#lewivithur

[thatdemiboymess]

Been thinking about a Selkie!Arthur AU, here lately. I really like this idea. <3

Some info on this AU below the read more! I can't decide if it should be a LewThur AU or a LewViThur AU, rn, though. xD

• His vest is actually his coat.

• Only Uncle Lance and Mystery know that he's a selkie living in Tempo; Artie and Mystery are the only ones that know about Lance being a selkie, as well. Well, Duet might know, too.

• The rest of the Kingsmen family are alive! They just live closer to the sea than Arthur and Lance do since Arthur and Lance ventured further inland to satisfy Artie's curiosity; they settled in Tempo after Artie befriended Vivi and Lewis. They do still visit with the rest of their family pretty often, though - they'd lose their marbles being so far from the sea, otherwise.

• He has started numerous fights with people over folks almost touching his "vest" and will absolutely bite people over it. Trying to touch his vest will make him go absolutely feral and is the fastest way to start a fight with him.

• He's pretty distrustful of others but does trust a handful of the people in Tempo. Namely his uncle, Vivi, Lewis, Mystery, and Lewis' family. He does like Vivi's parents despite not really trusting them and he's civil towards grandma Yukino...sorta. Things are a bit tense between the two of them, to be honest. He just struggles to trust people he knows used to hunt supernatural beings in the past. Duet unnerves him and he hasn't been able to figure out why, just yet.

• The why is that Duet is actually a whale-shifter. Them being a whale-shifter is also why they have an idea as to what Arthur might be but they're not planning on telling him that any time here soon. He's already skittish enough around them, as is.

• Since the others don't know he's a selkie the possessiveness over his vest confuses them a little but they just assume it's because it must be sentimental to him so try to be understanding of it.

• Vivi has absolutely punched someone for trying to touch/take his vest when Arthur wasn't around despite not knowing why it's actually so important to him and Lewis has gotten involved with Arthur's fights a couple of times after seeing him start to panic/cry. This is part of why they're the only people he's comfortable leaving his coat with other than his uncle.

• Lewis tried to hand Arthur's vest to him once before he knew how protective Artie was of it. He was extremely confused by how flustered Artie got at first but ended up concerned after Artie started begging him to drop his vest. It was a whole thing. The incident actually led to Lewis himself becoming a bit over-protective of Artie's vest, himself, but he doesn't like to admit as much.

• That incident is actually what led to Mystery figuring out Arthur is a selkie - Mystery could tell he wasn't exactly human from the get-go but didn't know what he was before that point. Mystery teases him about it whenever he gets the chance, too - after all, who wouldn't tease someone about the time they had to reject an accidental proposal from their crush who wasn't aware they were even proposing to them? Arthur hates it - the whole thing is just super embarrassing to him, now.

• Arthur hasn't tried to revert back to his seal form since losing his arm - he's not ready to see how it will change his coat, just yet.

[egglands-worst]

i love how i haven't seen a single ounce of ship drama in the msa fandom. it might just be my own experience but it's neat. lewvi? classic. vithur? cute. lewthur? yell heah. lewivithur? poly rights. shirovivi/vivimori? lesbians. everyone has their favorite ships and don't harass other people over it and that's so incredibly refreshing