#blurr be upon ye

[silver-dawn-draws]

This took stupidly long to do lineart for

[lemonomelette]

may blurr be upon ye

[keferon]

Interesting thing about the blurr death loop. There are a lot of time loops where what’s uncanny is the repetition. Living the same moment over and over again to the point the character knows the song on the radio before it comes on and the conversations that are going to happen before they even start. They start reacting to events before those events even take place.

Whereas, for blurr, everything’s different every time. Every universe is new. The people, the places — all new. Old friends might not talk the same, act the same, be the same. Streets and buildings and even whole planets wouldn’t have familiar landmarks (and how easily could he get lost then?). The deaths even are not the same.

The only constant — the arc each life follows, ending in death — is not tangible. It’s not something that can be marked by a specific time or place or event. No song on the radio or conversation or nearby friend to indicate even that when he wakes up yes, this is still the loop he’s trapped in. And so the uncanniness is not from the repetition, but from the lack there of. There are no anchors. No firm ground to stand upon.

Blurr has to keep moving. There is no anticipating how events will play out. Only the certainty that they will. (And how long before he would try and run from that too?)

YES Y E S THE DIFFICULTIES OF LIVING IN A TIME LOOP BUT WITHOUT ANY ADVANTAGES OF FAMILIARITY

The outcome is always the same but at the same time it isn’t. There’s no way to know beforehand. All those universes are similar just enough to somewhat recognise the “important protagonists” but the rules? The world building? In one universe Optimus is kind and gentle leader and in the other he is a supervillain. In one universe the rust plague takes some time to kill a mech and in the other it eats you alive in thirty seconds.

Any previous knowledge might be a powerful spoiler or a complete misinformation and there’s no way of knowing which option it is.

The dread of a regular time loop in you knowing exactly what and how is going to happen. While Blurr gets to feel the dread of knowing that something unknown but terrible is coming but he has no idea what it is.

Also imagine if IDW was the universe that gave him the most hope? He got there he did all the usual things and then he heroically used his super speed when he saw that Swindle is about to get killed by Astrotrain. But then Swindle saved him from death back and Blurr got SO surprised when he woke up in the SAME universe even though he was supposed to be dead by now???

And for a good while after that he thinks he did it. He broke the loop. Or..well…Swindle broke the loop?

Blurr has a lot of good time in IDW. Runs the bar and participates in racing events and makes friends and actually remembers his regulars. Maybe him and Swindle start to date?? There’s a lot of dangerous shit going on around but he lives through it. He survives it. Persists. And he is so happy to finally have a place he can call home.

But then Unicron arrives. And Cybertron blows up. And Blurr can’t just stand there and let all those people die with their planet so instead of simply running away he stays and he tries to save as much bots as he can and it doesn’t matter how hard he tries he isn’t fast enough to save himself too.

He wakes up in a new body. In a completely different world. Alone again and just as doomed to die as he always was

[scribesynnox]

They finally See each other

Ohhhh my god, WAIT, I haven't even talked about the whole tsunami thing AND THE DISASTER RELIEF!!

@keferon and everyone else in here. Woe, more apocalyptic ponyo au ideas be upon ye.

(And if you’re seeing this twice, shhhhh, no you’re not)

- A whole island got WIPED OUT. Humans are a lot of things, but in a big scale natural disaster like this, you KNOW there are relief aids being sent out. So first off, that's an opportunity to bring more characters in here. If any of y'all are into Rescue Bots, you can absolutely include them here.

- OH MY GOD RATCHET COULD BE A RESCUER.

- But anyways, I'm mainly bringing up the disaster relief aid, because maybe for the first time, there will be humans there who are recording what's going on and maybe for the first time, there is video evidence out there of mer and humans working together, and mers showing sign of intelligence.

- Mers like Blurr and Shockwave helping out humans. And humans flying in and having to help out mers who got sick from the pollution. There's a reason why mers avoid human towns after tsunamis and storms and it's not just because of the higher human activity.

