#hermit crabs rule

[happycrabitat]

Scuttles getting a drink

[thinkingnot]

bro… i didn’t touch the lil dude but hes funky as hell like purple red orange he’s got all the colors and the texture of his shell was also strange, not to mention all the spikes :o

i also got a bucket of shrimps, a fish and this spiky purple thingy idk what, also a hermit crab (henry) and many tiny snails

[lifeisprettygreatactually]

Got tired of being on my computer/phone all day every day and pulled out a bunch of mini rubber animals I’ve collected over the years. Made a great little set for them out of some random blank pieces of paper, a sheet of wax paper, lots of sticky notes, scissors, some random other stuff I had on my desk for elevation purposes, some comic markers I got for class, and a single piece of tape. Honestly it’s one of the most fun things I’ve done on my own in a while. I highly recommend.

[maybe-solar-powered-calculator]

☼☼ SOLARs MAGNIFICENT CATALOGUING OF TAGs (!!!!) ☼☼ (all added to the bottom of this post for navigating convenience! like the letter labels in a dictionary!! alphabetical order not guaranteed.)

[ THIS IS HARD TO READ ON LIGHT MODE!! if you opened it in another tab n it showed up with a white background, go here instead! ]

act 1: the sun is a deadly laser (i am, unfortunately, not.) >>> SELF TAGS! stuff that i made! or something like that! .. scribblings on the walls (text posts) // the deranged ramblings and annotations within the confines of my prison. .. solar.png (my art??) // patterns akin to primitive cave drawings. .. hammers this to the top of my enclosure (pinned/info stuff) // warnings, hazard signs, beware of dog, etc

act 2: empty plastic organization bins (chaos abounds in the lair) >>> SORTING TAGS! only my soul knows how i choose the tags for each post. i would say my heart, but that things squishy. bleh .. q (queue) // pronounced "kiu". what is going on with english. do i even want to know?? .. cool graphics tag (nice pictures) // visuals of any sort that i particularly like!! gif shitposts? best art ive seen in my lifetime?? Here Goes .. the divine compels to Art (inspo) // subset of cool graphics that i wish to consume- ahem. to study under a microscope and learn from! .. rattling metal bars with a stick (stimboards or gifs) // trakatrakatraka heheheheee .. HSFGDHJ (hsfgdhj) // cackling like the terrible gremlin that i am. no im not good at keysmashes, yes i always use this predetermined one .. see also: hall of fame (fav, the best ones) // i would frame these and put them in my wall if i had the guts to .. see also: fine china cabinet (hehehehe) // things that would go to hall of fame, but for Mysterious Reasons(tm) i am instead snatching to the Display of Shinies .. look at this later tag (remind me to do it..) // useful, interesting, and/or free stuff i want to come back to. sometimes just ideas .. distillate for gender extract (Gender,,,) // i am putting these in. the spirally overcomplicated glass tube thing and injecting the resulting compound into my bloodstream like some sort of wretched hrt .. gnawing the bars of my cage (WOOFWOOFBARKBARK /pos) // (I AM NOT BEING NORMAL ABOUT THIS) - you know how cats nibble the corner of things sometimes. yeah,, .. stares respectfully (something got in my eye ow gimme a sec) // like one would, standing at the edge of a grave. things i resonated with (unfortunately, Squishy Heart is at it again. FEELINGS (ack)!! GET THE BROOM!) .. rules to live by (good advice) // Wise Words from mad prophets. we are on this website after all

act 3: rng (random name generator) >>> SUBJECT TAGS! i like giving silly names to some of them. .. wild metal on the dash (metal sonic!!) // statistically, i purposely go search for them most of the time. sometimes he does be on my dash tho...... .. benrey spotted (temp tag,,) // confirmed gamer sightings .. cherry flavored halls (lil hal!!) // id swear there was a black and red type but eh. thats the next closest thing i guess .. hermit crabs and/or traffic cones (hermitcraft/traffic) // yay silly block people doing Crimes!!!! .. tango of the tek variety (tangotek) // you know the one and only .. honkhonk (sky:cotl) // HONKHONKHONKHONK (hi) .. the bl(orb)os (portal) // sometimes a guy is just spherical in nature. sometimes theres many of them! (mostly the cores, but also general portal tag)

act 4: There Might Be More!! I Probably Forgor! I Will Add Them Later!

[crow-n-tell]

About the music men hermit crab rangbooms, what is that mostly irrelevant information about colors and other stuff? (The barnacles as top hats idea was so cool! I like your brain and how it works!)

And that because sunlight casts a blue light over everything in the water! Colors of a warmer variety tend to look black or nearly black. Now you’re probably thinking “okay so that means that our lil sea crabs actually don’t look all bright and crisp, they look dark and weird in their natural habitat?”

No.

Because no rules apply to fluorescent colors.

While yes some of the lighter areas of our lil guy are definitely going to appear more dark, like his legs and areas of his face; the bright oranges and pinks will have the same vibrance! That along with the purples looking a bit more blue make him just exactly the same hue of the acid mushrooms you’ll find their casts (group of crabs) around.

Meanwhile for his deeper sea counterpart, who lives in the part of the sea known as…. THE TWILIGHT ZONE.

An area where light doesn’t reach; his nearly red colored fluorescent shell actually benefits him because guess what? The further down you go into the water there isn’t any light to reflect, just leaving them red and meaning they are mostly invisible!

