#the moment makes me slightly uncomfy sometimes so I'll add the warning in case it makes someone else Very uncomfy

[octoagentmiles]

Could you do an analysis on the episode Octonauts and the Manatees?

Yes I can 😌

Starting off right at the start, I wanna note how strange it is that Barnacles is alone in the first place. He (canonically, I think) has separation anxiety, and really doesn't like being alone. Even if it's a simple mission like collecting some octo-floats, I still think he would've at least asked Kwazii to join him.

One trait of his that I like, is his habit of talking to himself out loud constantly. It could actually be connected to how he doesn't like being alone: the silence bothers him. Or, it could just be his way of processing things faster. (I talked about it a little in my "Barnacles is Autistic" analysis.)

...I like how Kwazii's the one who notices something's up first, and asks. Barnacles messed up Shellington's name three times, and he didn't notice at all, just continued talking. It's also usually Kwazii who checks in on him a few times throughout the ep. He's the one who asks if he's alright near the end, then asks what happened at the end.

I LOVE how Kwazii immediately takes charge whenever Barnacles is away/occupied. It's just really nice to see him actually being the lieutenant; He does it in Caves of Sac Actun as well, and it's literally my favourite Kwazii trait. I like how quickly he can switch from "having fun" to "serious."

(SIR. PLEASE.) Somebody on the Octonauts wiki described this as Barnacles just being "dishonest" but I politely disagree. He's trying to protect his crew, prevent them from worrying about him (because he hates that), and he's putting the manatees first. To him, the manatees are more important than calling someone to help get his paw unstuck. (He could also be embarrassed, which is fair.)

Four Gups, but there were five Octonauts present (Kwazii, Tweak, Peso, Dashi, and Shellington). One of them could have easily been spared to help Captain Barnacles, but nooooooooooo—

(I speak muffle trust me, I'm an expert.) Even when Barnacles is literally about to drown at the bottom of the ocean, he STILL refuses to let Kwazii or Peso know something is wrong. He can't even talk, because he's about to DIE, but he's still trying to comfort them.

This whole episode is just Barnacles re-enacting the "this is fine" meme a hundred times until it's No Longer Fine, and I really hope they talked about it afterwards off screen, or that Peso at least looked at Barnacles a little because that man got Hurt.

#octonauts #captain barnacles #kwazii #miles watches octonauts #(that's the tag I'm gonna use for non-anb related episode analyses) #drowning tw??? kinda? #the moment makes me slightly uncomfy sometimes so I'll add the warning in case it makes someone else Very uncomfy #maybe I'm sensitive tho lmao #forgot the quotation marks on the last image 😔 #and yes. i did caption tunip's vegimalese. what're u gonna do about it #also: again- do I need to tag angst if it's canon? #anyway fav ep 10/10 #octonauts analysis