- Humans are poisonous/venomous (see: mers getting drugged and dragged into aquariums, see: mers getting sedated to help rescue them, and see: POLLUTION), and after getting their nest violently disturbed like that, the poison seeps out and the whole area is one big hazard zone. It is not recommended to go near a disturbed human nest.

- But there ARE merfolk here. There is Blurr who came back because he wanted to make sure Orange was okay. There is Shockwave who, I have no idea why he's here, but thank god he was because he's here to help the group of feral kids survive and adapt to the disaster area.

- There's also arguably Jazz, who likely went out to sea the first chance he could get and avoided humans when he could because he knows he's famous and if anyone knew where he swam off to, then they'd try to get him back. But I imagine that if there was someone who was drowning and there was no one else around, Jazz would probably go to help anyways.

- And maybe there's a bunch of different other isolated mer stories here and there, here for various reasons.

- Maybe some of them followed after Blurr and wounded up helping out humans since they were there.

- Maybe some of them got washed up along with the waves and are simply lost.

- Maybe some of them ignored the warnings and wanted to get a closer look at a human nest, now that more of it is accessible. Maybe some dumb kids daring each other to go explore, or maybe a reckless researcher wanted to poke and prod things (i’m looking at you First Aid), or something.

- Maybe some of them are wild animal rescue mers who go in with the GOAL to help some humans out, all decked out in anti-poison gear and rescue tools.

- Whatever the case, for the first time, there are a lot of merfolk here and now there's evidence, and lots of it, of merfolk and humans interacting with each other (maybe the Fucked up and Way Too Close Moon messed with previous video files and this is like a post apocalyptic world, or maybe humans and mers are just new to each other, i don't know why it's the first time so many have interacted with each other but let's say that's what's happening), and for the first time, FINALLY, there is undeniable proof that the other species is SENTIENT and SAPIENT.

- On the human's side, there is a small group of children who are very clearly talking in whistles and hums and clicks in a very nuanced and clear language structure.

- They are also very clearly cussing at each other. (There is just a very specific tone and vibe that is universal which makes it obvious that the children are delightedly cussing at each other).

- There is also a very specific tone when a parent barks out, “Language!!”, followed by gleeful chortles of absolutely unremorseful children who don’t show a hint of regret.

- (And everyone who sees the clips, sees the evidence, all slowly becoming horrified. Oh god, they were people this whole time? This whole time??)

- There is an engineer who is very clearly working with a mer and trying to get a generator working to get a door open. And the mer is showing evidence that he is analyzing and figuring out how to fix the generator along with the human. (I imagine blurr knows a thing or two about gadgets. Enough to help here.)

- Jazz who, in no uncertain words, says that humans have language and writing and song and dance and emotions and SCIENCE AND MATH. They are cruel and they are kind and they are clever. They are not pets, they are people.

- Ooooo and maybe like, months or years down the road, the island is fixed and rebuilt, but it’s not rebuilt to be like it was before, it’s rebuilt to accomdate both merfolk and humans. Water cannald and air tunnels and breathing masks and so on.

- Maybe the drowned island becomes the new base for the first human-mer embassy!

- Uuughh and like!! There’s just so many stories that could be told here.

- Reading all those “humans are space orcs” and “humans will packbond with everything” is rearing their head at me now, LOOK, THERE IS JUST SO MUCH YOU COULD WRITE FOR THIS. This has the perfect "human-alien meet up and rescue" set up! The language barrier, the uncertainty, the having to escape! Fuck, there’s a reason this is just tickling my brain isn’t there.

- BUT ANYWAYS!! I am digressing. I can play around more with the underwater suvivial platformer idea later, back to tf mer au.

- Just!! The story of two very different peoples coming to the same devastation with the goal of helping out. And in doing so discover that the other person is, well. A person.

- The tsunami that changed everything. You know?

- ough but hey, it wouldn't be complete without angst.