So our lil guys are basically as safe as can be from… most predators.

… heh.

Moon is a special kind of menace :)

[rockethorse]

Alright, let's meet Calcinidae Bay!

Calcinidae Bay is a(n unpopulated) work-in-progress CC-free Sims 2 neighbourhood where all the buildings are made from shell challenges.

I'm planning on posting more about Calcinidae Bay and its lots, so I wanted to make an intro post to start the tag! Feel free to mute the tag "Calcinidae Bay" if you're not interested.

Shell challenges are quite popular in the Sims 4, but they're possible to do in any Sims game and the principles are largely the same; one player puts down a bunch of walls, then other Simmers have to turn those walls into something without altering that "shell". Rules may vary depending on the creator and between game versions, but here are the general rules I'm playing by:

Walls that are already placed cannot be deleted, moved, or swapped with fences/half-walls.

New exterior walls cannot be connected to the the shell; they must be separated by at least one tile. This includes vertically (e.g. additional storeys, basements, dormers). New interior walls may be placed freely, but any preexisting interior walls must be preserved.

Fences and half-walls are allowed to be added/connected anywhere.

Foundation can be added freely but any existing foundation must be preserved (though it can be replaced with any of the 3 basegame foundation types).

There are some lots in Calcinidae Bay that don't follow these exact rules (such as my Foundations For Families houses) but do follow other building-restriction challenges, but the majority of lots are based on Sims 4 shell challenges converted to the Sims 2.

Let's take a look under the hood!

Calcinidae Bay is split into five sections, and has two roads leading in/out of town. Its terrain is Compass River by Leekeaux on MTS.

The blue/cyan area is the civic centre, where the entertainment, business, and government buildings are. There are some residential lots here, but mostly community. The road out leads to/from the future Downtown subhood.

The yellow section is the suburban area where most Sims live. It has a lot of housing, some smaller shops, and community lots like a library and public primary/secondary schools. The road out leads to/from the future Shopping District subhood.

The red/pink area is the rougher side of town. Since there are no roads out, there's less incidental traffic, so the real estate is less valuable and thus tends to be cheaper. This is where the remote offices, factories/warehouses, and affordable housing is/are.

The purple area is where the rich snobs live and gather. Houses here will be larger, older, and more expensive, and the few community lots will be more exclusive. (Note that "expensive" does not always mean "tasteful".)

Lastly, the green area in the corner is military ground. Eventually, it will have barracks, offices, and research facilities.

And if you were wondering, "why Calcinidae?" Well, Calcinidae is a family of hermit crabs - creatures that take shells left by others and repurpose them for their own use. :) The hermit crab and its shell are the coat of arms for Calcinidae Bay (and would be on its flag were I using custom content).

Most of the shells I use for Calcinidae Bay are remade from Sims 4 challenges, but I would love for Sims 2 players to donate shells too! Feel free to send me a Sims2Pack of a packaged shell OR simply draw the floorplan out on a grid and I'll remake it myself. You can also include other rules/suggestions about what the lot should be, what objects must be used, etc.

Lastly, I can't promise how useful all the lots in Calcinidae Bay would be for other players, especially since shell challenges can result in some unintuitive floorplans, but if you would like any of them, simply ask and I will do my best to share them. :)

[sleepy0s]

Twister

Quote:

*playing twister*

E!Pearl: Right hand red.

E!Taurtis: *ends up on top of E!Grian*

E!Grian: You're doing this on purpose, aren't you?

E!Pearl: I stopped spinning like 15 minutes ago. Honestly, I'm surprised you didn't notice

Evo + Hermits!!

Shapeshifter G!

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So, game night with Evo is… not as bad as Xisuma expected. Sure, it's chaotic but they have some sense of order. Unsurprisingly, their admin, Grian, is not the one keeping the order, instead it was Netty. The poor girl losing her mind trying to keep track of all 10 other Evo members plus the five other hermits. 

Mentioning Grian. There is no way that is Grian. For starters, it's not a secret that Grian is a shapeshifter but he's got that rule about changing his entire appearance, and this Grian looks nothing like the hermit's Grian. But, you can tell from how he acts that they are the same person.   - 

Currently, everyone is split up, playing their own games. The most notable is the group playing twister. Grian and Taurtis were the only two left in the game, Pearl was spinning the wheel whilst Impulse, Scar and Gem hovered around her, giggling. Pearl refused to let Grian and Taurtis come down claiming there just had to be a winner. 

“Pearl! Please, my arms are tired!” Grian whined, he was currently doing the crab across the map. Pearl simply laughed before spinning the wheel. “Taurtis! Right hand red!” Gem called out, smiling.

Taurtis moved his  hand to red, which “Coincidentally” ended up near Grian’s head, causing him to end up on top of Grian making them both quite flustered, “Pearl! You're doing this on purpose!” 

“We stopped spinning like 15 minutes ago,” she chuckled. 

As she spoke Taurtis’ arm grew tired causing it to collapse and for him to fall straight down.. Landing on top of Grian, “Agh- Grian! You're a very nice pillow.” Grian immediately pushed Taurtis off him, (Gently, ofcourse) and began running after Pearl.

…

“Grian- GRIAN! GET OFF PEARL!?” Netty cried, running over to break up the two siblings.

[randomrabbidramblings]

Nice catch!

