs assistance sometimes (and lowkey wants him to take better care of himself)
Peso will sometimes crash out in Kwazii's room if he's too worried to sleep
They would invest in a pair of matching light-up sneakers
Thanks to Kwazii's stories, Peso automatically jumps to the conclusion that something is a monster when he's scared by some unknown creature
The black and orange combo is always lethal
Peso always tries to actively include Kwazii in his family cause he's got like none (he can be an honourary penguin)
These two would not be able to sit normally (Peso would do the leg bounces or sit criss-cross and Kwazii would do a little perch thing)
Sometimes Kwazii would find a creature he wanted to keep for a bit and Peso would help him hide it (partially because he doesn't want him to get into trouble and cause he's concerned that Kwazii would hurt it while he's hiding it) so there would be random animals chilling in the medbay until Barnacles would find it and have to guilt trip him (using shellington) to go put it back (They would both get punished with the shitty chores)
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Dashi and Shellington
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OMG I LOVE THEM SO MUCH
Either OTP or BROTP for me personally
I WANT WHAT THEY HAVE
THAT SHOULD BE ME
So um anyways... malewife and girlboss fr
Collects hairclips he thinks Dashi would like when they're on land
Loves listening to his rambles
Shellington loves that she can out-yap him when it comes to metrology
They are literally the peak childhood interest like space kid + sea kid
I just want them to be happy and wish that nothing bad ever happened to them
Photographs/films sealife + tells her all about it
I can imagine them working on articles together
Also, imagine they had one of those Sealife documentary things where Dashi is the cameraman and Shillington just yaps on about stuff they find
They both go to climate change rallies together
Shellington sometimes takes photos of Dashi cause he feels bad that she is never in them (although they're not the best quality Dashi treasures them)
They are chill around each other, they can yap for hours or sit in silence but they will still be happy
Give off old married couple vibes
They have a Stardew Valley farm together -> They both love the mines and always forget to water their crops (so their solution is to grind out in the mines poor until they have enough resources to make sprinklers) (Shellington mines, Dashis kills everything)
Dashi orders for both of them at restaurants
Morning person + night owl -> Sometimes Dashi will wake up at like 5am and realise that Shellington is still up and be like dude wtf go to bed
They share a weird appreciation for sundials
attached do not separate
One time Shillington noticed that Dashi was down and he tried to make her a snack. He proceeded to set fire to the kitchen
They've gone stargazing together (Dashi loves telling him about the constellations)
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Peso and Tweak
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This combo is lowkey kinda niche
Rarepair
They are so cute omg
I can imagine them playing video games together
They have matching oodies cause I said so
The two shortest out of the main six (THEY're SO SMALL GAHH)
Peso sometimes tries to help out Tweak in the launch bay (not that he can really do much) and lowkey admires Tweak's strength
He Apologises profusely every time they come back with a broken gup (he feels so bad) tweak finds it funny
They both like licorice
Most prone to panicking (our little overthinkers) (I mean I guess it's obvious for the peso, but tweak definitely worries a lot)
Tweak will hold peso's hand if he feels nervous
Tweak sometimes obtains some bad injuries for things going wrong with the gups and it lowkey scares the shit on of peso. Like she'll just rock up to the medbay filled with chunks of glass and burns and be like "So... um, can you fix me up?"
