Octonauts :D

Hi! I’m Meriwether!

I use he/they pronouns!

I am 20 years old!

I am Autistic!

I have interests in:

• Octonauts

• Wild Kratts

• Rottmnt/other Tmnt iterations

• Transformers (various iterations)

• Rescuebots (I know this is a version of Transformers, but hush)

• Ninjago/Ninjago Dragons Rising

• Wander Over Yonder

And I may occasionally post random little bits of other franchises that do not correlate to these in the slightest :)

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BASIC DNI!!!

-Proship/comshippers/Neutrals DNI

-T*est shippers DNI

-Racists/Homophobes/Transphobes/Pedos DNI!!!

-Weirdos /neg DNI

-Geode/Lostshipper haters can DNI as well. I get not liking a ship, but going as far as some of you do is INSANE

-Basically, anything Dead Dove, no-no.

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Please Interact!!

-Fellow autistics and those with interests similar to mine! I’d love to make new friends and chat!

-Weirdos /pos

-OC x canon shippers (I love you guys)

-Self-insert shippers (all are welcome ^^)

-Furries and Therians, this is a safe place for you too!

-OC artists!

-Cartoon or comic-media enthusiasts!

-Bayverse Transformers or TMNT enjoyers!!

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My favorite characters!!

Ninjago:

-Zane, Cole, Geo, P.I.X.A.L, and Wyldfyre!

Wild Kratts:

-Martin Kratt

Rottmnt:

-Raphael and Mikey (those two apply to most iterations anyway), April O’Neil, and Cassandra

Octonauts:

-Captain Barnacles, Professor Natquik, and Kwazzi

Transformers (most iterations):

-Oh boy… Bumblebee, Starscream, Ratchet (TFP/G1/Bayverse), Hound (Bayverse), Optimus (Bayverse and G1), Cyclonus and Tailgate, Knockout and Breakdown (TFP and IDW), and Soundwave, Swerve, and Ultra Magnus. (I also enjoy Shockwave but he’s not a huge favorite lol)

Wander Over Yonder:

-Wander and Peepers

Reacuebots:

Heatwave, Chase, Boulder, Blades, and Chief Burns

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My AUs:

Actively, I think the two I have going is a

Wild Kratts x Octonauts crossover

And the start of a TFA and WOY crossover

Had an old Octonauts Pirate AU but I need to rework that because… well, an AU I plotted when I was like 16 isn’t the best.

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I do art and take drawing requests as well! That includes OCs too! I love drawing OCs!

I dunno if I’ll ever post my own OC art, but I love talking about them, so-

Oh, and, a little treat for those who’ve been enjoying my Octobots AU. This is Gup-D’s face!

The text reads:

• He was created with a cleft lip, the rest was blown off during the war.

• One optic was lost in the same incident

• Prefers his mask

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Yeah… well… *throws this*

Should I mention it’s that stupid “hoop dreams” audio??? Yeah, that one LMAO

You mentioned that "assuming Shockwave is similar to the IDW one," you haven't decided which Transformers continuity your AU is set in? Or is that intentional to include more Transformers? Because if so, I propose interactions with the Rescue Bots!

Aside from that… "She refused to return when the Prime demanded her to. She has a purpose outside the war (which could lead to her being exiled from the Autobot Faction, but that doesn't scare her)." Is the war over or is it still ongoing, and did Prime ask her to return as reinforcements for the Autobots?

Hi again! I’m glad you seem interested in this AU!

But, I was thinking rather than basing it wholly on any iteration, I could mingle in my own ideas for canon characters. So, different traits of the canon characters from across multiple iterations piled into one silly little AU.

And where there are different characters throughout all the different versions, I feel it would make sense simply to have it plotted where they all exist in this one AU.

And I think interactions with the Rescuebots would be an incredibly fun idea!

So, I mentioned IDW Shockwave because the scientist is quite known for his atrocities, and why would he stop at just whales? There’s plenty of organic life deep in the ocean…

Why should he only stop at a simple mammal..?

Seems that he may find his answer in the depths as well.

