#seamonster talks

[itsaseamonster]

Replaying Baldur's gate 3 but thinking about Dragon age 2. In this essay-

[cyradius]

An extremely quick rough little doodle of my sona and blue from sea beast based on a shot from the film partly because I need to release my doodles more and also because blue from sea beast is very much the marketable small adorable animated movie side character for me. also very much like that the movie is decently enjoyable and comments on the dangerous othering of the other side that the cycle of war promotes and how the victors write the history books.

[vpofcookies]

Me when I think of my ocs that I never talk about or draw

[prisiidon]

Gurl that’s the hottest thing I’ve ever seen- Viscera! seamonster zora~ 💜 When talking her mouth doesnt move (may slightly part), tho her jaw unhinges wide if not wideR when eating/yawning!

[mobydykes]

Do we have canon ages for the main cast? I wanna know just what that age gap you were talking about with Jiminy is👀

It might not be rude to ask undead were-seamonsters their age, but you're not gonna exactly get an accurate age on account of "mostly living in the ocean and not giving a fuck" thing.

[discobiscotto]

“Signor Marcovaldo is my father, call me Alberto, Alby…or Maestro 😏”

If we’re talking predictability in design, adult Alberto was NOT easy. I had literally nothing to work from. No (living?) family to compare to, no hints at what kindof quirks he may develop. I had nothing!

All I had was that (assumed) deep-seated desire to be accepted, useful/helpful, and not left behind…..that, and yanno, that Charisma In Excess (as a KID no less, dude calm that shxt down or you’re grounded lol)

Alot of pawing around in the dark and just going with what felt right to me.

I took some cues here and there. Some pretty forward and commonly accepted (“You, the big strong one.” etc), others subtle and unassuming but I ran like the wind with it?

Anyway, here we go. What’s the deal with this walking bowl of spaghetti anyhow?

This will be a two parter. His seamonster form requires a separate post.

Alberto as I said is a bit of a wild card. He doesn’t have as much of an obvious blueprint compared to Luca or Giulia.

His physical appearance for his human form was based solely on environmental influence.

Physically I imagined him to be a bit rough around the edges. Kindof gaunt but not so much that he looks sick or weak. He’s pretty much just one big muscle. Not an ounce of fat on him. Nothing but sinew. Very toned and muscular but certainly not huge. He’s just solid and FIT.

He’s a guy from the docks. He’s a fisherman. He’s salty and peppered in scars. Heavy calloused hands. He picked up smoking at a young age. He spends endless hours in the sun, thus he’s still very freckly as an adult. His impulsive ass got a tooth busted out in a fist-fight. Five o clock shadow and untidy sandy facial hair. I imagined his hair growing more “out and up” than down. Tight coils suggest he’d likely have a ‘fro or pomp, so I combined the two, keeping that old Alberto “top heavy” hairdo lol.

Profoundly Italian, so he’s pretty furry everywhere. Being a hard worker for years, excessive sun exposure, substance use, he looks alittle “older” than he actually is. (Pushing 34 ish).

I made him very tall, 6’4” ish. I admit, I love a good “Tall Man x Small Man” dynamic, so that’s definitely a shameless “luberto-centric” choice lol But I also considered a funny “goldfish” concept where just like a goldfish only gets bigger when his bowl is bigger…perhaps nature was trying to make him “compete” and measure up or even end up bigger than Massimo. 😆

If there’s one thing I learned from “Ciao Alberto” it’s that Alberto has a deep desire to be useful and accepted. He tries through the entire film to impress Massimo and in turn hope Massimo accepts him and sees Alberto can be just as good at his knife-wielding barrel heaving badassery as he is.

Alberto ultimately ending up as a fisherman by trade was an easy choice. Not only do I write what I know (being a Mainer in the coast with a deep affinity with fishermen and shipbuilders) but it is the ultimate way to show his love for Massimo. To help carry on the legacy.

