#Octonauts inkling

[cacartoon]

I really want to see you draw shellington with the Vegimals aka his kids and everyone's first reactions to the Vegimals!

Note: Peso isn’t here because this all takes place before he joined

When the Vegimals first hatched, Shellington was astonished by these fascinating creatures.

And then reality set in

How was he going to tell the rest of the crew?

On top of this now he had to take care of these little guys. Give them names, feed them, ect.

Welcome to parenthood Shellington

He was nervous about the crew getting scared, or worse wanting the Vegimals to be released back into the ocean, so he kept his care for them a secret. (Although he wasn’t particularly subtle)

Soon Captain Barnacles noticed how sluggish and overworked Shellington had become and decided to check on him, only to be met with a small little creature thrusted into his arms by Shellington.

The lab was in total chaos and Shellington wasn’t looking too well.

Even with a very brief explanation from Shellington, the Captain could see how exhausted he was. And the Vegimals didn’t seem dangerous, just a bit of a handful.

So he made the decision to brief in the other Octonauts.

They were all shocked by the Vegimals, and had so many questions.

But Captain Barnacles made it very clear the main priority was to help Shellington. Luckily, Inkling found a few baby books in his big library.

They all joined Shellington in the lab bringing fish biscuit formula, blankets, Tweak had made little beds, Inkling brought a few books for Shellington, and they all stayed with him to help out with the Vegimals.

Shellington was very touched by his crew’s compassion, so much so he fell asleep.

The captain didn’t mind though, and they all kept watch over their new crew members while Shellington got some well overdue rest.

And by the time Peso joined, they Vegimals were very much a part of the crew, and he was briefed in about them and to not be startled by them.

[hers-underwraps]

Gotta love the functional found family

[astro-nautic]

Are these anything??

[veryfandomobsessed]

Octo dinner time

Bahh

Og SS:

[cynthiadasorceress]

Octonauts Headcanons because they consume my brain (sleep edition)

Shellington cannot sleep if he isn't holding something, usually a plush toy or his own paw.

Dashi takes a while to get comfortable, tossing and turning for up to an hour.

Captain Barnacles has a special cooling blanket because polar bear.

The vegimals will routinely sleep in one big pile of the greenhouse floor for no apparent reason.

When stressed, Peso will make a nest out of blankets and pillows to sleep in.

Kwazii will knead his pillow before he goes to bed.

Tweak is a very active sleeper. She's a sleep-talker and -walker.

Inkling will occasionally fall asleep in the library. His little ear things will also twitch if you touch them.

[octo-rosa]

ALL OF THEM ‼️‼️

[charlieaboveandbeyond]

some things I wish to highlight from this adorable JtC Clip

DASHI AND TWEAK VIDEO GAME BESTIES. I KNEW IT. I KNEW IT WOULD BE CANON ONE DAY

the custom video game on the TV has my heart 🥹 officially headcanon that Dashi coded it for both of them

Tweak getting pissed off that Dashi beat her. another skill to add to Dashi's repertoire ig

THE WAY THEY'RE SITTING ALSO HAS MY HEART idk why

the looks of utter concentration on their faces

i love to see them hanging out casually together

I mean I also love seeing them working together (girls in STEM ftw)

but I'm glad we get to see them having some downtime

I knew Dashi would be a video game girl. I KNEW IT.

also

Professor Inkling, the table tennis icon

like look at him

book in one tentacle, cup of tea in another, single-handedly absolutely kicking Kwazii's ginger arse

Boss Mode Inkling pt.2? quite possibly

[calamaroo]

PROFESSOR NEMO THEODORE INKLING REDESIGN 🐙🌊📚

Design Elements :

Straight, but soft features

Skintone less vibrant, more gray

Look the most uncanny (or at least I tried)

Hair isn't actually hair --- it's long, fleshy tentacles (8 of them)

^ Tentacles and pink patch in brow can change colors to camouflage and/or show strong emotions (face turns red when angry, blue when sad, etc)

Eyes meant to appear colorless

Very squishable, soft skin

Some Personal Lore & Headcanons ! :

Used to live in the Mariana Trench, but moved to Sea Mound to have better access to the land, where he went to school and such.

He has two rows of teeth, one row of frontal white shark-esque teeth, and a row of sharp black teeth closer to his throat. Meant to look like the beak of an octopus (irl dumbo octopuses don't have beaks or squirt ink, but I do it for the rule of cool).

Can glow (again, irl dumbos can't do that, but it's for the cool), and similarly to his cousin, the colossal squid, he has a glowing ring of dots around his eyes.

He has so many siblings that he's lost count (irl dumbos can lay up to 200,000 eggs at one time)

Being a shifter from so deep in the sea (which is a rarity in my AU universe), he's prized by Shifter Hunters ( a concept developed with the help of one super dope @mildy-vibing ). One time in his youth (way before the Octonauts), he was captured by Hunters but was able to escape, but he now has a fear of going on land (where he was caught). He will go on land if he feels safe enough and/or has to, but prefers to with company, or just not at all. None of the Octonauts know about this, or much of his past at all, only Min. (Who I see as both his best friend and lover)

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That's how you know I like a character, I make them creepy and give them trauma 👍✨️✨️

I love Inkling so much, I'm not normal about him, and I will admit it <3 🤭

[tastybiscuits]

Here are more of my octonaut drawings on paper!⭐️

[urautismdiagnosis]

Idk what this even is yall but could u imagine u accidentally turn ur co workers/found family into weird little creature versions of themselves and u gotta be like "oh naur how we gonna tell our boss/older brother/dad????"

This was just a silly idea lol nothing serious

[cacartoon]

Movie night gone wrong. Maybe shouldn’t have chosen a documentary

Shellington to Kwazii

[hers-underwraps]

I don’t know if anyone’s pointed this out yet but Octonauts on Barnacles’s birthday in 12 year bloom is the most adorable thing ever! Their gifts are so precious too.

Just look at Kwazii with his anchor from the first ship wreck they explored together

I’m not sure why he has it but that’s very Kwazii of him

Peso with his personalised stickers (which is freaking adorable😭)

Dashi with her photos from the Great Barrier Reef (I love the handmade gifts so much)

Omg inkling with the book on accordions..? 😭

They just all love him so much it’s heartwarming

Look at his surprised face!

He literal said 😦

I’m so happy that the Octonauts have canonically birthdays!

Since this episode was aired on the 20th of October, I’m going to say that it’s now his canonical birthday!

[astro-nautic]

Octonaut interviews!! Just a simple and easy question it's impossible to get wrong

Or maybe not so easy...

[thalassic-p4rk]

oh! i forgot we were making these! more to come in the future >:3

[cloudymewzz]

hI SORRY I FORGOT TO POST THIS ITS BEEN A BUSY WEEK

anyway anyway yeah octonauts as pirates!! i know this au has been done before but its supa cool and i love pirates (also sorry if ive like, been too inactive if thats a thing? ill try my hardest trust) (also ignore if i did the tags wrong in my last post oops im still kinda new)

[canonickero]

Do not disturb their slumber