Hey, I just came here from your Celestial Depths fic, which I love by the way, and as I was looking at the art in the note of the last chap I noticed that Sun's tail seems to have crevices along it, rather than being flat and solid. Basically what I'm getting at is: is Sun's tail actually a single limb, or is he too rocking stealth tentacles like Moon and Reader just didn't notice since he didn't separate them during their interactions? You don't have to answer, I was just curious and thought I'd ask! Thank you for writing such a nice fic!
Hi!! Thank you for reading my fic! :D so happy you like it!!
I'm happy to answer this! Yes! Sun does indeed also have secret tentacles! Sun and Moon have the same tails!
Even if Sun did untwist his tail in front of reader, reader wouldn't have noticed because almost all their interactions being very swift due to Sun nyooming off or had Sun hiding most of his body (like the peekaboo bit)/being too close for reader to get the chance to look down and catch him or realise his tail was odd. That's for them to be exasperated about another time! These alien fish and their damn secrets! >:3
In the art, you're seeing essentially what both "modes" are. Moon is in "stealth mode" aka he's got his many grabbers out, and Sun is in "speed mode" where the limbs are all twisted/pressed together to create the tail. In the fic, when I mention Moons tentacles all pressing together to create one limb? That's what's happening. Just imagine Suns tail on Moon instead!
Moon prefers creeping around and grabbing up stuff, so he'll more often be in stealth mode. He prefers ambush hunting, so will creep up on his prey and either grab them unawares or will burst out at them (usually at this point he would switch to speed mode if he needs a bit of distance, but that generally also depends on how large what hes hunting is. The bigger it is, he may decide grip/restraining ability is needed).
Sun like swimming around fast and prefers chase hunting, thus hes usually in speed mode. He gets bored (as evidenced by the poor guys constant search and failure in finding something else to play with so he's not constantly bothering Moon lol) and the thrill of chase entertains him and gets his energy out. He very much plays with his food haha. Sometimes he'll speed at his prey then unfurl his tentacles and essentially crash tackle whatever unfortunate creature he's decided to play with/hunt lol ^^"
Apologies if the tail switching wasn't entirely clear- I did intend to expand more on it later once the boys and reader has a chance to get a good look at them. I hope this help clarify!
Thank you so much for the ask! :D
