#fan boats

[zekethefreak]

Cruising Into September and Book Fairs

I’ve been back from my cruise for more than two weeks now. My wife and I had a great time. The Norwegian Joy took south and to the Caribbean. One day in Port Canaveral. Two days in Nassau, Bahamas. One day in Stirrup Cay, Bahamas. One day in Miami. And five days at sea. GLOW Party on the Norwegian Joy! Hibachi dining on ship at Teppanaki. While in Port Canaveral, we visited the Kennedy Space…

[swedenis-h]

Star Wars Cowboy AU is just changing their clothes and nothing about the plot

[dredgesnails]

grian and gem are being consumed by the sea. pearl’s a fish. mumbo’s growing gills. rivers are being built and expanded everywhere. keralis is chilling on his yacht. big salmon is… big salmoning. my god it’s inescapable

[tobisonfire]

etho reading joels message

[obsob]

beloved!!!

[samglyph]

This was originally just an InvictusCon Sketch comm but I needed a flat color ref for Charlie and I can’t stop thinking about them. Wasn’t going to post this originally but my dash has been very Charlie focused this morning? So have my donation. Talking about the king.

[prudentseer]

When Gem and Scar show up to a "#1 boat boy shipper" competition but Mythical J. Sausage is already there (it's over)

[0vergrowngraveyard]

i wanted to practice backgrounds and i just reread @skimmingmilk’s fic chart a course to second chances for the millionth time so there was only one logical conclusion

[babyonboard]

boyfriend don who doesn’t have a penny to his name, but saves half of his first paycheck to take you on a dinner date and buy you a bouquet of tulips and daisies.

boyfriend don who is quiet around pretty much everyone, but when he has you alone, he’s quite the chatterbox.

boyfriend don who insists that he doesn’t mind scratching your back until you fall asleep.

boyfriend don who learns all of your favorite songs on the piano.

boyfriend don who is insanely ticklish.

boyfriend don who keeps a picture of you in his pocket at all times.

boyfriend don who saves up for months to buy you that necklace you’ve been eyeing.

boyfriend don who slow dances with you to a record in his dorm room.

boyfriend don who blushes at any physical touch.

boyfriend don who has calloused hands and secretly loves it when you kiss his palms and tell him he needs to be more gentle on himself.

boyfriend don who promises you the world and fully intends on giving you it.

[thewanderingmask]

chibi smajor time

[lifesmpliar]

Boat Boys fans after seeing the tinniest interaction between Etho and Joel:

“WE’RE EATING GOOD TONIGHT!!!!”

The food in question:

[seanwinchester]

why am i seeing top/bottom discourse in the year of our lord 2024. top!sam and bottom!sam enjoyers are sisters I thought we all knew this. same with dean. and especially why am I seeing takes about 'the taller one topping being cliché' when the older one topping is also cliché. come on guys what's the play here

[sprinklesharkie]

why is he the way that he is

[emry-stars-art]

sorry to bother you, but….

if statled jelly!niel stings, does sleeping jelly!niel sting? Because it seems to be a conscious effort for niel to not sting? Or did I misunderstand this?

what are the scientific implications of sleepy jelly cuddles?

Great question! Thank you for letting me put on my more beach-appropriate baseball cap and do more mer research hehe

So I asked the shark and he told me to mind my business I think.

Unfortunately for him, the manta ray will spill just about anything in exchange for pretty human stuff and I am great at taking notes.

Basically? It seems to me like it’s expected touch vs unexpected, combined with the jelly’s maturing self-awareness. When it’s younger, a jelly mer will start getting control of its sting by ‘turning it off’ consciously. As they get older, it can become closer to “will not sting unless actively startled or for good reason” as the jelly chooses! Think of the sting response like a knee-jerk, throwing-elbows response. Anything less startling isn't worth the effort. Or in jellyneil's case, maybe more of a nervous person's flinch response.

So at this age when jellyneil is awake, it generally won’t sting unless really startled - unfortunately for most mers, the poor thing is a little jumpy and most unexpected touches are startling 🥲

When jellyneil is asleep, there’s more of a “base state” idea happening - however it goes to sleep is how it’ll peacefully stay. So if it falls sleep with someone else touching it, no stings! If it falls sleep in traditional jelly fashion (wedged between rocks or otherwise anchored down) the tentacles and stingers are instinctively in defense mode and I cannot advise getting too close.

If it gets startled awake though? I can only assume it would sting then as well but I can't tell you for sure because the whale and the one shark twin are usually very good about not letting that happen.

There’s some point to be made here about the fact that the stinging is only ‘turned off’ while cuddling/sleeping on other mers - clearly, brushing up against rocks doesn’t desensitize the stingers to other outside stimuli. In open water, the sleeping jelly knows to fend for itself. The presence of another mer seems to be instinctively calming.

But I am not here to wax poetic about it, that’s your job, I just provide the research 🤲

Find the mer au masterpost here 💕

[that-one-english-nerd]

Joe Rantz / Shorty Hunt ~

[arjtogruta]

wonder if Joel’s ever gonna go a episode without mentioning that Etho guy- it’s been a least 4-5 episodes by now- kinda sounds like- hes a bit -obsessed?????

I thought the episode he posted today he was finally gonna take a break- but it’s to late- he’s become a ethogirl and there’s no turning back. 😭