#he’s a moray eel lol

[frascospecimen]

Loboto splatoon au design I made real quick for fun

[lelelego]

he says, it's mine to give, but it's yours to choose you're gonna sink or swim, you're gonna learn the truth

no matter what you do you're gonna learn the truth

[vindrawin]

My dnd oc for Mermayyyy

[mochinomnoms]

For the Shrimper Chronicles: what about Azul realizing he’s in love with the shrimpy, and even realizing he probably has loved Jade and Floyd for a long time?

Doesn’t have to be a written thing, but I just think the idea of him having that realization would be cute—

Him realizing he doesn’t want to leave on his visits. Him realizing he misses Jade and Floyd. And he’s such an emotionally constipated dude, he probably tries to choke the idea out of existence. Maybe he gets a bit snippy or tries to bury himself in work and be distant. Though I think the twins would start to notice his change in behavior.

Maybe when he gets more comfortable, giving cute little courtship “test” trinkets to get a feel for it.

I wonder if there’d be a hierarchy to who he gives trinkets to first? Like, when courting an established poly, does he approach the shrimpy or the eels first? I feel like he’d probably spend a lot of time thinking on that.

TLDR: adorably overthinking octopus has a crisis on whether to/how to court a poly of his dear friends lol.

-👹🎏 (Devil Fish Anon?)

For me personally, I feel that the octopolycule would have had to already started with the twins and Azul during NRC in order for it to work. It feels like a more natural progression of their relationship from “business” associates to friends to lovers, which I can't really see happening when they get older. If you add in the relationship with Shrimpy, I feel like there's even less of a chance of it happening.

It's not impossible, though! I can see the polycule still happening later on if it was a case of the tweels and Azul knowing they liked each other deep down, but seeing Azul's childhood effected his sense of self-worth and ability to really get close to others, nothing ever happens.

When you come into the picture and get closer and closer to the three of them, that same issue happens again. Azul probably feels a bit of an ache in his heart when the three of you get together, but he'd never admit it.

The ache is worse because the three of you seem insistent on making him a cornerstone of your lives, he's at your home more than he is at his own! Forced to be a giant pillow for you three, as Floyd in particular giggles about how soft and squishy he is. Floyd has always been like that, though, even though Azul doesn't want to admit that the nuzzling is new.

Jade, despite his parents' insistence on taking more charge in the family business, still acts his right-hand man, often staying late with Azul at his restaurants. He's always ensuring Azul eats well…extraordinarily well…based on the complicated and filling meals he makes. Azul doesn't want to put more meaning into it, caecilians might court via food, but morays don't…mostly anyways.

You seem particularly insistent on involving him with your little ones' lives, much more than any uncle should be. He doesn't want to mistake the adoring look in your eye as he cradles one of the fries in his arms. The worst part is that he can't bring himself to argue against it when he starts being called 'Baba Zuzu', it's so cute, so sweet, and he just wants to pretend that the kids are his too when you curl into his side with the fries in his arms.

He is just ever so slightly emotionally stunted, and as smart as he is, he also is an Olympic Pro at mental gymnastics. My favorite way of the polycule becoming official is when Azul is laying in bed with all three of them, you in his arms, Floyd practically splayed over him and you on the left side, and Jade tangling his tail with Azul's tentacles as he rests his chin on the top of his head. And let's not forget the kids curled with each other on top of his chest.

It takes a moment, just as Azul is falling into a blissful sleep, cradled against his family, when the 'his' part of that sentence hits. His eyes snap open, as he realizes.

"Wait a second..."

[bloofbloofbloof]

I like John Waters as a fish. He's a moray eel which fits. Was hoping his name would be a fish pun on his real name lol

[alitteraladhdmess]

Wooo!! Here comes Mikey~

Oh how I love the colors on this😍 Originally I thought I should keep the natural colors of the Dragon Moray eel but then I remembered how vibrant sea slugs are.

I also gave little bro a shrimp cat. The cat is a cleaner shrimp that has a symbiotic relationship with the Dragon Moray. And it was only fitting when all Mikey’s have their own symbiotic relationships with cats. No matter what they are lol

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He also doesn’t have a mouth. Don’t get me wrong, eels mouths are super cool and I love all the sharp teeth but I thought it’d be fitting since Sea Bunnies don’t look like they have mouths. I also really like having “mask tails” spots via parts of the sea bunny.

