#this one about sealife
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And before we move on, another story time with Teaks in this lovely... moist hotel room.
Hey, there's three damp beds and five of us. How are we splitting this? Honestly, there's a lot of logical combinations but the important thing is that I get the bed down there in the corner. I called it. It's mine.
Anyways, story time. Tell me about the Docarri, Teaks.
The Tower of Whatsit? Oh, is that the big spire with the crystal on top of it? Yeah, I do get a "holy edifice" kind of vibe from it.
Lake Docarri's pretty far from the tower though. Did they get lost in the woods?
Hold up. Their visions weren't telling them to come here for any particular reason related to their society or culture, but rather to just. Like. Hang out so they can Walmart Greeter the Chosen Ones?
Is this fucking Mooncradle again? Is everyone on this planet charged with a sacred duty to shine my shoes and make breakfast for me in the morning?
Because I'm a narcissist and even I think that's a bit much.
Well, I just learned a new word.
Are you going to tell me that story within this one? Because I'm down for a two-for-one. What is the greatest battle of the Docarri people's history?
Oh no, I've played Overlord, those things are monsters. You wouldn't expect it but they are. I get it.
...hold up, we get treasure if we kill a giant sea slug? Shit, what are we sitting around here for? How tough can it be? It's a slug.
<.< >.> Right. No, uh. No looters around who can breathe underwater. The treasure is perfectly safe.
Does it say where the treasure is?
I think those historians make a fair point. Like. In order for it to be the Battle of Fate's Guyot, the guyot has to come into play somewhere, right? Wouldn't make sense to have a totally guyot-less story.
But on the other hand, just because there has to be a guyot somewhere, that doesn't necessarily mean it's used in the way you would expect.
Maybe that's what's behind the Solstice lock at Torment Peak. Someone in town mentioned that a great evil was imprisoned there, which is one of the things Elder Mist said we locked away in those Solstice vaults.
This makes me want to take another crack at Torment Peak. But if I can't open the lock, I can't unleash the great evil upon the world. That's a problem.
Okay so probably not the Solstice vault, then. That makes sense. Torment Peak's above water, so it'd be more of a proper volcano than a guyot.
Still. I'm gonna be having slug-guarded treasure dancing across my dreams tonight. As always, thanks for the story, Teaks. When we're stealing mildly slimy Docarri valuables before the merfolk know what happened, I'll be thinking of you.
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i cant believe i cried bc i ate double dip today.
#flatmate bought some saying its her entire childhood and she needed that today#told her i wasnt really allowed to it as a kid so i dont really remember the taste even i think i liked it?#told me dude eat it one now to heal your inner child#first taste and i burst into tears lmao#anyway the orange bit tastes exactly like a kids cough syrup that doesnt exist anymore#two 25yo sitting in silence on the couch eating double dips while one has tears running down their cheeks#watched a documentary about prehistorical sealife while in the bath after that so its all good
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That’s the dream… hoping to go to an aquarium in the near future all alone or with a singular friend so I can just look at the fish for hours <33
Daily fish fact #616
Sawfish!

Their most noticeable feature is their elongated rostrum, a structure formed from cartilage which has several rostral teeth along the edges. The rostrum is used for many things, like locating prey through electroreception, to slash and stun prey animals in both substrate and the water column, and even for self defence.
#one year on my birthday i went to sealife! not to be confused with seaworld. it was amazing!!#even though i know so much about fish im always reading all the info tablets and then i have to stare at the fish for a minimum of 10 -#minutes. while i do that i like to practice my species recognition by identifying the fish!!#wish to see a sawfish in an aquarium one day
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tomblr discourse in the monster high universe must be something else.
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What would I do without cherry smoothies... probably die again 💔
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Of freaking course the frilly daywalker is a vegan 😒 bet you do witchcraft too you dirty hippie
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WTF is that lol
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i t burns. wh at did you do to me .
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Ok but Dead Fast: Night of the Living (2002) has no business being considered the worst Dead Fast movie when the MCU (Murder Cinematic Universe) not only retconned his origin story to make him a virus zombie rather than a curse zombie (which throws off his entire arc about being something more than his deeds!) AND made him be allied with B.L.I.G.H.T. of all organizations because Like say what you will about NOTL and the forced heterosexual romantic plot but at least 1) it gets what makes Dead Fast a hero and 2) GIVES HIS LOVE INTEREST A PERSONALITY AND SOMETHING TO DO
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Literally
Also they made the villain Dr. Igorable's motivations so laughable like..... so his wife got turned into a zombie and he wants to cure her? Ok? Did she ask for it? She doesn't even have any groaning lines. Im not even a zombie but that was offensive as hell. Like in the original comics he wants to straight up undo all forms of zombism forever
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NO FR LIKE....... so suddenly the eugenics obsessed human is tragic because being a zombie must be such a tragedy you guyyyysssss -_- and wanting to get rid of an entire monster type is ok. I swear that movie has turned monster attitudes towards zombies back into the 80s
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I am not sure if I'm overstepping here but, furthermore, the addition of Pendulum to the movie was unnecesary. Stereotyping shapeshifters as untrustworthy and traitorous is something of a past era. Either leave the character behind, or change it entirely.
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Jackson I love you and I love your takes. but you type like a Victorian in his deathbed ;-;
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The MCU is so dreadful, it's irrevocably turned me into one.
#It has also substracted years off my lives.
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^ aquarium!
#lagoona's originals #ocean #sealife #ah-! so refreshing <- aesth tag
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Not to vague anyone but some of you have to shut the freak up about the ocean. You don't see me making little dioramas of the Malebolge because I'm not a little cringelet like you lmao
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If you don't freaking love the ocean don't follow the ocean tag. Yes that goes for @666firepit666, square up and fight me if you're so brave Heath!!!!
#lagoona's originals #personal #more skulls for my skull collection!!!
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Day 1 no toxic doomed yuri
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WRONG SIDEBLOG
#stop reblogging this
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Got a new arm! Can't wait to try it out!
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try it out how 🤨
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Building a wretched creature out of corpses, of course!
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OH that was a double entendre! You should be ashamed of yourself!
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I would never use my arms for violent purposes!
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Lagoona dragged me into the pool and now my hair is out 😡
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Skull issue.
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skull issue
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Skull issue. Take the L
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Skull issue ^-^
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skull issue lmao
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Skull issue! I dont know what that means but I'm sure it relates to your experience!
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SKULL ISSUEEEEEEEEE !!!!!!!
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Your own cousin 🥲
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I AM NOT RELATED TO ANY BALD PEOPLE
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Alright, who stole my sinister amulet?
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A Nightmare
i hate tumblr it hates me, and nothing posts ever. on that note i was up all night haunted by Mer prowl who has seizures instead of crashes and wrote this whole thing out on my phone and it's 6 in the morning now help. why are word limits a thing even with readmores!!!> prowl is in a horror story while jazz waits eagerly for his buddy cop escapes heist can start. (prowl is in actual hell as an angel meeting a demon who's twisted like a horror funhouse mirror until he's barely recognizable as the same thing as you once.) @keferon like a cat bringing a dead fish.
Prowl sighed, swimming through the bright surface waters. The chances of closing this missing persons case were *abysmal*. Nothing to go on, not even a clue to just when he went missing. Tracking down a missing mer through word of mouth out in the wilds from half (and sometimes full) feral mers. The case was cold long before it had been handed to him. Missing for possibly an entire moon before someone noticed and reported it.
Prowl breached for a moment to get a lung full of fresh air and to scan the rocky coastline. The leopard seal mer he encountered had been more concerned about Prowl leaving their territory than giving anything approaching general directions, let alone *accurate* ones. Swim that a way for a day, zig zag through that reef, and the island with a bay that has a rock jutting out of the water that looks like a shark had a mer *cliff jumping* from impossible highs and landing into the reef a hundred feet away.
Completely insane and utterly deranged if not for the fact that Brainstorm was in fact, a flying fish, and was last reported working on upgrading his water pulpusion jet swim assist to work in the air. Not that he could have been leaping off of these cliffs. The shear drop made them unclimbable, let alone from the bay as the slope would be utterly exhausting to drag oneself up the - oh, that rock *does* look like a shark. Well nobody said Brainstorm was anything but incredibly focused on his projects. It did not change the fact he was not here *now*, and likely and run off after whatever flight of fancy he got caught up in.
It better not be humans again. The wildlife laws protected them from getting captured or experimented on, but some mer alway got it in their head to mess with things better left alone. Humans were dangerous, known for catching and killing massive amounts of sealife, from shrimp to great whales. Rather ironic, as Orcas such as Prowl had a similar reputation. A supposed genius like Brainstorm surely wouldn't have... he absolutely saw a boat or a human splashing on the shoreline and had to go poke it.
Giving a few loud clicks to map out the shoreline. Prowl checked it against the list of human habituated island. This one wasn't, but a boat migratory routed passed within a few miles of here. Prowl couldn't help but grin to himself. It might not be the best lead, but it was one that didn't involve speaking with witnesses that didnt want to talk. Soon Prowl would be able to find what little tide pool Brainstorm had gotten himself stuck in, and get back to civilization.
Lightening flashed across the night sky, Prowl flinched back below the surface, blinking away pain and blind spots. The very air felt heavy, pressing down like the deep sea crushed organs. Every time he went up to breathe it felt more like drowning. Flipping back under the boat he hooked his claws back into its' belly plating. From the tips of his fingers to the ends of his tail, he *ached* . City patrols at least had time to rest. Trailing boats at a distance during the day was tiring, but at night it was child's play. Humans could spot a whale breach halfway to the horizon when it was light out, but would miss him right under their noses the moment the sun went down. The sea and storm rolled, and Prowl let it rock and cradle him against the boat. It was nostalgic. Comforting memories of being pressed against his mother's belly while resting growing muscles from endless swimming. Water going from fighting every moment to easing soreness when you gave in and drifted. His claws were numb. The ocean pulled, the humans howled and chattered to each other over head. The air was heavier than the sea and hurt to breathe, hurt to *think*. Waves crested and caught the light of their lanterns, shattering it in the water like glass. His hands started to shake. The boat screamed a horrible screeching hiss as the humans all barked at it, a terrible symphony with the song of the storm. His aching tail went tense and stiff and his fins started to uncontrollably tremble. Prowl shoved himself away from the boat and let sea hold him in its' imbraise as he fought his own muscles to grab ahold of his pendant. The chain snapped but he managed to click the dispenser twice. Shoving the two oily pills into his mouth he struggled to swallow past his swollen tongue. One popped under his teeth filling his mouth with greasy oily bitterness. He gagged. A fresh mouthful of salt water washed some of it away. Tasting salt, medication, and blood he finally managed to swallow as the waves rolled him against sand.
