#theyre a little wacky

[derrypubliclibrary]

i drew @bird-likes-to-fandom ‘s John Doe Ricky Potts ^-^

he is very funky and was very fun to draw:))

[junmars]

more epsilon and a jjr0

[puppyeared]

Ouhhhh friendship I love friendship……..

[wacky-nameless-inventor-24]

TIMNY ROYALTY MADS AND GANDRA STUFF <3333 they’re probably like 10 here (reminder Mads is Eleven and Gandra is Three)

I don’t thinkkkkk it comes up in this particular snippet but for little Mads I’ll be using he/him in the narrative but she/her in the dialogue

The space really wasn’t big enough for both of them, but they made it work.

Jamming themselves into the tiny cave, Three rolled the conveniently-placed large rock to cover the entrance into place. Even as she did it she was leaned up against Eleven, whose back was pressed up against the far cave wall.

The earth ceiling was low, forcing them to duck, and they tried to give each other space to catch their breaths. Even then, their knees were still touching.

“We made it over the border,” Three gasped. They’d been running hard. Eleven made a quiet out-of-breath sound of victory. “Now comes the stealth, they can’t know we’re here.”

Eleven nodded. Three couldn’t see him well in the dark, but they were so close together she could feel his movement.

This was a game of capture the flag, but all of them knew it wasn’t simply a game. The instructors would be paying attention to who performed badly and who did the best, taking the strategies and the talents and the losses into consideration. Games like this would be common in the future, and it was all to build the kids’ skills.

So it was just a game, but their futures could be shaped by it.

Both of them were counting on winning.

Neither of them were very fast, Eleven was short for his age and Three hadn’t grown into her feet yet and was prone to tripping. If they were caught now running would do no good, so they would need to rely on their ability to be sneaky.

So they hid and they waited for the coast to be clear.

At one point there came shouting, the sound of feet thumping on the earthy ceiling above. Someone jumped off the edge above them and landed right in front of the concealed cave door, not a far jump.

Three and Eleven both held their breaths.

The person outside took off running.

"That was close," Three breathed. "But at least we know this spot works. We'll stay until it gets quiet."

Again, Eleven just nodded.

Turns out that wouldn't take very long, but Three still waited, ear close to the door (well, it was close to everything in there, there wasn't much space), listening intently. All she heard was the usual woods sounds, the swish of leaves and the call of birds.

After a few minutes Eleven let out a heavy breath, and Three leaned away from the door. "Okay, I think we should send one of us out to make sure there's nobody there- Eleven?"

Eleven was panting again like he was out of breath, the sound loud in the tiny space as he tried to suppress it, breathing through his nose. He had a hand on the rock in front of the entrance, his eyes unfocused.

"Eleven, what's wrong?" Three reached out to touch his shoulder and he flinched away, pressing himself against the wall opposite her. He managed to shrink himself so much that his knees no longer touched hers. "Hey, are you hurt?"

He didn't answer but his breathing was becoming more desperate, his beak open to gulp more air. "Eleven," Three tried again, slightly annoyed he wasn't answering. "Eleven, what is it?"

Still he didn't reply, slipping down the wall behind him. There wasn't enough room on the floor for him to sit, but he was trying to get as much of him on the ground as possible. In the low lighting, Three could see how his hand gripped at the dirt and the roots of the wall next to him.

"You're not scared, are you?" Three's brow furrowed. Eleven wasn't one to get scared like this. "It is just a game, I can get Instructor Heron if you nee-"

At last she got an answer, and that was Eleven violently shaking his head has his breathing became more erratic. He was shaking against her, and Three had to look up to make sure there was enough of a crack around the door to let in air. He wasn't suffocating, was he? She wasn't suffocating, right?

She took in a deep breath, and then tried to crouch next to him. "Eleven, tell me what's wrong." It wasn't a question anymore, he was starting to scare her. "Eleven come on, you're being weird."

Still he didn't answer but still shied away from her. His green eyes caught in the light, wild and unfocused and full of fear.