Beacon Beach is a well known place for fishermen. You can catch a large variety of fish and, if you have the right bait (and the strenght), even some special ones like this rare Augie!

The only rule is: you can't bring the Augie catch home. He's supposed to be the Beach's Warden, so he's pretty important to the ecosystem. No, you can't have the hermit crab either as it acconts for a lot of Augie's brain power.

[official-crab-posts]

for the purposes of this blog do hermit crabs count as crabs?? because if so. Coenobita Purpureus, the Okinawan blueberry hermit crab

my profile picture is a hermit crab so i would sure hope they count lol (i also establish rules about what i count as a crab in my pinned post if anyone hasnt read that)

the okinawan blueberry hermit crab!! what a delightful friend. i will share a blueberry pie with them.

look at them. do they not deserve a delicious blueberry pie.

[kingmagnificoofrosas]

Ok, it's time to deep talk even more about Magnifico! Part 1.

Since my analyses have gotten so much love, support and agreement, I feel motivated to continue 💙

In my first analysis I've touched up on many things, but something I want to deepen a little more is his trauma and his responses to it. Next to his character all in one of course.

After watching and rewatching and studying while making screencaps, I found myslef being heart broken for Magnifico even more. He's so horribly misunderstood it blows my mind. People are so freaking mean and ignorant it's insane!

We know that Magnifico was deeply traumatized as a young boy. Most people focus on themselves, their pain and their healing, but Magnifico instead wanted to make sure others will never suffer like he did. Please, let that sink in for a moment. His first response isn't to look at himself but to look at others. He lost everything and what does he want to do? Give! His first impulse was - I need to learn magic, so I can be strong enough to build a place where I can make sure people will never have to endure what I had to. Not "I gotta build myself a safe place so I can never be hurt again" like a little hermit crab hiding in a new house. No, he always looked what he could do for others!

This is one of the most selfless things a human being can do! It's not happening often but it's happening. People with trauma using their trauma as a motivation to help others.

Magnifico's determination to build a save haven for others despite his situation is freaking honarable!

He loves deeply! I did explain that the trauma Magnifico suffered heavily influenced and altered his thinking, his feeling, his actions and decission making.

He loves deeply but his paranoia and fear cloud it. What I mean is, some of his decissons aren't right but this doesn't make him evil! He's like a helicopter parent! His motivation to fiercly protect and keep save is purely love driven and initially right but because of his immense fear and paranoia it's becoming overprotectiveness and that is not the right way.

He never meant harm, he never meant to hurt. He was being too selfless in way. I heard another Magnifico defender say, he did too well.

And it's true.

Magnifico has given so much in his life. Matter of fact, he was absolutely right when he said he gives and gives and gives and yet people still aren't satisfied. And I totally get it! It's real life. People are greedy beings. Give them your little finger and they soon want your whole hand.

The people of Rosas live in total peace. They get everything they could ask for and more. Enough food, good homes they don't even need to pay rent for, enough money ... they get wishes granted every month. Sometimes even more! Magnifico mentioned in the past year he's granted 14 wishes, which means he did grant more than just one every month from time to time.

Magnifico is so much more than his handsome looks and his abilities. Yet, all people saw him as was that. A very handsome genie. Not the benevolent ruler that even made this flourishing life possible in the first place!

And I mean yeah, he said "I'd love to see you try and do my job!" And he's right again. I've never ruled a whole kingdom before and successfully at that! But I can imagine it must be darn hard! Certainly not a piece of cake.

People loved and celebrated him for what he could give and do! But what if he'd been just a regular king without any magic powers to grant wishes?

We see how the people of Rosas reacted after he told them about a threat. In the end they ask for another wish ceremony. And Magnifico snaps at them. He's clearly in distress even though he tries to appear collected and sovereign, and the only thing they care about is getting more wishes granted? Dude, give this poor man a break!

I can totally understand Magnifico having a nervous, emotional breakdown. Add it all up. He's constantly on edge because of his trauma, he always means well but the pressure of his ambitions and his duties as king are weighing him down further, he's constantly triggered, constantly irritable, no one gives a toot (Amaya included) which is like fuel to the fire in his soul, he feels threatened, he's terrified, he feels not understoond, valued and respected and furthermore used and exploited.

See how he make's the wishes spin around him faster and faster here? It's literally symbolic of what's going on in his soul at that moment.

Same as this one does.

The mirror is cracking, meaning his soul is cracking further. He's starting to break.

It's no wonder he loses his cool, really. Everyone would eventually break in such a situation.

Now, back to the whole wishes situation

Stop a moment and look how Magnifico looks at this wish/dream. He adores it, he appreciates it. (It's a happy family btw.) and someone who's as good in reading emotions as I am will see the ever so slight pain swimming along.

As king, it's Magnifico's duty anyway to make sure his kingdom runs well. That his people are safe and content, that there is order. And the whole decission making rests upon his shoulders as well.

Should he be in the leading position he is in? No. No, a person as deeply traumatized as he is, shouldn't. But the fact that he still tries is admirable! He's not in power because he's a power hungry, cruel, cold-hearted, selfish, narcissistic psychopath, like a villian is! He is in power and wants to stay in it, because he wants to protect others! He cares so much more about others, that he stresses himself to the peak of breaking mentally!

