#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!

[noddytheornithopod]

Phineas and Ferb Season 5 Trailer Breakdown

So everyone in the fandom obviously knows about the trailer dropping.

Well, someone's gonna go through it and see if anything sticks out, and that someone is gonna be me.

First thing's first, here's my bingo card. I'm pretty generous with these... and still no bingo, lol.

Anyway, time to break this thing down.

"Long time no see" definitely feels like the first episode, it gives "Doof reintroducing his evil ways to Perry" vibes.

Already getting Bujeet shenanigans, excellent.

What I will say is that visually, everything looks GREAT. Some of the animation itself looks a bit stiff/choppy to me, but I should be able to get used to it. Some of it looks really good, anyway.

So last Summer, we did a great ball of water, and now we're doing a great WHEEL of water? Wait, does that make this technically a Great Balls of Water sequel? Too ambiguous for me to decide, lol. But either way, loving this. Love all the poses here, especially Ferb's and of course Baljeet and Buford sharing their board.

Candace is driving. To take a quote from the press release, "Candace will take her driver’s license test". We already have an episode called "License to Bust", so we're definitely getting at least one episode focusing on her driving.

They're building SOMETHING big and blocky, no idea what though. Also lol Ferb.

The scene with Candace and Linda with the float full of stuff has been pointed out to have family photos of the Flynn-Fletchers, which is pretty cute. The press images have a shot of that wall in high quality.

Doof just announcing he's evil again on not-instagram, lol.

IDK what that small handheld thing Doof is holding, it looks like a staple gun that's a hammer.

Gecko gear? I'm sold. Love using real scientific knowledge about things to inspire ideas like this. Geckos have unique feet, they even have a dedicated Wikipedia page.

Submarine sandwich submarine? Also sold. Punny shit like this is always a delight in PnF.

Giant fish???? Or did they shrink themselves down and it's just a regular fish.

No idea why there's a Phineas in the bread bowl hot tub, as Buford calls it. Also, tell me that Isabella doesn't look particularly enamoured with it for that specific reason. :P

Perry saving a guy from a truck with presumably with an inator.

Isabella driving the submarine, presumably when the fish is chasing after them. Of course she's a badass, but also, the attack eyebrows return.

Riding giant darts again, but now to pop balloons. And if you know me, you know I'm down to see Phineas and Isabella sharing a dart. A later shot shows Ferb controlling one of the hands that throws the giant darts.

"It's like old times." Doof trying to appeal to nostalgia, lol. Probably both in and out of universe.

Perry with a swordfish as a sword! More stuff that is both punny and cool.

Perry is... sparkling? And coming out of some purple liquid? No idea what's going on, but Doof's definitely getting a fistful.

Neat disco outfits (though not the first, see Put that Putter Away :p)! And time for a musical dance sequence!

Them bursting out of school is definitely part of the first episode and the opening song, which also seems to be playing in the trailer. Still haven't listened to the full thing even though I know it's out there, mostly because I wanna see it with the finished animation.

From the same scene, I figured I should point this out because lol.

I think they took some of the old extras and repainted them? Like I recognise the designs but the colours are different.

Coltrane dancing with some goth girl. Hopefully Stacy approves, if they're even still a thing.

Okay Baljeet with the mini windmill is cute.

Candace and Jeremy still going strong! Something about Jenny looks kinda weird though, it might just be the angle but even the colour tone feels slightly different. Same with Jeremy's eyes. Maybe I'm just seeing things, lol.

Seems like EVERYRONE is celebrating the new Summer, even Linda's there with Lawrence! Could just be editing to be made to look like it's part of that larger sequence, but if it is, wonder if Linda realises why everyone is so excited, or if Summer is now just a big thing for everyone in Danville. Maybe there's gonna be fourth wall shenanigans like in Curtain Call at the end of the show, who knows?

Phineas and Isabella bouncing off balloons! This and the darts could be part of the opener with everyone celebrating and shit.

Isabella driving the boys to throw them on giant darts. Also you can see the street celebrations, so that's probably part of what I assume is the first episode. Also... this means that Phineas deliberately let Isabella share a dart with him. While Buford and Baljeet, seen sharing a board on the water wheel, are still on their own here. Guess they gotta compete here. :P But also yes, shipper brainrot.

