#mer giant eclipse

[ayyy-imma-ninja]

Yup, it me. :3

Anyways, another question for CT. So I was scrolling through the CT section of your Masterpost, and saw that Eclipse is trapped in an abandoned aquarium? Or at least that's what it looks like.

I also read that he's Sun and Moon's big bro and was sold off before (child) Y/N freed them.

So (if it doesn't spoil anything) could you lend me some info on Eclipse's personality? Does he eat humans like Sun and Moon? Does he hate humanity as a whole?

Was he used for entertainment before the aquarium was shut down? (I'm assuming he's trapped in a aquarium)

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And another question I have is, if you're still taking asks about the Fairy AU. I wanna ask questions about the boys, but I'm not sure if you're still on a hiatus or not. 😅

ahhh, some questions about the estranged older brother!

And yep, he was separated from the two of them when they were pups. Wherever Eclipse is now, I can assure you it's not abandoned :3

Hmmmm, safe to assume he's consumed a few. Mostly out of anger. But with the life he lived, he has a fair right to despise humans. He's bitter and hostile, and distrusting.

That's as much as I can reveal at the moment.

As for the Fairy AU, you're free to send some, and depending on the question I will either answer it or place it aside to answer later. Still on hiatus for a bit longer!

[naffeclipse]

Hello there, sliding an ittitbitty idea thats been in my head since I finished Apex Polarity (fantastic read).

AP, everything starts and ends the same, just that when Orclips transforms Photographer they turn into a sea butterfly (Clione limacina). If Eclipse was possesive with them as a normal size human, he'll probably go ultra feral and protective with his little pearl-size wanna make mate.

That'll be all from me at the moment. Thanks for writing such incredible fics, all of them. Kisses and have a good day <3

That is such an adorable thought! Eclipse is still so possessive and the photographer is just having the worst day of your life (so far) but you're just so cute and tiny! Look at one!

Also, I love this little tidbit because I didn't know where these creatures live but!!

It fits!! Y/N becoming a tiny sea butterfly siren is so lovely!

Eclipse would always have you in his palm. Everywhere he goes, he's cradling you close and gently protecting you from waves and ice flow, which would be sweet if it weren't for how you became this. He especially adores your beautiful colors and how diaphanous you look. It's difficult for you to wrap your head around how you became so small and, well, admittedly, pretty. Eclipse loves your wings matching your birdie nickname but he also begins calling you sea angel.

You're not thrilled by any of these developments, of course. It's frightening how vulnerable and tiny you are. You have to cling to Eclipse's thumb to not float away. Once or twice, you slip between his fingers in some bid to escape but Eclipse scoops you up and reminds you in a low snarl why they can't leave him. The ocean is so vast and full of dangerous predators, and you have to stay with him.

How can you tell an apex predator no when he could eat you up in one bite?

[glambots]

consider; big mer eclipse functionally is their daycare, so their fries can’t go into their “room”(I.e. Eclipse’s mane) but they can play in the weird plants near it and the coral beds. Their kids don’t really know what they’re playing on but Sun and Moon have mentioned their older brother to the fries so they know there’s a third brother at the daycare somewhere, they just don’t know where.

God, that's horrific. I love it.

[moonliched]

Futuristic fnaf mermaid au, aaaauuuauauauu🐠

For humanity, space travel and alien intermingling is business as usual. Y/N works on a facility on a largely unexplored aquatic planet. Deep underwater and surrounded by caves and tunnels, the building is submerged and embedded in rock. The facility has a rotating team of researchers that study at the place every half year or so, and the last team has just switched out! Y/N just needs to get the facility ready for the next team, enjoy some downtime, and try to track down a tangle of net and chains that went missing a few cycles ago.

And then they find it. In an undiscovered cavern.

Trapping a mermaid.

Y/N feels totally at home with the fishies, but an intelligent mermaid feral with fear might be a little too much to handle alone.

Especially after he takes an interest in the weird two-tailed creature that keeps coming at him with bolt cutters.

Y/N works as an all-purpose handyman maintaining the facility, and doing small fixes in the on-site utility tunnels that pump water through the generators. They also regularly exit the facility to maintain the remote generators and ensure the territory is secure with nets and markers.

This is the first time Y/N has been left totally alone in the facility, aside from a few staffbots, and the resident AI, BON-BON.

Plus something weird is happening. Rumbles in the water create currents and dislodge rock, like the stirring of a colossal creature. It could just be tectonic activity! But probably not.

Some lil facts! Sun and Moon's fins and gills all glow, as does Moon's esca, but they can turn off the glow to better hide. Light takes energy, so if the mers are sufficiently tired or hungry, they can't glow.

The Glamrocks are in this AU, but I'm not saying how yet. We got giant mermaid Eclipse, plus megalohydrothalassophobia (gasp pant.) And an AI that's a little too intelligent and argumentative to strictly be allowed to function.

The entire facility is located in rock, under the ocean, and is consequently pretty claustrophobic. To combat this the facility is done up all white and large with smooth walls, chunky furniture - think white liminal space futurism. There are plenty of big windows, but as the view is mostly dark water with the occasional weird thing swimming by, it has the opposite effect.

