#Ymbrynes

[evil-feather]

POV: You're too tiny to kiss your tall Ymbryne girlfriend 🙊

[carmine-golde]

The idea of Ymbrynes displaying avian traits specific to their bird form is absolutely hilarious to me. Owl ymbrynes who are always up late, corvids who love to collect trinkets, shrikes whose favorite food are kebabs, parrots who have a habit of repeating words, a kookaburra who has a very distinctive laugh, etc etc!! It’s a HC that I think adds a whole new layer of character depth and I think makes the ymbrynes seem just a bit more human :)

[grimmysfuntimeblog]

It’s kind of beautiful the way that the mphfpc fandom is so small, it almost mirrors the peculiars in the books, their numbers dwindling but everyone pretty much kinda working together kinda

[maladaptivedaydr3amer]

I FOUND THE SCENE!! It’s page 298 in “the desolations of devils arce”

[honeysuckletoast]

The motivation is motivation-ing I present young Alma and Isabelle as requested by @evil-feather

(just now realizing the lower hand is very wonky looking, I forgot to color the Mitten lol please forgive me)

[marygih]

Guys, have you noticed that Francesca, Betina, Sigrid and all the other ymbrynes in training were in LOS?

Caul took all the residents of Miss A's loop to the wight prison. They were all trapped there somewhere to have their souls taken away in the future.

[cauls-antique-pepperbox-pistol]

Okay not to make the ymbrynes look bad, I just like to add more depth to characters, sometimes make good people a little bit more shady yknow. But

What if loops do really have a narcotic effect on peculiars and that‘s how the birds ensure they will stay there

Also ignore my little note there on the side

[devine-devil]

A genuine question I have is: are ymbrynes just birds that fly, or is this prerequisite unnecessary? Are there Miss Penguins? Miss Kiwi? Miss emu? Miss ostrich?

[metaphoricallymagpie]

What do you think the coolest bird would for an Ymbryne to be able to transform into?

I’m definitely partial to birds with cool patterns— specifically ones like the wallcreeper or all the different magpie(biased) ones

However I think it would also be really interesting to have a pigeon ymbryne because they would blend in so well in a city which would make finding peculiar children easier

any flightless birds would have interesting characteristics too, especially because I hc that they keep some of the bird’s characteristics when in human form, an emu or ostrich ymbryne would probably be really fast and tall—same with just really big birds like albatross

Can’t forget about tropical birds of course, they’re all very colorful and beautiful, those would most likely be native to places like South America, which also brings into question what peculiar society would be like in those places, they mention being in contact with ymbrynes in Africa and Asia but never South America

[trainwrecksys]

cinemasins just raised a valid point. if all ymbrynes are female, how do they procreate? they also can't get married or have kids of their own, and their brothers don't share the ability to manipulate time. is it simply some sort of funky magic gene stuff and it gets carried down if their brothers so happen to have children? i'm sure there must be some answer to this in the books linked to demi-ymbrynes but i can't remember, been over 2 years since i finished them

[matilsabell]

*me in bed, surrounded by miss peregrine book series . Also , scrolling through beautiful fics , art work and daydreaming all at once*

I need more .

maybe I should draw the characters , ESPECIALLY miss cuckoo . But I don’t have the visual of them all .

I need more stories please, I beg thee .

[evil-feather]

Happy Halloween with young Miss Peregrine🪶👻🕰️

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I'm not kidding, I'm obsessed with the aesthetic of the first picture. And for the second one I wanted to go with the vibe of an old photography. Maybe Caul or some other Wight scratched the photography with a knife

[marygih]

I've never read so many truths in a single post.

The ymbrynes do their best to maintain the balance of the peculiar world and are treated so poorly. The very peculiars who owe their lives to them and their loops are the first to turn against them.

It must be extremely frustrating, raising and protecting a peculiar child who will grow into a peculiar adult who turns against you and your way of governing. The ymbrynes do the best they can with what they have.

