#au notes

[dragonprincedrake]

Been brainstorming ideas for the AU, let me know y’all’s thoughts if you want. Ask me questions !

1. Nightwings never fled the Night Kingdom, therefore never “lost” their power and never felt the need to invade the rainforest

2. The Dragonet Prophecy is real and involves a dragonet from each tribe.

3. Rainwings kept the old way of changing queens, the cannon ‘temp’ Rainwing queens are now just non royal nobles. Queen Grandur sits on the throne despite her old age as she has no available heirs (until Glory comes along) her bio kids are dead but she has two grandchildren, Jambu and Glory. Grandeur has been looking for any sign of Glory over the years, glory was stolen as an egg right before the brightest night. The Rainwing nobles have been suggesting that one of them should take over the throne as the search for Glory became desperate, Grandeur stubbornly refuses.

4. There’s a fourth hidden Sandwing princess that no one currently knows about, who might be hiding somewhere at the edge of the rainforest

5. Starflight and Sunny both have seer and mind reading, with Starflight’s being slightly stronger being full Nightwing.

6. Hvitur and Asha both survive, permanently scarred but alive. Hvitur teaches them history and tribe customs, and often tries his best to help guide the dragonets of destiny whenever they have a problem. Asha teaches them hunting and basic biology, is a great example of a “mama bear” type, will openly confront Kestrel whenever she gets too rough during battle training.

Some details may or may not change, these are just some ideas that I’m really liking so far.

[tunabunk]

Acht/Subject #047’s Designs!

Phase 1: Pre-Sanitized/Caretaker role:

>> She was only in her early 20s, and had been working in the medical bay as a nurse to injured Octo-troopers. This was until she was specifically chosen to become #115’s caretaker/guardian. They never understood why they were chosen, until they began to develop feelings of love and affection for the strange “inkling” child.

>> Years later, she grew too affectionate of #115, resulting in her becoming sanitized…

Phase 2: Post-Sanitized/Acht:

>> Once they were freed from the Octarion Army’s clutches, following their escape plan that helped #115/Pearl to escape, they’re now trying to figure themselves out as a person.

>> Despite having been sanitized, their determination and love for Pearl (as her former caretaker) managed to break their “sanitized state,” and so their emotions remained. Living in an apartment with both Sean and Pearl, they have a hobby in remixing songs (particularly the Squid Sister’s songs and other bands), along with still retaining their role as Pearl’s caretaker (but to a part-time degree, rather than as a full-time job).

(I actually ate the designs on this one- omg- 👌🔥)

[margo-mania]

some notes on my au <3

doodles and stuff about this au are keeping me distracted so feel free to send me asks or stuff about it and i'll get to them eventually

[thefluffyrailway-official]

𝔻𝕚𝕗𝕗𝕖𝕣𝕖𝕟𝕔𝕖𝕤!

𝚂𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚗 𝚋𝚢 𝙰𝚕𝚏𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝙻𝚎𝚊𝚗 (𝙲𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚋𝚎𝚕'𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚊𝚌𝚑 𝚐𝚞𝚊𝚛𝚍) 𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙱𝚛𝚘𝚠𝚗𝚍𝚞𝚜𝚔 𝚜𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖. 𝙷𝚎 𝚍𝚛𝚊𝚠𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚜, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝙻𝙾𝚅𝙴 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚗 𝚙𝚊𝚙𝚎𝚛 𝚕𝚘𝚕.

(𝙰𝚄 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚙𝚘: @steam-beasts <𝟹)

[everenhogwartsau]

Hey-o! My name is Storm, and I’m the main creator of this AU!

Find my co-writer here: @firequeenofficial

The Everen community is a mix of fans of the Life Series, Hermitcraft, Harry Potter, and many other fandoms!

You can find this on AO3 (once it’s uploaded) at this account here.

Now… Any Everen people that come across this and are in the AU, you all are welcome to suggest things in the asks or post submissions. I will also be posting some character designs as soon as I have them.

Enjoy the ride, dear reader. FireQueen and I don’t hold back at all.

