Why Trust a Shark, Right?

Indie selective / multiverse roleplay sideblog for Bruce (Finding Nemo) written by Margo

The lovable guy with the chainsaw smile is Bruce. This toothy giant may seem like a mighty terror... but looks can be deceiving

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1. He's between 50-65 years old.

2. He doesn't eat fish (of course) but scavenges on already dead mammals such as seals, sea lions and whales and has even occasionally eaten a long gone turtle. He prefers not to as turtle shells are tough. Not that he can't make short work of them, he just doesn't want to. This keeps his protein up while occasionally munching on kelp and seagrass in between meals and thinks he must be the only great white to do so.

3. He, Anchor and Chum found the sunken sub when searching for a good meeting place and decided to stick with it as despite the minefield it had a certain je nais se quois about its rustic, nostalgic touches and dark atmosphere. They conclude the only reason they don't have more members is because it can be hard to maneuver the dangerous security feature, rather than the 30 rows teeth between them.

4. He's incredibly used to being fled from and cowered before so much so that he's prepared responses "It's alright I understand, "Why Trust a Shark, right?" and "Ahh don't worry Morsel, my bark's worse than me bite." He isn't above a playful snap but only with adult creatures, he's not quite so wicked to the juveniles.

5. He was born off the coast of Queensland.

6. He's a big guy and jokes about it but is somewhat self-concious about his weight even though it's mostly muscle and he's bigger than the average male great white.

7. He once witnessed a mine explode as a young shark and it shook him for days. Then he decided the explosion thrilled him more than scared him but he wasn't going to chance poking the mines again in case he or another creature got...hurt. Once to beat boredom he and his mates found one that had rusted off its chain and used it as a volleyball and the game stuck. Nothing sharks love more than fun + a bit of risk!

8. He suffers from nightmares where he snaps and becomes a killing machine or about being fished or hunted. He wakes from these with a jolt and it takes him a while to drift off again.

9. The mines were not his first brush with warfare. He was born during WW2 and had little concept of humans let alone the implications of their wide scale conflicts. He was warned as a pup never to swim through the balloons that pop with the force of the sun. He didn't listen and it left him with a scar. He also saw giant tin fish, which he later found out were called submarines, firing torpedoes at one another.

10. He has other scars from run ins with ex-prey, fishing lures and other great whites who didn't take a liking to his fish-free methods. Once narrowly missed a bite from a particularly aggressive tiger shark and had to talk down several bulls. He won on both fronts.

11. Can't read human writing but actually very good at reading signs from living in a sub which has some small faded illustrations decorating the instructions. He knows when something used to be electric (since it's now underwater) when something is dangerous, which way something turns and how to make a safe exit. He has also made a note of certain flags aboard ships that mean things like Diver Down, Stopped, Dangerous Cargo and About to Sail.

11. He follows Pacificism - (or rather Paci-FISH-ism 😁) he is ethically opposed to a fight unless force is the only way to disarm a seriously dangerous threat. He has killed another creature defending himself before. He's not proud of it.

12. Uses his scary shark face to scare away potential threats, which are more often than not other predators. Sometimes they scare him first. Divers wearing a bell or using an RV freak him out as he can't see the human's face even if he can smell them.

13. Comes from one of the most non-parental species in nature but secretly wants to be someone's Dad or Uncle despite lack of instinct or experience. He would love to teach a smaller shark how to find food and how to bite through things they could get caught in.

14. Loves tummy tickles from friends like Dory (partially canon.)

15. Once came to after an instinctive hunting episode to a gruesome sight that still haunts him.

16. Once played the big scary shark role in a game of hide and seek with Nemo and his friends. They laughed when he jumped out and yelled "Gotcha!"

17. Travelled a lot when he was younger from down the coast to Sydney, around New Zealand, Samoa, Fiji and as far as the US and Mexico. Has thought about heading to the White Shark Café a number of times but is nervous in case they want to hunt and it will trigger his fish-eating instinct.

18. Is fascinated by Destiny the whale shark and thinks she's one of the most beautiful fish he's ever seen.

19. His favourite view is the sunset over the reef in the evening. Sometimes he'll stargaze if he can't sleep.

20. Hasn't met many humans and couldn't talk to them if he tried but likes to observe them from a safe distance as humans like to do sharks. He's seen them playing on the beach with their pups, fishing over the sides of small boats and surfing the waves. He doesn't dare to get too close but finds it incredible they can look so harmless but be so deadly. He's amassed a small collection of human items that have been dumped into the ocean and brought by the currents, mostly rubbish, old boat equipment and the odd toy. They sit in a pile inside one of the rooms in the sub and no human has claimed them.

I'm going to the police, and this time, I'm filing charges

They're also trying to follow me under new aliases:

gummybandit / msragatha / itsflappers

@thehopcful

@porpomuses

@pxnxply

// I went to the police and they said they’d take care of the situation. I hadn’t heard anything back from them, but hopefully soon

That sums up my own thoughts rather concisely, Bruce!

Referencing this meme:

‘What a joke!’

Today, Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission chose profit over conservation and turned back 20 years of conservation.

After months of a hard-earned ban on land-based shark fishing in Miami, FWC rolled back all bans across ALL Florida beaches— all while REFUSING to enforce or prosecute blatant violations against protected sharks and rays.