@bettertwin1 @bettertwin9000 OH WAIT I forgot his second arm I genuinely forgot about that cuz I couldn’t find a pose for it😭

I’m just gonna says it’s behind his dorsal fin

References I used (credit where credit is due)

Last one is Raph:)

Leo | Donnie | Mikey | Raph | All

[ryuichirou]

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We just got back from an oceanarium where we spent 1.5 hours trying to find moray eels and then half an hour hanging out in front of their tank, so I’m pretty tired and won’t write a lot of replies today… sorry! At least I can show you these doofuses that I drew as we were watching them lol They are so delightfully dorky.

They had a giant octopus there too, but it didn’t want to come out and say hi, so the only thing that we saw was a small part of its tentacle. Azul being misanthropic once again…

Anyways, replies! Related to my Ortho/Idia drawing from yesterday.

characharing asked:

THAT ART WITH BIG ORTHO AND SMOL IDIA, I'M RABID, THANK YOU, I DIDN'T EXPECT TO EAT GOOD TODAY

YOU’RE WELCOME, PLEASE ENJOY!!! I am so happy you liked this one!!

eh-nonnie-mouse asked:

Big Ortho is Big cute. Give Onii-san lots of kisses he deserves them!!!

So I have my notifications turned on for you and when I did a preview I saw Big Ortho and a fuzzy string of blue coming out his nose 😂. I was very confused for half a second. Also Idia's hair looks like one of those felt slinky worm things that my cats used to play with (before they decided eating the long colorful this was a good idea and had that toy quickly revoked) and I was thinking Idia asking Ortho "would you love me if I was a worm?" And it being a fiery furry worm in his hand.

He’s about to kiss him once for every day of their separation! Niichan is about to get a loooot of kisses!

Oh my god, he would absolutely still love Idia if he was a worm… Isn’t Idia already kind of a worm? In a way.  A little bit. Philosophically.

I think your cat would love to play with his hair LOL I also hope it’s feeling okay after such sudden dietary changes!

[foxglovepng]

Wittle request since I am very Mentally Eel (lol) but could u do some hcs of how do u think the Tweels, Azul and Lilia would react to like, meeting someone who is very into Moray Eels. Like, have plushies, use moray puns, memorized the entire Wikipedia article bout em, etc.

Have a great day, eat a meal, drink water, if u need take ur meds and sleep well!!

Characters: Tweels, Azul, Lilia

CW: not proofread (When do I ever proofread)

A/n: I am SO SORRY This request took so long I am going through requests now and doing them. They are getting done but not as fast as I would like. (Writer's block and loss of motivation go BRR)

Thank you also! I hope you have a great day as well and make sure to take care of yourself. If you have a cat tell them I said Pspsppss

Likes and reblogs are appreciated <3

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Azul

He doesn't really find your interest bothersome just more of a "If you have any questions ask Jade." type of deal.

Although he'd be really thrown off if you suddenly wanted to start talking about Octopusses.

If you start ranting he would gladly listen to what information you have (and maybe make a contract so he can find information he doesn't have). He could also use this time to get blackmail unless it's something he already knows.

In a romantic sense, I feel he'd be a little upset and insecure if you talk about Moray Eels constantly. (SHOW HIM SOME LOVE TO SMH)

Overall is not really bothered but will exploit your information as blackmail.

Jade

He finds your interest in Moray eels adorable. He tries to answer any questions you may have he will tease you a little bit about your interest, but in return, you listen to him talk about mushrooms (Think of it as an information exchange). If you ask to see his eel form he'd be like "Oh? you wish to see my eel form?" he'd show you it since you asked nicely but would also give you a water-breathing potion so you can explore whatever body of water Octavinelle has.

I can imagine if you ask a myth about eels and he debunks It "Erm actually 🤓☝️" (joke)

Overall he'd be more helpful than Floyd would be

Floyd

Depending on Floyd's mood he will either be impressed and intrigued or annoyed.

So it's a 50/50 if you wanna ask questions. (Very helpful Floyd)

Although when you do have questions he'd either send you to Jade or drag you to the Octavinelle equivalent of an ocean. If you complain about clothes getting wet or the water being cold he'd be like, "Whaat? You asked."

If he's in a bad mood he would probably shoo you away or make some lie up leaving you to go find Jade.

