#Mama Whale

[notsuchasecret]

Twice the Trouble

#2: For today's challenge, I rolled a d100 a few times on my random fic generator, to get a prompt and some characters. I love this concept, it was so much fun to slap together lol. Enjoy!

If there was one thing Kita Shinsuke had learned in his time at Inarizaki High, it was to be wary of twins. He seemed to attract them, like the Miyas had slipped some sort of magnets under his skin when he wasn't looking, and each set he came across brought some new brand of chaos to his life. Atsumu and Osamu, he had largely learned to corral, but each of the five pairs that he met after them had been different enough in some way that the tricks he'd learned in high school weren't as effective.

He'd just finished a delivery at the Higashiosaka branch of Onigiri Miya, the truck still sitting in the back alley behind the shop as Shinsuke strolled along the street. Atsumu had been visiting for an early lunch, his boyfriend sitting next to him at the counter and making the most smitten faces at him whenever his back was turned. Osamu had mentioned Suna coming down to visit as well, and he'd sounded so happy when he'd said it. Shinsuke was happy for them both. He was happy for all his friends. It was nice to see so many of them following their dreams, finding joy, finding someone to cherish them. Shinsuke had a serene little smile on his face as he window shopped, thinking of the way Atsumu had leaned toward his boyfriend subconsciously, and the way Osamu had smiled. The smile Shinsuke wore dropped immediately when he nearly tripped over a little girl outside a coffee shop, only to find a little boy the same age standing right behind him.

Here we go, Shinsuke thought to himself, and bowed to the latest twins.

"Apologies," he said, smiling politely. "I didn't see ya there."

He tried to keep walking, to cut short any intervention they could stage. But then the girl looked up at him, cocked her head, and said, "Onii-san, you seem lonely."

The words stopped Shinsuke in his tracks. He tried to keep walking, but his legs wouldn't budge. He found himself instead turning to look at the kids.

"What makes ya say that?" he asked.

"No, it isn't that he's lonely," the boy said, looking at his sister. "It's that he's insecure. He doesn't see what's in front of him."

"That isn't it, either," she argued. "He sees his friends. He's jealous of them."

"I don't--" Shinsuke started, but the boy snapped his fingers, and the girl's eyes widened, and both said at the same time,

"He thinks he's unloveable!"

"Why do you think that, Onii-san?" the girl asked, turning back to Shinsuke.

"Is it just romantic love you think you can't have? That would make sense, since your friends are so close to your heart," the boy added.

"I should be going," Shinsuke managed, and forced himself to turn.

"No, that won't do," the girl said, and reached out to brush her fingertip across his forearm. He stopped, blinking.

"What was..." He shook his head. "I don't have anywhere ta be, but I don't wanna be here," he said, then frowned. "I didn't mean ta say that..."

"Oh, it's fine," the boy said. "There's no use in trying to be polite now. So, why do you think you can't have love?"

"Because I'm boring," Shinsuke answered promptly, then frowned deeper.

"Hmm. But did you ever try for it?" asked the girl.

"Well, no, but--"

"Ren! Ran! There you are!" Shinsuke looked up and prayed desperately that his cheeks weren't as red as they felt. The young man who was jogging toward them looked enough like the twins that he must have been related, perhaps an older brother. He was beautiful, sandy brown hair, droopy green eyes, broad and tall. Even frowning at his siblings, Shinsuke could see kindness in his face. "Please tell me you weren't bothering this poor man," the stranger groaned.

"Of course not!" scoffed the girl.

"We were just trying to help," muttered the boy. Their brother groaned.

"I'm so sorry about them," he said, bowing to Shinsuke. "They like to meddle, no matter how much I tell them to leave people to live their own lives." He glared at the twins, who blinked back, unrepentant. It was a look Shinsuke had seen on the Miyas' faces so often that he had to smile.

"I don't think they did much harm," he said, and the stranger blinked at him. "They meant well, anyway."

"...Ran," the stranger hissed, and the girl shrugged.

