#Can't go through one without a Mer leg

[theecholegend]

HOLD YOUR SEAHORSES MERMAY! I ain't finished with you yet!

Nothing makes Mer-Legend happier than shiny things ✨

close up under the cut

This is by far the most colour I've ever had in one drawing. Most of my drawing years consisted of pencil sketches, so colour is NOT my area of expertise, but I'm proud of it

Also have a funky first sketch

[gravegoer]

I hear your call [P3] ⋅˚₊‧ ଳ

i actually got A LOT of asks saying i should do something with siren reader having legs ?!?! did u guys band together to make me do this... summary: sevika takes you out places you've never been and shows her gentleness also a bit of a song at the end (its so fun pls)

masterlist , 2.3k , kind of suggestive? , part 2

Eventually, you did fall asleep in Sevikas tub (really the inn's). I mean, how could you not? She somehow managed to fill it with the perfect temperature and dimmed the lights just for you, making sure you settled in perfectly.

You awoke to her flicking on the big light in the early morning, hissing at the intrusion. But your motions were halted when you looked up to see her form clad in tight shorts and an almost-all-the-way unbuttoned white shirt, the sleeves rolled up past her forearms.

It was rare to see her without her intricate straps, hat, and weapons strapped to her waist, so you definitely took in this sight while you still could.

"I need to get you back to the water. Can't stay in this tub forever," She spoke, settling her hands on her hips.

"Mmm, says who?" You closed your eyes and sank deeper into the water.

"Says my dabloons, can't afford to be stayin' another night."

You suddenly remember your previous kidnapping and Sevika's heroic work (that resulted in a lot of money being spent). You shot her an apologetic look before she laughed a hearty laugh and leaned on the sink.

"I'm joking. Just dont want you out of the sea longer than you need be. Heard it makes mer-people sick," She mumbled the last part.

"Where'd you hear that?" You cocked an eyebrow at her, who was now fixing her dark hair in the mirror.

"I read it—"

"Read it? Pirates can read?" Now it was your turn to laugh.

She got flustered and blubbered out a, "Supposing you even know what a book is."

You laughed at her statement and said, "Well, did you read I need not be in water at all?"

She shook her head, still groggy from her sleep, "Hell are you talking about?"

You tilted your head to your tail— or where it should have been.

What. The. Fuck.

Her eyes widened, and she stepped over to the tub, eyeing your knees sticking out of the water. "Where— where did it go."

You laughed before explaining how, after a while of being in regular water without salt, you were able to develop human legs. This only lasted until you made long‐term contact with salt water again.

To Sevika's shock, you stood up confidently and stumbled at the slipperiness of the tub, water making it hard to maneuver. She reached out to grab you as you yelped, grunting as she held you up, helping you out of the tub. Water dripped onto the floor, and she looked down to realize that it wasn't just legs that you had.

She grunted and looked away over your head, attempting to clear her thoughts. Her thick hand rested on your now non-scaled hip, and her metal one was placed carefully on her arm, trying to keep you as far as she could without dropping you.

"I haven't stood on legs in a while, sorry."

She nodded, "Yeah. I noticed," She commented sarcastically, "Need to get you clothed."

You felt little to no embarrassment about your unclothed state and hummed at her words, starting to walk to the door of the bathroom.

She sighed at your eagerness and kept a hand on your back as you walked, tightening her grip whenever you stumbled. Sitting you down on the bed, she pointed a finger at you as if ordering you to stay.

You obeyed and watched her shuffle through her previously worn clothes, assuming she had no other clothes. (What she is wearing right now is definitely her under clothes..) She grimaced and held up quite a large white poet shirt in your direction.

You shrugged, "That works."

She tossed it to you, and the scent of cigars and salt wafted from the shirt. You threw it on haphazardly, and it covered enough to look like a short dress. "I don't have any pants or shoes—"

She stopped mid sentence when she turned to look at you and cleared her throat, "We'll go to the markets."

You nodded, assuming the market was somewhere you could get clothes. She stepped over to you, multiple straps and belts in hand, "I'll make it look as put together as possible," she mumbled.

Her hands skillfully strapped belts around your torso, making the shirt appear as though it fit properly. She made sure it still hung low on your hips, covering the fact you lacked undergarments.

You weren't so open to the idea of going out into public when you were previously almost sold off. You feared the peoples faces and evil eyes, staring you down. The memories of the cold cage were resurfacing in your mind, but you were quickly pulled out of your thoughts by Sevika.

She now stood at the door to the hall, tilting her head questioningly. She had already gotten dressed and motioned for you to follow her, "C'mon, you can take ten steps."

You rolled your eyes and walked over to her, although like a newborn deer, you still managed. She had a hand on your lower back, supporting you down the hall and just about carrying you as you walked down the stairs.

She sensed your discomfort at the fact that you had no shoes, and the hard wood of the floor wasn't helping your inability to walk. She bent over and snatched up a pair of boots from beside a random man and tossed them into your arms.

"Hey, what the fuck?"

She turned back to glare at him, "Maybe put them on your fucking feet next time."

Her voice was horse and intimidating in the face of any man, lacking the gentleness she previously had with you.

He gritted his teeth and got up to spew his complaints to the keeper. You watched in disbelief before Sevika elbowed you gently in your back, "Lets go."

Before you could say anything else, she was pushing you out the door, boots still in your arms. "Put them on before we go further."

You eyed the rough concrete stairs that were your only option to sit on. Looking up at her, you smiled crookedly. She ran her hand down her face, realizing you didn't want your legs to make contact with the roughness. But without another word, she got on one knee, other thigh level with your knees so you could sit.

Her sword sheathe scraped the ground as she kneeled, leather boot thudding on the ground behind her. Not letting you protest she pulled you by the shirt down onto her leg, taking the boots out of your hands.

Your hands stayed in your lap as she pulled your legs out to cover your feet with the boots. Although she struggled a bit to put shoes on another person she still did so as soft as possible, feeling as if your legs were frail.

You kept your eyes on her face as she did so, eyeing the scar on her face and lip before she spoke, "It has to do for now. I'll get you out of them soon."

..

Although it was a struggle, you both made it to the market. Even though you had gotten more used to legs heavy boots, weighing down your feet and tiredness made your legs sore. But upon seeing the bright colors of the market, smelling the scent of fresh pastries and fruit, and hearing pleasing music you almost immediately perked up.

Sevika noticed your change in demeanor and smirked, "Never been here, huh?"

You nodded rapidly and almost ran to a stand that had bright and scarves with intricate patterns. The shop owner immediately started to talk you up. "This color would be so beautiful with your hair, miss." She wrapped a blue scarf around your shoulders.

Sevika walked up behind you as you looked at your reflection in the small mirror, turning this way and that. You hummed in satisfaction before starting to waltz away. Sevika grabbed you by the back of the scarf, "Nope, you gotta pay."

"Ummm.." You looked up at her with confusion.

"No money, no scarf," She took it from your shoulders and set it back on the stand, grinning.

You huffed and crossed your arms, looking around at other stalls. She grabbed your shoulder with one hand and moved your face with the other, pointing it into the direction of a far away stand. "Only the necessities."

She started in the direction, and you quickly grabbed onto her arm to trail after her. Approaching the stand with shelves that held shoes, Sevika held up a pair, as if asking if they were to your liking.

You grimaced at the style and started to look for yourself. Grabbing delicacy styled shoes, you showed them to Sevika. She smiled softly and shook her head at your choice but put down a few coins for the owner anyway.

