I Am So Happy Rn Omg

I love this

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

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.

She could punch me and I’d say thanks 🤪💅🏽

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Sometimes I think about how it's canon that Captain Barnacles is a hardcore Nicki Minaj fan:

Why must you hurt me this way

hhhhggg I have a huge theory about Kwazii’s backstory.

Kwazii’s a pirate. Obviously. But what do we know about pirates?

Well, according to Kwazii’s stories, they’re tough, brave, and fierce. Traveling the seven seas on the hunt for treasure. It’s stated that he comes from a huge family of pirates, but he only ever talks about his grandad. Ever.

According to the creatures Kwazii meets… pirates are scary, mean, and will hurt you to get their treasure. Kwazii is always unintentionally scaring creatures who don’t recognize the octonaut get-up. The best example of this is in the leafy sea dragon episode:

but Kwazii would never hurt anyone. He was distraught when he learned he scared the humuhumus. so, clearly, Kwazii is not like other pirates; but he’s a hell of a lot like his grandad, Calico Jack. (the greatest pirate who ever lived, in his words.)

Kwazii says this line somewhat softly, and looks away with his eyes shaped the way they would be if he were sad. Maybe he’s familiar with this situation. Maybe he lived it.

Calico Jack says that Kwazii was just a kitten when he last saw him before the events of the amazon river special. when Kwazii talks about his own pirate days, he never mentions an old crew. So he was probably alone the whole time.

I think that Kwazii wanted to be a pirate like the rest of his family, but his beliefs didn’t match up with theirs. His grandad taught him that he could be a pirate, and be kind to creatures along the way. When Calico Jack disappeared, Kwazii was forced to set sail on his own. Somewhere along the way he met Captain Barnacles, who saw his potential and let him join the Octonauts.

Kwazii clearly cares for and admires the Captain for many reasons, one being that he saw something in Kwazii when nobody else bothered to look.

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Do y'all wonder if there was an Octonaut we didn't know about that got kicked off the crew or something

or died...

Lmfao

so.

i guess fanfiction wasn’t a phase….