Floyd is just a silly guy fr

Lilia

Lilia finds your interest amuzing. If he knows any information he'll give it to you if you ask nicely if he doesn't then he will help you get information by either going to Jade or reading about it via online or the library books.

He would gladly listen to your rants and whatever information you have to share he may even teach you a thing or two about Fae's.

Imagine him playing the Overwatch or Valorant equivalent (We are not a Fortnite household) clacking away on his keyboard while listening to you talk about how Moray Eels have poor eyesight so they need their nose (They have really good noses btw) to help them navigate.

And then it causes questions as to why Jade and Floyd aren't wearing glasses on land.

Thank you for reading. If you'd like to share your thoughts or make any corrections feel free to shoot me a message. Have a lovely day <3

[merakiui]

I just realized the extra symbolism behind reader being a grouper. cuz you said it was meant to show how they're made for eachother, but why not shrimp then? It's the more well known symbiote for the eels, but then I realized, it's Floyd thing. Calling reader Shrimpy and stuff, and this whole fic is about seperating Jade from Floyd. And Floyds nickname is a misnomer, reader ended up being a grouper, further proving how he and reader arent in sync. idk if this was obvious and im just dumb lol

Yes, exactly!!! I think there's also symbolism in the different mutualisms between both shrimp and moray versus grouper and moray. Shrimp and moray eels will always need one another because they benefit in a way where one is given a meal from cleaning and the other is cleaned (both very vital facets of staying alive and healthy in the sea). Reader has this mindset that she and Floyd are perfect for each other, but throughout the fic you'll see they're a very awkward pairing. ^^;;;

But groupers and moray eels only benefit when it's necessary (i.e. when they both wish to collaborate for the sake of a cooperative hunt). Groupers go out of their way to approach morays, much like how our dear Reader approaches Jade for the deal in the very beginning. :D they work together to accomplish a goal, and they only do so when it's convenient, which is what the majority of Reader and Jade's deal is: convenience. It's convenient that Jade is Floyd's twin who is willing to pretend for Reader's sake, and it's convenient that Reader's obsession allows Jade to manipulate and trick her in secret.

I like to imagine Jade was very pleased when you turned out to be something other than a shrimp mer. ( ˘͈ ᵕ ˘͈♡) and now your mutualism can be more than just convenience or collaboration. <3

[fearmeeeee]

aaaaAAAAAAHHHHHH I just found your art and it’s AMAZING OH MY GOD!!!!!!!

I love your art style!!! I especially love how you give you’re not afraid to give the characters more animalistic features - like Sebek with the crocodile teefers and I saw the one picture where you explored how moray eels have 2 sets of tooferz (terrifying thanx 😳) and Malleus with a long dragon tonguuuuuuuuue. It’s just so cool to see you explore the twst characters being/looking like that!

I saw a couple pictures where you branched into Savanaclaw, but I’m curious… if you’re up to taking requests, could I see your take on Leona? I saw one of your old drawings of him, but I’d love to see another one because he’s my favorite lol 🙈

But no worries if you’re not doing requests! I just wanted to ask. Either way, I’m now here for the cool Diasomnia content!!! Because I love how you draw all of them, not just the waka-sama simp! 😂

Thank you, you are so nice! I find humans... very boring? I kinda don't care for them. On the other hand I love animals, and they are the most fun to draw for me, so if I am given an excuse to add more animal features to a humanoid design I will take that and RUN.

I'm glad you enjoy how I draw everyone! Thought it will still be 90% wakasama simp </3333

Requests are Closed, however I had already sketched him for a friend, so I can show you those. *rant about how he should have had round pupils because lions have round pupils and get your animal facts RIGHT PEOPLE!!!!!*

[cannedpickledpeaches]

wait why would jades parents be laughing????

would it be because Reader (a tiny human) extorted Jade (a tiny moray, but physically equipped to beat ass+durable)? I was also considering the possibility that Jade didn't tell his parents about that. Reader seriously could've been in deep shit if Jade/his parents decided not to be lenient with them. freaky mafia eels.

i love baby fish 🥺🥺 SO SILLY... oh but now that i think about it, Floyd could've been the one to tell them if Jade had kept quiet... he has been known to fuck up jade's plans out of boredom/if it'd be silly...

Floyd is a variable one must consider when fishing around... GRRRRR FISHFISHFISHFISHFISHFISHFISH FISH FISH FISH!!!!!!