Something really was wrong. No matter what Eleven said, she should get one of the instructors.

Straightening back up she reached over Eleven to push the rock door open, no longer caring that there might be someone outside. The second the door was moving Eleven dove for the forming crack of light, wiggling through the tiny space and out into the woods.

Three was close behind him, shoving the rock out of the way to find him already splayed out on the grass, on his back, gasping for air.

Out here she could see there were tears in his eyes.

She knelt next to him, noticing the way his hands were fisted in the grass, tearing at it. "Eleven, stay right here I'll go get an instructor-"

"No!" Eleven cried, finally speaking, finally meeting her gaze. When he did it was so intense that Three had to hear him out. "Don't tell Instructor Heron about this, please-"

"What is wrong?!" Three demanded. Worried but exasperated.

"I don't know-" still laid out on the grass, he lifted a shaky hand to his forehead. "Just got all panicky in there, I couldn't breathe." He tried and failed to swallow a sob.

"What do you mean you couldn't breathe? I could breathe fine."

"There wasn't enough space for the air," his eyes were unfocused again, he stared up at the sky.

"What are you talking about?"

"I don't know, that's just how it felt!"

Three winced, glancing around. If Eleven still wanted to play, then hopefully nobody would hear them talking out in the open like this.

After a few seconds his breathing calmed down, he swallowed several times to try and slow himself down. He was still crying, however. Eventually Three found his hand and pulled him up, and before she could properly find her own balance he was throwing his arms around her in a tight hug.

"Eleven- what-" startled, she tried to push him off, but his grip was iron strong. She could feel he was still shaking.

Annoyed, she let out a breath. "What's wrong?" She asked for what felt like the dozenth time.

"I don't know," again, the same response. Only now he sounded like he was sobbing, so Three felt a little more sympathetic. She gingerly hugged him back. "There just wasn't enough space in there. It was too small."

"Why does that make you this scared?"

"I don't know, it felt like we were going to get crushed. Like the ceiling was going to fall on us or there wasn't going to be enough air."

"It wasn't," Three told him.

"Well you can say that now!" Eleven replied shrilly. Three shushed him.

They stayed like that for a long time, sitting next to the little cave, hugging each other. Waiting for Eleven to stop shaking, for his crying to die down. Three kept an eye out for anyone approaching, but she at least tried to be comforting. She rubbed his back a little.

Finally his arms tightened around her, when he spoke his voice was soft and still full of tears. "Don't tell Heron?"

Three pulled away to look at him, and he let her go. His eyes were red and he wouldn't meet her gaze. "Do you think it's going to happen again?"

He moved away a little, drawing his knees up to his chest. After a moment he nodded.

"Then she's going to find out eventually that you don't like small spaces."

"I know. But I don't want her to right now. Promise you won't tell?"

Three let out a breath. "I promise. Now we have to find somewhere else to hide before anybody finds us."

She could've left him there. She could hide in any tiny crevice in the woods, in a log, under a rock. He couldn't. He had marginally less options if cramped spaces made him react like this. He would drag her down, make this more difficult.

But Three just climbed to her feet, holding out a hand to help him up. "Come on, maybe we can hide up a tree somewhere."

In seconds, the two of them had disappeared into the trees, playing again like nothing had happened.

[pfffsfic]

uhh i've got a few comic pages in the works about rob having the chance to go to the theraprism. not canon to the main fic this blog is about obviously but they're coming. maybe today or tomorrow. If you like them when they're out, I might continue?

edit: The comic has been out for a while now, it's called Improbabill Improvements.

[sluckythewizard]

so uhh i DID start writing again but this time its w my Riptide Cowboy Au Thats Also Just An Animorphs Au. here check out this very small bit of it. (under the cut is an OLD doodle page that i made based around this idea)

[canonically-a-genloser]

some no showfall au kids practice (:

[farceargon]

hi hello I do not know you but @junoshusband mentioned that you would be down for a Sea Life Discussion, so you are now being used for data collection purposes. sorry. do you have a least favourite aquatic mammal (seal, sea lion, whale, killer whale, false killer whale, dolphin, beluga, porpoise, sea otter, sea mink, manatee, or dugong) and if so, what is it? respond to this with "idk" or variations to be left off the spreadsheet. sorry to bother you!!!!!!

