#bird curse au

[witchstormm]

I need to know what the bird curse au is pls pls pls

Oh! So Bird Curse is an AU of mine where Emma and Ziggy are slowly turning into nighthawks! It spawned in my brain because I think Emma is bird coded and I thought it could be fun. There are different “stages” of the curse that I usually showcase based on the appearance of Emma/Ziggy, though two things to note about the curse is that:

1. It’s not contagious.

2. It affects different people differently.

I need to still write a masterdoc of how this AU functions when it comes to the semantics like “how did they get cursed” n stuff like that, but I’ll definitely post about it when I do!! For now, here’s some stuff from it:

Thank you for asking, bird curse is my baby 🥺

[dragon-curse-au]

AU of an AU where the beasts never got corrupted and they raised the ancients as successors

[wispscribbles]

Your art style is just so delicious!!! It’s got such low key Ghibli vibes, especially in the eyes, and your color control is fantastic. You’re amazing, keep rockin it! ✨

aw yay, Ghibli vibes!! I grew up on those movies, they've definitely inspired me to create. Thank you sm <3

wanted to draw some small ghibli ghoap after getting this ask. 'Ghost's moving castle'

[aru-art]

mhin's moving castle...

[xx-sketchy-xx]

Been wondering to ask… Can you draw Harpy version of Wally, Julie and Eddie? I think it would be really cool to see their Harpy Form in your style. But it’s okay that you can’t, or don’t want to, or other reasons. I understand and I won’t force you to. You can draw my Harpy version of them if you want to. ^-^

The rest under the cut

[nelsaqift]

[tma au] tried to format this to be insta friendly because they sure do love their squares over there but i forgot it does Not work like that on here

[nobody-answer]

When they first met, Curse got spooked and slapped ClockWork with his wings.

The Curse at the bottom is not ClockWork-spooked.

发条：脸���。

[khoirkid]

A chance I’ll have to break - IsArt sketches in collaboration with @amethystfairy1

This may be my favorite piece on my end in the series. It’s such a pivotal moment and I got it to look how I pictured it in my head :)

[noxx-33i]

spk swocket angst bc i need to draw them more

[longlostlobster]

Don’t forget it isn’t Him.

No matter how convincing it’s affections are.

No matter how much it speaks in his voice the words you’ve been dying to hear.

No matter how many times it bends your memories to it’s will…

That’s exactly what it wants you to think.

(Song: Babooshka — Kate Bush)

[paintedkinzy-88]

Im sorry to bother you. I just wanted to say that I love your COI AU. I love the leo angst in it and the Dragon. I have always loved dragons and this scratches a itch I didn't know I had 😆 I was reading back through the asks and saw where you weren't sure about Leos hoard, and then I saw an ask about how he used to talk with Donnie about getting wings. They would talk about shows like Rio and Gaurdians of Gahool. So maybe his hoard can be birds. Just imagine he has all these bird stuffies and figures because he loves movies with flying because he wants to fly, but his family just assumes he just likes birds. Donnie, of course, knows about the dreams, but leo just always plays it off, so it never clicks for Donnie that the bird hoard is another hint at his need to fly. When his brothers find out the birds make so much more sense to them and the obvious obsession just hits them hard because they never noticed. Just a random thought, lol. Sorry that was really long.

Never a bother to get an ask! I love reading everyone’s thoughts!! I’m glad you enjoy it! (ﾉ´ヮ´)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

Ahhhh I really had to think about this for a while, feel how it would fit in the story, and the more I think about it, the more I actually really like that idea, dang it! I hadn’t actually planned on adding hoards, but you guys make it too fun XD

I’m still debating if it’s ooc at all for him... and if I care lmao. So excuse me as I go on a whole ass ramble once again, to get my new thoughts in order, and maybe see if anyone likes it lmaooo.

Everyone knows that Leo’s liked birds since he was a little dragonet, specifically because of what you mentioned: movies! Rio, The Aviators, even Angry Birds, he loved them all! But at the end of the day, Guardians of Ga’Hoole is what started everything. With scenes like this, as a kid who never really thought about what it was LIKE to fly beside Raph and Mikey? That little tot was immediately fascinated.

However, he also really liked Happy Feet before that, for the exact opposite reason: the swimming (Though the music was a bonus too). He was familiar with that, and he was good at it too, so seeing these lil penguins swimming in an ocean instead of the little pool Splinter was able to get for them was HUGE.

So when birds became such an important thing that it triggered his hoarding instincts, why would anyone assume anything was wrong? Obviously that’s where his questions about flight came from! Birds birds birds.

Bird toys, bird figurines, bird pokemon cards, pictures, movies, plushies, books, he was collecting it all!

