#Chum Bucket List

[spongebobsoundtrack]

Sammy Burdson, John Charles Fiddy - Ta-Ra C

Plays in:

SpongeBob SquarePants

39b. "The Fry Cook Games" 

47a. "As Seen on TV" 

50a. "Wet Painters"

64a. "Skill Crane"

120a. "No Hat for Pat"

160a. "Patrick's Staycation" 

169a. "Are You Happy Now?"

179b. "Squirrel Record" 

206b. "Code Yellow" 

The Patrick Star Show

23a. "The Starry Awards" 

33a. "Chum Bucket List"

39b. "Cleanin' House" 

[indyfilmlibrary]

So long, old chum: Ben Wheatley hits rock bottom with The Meg 2: The Trench

Producers of The Meg 2: The Trench have traded on independent director Ben Wheatley’s name to sell the film as something it isn’t: interesting. #themeg #themeg2 #review #hollywood #creaturefeature

Whenever an utter pile of dreck comes out in cinemas, producers and marketers love to cynically deflect blame back onto audiences, suggesting it’s their fault for attending the year’s dullest film because they ‘knew what they were signing up to’: unapologetic schlock. But while that might be the case with a Sharknado film, producers of The Meg 2: The Trench have gone out of their way to use…

[tenaciouschronicler]

April 23-25 2025 2010

We are back with John who has found Roses alchemeiter. Dave has made the same upgrades to it as his which allows John to shrink the FEAR NO ANVIL code that Davesprite gave him. This thing looks sick, the clockhands tick in the same fashion as the ones on the pages that involve the stage transition to the intermission, kinda jerky like.

According to Davesprite the hammer was from Hephaestus, likely the name of the denizen on LOHAC and Daves browser name. Hephaestus is the Greek god of fire, metalworking, and craftsmanship, and the blacksmith of the Olympian gods known for powerful and intricate weapons. His symbols are a hammer, anvil and tongs.

On Derse, Rose and Dave see John and Rose wakes up to try and meet up with her friend. Back on the meteor, Arma has finally helped Grim open the viewport and we get a look at Grims computer. On it is their version of Pesterchum called Trollian. The Chum list is called ChumpRoll and contains the kids handles including Johns old name. The timeline viewer has color coordinated lines that they can pick from to troll and view each kid.

From there we view Rose now that shes awake. She quickly clocks John has been messing with her persterchum but doeant have time to waste and heads for the door. She notes the door is slightly ajar and chalks it up to Johns leaving her room.

Big mistake as John has booby trapped it with a bucket full of gushers, 'a thoughtful but mischievous thank you gesture'. John believes Rose wont be awake anytime soon and readies to leave, taking Doctor Meowgan nee Vodka Mutini with him. Rose barely misses him, ponders where hes going and renames Casey to Viceroy Bubbles von Salamander. Their naming conventions are so funny to me, especially the penchance for unknowingly renaming everything.

Back on Derse, Dave once again looks out his window, this time comforted that Cal will be less of hinderence to his sleep.

Or so he thinks. As Call falls, Bros hoverboard appears to stop Cals descent and carries him passed AR?

Ok, this is the most ridiculous thing you have ever seen. What is taking ever seen place here is almost certainly illegal.

You're not sure which laws are being broken, but it is probably a lot.

Cal makes to to a transportalizer to somewhere. AR? obviously follows.

John meanwhile is blasting along LOLAR when he stumbles upon Moms boat. He decides to investigate, finding hoofprints in the sand.

Inside he finds new enemies, Chalk Liches, that have skull like heads and wings, the effect of Daves prototyping. He uses the new weapon, stunning and killing both creatures quickly. From there he finds a trasportalizer that he uses. I love that he does so without care because that just further emphasizes how little he questions things. Its his first time ever seeing a platform like this, let alone using one, and yet he has no clue what it does. But John takes it in stride even if he isnt sure where it will take him.

[nctsboodle]

Nicktoons Re-Unite! Wish List Part 2

Locations

Retroville

Jimmy's Lab

The Professor's Lab

Retroland

Bikini Bottom

The Chum Bucket

The Krusty Krab

The Great Trench

Amity Park

Ghost Zone Prison

Vlad's Mansion

Hillwood

P.S. 118

Downtown Hillwood

Vine Street

FTi Headquarters

San Lorenzo

Lasombra's Lair

Tremorton

The Goop Zone

Vexus' Earth hideout

Dimmsdale

Fairy World

Royal Woods

Fifi's Rocket

Great Lakes City

Skate Park

New York City

The Rooftops

The Sewers

The Foot's hideout

Volcano Island

Fort Crabclaw

The Crystal Ruins

The Great Carapace

Syndicate Volcano Headquarters

Peak of the Volcano

[thevaudevilledemon]

Making a list of the songs associated with SpongeBob SquarePants... because why not?

Blow The Man Down - This traditional sea shanty from England finds itself the basis for the show's entire theme song.

