#huge beluga

[sukitails]

I cannot speak for physical health, but why do beluga whales seem more mentally... well-adjusted(?) in captivity than their other cetacean cousins? When I see videos of beluga whales in captivity, I've seen less stereotypic behavior and evidence of such (such as wear on teeth from biting tank edges) than on, say, orca whales or bottlenose dolphins.

A quick Google search brought up many articles suggesting that beluga whales suffer premature death in captivity, but I didn't do any in-depth research.

Has anyone noticed what I noticed, or am I imagining it? Is there some reason why beluga whales seem to fare better mentally than orcas and dolphins?

[skyeslittlecorner]

Uhuhuhu don't worry, dear! This idea is perfect~

I've wondered about this a few times myself. Sure, many of us are degenerates (affectionate), but fiction is fiction, and most people in reality would probably react with fear. Still, I'm sure those devils wouldn't deliberately hurt MC (even the crazier ones are smart enough not to spoil a good toy).

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Satan doesn't think much, because what is there to think about? He's as rough and wild as ever. It's only when he feels you tremble and sees tears welling in your eyes that he stops, confused. Something hurts you? Someone hurt you? Should he fight them? He sees something is wrong, but you have to tell him you're scared. Gentle sex is not his default setting. Although, he learns quickly. You will establish a safe signal, and use it if something become too much. He tells you to hold his horns to control him, but he won't let you share his feelings so as not to overstimulate you. During sex he will try his best to be sensitive and gentle, you should guide his hands and mouth, and pull his horns if he gets too excited. In fact, play with them as much as you want. Scratch, tug, bite. Reward him for how good he is to you. You will have to experiment a lot to find a solution that will make you both fulfilled, and his fascination with you will only increase because he has never met someone so interesting before.

Mammon is the perfect partner for someone who is scared. Even though he is huge… everywhere, he is aware of it. He doesn't want to tear you apart, so he would be gentle either way. This makes the whole thing very slow and delicate. He will see that something is wrong even before he starts approaching you. You can count on affectionate caresses and you will be showered with words of assurance. His greatest fulfillment is your happiness, and it is much more satisfying than an orgasm. When you start opening up to him and want more, more touch, more words, more of him, you will turn him on with just your growing greed. He may take the initiative, he may give it to you, but know that you are his ideal every time, no matter what happens, and he will treat you as such.

Beelzebub, like Satan, will not come up on his own with the idea that sex is something to be afraid of. Enlighten him, and he will be even more fascinated by you than before. When he licks his lips with sparkling eyes, you feel like you've made a mistake. Now he wants to devour you even more. Such a tasty, fresh meal. He wants to observe your reactions. Study you as the last representative of an extinct species. Your inexperience combined with burning lust are so delicious that in comparison white truffles with beluga caviar taste like fast food from a stand. As it turns out later, you have nothing to be afraid of, because he is a perfect lover. He adapts to you as if he knew subcutaneously what you need. You will start your adventure with sex with the best oral of your life, and it will only get better from there.

Leviathan is torn. On the one hand, the fact that you're afraid is irritating because you won't want anything hard. On the other hand, if he doesn't touch you, and you will be the one hitting him, maybe you'll agree? Despite superficial considerations, deep down he knows better than anyone what it means to be afraid of touch. There is a way. Tell him he's your first, and you'll tip the scales in your favor. He may make an exception for you, but only this one time. He will be in control, but he will be extremely gentle, kissing your body, observing the strong reactions to the most innocent touch. Seeing how defenseless you are, he may even lower his guard enough for you to unbutton his shirt, see his scars, and kiss them tenderly. He will be shocked that despite them, you think he is perfect. This one gentle moment will never happen again, but Leviathan will replay it in his head every time he sees you. He was protecting himself from you touching his body, but you touched his soul.

As for my choice, it couldn't have been anyone else than him.

You could dream of the perfect guy who will help you overcome your fear, but Amon will still be better. He's incredibly intelligent and perceptive, and what's more, he's turned on by your uncertainty. What more could you want? You don't even have to touch him to make him cum. You just need to let him observe and worship you. If you pull his collar or call him "good boy", he will melt before your eyes. He will dispel all your fears. This will be a long, slow adoration where you can tell him all your concerns. Twisted past? He won't fix it, but will give you beautiful new memories. Are you afraid you won't satisfy him? A hard on in his pants says otherwise, and you haven't even touched it yet. Or maybe you're just not used to being touched? His fingers will stroke you like silk, like the most precious thing he has ever seen. Because you are. You are his salvation. He already trusts you implicitly, you don't have to be afraid, just lose yourself in him.