Also: The drawing is intentionally messy, there wasn’t much effort put into it LMAO (I didn’t feel like coloring much)

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And secondly!

In the AU, yes, the war is currently still going and being fought on Earth.

But, yes, I do believe Optimus (because he’s alive and well in this AU) would call for her to come back. She is a large, strong war machine, and having her would give the Autobots their advantage over the Decepticons. She does not want to return.

She’s is content with her humans and the growing number of ‘strays’ joining her little faction, you could say.

Other than her main five Sparklings, those that join- disguised as Gups- are often those who abandoned the war for their own sake. Decepticons, Autobots, and any sub-category you can imagine.

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And I’m sure you can expect some Rescue Bots interactions soon! I love the idea :>

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Hi! Uh, I do not know a lot of Spanish! But, I get the gist here!

But, yes! They will include all the different Gups (including the Terragups). I am a huge fan of designing these characters and intend to continue with it.

As for how it works with them appearing, I’ve concluded that they switch out with the real Gups. The ones Tweak designs. After all, they’d all temporarily end up in a hangar! And once in said hangar, these Cybertronians somewhat seeking an escape from war come in and take them as their alt-modes to blend in.

And they are taken to Octopod, she welcomes them warmly, like her own children (the Main Five are her biological Sparklings, let’s assume she had a Conjux on Cybertron, maybe a smaller femme). It doesn’t matter how larger or small they are, she will welcome them- talking through their comm systems to get to know them better!

And of course, they just take the names of the Gups/vessels they possess. If they want their own names, they likely share it in their Cybertronian language.

And they do encounter canon Transformers characters. Shockwave would likely be one of the many they encounter more than once (especially if we imagine it’s IDW-ish). Shockwave, being the scientist and disturbed mind he is, would likely try to experiment on ocean life. That is where the Octobots step in. It’s not their war, but the ocean is their home now, and they’re designed to be more agile and fast under the water than most.

And, naturally, they’d run into Sharkticons (like Gnaw, give or take which side fed him last), and various other ‘cons and ‘bots imitating organic life forms or other vessels- like ships.

I like to think the Octopod, out of her alt-form, would be incredibly large. Like I mentioned, a Titan class Cybertronian. Uhhh… I don’t think titan is the right term, actually. She turns into a large vessel that carries multiple occupants, including other bots- so yes, a Titan.

She’d just be on the shorter half of the Titans (probably just over a 1500 feet tall (45,720 cm))

And the Octopod alt-mode, all mushed together, would probably knock her down to 1000 square feet (I don’t know how translation works for this stuff so pretend this makes sense, please.)

Here is:

Kitchen Dances

Lost and Found

Together in the Land of Lost Things

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Gup-E and Peso!

Gup-E, unlike his human companion, is very open-minded and fearless! Though, a smidge awkward, he comes off as very helpful and kind!

Peso, on the other hand, is not a huge fan of his Gup turning into a robot… as a matter of fact, he’s very scared by this development.

He is very confused and concerned and wants to go home (which he also doesn’t know is a giant robot).

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Oh, and, if you guys want, you can send asks about my Octobots or just Transformers in general, would love to have an excuse to yap.

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Gup-D (finally)!

He wasn’t too hard to design, but I just thought of a silly idea here (which is why there are two drawings instead of just the one).

He got locked out, and tried to get his carrier (Octopod) to let him back in by tapping on her glass, instead he gave Inkling (who he didn’t know was there) a slight heart attack.

Inkling is A-okay!

Also! His face is just a mask, unlike how Whirl or Shockwave are presented (just imagine TFP Soundwave kinda face).

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Hi! I don’t know if the same anon asked this twice, but I’m happy to answer:

(Quick heads up, this is when they’re in the Wild Kratts’ world and not their own, so they’re humans)

You’d think maybe it’d be relevant to their own species (you know, a “grass is green” headcanon) but! I only think one person would be heavy on that idea (and it’s Barnacles).

Barnacles: Polar Bear. The animals of the Kratt’s world seems to be more ferocious. If you could get that man in a power suit, he’d likely try the polar bear disc.

Kwazzi: He is an adventurous, hyper person. His favorite would be a Red Panda!

