#funky sea cryptid

[grayjoy15]

@funky-sea-cryptid asked me to draw their Malcolm (she/they, I think?) a while back, so here they are! We used to lean in quite heavily toward the potential Norse culture of Malcolm’s mother Suthen, so I decked them out in a fun Norse dress fit for a king/queen :)

[goffilolo]

Adramelech theory time

Does anyone want to know a theory I have? no? Well, that's too bad you're getting it anyway.

Based on demonology Adramelech tried to gain worship as a sun god, alongside his sibling Anamelech who was considered a moon diety.

Does that sound familiar? Does that sound perhaps like Spade's royal family magic? Am I implying that all royals are shit regardless of the country and have a hobby of boosting their own power by stealing it from others? I sure am.

So here's the situation. Grinberyalls pulled the exact same shit as Silvamillions, except with devil magic. It's implied that the spade people know more about devils than they initially let on, Ciel included, so I wouldn't be surprised if they did some fuck ass ritual to steal Adramelech and his brother's attributes specifically.

But wait, you may say. Haven't we seen in canon that Adramelech can resist Lucifero's gravity and still has supreme devil levels of magic? He sure does and here's the catch. What he initially lost is an ATTRIBUTE, not mana itself. Kinda like Ladros who was born with no attribute at all.

Also the timing of WHEN the Grinberyalls became the ruling family with their magic is a little unclear. I'm even willing to go out on a limb and imply that it was around the time of when the first Qlipoth happened. Either they caught Adramelech and his brother during the 2nd gate opening and obtained his magic then OR the first Qlipoth was the responce to having their supreme devil's magic stolen by humans sometime before.

(Also not fully related to this theory, but I imagined that the first Qlipoth failed because it was sabotaged from the inside by Astaroth, who did not wish for human's extermination).

How does any of that relate to Adramelech working with Lucius? Well what if Lucius promised him to get rid of all of Grinberyalls in his grand plan, knowing that Adramelech and Anamelech would not get their full attributes back until the last Grinberyall is dead and thus the attributes can no longer be passed on to any further relatives?

My other idea was that Astaroth is tied into it more closely than initially shown. Maybe even having initally contracted Lucius, allowing him to use the power of prophecy as much as he pleases, on the condition that he can arrange the sun and moon magic to be returned to their original owners. If that is the case, then the spade coup may have been orchestrated by him before his disappearance, as killing all royal family members would release the attributes.

This brings me to my final point, the one that I think will result in Yuno stans hunting me down for sport, but here we go. Yuno is like the british empire, the culmination of stolen shit.

Wind magic? doesn't belong to him, it belongs to a soul of dead half-elf fetus that sits in his body and I'm pretty sure Bell was asleep for so long because she was supposed to be guardian spirit to that fetus when it grew up, but instead was in time out for 500 yeas until a twink shows up who just so happened to have the fetus soul living in him rent-free.

Star magic? Literally a result of stealing 2 devil attributes, followed by centuries of royal incest to ensure the celestial magic stays in the family. Sorry to burst your bubble, all royals are inbred, yes even your favourites. If Tabata wants to play loose canon with borrowing vague references from medieval Europe, so will I.

And you know what? From storytelling perspective it would be hysteric! The dude beloved by mana? The skinny legend that is stacking up magical buffs like a jenga tower? To reveal that all of his 'blessings' were not in fact blessings but came at the expense of somebody else? ALL OF THEM? This would be delicious. This would finally give us the relevant narrative parallel to Asta who has acknowledged long time ago that the power he wields is not his and did not even hesitate to try and give his grimoire away to the original owner.

[theresattrpgforthat]

Mint's TTRPG Library

Here is a list of links to the Collections I add Itch.io games to on the regular, where I often go to in search for games to meet folks' recommendation requests.

These collections are large and unwieldy. I'm not certain that they're easy to navigate, but if you want to do some browsing, you certainly have options!

Systems

Belonging Outside Belonging Breathless Caltrop Core Charge Descended from the Queen Firebrands Forged in the Dark Honey Games (Honey Heist) Into the Odd Lasers + Feelings LUMEN Par-AGON (Paragon System) PbtA Push Together We Go Troika (A bunch of Troika supplements) Tunnel Goons (AKA Goon Games) What’s So Cool About _?

