Talk:Nautilus/Background/@comment-3227213-20140414075104/@comment-25131709-20140702161503

I had always assumed it might be based on his past as a sailor, who was commissioned to explore the ocean. The idea is that ocean creatures/civilizations don't take very kindly to human intrusions (this is kinda based off the impact of humans on our own planet and oceans) so they are naturally distrusting of sailors and fishermen.

Another possibility I've heard is that mistrust him because they mistrust the black ooze that changed him, and see him as an extension of that ooze. In any case these are just ideas