She reluctantly would let you drag her to every stall you wanted to look at, putting up with your curiosity. She knew she wouldn't have patience like this for anyone else.

When you put on something pretty and looked to her for approval, she would give you a satisfied look. But still refused to buy you anything unnecessary.

Sevika eventually got you a long skirt that was flowy and hung almost to the ground. It almost mimicked your tail in its motions as you walked, she smiles at the reminder.

When you asked questions about the odd trinkets, she would pick them up and show you how it worked. A music box looked small and delicate in her hold, and the soft melody coming from within made you smile brightly.

You swayed a bit to the music, holding her hands up to your ear so you could hear it better. She couldn't do much but stare wide-eyed at the sight of you blissfully giggling at the music.

As you started off to another stall, she quickly dropped a few coins in front of the seller and shoved the music box in her pocket.

When it neared noon, she took you to eat at a food stand, handing you a few kabobs of different meats and veggies. You munched on them happily, sharp teeth tearing into the meat easily. (Noted.)

She definitely took you to try her favorites because all you eat is probably fish. She takes in the sight of you sighing at the flavors and shoving more into your mouth.

You guys bond over food..

It was now nearing night, the sun set far in to the west. The small amount of darkness was illuminated by candles and lanterns scattered around the area. You could see women gossiping together over some tea and bread, men slinging one another around in joke, kids chasing each other with small creatures. This was one of which a sight you'd never seen.

You gawked, never having viewed humanity in this way, only seeing people that inhabited the seas you could have never guessed how average civilians behaved. The night now no longer seemed so fierce, holding no malice like the previous night.

Sevika approached you to put a hand on your shoulder. She was proud to show you things you had never experienced. She would show you as much of the land as you wanted if you just asked.

Pulling you away from the crowd, she led you to a cliff that overlooked the ocean. Your position closely mimicking the day you met her, Sevika sat on a rock with you beside her. Her metal hand rested on your hip comfortably. You talked about your adventures of the day, the things you liked, and the people you met.

"Thank you for this, I never thought I'd be happy to reside on land."

She grunted in response and pulled a small box from her pocket, a music box. You gasped and took it from between her fingers, shocked she had really gotten it for you.

You winded the small handle before releasing it to hear the familiar melody, bringing back your memories of the day. Looking up to see Sevika, her expression was so loving and gentle, a face you've never seen on her before. Her eyes were illuminated by the dim sunset, emphasizing her contentment.

You smiled before you parted your lips, and betwixt came a song,

link to it (i highly reccomend, it sets the mood)

"Upon one summer's morning, I carefully did stray

Down by the Walls of Wapping, where I met a sailor gay

Conversing with a young lass who seem'd to be in pain

Saying, "William, when you go, I fear you'll ne'er return again"

My heart is pierced by Cupid

I disdain all glittering gold

There is nothing can console me

But my jolly sailor bold"

She listened blissfully, taking in the fact that your songs had no effect on her. Your beautiful voice hummed in her ears, and she looked into the sea, engraving this memory into her mind.

She could see her ship from where you sat, the wind blowing into the sail softly, yanking on the rope that tied it to the dock. Yes, she was going to take you anywhere you wanted to go. This much was set in stone.

After this, she dragged you to the ship with her crew and invited you to join her, obviously you said yes.

She's very happy to have someone to accompany her on her journeys. She isnt so bitter and lonely now thats for sure

And yes, you still get to swim in the water. A lot of the crew doesn't know your siren side, so Sevika tosses you into the water at night, letting the glimmer of your scales lead her ship.

During the day, you will follow alongside the ship, making sure none of the crew can see you, but Sevika does.

Sometimes, she gets distracted by you and goes off route a bit.

I like to think she can't really swim, so you try to teach her whenever you get a chance, and she always ends up clinging to you as you tease her.

She shows you mountains, forests, architecture, (bars), etc. And you love every moment of it.

Also, she replaced the mermaid on the front of her ship with a mermaid carved to look like you. And no, she didn't pay for it to be done. She did it herself.

Whilst she stood on a ladder she watched you frolic in the waves, making sure to carve every curve and detail she found beautiful.

Although, there wasn't one part of you she didn't find beautiful.

the end felt a bit rushed but im bad at endings, i might do some other side fics for this but thank you for the support on this fic! also i thought it was funny how @lovinglywriting sent me an ask about something sooo similar to what i was writing while i was mid fic lol and @slut4sevika send in a sweet ask tysm <33

taglist: @thequeenreaders @hangezoes-wife @thesecondhandwoman @lez-zuha @haboinga

[merakiui]

Kink and orgasm for the eels, please🌷

>:) many thoughts for those two.......

(nsfw asks)

kink — what are their kinks? do they have a primary kink? are there any kinks they’d be interested in trying? are there any kinks they don’t like or aren’t interested in trying?

I like to imagine both eels operate under the notion that they'll try everything at least once, especially kinks that they've never even heard of (like the ones that are most common amongst land-dwellers and may be impossible to achieve or unheard of in the sea). It's mostly a curiosity and a source of entertainment.

For Jade, I think he adores shibari and bondage. Anything that involves a level of clinical patience (which Jade definitely has). There's something beautiful in having you tied up with all kinds of pretty rope patterns. Even better if he has you squirming while you're bound, entirely at his mercy hehe. Of course it goes without saying he's a feet guy. I feel like the trio admire feet and legs to an extent, but Jade's more unhinged about it than Floyd and Azul are. <3 humiliation is another big one. Jade is a Freak (affectionate) and he loves it whenever you insult him or talk down to him or humiliate him in any way. Please bully him! orz

Also,,,, he'd love to try knife play at some point. Perhaps he'd even be willing to try bottoming just to know what it feels like. Something something reverse predator-prey play, in which Jade plays the prey role. Jade's mostly flexible when it comes to trying new things, but he (like Floyd) will be firm in the things he isn't interested in. I feel like he'd love to enjoy food play, but with his voracious appetite it's difficult to not just devour all of the food decorating your body and so for that reason it isn't a favored kink of his. He'll still be willing to do it with you if you ever wish for it, though. Jade will never say no to two of his favorite things: you and food.

He wouldn't be outright open with kinks he thinks are too extreme or dangerous (by human standards,, but also he isn't an easily read book), but if you're willing to try them (and genuinely trust him and yourself) he wouldn't be opposed.

For Floyd,,,, what hasn't he tried? Floyd never truly settles on any go-to kinks just because his tastes are prone to change, and he enjoys doing new and exciting things in the bedroom. But if you pay close attention you'll notice a pattern. If you're smaller than him, he loves the size difference and uses that to his advantage. Sometimes he likes it when you play more dominating roles in bed; other times he has you lie back and he'll do all of the work. Floyd isn't picky.

A big lover of oral sex and cunnilingus. That tongue of his works wonders. He loves being between your thighs. Loves having you sit on his face. Loves licking your tears away. I think he's the twin with the bigger breeding kink. It doesn't matter if you can't get pregnant; Floyd just loves the idea of starting a family with you, and it's mer instincts that compel him to cum inside every time. Depending on his mood, he'll cum anywhere on your body, but nothing can beat doing it inside.