- it's all well and good that merfolk and humans are coming together and helping each other survive in this natural disaster, but it is still very much a natural disaster.

- how many floating bodies do the kids see while they were on their own? how many do they still see days after the first wave?

- how many animals and people drowned, trapped in tanks or in their homes?

- How many captive mers are still trapped in tanks that don't open or crumbling buildings with no exits, and are now stuck with no way to get food?

- How many people died from starvation or poisonings from pollution or down electric lines?

- And putting aside THAT whole horrific mess that comes with a natural disaster,

Where the FUCK did these mutated sharks come from???

- Are they science experiments gone wrong? Who brought them here? WHY are they here?

- Hey... Just how "natural" was this disaster exactly...?

- oooooo, what if the tsunami ISN'T natural, what if someone did it on purpose? Or maybe on accident?

- Or maybe it's weird Fucked Up Moon magic.

- who's to say :))

[cosmique-oddity]

Old art blurr be upon ye

Unsure if you’ve seen this but hey, take it… 🗿🗿

CHECKKKK THIS OUT FAM !!!!!!!!!!!!! CHECK THIS OUT !!!!!

No i HAVENT see that THANK YOU SIDES may i gift you a lil spoiler for that Asterformer univers in exchange (its not a spoiler it was a test before my final idea)

None of these ideas were kept in the final result but now you guys can see uuuhhhh me struggling with designs in class ?

[mychlapci]

My very hilarious shockblurr baby incident

Yes baby looks like a mix between blurr and shockwave

BUT, Shockwave would use the atavism phenomenon

Or just says that he changed paint job because purple is too decepticon-ish or something

He's glad that the sparkling mostly takes after blurr,hence the blue optics

Thank primus for the face that he blessed upon the sparkling,a perfect blurr copy

Sometimes you just be glad that you have weak genes in the first place

oh it would be so funny if the baby came out with minimal Shockwave features after all that stress Shockwave went through. Blurr has a tiny little blue-eyed blue and purple sparkling, and "Longarm" hurriedly assures him that Uh, yeah, he's got that purple coding in him. Why isn't he purple? Uh, it's a dormant code. Or something.

But you know what would be even funnier? If he got so into making sure the baby doesn't blow his cover that he accidentally blows his cover himself. Way after he's been caught, the baby comes out and it looks mostly like Blurr, and he's just forced to live with the knowledge that if he'd waited, if he'd let it be, he would still be living as Longarm...

[hypn0con]

Woe blurr upon ye

[338385903]

blurr be upon ye

[ask-monster-men]

Sea shanty

Borealis x male reader

Summary: the reader is a pirate who's singing sea shanties along the dead night of the sea...seems someone else hears

Warning: violence, blood, monster, murder, monster eating a human? (Literal not metaphorical)

The night was cold and the seas were calm, you where wrapped up quote nicely as you starred mindlessly out at the waves that gently crashed upon the side of the ship, rocking it gently.

The work and life of a pirate was to be frank horrible, the food was wreched and the salt used to preserve it only fueled your thirst for clean drinkable water...to bad your surrounded by salty water.

Sometimes you ponder if the salt had gotten to your fellow pirates as they started to ramble about creatures and myths, complete nonsense to you...but the way they looked so utterly petrified as they spoke shook you in a way.

A chill went down your spine as you tried to shake the skeptical thoughts out of your head and just focus on relaxing, a whistle had started to sing from your lips as the cold air started to strike at your body.

Somewhere in the water a creature lurked, stories of his existence had rattled the pirates and started rumours. The creature heard something sweet, a song...a human whistle.

A part of him wanted to immediately rip the human to shreds and another wanted to quietly listen to its sweet song while it lasted...still he couldn't stand to have the human ships in his territory, no matter how sweet the song is sang.

He popped his head out of the water and viewed a man leaned over the side of the wooden vessel by himself, he squinted harshly and quietly scaled the ship. He carefully carried his hulking body up the ship in a way the human man couldn't spot him, his attention ed turned to a door...a door headed straight to the dorms.