:)

-Stormy

[carries-corn-syrup]

turning batman WOKE(/j): my au notes

i like to call this au “batman: growing pains” due to the fact that batman isn’t bruce wayne during the arc.

SEND ME ASKS ABOUT THIS PRETTY PLEASE I NEED TO DEVELOP THIS FURTHER.

certain characters such as catwoman, the penguin, and mister freeze only exist as average gothamites or petty criminals working under batman’s radar.

this au is set within the burton universe. characters and plot events are altered as such.

batman:

ok so the actual bruce wayne is basically on vacation after his fight with the joker or whatever. during this vacation, he informally adopts dick grayson and trains him to stand in for batman.

dick doesn’t fw this (he wants to be original) but temporarily “becomes” batman anyway. at the end of this arc, he becomes nightwing. batman’s design is also different in this au, with the ears pointing backwards instead of straight up for aerodynamics.

honestly he doesn’t know how to do the hero thing at first and initially gets mistaken for a petty robber impersonating batman. bruce finds this a bit funny, but doesn’t dunk on dick for it.

dick is a law major and acrobatic legend on his campus (unrelated), and ensures that his villains get the sentence they deserve. once he’s done beating the beans outta them. again, the batman thing is temporary, so once he’s done with it he mostly focuses on being a lawyer. and also nightwing.

“the joker”:

the joker (jack napier) is very dead in this au. that’s where joseph fletcher, nightwing’s college friend, comes in. a gymnast with early-onset alzheimer’s, napier’s brain matter is transfused into joseph’s as part of an experimental treatment.

this treatment works, but only partially. though he can remember and comprehend perfectly now, he occasionally has “lapses”- times in which he acts drastically different. he goes from shy and awkward to cunning and erratic. these “lapses” have no known triggers.

no longer the joker, jack/joseph take on the collective pseudonym of thale (the male form of thalia, the muse of comedy) and become an anti-hero of sorts working alongside nightwing. thale’s personality is split, but not to the extremity of two-face.

he is capable of making second-generation smylex (labeled genB by bruce) with a variety of different effects based on intensity of exposure.

the riddler and the mad hatter:

the two main villains in this au and identical twin brothers. geniuses with IQs over 125, randall and ryder geigler (pronounced like giggler) are batman’s main foils.

randall is the riddler, and ryder is the mad hatter. both obsessed with mind control and the human brain, they assist each other in their research. this leads to them becoming guinea pigs for the other.

ryder has autistic tendencies and spends every waking moment thinking about alice in wonderland, even when it’s inconvenient to. he owns every book in the series and talks about them frequently.

randall, on the other hand, is obsessively attempting to find out who the first batman was. he has a few theories.

harley quinn:

oh no!!1!!!1!2!1 harley quinn in this au is trans!!1!1!1! what will we do??/?/???/?/??

upon becoming a cop after getting a psychology degree, arlene quinzel (originally arlene hunt- we’ll get to that in a bit) meets dick grayson in a moment of weakness and learns his dual identity. she can’t tell anyone, though, as randall sabotages her by pushing her into a vat of acid.

arlene is somewhat distantly related to alicia hunt, being born of a fling that alicia’s cousin had with another man.

she’s not obsessed with the joker after her little accident, though. because the joker is dead. i need to make a note of that. she’s a separate villain that primarily targets the GCPD from the inside.

two-face:

thanks to being sabotaged by a vial of flammable toxin being thrown at his face at just the right time, harvey dent became two-face. the half of his face that’s damaged is subtle though, just subtle enough that you can tell it’s off.

one side of him has strict policies on anti-crime, the other side is more “lenient”. that being said, he’s by no means a true villain, more an antivillain.

the coin still decides how he acts; the damaged side now means that he advocates for the criminals and villains and ensures that they walk free, the shiny side means he persecutes them.

he tries his best not to be too harsh, but it has been difficult with these new cases coming in. so why doesn’t harvey just take the day off and let yherva (the name of his “other half”, pronounced like yerba but with a v instead of a b) free all these petty criminals from their filthy prison cells so he can catch them again?