These women go through hell to graduate, they are mothers, they are government leaders, and they were students who were pushed to their limits on a daily basis. An ymbryne sleeps a maximum of two hours a night, studies for at least ten years and has to refrain from a lot of things.

Many ymbrynes spend years in loops full of children without having any other adults to talk to, they cannot marry or have biological children, they cannot leave their loops, they cannot show feelings. They are single mothers of dozens of children, they have to provide homes alone, they have to be in punishment loops with criminals. They risk their lives all the time to save children. And in the end they are extremely undervalued by their own people.

The peculiar society without the ymbrynes will collapse. This is not speculation, it is fact. The Americans are doomed. They brag about their shitty government without ymbrynes, but they forget that there are few Demi ymbrynes around, at some point if these Demi ymbrynes die or leave all the loops will collapse, An ymbryne is irreplaceable, a Demi ymbryne is at best a temporary and ineffective aid in the long term, because it is good to remember but loops are very fragile and you have to have a lot of discipline to maintain them. The clans are doomed to decline, it will take time, but they will fall.

Reading the second trilogy made me hate it, the peculiars treat the ymbrynes so badly, I wanted to scream: FUCK THESE WOMEN SAVED YOU, THEY WERE THE ONES WHO GOT RID OF CAUL! JACOB GOT ALL THE GLORY, BUT THE YMBRYNES WERE THE ONES WHO ARRESTED CAUL. I still hate that they took away their own credits AND GAVE THEM TO JACOB. Do you have any idea how humble they are? If the peculiar world is in precarious conditions, they work in precarious situations, They saved the world, Jacob obviously helped but it wouldn't have had any effect without what the ymbrynes did. But instead of using this to their advantage, they gave all the credit to Jacob who "murdered Caul."

I hate that peculiar journalist Farish, because he does everything he can to villainize the ymbrynes, to make them look like bad leaders. For the first time ever I was rooting for Caul to kill someone. Ymbrynes are good because they save the lives of even those who don't deserve to be saved.

It is sad to see such hard-working leaders having to govern such ungrateful people.

May the birds protect these ymbrynes, because the people they protect would not do so.

I’ve thought about something but it feels obscure, please tell me if I’m onto something or if I’m on something lmaoo 🙏🏻🙏🏻

In my opinion if Ymbrynes weren’t necessarily all females due to the obscure nature of their peculiar genes, then Peculiardom wouldn’t be a matriarchal society at all.

Like, we all know how much peculiars have remotely backward views on women (the Claywings numbers is an example of that, but just look at the clans and the political organization aside from Ymbrynes and you’ll see that most of the individuals with high positions are men) and that most peculiars are born in the normal world which is very sexist in itself (and they carry on those views into Peculiardom).

I can’t think of an example of a peculiar being openly sexist aside from wights but at times I really felt a weird vibe or just the omnipresence of men and women being depicted as more hysterical/emotional/weak or characters you just kinda forget about.

Plus,,, the Ymbryne’s lives in general. Not being able to choose if you want to marry or be in a relationship, literally your teachings at the academy being how to raise children and maintain a good home (it’s not sexist in itself but the whole thing feels very traditionalists, like those women are expected to be mothers AND politicians at the same time, that’s very hard and time consuming.) Also most of them are (or are taught to be) the living embodiment of good manners and acceptable behavior, they do tend to repress their emotions and be very reminiscent of how women were supposed to act in older times (most of them are from XIXish century time periods so this makes sense, but again their insertion in Peculiardom who is supposedly better than the normals didn’t change anything about the expectations they face).

Also, peculiars are extremely expectant and harsh towards the Ymbrynes. Is this because of their ineffectiveness or because they’re a female government? Maybe this is a reach but idrk.

