not a mindless eating machine

bruce white "I am a nice shark, not a mindless eating machine. If I am to change this image, I must first change myself. Fish are friends, not food."

[brucewhite]

BRUCE WHITE

"The feel of coldness only water brings/There are some things that no one teaches you, love/That come natural as a dream you didn’t know that you were in”

Nicknames: None Magic status: Merman (known to a few people but overall a secret) Nationality: Technically Australian? Originally from the Coral Sea Ethnicity: Pacific Islander  Accent: Australian Height: 6′0″ Build: Athletic Complexion: Olive Eye color: Brown Hair color/length/style: Short, neat Tattoos/piercings/daily jewelry: Wears rectangular black plastic-rimmed glasses

What would you find if you Googled them? Nothing except maybe his Instagram or Twitter

What natives would know about them: Basically nothing

Other: The weird guy who works in Whosits and Whatsits. He was in the chorus in the play. Lives in Southern Isles with Mads.

[brucewhite]

the feel of coolness only water brings

(a playlist: in which bruce white swims home)

the wind by yusuf/cat stevens

if it's the beaches by the avett brothers

to someone from a warm climate (uiscefhuaraithe) by hozier

nightswimming by r.e.m.

carolina in my mind by james taylor

traveling song by ryn weaver

cleopatra (acoustic) by lumineers

beyond the sea by bobby darin

[bees-with-swords]

"Do you ever dream of land?" The whale asks the tuna.

"No." Says the tuna, "Do you?"

"I have never seen it." Says the whale, "but deep in my body, I remember it."

"Why do you care," says the tuna, "if you will never see it."

"There are bones in my body built to walk through the forests and the mountains." Says the whale.

"They will disappear." Says the tuna, "one day, your body will forget the forests and the mountains."

"Maybe I don't want to forget," Says the whale, "The forests were once my home."

"I have seen the forests." Whispers the salmon, almost to itself.

"Tell me what you have seen," says the whale.

"The forests spawned me." Says the salmon. "They sent me to the ocean to grow. When I am fat with the bounty of the ocean, I will bring it home."

"Why would the forests seek the bounty of the oceans?" Asks the whale. "They have bounty of their own."

"You forget," says the salmon, "That the oceans were once their home."

[actordougjones]

Throwback Thursday: It was 5 years ago when we were celebrating award season for The Shape Of Water, and I got to live my dream of being in an old musical dance number (dressed as an Amphibian Man, of course) with the amazing Sally Hawkins.

[shesnake]

“Progress Shark” outside the Australian Museum, ahead of Sydney Mardi Gras/World Pride Festival 2023.

[jamieleecvrtis]

Keahu Kahuanui in the ’Duel Club’ short film*

[bookcoversonly]

Title: Mrs Caliban | Author: Rachel Ingalls | Publisher: Faber & Faber (2021)

[three-magpies-in-a-trenchcoat]

You know what, fuck you. *Romanticizes the monstrous in a way that is deeply compelling to people who feel they've been ostracized from mainstream society in one way or another, and also at least a little bit horny*

[pillowspace]

God yes I want more stuff where like. Character is a monster and gets to stay a monster and doesn't have to change their appearance/become human to get a good ending.

ME TOO, I adore that to pieces soso much.

I remember reading a fic in some other fandom once where a character felt that they had to appear more human to have a happy ending with the person they loved, but then it just got tenser and tenser with him trying to perfect himself for his loved one until the guy snapped and was like "!!! I'm not meant to BE THIS, I love you but I can't keep doing this for you," and the true happy ending was them having their differences be accepted by one another. I lied down after that and did not stop thinking about it for months

[pillowspace]

earth shattering tag

[11x11pm]

FINDING NEMO 🌸 (2003)

❝ For a clownfish, he really isn’t that funny. ❞

[coma-berenices3]

[dailykeahu]

Keahu Kahuanui on Instagram LIVE on 2/7/18

[chainsxwsmile]

Some more merfolk!verse was requested on Instagram so here’s Bruce and Nemo!

[fairycosmos]

thinking about deep sea creachures...they're out there

[chainsxwsmile]

I got a request a few months ago for a Nimona and Finding Nemo crossover with Bruce— the ask itself got buried but I finally got around to drawing it! ❤️🦈

[boysappetit]

Keahu Kahuanui

[ilovedthestars]

there really are few emotions i find more compelling in a story than "you should be afraid of me. please don't be afraid of me"