[namu-the-orca]

Arctic Odontocetes

And here's the three other Icelandic whales poster illustrations. All true Arctic species, roaming the frigid water of the high north. While Atlantic white-sided dolphins can occasionally be spotted along European shores, Narwhal and Belugas roam the true ice seas.

Narwhals are famous for their rather striking dentition: the huge, up to 3 meter long tusk, is hard to miss. It's actually their left canine tooth - every once in a while the right canine erupts too, making for a double-tusker. It's usually only males who are so adorned, as only a very small number of females (15%) bear tusks.

The exact function of the tusk is still debated: originally thought to be a simple weapon, now it is mostly thought to serve as a secondary sexual characteristic, inducing status in the bearer. The bigger the tooth, the sexier the man. However, researchers suspect they may have many more functions. Through the tusk run thousands of nerves which enable Narwhals to sense differences in water temperature and salinity. On top of that tusks have been observed to aid hunting and social interactions between males, and perhaps more. And the occasional Narwhal has been found with a broken tusk embedded in their cheek. So perhaps some good ole fashioned fighting happens after all, though no one has ever observed it happening.

The tuskless females survive just fine without them though and often live to be even older than males (up to 115 years!), so the advantages can't be that critical. Nevertheless it's fascinating to think about. Somewhere out there in the ice cold seas where we would freeze to death in an instant, swim whales - fellow mammals - sensing the waters with their 3 meter long canine tooth, occasionally slapping a fish unconscious. A wholly alien experience lived by an animal not so essentially different from us.

Atlantic white-sided dolphins may be far less mysterious, but nevertheless amongst my favourite delphinids. They've such beautiful markings. And the beluga... no doubt well known too as living marshmallows. I must say that youtube videos of their melons and fatty flabs being wobbled is great watching material.

Also - the "Whales of Iceland" poster is officially up for sale! You can nab one at Pappyr's website here. Not sponsored or anything, I just think the poster turned out super neat.

[makairodonx]

Spectember 2024 Day 22: Imperial Greatsword

At 16-18 meters long and about three to six tons in weight, the Imperial Greatsword is the largest species of the billfish genus Megaxiphias or Greatswords, Enoch are very distant relatives of the sailfish and swordfish that have specifically evolved to feed upon swift, fast-moving prey up to the size of a beluga Potworia’s second-largest Bony fish species after the Regal Doublefin, and one of the largest, fastest and most fearsome predators ever to swim across the planet’s seas. Megaxiphias imperator inhabits the cold, temperate southern hemisphere half of the vast global ocean that separates one end of Jariloia from the other, and it hunts schooling fish, the slightly larger creatures that are attracted to them such as the wolf-fish, a few species of trevally, as well as swimming coastal parachiropterans. As it does so, the giant fish raises a huge, colorful sail which reduces sideways oscillations of its head, and thus enable the 5-meter-long bill, which can be used to impale prey animals in a similar fashion to Vlad lll’s infamous execution method, to be less detectable to them.

The Imperial Greatsword is capable of accelerating at burst speeds of up to 40 km/h, and it uses its bill to hit its fast moving prey by tapping at them at short-range movement or by slashing at them via long-range horizontal movement. It is also during some of these rapid pursuits that the giant, macropredatory fish will sometimes breach the surface of the water 5 meters high into the air, much like a great white shark or a humpback whale, with the prey animal finally caught in its jaws.

[ch1meraa]

Forgive my messy writing but here’s a sketch based on some ancient old art I made years ago of the Cyclops, with an updated edit so we can better observe the features of the eye, how it fits in the skull and where the parts are anatomically. The skull itself does not form a closed space, but somewhat like a beluga or dolphin, there’s enough of it that sits opened up enough to allow the eye to have complex muscle structures and support capable of withstanding pressure.

The lens itself covers a huge area of the face, including the eyeball itself. The optic nerve is short and thick, aiding information transfer and processing to the animal’s hind-brain region, to which a large portion of is devoted to translating what the Cyclops sees. The brain of the animal is a wide structure, incurvated, highly gyrated across all its surfaces and sports an enormous pineal gland. The larger size can be directly attributed to the incredible size of the eyeball itself. A portion of the frontal lobe is not protected by the skull, but instead by layers of fatty tissues and muscles that help to support the eye and subcutaneous features.