Alberto has mastered some unlikely skills as well. Not as unlikely as you’d expect though considering his desire to impress Massimo.

So consider this:

-Alright, Massimo is great at cooking. Alberto sucks EPICALLY at first but over time, his motivation to measure up to his hero and dad-figure makes him an amazing cook? Check.

-Massimo likes to sing. Alberto picks it up and finds he’s an Unreasonably Excellent Singer and prodigious musician who plays by ear? DOUBLE CHECK.

(Note: The lore and reasons behind this and Alberto’s mandolin will be a blogpost on its own eventually)

-Alberto being a competent and prolific/productive fisherman resulting in the family biz growing and delivering outside of Portorosso? Definitely a proud moment for Massimo.

So to me it all checks out, and drives home Alberto’s strong gumption and the next generation being better than the generation before. As a parent, I subscribe to this goal. I want my boys to be the “Big Strong Ones.”

There’s also the bit that Alberto is a bit of a lush and a party animal. Charismatic, has a bit of a Casanova complex. Charm pouring out of his ears. Why? Well, dang, I really don’t know. I guess bringing it back to that “Charisma In Excess” statement at the beginning of this, it just felt right somehow. I had it so that he really wasn’t all that conventionally attractive but had a level of animal magnetism that’s hard to resist.

There’s lore behind that too…but will be reserved for his “Fish Form” post.

I dunno, it’s probably cus he’s Italian. It could be that simple. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[violetscanfly]

Here's part two of the mermaid au doodles!

The drama has arrived

More ramblings about what's happening under the cut!

part 1 | part 2 | part 3 | part 4 | part 5

They're at some sort of a social event of the clans that takes place on a ship, definitely not lwj's wedding though since he wasn't engaged to mm in the first place (much to lqr's irritation.)

Jgy has been getting close to lxc in hopes of potentially advancing his status through marrying into the Lan clan because his future at Jin clan is seeming pretty dim at the moment. Whether he has actual feelings for lxc is up to you. There's only one problem, that being lwj who seems to know he's up to something and needs to be dealt with. Though the younger of the twin jades isn't known for either drinking or partying hard, quite the opposite, him drinking alcohol by mistake and stumbling over the edge is believable enough. The Lans aren't known for their high tolerance after all.

What jgy hasn't accounted for is that now there's someone practically glued to lwj's side. He waits for the right moment that just doesn't come, so he just decides to go for it. He can be subtle, distracting them with small talk (that is frustratingly hard when lwj only gives one word answers and his friend only communicates with sign language he doesn't understand,) but wwx ends up catching him slip the drug into lwj's drink anyway. He sees red and in a fit of protective rage he attacks jgy, slipping back into his original form.

The humans are horrified and nmj hauls wwx off jgy. (Ironic I know, but he hates the "seamonsters" more than he hates jgy.) Wwx slams into the railing of the deck and curls up in pain before lwj rushes to him. Wwx had not revealed his true form to lwj in fear of him seeing him as a "monster" and loosing him. As they stare at each other in other in horror (wwx bc his secret is out and Lan Zhan must hate him now and lwj because he is reeling from how is he going to protect Wei Ying in a situation like this) lxc comes to try and pull him back from the dangerous creature that's been hiding under their noses for weeks.

This is as far as I've drawn so far but there'll probably be more to come later!

[waterfoxbah]

Ocean-sized self-indulgent alter pack ! (Finn from Dandy's World)

☆ Name(s): Finn, Finnley, Fisher, Kai, Maxwell, Rayan, Sal. ☆ Age: Ageless, 16 ☆ Pronouns: He/Him, It/Its, Wave/Waves, Shar/Shark, Fish/Fishes, Water/Waters, Ocean/Oceans, Kel/Kelp, Dive/Dives, Sir/Siren, Bowl/Bowls, Bub/Bubble, Blue/Blues, 🌧/🌧s, 🌊/🌊s, 🦈/🦈s, 💧/💧s, 🎣/🎣s. ☆ Sexuality: Achillean ☆ Gender(s): Trans male, Creauterelle, Genderaqua, Watergender, Niolumistarric, Hydrogender, Waterwebic, Watercoric, Oceanstimmic, Vaporeonic, Hydroslimeic, Aquagen, Gummysharkic, Watertypeic, Waterflow, Seamonsteric, Coralisea, Hydroneric. ☆ Personality:

