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[majosullivan]

[ruvelli]

Castle Swimmer x Final Fantasy IX AU Update

Updated List

Got some plot in mind

This is the one most likely to see actual realization (though I kind of want to do all three now. Am I truly that dork, though? The answer is yes, yes I am).

In this AU, I may be forced to keep some characters from FFIX, though I realize that might be strange. In particular, I can't decide who should be Queen Brahne, Vivi, and Kuja... Maybe I'll take some characters from a different comic/game?

FFX-2 AU and FFVIII won't have mature content for sure, but the jokes and dialogue going on in my head for mature content in this is too strong. However, whatever mature content there is in this will only be indicated to keep some modicum of innocence (beyond some heavy kissing).

Ships:

MonoGaloo

KappaSiren

ShoalSusca

NOT Krilli and Nee, despite who they “represent”

Not Yet Used Castle Swimmer Characters:

Seko

Silver

Shoal

Labbu?

Tunny?

Whisk?

Galoo

Castle Swimmer FFIX:

Zidane - Kappa; will not be a sexual harasser and will only flirt with Siren

Garnet - Siren; not a spoiled brat and realizes his limitations, though he hates it (is determined to improve so he can be useful to everyone). Real name he remembers from childhood is “Siren”, which is the name he switches to instead of Dagger. Fake name Prince Diamond

Echo’s Moogles - Susca and the Sharks (people of the mist, and that’s all I’ll say to avoid spoilers)

Echo - Skiff (Child Skiff, who has a crush on Siren when they meet)

Amarant -

Freya -

ViVi -

Steiner - Nee

Quina - Ogo (”I must feast upon the frogs!”)

Beatrix - Krilli

King Cid -

Queen Hildegard -

Doc Tot - Herm

Ruby -

Fratley -

Puck -

Black Mages - ?

Mikoto - ?

The Genomes -

Garland - Surface God

Queen Brahne -

Lani - Jengu

Zorn and Thorn - Reesha and Roc

Kuja -

Black Waltz 1, 2, 3 -

Characters not Replacing Others:

Pim and Pagoon - Meet Siren along the way after he escapes kidnappers, learns how to fight then (when Garnet put everyone to sleep during dinner and separated. Siren will not be heading back to Alexandria of his own will, cuz he ain’t stupid.)

Worm/Arp - A pet Kappa carries in his bag

Tantalus:

Baku - Mucku

Blank - Mono

Cinna -

Marcus - Neth

Nero Bros - Fean, Finley, and Fizz

PLOT: (Not revealing planned scenes or anything I want to keep a surprise)

Siren’s real name is “Siren”. Prince Diamond was the name he was given at age 6 when he was essentially kidnapped. (Might keep Garnet because that has Bahamut, and apparently Garnet is a masculine name as well... But I like the subtle coorelation to Sailor Moon, hmmmmm...)

[something-tofightfor]

HCs please!! Ryan + odd jobs / SC Billy + coffee / Ink Logan + snow / Caspian + swimming / John + “fixing” something / Sam + surprise

Oh, multiples... here we go. 

Ryan’s lifestyle before meeting you requires him to work a ton of odd jobs. He doesn’t often stay in places for long, but when he chooses to, he tries to find something that he’s never done before to give him life experience - there are diners everywhere, places for him to work as a short order cook or a dishwasher ... but what he really likes is learning new things. We know about the boat in Alaska, but what about the road crew in Texas? 

Ryan spent a spring and a summer one year when he was about 22-23 in Texas, working for TxDOT, and while it was one of the hottest periods of time he’s ever spent anywhere, it was well worth it. Why? He worked for Austin County, and got to attend South By Southwest while he was there - as an artist. He didn’t care about all the corporate bullshit, but instead spent the days that the festival ran making his way between musical performances and talking to the artists and other people that were just there to watch. 

But the best part? He and Cowboy and Ginny played the festival, the two of them coming in from another part of Texas for a few days - to check on Ryan, and to play. Sure, it was a tiny stage tucked behind a couple trees by the river, but they had a crowd of about 20 people for their whole set - and it’s how he met Georgie. Even though they went their separate ways after the event ended; Ryan getting back to work, and Georgie heading out on a train, it was the beginning of one of the best friendships that Ryan has. 

