#i redid ant’s pose and face like (and I’m not exaggerating) three times each

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I have finished! The Adult References! My wrist hates me because I stubbornly refused to use the text option on Procreate (I just can’t get it to turn out in a way I like, sue me) and so hand-wrote ALL THE LITTLE NOTES. But behold! My adult versions and Ant, Fontaine, Finn, Madeline, and their respective partners, years down the line!

Some extra notes that I didn’t add in to the drawing because the ones I had were getting long enough as it is:

Ant and Fontaine are the owners of the Aronnax now, legally and everything. Kaiko and Will have a personal submarine of their own, like Kathryn and Jacques did, and they live at the original base that we see in the show when they aren’t galavanting around the ocean. The Aronnax is no longer there however, since that location is pretty far from where Ant and Fontaine live now. The Aronnax is kept in a repurposed airplane hangar, and she lives there for a big majority of the year since neither Ant nor Fontaine live on her anymore. They live in separate towns, a few days away from the bay the hangar is in. Though every so often through out the year, they’ll go and work out of her, depending on what project they’re working on, with their own offices in her and everything. They kind of treat her like a home away from the homes they’ve built now, like a hotel and office crammed into one submarine when they’re there working on whatever project requires them to be there.

Fontaine uses the Aronnax more often than Ant, for a few reasons. She’s closer to the hangar, about a days trip depending on when she leaves, whereas Ant lives a couple days away meaning it takes longer for him to get there, so he usually only goes if he’s planning on staying at least a few days. The Aronnax still has all of her old equipment, and Fontaine’s job has her somewhat working with/for the World Ocean’s Authorities, so the equipment helps. She however refuses to take full ownership for the Aronnax despite the fact Ant isn’t there as often as her, because it was their childhood home and she knows how much it means to him as well. They’re usually only there for work, especially if they end up collaborating on a project or doing something for the WOA like their family did as kids. Sometimes they even take it out into the ocean, again depending on what kind of project they’re working on. However, each summer they take their kids and spouses on the Aronnax for a trip into the ocean. They do this not just as a way to make sure the Aronnax doesn’t spend her days collecting dust in a hangar, but also as a way to help their kids stay in touch with their roots (though Jackson’s Thalassophobia makes it a bit tricky for him) and provide the opportunity for both their families to get together when they usually can’t. There’s also a seperate, smaller bay in the hangar for any aquatic faring visitors to park, whether that be their parents or Maddie.

In my heart, it is always going to be Madeline who ends up taking the wheel of the Dark Orca. Even if Finn stays/stayed a pirate, I just don’t see him becoming Captain of the Dark Orca. Maddie’s heart is truly set for that role though, and with my interpretation of her, she makes quite a few changes to the submarine once she’s in charge. For starters, the Dark Orca had a major rework of her entire system and appearance. For one she functions much better now. She’s got working plumbing and AC, the walls are clean of rust, the hull is sturdy, and the Red Claw doesn’t sink or flood anymore! Madeline is also still a pirate, but she’s a very different brand of pirate than her dad was. She still goes around stealing things if she likes them, especially from other pirates, and she has a stall at the Floating Market. The Dark Orca is still a pirate ship, and it’s also on the WOA’s list. However, it’s also on a separate list now as well, because Maddie sometimes does things for the WOA. Some other pirate or criminal steals something that they really shouldn’t have, artifacts or items, sometimes even people are taken to places outside the WOA’s jurisdiction, or a vessel sinks out of reach of the WOA’s base submarines depth. When that happens, a hint or notice is sent through a burner phone Maddie has and sometime later the WOA have whatever or whoever they need. The Dark Orca also keeps other pirates in line, keeping them out of marine reservations and fishing waters for smaller villages away from the general populace.

Maddie also homeschools her kids and has them signed up to a few online courses. They all have birth certificates and Social Security numbers and the relevant papers needed to make them capable of living or working on land at any point in time. She’s even scrounged up paper work for herself. Maddie takes her kids on pirate excursions but only the ones that she knows aren’t super law-bending, and they also help her with her WOA errands. She’s making sure they have some semblance of an education and background because she remembers how hard it was for Finn to even get into college, having to resort to the Nektons and their connections to get him there in the end. She wants to make sure that they have that option if they choose not to live their life on the Dark Orca and instead go on land like their uncle has, and she wants to make sure it’s easier for them than it was for Finn. Maddie also takes in her nieces and nephews on occasion for outings, and makes sure not to do any questionable things while she has them in her care for ‘Auntie Maddie’ time. She also regularly visits Ant and his family, as is her right as Godmother.

Jeffrey is, unfortunately, no longer around by this point, but Ant has a box filled with mementos and a few pictures of him that he keeps on a nightstand, and he had a little fish sewn into his cat’s vest. Buttons is a very sweet kitty, super spoiled and super affectionate and a little sassy, which is par for a Nekton.

Those were the big ones, though the Jeffrey one was a bit shorter than the other two, but these are my adult designs of these characters! It took me a few days, and writing out all the notes hurt my wrist and took the longest. Next up will be the reference sheet for the kids, with (checks notes) all…twelve of them on it…that one might take me a bit longer.