[grimmysfuntimeblog]

Adding on to my previous post bc I feel the need to express my absolute love for this fandom but I find it fucking hilarious how Ricky is mentioned like twice and then he just evaporates

[maladaptivedaydr3amer]

I’m considering it I might write a mphfpc fanfic about Miss Thrush’s and Miss Nightjars loop(Melina and the blind/bone brothers ymbrynes) I already have the ocs for other wards sooo I might do

Probably do only one chapter and not have the attention spanned to write any more but I don’t know thattt

[honeysuckletoast]

Here's a brief description of everyone in the academy loop with Alma peregrine when she was a teen. This is how I imagine they look in my Academy fic.

Esmerelda Avocet 

Bird: pied Avocet

Age: late 40’s 

Nicknames:  Esme (most of the Ymbrynes who are older than her and Miss Bunting.) 

Nationality:  English, French 

 Eye color:  smooth vanilla toffee brown with gold flecks. 

Hair color: silvering black (earning her gray hair from jack) 

Hair type: wavy

Hair length:   mid back 

Build: bigger boned but lean. Agile 

Body shape:  hourglass figure. 

Weight: 138.5 pounds. 

Height:   5’7 

Skin color: ivory 

Distinguishing marks: none

Glasses:  yes. gold framed ones that have been fixed in the center twice. 

Scars:  has a bad shoulder scar that not even Miss Bunting knows where she got it. She won't tell anyone. 

Common colors worn:  black, gray, white, dusty rose occasionally. 

Daily outfit: shift, a stay (prefers this to a corset) petticoat underlayer, a black simple skirt with a white  lacy collared slightly puffed long sleeve shirt. Or a dusty pink wrap dress on Sundays. Black  boots with grey stockings,  and a  black cloak when she leaves the loop. Prefers simple clothing. Has a ring on a chain and wears it as a necklace under her clothing. No one knows where she got it or what it's for, not even miss bunting.

Amelia Bunting 

Bird: painted bunting

Age: mid 40’s 

Nicknames:  Lia (miss Avocet) 

Nationality: African American 

 Eye color: spring leaf green 

Hair color: shiny black

Hair type: kinky curls 

Hair length:  when braided would be about mid back. 

Build:  feisty string bean.

Body shape:  rectangle. 

Weight: 112.4 pounds 

Height:   5’3

Skin color: warm brown 

Distinguishing marks:  none

Glasses:  none 

Scars:  has an odd twisted scar on her ankle from walking into a tripwire/ fishing line as a teenager. Few scars from fights with townspeople.

Common colors worn: green, brown, white, mostly brighter colors.

Daily outfit: shift, a stay, petticoat underlayer,  light green and white blouse, a long light green skirt that has flowers of all different sizes embroidered on it. When teaching embroidery and sewing she has each girl embroider a flower onto her skirt as a test, and so her skirt is covered in them from each girl who came and gone through training. Brown boots but prefers going barefoot. Yellow stockings. Her hair in a bun with a green flower  pin 

Other: 

Roisin Gannet

Bird: Northern Gannet

Age: 17 years old. 

Nationality:  Irish 

Eye color: Pale cornflower blue 

Hair color: red 

Hair type: very kinky curly 

Hair length:  to her butt. 

Build: strong build. Very muscular 

Body shape:  hourglass figure 

Weight: 210 pounds 

Height: 6’4

Skin color: very pale white. 

Distinguishing marks:  Freckles, all over her body. Stretch marks.

Glasses: occasionally has used them after long sessions diving (gannets dive head first at ridiculous speeds, trauma to your eyes is snazzy) 

Scars:  has quite a few scars from her brawls, most under her clothing 

Common colors worn: green, blue, browns, greys and creams

Daily outfit: cream colored blue with either a dark green or pale blue skirt.  Corset and shift, Stockings  Black lace up boots and a clover brass pin for her hair to be pulled back.

Other:  has a  baby face, despises it. On the heavier side. 

Enid Finch 

Bird: American Goldfinch

Age: 17 

Nicknames: honeybun (her aunt) 

Nationality: American, English 

 Eye color:  moonlight blue 

Hair color:  light honey blonde. 