killer moth:

killer moth is my favorite batman villain. he’s in this au.

a conspiracy theorist dons a batman-adjacent costume purely to make him look bad. isn’t that the plot of a batman comic?

he’s being paid to make batman look bad by the geigler brothers.

yeah i just. i really enjoy killer moth. stan drury walker!!!!1!

other stuff:

the court of owls use a modified smylex genA as a primary weapon for their talons. genB is easier to make, but harder to come across.

the scarecrow uses mustard fumes, capsaicin spray, and his patented fear gas. he attended the same school arlene did and got the same degree.

the penguin/oswald cobblepot isn’t a threat yet, but does exist. growing… waiting… festering…/ref. ditto on catwoman. she’s currently working somewhere. dunno where yet. prolly in a lower position at the same office.

batgirl exists in some capacity as barbara pennyworth, but tim drake is too young in this au to become robin (he’s about 11ish?)

^ these teens don’t live in wayne manor exclusively, often flitting between foster homes and/or housing projects.

[brokenpieces-72]

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I have an AU in mind for Call of Duty Ghosts. It involves the team, going about and doing some post-apocalyptic cryptid/myth hunting. I have a draft in the works, but I also have notes that I'm taking as well.

Do you want me to post the notes first (which may contain some spoilers but I’ll try to redact some of it) to give you an idea of my thought process or are you guys willing to wait for the story? The notes would also allow you guys to give your own ideas and suggestions, a bit easier.

I may be willing to release some of my notes for other AUs I've worked on if you guys want that as well.

Might also do the notes in a creative way so stretch my graphic design skills.

@yourlovely-moon @kaoyamamegami @h0n3y-l3m0n05 @sans-chara @1mommyrose4ever29 @smitten-haematite-quartz @talia-the-gemini @yuki2129 @whitetiger846 @graystorm444 @chibiduck @reaperxxxxzz @danielle143 @sobbingnshtting @cringeycookies @cryingpages @dcnocap207 @reaper-chan666 @bestbookfriends @thriving-n-jiving

[x-emeraldsky-x]

Naruto x Demon Slayer au: Orochimaru - Written notes / Plot / Character design

Orochimaru takes inspiration from Obanai and Ubuyashiki. Like Obanai, he has poor eyesight but in both eyes. He has multiple snakes that emerge from his kimono to help him see when he requires his eyes. Like Ubuyashiki, he has a very calm tone of voice with an almost magical feel to it.

He often sits with his hands on his lap, and he bows when greeting people. He shows great appreciation for Tsunade and Jiraiya, whom he works along side of to run the leaf corps. His hands are feminine, and he has a very delicate touch and hold, but he's still plenty capable of carrying someone like Sakura without fault. Orochimaru wears a blindfold over his eyes, as they're very sensitive to light, and always has a soft smile on his face.

Kabuto is his right hand man. Orochimaru will send him off to gather information, and he will always retrieve it. He is also a great help in the lab. Sometimes, he acts as Orochimaru's eyes.

Orochimaru is first seen when Sakura is sent on the wrong mission. One of the Hashira sensei's sent her to fight one of Madara's higher rank demons, named Upper Moons, in hopes that her and Naruto will be killed. Sakura fought endlessly with this demon, through broken ribs, a broken arm and even a broken sword for hours. She strived for one reason - protecting Naruto, who was still recovering in his box from their last mission. He was blissfully unaware of the tragedy. Sakura cuts off the demons head, but before it could disappear, it stabs her in the stomach with her broken Nichirin sword. The box's straps were cut, so she slowly goes over to it, covering it with her body in a protective manner before passing out from exhaustion and blood loss. Naruto crawls out of his box after half an hour passes, he sees Sakura's state and panics. Trying to shake her awake, sobbing and wanting to scream.