I also like to think it was Floyd!! Jade didn’t even have time to cook up a plausible excuse before Floyd zoomed right past him and told Mama Leech “you wouldn’t BELIEVE what happened today, this loser got extorted by some HUMAN KID, wasn’t even as tall as our tails were long”

Jade tries to convince them it’s a tall tale (lol) but between the twins, Floyd isn’t the one with a track record for lying. And being surrounded by liars so often due to business, their parents are pretty good at telling if a preteen is lying.

As for why they’re laughing, that’s part of it! And seeing how observant Jade and Floyd are, their parents definitely connected the dots immediately that this is the little human in question 👁️👁️

Fish around and find out . . . You might get two pairs of chompers on your fishing line ;)

[kavasi0]

ooh everyone's talking mermen even if it isn't mermay lol. narwhal fits wamuu so much omgg

for the other pillarmen santana would prob be a moray eel. he hides in small spaces and squeezes into small spots.

esidisi would be lionfish. bold orange and white stripes and flamboyant fins that hide deadly venom.

and of course mer kars would be part orca. nothing fits the ultimate being better than the undisputed apex predator of the sea

These are awesome takes I think they fit lovely!

You also tricked me anon.. you should know mentioning kars is an instant draw so

Oh my god pls click for quality tumblr HATES high res

First thing I thought of when seeing esidisi would be a lionfish was this 😭

[fahbev]

Babs, Bruce and Danny in my dpxdc merfolk au!!!

argh, plz excuse the poorly edited photo lmao- lost a lot of detail TvT

Babs has her info Here. But this is her design! I’m not actually entirely sure if any of these designs are final, i might tweak them, but here she is! I gave her necklaces.

Bruce is based on a leatherback sea turtle! The spots aren’t actually super accurate to a leatherback’s underside, but if you look at it a little harder... you may find a fun little easter egg. It’s subtle... or at least i tried to make it that way. (If people don’t get it i’ll explain in a rb lol) Did you know that leatherback sea turtles can be up to 880 pounds? Idk what that is in metric but that’s roughly 7 and a half Bahfevs. They’re also much more triangular/less round than other turtles, so I reflected that in his design. And ofc, Bruce and Damian are both sea turtles bc they’re related. But they’re different sea turtle species so it doesn’t make much sense. Who gives a flip. What’s Talia, you ask? To that I say: 🤷‍♀���

(Side note: apparently, I’ve conditioned myself so I can’t draw nuetral expressions. It’s gotta have some emotion or else it looks wrong, and it feels natural to always have something going on there. So... drawing Stoic McStoicface here was a pain in the penis. He kinda has an expression anyway lol)

Danny is based on a ghost knife fish! I’ll be honest, i didn’t even know these existed until I looked up “ghost fish” in the hopes of finding something thematic. But then... omg! They’re black with little white accents? Like Danny’s design? And they have cool, funky bodies? AND they produce electricity!?? That’s so FKING COOL! I’ll have to do more research, but so far i’m pretty sure they don’t produce enough electricity to hurt someone. They are related to electric eels though! I first learned that electric eels were knife fish and not true eels when I was researching the moray eel for Duke. Funny how that connects!

Danny’s story under the cut!

Heehoo!

Okay so basically: Danny went diving to gather pearls because he wanted to make his parents happy/proud. While he was diving, His foot got caught in a rock and he couldn’t get it out. He panicked and he begged— to who? God, maybe? The universe, or the ocean? Maybe just begging fate or any higher power that could be out there, he doesn’t know. His only prayer was “Don’t let me drown!”. Unbeknownst to him, one of the pearls he’d grabbed was a magic, wish granting pearl. They’re rare enough that humans don’t even have legends of them... but the merfolk do ;).

The pearl took his very non-specific wish and decided to give him a tail and gills. He swam back up in a panic, and saw his new tail. Of course, this is a very horrifying thing to happen. But in less than a minute... it was already starting to dry off. As it dried, it turned back into skin.

Now, Danny has to be extremely careful not to get his legs or hair wet when he’s near people, because he’ll turn back into a merboy.

i... probably should have given him a shirt? He’d be wearing it, right? But i also did need to see what I was doing with that fin thing lol. I mean, a shirt would get annoying with that fin- he’d probably take it off. Tbh he’d probably have it off when swimming in general? Idk.