Steel City Billy and coffee. Hmm. Billy got used to drinking shitty coffee in the desert when he was overseas, so one of his indulgences is, in fact, coffee. He prefers to drink it black most of the time, with half a teaspoon of sugar. He likes strong coffee - the stronger the better - and hadn’t ever touched a cup of decaf in his life. Before his workouts, Billy drinks straight black coffee - a small cup - just to kickstart his metabolism.... not that he really needs it, because he’s always in great shape, but the energy helps. One of Billy’s favorite coffee memories was after spending a night at the Castle house, he got up before anyone else and made a pot. When Frank poured himself a cup, he couldn’t even drink it, and accused Billy of making it too strong. 

Ink Logan and snow ... he doesn’t see a lot of snow living in California, BUT as an escape after your trial’s over, and once you’re feeling 100%, instead of asking to go to the beach (which you do, still) ... Logan whisks you off to his place in Aspen for a week in the middle of winter. There’s no interruptions - no phone calls, no Delos business, no reason to worry, and it’s time where the two of you can relax, unwind, and finally talk through everything that’s happened and been said since the William Fiasco. He didn’t tell you he had a place in the mountains, so when you got there, it was a surprise to you ... and after seeing the look on your face, Logan was happy that he’d kept it a secret. The mornings that you spent walking through the woods on his property, evergreen trees surrounding you and the snow beneath your feet are some of his favorites from the entire time he’s known you. 

Caspian swims... like a lot. And he’s a really strong swimmer, having learned in the ocean nearby the castle. He understands currents, understands the tides, and knows how to keep himself and anyone else he’s in the water with safe. In fact, people think that Caspian likes being on the ship more than he does on land, and that’s only partially true - Caspian likes being in the water more than just about anything else. His crew is used to him springing from the deck and into the sea unannounced, and though the first few times it happened, they worried, they don’t anymore, because to them, it’s just Caspian being Caspian, and not the King of Narnia being reckless. 

He taught you how to swim in deep water - patiently, helping you learn to trust the currents and your body, and though it’s somewhat improper for Narnia’s queen to put on a pair of breeches and one of her husband’s loose shirts, again, it’s one of the things that the crew turns a blind eye to... because it keeps both of you happy. 

John, bless his heart, has the right idea, but often gets way ahead of himself. For example, growing up, he and Hilda used to play inside the house, which drove Veronica MAD. It wasn’t because the kids were having a good time, it was because John didn’t realize his own strength or speed or level of clumsiness, and lots of things ended up broken. 

Like the table leg, which he used flour and water to “glue” back together, and then propped up with a stack of heavy books.  Or the dishes that he and Hilda used to create towers on the kitchen table, and then ended up breaking when John’s knee knocked into it as he got up to get more. Those pieces, they didn’t even try to fix, instead they tried to hide them in the back of the large fireplace, beneath the ashes. 

Or, how about your bedframe, which John broke after jumping into it with you one too many times ... and then broke again after repairing it himself instead of asking for help (at your request, because you didn’t want him to have to approach anyone with such a scandalous case of a broken furniture item) 

Sam Adams actually likes surprises, especially when they’re meant for you Even though things have calmed down slightly in the wake of the signing of the Declaration and the following events, he’s still very busy,  meaning that he has about a million and a half things on his mind at once. But he doesn’t ever hesitate to bring home a small bouquet of flowers after long days of meetings, or to stop at the bakery and bring you home a treat if he passes it. He also tries to bring you a small gift - glass bottles, new buttons and thread, candles - every time he’s away ... as if seeing his face walk through your front door isn’t enough of a welcome surprise. 

[kayliewrites]

Writing Inspiration

Hi all, 

I thought I’d pop on and do a little something to help pep others up. Here are some of my tried and true methods of inspiring myself to write, separated into categories: 

BOOKS - Read about the craft of writing... or pick up a book in your genre (or an entirely new one!)

