#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 🥺

[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'

[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

[aru-art]

mhin's moving castle...

[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：脸疼。

[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)

[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!

[paintedkinzy-88]

I'm still stuck at 3 brain cells and I'm very sure that tomorrow I won't be able to get this idea out of my brain but. For the countershading metaphor, maybe Donnie could be one of those birds that can dive? I don't remember what bird it is specifically but. It could fit

Also flying fish, maybe that could be Donnie? They definitely can't fly as well as birds lol, but it could potentially make it fit better than diving birds, he can fly but never fly quite as well as his brothers?

(Oh Donnie is so called a flying fish in COI, and they tease him for it RELENTLESSLY.)

For birds, I know gannets can dive real well?? And ducks to a degree, but not in the same way lmaoo. Gannets are the ones that dive from more extreme heights, but only get about 10 meters down with decent swimming skills. That’s kind of what I was thinking about for the brothers that could fly — swimming is an option, but they aren’t amazing at it.

Meanwhile Donnie as the flying fish is actually kinda hilarious. XD Those suckers can get pretty high up if they catch a good wind, and I can definitely see that for him. Like he stays closer to the surface, can fly/glide when he wants to, but doesn’t usually dive any deeper than Leo does so he still doesn’t see that underbelly. 🤔

[witchstormm]

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

[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.

[sunset-bridge]

bunch of animals over here

[harvestmoth]

various snanananas + a bird and one (1) tiny minnow

[persephone-ransom]

kinda old but here's a lil line up for a Reverse AU that i have where the (more relevant) Heylin members are Xiaolin dragons + Chase is their old, tired adoptive dad/mentor who has been through some shit 🥲