#Mermay✨✨✨-

[lily-claw]

Soo... Mermay?-👀👀

[s0fter-sin]

mermay idea

mers keep their faces covered as a way to indicate social status and familiarity. warriors have intricate masks, handcrafted when they win their first battle and the more detailed a mask is, the more accomplished the wearer is. they're rarely shed and are only taken off for their closest kin and mates

warrior bull shark mer!soap seeing human!ghost, seeing his skull mask and immediately knowing he's a high ranking warrior; one to be feared going off the numerous scars covering his body

an ideal and worthy mate, so long as he can prove his prowess

so he follows him as he's deployed on a mission near the ocean and is smitten when he sees how ruthless and capable he is; bathing himself in his enemies blood. he keeps his distance, not wanting to tempt fate but ghost spies the tip of his fin cutting through the water

and he's nothing if not an opportunist; kicking the bodies off the pier to the waiting jaws below

but soap? all he sees is the first step in a courting ritual

and he has to come up with something truly brilliant to match such a glorious offering

on ghost's part, it's been difficult getting people to understand the depths of his dependence on his mask. price thinks it's something to overcome, gaz and other soldiers just think it's an accessory to help with intimidation

the few partners he's tried to have thought he was someone to "fix"; nothing more than an object, a notch on their belt to prove how "good" of a partner they were to put in so much work to make him better. it always leaves him feeling violated, more so than if they'd just taken his mask off outright. one night stands were hardly worth it either; scratching a physical itch but falling so short of the intimacy and connection he craves that he feels worse off than he'd started

when he finally meets the mer that's been hunting him across the country, sees the bright red mask so artfully hewn and attached to his face?

it's like looking at a reflection of himself

he might have finally found the understanding he's been searching for

[iridescent-solstice]

Jealous Asra would not only be cute af but he'd def pull you onto his lap to send a message. Your chest flush against his as he nuzzles his face into your neck and stares intensely at whoever was attempting to flirt with you . . .

[xiaokuer-schmetterling]

hey fic lovers and fic authors!

tl;dr--direct link to fanworks permission statement builder

DO YOU LIKE PODFIC?

i'm participating in a challenge this week to read for a fandom i'm not in so as to use a new character voice AND/OR to podfic smth that is more than a week old with less than 100 hits. is there anything like that you'd like to rec for me???

(pls check out my ao3 profile and podfic tag for more info on my fandoms, to see what i've already recorded, and find out if you enjoy my reading style)

ALSO !!! FANDOM PSA !!!

if you are a fic author--please consider adding a 'Podfic Welcome' tag and/or a blanket/partial permission/denial statement to your ao3 and/or socials profile! it really helps your creative community to know which authors do or do not allow podfic, fanart etc without having to potentially bother you personally in the comments!

(also applicable if you are a fic afficianado who has a verrrrry fav that you want podfic or other follow-on fanworks made of lol pls consider gently suggesting a proflie permission stmt to that author)

-> you can use my profile (linked above in red), or my fandom bestie @maelstrom-of-emotions ao3 page for some examples of permission statements

-OR- if you prefer, here is a wonderfully helpful resource that walks you thru how to build a specific permission statement! LINK

and ​btw! this is especially important for podficcers in particular bc podfic is defined on ao3 as derivative work and CAN'T legally be posted to ao3 without specific author permission!!!

*if this post inspires you to make an update to your ao3 or other fic hosting profile, pls lmk in replies or rbs bc i'll get bonus points this round lol orz thx*

ps. if you've read this far! thx for your time and attention 💖💖💖✨✨✨🎧🎙️😎🐈‍⬛💙 and HAPPY MERMAY lol pls send me ALL THE MERMAY FICS AND ARTS !!! i LOVE MERMAY sm it's my favorite month

also idk why this was a search result for 'merperson' but bucky with a puppy was toooooo cute to resist

[beesinspades]

mer vash for mermay, inspired by a red lionfish :D

[itsjusteds]

Did someone say curtwen mermaids? No? Just me? Well anyway, here’s my curtwen mermaid designs for mermay :D

[vincent-is-vintage]

The perfect catch

🌶️Mer!Gatsby tease from patreon

[wouldyoustay-vn]

MerMay : Kraken Virgil

He’s so gorgeous hehehe

[jessythebunny]

💙🐠Happy Mermay everyone💙🐠

So um i know the drawing is ugly. Especially Laura (Oh my God, what did i do to her?I'm a terrible artist💀) but this took me two hours and i tried to draw this quiecly so yeah🤷🏻‍♀️

@asktrio516 here's your fish woman with mine miss Emma, and sorry if it is bad

[asheanon]

🐌 Hi, yes. Hello! Today, I am sharing many musings for the MerMay that is now here. ✨ 🧜‍♂️ 🧜 🧜‍♀️ ✨

Just a bunch of WIPs, concepts and whatnot that I still have in the works that I figured might be fun to share (again - and not again. Some are new!) That way, if all else fails and I have nothing else for this MerMay, we have some good ol' signs of Mer-life!

Please accept my humble Mer-chandise. 🧜‍♀️🎨

And the return of Bubble Cat. 🐱 🫧

[iridescent-solstice]

Siren Mermaid!Asra that brings you trinkets from the depths of the ocean when you visit his little alcove, does party tricks for you with his water magic and sings sorrowfully when you gotta leave . . .

[briizer]

Probably not gonna finish these in time so better show off some wip mers while I can.

Gotta get ready in couple hours to be on a boat for three days hhhhfnfjdjk

[galaxythedragonshifter]

Moon is so shark coded it's unbelievable

[volivolition]

✨ thinking of him thursdayyyy ✨ (<- said in a monotone deadpan with jazz hands)

[crowskulls-art-and-fandoms]

I present for Mermay, James month, and personal 2x5 appreciation

THIS ABSOLUTE- *PTERODACTYL SCREECH*-

I'm so fuckin proud of this oh my goD-

Months of art block and then POOF-

I'm- hhhh I'm so happy with this, hope ye enjoy, bois! Bird brain might be makin a come back, lads. ❤️💙💜

[beeshoesometimesdraws]

Sorry I haven’t been very active on here guys, been more focused on other things recently and I keep forgetting that tumblr exists- kinda been in my own lil world the past couple days whoops-

I’ll do more MerMay stuff eventually, it’s def not gonna be a daily thing as yall could probably tell by now but I’ll still be doing random prompts for fun when I can :)

For now take this lil doodle of sona✨

Been experimenting with their design lately so yeah-