#technically not a fish but I think they're still pretty neat

[levanlanse]

♪ It's time for Fish Mollusc Fact Friday! ♪

Dumbo octopuses are finned octopuses characterised by the two large flaps above their eyes - these resemble the ears of Dumbo the Elephant, which they are named after!

They are the deepest-living of all known octopuses, and move slowly along the seafloor by using their arms and flaps. Unlike most other octopuses, they do not have an ink sac due to there being fewer predators in the deep sea!

[boombox-fuckboy]

Will never tire of friendship recs: 🤝

🤝- podcast with your favorite friendship dynamic

I have such a weakness for podcast friendships, which is great because it means I have lots of favourites. So for this one, let me roll a dice.

Kai & X, from Girl in Space. This is a podcast that I can honestly describe as both fun and stressful. The Girl in Space lives on a huge space station, alone, unless you count the goats, birds, fish, various insect life, malfunctioning AI, and so on. Her days are filled with science, and cheese (technically this is also a science) and endless rewatches of Jurassic Park. It's not too bad, all things considered. Would be a shame if someone were to ruin it.

X gets a lot of interesting friendships in the show, but Kai stands out at least in part because I like them a lot as a character (X too). However, they kind of communicate on the same wavelength (I think it's the autism, which is of course a highlight itself) and share some key interpersonal experiences others don't quite get (something about general isolation and having a hard time being seen as human) while still approaching life, and the horrendous situation they're in, from pretty different angles. They also just play off eachother very well in conversation. I think they're neat.

[blubushie]

Hey Blu! I saw the marine life ask and I wanted to know, elaborating on that, what's your favorite deep sea creature?

(Mine's gotta be either the bobbit worm or the stoplight loosejaw)

Bobbit worms are pretty neat but they aren't actually deep-sea animals! They live in shallower water (particularly in coral reefs, where they burrow into live rock) or in sandy shallow areas, with a max recorded depth of 95m/~310ft. Technical divers work deeper than that!

They're also a complete pain in the arse when it comes to aquaria since they're practically impossible to kill without killing off the rest of your tank. Also they can break in half and grow into new animals like starfish, and they do this constantly when handled. Just when you think you've got him he breaks himself up and sends the other half of his body scurrying back into the water for shelter, and it'll be months before you see him again but he's still gonna come out at night to eat your fish stock. Complete pain in the arse to deal with.

Check out the Bobbit Worm Chronicles for an idea of why bobbit worms are both amazing and complete fucking arseholes.

My favourite deep-sea creatures are scotoplanes (sea pigs) and bathynomids (giant isopods). :]

[imorphemi]

Season of Comfort

Uhh, no heading I think is what's going on because I am on my phone because I am supposed to be sleeping but shhh

Anyways, the general idea plot thing was a group of friends getting together for a sleepover! Peak vibes of hot chocolate with marshmallows, cozy fireplaces, soft pillows and warm blankets! Pajamas plushies and messy hair galore!

(I also do not know how to put cuts on mobile so uh apologies for the potential long post)

Since treehouses were taken I think it would be neat if this took place in a small cave hideout. I mean the cozy hideouts already there, why wouldn't there be more? Perhaps it's connected as well. I considered having it take place in another small town but I didn't really know how that would work worldbuilding and gamewise

There's kind of no plot to this season, you just watch and play along with the friends as they play games, eat food, have fun. Pillow fights? Hide n seek? Possible illegal magic usage? Fun for the whole friend group! I also think it would be cool to display all the friend dynamics, like the mom friend, the dumb(affectionate) one, the extrovert, yknow! These are probably gonna be kids like the assembly crew, maybe a bit older perhaps? Although if these kids are allowed to perform construction without adult supervision, they're probably in their late teens or something instead, maybe some are technically adults. Then again, we don't really know this culture's uh rules per say on children

I also considered the plot being that one of the friends (who would be the seasonal guide) would have depression and you follow each of their friends helping them through and giving them comfort. I do like it but I wasn't really sure how I would convey it, yknow?

Anyways, as for cosmetics, plushies would be the main stars of all the available ones lmao. So far the ones I have in mind are manta, at least one bird, fish, crab, rabbit, tiger, lion, and ox. I would include a teddy bear but the current lack of anything that would tell us that a bear had existed in this universe makes me lean away from that unfortunately

Btw the tiger plush is super big. Like one of those jumbo-sized bears. Everyone has a lot of fun with them haha

Ooh a nightlight for a prop would be really cute too

Quilt capes! Blanket capes!

Not much for masks, maybe an eye mask lmao (AUTOCORRECT MADE IT BECOME EYE MANSLAUGHTER WTH???)