Oh yeah, I saw that. No bothering here! If anything I was afraid because I got no idea how to pick a least favourite when I love all these funky guys...

I feel like it's a draw between two, if I had to dig a bit.

Similar to how my partner said, dolphins feel pretty overrated when it comes to aquatic mammals. You see them everywhere tropical ever. There's some really neat species for sure but as a whole I don't entirely see people talking about the really cool ones.

Like dolphins though, I also find seals to be the same. People love to look at all the cute ones and focus on them but iunno... There's way cooler. For example, elephant seals are total badasses. People are way too mean to them because they think they look ugly. Can't appreciate a terrifying sea mammal when they see one smh.

Thanks for stopping by! It's fun to see people in my asks, rare occasion but always interesting :]

[im-still-a-robot]

Are all my fellow minecraft lovers aware of the movie in the works?

[pineappical]

(hello this is Harbek, this is my main blog)

I just wanted to go AAAAAAHH at you a little bit, I love the mutual artist appreciation! ❤❤❤

I love your style, your lineart is so effective and lovely, and your drawings are just super fun of personality and adorable/hilarious!!

THANK YOU!!!!! its always so fun when artists inspire other artists (god knows my art has also been inspired by so many here !!) and its just. AHHH!!!!

and ive actually seen your art a couple times too while scrolling the tags and i LOVE THEM!!!! the royjamie try-angles one was def the one i recognize alot though 💛💛

[possumsarecool]

Why do I have nightmares about fnaf characters but instead of them acting like the games I make it much worse

[timidtresleches]

once upon a time apparently some random ass ""family friend" WHOM I DO NOT REMEMBER AND HAVE NEVER SEEN EVER AGAIN nick named me and my sister bin and laden. yknow. fucking osama siblings. yknow why? we were noisy apparently. THATS IT. why you going around calling little a toddler and a straight up infant a fucking terrorist you absolute mad man. im glad ur not a family friend anymore because that would have made me more mentally ill to be called bin laden every time i meet the bastard. how about i call you stalin. bitch

[hayridetoo]

TONIGHTS BIGGEST LOSER‼

MEI LUKA

[dateamonster]

high fantasy should do more with satyrs and fauns... theyre such fun little guys.. theyve got sucj wacky little legs..

[hyperfixatedhells]

hyperspecific sso nostalgia

"you have taken a dangerous fall" or falling off of a cliff so many times that you get taken back to your stable. also the screen turning red when this happened.

magic horses only turning magic if theyre away from civilization.

having to spam W or else your horse will slow down.

waiting for the bus and using the bus ticket.

using the circus ticket.

having to drag and drop items from your inventory.

jojo siwa at the disco.

spirit around jorvik.

collecting the stars and being so excited upon finding one.

certain horses being cold tolerant, [fjord, icelandic, etc] the others slowing down upon entering the valley of the hidden dinosaur.

finding gary goldtooth in the middle of nowhere.

low quality saddle bag pets and that stupid torn saddle bag.

not being able to stack items.

having to build reputation to progress.

the saving nightdust quest.

april fools updates, especially the 2016 supershire.

the summer bonfire event, the birthday event, the st. patricks day event, all of the holiday and seasonal events.

how the areas would be decorated for valentines day, easter, etc.

those things that would temporarily change your starter horses coat into all sorts of wacky things.

the barrel race in moorland.

the old filter.

the trailers being star rider only.

the closets being star rider only.

jumping being star rider only, and justin teaching you how to jump.

no jumping in towns/cities.

the original home stable.

waiting for the fairies and just BARELY missing it.

the baronesses racetrack being under construction for SO LONG.

jorvik not having any snow during christmas.

the 2017 character update and the ORIGINAL original character, plus the original weird looking starter horse.

horse island.

unnamed stable girl, the one that came before maya.