He felt that familiar hunger inside of him and he instantly gave in, practically rushing and barrelling himself down the stairs causing you to instantly look over only to see a blurr go into the dorms.

Confusion and fear struck you as you instantly flushed your back against the side of the ship..."what the fuck?" You breathed out shakily as everything your fellow crew members warned you had come and hit you like a truck...and then the screams came, men yelling and cursing, the sound of riping and tearing bullied your ears.

You covered your ears and collapsed onto the ground as it became all to much, a cowards move you knew but what else could you do?...you started to whistle. For some reason as a way to perhaps comfort yourself you started to whistle.

The creature...borealis. he had head this and half way through ripping someone's torso in half he stopped, his head perked up and he looked up the stairs to where that sweet sound was coming from. Slowly he climbed up the stairs like a preditor, the door had long since been ripped on the hinges.

The silence was almost worst than the screams...you knew they where all dead, all your friends who where practically family had all been ripped to shreds and devoured.

You opened your eyes to see this thing stare at you, his eyes wide and predatory, his body was big and purple with stripes of a darker purple with a yellow belly patch that climbed up his neck, his arms all for of them...no wait all 3? One looked like it had been ripped of violently a long time ago.

Borealis didn't know why but the human whistle calmed him, it made him curious and attracted to the source. He starred at this small human man, a pathetic sight to him as humans did nothing but disgust him...but their songs where so so sweet.

He thought about ripping this humans head off...hmm yes a quick kill would be fit, he stood up and reached his full height, 8ft at the head and 11 at the horn/crown. He walked towards the human man, blood dripped and poured off of him as his steps drew closer; he watched as the human man started to squirm in fear and terror.

[serotoninisheldinkiwis]

been thinking abt @keferon 's mecha au and woe silly guy upon ye

i raise to you! mecha pilot arcee! from high-school teacher to mecha pilot, she's had one HECK of an interesting career path! her focus in her mech actually isn't combat- it's more evacuation and rescue! that doesn't mean she can't pop an invading quint if she has to, she's been trained in battle, but while mecha like jazz' and blurr's take point in fighting she helps injured people and crowds get away from the fight safely! her mech is one of the smallest and most compact for ease of maneuverability, but she is the most annoying wriggly glitch to exist because of this <33

[ivecomeforsouls]

Chapter 2 - Breath

Time handed his daughter off to Emery once the sun rose. He had tasks from yesterday that still needed done. Two thought kept his mind occupied as he accomplished them. One, what would the twins name's be? And two, his daughter had colorless fierce diety markings on her face. All the markings were there, even the ones he didn't have, and they were barely noticeable. Similar to Twilight's tri-force symbol, it was as though she'd had those birth walks slightly tanned before she arrived. He wasn't sure what to make of those.

Eventually, he pulled himself out of his yhought to focus on the tasks at hand. But when he did, he noticed something odd. We're those...footsteps?

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Malon waited with the twins as Emery left to deal with a customer in the barn. No she had no idea what to name them. She'd forgotten about that part. Her son was in a bassinet by the bed, but her daughter was in her arms. Having hit her head a little as she was putting her down, the baby was now crying with her little infant wail...or she was. She was now holding her breath. Mouth open and mid-wail, she was o longer breathing.

Emery, the very young midwife/nanny, had warned her about this. She said lot of things, but staying calm was one if them. It was also the only thing her former pregnancy-brain could remember.

Her daughter still refused to breath.

"Emery!" Malon was hesitant to call Emery away from the customer, especially knowing that she was specifically told not to panic.

"...Emery!!" Malon was scared now. Several minutes had gone by and baby continued her dramatic episode.

"Emery!"

"Comming!"

A hint of blue touched the baby's lips.

"EMERY!!!" Terror struck. Fearful tears began to blurr her vision as Emery burst into the room.