Doof and Norm dancing! Wonder if this is also the opening song, since I know Doof sings a verse, but it could be anything.

Baljeet screaming "LET'S DO THIS!" in a very ominous, stormy environment. Cloudy with a Chance of Mom, perhaps? Baljeet also sounds a bit different, but that's probably just Maulik being older, he sounds more normal when I heard him in the other crowd shots. But yeah, dude's sweating, he definitely seems overenthusiastic, maybe even a lil unhinged. /hopingforunhingedbaljeet

The kids jumping and then freezing midair is pretty hilarious, especially with Candace calling them weird. Also, noticed they seem to have some kind of bookshelf, there's even a book on the floor. Maybe it's connected to the big blocky thing from before? Also, Candace saying "oh, there you are, Perry" indicates it could be the end to an episode. Maybe they originally made a giant book shelf but then whatever happens shrinks it down? Also, if this is like a book shelf or library, it could be "Biblio-Blast!"?

All in all, pretty cool trailer! Very restrained, but loving the chill, cosy vibes this gives, looks like the right mix of funny and sweet I love from this series.

BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE!

There's a press release that also came out today (as mentioned before), so I'll drop some stuff on those.

New poster! Also a nice homage to one of the really old ones from like the first season.

There's some shots of them in school, probably from that opening song.

Doof with icicles? Probably the same episode as our gung-ho Baljeet, assuming there isn't more than one stormy day in Danville already. Lots of weather shenanigans, it seems.

Phineas and Ferb in flying bumper cars? Not sure what episode this is but looks neat.

The worst news: they're dropping the first ten episodes all at once on Disney+. Let the show breathe, dammit! Oh well, at least with this and the first episode apparently going on YouTube to line up with the Disney Channel and XD airings, I probably won't need to resort to pirac- I MEAN, wait a billion years to get these episodes. Shame it's specific international markets, though. Australia's probably gonna get it fine based on how things have gone in the past, especially if the show is aiming to be on D+ as much as the TV channels, but I still feel bad for a lot of international viewers. We're a global society, make access to the show equal for everyone, dammit!

A special sneak peak is gonna be on May 26. I'm guessing it will probably be the opening sequence/song, but it could be something else if they wanna surprise us.

"The boys will break several world records" Is this gonna be like an actual plot point or is this just gonna be something that happens to work and they'll technically break them?

"Perry will finally make a trip to the vet!" Well, well, well, isn't that also a title for an episode we recognise, "Chip to the Vet". I'm expecting the plot to revolve around something like Perry getting a microchip from his pet visit (maybe even requested by PnF to figure out where he goes every day), and naturally Perry's gonna have to rectify this somehow so his cover isn't blown.

"'Cartoonified with Phineas and Ferb' gets a fresh twist as the dynamic duo interviews real-life celebrities reimagined and drawn in the iconic animation style of the series." So they're doing Take Two again but the celebrity guests are now gonna be cartoons, got it. :v Now PLEASE don't have any guests who are cringe inducing or controversial. This current sociopolitical climate is a nightmare, I don't wanna have to send angry letters to Disney because they hired some shitty person to go on air.

"'Agent P, Under C' follows Perry the Platypus, who returns as his alter ego Agent P, as he takes on a new undercover mission to stop animal enemies from rival spy organization A.N.A.T.H.E.M.A. (the Alliance of Nefarious Animals That Has an Exceptionally Memorable Acronym)." This actually sounds like an interesting series of shorts (or short if it's just one, wording isn't clear enough IMO). Sounds like it's actually got a story going on. Wonder if any of this will even be relevant in the series, too.

"Additional new episodes from the flagship short-form series include the Emmy-nominated 'How Not To Draw' and 'Theme Song Takeover' featuring Phineas, Ferb and more." We've already seen episodes of those with PnF, so I guess they have even more characters lined up.

PnF Fantastic 4 cover confirmed! As expected, RIP Baljeet.

