#2. cryptid-monster-alien ding rong

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tsomd/rongzhi animorphs au pt. 1

a week ago i created a tsomd/rongzhi animorphs au because WHY NOT. i post about it on twitter, but thought i’d add it here too! i wanna write more for this au bc it comforts me, so i figured it’d be helpful to have the info crossposted :) 

the animorph au started as a thin disguise for my desire to have ding rong as an andalite (photo of andalite here for reference) bc hooves! telepathy! scorpion tail! cryptid bliss.

i have some drabbles to crosspost later, but for now, here’s some  headcanons/scenarios to consider.

general/background stuff:

sui zhou, tang fan, wang zhi all getting the powers to morph. maybe it follows true animorphs canon and they get the power from ding rong's dying brother. i haven’t decided. they might just get them from ding rong

 the three of them use these powers to help solve crimes and protect the emperor. ding rong is also There.

sui zhou morphing into a horse for tang fan to ride (hurrhurr). tang fan morphing into a bird to follow suspects unknowingly

wang zhi is annoyed bc he can't?? seem to morph?? he morphed into a rabbit once but can't seem to get any other morphs

ding rong catches a shrew for wang zhi to touch and ok, yeah, that morph works. so does the flying squirrel 

wang zhi: YOU MEAN I CAN ONLY MORPH INTO SMALL MAMMALS 

ding rong: apologetically paws the ground with a hoof

they all have to team up to fight someone bad. sui zhou is a bear, tang fan is a tiger, ding rong is himself, and wang zhi is a marbled cat

tang fan makes fun of wang zhi a lot but be careful tang fan, wang zhi has mastered the art of biting ankles as a weasel. no ankle is safe from him.

tang fan helping wang zhi infiltrate an enemy base. cue tf in falcon form, flying to the enemy base and clutching weasel!wang zhi, who is screaming bc he's being flown hundreds of feet in the air and is being held by dagger-like talons

some rongzhi things i do be thinking about:

ding rong thinks he's adorable. cute fluffy animals didn't exist on his planet so he's !!!!! wow so soft

quiet mornings where ding rong feeds aka absorbing nutrients from crushed grass, and wang zhi watching from beneath a tree

ding rong can shift into a human temporarily! he learns to eat as ppl do. aka big dinners at the suitang household.

 also ding rong being able to morph into a human makes him handy for crime battles and political stuff. suddenly wang zhi has a new assistant who isn't around a lot, and when he is, he's staring too much and sniffing things, but wang zhi seems to trust him so it's ok

ding rong stays in an old stable in western depot. no one else goes there

one night wang zhi is talking to him in the stable, and then oops he falls asleep. he wakes up snuggled against large firm buff blue horse alien and yeah he doesn't hate it.

the above happens on more than one occasion

bonus!!!

ding rong referring to wang zhi as Prince!!! 

wz trying to explain that prince means something different to humans (*gestures to crown prince*) but ding rong is like.....ok, anyways prince wang zhi

("prince" is a military role on andalite culture, and basic ranking warriors serve under a prince. congrats wang zhi, ding rong has chosen you)