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Time was on the other side of the ranch, still following the footsteps. It was a little suspicious how obvious the trail was. He continued down the path anyway, until he came to the edge of the fence where the trail seemed to end. He leaned over the fence, but as he was looking over the cliff, the ground opened up beneath him, swallowing him whole.

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Emery swiftly closed the distance between herself and the baby. Leaving the baby in Malon's arms, she blew fast, hard, and sharp once on the baby's face.

She was breathing.

Tearfully and trembling, Nalon looked at Emery. "That's it? That's all I had to do?"

Malon cradled her daughter closely, and Emery put a smaller blanket over her shoulders. Sitting on the bed with Malon, Emery rubbed her back in an attempt to help her calm down.

"Yes. That's all." Emery wasn't from Hyrule. She had arrived a couple months prior to Time's return, and tended to Talon. He'd had a stroke and the doctors couldn't help him walk, or talk at all. She was able to give him and Malon one last chance to talk to each other again, and their conversation lasted almost half an hour before Talon finally passed. She was then hired as a ranch hand upon Time's arrival.

Emery stayed next to Malon until she was able to put the baby down. Once all was settled down again, she headed down to make dinner.

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Previous | Next - comming soon

[signanothername]

Something that I noticed recently about HW and that I absolutely love is how he lets sleeping dogs lay. Whenever he has a conflict with any member of the family, the moment that conflict seems to be resolved, he lets it go. For example, with Chase in Rules and Regulations. This is one of the few, if not straight up only times HW and Chase get heated (I don’t really count the time Chase got hurt, since it wasn’t really interpersonal), but after the episode, HW always puts the extra effort to meet Chase in the middle (All characters do, and considering Chase is neurodivergent coded/ heavily autistic implied, that’s such an amazing thing to show kids 💙) Blades is another good example, after the video game incident he doesn’t give Blades grief over being scared. Even when before it was more low key, after it almost stops. It’s so interesting considering the type of character HW is supposed to be. The only character he seems to keep beating with the stick is Blurr, and let’s face it, he needs it. Damn, Rescue Bots character writing really is something else.

Anon you fucking get itttttt!!!!!

Like I wholeheartedly agree, I even touched a bit upon how different he is as a hotheaded character before

And y’know, that’s the thing I love most about HW as a character

When I first started the show, I genuinely thought that the direction of HW’s character is gonna be the usual hotheaded character that never apologizes, never takes responsibility for their actions, goes against orders, and so on, and I for one genuinely thought HW is gonna be a character I’d hate cause of it, but as I watch more and more episodes i’m genuinely baffled (in a good way) by how Heatwave is written

Yes at the beginning of the show you see these usual traits of what Hotheaded characters are like in HW, (and it makes sense to see them as HW IS a hothead), in ep3 he blames Boulder and Chase when Cody gets upset with him for making fun of Blades, in ep10 he ignores Charlie’s words about thinking of people first and takes matters into his own hands, etc

But what’s baffling (again in a good way) about these traits is the fact their occurrence is very far in between each time it happens, like i want you to let it sink in that these traits are not even the norm for Heatwave, the norm for HW is to take responsibility and accountability for his actions, actually try and learn from his mistakes, is very serious about his job, is protective of those he loves, and it genuinely made me question my sanity, like AYO? What the fuck is even HW’s character

But the answer is simple, he is a hothead yes, just not what you’d usually expect a hothead to act like, and I for one think it’s amazing

I love when shows actually take character tropes and twist them and put in their own touches on them, not only does it give a refreshing take, but also gives a lot more depth to the character

You’d think HW is the type to hold a grudge, or be so into proving he’s right while others are wrong, but nope, this boi actually takes a step back when he makes a mistake and admits he was wrong, HW learns from his mistakes and tries to improve himself, and doesn’t that make a lot more sense for a hothead like him?

Hotheaded characters usually try to be the best at everything, and wouldn’t he be become better and better if he actually admitted his mistakes rather than live in a fantasy that he’s just right all the time?