Goated at operation board game (peso for obvious reasons and tweak would just treat it like a gup (much to peso's horror))
They love the peanuts franchise
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Barnacles and Tweak
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Like brother and sister imo
They are such old souls
They share a love for rugby
Very brother/sister vibes imo
They're been friends for yonks
Would be the only two to carry actual cash (Kwazii would too but it's a mix of currencies)
Probably the only crewmate that Barnacles has never been mad at (she can do no wrong)
They sometimes reminisce about the old octopod -> they are both still lowkey bad about crashing it
Both of them know Morse code (sometimes they send each other silly messages in it just cause
I feel like they'd both be kind've weird about their birthdays (not that keen on celebrating for some unknown reason)
They'd tackle or like punch each other's arm to show affection (I'd imagine that Tweak is the only person that Barnacles can do this to)
They'd both have a shared appreciation for "Dad music"
I also feel like they would be really good at hockey (Tweak grass hockey (regular) and barnacles ice hockey)
Avid beanie hat enjoyers
They'd be really good at card games (like 500 or hearts)
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Peso and Shellington
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OMG IT'S THE NERD BOYS
They study together
Shellington accidentally burns himself in the lab all the time, much to Peso's dismay. (he just wishes his crew would take better care of themselves)
They lowkey get the shits with each other sometimes (Like peso lowkey thinks shellington is a little bitch sometimes )
Sometimes heated debates just for the sake of it
They have number headcanons because they spent so much time doing math for their degrees
They also have favourite formulas
Have mixed feelings about organic chemistry
They could poison you in your sleep bfr
These too would be goated at an arcade
They'd fw the Sonic movies
Have the best book taste
They both have the most depressing music taste (they'll be listening to like the front bottoms or mitski or some shit for fun)
Shellington has zero spacial awareness so he's always getting injured
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Dashi and Tweak
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IT'S THE GIRLS
BESTIES LOVERS OML
WOMEN IN STEM
I have an idea for an AU when these two just live out in the middle of the desert and they just build machines and blow shit up all the time maybe sell nifty weapons when they need a stash
They are super close as they are the only girls on the team
BUILD GADGETS AND GIZMOS TOGETHER
Dashi would let Tweak dye her hair sometimes - she would have two pink money pieces or pink skunk hair imo
You know their Minecraft worlds would go hard
Tweak admires her coding ability + Dashi admires her building skills
Early bird + night owl -> When Dashi realises Tweak hasn't slept in a day or two, she'll make her a hot chocolate drag her to her bed and just sit on the floor until she falls asleep
Dashi spends a lot of time with Tweak, so she's gotten a good grasp on the gups and does the daily maintenance jobs with Barnacles if Tweak has crashed out
They both enjoy Lego but the technic kind. Especially tweak, I just know my girl has the full-on Lego trainset
Dashi gets nervous about the impression she makes on Ranger Marsh (she felt super guilty when she crashed the octo-ray and made Ranger Marsh worry about tweak)
They are literally lalalala and okokokok
Sometimes Dashi gets too carried away with something she finds interesting and tweaks gotta be like c'mon girl be careful
Tweak would actually die for Dashi (and vice versa)
Dashi would buy strawberry cups and Tweak would be like huh (Nana reference?)
They would avidly use fairy comments (both irl and online)
They would be the ones doing the crew haircuts
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Barnacles and Peso
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Father and son fr
god I love them
Every time Peso goes missing Barnacles has a heart attack (not that he wouldn't for the others but Peso specifically he's like GOD FUCK WHERE IS HE)
Both are major family guys, and love showing each other family photos and albums
Sometimes they jam out together
They both love Mitski
Love the cold weather -> will kill for a good snow day (much to the crew's dismay)
They die in the heat
Share a mutual love of sweet treats
Peso was wary of Barnacles at first but soon came to just admire/respect him
Both would cry during sad movies
Also both fw soap operas
Peso used to be afraid of the captain when they first met
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Shellington and Barnacles
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Fathers TM
Guys, you don't understand how much I adore their friendship
But yes, they would bond over their shared fatherly struggles
Sometimes Barnacles wouldn't be able to sleep at night so he would just chill in Shellington's lab (Because he up until the ungodly hours) and he would just chill there. They wouldn't say too much, sometimes Shillington would talk about the research he was doing but he kind've understood that Barnacles just didn't want to be alone so he didn't pressure him to talk.
They both have the blandest taste out of everyone on the crew
Probably both think that salt is spicy
I feel like Barnacles neutralises some of Shellington's silliness so they are both just chill
They both have the goofiest pj's (canon)
Tallest members of the crew (you could literally climb them)
They both love info-dumping to each other - They'll take turns being listeners/yapper
They both share an insane love of Lego more-so the aesthetic models (Barnacles cause he likes to build ship models and Shellington well... he seems like the type)
They definitely thoroughly enjoyed the lego masters series
Honestly they both different flavours of tism for me personally
They share so many similarities that it's kind've scary -> like they are different genres of each other in a way that is crazy
Wait no I'm not crazy here me out -> They're both the omg I'm only good at one thing (they have a little bit of a complex about it), I need to be a good father (lowkey to compensate for this), have some trauma that holds me back a lil and also really goofy + super tall.
