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[side-scribbles]

Distance

A result of being horribly exhausted and emotional

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Edd opened Matt's bedroom door gently , peeking inside to see a Matt-sized lump under the ocean themed covers. He entered the room , shutting the door quietly before having a seat on the end of the bed.

"How ya holding up , buddy?" He asked softly , listening to the soft sniffles that escaped from underneath the sheets.

There was movement before Matt's head peeked out from underneath them , his eyes were puffy and his hair sticking up in odd places , he wiped his tears on his hoodie sleeve. "What am I going to do without him?" Matt asked , looking up at Edd with dismay "Why does he have to go?".

"This is really important for Eduardo , Matt. I know you really don't want him to leave , but it's important to Jon too." Edd said , doing his best to be comforting.

Matt sat himself up , wrapping the blanket tightly around himself as more tears roll down his face "Two years.. he's going to be gone for two whole years.".

Edd was silent for a moment , before patting Matt on the back gently "Think of it this way , you'll both have so many wonderful stories to tell each other after all that time , and you can always talk to him over the phone!".

"Time zone differences will make that difficult enough , not even going into the fact that Eduardo doesn't like me very much.. what if they decide to stay longer? What then?" Matt asked , his frown deepening. Edd sighed , the two falling into another silence.

Tom stood in the doorway , only entering after Edd motioned him to do so. "Hey-" he started , before abruptly getting cut off by Matt

" You're just going to say the same thing as he did.." he said faintly.

Tom sat on the bed as well , looking at Matt in silence before chuckling softly.

Matt glanced at him "What's so funny?" he said bitterly. "You just reminded me of something . It's- oh , well you wouldn't really want to hear it now , would you?" Tom said , a faint smile on his face.

Curiously flickered in Matt's eyes "I..want to hear." he said hesitantly.

"Well" , Tom started as he looked at Matt and Edd "You weren't around at the time but Edd will remember this one.".

Edd gave Tom a confused look but he disregarded it completely.

"You know all about how me and Edd were roommates with your dad in this house , but I don't think either of us have ever told you about our fourth roommate." Tom started both Matt and Edd wondering where he'd take this. "The two of us didn't get along , but Edd and him were really close. They were like you and Jon , always getting into trouble." Tom recollected , ignoring Edd's attempts to point out how Tom had a hand in troublemaking as well. "The guy eventually decided to move out to head off to Uni , and Edd was devastated.

He was sure he'd never see the guy again , but of course he was just being silly. They kept- well , they still keep in contact , and the dude actually dropped in for a surprise visit once during the holidays." Matt had stopped slouching at this point and was firmly invested in the story Tom was telling , Edd faintly smiling at recollecting on these old memories. "What I'm trying to say" Tom said , preventing himself from going on a tangent "Is that you two will work it out. Even if Eduardo is unhappy with your friendship , he'll realize how important it is to the both of you.".

A hopefully expression grew on Matt's face as he sniffled again "I'm gonna get some tissues..." he said softly before exiting the room.

"That was..something." Edd started before trailing off a pleasantly surprised look on his face. Tom didn't acknowledge Edd's remark , decided to instead focus on fixing Matt's bed.

Once the bed was in order again Tom turned to Edd "You think he'll be alright?" he asked. Edd smiled faintly "With what you just did? I think I can confidently say things'll be fine.".

The two shared a brief smile before exiting the room together.

[mushroomminded]

Happy 3rd Anniversary to Micoverse; it's absolutely crazy that it's been running that long, crazier still that you haven't missed an update yet, wonderful that you can see your artistic growth through that time frame, and as someone who's been here from before the very start- heck, before the Sharkmatt days even- it has been an honour and a privilege to see all of it. 💛💛💛

❤❤❤

[wilddtail]

So happy they caught and charged those guys that dragged that poor shark. It's heart lifting to see how many people showed their support which ultimately put pressure on the police to find and charge them 🦈🙌 #sharkmatters #defendthefin #saveoursharks #sharks (at Venice, California)

[musicfairynj]

Me and the ocearch.com boat I love that they tag sharks and help them #sharkweek #SHARKS #shark #sharks #sharkmatters (at Savannah Riverfront)

[sharkmattau]

Is this blog still going?

the au is very much alive on my main @mushroomminded, but i kind of dug myself a hole with the storyline in progress in this one and I haven’t figured out how to fix it. For the time being the answer is no, this blog is not still going, but you never have to want for more sharkmatt content elsewhere

[robotic-spoon]

Wanna write a fic thing but I can’t decide between monster tord or Otis, I could do something else like sharkmatt or ocs too, idk, mood is angst

[sharkmatters]

A mild inconvenience that ended up saving a life.

[oceansrealm]

New tumblr Blog - Shark Matters

I Would Like To Introduce My Followers And Fellow Shark Blogs To A Fairly New Shark Blog. Please Go Take A Peek And See If You’d Like To Follow It.

SharkMatters

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[side-scribbles]

HELP I HAVE TOO MANY ANGST IDEAS I CANT FOCUS ON ONE ENOUGH TO WRITE A CONISTANT STORY BUT I REALLY WANT TO WHAT D O ?

[mushroomminded]

Been here since the Sharkmatt days, and will always undoubtedly support and cherish Milo dearly. I'm honestly so proud to watch Micoverse grow. Even then, it still makes me happy to see you excited by Eddsworld!