I got a fic in the works ;0 I do need to decide on a title tho. Idk if anyone will be interested in this AU but i'm in too deep and enjoying myself. And I👏love👏mermaids👏👏👏

[bluemoon1331]

Hello, hello! Welcome to my main blog, where the DCA fascination consumes! My alt blog is @sharetheartman, go check it out if you wanna see the amazing art this community has to offer!

My Ko-fi (if you're able to help a struggling writer, very much appreciated. Can request written commissions if you want): BlueMoon1331

Below is a list of all my current fics on A03 and planned AUs! Give them a read if you love fantasy and the DCA! (Updated to divide between the SFW and NSFW stories)

<<<<<First up, the SFW section!>>>>>>

Finished Works:

One Lost Star- You are a bit of a hermit, living solo off the land since the death of your grandfather. Until you draw certain godly attention, that is.

Scarlet Masquerade- The sole heir to your kingdom, you find yourself caught in the tangled web of the automaton emperor's plans. However, things are about to go from bad to worse when you catch the interest of the deadly automaton assassin sent to end you.

WIPs:

Cosmic Journeys- Trapped in the depths of depression, you seek an unfortunate out. The nearby land owner won't let that happen, though. Thus begins a journey of self-worth and finding hope in a world of madness and compassion, monsters, saints, and everything in between.

Come and Go- A Megamind-inspired AU with Sun as Metroman, Moon as Megamind, and Eclipse as Titan, while you are a delivery driver caught in the middle.

Unusual- An oceanographer, there is no place you'd rather be than scouring the depths of the seven seas, studying its plant life and creatures, in particular the infamous mers, beings most of your co-workers are quite wary of. They don't seem to mind you too much, though, a fact you try not to put stock in until an encounter on the beach near your house flips your entire world upside down. Strings of fate and a battle to rule the oceans with you as the key? Ridiculous. Right?

Of Metal Parts and Roadside Shenanigans- You are a trucker traveling home before unwittingly tripping headfirst into a giant mystery. (More of @deceptiveshadow's Blood Moon cause I love him and cannot help myself.)

One-shots:

Party Crashing 101- A piece inspired by the mafia episode from Helluva Boss. Badass, protective reader ftw XD

Blooming In Adversity- You and the princesses were great friends in your youth, until you had to move away. Years later, you return, your friendship blooming anew. However, dark plots turn in the background, and it may be up to just you to save them.

Phantom Tide- You are a siren, crushed under betrayal. Sun and Moon are brothers recovering from the throes of grief. Perhaps you may be just what each other need.

Connotations- Your duties as a druid are fairly life-consuming, but you have happily devoted yourself to them. Keeping the peace is not the easiest, but you do it all the same. Unfortunately, the arrival of contesting priests threaten your efforts, setting you on a collision course to meet three of the forest's most powerful caretakers.

Diamonds and Iron- Being a rather big-time mafia boss, of course Eclipse needs places to stash away his income. As an outdoor enthusiast, you love visiting the local motorsports arena when you can afford it. Oh, who's that standing in the middle of the track, where you can't see?

<<<<<<<<<NSFW area ahoy!>>>>>>>>>>

Finished Works:

Never Play Cat and Mouse With Vampires- Living alone is a necessity, your skills in hunting, magic, and evasion giving you all you need for contentment, or so you tell yourself. In your newest home you, unfortunately, find that your capabilities only draw the infatuation of three local creatures that are intent to finally capture you and make you theirs. Annoyingly, they may just get that chance.

Dancing In Orbit- The lunar vampire is the last of his kind, a deadly plague on the Earth that refuses to yield despite the uncountable years that have passed since the last of his kin and kind died off. You, running from your intertwined past, seek to finally put an end to that, with some help from friends old and new.

Familiar Constellations- The vampires get a bit quirky about you, especially when you egg them on. Mature. Very, very mature. Good gods they are rough, but you love it. After all, you can get a bit rough with them, too.

Gravity- Featuring another of @deceptiveshadow's lovely OCs, Nova. Normally quite the quiet and cat-like companion, you join him for a round of games in which his behavior becomes increasingly odd. That's nothing compared to when you strangely wake in the tower the next day, having no recollection of how you got there, and what comes after.

WIPs:

Embers and Ash- Ghost hunting is your profession, and you are damn good at it. Which is why you don't think twice when you're hired to cleanse an abandoned mansion of its otherworldly resident. Too bad this job is not the cake walk you thought it would be.

Burning Stars- You run your farm alone on a world teeming with aliens and humans, content with your animal family and helpful community, even if you keep the latter at arm's lengths. Until your peace is interrupted by a certain intergalactic bounty hunter, anyway.

Rosewood's Serenade- The eldest child of your kingdom, you have trained since birth to be all your home needs and more, intent to take the throne when the time comes, marriage or no. However, your parents harbor a secret, a deal struck when disaster threatened to destroy all they hold dear, and you soon find yourself meeting a most intriguing being...

Demonic- The saying of Hell is empty for all the demons are here has never been more apt. Caught smack dab in the middle of the infamous Hell-Day event, you come out with an unexpected passenger woven into your soul. Now, you secretly fight to preserve the fragile balance between mortals and the demons trapped on Earth, all while contending with the fact your new neighbors are the very ones responsible for sealing the gates, the infamous Celestial Graces. They also happen to be the mortal enemies of the one currently living in you. Fun times all around, especially with devil himself on your heels, seeking to reclaim what he lost.