The neck of the Cyclops can bend in all directions, allowing Cyclops to track at distance or from varying vantage points. Combined with it’s stealth, the Cyclops uses it’s incredible sight to track highly mobile, intelligent prey - In the Wasteland where this creature lives, that can sometimes mean humans. Given the changeable nature of their environment and its levels of toxicity, this animal has adapted such that it can store toxins in its fat tissue, and bones. The bones of Cyclops are rubbery and pliant, allowing the animal to thrive near or in watery habitats. It can move easily, some Cyclops have hardened skeletons as they adapt to different environments.

Enjoy!

Hex the Cyclops (C) me

[fishenjoyer1]

Fish of the Day

The beluga sturgeon, also known as the great sturgeon, scientific name Huso huso, was requested by Andromeda! Known for being the largest freshwater fish, and the third largest living fish species in the world, only behind the whale shark and basking shark! This fish is euryhaline, meaning that it can live in many different salinities and environments, and as such moves comfortably through estuaries and rivers alike. They are native to areas around the middle east, Asia, and Europe. Their historic range was in, the Adrian sea, the Black sea, Caspian sea, and sea of Azov, and all connecting rivers between, but as of modern era they can be found only in the Black sea, the Caspian sea, and some rivers connected, notably: the Danube. Like other sturgeons, this is one of the more ancient species still alive, and they started appearing in the fossil record as far back as 200 million years ago.

Beluga sturgeon are some of the only active hunting species of the sturgeon family. Prey consists of molluscs, crustaceans, small mammals; such as caspian seals, and any fish they fit in their mouth. In fact, they're very hard to keep with any other animal, as they can and will eat anything that will fit into their mouth. They pursue their prey, moving faster than expected, and being able to travel up to 37 miles a day, and reach speeds of 15mph in short bursts well hunting, prey is sucked into the mouth quickly. This supports their huge sizes, they can get as large as 28 feet recorded, but there are claims for them reaching as large as 40 feet. Beluga sturgeon can live a long time, taking 10-16 years to sexually mature for males, and 14-20 years for females, and claims that they live more than 100 years in the wild. They have no known predators, other than humans.

Humans are the main and only cause for the reduction in beluga sturgeon populations. These fish fall to dams, like many large fish, and most sturgeon in particular.  As it turns out the caviar are perfect for meals, and worth as much as $3,500 US per pound. During breeding season large fish can carry hundreds of pounds of these caviar at a time, and are regularly illegally hunted for this. Although they are large, they are easy to catch, and their meat can go worth good money as well, although due to the legality of its nature I was unable to find exactly how much it's worth, since them being marked as endangered. Efforts to repopulate the sturgeon into their native habitats, but it is a slow effort.

Spawning takes place further upstreams, and they have historic routes they remember over years. Spawning events take place every 4-7 years. Being as this sturgeon has lived in the Danube as it was forming, they have adapted strategies to spawn in it. Spawning is done in two stages, necessary because spawning is up to more than a thousand miles upstream for some fish. The first stage is in autumn which is when they enter the danube in masses, The second stage is after they winter in the river, taking place in spring where they actually lay and fertilize eggs. The eggs will hatch after 2 weeks, and well they age in the danube they will be benthic, feeding mostly on small bugs they can catch. That is, until they are large enough to subsist off of mostly fish.

Have a good day, everyone!

[oh-sturg-art]

Day 13 of Fishuary! Boy do I have a lot for this one

Prompt: Big Fish

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OKAY. I HAVE TO LIKE. PACE MYSELF

I have a lot to say about this guy. This is a kaluga sturgeon, scientific name huso dauricus. They are also sometimes called river sturgeon, or just kaluga! These guys hang around the Amur river basin and have been recorded living over 55 years old! Judging by the sturgeon species as a whole, though, they likely live a lot longer than that. These dudes are also migratory, and alongside their saltwater counterparts- beluga sturgeon- are one of the largest active predatory fish. They can also hybridize with the Amur sturgeon!

THESE. DUDES. ARE. HUGE. They can grow to a WHOPPING 18 FEET. THAT’S HUGE!! For reference, most sharks don’t even reach that size (with the exception of whale and basking sharks). Like can you imagine that? That’s three times the size of a person. And boy do kalugas NOT mess around. They are able to topple fishing vessels and DROWN. PEOPLE. LIKE WHAT??? These guys are insane! This is where sea monsters come from!

