If you are collecting seashells, please remember to keep the shortage of shells for hermit crabs in mind!
It's a massive issue that the over-collection of seashells has led to. While efforts are being made to attempt to combat the problem, those of us who live near coasts and hermit crab populated areas can help our crabby friends by keeping our hands off the shells that hermit crabs use as homes!
You may be wondering, "Stag, what does this have to do with Hellenic Polytheism?" Many worshippers and devotees of ocean-related deities like to collect seashells and give them as offerings, so this is somewhat of a PSA to maybe think twice before picking up certain shells.
Hermit crab seashells can look like the following:
If you're dead set on collecting a seashell, please focus on flat ones. They're far less likely to be used as hermit crab homes. And as always, if you happen to see trash on beaches or in hermit crab populated areas, please throw it away, even if it isn't yours. You could be saving a crabby - or another animal - life!
In Karl's defense, he's never actually babysat before.
TW: Memory Loss, Miscommunication
"There is nothing you could take that I have not already lost."
Karl sighs, trying not to roll his eyes. It's a time of great distress for the toddler that is meant to be his fiance, he's sure.
"I can get you another cookie later," he promises and the teenage Quackity in the corner sneers, "Dramatic much?"
Four-year-old Sapnap sniffles.
Karl doesn't have a lot of patience for the seventeen-year-old version of his love, the one of two who should know better.
If he didn't know better, he'd almost say Quackity was feeling jealous.
Gods, this would be eons easier if neither remembered anything. As it is, they understand what's happening, but only to the extent their current age allows.
The little Sapnap had tearfully cried "fiances" over and over again, more than happy to have Quackity and Karl in the same room together for more than a minute.
Quackity, unfortunately, doesn't hold the same childish forgiveness. He glares at Karl like he's a villain and occasionally snaps at the toddler like he deserves to be yelled at before he can properly ride a bike.
"Please be nice to him," Karl says for the fourth time, "He's just a baby."
"No' baby," the baby complains, " Fia'ce ."
"I didn't agree to marry a baby," Quackity says dryly.
Sapnap sniffles. "No' marry?"
Tearily, he stares at Quackity like he's just said the world was ending.
"Of course I'm not marrying a baby ," Quackity says, "And grown-up you left me , so you can count me out on that one too."
"Left you?" Karl asks, says, "We didn't leave you, Quackity. You left us to go start Las Nevadas."
"You," he spits, "left me to go make your perfect little Kinoko Kingdom with Sapnap."
"We invited you," Karl says, eyes wide, "Quackity, I invited you."
"No, Karl," Quackity seethes, "You didn't ."
"I didn't?" Karl asks, something like horror in his throat. Gods, no wonder Quackity hated him.
"What?" Quackity asks, "Did you forget me?"
Karl inhales sharply.
He wouldn't, he wouldn't . And, yet, all of the evidence is here in front of him.
"Kar'?"
Little Sapnap is watching him, eyes wide and awfully concerned for a four-year-old. He shakes, knows that he's falling into familiar and forgotten pieces of himself.
"You actually forgot me," Quackity breathes disbelievingly. Tears well up in Karl's eyes.
"Forgettin' lots," baby Sapnap says quietly.
"Yeah?" Quackity asks, hurt and confused and angry, "Forgetting you ?"
"Think so," little Sapnap admits and Karl jolts.
"No," he swears, lies, "I didn't forget either of you, I won't ."
"It sounds like you already did," Quackity says, a little dead-sounding.
Baby Sapnap bites his lip. "Sick?" he asks tentatively.
Karl breathes.
"Sometimes," he admits, "Yeah. Sometimes."
Quackity purses his lips. "Why didn't you say something?"
"I can't," Karl says. He doesn't want to give them false hope. "Quackity, I can't . Don't ask me to, please, please, please don't ask me to."
"You don't trust us," Quackity accuses.
"No," Karl denies, "They won't let me--"
He shuts his mouth with a click, jaw snapping closed when his mind catches up with his mouth.
"Le'?" Baby Sapnap asks worriedly.
"It's not a big deal," Karl tries.
"You're forgetting your own fiance," Quackity points out. Fiance, singular. Karl tries to push the hurt down.
"Fia'ces," Sapnap says, stressing the plurality of the word.