Everything hurt.
It was dry. The light was too bright. A howling barking collection of seals wouldn't shut up. Each noise sending stabs of pain into his head as they got closer. Something shuffled in the sand near him as a wave of water poured over him. Something was touching him. *Hands* were touching him! With a sudden jerk as he was rolled over, Prowl awoke.
Hands were holding his face as water was poured over scrapes and gashes along his body. Blood trickled over fingers with dulll blunt flat claws as it leaked from his tongue. A human face swam in and out of focus, muttering sounds and pointing tools. It frowned at him. Then starting barking orders before clicking a light and shinning it at directly into his eyes. The pain blooming from his eyes into his skull had him thrashing as humans shouted and pulled on top of him in an effort to pin him down. Vision blurred and spotting left him defenseless as a sudden pricking bite hit him and he knew no more.
Prowl awoke in a white void.
He drifted in the center.
The water tasted of salt, clean, empty and wrong. Clicking sonar showed that it was a small room. Two thirds water, one third air. The walls were flat and empty, as was the floor. Save for vents and light. Surfacing showed the oddly high ceiling to much of the same, save for a small flat shore and a door. Flipping to dive Prowl stopped. Floating facing the floor, Prowl reached out and touched it, then stretched his tail. It breached the surface. One, two strokes of his tail as he swam to touch wall to wall. He turned.
One, two.
Less powerful stokes let him do it in five. Swimming in a circle had him scrapping against the sides unless he went carefully and slowly. Even the air was wrong. It stank of oils and grease and chemical and fish and ranked of animals. Purgatory may have been aptly named.
A click and a clang. Prowl surfaced. The door on the shore opened. Two humans entered, grinning and chittering to each other. One stayed back while the other approached with a bucket of fish. Prowl stared, silently and flicked his tail in line order to face it directly. It placed down its' bucket and bent down on its' strange legs and smiled at him. He bared his teeth back. He was already cornered and caught, he refused to back down. Prowl was a killer whale, he would not shy from this thing. It grinned and begin wave a fish taunt him with it. He lined himself up slowly, holding eye contact as he floated perfectly still and perfectly pointed straight forward unblinking.
The human rose, and began reach for the bucket. One, two. Prowl burst from the water and sank his teeth into flesh. The taste blood and fat filled his mouth as screams filled his ears. He held it down. Digging his claws into loose false skin until they pierced the true one. Nothing Prowl caught ever escaped from him. Something popped and pain popped against his side. Throwing himself off and back into the water he yanked the little anemone biter off of himself. It was a needle. The lights rippled and the voices swam. Prowl... drifted.
Prowl awoke in a blank white room.
He floated in the center. The water tasted of salt, clean, blood and *wrong*. The room was small, barely more water than air. The air smelled of chemicals, burning the inside of his mouth as he scented it. The flat shore recked of it. It was empty expect for a few stray drops of blood and an over turned bucket of fish. Beaching himself, Prowl drug himself painstakingly slowly, one hand at a time, over to the door. The handle refused to turn. Slaming himself against the metal only left him with bruises. After chipping his claws to till the quicks bled he finally stopped screaming. Instead he turned back to the fish, dragging himself back and begain to pick through it and began picking the bones clean. Nearly all were un prepped and raw, save one. A small mackerel had a small slit cut in it. He swallowed it whole and gagged as the trace bitterness of meds bit his tongue and desperately tried to keep everything he ate down. He failed. Leaving the mess and the pile of bones Prowl return to the pool.
Prowl awoke in a small white room.
He floated lopsided in the center. The water tasted of salt, clean and wrong. His fins were scraped raw. Paint had been chipped from the walls. (One, two, wall) Faint brown stains left where ever the water did not reach. Prowl did not remember making the fourth one. (One, two, wall) The lights were too bright. They never fully went out. (One, two, wall) Some machinery thrumbed and throbbed in his head. He ached. The door buzzed and clicked. A human brought a bucket of fish inside and left it on the flat beach. His fins shook. The door closed and clicked. Prowl pressed his face into a corner and tried to block out more light with his hands but then the sounds roared louder. He seized.
Prowl awoke in a dim dark room.
He floated in the center peacefully. The water tasted of salt, clean, and wrong. The spot where they injected him was sore and inched. His hands were sore from scraping them against the rock. His belly hurt from dragging it on the ground. The lights brightened. The door buzzed and clicked. A human came in and slowly tossed fish in frount of him one by one as he ate them. He left the bones on the bottom of the pool. The fish tasted wrong. The door closed and clicked. The lights stayed on until he fell asleep.
Prowl awoke in small white room.
It tasted of salt and the waste and remnants of fish and wrong. He flicked a bone at the door. It hit dead center. The door buzzed and clicked. A human came in with a bucket of fish. It tossed him a fish. He ate it. It tossed him another one. The next went high and he caught it. It threw the fourth into one of the corners. Prowl didn't even turn to look as he stared the human down. The human sighed and tossed another just over his head. He had to reach up to catch it. The human grinned. It tossed the next one even higher. Prowl had to halfway breach in order to get it. The human howled and chattered at him. It started swinging a fish back and forth before launching it straight up. Prowl stared the human down without moving a muscle while the fish landed with a plop a few feet behind. He did not move. The human did not throw anymore fish. Prowl shoved the bones into the filtration intakes.
Prowl awoke in a clean white room.
He floated calmly in the center.
The water tasted fresh, of salt, clean and wrong. There was a hammock hanging in the water. It felt familiar. Prowl wasn't sure if he had ever seen it before. He swam into it. It wasn't soft, but it was sturdy. A familiar dark kelp green that perfectly cradled his body with holes for him to fit his flippers in. The hammock was too low in the water for him to comfortly lay with his head above water. With a long suffering sign he wiggled and twisted around till he was sitting up enough to lay his head on the metal pole. The frabic was rough and hurt where his skin was soft and sore, but it was the softest thing in this room and he missed his at home. Where he wasn't trapped and could cook his food and turn the lights off all the time and sleep in a soft woven hammock properly for hours at a time rather than constant small naps. The door buzzed and clicked. A human came in holding a bucket of fish and a long stick with a ball on the end. It stopped and stared at him. He stared back. It wailed at him and began chittering in annoyance. It waved a fish. Then tapped the other side of the shore with the pole. With a sigh Prowl pulled himself from the hammock and gave a gentle swish of his tail to reach over and grab the fish. The human tapped the hammock and dropped a fish on it. After Prowl wiggled back onto it the human tapped its stick on the other side of the room and waited. Prowl went over and tapped the spot. It was almost like a form of communication. Maybe if he could manage to get something across besides bared teeth and lunging, were clicks and whistles weren't. Prowl tried tapping. The human just handed him his fish and tapped a spot way up on the shore. This was the stupidest thing Prowl had ever done. But unless he went where they tapped, it would refuse to give him the fish. Nothing was working. Attempts at tapping and placing his fish down, throwing the fish and draging him self over to it and tapping, tapping and leaving to see if the human would go there. Nothing! Tired and with his belly scrapped raw Prowl rolled off the shore and unto the hammock and wiggled until he had his head pressed up against the side. The human babbled at him and tossed him a few extra fish. Prowl threw his own arm over his face and for the first time, managed a deep sleep.
Prowl awoke in that hammock with the worse crick in his neck and waist from where he was bent over himself. He slept on the shore the next day.
They took the hammock.
Prowl awoke in a small white room. He floated just above the bottom. The water tasted of salt. He wondered if it was worth surfacing. The door buzzed and clicked. A group of humans came in. They brought the hammock back and set it up. One tapped it with the pole. Prowl swam in. It handing him a fish and tapped the pole again and handed him a second one. The hammock lifted from the water and Prowl struggled not to squirm as he was held in the air. Hands brushed along him through the frabic and down his tail. One pair grabbed his fin and pricked it with a needle. Just as suddenly they backed up, barked at each up and lowered him back. They gave him the rest of the bucket and left him there. Alone, in a hammock. This time it was high enough to layout and rest his head. Prowl slept.
Prowl awoke in a Hammock in a bright white room. It was the only thing in there besides himself. The lights pulsed. He drug himself to shore and shook stiffly through his seizure. He stared fixed at the one brown splatter of dots on the wall that looked like a fish hook. The door buzzed and slammed opened and humans rushed in and started pawwing at him. They shoved him down and rolled him into the hammock and lifted him through the doors. Frozen and shaking he watched. Down halls and past many doors until they reached a room that smelled so strongly of chemicals he could taste it through his blood. The humans frantically yelled and barked until finally after one of the needles they jabbed him with made him black out.
Prowl awoke In a small white room
The fish tasted different, but in a familiar way. The bitterness matched that of when he would bite through his perscription. The water still tasted wrong.
Prowl drifted and awoke.
The humans would try to make him follow the pole where they tapped it, and jump for his fish. He often would not. It was easier not to but there wasn't enything else. There was nothing to do but drift after listening to his own screams ringing in the silence.
So Prowl drifted.
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Pirate!Silco x Mermaid! Reader
A/N: You asked and I delivered! Fair warning: I do not guarantee that I will be updating this fic as frequently as my current ongoing one: Chemical Reaction, but I do already have plot lined up and 5 chapters with 4k+ words within each one. Unlike CR, this will only be posted on Tumblr.
