Why Must You Hurt Me This Way

After spending hours looking at Soundwave fanart on here i decided to make one of my own (i just started learning digital art so please do be kind)

What Kind Of Autobots Are Attracted To You? | Optimus and Ratchet Like You!

You're kind-hearted and extremely understanding to the point of being emphatic towards Optimus and Ratchet. You haven't actually gone through what they have, but your emphatic abilities give you a chance to understand their pain and suffering. You hate the feeling you get and by that, you hate the guilt that haunts Optimus to this day and the hate towards himself that Ratchet refuses to sh...

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Soundwave💍

I love Soundwave and hope to make one day a decente cosplay. For now i did this human Soundwave

I’m Filipino Chinese the struggle is real

monolith: a comic for aapi heritage month 2022

I just realized why i kin him hahaa

let's talk about captain barnacles again

my favorite character!! he has issues <33

specifically, he has self preservation issues. he's always getting frustrated with Kwazii, or just physically holding him back, calling him "reckless," etc. Always telling him to be careful; and what does Kwazii always say?

And he's right; he is always careful. Aside from a couple bumps on the head here and there, Kwazii almost never gets hurt, no matter how much danger he puts himself in.

Barnacles on the other hand:

threw himself into literal acid.

threw himself under a giant falling ice chunk.

threw himself on top of the cone snail, AFTER already getting stung.

stood infront of an out-of-control Gup-B.

grabbed an actively chomping shark by the face.

and has been stung by jellyfish three times; once in this image, once in The Manatees, and again in season 5.

and of course, we all know The Manatees Episode™.

I think one reason he's always worried about Kwazii not being careful, is because he's not careful himself, so he believes that Kwazii's going to get hurt one day. He doesn't want that.

(I'd like to note that in all of those situations, he was trying to protect someone else, and I love that—but also Kwazii is very protective of his friends and the creatures he meets too, which just makes Barnacles see himself in him even more. furthering his worry.)

Wait this makes sense

So we all agree that Kwazii and Shellington are neurodivergent, right? Right. But hear me out: Captain Barnacles is autistic.

*cracks knuckles* let's go—

His voice is very stern, monotonous, and very loud, at all times. He always speaks like this, even when he's being casual or funny. No matter what emotion he's feeling, either.

His catchphrases are part of his social script, the octo-alert is part of his routine, and he gets visibly bumbly when they're interrupted or triggered unexpectedly.

He very often does this thing where when the octo-alert is randomly sounded, he will instinctively react and begin saying his catchphrase, before getting really confused.

See also this scene where, really, there's no point of sounding the alert, as they're the only ones there, and everyone else is busy—when Tweak is unable to do it, Barnacles pulls out his compass, and does it himself. Plus the time when he sounded the alert telling everyone to go to the launch bay, but they were already there. He also has a morning routine, seen in ROF.

He always knows when Tweak has an invention that is perfect for whatever oddly specific situation they're in, when nobody else does. Likely because he doesn't like surprises/unexpected things, so she always tells him when she starts a new project.

Sensory issues! Observe his reaction to a loud noise:

Yes, everyone reacts negatively to the noise, that's true, but look at him! He completely recoils and tucks into himself, he tries to flatten his ears, he shuts his eyes, and he even shakes his head.

Special interests: music (his accordion), ships (his tiny hand-built models), and the octopod itself.

He wrote 3 books! 3!!! Just on how to pilot the Octopod. For who? Himself. Who else could actually read these books, and understand any of it? Even Peso in that scene says he doesn't think he'd understand it.

The octocompass is a comfort item for him—the entire cuttlefish episode is him being stressed about getting it back after it's lost, and he gets easily frustrated whenever it doesn't work.

I'm out of space for pictures, but he struggles with social cues sometimes too.

Amazon River special: Kwazii has to directly say to him "that's your cue." when he misses his hint to sound the octo-alert.

Seahorse Tale ep: Kwazii is worried Barnacles is mad, and he doesn't notice at all.

Great Barrier Reef: Kwazii whispers the secret ingredient to him, and he repeats it out loud.

THIS IS SO POGGERS

The Full Anemoi Cycle

//based on The Oh Hellos anemoi album

I love this

I love it when frightened ppl hide behind Captain Barnacles or jump into his arms

The fact that they call it the food pyramid and not the food triangle implies that it has two more sides so what are the illegal foods?