OctoMan

(This is a WIP + details are subject to change)

## Canon Lore

**OctoMan** is the octopus-themed superhero shown in the episode Caper or Plastic.

In the episode, he can be seen rushing to the grocery store to stop a crime, only to show up late "as usual." He is also shown working at The Grocery Store in other episodes.

His octopus logo is seen scattered throughout Fair City, including by a sports team.

## Appearance

OctoMan has dark brown hair done in a swirl (often, his tiny octopus friend will use its natural camaflouge ability to blend in with Oc's hairstyle), vibrant ocean-blue eyes, and is 5'6" tall. His uniform consists of a suit that features vibrant blue arms and legs, a mustard-yellow front, cape, boots, gloves, and belt (which is shaped like an octopus).

## Fanon Lore

OctoMan was a regular 20-something working as an intern at the Fair City Aquarium and attending university when a series of mishaps lead to him and several other students being infected by an alien parasite that had tagged along on a crash-landed spaceship. This event caused him to develop a telepathic connection with the octopus he took care of at the aquarium.

(More info on this soon! I'm working on his origin fic :) )

## Powers

* Can telepathically communicate with the octopus he bonded with
* Empathic towards sea creatures
* Can manifest tentacles made of energy
* Limited shapeshifting modeled after an octopus's ability to change size, shape, texture, and/or color
* Can create dark inky clouds using glands on his hands
* Can breathe underwater for short periods of time, as he has both lungs and gills

## Autism 🧩♾

**Verbal Stims:**

* “Tentacle, tentacle, ten-ta-cle~”

**Auditory Stims:**

* Listens to “Octopus’s Garden” on loop in his headphones over and over and OVER….

**Visual Stims:**

* Loves watching octopus documentaries and his octopus in the aquarium (the undulating of tentacles, the shifting of colors, the psychedelic movement - it's like a drug to his autistic brain)

**Physical Stims:**

* Putting his hands in front of him and doing a little wave motion
* Wiggling his fingers

**Special Interests:**

* OCTOPI!!! He is obsessed with them. He has them pinned all over his backpack, has posters of them in his dorm, exclusively watches octopi videos and listens to octopi music, works with an octopus at the Fair City Aquarium, published research papers on octopi, and was the top student in his class at marine biology. He has octopus pjs, octopus bedsheets, and info dumps about octopi all the time.

**Struggles:**

* Goes nonverbal when sensory overload
* Struggles with eye contact at all times
* Struggles to process auditory information that he hears when others are talking
* Struggles when his schedule is broken
* Sensory issues
* Unaware of awkward moments
* Extremely sensitive to physical sensations
* Monotone voice
* Can’t handle certain food textures

## Weaknesses

* Anxiety and surrounding filling the previous hero's shoes as protector of Fair City
* Difficulty controlling his powers, as he wasn't born with them but rather gained them all at once in his young-adult years

## Gallery

WordGirl inquiring about an old newspaper article depicting OctoManAn old article about OctoMan recieving a key to the cityOctoMan shows off his little octopus friend, whom he has a psychic bond with