Starboardharpy - .°:•* Mako :°.*•

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[Cartoonishly falls down and gets sent to the nth dimension]

made this scene a gif because i cant stop thinking about the way ann snuggles up under her curls w that dopey little smile and im making it everyones problem

𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐀𝐭 𝐒𝐞𝐚

The Aims of Nautical Fights

Sink the other ship

Methods: ram, set on fire, blow a hole in the hull

Typical Contexts: out-and-out warfare, especially in the ancient Mediterranean

Advantages: fast, no person-to-person fighting

Drawbacks: getting close eough to the other ship exposes own ship, mass murder of the crew, no chance to get their cargo and provisions.

2. Plunder the Other Ship

Methods: disable the ship - damage mast/oars and other methods of propulsion - board the ship, get cargo and kill the crew - sink ship.

Typical Contexts: piracy, privateering

Advantges: valuable cargo sold for profit, much-needed drinking water and food sustain own crew for a while longer, selected captives can be ransomed or sold as slaves.

Drawbacks: dangerous, need to get close enought to gain access to the ship, crew unlikely to surrender, ferocious combat which poses significant risk to own men.

3. Capture the Other Ship

Methods: Capture ship while causing minimal damage and keeping the crew alove - put own officers in charge - add enemy ship to own fleet or collect prize money from the government (the ship will get a new flad, renamed and refitted)

Typical contexts: 18th-19th C Europe (Regency period inclusive)

Advantages: minimal losses of life, humane, gaining a ship

Drawbacks: difficult to capture a ship iwhtou firs samaging it captains may take foolish risks in the hope of prize money, captive crew needs feeding, captive crew may munity.

Weapons

The ship's weapons:-

a ram at the bow - for driving into the hull of another ship. There's the danger of going down together if the ram gets stuck in the body of the other ship.

Artillery - hurling fire at enemy ships to bring them down.

Warships with carry canons.

The crew's weapons:-

Sailors will almost always carry multi-purposes knives which can turn quickly into weapons.

The swords used by marines were always slashing swords (for cutting, slashing, slicing, very sharp, with a lightly curving blade)

Cutlasses are most often associated with nautical combat.

Ship or Boat?

Consider the follow factors when differentiating between a ship and a boat:

the historical period (different periods have different definitions)

the vessel's size

vessel's weight (ships are heavier)

the purpose (fishing vessels, ferries and submarine are typically boats, regardless of size)

the number of masts (three or more masts is a ship)

the number of decks (with more than one deck, it's a ship)

the shape (flat bottom means its a boat)

where most activity takes place (if on deck - boat)

where the bessel travels (if on a river, probably a boat)

Avoid using the words "ship" and "boat interchangeably just to avoid repeating the same word. They are not synonyms!

Use words like vessel, ferry, schooner, the brigantine, cutter, crusier, etc.

Propulsion and Steering

A ship cannot stop, start, swerve and reverse rapidly like a car.

Wind power - high speed, enables long distances, doesn't require the vessel to carry fuel.

Can't move in the abscene of wind

Can't carry out speedy manoeuvres in a battle.

Felling the mast will cripple the entire ship.

Oars (rowing) - allow for greater manoeuvrability, rapid direction changes, and relaively quick starts and stops.

Doesn't achieve great speed and isn't suitable for long distances.

Steam - creates speed, doesn't depend on wind.

Requires carry coal, which limits the amount of cargo that the ship can carry.

Vessels felled with oil or nuclear power can travel faster and vaster distances.

However, they still can't stop, start, swerve and reverse as quickly as a car.

Space

The deck of a ship/boat is a limited space where fighters can fall overboard, climb up a mast, jump down, or leap onto another deck.

It may be full of obstacles: the masts, coiled rops, possible clutter, crates and barrels of cargo and provisions.

There may be livestock, chickens in cages and goats tethered to the mast, intended to provide fresh meat on the long voyage.

Atmosphere

A sea battle will have interesting sounds like roaring canons, crashing masts, splintering wood, panicked chickens, waves crashing against the hull, the wind whipping the sails, the splashing of men overboard.

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really enjoying all the videos Muslims have been posting of their cats looking like this

when the humans are up at 4 am for suhoor

I NEED TO DRAW, BUT THE ART ISN'T ARTING

IT'S NOT EVEN ART BLOCK, IT'S JUST?????

