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THABKY YOU FIR SAVING ME

MY DUDES ARE BACK FROM WAR

I was so thirsty…I LOVE THEMEMEEM

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The Beacon : the curse of Hope

Since I got updated on Castle Swimmer, I got back into it to see if I could find elements to theorize on. And I got a mindblowing revelation on the VERY first chapter of Castle Swimmer ! That's what I wanted to share here ^^

At this moment the God of the Surface is talking about Kappa's role as the Beacon. But when you pay close attention to what he's actually saying : "There are many prophecies in this world, you will have a key role to play in each one."

A "key role" to play in the prophecies ! It is NEVER stated that his role was to FUFILL them ! Him having a KEY ROLE in the prophecies isn't the same as him having to FUFILL the prophecies.

Later this episode, Kappa was pulled to a Castle, and that's where he got to know that people expected him to fufill a prophecy. And then It's fair to guess he assumed that it was what expected from the Surface God aswell.

Sure, that was what the prophecy states.

But now we know with our current informations that the prophecies are actually created by the will of the people. They're not to take at face value at all. (At least when it comes to discuss God's will)

That also got me thinking about the actual title of "Beacon", because what is a "Beacon" to begin with ?

"A light that shines for other". That's all, a light that can guide people. People can follow it in order to find their way, but in the end they have to make the way THEMSELVES.

The Beacon isn't SUPPOSED to actually DEAL with the prophecies, but to be a light that would help to make it true. Symbolically, I see it as a light of hope to keep people going.

In time of despair, the "Beacon" is something they can rely on to keep up on hope. Especially since a lot of despair came from the minigods and Labbu.

Maybe that was why the Surface God created the Beacon, as a way to oppose Labbu's destruction and help people bellow.

I think in general tho, the comic also show how "hope" can become a curse, how people tend to entirely rely on "The Beacon" instead of taking care of the problems on their own. Because it's way easier than doing the hard work ourselves.

I find this aspect deeply human, the need to rely on something which would be a symbol of hope in order to not confront our problems. It's understandable, but not viable. As reality end up being way more complex and the process end up taking way more time and effort than what we would hope.

In my opinion, this is what the flyfins represents in its most extreme and cruel form.

It is implied that the flyfins don't feel safe and like they belong where they are. That would explain why they rely so hard on the Beacon in hope for a better future. But instead of finding a way to accomplish that on their own, they make it Kappa's burden.

(Yeah between you'll never find me defend this Fizz of shit. In a character/meta perspective find him really well written and fascinating, but as an individual I deeply DESPISE him)

I'll finish up by going back to speak about the Surface God. If everything I said is true, why didn't they make it clear to Kappa much earlier ?

Well, it seems like they were not able to speak to him soon after he was born.

But interestingly enough, Kappa is called the "child of the Surface God" by the minigods, and this title makes him much more important in the eyes of God.

But I think it also imply that the Surface God would care for Kappa, as a parent would care for their child.

And my last thought was : What if the bubbles are actually a manifestation of the Surface God looking for Kappa as much as they can in their current state ?

Yes, I'm wondering if this was even deeper foreshadowing than we thought. Especially since we know now that Wendy can make REALLY EARLY foreshadowing xD

And as a final argument, there was this moment when Kappa reached the blue empty water while he tried to reach the surface. Then the bubbles appeared and guided towards the surface God. As if it was God's way to "speak" to him, quoting Selkie.

That's all I wanted to share so far ! Thanks for reading until the end ! <3

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I’m on the Wendy Lian Martin Patreon and I won’t be sharing pics/posts, but I will share this:

The commenters be THIRSTY boi

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LMAOOO ITD BE HILARIOUS

(It’s siren and I won’t take any other answer 😠)

(Ily miss wendy)

Sooo who would be a better singer???

Pleace answer

I think it would be funny if they were both terrible singers.

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Tumblr Tuesday: Mermay

Well, chaps, Mermay is in full swing, and we thought we'd share a little selection of its masterpieces. Who knows, maybe you, too, will feel moved to immortalize the noble merperson. Call it inspo. Call it appreciation. Whatever you do, please do feast thine eyes and enjoy.

(As is often the way with the beasties, some of these have fins, eyes, bones, and other potentially upsetting sticky-out bits. Please proceed with caution if any of this squicks you out). 