Drunken Sailor - This melody has found itself as background music on the show, including for title cards and with scenes involving the Krusty Krab

Living in the Sunlight; Tiny Tim - Played during the climax and ending of the pilot episode; Help Wanted

I Wanna Rock; Twisted Sister - Parodied as "Goofy Goober Rock" in the SpongeBob SquarePants Movie

You Better Run; Motorhead - Played during the Thug Tug scene in the SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, appears on the soundtrack as "You Better Swim"

Just A Kid; Wilco - Played during the end credits of The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, made for the film soundtrack. Instrumental plays as the main music for the title menu of the DVD

Sweet Victory; David Glen Eisley - Part of this song was played at the end of the episode "Band Geeks", and the entire song played during the end credits of the game "SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake". Also, requested to be played at the 2019 Super Bowl Half-Time Show in honour of Stephen Hillenburg, who passed away the year prior

Sicko Mode; Travis Scott - Was introduced by SpongeBob characters at the 2019 Super Bowl Half-Time Show

Ocean Man; Ween - Played at the end of the SpongeBob SquarePants Movie. Was also performed by the band as tribute to Stephen Hillenburg

A House Is Not a Home; Dionne Warwick - Parodied as "This Grill Is Not a Home" in the episode "Welcome to the Chum Bucket"

Alone Again (Naturally); Gilbert O'Sullivan - Reminiscent to the song "Gary's Song" in the episode "Have You Seen This Snail?"

Be True To Your School; The Beach Boys - Inspired, and partially parodied in, the song "Ripped Pants" in the eponymous episode.

Livin' La Vida Loca; Ricky Martin - Played in the movie "The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run" (I think this movie was trying to be Shrek)

O Tannenbaum / O Christmas Tree - Parodied as "Oh, Krusty Krab" in the episode "Truth or Square"

Long Gone Lonesome Blues; Hank Williams - Parodied as "I Wanna Go Home" in the episode "Texas"

Take On Me; A-ha - Covered by Weezer during the end of the movie "The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge On The Run". Originally released on the Weezer Album "Weezer (Teal) in 2019"

The Sailor's Hornpipe - Melody used as background music

Stadium Rave - Otherwise known as "Jellyfish Jam"

Add more if you wish.

[pony-central]

What makes each character in my comics sick?

List of things that make these characters sick, including unseen ones

Sick Boyfriend

The teacup ride at Disney World

Roller-coasters

Car trips, unless it's in Pico's Tesla

Vegetable soup

Mostly DrugFriend's gross eating habits

Grimace Shake (like most other vs SpongeBob Parodies mod characters)

Watching people eating with their mouths open

Anytime DrugFriend throws up makes Sick Boyfriend throw up too

DrugFriend

Boat trips, especially when it's a cruise ship

Eating too much candy (when he was Trick-or-Treating at the age of five)

Expired milk

Pink sauce (pretty self explanatory, but he was following a TikTok trend)

Grimace Shake (like most other vs SpongeBob Parodies mod characters)

Freund XML

Chum Bucket food (this one is understandable)

Grimace Shake

Being spun around during date night with Freundin (they were at a dance party)

Watching gross-out videos

Freundin

Similar to Freund's degree

Sick PonyCentral

Eating vegetables

Whenever she gets a stomach bug, this happens

Boyfriend

The Planes poster (also Canon to the Vanilla Game BF)

The result of DrugFriend and Sick Boyfriend eating Taco Bell

Baxter Wow/BF Wow

Being spun around on a cruise ship (if the boat is out of control)

Basically anytime a vehicle is out of control (once a train was going too fast due to the driver accidentally leaning on the ecceleration lever)

Heights apparently. He once looked over the top of a castle and he felt sick

Naughty PonyCentral

During her pregnancy, she got morning sickness. Her hormones also exceeded her expectations

Gas station sushi

Evan Barsham/YBS Boyfriend

Pineapple on pizza makes his stomach turn, claiming that pizza should never be placed on a pizza

Plane rides

Nân Pêngyöu

Seeing other people throw up

He also gets sick anytime he eats fish products, which is ironic, considering that he comes from China

[mattdarktoon90]

My Favorite SpongeBob SquarePants Episodes!

1. Help Wanted, Reef Blower, Tea At The Treedome, Bubblestand, Ripped Pants, Jellyfishing, Plankton, Boating School (to an extent), Pizza Delivery, Home Sweet Pineapple, Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy, Pickles, Hall Monitor, Jellyfish Jam, Squeaky Boots, Nature Pants, Opposite Day, Culture Shock, F.U.N., MuscleBob BuffPants, SB-129, Karate Choppers, Sleepy Time, The Paper, Arrgh!, Rock Bottom, Texas, Walking Small, Fools In April, Neptune’s Spatula & Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy II

2. Your Shoe’s Untied, Squid’s Day Off, Something Smells, Big Pink Loser, Bubble Buddy, Dying For Pie, Wormy, Patty Hype, Squidville, I’m Your Biggest Fanatic, Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy III, The Smoking Peanut, Shanghaied, Gary Takes A Bath, Welcome To The Chum Bucket, Frankendoodle, Band Geeks, Graveyard Shift, Krusty Love, Procrastination, Sailor Mouth, Artist Unknown, Jellyfish Hunter & The Fry Cook Games

3. The Algae’s Always Greener, SpongeGuard On Duty, Club SpongeBob, My Pretty Seahorse, Just One Bite, Nasty Patty, Idiot Box, Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV, Snowball Effect, As Seen On TV (only the first half), No Weenies Allowed, Wet Painters, Krusty Krab Training Video, Chocolate With Nuts, Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V, Ugh, The Camping Episode, Plankton’s Army, SpongeBob Meets The Strangler & Pranks A Lot