As much as he wants to like it, he just can't get into choking you. >_< he doesn't like the idea of hurting his shrimpy, even though he knows it can be okay if it's done safely and correctly. He can't bring himself to inflict lots of pain, even if said pain might be hypothetical or it's more psychological than anything. Now if you wanted to choke him..... say less because he is SO READY. He also doesn't like to be on the receiving end of restraints. Maybe he'll try it once or twice if he loves you (and he does, wholeheartedly), but he'll squirm a lot. The last time you gagged him he chewed through the leather. T_T Floyd has to be patient if he wants the pleasure you've promised him, and you always provide. <3

He wants to try it all, so please experiment with him!!

orgasm — how would their partner(s) know if they orgasm? what is their orgasm reaction like? are they sensitive after having an orgasm? what is the most effective way to get them to quickly orgasm?

Jade isn't very loud unless he wants to be and then he might consider exaggerating it for the sake of his own entertainment. I do think his voice goes up ever so slightly in pitch and he sounds just a little more breathless. Jade's brain turns to mush when he cums and so he's dazed and silly in the aftermath. The façade falls away and he's just Jade, sweet and clingy and soft. It took him some time to get accustomed to the sensations of sex in his human form. Perhaps he's just a little more sensitive in mer form than he is in human form, especially when it's breeding season.

I like to imagine Floyd has a tendency to bury his face in the crook of your neck or in your chest (anywhere that's warm, where he can hear and taste your heartbeat) when he cums. Sometimes he's a gasping, panting mess and other times he'll grunt or moan lowly. It really depends. Floyd loves to lose himself in sex with you. In the aftermath, though, he's quiet and more subdued, choosing to bask in the silence with you as both of you come down from your highs. He clings as he usually does, but his recovery time is notably fast. Within minutes, he's up and ready to fetch whatever it is you might need. He's far more sensitive in mer form than he is in human form. Floyd thinks the sensations are duller in human form.

[steviewashere]

MER STEVE MER STEVE MER STEVE

(please and thank you 😊)

You got it, homie! We love Mer Steve in this house.

I'm getting weird with this one, so...be warned.

——— The boat begins to rock back and forth. Enough to fear toppling over. Eddie grips to something nearby, the leg of his bench, and white knuckles through another churn of surprise. He hears Steve before he really sees him. Thumping of—what must be—his magnificent tail. The wet slap of his palms against the boat. His exerted panting as he wriggles himself closer and closer. Until, without warning, his entire body eclipses over Eddie. Big, gorgeous, wet eyes blinking down at him—crinkled because Steve’s smiling something dopey. He’s chirping in the back of his throat, all the more excited.

Before he can get the words out to tell Steve to go away, to get back in the water, to remind him again that he can’t come home with him—Steve’s mouth opens. “I have surprise,” he repeats. “You will like it. Something for Eddie!” And without much else of a warning, Steve unhinges his jaw just a little wider. His throat works as if he’s about to cough up a hairball, and for a very dire and very serious moment Eddie believes that to be the case. But instead, what comes flying from Steve’s mouth, is an oblong off-white pearl. Just like the one from days prior. Hitting him square in the eye.

He can't acknowledge the minor ache through his eyeball. Not with whatever science supernatural bullshit just happened. “What the—“ Eddie whispers, the beginning of a startled question.

“I kissed oyster,” Steve explains as if that makes everything suddenly make a drop of sense. “And now I make pearls,” he giddily and loudly whispers.

“Steve, you—I can’t—What?”

“What if I kiss Eddie?” Steve asks aloud.

——— <3

[hashimasims]

TW: Birthing complications → Continue at your own risk

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Absalom: When are you going to let us in Wolf? I should be in there with her!

Kristopher: I can't. I'm sorry. The Sixians are doing everything they can just to keep her under without actual sedation to protect her and the babies. And themselves. She attacked the surgeons before they could take control of her mind, one of them had their shoulder impaled by her horns. We don't need to add more strain on them with your emotions.

Kanaloa *looking through the window*: It doesn't seem like she's still in her Mer form.

Kristopher: One of the surgeons was able to force her into her human form once they were inside her mind, lessening the danger she posed to them or herself if she were to slip their control before they were done with the surgery to bring her children into the world. It's a lot easier to hold down a pair of human legs than it is a Mer's tail. Now, the first set of Twins are safely out. They were Breech, if not she would have given birth just fine naturally.

Absalom: First set? How is that possible?

Kristopher: Yes. Elucea has two uteri, medically called uterus didelphys. Both uteri held a set of twins. Did you not notice she had two openings?

Absalom: Of course I noticed! Kanaloa: Of course I noticed!

Absalom: I assumed it had something to do with her being more shark than mammal

Kanaloa: And I have two dicks so just made sense. Thought hers connected to one womb as normal for us.

Absalom: *looking at Kana incredulously* TWO?! How the WOOHOCK do I compete with that?!

Kanaloa: Deep sea mermaid, same as El *flashing his shark teeth* think Megalodon. *shrugs* But she kept going back to you so you must be doing something right

Watcher's Notes: Edit on 10/11/2024 to ask @abbysimsfun can you see into the future? Or have you become like Heather and hacked into my queue? Because this post has been in the queue 2 maybe 3 weeks now (as of this edit) waiting to go live on 10/24/2024 and then you had to make this comment ↓ that I saw today (again 10/11/2024)

on this → POST!!!!! Do you know that I literally knocked myself out of my chair literally doing this ↓ when I read it?!

AND COULDN'T SAY ANYTHING WITHOUT GIVING ANYTHING AWAY!!!!!!

Anyway hope you're having a fabulous day 👋 🧡 U!!

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[curseofkolyana]

I know Ireena is supposed to be, like, sweet and kind, but I really cannot imagine her as anything other than angry.

(More below the cut bc spoilers. Seriously, don't read this if you have not finished the campaign!!!!)

Ireena is carrying the weird of dozens of unjust deaths in her soul. She is carrying around heartbreak and exhaustion and the weight of the trauma every life she's ever lived. Even JUST Tatyana's sorrow should be too much for one body to handle, and then you increase that tenfold? You can't tell me that her once perfect soul hasn't been corrupted right alongside everything else in Barovia.

Ireena is not innocent. She is angry and hurt and trudging along through her lives like an animal with a broken leg, knowing somewhere inside of herself that she is going to die and still running on aching limbs towards an escape that she will never have. Even if she doesn't know who she is, her soul knows that something horrible is coming for mer. She is resentful, and she is not going down again without a fight.

I also don't think that her anger makes her death any less tragic. If anything, it's moreso. Her death isn't tragic because she's perfect or innocent. Her death is tragic because there is nothing she could do to avoid it.

Plus, at least the way I run it, there is a path forward in which CoS is a story about redemption. I think it's good for Ireena's story to be about redemption, too.

Let Ireena hurt people. Let her be angry and paranoid. Let her become the thing she fears, and then try to talk her down off that ledge before she falls again.

[turnthemasunder-if]

Charles, this one is for you.

Just wanted to let you know that I love your resting bitch face and your bad attitude like when a girly pop starts acting grumpy.

You and I, my friend, we can be besties.

So, to my question:

Will you help me make Maria love me?

Kroz I gotta admire your dedication for the woman but let's see how Charles will respond to your ask.

Author: Charles my brooding friend I do say I say I love the look(I point to his(Red Crimson Suit) Not to mention those gold cuffs? Good taste my man.

Charles: (Crosses his legs) Thank you Author but let's cut to the chase, I know you want something from and not here to appraise my attire!

Author: Oh Charles very intuitive as ever(Hands him the paper) Still you're very right!