Hair type: slightly wavy 

Hair length:  mid back

Build: proportionate build, shaped like a agile dancer. 

Body shape:  triangle 

Weight: 140 pounds 

Height:  5’7

Skin color:   porcelain white skin. 

Distinguishing marks:  stretch marks on only her right thigh, that's it. 

Glasses:  none. 

Scars:  has scars from falling out of trees as a child. 

Common colors worn:  dark red, dark blue, dark green tan dark burgundy 

Daily outfit:  shift, corset and petticoat layer white long sleeve shirt with  red rose accents on the cuffed sleeves.  (Her aunt taught her how to embroider the roses.   Dark red skirt  with black boots with a slightly larger heel than usual for stability. A necklace with a rose on it (family last name is Rosee) from her aunt that also has her father and mothers wedding rings on them. Also had a metal hairpin to put her up into an upsweep

Other:  her aunt is very picky about buttons and looking clean, Enid carries the same  ideas. Her aunt wouldn't let her makeup, but occasionally wore  red lipstick, but stopped once Jack started rumors she was hooking up with random men in town. 

Myron Bentham 

Age:16.5 

Nicknames:  none

Nationality: English 

 Eye color: sandy brown 

Hair color: toffee brown.

Hair type: slightly curly. 

Hair length: Short and styled properly.

Build:  average looking teenager not really muscular that you can see but is a bit strong. 

Body shape:  rectangular. 

Weight: 165 pounds 

Height:   5’10

Skin color: also milky white. 

Distinguishing marks:  none 

Glasses:   has a pair of readers he only wears occasionally 

Scars:  a few from Jack that he doesn't care about, later down the line, one from Cathrine Glassbill he can't stand to look at. He keeps it wrapped up no matter what so he isn't reminded of her. 

Common colors worn: black, grey, white, burgundy

Daily outfit: dressy outfit, a white button up collared shirt always steamed and pressed out nicely. Black pants and a necktie occasionally. Sometimes wears a gray overcoat, mostly outside the loop.  Black leather boots and a brown satchel that he carries a lot of books in, mainly the ones he's reading and then one or two of Catherine's so they can read together in the afternoons. 

Other: 

Cathrine Glassbill

Bird: Barn swallow 

Age: 16 

Nicknames:  Cathy (everyone) Cat (Myron) 

Nationality: Austrian Hungarian

 Eye color:  dark oak brown

Hair color: dark dark brown, nearly black. 

Hair type:  straight 

Hair length:  surprisingly long. Down to her lower back if not braided 

Build:  muscular, mannish

Body shape: pear shape 

Weight: 145 pounds. 

Height:  5’9

Skin color: warm ivory 

Distinguishing marks:  none

Glasses:  none 

Scars:  hand scars from burning herself while cooking.

Common colors worn: dark red, brown, occasionally pink, dark green dark blue. 

Daily outfit: shift, sometimes a corset but prefers a stay to a corset. Light tan wrap dress with brown leaves. Typically has her dark red shawl on her and a brown apron. Dark brown horse riding boots. A necklace Myron gave her as a Christmas gift that has a cat pennant  he made himself (and was very proud of)  hair always braided in one or two braids. 

Other:  mannish looking and flat faced.  Always has her hair in braids, one day she decided to wear it down and everyone thought she was sick or hurt  and couldn't do her hair sense she had never left it down ever. She  never really unbraided it again in fear of causing chaos. 

Jack has taunted her about being so stoic and mannish, but she just kinda stares, nods, and goes back to whatever she's doing. Miss Avocet is still trying to get her to teach Roisin  this strategy.  

Eleanor- Grace Nightjar 

Bird great eared Nightjar (yes, the little dragon looking Nightjar)

Age: 15

Nicknames:  grace (she prefers  her middle name grace over her first name Eleanor.)   Leni (Millie, short for her first name, because when learned grace wasn't her first name she was fascinated. 