"He was running away," she said, looking at her nails. "We were only trying to help."

"Listen, sir," the stranger said, turning back to Shinsuke. "It'll wear off in about three hours, a day at most, depending on how much skin contact she got. But you'll want to be careful who you talk to for the rest of the day. My little sister has a... gift, let's call it, for getting people to tell the truth, and she abuses it shamelessly." He glared at her again, but she just shrugged.

"Oh. That makes sense, then," Shinsuke said.

"I'll get these menaces back to our uncle's house, then," the stranger said, grabbing his siblings by the shoulders. He bowed again. "I'm sorry for the trouble." He paused a moment, seeming to consider something, then shook his head and dug a slip of paper out of his pocket. "This is my phone number. I don't give it out much, but, well. If the effects don't wear off, or if you run into any trouble because of her, feel free to text me and I'll see if I can help."

Shinsuke kept his mouth carefully shut as he took the slip of paper, his breath going shaky at the brush of their skin together. The stranger smiled, bowed once more, then steered the twins away. Shinsuke looked down at the number he'd been given, and the name scribbled above it.

"Tachibana Makoto," he read quietly, and looked up at the retreating backs of the three siblings. Makoto was scolding his brother, his back broad and what little of his face that Shinsuke could see painfully handsome. Shinsuke bit his lip. He would text Makoto, he decided, regardless of the effects of his little sister's gift. If only for sheer curiosity's sake.

Smiling to himself, he shook his head and turned back down the street, thinking of another pair of twins and just how explosive their reaction would be if this went the way Shinsuke was thinking it might. He would have to be sure to avoid speaking to either of them if he truly did have to tell the truth. Or maybe, just maybe, he wouldn't. Maybe he could sow a little chaos of his own.

It would serve them right, after all.

[bobosbillionsknives]

just a cute idea I had idk

[cold-neon-ocean]

I made this full body of Wolf(right) for ArtFight and decided to included his mom Heron! Wolf is the oldest of 3 kids but was always kind of the baby of the family, especially to his mom ;;

[blood-orange-juice]

Crackpot hc: Childe's emotional support whale is the princess from the battle pass cutscene.

[dabard]

Not sorry at all, but it’s the most metal ass shit I’ve ever heard that a Killer Whale named “White Gladis” is leading pods of warrior orcas in a crusade to sink luxury yachts in the Strait of Gibraltar with her daughters Black Gladis and Grey Gladis as her lieutenants. FUCK THEM BOATS UP GLADIS

[spoocys-glade-of-dreams]

Rayman Head Canons: Voice Claims Part 4

Clark the Giant:

Clark was a character introduced in Rayman 2, I believe that was really the only time we saw him. In Rayman Retold, he was going to appear often. He's one of Rayman's best friends just like Globox is.

I could never get the idea of Clark being voiced by John DiMaggio out of my head. John is known for his roles as Bender the Robot in Futurama, King Zog in Disenchantment, Jake the dog in Adventure Time, Killer Croc from Batman Unlimited, Timandahaf from the English dub of Asterix and the vikings, and the Scotsman from Samurai Jack to name a few.

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Andre:

The same black lum from Rayman 3 hoodlum Havoc. Andre is another I where I veer off from the original voice material for a fully voiced character.

The way I portray Andre is not as much of a villain, but more of just a general troublemaker. Similar to Raymesis. He's had to stay on the down low since he lost his main muscle. He causes trouble to the local lums and this includes Lumlight.

As much as I liked the original portrayal, there is a different voice actor that I think fits this little trouble maker a lot better. Alex Brightman.

Alex Brightman is a Broadway Actor well known for his role as the voice for Fizzarolli from Hellova Boss, Sir Pentious and Adam from Hazbin Hotel, but my personal favorites is his acting role as Beetlejuice.

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Space Mama:

Some of you may have seen the stand alone post for this. That will be taken down shortly after this post launches.