Peso: Now, at first, he didn’t want to span out much from, well, being a penguin. But, he found that he enjoyed the Pangolin :)

Shellington: He doesn’t like the idea of using the power suit in the slightest, he’d rather sit back and watch. But, if he had a favorite, it’d likely be some form of bird-of-prey… in which he can never figure out how to fly in.

Dashi: She is also a very adventurous person, but she’s a home body, too. She’d likely favor something like a lion.

Inkling: He prefers not to use power suits.

Tweak: Her favorite suit would be the crow. A smart bird who can do tasks quite well!

Barnacles loves and supports you guys, even if I didn’t get your flag in here <3

Happy Pride!

Hi, anon!

The Tazzy Chris malfunction will always be interesting to me. I think his behavior was altered so much because, well, Tasmanian Devils are naturally ferocious. And given that his malfunction was caused by an animal (which has the same thing not happened to Martin at least once? He’s had some wacky power suit malfunctions himself), the extra DNA pumping through the suit most likely caused an influx of aggressive behavior, and more animalistic tendencies.

I love when people headcanon it caused Chris to have permanently elongated canines.

So, for the crossover of Wild Kratts and Octonauts, I KNOW that malfunction would happen to Kwazzi if any of the Octonauts (because he’s about the only one willing to try the suits).

And naturally, given what happened with Tazzy Chris, he’d start portraying more animalistic tendencies. Snapping at things, becoming more territorial- hunting.

Infatuated with shiny things. Now, he might not be entirely ‘aggressive’ (as Barracudas are mistaken to be), but he’d certainly get more territorial of his friends. And of course: small, silvery fish would probably be his focus as long as he’s in the water.

Moving fast and shiny.

The team would have to drag him back to where Aviva can fix him.

And even then, he started acting territorially over the rest of the Octonauts while the Kratt bros had to keep him pinned long enough to manually override the vest.

Yes, the Octonauts laughed at him after because the 5’5 ginger man had to be pinned down by two taller guys.

Hi! You are the second person I’ve had get confused about my username- if you didn’t figure it out:

baptaincarnacles

Is Captain Barnacles with letters mixed around.

Bulkhead be upon ye!

LMAO, have this stupid little doodle of Bulk and his daughter (+ his bestie who likes blowing shit up)

Nobody asked for it, but may I present: The Octobots Logo

And a little bonus of the three Octobots I have drawn in a little sleep pile (if it looks weird, no it doesn’t, I’m still figuring Transformers out /lh)

The Gup-C!

He is arguably more awkward than his siblings, but he’s a heavy hitter (even if he prefers the job of helping his siblings out of tight spaces).

Dashi was very pleased by this reveal! Shellington was not-

Shellington was afraid and refused to go near the Gup-C for hours after until he was sure the Gup was friendly.

And that makes A, B, and C done, D and E are next! >:)

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And here’s the Gup-A (who took forever to design because I wanted her to have a certain look)! She’s more armored than her siblings, due to the fact that she is used more often and has more capacity for those using her.

And the one who caught her? None other than Tweak, who was going to do some routine maintenance. Unlike Kwazzi, Tweak is more astonished and excited by the fact the Gups are robots then she is scared :)

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I’m just going to go ahead and throw lore bits to this idea out there:

Barnacles already knows about the Octobots. He knows his vessel inside out, and of course, he accidentally found out, but he kept their secrets for them.

•There is a chance they could encounter Decepticons (especially marine-based ‘cons).

Octopod, the sweetheart she is, is protective over her Octonauts and her minibots. She refused to return when the Prime demanded her to. She has a purpose outside the war (which could lead to her being exiled from the Autobot Faction, but that doesn’t scare her).

The Gups are siblings! A-E are all Octopod’s Sparklings, the others were adopted into the family.

The Gups, except for B, all accidentally reveal themselves. B did it intentionally because he thought it was funny.

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First of the Gups is the Gup-B to be drawn as a Transformer! And of course, his freaked-out human companion: Kwazzi.

Oh, and, my new Kwazzi humanized design :)

And since someone said it, they’re called the Octo-bots now :>

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