Genre

Adventure - With Pulp! (Westerns, Dinosaurs, Spies, Time Travel) Bittersweet Futures (Post-Apocalypse) Botanical Adventures (Plants) Bring Me The Evidence! (Mysteries) Cogs and Steam (Steampunk) Delicious Delights (Food & Cooking) Dirtpunk (Revolution, Rebellion, Fighting) Eras Both Real & Imagined (Historical, Faux-Historical) Everyone Loves A Competition (Competitions, Sports) Fae and Fen (Faeries & Goblins) Fangs, Fangs, Fangs (Vampires) Grim & Gritty (Gritty & Grimdark Fantasy) Hearts & Threads (Romance) Manners & Mischief (Social & Political) Mechs and Tech (Mechs & Robots) Modern-Day Mishaps (Modern-Day Setting) Monsters & Mutants (Monsters, Monster Hunters, Pokemon - simulators) Neon Lights & Cyber Nights (Cyberpunk) Oh So Anime (Anime & Manga themed) Paranormal Activity (Ghosts, Cryptids, Death) Pastoral & Cozy (Cozy Games, Witch Games) Paws and Feathers and Scales (Animals) Sorcerous Intentions (Magic-Users) Stars and Science (Science-Fiction, Space) Sword & Sorcery & So Much More (General Fantasy) Teenage Hijinx (Teenagers) The Sea Calls (Oceans, Aquatic, Pirates) With Great Power (Superheroes, Magical Girls, Fantasy Superpowers)

Other

Abstract Games & System Bones (SRDs, Genre-less) By Pen and Paper Played (Epistolary Games) Funky Fresh Flavors (Miscellaneous) GM-Less Solitary Adventures (Solo Games) System-Neutral Settings (Adventures & Settings) The Art of Creation (Collaborative World-building) Two Can Play At That Game (Duet Games)

[calamaroo]

Vegimals : Biology and Culture Of Sirens !! ====================

WHOOOOOOOO THE BABIESSSSS OOOOOO!!! Fair warning, this is gonna get long, lolll (also, I am praying this doesn't flop because I worked very hard on this and am super proud of it 😅)

THE VEGIMALS' BASICS:

The Vegimals, as we all know, are funky little fish-vegetable creatures adopted and raised by (mainly) Shellington, and of which there are many. According to the Wiki, there are 16 (not including Vegi-Bot), but for the purpose of simplicity (or not knowing), most people tend to stick to the main five: Tunip, Barrot, Tominnow, Codish, and Grouber

Personally, I believe they all exist, but for continuity reasons and simplicity, as stated previously, anything canon to my AU will only include the main five.

THE VEGIMALS' BIOLOGY (MY AU):

I have always had a fascination with monsters, cryptids, and mythology, but by far, my favorite genre of mythological/folkloric creatures are sea creatures; leviathans, mermaids, and for my Octonauts AU, ✨️sirens !✨️

My vegimals are sirens (the idea came from their humming/song in the show), more specifically Abyssal Sirens, the most aggressive, territorial, and dangerous type of siren due to the harsh conditions of their home/ecosystem. Why? Because I can use it for juicy D R A M A !!

[According to the speculative biology of my AU, there are sirens born and bred for each level of depth in the sea. Epipelagic (Sunlight), Mesopelagic (Twilight), Bathypelagic (Midnight), Abyssopelagic (The Abyss), & Hadalpelagic (The Trenches). Sirens are too complex a species to live in the Hadalpelagic, and resources are too slim for even them, a highly adaptable species.]

Anywho, much of the basic design parts of their biology are in the drawings, but not how they would live in a world, so here that is ! -------------

The Vegimals are amphibious, and therefore can breathe on both land and underwater, but in a more specialized way where they have gills specifically made for each place to get their oxygen from. Because of these specialized gills, they can spend as long as they'd like on either side, as long as their primarily "made-for-salt-water" skin is moisturized. It is a part of the daily care routine that Shellington has for them --- regardless of whether or not they have a mission that day, Shellington will take the Vegimals out to swim and rejuvenate their skin/scales for at least an hour a day. Another part of this routine is a daily scrub/grooming (cleaning) of their scales, although Shellington doesn't have to do much work anymore as the Vegimals get older and learn to groom themselves . . . Except for Tominnow, she's still too small to get that much needed deep clean. Both Shellington and Codish (who I headcanon is closer to her than the other vegimals) will help her out. ☺️

[ @animalsalvationassociation ] very you core moment, lovely 💋

They (sirens) are a species built perfectly for the hunt, using their highly advanced vocal cords and a pheromone secreted during the process of "singing" to lure in their prey. The Vegimals have a natural instinct to sing/hum when "catching" food, AKA, when they are cooking/baking. The Octopod is always filled with their chipper song when the time to eat rolls around.

