#beautiful fish au

[girl-lostconnection]

The thoughts consume me again but König who meets you as a teenager, before army, before becoming mercenary.

We know that he was badly bullied from canon but what if he had himself a little friend who had to leave him not out of their own volition but because something happened (parents moving or smth else).

And he, who experiences care and warmth for the first time is devoid of it again, something in him cracking further. Making him recoil back inside of himself.

Because Simon may have been an angry teenager but König would be a quiet one. The child that flies low under the radar, trying to stay out of trouble as much as possible.

Always in the back of the pictures and the back of the class and in the back of people’s minds. He’s a good kid, he’s diligent and he tries hard, he’s just very unfortunate.

Never lucky enough to find proper friends, never approachable enough for other people to befriend him — too tall and “weird”, due to lack of proper socialisation.

And then you appear and you are warm and kind and fiercely protective of him. Your German is shite because you just arrived to Austria but you try hard.

And König latches onto you with a desperation of someone who was alone for so long they’d take anything they are given. No matter what it is.

You walk to school with him, share lunches with him, you choose him to pair up for projects and games. You are an actual friend, one that inserts themselves between his bullies and him.

It doesn’t matter that he’s the tallest person in school and it looks funny to people. He could be the tallest person in the world for all you care.

He is your friend first and foremost.

König is in awe. König has teenage innocent crush on you because you are strong and you are smart and you are kind. And you do your best to protect him, German awkward and all but still stubbornly saying to him that he deserves better.

He is good. You like him. He is a friend. You will protect him.

But then you are gone. Ripped away from him without as much as any time for him to process it properly — he can still feel your hands around him when your parents’ car pulls away.

His T-shirt is still wet from your tears.

The pain comes later — blinding and consuming, wreaking his mind, shattering him over and over.

Bullying gets worse and he gets worse.

Before innocent crush starts twisting into obsession because when no one was safe and no one was warm — you were.

Maybe you got taken away because he was too weak? Maybe you got taken away to show him that he doesn’t deserve you if he can’t keep you?

He’ll get stronger then. He’ll get bigger.

He will get his little friend back. And no one will ever rip you away from him again.

Over his dead fucking body, Schatz. You just wait.

[gengwasted]

Aventurine just got comfortable and the doctor decides to throw a bomb at him??? This is rude and unacceptable. He loves it he's just... Confused.

Merventurine from @havanillas’ AU I can’t get them out of my head aughxzfdzfxh-

[scatterbrainedbot]

ok but the ghibli vibes of @triona-tribblescore 's wandering guardian au???

like i could live in this world forever tbh

inspo boards/refs below ft trionas SPECTACULAR GORGEOUS AMAZING og works of the au bros

[trustymikh]

it's mermay

using @janayuga's desigs <3

[dicenete]

Pokemon Trainer Jade Leech :)

I have managed to capture a magikarp! I named him Floyd. -Jade

Okay so I was listening the Magikarp song on loop (don't ask) and I just thought... Jade would love magikarps and sing that song.

:)

The weak Pokémon that's you, Magikarp But though you are the weakest Still you've won my heart

Oh, weak Pokémon my love for you is strong Honestly, it's magical You've survived this long

[sea-lanterns]

this came to me in a dream

empress, holding her newborn: i wonder whos baby this is

baby: *opens its eyes* 💿 ^ 💿

empress: congrats navia

NOT THE HOLOGRAPHIC SPARKLY EYES 😭

But ykw, this is so true. Navia’s eyes are so sparkly and pretty, you could say that she’s “got that James Dean, daydream, look in her eye…”

And her children with the Empress would inherit these beautiful eyes too! Actually, now that I think about it…a lot of the genshin women have super unique eyes. Like, I can just imagine:

Shenhe’s baby: 🌈^🌈

Furina’s baby: ⚪️^🔵

Candace’s baby: 🔵^🟡

Arlecchino’s baby: ❌^❌

Hu Tao’s baby: 🌸^🌸

[flowerakatsuka]

i'm still working on proper refs for musical!kuroba, but since their storyline in the au is heavily inspired by veronica sawyer from the heathers musical, i needed to get this out of my system first. ( it ended up looking a lot gayer than i initially intended. )

[caliburn-not-calculator]

Coloured sketchs from various maxim VR-LA mermaid aus…

The scales are so fun, shinyyyyyy

[goldie-4ish]

My superpower is creating content catered so specifically to me that only 2 other people in the observable universe will also enjoy it

[girl-lostconnection]

I love people being devastated in my comments and tags, because, my dudes, it was just a concept of a concept. I’m finishing up moodboard for beautiful fish AU, I’m about to devastate you some more

[hamlet-not-hamnet]

today i bring you: pissed merman!enjy in a bathtub. tomorrow? who knows

[helpimhyperfixating]

mertaro: *crawls over* "what is this bachelor degree you speak of? Is it a degree that has not yet found a mate?"

