#I have two mermaid aus

[trashcreatyre]

Thinkin about this little freak again

[tears-of-xion]

Made a Rena Rouge mermaid design. :3

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[ahollowgrave]

-- laughter echoes among sinking ruins.

][ featuring @abyssalmermaiden's gorgeous Aryailles.]

[2hoothoots]

i was having a chuckle to myself last night about Gristol, and how his plans are basically:

Restore Ford Cruller's memory

Find Maligula

???

Profit

but then... of course they are, right? this is Gristol we're talking about. Fatherland Follies drives home again and again that he's still operating on a child's logic, a warped and reductive version of the world that he never bothered to grow out of. both of his memory vaults center on the images of his childhood, this idealized version of the past that he clings to no matter what. and that's still how he remembers Maligula, too - as this saviour figure, who rushes in to help him when he's in trouble.

[ID: Two slides from Gristol's memory vault, Glory to Grulovia! Left: Gristol clings to Maligula's back as she summons waves to sweep away his assailants. Right: Gristol and Maligula waving from a balcony as the people cheer. Gzar Theodore brandishes a dagger in the background.]

like so much else, Maligula represents a return to this idyllic childhood - to the peace and simplicity of his youth, when he was free from worries and responsibilities. in his mind, he doesn't need to make any further plans - once Maligula's back, everything will go back to normal. Maligula will make everything better.

...is what i thought, but then i remembered this line:

[Screenshot source. ID: Gristol, in Truman's body, bows on his hands and knees in front of the newly-awaked Maligula. The caption reads: "Yes, High Priestess! I am here to correct the mistakes made by my father!"]

and that's kind of interesting, right?

to be clear: this happens directly after Maligula sees Helmut-in-Gristol's-body, and recognises him. her line before this is:

"Little Gzesaravich! Have you come to pay for your father's sins?"

my first thought was that Gristol hadn't expected to still be in Truman's body by the time he managed to find Maligula, and this was him trying to placate her and buy some time until he could explain the situation. but watching the cutscene back, that's clearly not what's happening here. Gristol is answering as himself, and his response of throwing himself to his knees before her is, as far as i can tell, genuine.

so what is going on here?

in Fatherland Follies, there's this line in the ride narration that stuck out to me:

"Why didn't the Gzar help Maligula in her time of need? No one knows, but historians agree - it is Gzar Theodore's biggest failure."

other lines mention Gzar Theodore's "mistake", and it's wording Gristol himself echoes in the screencap above. evidently, he believes that his father abandoned Maligula, leaving her to her fate at the hands of the Psychonauts, and it was that mistake that lead to them being driven out of the country - that mistake which he seeks to correct. maybe he even feels like he has a debt to repay to her for his family turning their backs on her all those years ago.

the 'High Priestess' thing, though - that's kinda weird, and threw me for a loop the first time i played the game. it took me until my second playthrough to connect the dots, and remember how the room in the Lady Luctopus - Gristol's room - was full of Delugionist scribblings and symbols.

[Screenshot source. ID: left, the walls of the hidden backroom in Gristol's hotel suite, covered in scrawlings of eyeballs and Maligula's name. Right, the pinboard from the hidden backroom. On its surface are photographs and newspaper clippings connected by pieces of string.]

i mean, look at this stuff! he had a whole conspiracy board and everything!

we learn very little about the Delugionists and their beliefs as a whole during the game, but i think drawing the connection here suggests two important things. one: that Gristol was in deep with this stuff. i don't know how he linked up with them - maybe via old family connections, or just good old-fashioned digging (we know he's skilled at worming his way into peoples' good graces, after all) - but it seems likely that he's begun to internalise their ideas, maybe even warping his own memories of events. and two: the Delugionists themselves are, if you'll pardon the pun, pretty far off the deep end.

like... i understand why PN2 didn't go heavy on the "mass-murderer cult worship" aspect of things, in the end, but man this is such a tantalising glimpse into the wider mythos around Maligula. Gristol is proud and haughty and thinks himself above everyone else; the fact that his first reaction seeing Maligula is to throw himself to the ground at her feet says so much about the way he's come to see her. he's not just trying to bring back Maligula, his childhood bodyguard. he's trying to bring back Maligula, the High Priestess of the deluge, the semi-mythical figure whose supporters believe even death couldn't stop. he doesn't even flinch at the way she confronts him, and maybe it's because he's bought in so completely to this deified figurehead, this idea of Maligula; more a living force of nature than a person. and it all comes back to the same place: an abdication of responsibility, not just to the person who protected him when he was little but to this avatar of floods and destruction. Maligula will make everything better.

i'd write more about my thoughts on the Delugionists but that'd be taking a hard turn into speculation, and this is already kind of long and rambling so i'd better end it here. but what an unexpected and evocative line, right? it's some of the only stuff we have to go off of regarding the Delugionists as a whole, but i think it does such a good job of hinting at the wider story - at teasing another layer to the mythos surrounding Maligula, one whose ripples we see throughout the game but which never quite breaches the surface.