But cal, the vegimals aren't man-eating monsters. What's that about? 🤔

Well, according to the speculative biology of my AU, and as stated before, sirens are very adaptable creatures and can alter their own genetic makeup in a matter of weeks. This is why the vegimals do not look or act very threatening, although those basic instincts are still in their little bodies deep down. Newborn sirens are extremely clingy, as they need to learn how to live through observation. They learned to be kind and helpful from their papa, Shellington, who is their primary caretaker, and the other Octonauts --- but will always have their base instincts, that's something they can't adapt out of. They just don't pose much of an issue in their day to . . . very often. 😈

Sirens, due to their adaptability, can function in both solitude and company. Young spend around a year together, learning from their mother. The vegimals never had any need to separate after maturity (they are roughly pre-teens at this point and are of that age in the present time of my AU) so they stuck together, continuing to follow the lead of their father figure . . . Aaaaand, their leader.

Leader? Who?

Why, Tunip, of course (along with Shellington and Barnacles, but more-so Tunip)! Sirens, when grouped together, form a hive-minded semi-hierarchical social structure, where the strongest and smartest of the group will act as the "queen bee." The leader of the group will make most of the decisions concerning shelter, food, and the safety of the group, but for anything else, it is a group effort.

Sirens are an omnivores species who will eat what all that is available to them. And that means everything is on the table. Think of them as the pigs, raccoons, or even the vultures of the ocean --- they will hunt, forage, or scavenge for what they need, and with keen senses like spectacular vision, smell, hearing, and speed, they are very good at providing for themselves, once they've learned to do so (and they learn quickly, so is the way of the ocean).

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That's all I can think of concerning the speculated biology of my AU's Vegimals, I hope you enjoyed my rant, fellow Octonauts-lovers!!~

I hope to one day make a post about the more personal details of my Vegimals, like personality and character relationships, but that will have to be another because this one is already too long XD

Mentions (cool people only 😎):

[ @urautismdiagnosis ] I hope you enjoyed my rant, wisty! 💛

[ @mildy-vibing ] I hope you like it, friend 👉👈

[ @oatzimir ] hi oatzyyy!!! 💛💛💛

[ @animalsalvationassociation @hers-underwraps @snowy-yoshi @xoxotifia @anxiousstarlight @trackermycutiepatootie @traumatizedartist @batbitesthebat @cyree @4eyedloser @astro-nautic ]

Sorry to all that I mentioned if this is a bother to you, I just wanted to share my creation with people who like the stuff I like 🥺👉👈

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🦈🪸🪼🥬!!!🥬🪼🪸🦈

[bean-market-art]

for my wife @funky-sea-cryptid<3 love you baby <3 <3 <3 <3

I'm not so sure about this style but I'm fairly sure vanessa looks good in everything lol ;w;

[nodanova15]

A SilverMantis Princess Bride AU

@funky-sea-cryptid & @t-f-t are responsible for this new brainrot btw (thank you i am having a lot of fun)

I’d love to explore this au more…so perhaps, possibly, maybe I’ll keep drawing for it :)

The scene:

[the-geek-librarian]

I need yall to know. Had Yami been in the Royal Knight exam. And saw what happend to Finral.

Langris would have fucking DIED. No joke it would be so emotionless and he wouldn't even think ONCE abt it.

Also Finral,,,, my poor baby. He runs away from shit, that his whole thing he whole arc yeah? The one time he decides NOT to run, not to just turn tail and go is when fighting Langris, hell EVEN VANESSA WAS TELLING HIM TO GO. But he doesn't. He does. Not. Why? Because that's his brother. His blood the one person he thinks would never EVER truly hurt him....

"This is Langiris!!! Thier is no way!!"

But. Even so he almost dies, and when we see him he has one foot in the grave. Part of him ARE MISSING. Even so, even after that, he still tries to help his little brother when the elves come in.