On Writing by: Stephen King

Writer to Writer and Writing Magic by: Gail Carson Levine*

No Plot, No Problem by: Chris Baty

The Harry Potter series - J. K. Rowling

The Hobbit + Lord of the Rings series - J. R. R. Tolkien

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

The Shades of Magic series - V. E. Schwab

Poetry (Emily Dickinson, Rainer Maria Rilke, Shel Silverstein, and e.e. cummings are my favorites)

Brain Storm by: Don Hahn

Reading Like a Writer by: Francine Prose

The Writer’s Journey by: Christopher Vogler*

Writing Down the Bones by: Natalie Goldberg*

The Art of Fiction by: John Gardner*

Steering the Craft by: Ursula K. Le Guin*

The Plot Thickens by: Noah Lukeman*

MOVIES - Watch a movie that sparks your creativity, or at least makes you happy to be a writer!

Howl’s Moving Castle (based on a book)

Spirited Away

The Little Princess (based on a book)

The Secret Garden (based on a book)

Secondhand Lions

Midnight in Paris

Dan in Real Life

Stuck in Love

ARTISTRY - Pick up a new hobby or research something new!

Knitting - you can make your friends/family/self nice things, and helps you check your tension in your hands/wrists!

Drawing - being able to draw your characters how you see them (and not based on a faceclaim) is super helpful! 

Paleontology - dinosaurs are cool! No stories with dinosaurs? Maybe think about it after doing some research. Or human-dinosaur hybrids?

Space - space is INSANE. After even an hour of a wikipedia research, you’ll get sucked in forever. 

Plants - try Wicked Plants by Amy Stewart*, The Book of Herbal Wisdom by Matthew Wood*, or Botany in a Day by Thomas J. Elpel*; helpful if your characters don’t have access to modern medicine! 

Baking - not only will let you create something edible (YUM!) but you get to take out your frustration on kneading/stirring/whisking for a bit. Baking is all about precision, while cooking is more loosey-goosey. Any characters you can think of that are the same way? 

Psychology - self explanatory; You are a human and your characters are supposed to be human-like (unless they’re dogs or aliens or cryptids or something cool), so psychology can only help in all of these instances. Read into gender, school systems, honesty, willpower, etc. 

Anatomy - self explanatory; Characters get stabbed, shot, punched, etc. all the time... a little research on anatomy and physiology will go a long way in knowing which arteries are where, why bruises change color, what happens if you get punched in the face, etc. 

MISCELLANY

Avatar the Last Airbender (watch it at least once if you never have)

Adventure Time (silly and heartwarming and weird)

Make playlists for your different wips! It’s distracting and relaxing! I use spotify!

Rewrite a scene from one of your favorite books. In your ideal world, what would happen instead? 

Fill out character sheets! I can send you some if you need ideas! 

Try out a website like WorldAnvil and get your story up there! 

Write a fan-fiction! Pick one of your favorite stories/movies/shows and make your own character. What happens when you plop them in your favorite chapter/episode/scene? 

Watch a video/listen to a podcast about writing! My dad got me into Brandon Sanderson’s youtube videos about writing, and I’ve been watching one during my “lunch break” every day. 

Try comics! (Webtoon is an excellent app for reading them on your phone/on-the-go! I’d recommend Heartstopper, Let’s Play, Purple Hyacinth, SubZero, Lore Olympus, Castle Swimmer, Miss Abbott and the Doctor, Drawn to You by Hat-Chan, Third Shift Society, Blood Ink, Hooky, Muted, The Devil is a Handsome Man, Ava’s Demon, and tons more!)

Most of all, don’t feel pressure to publish anything. Don’t feel like you have to be productive right now. Keep your head above water and try to make time to write every day, even if it’s just a sentence or two. Hope these help! 

-Kaylie-

(Books with asterisks are on my TBR (to be read) pile/list, but I haven’t read them yet, or have only read bits of them!)

[goddamnitkastle]

Far From The Shallow Now

Happy #KastleChristmas!

My gift is for @kastlequill, who gave me free reign to do pretty much whatever I wanted (just had to be sfw) so that was deeply appreciated, thank you. So yeah it ended up becoming my long awaited return to writing fic for this ship! Yay!

I am really proud that I was able to make this happen cause life currently sucks for me at the moment and having any motivation/will to live is so fucking hard for me right now! Nevertheless deadlines are great! And so is this fandom!