His trauma keeps him in this spiral. Trauma driven motivation > stress/trigger > trauma response > desire> action > trauma result/success or failure

Yes, he doesn't grant every wish because his trauma blurrs his judgement. He's so deeply into it that he cannot judge properly. Does this make him evil? Nope. It would be laughable how rediculous the hater's arguements are if it weren't so sad.

The arguement "Magnifico sees the dreams of people as a threat to his power so he steals them and makes people forget them."

🤨 huh?

I could slam my forehead even harder against something other than my hand. 🤦🏻‍♀️ The ignorance hurts!!! Like, have this people even paid any attention? Clearly not.

He never stole anything! Neither did he manipulate, play or lie to people. He left the decission to them. It was an open fact "If you want, you can give me your wish and I will keep it save and eventually grant it." And even if one doesn't give their wish, they are more than welcome to stay in his kingdoom and live a happy life!

Now listen. Magnifico's desire to keep the wishes in the first place isn't out of any bad or ill will! To say he keeps the wishes because he simply likes to be in control over people because of selfish, cruel reasons is a big mount of bullcrap. Look at how this man treats the wishes! Which by the way, to him, resemble his people!

Ah, yes, sooo evil and selfish and ill willed!

If someone sees this, the pure love in his whole bodylanguage, and still claims that this man is evil, actually doesn't give a damn about his people, and takes the wishes just because "powerhungry" has something really wrong!

Should he decide over other peoples dreams and wishes? Not really! This is a grey area. Back to his duty as a king. A king needs to care for his people. Magnifico takes this very seriously. Thanks to his trauma, a bit too much. This might be "not ok" but it doesn't make him evil. Good grief! Urgh!

He loves his people! He keeps the wishes because he thinks that it gives him a better opportunity to keep watch over them! Why does he want to watch over them and have the control? Out of fun? To satisfy his selfish urge to rule over others? No, because -

"Everything, everyhing I do is to make sure that never happens again!"

It's the very same stupid reason people have been villainizing Abuela Alma from Encanto. It makes me fuming mad that people ignor deep trauma and the mental issues that come with it and make such people out to be villains. Abuela treated her whole family unfairly, yes. She was harsh, inconsiderate, cold, stern, overprotective, insensible etc. But why did she act like that? Because she was hecking traumatized!

After she and Mirabel reconcile, she tells her family this :

"I'm so sorry I held on to tight, just so afraid I'd lose you too!"

Aha! Now taken in consideration that she is also deeply traumatized and I mean, pfff, she saw her home town getting burned, had to flee with her 3 newborns and see her soulmate get stabbed to death or even beheaded (we don't know) right in front of her eyes.

Her desire to keep safe was always good but her trauma blinded her to a degree.

A similar case were people have been villainizing a character for having trauma would be the case of Imelda from Coco. Her trauma of losing her husband and having to raise their daughter on her own caused her to forbid music for 2 generations! She was harsh too, and even though her actions concering this might have been wrong, she meant well. Everything she did came from the good motivation to keep her family from experiencing the crushing hurt she had.

Yet another example I've seen Magnifico defenders bring up would be Elsa! Elsa has been born with ice-powers because she's actually part spirit as we've learned in the 2 movie. She got traumatized as a child when she accidentally hurt her little sister Anna. Her response to trauma brings her whole kingdom in danger, even threatens to kill them by freezing them to death, and when Hans and his guards go to find and kill her, she defends herself and almost kills one of the guards. Yet, despite everything, Elsa isn't made to be a villain! She was supposed to be but in the end recieved love and appreciation, while Magnifico didn't?

It makes absolutely no sense.

Does trauma justify wrong actions? No! But it explains them and it certainly doesn't make someone a villain! Goodness gracious! 😩🤌🏼

Alma was obsessed with having the "miracle" controlled because she was terrified if she would lose that control, her past would repeat. She would lose her family.

Elsa abandoned her kingdom because she didn't want to hurt anyone anymore.

Imelda forbade music because she didn't want her family to experience the hurt she did.

All of this Sounds similar, right?

Magnifico obsessivly wanted to stay in control because he was terrified that if he would lose that control, his past would repeat. People will get hurt and lose everything like he did.

He panicked as an unknown light flooded his kingdom and made the wishes rattle.

The very first thing that came to his mind was "threat." And this was ONLY because of his trauma.

More in part 2 ⬇️

[cosmindart]

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[justafairytailofinnocence]

Hi! If it’s not too much to ask, may I send in another request for Davy Jones in which the reader gets an anxiety attack and turns away from him, refusing for him to see her breakdown? He eventually finds her and he doesn’t leave her side, even after she tells him of what’s going on and he tries his best to reassure her or something?

If not, that’s okay! :)

Hello dear💖, thanks for the request.

Davy Jones x anxious reader🐙🌊

Comfort in an octopus's arms🐙

Summary: Y/n develops a nervous breakdown from a crewmate when Davy confides her in comfort.

warnings: none

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Y/n, a girl who’s trapped beneath the curse of the Flying Dutchman, sat below the sleeping quarters of the barnacle infested room. She trailed her fingers against the water droplets falling upside the wooden planked walls; the droplets ran up her fingers hitting the ceiling of the roof. The crew sleeping in the rotten infested bunks grunted and huffed as they slept. The crew that surrounded y/n were no longer men but beasts that were deformed; barnacles grew from their limbs, face or body. Vicious and cruel those men were, never do they spare the dead nor shed any mercy. Y/n placed her arm next to one of Davys men sleeping next to her; just as expected—Clear and smooth, no barnacles, no coral, no deformed fish skin or scales. Y/n was the biggest mystery of all, Davy had cursed each and every member of his crew but her. As a child y/n had heard the tales of Davy Jones from her own father, the most common being: years ago, a man fell in love with the sea only to be betrayed, now he was a deformed monster that shared no mercy upon those that encounter him.