4. Fear Of A Krabby Patty, Shell Of A Man, Have You Seen This Snail?, Skill Crane, Dunces and Dragons, Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy VI The Motion Picture, Krusty Towers (to an extent), Patrick SmartPants, Ghost Host, Wishing You Well, Squid Wood & Best Day Ever

5. Friend Or Foe, Night Light, Rise and Shine, Spy Buddies, Rollar Cowards, Sing A Song Of Patrick, The Donut Of Shame, Atlantis SquarePantis (To an extent), Mermaid Man vs SpongeBob, Pest Of The West & The Two Faces Of Squidward

The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie

The SpongeBob Movie Sponge Out Of Water

9B. Lost In Bikini Bottom, Tutor Sauce, Squid Plus One, The Executive Treatment, Company Picnic, Pull Up A Barrel, Sanctuary, What’s Eating Patrick?, Patrick The Game, SpongeBob LongPants, Larry’s Gym, The Fish Bowl (to an extent), Married To Money, Mall Girl Pearl, Two Thumbs Down, Sharks vs Pods, CopyBob DittoPants, Sold, Lame and Fortune, Goodbye Krabby Patty?, Sandy’s Nutmare, Snail Mail, Pineapple Invasion, Salsa Imbecilicus & The Whole Tooth

10. Whirly Brains, Mermaid Pants, Unreal Estate, Code Yellow, Mimic Madness, Krusty Katering, SpongeBob’s Place, Life Insurance, Burst Your Bubble, Plankton Retires, Trident Trouble, The Incredible Shrinking Sponge, Sportz?, The Getaway, Lost and Found, Out Of The Picture, Feral Friends & Don’t Wake Patrick

11. Plankton’s Color Nullifier, Cave Dwelling Sponge, The Clam Whisperer, The Check Up, Spin The Bottle, There’s A Sponge In My Soup, Man Ray Returns, Larry The Floor Manager, No Pictures Please, Stuck On The Roof, Krabby Patty Creature Feature, Sanitation Insanity, Bunny Hunt, Squid Noir, Scavenger Pants, Pat The Horse, Chatterbox Gary, Don’t Feed The Clowns, Drive Happy, Old Man Patrick, Fun Sized Friends, Doodle Dimension, Moving Bubble Bass, High Sea Diving, Bottle Burglars, My Leg!, Ink Lemonade (FIGHT ME), Mustard O Mine, Shopping List, Whale Watching, Krusty Kleaners, Patnocchio, ChefBob, Plankton Paranoia, Library Cards, Call The Cops, Surf N Turf, Goons On The Moon/SpongeBob MerryPants, Appointment TV, Karen’s Virus, The Grill Is Gone, The Night Patty, Bubbletown, Girls’ Night Out, Squirrel Jelly & The String

12. FarmerBob, Gary & Spot, The Nitwitting, The Krusty Slammer, Pineapple RV, Gary’s Got Legs, King Plankton, Plankton’s Old Chum, Stormy Weather, Swamp Mates, One Trick Sponge, The Krusty Bucket, Squid’s On A Bus, Sandy’s Nutty Nieces, Insecurity Guards, Karen’s Baby, Shell Games, Senior Discount, Mind The Gap, Dirty Bubble Returns, Jolly Lodgers, Biddy Sitting, SpongeBob In RandomLand, SpongeBob’s Bad Habit, Handemonium, Breakin, Boss For A Day, The Goofy Newbie, The Ghost Of Plankton, My Two Krabses, Knock Knock Who’s There?, Pat Hearts Squid, Lighthouse Louie, Hiccup Plague, A Cabin In The Kelp, The Hankering, Who R Zoo, Kwarantined Krab (To an extent), Plankton’s Intern, Patrick’s Tantrum, Bubble Bass’s Tab, Kooky Cooks, Escape From Glove World, Krusty Koncessionaires, Dream Hoppers & SpongeBob’s Big Birthday Blowout

The SpongeBob Movie Sponge On The Run (To an extent)

The Sandy Cheeks Movie (To an extent)

The Search For SquarePants Movie (To an extent)

[birdsong5]

No??? One of the ingredients is chum. It's the last one on the list, which is why plankton opened the chum bucket--he couldn't remember the rest of the ingredients

ON THE SHOW "SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS," THE KRABBY PATTIES THE TITULAR SPONGEBOB MAKES PROFESSIONALLY ARE, PER THE SERIES CREATOR, VEGETARIAN. THIS IS BECAUSE NICKELODEON HAD RULES FOR THE SPONGEBOB PRODUCTION TEAM AGAINST DEPICTING FISH AS FOOD FOR OTHER FISH. SOMETIMES THEY BROKE THIS RULE

[noisycowboyglitter]

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[balloonboyismyson]

The episode name isn’t coming to me, but the early episode where Spongebob is forced to work for Plankton at the Chum Bucket is a good one.

<Incorrect-FNaF-quotes

YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I ALMOST PUT THAT EPISODE ON MY LIST, IT IS ALWAYS SUCH A CLASSIC

[ducktracy]

TOMORROW!

5PM! (any time zone!) ON NICKELODEON!

"CHUM BUCKET LIST" MAKES ITS PREMIERE!

