#shark thoughts this night

[cerastes]

I’m thinking of how, in OpRec 2, Laurentina knows she has very limited time as herself before her brain deteriorates and she loses her reason again and becomes the “Specter” again. She has few precious hours as herself after years of being trapped in her own mind due to the experiments and the insane amount of pure liquid Originium Amaia and Quintus injected directly into her spinal cord.

She uses a bit of this time to spend it fighting a battle alongside Misery (who insisted she doesn’t need to help him but definitely welcomed the aid since apparently the situation was pretty bad), because in fighting, she can remain useful, in her own words. Skadi insists she hurry back to Rhodes Island, to which Specter says it’s pointless, because equipment on the surface simply cannot help her, only keep her alive, so she takes her sweet time fighting alongside Misery, and Skadi and Gladiia (the latter reluctantly) join.

She allots some more of her time to having a proper talk with Closure, answering as many questions as she can, both about herself and about Closure, but mainly, what she wanted to say was “do not change the way I’m treated. You know me as Specter, you have protocols around the Operator Specter. Retain them. I have to go.”

She talks with a very concerned Skadi and an unflinching but still upset Gladiia, but she already had time with them on the way back. The final person she wanted to talk to before her brain gave out again? Doctor. Explicitly because she predicted Closure and Doctor may take more care on her handling, maybe remove her from combat operations in order to more closely monitor her condition. This is exactly what she didn’t want.

Because end of the day, Laurentina is a Hunter. She finds it difficult to speak as surface dwellers do, she finds it almost nonsensical, and so, she demands, “Keep me in the fight, Doctor. We do not need words, we need only you having a clear objective and me, my orders. If you put me in a bed and out of the battlefield, you are denying me the last shred of identity I can cling on”.

Because she couldn’t sculpt, she couldn’t sing, she couldn’t even control her own body, if she was even conscious. The only thing that she could do to cling to being who she was...

...Is to at the very least be pointed towards an enemy to fight them, and pointed towards an ally to protect them.

Skadi believed Laurentina had died prior to the events of the game because this isn’t the first time she had done this: In order for the 3rd Squadron to advance towards Ishar’mla, the 2nd Squadron, Gladiia and Laurentina’s, practically sacrificed themselves covering for the 3rd. 

She never blamed Skadi, and makes sure she knows it. She didn’t mind doing it again now, either. “Point me at the one I have to cut, put the ones I need to keep safe behind me, and give the order. Even if am completely lost in the darkness of my mind and madness of my heart, that, that will never leave me. That’s proof that I am Specter, that I am Shark, and that I am Laurentina. I, namely, I.”

As far as she knew, these were the last words she’d ever get out as herself. She used to make it very clear: “Do not deny me the only bit of purpose and identity I have left, because even if I am but a shell of myself, I’m still me.”

Of course, we now know that this was not to be her final fate, and she did manage to regain control, decisively, eventually, but... As far as she and Skadi and Doctor knew, at this point, this was really, really it. The briefest of encounters with the real Specter, on borrowed time. And her intent? To make sure she’s not left to rot in a medical room where she’s useless, gathering dust: “Put even more danger upon my share”. You know you are dealing with a seriously terrifying and strong person when they can confidently tell you (and have verifiably, so far, done as much) that even if it’s just a shell of her former self out there, she can and will never stop doing exactly what she’s good at, because otherwise, at that point, she truly has left the world.

[puckpocketed]

12/06/2024 - Macklin Celebrini in Boston University Cinematography Reel 23-24, by Bernie Perisie

[dark-elf-writes]

I feel like along with ADHD and Dyslexia biting people as a child would be another big hint towards demigod status.

[funzige-gedachten]

nu jere (en kä crew) doen 🦈🦈🦈

Heheheh thank you so much for enabling my autism to go on about sharks hhehehdhsh

Jere: blacktip reef shark

These guys are very easily recognisable by their little spots at the end of their fins. They’re relatively smaller sharks and tend to be quite curious about things, but not generally agressive. Sometimes they jump out of the water to get over corals which is very cool.

Häärijä: sicklefin lemon shark

These guys get their name for their yellowy skin!! That is so fun!!!! These are one of the bigger types of reefsharks. Theyre a little shyer than the blacktips are and they prefer to live in a little murkier waters over clear sandy flats.

Jesse: nurse shark

Nurse sharks are really cute and really sweet guys. They are nocturnal so in the day they tend to sleep in safe spots with their friends. If you have ever watched a documentary about sharks, these are the guys that always show up before any of the other sharks, since they’re so curious to find out what is going on.

The daltons: grey reef sharks

These sharks, like many reef sharks, live in big families! Theyre quite similar to the blacktips but without the black tip on their dorsal(the big top one) fin. Theyre very fast and agile and very social!! Like many other sharks, they carry their eggs in something similar to a womb.