That aside, speaking of meeting Chase in the middle, you’re so right, and it’s really beautiful, not only that, but for a heavily implied autistic character like Chase, he’s always shown to be competent and more than capable on his own, and I actually think that’s pretty important to show, the world needs more autistic characters like Chase

The thing is with HW, is the fact while opinionated, he still tries to put the comfort of his friends first and that’s such a wholesome thing about him

During the argument, HW actually tries to do what Chase asks him to do, HW could’ve easily used his authority as the leader to simply order Chase to follow without attempting to contact Kade, and the thing is, Chase would’ve followed the order even tho he doesn’t like it, and HW knows it

But HW relents and actually does what puts Chase’s mind at ease and does try to call Kade, and I love it so much

HW tends to do that a lot, he doesn’t force anyone to do something they don’t want to do, the only times he does is when their saftey is a priority

A lil something I want to bring attention to is HW’s tendency to use the phrase “that’s an order” around Chase, HW knows Chase is obsessed with following orders, especially when it’s directly stated with an emphasis like that, but what i love oh so much is the fact HW never abuses that kind of authority and especially not with Chase, he RARELY uses it, and of the few times he did? He used it to make sure Chase doesn’t put himself in danger

The greatest example of this is ep5 of S3 “unfinished business”, HW uses “that’s an order” 3 times in that episode, the first is when they need to go to stasis cause of the energon eater and Chase protests cause he wants to help the people of the damaged ship, HW says “into the stasis pods, now!” then adresses Chase specifically saying “Chase, that’s an order!”

The second time is when Chase hears the message again and tells HW they need to get back, HW is rightfully suspicious and thinks that, hell na, nobody’s going anywhere and especially not stubborn Chase so he says “no Chase, and that’s an order” only for Cody to convince HW to let Chase go

The third time is when Chase and Boulder are about to take the Sigma and are saying goodbye, Charlie tells Chase to “be careful, come back soon” and HW follows that by saying “that’s an order, Chase”

See the pattern? Every time HW uses his authority it’s when he’s worried and wants to keep Chase safe and oh my god does it melt my heart

Of course, Hw still sometimes misuse his authority like when he tells everyone they’re not allowed to celebrate Allspark day, but what I also love is the fact he never truly tries to force them, he just tends to voice his displeasures and grievances

Same with Blades, but in Blades’ case HW is never worried about his saftey cause he knows Blades’ values it, but as you said he does get a tiny bit harsh when it comes to Blades’ anxiety/fear, but then by that point of the video game episode, he realizes he misjudged Blades’ bravery and even goes as far as telling everyone what happened, and you can tell by his tone how proud he is of Blades, HW never says “I’m sorry” outright, but he does show regret and tries his best to fix his mistakes, and repair any damage they caused, he even calls Blades “the bravest of them all”

And just as you said, he lets sleeping dogs lie, he never tries bringing it up again or giving anyone a hard time for something that happened before, he just moves on

Hw taking a step or two back to genuinely consider his approach with things is what makes him a great leader, and an even greater friend, and that’s why you can see his growth so clearly in the show, i’d easily say that by S4 he’s a lot more gentle, considerate and patient than when the show started

As for Blurr?? Damn I actually feel bad for both him and HW, but Blurr makes it really hard to deal with him, and HW might’ve become a lot more patient but he’s still not that patient wheeze

Y’know in a way I feel like HW sees himself in Blurr, at least to an extent, so he does give him chances to get better, but Blurr keeps fucking up due to his reckless nature, but it’s obvious Blurr thinks highly of HW and genuinely wants to make him proud and HW seems to want to actually train Blurr to be a great rescue bot cause he sees that potential in him

The only problem is that these two are too hotheaded to effectively communicate, one wants to be carefree and not to be bound by rules, the other wants this carefree spirit to watch out and actually look at the world around him

