#shellington + the entire show: biology

[dolphingirl1234]

ITS TIME FOR THIS AGAIN HELL YEAAAHH

remember that new fic I was talking about like ages ago and said it was almost done and then forgot about it for like a month?? yeah so I'm like three quarters done with chapter 9 (there's 10 chapters) so it should be finished soon...? I probably won't get much done this week because its time for all the mid year tests at school and I still don't know what a diatonic triad is even though I've been playing piano for 13 years

so ANYWAY I have 2 options for you. the next story I write is pRoBablY gonna centre around either tweak or dashi, I haven't decided which yet. I initially planned a whole thing for Dashi and I still want to do it but I've done too much character development for tweak in this fic to just leave her like that 😭

and

wait can I put another poll in this one post

no I can't aghhhsiifaujdfh

I'll make another post with another important poll bc it will kind of determine the entire plot of either story

anyway thanks guys I promise I'm working on this current fic it will definitely be done sometime soon (proofreaders get ready (you can still sign up to proofread if you haven't already there are like 3 posts with the link somewhere in my profile))

byeeeeee

[autistic-writer-angel]

Octonauts Headcanons

May add to this, as I go:

Captain Barnacles:

Just everyone’s Dad™

All of them, except for Professor Inkling has called him Dad at least once. He doesn’t mind.

Nobody has ever seen him cry.

He spends one on one time with each of the crew members whenever he can (typically once a week with each of them).

Sings in the shower

Showers in the morning

Has pretty strict routines, but can also be flexible, given the unpredictability of life as an Octonaut

His birthday is in October. (I Googled when that flower that blooms every twelve years does so, to see if I could narrow down what time of year his birthday is. Apparently, the peak blooming period is in September/October and with OCTOber, I figured it fits!)

If anybody on the Octopod were to go to his room and tell him they had a nightmare, he would let them sleep with him. (The only ones who do are Peso and the Vegimals.)

Sort of a joke headcanon, but I'mma add it anyway: He has reoccurring dreams about playing his accordion on stage, with hundreds of adoring fans cheering for him.

Kwazii:

ADHD

Not just afraid of spiders, but needles too (not that he’d ever admit it!)

Often takes the GUP-B out just for the fun of it, but will also do so to get out of something (normally cleaning or when the Captain’s playing his accordion)

Sneaks into the Captain’s room to play with his model ships

Such a sweet tooth

Messiest of all of them

Peso:

Intimidated by Captain Barnacles when they first met

Stopped feeling that way after a difficult mission, where the Captain told Peso he was very proud of him

Puts the Captain on a pedestal

Looks up to all the Octonauts, but of course, he looks up to the Captain the most

Youngest and most recent to join

Still pretty recent to join when the series started

Anxiety

He has hundreds of family members and he remembers the names and birthdays of every single one.

Shellington:

Autistic

Bullied as a child; Pearl stuck up for him and they were extremely close as a result

His satchel is a comfort item and a seemingly bottomless pit. If you see him pull things out of it, you’ll think, Wow! How did you fit all that in there?

Mother calls him Shelly; she’s the only one who does so

(I can’t remember where I saw this theory, but I think it makes a lot of sense.) In addition to marine biology, he has an interest in linguistics. That’s how he was able to learn Vegimalese.

Does not care if you interrupt one of his infodumps. He will just keep talking.

Clumsiest and most absentminded of the crew

Do NOT watch any nautical themed cartoon with him (e.g. SpongeBob or Finding Nemo). He will just spend the entire time pointing out all the inaccuracies.

Best artist on the Octopod

Dashi:

Octopod’s unofficial DJ

Loves strawberries and strawberry flavoured things

Completely ignores danger while trying to get the perfect photo

Second best artist

Just loves babies! Any kind of babies!

Tweak:

Mother passed away when she was young; Ranger Marsh raised her all by himself

Known Captain Barnacles longer than any of the others

Even though the Captain is her dad and Kwazii’s her brother, she’s the mum of the Octopod.

Plays the banjo

Professor Inkling:

Most painfully slow driver you can imagine

Gives the best advice

Shellington was one of his (most talented) students. That was how Shellington got the job with the Octonauts.

Never leaves the library unless he absolutely has to

Leave him alone with a child and he has no clue what he's supposed to do

Also the case when someone's crying

Vegimals:

Always make sure they have a supply of everyone’s favourite flavour of kelp cake in case anybody needs some emergency comfort food

Often sleep holding hands (they learned this from Shellington when they were babies)

Sometimes sleep with one of the Octonauts (mostly Shellington, but sometimes the others as well)

We know they get stuck in the kitchen vent. Well, I bet half the time, they get stuck while showing the other Vegimals how they got stuck!

[lifenconcepts]

Vegimals Headcanons :3

Vegimals

Have a list of everyone’s favourite recipe, preferred flavours, and dislikes.

Secretly train themselves on almost every task the Octonauts do for the odd chance they need help with their specific things, having some basic knowledge in plenty of scientific fields too aswell as basic driving skills, cooking (obviously), mechanics/tech, biology, chemistry, psychology, and gardening.

Have a knack for sculptures and decorative pieces and are the #1 fans of the works Shellington makes, treasuring each one as if their own and fainting whenever they get a GIFT of such.

Have a knack for vintage things too and yet don’t get to see them a lot, sometimes turn on a tv show about silly British guys going through retro things and thrifting for old stuff.

Sometimes turn on music throughout the entire octopod in late mornings if nobody’s up yet to get everyone moving and also groovin’.

Incredibly light and yet hold enough power to be able to nudge the crew and make themselves appear much more evident.

One of their favourite pass times is collecting berries or fruit to make into delicious snacks for the team.

Their love language is acts of service and they absolutely are overwhelmed when others do nice stuff for them.

P.S I won’t be making any age/sexuality/show related headcanons but rather stuff that fits their personality. ALSO THEY ALL HAVE AUTISM. ALSO THEY ALL HUM TUNES.

Source? I said so. I am litterally going off nothing from the show apart from the vibe :3