Mr bodyguard: bullshark

These are often characterized as one of the more aggressive species of shark, the majority of shark attacks are caused by this guy sadly. They can live in both sweet and salt waters! They sometimes swim into things like a bull like a bull in a bull fight. I really enjoy their smooth shape and silly face :)

[sharkgirldick]

Doing some oceangate shit to his pussy.

[hellaverse-critical-confessions]

(from this video)

[scarlettriot]

Kiri who kisses you until his lips feel tingly and numb, puffy from the bruising pace. Keeps kissing you even though his lungs are burning for another breath.

He’s sure his calloused fingers have traced every part of your body. He could make a map to each dimple, scar, and freckle you have. He’s found the parts that you deemed undesirable and has shown them more care than you ever have. And still, his fingers roam your dips and curves just in case there’s something he’s missed.

He’s lost track of time. Seconds, minutes, hours have slipped by and he doesn’t care a single bit. He’s got your soft body pressed against his, your plush thighs squeezing his thick waist, your ankles up on his shoulders, bending just how he pleases. So many ways he gets to have you. And he treats each one like a gift.

All because you asked him, “Would you help me forget the world for a while?”

And now, he’s bound and determined to make you forget absolutely everything, wants to fuck you until he’s the only thought in your head and the only thing you remember how to do is scream his name as he makes you come undone again, and again and again...

[punk-sharkz-zero]

okay night court fandom, specifically the dan x harry shippers, I've found another parallel and I almost spat my coffee at the realization.

so, in s3 ep 5, "Halloween Too" Harry says this to a woman he flirts with at the beginning of the episode:

He says this right after she starts flirting back with him.

The premise of this episode is that he falls madly in love with this woman but there's some night court shenanigans on how they can't be together, blah blah, blah blah.

Now, in s6, he says this to Dan:

thank you for coming to my Ted talk

(gif by @nightcourtcaps)

[whiterunguard]

If hes not a girl why does he wear a skirt..... Checkmate. imperial libberals .... HA!

[134340jinsvocals]

I feel like since Jotaro is a marine biologist he would work with arctic animals.

Therefore, there could be a penguin named Peng-yoin. pronounced (pang-yo-een).

We also have Avdol as either a polar bear or tiger shark.

[manasurge]

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[moroser]

hey so I’ve never seen the owl house show and probably never will* but I wanted to say your Lilith and Hunter AU is delightful! I’m aroace and a lot of the time most life goals like parenthood feel completely inaccessible. However, seeing a single parent happy to raise their kid on their own makes me feel better about my future options. Your art means the world to me, thank you for sharing it with us.

*bc I’m a weird emotionally scarred person who doesn’t like shows where kids can do what I can’t: feel romantic emotions).

gonna start off by telling you this made me cry last night when i read it because it means so much to me that my art could bring you any sort of peace or comfort or help.

drawing lilith and hunter is a big outlet for me, too, in that sense. i'm aroace(spec) and i want a child. and i know that if/when i have a child it will be alone and unconventional. i prefer to do it alone when i think of everything. being a single parent does not have to be a bad thing or stigmatized. it's absolutely doable to where the parent and child can be happy!

(thank you for sharing this with me. i understand a lot of what you've said, i have so many 'issues' when it comes to emotions too. a lot of what i put into my art i struggle with hard in real life.)

[ur-gay-shark-dad]

I only have 17.36 hours my new stardew valley save so I couldn't possibly have a problem

[sharkgirldick]

Transphobes will find the thinnest logic possible to call a trans woman a pedophile and act like they said something with any actual weight.

[mvnces]

do we think that werewolves would have a prey drive like actual predator animals do

[neoflames]

3 and 8 for violence. also, wildcard where you get to pick one you'd really been hoping someone would ask you because you have so many thoughts on it

3. screenshot or description of the worst take you've seen on tumblr

No screenshots but I did see someone once say that everyone saying flower husbands wasn’t a healthy relationship was ‘insane 🥺🥺’ and they were just ‘fluffy adorable lovers okay???? 🥺🥺🥺’ and then they proceeded to shit on everyone who didn’t ship flower husbands

8. common fandom opinion that everyone is wrong about

I see a concerning amount of people kind of portray Cleo as some sort of sassy bitch who just. Doesn’t really care about anyone else? I guess she might seem that way to some people who don’t watch her? But I see it a concerning amount </3 I don’t know if this applies but I’m tired so this might be a little incoherent

13. worst blorboficiation

Jimmy. Just… Jimmy. See him portrayed so often as some kind of helpless, bad at everything, needs a big strong man to come help him otherwise he can’t do anything kind of guy who needs someone to come and save him and I just- don’t get it??? Like. Do those people watch Jimmy? At all?

And sometimes Grian gets a similar treatment oddly enough