"Right," Quackity agrees easily, "The point stands. If someone's hurting you, we can protect you."
"You can't fight this," Karl says tiredly, "Neither can I. Please don't push this."
Quackity sighs. "I'll leave it alone for now."
He bites his lip and his feathers ruffle slightly behind him. "You forgot to invite me to Kinoko Kingdom."
Karl nods. "I swear I thought I told you."
Sapnap sniffles, reminding them that he is literally unable to keep the pace of this conversation.
Now, let’s begin with the final guy out of the 7 main guys.
-Alright, so considering his hobby is surfing, we can safely assume he loves the beach.
-Wether its L.A, Japan, or somewhere else, because of his dislike of the cold he’ll always be living in a warm country and preferrably not too far removed from a beach. Don’t think this guy will ever move to Sweden, that’s too cold for him.
-For this reason, he won’t enjoy vacations to go skiing.
-If he’s ever forced to go on one, bet your ass that Kagami is that guy staying inside where its warm whilst everyone is enjoying the snow.
-I can imagine him being attracted to girl who's into water sports, from swimming to canoeing. I think that he’d like a girl who loves the beach like he does but can entertain herself without him.
-Beach picnics! He definitely has cute moments with his s/o when dining on the beach.
-Totally makes the delicious snacks for the picnics by himself.
-Considering his dad is also pretty rich and he’s into the beach, I can imagine Kagami being into tropical island vacations.
-He’s much more of a gentleman compared to Aomine, so he won’t expect his s/o to bring various sexy swimsuits with them on vacation. But if they do, he’ll definitely enjoy it just as much, he’s just way more respectful about it.
-I can imagine he’s a little protective of Alex whenever they’re at the beach together, like how Aomine protects Momoi from boys, but with Alex being a grown woman who can take care of herself this is only on rare occasions.
-He definitely gets a lot of attention in just his swimming trunks.
-Those girls who embarrass themselves on the beach by making sexy pictures for Instagram are especially drooling all over him.
-He watches surf movies.
-Can quote Point Break.
-Secretly kept onto his childhood seashell collection.
-Will definitely help his future children search the beach for their own seashell collection.
-I can imagine him and Kuroko having playdates on the beach with their future children. “Who needs a sandpit when there’s the beach?!”
-If he ever were to go to the beach with the GOM, I can imagine him burrying a sleeping Murasakibara’s body under the sand with Aomine and Kise. He’s not totally above this kind of childish behavior.
-Was probably disapointed he didn’t had the stamina and opportunity to go on a surfing break during their basketball trainingcamp whenever he was running past the ocean.
today, i took a little walk on the beach in search of some seashells for my collection. i tried to stay within a specific color palette because i have some creative plans for my little shells. maybe a picture frame, or i was also thinking of getting a few canvases with each one dedicated to a different color palette of shells
okay okay okay in case anyone is interested, without much fanfare, here are some of the d20 playlists ive been developing:
fig! - my favorite by far. tons of riot grrl and rock with a lot of vulnerability
HOOT GROWL! - bloodrush crew! ragh, fabian, gorgug, and riz. this is what boys will be boys SHOULD mean
for gorgug! - (from zelda) only four songs but a huge project im majorly invested in because i want it to very much be not just metal, but fitting metal, and metal accessible to people who dont tend to listen to metal
fabian! - yes i am projecting. trans rights.
kingston - dont mind me im crying. this is BARELY ANYTHING i have a vibe i need to find for it but still
pete! - i have BIG plans this playlist is gonna be WEIRD but right now its not. its good! but not Weird
sisters - ruby and jet. yes i am crying. leave me alone <3 not much but PLEASE check out my sisters tiny hands
loyalty to the crown - Leave Me ALONE you KNOW its theo. i have a long list of songs i need to get through before this is like a playlist im satisfied with
oh...clever rabbit - baby please dont text lapin back
let me know what you think! ill let you know when i have more playlists for d20 to share! <3
I have this collection of 104 seashells (of various types and sizes) and I really want to do something nice with them and get them out of the box they’re currently stored in... buuuuut no idea of what I could do.
Is there any creative person (witch or not) around here who can help me??? I’ve searched on Pinterest but most of the posts demands to make a whole, glue or do something that could scratch/chip the shell and I don’t want that 😬 harmless craft please lmao.