Finn is an extroverted and kind fishbowl! Always happy to help, wave jokes to cheer up other system members. He sprints around excitedly through the headspace, looking for things to do. It has a great affinity with water, diving and fishing are one of kelps favorite activities. The ocean is its special interest, anything about it! From the animals to the plants and even the kinds of rock - anything about the ocean greatly amazes them.

☆ Role(s): Task manager, special interest holder, uplifter. ☆ Faceclaim:

�� Emojis: 🎣🦈🩵🪼🐟🌊 ☆ Front triggers: Water sounds, Going to the beach, Seeing aquatic animals. ☆ Titles: He Who Came From The Water, Explorer Of The Sea, The Helpful Seamonster. ☆ How they do their role:

They do their roles by not getting the body too tired while doing activities, making puns about their special interests and talking about them and making jokes and talking about fun things for headmates who need it.

☆ Associated song: Water Island - My Singing Monsters

☆ Kins: Vaporeon (Pokémon), Sigewinne (Genshin Impact), Otis (Brawl Stars) ☆ Typing quirk: Capitalized first letter, all dots become exclamation marks, makes ocean puns. Ex:

“ Hey, how are y-eel doing? Haha! ”

☆ Voice claim: Gumball - The amazing World of Gumball. ☆ Moodboard:

[wolfstarshipping]

I’m in a reading slump, do you have any good fics that you can recommend me?

Hi, thanks for asking lovely anon! I've thought about this and I have several different approaches on how to answer your ask, so this'll be a longer list, I hope you find something you like!

First category: Texting Fics!

I love text fics because they're usually very fast-paced and easy to read, so I think they might be a good way to combat a reading slump!

You could either go with the iconic Text Talk by merlywhirls (141.250 words), a boarding school AU with a home-schooled, chronically ill Remus, a true classic and the fic that started the whole wolfstar texting fic trend back in the day!

Or, one of my personal favorites from the same era for purely nostalgic reasons, aesthetic: trash boys by Emaly/merlywhirls (89.473 words, everyone is super queer, strong chosen family vibes, with an HIV positive Remus and genderqueer Sirius).

Or if you want a modern text fic classic, there's always Staying Strangers by 3amAndCounting (319.368 words, university AU, this is one of those fics I've reread a couple of times already, just because I love it so much, especially the texting in the beginning).

Snow In June by BrigidFaye (25.561 words) is a magical AU set in the US that also has some texting elements, even though it's not as text-heavy as the fics mentioned above, but the worldbuilding and the setting is wonderful, and lumberjack Remus is everything I ever needed in my life!

Dear Your Holiness by @mollymarymarie (142.264 words) is a priest AU and band AU, with a bit of texting, though this one is also already kind of moving into the next category of fics mentioned below. Obviously the whole catholic priest theme is not going to be for everybody, but if you think you might enjoy that, I highly recommend it, it's so, so good! And if you don't think you'll enjoy the themes of this fic, check out literally any other fic by mollymarymarie, I think at this point I've read almost all of them and enjoyed every single one I read immensely!!

Alright, so now the next category is fics with plots that will get you out of any reading slump:

I've recently become obsessed with @lynxindisguise's fics, so I'd also recommend checking out all of them, but since I've mostly recommended longer fics on this list so far, I'll go with a shorter one: in the dark, there is discovery (11.796 words) is a wonderful pirate AU that you can easily read in one evening, and it has beautiful world building, Remus Lupin as a seamonster and my new favorite trope - there was only one hammock.