Kurenai appears soon after, rushing to the two of them. Seeing Naruto startled, she approaches gently and smiles at him to let him know she's not a threat. Naruto reaches over Sakura and grabs her first aid kit, holding it out to Kurenai. "I'll try my best." She says, before starting to treat the wounds she can. Asuma joins her, helping her fix the sword wound, and reports:

"There's no sign of the demon anywhere. I asked some bystanders and they said it disappeared into ash. They also said it had a number in its eyes... so I'm assuming it's one of his..."

"This poor girl... fought... an Upper Moon? At her rank? It's a miracle she still has a pulse."

Naruto watches closely to make sure they aren't hurting Sakura, after the treatment, he reluctantly goes back into his box so they can start making their way to where they were instructed to go. Wanting to be with Sakura.

Orochimaru greets them in an unfurnished room in a small house, sitting in the centre. He holds his arms out in front of him, gesturing for Sakura to be put in front of him. Asuma does as told, and they begin their meeting.

---

Orochimaru: Welcome, Hashira. Glad to see you are unscathed. Shall we begin?

Kurenai and Asuma nod.

Orochimaru: The box... with the demon... what are your reports on him?

Asuma: He reminds me of the retired Hashira Minato.

Orochimaru: Hmm? Jiraiya's student?

Asuma: Yes sir. Their eyes are almost identical. But unlike Minato, he is very... sensitive. I've only seen him twice, and both times he has clung to and sobbed over this girl. They seem very close.

Orochimaru: Interesting... and you?

Kurenai: They behave kind of like siblings, Sakura taking the role of the elder. She was laying on top of the box as if to protect it, even if she died. He was hesitant to trust me, but he handed me a first aid kit for me to help her. He watched my hands closely when I was tending to her wounds, as if to make sure I wasn't causing further harm. They care deeply about each other.

Orochimaru: I see... open the box, please. I want to see the child myself.

Asuma places the box down and opens it, Naruto slowly crawling out, eyes gluing to Sakura. Orochimaru lifts the blindfond over his eyes, snakes emerging from his kimono, all staring at Naruto. Orochimaru beckons him forward, holding his hand gently and placing it on Sakura's chest to show him that she is still alive. Naruto is instantly relieved. After a somber pause, Orochimaru speaks.

Orochimaru: It was rumoured that Minato retired early because his wife was with child... I have reason to believe that this is him. There has been no contact with him since before these two arrived, so I have sent Kabuto out to investigate. Hopefully, he finds out more on the girls past as well.

Orochimaru moves his blindfold back into place, the snakes retreat as well.

Orochimaru: Is there anything further from you two?

Kurenai: What's going to happen to the Hashira?

Orochimaru: Until further notice, he has been taken of duty as a Hashira. We are having him evaluated for his mental state, and if he can come to terms with everything he will be allowed back, but we have decided that it is up to this child what his punishment will be.

Kurenai: Ah... I see... thank you, Lord Orochimaru.

Orochimaru nods to show his appreciation.

Orochimaru: Asuma?

Asuma: Uhm... the demon she fought... there was reports that it had a numeral engraved in its eyes. We believe that she fought one of Uchiha Madara's high rank demons.

Orochimaru: Ah... very interesting... I will have to interview her as well once she wakes. Just to be sure.

Asuma: Thank you, Lord Orochimaru.

Orochimaru nods again

Orochimaru: As of now, both Sakura and Naruto are seen as demon slayer corps members, as are the three siblings from the sand. They are all under the protection of Lady Tsunade, Lord Jiraiya and I.

Orochimaru stands up and walks over to the two Hashira, bowing with a hand over his heart.

Orochimaru: On behalf of the three Sannin, I thank you both for your services. I trust that you two will bring the children back safe and sound. Take care

He begins to walk to the door, disappearing into a puff of raven feathers.

Asuma and Kurenai release the breath they have been subconsciously holding, and make their way to begin their travel home.

[jtavington]

Trying to build out a disfigured!Glinda AU. Booksical. Some headcanons

Glinda unknowingly did it to herself, fooling around with a spell to grant her heart's desire. Magic decided to answer her desire for her and Elphie to be together in a Monkey's Paw way.