Charles: (Mouth moving, then moving closer the paper to his eyes) THE HELL?

Author: (Laughing) Profanities, my good man! Is unbecoming a gentle vampyr such as yourself!

Charles: (Composes himself) Apologies!

So this Kroz a good friend of yours, yes?

Author: My friend, my partner confidante!( Drones on)

Charles: I see(Got contemplative look) Well kroz I feel insulted and honored but mostly insulted when you praised my face.

Second, I thank you for offering your friendship!(Bows his head cordially) Although I think that can't come to past.

Now thirdly, the reason why I must decline! OF ALL THE PEOPLE YOU CHOSE TO COURT AND TO FUCK YU CHOSE MARIA????

Author: Someone's getting jealous!(Mocking him)

Charles: (Runs a hand through his face) I'm not jealous!

Author: Then why the outburst

Charles: Its justified! Becuz I can't find any good reasons for someone to love that abomonation.

Author: (Wags my finger in the air) But Charles don't you know that someone adores you?

Charles: (Did a double-take) BULLSHIT!(eyeing me skeptical)

Author: There is!(I pressed) There's a lot of them actually but one remains to be your top follower!

Charles: PROOF NOW!(Getting curious)

Author: Of course, still I found it boring to just give you the person's identity! How about a bet? I even allow you to have two terms for me when I lo-

Charless: DEALLL(Thrusting his hand for me to shake)

Author: So eager(I shake his hand) Name your terms.

Charles: (Gripped my hand tightly) 1st All of us calls you Author we don't know your real name. So reveal it to us and use it from now on as your pen-name!

Second, I want you to reveal your embarrassing romantic moments in your life. (Smiling cruelly at me)

Author: I accept your terms! Although almost all my followers know my real name(I wink at him)

Charles: YOU TOLD THEM YOUR NAME(Letting go of my hand and crossing his arms) YOU TOLD THEM AND NOT US YOUR OC's I FEEL BETRYED)

Author: What a drama queen(I roll my hands) For my term, when your special admirer sent me an ask, you will do that ask without hesitation, questions, whining, nor your free will is out of the window. You will do it whether you like it or not!

Charles: Sure! Because I know that no one can ever fallen for me(Looking smug and hurt flashing in his eyes)

Author: Your hubris will be your downfall my friend.

So @loveandleases you heard the man! Sent what ask you desires for him to do. Have him running around naked in the park, invite him to dinner, make him jump off a bridge! Go nuts! No restrains and bars, go creative if you want.

Charles: Wait your not joking?(He ask getting worried)

Author: Nope!(Smirking at him)

Charles: OH NO!

Author: No takebacks Charles and this mark will serve as our accord(Making a tattoo apperead on his arm and my own)

Charles: I sold my soul to a demon( He sunk to his knees)

Author: Fool! Your soul already mine to begin with!(Cackling with mad delight)

Charles: Please @loveandleases(Crawling to the camera) Have compassion, I implore the goodness in your heart! HAVE MER-

END TRANSMISSION

[sootyships]

for the different versions of Kelly/Callie: 6 and 10 from the character asks? 👀

Thanks for asking! <3

6. What was the thought process behind their appearance? Did you go mostly for the aesthetic or are there other reasons they look the way they do?

Ooooh, boiii. What I do seem to remember is that I to a degree randomised the appearances of the members of Calamity's team (She originates as a transformers OC!). Calamity got a purple visor and the main colours were off-white and petrol blue. She takes some visual inspo from Ricochet--I mean, really some specific fanart. She has fangy fangs. Also, inspired by a particular fanfic's version of Wildrider, she has a strong Russian accent. -> Russian car -> Button-eye Lada, obviously.

Anyways. So then the human version.

Obviously her parents need to at least originate from Russia or former Soviet countries, what with the accent and everything. There's some Fivel Stewart and a bit of Lydia Graham there, but mostly I just went by vibes. She's pale because vibes, she has curly hair because vibes, she has black-brown eyes because humans can't have purple eyes and I didn't wanna do blue eyes since I find it trite, she has snaggle teeth to approximate fangs, she has glasses as a callback to the visor, she has piercings because vibes. She dresses like a Russian tracksuit meme. I do like to bring in the petrol/teal/turquoise and off-white as callbacks in her non-Cybertronian designs, too.

Merformers. Nuff said. She's based on a Fiji Devil Damsel.

The robot design is the newest one.

It's meant to evoke a couple of things. 1. She was found in the trash. She was pretty thrashed! So there's the leg that's clearly not original, and the arms, and the hand, and loads of the parts are different colours, to imply that everything is a bit cobbled together. The belly plates are original--yellowed--and most of the faded blue parts are original, but for example the torso plate and the one knee are replacements 3D printed from orange plastic and painted to hopefully match.

Her face is faded and there's a scratch on her lip. She's not a new bot. The light is a DBH callback; never, ever blue. Her hair is meant to evoke fiber optics.

And she's meant to look creepy. Creepy grin, tiny pupils. That's something that travels across all of her iterations; she's unsettling.

The 2nd thing her robot design is meant to evoke is danger. Sort of? The damage, the sharp claws, what's all that for? Yeah, she'll sit all cute wearing a wholly unnecessary human cardigan and call Kieran's dad "Dad" but she brings with her calamity.

10. What is their main character arc in the story? Where do they start and how do they develop? Do they get a happy ending or is their story a tragic one?

Calamity's story arcs are generally "learning to be a functional person, somewhat?" type arcs. Also romance. In the mer story, she meets Grace and finds herself motivated to try to be a legitimate member of a mer pod lest she get driven off from their waters. She wants her human! Fine! She'll jump through the stupid hoops to have her! Ugh! In the robot story, she's learning a lot of stuff from scratch, including the concept of having a family and protecting her own people, not because she has to, but because she wants to. For most other versions of Callie having a family and a choice is a given.

From the very beginning, Calamity and Gridlock have been two peas in a pod, with Grace|Gridlock as Calamity's (sometimes questionable) voice of reason and motivator-to-behave-according-to-society's-rules. Calamity by herself does not give a slag.

She always get what she wants, btw. Except in the story concept where Gridlock dies. It's interesting because, despite it all, Calamity would be able to continue on without Gridlock. Gridlock without Calamity? ... The whole Umbracon team would be fragged. Somehow, this mis-clocked loose cannon is the fuel keeping them all going.

[fairytale-poll]

ROUND 1B, MATCH 1 OUT OF 8!

Propaganda Under the Cut:

Lucia Nanami:

She's THE mermaid magical girl! Even though she doesn't lose her voice technically, she can't sing well in her human form out of nervousness in front of her crush. There's even an arc involving another girl who her love interest thinks saved him instead.

She has an entire show, not just a movie, and she is adorable!! Singing is a literal superpower for her - the show involves sing-off battles between the good team and the bad team, where the singing is a weapon that physically affects the other side. The manga in particular has beautiful illustrations, and there are many cute outfits! (Mostly I would just love for her to be in the poll at all, as Mermaid Melody is so fun and cute and has such a small fandom!)

Okay, so Lucia is a magical girl and one of the seven mermaid princesses, specifically the princess of the North Pacific Ocean. By transforming using her pearl, something that each mermaid princess has, she can hurt her enemies through the power of Song.