So this was inspired by 2018′s A Star Is Born, particularly the scene in which Jackson (Bradley Cooper) whisks Ally (Lady Gaga) away from a cop bar after she punches a guy in the face (it was awesome) who was being a dick to Jackson. From there, he takes her to a CVS/Duane Reade/Walgreens/whatever to get frozen peas for her hand and they bond/begin to fall in love in the parking lot.

My immediate thought after seeing this was that I needed to write a Kastle version of it and now here we are. It is not the scene verbatim or an AU but rather a twist on it done in canon-ish (it’s suppose to take place post DDS3), true to Kastle fashion. 

Alright I think I blabbed for long enough.

Enjoy!

She doesn’t remember leaving the bar. She doesn’t remember Frank’s hand on the small of her back as they quickly got into his van. She doesn’t even remember her fist connecting to the asshole’s jaw when he tried to strong arm her.

But then it hits her. Frank is pulling into a parking lot when Karen’s hand flares up in pain. She looks down, her knuckles bright red and fingers swollen.

“Come on, Rocky.”

“Jesus Christ.”

The pain is angry and seething as they walk into the Duane Reade.

“Frank this is ridiculous, I have a first aid kit at home.”

“Doesn’t matter. If we don’t get the swelling down now you could fuck up your hand pretty bad.”

“Look I’m...”

The pain shoots through her arm and Karen lets out a pained ah.

“You were saying?”

Karen closes her mouth as they approach the freezer section. He grabs a bag of peas and turns to her.

“This is gonna sting.”

He gently places the bag on her hand. It does sting but the relief is worth it. He lifts it away, his eyes honed in on her fingers.

“Okay put your hands side by side for me, yeah?” He instructs as he reaches for her other hand. His fingertips are calloused but gentle, almost featherlight against her wrist bones. Karen bites her lip to suppress the gasp that formed at his touch.

“Now move your good hand.”

She does and her knuckles crack.

“Been typing all day huh?”

“Yeah. There’s been a lot of paperwork for our new office space.” Karen chuckles.

“I know you were telling me before that piece of shit... don’t matter, now try with the other...”

And no surprise Karen barely can.

“Okay yeah keep the peas on it. Don’t want you to lose your way with words. I’ll go get some gauze.”

She smiles as he stomps down the aisle, intent on finding the gauze when he looks over at the potato chip selection. He grabs a bag of Cheetos without hesitation.

“Cheetos?”

“What? You were saying back at the bar how you haven’t eaten all day.”

She shakes her head and follows him.

The cashier barely registers their slightly haphazard appearances. Her holding a bag of of peas on her hand and him with his wild, outgrown hair and beard.

(He’s been saying for weeks now how he needs to get a cut. Karen has been secretly hoping he’ll never get around to it.)

They check out and head back to the van. He opens the sliding door for her and motions for her to sit. He tosses the Cheetos in the front seat and starts taking the gauze out of the packaging. A few moments of silence pass as Frank wraps her hand.

“There that should do it.”

Karen’s bandaged hand falls into her lap as Frank takes a seat beside her.

“Thank you.”

“Of course.”

The streets are abnormally quiet, with the occasional car and passerby. Only then does Karen realize how late it is.

“How long?”

She knew it wouldn’t be long before he asked.

“How long what?”

“That been going on for? Assholes getting in your face.”

“Um, pretty much from the start, when I was at the Bulletin. It was never that bad until Fisk got out of jail but I guess he still...”

“Has it out for you.” Frank finishes as he scratches his beard.

“Yeah.”

“And this was cause you got in his face? Right? You said, uh...”

“Yeah it was while you were gone. I was trying to get him to attack me but it backfired. It was reckless and stupid and...”

“It was. You scared the shit out of me when you told me.”

“Frank I don’t...”

“Why would you do that? Just throw yourself into the line of fire like that?”

“I don’t want to talk about it. Okay? He’s gone... for now. And you’re here.”

She knows he wants to press on but he restrains himself. For now anyway.

“That was a decent punch by the way.”

She turns her head to him, eyebrows raised.

“Yeah, clearly.” She emphasizes with her injured hand.

“Hey you got him that’s what counts.”

They’re both laughing. It doesn’t last long though and it’s quiet again.

“Why didn’t you call Karen? When that was all going down?”

“Frank...”

“I would’ve came. You know that, right?”