It is actually a degree in nursing.

Y’know, so that I can properly let pups nurse and look after them and all

Says the woman who doesn’t want kids

[zph]

Read your thoughts about siren scara and pirate reader.. and like.. I just woke up from a nap but I need you to hear me out 🙏

Pirate reader who... also wants to eat him. Like theres a scene in my head rn and its reader asking him stuff about sirens while preparing a broth. I have no idea where I'm going w this.

Or maybe pirate reader who wants to sudy him first before eating 🤷‍♀️ weird date w your lunch kind of thing until they both realize that they might not wanna eat the other. For good or for bad reasons. 🤔

Like.. could you see them just tryna take a bite out of eachother.

- peach anon

wWait wait that is actually genius. power dynamics where both parties are as equally fucked up & want to kill the other—or in this case, eat each other—is so fun to explore. so the idea of two of them thinking “they are going to be my next meal” whilst simultaneously sinking into the slow, unfortunate reality that they may actually care for each other more than just food? delicious (pun very much intended). amazing. brilliant. show-stopping. what was a simple means to an end turns into something else & more, for better or worse. it is also funny to imagine scara who was trying to lure you in for a quick meal only to quickly become /your/ food instead . it is so morbidly hilarious….sitcom level adjacent….i need to outline this .

[sophieswundergarten]

Alrighty, I finally had a minute to sit down and smack out some of my thoughts. @itsgoghtime, I am tagging you as a full participant :)

Brought to you by the Moth Realization that I am in charge and can do whatever I want

Okay, so we're leaning more into the mirror-world stuff, with certain things being representations of real life and such.

It opens with Madge flying around the house and landing outside the window where Nathaniel is sitting, just as a little nod to the owl :>

Nathaniel is trying to fit in with his brother's family, but there are so many of them

One day, when he's trying to get some peace and quiet and read the copy of Ivanhoe that he swiped from Nicholas' office, the kids all burst into the room falling over each other and laughing and chattering and making an absurd amount of noise

Nicholas is, of course, right behind them, giggling and trying to keep from falling asleep

Nathaniel fully loses it, dropping the book and yelling at the children.

Nicholas ushers them out, and tries to calm his brother. It doesn't work, and Nathaniel just lets all of his frustrations and pent up resentment come out, shouting at his brother and leaving Nicholas stunned (and hurt)

Nathaniel storms out, going on a walk and trying to calm down after all the things he said. (He hadn't intended to get that upset, but it had all spilled over and gotten a little too close to comfort to a vulnerable heart-to-heart, so he had to leave in order to save face)

After a bit, he feels suitable under control again, and enters the house, only to find it totally empty

The place is ransacked, a complete disaster with books and papers scattered and flapping in the breeze from open windows

Nathaniel searches, but there's no one to be found, so he heads to Nicholas' office

There, he sees a suspiciously spotless room, and the Sister (We're calling her Eurus for simplicity's sake) sitting on top of Nicholas' desk, reading Ivanhoe

(She looks spooky and flashy, somehow more dramatic than Curtain but in a more old-fashioned style like Nicholas. Also purple, to round out the cool-colour sibling trio. Just look at this, because it's amazing)

Nathaniel demands to know what happened to his brother and the others, but she just laughs menacingly

Closing the book, she swings her legs off the desk, smiling at him

"Wouldn't you like to know, Natty?"

Nathaniel is affronted, and tries to cover his confusion with Awkward Curtain Bluffing

Eurus introduces herself, and mocks him further by revealing a model of Nicholas with a flourish, toying with it as they speak

"This is what you wanted, right? To be free of little Nicky and his nuisances? Now you can read your books and make your silly plans in peace."