You hear me throw "this is one of my favorites" around often but DADGUMIT it applies to this one too! It also has one of my favorite sequences I've ever been a part of in my entire history on the show(s) so far.

Promo art pending/delayed because the idea I have is too good (and big!) to be rushed... so enjoy this gif that I dearly love instead

[twig-gy]

i’ll try to remember this so i can just put something on the list. if you do any of these tag me

i will always appreciate art of my fic or anything based off my fic really

or anything based off anything i say. like heart dies au or reckonverse or something

i’ll put a list of scenes i keep imagining Somewhere but this isn’t the place for it

i love mind with a bat. it’s very cool. have you considered: he deserves it

please draw mind at the chum bucket cause i want it to be a trend. it’d be so so funny..

heart with miku binder

heart with EGOISM’S miku binder (the max stirner quote and everything)

centricide cccc crossover

ok this is a bit out of hand

i never see hms shipart. if you draw any kind of shipart at all tag me in it please

heart with butterfly wings is such an underrated take… please….

heart with flower wings (you can take this on its own or with the context this is good end of hanahaki au where mind learns not to (short version cause this is not the time to talk abt hanahaki au) be a bitch)

bleeding weapons…

heart on the kitchen counter. or the washing machine. or the dryer. he would

any toki pona cccc content PLEASE

i would KILL for mind delivering the leko soweli speech (https://youtu.be/pW24p_xFKa0?si=OPg9rwC7d11hLINJ)

leftist unity animatic

ok sorry for mentioning centricide again. but. soul posadism. at the very least soul asking for the nukes

or soul as horseshoe centrist: soul with a fake paper mustache in the shape of a horseshoe saying ‘well the way i see it there’s no difference between [x] and [y]’

heart face down on the floor muttering ‘(tenpo mute la…. leko soweli li tawa sike…..)’

mid with the transhumanist foil-covered box over his head

trying to erase yourself on a friday night? god you’re pathetic

might make a post of things i want someone to draw so i can put it in my pinned post and maybe someone can draw any of them or just look in there for ideas

[alanoliva2020]

Return For The 40th

My favorite time is here and once again to contribute to my favorite movie of the franchise: Return of the Jedi among it's 40 anniversary!

And what better way of doing so then with another Sponge Wars poster!

Of course I've come a long way to make this to even try improving the skill (In fact it's not the first time I made a picture of it) And just like before Less Star Wars and more SpongeBob!

Comes with an included list:

The Title was (Of course) originally called "Return of the Sponge" but ever since the concept changed, so does the title, (That and it was too 'On the Nose' if it were a parody)

It went through several changes like "Requite of the Sponge", "Comeback of the Sponge" or "The Sponge Returns" To me None of them work. It wasn't until by accident I looked for definition of Sponge and consider as a cleaning tool "Rinse" seem like a funny idea that it actually works

The story for this After SparkBob defeat in the second story, He goes out to battle in His Way, with only his friends trust, and beliefs is the real source of defeating the empire

What also given is a twist where everything in the end is not what it suppose to be.

Another twist to the story of by the major concept to be like almost a remake crossover in a sense. Yes it's mainly "Star Wars made like a SpongeBob cartoon" But what I give additional concept from other movies like the Force Awakens and Rise of Skywalker

What even also give the idea of making SparkBob special is to fight in peaceful and (yet Goofy) way (Think like Anakin if he were to go rouge but in a good way) it's even hinted with the Lightsaber now turn to a spatula (Inspired by the episode: All that Glitters)

Dark Scuba get another upgraded armor as he's now crowned in command by the evil Emperor Planktine (and yes it really Plankton)

Pat and Sandia Still don't have a romance but instead is to trust one another ideas even if they are good or bad.

The Battle of Endor is taken place in the Kelp Forest and all the Ewoks are cloaked Sea Bears, now called "Seawoks"

Ms Puff also takes more the 3 roles, mainly as Boba Fett, but also Mon Mothma (in the style of Finn from the Force Awakens) and a bit of Nien Nunb as the weapon expert to fight the empire.

The "Full" role of Nien Numb is actually given to Pearl, who was originally was suppose to be Mon, But her teenage personality seem more suited as the copilot in the Millennium Patty

Unlike the 2nd Death Star which is the same weapon but unfinished, This weapon is now the "Dented Bucket" which is like the Chum Bucket with a laser coming out of the glove (Along with a rusted exterior to give it the similarity)

For Jabba the Hutt territory was given to more of a comical turnover

Bubble bass is Playing the role, but also Lazy as to not even change his name. All the other member are played out as "Comic Book geeks at a major hangout" house party Including familiar faces like Flats the Flounder, and Johnny Shark. The palace itself is taken place in his basement of his Mother's house, and The Rancor is Literally his Mother!

[izzy-b-hands]

a pre-but leading towards Stizzy and potentially Steddyhands thing below. A lot of hurt ppl trying to heal and accidentally hurting each other a bit in the process. Mostly between Ed and Izzy. They're gonna work on it, eventually. Not in this fic, but it alludes that it pushes them onto that path lol.

---

"Getting a bit ridiculous now," Stede huffs. "After all, you could have at least borrowed my jacket."

"And ruin the ensemble?" Ed replies, pulling on Izzy's vest. "Speaking of, this does look better with the vest on! Thanks, Iz."