As a young girl she saved a human boy named Kaito from drowning after the shop he was on capsised due to a storm, and gave her pearl to him in order to heal him. Years later she took on legs and went on land in order to reunite with him and get her pearl back, falling in love with him soon after. However she is unable to tell him about how she's the mermaid that saved him when they were little because when a mermaid tells a human about what she is then she'll turn into bubbles

While I haven't found anything confirming that Mermaid Melody was inspired by the Little Mermaid, it would be highly surprising if it were not the case considering how she saved a human boy who ended up becoming her love interest, took on legs and went on land to find him. Not to mention the singing and the mermaids turning into bubbles thing

Laura Apollodoros Hyginus La Mer:

best precure character since star twinkle ended. carried the tropical rouge season. her arc of trying to decide whether she belongs on land or sea is so good.

Laura's journey from disdaining humans/seeing them as a means to an end is really great! She never loses her selfish/petulant streak, but she does mature around it and start using her qualities for good. While at first only seeing her human friends as a way to make herself heir to the mermaid throne, Laura slowly comes to trust and love them... and ultimately begins yearning to be able to walk with them and join in their land-based activities (especially after briefly switching bodies with them and getting to experience humanity). In an interesting twist, Laura refuses the Witch's offer to make her a human as it would mean betraying her friends - and for this she is rewarded with her own human form from a different source. It's a really great, charming arc for the character!

The little mermaid is a constant in the season, with Laura starting completely appalled that a mermaid would sacrifice herself for a human, not to mention wanting to be one, when she first learned about the story. However, after spending more and more time with her new human friends, she herself starts wishing in secret she could be human so she could join them in more activities although she doesn't want to admit it.

When confronted about it by the Witch of Delays (the villain of the season, who is stealing motivation from people to get an eternity of delays), Laura is offered to be turned into a human in exchange of standing by and letting the witch win. Laura then accepts that she does want to be human, but she will not rely on the witch's powers and will make her dream come true herself instead.

She manages to be able to transform into a human by her own means without losing the ability to go back to her original mermaid form.

So Laura has an Entire Journey over her Little Mermaid Connotations. She starts the show not at all caring for humans or the story of The Little Mermaid. Hearing the story makes her think the story is awful and the mermaid was stupid to give up huge pieces of herself only to turn into seafoam at the end. It takes nearly half the show for Laura to connect to the story; she can only be with her friends in secret and anytime they're having fun trying new things, she's confined to her little marketable pocket dimension or following them through secluded rivers and waterways. She *gets* the mermaid now, but she knows she loves herself and doesn't want to give something of herself up for the risk of what becoming human like the other girls could mean for her. She wants this, but she doesn't want to exchange the other pieces of herself to get it. One of the other girls sees her contemplating and says she always interpreted that aspect of the story to be about how if you want something in life, you have to make some form of exchange. If you want good grades, you have less time and energy to do other things. It's about evaluating well how to get what you want and how far you really want to push yourself to get that. This does not comfort Laura much.

The villain (who is indeed a sea witch) preys on this anxiety when she captures Laura. The themes of the show revolve around being the kind of person who Simply Goes For Things. Who simply says 'Right now, this is what is important to me. And I have to go for what is important to me!' Very Phineas and Ferb levels of Summer Belongs To You energy. When she offers to give Laura everything she wants in exchange for betraying her friends, Laura does not accept this, because the reason she wants to be human is BECAUSE of her friends. She isn't sure how she'll accomplish what she wants, but she's not bartering anything of hers with anyone else to get it. BOTH the pieces of her that are a mermaid and the pieces of her that feel belonging and happiness with her friends are important, and they're important all of the time. Even if she doesn't have a solution to her satisfaction directly in front of her, she refuses to have only half of what she wants just out of a desire for instant gratification. This resolve enrages the Witch of Delays.

Laura does nearly die for her wish to be fully and completely with her friends, to be human, and it is only by the power of her love for them and her resolution to become the biggest bravest version of herself that she gains a magical girl transformation and the ability to switch between her tail and her new legs.

I adore this bright comfy spin on the story, because it essentially takes the base characterization of the mermaid as a character who is singlemindedly after a soul she does not have and the love of another which she cannot make hers, and says 'What if we put an incredibly different character into that same position of desperate yearning? What if it wasn't that she has none of what she truly wants, but that she has conflicting wants? What if it is not the complete lack of companionship that leaves her reaching for ways to be human, but the want to fully and unabashedly participate in the love and companionship she does have?' Then rewards that character for sticking to her guns and being true to herself and her friends.

Also she is so funnie and cute and prebby and I adore her and she is for sure in love with Cure Summer. Thank you hav day♡

Kagayaki Homare:

[No Propaganda Submitted]

[satancopilotsmytardis]

Dabi desperately trying to better himself, for ten years, all on his own. Ouch. I really like that he is better on land though. Something his reef will never appreciate, but that can still give him the upper hand in certain situations.

Attempts at communication are made! Though I think Shigaraki and Dabi have different ideas of what is going on, lol.

I hate the emphasis on respectable Folk. Like, not from a narrative standpoint, but it sucks for Dabi :(

Shigaraki obviously noticed that Dabi is starving and has decided that he is going to feed his new friend. Just like he decided that the island is theirs.

I can't help but imagine accidentally using one of the words Shigaraki taught him when trying to describe something his own language doesn't have a word for by accident and just. Giving everyone around him a heart attack.

Shig is so angry when Dabi calls himself broken. Ugh, my heart.

Yes, Shigaraki. I'm sure it's just curiosity. That's why you keep watching him. And touching him. And helping him hunt. And teaching him your language. And getting angry about him being mistreated.

...Dabi does not think anyone could be kind to him. Sure, it's wrapped up in all the bad things he has heard about the far reef, but I think it's mainly because he doesn't think anyone would be kind without an ulterior motive. Not to him.

I love how Shigaraki is already planning to take him home and introduce Dabi to his friends. And the play fighting was really good! Dabi is so used to copying the form of people who are build different from him. But, as stated, he can run and climb and stay above water the longest. It's no wonder his legs are stronger than those of most mer!

"and his mate is lucky, because he has no doubt [that tongue] can be put to many uses." Oh, interested in finding out, Dabi?

"You aren't doing anything dangerous while you're away, are you?" I mean. Not dangerous to Dabi.

Also "friend". Yes, Dabi, I'm sure that's the way to describe your relationship to Shigaraki. The guy who you kiss on a regular basis. Well, until you can decide on a different label together, at least.

Natsuo knows, lol. And he isn't judging Dabi :). Well, he isn't judging Dabi too harshly.

Toga! Yay!

Oh, Dabi's enthusiasm is so sweet.

He's always worried about eating. In every sense of the word. Poor boy.

Ooooh! He's visiting! I'm sure nothing will go wrong while he is away :))

I can't help but imagine Shig and Dabi offering Rei and Natsuo and Natsuo's girlfriend a safe place to stay at the island. I feel like she might come up again.

EATING! THIS! COMMENT!!!

Thank you so much! I always have a good time reading comments like this what go through the different parts of the fic 🥰 it's so fun to see the reactions to specific different elements! This was a wonderful ask to wake up to and I hope that the rest of the story can captivate you as well!

[pinkanonwrites]

Hi I was wondering if I could ask for a twisted wonderland leech twins reaction of their gn s/o turning into a Morey eel mer during a potion accident (if it's not up your alley then please delete this) thank you ☺

Sure thing!