[emily-mooon]

Jancy Weekend Day 4: AU

I’ve had the ocean on the brain due to it being summer, one of the teams for artfight this year is seafoam (which I love btw and hoping is the team that wins), and cause of my blogs theming, so I thought it fitting to draw them in a mermaid au! (that also takes place in the 19th century because I said so)

I’ve also just been itching to draw the ocean again. It was fun the last few times I did it and I haven’t had any ideas on what to draw in relation to it (until now)

[h-didanart]

Guys I turned them into fish!

happy mermay! Here’s ny contribution: more of my AU’s Bloodmoons

and now the close ups :3

Will probably doodle them with these designs more, I thought way too much about them for them to only be a one time thing

[moeblob]

(throws them into a modern AU)

So since Ymber wouldn't be a deity there are some things he lacks physically - such as no pointed ears and no bright blue undertones to his hair. Just the basic blue. (does he dye it in a modern AU ? who knows) Also while he doesn't have a collar to symbolize his servitude to humans I still think he should have a choker.

I had some help a while back brainstorming how there would be some form of "superior" dynamic could still exist and I really liked the idea given that he's a famous architect. (he does design all constructs for his city as a deity so it checks out - he likes buildings) And Deacon just admires all the guy's works and never expects to run into him but of course they do! Gotta have a very awkward "oh it's you I'm going to melt into the earth" and "I have no idea who you are but we should hang out".

Sooo Deacon still just really admires Ymber and feels like they're on totally different levels and doesn't understand why Ymber would want to associate with him since he's just a "boring human".

[artbyace]

flat colors are practically done! rem and sirius are on their way ^_^

[a-stars-art-blog]

oh dude kakyoin's pretty koi tail!! absolutely stunning!! he and avdol are definitely the pretty boys of the merman group ... what's everybody else think of that

I honestly don’t think any of them care but they do have some thoughts about their appearance

[theearlgreymage]

“You have the salt of the seven seas on your tongue,” the Siren breathes out in awe. What must have been his gills fluttering against the sides of his chest. Levi tries to kick and wriggle his way out from underneath the Siren. “Get off of me!!” Frowning now, the Siren holds a look of confusion on his sculpted features. “Oh little one,” there is pity in his tone. Levi loathes pity. “How lost have you become?” “The hell are you talking about?!” Levi shouts. The Siren finally, blessedly, sits back in the small dinghy – seeming to appraise Levi more fully now. “My spell didn’t work on you. You know our songs. And you have our chorus in your throat. You’re clearly a lost one.” Sitting up, Levi pushes himself as far away from the Siren as possible. The words leech the fight from his core. Leaving nothing but exhaustion, grief, and confusion in its wake for Levi. “None of what you’re saying makes any sense,” Levi confesses from behind a fringe of damp locks. Shoulders slumping, the Siren sighs and looks out at the rippingly waves that are gently swaying the boat. “Don’t go anywhere, I’ll be back with answers,” the Siren promises before hoisting himself back into the water without preamble. “Hey!” Levi shouts, suddenly lunging after the Siren. He’s too slow, however, and by the time he reaches the opposite edge of the dinghy where the mysterious creature had been sitting, there isn’t a trace of him left. “By Poisiden… What just happened?”

You may feel compelled to clutch your pearls after reading just the tags one. I may have let the spirit of MerMay guide me a little too freely.