Nathaniel vehemently states that he'd rather have his brother back to deal with on his own, please and thank you /s

(And his plans are not silly. They are genius)

"Oh, but he's mine now. I can't just give back such a fun toy. Besides, Nicholas will forget all about you soon enough, and then I'll have him and his friends to myself, permanently"

Nathaniel is, obviously, perturbed by this, and demands that she stop whatever game she is playing and return his brother and his associates

She laughs at Nathaniel again, and figurine in her hand turns into a pocket watch, with an abnormal thirteen hours on it

"Well, I do love games. And a game is no fun without some stakes to keep things exciting, so here are the rules: You have thirteen hours to win all of them back, or Nicholas stays with me. No more, no less"

She hands the pocket watch over, which starts ticking as soon as it hits Nathaniel's palm

He looks up to ask her who on earth she thinks she is, but she's gone, and so is the office

Nathaniel is standing outside a massive labyrinth, with no discernible entrance

As he's looking around, who should he find but Dr. Garrison!

Or, not Dr. Garrison, since she's wearing strange clothes and looks at him with confusion

(It doesn't matter, but I think she'd be wearing a typical fantasy poet shirt/tunic, red vest, and probably black pants. Her hair's braided, instead of cropped short or that longer style she kept in a bun)

Nathaniel addresses her and demands to know what's going on, and why she's a part of this ridiculous farce

Not-Garrison responds to her name, but maintains that she's never seen him before. She explains that she's the caretaker of the Labyrinth

Nathaniel sarcastically asks if she'll let him enter, and she shows him the gate

Nathaniel enters the Labyrinth alone and is confronted with a huge, apparently endless hallway that continues on in the same way for as far as he can see

(Part of me wants to include the Atrocious Hallway Painting just because)

Eventually, he stops, seeing that he's wasted a lot of time, and still gotten nowhere

As he's standing there, cursing the insanity of his situation, SQ appears!

(Also in different clothes! I know these aren't important, but I am a highly visual person and I love the artistic style of the movie, so we're going to have a lot of side-notes about how stuff looks)

(SQ is wearing a dark blue jacket [Slightly reminiscent of his dad's colors] and a red scarf, and carrying his sketchbook)

Nathaniel is startled by this, of course, but SQ introduces himself as if they haven't met before

Nathaniel carefully asks him what he's doing there, and SQ tells him he's been drawing some of the interesting creatures that live in the Labyrinth

SQ then inquires as to what Nathaniel is doing, and he exasperatedly explains that he's trying to get to the centre, but the whole thing is nonsensical and the endless hallway must be a trick designed to keep him from winning

SQ asks why he doesn't take a break, but when Nathaniel refuses, he says (somewhat cryptically) that maybe he just needs to look at things from a different perspective

**Clever Metaphor Plot Shenanigans Ensue**

And Nathaniel enters a new part of the Labyrinth

CUT TO WHAT EURUS IS DOING

Nicholas awakens in a spooky castle

He wanders through, looking for other people, but finds no one

Eventually, he comes across some guards, but they do not acknowledge him in any way, so he continues searching

He enters a weird throne room/office thing filled with books

(It looks like a warped version of his office, with lots of shelves and stacks of books all around, empty picture frames, a potted violet in the corner, and a big, impressive throne made of books in the middle)

He finds his copy of Ivanhoe on the ground, and opens it

This, and all the other books, are blank

Eurus appears, sitting on the throne and watching him

Nicholas tries to politely and calmly ask about what's going on, but she ignores his questions

Instead, she asks him about why he's bothered, since he obviously doesn't care about his family

And of course Nicholas is aghast at this and starts panicking over what she's done to the others

She goes on a spiel about how he left Nathaniel and he doesn't really care about his family and how he's only being so nice to Number Two/Rhonda/Milligan/the kids out of guilt

(She's kind of a terrible person in this, in case you hadn't noticed)

And Nicholas is horribly upset and trying to keep a lid on his emotions, when she gets up and walks over to him

"Now, wouldn't you like to be free of that guilt? To not have to worry about all of those strays you took in to make yourself feel like a good person? You're better off alone, you know that, so why not embrace it?"

CUT BACK TO NATHANIEL

Nathaniel comes across two doors, with Jackson and Jillson standing in front of them!