Tags and warnings: NSFW, smut, MDNI, fluff, nudity, betrayal, violence, interspecies relationship
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A quick thank you: Thank you to anyone who commented and voted on my original post! Here are the lovely people who were enthusiastic enough about the project to comment on the original post: @sarynnah @pinklunarprincess @teriyakiitae @bloodyshadow737
I hope this lives up to your expectations!
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Gunpowder and Green Shells
Chapter 1
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Curtains of light cerulean danced underneath the dark waves. Moonlight pierced through the waves in small increments while a prominent trail of red followed the body descending the depths. Bubbles outlined the body as the ocean began to accept it, the surface becoming a faint memory.
The part of the ocean you had called home was littered with shipwrecks and discarded items that those above kept losing. Your residence was in between two warring islands, a very poor choice for a place to live. But the ocean floor you had chosen as your territory had not been a battle zone between the two islands when you claimed your place among the wreckage. Why leave an area so abundant with shiny objects and food? In the past you attempted to leave for the open ocean, but was almost eaten by a larger creature.
So you were content with your choice.
Somewhat.
It was quite lonely for you, but you always blamed where you lived. Still, no other creature resembles your half fish-half woman body. It presented many complications, namely the inability to communicate with the sealife.
But a very odd smell wafted through your gills while they filtered the water in and out of your system. Blood. Curiosity and animalistic desire snapped you out of your monotonous routine.
Your powerful tail propelled your body with a sideways motion, following the smell of human blood out of the dark depths of your home. Your body halted at the silhouette of a man drifting in the salty water above you. He seemed lifeless as blood streamed from his eye in a disturbing dance.
Another victim of war perhaps?
You swam above him, turning to get a better look of his features. The unharmed eye of his was closed, undoubtedly weighted by the water surrounding him. Body hovering over his own, enthralled in seeing a human man for the first time, you surrendered to the stillness of the ocean. Your eyes danced around his body, since this was your first time seeing a human up close, you were naturally curious. Not feeling your body move, you felt your webbed hand becoming drawn to his face. What does human skin feel like? You pondered.
Your thoughts were interrupted when a sharp kick to the jaw made your body thrash from his body. The man, who turned out to be very much alive, was fighting against the cold water. Testing the damage, you moved your bruised jaw around as he tried to swim away from you. The man hardly covered any distance and you watched as his movements started to dull.
Oh.
Oh!
Remembering that humans live above water, they must need air! Your tail thrashed against the water, propelling you past him. The man’s body fought against your grip as you swam as fast as you could to the surface. Despite his flailing, you sensed his life diminishing as he’d been without air for a dangerous amount of time.
After a final thrash of your tail, you had breached the surface. Rain splattered against your skin and your gills closed at the contact of air. Your grip under the man’s arms tightened and you hoisted his body so his face had emerged from the water. His unharmed eye was intense, staring into your own. You had no idea if his lungs was registering air, but his gaze weakening confirmed that something was wrong.
Quickly, you recalled a few sea stacks near the coast of Zaun which a sea cave resided in. The time that it took for you to race there must have been record-breaking, but that wasn’t what you were concerned about. What concerned you was the man’s skin now starting to pale.
His body was difficult to push onto the shore of the cave, his clothes catching the sand of the cave. But with one final push, his body was completely out of the water. Now it was time for you to figure out how to tend to him without drying out. The position your body found itself in was also awkward, your tail looped and winded into the water while your stomach was laid flat against the sand. You’d never been on land before, and the consequences were unknown. But finally you had something to break you out of your normal routine, and you’d be damned if you had to return to eating crabs in the depths.
Time was being lost, so you crawled with your front arms to reach his body. Suddenly, once your tail lost contact with the foamy water, you felt the air dry your tail. It was a strange feeling, as you watched the grey scales of your tail recede into what now look like human legs. Shaking your head, you reminded yourself not to get distracted.
You never walked on human legs before so you crawled to meet his face, which still proved to feel very unnatural. Your ear met his chest, just above where his heart should be.
Quiet.
He was dead.
Your fascination with humankind cost this man’s life. If only you weren’t so easily distracted. “Why am I like this?” You whispered to yourself as you watched his skin dull in pigment, the life finally leaving his body. A stinging sensation made your eyes burn, wiping them you found that they were wet. You had heard of tears before but assumed that only humans could produce such a strange liquid. The strange feeling continued until tears streamed down your cheeks, light twinkling in them. You watched as some fell onto the man’s face, but were perplexed when they suddenly absorbed into his pale skin.
When a few more tears fell onto his cheek, your hand reached out to smear the wet against his skin. It was the sudden movement of his chest that startled you. His eye was still closed when water forced its way out of his mouth as he began to violently cough. Spooked, you quickly found shelter in the water, your tail returning and making contact with the water.
Your head barely broke the water as you watched the man from the shore. He was still retching the salt water onto the beach, his body’s desperate attempt to empty out his lungs. Interest captivated you as your eyes followed his hand, slicking back his soaked black hair. It was mid length and had bits of seaweed tangled within it. The man’s hand hovering over his injured eye made you notice that the fresh wound had completely disappeared. Granted, there were still large slashes passing through his eye, but they looked healed.
Your mind had drifted off again, this time to the peculiarity of his injury miraculously healing, to notice that the man had spotted you.
The glint of a dagger shined in your eyes. You were still a bit off shore, just enough to allow your top half to be pressed against the sand, your back beneath the water, only leaving your face visible.
The man’s intense gaze returned as he clutched the dagger, pointing it intently at you. The slit pupils of your eyes studied his face. He was a beautiful example of his species. He had a pointed chin, and sharp cheekbones framing his thin face. It wasn’t the way his lips curled into a scowl, or the way his wet locks stuck to his face, that intrigued you the most.
No.
It was his eyes. They were stunning. You were sure you’d seen the color of his unharmed eye before in the ocean but couldn’t quite place it.
The words blurted through your sharp triangle-shaped teeth. “Seashell.”
Dagger lowering slightly, the man was caught off guard. “I beg your pardon?” An eyebrow raised as your head emerged slightly from the water.
Excitement washed over you. “I just now remembered where I’ve seen your eye color before!” You say proudly. The man didn’t look at all impressed, more like he was bored. Your eyes locked as you slowly descended back into the water. “Stay. Right. There.”
With a flick of your tail, you turned around and rushed out of the shore. You were quick to scour the reefs that lined the shore. They weren’t as active and diverse as the ones near Piltover, but you knew they had what you were looking for. A shell, that was blue-green in color, caught your eye. “Gotcha!” Your words were muffled as you were well under water.
To your surprise, the man was still there. This time, though, he had torn a piece of fabric from his shirt to cover his eye in a make-shift eye patch.
The seafoam green shell clicked against the back of the man’s head, startling him. “Sorry!” You apologized from the safety in the water. Apparently throwing was not a skill of yours.
His eye scrutinized the seashell that he caught in his palms. You watched him from the safety of the cave’s mouth as his lips parted. Before he could say anything, a large gurgle coming from his stomach interrupted him. Your lips curled in a smile, knowing exactly how to help. Though the man didn’t seem to appreciate the toothy smile, he stayed put when all he could see was your tail smacking against the surface.
Since the organisms on the menu for you were usually crustaceans and seaweed, you did know how to kill a fish or two. So when you found a fish, catching it within your jaws was like second nature.
Your body curled sideways, following the movement from your large tail as you made your way back to the sea cave.
“Food.” Your words were barely comprehensible as your voice was muffled by the fish in your mouth.
This time, the man was occupied with building a pile of driftwood. It was clear that he didn’t know how to label you. For all he knew, you could've just been a strange woman who saved him just to rob him. His eye was heavy with exhaustion as it watched tentatively while he made his way to where you were.
Your bottom half was still submerged under water, while your chest was barely covered by the foamy surface. This fish laid limp in your jaws as you watched him slowly approach.
His thin lips parted as he made to reach for the fish. “Who are-” You raised your body off the sand, to make it easier to reach but in doing so your top half was now completely exposed.”Naked!” The man hopped backwards, startled. Not knowing where to look, his eye darted all over the cave, so he could look anywhere but your body.
Your lips formed a frown. “Naked?” You looked down to your chest. Yes, you did indeed possess human breasts but human males can be seen without wearing any kind of clothing on their chests on ships, why was this any different? Shaking your head, you laughed. “You’re mistaken. For one to be naked they have to have the need to wear clothes.” Water trickled from your tail as you lifted it out of the water. “I don’t wear such.”
Stumbling backwards, the man fell onto his arse as he snarled. “Stay away from me!” His movements were sharp and quick as he tried to put as much distance between him and you as possible.
The fish dropped from your jaws as he started to kick sand at your body as a threat. Startling from the intimidation, you swerved backwards into the water. You knew humans were…delicate with their emotions as well as how they perceived unusual events.
Though this did rub you the wrong way, making you feel a little hurt due to the sand now stinging your skin. But you knew one thing about humans…
They loved to eat.
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Silco’s POV:
Body aching, Silco finally amassed enough wood for a proper fire to ensure he doesn't freeze to death tonight. His good eye kept glancing over at the mouth of the sea cave where the creature was once laying.
His teeth gritted. ‘What the hell was happening?’ Today had happened too fast. His lungs still clogged with ash from one of Piltover’s warships. Skin burned in patches around his body where the cannon balls struck the ship, causing the wood to splinter into any skin that wasn’t covered by fabric.
Vander.
Silco felt his throat tighten at the memory. Arms grabbed my throat, holding my body in the air.
His jagged teeth gritted as he recounted how his friend, comrade and…brother, discarded him in the sea like old ale.
Skin splitting under his dagger, stabbing through his eye before flinging his wounded body into the sea.
A yawn escaped Silco’s dry mouth as he tried to fight the feeling of sleepiness taking over. He knew he had to stay strong, to not fall asleep. There are monsters in these waters, after all. But the fire he had just lit and was now huddled near was all too enticing…
Sun penetrated through his eyelid while an odd smell crept its way to his nose. Silco woke up to see the sunrise making the large stack of fish next to him glow.
And he could of sworn that he saw that creature again, diving back into the sea.