Blurr has the “everything is against me” mindset and rarely takes the blame for his actions, and I think that’s what angers HW the most, HW wants Blurr to slow down and actually take in the situation and understand where he fucked up, but Blurr is really bad at seeing the problem and I believe to some extent, is cause Blurr thinks a bit less of himself

But my favorite thing is actually seeing Blurr getting better at taking responsibility for his actions and slowly becoming a better rescuer

The thing is, HW is a bit harsh on Blurr, but does give him credit where its due, when Blurr took the Sigma only to turn back to save GR, HW admits he misjudged him and even seems to genuinely regret being so harsh on him, when Blurr gets on the ground HW is conflicted about whether to yell at him or hug him and i find that really adorable hchcchch

But you can tell how HW is way gentler while dealing with Blurr afterwards, the frustration is still there but he’s become more patient with him and is a lot less demanding and it’s nice to see how their relationship develops from there, hell, even when Blurr fucks up time and again afterwards HW simply asks wtf he’d been thinking but the way he controls his voice and tone, it’s amazing

Anyway, you’re so right the character writing in this show is fucking fantastic, it’s honestly its greatest strength and I’d literally die for every one of them, they’re my beloved <33333

[scribesynnox]

Two Worlds Collide

Ohhhh my god, WAIT, I haven't even talked about the whole tsunami thing AND THE DISASTER RELIEF!!

@keferon and everyone else in here. Woe, more apocalyptic ponyo au ideas be upon ye.

A whole island got WIPED OUT. Humans are a lot of things, but in a big scale natural disaster like this, you KNOW there are relief aids being sent out. So first off, that's an opportunity to bring more characters in here. If any of y'all are into Rescue Bots, you can absolutely include them here.

OH MY GOD RATCHET COULD BE A RESCUER.

But anyways, I'm mainly bringing up the disaster relief aid, because maybe for the first time, there will be humans there who are recording what's going on and maybe for the first time, there is video evidence out there of mer and humans working together, and mers showing sign of intelligence.

Mers like Blurr and Shockwave helping out humans. And humans flying in and having to help out mers who got sick from the pollution. There's a reason why mers avoid human towns after tsunamis and storms and it's not just because of the higher human activity.

Humans are poisonous/venomous (see: mers getting drugged and dragged into aquariums, see: mers getting sedated to help rescue them, and see: POLLUTION), and after getting their nest violently disturbed like that, the poison seeps out and the whole area is one big hazard zone. It is not recommended to go near a disturbed human nest.

But there ARE merfolk here. There is Blurr who came back because he wanted to make sure Orange was okay. There is Shockwave who, I have no idea why he's here, but thank god he was because he's here to help the group of feral kids survive and adapt to the disaster area.

There's also arguably Jazz, who likely went out to sea the first chance he could get and avoided humans when he could because he knows he's famous and if anyone knew where he swam off to, then they'd try to get him back. But I imagine that if there was someone who was drowning and there was no one else around, Jazz would probably go to help anyways.

And maybe there's a bunch of different other isolated mer stories here and there, here for various reasons.

Maybe some of them followed after Blurr and wounded up helping out humans since they were there.

Maybe some of them got washed up along with the waves and are simply lost.

Maybe some of them ignored the warnings and wanted to get a closer look at a human nest, now that more of it is accessible. Maybe some dumb kids daring each other to go explore, or maybe a reckless researcher wanted to poke and prod things (i’m looking at you First Aid), or something.

Maybe some of them are wild animal rescue mers who go in with the GOAL to help some humans out, all decked out in anti-poison gear and rescue tools.

Whatever the case, for the first time, there are a lot of merfolk here and now there's evidence, and lots of it, of merfolk and humans interacting with each other (maybe the Fucked up and Way Too Close Moon messed with previous video files and this is like a post apocalyptic world, or maybe humans and mers are just new to each other, i don't know why it's the first time so many have interacted with each other but let's say that's what's happening), and for the first time, FINALLY, there is undeniable proof that the other species is SENTIENT and SAPIENT.