It wasn’t until he got to see HTTYD or Avatar, (both a little after he finally accepted flying wasn’t an option for him and obsessing over it wasn’t helping), that he realized his hoard wasn’t just limited to birds. Dragons (ACTUAL dragons, not drakes or serpents��), bats, insects, frikkin flying squirrels — suddenly he was aching to get items revolving around those too.

But if he let himself hoard stuff like that all willy nilly, his family would certainly piece it together, wouldn’t they??

He’s able to let a few items fly (pun intended), like a plush dragon here and there because “it looks like Mikey,” a cool pinned butterfly because it’s “blue, like me,” a bat diagram because “there’s no medical poster for dragon wings, we need that in the medbay, obviously!” Anything he can come up with an excuse for.

But anything else? Anything that might raise too many eyebrows? Like that dragon onesie or that giant bat Halloween decor or the whole WoF comic book series??? Either resist the temptation, or shove it under his bed.

Meanwhile, he absolutely gets teased for being “SO into birds” as a dragonet, it became his hoard. But that’s fine, they tease each other a lot, it’s not as if all of his family doesn’t constantly bring him more bird stuff as gifts lmao.

[witchstormm]

mini art dump because I’ve forgotten to post here for a bit oops

[archivist-of-the-void-institute]

Wow Mumbo looks like he's in desperate need of a shower. And some sleep. You can't moonwatch properly if your skin starts to rot sir!

Anywho, hello Archivist! How are you enjoying the job so far? Any... problems arise for you yet?

SUBTITLE "THE CANARIES!!"

[geraskierfanficprompts]

Prompt 24

!!!SPOILERS FOR SECONDARY QUEST FROM BLOOD AND WINE (WITCHER 3 GAME DLC)!!!

There's a curse inspired by a quest (The Warble of a Smitten Knight) from Witcher 3 B&W so I put a spoiler just in case you don't want any of it spoiled <3 The curse is surprisingly a very small part of the actual quest, but like,,, I don't wanna take any chances! I'm using the curse as my base (ALL PICTURES ARE FROM THE WIKIPEDIA PAGE FOR THE GAME) I see two ways of this starting. EITHER Geralt arrives in a town only to overhear some hushed comments in a tavern about how awful the bard playing is, and how they miss the one that went missing ever since he went into the forest a few years back, followed by the other man at the table chiming in with the fact more men have disappeared in that exact same forest or Geralt is riding through a forest only to find a note that has hastily written "HELP - REDWOOD FOREST" on it, either stuck in a tree branch, on the ground, or attached to the foot of a bird. Geralt meanders around the woods, and no matter which way he learns of the danger, he comes across a huge tree, with a home carved into it. He enters the home and finds it has many floors. Geralt hears someone singing. He climbs the steps for quite frankly an annoying amount of time, before he comes across what appears to be some sort of... Witchy labratory. Note that I'm also heavily inspired by Auntie Ethel from Baldur's Gate 3 so I'm kinda thinking of some sort of hag-witch-thing like her as the villain, but you can change it into pretty much anything with magic and a bad attitude. Geralt sees beakers and flasks and bibs and bobs and an abnormal amount of bone jewelry and furniture, and in the corner of the room is a large birdcage, holding a chained man inside. The man, upon noticing Geralt is there, beams and begins explaining how he always knew help would come for him. The witch (or whatever else) kills anything she deems has "trespassed" too close to her home or too long in the forest in of itself. Jaskier is the only survivor, as she heard his singing and decided she wanted to keep him. To make it harder for him to escape, she has cursed him to have the likeness of the very songbird she likened his singing to. It's songbird of your choice, really. He could look like a lark, a nightingale, orioles like in the original quest, a literal songbird, it's all up to you.

I however like to imagine Jaskier has two large wings on his back, and maybe even bird feet. Now I don't fuck with her "can only live seven more years" or "give some of the curse to another person" outcomes, I like to think that that if Geralt cures Jaskier, he can keep his wings at the least, and there isn't any bad consequences. Perhaps maybe still thinking sticks would be great in his bed or something funny like that lmfao If Geralt can't cure Jaskier, he can just protect him from townsfolk, poachers, and creatures alike. Perhaps they get a glamour spell enchanted item from a sorcerer or something for him to appear human so he can play music for crowds. If he does get cured, perhaps this can be a way they hide his wings!

[citrine-elephant]

this world is cruel and unjust

my blanket is in the washing machine

[danthediamondminecart]

CW: HEAVY BLOOD!

Steeeaaak, you can't just walk in on a man while he's undergoing a horrific transformation into a beast, cmon! You should know better :(

In all seriousness though, here's a little hint as to what happens in the revamped TMA AU! This takes place in the third and final act, where Kreek does not have a good time to put it lightly. Becoming a Hunt Avatar without even really knowing that the Hunt exists kind of does that to you.

Uncoloured version / sketch version under the cut, because I drew it first and I can't decide whether I like it more.