I personally think that's one of the reasons these two work together so well -> guys we need to talk about this more
They forced the whole crew (well mainly Barnacles) to do the 16 personalities quiz (I hc that Barnacles is REALLY into psychology and info-dumped about it so much to Shellington that he's lowkey invested)
After that, they made a chart for the combability of everyone on the crew
I'm not normal about the parallels these two share LIKE AHHHHH
Anyways -> they both have shitty eyesight (they both wear contacts most of the time but sometimes wear glasses)
Tell really corny dad jokes
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Kwazii and Tweak
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Chaotic duo if ever
Kwazii sows bandanas for tweak
Tweak lowkey wants him dead for all the damage he's done
Has a chalkboard with a tally of who's done the most damage (Kwazii is 1st with Shellington following closely behind)
Tweak has taught Kwazii how to fix up the GUP-B himself because she's so sick of doing it (the best investment she's ever made)
They both love destroy boys (I know I've said this before but I'm going to say it again)
They both hand out the most insane disses (when necessary)
Play Clash Royale (and they're sweats)
Can't spell to save their lives
They would go on all the crazy rollercoasters at a theme park
Speaking of rollercoasters -> these two would definitely dig those videos of the top 10 craziest rollercoasters/waterslides (but tweak tell you if it was actually possible) (or better yet how SHE could make it possible)
Both share a weird appreciation for chainsaws
They'd road rage so bad
They're so evil together and I love it
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Peso and Dashi
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Sweethearts
Both are Kpop stans
They have weekly meetings to discuss the latest drama happening
They share an insanely popular fan account
They also both have matching photo cards
These two are definitely are the younger end of the crew (AND I AM NOT SAYING THAT THEY ARE LIKE 16. I THINK EVERYONE ON THE MAIN OCTONAUTS CREW IS AT LEAST 25+ AT THE MINIMUM)
They'll use modern slang just for the shits and gigs (they've definitely called Barnacles Sigma and Skibidi a few times just to piss him off)
They both play animal crossing but they are both SUPER competitive about it --> They are also RIGHT into the turnip stock market ( For some reason barnacles always has god-tier prices)
They make friendship bracelets together
When they are both feeling devious, they'll introduce the captain to some brain rot term and watch the rest of the crew go insane as he tries to incorporate it into his everyday lingo -> "Good work shellington, very Sigma" "Nice GUP upgrades Tweak, mogging the old designs" "Kwazi Istg don't be an omega and listen to me" -> They are not amused and want them dead (Barnacles just wants to be woke)
Dashi gets along surprisingly well with Peso's family
They would both have those little virtual electronic pet things (I forgot what they are called like the tamigoochee type shit) (if they were out on overnight missions, they'd give it to the other to take care of
They have really good eyesight
Have really nice scented shampoo
They both watched those really fucked up youtube videos as kids (like the Gacha or mlp horror types)
goated at origami
They'd be Hayday sweats
The mum friend
They'd do the daily wordles and connections together (but they;r also be lowkey competitive about it)
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Dashi and Kwazii
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Chaos duo 2.0
Super energetic
They both love doing sports together - they both seem really athletic so I reckon they play each other often
Both are super competitive
These two both alternate being acting captain when Barnacles is not there and they bond over that
Both love spicy foods
I have this one really specific headcannon that they have cook-offs sometimes because hey why not and they divide into two teams: Dashi + Kwazii and Barnacles + Peso. (I feel like shellington is banned from the kitchen and Tweak well she cooks in the garage ifkwim, so they judge ).
These cookoffs would get HEATED, I reckon it's gotten to the point where they have thrown knives. But yeah Dashi and Kwazii are a killer combo in the kitchen
They both love fashion -> they also play dress to impress together (they'll roast all the other players and Kwazii usually wins)
Only person Kwazii can find that is willing to sword fight him (and doesn't instantly lose)
Dashi sometimes uses him as a model when she wants to practice portrait shots (he's probably the only one who's willing to tbh)
When they're around each other they often get tunnel vision which can get them in a little trouble (like in the Siphomphore episode) but it's ok, they love a little adrenaline rush
LOVE hotter weather --> they both love a good beach day
Dashi's still trying to teach Kwazii how to surf (he's getting the hang of it though)
Kwazii braids Dashi's hair (and vice versa)
They both love mean girls (they want to be Regina SO BAD)
Both love gold jewellery
Are both into star signs, planetary alignment, fate etc.