Along the Akesh- Blessed with visions since your youth, you were taken and raised by the temple, becoming one of the highest-ranked priests, second to only the grand heijut himself. With an awe-inspiring festival and ritual that happens only once every five centuries under way, you are eager to meet the moon god, one of the many you have had the pleasure of conversing with throughout your prayers and oracles, in person. Things take an unexpected turn, however, when the temple must pay recompense for an accidental screw up with a gift left by an old friend. You are about to learn just how intrigued you and the moon god truly are with each other.

One-shots:

Bleeding Feathers- You weren't supposed to go into the exclusionary zone, but that's never been a problem for you before. This time, however, you might just get more than you bargained for. Fan piece for @deceptiveshadow's harpy au! (Not TSAMS)

Color Theory- Moving back to your late grandma's cabin, you pray for things to finally settle down. Unfortunately, her myriad of secrets seek to come back and haunt you, but hey, it might not be all bad this time. You could use the comfort of an old friend. Another fic inspired by @deceptiveshadow! Their god Blood Moon this time. (Not TSAMS)

<<<<<<<Lastly, miscellaneous potential AUs!>>>>>>>

Lich King AU- With the three realms in shambles, cut off from each other, it is up to the most powerful warriors of Earth to fend off the lich king and his Elite army, including his own brothers. You, whom offers them a secret safe haven and relaxation when they need it, cannot deny your love for Sun and Moon, nor they you, but with Eclipse hounding for any weakness he can use against his kin, is the danger really worth it? You find the answer may be coming sooner than you would like when the two go missing after a fight.

Spirited Away AU- You have moved to a more remote region in hopes of forgetting a troubled family life. Content to spend your time among the lush jungles of the land, you inadvertently stumble upon an obviously long-forgotten temple. Curiosity eats at you, and you cannot help get closer, initially unaware of the myriad of eyes watching you, until you spot...an icy blue leopard? It's a good thing you helped those snakes and that spider on your way here.

Harem AU- You saved them from certain death, and now the clan of vampire brothers serve you. For years uncountable, you have pulled the strings, quite happy to cause chaos around the world when it becomes too dull for your liking, going from hero to hero. On blood soaked ground, you are content with your helpful vampires, though can things really stay the same forever?

[melanirana]

Nervous giant mer father, the mental image is so cute yet so painful considering his two sons were taken from him. I could imagine how frantic Eclipse would be if one of his children was suddenly out of his sight

It took some time until the family was slightly back to normal. Eclipse is less paranoid now when his kids go out exploring a reef. But they still have to be within hearing distance and where he can easily reach them.

After Sun and Moon were taken He didn't let any of them out of sight and none of them wanted to be out of sight.

[feralmoonlight]

@naffeclipse​ and also @amberluvsbugs​ (cause I lowkey borrowed your rendition of the boy but altered it a little cause it was mostly from memory XD;) BINGE READ In Deep Dreams Beneath the Waves last night/this morning and started this first thing and then DC dropped 13 and then- and then- and HHHHHRN Today has been Big Eclipse Energy so... BIG ECLIPSE I am so soft for giant mer boy, like holy hell, I jsut want to curl up against him while he purrs and drift on the water and feel that same peace Reader gets with him. good lord the bond, that connection, that LINK is a huge weakness, and he’s so adorable and ferocious and charming and beeg <3 Have glowy fish man <3

[amphiptere-art]

Doodle ideas.

Dismantled and eaten RBB Sun. Blue Moon over them. Looking distressed.

RBB Moon repairing Blue Moon. Reattaching arm. Blue Moon sitting next to bed looking bored. RBB Sun scolding them.

Blue Moon versus BTB Eclipse again. Ripping off his arm.

Blue Moon being held back by LS crew. Screaming at LS Eclipse.

Blue Moon and North. Blue Moon circling him like predator and prey. -Dialogue.

Blue Moon showing off rune magic to north. -Dialogue

Saturn and Blue Moon. hey Ron. Hey Billy.

CSS Eclipse meets Blue Moon. There's a weird cat outside.

Supernova meets Blue Moon in a destroyed universe. -Dialogue

Cryptid like Blue Moon staring at you in a forest.

LC lunar plays a game.

Hissing fit LC crew

CC eclipse and BiM glitter cannon

CC lunar hide and seek with BiM.

CC Moon helps sun stack barrels.

CC Monty makes a gift

Montgomery Gator dress up as Steve from Blue's clues.

Blue Moon about the murder Monty and Moon torturing void.

Sunset. a mouth full of blood. Maybe dripping out of eyes

Mer North on boat with mer Saturn and Blue Moon surrounding boat.

Blue Moon and Saturn sparring- story?

CC Blood Moon with a baby night in mouth

Blue Moon tells TF dying fire the truth

Cruel copy ask. All that happened- ask hiatus?

Red blue and black ask. All that happened- ask hiatus?

Blue Moon about to eat inferno like a picked cherry.

Blue Moon yawning. Kitten reaching into the open mouth.

Puppy and Blue Moon playing around.

Fearful expressions. Blue Moon looking at Vim, Glint, etc?