Unfortunately, like all sturgeon species, these guys are critically endangered, which is the state just before being extinct in the wild. Thankfully, there are laws in place to protect these beautiful beasts, but it’s important to stay away from caviar and take care of the planet to make sure these beautiful creatures can stay around!

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@fishyfishyfishtimes I heard u like sturgeon…

[nardo-headcanons]

I loved the Kumo head canons. I'd love to see your take on the Sand village or the Snow village ❤️❤️❤️

hey dear! I have done headcanons on Sunagakure already, you can find them here.

thank you to @naruto-scribblings-j for requesting.

Yukigakure Worldbuilding Headcanon

People and Culture

The people of the hidden snow village are a small, silent, yet very proud community. They are not the most hospitable and take a long time to warm up. Having to save on precious air as there is not a lot of oxygen in higher altitudes, hidden snow citizens prefer to use as little words as possible. However, this makes their friendship the more valuable. Once you're considered a friend, you are their family as well. Humor in the hidden snow village is another interesting issue, as it is a rather crude and dry one. However, don't let the cold, uninviting attitude of the hidden snow people scare you off, as they are rather inquisitive. Gossip spreads like a wildfire here. Another fun fact: Fridges and freezers are only used in spring, why waste electricity when you can let your food cool in your backyard? This has led to very creative ways of building fences to protect your dinner from any stray polar bear... or neighbor. The hidden snow people is not one to celebrate many things, except Winter's solstice, which is also celebrated as the impending return of Spring. This spring is an artificial one, as huge heat generators are turned on to melt away the snow and ice.

Clothing and Cosmetics

The hair, regardless of gender, is almost always grown out, often times worn open or at least framing the face, as an additional protection against the cold. Hidden snow people have rather thick and luscious hair, and compared to other ninja nations, the most hair follices on an individual basis, evolution's trick against te cold. Hair care is very important for them, and learning how to braid your hair is a standard practice once you're old enough to brush your own hair. Clothes are worn in thick layers and rarely dyed, richer families making the exception. The ankles and feet are often wrapped in thick fur as cold feet make your entire body feel cold.

Nature

Flora The entire country is covered in snow and glaciers, therefore only allowing for evolution's hardest soldiers. The main vegetation here are icy wastelands, some grasslands and tundra made up of various conifers. Native deciduous trees include birches and some willow species, and birch sap is often served as a drink in the Land of Snow. Another survivor from the village of snow are the lichens that cover the barren rocks, adding at least a little bit of color. There are also some moorlands that run through the country, but these are located outside the village and have hardly been explored.

One special flower that had made its way here is the dandelion, a flower with a high cultural status. Its bloom mirrors the change from short, buoyant spring to the icy, merciless winter. Its leaves are often harvested and can be eaten in salads or used in traditional medicine. (although this traditional medicine is only popular with hidden snow aunties nowadays)

Fauna

The Land of Snow was once densely populated by polar bears, but their numbers have dwindled since the Snow Village was founded, as they were often hunted for prestige. The most widespread mammals are reindeer and musk oxen, and the occasional lemming can be found in the dense ice deserts.

Birdlife includes corvids, gulls, albatrosses and the snow villagers' favorite bird: the puffin. These are strictly protected and are also very popular with children. In addition to these birds, loons, ptarmigans and owls also feel at home in the land of snow - sometimes even one or the other odd duck strays in. If you reach the hard-to-reach coastlines of the Land of Snow, you will often encounter seals and walruses. Around the coast, orcas also make the Arctic Ocean unsafe, which often does not suit the other native whale species (humpback whales, narwhals, belugas, sperm whales and blue whales). Fish in the Land of Snow include cod, shrimp, crab, halibut, redfish, char, turbot and salmon.

Domesticized animals

It's not uncommon for a hidden snow family to own their own sled dog as well as a herd of sheep, depending on where their home is located.