Truly a sad tale but perhaps with redemption, there would be a possible slight chance he could regain the humanity he lost all those years ago.

Y/n turned to her side counting backwards from 10 until they shall resurface.

“10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2—

1!”

A sudden push of the room shook the sleeping quarters, y/n held onto the side of her bunk bed only to be thrown off. The Flying Dutchman re-surfaced again upon the horizon, the broken, rotten ship sailing back toward it’s proper glory.

Y/n pushed herself from the ground of the cabin, she was covered in sea water and muck. The water droplets coming up from the ceiling soon started to drop down; droplets of water hit y/n’s cheek. The crew awoke with a grunt and sneer, toward the side of the sleeping cabin, a man spat out water looking around. His appearance was somewhat human except, his skin wasn’t fleshy and warm, barnacles were formed on the side of his cheek. He was…lifeless, a lifeless corpse that didn’t need to breath nor eat. His scraggly, wet hair laid all over his shoulders. The clothes he wore were torn and moldy; the lifeless sailor slammed his hand on the wall beside him. A hermit crab was caught within his grasp, raising his hand, he placed the hermit in his mouth with a loud ‘Crunch’.

Y/n cringed at the sight, just the thought of eating a raw, small hermit crab would’ve been awful to taste. “Not much of an early bird, eh? Bootstrap” Y/n smiled.

Y/n and Bootstrap had been somewhat close; “colleagues of the sea” if you had to define their relationship. Y/n and Bootstrap would usually have a game of liars dice now and then, minus the consequences that came with it. Bootstrap had taught y/n all the rules when riding inside the Dutchman, the one thing that caught her mind was the backstory of the captain. Bootstrap wouldn’t give as much information of the captain fearing he may be punished.

“Nah, but better then waking up from too much rum” Bootstrap hoisted himself from the bunk.

Y/n smiled in response; she followed the members of the crew toward the outside onto the main deck. She began to heave a bucket with soggy and mucky water toward the rum pot deckhands on the ship. The upper hand crew held the whips in their hands, their job was to keep the lower souls at bay. Y/n poured the mucky water all over the deck, brushes and rags all scrubbed, cleaning any spot of dirt along the wooden planks. The winds in the skies were holding quite strongly within luck, in y/n’s eyes, she hoped no poor lost soul would come into contact with the Flying Dutchman. On top of the quarter deck, the captain and his first mate looked over the horizon. Y/n turned behind her, she kept her eyes on the captain, thoughts began to plague her mind as she was deep in thought.

“I wonder, what Davy do to turn out this way?”.

“Perhaps was it his cruelty?”.

As y/n dozed off deep in thought, she had backed into a barnacle man with a whip. He was much taller, barnacles and corals covered his eyes. “And wha’ might be your excuse” he growled; sharp, crooked teeth bared his whole mouth. Y/n slowly backed up, her back was placed against a wall “I, I wasn’t supposed to be one of the deckhands sir, I’m just supposed to deliver the water to them.”

The barnacle head bared his teeth, snarling and gnarling at the nervous y/n. Y/n placed her hand over her pistol in-case things got too serious, she did know how to fight but it wasn’t like against the navy or another crew. This was with something inhuman, something monstrous that could y/n in half. Y/n’s fingers were laced over the trigger, her eyes widened to watch what move the barnacle head made next. In response the barnacle head grinned, he dropped the whip and instead grabbed his sword. In one fluid movement he pushed it against y/n’s throat; his face was directly grinning at her. Y/n turned her head away due to the man’s horrible stench, if you had to picture rotten fish sitting out for weeks that’s what it smelt like.

The pistol she held wasn’t close enough within her grasp, the sword pressed against her throat was stopping her from breathing. The air became thin as the barnacle head pushed further and further; her vision was becoming blurry. Y/n had to think fast however it seemed fate had already answered her call. A pistol shot directly into the barnacle heads shoulder; a growl in pain had emerged from the monster. Y/n looked up toward her savoir and long behold it was Davy Jones. Wait—it couldn’t have been him, how could someone as cruel and heartless as Davy someone for the likes as y/n. The captain walked down the steps toward y/n struggling to breath, she turned away from her captain trying to regain her composure. Davy snarled at the crew mate as the Barnacle head stood back. Y/n kept her eyes shut and prayed Davy would just leave her be “Mind tellin’ mah, wha’ in tha’ savan seas as’ goin’ on”.

Y/n pushed herself; she was too worked up trying to calm her hyperventilating down. Davy turned toward y/n however he couldn’t approach her as turned and ran back toward her sleeping quarters.

Davy shouted out “Y/N!” as he followed the girl.

Davy grabbed y/n with his claw hand, his eyes looked deeply into y/n’s, scaring her.

 “Captain I’m so—” she began too deeply breath in and out “Sorry”.