“Of course I know that. Look you said you needed to get away and I didn’t want to ruin that.”

“You wouldn’t have ruined...”

“Frank Castle needs a chance to live. Not the Punisher.”

Frank scoffs and gets up.

“Frank Castle won’t survive if people he cares about get needlessly killed.”

“I know but it wasn’t your fight.”

He turns to her, visibly upset.

“The hell it is. I told you about what went down between me and Fisk when I was in Rikers. I have just as much stake in this as you and Nelson and Murdock...”

He draws out the Murdock and Karen has to fight the urge to roll her eyes.

“Frank I told you I didn’t want to talk about this...”

“Too fucking bad we are.”

His cutoff startles her and he knows it did. He raises his hand but retreats it immediately. He takes a breath, mutters a string of words; unintelligible and soft. Karen cradles her hand, the peas have gone lukewarm. A car horn blares in the distance, breaking the awkward pause.

“Karen I... I promised you that I was never gonna let anything happen to you...”

“You’re not always gonna be there Frank...”

“Maybe I want to be.”

He clenches his jaw and Karen knows she looks dumbstruck to him.

“Look when I left... it wasn’t cause of Russo or Rawlins or all that shit. I left... cause I’ve been scared.”

“Of what?”

“Of me. Of this, us. There’s something here Karen. And don’t go saying that there ain’t something cause I’m not gonna fucking hear it okay? You spoke of an after and I didn’t want to hear it then but...”

He’s close now, her knees slightly brushing against his. He looks down, half in shadow and half illuminated by harsh fluorescents.

“But?”

“Let’s just go into this together? Dive in, yeah? I’m not good with words but you were there... you believed in me when no one else did. I want to be the same for you.”

He gets on his knees, his hands gripping the floor of the van.

“Frank, I’m afraid that whatever we do beyond... this... I ruin things. I try and I try but I just...”

“Hey. Hey.” He places his hands on top in her thighs.

“I’m not going anywhere.”

She feels it again. The pull she felt when they were in the elevator. She couldn’t control herself then and she concludes right then and there that she never could with him.

Their foreheads meet and it’s the closest feeling to home that Karen has had in a long time.

“I was never one for the shallow end of the pool. I always went for the deep end.”

“You’re a swimmer?”

“Not competitively. Just during the summers at my grandparents’ house in upstate New York.”

He smiles and she smiles and there’s this click, like the universe has finally snapped itself back into its proper place.

“Can I tell you a secret?” He asks after a while. They’re still sitting in the van. He’s been running his fingers down her open palm, cradling the makeshift ice pack he made for her in his lap.

“Yeah?”

“I think we’re gonna be fine. But I’m warning you now, I’m not the best at keeping secrets.”

Before he can spill another one she silences him with a kiss.

[pipandjec-blog]

The Holiday

Last week we went on holiday. It was really quite pleasant to get away from the humdrum of everyday life and have mum and dad's full attention for the week; although we got off to a shaky start on the first day. Mum and dad were running around the house like headless chickens trying to pack all of our things into the car. I tried to help by stacking all my toys by the front door but was told I could only take one small box of toys. What with all Jecca's paraphernalia there wasn't even room in the car for dad's bodyboard, although I'm baffled as to why he thought I was going to allow him time to use it anyway.

When we finally set off on the road we hadn't got very far when dad stopped the car and looked quite distressed. He got out and starting taking things out of the roof box. I noticed there was blue sticky stuff oozing out of it and dad was trying to mop it up with anything he could find, including mum's towel. It was raining and he was getting quite wet. This was all a bit stressful so I decided to join Jecca in the land of nod and hope that when I opened my eyes we'd be at our holiday.

Sadly not.  I woke up to the sound of Jecca screaming and looked out of the car window to see we were in a traffic jam. I was not happy and started demanding some of mum's drink, which looked tasty. Unfortunately, when I tried to drink from her special grown up bottle, it spilt all over me. Mum and dad said they couldn't change my clothes because it was dangerous to get out of the car in the middle of a traffic jam. So, I spent the rest of the journey in soaking wet clothes. I really needed a holiday after all this stress.

Finally, we reached our holiday. Our new house was very small and had a distinct lack of toys. As we had a good look around I clung to dad and answered "no" every time he asked if I liked it, I think the message sunk in eventually. My new bedroom had two beds in it, one for me and one for daddy. Mum and Jecca took the room with the big bed. Rude.