Izzy nods but his smile is clearly one of discomfort.

Then again, he also immediately volunteered his own clothes for Ed to wear, after a passing fish vendor emptying buckets of chum emptied one all over Ed.

So as far as Stede sees it, the discomfort is his own fault.

"Here," Jim dashes up by them, their long coat in hand. "It isn't that warm out today."

They drape it over Izzy's shoulders before he can even open his mouth, then dart back to Olu in the middle of the crowd that the crew has bunched into on the market walkway.

Stede waits for Izzy's snappy response, but, nothing.

He leaves the coat on too, pulling it tighter with a hand.

For the next hour, they plod through the market stalls, finishing up the long list of things that need replenishing or that are wanted.

"Back home we go," Ed instructs as they reach the front of the market. "Iz, thanks for holding my things for me."

Stede fails to bite back a frown. He'd forgotten Izzy had been carrying Ed's messed up leathers and shirt, that he'd not even paused before taking them from Ed wordlessly.

Fucking Israel Fucking Hands.

He does not care about him. Not one fucking iota. He cared so poorly about his own son that Louis had forgotten who he was. Would that it would happen the same with him and Izzy. Though he'd rather not somehow become Izzy's father.

"Leave them with me," Izzy says. "I'll get them clean enough again."

"Tall task, but I believe in you," Ed nods. "Jim, come get your coat."

Jim doesn't move.

"Jim, come on," Ed smiles.

Stede catches Jim's eyes.

Fury.

"Erm," Stede clears his throat. "They can get it back once we're at the ship. Right, Jim?"

"Yup."

The response is more a snap of the jaw than a word.

They head back home, bunched in the bigger dinghy, bags and boxes and small barrels crowding their feet.

At the ladder, Izzy hands over the coat, tosses Ed's leathers up onto the deck, and then is up and gone before Stede can get onboard.

Not that he cares, really. But Jim was concerned, apparently, and a good captain would attend to Jim's feelings.

"I'm sorry if Ed overstepped there," he murmurs to Jim as they help Roach put away provisions and groceries. "He just didn't want your coat to be misplaced, I think."

"You know exactly why he said what he said," Jim frowns, slamming tins onto the pantry shelves. "Look. He may be back to how he was before you left him-"

"I didn't leave him," Stede interrupts. "Not like that, at least. Like how you're making it sound. I just left him physically, temporarily."

Jim rolls their eyes. "Pardon me for not noting the extensive difference."

"Finish your sentence then," Stede snaps.

"He's happy. You're happy. I'm happy for you both! But you know who I'm not happy for?"

"Izzy."

"He got fed his fucking toe," Jim says. "And he's still jumping before Ed even says how high. I don't fucking get it."

"They're friends," Stede says, handing over a woven bag full of fruit. "And coworkers, and they've been together a long time. That's just how they fit together."

"No," Jim chuckles bitterly. "No, I call bullshit on that. They'd never have stuck around each other if that was the case."

"Then what?"

"Ed needs to pay attention and acknowledge Izzy damn near licking his boots just at the sight of him," Jim replies. "And Izzy needs to remember he's more than a first mate, and to get off his fucking knees to lick those boots, because Ed keeps kicking him on accident instead."

"They aren't trying to hurt each other," Stede says.

"That doesn't undo any of it."

"Maybe they need to talk," Stede sighs. "That's what you're going to say, isn't it?"

Jim shrugs. "Maybe. I'm going to take Izzy the new shirt and trousers Olu, Lucius, and I bought for him while the rest of you were arguing over tea."

They pull the clothing from the last bag of tins, hidden at the bottom, and leave with a swish of their coat.

--

"-okay?"

Stede jumps back behind the wall at the sound of Frenchie's voice.

"We talked about this," he continues. "Yeah, you absolutely fucked up, and then some. But we're here, in the present, and things are better, and if we can forgive Ed and Stede, why the fuck can't they forgive you? Or at least act decently?"

Stede hadn't thought they'd been that bad to Izzy, post-reunion. They gave him orders, of course, maybe a bit sharply now and then.

"You're all going to get yourselves in trouble," Izzy mutters.

"So we get in trouble, whatever!" Frenchie shouts.

"Shh!" Izzy hisses. "I appreciate it. You know I do."

"Yeah, because I finally got to know you! And I know that you don't deserve...I mean he could have bought new clothes! And left you in yours, and he could have worn Jim's coat in the meantime!"

"He's our captain," Izzy says, surprisingly calmly and gently to Stede's ears. "As is Bonnet. There are some things you just let slide, when it comes to captains."

"These captains are supposed to be your friends too though," Frenchie protests. "Friends would at least say thank you for your charity earlier."

"Ed thanked me!"

"Ed liked how he looked in your clothing and thanked you as an afterthought."

That stings. Stede can feel it himself, because he knows Frenchie isn't entirely wrong. Ed didn't mean it that way necessarily, he doesn't think. He was truly thankful but excited to no longer be covered in fish guts! Surely, he could be excused for not responding like Frenchie, apparently, wanted.

There's a hitch of breath. A shaky sigh.

Fuck. He's crying. Izzy is actually crying.