AAAAAAAA❤❤❤

[mushroomminded]

Also can I just say, the amount of secondhand pride I feel when someone chimes in with a "I've been around since the Sharkmatt Days/Eddsworld Days/MOTHER days and LOOK HOW FAR YOU'VE COME 💛" or even a a "I popped back in for the first time since since the Sharkmatt Days/Eddsworld Days/MOTHER days and LOOK HOW FAR YOU'VE COME 💛" is astronomical. Always hits me with that "Yeah; I done been here for a hot minute myself and seen that growth in realtime dog and I've loved every second of it 😎". MAD PROUD of you Em I tells ya.

😭😭😭 aaaa thank youuu

i just hope i’ve remained true to myself all this time. I know I can’t be as open and available as the Old Days but I hope being here is still just a fun and encouraging experience

[mushroomminded]

Sharkmatt has stolen my heart and refuses to let go

he’ll take good care of it ❤

[mushroomminded]

On Sharkmatt!Eduardo

submitted by @saint-j92000

We’ve established Eduardo turned Jon into a kid as yet another means of competing with Edd- another attempt to one up him, somehow. It’s safe to say that, at the time, Eduardo was fairly close to how he’s depicted in canon- an enormous, emotionally stunted manchild with a pathological NEED to always be Number 1 at anything he does. Even in the utterly ridiculous situation he has often found himself in when competing with Edd, whom he sees as a rival and has done for years, and whom the latter saw as a massive annoyance (I’m going by the flashback of him and Edd and the other lads attending Primary School at the same time, therefore he and Mark/Jon have been a presence in the Edd Gangs lives to some capacity for… let’s say A While). So, naturally, he was gonna turn one of his friends into a toddler as well- and he picked Jon, who I like to think he DIDN’T like as much as Mark; his dislike of Jon didn’t reach the cartoonish levels of ‘I’M GONNA PUNCH YOU IN THE FAAACE’, but it was clear his being a part of the trio was more of Eduardo trying to one up Edd (something Jon didn’t really ever know, and that Mark knew but frankly didn’t care all that much so long as he got some damn peace and quiet from time to time).

Thing is, though, Eduardo didn’t count on not being able to reverse the damage he did when the “adventure” was over; that this time, there’d be no status quo reset. That must have been daunting, and the temptation to just give Jon up for adoption or leave him on the doorstep of a church would have been huge- but, again, there were Edd and Tom, seemingly to settling in to their new roles as parents to someone that was once their friend. ‘Oh, what, they think THEY’RE gonna be good parents? Screw them, I’ll be a better parent then BOTH of them COMBINED’.

And so he takes on the role of Jon’s caregiver. For a while, it’s all performative; a means of proving his superiority. But it’s hard not to form legitimate bonds with people or critters you become deeply invested in the care of, and given Eduardo has probably never been in a position where he’s HAD to work so hard, it’s no wonder this had never really happened before. Shit; is it out of the realms of possibility that he too had a difficult childhood? I don’t think so; it is rare for people as bitter and nasty as he could be to be born as such, without a combination of nature and a twisted form of ‘nurture’ shaping them that way. The poor dude has probably never had a wholly genuine connection or relationship with another human being up until the point the naive, dim, but nice and friendly ‘moron’ he took for a ride for years became his son (a… weird sentence to type in retrospect, but hey ho).

His affection for the boy grows; his investment in his wellbeing becomes genuine. His discovery of the scars on the boys back and assumption that they carried over reminds him of his own harsh lot in life, no matter how different it may have been then what he can deduce the old Jon went through. The guilt over the fact that he, essentially deleted a man from existence as a part of an ongoing petty pissing contest catches up with him, big time. Through all this, he grows low, and he grows sad and despairing, getting in touch with emotions and feelings he hasn’t felt in years without the emotional intelligence to properly process it. He confides this all in Mark purely because he has nobody else he CAN confide it all in and, to his surprise, he listens. He is at times brutally honest and not afraid to call him on his screw ups, but he listens. He offers advice where he can. Quite a shocker, considering Mark’s supposed apathy and coldness. Perhaps Mark has begun to grow somewhat with the passage of time?

The truth is, they all did. Eduardo, Mark, Matt and Tom; when this ridiculous scenario started, they were in their very early twenties. Barely adults, totally unfamiliar with life beyond college/university and, let’s be real, all pretty damn immature to varying degrees. Being thrust into parenthood by their own daft mishaps kinda forced them to grow up, and to grow up fast.

When all’s said and done, though, it changed them for the better. Though still flawed in small ways, they all grew kinder, more responsible, more fully formed people (even Mark, to a degree). Perhaps none of them moreso then Eduardo, though; as time went on and the new Jon grew into a teen, Eduardo too grew into a genuinely kind, if strict and still brash at times, young man.

The guilt persists, definitely. And Eduardo knows that this entire situation is predicated on a stupid mistake he made when he really should have known better. But he can’t take that back, not now; all he can do is work hard to keep his son safe, sane, and happy. And he does; he puts his all into caring for Jon, and their bond is infinitely stronger then it ever was before. Eduardo knows that can’t excuse or make up for that initial mistake; that isn’t what he’s trying to achieve. He’s a good dad, a caring man, because after a lot of figuring shit out and personal evaluation, that is what he wants to be. He cares about Jon not to make good on a past transgression, but simply because he does. And though that doesn’t eliminate the guilt, it- and the thousands of genuinely happy times he and his son have shared- dampen it significantly.

[mushroomminded]

creative-lightbulb submitted: 

 It’s best lad and friend around; SharkMatt Jon!

Surprise!

Ahhh I love him!!! Thank you!!

[mushroomminded]

creative-lightbulb submitted:

SharkMatt + PowerEdd = This

CUTE

[side-scribbles]

Totally not writing an adorable Dan & Jake fic based off of an old sharkmatt (now MiCo) comic-