GN! Reader, they/them pronouns

Everything that seems to go wrong for you in Twisted Wonderland seems to happen in Potionology. Whatever the poorly-made potion that was cast upon you was actually supposed to do was forgotten as one of your classmates rushed you through the halls and towards the Mirror Chamber towards Octavinelle. Your lungs were screaming, and your skin felt tight and dry. You could barely even move your legs...

But as soon as you breached the mirror into Octavinelle's halls, you gasped, air suddenly rushing back into your lungs, cool water flooding your skin. Standing at the dorm's entrance, an unfamiliar look of surprise on each of their faces, were a pair of familiar eels.

Once he's made sure you are alright and no longer in any imminent danger, Jade is delightfully curious about your mer-form. Is it odd for you, to move about without legs? Don't worry, he'll be more than happy to teach you some tips and tricks, for a price. Perhaps you'll entertain at the Mostro Lounge until the effects have worn off? You can swim about all you like in the Lounge's massive decorative tanks and get all the practice you need.

He wants you to tell him absolutely every thing you feel about your new form, every single little observation.This must be such a new series of experiences for you, and his scientific mind wants to categorize every little detail. Honestly, you'll probably need to tell him to knock it off for a bit before he relents. He just gets a bit too caught up in his own excitement to realize just how jarring this must be for you.

As much fun as he had with you in your mer-form, he's glad for you when you are finally able to return back to normal. Being able to swim around and take in the seas with you was fun and all, but you can do that with a simple breathing potion. How is he able to enjoy mountainside hikes with you if you have no legs to hike on?

Oh, he's just delighted. His little shrimpy is now his little moray, just like himself? He's all about it, he sees absolutely zero downsides. You're gonna get dragged all around the dorm's outside, swimming up and around massive pillars and spires until you've gotten your swimming legs- er, swimming tail.

Because you obviously can't attend your normal classes when stuck in this state, Floyd is happy to teach you everything you need to know about living in the deep down dark. Everything important at least, like sneaking up on guppies, finding the best sand dollars and sea stars, and of course, scaring Azul when he isn't paying attention. These are important lessons, so be sure to listen up!

Up until the last possible minute, he's trying to convince you to stay in mer-form for longer. There's so much stuff he hasn't shown you yet! You remind him that you can always just take an underwater breathing potion, and he finally relents. He quickly forgets how much fun being underwater with you was when he's able to mess about with you above water again, but occasionally he'll bring it up and ask if you're really sure you don't want to stay an eel.

[i-love-sweet-william]

Joyce is too comfortable being Ready to Kill

anyway. maybe to make up for being the last one to find out about Mer Shit in the clone au, there are a fuck ton of mini Joyce-centric aus, with Wills of various sizes

(this was gonna be part of a set but I decided to leave Joyce separate so I could Go Off on a few of her aus)

A: in which Joyce is a lab worker and the only one to treat Will like an actual sentient being.

this Will is about 9-10 years old. he's relatively large at over a meter long, and he can't talk (rays don't have vocal cords)

Brenner only has a select few working with the living myth he captured, and of those few, Joyce is the only one that actually like.....cares when they're hurting or scaring Will. she isn't afraid to voice Complaints but Brenner won't actually change any of his plans

the lab made these little rubber "gloves" that go over his arms so he can't shock them when he's being tested/measured/etc, but they take them off when he's just chillin in his "tank" (it's practically a pool). Joyce is the only one that handles him without the gloves on. his tank has a slope so he can crawl out of the water if he wants, so Joyce sometimes sits in the shallow end, with her legs submerged enough that Will can easily swim over them/around her and enjoy his pets and head pats.

he gently headbutts her like a clingy cat.....sometimes he puts his little hands on her hands........if he falls asleep on her legs she is Legally Obligated to stay there until he wakes up. it's like Joyce is his fuckin...emotional support animal for after a traumatic day of bright lights and needles and weird sounds and all that shit

could Brenner fire/transfer Joyce to break that bond? yes. HOWEVER (like in clone au) he wants to record/study Will's interactions, so he keeps Joyce on. his mistake. Joyce 293738% breaks Will out once they have enough communication to scrape by (probably with Bob's help) and after a short period of time hiding, they take him back to the ocean. at which point, Will won't swim away

if I want it to end quick and angsty, I have Joyce successfully convince him to leave and Will just lives the rest of his mer life knowing he got abducted by aliens. if I want some more longterm shit, I have Will able to get legs and go through the usual "mer trying to Human" comedy routine

B: in which Joyce is just a helpful person that picks up the beach...and finds a son in the sand.

this Will is a couple years old. he's only about the length of her hand, and also can't talk

Joyce often picks up the beach, partially just because she's a good person and partially for the pennies she can collect for the recyclable shit. anyway today she found this weird little stuffed water toy. she picks it up by the tail to get a closer look but almost drops him upon seeing his itty bitty heartbeat or shallow breath. she's like oh shit it's alive! rushes over to the water to sorta splash/submerge him and quietly panicking like wake up buddy!! but, as always, the bab stays passed tf out so the human can take it home (teen/adult half mers on the other hand....I let those wake up. for the shock factor. and/or angst.)

she puts him in a spare plastic bag like a little prize goldfish and moves him to a pitcher/jar when she gets home (so it's clear and he'll be able to see out when he wakes up). she basically lives on the shore so it's no trouble to get him sand and little plants and whatever, and she could refill his container with fresh ocean water every day if she wanted, but this Will doesn't stick with her long enough for all that

she shows Jonathan as soon as he's back from preschool/kindergarten and is so fuckin excited and Jonathan's like....what is it? what's the surprise? and tries coming up with guesses. but finding a baby mer on the beach is nowhere near the realm of possible guesses, so when he does see the happy fish in the jar, Jonathan's first thought is "I wanted a dog tho..." (but he gets over it real quick and is just as hype to meet the new fish friend)

unfortunately it becomes clear relatively quickly that Joyce doesn't have the time or resources to learn how to take care of him (and Jonathan can't read enough to help study even if they Did have those resources), so now that he's awake and alert they take him back out to the ocean. he doesn't swim away right away tho, and doesn't seem to understand being waved goodbye.

eventually, by repeatedly pointing at the sun and moving her finger across the sky, Joyce thinks she gets him to vaguely understand the idea that they'll come back tomorrow. Will copies her movements with his tiny little flappy arms and it's so fucking blessed. the next time they wave goodbye he does it back before nyooming off to find some food

C: in which Will just sticks to Joyce for the free ride and gets a found family out of the deal.

this Will is literally weeks/months old. he's even fucking smaller than the last, like barely the size of her palm, but he can get legs and learn to talk

baby rays (pups) don't stick with their mom after being born, they just. get born and fuck off into the ocean void. so this Will doesn't have a family and shit. he's been floating around on his own and is too outgoing to care about the dangers of humans. he doesn't keep his distance and this time he gets a little caught in Joyce's hair. he's so light that she doesn't even notice him clinging and climbing after she gets out of the water and heads inside. she'll only notice after getting a glimpse of herself in a mirror and seeing what is definitely not a hairclip stuck to her head and almost losing her absolute shit. if she makes a Sound, it probably scares Will into almost falling off

much stress later, Will is chillin on her kitchen table, hands pressed up against a big plastic tupperware and fucking Beaming so innocently and stupidly, he has no idea how easily he could've died if he fell off Joyce or if she thought he was a bug to crush. while Joyce is trying to calm the fuck down, maybe pacing or just trying to convince herself she's not hallucinating a tiny fish person, Will just. pulls himself up over the edge of his container and plops onto the counter. by the time Joyce finally looks at him again to convince herself that he either is or isn't real, he's already dried out enough for legs and Joyce has to redo all her mental work

then he distracts her from the panic with his cute little face😊 and she sorta kneels by the table to look closer. and he crawls/stumbles toward her since he's never used his legs before. and just....yeah this is real. this is real. holy fuck.