"Hey," Frenchie says soothingly. "At least you've got some new stuff, so you can let your leathers air out with Ed's until they don't smell of fish as much. And Ed can keep sharing clothes with Stede, so you should be the only one wearing these, yeah?"

"Yeah."

"Man," Frenchie continues. "Come on. John and I want you by us for the chapter tonight. We can go choose blankets and pillows and our spot near the mast right now, so we're all ready by then."

Stede waits until he can't hear their footsteps before stepping away from the wall.

He thinks back to the night he and Ed had traded clothes, and a phrase from the time comes to mind:

A harried, terrified, "I don't know what to do," in his own voice. He sure as fuck doesn't know what to do now either.

--

"Iz really is tougher than you think," Ed says.

"That isn't what I'm meaning," Stede sighs. "Ed, you need to talk with him. Clear the air, and set a course forward for the two of you."

"I love the sailing metaphor," Ed replies. "But I don't think it's necessary. I'm not proud of what I did to his toe, and I probably shouldn't have-"

"Not ideal," Stede nods.

"Not at all," Ed continues. "But why does that mean I need to go have some heart to heart with him? If he needed that, I think I would know before any of you! I'm his friend."

"He loves you. As a friend and far, far more."

Ed's goblet full of wine hits the floor and shatters.

"I need a minute," Ed says softly. "Either I need to go outside and find somewhere else to be, or you do. I'm not mad; I'm just-"

"I get it," Stede cuts him off as gently as he can. "I'll head outside and check around on the crew. If you need me, come find me, or have someone else do it if you need. They won't mind."

He steps out onto the deck a moment later, heart beating out of his chest.

He'd hoped it wouldn't be a surprise to Ed, because even he, of all people, could see it now. The almost blind devotion and loyalty Izzy had for Ed as a captain wasn't any random luck or just the act of sailing together for years. It came from the friendship that had been there seemingly from day one of them knowing each other, and, from Izzy's side at least, the love.

But apparently, a surprise it was.

"Hey," Lucius steps out from behind the main mast. "Tea?"

In the galley sit Pete, Frenchie, John, Izzy, and Roach, though Roach is busy with a dough on the table in front of him.

"Welcome Captain," John raises a cup of tea. "Get everything you bought put away?"

"All the clothing, yes," Stede blushes to think of it. They'd literally been at clothing stalls, buying silk and cotton trousers and shirts and scarves for himself, all while Izzy stood there shivering and increasingly stinking of fish from holding Ed's leathers.

They could have bought him a new outfit in less than five minutes, but they hadn't even thought of it. The clothes wouldn't have been perfectly tailored of course, but they would have been clean.

He doesn't care about Izzy. He doesn't. But it feels a bit uncaptainlike to not have done anything about it, in hindsight.

"We are relaxing together and hanging out until story time," Lucius smiles. "Join us."

"I think you'll like the next chapter," Stede says.

"Ah, no spoilers," Roach says without stopping his kneading of the dough. "We can wait a few hours to just hear the chapter."

"Of course," Stede says, watching as Izzy, without blinking, pours him a cup of tea and does up the sugar and milk for him too.

He frowns when he slides it over, but otherwise he doesn't even look at Stede.

"Um," Stede hesitates.

"Ed alright?" Lucius asks.

"How did you know?"

"Honestly, I was listening in," Lucius shrugs. "It's been wild lately on here and all of you want advice, and I'm just trying to keep up."

Izzy giggles.

"He gets it," Lucius motions to Izzy. "Seriously though, is he okay?"

"We're having a small disagreement," Stede replies. "Not really a disagreement, actually. I told him something I thought he already knew, or at least had some idea of, and he had no idea, apparently, so..."

He raises his cup of tea. "Here I am."

"These things happen," John says. "I'm sure you'll talk it out tonight with him, and be back to normal tomorrow."

"I don't know about that."

"What did you tell him?"

Izzy asks it quietly, just audible.

"I-" Stede pauses, his cup nearly slipping off the edge of its saucer as he sets it down. "It wasn't important."

"Must be if he asked for space," Pete raises a brow. "Come on, you can tell us. If you want to, of course."

"I think I have an idea," Lucius says.

"Me too," Frenchie says slowly. "Captain, did you by chance tell him that Izzy-"

"Was lovely for carrying his things today? I did!" Stede says quickly.

"No," Frenchie scoffs. "And you know that isn't what I was going to say."

The table falls silent except for the sound of the dough being worked.

The galley door creaks open, and Ed wanders in.

"Oh, good. Izzy-"

He strides over to the table and slides some coins towards him. "For your trouble, today. I can see you found something new, but buy yourself something at the next port too. In case of any more fish vendors with shit aim."

Izzy takes the coins slowly. "Thank you, Ed. Much appreciated."

"Stede, I'm gonna take a little nap before the story. Wake me when everyone is ready?"

Stede nods, and kisses the top of one of Ed's hands before he leaves.

As soon as the door closes, the room explodes.

"Wow," John mutters. "He knows you love him now, and you showed just how much at the market and then some before that, and that was worth how much, in coin?"

Izzy shoves the coins his way, staring into the whorls of the wooden table, but doesn't say a word.

"Izzy, seriously," Frenchie starts, but Izzy's hand slams the table.