Let Me Get What I Want (This Time) by Sierra_Sitruc (69.878 words) is a plot-driven and amazing fix-it-fic, that I keep thinking about even months after I've read it, and that had me stay awake at ungodly hours just because I couldn't put it down and wanted to know how it ended!

The Bent by @ebp-brain (40.257 words) is an incredible fic about queer lives, politics and art, oppression and resistance, so if any of those things sound like something you'd enjoy I highly recommend reading it, I always love earlybloomingparentheses' writing, it's so, so beautiful and powerful!

take me as i am (48.494 words) has one of the most unique settings I've ever read - it features Sirius as an (adorable) sleep demon, who is supposed to give Remus nightmares, and I also love the way this fic depicts various mental illnesses.

In saccharine by moonymoment (26.447 words) Sirius is a ghost haunting Remus's apartment, and this is another one of those fics I keep thinking about because it was just so so good.

full moon twofold by renaissance (12,031 words) is a Gothic-romance style AU and an incredible take on the question "what if Remus never went to Hogwarts?".

And now maybe a few shorter fics:

The first rec in this category is not even a specific fic but just a tumblr account: @wolfstarmicrofic, if you scroll through their blog you'll find lots and lots of really short fics which might just be what you need to get back into reading!

In You, I Count Stars by @wolfpants (1.540 words) is a wonderful hogwarts-era oneshot set in the Astronomy Tower with a pining Sirius.

It's Cold Outside by Remustrash (1.788 words) is a very fluffy and cosy there-was-only-one-bed fic, featuring the most oblivious of all oblivious puppies!

June, and Other Natural Disasters by montparnasse (5.524 words) is a beautifully written fic that made me feel all the feels and has great summer vibes!

Okay and the last category is fics with A+ vibes that'll make you forget all about your reading slump:

The Long Way Home by @hollyivydruzy (177.337 words) is a university AU and the kind of fic I didn't want to ever end, because the characters felt so incredibly real, and it's so easy to get completely immersed and lost in their wonderful, chaotic world and follow along on all their university adventures.

this desperate in love by drowsyanddazed (20.776 words) is a very cute high school AU, and reading it felt like watching a coming of age / teen movie in the best kind of way!

wading in waist-high water by @colgatebluemintygel (82.060 words) is a Great British Bake-Off AU that features Remus as a contestant and and Sirius as a host who's thirsting after Remus, and I just love the whole setting and atmosphere of the fic, as well as the writing! And this fic's Arthur Weasley needs to be protected at all costs, I love him a lot!

A Brief History of Dragons by @eyra (23.488 words) is an incredibly cosy and wonderful modern AU set in Cornwall, I absolutely ADORE Remus in this fic and love the way his and Sirius's relationship slowly develops, this fic has such a special place in my heart.

Alright I think I could keep going and add to this list forever but I'll stop now, let me know if you read any of these, and I hope they'll end your reading slump! x

[mega-punani]

If you have too many questions feel free to delete this one, but I am curious: what are the 'bad sanses' doing in the pirate au, if they're there at all? Do they control some islands? Are they another pirate crew? Are they seamonsters? With the Marines maybe? So many options!

YARRRR! Very good question... honestly though, I don't know much about the bad sans. I'm pretty sure they all have lore that I am unaware of, but I've only seen fanon stuff (SO I APOLOGIZE IF IM VERY VAGUE/WRONG) (One Piece SPOILER ALERT!!!!)

So, I didn't really think they would be in the au, but now that I think about it, it would be really cool if they were warlords of the sea! For those who don't know, warlords are pirates that basically are super powerful and so they are basically allied with the government.

