#scuttle

Behold my new son 😋 some facts abt him below:

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After having her expectations of what "real princes" are like crushed by NRC, Miss Raven decides to keep them low when greeting the guests from RSA. "They're a bunch of pampered, spoiled princelings," she recalls Leona saying once. Maybe just as bad as NRC's royalty, she concludes. Worse? No, surely not.

But before she can even properly introduce herself to the RSA boys, Rielle (the embodiment of ADHD that he is/j) barrels straight into her. He's excitedly yapping about how he heard she's one of those land-dwelling birds, and how he has so many questions for her!! Rielle's only seen seagulls for most of his life, he's never been this inland to see an actual raven. Maybe one of his peers Minajael has to rein him in and calm him down, but Rielle just swaps to sharing all his thingamabobs (which, due to being shiny, catch her attention). They could also talk about music, since merfolk are known for that and Raven's an amateur songbird.

Miss Raven might be a little put off by his energy at first, but I think she'd come to realize they're similar in a lot of ways!! After all, Raven has a lot of the same eagerness and curiosity to her. Rielle makes her think of her old self, wide-eyed and naive. It's almost nostalgic. She'd clear her throat and offer to share stories of her life on land with him, if Rielle is willing to do the same with his life underwater. He doesn't get what's so cool about the sea, but he'll happily trade! Raven gets the sense that he'd believe anything she told him... kinda like how Ariel treats Scuttle like he's the Human Expert and thinks everything he says is truth. They’re similar in that they want to be taken seriously as adults by those around them, so they can relate on that.

Minajael is definitely the more level-headed of the RSA duo. Miss Raven isn't sure how to approach him at first--she's heard from Kalim that his relative is "a nice guy", but he's also got this slightly intimidating royal aura. She's a little cagey around him and he's aloof, the two keeping their distance from one another. Perhaps Raven happens to remind him of those simpering servants back home, so Minajael feels as though he cannot trust her or she might rat him out to authorities if he acts up. (This is supposed to reflect how Jasmine didn't trust Iago when he claimed to turn over a new leaf.) I don't know what exactly, but there'd be some kind of incident where Raven "proves" she can be trusted (maybe she mentions knowing Kalim/being his friend, or she helps Minajael with something), and that's when he opens up to her.

I think Raven and Minajael could relate to one another in that they're both free spirits who value their independence and freedom. (Think of the scene where Jasmine cuddles with a bird and then releases them from their atrium, or even when she poses with the bird with her arms out during A Whole New World.) Listening to all his stories about running off from his home and getting into trouble in the local markets... He doesn't feel like a prince at all to her (she quickly forgets that he is one), just a guy who wants to be heard and treated like an equal. And what Minajael likes about Raven is that she listens and doesn't interrupt or shoot down his ideas. She lets him truly be himself. I like to think that they have that Aladdin-Jasmine epiphany where they both talk about themselves and come to the same conclusion of feeling “trapped”. That’s when it clicks—they understand one another.

Get crabbed, idiot

With a pirating career of ~300 years, Captain Velehk Sain has ruled the Abecean Sea as its King, much to the chagrin of other naval forces who claim to keep her waters safe.

Even on land he mimics the sway and surge of a ship, but make no mistake, he can snap to steadiness at a moment’s notice. His hobbies include cutting down boastful fools, wearing the pendants of conflicting political factions to feign his support, and waxing poetically about futility while gazing longingly into the ocean’s endless blue. He heeds to no man, monster, or beast… except for Scuttle, his summonable and quite bossy swift.

close ups below

kinger and scuttle hang out :)

How every au with ortensia gone sounds likw

Idk why I keep tormenting scuttle

Scramble continues her mindless search while remaining heroes on the scene attempt to minimise her damage. Their forces are spread thin as all over Brockton Bay similar events are happening to heroes and villains alike.