Davy’s tentacles curled and twisted as y/n apologized, he didn’t scream nor laugh at her response. “It was my fault for slacking off, I shouldn’t have been distracted” Y/n tried to wipe the tears from her eyes. Her fingers rubbed her eyes as they started to become red.

“How embarrassing, how could I cry in front of the most ruthless captain of all time, I’m a failure, I’m a failure, I’m a—” y/n felt soft tentacles curl against her face; reaching to brush her hair away and wiping the tears falling from her eyes. A hand with a long tentacle reaching from his fingers, touched the back of y/n’s coat; the other crab hand held y/n’s head. Y/n was astonished and bewildered, was Davy Jones hugging her, her? a girl that barely spoke to the captain unless given a direct order.

“Ah ain’t as cruel, ah’ thay say” Davy muttered “Yar bah tha onlah’ soul I would sahve’ in thas’ cruel life”.

Y/n realised that Davy perhaps after all this time, ever since she arrived, he had composed or more so regained some humanity toward her.

“Ya ain’t ah failure” he muttered once more.

Y/n in response wrapped her arms around the captains coat, she felt the edging of his tentacles softly touch her cheek. “I, I thank you for this comfort, Davy” y/n muttered.

“If I ad’ mah heart back, I would give it to you” Davy whispered.

Y/n nuzzled her face into Davy’s shoulder, his coat was wet and slimy but she ignored it. It was nice to have someone care for her or at least know of her anxious feeling.

Two members stuck on the Flying Dutchman sharing their pain together, a pain they can endure in a time of solace in each other’s arms.

Anyways that's all I have for now:

Ta Ta ✨

[jewwyfeesh]

Idol Research Plan - Biology Club OCEANS

Writer: Happy Elements

Character(s): OCEANS - Shinkai Kanata, Sena Izumi, Hakaze Kaoru, Kanzaki Souma, Sengoku Shinobu

Translated by: jewwyfeesh

Izumi: Even if you don’t know much about aquatic animals, it’s very therapeutic to just immerse yourself in the atmosphere and watch the fishes swim by.

Please adhere to my sharing rules :)

Location: Break Room Season: Spring

Kaoru: Everyone from OCEANS is here today, not to mention Anzu-chan, too! Today’s Circle activities will definitely be a delightful one ♪

Kanata: Hehe, it’s good that more people are finding out about the ocean’s ‘charm’~

However, Anzu-san is unable to participate in events if they’re held here in Seishou Hall, so let’s head over to the ‘aquarium’ today.

Shinobu: Yay! Aquarium visits are always interesting! I also miss the marine life over there!

Previously, Shinkai-dono even brought us to the ‘interactive zone’ to touch some sea anemones and hermit crabs! Interacting with sea creatures is always such a wonderful experience!

Souma: The variety of marine life in the aquarium is more diverse than I had thought. I particularly like the turtles that swim along slowly next to the schools of fish… Anzu-dono, you could also look for your favourite species there.

Izumi: Even if you don’t know much about aquatic animals, it’s very therapeutic to just immerse yourself in the atmosphere and watch the fishes swim by.

Not to mention, the sound of flowing water is rather calming. These kinds of places can help alleviate irritation, and it’s particularly ideal for people who lead busy lives.

Souma: Right! I’d prepared an assortment of sashimi and sushi bentos in advance. How about having lunch together once everyone’s done walking around?

Kaoru: Souma-kyun’s really caring, huh~ Heading to the aquarium for some healing, then enjoying yummy food together afterwards… Let’s do this again in the future… ♪

[gerec]

Do you have any fic recs where Charles and/or Erik are animals? Or maybe just different species? I recently read a fic where they’re birds and now I’m desperate for more haha

Hi Anon, I assume the fic you read was Little Birds by winterhill? If not you should definitely get on that right away :D

This list got much longer than I expected and there's an inordinate number of cat!Charles fics for some reason lol. Anyway, all of these fics are amazing and feature either one or both as animals (or inanimate objects, yes read the teacups it's a personal favorite of mine!). I did not include anything about werewolves or satyrs/fauns in this list because there are TONS and would easily fill their own rec lists.

Hope you enjoy!

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Other Crabs Cannot Be Trusted by groovyphilia

Erik is a hermit crab and proud. He is also stalking a shore crab named Charles.

In which everybody in XMFC is a crab.

As The Crow Flies by groovyphilia

Erik-the-raven has seemingly made Charles' living room his permanent residence, much to Charles' despair. A kind world would allow him a peaceful, bird-less life, he was sure.

He firmly believes this until it actually happens.

This Harbour (that we call home) by nekosmuse, verilyvexed

It's hard not to get swept away by Charles' enthusiasm. The idea of finding others like him--of belonging--is seductive, but it is the thought of spending his life at this man's side that decides it. Crane or man, Erik cannot help but fall into Charles' orbit.

An alternate meeting loosely based on the Japanese folktale, The Crane Wife.

The Marimo Prince by elbatross

There in a kingdom in the crowded little body of water called Lake Xavier, ruled by a little Prince named Charles. Prince Charles can only become King when he meets his mate, but a little mutant marimo like him can only dream to find one just as he dreams of the Dry World above his little world underwater. Then, one day, there's a bird...

Tea for Two Teacups by baehj2915

I wrote about Charles and Erik as teacups based on this image from tumblr. You should definitely take a look at that post to see what Charles and Erik look like as teacups.