I feel like Nightmare would definitely be a sea monster that lives in his castle in the depths of the sea, like the edge lord that he is. Error would be tormenting (more like pranking) marines for fun and would definitely get a kick out of fighting the main crew. He fucking HATES when the Marines tell him to do something. Dust is lowkey obsessed with getting stronger. He will literally kill anyone in his path for the sake of becoming greater. Even his own brother... Although, he seems remorseful and is often found talking to himself. Killer is... scary. No remorse, no way to contain him. He has nothing he cares for and will kill mercilessly. Whole ships will be blasted into high hell just cause he can. Is it so he could get stronger? Maybe? Who knows... (Found out Cross is technically not a bad sans, but I feel like ppl would still want to know sooooo) Cross would fo sho be brooding hella whenever there are meetings, Sometimes, he just doesn't show up. Cause why??? He doesn't really like going out and about talking with people so once in a while he'll actually listen to the Marines and take out weaker pirate crews.

BONUS: Dream is a Marine Admiral! Always looking to change his brother's heart, he is found visiting Nightmare only to be kicked out. He's a nice guy and finds the crew to be an incredibly charming bunch! Even if they are pirates,,,

[itsaseamonster]

My recommended did something

[vaults-of-zin]

Kull of Atlantis miscellaneous thoughts

Being an earlier prototype of Conan the Barbarian most of the sotories are just straight up worse versions of later Conan stories.

There's about a dozen or so stories yet they all end up repeating themselves a lot. Probably a result of how they were/weren't published.

Like a full 50% are about scheming nobles sneaking into the palace to kill Kull and Kull beating the shit out of them.

Conan gets a lot of pre-kingship adventuring stories but every Kull story involves him being king so when he decides unseal ancient evils and plunder their cursed treasure he has a full royal court coming along with him telling him this is a bad idea.

Conan also gets to have a sexuality whereas Kull is wrtten to show how resiliant he is to the manipulating charms of womankind.

This comes off as very gay.

The only type of women in the Empire of Valusia are whiny teenage noblewomen.

The only type of political issue Kull everdeals with involve said whiny teenage noblewomen running off and having affairs.

For all Robert E. Howard loves to prattle about the degeneracy of civilisation, the only example of this he can throw out is scheming noblemen plotting to assassinate Kull. Which doesn't really contrast well with Kull since he also assassinated the last king.

The best story is The Cat and the Skull. Kull gets tricked into diving into a cursed lake full of seamonsters on the advice of a talking cat.

I think the best way to read Kull stories is to imagine them as a strongman dictator's propaganda puff-pieces. That's why the writer is so concerned with describing Kull as strong and virile. That's why every second story is about a consiracy to murder Kull. That's why they never discuss any of Kull's actual policy decisions.

[separatist-apologist]

Hi hi! First of all, I just finished Vanmerman and I am absolutely obsessed! I love it whenever Lucien is ready to commit murder just as soon as Elain gives the word. I hope you don't mind my asking, and please know it's no pressure and just genuine curiosity, but I noticed Vanmerman was in the same series with Erina and Feysand sea monsters. Does this mean we might get a Cassian sea monster?

You are DEFINITELY getting a Cassian!seamonster. @c-e-d-dreamer brought this up today? Right? Was that what we were talking about? Monster Cassian and his shiny, blood red tail?

[aswallowimprisoned]

Restless far from a Wine Dark sea - Exhaustion

Interrorgator Logan is watching the sea monster die of blood loss, but the show must go on.

Set within first 3 days of Nathaniel's captivity

Tw blood loss, injury, fainting/unconscious, threat, interrogation, drug mention, dying whumpee, captivity

@medwhumpmay snippet. I think I am aiming to complete the month because I am just stubborn like that. Today is short.

Masterlist

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“Do you want some water?”

Every line of the seamonsters body was lined with pain and fatigue as he leaned ever so slightly to accept a drink. He probably wasn’t dehydrated - he was on a constant drip to help compensate for the volume of blood loss he had gone through. But he seemed to enjoy sipping from the cup to wet his lips.

Logan waited for Fogal’s thirst to be quenched before asking;

“Can you tell me where on your body is hurting the most, and if you are experiencing any numbness anywhere?”