Food

Fish and Other Proteins You know how it goes. Once you go fishing, your dinner is secured. This is the case for the hidden snow village as well. However, unlike Kirigakure, fish is not as extremely accessible as in Kirigakure, since fishermen often have to travel a bit before stumbling upon any fish. Popular protein options are reindeer, lamb and seal meat, which often times is frozen (duh), or brined. Smoking meats is also very common, since spices are not widely accessible here (resulting in a few... questionable food preparation decisions that the locals have come up with over time.) Carbs Although the hidden snow diet is rather high in protein due to carbs not being very accessible, wheat, buckwheat and potatoes are the most common source of carbs. The hidden snow country offers a wide variety of breads. Funnily enough, rice is seen as an "exotic" luxury carb. Fruit The best berries are grown in the Land of snow (and in the iron realm, but that deserves its own post). Most beloved berries include wild strawberries, currants, sea buckthorn, raspberries, blackberries, gooseberries and mulberries. Aside from berries, the hidden snow village also offers crunchy pears, apples and cherries. The fruit in the hidden snow country are very high in vitamin c, causing a rather sour taste, but also preventing any scurvy outbreaks. Any citrus fruits are a rarity here and can only be grown in greenhouses, making them very expensive, and not very tasty, in all honesty.

Tradition vs Modernity Nowadays, most foods that used to be inaccessible are now grown in large greenhouses. Most hidden snow citizens are not opposed to GMO foods, and in fact, embrace it. Most of the GMO foods are first cultivated in the hidden snow village before making their way to the market. Many youngsters prefer the modern dishes over the traditional ones. Traditionally, the hidden snow citizen always tries to make the most out of the food that they have, resulting in dishes such as blood sausage, blood pudding, brain (double fried to protect from any nasty prions) and many gelatinous foods.

That's all, folks!

Feel free to use these for your OCs, headcanons, fics, etc but it would be nice to give me credit c:

[gallierhouse]

armand is pretty solidly a squid and you did assign lestat sperm whale for that one post but u have any other sea creature associations? i feel like lestat could maybe be a dolphin bc they're freaks but what about louis? or claudia.

who do you think is most likely to be an extremophile creature living on an ocean floor hydrothermal vent

To me Armand’s also an orca (playful, intelligent, quick, perhaps sufficiently sentient to engage in meaningful sadism, enjoys chasing whales long distances to exhaust and eat them, other species of orcas regularly punt their food and play ball, generally mischievous) and by the same reasoning Lestat is a dolphin (show-offs, attention-seeking, playful, seemingly less scary than an orca but really much more threatening and prone to violence against humans, echolocation grants them effective X-ray vision and they use it to target organ tissue in their prey for more effective hunting, and we all know about how male dolphins behave). But I also think Lestat could be a leopard seal, which are these terrible, giant beasts with great rows of teeth that hunt and kill penguins for food and sport. I say that with love. They’re cute, and aggressive, and terrifying, but it’s pointless to resent an animal for being what it is. I see Louis as a beluga, because belugas are known to be beautiful, sweet, and otherwise charming and compassionate, and generally perfect. Similarly, he could be a manatee, but primarily because sailors used to mistake manatees for beautiful women, and there are so many men who mistake Louis for a beautiful woman. I think Claudia would be a fur seal, perhaps leopard seal Lestat’s baby, but not necessarily. Seal attacks are fairly common because people make the mistake of thinking them harmless and cute, and then they get too close and the seal takes a bite out of them. Claudia hunts by luring her victims in with her innocence before taking a big bite out of them. It’s similar.

For non-mammalian creatures, I have less to offer, but I think any of the vampires could be a sailfish, because sailfish are so fast and genuinely terrifying to see cutting through the water. Other than that, Armand would be one of those huge, terrible jellyfish that float through the water and catch fish (and sometimes people) in their tentacles and slowly poison them to death. Slow poison, slow digestion. Or perhaps even a Portuguese Man o’ War, because they float at the top of the water and seem quite harmless and perhaps like lost balloons, and then their terrible stingers reach down 30 to 100 feet and kill everything in their path.

Obviously, the only one who could survive an ocean floor hydrothermal vent is Armand, but in this case I think he’d be one of those cute little octopuses that populate the ocean floor and eat whale fall and play with the lights of submarines. Well, I’m not sure if those live near the vents, and I tried to look it up but then I got a little scared, so I gave up. However, I do think Lestat could be one of those sharks that live around the super-heated waters of volcanoes. Well, I hope this was fun to read!

[billkaulitzwife]

More Stupid Shit My Friends and I Have Said Feat. The Outsiders

Ponyboy

"Are you seriously on fucking Tomodachi life rn."

"What's your tit size? I MEANT KITTEN BITE. I MEANT WHAT DOES YOUR KITTEN BITE."