Blue Moon blast up face. Gluttony staring at failed rune.

Might go overboard with these ones.

Blue Moon and Saturn sitting down and watching all the TF Lunar's. Blue Moon numing on supernova's arm. Supernova behind him on floor hugging his side were his arm is no longer. Facing away. Supernovas Lord night? In front of him him looking concerned. Saturn's blackie? Running with giant cat toy. Frankie the cat chasing him. Blue moons Traveler on Frankie's back with fashioned rope collar harness thing. Grass?

Mer RBB camouflage.

Big art projects

Truth in lies-

Comfort Blue Moon after that one comic. Blue Moon chasing nice eclipse through play structure. Nice eclipse framing right side. Looking back worried. Hand touching top of play structure. Leg stretching out to the left. Head twisted sideways on top of frame. Blue Moon right center frame. Farther away. Eyes glowing red. Snarl on face. Hand grasping side of play structure as if he had just crashed into it. Posture alert. Pounce like.

-Big story attached

To be finished

Mystical tightrope

Devour

Dragon TF lunar, BTB solar, and Crystal Eclipse. well deserved revenge.

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Yes I'm posting all my doodles ideas. They're starting to faid from my memory And I'm having less time too draw so.

@synthcoyote @madcatdaderpydrawer-blog @artoutoftheblue @churchydragon @digimonlover09 @sigery . Have fun imagining these guys until I draw them.

[celestialmango]

Aw, I used the don't Starve tag to read the one mentioned of Glitch wanting a kiss. Bless this chaotic, giant mer who cannot tell the difference between affection and hunger; almost actually eating the person he likes before pouching them 😂 Tiny face pats for this leviathan that wants tiny kisses from his tiny human. The eclipse part is adorable, he's such a giant sweetheart making sure his human is cared for and goes slow to not startle them. 10/10, would love to see more of these two

I will probably touch this more later on the don't starve au down the line, or much sooner if people ask more questions about it. It's definitely a fun au.

[tickletricky]

A bunch of tiny fish nibbling on him, maybe? Like the cleaner fish. Remoras, I think they're called? Or pilot fish.

i nearly had a panic attack because i almost thought i posted the request to the wrong blog, anyway take a drabble. this is where mer!eclipse, as big as he is, is being kept in a private sanctuary so the bastard doesn't accidentally stumble across a human and cause a sighting. y/n fic, first draft, pls dont judge me lol

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"I'm pretty surprised you're not mad at me," you commented offhandedly after a few minutes of silence taken to dump cleaner fish into the new, certainly largest pool of the sanctuary. "Mad at you?" Eclipse smiled tiredly. "As long as there is room for me to take a nap, far be it from me to even be irritated. There are quite a few things I hold more important than being upset over such small details." "Like sleeping?" You teased.

"Yes, yes, like sleeping." You watched your friend dip underneath the water, stretching his arms up to prepare to fall asleep again, and sighing contentedly at the warm water before all but yelping and sitting up. "What's wrong?" Eclipse was silent, not being able to answer your question, and you watched them tremble and twitch horribly and cover their mouth. You immediately began to worry. Had you made the water too hot for them? Was there something sharp at the bottom? "Eclipse, what's wrong? I'm worried."

Eclipse, embarrassed, but not wanting you to worry, sighed shakily and began to speak. "I'm fihihine... don't worry, little one. It's just, ahahm... your little friends decided it would- be a good idea to tickle mEHEHE!" His voice became strained towards the end and he lost the ability to sit up, making a massive splash as he collapsed back into the pool. "Oh! I'm sorry, I didn't... really think that would be an issue!" You chuckled a bit, thankful to have paid extra for shoes that would not let you slip so easily on such a soaked floor as you paced around the pool to the side closest to him. "Ah! Ahaheheh! It- it's really fihihihine! It's just- mhmhmhm! Truth be told, I'm- eeheep!- H-horribly ticklihihish..."

"Is that so?" You felt a bit of mischief settle inside your gut like a rabid badger, and you eagerly made your way to the belly of the very ticklish fish. Granted, you struggled to stay on because their scaly skin was rather slippery, but you began to scribble your comparatively tiny fingers on his tummy, which got more of a reaction than you thought it would. "Oh- nohohoho! P-plehehehease, lovey, get ohohoff... EEEHEEE!" You were suddenly sinking into the water as Eclipse tried to get away from you and pressed his back into the bottom of the pool, all because of an experimental raspberry. "Heeyyy. Don't squirm so much, you'll end up throwing me into the wall!" "I C-CAHAHAHAN'T HELP IHIHIHIT!" As soon as he resurfaced, you kept up your little barrage while he held up his arms for you, just so he wouldn't accidentally hurt you. You climbed up to his ribs, spidering all about while he splashed and slammed his tail into the water incessantly. "AAAAHAHAHA! N-NOHOHOHO! NOT THEHEHEHERE!"

You could've sworn you heard him shriek when you decided to plant a raspberry here too, pleading and rambling. "NAAHAHAHAHAH PLEHEHEASE! T-TOO TICKLIHIHIHISH FOR THAHAHAHAHAAAAT! YOU'RE G-GONNA KIHIHIHILL MEEEHEHEHEHE!"