@yuumei-art:

@ionomycin:

@adalheidis:

@greenfinchg:

@iliothermia:

@chips-are-great:

@liss-art:

@ekbelsher:

@shpepyao:

@flightlessartist:

@wendylianmartin:

@sygnin:

@nerdvolutionkurisu:

@tyiart:

@artist-ellen:

@theftshrubbery:

@emihotaru:

@kororobus:

@mentoskova:

@wellnoe:

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Keep your roots in the dust. You are still here. This land is your land, boy. This country is starving to death in northern Gaza. Please help us stay alive 🇵🇸🇵🇸🙏🙏🙏

@dlxxv-vetted-donations @bevsi @pekniecie @pekniecie @spitblaze @sanleigh @filmgifs @fishfingersandscarves @ferpykins @furiousfinnstan @furiroad @determinate-negation @summerhigh @sabertoothwalrus @seventeendeer @silverstone-gp @sir-foxykins @ankle-beez @anna-scribbles @beaujes @bakwaaas @queenpinkireellylikethisname @zagreus @zenlida @weirdmarioenemies @wellfine @westcoast-wifey @wendylianmartin @extremelycursedimages @enby-positive @ragingbullmode @tamamita @teaboot @timequangle @twofingerswhiskey @iftye @orchidvioletindigo @paper-mario-wiki @kibumkim @kirkspocker @bibleofficial @mordhiobhail @90-ghost @saturnineaqua

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omg its my fav castle swimmer !!!

go read @wendylianmartin ‘s comic its a fun time

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Crush

(characters are from a webcomic called „Castle Swimmer“ by @wendylianmartin )

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I adore castle swimmer, it’s such a fun comic and the world building, character design and development is absolutely inspired x I wanted to draw kappa and siren switching story roles (mostly cause I wanted to draw kappa with normal koi color and patterns) and I had so much fun drawing siren tho, I’m happy with how glowy he looks like this x

@wendylianmartin is the og creator x

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Castle swimmer

I'm back with a kappa wip :3

Castle swimmer fanart ^^

@wendylianmartin

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@wendylianmartin 's bird boys🪶 i love them

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Miss Wendy I don’t think I’ll EVER get over this.

best holiday art argue with THE WALLLL 🗣️🗣️🤞

Day 200 over going crazy over this work of art it’s so perfect guys it’s SO pretty and I don’t even know why 💕😞

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Aaaaahh i did my first official fanart for Castle Swimmer!

Very happy on how it turned out :))

@wendylianmartin is the creator for Castle Swimmer! Go read the webtoon if you haven’t! :D

Its worth the read 😭💕 (plus new episodes are FINALLY OUT AHHHHH)

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@wendylianmartin Got a little something in the works....and yes I know, I'm probably starting with one of the more tedious mers to work on. I can now understand why Kappa doesn't like his scales....and there's no other reason why...none at all.

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miss Martin you are NOT SLICK 🗣️🗣️

unless she’s just acting then I’ll actually die maybe…regardless it would be really interesting to see just what sort of gift he would have! My main thoughts are maybe some sort of healing or energy restoration…???? Maybe…??? Maybe that’s why he heals so fast(other than being the beacon) I wonder if that’ll play a big role in breaking the curse/prophecy

Though this is all just speculation and wendy could very well just be playing(that or I’m reading too much into it haha.. BUT WHAT GIFT DO YALL THINK HE’D HAVE?

Volví a releer Cs, por tercera vez, lol.

Pero la escena en donde la hermana de Fizz empuja a Kappa, y él toca la ballena se puede ver como si está le estuviera absorbiendo su energía, me genera mucha duda, ya que ahora he estado viendo mucha series y en todas se han estado absorbiendo energías o dones (Helluva Boss 😭) y me genera duda eso que la ballena casi le absorve a Kappa.

¿Quizás Kappa tenga algún don secreto como el de Galoo u Orakos? Pero aún no lo sabe👀

(se haría canon lo que Siren le dijo en la primera temporada “¿Puedes leer mentes 🥺?" lol)

Hmm interesting observation. There could be SOMETHING going on with Kappa 🤔

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Drew @wendylianmartin's awesome character Brooder! :)