#there was an old orca

[birdwithavendetta]

trying to make art for @keferon's apocalyptic ponyo au (specifically jazz and prowl) and-

were doing great here, were doing so good, no problems at all, not a single one

[botherbug]

recorded clips from this game because i believe the original website was deleted

+ extra gay whale

[kply-industries]

[webdiggerxxx]

꧁★꧂

[bittybatarts]

currently more than a little obsessed with my new roblox avatar

[littlewebtreasures]

Circling Orcas by Jim Chou

[darewolfcreates]

mmm... many thoughts...

[eldritchenoch]

butch lesbian orca pirate with a femme giant squid gf

hell YEAH

[totallynotsarkaz]

[shijiujun]

+ bonus empty threats cuz reese you know you love it:

[namu-the-orca]

I don't know how "ask box trick or treat" works, but hi, I bring you a photo of my most beloved plushie since I was about 4, in return for a trick or a treat perhaps? Their name is Finke

(Pls excuse the fact that I managed to accidentally unfollow for a moment while trying to send an ask, whoops)

Ohh thank you for the trick or treat, you did perfectly! I love your little plushie, they are so cute and the name Finke is really sweet. I also have a very old killer whale plushie however they don't have a name. For you I made this painting as a treat:

"You were my friend"

It's about the killer whales from long ago who lived under human care, when marine parks were just starting out. And the things they went through because people back then didn't really know what they were doing yet. Pools too small, healthcare very subpar, training not up to modern standards. Whales were regularly manhandled for procedures, or the pools simply drained for cleaning or vet checks. And yet these animals placed their trust in the people they met. Even if those only stayed a while, came and went, put them through painful procedures, took care of them only as a summer job.

It is strange, looking at those old grainy black and white photos. Like a different world back then. All these whales. All these people. The blurred face of the trainer is supposed to represent the anonymity of the people they met. Contrasted with the delicate trust they received from the whales regardless.

[dead-shadow-69]

[torturedbitchesdepartment]

[larabar]

dump ! just your average animals

[littlefleamart]

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[puzzles-are-fun]

Andy Jason’s logic

I think I posted a comment on someone else’s ND tumblr recently or made a post of my own about this but cannot recall for sure. If I did, sorry for the repetition.

Why does Andy ask “What'd you do that for?” in the end game sequence when Nancy throwing the oxygen tank into the pool inside the smugglers boat? Does he not know the orca is trained? I would have assumed he did know, otherwise why would he need a regular wild orca? Isn't that why there is a beach ball in the sea caves where Nancy first (*I forgot that Nancy sees the orca during the free whale watching tour prior to the sea cave encounter, oops!) encounters the orca? To show players that the orca is trained. Even if Andy never played catch (or accidentally knocked something that floats into the water and noticed that the orca brought it back to shore, even if the human didn’t throw/drop it again) with the orca, anyone else in his gang of criminals who did interact with the orca and the ball or whatever they played catch with would have told Andy that the orca knew how to play catch, meaning Nancy throwing the tank into the pool would not be confusing/surprising to him. Though he could pretend he didn’t know, so that he wouldn’t get in trouble. Criminals lie often. Maybe whoever learned that the orca can play catch (assuming it wasn’t Andy) thought that, since playing catch with the orca doesnt really have much to do with smuggling that Andy didn’t really need to know.