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Chapter 2
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Book recs: monster/creature friendships
Do you like movies like Alien vs Predator, Venom, and Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes? Do you enjoy dragon riders and talking animal companions? Friendly yet deeply inhuman aliens? Monster children and monster parents? Consider yourself less of a monster fucker and more of a monster best friend? Watch horror movies and fantasize about befriending the horrifying ghosts and ghoulies? Then this is the list for you!
A note: some of these books do have romance subplots, but not as the most important relationship or focus.
A (second) note: the criteria for "monster" are subjective. I looked mainly for titles featuring creatures who neither look nor act/think human. In cases where they are more human looking, I wanted a distinctly inhuman mind and morality, meaning most books featuring vampires, werewolves, fey, etc are excluded. I may have included books you feel aren't monstrous enough, or excluded ones you feel are sufficiently monstrous but I don't agree about. Again, it’s subjective.
Feel free to leave your own recs in the notes, but please know that if you rec books featuring mostly human vampires and werewolves I will be judging. I have separate lists for those, go look there instead.

For more details on the books, continue under the readmore. Titles marked with * are my personal favorites. If you want more book recs, check out my masterpost of rec lists!



Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir*
Ryland Grace just woke up from a coma, unable to remember anything. He finds himself alone on a space ship, and as his memories slowly trickle back, he realizes he’s been sent on a mission: to find a solution to the impending doom of the earth. Still struggling with holes in his memories, Ryland tries to fulfill his mission, but as he gets closer to his goal, he discovers someone else got there first. And they aren’t anything close to human. Funny, heartfelt, and heavy on the science.
Fragment by Warren Fahy*
The reality TV show Sealife is having a rough time - as it turns out, a ship full of scientists doesn’t make for the kind of drama they hoped for. Hoping for some excitement, they reach Hender’s Island, a fragment of a lost continent that may contain an interesting new ecosystem. But as they step foot on the island, they quickly come to realize the ecosystem isn’t just new, it’s highly dangerous and very hungry. Among all this life is one single species that may be more dangerous than any other, but which may also be the salvation of the scientists on the island. A bit wonky, but genuinely one of the most fun books I have read, I love it so much.
The Road to Roswell by Connie Willis*
Francie has just traveled to Roswell to attend her college friend’s wedding to a UFO conspiracist. Not a believer herself, Francie is shocked when she finds herself abducted by an alien. Her abductor is not much what popular media would have you believe, looking more like a tumbleweed than a grey alien, and is clearly on some kind of mission it isn’t willing to put on hold for the sake of Francie attending to her duties as a bridesmaid. As more people get roped along - among those a conman, an old lady, a ufo conspiracist, and a retiree with an RV - Francie finds herself getting closer to the alien and wanting to help it succeed.



The Last Human by Zack Jordan
Young adult. Sarya is a human - the only one of her kind. Living with her adoptive mother - a vicious, insectile alien - on a space station surrounded by hundreds of other alien species, Sarya spends every day staying below the radar and hiding her true identity. But when an odd new alien arrives on the station, she may finally get an answer to her biggest question: why humanity was deemed too dangerous to be allowed to exist.
Alien vs. Predator: Prey by Steve Perry & S.D. Perry*
On desert planet Ruyshi, businesswoman Machiko Noguchi is about to take over the leading position in a small human colony. Her job is made infinitely harder when the colony comes under attack on two fronts as two species of vicious aliens choose it as their battle ground. If you're reading this list, you probably already know of the movie by the same name. The book, while completely different in setting and cast, does feature many similar plot points, among those a third act team-up between a human woman and a murderous alien.
Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky*
Millenia and generation spanning scifi. After the collapse of an empire, a planet once part of a project to uplift other species to sentience is left to develop on its own, resulting not in the intelligent monkeys once intended but in sentient giant spiders. Millenia later, what remains of humanity arrives looking for a new home, only to be met by the artificial remains of the ancient woman who once led the uplift project - and she is not willing to let them on her planet.



The Moon and the Sun by Vonda N. McIntyre
You can’t go wrong with a Vonda McIntyre novel just, like, in general. This one is set in 17th century France, where a young woman and her brother travel to live at the royal court, where they are to care for and study a strange captured sea monster fabled to have the ability to grant eternal life. A lot of focus on court politics as well as the cultural and biological differences between the humans and the mermaid. Also available as a movie (but it’s not very good, please just read the book).
Winter Tide by Ruthanna Emrys*
Lovecraftian fishpeople! Aphra and her brother are the only survivors after the government raided their home, Innsmouth. Their only living family are the amphibian people of the deep, whom they will one day join, but until then they are bound to land where they struggle to build new lives for themselves after the great loss of their home and loved ones. Then rumors start to spread of a russian agent seeking dangerous and ancient magic, forcing Aphra to involve herself as they try to stop it. Does contain horror elements but is generally a much more optimistic look on cosmic horror than most lovecraftian stories, told from the perspective of one of his monsters. Lots of focus on found family and rebuilding of community.
The Doors of Eden by Adrian Tchaikovsky*
The Doors of Eden is something of an experiment in speculative biology, featuring versions of Earth in which various different species were the one to rise to sentience, from dinosaurs to neanderthals. Now, something is threatening the existence of all timelines, dragging multiple different people and species into the struggle, among those a pair of cryptid hunting girlfriends and a transgender scientist. Together, can they find a way to save the multiverse?



The Spider and Her Demons by sydney khoo*
Young adult. All teenager Zhi wants is a normal life (and possibly for her harsh aunt to be a bit nicer), but it’s hard when she’s half spider demon. Every day she must conceal her true nature and hide in human guise. When she slips up and eats a man in front of her rich, aloof classmate Dior, Zhi thinks her life is over. But Dior has secrets of her own, and she is dead set on making herself a part of Zhi's life.
Vespertine by Margaret Rogerson
Young adult fantasy. Artemisia prefers the dead to the living, and is training to become a Gray Sister, a nun who helps the souls of the deceased pass on to the afterlife rather than remain as dangerous spirits. To defend her convent, Artemisia accepts the help of a dangerous revenant, a powerful spirit which grants her great power but also could possess her the moment her guard is lowered. As evil threatens her homeland, Artemisia and the revenant must find a way to work together.
Slewfoot: a Tale of Bewitchery by Brom
Historical horror. Young Englishwoman Abitha has only recently arrived and married into a Puritan colony when she unexpectedly becomes a widow. As she strives to save her small farm from going under in the wake of tragedy, something dark and dangerous stalks the surrounding woods. He doesn't know whether he's spirit, devil, or god, doesn't even know his own name, and in requesting Abitha's help, both their lives are changed forever.



Lycanthropy and Other Chronic Illnesses by Kristen O'Neal*
Young adult. Priya had plans to go to Stanford, but is derailed when the fallout from lyme disease puts her back, making her question if she'll ever get back to normal. Luckily she has her discord support group with whom she can chat and vent about her illness. Even more - she has Brigid, online fandom friend and fellow chronic illness sufferer. But when Brigid disappears from the web without warning, Priya must drive to Pennsylvania to make sure her friend is okay - and finds that Brigid's condition is a bit hairier than she expected.
Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson
Young adult. Elisabeth is a librarian, trained to handle grimoires - books of magic which, if mishandled, can turn into horrifying monsters. When an act of sabotage leads to the release of one of the library's most dangerous grimoires, Elisabeth finds herself implicated in the crime. Forced to team up with an enemy sorcerer and his loyal and unpredictable demon servant, Elisabeth sets out to find out the truth of what happened.
The Girl With All the Gifts by M.R. Carey
In a post apocalyptic, zombie-infested wasteland, a group of characters try to stay alive and hope to find a cure. One of the characters is Melanie, a young girl who carries the contagion inside of her and hungers for flesh, but like many children of the apocalypse has kept her humanity. Is she and children like her the answer to the cure we are looking for? Or are they the start of something entirely new? This book has also been adapted as a movie!



Malevolent by Harlan Guthrie*
Lovecraftian horror mystery. Private detective Arthur Lester wakes up in his office, his partner dead, memories fuzzy, vision gone, and the voice of a malevolent entity in his mind. Unable to see, Arthur is forced to rely on guidance from the entity as he attempts to solve the mystery of what it is and where it came from. Is this a book? No. But as someone who reads mostly audiobooks, the difference between a book and a fiction podcast is negligible, and also I love this story and its characters and want all of you to do so too.
Parasyte by Hitoshi Iwaka*
Horror manga, heavy on the bodyhorror. Shinichi Izumi wakes one day after a strange dream: that an alien parasite crawled into his arm. Soon he realizes it was more real than dream, and that an inhuman creature, having failed to eat and take over his brain, now controls his arm. Forced to cooperate, the two do their best to survive as more parasites quietly infiltrate society, meaning to devour our entire species. Also available as a very faithful anime!
Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy*
Young adult. Twelve-year-old Stephanie Edgley's uncle, famed horror writer, just died mysteriously and left her his entire fortune. As it turns out, the stories he wrote weren't entirely made up, and that which killed him wasn't entirely human. In trying to avenge his death, Stephanie joins forces with Skulduggery Pleasant, sorcerer, detective, and living, walking skeleton.



The Cloud Roads by Martha Wells
Moon doesn't know what he is. Having lost his family young he lives on the move, shifting his shape to hide his true form. The only ones similar to himself he's ever encountered are the vicious, bloodthirsty Fell, but he knows he cannot be one of them. When chance leads to a meeting with someone like him, he hopes his days of loneliness are over. But his new people stand against a dangerous enemy, and not all of them welcome Moon's help. A departure from other titles on this list in that it features only creatures, with not a single human on page.
The Girl From the Well by Rin Chupeco
Young adult horror. Okiku died three hundred years ago, her body thrown down a well. Now she spends her days hunting for and punishing murderers like the one who once killed her. When a strange boy bearing odd tattoos appears in her area, he catches Okiku's attention - as does something that follows after him. To save the boy, Okiku will be drawn into a journey taking both of them from American suburbia to a faraway shrine in Japan.
Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova
When Magos loses her son Santiago to a longtime illness, she loses herself to grief and cuts out a piece of his lung. After hearing old folktales, she begins feeding it - and is shocked to find it growing and alive. Soon finding herself in charge of a hungry and bloodthirsty creature, Magos and her family must come together to care for what they can only see as a second chance for Santiago.



Semiosis by Sue Burke
A generational story following a group of humans trying to survive on a new planet, where a strange and unkowable intelligence is finding ways to use them to its whims. As the humans come across an abandoned city wrapped in the roots of a strange plant, they slowly come to the realization that mutual communication is the only path to peace and survival. Meanwhile, the alien finds itself tied all the more tightly to the growing human community.
The Stardust Grail by Yume Kitasei
Maya Hoshimoto used to be an art thief, and a damned good one to, until a disastrous heist made her retire into academia, hoping for peace and coping with an alien disease which causes her to see glimpses of the future. When an old friend tracks her down and asks her help to find and steal a legendary artifact that could save his entire species, Maya is convinced to do one last job.
Magical Girl Dandelion by Mizuho Kaeru
Manga. Tanpopo Ohanami's parents were killed by a phantom monster when she was young, but her life was saved by Shade, another phantom. Ever since then, Shade has been her friend, watching over her and keeping her safe. But then Tanpopo is revealed to be a potential magical girl, meant to fight the phantoms and protect humanity. Her and Shade are meant to be enemies, but can they instead work and fight alongside each other?



His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik
It’s the height of the Napoleonic Wars, and soldiers on dragon back fight each other in the air. Will Laurence isn't a dragonrider but a sea captain, but when his ship captures a French frigate and discovers a dragon egg about to hatch in his cargo, his life changes forever when he and the dragon hatchling bond.
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Middle grade. In Lyra's world, every person has a daemon: a talking animal companion who follows them throughout life. When children begin being stolen off the street, among them Lyra's friend, she must embark on a great journey to save him, taking her to the furthest north - and beyond.
A Redtail's Dream by Minna Sundberg*
Graphic novel inspired by Finnish mythology. When an irresponsible fox spirit accidentally traps an entire town in the dreamlands, it’s up to slacker Hannu and his talking, shapeshifting dog Ville to save everyone. Together the unwilling heroes must travel the dreamlands and locate the townsfolk, returning them to the waking world before the fox spirit sends them all on to death to hide his mistake. While the physical copy is all but impossible to get a hold of, the original webcomic can still be read for free here.
#nella talks books#project hail mary#fragment#the road to roswell#the last human#alien vs predator#children of time#the moon and the sun#winter tide#the doors of eden#the spider and her demons#vespertine#slewfoot#lycanthropy and other chronic illnesses#sorcery of thorns#the girl with all the gifts#malevolent podcast#parasyte#skulduggery pleasant#the books of the raksura#the girl from the well#montrilio#semiosis#the stardust grail#magical girl dandelion#his majesty's dragon#the golden compass#a redtails dream
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Imagine having Siren-like abilities and using them to tease Arthur Curry when he's trying to concentrate.
Arthur was growing annoyed with you, that much was obvious, but to you, it was like watching a child about to have a tantrum because he realized he’s losing a game.
He was on the land, trying to track some fishermen who had been fishing over Atlantis, and disrupting the sealife around it, which was a big no no. He hadn’t exactly invited you along - you had done that yourself - and was enjoying trying to tempt him back into the water. Your song was irresistable to most, but Arthur was mostly able to hold strong against it, due to his more advanced powers.
“O, he’s dead as a nail in the lamp room door, and we say so, and we know so, and he won’t come worrying us no more, O poor old man,” You sang, your siren’s voice making the old sea shanty sound hauntingly beautiful. You’d been trying to tell Arthur all this time, but he just hadn’t been listening to you. Until now, apparently.
“What did you say?” He asked.
“We’ll rop him down with a long long ro’, and we say so, and we know so, where the sharks have his body and the devil take his soul! O, poor old man.”
“They’ve been dealt with this entire time and you didn’t think to tell me?” He grumbled, taking off his sweater so that he could come back into the water, giving you a damn fine view.
“I did try to tell you,” You said, your voice as sweet as honeysuckle. “But you never listen to me.”
“For good reason, you might actually snare me one of these days,” He said with a chuckle, as he dove into the water, coming rather close to you.
“My heart is pierced by cupid, I disdain all glittering gold,” You sang, swimming in close to him, your hands touching his hairy cheeks. “There is nothing can console me - but my Jolly Arthur Bold.”
Requested by: Anonymous
#Arthur Curry#Arthur Curry x reader#Arthur Curry imagines#Aquaman#Aquaman imagines#Aquamn x reader#DC#DC imagines#request#imagines#arthurc
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Can you do Steb with a younger Reader who is absoulutely obssessed with the ocean and sealife stuff? Platonic/familial if you can please :) Love your works!!!
Yesss my beloved fish man🥰
Steb with platonic reader who's obsessed with the ocean
Steb was your babysitter most of the time, not that he minded
You absolutely adored Steb, and he adored you
Every single time he was nearby, he'd let you touch his scales, especially the ones by his eyes since you liked the way they moved
Steb basically saw you as a younger sibling/kid so he was extra protective of you
You and him always went to the aquarium on little field trips and you'd ride on his shoulders while he carried you around
Even though he knew most of the fish species, he enjoyed listening to you talk about the facts of your favorite ones
He'd get you all sorts of plushies and trinkets of your favorite ocean creatures, and if he couldn't find anything for the ones you liked, he'd make them himself or commission them from someone
Since he doesn't talk a lot, most of your adventures together are filled with you rambling or with comfortable silences as you watch the fish swim by at the aquarium
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can we draw davif
yes but hes evil and sucks so bad. here some reference and character bio under the cut in case u want it
so here he is! davif. he is an agent clone, as you can probably already guess. due to coming out of the machine wrong, davif is comically incapable of doing much of anything right. he's short tempered, rude, insensitive, and gets mad if things don't go his way. pretty much no one takes him seriously and everyone in the agency kinda views him as a joke. NONE of them call him by his actual name davif either they only call him david and it frustrates him to no end his behavioral issues are so bad that he needs a handler but shhh dont worry about him it dont matter davif loves everything related to sealife and knows a lot about it! but dont think hes pro fish life no he would eat all of them if given the chance. he's scarily good at fishing in the sea by just standing and grabbing them out of the water
davif also has a tendency to ramble on and on, he talks like his thoughts are actively running away from him. "y'know, uh, fucking- i was outside the other day by the vending machine, right?- and that thing is so old they honestly need to get rid of it, but i wanted to get some snacks. cause i've been hungry all day and i, like, i wanted those little fucking, uh- crackers that they got, cause i love crackers but the thing is that they changed the price and-" and he just goes on and on like that.
he's got pretty weird ideas of friendship and love. the more you listen the more you realize that he just doesn't have any actual idea how friendship is meant to work, and he's the kinda guy that would bring you dead fish like he's bringing you an offering. he also doesn't really know stuff and doesn't get stuff.
also, he's blue. lol. i had this funny hc that if you suckkkk in the aahw enough they're like THAT'S IT you're getting downgraded you DONT get cool red shades anymore you're BLUE. and he bleeds blue now too.
basically this is the kinda guy to have a piano comically fall ontop of him
#asks.fla#i dont like talking abt my ocs cause idk. i have weird brain complexes so idk im reluctant to really do much with him publicly#just eueuuhhh yknow#ALSO HES AN AUDITOR FANBOY HE WANTS THE AUDITOR IN A WAY. NOT SAYING WHICH ONE
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Just thought of this idea just now.
Can you do a smut with a yandere greek god of war x water nymph reader, with the nymph being chased by the god until he caught up with her and takes her to his bedroom, and the whole love making thing is more consensual?
Sure!
A/N: Also, sorry I'm answering this late again. Hurricane Helene came over my state so I was literally(and still am) preparing for the worst.
You were a water nymph. A lonely one at that. Also, a confused one, because you grew up alone with only water and the sealife to keep you company. You didn't even know what type of water nymph you were, all you knew was that both of your parents didn't want you. And so, here you are, living your life on the shore of some tourist beach.
"Do you always sit there?" A man with brown skin, red hair, and purplish-blue eyes asks, sitting next to you.
"Yeah, pretty much. I don't exactly have anywhere else to go," You respond, enjoying the feeling of the waves touching your feet. "What about you? Do you have anywhere to go?"
"Of course, I do. I go to lots of places," The man answers, blushing a little. "Say, what's your name, cutie?"
"Aqua...Aquata. Or at least that's the name others have given me But I prefer Y/N." You answer, getting up.
"Y/N, where are you going?" The man asks, seeing you walk into the ocean. "Y/N? Y/N!"
And with that, you're in the sea filled with inspiration. If he could travel everywhere, then you can too. Your first stop was the island that the sailors call Sirenum Scopuli. It was flowery and pretty, and the women were welcoming. For some reason, they said you smelled familiar to them.
Your next stop was the island of Thrinacia, where you found a crying cyclops.
"Excuse me, if I may ask, why are you crying?" You ask, standing in front of the cyclops.
"He took stabbed me in the eye! I'm blinded! I'm blinded! I can never see my beloved sheep again!" The cyclops cried, making you feel pity for the poor creature.
"Oh, I can fix it if you want. I've healed many eye injuries before," You say, getting an idea.
"Really, you'll fix my eye? I'm in your debt for eternity," The cyclops exclaims, a smile on his face.
"Yep!" You say, diving back into the water, and returning with the eye of a giant sea squid. "I've performed this plenty of times on animals. Hold on, I need to get the eye out."
You pull the cyclop's eye out and put the squid's eye in its place. You work your magic on the eye and use the liquid inside it to weave your magic through his nervous system.
"Ok, try blinking. Do you see anything?" You ask, standing back.
"YAY! I CAN SEE AGAIN!" The cyclops yells, jumping around and clapping. "THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!"
"Don't mention it, big guy," You exclaim, kissing his cheek.
"Here, take sheep's wool. It can be used to warm you up during the cold," The cyclops replies, giving you a cloak.