Space Mama is one of the characters from Rayman 1 that will pop up over to Rayman's current homeland. She is a famous actress and will travel all over the world to give performances. After the events of Rayman 1, Rayman and Space Mama hold no ill will towards each other and have become good friends. Space Mama will even reserve special seats for him whenever she's alerted that he's coming to her show.

I have Natasia Demetriou for Space Mama's voice claim. She is known for roles such as Cala Maria in The Cuphead Show on Netflix, Sleep in Orion and the Dark, and Wingnut from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

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Carmen the Whale:

Carmen was a character from Rayman 2 that, as far as I know, did not have any in game voice lines. Possibly due to her only having like one line in Rayman Revolution. I'm not sure if she had dialogue in the over versions of Rayman 2.

Carmen is one of Rayman's many mother/aunt figures in his life. She will watch over him and protect him whenever he's swimming or boating on the ocean. She will make sure the Limbless gets safe passage and will chase off any foes that seek to do him or his boat harm. She is a very protective, motherly force of nature.

I posted about the inspiration for her character a long time ago. This is also why I chose this for her voice claim. Roz Ryan.

Roz Ryan has done voice acting for characters like Cake from the Fiona and Cake series, Bubbie the whale from The Marvelous Adventures of Flapjack (which is her character inspiration), Witch Lezah from The Looney Tunes Show, and Thalia the muse of comedy from the Disney Hercules media.

Since I've used the original Bubbie video to death at this point, I've opted for a different one for this post that is also 100% accurate for Carmen the Whale.

[belladonnaprice]

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[astral-nautical]

completely average texts i send to my mom

[mysecret-hideout]

Newest treasure gifted to me from a staff member at the school 🥰

[weather-mood]

Next Part of Your World chapter at 5k.

[medouse]

oh shit whale weekly is starting. idk if theres going to as big of a fuckin BOOM as there was for dracula daily but if there is i have no idea how the twitter refugees are going to deal with goncharov AND unhinged moby dick posting at the same time.

[1ore]

i keep tabbing to my blog and scrolling down and seeing mama gunty and shout-laughing in surprise

[nothingbysomebody]

[nimblermortal]

I went to the WHALING MUSEUM last week and I didn't even make it out of the lobby

but, like, who would?

rip herman melville you would've loved adding several chapters about whale falls to moby dick

[puppetmaster13u]

Prompt 257

Now Danny loves space. He loves everything about it, to the point his core quite literally is space. And he’s also a baby ghost, even if he could argue he’s not in human form. But see, being baby has an honestly great consequence once it’s noticed- despite the Observants’ best attempts at hiding it, the assholes. 

Of course he would be far more worried- and even a bit pissed- if his caretaker wasn’t who it was. Look, he’d never met Clockwork’s siblings before, but apparently everyone was really against Clockwork himself adopting. 

But Clockwork as his uncle is fine. Besides, his caretaker is Space! Space itself is holding him, cooing gentle words in the sounds of the very cosmos. And they’re huge, like parts of their body going through portals so they can fit outside Long-Now sized big- and apparently Clockwork can get just as big and they can get even bigger- 

Okay, he needs to take a breath- even if he doesn’t need to breathe- to stop his squealing because holy Realms this is so cool. 

Space is awesome! And he’s getting so much more rest than he did in Amity- and even if Space sort of shrugged at the idea of school at first, they did help him set up online schooling. So there’s that, and it’s just the start! 

He gets to learn so much about space and it’s honestly kind of… nice? To be taken care of? And he can do whatever he needs for his Core and Obsession with only a few interruptions to take care of his living needs. Erm, sort of living needs? 

But even that gets turned into a bit of play or even a lesson too! He’s honestly having such a good time right now! He’s learning so much about spaaace! And dimensions! And interdimensional portals and- oops! No one saw that. 

Ahem- But he’s learning so much about space and getting to explore other dimensions with Cosmos! And sure he no longer looks as human as he once did and all that, but he’s seen so many people who also don’t look human that does it really matter? 

