#Octonauts tunip

[urautismdiagnosis]

heights & barnacles headcanon

Crying over their heights (I'm going to add prof inkling later once I decide if he's gonna be small or large,I'm leaning towards small atm)

I just wanna share that barnacles purposefully adjusts his posture as a subconscious behaviour to make himself seem shorter and softer

He does things like curling his head downwards AND inwards, having his legs spread more wide apart so he's more lowered, tucking his arms inward so he isn't physically taking as much space and seems less bulky in his shoulders, and always leaning forwards or backwards

Its a habit he picked up from his college years in Manitoba, because he realized that even if he was just acting normal his sheer size not only could be a bit more intimidating

(bro had autistic blank face and didn't know how to give nonverbal signs of "hey im a chill guy,get it cuz I'm a polar bea-" and basically the blank look paired with Giant Size could startle people at times and etc and it made him very uncomfortable)

But because he was so much larger he also literally physically took up more space and stuck out even when he didn't want to, it was way too easy for him to dominate conversations which was just... it was really hard to talk one on one to people, much less a group of people, when they don't feel like they have the space to talk...

So he just kind of started picking up those smaller adjustments to his body language

He doesn't do it consciously to be honest, and no one ever really picked up on it, but when he Stands At Full Height suddenly and quietly it can be really shocking and even a bit startling

Because if you're like The Tallest and Largest Guy In Ever Single Room even smaller irritable behaviours can seem more aggressive to someone who's like 3 feet smaller than you

Heck,they can't even SEE your facial expressions! You know- the main thing that shows ur feelings and ur mood and *if ur actually just a friendly guy* And no way you can have every single conversation sitting down :/

[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.

[cyree]

cannon event

[hers-underwraps]

Gotta love the functional found family

[golfishwiththebigeyes]

unironically, I feel like if you need a blueprint for how to form a good group dynamic for a long form show, look no further than Octonauts.

like genuinely, they do so much right. The characters are consistent but not flat, every character has some kind of individual dynamic with one another, some are more pronounced than others but they’re all there, no character is fully dependent on another to be fully fleshed out, they’re all competent adults who are just genuinely friends who help each other out when needed and work incredibly well together within their given niches in the team. I dream to one day create a main group of characters with as much effortless synergy with each other as the octonauts

[veryfandomobsessed]

A baby Tunip redraw because I'm his #1 fan

ME WHEN BABY TUNIP

[astro-nautic]

Some of the doodles I did on the Octofandom whiteboard fox :D

[buggaboizz]

Remember how I said there was something big in the works? Well, here it is!!!!

The Vegimal Picrew!!!!!!!!

This has been in the works for a hot minute, but it was fun (and also a nightmare, lol)

Reblog with your own vegisonas and what content you want to see added in the future :D

[animalsalvationassociation]

fun fact: sea otters are very clumsy on land.

[ DO NOT REPOST, ALL ART & CONCEPTS WERE MADE BY ME ]

Digital Illustration Time: 2hrs 47min

nap time

what a silly family

thank you for sharing this with me Anon! 🥰

Note:

YA'LL PLEASE DON'T GET MAD THIS IS A JOKE!!! I mean its true tho -- Some people have gotten really upset for some reason because I (as well as many others) headcanon that Shellington is clumsy. But apparently that translated to "he's clumsy BECAUSE he's autistic" WHICH ISN'T TRUE IN THE SLIGHTEST???

Yeah let's be honest Shellington exudes autism in the sweetest of ways. I think he's 10x more adorable that way. And have ya'll even MET Shellington? Like have you seen an actual episode with him in it?? He is the ✨ embodiment ✨ of "clumsy and awkward on land"

M'just sayin' ya'll don't need to be so ✨ drama ✨, its for silly fun times, no one means to be rude about it. (I'm also neurodivergent so I get what it feels like to be misrepresented. I may not be Autistic, but that doesn't mean I'm not trying to learn about it. Guys just remember to be kind. Because that's the best kind of superpower)

[ This is a Octonauts AU, in no way is this canon to the OG storyline. ]

[octonauts-daily]

[thisonemadact]

full list🧡

[crunchy-pavement]

ITS THE SILLIES

<3

[cacartoon]

A Very Vegimals Christmas in a nutshell

[lordvonbunnyv]

[thebreadg0d]

Individual Designs for you guys

[snowy-yoshi]

this came to me in a vision :p