"The album 'Lofi: Phineas and Ferb' will be released on May 9 and will feature 10 songs from the original series reimagined in a relaxing lo-fi style." Sounds neat, wonder what songs they'll pick. Probably mostly the really well known ones, let's be real.

"The original soundtrack, including 13 songs, will be available on June 6 on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music and other digital platforms." So right as it drops on Disney+, cool.

So yeah, bring on June. Shit, I better finish my marathon of the series by then. In the meantime, here I am two months in the future.

[kirby-the-gorb]

reply roundup!

@solar-cr0ss has added an image description to [soup], and @scarlet-bee has added an image description to [vameltimes]! thank you both!

also the [collector club] carries on (US residents can sign up through [patreon]), and the youtube captions I spent all of february on are now on the [brbavrai] video :)

on [squish] @nexus-nebulae left some lovely tags that for sure make me feel understood, thanks y'all! I'm glad you're also headed in the right direction for you.

@icannotgetoverbirds asked: oh my GOD this blog is EXCELLENT. hell yes. also by any pronouns do you mean any as in he she or they are all equally fine or does that include neopronouns and does it include objectself pronouns?

so like most people have pronouns that "fit" right, and I've just never found any that are quite right for me. so I might as well open it up to a free-for-all, whatever you feel like! while I don't feel like I fully Get neopronouns and stuff, I have zero objections to them being used for me. (or, obviously, for people who personally identify with them!) (also thank you lol)

on [string cheese] @ceylonsilvergirl said: even Kirby strings his cheese. dude could just vacuum it up, And he still strings it

well yeah dude if you don't string it it's not string cheese. it's just cheese.

on [comfytown] @kingdedede8 said: can i come

hell yeah dude anyone can be a resident of comfytown, you just gotta get so comfy cozy with your blankets and suchlike.

on a [reblob] @artsy-dreamer helpfully explained that it's likely a reference to the end of spring breeze from super star! thanks for the clarification :)

on [frog] @demifiendcruithne said: this. is the war cry. of a very. angry. gorb.

yes that is exactly the video I was thinking of! there are others available these days ofc but my wife always puts that particular one on when I'm upset cuz it cheers me up -u-

on [frog] @joekingv1 said: *gently pets the tiny frog while wondering if they both have read Cat Cafe Comics*

they have not, but the art style looks pretty cute!

on [supernatural] @joekingv1 said: *hands baby a note about Osaka officially becoming a teacher in Yotsuba*

aww, that's neat! I've only read a little bit of both azumanga daioh and yotsuba, but I bet that made a lot of people happy :)

on [rare disease day 2024] @3am-cheerios said: i didnt know theres an awareness day. and that its tomorrow! also jfc that sounds exactly like what my sister is going thru right now, her primary doctor literally LAUGHED at her last time over her concerns

oh man that really sucks :( I hope she has better luck in future, I've often done well with like, medical residents as primary care? because I know what I'm talking about by this point and they're new enough to want to defer to someone else anyway. that does also mean I need a new pcp every couple years tho since they finish their programs and move away -n-

anonymous asked: Poyo ^_^

not technically kirby related but there's a cute little slice of life series called poyo poyo kansatsu nikki that I stumbled upon browsing crunchyroll years and years ago, about a very round cat. who also says poyo. I think I've drawn him once. tbh I think of him first when I hear poyo, but I think of kirby first when I hear hi.

@goldendragonleaf asked: *gives him uncoffee*

thanks he's normal now

on [coffee] @otatma said: has anyone ever drawn Barista Kirby?

I vaguely remember a kirby drawing someone else did of him behind the counter at a coffee shop, but I thoroughly checked all my archives and didn't see it :(

@thatonepointbraincell asked: Fish 🐟

(we're gonna go to the aquarium while my wife is in town next week, they opened a new building but she wanted us to wait until she got home to go see it for the first time)

[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 her friendship with Kai stands out at least in part because I like them a lot as a character (X too). However, they communicate on similar wavelengths 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 the horrendous situation they're in (and life in general) from pretty different angles. They also just play off each other very well in conversation. I think they're neat.

[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

[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). :]

[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