You accept the gift and continue on your way. As you travel through the ocean, an arrow strikes your arm. You scream in pain, your blood dying the water around you red. You hear men screaming above and force yourself to see the same red-haired man from the beach.
"YOU FOOLS! HOW DARE YOU HURT MY GODDESS?!" The man screams, letting his wrath decimate the soldiers above him. "My goddess, are you ok?"
"You? What are you doing here?" You ask, gripping the wool cloak.
"My dove, are you ok?"
"Yeah, I guess so."
"Good."
He kisses your lips, and a wave of memories comes flooding back. You haven't been back on that beach in years. You've been living with him, your dear husband, Ares. One day you got into a fight with him, ran away, and had been aimlessly wandering through the human world until you eventually pushed everything concerning Ares and your life with him to the back of your mind.
"Ares?" You gasp, feeling his hands cupping your cheeks.
"The third. Ares the third," Ares says, looking into your eyes. "I had been looking for you for five long years. Do you know how much it hurt me to see you not recognize me on that beach?"
"Ares, listen, I...what were we even fighting about?" You ask, straddling your husband.
"I...we were arguing about your family-our family-both. Your family wanted to reach out to you, I was talking about wanting a baby, it all piled up and we had a really bad fight, and no words could describe how sorry I am. I should've let you reach out to your family, and I shouldn't have tried making a family of our own as if it was an acceptable replacement for your family."
"Oh...Ares. I-Is my family ok?"
"Yes. They've been living at my castle since you disappeared. They'd love to meet you."
"I'd love to meet them too."
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"Welcome home, my goddess," Ares says, removing his hands from your eyes.
"Mom? Dad?" You say, seeing a siren and Triton.
"Hi, sweetie. We've got a lot to explain, but I think your husband really wants to talk to you. We'll be waiting at the dinner table," Your mom says, nudging your dad to say hi.
"Don't worry, I will return your daughter to you in a walkable manner," Ares says, guiding you to his bedroom.
The door shuts, and Ares is already kissing your body.
"Do you know how long I've missed you, missed your body?" Ares murmurs, kissing your neck as he slips his dress off your shoulders. "Please tell me you remember my touch?"
"I'm sorry..." You say, guiltily looking at Ares.
"Don't worry about it. I'll make you remember again," Ares whispers, feeling you up.
"A-Ares!" You moan as your husband kisses your breasts.
Ares sucks on your breasts as he pushes your dress off your ass. The two of you fall on the bed, and Ares grasps your hands. You see his toned chest peak through his white v-neck blouse and stare at it.
"Oh, you want my clothes off too?" Ares asks, holding back a smirk as he looks at your cute face.
"Yes, please. Take it off. Take it all off," You plead, rubbing your leg against his crotch.
Ares does as you say and you gawk at his glorious body and skin.
"What? Never seen a god before?" Ares mocks, stroking his 7 1/2-inch cock.
"Wow..." You gasp, closing your legs as Ares crawls towards you in all his glory.
"Don't worry, babe. I won't make a mess out of you," Ares responds, kissing your pussy and lining himself up at your entrance. "I'm going in."
"Mm!" You moan, your husband not moving to let you adjust.
"You're ok, you're doing good. I know it's been a while since you've had me inside you," Ares moans, resisting the urge to thrust. "Are you ready, my goddess?"
You nod your head and he begins to thrust. You gasp as a wave of pleasure washes over you, your hands gripping the sheets. Ares grabs your hands, guiding them so they're gently around his waist.
"You look so amazing!" Ares moans, speeding up. "I love you. I love you so much! I love you so much, I'll be with you even after the mortals move on to the next set of gods. I love you so much I'd kill the entire world and the pantheon for you."
"I love you too, Ares!" You moan, making your husband tear up.
He orgasms inside of you and kisses your sweet lips. His tears fall on your cheeks, and you look at your husband with pity. The genuine love for you flowing through his tears, send you over the edge, and you cum on his cock.
"Aw, honey, don't cry. I'm sorry I forgot about you," You apologize, kissing your husband's head.
"I've seen the bloodiest of slaughter and entire people wiped out from genocide, but you're the one thing I could never forget," Ares cries, laying his head onto your boobs. "Please don't leave me like that again."
You start to cry and wipe your husband's tears away. You kiss him, feeling his heartbeat calm down.
"It's ok, I won't leave you again," You say, touching your forehead with his.
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Could you possibly write something small about a beach date with Rodrick 😍
Rodrick x reader
Sorry this took so long! Me mam tried to sell me to one direction so I was slightly preoccupied 🙄
Anyways enough jibber jabber, here's a lil fluff about a beach date with Rodrick :^)

The heffleys had invited you on a trip to the beach, since you and Rodrick had been together for some time now, it was pretty much routine for you to come along to family events at this point.
You and Rodrick drove in his van separately from everyone else, truth be told, you were relieved. You loved the heffleys but you weren't so keen on the music they played in the car.
"You excited babe?" Rodrick turned to look at you
"Can't wait! I was looking up the beach on Google, there's quite a few rock pools so we might see some cool sealife!"
Rodrick's face lit up at this
"Like a crab?!" He asked
"Yes honey, like a crab" you smiled at your easily amused boyfriend.
"Awesome. I fucking love crabs" he said.
Upon arrival Susan and Frank were happy to see the pair of you, they both approached to greet you, when seemingly out of nowhere Greg appeared, flinging his arms around you.
"Hey lil dude! Nice to see you" You beamed down at him
"Great to see you too! I've got all the stuff set up!" He replied excitedly
You were confused for a second, before looking just past him and seeing an abundance of different sized buckets and spades. You finally remembered, last time you'd seen the Heffleys you'd promised Greg you'd be on his team against Rodrick for a sandcastle building competition.
"Rodrick I love you, but you are so going down" you said, playfully poking him in the ribs before running off to the equipment with Greg.
"Hey no fair! You guys don't get a head start!" He called after the two of you.
The sandcastle competition was definitely pretty tense, you and Greg had opted for a "bigger = better" strategy, and had come up with a 3 storey castle.
Rodrick's, while much smaller, was more detail oriented. He'd decorated it with little stones, and even carved out little battlements.
When the time was up, the three of you went to get Susan and Frank to judge, but when you'd returned only one castle was left. It would appear that Manny had decided that Rodrick's Castle was the perfect race course for one of his toy trucks, and in the few seconds you were all gone, he'd reduced it to rubble.
"Ha! We won!" Greg jeered.
You looked at Rodrick, who seemed genuinely disappointed.
"Aw baby," you stroked his arm, "I think your castle was Manny's favourite at least"
He smiled slightly at this, but still seemed slightly miffed that all his hard work was ruined.
Never mind, you knew exactly how to cheer him up
"How about we go check out those rock pools?" You asked.
Rodrick grinned excitedly, immediately forgetting about the sand castle, "oh yeah! I hope we see something cool!" He beamed, grabbing your hand and eagerly pulling you in the direction of the rocks.
You carefully climbed onto the glistening wet rocks, made just that bit more treacherous by the odd bit of seaweed and sharp barnacles. You held onto Rodrick tightly, fearing that his clumsy self would slip and accidentally keelhaul himself.
(A/n if you don't know what keelhaulling is, look it up at your own risk. It's pretty gnarly).
"What are those things?" Rodrick asked curiously, pointing towards tufts of purple sticking out from the sides of the rock pools.
"Sea anemones! Be really gentle and touch them, see what happens" you encouraged him.
Rodrick looked slightly nervous, but he trusted you. He dipped his finger into the shallow water and felt the tiny tentacles grip his finger. He giggled high pitch and very amused, before pulling his hand away and shaking it dry.
"It was like, sticky?" He said
You laughed at his reaction, he was adorable when he was confused.
"That was it trying to eat you! It thought your finger was a little fish!"
"Really?!"
"Mhm"
"That's so funny," he bent down to look at the anemone, "you're no match for me little bro" he said cockily.
You were unsure as to whether he was joking, or if he was genuinely proud of not being eaten by a gelatinous blob the size of a penny. Probably the latter, knowing Rodrick, but either way you find it endearing.
You spent quite a while trapesing around the rock pools, Rodrick seemingly fascinated by everything- particularly the little clusters of sea snails. He likened their pointy shells to his studded bracelet, affectionately giving them the title of "most metal animal he'd seen all day". His day was made, however, when you called him over to a tiny pool right at the edge of the rocks.
"Baby, come quick!"
He rushed over, abandoning the clump of seaweed he'd been popping like bubblewrap, and turned his attention towards what you'd been pointing at.
There, nestled inbetween a few tufts of seaweed, sat the tiniest little crab, it's body not much bigger than the tip of a pinky finger. As Rodrick kneeled down to get a closer look, his face was graced with a wide, goofy smile. He looked between you and the crab for a few seconds, before blurting out "it's a little baby!", his voice high and girlish.
You let out a chuckle at this, watching your boyfriend's eyes grow in amazement and glee at the sight of such a small crab. His attention was fixed to it for as long as it sat there, until the crab must have decided that staring back at the squealing Rodrick had become tedious, and scuttled away under some pebbles.
Rodrick finally stood once again, and reached out to hold your hands.
"That was so cool," he said, his eyes twinkling and his smile somehow even more loveable than ever.
"You're so cute," you replied, unable to contain your adoration any longer. You placed your arms over his shoulders, while instinctively, Rodrick held your waist.
You leaned in and planted a delicate kiss on his lips. Sometimes it was hard to remember he was a hardcore punk guy with a big beat up van, and an affinity for moshing. At times like this, all you saw was an innocent, precious sweetheart. You just wanted to hold his face and pepper it with gentle kisses, while showering him with compliments like "my handsome boy," and "you're the cutest thing in the whole world". You probably would later, but not right now. He'd never live it down if his family saw him being such a big softie.
You allowed yourself to get lost in his big brown eyes for a moment longer, before you heard Frank calling the two of you to come and get some food.