Nationality: Scottish, English, French. 

Eye color: pale gray, look blue when you first look at them though. Don't worry, while she's talking to you she will stare into your soul through your eyes unnervingly and you can see the gray hue.

Hair color: dark silvery black 

Hair type: wavy.

Hair length:  to her butt. 

Build: slightly stronger, but thin build 

Body shape: hourglass, leaning more towards pear. 

Weight: 102 pounds. 

Height:  5’6

Skin color: unnaturally pale. Like a sickly pale color

Distinguishing marks: very few freckles. 

Glasses:  needs them, won't wear them. 

Scars:  has multiple scars from picking, has a really bad habit of picking her scabs when she gets nervous. 

Common colors worn: dark grey, black,  dusty dark purple, burgundy occasionally. 

Daily outfit: shift, corset, her petticoat underlayer, dusty violet wrap dress. Black lace up boots  and her security cloak that's dark gray.  A flower hairpin Millie gave her, and a silver necklace from her late brother.  Wears her hair in a tight bun with two pieces framing her face. 

Other:  she sees better in the darkness. At night she's agile  and graceful, in the daylight she's clumsy. Miss Avocet is still trying to find suitable sunglasses for her. 

Jack/Caul 

Bird: Peregrine Falcon 

Age:15

Nicknames:  would probably smack you upside the head for giving him one.    Prick- (Roisin Gannet) 

Nationality: english

 Eye color:  coffee brown 

Hair color: shiny black

Hair type: wavy, fluffy

Hair length:  kept nearly trimmed and styled. 

Build:  pretty lanky, average guy 

Body shape: rectangle. 

Weight: 96 pounds (female pergeines are normally always bigger than male peregrines. This irritates jack to no end as he fears she will be taller than him.)

Height:  5’5 

Skin color: milky white 

Distinguishing marks: slightly crooked nose.

Glasses:  yes, they are gold framed and as he describes them “more elegant than you will all ever be”

Scars:  has multiple scars from him and Roe fighting, and a few from fighting with hawks. Buddy gets a sick kick out for starting fights with nesting hawks and falcons outside the loop. 

Common colors worn:  browns, white, occasionally red. 

Daily outfit: brown trousers with a tan button up shirt. Brown boots and cotton (have to be cotton) socks.  Occasionally a waistcoat that matches his trousers. His hair is styled into a backwards sweep, but never stays down and becomes wavy/fluffier by the end of the day. Usually wears his glasses. He also would never admit it, but kept and still wears a tiny brass pocket watch Alma brought him when she was really young. She stole it from her father when they were thrown out, and even if he depsies her, he keeps it as a reminder of what he deemed “the long gone days when life was still alright.” 

Other: 

Millicent Thrush

Bird: Song thrush 

Age: 14

Nicknames: Millie (everyone) Soleil (Grace) 

Nationality: Dutch, french. Bit of English mixed in 

Eye color: mocha brown 

Hair color: sunflower blonde 

Hair type: loose waves/curls 

Hair length:  mid back. 

Build:  slim, mousy 

Body shape: rectangle 

Weight: 117.5 pounds 

Height: 5’4 and half, that's very important to her that you don't forget the half. 

Skin color: ivory colored skin 

Distinguishing marks: n/a Literally perfect skin, never gets acne and no scars. 

Glasses: n/a

Scars: small burn scar on her forearm from bumping into the wood burning stove. 

Common colors worn: light pastel pink, yellows, sky blues 

Daily outfit: shift, corset,  petticoat underlayer, light  light yellow floral dotted skirt and a white blouse.  Brown short boots and thin stockings. Doesn't like jewelry, but wears a  really simple necklace Grace got her. Her hair is normally tied into a loose low ponytail.

Other: her teeth are slightly crooked but she doesn't care. Her smile is still contagious. Grace calls her Soleil occasionally since it means sunshine in French and Millie is french. 