You smiled and finally eased up on your attack, snickering while you watched both their gills and lungs desperately trying to bring air in. "Ohhhho dear... heavens, you certainly are a force to be reckoned with!" "Sorry if I went too far." You felt one of his fingers ruffle your hair, and you looked up to see him smiling. "No, no. I'm not angry. But you do owe it to stay with me while I take a nap." You chuckled, and, half-submerged in the warm water, you shifted about to get more comfortable. It wasn't the first time you'd risked a cold just for the sake of a giant fish, and it wouldn't be the last. "Fine, fine. Night, Eclipse." "Sweet dreams, little one."

[ayyy-imma-ninja]

Hello Meg! Me again! I have yet another question regarding the CT! AU (Cosmic Tides AU).

Are there different species of mer-giants (or just mermaids)? I recently read that Sun and Moon hatched from the same clutch, and that had me thinking if they were separate species because of their colors

Sun's colors are bright and vibrant, while Moon's are more cool and toned down. Are there a variety of mermaid species in the AU, or is it simply just a choice of design?

hello hello!

Yes, there are different species of mer giants, along with mermaids! Some out there that look vastly different from Sun and Moon, even Eclipse.

Sun and Moon (and Eclipse, ofc) do come from the same clutch and are referred to as Celestial Giants because of their markings.

[naffeclipse]

One Soul to Another

Reader x Mermaid!Eclipse

Commission Info

I absolutely loved writing this darling hurt/comfort fic centered on Vanessa and Mer!Eclipse from In Deep Dreams Between the Waves for @counterbalance! The unlikely pair getting to connect while Y/N feels so much for their dear friend and dear mer is delightful.

Content Warning for mentions of death/violence/being eaten alive/mind control.

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The Rustbucket II floats gently along a calm ocean as the dawn waits to spread rosy-tinged fingers over the horizon and lighten the darkness of the salty waves splashing softly against the side of your boat. In the cabin, you stir gradually, still caught between dreams and the black depths filled with stars where you spend your nights with your giant mer.

A calm warmth fills your heart. The beautiful weight of Eclipse’s presence sits tenderly within you, and you swear his fingers still curve softly around you, cradling you close to his chest. His bioluminescence glows behind your eyelids with the strong, orange light of a bonfire. His soft warbles and purrs fall against you but distantly, held at arm’s length by your waking consciousness.

Eclipse?

He withdrew from you softly, setting you back into your sleeping mind like he was tucking you into bed. You blink slowly, your eyelids weighed down with sleep. He doesn’t often leave you so early. He looks forward to your shared dreams the most. 

Slowly gliding your hand over the thin coverlet, you push yourself up on your bed, supporting yourself on your elbows as you force your eyes to focus on the gray-dark light touching the ocean. It’s still so dark. A cool mist hangs in the air. The smell of seaspray clings tightly to your senses. Working up your alertness, you slip your bare feet over the creaking floors of the cabin and softly slip towards the doors leading to the deck. The glass windows are slightly stained with ocean water and you mentally jot down a note to clean those when you return to shore.

Peering out onto the deck, you find a very beautiful, rare sight.

Vanessa. Her arms are folded, leaning against the handrails with her blonde hair outside of her usual ponytail. It’s gotten longer. It falls over her shoulders and down her back. Bangs fall into her eyes from what little of her face you see. A thick-knitted cardigan of cream warms her against the early morning chill. 

Just beyond her, nestled in the water with his head above the surface, is Eclipse. The leviathan hides his great size just below. His lithe four arms are the length of ships and his long, serpentine tail is dark and beautifully frilled.

His eyes don't shift you, his brilliant yellow colors set entirely on your dear friend, but a gentle pulse ripples through your heart. 

Hello, seashell.

You silently hide in the shadow of the cabin, unwilling to disturb this moment for Vanessa. She hardly ever wants to see Eclipse. He reminds her too much of the vicious mer who took hold of her and compelled her into his horrid bidding. 

She has nightmares of his song, but she didn’t last night. You would have heard her screams.

The softest sounds of Vanessa’s voice slip through the calm ocean air. You quietly hold your breath.

“I don’t know how they found you,” she says softly. Her hands nervously knit one over the other, wringing and twisting her fingers. She hardly lifts her eyes to look at Eclipse. He’s trying very hard, you realize, to make himself small and non-threatening for her.

He warbles a low sound, sending ripples across the settled ocean surface. The slightest twitch of her brow follows.

You lean closer against the door, your ear pricking towards her. Maybe you shouldn’t listen in. Vanessa might have told you much but she hasn’t told you everything. Now that she speaks to Eclipse, you can’t help but wonder if this might be therapeutic, a way to help undo some of the damage done by Glitch.

“There must be a difference between a mer meeting a human when the mer is small and when they’re grown.” Her head bows deeper. “Do mers grow up without a human and decide to sink their ships, just because they can?”

Eclipse shifts in the slightest, his brilliant arrangement of frills crowning his head in bright oranges and yellows sweeping in a soft, comforting gesture. His attention remains on her. A soft note slips from him. A soothing sound you so often hear when a terrible dread creeps over you and you feel the wet walls of Glitch’s stomach closing in around you again.