I love you, you thought to yourself as Rodrick carefully guided you down the rocks. As if he could read your mind, he threw an arm round your shoulder and whispered in your ear
"I love you, y/n"
A/n requests are open! I write hcs and short fics for a couple characters, check my pinned post for details! :^)
(Pls request something I need ideas lol)
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Heyo!! I'm spontaneously writing again for some reason. I can't promise another chapter because I'm not a writer or anything, I just randomly get the plot bunnies? (idk if I'm using that phrase correctly) and do my best to get it all down.
Anyway pls enjoy!! No warnings or anything like that, it's just random fluff.
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Gordon emerged from the old van into the blistering sun, gazing over the vast rocky beach. He'd been told by the surveyors that it was bad but it was far worse than anything he could have imagined. Trash everywhere.
This part of the coastline had once been a popular tourist destination but had somehow been forgotten leaving two decades worth of trash to wash up along the shore. How nobody picked up on it was a mystery, it'd only been about a week ago that the Global Protection of Sealife contacted Tracy Island requesting and urgent meeting with Gordon and well, here he was.
It was a complete disaster...
The young man sighed and let his shoulders slump a little, it was all part of the job. He signed up to protect the world's oceans and he wasn't about to abandon mother earth just because he had to get his hands dirty... very dirty. The GPS had no one else available to help, all their specialised crew and equipment were preoccupied with a huge fuel spill just off the coast of Hawaii. No organisers, no clean up crew, no media or local council members looking for a quick publicity stunt. Just him, a rust bucket Volkswagen and some borrowed clean up equipment from Brain's lab...
A loud crash from the back of the van caught Gordon's attention. Well... he wasn't exactly doing this completely alone....
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Final Script- Sherlock S4- The Six Thatchers
I may have fallen down a new rabbit hole, and this time it's reading bits of BBC Sherlock scripts different from the episodes.
Last night on here I saw a post purporting to show a cut scene from the series, and began looking up more. Lots of fun.
However, there were still rumours of a scene about John and Mary's marriage that I not yet found, so I decided to have a look at the Six Thatchers script on the BBC website.
Delightful!
Here I should say that I know very little about how tv programmes are made, so was rather titilated to find that many of the scenes were in a different order to that in which they appear in the episode, and to have the joy of reading stage directions and whatnot.
Anyway, a few notes:
Formatting
Firstly, a lot of scenes have been moved around. Clearly season 4 goes in for a lot more visual hijinks, flashbacks and ambitious transitions between scenes than we've generally seen previously, but the script describes characters walking, running and looking between scenes almost constantly. Whether this was too ambitious to pull off practically or ultimately considered too confusing for the viewer I don't know, but to a this utter novice the transitions in the script do sound a lot harder to film!
"Love"
In the script, we don't get the codenames (Love, Porlock etc.) in the 'doctored footage' scene. The first time "love" is highlighted is when we see the torturer laying into Ajay while crying not "ammo/amo" but "I love you" and "love", and we only find out Lady Smallwood's codename when Mycroft questions her.
Personally I think this was a good change. It gives the viewer the opportunity to pick up the codename clue first (if they know a bit of latin, mind, which obviously most of us don't). I still find it a bit weird to repeat any kind of phrase over and over while torturing someone- but then I find it strange to gain entertainment from torturing someone at length at all. Mostly, I think that the original line was a bit on the nose - we get it, love hurts! People hurting and being hurt by the ones they love is everywhere in this season. And yet, I had failed to put two and two together on that before.
Sealife
I noticed an additional example of the 'whale' motif- within the greater 'ocean' theme of course, which is bloody everywhere.
In the swimming pool scene, the script describes whale sounds being heard as the father relaxes in the jacuzzi and the girl swims, then returning along with music when Sherlock and Ajay crash into a control panel during their fight. Frankly I'm terrible at noticing these kinds of things, and my attention never does very well with action scenes at the best of times, let alone now that I have severe ME/CFS! I will be rewatching the scene soon to check if the whale sounds made it in!
Just FYI the other whale references in TST: the black fish/killer whale mobile above Rosie's cot/crib, what looks like part of a whale skeleton in the beginning aquarium scene, a poster at the bus stop behind E that says "KILLER WHALE". Obviously we also have the sharks at the aquarium that SH compared to Magnussen in HLV, the scene where John and Sherlock discuss the fact that you can't arrest a jellyish, and more jellyfish behind Sherlock during the confrontation scene in the aquarium- thanks to Erik Voss for New Rockstars on Youtube for this!
Of course Vivian Norbury makes her own comparison between the sea creatures and intelligence agents, and her code name Langdale seems to come from Langdale Pike in the ACD stories. Pike, as well as being the name of a fish, was apparently a high society gossip that helped SH with cases occasionally- just like a receptionist, she knew "everything". We see what you did there, Mark Gatiss.
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"M" for Mycroft
In the script, Mycroft's look to Sherlock when accused of lying about ignorance of Mary's true identity says 'Really?' I was never quite sure whether that was the case, or a look of 'worth a try', but I had decided to believe that Mycroft genuinely didn't know, and would have had a closer eye on things if he had, so was pleased to be vindicated there. Of course this also goes back to Mary working for Mycroft in Sherlock's Victorian trip trance, implying that either consciously or subconsciously Sherlock correctly suspected Mary of working for "the British Government".
The Mystery of Man Meeting DCI
Similarly, following the scene in which Lestrade converses with Hopkins the Interpol officer outside the flat about how he met Sherlock and is cut off, we get this:

Damn you Gatiss! I love it.
'Miss Me?' Post
There were a couple more things explained in the script that didn't make their way into the episode. Firstly, SH deduces that the post containing Mary's "miss me?" DVD seemed to have come from a lawyer who had two dogs in the office (always with the dogs!) Personally I never took issue with The DVDs from Beyond the Grave as this is the kind of thing solicitors and friends can actually do for you, but I know it irritated some fans.
"There's somewhere she goes."
Secondly, there's a brief scene in which someone at the MI6 office explains to Sherlock that "she" i.e. Norbury always goes somewhere i.e. the aquarium on Friday nights and that they keep it open late for her. I have been a bit confused in the episode when suddenly we're headed back to the aquarium, probably when it's closed, and Sherlock's commenting about her having nothing better to do on Friday nights. This explains it, and that Sherlock didn't expect Norbury to be carrying a gun. Edit: on rewatch, a voiceover announces that it's "five minutes til closing time" at the aquarium and Sherlock greets Norbury with "your office said I'd find you here." So really it was just my tricky brain misfiring! Of course in the UK we don't typically expect people to be carrying guns and certainly not little old ladies anyway. And, this continues the "whale" motif of something considered serene and unthreatening but is more powerful and dangerous to us than is usually perceived.
Missing Scene: Curry and Fears
There's also an extra scene between John and Mary, which is what I was looking for. They're in an Indian restaurant, their first time out without Rosie, and worrying about her the whole time even though babysitter Hudders assures them that she's fine. I see why they cut this as it adds nothing to the plot. However, there are a couple of interesting bits here.
John talks about not wanting to paper Rosie's room with clown wallpaper, because clowns are scary. We've already had the hyperbolic blog post The Inexplicable Matchbox which mentions John's utter delight at Sherlock dressing up as a clown for a case as well, as Mrs Hudson being pushed put of a helicopter. Now we're about to get a scary clown in The Final Problem during the "pantomime" that John helped design. So John has now developed a fear of clowns. Mary, however, isn't afraid of clowns, but of the sea:

This comes back later in the episode when the trio (let's face it, that's what they are now) are on the plan heading back to London; the sea is visible from the window, whereas in the finished episode we get an image of E superimposed onto it. Perhaps the showrunners thought at this point that there were quite enough references to THE BLOODY SEA. It also comes back in The Final Problem when we see "the girl on the plane" flying in an unpiloted aeroplane over the sea- and Mycroft announces that they will have to get her to crash it there.
Anyway, as someone who was never that invested in John and Mary's marriage (knowing that she was going to die shortly) but wasn't against it either, I do like this conversation in the restaurant as a waypoint between the couple's classic bickering, banter and Mary's statement that the danger was the fun part, and her rather contradictory claim as she dies that her life as Mrs Watson was the only one worth living.
John, on the other hand, is not necessarily checking on Rosie or even Sherlock when they both compulsively ("surreptitiously" in the script) check their phones, even after Mary's declaration. Oh dear.
Mrs Hudson, meanwhile, is busy with her knitting, sudoku AND a Fifty Shades DVD, according to the script. She not only tells Mary this, but begins to talk about when her husband brought some blindfolds home. Is she purposely bringing these things up to get rid of people at this point?
Childhood Flashback
Something else notably changed is the flashback from Sherlock's childhood: the script describes it containing three children all along, as well as a dog. Something must have changed here - delaying the Eurus reveal or deciding they were making it too obvious, perhaps.
I had wondered if the flashback we do see was part of Sherlock's recurring dream that the therapist refers to near the end of the episode, and here it is shown again just before she asks about it, so I take that as confirmation too.
"We tried!"
Conversely, there are however a couple of bits that made it into the final episode that I didn't clock in the script. Firstly, there's no sign of the brief scene in which John jokes about trying to arrest a jellyfish. I'm aware that people have since said that's (one of/) the only bit of their usual banter we get in this episode, perhaps even this season, and I'm glad it was included.
"If you want the rattle..."
I didn't see the best scene of the episode in the script either: the one where Sherlock gives he famous "you see, but you do not observe, Watson" speech, and gets hit in the face with a rattle. Obviously. I'm in favour of virtually any scene having been cut in favour of this, and especially the ones listed above! There is a part in the script where Sherlock says he's doing his best but it (dealing with babies) is not really his area, and I'm glad the writers seem to have gone for Sherlock being a little more interactive with Rosie in the end.
John's JPEG
Finally, I don't think there was any mention in the script of John typing into his blog. It seems that was added as they were moving scenes around, perhaps explaining the minor fiasco of the nonsensical JPEG. Personally I think that was a gaffe and the repetition in BBC Sherlock canon of a Six Thatchers case similarly a cock-up. It's a real shame because the blogs are otherwise fantastic, and I would have liked them to continue through season 4 where reasonable. I am fascinated by the various theories that season 4 was not meant to be taken at face value (blog, trance, Sherlock's dying brain etc.), but am yet to be convinced by any of them. Still, if anyone thinks they can change my mind, I'd be open to letting them try!