These two are probably the most spiritual in the crew.
I feel like these two actually wouldn't be too made if there was a zombie apocalypse
Violence is always an option
When they are bored they start placing stupid bets on each other and they will go to extreme lengths not to lose the bet
Dashi finds his fear of spiders amusing (like she's canonically Australian so she's immune to them)
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Tweak and Shellington
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underrated
Both are masters of their world and they respect each other for that
Nightowls -> Their sleep schedule is unholy
Will both go days without sleeping (this terrifies the rest of the crew)
They often need to be put to bed by other crew members cause they'll just be passed out somewhere
I can imagine them building bombs together
Both of them are AVID glass animal fans
They both use really shitty shampoos like head and shoulder type shit
Love Monster energy drinks and coffee a little too much
They also forget to eat too often (Honestly these two are just too obsessed with their professions and have horrendous self care)
They spend a lot of time together cause they are often stuck in the pod
Tweak tried to have some plants in her room but kept on forgetting to water them so they kept on dying. Shellington noticed and gave her some more, and made sure to maintain their health
Tweak secretly prays that shellington will become a better driver whenever she sees him around a gup (not that she's religious, it's just going to take a divine miracle to happen)
During beach days these two would just mess around with a metal detector (That's if shellington isn't messing with the rockpools)
They had adult braces
They sleep-talk a lot
They'd both own trapper hats
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Barnacles and Dashi
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leaders tm
These two have lowkey been parenting the crew since day dot
It's giving old man + the girl he decided to adopt
Both are barbs (Nicki Minaj fans) and listen to her together when the crew is out on missions
Dashi was lowkey like his apprentice in leadership during the main Octonauts series. They've spent a lot of time together
They spend a lot of time in HQ and unfortunately, they have to spend a lot of time doing boring paperwork and formalities/incident type of reports. I can imagine them just working on it late at night as boring and soul-destroying as it is cause nobody else is willing (or is serious) enough to do it.
Specifically, AnB, Dashi would definitely feel a huge amount of imposter syndrome in her role, and sometimes Barnacles would see that and just reassure her that she has done the training for this, she does deserve it and that it'll be alright.
Dashi adopted his mannerisms over time, like specifically the little stances. I've noticed she does the little hands-on-hip stance that Barnacles always does in AnB ( I just thought it was kinda cute)
Likewise, I reckon Barnacles adopted some of hers.
Another AnB one, sometimes Dashi would be debriefing about everything that's been happening to get and the stress surrounding her leadership position and barnacles would just be like "Yeah, I get it"
Both of them have matching Sanrio charms (Dashi gave one to him when he started mentoring her)
Would both die for their crew
Sometimes, they do improv practice together
Both are morning people. It'll be like 5am and they're like RISE AND GRIND!!! CEASE THE DAY!!
Really good at celestial navigation (Barnacles cause of scouts/dashi cause of metrology)
They are both heavy snackers (they love having a little munch when they are doing things)
Best huggers
Dashi canonically collects sunglasses so -> sometimes barancles borrows sunglasses for missions (which is amusing cause sometimes she gives him a really silly pair)
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Kwazii and Shellington
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SILLY AF
This friendship is actually so funny to me. Because I remember Kwazii HATING shellington at the start of the series. Specifically in that episode when they both go driving at night (I think?) and Kwazii's just like ugh ho why are you coming like you can barely drive GET OUT. Now Kwazii's out there like "OMG COOL CREATURE SHELLINGTON HOLY SHIT DUDE YOU'D LOVE THIS"
They are lowkey both Batshit crazy when left to their own devices
Would both find each other trinkets that they think are neat
Both of them share a love of learning new languages
Share a surprisingly large amount of info about Greek mythology
The Mayan calendar freaks them out (they take it WAY too seriously)
They both have zero spacial awareness
Sometimes Kwazii tries to act like a smartass around shellington (shellington quickly humbles him)
They would both intentionally eat chocolate bars in the most fucked up way possible
They would both own the most absurd pets
Shellington would casually mention something he's always wanted to see (like a plant or fish) and Kwazii would go out and retrieve it (which is fitting cause it's very catlike). It would probably be the wrong thing most of the time but Shellington doesn't tell him
Granny games would scare the shit out of them
They would've both set stuff on fire during science classes (intentionally (out of boredom) and accidentally)
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Thanks for reading all that
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I've never done this big of a post so I hope it was alright :)
(And that there weren't too many spelling errors)
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bixels · 11 months ago
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fuck you for canceling your mlp au
Well now it's definitely cancelled.