Her eyes still don’t stray from him. A confusing need to calm her sweeps through you. You stand silently, hugging your arms in the quiet dawn-gray light. 

“I don’t know why a bad one found me. Why did he choose me?” Vanessa’s voice wobbles wetly. You almost step closer, to lay a comforting hand on her shoulder, but Eclipse rumbles gently. The sound seems to wash over Vanessa like a wave of sea foam. Slowly, she reaches up and touches her face, smearing something wet while clearing her throat. 

A radiance of patience and compassion fills you. The distant echo falling from Eclipse brims you with a warmth like sunlight dappling a watery surface. You shift and squeeze your hands together. You so often admire your mer in his wonderful care for you. Now you witness it for Vanessa.

She swallows thickly. 

“I think about it sometimes,” she says so quietly you almost don’t catch her words. “If he hadn’t chosen me, I would be dead like the rest of them. He would have eaten me alive.”

A tide of rage flows into your heart, not your own, but Eclipses. A shudder overtakes you. Closing your eyes briefly, you clench your teeth and breathe deeply, focusing on the wooden frame of the cabin and the soft creaking sounds of your boat.

Glitch is dead. Eclipse ripped him apart.

“But he did choose me,” she says quietly, haunted. “I’m alive.”

A low warble leaves Eclipse. He bobs along the surface and catches her gaze.

On the smallest ray of sunlight filling the horizon, you watch a tear drop into the salt of the sea off of Vanessa’s face. Her fingers clench, twisting in her cardigan sleeves. A rattling breath leaves her.

“He terrifies me still,” she whispers to Eclipse. “I think he’s hiding in my dreams, waiting to come back.”

A soft rumble leaves the giant mer. Eclipse slips the smallest bit closer, sending small waves out from his movement and splashing quietly against the boat. He softly parts his lips, keeping his teeth well hidden while singing a gentle note. A confirmation.

You feel his memory as if it were your own hands. One reached down into the gullet of the leviathan to find you and pull you free, and the other two pried Glitch’s jaw wider and wider until muscle and sinew ripped and bones cracked. Until the water turned red with blood. And he held you safe in his hands, your tiny body sinking into the safety of his grasp.

He’s dead.

Vanessa lifts her eyes to him. Her bottom lip trembles.

He cannot hurt you anymore.

You breathe out softly and clutch your heart. You wish Vanessa could hear his voice.

“I know,” she says, as if she did. She hunches lower along the handrails. Even when you were at her side in the time she couldn’t sleep and feared a singing voice, she never looked so small. Perhaps you are too used to her watching over you. She looked out for you when you were younger, always taller and wiser. Now you see her for the fragile state she remains in. Your heart squeezes within you.

A gentle wave of warmth seeps over your shoulders. You breathe again.

“I had no control.” Vanessa squeezes her hands into fists until the skin over her knuckles stretches white. “He forced me to lead every single soul to their death. I was burning. Resisting him was agony like he was going to cleave my soul from my body. I could never tell him no.”

She drags the heel of her hand into her cheek, eyes squeezed shut. Eclipse stays quiet, waiting until she can breathe again. You furl and unfurl your fingers but force yourself to be as patient as Eclipse. He knows what he’s doing.

“His song still lives in my head. When it gets too quiet, I hear it again. I think he’s back.” She trembles where she stands. Her hair falls around her shoulders and you wish to sweep it back to see her face and tell her it’s alright. Glitch is gone. 

“When I was face to face with him,” she stops and bites her bottom lip. Another tear fell down her face, “I was nothing. He could have crushed me. He could have speared me with one of his claws. I could do nothing to stop him.”

A wretched sob leaves her. Horror rips from her teeth. The breath drags out of her throat and you start, your heart breaking in the echo of her sound. Tears threaten to swell within your own eyes. No. You have to be strong for her now.

She doesn’t deserve this. She is as innocent as the ones Glitch killed.

Water softly sloshes down below. Vanessa stills. Rising to the handrails, one of Eclipse’s hands holds steady. He reaches the back of one crooked finger for Vanessa but leaves distance between true contact. Vanessa steps back once. Slick brine falls away from his skin and back into the water, dripping from his claws. Eclipse holds her gaze, steady despite the slightly bobbing boat. 

Her body is rigid, taunt like a prey animal about to race from a predator. Low, coaxing sounds fall from Eclipse’s mouth as he keeps his head below. Vanessa has the choice. He will not force it but a will of simmering need to comfort one so afflicted by Glitch, just like you, heats his very heart.

You touch your chest softly. You’re here, too. It’s okay.

In silent awe, you watch Vanessa ball up her hands and step closer. As slow as the rising sun now sending sharp rays of light across the sea, she loosens her fist and slowly, cautiously, sets her hand on one of Eclipse’s knuckles. He softly hums and warbles in encouragement. Vanessa stares. She still shakes—you fear she might fall apart and dissolve into another panic attack—but she breathes. Her shoulders heave. Carefully, she looks Eclipse in the eye.

A great swirl of pride opens within you, shared equally by you and your mer. 

“You’re so big,” Vanessa mutters, far away, as if she can’t quite wrap her mind around it. Or perhaps, she’s thinking of another mer entirely. Her eyes fall below the water. “But you can be gentle.”

Yes.