Wizard and Morrible drop her like a hot rock because "only bad witches are ugly"

Glinda's holed up in a spa town with Ama Clutch. Treatments have not worked.

Her parents think agitation makes her worse and have exhausted non-touchy conversation options so they don't come around much.

Fiyero sends boring letters. He's secretly working with the Resistance and being watched like a hawk. He does send her his absolutely perfectly ordinary why would you think he's an Animal horse, Feldspur.

Glinda thinks no one loves her.

She's become even more dramatic: veils, mostly nocturnal etc.Her disfigurement is severe enough to shock Elphaba and she has some secondary symptoms.

Elphie was being hunted by the Gale Force and Glinda's house was supposed to be empty so their first meeting is Glinda trying to catch the burglar.

They are still furious at each other but Elphie needs a place to stay so she moves in.

First attempt via Grimmerie is a disaster supposed to make the outside match the inside but Glinda deep down sees herself as monster. They fight more.

Local Animal tries to hide in the house. They argue over what to do. Feldspur makes himself known and they plot an escape.

Glinda heals slightly. Maybe it's some kind of curse and she has to rescue X number of Animals?

Glinda gets involved with the Resistance, who don't much like her.

They (and Fiyero's alter ego) rescue Dillemond in time. Glinda does not heal and throws a tantrum. Elphie calls her out on her performative goodness.

Glinda takes stock and apologizes to Dillemond. Glinda heals more. First kiss with Elphie. Mutual bisexual panic.

They hear the "only bad witches are ugly" propaganda and Elphie has a eureka moment: Glinda doesn't think she's Good. She knows she's petty, shallow, and cowardly so it's only by becoming truly good that the curse will be broken. Which eventually would mean overthrowing the Wizard.

Need some kind of arc with Nessa and Boq since Glinda's responsible for that mess and two disabled characters talking.

Glinda is healed but recursed by Morrible in the process of taking down the Wizard. Less severe but still pretty bad. She's accepted as Glinda the Good anyway because of all the people who vouch for her. Trio is reunited and Fiyero steps aside gracefully.

[subukunojess]

Plans for Aiding A Pal: Project Phoenix

I know it's been a while (and I'm thinking of creating a sideblog for my PPT Fanfics) and the poll has not ended yet, but I kind of figured out a few things lore/story-wise during the past week for my fanfic "Aiding A Pal". I'm still going to do the top three choices, just in a different way.

First off, the Giant Doey Dream Sequence would be its own one-shot and perhaps more of a story that Aiden tells to the children. In doing so, I created at least 8 Safe Haven Toys to use for my fics in general plus a Nightmare Critter!

As for the other two chapters, I decided that Chapter 4 and 6 will be reversed. Chapter 4 will be a story-plot chapter focusing on Matthew and Kevin while Chapter 6 will be a silly chapter with all three boys. I did this for a few reasons:

Chapter 4/5 would be the mid-way point of the story

Chapter 6 will be placed to ease tension (calm before the storm) because Chapter 7 (Kevin's chapter) would be the climax/heavy angst.

Timeline-wise, it would make sense to put it there as a nice segueway for Jack's character arc (since his chapter/my other fic "Mother Mine" take place before Yarnaby's chase)

I mentioned Yarnaby a lot in the fic, and at first, his scene would have been a flashback sequence, but since he was the reason the characters were in a strange position, I decided to give Yarnaby a more significant role.

It just works plot-wise and it does set up for the fics that come afterward/in general.

Anyway, the chapters will be reversed. I am taking ideas for silly safe nom prompts in chapter 6, so if any of you have ideas, feel free to share.

Now the big breakthrough you've all been waiting for... why I'm making Chapter 4 an important chapter and I finally gave a name to the AU besides "Aidenverse". This AU of stories is called "Project: Phoenix". Note I'm still developing it and the full understanding of how it plays out will be realized when Chapter 5 hits, but I have more info under the cut:

Project: Phoenix is essentially an experiment where the scientists wanted to resurrect someone without turning them into a Toy. Because it's frustrating to have staff killed and replaced constantly. Basically Sci-FI mad science/Frankenstein stuff. So they tested flowers and chemicals on people to see what happens. Most die within hours/days/weeks. The few who did survive long enough to get results also passed away but by different circumstances.