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fatedroses · 9 months ago
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-An old-timer like me.
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pigeonclaw · 2 months ago
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I haven't felt very motivated to draw lately (what chronic fatigue does to a guy 😔) but I have cracked open my sketchbook a few times. Mostly to doodle TBC.
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pinacoladamatata · 3 months ago
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trying a very different approach to color ala tim mcburnie style and it's making me melt. figured i'd share it bc Idk it's more complicated but I like the way it's making me think/plan
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thumbnail and rough sketch that i liked so much i turned it into....
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and then made several color thumbnails/messed around w them for awhile
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until finally settled on this one
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and then
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so the current foliage lines look like this and they're on 11 different layers (i'll merge some to be back, mid and forground in a bit)
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(i also started on solas' head just ignore it for now)
and next step is really spend more time on the construction layer for lavellan and the wolf statue (solas is ready to be lined bc i drew him first)
then color with flats using quick masks instead of by hand like i'm used to c:
this is all wayyyy more layers than i'm used to but I do kind of like it so far; particularly the color thumbnail and construction layer/phase part
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codacheetah · 4 months ago
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This specific dialogue interests me because it feels like the closest thing we get to a direct correlation between the True Ending and Loop giving up. I mean yea obviously the True Ending is literally the "TRUE ENDING" of SASASAP there was even a whole dialogue change to twohats in the latest update to super canonize it for the people who didn't get it. But the way this is phrased (as the direct progression of "something terrible" into "i'm here") makes me think that Loop waking up in that meadow again directly led into them making their second wish.
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skrunksthatwunk · 5 months ago
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actually i'm still thinking about the moral orel finale.
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he has a cross on his wall. do you know how much i think about that bc it's a lot.
a lot of stories ((auto)biographical or fictional) centering escape from abusive/fundamentalist christianity result in the lead characters leaving behind christianity entirely. and that makes complete sense! people often grow disillusioned with the associated systems and beliefs, and when it was something used to hurt them or something so inseparable from their abuse that they can't engage with it without hurting, it makes total sense that they would disengage entirely. and sometimes they just figure out that they don't really believe in god/a christian god/etc. a healthy deconstruction process can sometimes look like becoming an atheist or converting to another religion. it's all case by case. (note: i'm sure this happens with other religions as well, i'm just most familiar with christian versions of this phenomenon).
but in orel's case, his faith was one of the few things that actually brought him comfort and joy. he loved god, y'know? genuinely. and he felt loved by god and supported by him when he had no one else. and the abuses he faced were in how the people in his life twisted religion to control others, to run away from themselves, to shield them from others, etc. and often, orel's conflicts with how they acted out christianity come as a direct result of his purer understanding of god/jesus/whatever ("aren't we supposed to be like this/do that?" met with an adult's excuse for their own behavior or the fastest way they could think of to get orel to leave them alone (i.e. orel saying i thought we weren't supposed to lie? and clay saying uhhh it doesn't count if you're lying to yourself)). the little guy played catch with god instead of his dad, like.. his faith was real, and his love was real. and i think it's a good choice to have orel maintain something that was so important to him and such a grounding, comforting force in the midst of. All That Stuff Moralton Was Up To/Put Him Through. being all about jesus was not the problem, in orel's case.