"I volunteered to give up my clothes, because he's my captain and my friend," Izzy says, teeth gritted. "But he made clear, when I pledged my loyalty, that captain would have to come before friend, in regards to us. So that's what I do, and that's what I did today, and how I feel about him doesn't matter!"

He blinks. "I'm. I should go to my room anyway. Put things away."

"You didn't buy anything," Roach says.

"Then I'll rearrange in case I buy anything at the next place!"

He nearly runs out.

"Great," Pete scoffs. "It's gonna take weeks to get him to talk more openly again."

"No it won't," Lucius says. "He's been doing a lot better. We'll give him some space, and he'll bounce back."

"I don't know what to say," Stede admits bluntly, his voice sounding too loud for the room, at least to him. "I'm sorry."

"Person that needs to hear that isn't in the room anymore," John says.

He doesn't care about Izzy. He doesn't.

--

"Hey."

"What do you need?"

Izzy is shuffling his few knick knacks on the small shelf above his cot. There's so few it honestly looks ridiculous.

"To talk to you."

"Got anything else? Lucius is the one for a chore like that," Izzy says. "Barnacle scraping maybe? Hate it, but I can do it, since no one else ever fucking does. It's a wonder the hull isn't made of them by now."

Stede lets himself giggle. "Do we scrape or leave them at that point?"

"Depends. If you want a hull, leave them. If you don't mind sinking from the holes that'll be left and in need of rapid repair, then scrape them all."

"Izzy," Stede says. "I didn't mean to cause any trouble by telling Ed what I did. I honestly, truly, thought he knew how you felt."

"He used me to practice kissing so that he'd be a better kisser for Jack," Izzy says, hands stilling over the items on the shelf. "Laughed at me for looking starry-eyed during and after. I lied and told him I just liked kissing that much. It's as much on me as it is him."

"That's probably not false. But even so...why not talk about it? Clear the air, about everything."

"All I did was the let the man borrow my fucking clothes," Izzy mutters.

"Because you love him."

"I'm not going over this all again," Izzy continues. "I made it clear in the galley-"

"I don't hate you," Stede interrupts. "Not anymore. I keep trying to, believe me. It isn't working. I don't know if I love you, but...you are something, to me."

Izzy turns from the shelf, to finally face him. "And what does that have to do with me and Ed?"

"You two should talk," Stede continues. "Amd whatever the two of you want, with each other...as long as I have Ed just as much, I'll be happy. If that's clear enough."

Izzy's gaze softens. "It is. Is there any point?"

"In talking to him? I can't say for sure," Stede replies. "But if it were me, I would at least give it a try."

They walk out together to his and Ed's quarters, and he gives a rapid fire knock for Izzy before opening the door. "Go on. I'll be out here, bothering everyone else."

Izzy smiles. "You are very good at it. I'll be at ease knowing that particular duty is in good hands."

"That sounds better," Stede grins. "Go on, use the adrenaline and get in there!"

He shuts the door after Izzy steps inside, and sits against a wall near it.

He cares about Izzy Hands. A hell of a lot more than he ever used to, or expected he would.

But he does.

[spongebobsoundtrack]

Gerhard Trede - Zelle 501

Plays in:

34a. "Welcome to the Chum Bucket" 

34b. "Frankendoodle" 

39b. "The Fry Cook Games" 

43a. "Just One Bite" 

44a. "Nasty Patty"

58b. "Plankton's Army"

61a. "Fear of a Krabby Patty" 

84a. "Spy Buddies" 

85b. "Krabs à la Mode" 

91a. "Goo Goo Gas" 

94b. "Mermaid Man vs. SpongeBob" 

97a. "20,000 Patties Under the Sea" 

100a. "Banned in Bikini Bottom" 

123-124. "Truth or Square" 

125b. "Chum Caverns"

129a. "Someone's in the Kitchen with Sandy" 

129b. "The Inside Job" 

130a. "Greasy Buffoons" 

134. "SpongeBob's Last Stand" 

137a. "One Coarse Meal" 

139a. "Gramma's Secret Recipe" 

143. "The Great Patty Caper" 

145a. "Buried in Time"

147b. "Shellback Shenanigans" 

153b. "The Other Patty" 

154a. "Drive Thru" 

160b. "Walking the Plankton" 

167a. "The Krabby Patty That Ate Bikini Bottom"

168b. "Fiasco!" 

170a. "Free Samples" 

171a. "Karen 2.0" 

174b. "For Here or to Go" 

192a. "Company Picnic" 

198b. "CopyBob DittoPants" 

199b. "Lame and Fortune" 

211a. "Plankton Retires" 

230b. "Bottle Burglars" 

232b. "Shopping List" 

239a. "The Grill is Gone" 

244a. "The Krusty Slammer" 

254-255. "SpongeBob's Big Birthday Blowout" 

[bakersfield-row]

aw shit

Name? mju

Pronouns and gender? he/him (cis, for now...)

Sexuality? gray asexual panromantic

Country? USA

Top 5 fandoms? i dont really have fandoms so ill just list some things: (not in order) wes anderson stuff, haruki murakami stuff, don hertzfeldt stuff, stuff from the beatles, and whatever the community surrounding blahaj is all about.

What is your Most forbidden snack? anything from the chum bucket

Would you pet a bug? maybe...probably not...im sorry...