The study is called "Phoenix" named after the mythical creature that is reborn. The simple idea is that a human with the Phoenix gene would come back to life if any of the Experiments/Toys would kill them, making the human immortal (at least to the toys). However, besides the obvious side-effects of paranoia, hallucinations, effects due to Red Smoke, etc., there are other side effects that are unknown. However, there are notes that Phoenix humans who get exposed to a particular Monster Toy for a long period of time, especially with unique DNA, not only would it create a bond between human and monster, but slowly, the human's behavior would adapt to the toy they bond over and the monster would crave the human. (HINT HINT HINT).

The Project was proposed to Dr. Sawyer who did try, but then decided it was unrealistic and dropped the project. Dr. White picked up on it and did experiments.

You will find out more in the next chapter but to give you a rundown:

For this AU, someone/something (perhaps the same being who gave the Player the tape and letter) laced the package with pollen from the Phoenix toxin that affected Aiden. Because of this, Aiden is cursed with side-effects and cannot die. He gets resurrected every time he gets killed. By the time "Aiding A Pal" begins, that's when the unknown territory/potential of the project kicks in.

Needless to say, Doey and Aiden will be in for a wild ride!

Stay tuned for more!

[tunabunk]

So uh- I got this Bluey x Splatoon AU:

SAN!

Basically:

• It’s an AU AU AU AU x million where:

>> Literally the Great Turf Wars had ended in peace! Meaning, BOTH inklings and octolings had already ended the war without the Octolings needing to live underground, whilst the inklings thrived on the surface.

>> All of the hero campaign and the DLC enemies don’t even exist, or bring any substantial threat to the world (just average an average world, like in Bluey).

If I think about it, this could be the super happy and upbeat AU in contrast to OOAC- like literally, no suffering from any tyrannical war force-

• The main focus would have been on San (agent 3) and her family! Ngl, the Heelers and Cuttlefishes are so alike 💙💚✨

(Bonus images and doodles)

(Part 1 of explaining this AU)

[lilac-udon]

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[leviathiane]

Siren AU biology/culture

**These are my own headcannons for sirens that i use for my own works, not a take on the general siren mythos.

Sirens are 100% carnivores. their typical consumption of human meat is a myth and due more to avoiding trophic competition than out of dietary necessity.

Sirens all are born with a "base" animal, which can include any species from sharks to eels to lionfish to bettas. However, there is no DNA correlation to those base animals, and is born more from mimicry than genetics. This also means that several varying "base" types can exist within a single blood-related group. All sirens are conceived with the same body plan, and develop into their chosen mimicry base within the first few months of being born.

While much of their base is mimicry over genetic, several traits do tend to carry over, such as poorer eyesight in shark bases, echolocation in porpoise bases, venom in lionfish bases, etc. Two sirens with the same base species may not share the same carried traits.

sirens have both a trachea and an esophagus. The trachea is meant ONLY for land breathing, and closes off in water. The esophagus connects to the gills, allowing water to be brought in through the mouth and down out the primary (neck) and secondary (ribs) gills. it does not go down into the stomach. It can, but that would then mean the merperson would likely need to surface and throw up all the excess water.

mers and sirens are evolutionary branches of each other, and are not the same species. merfolk are shallow-water hunter-gatherer omnivores and sirens are hunting carnivores. It is because of these differing hunting strategies that their dietary needs evolved, and eventually their body plans to follow these diets. The trophic competition was too much for both of them to survive.

Sirens do not tend to frequent shallow waters, and the majority are in small hunting groups of 2-5.

On average they are a bit larger than their merfolk counterparts. Sizes vary heavily among sirens, but a marlin base siren versus a marlin base merperson will always be larger, just as a saltwater goby based siren will always be larger than a saltwater goby based merperson.