"If I had a nickel for every time I got confused I'd be a fucking millionaire."

Sodapop

"I'm mad at you now. I was watching a Livestream of a bird eating and I had to click on your notification."

"I don't own the cat. The cat owns me"

"I love fruit. Why? My boyfriends a fucking fruitbowl, c'mon now."

Darry

"Shit I burnt the grilled cheese." *Goes outside and throws it at a squirrel* "Eat it or I'll kill you."

"What the fuck do you mean Johnny's getting married to Elvis??"

"I've never had a soda so when my mom brings soda home we all worry."

"You caused a Chain reaction. You got suspended last week then Pony tells me 10 girls got suspended today."

Addie

"I tried to quit smoking. Yeah didn't last long."

"What animal are Teletubbies?"

"They call me grilled cheese cuz I make a mean one."

Dallas

"They call you queen bee cuz u been fuckin all of 'em."

"Next time I see Cherry Valance I'm throwing a box of cherries at her. Bitch."

"What animal is Mickey Mouse?"

Johnny

"How the fuck do people on Discord have my Snapchat, too."

"If I had a nickel for everytime I worried you guys I'd be in California."

"Guys I'm almost 17 :)"

Two-Bit

"Nuh-uh."

"I guess you could say that I am... a little silly in the morning."

*Talking to Steve while high* "Did you see how high Addie was this morning at school?"

"If I had a Nickel."

Steve

"I had a grilled cheese for breakfast."

"I'm not gay but my boyfriend is."

"If I had a Nickel for everytime I had something on my face I'd be on a yacht right now instead of staring at y'all's ugly bitch asses."

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Addie: I know how to shoot a shotgun.

Darry: HOW?

Steve and Dallas, in the corner: 😳

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Steve: That grilled cheese was good. Thanks Ads.

Addie: I made one and you live a mile away.

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*Dallas and his mom in an argument*

His Gramma: *Sends a weird Facebook meme.*

Dallas: 🤓

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Dallas: I remember when I used to sit on Santa's lap.

Johnny: Just like when some adult man made me sit on his!

Everyone else: 😥

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Steve: Hey, hun did you check on the kids?

Sodapop: Hey, twins, Johnny, dinner's almost ready.

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Darry: Top four animals

Addie: Kittens, frogs, turtles... Beluga.

Two-Bit: Birds-

Addie: BIRDSSSSSS OH MY GOD HOWD I FORGE-

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Steve: I want a toasted cheese sandwich.

Pony: A fucking grilled cheese?

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*Curtises hanging with their cousins*

The ginger cousin: I need to know what animal I would be and why.

Sodapop: LEPRECHAUN

Pony: A whale.

Cousin: HEY

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Darry Curtis (active 4 hours ago): Phones on the tabke when you get home.

Ponyboy McLovin Curtis (Active Now): WHAT DID I DO

addie curtis (Active Now): are you serious.

Coca-Cola (Active Now): what happened

Darry Curtis (Active Now): None of you. Dallas and Steve.

Daddy dallas winston(Active.): is it cuz I took addie out to dinner or because we went to the shooting range after

Stevie (Active): I wasnt thwre i promise

Darry Curtis: what is this then *sends a picture of addie and dallas holding guns like bonnie and clyde while Steve is in the middle smiling huge*

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guys i made a grilled cheese for the first time so These are mostly shit ive said. also ive found tumblr to actually be a safe space so idk.

[jamisonwritestf2trash]

Soldier headcannons

Soldier Headcanons!

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I'm going to sob. I had to look up how to spell both words right. How am I supposed to be a writer if I can't write. Anyways, mutual appreciation comment time! Thank you for being mutual and correcting my spelling 😭

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I don't write enough for him, so I'm worried but excited to try!

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I stand by the fact that this man is the typical American dad, but... he's also such a fucking crazy?

Like one day, he'll be grilling steak in an apron that says "Gold bless America" on the tits, six pack half gone, (it's 10 am) telling you the story of how he went out and killed it with his bare hands only about seven minutes ago. Then, the next day, you'll see him eating half a bag of potting soil and rocks for breakfast. Like???? And he's still in good health, so I guess whatever he's doing is working?

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Nearly shit himself when he found the bombpop vodka. Nearly killed himself, mixing it with the bombpop Mt. Dew.

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I don't see enough content with Soldier and Pyro, which is sad because, like, they're both sweet and would totally be friends.