On the human's side, there is a small group of children who are very clearly talking in whistles and hums and clicks in a very nuanced and clear language structure.

They are also very clearly cussing at each other. (There is just a very specific tone and vibe that is universal which makes it obvious that the children are delightedly cussing at each other).

There is also a very specific tone when a parent barks out, “Language!!”, followed by gleeful chortles of absolutely unremorseful children who don’t show a hint of regret.

(And everyone who sees the clips, sees the evidence, all slowly becoming horrified. Oh god, they were people this whole time? This whole time??)

There is an engineer who is very clearly working with a mer and trying to get a generator working to get a door open. And the mer is showing evidence that he is analyzing and figuring out how to fix the generator along with the human. (I imagine blurr knows a thing or two about gadgets. Enough to help here.)

For the merfolk, there is JAZZ. Jazz who, in no uncertain words, says that humans have language and writing and song and dance and emotions and SCIENCE AND MATH. They are cruel and they are kind and they are clever. They are not pets, they are people.

Ooooo and maybe like, months or years down the road, the island is fixed and rebuilt, but it’s not rebuilt to be like it was before, it’s rebuilt to accomdate both merfolk and humans. Water cannald and air tunnels and breathing masks and so on.

Maybe the drowned island becomes the new base for the first human-mer embassy!

Uuughh and like!! There’s just so many stories that could be told here.

Reading all those “humans are space orcs” and “humans will packbond with everything” is rearing their head at me now, LOOK, THERE IS JUST SO MUCH YOU COULD WRITE FOR THIS. This has the perfect "human-alien meet up and rescue" set up! The language barrier, the uncertainty, the having to escape! Fuck, there’s a reason this is just tickling my brain isn’t there.

BUT ANYWAYS!! I am digressing. I can play around more with the underwater suvivial platformer idea later, back to tf mer au.

Just!! The story of two very different peoples coming to the same devastation with the goal of helping out. And in doing so discover that the other person is, well. A person.

The tsunami that changed everything. You know?

ough but hey, it wouldn't be complete without angst.

it's all well and good that merfolk and humans are coming together and helping each other survive in this natural disaster, but it is still very much a natural disaster.

how many floating bodies do the kids see while they were on their own? how many do they still see days after the first wave?

how many animals and people drowned, trapped in tanks or in their homes.

How many captive mers are still trapped in tanks that don't open or crumbling buildings with no exits, and are now stuck with no way to get food?

How many people died from starvation or poisonings from pollution or down electric lines?

And putting aside THAT whole horrific mess that comes with a natural disaster, Where the FUCK did these mutated sharks come from???

Are they science experiments gone wrong? Who brought them here? WHY are they here?

Hey... Just how "natural" was this disaster exactly...?

oooooo, what if the tsunami ISN'T natural, what if someone did it on purpose? Or maybe on accident?

Or maybe it's weird Fucked Up Moon magic.

who's to say :))

[ananinidraws]

Trick or chatical John

Woe, Chatical John be upon ye <3333

Alt version without blurr

[drawing-myself-in-and2-death]

yes it's technically Wednesday now, so logically my response would be

suck my balls.

it's my blog,my concept of time, I haven't slept therefore it's still Tuesday

Happy Tuvok Tuesday!!

he would hate this post for it's lack of accuracy and blatant self indulgent delusions and disregard of the linear and agreed upon divisions therein of the passage of time.

however I offer that those are in fact arbitrary, he would appreciate the insueing conversation about the nature of time

now all of you go look up some words and be overly verbose and incomprehensibly specific this fine Tuesday blurr-ning

happy Tuvok Tuesday, lads

[tfdaycare]

Woe, magic ponies be upon ye! One of them is trying to race the track teacher.

Blurr is dedicated to not lose to a pony

Some of the kids are already placing bets on who will win.

The other kids are excited to play with the other ponies!