Swimming with Sharks by Not_You

Erik used to be a shark. Now he's not, and has to figure out how to be a good human father to his twins. Charles is willing to help.

The Westchester Zoo Chronicles by cloudyjenn (Unfinished)

When a new penguin comes to the zoo, Charles is convinced the humans have brought him a mate.

Humane Society by smilebackwards

Once Erik finally allows himself to decide that Charles is pretty much the best thing since sliced bread, he spends the next week being incredibly bitter that he's Charles' cat and not his boyfriend.

But The Cat Came Back by twelve_pastels

“Oh, look! It’s Charles, and he’s been transformed into a cat by a malevolent government program! I wonder how I can change him back and thereby secure his love forever and ever, amen?”

The Cat's Meow by ferretbaby

Based off a prompt on kink meme: When Erik offends a potential recruit to the Brotherhood, the mutant gets back at him by turning his beloved cat into a human being. Cue Charles pouncing on Erik, waking up all over him, trying to sleep over Hank's computer cause it's warm, chasing birds, caressing himself over other people and overall bothering Erik until he gets petted and purrs happily. There is sexy time eventually. Notes/Warnings: Slight Beastiality (Charles is half cat here), sex, crack, romance.

Having Kittens by so_shhy

'My boyfriend is a pregnant female telepathic cat,' Erik said. 'I think this time I'm entitled to panic.'

Strays by Teacandles

Raven's handicapped corgi Charles has a bad habit of finding stray kittens and bringing them home with him. One day, instead of finding an adorable kitten, Charles befriends a rough-and-tumble alley cat. Hank is not amused.

the pawsitively unfurtunate tail of his royal majesty king charles the third by ikeracity 

A vicious curse transforms Charles Xavier, High King of Westchester, into a cat. This is very unfortunate for a number of reasons.

You're Not a Sarlacc by Pangea

Charles is a bounty hunter on a mission that requires him to brave the harsh, unforgiving desert of Tatooine.

Things do not exactly go as planned.

the fisher king's son by spikeface

charles is a merman. au, references to trauma.

More Things in Heaven and Earth by Alaceron

Erik doesn't believe in mermaids.

And then he meets Charles.

Sea Change by Red

The end of the semester means Charles is even more the absent-minded professor than his norm.

But he’s sure he would remember seeing someone like Erik at the laundromat, let alone stealing a pelt.

Carpe Tentaculum by issabella, traumschwinge

From the shallow depths of the sea close to the shore, Erik has watched Charles for quite some while now, deeming him finally worthy of being his human mate. However, it's not so simple to seduce a human when you're an octopus yourself...

Strange things out there in that deep blue sea by professor

The ultimate crackfic of ultimate destiny: a.k.a. the one where tentacle!Charles knocks up wereshark!Erik with sharktopus babies. Erik is less than thrilled with being Octomom.

Carcharodon (Crooked Teeth Remix) by septicwheelbarrow 

Erik is a wereshark. Charles is the human in love with him.

A Paddling Of Two by helens78 

Charles Xavier, a telepathic duck, meets Erik Lehnsherr, a metallokinetic duck.

High Tide by velvetcadence 

"Teen Charles is on holiday on a remote island his family owns and has been enjoying being on his own.

He’s having fun, reading books, playing in the sea but, more and more often, when he’s in the water, he feels touches, light strokes against his feet, his shins. And they get bolder with time, though never threatening, so Charles is intrigued, and not afraid.

One night, he can’t sleep and goes on the pier to cool off, not realizing he’s going into his first heat. Except he’s not alone, and someone intends to help him go through it. –insert tentacles porn here-. And Charles enjoys it, very much."

Plutomagneto by velvetcadence (Unfinished)

Space probe: noun. An unmanned spacecraft designed to explore the solar system and transmit data back to earth. 

RAVN embarks on a decade-long journey to uncover the mysteries of the distant planet Pluto.

'Til Spade and Hearse by velvetcadence

Charles the book and Erik the bookmark have been with their owner for as long as they can remember.

Or, a retelling of a love story from unusual narrators.

[esleep]

shannon if you are reading this right now you legally cannot read this post, you are a part of this game, get outta here. shoo.

....now that she's gone, lemme tell the rest of you about the HOLLOW SWAMP (a name i invented at random six months ago and only just now justified with my environment-building)

feel free to use any of the stuff below the readmore here if you wanna, it was made for dnd 5e because that's what my group is already playing and i'm just slotting this in as a side adventure, but it could definitely be adapted to a number of different systems. just keep in mind that it's a work in progress, not a finished product. i have some monster ecology concepts (including a whole homebrew pitcher plant monster im working on and will add stat blocks for once i have them), movement rules, and a HOLE TABLE. no, not a Whole table. a HOLE table. cmon let's jump into this hole together it'll be great.

the Hollow Swamp lies directly between the towns of Valengard and Hesk. its name comes from the deep muddy pits that litter the ground here in large numbers, a geological quirk that can prove catastrophic to the unwary. thick mats of plant roots and detritus grow over the openings to most of these pits, disguising them until sufficient weight breaks through the roots and allows an unfortunate creature to fall inside. the slippery walls make escape challenging without assistance, assuming the fall doesn't kill you. solitary explorers often disappear without a trace, swallowed by one of the swamp's many yawning mouths.