Alice Treecreeper 

Bird Eurasian Treecreeper 

Age: 13 

Nicknames: won't respond to them 

Nationality: English 

Eye color: amber brown 

Hair color:  carmel brown 

Hair type: straight 

Hair length: just past her shoulder blades. 

Build: thin like a string bean 

Body shape: triangular. 

Weight:  97 pounds. 

Height: 5’2 

Skin color: light sandy color, very slight tan. 

Distinguishing marks:  small bridge of freckles on her nose. Occasional acne that irritates her. 

Glasses:  yes. Can't see in the distance without them. They are golden framed. 

Scars:  only a few acne scars on her face. and a birthmark on her hip bone, just a dark brown patch 

Common colors worn:  light brown and cream. Dark orange/ rust. 

Daily outfit:  shift corset, (no petticoat to fluff her skirt up) long rust colored wrap dress with brown accents. Always has her bag with her journal and the book she's studying (typically medical knowledge and enjoys romance novels but wouldn't ever tell anyone that)  brown loafers  and thigh high brown stockings. Typically always has her brown cloak while leaving the loop. Wears her hair simply down or in a low bun. 

Other: very introverted, but can and does enjoy her sisters. Better listener.   Wants  to be a doctor. 

Isabelle cuckoo 

Bird Common cuckoo

Age: 12.5

Nicknames: belle  (everyone) isa (Alma) Izzy (Alma rarely) 

Nationality: french 

 Eye color: warm brown 

Hair color: dark brown (she dyed it silver later) 

Hair type: she burns it straight, she loves the look of it straight 

Hair length:  nearly trimmed at her shoulders. 

Build:  lanky 

Body shape:  triangle. 

Weight: 116.5 pounds. 

Height:   5’6

Skin color:  cool brown 

Distinguishing marks:  has a birthmark on her ankle, looks like a lopsided heart 

Glasses: none but in the future she will be rocking sunglasses. 

Scars: none. Her mother chastised her early on for picking and making scars so she consciously avoids it now. 

Common colors worn: she wears every color of the rainbow, but mainly she loves  blues and purples, indigo being her favorite shade. Reds,  greens, anything but brown. She doesn't like the lack of life in brown. 

Daily outfit: shift, corset, an extra fluffy petticoat, dark red skirt with a silky creamy tan colored top that has red accents. Brown lace up boots with a sizeable heel and her hair either braided or pulled into a bun. She occasionally wears it down. Red stockings and a silver feather pendant necklace Alma gave her for her birthday. 

Other: 

Alma Lefay peregrine 

Bird: Peregrine Falcon. 

Age: 12 

Nicknames:  Al (everyone) 

Nationality: English

 Eye color:  forest dark green 

Hair color:  raven black

Hair type:  wavy 

Hair length:  butt length 

Build:  petite tiny little thing 

Body shape: hourglass 

Weight: 105 pounds 

Height:   5’1

Skin color:  pale porcelain 

Distinguishing marks: freckles on her nose in the summertime, they fade during winter. 

Glasses: yes, silver framed ones Miss Avocet gave her. They used to be Miss Avocet when she was a child. Alma kept them in perfect shape until jack caught wind of where they came from and how important they were to Alma, and smashed them with a book in front of her. Miss Avocet got them repaired by a peculiar craftsman and was able to put new (better) lenses in them and gave them to Alma as a birthday gift. She cherishes them. 

Scars:  multiple scars from Jack and Myron's torment and scars from a fight she got into with another falcon when she got too close to her nest one day.  

Common colors worn:  blue (dark and light) red in the wintertime, blacks and creams 

Daily outfit: shift, a looser fitting corset (doesn't like the constriction)  petticoat underlayer, dark blue day skirt with a white or cream colored long sleeve shirt with a ruffle collar. Her silver glasses and her hair braided  into a bun with two pieces framing her face. A feather hairpin that Isabelle made with one of Alma's molted feathers for her. Long dark blue stockings and black boots with no heel.