and i know i'm mostly assuming that orel ended up in a healthier, less rigid version of christianity, but i feel like that's something that was hinted at a lot through the series, that that's the direction he'd go. when he meditates during the prayer bee and accepts stephanie's different way to communicate, incorporating elements of buddhism into his faith; when he has his I AM A CHURCH breakdown (removing himself from the institution and realizing he can be like,, the center of his own faith? taking a more individualistic approach? but Truly Going Through It at the same time), his acceptance (...sometimes) of those who are different from him and condemned by the adults of moralton (stephanie (lesbian icon stephanie my beloved), christina (who's like. just a slightly different form of fundie protestant from him), dr chosenberg (the jewish doctor from otherton in holy visage)). his track record on this isn't perfect, but it gets better as orel starts maturing and picking up on what an absolute shitfest moralton is. it's all ways of questioning the things he's been taught, and it makes sense that it would lead to a bigger questioning as he puts those pieces together more. anyway i think part of his growth is weeding out all the lost commandments of his upbringing and focusing on what faith means to him, and what he thinks it should mean. how he wants to see the world and how he wants to treat people and what he thinks is okay and right, and looking to religion for guidance in that, not as like. a way to justify hurting those he's afraid or resentful of, as his role models did.
he's coming to his own conclusions rather than obediently, unquestioningly taking in what others say. but he's still listening to pick out the parts that make sense to him. (edit/note: and it's his compassion and his faith that are the primary motivations for this questioning and revisal process, both of individual cases and, eventually, the final boss that is christianity.) it makes perfect sense as the conclusion to his character arc and it fits the overall approach of the show far better. it's good is what i'm saying.
and i think it's important to show that kind of ending, because that's a pretty common and equally valid result of deconstruction. and i think it cements the show's treatment of christianity as something that's often (and maybe even easily) exploited, but not something inherently bad. something that can be very positive, even. guys he even has a dog he's not afraid of loving anymore. he's not afraid of loving anyone more than jesus and i don't think it's because he loves this dog less than bartholomew (though he was probably far more desperate for healthy affection and companionship when he was younger). i think it's because he figures god would want him to love that dog. he's choosing to believe that god would want him to love and to be happy and to be kind. he's not afraid of loving in the wrong way do you know how cool that is he's taking back control he's taking back something he loves from his abusers im so normal
#i had a really big fundie snark phase a year or two ago so that's part of like. this. but im still not used to actually talking about#religious stuff so if it reads kinda awkwardly uhh forgive me orz idk#maybe it sounds dumb but i like that the message isn't 'religion is evil'. it easily could have been. but i think the show's points about#how fundie wasp culture in particular treats christianity and itself and others would be less poignant if they were like. and jesus sucks#btw >:] like. this feels more nuanced to me. i guess there's probably a way to maintain that nuance with an ultimately anti-christian#piece of media but i think it'd be like. wayy harder and it's difficult for me to imagine that bc i think a lot of it would bleed out into#the tone. + why focus on only These christians when They're All also bad? so you'd get jokes about them in general#and i think that's kinda less funny than orel and doughy screaming and running from catholics lsdkjfldksj#i think the specificity makes it more unique and compelling as comedy and as commentary. but that's just me#like moralton represents a very particular kind of christian community (namely a middle class fundie wasp nest)#you're not gonna be able to get in the weeds as much if you're laughing at/criticizing all christians. but they accomplish it so thoroughly#and WELL in morel and i think that's because it chose a smaller target it can get to dissect more intimately. anyway#moral orel#orel puppington#(OH also when i say wasp here i mean WASP the acronym. as in white anglo-saxon protestsant. in case the term's new to anyone <3)#maybe it's also relevant to say that i'm kindaaaaaaaa loosely vaguely nonspecifically christian. so there's my bias revealed#i was never raised like orel but i like to think i get some of what's going on in there y'know. in that big autistic head of his#but it's not like i can't handle anti-christian/anti-religious media/takes. i'm a big boy and also i v much get why it's out there yknow#christianity in specific has a lot of blood on its hands from its own members and from outsiders and people have a right to hate it for tha#but religion in all its forms can be positive and i appreciate the nuance. like i've said around 20 times. yeah :) <3#(<- fighting for my life to explain things even though my one job is to be the explainer)
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