So: funny thing that happened when I was drawing Danny:

A first grader came up to me while I had it open on my desk, and she was like:

“Oh my god, that’s so good! Like, how did you even draw that?”

so I was like: “Oh thank you! ❤️”

And I think she asked again “How did you even draw that?”

so I was a little confused on how to answer, so I said:

“Well, I used my pencil...” and held up my pencil—

and then she got distracted by a spinny chair.

She’s so precious omg 🥰

[illarian-rambling]

heyyyyy

🌈 Rainbow: What is your favorite character dynamic to write? Give us an example from your WIP!

Hiiii! 👋

My favorite character dynamic has gotta be one fancy, refined friend and one out-of-pocket friend who can't keep the mud off their boots. Literally so many of my duos are just that lol. Sepo and Izjik, Twenari and Djek, Mashal and Astra, Ivander and Ceyrel, Avymere and Elsind. It's so natural to do, and there's so much variation on what 'cultured' means that you can have a lot of variation between characters. Ultimately though, I just think it's funny to have exchanges like this

Whipping her head around, Izjik saw Sepo with his hand extended, practically emanating a vicious smugness at the perfect shot.

<Tell her I don’t know what’s more pathetic; how outclassed she is, or the fact that she never even realized it,> he signed pretentiously, mouth curled in a moray grin.

“My friend says get fucked, you eel-sucking bastard!” Izjik sneered.

Peak character duo right there 👆

Thanks for the ask!

[mochinomnoms]

I have the strong urge to feed the eels, they have such need teeth i want to see them bite into things. I feel like i would get my fingers nipped though.

From what I found while researching, I don't believe morays actually have a high prey drive (I could be wrong tho)! So them nipping at your fingers is a very conscious choice more than anything, lol. Floyd is more likely to take a nip at you just to see your expression, and of the two is the more bitey one. Jade will also nip at you, but in a more so teasing manner. You've become so comfortable around an apex predator! He does still have a powerful bite and a second set of jaws, maybe you shouldn't keep your guard so down, fuhuhuhu~

Feeding them though…that's such an intimate activity for them! Food can be limited, and you're always a meal for someone else in the sea. The act of sharing food is a cherished act reserved for lovers and children, for people you care about and want to ensure their health. If you've been courting for a while, and then you decide you want to hand feed them their favorite treats, don't be surprised by the spontaneous proposal they might give you.

[slaughtergutz]

I found out about four members of Arlong's crew that have names, they are basically background characters but I thought that they were neat and wanted to share with you in case you didn't know.

Pisaro - Ocean sunfish fishman. He's the musician and plays maracas.

Kaneshiro - Goldfish fishman and the shipwright.

Take - Carp fishman and the commander of parties.

Shioyaki - Salmon fishman. He's the head of banquets.

They all have their own wiki page if you want to see more about them.

Thanks anon! For everyone else,

Pisaro, Kaneshiro, Take, Shioyaki

and here are a couple of unnamed members

concept art, some of which made it to the final draft in some capacity

Top row: (pretty sure that kanji probably says goldfish? these are the types of fish, not their names as far as i can tell), Namazu (giant catfish), Nekozame (catfish), Fugu (pufferfish), Ishidai (striped beakfish), Sake (salmon)

Them two dudes: Tai (a seambream, curiously looks like Chuu tho), *squints dear god Oda ur handwriting) Matoudai (John Dory) (ty @patchiefrog !)

Middle Row: Umiushi (Japanese sea slug), Kinmedai (splendid alphonsino), ?Ankou (? I can't tell if that's a character or scratched out, but ankou means monkfish), Utsubo (moray eel), Haze (goby) Manbou (ocean sunfish)

Bottom Row: Kajiki (oda bro your HANDWRITING) (blue marlin), Yakuro????su i have no idea what this says. It's in hiragana like Nekozame was but I'm having trouble deciphering the middle characters lol, Tachiuo (largehead hairtail/beltfish, which is part of the "cutlassfish" family which sounds cool as hell), Karei (dab), (*dabs*), ......*squints* I'm...too tired to figure out the last one lmao

also fuckin...i was trying to find a pic of the dude with the multi colored hair (the beakfish guy) bc he was in both the manga/anime and the live action but all i can find is this fuckin picture from reddit bc im too lazy to go grab screenshots