Siren eyesight is not suited for being above water, though they do fair a bit better than the average merperson due to surfacing to hunt.

the lateral line is a line of pressure sensitive nerves running along the length of a fish/shark's tail, and on a siren would stretch from just below the gills (so maybe mid-to-last ribs) to the tailfin. I have no clue what it feels like to a fish to have this touched, and translated it to be "kind of tingly/borderline uncomfortable sensitive", sort of like a constant touch starvation to a very select nerve-dense surface area. In real fish, this is used to detect slight movements in the water through minute changes in pressure/current. The same is true for merfolk/sirens; its biggest importance is detecting approaching movement or to help track prey that dodges the upper half as well as oncoming threats.

Siren vocal range is dictated only in part to whatever their base is. All of them, regardless of their base, can click, chirp, screech, trill, and sing. These make up the foundational sounds of siren vocal communication. Some base-specific sounds would also include: whistles, squeaks, hissing, wooping, growling, purrs, etc.

Siren songs are not just for the purpose of hunting, aka a Hunting Lure-song, but also just a general part of siren culture and society. Singing is a natural part of the day to day life, and is used to communicate over long distances several things to several different recipients-- there are hunting songs, challenge songs (to establish a territory, fight over a mate or food, to spar, etc), familial songs (for a parent to call a pup, to strengthen a mate bond, to recognize peers in the same shiver, etc), celebration songs (to announce a feast, breeding period, general welcome), etc.

Heartsongs are mating songs unique to each siren. They are sung only to a chosen mate. They show a possible mate the strength of their partner, and the louder and more unique and varied the song, the more enticing. They are always wordless. To add words would be an insult, because words are only used to hunt humans. It's disrespectful and also seen as pathetic, to have to use stronger lures, because it implies you are courting someone who has already rejected you.

Harmonization of heart songs is as close to a marriage sirens get. It is a ritual of trust and vulnerability, and a good harmonization symbolizes a tight bond. If sirens are unable to harmonize their heartsong they are not a good match.

sirens aren't commonly migrational. Theyre very sensitive to changes in the water temperature/PH/etc, and that doesn't pair the best with trans-oceanic travel. Base species that do typically migrant have a better chance of not killing themselves doing so, but it's an uncomfortable process.

sirens don't typical speak verbal language when underwater, as clicks, chirps, trills, and song travel much better through the water. Speaking words specifically is a surface activity. Many merpeople live their entire lives without ever learning to speak words.

For this reason when overwhelmed by instinct, mer/sirens who can speak often default back to chirps or whistles even above water, as it's what comes more naturally to them.

Sirens often learn words because they are required to surface to lure humans, thus giving more opportunities to pick up verbal communication. Stronger sirens typically have more broken language than weaker sirens, as words add power to a lure-song that weaker sirens would need to rely on to hunt, while stronger sirens could sing using wordless tunes.

Ear fins, regardless of base species, tend to be the same-- 3-5 cartigilous spines with specialized membrane stretched between. There is a tiny earhole at the very base of the spines, and the membrane work to funnel sound wave down to that hole. The spines are highly specialized as well to catch vibrations in the water, meant to pick up the frequencies of distant clicks and songs underwater. They are very sensitive, getting flicked on one would be very painful and any direct touching at all is uncomfortable.

sirens typically mate and court both underwater, treading vertical, with their fronts pressed flush hip to hip. That contact is reserved very specifically for a mate. To even face each other front to front, lined perfectly up like that, is a very risque thing.

giving jewelry, especially made from a sirens own scales and teeth, is high courting behavior. sirens typically dont wear anything BUT jewelry, and to have none is shameful and "naked" even tho very little is actually covered. Sirens are pretty solitary outside of their blood Hunt, so the marks of their familial or mating jewelry is very precious and important.

gift culture is also important to sirens, as jewlery produces drag. The more bejeweled a siren is, the more capable and loved they are-- it means "I am so powerful a singer i dont need to be fast", as well as meaning "I am so loved and protected that i dont need to be fast". children and powerful sirens are usually VERY decorated. An unjeweled siren is a vulnerable and alone one.

trilling in particular is a "come on" gesture, its flirty and inviting.