anyway, skipping ahead, the most important part about this au is that. eventually Joyce/Jonathan builds him a little tiny castle byers out of twigs and shit....but even more importantly........it has a MOAT. he can SWIM IN THAT SHIT. his main space is probably made out of a big flat storage container, so if he climbs over the side it isn't a very far fall (and also it's easy to relocate as needed). some sand and dirt and whatever for the land, some plastic to keep the moat contained, some twigs and popcicle sticks and whatever for building little props......it's so good. if they want, they can even make it like a table "garden/pond" type thing, maybe get some grass and flowers in there....if they put it outside in the warmer months, he can have little bug friends or some shit............

he does get bigger eventually, but he grows slowly enough that it's not much of an issue to expand/rebuild his things when needed, but when he Does get too big to have his little storage box castle, they rebuild a proper one that's big enough that Joyce and Jonathan can fit inside too, and Will just gradually grows into it (probably keeps his old one on display in there like a doll house)

[silverynight]

"Oh, yes George, it's you again," Newt grins at the curious seal, looking at his camera and laptop. "How are you doing today?"

The seal moves towards him and makes happy noises, Newt chuckles and his laughter resonates all over the cave he just walked in.

The people who live there warned him about some kind of monster that Newt thought was probably some creature; he knows no animal is evil or dangerous, people just need to respect their space and not to bother them.

So when the creature comes (which makes him feel really excited) he'll be ready to leave the cave or do whatever is necessary to make it feel like it can trust Newt.

He's been working as a marine biologist a few years now and he's had experiences with all kinds of creatures, he also has a couple of scars that can prove it, but Newt has never regretted any of it.

He loves studying and helping creatures as much as he can.

George goes back to his family and Newt has a few hours to clean up the cave; sadly some of the trash people throw in the shore ends up there because the waves that crash into the cave.

Once he's done he takes a few pictures of the place and proceeds to take notes on the fishes he sees in the water.

Then, just for a moment, he has the weird feeling that someone is watching him, but when he turns around and finds himself completely alone, he relaxes and keeps typing.

After two hours, he decides to go back to the house he's staying at and return the next day.

***

"Oh, hello!" When Newt sees the man with mismatched eyes swimming inside the cave, he smiles excitedly, thinking about all the questions he could ask him about the place.

"Why are you not scared?" The man asks, getting closer to him; Newt notices his bare chest and wonders how he could be there without any kind of suit and looking perfectly fine. He must be freezing.

"Why should I be?"

"The monster," the man says, like it's obvious and Newt notices his accent then, but can't tell where he is from. He doesn't sound like most of the people there.

"Well, you're the one inside the water," Newt points out and the man can't help but grin in return. "Besides, based on what I've been told, it's most likely an animal, one that lives in the water and therefore not a monster. The creature is probably angry because it feels like humans are invading its territory."

"Exactly," the man agrees, looking particularly amused for some reason. "But you're here too..."

"When the creature shows up, I'll try to let it know I'm not a threat, if it doesn't work, I'll leave," Newt tells him. "I just want to study the animals here."

"Don't worry, the monster is not going to be mad at you," the man assures, staring at Newt with so much intensity the biologist starts blushing. "You're beautiful and he likes pretty things."

"I don't think animals have the same concept of beau–"

"He does," the man uses his hands to sit next to Newt, making him gasp when he realizes he doesn't have any legs but a beautiful green fin that's still touching the water.

After his initial shock, Newt realizes he's probably the first or one of the first biologists looking at what people would call a merman.

"Can I see?" He beams at him and the merman smiles back.

"Yes," he mumbles lifting his fin. "But only if you tell me your name."

"I'm Newt."

"Gellert. It's really a pleasure to meet you. I've never seen a human so beautiful before."

Trying not to get too flustered, Newt gets closer to the merman and starts asking him questions.

He's never been that excited in a long time.

***

Gellert is with Newt almost all the time, he even follows Newt to the house he's staying by turning his fin into two perfectly functional legs.

Although Newt had to cover him with his coat to the merman's amusement.

"I've explored your world a couple of times in this form, Newton," Gellert says, taking the biologist's hand in his. "I didn't like it that much, there was nothing interesting for me here, until now of course."

Newt would've blushed if it wasn't because he was pretty much distracted by the fact that there could be more like him.

"Does this mean I can meet other mer-people like you?" Newt grins excitedly, not noticing the frown upon Gellert's face. "Or maybe I should go back to the cave for–"

"Not many of my kind decide to explore the world of men like I did," Gellert tells him, looking slightly irritated. "Besides, you can't meet anyone else because you're mine!"

Newt looks back at him in shock, until he realizes that Gellert is jealous.

"You'll always be my friend. I just want to meet others like you to ask them questions about the way you live, but they're not my frien–"

"We're not friends, Newton," Gellert almost growls as he takes him by the waist and pulls him closer. "You are my mate and I'm going to claim you."

A shiver spreads through Newt's back as his face turns bright red; he likes the possessiveness he sees in the merman's eyes.

"But, we can't–"

"Why not?" The irritation vanishes to be replaced with vulnerability and fear. Gellert is afraid of losing him. "I love you. I want to be with you for the rest of my life. Don't you want the same?"

Newt stares at him for a moment and realizes quickly that he hasn't actually thought about leaving him. It'd tear him apart. He can't imagine himself being without Gellert.

"I... I want the same."

The merman starts kissing his neck affectionately and Newt shivers again when he feels Gellert's sharp teeth on his skin.

"Wait. Are you sure about this? I'll have to travel and–"

"I'll go with you, my love. Anywhere." Gellert assures him. "We can even get married to. I know your people like that."

Newt chuckles before kissing him; he's not sure if he can marry him or what his brother will say when he meets him, but he knows he wants to spend his life with him.

***

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NHH Fictober day 29: Mers (There Are Many Benefits to Being a Marine Humanoid)

Day 29 of the NHH Fictober challenge. There are mer hermits, and one has the ability to temporarily grant others a similar form. However, it's unclear what might happen when trying to add fishy features to someone who doesn't even have bones. Characters: Etho, Jevin Words: 670

"So, you want to try being a mer for a few days."

"I do."

"Jevin," Etho sighed. "I can't guarantee anything, you realize that, right? I've only ever tried using this power on humans. It might not work at all - or it might do something horrible and weird."

"I'm sure about this," Jevin assured. "Honestly, that's kinda why I want to try it? I'm insanely curious about what'll happen. Aren't you?"

"...Yeah," Etho admitted.

"Let's go, then." Jevin waded into the shallow water of his swamp. "Does this work? Or do we need to go out into the river?"

Etho followed. "I could probably do the spell here, but deeper water will be more comfortable for both of us."

"Alrighty." Jevin moved to an area deep enough that his feet didn't reach the bottom. Etho ducked fully underwater. A silvery tail, iridescent in the sunlight, splashed, and then Etho resurfaced next to Jevin.

"Great," Etho confirmed. "Now, I would give you the spiel about what it feels like and what to expect, but half the stuff doesn't apply to you and the other half I genuinely have no idea. So I'm just going to make it happen, and you just remember not to freak out."