As for hairs, I'm thinking a lot of fluffy hair. There should be more short fluffy hairs. Like just really messy bed hair would be adorable. I also think it would be funny if one of them had those like moon nightcaps with fluff and matching moon star pajamas

Speaking of pajamas, there's gotta be at least two sets. Maybe one is the classic like shirt and pants set and the other is a pretty nightgown. Because I still want a skirt tgc give us long pretty skirts

Uhh ultimate gift? Giant plush toy, and maybe another set of pajamas? Not sure yet haha

Anyways gnight love y'all

[homosexual-fast-dancer]

You asked, you shall receive!! :D

And I'd love getting octopus facts!!

So. It's not a secret anymore: fishbowls are extremely harmful. They are for all fish, because the shape distorts their vision and makes them feel as if they're being chased, but goldfish especially, because it doesn't give them enough space to grow.

Speaking of which, some species of goldfish can actually get HUGE. I'm talking human hand-size huge. They get all chonky it's so cute!!

They're incredibly smart: they can recognize when it's feeding time, for example, but they can also recognize people!

And you can teach them stuff!! Like, there's that person on tiktok who taught them how to play football (and they're good!) for example. You can teach them tricks like you'd teach a dog!

Goldfish are very playful also. They just love to have fun! I had a friend who had two, and one if them loved to do little loops in his tank. It was so cute and funny! That fish was very affectionate.

They're very common pets to give to small children and they really shouldn't be because they're high-maintenance and very messy. They poop a lot lol it makes the water really nasty after a short while so you have to take care of the tank very often.

Those lil guys are often really mistreated by people who just don't know any better and don't do any research because they think goldfish are easy to care for when they really aren't. They're kinda like hamsters in that sense. :(

But yeah that's already a lot so- That was Fish Facts™, delivered by yours truly :D

:O those are some really neat facts!/gen

And yayayayay, under the cut

So we all know that octopuses have three hearts right? but they also have technically nine brains! One larger donut shaped brain in their "head" and a small one in each of their tentacles

Octopuses just like deadpool can regenerate their limbs! If an octopuses arm gets cut off then it's no problem cause they can just grow it back (but we at Spooky-Selfshipping-Scene still do not recommend cutting off an octopuses arm)

An octopus can pretty much go through any gap, even a huge one can get through a relatively small hole!

As comes with the territory of having nine brains they are also just as intellegent as a dog and can use many tools

Also a silly lil fact: Squidward is actually an octopus and not a squid

[my-brothers-corrupted]

I hope I'm not too late for the favorite character thing, I just woke up a few minutes ago so hopefully I'm coherent enough. For me my favorites were Trick and Jackie, *not* Red tho... at least in the beginning. It might sound weird because they're the same person technically, but at the beginning I thought Red was cruel and mean, mostly a second intimidating shadow looming over all his brothers after Anti. But then, he started showing genuine remorse for what he did and really did care deeply for everyone, even if that included Anti. When Jackie learned back his name that's when he became one of my favorite. As for Trick, I probably could come up with a detailed explanation too but brain tired, so here's this: he's a neat dude who's VERY hard to not find likable

okay Ari i actually LOVE that you didn’t like Red at first but started to like Ro and Jackie because it means his cHARACTER ARC WORKED!!! YES!!! Red is a total jerk in the beginning. I always wanted to portray the boys with a wide variety of responses to the shit that they go through and Red definitely was that angry, aggressive, need-to-control and lash out side of things. but the point of the character arc is exactly what you said - we see that beneath all that anger he’s in a lot of pain and has genuine regret for what he’s done and what he’s still forced to do. he acts like a big fish, but he’s just as much enslaved to Anti as the others are. When he gets Blue as his twin, Blue is able to ease a lot of Red’s pain, and that’s when we see the real him coming out! we learn to distinguish between Anti, who is genuinely cruel for the fun of it and refuses to be helped or change himself, and Ro, who is willing to change and doesn’t want to hurt people anymore. that’s awesome to hear that you saw that change in him :’) i love him a lot

and yes i think we can all agree Trick is one COOL dude. and i’m actually so glad you think it would be hard to find him not likeable! i always worried Trick might become perceived as just kind of a little ass-kisser (he is but he’s more than that too haha) and people would lose sympathy for him. but you guys never seemed to! you kicked him into gear a couple times when he was being a little too much of a pet and he needed it, but everyone always seemed to understand that Trick is just another side of a reaction to abuse, the one that gets more and more desperate for his abuser’s affection the more he realizes he’s not getting the real love his heart wants.... I always wanted to allow their trauma reactions to be ugly or unsympathetic or embarrassing when they need to be because trauma is not pretty and shouldn’t be glorified. Dapper has a learned helplessness complex, Dok shuts down completely and can’t function, and Blue internalizes til he can’t stand himself. they got a lot of healing to do :(

but anyway yes Trick is great and deserves SO much better <33 we will really work on letting him know he’s loved exactly how he is next chapter