Of course it doesn’t, and he matches his sort-of-dad! Even though the streaks of color in their hair are more of a brown-red like they’re literally bleeding out the cosmos around them instead of it fading to void and space like his own. But still! They match and it’s fun! 

And they’re going to go on another trip from the in-between to one of the dimension realities! He’s going to start a game of tag this time he thinks! But no cheating with portals or bending space! Tag! 

Look, the Justice League? Not paid enough for this. In fact, technically not paid at all due to being volunteers (not that it stopped them from finding money in their accounts) but still. 

There is some sort of figure… being… thing… zooming around the asteroid belt, about the size of Earth itself. Let them repeat themselves. A planet-sized creature (are those hands or paws? Tail or simply its body stretching? Hair or the Abyss-) is currently darting around the asteroid belt like a child running through grass. 

That is, without noticing or caring if something bug-sized might be crushed. And they are very much bug sized, as the governments are concerned about. Like really concerned about. Like talking about trying to nuke the entity if it wanders closer sort of concerned. 

Which they are all very concerned and very much like, against. Because it isn’t seeming to notice the asteroids it’s knocking into their area. It’s like… not a space whale or eel or anything like that but also is something like that. 

And they would also maybe like to see if they can attempt to talk it down first maybe and-

oh. 

Oh. 

That creature is the baby. And mama just arrived, stretching across the entire galaxy, from them to Pluto and beyond, like something took the cosmos and shaped it like clay into some sort of form. Like reality itself has wandered into their galaxy with what they are suddenly realizing must be a very young child. 

Shit, they really have to make sure no one tries to piss either of these things off-

[peachesofteal]

Group costume for Halloween? (For Through Me)

I can see Simon being so easily convinced to wear something silly 🤭

Simon Riley/female reader (mama) Through Me (The Flood)

���Wow. I had high expectations but this really surpassed them all." He pulls at the neck of the shirt, trying to stretch it out a bit so he can breathe.

"You're bloody lucky I love you."

"Aw come on." You're wearing a colorful patchwork dress and a wig, stitches drawn all over your joints with make up, smiling up at him. This torture is well worth it, if only for that fact alone. You're thrilled, and he'd do it ten times over just to see that grin. "I don't think Jack was this big though. He was more like a stick." You pass Orion into his arms, and he sighs.

"What's she done to you little man?" He's wearing a white sheet with cutouts for arms and head, and a white hat with floppy dog ears. The big red dot on his nose is the most important part, or so you've told him.

"He's spot! Jack's dog. You know?" No, he doesn't. He has no idea, but here is, in a full skeleton costume. The irony is not lost on him. You suggested the balaclava to top it off, but he refused. Ghost stays packed away when he's home. No exceptions. "I can't wait 'til Johnny sees you. He bet me too much money that I wouldn't be able to get you into a costume." You laugh, but it's cut short by a wince.

"Y'okay?" You shift your weight with a huff.

"I'm uncomfortable. And huge. I'm a whale." His lips find your forehead as he rubs hard circles into your back.

"You're not a whale mama, you're pregnant." You've been self conscious lately, and anxious, reminding him he didn't see you when you were pregnant with Orion, that he has no idea how bad it will be. He's gotten adept at soothing you through it, reminding you how much he loves you, how happy he is. He says he'd love you if you turned into a frog tomorrow, and that usually gets a laugh.

He has to admit, it's not been easy. This is his first time navigating a pregnancy with someone, and it has its ups and downs. It's not uncommon to catch you crying in Orion's room about how he won't be your baby anymore, how there will be a new baby and what if Orion doesn't understand? There are moments when he wakes up in the middle of the night to find you in the kitchen eating pickles and crackers, or sitting up in bed reading because the baby is kicking you in the ribs. Some days you cling to him, wanting to be touching him, near him, hugging him all the time, and then some days you tell him if he tries to touch you one more time you'll chop off his hands.

It's been a rollercoaster. One he never wants to get off.