#Tide the octopus

[one-time-i-dreamt]

I married a lonely octopus to stop him from kidnapping children at high tide. It didn't work.

[chiliger]

“I never would’ve believe you if three years ago you told me I’d be here… But here I am, next to you, the sky is so blue.” — Malibu by Miley Cyrus

[meredithgran]

Things to discuss

I'm staring down the barrel of a year of game marketing, and that means being more active and chatty online in ways that are (hopefully) not just nakedly self-promotional. I'm looking for some topics I can comfortably - if not authoritatively - blog about in the coming weeks & months.

So this is a call for asks! I'm happy to talk about my own work, or games, comics, writing and/or animation more broadly. And hopefully it'll mean posting here a bit more, in ways people might like.

Fire away with your burning Q's!

[nudibranchhair]

I have artblock and I’m bored so I put lyrics on tide goes out

Hmmm I wonder who this is about

Mentally preparing to do a bye bye bye (bi bi bi) edit with deep cut [update: nvm, motivation lost, not doing it]

[stroebe2]

Usal Intertidal Guide – 004

Usal Guide 004: a guide to the alien-like world of California tide pools. "It's advisable to look from the tide pools to the stars and then back to the tide pools again." Curated by Usal Tidepooling guide Parker Kalan with words collected by Usal. 100 limited edition brochures printed and published in Los Angeles, CA. 

[illiana-mystery]

My fingers hurt so much assembling this, but it was so worth it.

[loneberry]

We saw five California two-spot octopuses at the Abalone Cove tide pools today! Met Mike a friendly skateboarder from Koreatown who is the #2 iNaturalist identifier for the area. In the video above he’s trying to feed our octopus friend a mussel when said friend got frisky. I was totally in raptures, making contact with the sublime consciousness of cephalopods!

Here I am, mesmerized by the proverbial pools of life…

California cruising music for the sentimental stage of the journey:

[owlcreme]

Holiday card but not holiday themed 1 of 2

[hannahilation]

finished perfect tides and goddamn was that a great ending highly recommend people play perfect tides like seriously i felt tingles down my spine like back to back at the end for just how well it all came together

[msb-lair]

Clutch #3530 - Thymara/Ararath

Mated On: 2024-03-23 # of eggs: 3 Hatched On: 2024-03-29

Progeny:

Hatchling 9397 (Daichi) - Undertide Male, Seafoam Octopus/Cerulean Rings/Cyan Jellyfish, Common - 15 gems on 2024-03-30

Hatchling 9398 (Ineva) - Undertide Female, Turquoise Tide/Pistachio Rings/Robin Jellyfish, Uncommon - 15,000 on 2024-04-07

Hatchling 9399 - Undertide Female, Teal Tide/Mint Rings/Aqua Jellyfish, Common - 15 gems on 2024-04-06

Comments: 

[zaerog-infinity]

oh. oh okay then

[mxc94]

Also, I feel kinda bad I complain about the end of OP so much lol. I’m actually happy the story reached a proper conclusion and the characters grew up and Meredith gets to do new projects (play Perfect Tides!!!) I’m just more sad the fandom is kinda dead and no new art or fics are being generated. It’s probably one of my favorite works of fiction, it’s a shame more people don’t talk about it.

[pyrotechnicdarts]

(oc redesign wip) hot pirate milfs in your area

[carduus-carduus]

First one is a g1 baby who's matchy enough that I'm keeping him. Second is an impulse purchase because I liked the black and blue dynamic. Both projects. Genes are always so expensive when a new derg is released. 😅

[plaguedocboi]

Going through older videos I found this from years ago and thought it may interest you.

This was taken at a tide pool at Bar Beach on the east coast of Australia.

I spotted something in here that didn’t quite look like a rock and it turned out to be this little octopus.

The animal was very curious and interactive and would reach out for my finger so I could pull it through the water.

It felt like it was playing a game with me and this process of holding my finger and getting pulled through the water then darting back repeated for quite some time and it was more me who ended the interaction as couldn’t stick around at the beach much longer.

At no point in the interaction did I hold its tentacle myself so it being pulled by me was entirely of its own decision as if it wanted to it could let go at any time.

I still think about it now and wonder if it tried playing this game with others who got close enough.

This was my first hands on interaction with an octopus and what surprised me was just how gentle and precise it was with its tentacle arm when it reached for and held my finger.

I feel so lucky to have been in just the right place at the right time to have gotten to experience this and I definitely understand how people who have these experiences with octopus say it’s like a bond you can’t quite describe forms between you and it.

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This is incredible and I love this octopus so much