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Do these goofballs have to go to the vet occasionally? Or on a funnier note, do they have that "Cone of shame" that the engines hate?

I LOVE THIS QUESTION!!!

Well it's very interesting actually. Cause they don't go to a common vet. They need a specific type of vet specialized on monster engines. The curious thing is that both humans and engines can study this (Like Victor, Kevin, Den and Dart, who are like doctors).

For the cone of shame yep! They can use it! Gordon used it after The Great Race due to the surgery he needed after his boiler practically exploded.

He was with this thing around 3 months. (Where he stayed on his shed, ashamed to go out and see ppl laughing at him. Poor Galloping Sausage, he haves a very fragile self-esteem)

(AU inspo: @steam-beasts :D)

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First post lol

One of my favorite note ideas that I tbh Genzo Genji/Hanzo

Student by day/superhero by night Genji and Shop keeper by day/assassin by night Hanzo SFW

Gen is a teenage superhero Han is a high school dropout who runs a ramen shop to get some cash, and he also does assassinations on the side to keep up with bills. Gen becomes a superhero at 15 using skills he learned from both Han and what he remembers from when the clan was still up.

When they were young, their family was taken down my OW either sent to prison or killed in action. Leaving Han and Gen to fend for themselves, ow unaware they were there. Ow later comes in to help Gen out giving him better gear and medical assistance even trying to recruit him but Gen denies it and wants to stick around Han (they don't know he's just a teenager). While Gen is playing hero Han is out at night being a very famous assassin working for a big company.

Han and Gens's alternate personalities clash hard, they have no idea who they actually are under the masks and costumes. By the end, Gen finds out that the assassin is Han and tries to talk to him but Han is taken away as a bribe to Gen to come over and work for the company.

In the end, Han and Gen fight together against the company, shutting it down with some help from Ow taking it to the press to really crush them. Han and Gen stay together protecting their city and helping Han create a better version of himself.

I can tell I got really into this idea by the fact I even made characterization notes for them so here have em

Characterization Gen

• Smart but often doesn't study mainly a goof/ bit of a punk in school

• However he makes many friends easily, very friendly with teachers and other students alike

• Uses the excuse of extra club activities for injuries and why he has been out for a long time

• Does mediocre in school mainly because of the superhero thing he does after school each day

• Acts more childish

• Sometimes asks Han if he could work with him instead since he doesn't really want to go to school.

• Will eventually learn to take school seriously at the end of the series and implied he does a 180 at his senior year/ basically becomes a bit more knowledgable and thinking clearly. Ends up as a fulltime hero working with OW

Characterization Han

• Hyper empathetic

• Extremely smart, helps Gen with homework so he manages to keep up somehow

• Highschool drop out to care for Gen

• Acts more like an adult than he should

• Speaks a bit smugly

• Add some dad jokes cause why not he's a old man in a 20 year old body

• Loves Gen very much and will literally kill for him (has killed for him) even though he also wants to punch Gen in the face sometimes for not paying attention to his studies

• A bit jealous Gen gets to go to school while he has to work (he's was a kid that had to grow up very fast there's gonna be some stagnated growth somewhere)

• At the end he tries to do things to redeem himself to Gen for unknowingly trying to kill him for two years, and gets to finish high school and get to college thanks to Ow.

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Random AU Notes #3

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-Weapon Notes-

Milly’s weapon is a freaking mini-gun, she sticks to rubber bullets most of the time.

Meryl has her derringer pistols, similar to the ‘98 anime.

Livio and Razlo have the same weapons they do in the manga, the twin Double Fangs.

Wolfwood has the Punisher.

Vash, similar to the manga and ‘98 anime; has his silver .45, his prosthetic gun-arm, and his angelic gun.

Knives has a smaller handgun like Meryl, his black .45 from the ‘98 anime, his angelic gun, and several types of blades.