over time, some creatures have adapted to a life cycle that takes place almost entirely within these pits. a local species of giant toad is capable of hibernating for months at a time between meals, consuming very little energy while half-submerged in mud. these toads all emerge on the surface simultaneously for one week every three years to mate before returning to their solitary pit-based lifestyles, gobbling up anything unfortunate enough to fall into their domain. it is believed that they synchronize their periodic emergence by way of subsonic vibrations sent through the mud, allowing them to communicate with one another even in isolation.

another carnivorous denizen of the Hollow Swamp's eponymous hollows is an unusual type of giant pitcher known as the Walking Pitcher. this unusual plant-beast germinates on the upper surface just like a mundane pitcher plant, but once the seedlings reach a certain threshold of size (observed to be in excess of 12-14"), they seem to become extremely light-shy, pulling away from direct sun and curling their leaves away during daytime hours. eventually, once their root-like appendages have developed enough to allow ambulation, they fully uproot themselves by night to seek out a suitable pit for shelter from the coming day's sun. they generally prefer to choose pits of a diameter only slightly larger than that of their pitcher-mouth, possibly because this means any living things that fall through the hole are more likely to fit into the pitcher's mouth without risk of crushing it. this means they have to relocate to larger and larger pits as they grow, and when observing the swamp during nighttime hours it is not uncommon to spot a number of Walking Pitchers in descending sizes slowly migrating into one another's discarded holes simultaneously, much like hermit crabs trade shells. they are generally skittish while their delicate root-appendages are exposed and will first attempt to flee from any threats, however they will become ferociously defensive even in the open if they feel they cannot escape. they have also been observed to occasionally stalk and pursue small prey while ambulating.

there are some claims that intentionally-placed spike traps have been found at the bottom of some naturally-formed pits, however these reports are unconfirmed, as intelligent native life forms have never been identified within the Hollow Swamp.

RULES NOTES:

the area within the Hollow Swamp is considered difficult terrain due to the thick mud and dense plant life that make up the majority of the environment, which halves movement speed. however, travelers without a guide must halve their movement speed again (rounding to the nearest 5 ft interval) if they want to avoid falling into one of the many pits that dot the landscape, which they do by carefully testing the ground in front of them as they walk. this means adventurers with a movement speed of 30 can only move 10 ft per round with their regular movement. adventurers CAN choose to throw caution to the wind and take 15 ft of movement instead (or 30 if they have an ability or feat that allows them to ignore difficult terrain, or if they choose to use the Dash action), however doing so will require a DC13 dex save to avoid falling into a pit.

the pits are of varying depth, some twice the height of an average human and others tunnel-like and inky dark. (1d4x10 for pit depth, calculate fall damage accordingly.) once a player has fallen into the pit and taken the subsequent damage, the slippery walls prevent them from climbing out without some sort of assistance, such as a rope tossed in from above. Climbing out with a rope requires a DC 12 Athletics check. If they are unable to succeed, or if they are knocked unconscious, someone above may attempt to haul them up using a DC12 Strength check, assuming they can get a rope around them. (there may very well be clever ways for players to get around these checks entirely, as well.)

if a player does fall into a pit, roll a d10 on my very professional HOLE TABLE to find out what (if anything) is already in there when they land (side note this is tuned for my 5-player level 3 party with the slight expectation that they could level again (or again x2) before we run this, so individual enemy CRs are low and quantities are flexible to allow this table to grow with them a little. also i have not play-tested this at all, have fun)

four (4) mud mephits (unhappy about nap interruption)

GIANT TOAD (actually pretty happy about nap interruption because now she gets to eat you)

spikes! how'd those get there? ignore the approaching footsteps, im sure they're friendly. (1d6 piercing damage, then make a DC13 con save or become Stunned for 1 minute. you can repeat this save every round until you succeed.) (the DM can choose to introduce some intelligent life here - lizard folk, bullywugs, whatever. if this one comes up during the campaign side-story i'm making this whole thing for, then it will be some plot-relevant goblins.)

free space! nothin here but some startled isopods. lucky you.

a mysterious gas bubbles up sluggishly through the mud below you...you're feeling dizzy...DC12 con save, if failed you get disadvantage on skill checks until you are away from the source of the gas. also go ahead and make that con save again every 6 seconds until you're out of there, unless you decide to hold your breath. also if you can't get out after 60 seconds (not counting breath-hold time), you pass out. what a good time to have friends. or big muscles, which are a valid replacement for friends in most circumstances.

only a particularly deep layer of mud...but every round you don't move, you are pulled one foot deeper into it. better not pass out in there! it would really suck if you got this one AS WELL as the knockout gas or something, wouldn't it? haha that would be so silly. haha. good thing that can't happen.

the skeleton of a doomed explorer (who was apparently not very good at their job). pick through the belongings of the dead to find 10g and a common magical item. they won't mind. (no really, they won't.) (they're dead.)

another free space! imagine if you got this twice in a row. that would be neat :)

GIANT PITCHER PLANT - this one is homebrew and i'm working on it IM WORKING ON IT i'll add the stat block when it's done. im probably going to just make a few adjustments to an existing creature that's roughly cr1 or possibly cr2 but honestly cr is broken anyway so we're going by vibes. and also a little math. but mostly vibes.

heyyyy, so remember that thing i said about the mud? lol that was so silly. anyway roll twice, you find both of those things in this one hole, re-roll if you get another 10. sharing is caring, hole friends 4 life (and also death) (most likely death).