Share a weird fact/story about yourself with the class. i was at a summer camp once at a college, and kids were kinda known for stealing and breaking things around the campus. one day, i was around the area when there was this kid who wanted to get a bottle of water, and the water fountain just fucking fell apart like a dead roblox character. water was still being squirted everywhere from the broken faucet and the kid looked so nervous, desperate to prove that he was innocent. i know its kinda horrible, but being like one of three people to see the whole ordeal happen was kinda funny.

What does the color blue taste like? a space themed chocolate cake

What is the most beautiful thing you've ever seen? yosemite, bar none. i dont really go out into nature that much, which is a real shame imo. i still remember the awe i got from seeing those huge mountains, the blue skies complementing the greenest trees, the cleanest air around, with a tint of vapor from the nearby waterfalls. its a shame i dont have photos from when i went there, and its an even bigger shame that i split from the tour to get some pancakes (even tho they are still probably the best pancakes in the world). but still, i'd love to visit there again, with lake tahoe being a far yet also beautiful second.

What is the stupidest thing you've ever done? doing a drama play and farting on stage. i mean, can you really blame me? everything about scheduling was messed up and i had to do it in my pe clothes. the good thing is that no one remembers that ordeal and i still got an award of excellence for my performance.

Stupidest thing you've seen/heard someone else do/say? yesterday, my mom pronounced Maserati "mass-ah-rail." i could say a lot of other things about her but we'll just cut it there.

Hyperfixation song? currently sometimes by mbv.

Is there any meaning behind your profile picture and/or username? not really. the name "bakersfield" has been stuck in my head for as long as i could remember, even though i dont live anywhere near a bakersfield, so i just thought why not. as for baba, idk, looks kinda cute.

Dream career as a child? astronaut, pilot, or something that has to do with trains.

Dream career as an adult? photographer. i know its kinda financially unfeasible at the moment and i havent practiced in a long time, but its just as relaxing as writing with somewhat less efort.

Thoughts on cilantro? its alright.

Have you ever been banned from a location and if so, why? i dont think so, and if i was i either dont remember or i was never told.

What is your cursed food combination? broccoli dipped in teriyaki sauce.

Trans rights? i dunno, usually trans people are left (yes trans rights, human rights shouldnt be politics)

if you already did this, im sorry.

@terrence-theshark14 @ozi-uwu @breezingwing @window-to-the-void @keenkryptonitenut @aubeebuzzbuzz @twinkenjoyer @aaskaaska @trans-linux-user @thanook

“I just came from r/196” ask game

Saw another post. I think I should invite y'all to one of our longstanding traditions. Answer the questions then tag 10 (or more) people. I'll go first.

Name? Frankie

Pronouns and gender? he/they/it, transmasc

Sexuality? Lesbian

Country? USA

Top 5 fandoms? Bungou Stray Dogs, Cosmere, All for the Game, Fundiesnark (not a series but I'm too deep in it to not consider it a fandom), .....the tornado fandom? (they're my special interest)

What is your Most forbidden snack? The preserved bones at the Atlanta Bodies Exhibition. They looked so crunchy...

Would you pet a bug? If it's big enough, it is pettable.

Share a weird fact/story about yourself with the class. I like to drive around rural areas and photograph old, sometimes abandoned locations in the dead of night. I have been literally chased out of towns by foot and by car on two separate occasions. The second time this happened, "See You Again" by Miley Cyrus came up on shuffle and that's the soundtrack my friend and I tore out of town to. Also every "guy" I've dated except for my most recent ex (who has big egg energy) is a lesbian now.

What does the color blue taste like? Creme brulee

What is the most beautiful thing you've ever seen? The appalachian mountains of Tennessee in the middle of summer. There's kudzu everywhere. On the backroads, there were several old, dilapidated Baptist churches barely hanging to the side of the mountain. I wonder how many of them were still in use.

What is the stupidest thing you've ever done? Short version: my friend's house almost got broken into by this dude who'd been stalking us for months while we were home alone. Instead of calling the cops, we decided to confront him with a bow and arrow (me), a hatchet, and a baseball bat (him). The plan was that if it went badly, we would simply throw his corpse into one of the many lakes in the neighborhood and let the alligators eat his remains (this was Florida). Why? Because we were afraid of having our home-alone privileges revoked. Luckily for us all, the guy fucked off and we never saw him again.

Stupidest thing you've seen/heard someone else do/say? My ex thought that Jackalopes were real. Also, a nurse I was doing rotations with apparently thought that "Witness Protection" was for Jehovah's Witnesses.

Hyperfixation song? Young Enough + Bleach by Charly Bliss

Is there any meaning behind your profile picture and/or username? Profile pic; I'm transmasc and I'm currently obsessed with TriStamp. Username; It was my fake internet name when I was like 13. I won't change it because I want my mutuals to recognize me, and because I do have a viral post associated with this name.

Dream career as a child? Doctor (funnily enough I'm now in nursing school)

Dream career as an adult? Professional Jester. Not a comedian. I just want to be some weird little guy who dresses silly and you can hire me to roast your boss at work parties.

Thoughts on cilantro? Delicious

Have you ever been banned from a location and if so, why? I honestly can't remember? Probably... but in recent memory I've mainly banned people from places.

What is your cursed food combination? Pineapple on a hotdog with grilled onions. It Slaps.

Trans rights? TRANS RIGHTS

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