Eclipse shifts his gaze to you for the briefest moment. Your smile tugs on the corner of your lips. He chirrs gently before Vanessa looks up, and holds the leviathan's gaze once more.

“I’m sorry,” she whispers, “I tried to kill you when I found you with them. You were small then, even smaller than them.”

He grumbles and trills, his grin splitting across his features as if he were allowing the incident to pass like water under a bridge.

She weeps once, her back shaking. She bows low and holds tight to Eclipse’s fingers and releases what you imagine to be a great flood of anguish over what’s been done. What Glitch did to her.

A whirlpool of revolt and hatred begins. The seaspray of Eclipse’s fury towards Glitch is a storm threatening to swallow all that draws near its spinning mouth. You lean deeper against the cabin door frame and brace yourself.

Wild visions cut across your vision, filled with violence and righteous anger. A soul bond is sacred. To take a human is to share a mer’s very being with them. The dreams, the pain, the love of a mer, anchored to a little human soul. To defile such a bond, to use it for mayhem and death is unforgivable.

Eclipse’s tail flicks below. A few gurgles of water flip and Vanessa stiffens in the slightest, her eyes straying to the movement. You feel the cords of his being tightened into control. The refusal to startle Vanessa just as he closed the distance between them, and listened to her woes. His frills lower and his arms calm, holding carefully still once more.

He can be gentle.

It is wrong what Glitch did. It is unfathomable to your giant mer, and you love him more for it.

You recall asking him if he would ever do such a thing to you. You were almost washed away by his revolt and disgust for such a notion, and you were stunned. You realized your error in even asking. 

No, Eclipse could never do such a thing to you. You look at Vanessa. She didn’t deserve it.

It’s alright, you soothe inwardly, brushing against his own heart. She’s safe. No mer will ever hurt her again.

A great rumble of agreement joins your thoughts. Vanessa slowly takes her hand back and wipes the slickness sticking to her skin on her cardigan. 

“Thank you,” she says at last. Her voice is small and weak, almost crackling with emotion. “If it wasn't for you and them…”

She rubs a hand over her face, pressing down on her eyes as if to shove the alternative out of her very mind.

“I don’t want to think about it too much,” she concludes. Her hand lowers and she offers a rare, small smile to Eclipse. “Thank you. For being good to them.”

Eclipse yearns to tell her more, to flick his fins and tell her all that Glitch did is wrong, but he can only warble. Gratitude softly blossoms within you.

You’ll make sure to tell Vanessa for him.

Using the back of her hand, Vanessa wipes her face and smears tears over her cheeks until the new sunlight shines on her skin. It will dry soon enough. A deep breath echoes softly as she fills her lungs and lifts her face towards the sky streaked with the pale light of dawn. Relief, you think, paints her eyes a softer green.

Eclipse lowers his hand with a gentle gloop of water as it falls below the surface. He turns his attention fully to you. His stunning frills catch the yellow light and brighten it. His eyes glow gently as he holds your gaze. Vanessa slowly turns to find you standing there. Her shoulders push back. She exhales a rattling breath.

“Did Eclipse wake you?” she asks in a thick voice.

“No. I just heard your voice,” you offer gently. 

Stepping quietly, you cross the deck. Her smile is wet but real.

You open your arms for an embrace. She accepts, falling into you with her hands hooking around you tightly as if you were a lifesaver at sea. You gather her together and hold her tight.

Eclipse watches you both. His soft trills echo before Vanessa pulls away and wipes her face one last time.

“I’ll start some tea,” she says. 

“Okay, I’ll be there in a moment,” you nod. The tiny kitchenette in your cabin is nothing grand, but it will do well enough to get a pot of tea going.

You let her go, slowly leaning back against the handrails as she disappears inside the cabin with a quiet click of the door. 

A gentle purr from Eclipse follows, and you glance up at him with a soft joy filling you to the brim.

“Hey, big guy.” You smile.

Eclipse offers his hand, water rises until it surfaces with a slickness to his palm. Without hesitation, you accept, crawling onto the pads of his fingers and ignoring how your pajamas grow damp with his touch. 

He lifts you gently into the air. With a soft flick, he leans back and slips away from the rustbucket II but stays well within sight. You settle into his palm as if you were coming home. A pulsing warmth trickles between your ribs and into your heart. You hold his big, yellow eyes softly.

“Thank you,” you murmur. You reach out and stroke his thumb. “You were very kind to listen to Vanessa. I think it helps her a lot.”

Eclipse whistles a happy sound and you’re nearly bowled over by his sweet joy for being able to provide comfort to a human he is still getting to know. But below the harmonic chords of cheer, you feel a bitter tang. Upset at the thoughts of a terrible fate thrust upon a human. A bond crafted not to use for love, but for control.

You watch his lips pull back into a silent snarl. His teeth are powerful and large, shaped like shark incisors, but they do not scare you. 

“Hey, it’s okay,” you say softly. You shift to sit on your knees, waiting until he holds your gaze and loses the sharpness of his eyes. “It’s over now. You made sure of that.”

He killed Glitch. He told Vanessa just as much.

“You would never do such an awful thing,” you also press. You don’t need to tell Eclipse that, but you believe the mere thought grinds against his fins and scrapes his scales. 