That evening mum and dad took me out for some chips. While we waited for them to be cooked we sat and watched a giant fox prance around on a stage. Mum asked if I'd like to go up with the other children and meet him and I clung to her for dear life. Crazy woman. When they started playing a game called 'What's the time Mr Wolf' I agreed to join in, but only if mum held my hand. I don't know why nobody else's mum or dad wanted to join in. Dad had to hold Jecca who was screaming. I think she wanted to play but she's too little.

To be honest, after this rather underwhelming start to the holiday, things could only get better. The next day we discovered there was a swimming pool in the big building where the fox and the chips lived. This was great fun. Even Jecca liked it, as long as mum was always holding her. Sometimes mum would try and trick Jecca by secretly passing her to dad and then swimming underwater to get away. She had to come up for air eventually though and inevitably Jecca would spot her and scream until she was in mum's arms again.

We sampled many beaches during our holiday. Beaches are basically giant sand pits with lots of paddling pools and an absolutely massive swimming pool called the sea. I found lots of jellyfish in the sand at one of them and I enjoyed making dad pick them all up with my spade and put them back in the sea. Another of the beaches we went to had a giant play park next to it and dad went on the bouncy castles with me. We went down the bouncy slide together and he got a giant wedgie. Mum managed to catch this special moment on camera and laughed so much her eyes leaked.

Each day when we got back from the beach we would go in the swimming pool. On one of the days we were the only people in there. This man called a lifeguard kept bringing out different toys for me to try. He even brought out a scary toy for dad to play with that propelled him underwater at great speed. The lifeguard asked if I'd like to try it and I gave him a look of utter contempt, silly man.

On our last day, as we drove to yet another beach, mum and dad told me it was their wedding anniversary. They tried to explain but I still didn't get what they were going on about. Something about a lighthouse. Anyway, the beach we went to was cool. It had some smelly caves and lots of rocks. Dad pointed out lots of different things on the rocks including sea enemies which he said you could squeeze and they squirt water. Mum was a spoilsport though and wouldn't let him demonstrate this.

As we paddled in the rock pools mum suddenly looked at her watch and announced it was time. Time for an ice cream? Sadly not. Time for mum and dad to stand in the sea and read words off a piece of paper to each other. This was totally boring and I made my feelings known by pulling at dad's arm whilst he tried to read his silly words. Something about making sure mum always has chocolate. Jecca wasn't happy either and demonstrated this by screaming so loudly that I don't think dad could hear whatever mum was reading. That'll teach them to try and have ten minutes doing something they want to do.

After some lunch at a beach cafe, which was quite pleasant, we went back to our holiday house and went swimming again. Once we got into the pool I decided to inform mum and dad that Mr Poo was trying to get out of my bottom. The panic on their faces was quite something. Dad immediately whisked me out and took me into a little room with a toilet.  I screamed at the top of my lungs and refused to let him take my swimming costume off. The only way to get out of this predicament was to tell him that Mr Poo had decided he didn't want to come out anymore.

I was taken back into the pool but it was no good. Mr Poo did want to come out and there was no denying it. Once we were back in the pool I loudly announced Mr Poo's impeding arrival. Dad quickly removed me from the water while mum glanced nervously at the lifeguard and our fellow swimmers. This time dad decided to take me back to the holiday house. He removed my swimming costume and, despite my protests that Mr Poo had decided to climb back into my bottom, sat me on my potty.

Dad made me stay on the potty by tempting me with various sweet treats until Mr Poo made his escape. I was rewarded with a couple of smarties and then taken back to the pool where mum was waiting with baited breath to hear what had happened. "I did a poo!" I announced loudly and proudly, making sure everyone in the vicinity could hear. Once back in the water, mum quietly quizzed dad about the size and shape of Mr Poo. Dad started to describe in detail how he'd coaxed it out of me. I got bored and began to dunk him underwater every time he tried to speak.

So that was our final swim and the next day we left our holiday house for good. I was sad to leave the new best friends I'd made there: A heater and two Buddha cushions. We said our fond farewells while dad packed up the car. We left that place with pretty much the same amount of junk as we'd taken. However, we did have just enough room to take home my collection of shells and stones, a cuttlefish, half a tonne of sand and, of course, some very fond memories.

