#Mer-eel

[aura-dawn]

Finally had the time to do one mermaid for Mer-may. Or should I say Mer-eel, hehe. Seems the eel and her are really intrigued by this illuminating creature in the depths of the abyss...

[fanaroff]

Dp x DC Prompt: Space Like An Ocean

An alien had taken up residence outside of the Watchtower. Its first appearance immediately started a panic with most of the heroes that could survive in space converging on the station to see whether it was friend or foe. In the end, it did not seem either.

In fact, it seemed fine with just basking and napping wrapped around parts of the Watchtower that made up the outside. It wasn’t the size of the Watchtower, but off and on it was a very near thing.

Humanoid, yet distinctly inhuman. White whispy hair sat atop its head, pointed ears, and the only feature that could be made out of its face were two bright green glowing eyes. A color that sent Batman into a research frenzy. Its skin was void-dark. Almost looking as if a piece of space itself had separated from the cosmos and took and almost snake-like form. Or maybe an eel?

The most notable thing about the creature were its injuries. Multiple lacerations covered it, leaking a green that never touched the Watchtower and seemed to evaporate not long after leaving its body. Any silent attempts to collect it for study and to figure out what it was were met with emotionless green eyes and a bare hint of fang. They backed off quickly.

Flash liked to call it a mer-eel. “Cause it’s got an almost human torso, two arms, and the rest just kind of curls up!”

Wonder Woman was unimpressed with this. “That would suggest it is more like a naga.”

To which Green Lantern replied, “No, no, he’s right. There’s an almost white fin-like bit that goes down the tail like an eel’s does.”

Any more attempts to identify the creature led to nothing and soon the “eel” became a silent fixture of the Watchtower.

It was ages later when Zatanna entered the Watchtower to discuss a completely non-connected case when she stumbled immediately upon leaving the Zeta Tube and had to lean against a wall, breathing heavily.

“Something feels like Death.” Was all she could get out before her eyes rolled into the back of her head and she dropped to the ground. She wouldn’t wake up, dead asleep. Immediate worry all around lead to Justice League Dark being contacted in full.

Constantine with Deadman in tow were ultimately the ones to solve the mystery. It took but a moment for Deadman to be seen thanks to Constantine’s “magic” and awe was the first thing apparent on his face. Deadman didn’t even need to leave the Watchtower to know what it was.

“Oh,” he whispered like a prayer. “So that’s where he goes when he takes a break.”

Queue questioning.

“He” turned out to be Phantom, the Ghost King who had apparently decided the Watchtower was a perfect basking spot. Confusion was abound at this.

“No, see,” Deadman tried to explain. “He has two Obsessions and the Watchtower feeds into both. Heroes who protect, as he is a protector spirit himself and probably feels a kinship, and space.”

Constantine and Deadman explained as best as they could, but when the questions finally settled, the last was “Why isn’t Constantine affected like Zatanna? Why aren’t the rest of them affected like Zatanna?”

“That’s easy!” Deadman piped. “None of you are attuned to death magic! I’m a ghost, he’s my King. Zatanna is a magician with experience in most magics. And Constantine doesn’t own enough of his soul to feel the death!”

In the end, a request from Deadman was all it took for things to change. With barely a rumble, Phantom pulled himself from the Watchtower and drifted far enough away for his aura to no longer affect Zatanna. The heroes could only watch in awe as the eel-like god returned to the open ocean of space.

Addition:

There were a giant green eyes observing the conference room. Every hero inside was frozen in place, staring back at the eyes and trying their best not to move a muscle. Phantom had moved from atop the station. Phantom had acknowledged them. Phantom was staring at them from a window of the Watchtower.

No one knew why he was there. Just that suddenly he was. The bright green lighting the entire room with its shine was the only warning they got. They stared. He stared.

Slowly, he moved. A hand-shape pointed with a claw. They were confused. The hand made a pointing motion again.

The table?

Ah. Several shards of kryptonite sat on the table. The topic of the discussion as someone had somehow gotten ahold of the shards and used them against Superman. They needed to know who supplied them.

The hand pointed again.

Why did Phantom want the shards?

Apparently, it wasn’t up to them to question as the pointing hand phased into the room, palm up. Waiting. No one moved for a moment until a white narrowed slit formed in Phantom’s eyes.

Green Lantern was quick to grab the shards (Batman made a token protest, those were his damn it) and placed them in the palm. He shivered as his finger brushed the skin, ice cold washing up and down his spine.