Let's be honest, Soldier would sit and tell Pyro every piece of American history he knows, and Pyro would sit and listen. Dare I say Pyro might even enjoy listening about the history of America.

But I do think that Pyro and Soldiers friendship is different from Engie and Pyros' friendship. Pyro and Soldier are like brothers. Engie and Pyro are like father and child.

I think Engie keeps Soldier in line, too. I think them as a group would be really cute.

(Also, I think him and Scout have a father and son bond. Please it would be so sweet.)

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Speaking of history! He has one of those tables where you can reenact a war with like plastic tanks and mini figures. (I can't for the life of me remember what it's called.) He's memorized every war, every move, every anything. Tell him a specific date, and he can set it up to match what happened that day perfectly.

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While this man does act goofy and al aot playfully criminally insane. I do think he has very real issues. He is super on edge most of the time. He can't deal with sudden loud noise without a warning. He's protective over anyone and everyone. (He would take a bullet for any of his teammates).

I don't know if I'd say he has PTSD but something happened to him, and the whole loud, proud American man! Is a persona, a way to cope and find a distraction from the bad times.

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You'd think for a man who's so pro America he'd be unaware of the world around him, but you'd be wrong. This man loves other countries too, it's just happens to be the U.S., which is his everything.

He knows about the culture and life in other countries because he learned about them after he met Medic, Heavy, Spy, and Demo. He wanted to get to know them and understand their country because he just assumed everyone was as proud of their home as he was, so he wanted to be able to talk about it with them in the same way he talks about America.

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I think he reads Jane Austen and the Brontë sisters books. I can't really explain why? I just get the vibe that he likes them.

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Fourth of July is obviously his favorite holiday. But considering half the base isn't American and the other half isn't too keen on celebrating, he always thinks he's going to have to celebrate alone. But NOPE. You bet your ass the Mercs celebrate with him.

He loves his teammates, and they love him.

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Love marine biology! A huge fan of sharks and whales. Cried when he found out about whale sharks.

"ITS JUST SO BEAUTIFUL! THE BEST OF EVERYHTING!"

His favorite sharks are hammer heads, and his favorite whale is a beluga whale.

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I don't care if he has a set home state in canon. THIS MAN IS FLORIDA CODED!

He's wrestled an alligator and fucking won!

One time, the team took a vacation to Florida. I imagine this happening with him and Scout. Like vividly.

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Okay so that was really fun! I hope you liked this because I was super worried halfway through that they weren't going to be good 😭

I think he's actually a really neat character, I'm glad I got to write for him!

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[diy-fire-water-pups]

*gives zuma a beluga whale plush*

Ah I know this one!! Cap'n Turbot told me about them, they're funny! Did you know people call them "Canaries of the Sea"? It's because of the huge variety of sounds they make, it's like they're chirping and whistling!

Now Rocky's whale won't be alone anymore!

[orcinus-veterinarius]

Wondering if you have any thoughts about the transfer of the Marineland Antibes orcas to Japan? There's been a huge outcry in France with petitions going around to stop it and relocate them to a seaside sanctuary.

It’s a terrible situation, but one that France brought on themselves by moving to ban cetacean captivity. There is no “seaside sanctuary” in existence, and these animals are young and would need financial support for decades to come. Good luck with that if you’re not open to the public— the beluga whale sanctuary struggles enough to care for only two whales. Not to mention all the MLA orcas were born in that habitat. They’ve never known the ocean and have no longing for it.

I hope things go well with the move, and that the whales adjust to their new home(s). If Chimelong is any indication, moving to an Asian facility doesn’t necessarily mean a downgrade in their quality of life. But it shouldn’t have to be this way. Antibes is their home, and they’re very well cared for there.

[elongang]

NEW OC ALERT!!!