Im not ok @funky-sea-cryptid tam I blame you for this just so you know (with love ofc)

[thoughtfullyrainynightmare]

Because it's the season of giving, and one usually sends Christmas cards before Christmas....

Happy holidays~ ❤️‍🔥

@lyranova @loosesodamarble @koneko-pi @kalolasfantasyworld @faewraithsworld @f-oighear @purpled-royalty @bean-market-mafia @funky-sea-cryptid @artificialpillow

[theautisticfroglord]

I DREW @funky-sea-cryptid 's Lukasha !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :3c HOORAY

[lyranova]

Hiya guys, so I found this picrew and thought it was really cute and @kalolasfantasyworld recommended I make it a tag game so, why not 😆? I decided to make YuNeva and Zerilliam with it, so HERE is the link and I hope you all have fun~!

Tagging: @thoughtfullyrainynightmare @loosesodamarble @koneko-pi @funky-sea-cryptid @lunargrapejuice @vilandel and anyone else that wants to play!

[kalolasfantasyworld]

Favorite character type - tag game

The rules of the game:

add screenshots of your favs

say what they have in common

For me this is (Legolas and Daemon are slightly different, but the rest are so similar):

silver/very light hair

messed up family backstory (usually)

nobility

a bit of an asshole

resting bitch face

Tagging: @thoughtfullyrainynightmare, @hybridanafrost, @lyranova, @loosesodamarble, @purpled-royalty, @yellowgreendinno, @f-oighear, @vilandel, @t-f-t, @funky-sea-cryptid, @theblackbulls @thefancydragonqueen @the-black-bulls @the-geek-librarian @colucana @koneko-pi, @artistic-endchamber

[check-ur-squad]

Introducing: The Grimoire Tower

Yeah -- somehow im devving the official black clover mobile database now.

huge thanks to @candlewixx, @wildflowerwoodsworld, @onegamer2envythemall, and @funky-sea-cryptid for all of the time and effort they've put towards making this happen! Most of the units are currently available (Save Rs and some of the SRs), but I'll be focusing on skill pages for a bit.

[kalolasart]

Secret Santa for @funky-sea-cryptid

I can't help but try to imagine them have a happy Christmas (and just Mallow being alive 🥺), so they're building a snowman.

[illumisinches]

just thought I’d post my edit on here too!

@bean-market-mafia @funky-sea-cryptid thank you to both of you for the inspiration 🩷

[purpled-royalty]

Tiara by my friends (2024)

This isn't just a masters list, but also a huge appreciation to all my lovely friends who have drawn/ posted something for Tiara in 2024, so thank you thank you.

All of these pieces mean the world to me and I will always look at them with joy and love. So a big big thank you to you all.

Please support all my friends work :)

Tiara portrait (by @kalolasfantasyworld)

Tiara - art fight 2024 (by @thoughtfullyrainynightmare)

Tiara, Helena - art fight 2024 (by @thoughtfullyrainynightmare)

Tiara and Nacht chibi's by (@kalolasfantasyworld)

Tiara, Helena and Solara (by @kalolasfantasyworld)

Tiara and Helena chibi's (by @kalolasfantasyworld)

Tiara by @tummyisyummy

Tiara (by @mrgrit00)

Tiara Kiyoto (by @artificialpillow)

BCM Tiara and Helena (by @kalolasfantasyworld)

Tiara Kiyoto Secret Santa (by @funky-sea-cryptid)

Tiara and Nacht - Seasons Greetings by (@thoughtfullyrainynightmare) - there are many other ships in this post and every one of them is lovely

So many others drew tiara, and I am super grateful and happy about them all. I have only included those who posted their pieces to Tumblr because id rather re-share original artwork that has been posted by the artist, than repost their work without permission. But if you have posted something to tumblr and I have missed it, please let me know.

[nodanova15]

A Scenario/Prompt from one of the servers I’m in: Lia, Alary, and Calla singing timon and pumba's part of can you feel the love tonight watching Nozel and Jack frantically make out behind a bar(idea by @t-f-t)

Lia(left) belongs to -> @wildflowerwoodsworld 💙

Alary(middle) belongs to @colucana 💜

Calla(right) belongs to @funky-sea-cryptid 💖

This was SO FUN to draw I’m really happy with it!