Shout out to @ic3-que3n for being the best Beta Reader ❤

Read it here on AO3

Additional information is below the cut ✂

Chapters: 1/1

Fandom: Shingeki no Kyojin | Attack on Titan

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence

Relationships: Levi Ackerman/Erwin Smith

Characters: Levi Ackerman, Erwin Smith

Additional Tags: MerMay 2024, MerMay, Merman Erwin Smith, mer!erwin, Pirate Levi Ackerman, Pirate!Levi, Top Erwin Smith, Bottom Levi Ackerman, Bottom Levi Ackerman/Top Erwin Smith, Trans Character, Trans Male Character, Trans Levi Ackerman, Siren Erwin Smith, Erwin Smith Has a Big Dick, Erwin Smith has a Tentacle Dick, Erwin Smith has TWO DICKS, Canon Typical Violence, Attempted Sexual Assault, Alternate Universe - Pirate, Alternate Universe - Merpeople, Sex, Kissing, Boys Kissing, Rough Kissing, Oral Sex, Anal Sex, Vaginal Sex, Period Sex, Erwin is a carnivore and will eat his man out while he's bleeding, Double Penetration, Double Penetration in One Hole, Double Penetration in Two Holes, Blow Jobs, Cunnilingus, I need you to use your imagination with the oral sex, and the fact Erwin has a big human dick and a flexible tentacle dick, Beta Read, Let me believe that merfolk are real and genderfluid af

Levi can’t see the end of the Siren’s tail, it is still hidden beneath the choppy waves. Blue eyes that reflect the bottomless depths settle on Levi.

Summary:

“Hello there,” a deep voice croons from a sharp grin revealing canines that could slice through flesh with ease.

“Fuck off,” Levi hisses as he tightens his grip on the hilt of his sword. Pointing it towards the vile creature's chest. He should lunge right here and now, this Siren has killed his fellow men and set their ship aflame. But something pulls at his muscles, drawing his tendons tight and leaving him locked in place as he glares across the short distance between them.

“Aren’t you an interesting one,” the Siren ignores the threat of Levi’s weapon, leaning forwards until the tip presses against their chest. “My song didn’t affect you, did it?”

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When Levi's ship is set ablaze and he escapes with his life, he meets a creature of the deep that will change his body and his fate.

[arttsuka]

In the Star Trek mer AU, are the different alien races instead different types of merpeople based on varying sea creatures?

Yes, based on different species or just completely imaginary (aka based on vibes), although I do want to insert real animal characteristics if not to their appearance then to their habits or abilities(?).

[floralstorms]

tehe I have. An au. For The Characters

[weather-mood]

That article below is why Louis’s scales in Part of Your World are golden bronze btw because he’s in his element in the ocean. Also why his eyes start as golden bronze as well but go green as the transformation completes because it parallels how there’s still that element of distress and betrayal about it all (on a narrative/metaphorical level! the colour isn’t technically connected within in the world to Lestat’s betrayal and Louis’s grief, it’s just a piece of imagery that I thought worked well + imitating how the sea eats away at everything, it’s also oxidising Louis’s eyes until he belongs to it- think also that quote that Louis thinks about bearing the form of the thing (the sea) eating at you as if it wouldn’t cannibalise itself and he’s partially wrong because the sea does stop eating him once he capitulates to it. There’s that ongoing image about Louis letting the sea draw out everything that doesn’t serve him, letting the sea eat it/have it/take it away and in going to the sea he gets it all back, he gets to be that version of himself, everything he thought the sea had eaten, and I’ve gotten off topic, anyway- that article? Background to how I chose the scale colour and why I eventually went with the bronze to green eyes option).

[ebbpettier]

DAWN OF THE FINAL DAY FIVE HOURS REMAIN

thank-you @shrekgogurt @artsyunderstudy and @imagineacoolusername for the tags!

you all cannot fathom how utterly excited i am for mermay. so excited that i've started another WIP, and if luck's a lady this month i might even get all the way through it before real life grabs me by the scruff. here's a little smackerel of simon POV from it!

It clatters to the floor and the sound is excruciating and immediate. Baz jerks away from me with a hiss, clapping his hands over his ears as I swear and scramble for the button to turn it off. The piercing tone echoes all the way down the staircase, still ringing long after I tip the switch.

“Nereus, what was that?!” he snarls, staring wide-eyed at the radio like he thinks it might jump out and bite him.

“It’s alright!” I tell him, throwing my jacket over it and stowing it back on the shelf, “It’s fine. That’s the emergency-button, it’s just an alarm you can set off if you need to be heard from really far away. Like if you got stuck under debris, or something.”

“That was horrific, Cadwallader.”

@stitchyqueer @you-remind-me-of-the-babe TAG YOU'RE IT

[emily-mooon]

Taking Neil’s quote of “I like fish” and giving it a whole new meaning