My Overall Impression
Of course this delve into a whole new set of texts has made me want to read ALL the scripts, but I do feel my limited energy should be spent doing something useful sooner or later. So we'll see! But surely they can't all be THIS different from the finished episodes and thus drive me to Tumblr? Can they?
To be continued...
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From @gumnut-logic
From @gumnut-logic to all of Thunderfam.
Author's note: I didn't know if I could write this year, so I didn't enter any prompts to avoid disappointing anyone. However, I did manage to write nearly 4000 words of something with a prompt from my Hubby. So please, everyone enjoy this for what it is, and I hope you have/had a wonderful festive time.
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Scott was used to working in loud environments but this was ridiculous.
There were people yelling orders and running back and forth, hammering, power tools screeching, and worst of all, singing.
So much singing. He was glad Virgil wasn’t down here. The cacophony hurt.
“I’m sorry, sir, what did you say?”
“Commander Tracy, from one secret organisation to another, we need help.”
Scott blinked.
The old man frowned. “I said we need help!”
“I know that. That’s why we’re here.” He drew in a breath. “Is there anywhere quieter we can talk?”
Watery blue eyes stared at him a moment before turning and waving for Scott and Gordon to follow.
It had been an interesting half an hour since John reported this situation. They had received a call from Molloy Deep, basically a deep hole in the Arctic Ocean. This would have been a Tuesday call out as there were deep sea habitats all over Earth’s oceans (and unfortunately of varying funding and consequently quality - a bug bear of Gordon’s and the source of many a post-rescue rant on the part of the aquanaut).
However, there were no recorded deep sea habitats in or near Molloy Deep, mainly because it was so deep and because, well, Arctic Ocean, anyone?
But John was able to locate…something…at the requested geographical spot and as they were a rescue organisation, the rest was worked out en route.
Thunderbirds One, Two and Four sped across the planet until they reached the spot between Greenland and Iceland.
As per John’s report, there was something down there.
Scott had elected to go down with Gordon, something about this had him on edge and he couldn’t define why.
And it had absolutely nothing to do with all the times Gordon had gone down this deep and not come back in one piece.
No, not at all.
He earned himself a frown from both Virgil and Gordon, and Alan had to transfer over to One, but he went anyway, Commander’s prerogative.
And there definitely did turn out to be something in Molloy Deep.
The usual midnight zone darkness was gradually broken by spots of light on the cliff they were following down. Closer inspection revealed creatures hovering in the water column like Christmas ornaments.
Gordon was going nuts about new species discovery and the percentage of life that was unknown in the deep, etcetera, etcetera, but they had a mission. He could come back next time he had leave.
In any case, they quickly became less individually important as they navigated deeper, a golden glow emanated from below them, the glowing ornaments increasing in number until the midnight landscape was lit…well…like a Christmas tree.
The glow became a huge dome glittering in the water, surrounded by unique sealife that now had Gordon throwing a full-on fit.
But ultimately, they located an airlock and backed Four into a secure connection, and the pair of them embarked into a very strange world.
A world where it was gently snowing.
It was obvious that the area they entered was some kind of docking space. Several factory-like buildings were crowded about and it wasn’t long before they were grabbed by a young worker and hurried in the direction of a portly old man sporting a white beard and moustache.
He would have been totally cliche and straight out of a children’s story if it wasn’t for the Motörhead T-Shirt, jeans and sneakers.
But considering they were several miles underwater in a giant snowglobe, the list of unbelievables was already maxed out.
The old man led them out of the factory building and into the snow.
“I’m sorry about the cold. The environmentals aren’t happy at the moment.”
The man sighed, turned and stalked through the snow to a house…which might as well been made of gingerbread. Hell, Scott walked past a red and white striped candy cane a foot thick and, taller than him, sticking out of the snow beside the path.
“Scott-“
“Gordon.”
“Do you think-?”
“Focus on the mission.”
“But-“
They reached the house and were ushered into a warm living room complete with an open fire and…yes, a Christmas tree… in July.
“Have a seat, gentlemen.”
Scott hesitated. “We were called in for an emergency.”
The stocky man turned to frown at him, his bushy white eyebrows colliding with his nose - not unlike what Virgil’s did on a fairly regular basis.
“Yes, this is an emergency, but we have time. Just enough.” And as if to prove the point, he walked across the room to the mantlepiece, opened the face of the ornate clock sitting up there and pushed its long hand back by a good fifteen minutes. He closed it and turned back to Scott. “See? We have time.”
It was Scott’s turn to frown. Gordon nudged him and pointed to his diving watch on his wrist.
It matched the time on the mantlepiece.
What the-?
The old man gestured them both to the sofa. “C’mon, you have questions, I have answers, sit down so we can get to the meat of the problem.”
Of course Gordon moved first, practically bouncing across the room to take a seat. Scott moved a touch slower, eyeing everything, assessing and questioning.
“Sit down, Commander. I don’t bite.”
Scott had no choice but to obey.
The fire crackled and bounced as the old man sat in a large sofa chair opposite them He scratched his beard a moment as if pondering where to start.
“As the Commander of International Rescue, you are aware of the need for secrecy when working for the good of all?”
Those blue eyes held his own. “Yes, sir.”
“We both need that secrecy, Commander Tracy. So I am hoping we have the confidence of you and your organisation.”
“Of course.”
He paused a moment. “I have no doubt that you have your suspicions as to mine and my organisation’s identity.” Beside Scott, Gordon was fit to burst. “But I will ask for no extraneous questions.”
Gordon froze. “But-?”
Those cool eyes turned to pin the aquanaut. “Do you like coal, Mr Gordon?”
His fish brother gulped. “No, sir.”
“Neither do I. It is one of the reasons why I need your help.” His attention turned back to Scott. “The ice is disappearing and with it, its protection. We have to move, to find a new base of operations. I have a place in mind, but I need to get there.”
“How many are needing rescue?”
“Four million, five thousand and three.” A soft blink. “And myself and my wife.”
Scott’s jaw dropped.
“It’s a lot, I know, but from what I’ve seen of Thunderbird Two, it should be able to do the job.”
“Four million…sir…that would take years!”
“We will make time.”
“Sir!”
“We have less than six months.”
“Not possible.”
Those watery blue eyes stared into his soul. “Do you have dreams, Commander?”
Scott’s lips hardened. “I thought we weren’t asking extraneous questions.”
“Hmm, I guess it could be seen that way from your point of view, however, dreams do lead to possibilities, do they not? And I need to move our base of operations as soon as possible to these coordinates.” He reached down to a table beside his chair and handed a piece of neatly folded paper to Scott.
Opening it, he found a set of coordinates written in perfect copperplate cursive.
Cursive or not, the location was clear.
“You want International Rescue to help you move to Antarctica?”
The old man shrugged. “It’s land, it’s a geographical pole, and it’s basically empty. Though note it is East Antarctica - I fear West Antarctica will befall the same fate as the Arctic.” He looked up at the ceiling and glanced around the room. “I will miss this place.”
“Sir…” Scott sighed. “I’m sorry, I didn’t catch your name?”
“Nikolas.”
Beside him, Gordon twitched.
“Nikolas, I want to help you, but moving four million people is just not possible, much less in six months.”
“Five months and fourteen days.”
Scott sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose. “The logistics - Thunderbird Four can only carry a maximum of ten people at a time, maybe fifteen at a stretch. You are over five kilometres below the surface. Thunderbird Two can carry many more, yes, but getting them up there…four million…”
“Commander, the four million are the easy part. If I were you, I would be more concerned about the reindeer.” With that he pushed himself to his feet. “Come along, time is a-wasting.” He turned his back and walked out the door.
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More to come @gumnut-logic in the next few days :D
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Remembering this traditional Greek song made me think of Penelope:
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Sea,oh sea the seamen, my beloved sea don't strike them with your waves, my beloved sea and bring back my little bird * Rose water, become rose water, my beloved sea and sprinkle their course, my beloved sea my beloved sea you are my love and pain * Sea and salty water I can't forget about you * Sea, oh sea, you have drowned, oh, no oh no the maiden's husband my beloved sea you are my love and pain * And the maiden, and the maiden is young, oh no oh no and black clothes don't suit her, my beloved sea blow my beloved Northwest Wind * Sea, I embark, for you I stay awake at night Sea and salty water I can't forget about you
Now this song probably originated from the Aegean sea, possibly in Kalymnos, an island with tradition of fishing sponges. The men that were doing this job oftentimes left in the summer for a long time traveling often all the way till North Africa. They would freedive often even 50 meters below the surface to catch sponges and their job was expremely difficult and dangerous. Often they died either from nitrogen narcosis effects or attacked by sealife or even dying in sea. Thus the song speaks on a woman singing for the sea to bring back her husband, brother, fiance etc back. The traditional song has many variations to the lyrics depending on the singer, the area etc.
Now the term "little bird" (πουλάκι) is a nickname used in greek to show a tender relationship with someone. It indicates your beloved one; family or lover etc
The term I translate as "my beloved sea" is the nickname of the word "sea" (θάλασσα -> thalassa) which is θαλασσάκι (thalassaki). As a term and nickname it also means "little sea" but is also used tenderly to speak more on something you love so I thought it would be more fitting to say "beloved sea" than "little sea"
Likewise the word μεράκι (meraki) is not translatable exactly. It means something you do from your heart or with love and care. It also means love and care for something. However when spoken more sadly it also means some love that causes you sadness and pain this is why I translated it as "my love and pain" in here.
The song speaks on a woman being young and "black clothes do not suit her" aka it is a pity for a young man to die and a woman wear mourning clothes at young age (plus in small villages it kinda was a tradition for a woman once widowed never to marry again although the tradition is not followed to its totality by every person)
The clips are from an old dramatic movie called "The girl with the black clothes" starring Elli Lambeti and Dimitris Horn
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