(Jackson is wearing a royal blue doublet/pants, and Jillson is wearing the same but in red. Both have floppy bard hats on)

Together, they communicate that one of them only tells the truth, and one only tells lies

(I've learned this is called a type of logic puzzle called "Knights and Knaves!)

One door leads closer to the castle, and one to "certain doom"

After some typical banter and circular logic, Nathaniel discovers which door to go through

He enters, and falls down into an oubliette

Garrison appears to let him out, and tries to get him to leave the Labyrinth

Nathaniel persuades her to guide him to the castle, and the two set off

(Garrison somewhat reluctantly)

They continue on their way for a bit, before Eurus shows up again

Nathaniel takes the opportunity to complain and ask why on earth she's doing this

She chooses not to answer this, and instead asks Garrison what she thinks she's doing

Garrison responds with cagey assurances that she hasn't forgotten her job in this, and Eurus threatens that she better not

Nathaniel demands to know what she's done with Nicholas, but she tells him that showing him would be cheating, and she isn't about to let the game end early

He asserts his confidence in being able to beat her, at which point she offers to make it more of a challenge

Eurus disappears and a huge machine starts pushing its way through the hall, about to crush Nathaniel and Garrison

Luckily, they escape, and find themselves in an upper part of the Labyrinth

In that area is Kate and Reynie!

(Reynie is wearing a brown tunic with a belt, and Kate is wearing a red tailcoat with feather designs)

The two of them are bickering about the way to the castle, and Nathaniel hesitantly approaches

He's used to the way things work now, and resigns himself to the fact that they are not going to be the people he knows normally

Eventually, he's able to get some even more cryptic advice from them, and he picks a random direction in frustration

Garrison attempts to leave him, but he steals her notebook and makes her agree to help him

Immediately after this, sounds of fighting come from nearby, and Garrison runs off

That's all I've got for now, but I will be adding onto this in a bit! Apparently this is the new thing my brain is refusing to let go, so we'll see what happens

[sea-lanterns]

noooo the mention of dragon eula 🥹 my sweet bbygirl... aaaa eula the proud and noble ice beast who dwells in dragonspine... when the people of mondstadt sacrifice you to the ice dragon that dwells there without even any protective garments against the snow... eula who is initially annoyed by the prospect of having company on her solitary mountain, but when she sees the way you tremble from the extreme weather, she gathers you into her dwelling and bundles you up against her and she's surprisingly warm!!

but also eula the prideful ice beast who yearns to have a whole litter of children with you to prove her noble race is capable of breeding with the best of women—you—and how she may seem so aloof and distant but when it comes to you all other things like her pride and disattachment melt away. what she feels in her heart is a puzzling sensation of... fondness, she daresays, and it should be beneath her to experience such sensations towards a lesser being, but when it comes to you she is ever so sweet and at your beck and call.

eula the ice beast of dragonspine, who terrifies mortal men at the mere mention of her name, and yet casts the most picturesque figure of beauty and grace as she dances amidst the snowflowers and crystals of her dwelling, before noticing the way you stand agape, and extending a hand to you in invitation!! and when you slow dance with her, her tail wraps around you both and try as she might to ignore it, a rumbly purr growls possessively in her throat as she sways with her bride 💃

aaaa eula my love 🥹🫶 imagine that once you've gained her mating mark, you gain an immunity to the cold, and are now able to traverse dragonspine freely, too! not that there's anywhere else you'd want to be, rather than there in here arms.

- sincerely, a very passionate eula lover

Going a little insane at the thought of Dragon Eula warming up her bride begrudgingly 🥺

Like, she wants her own solitude up in the mountains, not really wanting a bride in the first place, yet when she sees how you’re shivering in such thin attire, poor Eula just feels so entitled to your safety and growls before dragging you into her cave to heat you up <3

You wake up from your cold nap to find yourself sitting on the lap of the tall, towering, ice dragon of Dragonspine. Eula staring down at you while you’re buried in her feathery and scaly chest as the body heat shared between you is enough to finally warm you up. You can’t see her face but Eula is practically blushing, trying to play off the “cold and mean” part of her personality whilst trying not to admire how small and soft you are…

Eula may not have wanted a bride, but judging by the way she’s gently petting your head and blowing hot steam into your face, it’s safe to say that she’s slowly growing attached 💕

[imprvdente]

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