The hand closed, retracted and approached the face. The eyes stared as a large mouth opened (fangs, sharp sharp fangs laid in green) and a tongue popped out. The shards were placed on the tongue and the mouth closed with a sharp crunch.

Phantom grinned almost smugly before he drifted away from the window and back to the top of the Watchtower.

“Did- Did Phantom just ask for a snack?”

[twisted-up-in-wonderland]

I’ve already seen one person having a lil tantrum, going off about how they were Big MadTM about the tweels having scales on them in their mer forms because

“eElS dOnT hAvE sCaLeS¡!i! 😡😡😡”

And I was like. Dude. Calm down.

Eels don’t have people attached to them either.

They are MERS. This is FANTASY. And you’re upset that they have SCALES because in REALITY eels don’t actually have them???

Lol. Lmao even.

[kheyys-worms]

POV: you heard a wet splat behind you 🐙💦

The ref for this pic:

[monsoon-of-art]

How would Donut Hole go if it was in the pokemer AU instead of regular Hisui? Makes me wonder if it would be funnier if Barry also became a merm or not

last year I drew him as an electric eel on the drawpile (which I'll probably do again at the end of the month)

I think he'd still be an absolute menace, but if anything he'd get worse overtime due to not trusting anyone, and the Social SicknessTM

[fuyuthefoxwriter]

Ancients I love mer!aus so much it’s not healthy lol

Beautiful lineart by @tourettesdog

[ghostblobbletea]

Happy Mermay!

[hideousvampire]

the hoes gonna loooove this🥶‼️‼️

hes a disgusting lionfish 👴

hes also a thief

[scrivenger-arts]

Not quite finished yet, still need to add the oranges and yellows to his quill-fins! One small detail I only added later on but am now obsessed with, the faded purple lightning layering the whip scars on his back!

Wei Wuxian from thelastdboy’s the past drifts away with the waves

[thatmooncake]

My Secret Santa gift is finally readyyyy!

This is for @ajaywithcrowfeathers - I really hope you like it and I hope you’re having a lovely holiday season! :> 💕

[elementic-symphony]

…This was supposed to be posted in May. For the MerMay.

How did I forget this. Take.

[o-i-w-u]

Blood mer boys competing to see who can leap higher out of the water?

:D! (yes ik i only drew one but shush)

they both jumped the same height, they argue the whole way home then brawl as soon as they get there <3

[chris-mclean-has-me-by-the-neck]

I’m heavily devoted to owen humbling alejandro but if owen encountered the many mutant/worser variants of him hes cooked.

[mochatea-bunny]

If ur drawing designs is still a thing ummm heres a silly eel boy

he is vary silly and i loved drawing em even more so cuz the reason im doing this is to procrastinate drawing my three mers that i need to get done and well i drew a mer how ironic

the vary thing i try and run from comes after me XD

sorry if i got anything wrong and i hope ya like it ^v^

[linuxealcipher]

What’s this? Our first sight of moon? Doesn’t look like he’s to friendly though…..

[bakawitch]

It's still mermay, so in light of that, let's do a deathshipping au for that!

Yamima/Amir/Kek, whatever you wanna call him, is the youngest mer prince in his family. His father doesn't treat him very well, and his siblings mostly ignore him (their father doesn't allow them to converse). After his initiation into adulthood, he leaves the palace before he could officially be given the title of the second prince/in line to the throne.

He ends up in a deep, dark part of the ocean where he accidentally comes across a bioluminous octo Ryou, who introduces himself as a witch and two of his eel companions Baku and Kura. He ends up ranting to Ryou about his family and how awful of a king his father is, and Ryou suggests that he stay with him for a while. During his stay there, Yamima ends up learning from Ryou about sea life, plants a little magic, and they become close fast.

One day, royal soldiers come into Ryou's territory in search of Yamima. Ryou obviously hides him from them, but when the soldiers don't get the answer they want, they wreck Ryou's home and slay a couple of creatures Ryou is close with. Baku and Kura survive, but one of them gets seriously injured. Yamima feels really guilty about the whole thing, but he's also very angry with his father and the soldiers. Ryou sneakily suggests they kill the king, and Yamima immediately agrees, having no qualms about it whatsoever.

They plan an assassination, and they successfully carry it out with the assistance of the crown prince Malik. Isis tries to talk them out of it but eventually ends up going with the plan. Malik gets crowned king, pardons Ryou and Yamima, and the two of them return to their now shared home and live happily ever after.

Wait. Did I just rip off the little mermaid?