#cj has anxiety and nat has ptsd; in this essay i will—

[octoagentmiles]

ok this is weird but I'm a psychology nerd so hear me out–

I love how Natquik and Calico Jack's fear responses are canonically Fight and Flight respectively.

You'd think it'd be the opposite, because CJ's a brave, strong pirate, and Natquik is kind of an awkward loner (affectionate), but noooooooo........

When Calico Jack is afraid of something:

He runs away from it.

Which could actually be a fun nod to the IRL Calico Jack, who was apparently a notorious ✨ coward ✨, and terrible fighter.

and what does Natquik do... 👁️👁️ ?

BARK BARK GRR GROWL BARK—

#never not thinking about these two #they're the characters ever #i love them so much #i love them such #octonauts #cj has only gotten angry like Once Ever™ (in s5 👀) #but nat???? he's very quick paced and high strung but he's never run away from danger. #even in the red fox he only tried to leave the den after getting too *frustrated* with red #and at the end when he finds the gup-i overrun with penguins? he yells and stomps his foot 👀👀 #out of all the characters who i wanna see snap at one point.................. he is ✨ very high ✨ on that list 👁️👁️ #octonauts calico jack #professor natquik #octonauts natquik #octonauts theory #*thinks about how nat's original station he was trapped in was covered wall to floor in scratch marks and never stops* #like even all of his equipment. #and it's perfectly His Paw sized too bc we can see it close up when he pushes the button to play the bloop recording #Thinking‚‚ #anywhos <3 #cj has anxiety and nat has ptsd; in this essay i will—