{ABSOLUTELY SHAKES MAKO LIKE A KALEIDOSCOPE /affectionately}

Djfojdidjdjd ok but seriously haiiii I love Mako very much <3 does he have any particular relationships with any of the characters in detentionaire? :0 like who he likessss, who he has beef withhh? OH OH OH- and what's his favorite and least favorite subjects? :3

I'd love to know allllll about Mako ehehe

{ALSO THANK YOU SM FOR THE FANART OF YEONWOO, I ABSOLUTELYISJDODNDKS JUMPED AND GIGGLED WHEN I SAW IT EEEJEJSIDJEUEEEokimgoodnyaowehehe thank you again I loved how you drew her 💕💕💕}

GVSDJV HELLO HELLOOO TYSM :D :D :D

Super rambly, BUT:

For relationships.. not particularly due to him being in the 12th grade while most of the characters are 10th graders, plus how I intend for him to be a background character, so he'd only have little-to-nonexistent interactions with them (he probably has somewhat closer relations to the side characters because of that) though he knows characters via their popularity or roles in the school hierarchy

He knows the News Team since he sees them everyday (through their reports or seeing them do their job across school), honestly loves the news but will fake his death before admitting that. Never really paid much attention to Tina's portion until she began reporting on the weird shit going on, and finds Chaz's gossip section amusing despite knowing it's most likely just baseless rumours. And Stepak, Mako knows him "Tina, Chaz and their cameraman" <- he doesn't know his name...

In a weird/dumb turn of events, Mako does have beef with Chaz of all people. Iirc Chaz was always casted as Alexander Nigma for the school play (Mako is silently seething about it [insert "IT SHOULD'VE BEEN ME! NOT HIM, ME!" audio]) up until El Beardo (which he found hilarious). Mako doesn't really mind/care about the role anymore, but he holds it against Chaz. Probably doesn't like Brad for the same-ish reason, he sees him as a nepo baby

(though Mako would probably vibe with them if he didn't dislike them)

Mako had no clue who Lee was before the whole prank fiasco, but started paying attention afterwards especially since wherever Lee went trouble seemed to follow. Finds the shenanigans he gets up to (that Mako knows of) to be very entertaining. He also knows Cam and Holger by association, then Cam more after his school presidency (Mako admittedly has no idea why he's el prez, but he has no complaints)

Steers clear of Biffy because of his reputation as the school bully ("because I'd rather not be near a guy who looks like he could shatter my skeleton if he poked me, thank you very much"). He avoids the 15th graders for similar reasons "why the fuck are they still here? it's been years" (funnily enough, since the 15th graders are like super-super-super seniors iirc, it means they share classes HGSVDJG)

Glamazons (and the popular kids in general). I imagine the Drama clique both admires and envies them, and the same feelings apply to Mako, but the envy is much stronger than the admiration. He kinda hates them if he's being honest

I'm not sure about this one, but I'm thinking Mako might've ran into some of the adult characters (besides, y'know, the school staff) like council members; not long enough to form a relationship obv, but brief enough for him to remember them (probably passed them on the street or saw them in the store, that sorta thing) probably doesn't pay them any mind

And subjects oooo wait, sososo least favourite is math/comp science, it's not that he's bad at it, but 'cause "if I look at the paper too long, it's like the everything's merging together". Sometimes doesn't like English and French classes for the same reason; the words don't really blend together, but "I'm reading the words. I'm hearing them, I've said them. But for some reason it's just not.. processing in my head". Just doesn't like classes that seem too easy ("pfft, whatever, I'll do it later" <- ends up doing it last minute) or too hard ("ughh.. I'll do it after I'm done with the easier stuff" <- puts it off until last minute). His favourite classes on the other hand are art and gym, no deep reason why, he just finds them fun :D

There's more but uhh [rattles my brain like a maraca] it's on the tip of my tongue rn JSDHVHJSH

bdsjhksdjbfkb AND THANK YOU THANK YOUU AGAIN!! :D Yeonwoo seems really cool and interesting too! I'd love to learn more about her :0 :0 :0

"please finish your wips" no. Bubonic plague 🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠

honestly dni and unfollow me if you support mama after all she's done. she literally has consulted medical professionals over and over and refused to change her behavior re: those under her care. she LITERALLY called the doctor, MORE THAN ONCE, and the doctor very fucking clearly said no more monkeys jumping on the bed. and what happens five fucking seconds later every single time

CW FOR BLOOD (it aint that heavy but stils there)

would yall believe me if i said i drew this ≈ a year ago

one must imagine sisyphus livin la vida loca