#eel chuck

[cheesesquiggler]

do the merburners drive, like, submarines instead of cars or something

That is a good question! Unfortunately, I haven't thought that far ahead into what to replace their rides with. (Or to replace their rides at all.) I was thinking maybe giving them boats or jet-skis since they're aquatic forms of transportation, but I dunno if I wanna roll with it.

They might be able to drive their cars, just not normally and with a lot of struggle.

The idea of a bunch of merburners driving in their typical high speed fashion then flopping out of their driver seats into the water is actually really funny.

[cheesesquiggler]

Wait if Canon chuck attempts to flirt with tech or his nerd knowledge with claire, how dose fish chuck even flirt?

He'll surface the water and do his typical tech-talk about Math or Science. Or try to nonchalantly slither onto land without looking awkward. I also found out that some eels show affection by "dancing" and by butting heads. So we'll also be seeing a lot of this:

[cheesesquiggler]

What's that wire on Chuck's tail? He can't take it off?

It's a line of cable that's caught around his lower tail. It's just sorta stuck on him. I put it there at first to hold the place of his grey-ish colored shoes, but it also is useful in showing negative effects (pollution) Motorcity merfolk face from Deluxe. Like, maybe I could have each character have something about them stem from those effects:

Dutch with stains on his hands from some weird, painty chemical spill.

Texas and Mike with scars from tangled fishing lines and from Kane bots.

I'm also thinking about giving Dutch, Mike, and Julie little fin clips to show their ties to once being in Deluxe. Perchance...

[cheesesquiggler]

since merman!Chuck is an eel is he the only member of the merburners to be able to move around on land somewhat easily

I could see chuck being able to slither around on like mud or wet surfaces, so yeah. At least better than the rest of the team. Since Julie is secretly Kane's daughter, I think I might design her tail to be removable when she's up in Deluxe. Besides her, he's the most mobile out of water. 👍