You think back to the tiny mer you found on the beach with a hook stuck in his lip. He was so tiny, so afraid then. You were an unknown monster reaching for him, but then you set him free. Now here he is, holding you in the palm of his hand.

You smile and open your arms, a silent request.

He answers you without hesitation. Gently lifting you to his large face, he sets you against his cheek. His nuzzle is joined by a thick, vibrating purr and you laugh softly, pressing against his slick flesh. 

“See? It’s okay,” you tell him and stroke softly down the side of his face and brush a few of his swaying frills. “You take good care of me.”

And you take care of me.

You close your eyes and press just underneath the curve of his eye. 

“Yes,” you murmur.

A gush of warmth envelopes you far more than Eclipse’s hands. Slowly, he pulls you back and with a gentle lick of his tongue, swipes half your body in his fishy saliva.

“Eclipse,” you half laugh, half chastise.

Love you.

He trills and sings and lowers you back to his chest where he gently washes you with drips of salt water from his claws. You close your eyes—this must be what kittens feel like being washed by their mother’s tongue—until you are less fishy and more salty smelling.

He hums low and gentle, and as the sun rises higher and higher, you rest above Eclipse’s heart. The beautiful beat within is steady. You drift upon Eclipse until Vanessa’s voice calls out from your boat. Tea is ready.

[lindwyrmrelinquished]

Pspspsps I made a Mer Daycare Attendants page on a paper that was supposed to be for math lmao

I just figured that drawing some cartoons boys was a better use of my time and hot damn was I right <<<<<3 They look so funky!!

[Image ID: Four uncolored drawings of Sun, Moon, and Eclipse from Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach, but as mermaids. Sun has five petal-shaped fins circling his head, and at the end of his fish tail, and a wide, smiling face. His design is relatively plain, except for a fancy sun design with wavy rays near the end of his tail. Moon has several small fins making up the bottom of what looks like a nightcap, made of two more, much larger fins, with three more tiny ones at the upper end. The nightcap and his tail both have stars scattered over them. The humanoid part of his body is half-black, half-white, with the black mostly contained to his left side. The upper half of his arms are white, and the lower half of his arms are black, except for his hands, which are also white. There are four large fins at the end of his tail. Both Sun and Moon have frills around their necks.

In the upper left-hand corner is a full-body drawing of Sun, reclining with his tail slightly curled upwards up his right. One hand is hovering over his torso, and the other is up in the air, showing his claws.

In the upper right-hand corner is a full-body of Moon, curled in on himself as if anxious or tired. He is looking at the viewer with half-lidded eyes. One hand is resting on his tail and the other is hovering in the air between his head and his tail.

In the bottom right-hand corner is a drawing of Eclipse, a small mer with swirly designs on their cheeks and seven flower-petal fins circling their head. Six smaller fins rest in-between the bigger ones. They are looking curiously at the viewer slightly hunched over and resting their hands on the mass of tentacles that make up their lower body. The left side of their body is black and so are their upper arms. The black of their arms ends with tendril designs reaching into the white of the lower half of their arms.

In the middle of the page is a drawing with all three of them, depicting Sun holding Eclipse up to Moon, who's back is partially to the viewer with his arms hanging down at his sides. Moon's face is just enough in view for the viewer to see the incredulous expression he is giving Sun, who is grinning with his mouth open and sparkling eyes. Sun excitedly shouts, "MOONY CAN WE KEEP IT!?" Moon, much calmer, replies, "... Sun, that thing will grow to be bigger than both of us combined." Eclipse looks at Moon with a blank expression. End ID.]

I'm not entirely sure what Sun and Moon are but they are simply funky little dudes. Eclipse, meanwhile, is a giant squid baby. Moon was not exaggerating when he said that it would grow to be bigger than both twins combined.

[glambots]

Okay I have the cutest idea, Mer Sun is a hybrid of clownfish and cuttlefish and Moon is a hybrid of clownfish and angler, right?

Eclipse is a mix of an anemone, a giant squid, and as usual clownfish. Absolutely massive but Sun and Moon feed them anyway so no need to get up and go harass whales. Like his rays are the anemone things instead of tendrils like Sun's

When he kisses/nuzzles you, he just smooshes you against his face and the anemone rays close around you like the petals of a flower. It straight up looks like he's eating you for a split-second, and it gave Sun/Moon a heart-attack the first time they saw it happen.

[moonliched]

Do you have any reference to Mer Eclipse?

i've barely drawn the guy! but if you click here (#mereclipse on my art blog @moonliched-art) it'll give you everything i have🧡

i gotta draw more giant mermaid asap...

[melanirana]

Oh, I had just a fluffy thought for mer!Eclipse.

Imagine him coming across one of those giant unicorn or swan pool float with a human inside lost in the middle of the ocean.

I would like to think he doesn't try to sink it but help the poor creature out by taking them back closer to shore.

Would that be the case?

Yep.

He would toy with an adult for a bit to punish them for their stupidity. If it were a kid he would immediately bring it back to shore.

Sadly this happens way too often. A couple of months ago I saw a video of a small Kid, no older than six, who was miles away from the coast in one of those floaties. Luckily she was picked up by the Coast Guards, I think she only had some sunburns but was otherwise ok.