"Just do it, man," Jevin chuckled.

Etho grinned and touched his now-webbed hand to Jevin's hand. Jevin immediately felt the magic diffuse through him. He felt... was this what a human would call 'light-headed'? He stopped moving in the water, suddenly relying on Etho's arm around him to hold him up.

The first change Jevin noticed was his feet losing their shape. He held his legs close together, ready for them to hopefully merge into some sort of tail.

But that wasn't what happened.

Instead of merging together, Jevin felt each of his legs split. "Uh," he managed, still feeling fuzzy and unsure what to think. Each of the now-four split again, and now Etho noticed and pulled away curiously.

Legs - tentacles - drifted outward as Jevin floated, coming back to himself and starting to realize what had happened. He lifted one out of the water experimentally to take a closer look. "Dude."

"That's... huh." Etho couldn't hide his surprise and fascination. "That's awesome, actually. I guess since the magic couldn't figure out where to put a fish tail, you get to keep being a creature with no bones."

"You turned me into an octopus," Jevin laughed. "This is so cool."

"I'm glad you're okay with this," Etho replied. "It seems like it would be hard to get used to all those extra limbs."

"Yeah, I'm doing pretty well on that front," Jevin observed. "I'm... not sure how to actually swim, though."

"Learn from your brethren," Etho explained with a chuckle. He pointed at a squid making its way up the river. "See how it's moving all its arms forward and pushing them back at once? That's what pushes you forward. Or you could crawl across the river bottom..."

Jevin let himself sink underwater to practice. He jetted out into the river, and after a couple of attempts made a loop without running into the bank. He dove down toward the river bed, got his tentacles in order, then used them to slither along the ground until his head broke the surface again.

"Hang on," Jevin realized. "Octopi can go on land for a little while, can't they?" He pulled himself up onto the bank of the swamp. "Yooo, dude!"

"How long can you stay out there, though?" Etho wondered.

"Not forever," Jevin admitted. "I can already tell. But long enough to do some stuff with this."

"Oh?" Etho raised his eyebrows, shifting back to human form to join Jevin on land. "Like what?"

Jevin looked out at the castle towers just visible on the southern horizon. "Like, for instance..." A mischievous tone crept into his voice. He raised one tentacle and draped it casually over Etho's shoulder. "How do you think someone like Joe might react if I came up behind him and did this?"

[anjalis-ennui]

can i request for beyond the sea (la mer) ~ django reinhardt with kirishima? hehe

aw of course you can! since this is an instrumental song, it can really go with anything, huh? i decided to stay true to its name (you've got a great surprise in store)! reader uses she/they in this!

with this song, how could i not do a little mermaid au?

and because i can, eijirou is the mermaid~

eijirou obviously hasn't had contact with humans, however, he's more interested in them than is good for him (or so king aizawa thinks)

his siblings (mina, bakugou, and sero) don't understand his obsession with humans. after all, mina has all her jewelry here, bakugou has his underwater volcanos, and sero has his sticky seaweed chains!

however, his friend kaminari understands. despite being a (yellow) jellyfish, eijirou's curiosity. he supports eijirou's endeavors to find human objects and maybe catch a glimpse of the princess!

and this is where you come in! like eijirou, you have an interest to which you don't belong. however, unlike king aizawa, queen nemuri lets you explore the seas to your heart's content!

so, on your birthday, you take a ship out and party with your best friends (the dekusquad)! you get pretty sloshed, as you should, and todoroki accidentally sets the ship on fire. in your drunken state, you jump off the ship.

eijirou has been following the ship for a bit, trying to figure out how it works, when a person drops into the water right in front of him! he, of course, chivalrously swims you to shore and notices that you're the princess he's been pining after for years!

he starts to vocalize a soothing song that sounds like the breezes that flit through the palace and caress the curtains, and you smile in your unconscious state.

he disappears before you wake up, but it seems as though he visits you with sea breezes and slivers of sunlight. after eijirou has caught a glimpse of you up close, he can't get you out of his mind. he decides that he simply has to get closer to you. he hears rumors of a person who can grant him that wish, so he visits toga to get himself some legs!

toga, of course, can't resist the calling of true love, but she also hasn't fed in quite a while, so she gives eijirou a condition. in three days, he must kiss you without being able to talk, or she will gain his soul to feast on.

eijirou is simply elated, so he accepts! he wakes up on the shore, to see you running up to him with your friends. "are you okay? can you hear me?" he nods, a dopey smile on his face.

two days pass well enough, the chemistry between you two inexplicably beautiful. however, toga has a plan. she uses the blood she nicked off of eijirou to transform into him!

eijirou has no choice but to attempt to tell you that he's the real eijirou, so there's a huge debacle where you have to decide which one is the real one!

you successfully find out who it is by kissing the real eijirou and seeing his face turn into a tomato! everything turns out to be fine, and toga is locked up in prison for fraud (welp :P)

and however cheesy the phrase might be, you two live happily ever after!

[iammissingautumn]

I was wondering if we could get a short drabble about how blaze!jack and mer!Niki both want to see each others worlds so they work together and dog out a trench on the side of the like separated by a line of glass, one side decorated like the nether with some lava, and the other covered in every kind of coral you can imagine. While they can't actually go into each other's worlds, they can at least take a peek.

It was Tubbo who had offhandedly mentioned them never being able to see where each other had grown up, and it was Wilbur who suggested they change that. Wilbur was constantly vying to help the two out, to get them to see and exist in a way they hadn’t before. Especially with Niki, he had intended to go help Jack as well but when he found out that Tommy was on it he backed away, turning to her and making his home. One that would include her when she wished it to.

When Tubbo had said they would never meet each other the other two had just sadly agreed, they would never know how the other grew up, no matter how much they came close to. So Wilbur told Niki all about it one night, setting up a area, a large box room surrounded by obsidian with two entrances and glass splitting the room down the middle. Though the glass only sectioned off the bottom half of the room. The other entrance was on the other side, and it seemed to lead up to land. Unlike this side it wasn’t filled up to glass with water, instead it laid a chest.

“What’s in there?” Niki asked, pressing her hands against the glass separating her from it.

“It’s full of lava, I wasn’t sure how much he would want and it sounded like a pain to go back and forth like that so this is my incentive so he doesn’t get too discouraged by this all.” Wilbur told, sitting on the glass, swinging his legs over and jumping down too the other side. Once there he grabbed two buckets of lava, holding them up to show Niki behind the glass. 

“It’s harder when lava isn’t see through, ya know?” Wilbur asked, cocking his head to the side. 

Niki stayed silent, staring at the Wilbur as she consumed what it felt to be at this whole place. This just made so she could show her friend where she grew up without it hurting him... and so he could do the same for her. It excited her, rendered her speechless. No one had ever done so much for her before. 

“Niki?” Wilbur asked, setting down the buckets and taking the ladder up to the glass he had set in the corner.

Niki laughed, apologizing for her silence in a quick breath, “Sorry Wil! It’s just... this means a lot to me, thank you so much.” =============================================================

I know you asked for a drabble but,,, I want to write more but I feel like this is a good place to stop since u definitely said short drabble and this is so much more. Would you mind if I did more for this and continued to tag you? I wanna at least do them building (with more Jack next time) and their reveals for each other. This was just. literally too much fun to write and it’s such a cute idea thank you so much for giving this to me <3 I’d love to do more /gen

Side note: hybrid smp prompts r still open!