“Pain in my broken arm. The stab wounds at the top of my tail. My ribs hurt when I breathe.” Fogal listed, not making eye contact, “My tail muscles ache. I don’t know why. So do my hands I think.” He opened his tail fin out to its full massive size, shifting uncomfortably. “No numbness I don’t think. It’s difficult to tell.” He flexed his fingers. “I think maybe in my fingers. I don’t think I could hold a pencil right now...” Fogal looked down at his hand. His fingertips were tinged purple, his wrists swollen. His posture was filled with grief and acceptance. There was little Logan could do to soothe that.

“You used to give me opium.” Fogal spoke quietly.

“We did, but now it is going to make you sicker.” Logan said, with a calculated dose of real sympathy. He did not envy the dying merman’s predicament. “I don't wish to be cruel, but we need answers. You understand I want to keep people safe…” 

Fogal nodded and closed his eyes.

Logan asked his questions.

The merman answered questions, his voice coming in short bursts, becoming weak and thready, till his eyes were half shut and glazed with pain.

Fogal answered questions till he passed out.

Logan didn't want to be cruel. Maybe next session the sea monster could have his morphine, and Logan could get more information. He would have to talk to the doctors.

[prisiidon]

Dealing with deep seamonster Bon 101

Also an open invite for your fish to be chill with him or aggro him lol 💜✨

• He’s a wanderer, giant ocean zola (zora variant), semi-passive unless aggro'd at first and speaks in short broken sentences. When coming across him he’s cautious, circles, stays his distance in the dark water, and may do an intimidation display/dragon-like screech while trying to distinguish whether you’re a threat. He’d rather avoid a fight.

• Do nOT flee!! As doing prey behaviour triggers hunt mode. Only do so if you have the means to get away!

• Don’t draw your weapon he could aggro! Although you could swing your sword around and scream to show you’re not worth fighting lol but he may rush at you. If you get him he’ll stay tf away and whine dhdjdjf

• If you offer him something, talk or look unbothered (to show that you’re chill) you’re more likely to be safe. Just keep the injured away (easy-meal brain activated lol. just a nibbl)

• Be prepared to do the redirect maneuver incase he goes in for an investigative bite.

• Have enough chill and careful interactions you’ll gain his trust and he’ll be curious! May even be able to pat his head, play or stick ur head in his jaws for a cool pic lol. Likes those who aren’t trying to kill hiM, and rumbles like a really low muffled motor when he’s happy.

• At this point he can help you traverse deep dark water as he knows to avoid nasti sea monster territories.

• closest to Seamonster Specialist Niles, so for any pointers, ask Niles.

• Bon is currently bringing specimens to him to pass onto Caeruleis alchemists/scientists! Give them specimens and they’ll give you stuff in exchange via Bon.

(Full bio here!)

[moonfortunetheatre]

hey, my name is mihou. my daughter told me i should probably make a blog or something about my theatre(although its quickly becoming a personal one), so here it is. its a demon-run theatre, and we're working on a couple different shows right now, so i'm gonna be talking about those a whole lot. feel free to send me questions or comments, no guarantee ill answer you though. current shows:

Amaterasu and the Cave

Tamamizu

The Jorogumo

Shippetaro

The Iliad (HELP ME)

Frankenstein

The Sun Maiden and the Crescent Moon (Valentine's Day Tragedy Event)

The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl

Chang'e and Hou Yi

Arachne

The Tragedy of Medea

Hyacinthus

Eros and Psyche

Midsummer Night's Dream

The Minotaur

Utgard Loki

Tokoyo and the Seamonster

i'll be reblogging theatre and traditional chinese dance stuff and occasionally i'll rant about something that annoys me but yeah. thats it. // ooc: hihi!! my friend made an rp account so i made one too just for funsies. im roleplaying as macaque and acting as if this is his tumblr blog to talk about theatre stuffs! my main is @watercolorofthemoon