all of the old npcs.

when you enter a new area, the name of it would flash in the middle of your screen.

speed boosts on roads.

star stable news with ylva and matilda.

the loading screen stable cat who gave you tips.

the kallters.

having to build your reputation with the hermit to buy his horses and having to build your reputation with the kallters to buy fjord horses.

the iceberg and the seals.

the clothing and tack being basically unidentifiable until you hovered over them, because the items just had a gray or gold icon with what the item actually classified as. [aka what it looks like on mobile]

the fort pinta shark.

the global store not being around and having to buy things directly from the shops or the mall.

the infamous purple car and bulldozer that would run you over.

having to fill your houses needs multiple times a day plus the little smiley face mood thingy.

only being able to care for your horse near stables.

only having three uses for your water bucket.

unused furniture.

starshine roaming around greendale.

the "glue man" and the little girl in your stable singing during halloween.

wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!

the chat filter being called phil.

stacy place oh god stacy place. also archie fails

all of the star stable commercials and ads, especially that one fucking disney channel commercial.

please add your own nostalgias onto this post i would love to hear them

[rassicas]

Hey!!! question here

i can’t seem to find. any info at ALL on fuzzy ooze besides fan theories. I was curious if there was any process of mammalisation revealed anywhere?? Im assuming not cus we only recently got sanitisation up to scratch. But is there any important info on fuzzy octos at all? CEO of splatoon lore pls help!!

i was really looking forward to the S3 artbook giving us SOMETHING about fuzzy ooze or filling in any of the numerous gaps in ROTM's story. cannot begin to express how disappointed i was when i opened up the artbook to find that THIS was the only page on fuzzy octarians

the blurb on the top can be boiled down to "why are octavio's troops in alterna? wow theyre fuzzy. do they even have any ego left?" like ok that's just. basic observations and things that were mentioned in promo materials. and we cant say this is like out of spoiler avoidance because the previous page has (also very little) concepts for hugefry and grizz. go girl give us nothing! In terms of dev interviews, the april 2023 famitsu interview has 2 questions regarding fuzzy octos:

----Was it the effects of the fuzzy ooze that caused the Octarians in Alterna to grow hair? Inoue: under the effects of the fuzzy ooze, they're on the verge of becoming mammals.  ----In the case of the new Agent 3, when they come into contact with the ooze they suddenly grow hair. Are the Octarians supposed to be in the middle stage? Inoue: That’s right.

Within less than a year of Octo expansion's release, we got a few dev interviews and a whole artbook giving further clarification on sanitization, tartar's motives, the octarians in the metro...even though some elements were unclear until side order and some responses were dodgy, there still was something to work with and some gaps filled.

in the two years since ROTM we got uh. the one dev interview, which, while that did explain a few things with alterna and smallfry, gave us Nothing about fuzzification or mammalization. whatever it's called. aside from those 2 answers above. is the process reversible? how did grizz get all those troops? why is there an octoplush track that uses dedf1sh's naming scheme? oh yeah, and literally nothing about ORCA or any expansion on grizz's character in ROTM. ORCA goes completely unmentioned in the artbook. hello. im getting side tracked.

and before we couldve gotten another chance for answers on ROTM, side order came out, and all focus in terms of splatoon's story got directed towards that.

I will be genuinely surprised if bancalawalker gives us anything on ROTM since that's seems to be the side order/later update artbook my only hope is that, since there's some suspicious things unanswered for about lil judd and grizzco, maybe, hard maybe, the fuzzy octarians could be addressed in any capacity again, like how side order expanded on OE? But idk it seemed like ROTM was a way to just wrap up the squidbeak saga and they could just Not mention it again lol. one last thing. these amped octostamps, an enemy introduced in rotm, have full 3d renders. notice a uh. lack of fur.

or another wacky thing. is how the only artwork we have of an octarian (non octoling) in the tableturf style is a normal non fuzzy octotrooper.

my Game Theory is that. i think rotm had some... late in development decisions in terms of story direction, with the fuzzy octarians being one of those later decisions.