Woohooo another oc has joined the wk oc army!! :D

Name: Sam Morgan

Gender: Trans Male (he/him pronouns)

Nicknames: Sammy/Dr Know-It-All (Zach & sometimes Martin), Samsung Fridge (Jimmy), Pinkie Pie/ Pink [insert F slur or T slur] (Gourmand) (i will add more if i can think of more lmaooo)

Age: 26

Job in the Tortuga: Studies the biochemistry of the animals the crew explores

Birthday: July 6th (his star sign is cancer)

Ethnicity: British (He’s from Brighton)

Height: 6’2 (or 187.96cm)

Likes:

- Whales (especially beluga whales)

- Space

- Autumn

- Blasting Taylor Swift with Martin at 3am (the rest of the crew hates them for this)

- Gummybears

- Monster (specifically ultra rosá (he religiously drinks this))

Dislikes:

- Loud noises (but loves to blast music very loudly)

- Limes

- Spicy food

- Being too hot or too cold

- Homophobes

Other random info:

- He has a PhD in chemistry (sometimes he feels like the odd one out for not taking biology/biochem), he failed biology is high school so couldn’t peruse his first choice of career - zoology

- Has anxiety and adhd

- He can play guitar really well

- Secretly good* friends with Zach but hasn’t told the rest of the crew (he already feels like they don’t like him for being a chemist (even though they said they don’t) and so thinks they’ll kick him off the crew if they knew)

- His favourite TS album is lover (he’s a huge hopeless romantic but pulls no bitches)

- Sometimes unironically listens to barbie girl & has watched the barbie movie MULTIPLE times since it came out

- Very big disney lover (his favourite movies are Tangled and inside out (which has made him cry every time)

- Loves to do his makeup, will sometimes do Aviva & Koki’s and he let’s them do his

- He’s a bit of a photographer - LOVES taking polaroid photos, has many of him and the crew on the wall in his room and in his phone case

- Is quite messy (not Martin messy, but still messy) but literally doesn’t gaf & vry clumsy - he’ll sometimes trip over his own feet

- Ambidextrous but can write better with his right hand

- Overly emotional & a huge drama king (he was a drama kid when he was younger, before discovering his love for chemistry & animals)

<i can’t think of anything else to put here, but if and when i do i’ll update this hehe>

[iw4nna-besk1nny]

I need this boy to leave me so i can convince myself that he doesn’t want me because i’m a huge beluga whale🧚🏼‍♀️🧚🏼‍♀️

[papabigtoes]

Hiiii bestie its me again, Sal's yume gf 💘💝🥰😳 I've been adjusting to new meds (IM ON XANAX.. not really teehee) so I haven't really been online. But Sal and I are still together, in my 💖 so okay. You wanted to know what we do on dates. Well when I was about 7 or 6 my older sister thought it would be funny to make me watch the exorcist, she was 15 and she hated my fat ass but anyway!!!! I developed a huge fear of being possessed. Since I wouldn't believe my mom that demons aren't real she told me okay why don't you try to be the demons friend? and basically for the rest of my life I became ## obsessed with the idea of possession and mind control. So that was probably stupid to share but anyway I like to imagine that our dates are sometimes more chill and cozy and we are at home eating dinner or watching movies because we want to be close and not around other people. Or if we go in public he sort of wears me like a flesh suit and he rides me like a horse and he possesses me. And I'm sort of just watching as Sal does things to or with my body. And it can be incredibly kind and confident and things I'd never do or incredibly humiliating and embarrassing but ultimately I submit to him because I know he loves me 🥰💘💖💝🥵 Salaca wants to be re born and I think being inside a human host body makes Sal feel safe and its like being cradled in the womb. And the fact that Sal never shows disgust or hatred for people with my body type (I'm a big gal) is very affirming for me!! I think he'd enjoy getting to walk around and experience a soft flesh suit. I've never really latched onto a fan character like Sal before but the idea of sharing my body with him and showing him that kindness and sometimes he's greatful sometimes he's mischevious is very appealing to me. Sometimes I even wear long sleeves under short sleeves so I can pretend he's creeping up my arm 🥵 by the way since you draw them as fish I had an idea like. Sal is a shark and Orlaag is one of those suckered that attach to them. Or a tongue eating parasite. I think it would be cute. This isn't a commission thing because I'm NEET but its just a suggestion for the future okay anyway thank you for my boyfriend Sal I love you byyyyeeee bestie 🎁💝💘💖🥰💞🙈💋💌💖💗😻👽

WHAT A READ YUMEANON.

glad you are feeling better and hope you are adjusting to your meds well!

Sal’s a demon - he doesn’t care about looks - he wants someone with a warm heart (…that he can steal for his own).

your suggestions for the fish are insanely close to future plans with those fish visions. I was considering a remora fish edgar to be stuck on Nathan’s back during a dream sequence… but I think a beluga would work better, since they are so damn smart. The parasite tongue sounds wicked - if I ever do that, I’ll credit you like i do with volunteered ocs as “yumeanon”.