[acrownofblueroses]

Klance Fic Recs- AU Settings Pt II

FANTASY

Mermaids/Sirens Watercast (WIP) by fishwrites Shiro has been a Galra prisoner for over a year; with his flight feathers clipped and unable to fly. Desperate to escape, he jumps overboard while being transported to the capitol on a Galran ship. Lance is a merman who saves him from drowning. Keith thinks Shiro is about to become mermaid dinner. Hunk just wants Lance to stop going to the surface all the time, dammit!

(AU where Avians (winged folk), Galra, humans and merfolk cohabit earth. Shiro and Keith are avian soldiers, Lance is the youngest son of a Queen, Hunk is also a merman and Pidge is still looking for her family.)

Pass Like the Weather by crxzy “What’s it like?” “What’s what like?” “You know, being a mermaid and all.” “It’s very wet.”

AKA- that vaguely sad, slightly angsty, mainly just cute and kinda strange mermaid AU that nobody asked for but me.

Moonset Deep (WIP) by MilkTeaMiku All his life he’d been told to make sure he was never seen – it was what all the children were taught from the moment they were born. Never let a human see you, never fall in love with a human, and most importantly, never kiss one.

For Lance, humans were a mystery. He'd lived beneath the surface of the ocean with his shoal his entire life, and had intended to remain there. He knew the danger humans posed to his kind, and what would happen if he came close to one. That's why, when he found one drowning, his first instinct was to save him.

He'd never been good at following the rules anyway.

To Resist the Siren’s Call (WIP) by leolovesnico Ever since the death of his mother, Lance McClain can't bring himself to love the sea as his father does- who knows what could lurk beneath the surface? With the threat of a war looming over his head, Lance needs to face his face in order to save their country from the Galra. (Fantasy au, mermaid au, voltron secret santa gift 2016)

the sea pronounces something by legendarydesvender “You’re the best we have.”

“Shiro was the best and we all know what happened to him.”

“That’s the thing, Kogane — we don’t know what happened to him, or the Holts, or anyone else who went in there and never returned. There is a good chance you won’t make it back either. But if you don’t give a damn about that, the mission details are in here.”

Keith shrugs. “Well, I’ve got nothing left to lose.”

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AU where Keith is a sailor and Lance is the siren trying to drown him.

See You Tomorrow by Craptastic He stands frozen as a creature of magnificent beauty swims up to him with a smirk on his lips. The dwindling sunlight catches the creature's iridescent tail causing the colors to alter between shades of blue and green. The creature is a thing of fairy tales with half a body of a human and the other of a fish. The beauty that lays before him was from fairy tales, nothing in reality could be as beautiful.

It has to be a dream.

breathless by zxrysky "You shouldn't go out to the sea at night," their grandmother says. She's in a rocking chair, old and creaky, her withered body settled with a shawl around her shoulders, wrinkled fingers gripping the edges of the arm rest. "Don't risk it."

"Risk what?" Shiro asks, eyes wide. He's fourteen, just a young boy, on the cusp of maturity, arms wrapped around his younger brother as they sit before their grandmother.

His grandmother pauses for a while. "There is danger in the sea."

Going Under by sun_stricken Lance takes a dangerous spill in the ocean and is saved by none other than a mermaid with weird hair.

Or: a mermaid keith au, with not even gratuitous amounts of surfing sorry my bad

Seafoam Castles (WIP) by milkdromedas Lance has what one may be able to call a near-death, close-encounter experience with a mer...person.

No, really.

Elemental Powers (a la Avatar Last Airbender ish) Foundations by needchocolatenow When Keith met Lance, it was over a briny sea.

Soulmates I Will Follow by jamwrites Keith and Lance are bound by their soulmate tattoos, bound to meet again and again with each new new life. When lives hang in the balance, that bond will be sorely tested.

An explosion of golden pleasure and joy and love for Keith rushed through Lance’s body like a tidal wave, every bit as strong as when the flower had first bloomed. His legs suddenly were gooey; it was everything he could do not to crumple to the floor.

“Okay, okay,” Lance said, panting a little. “Sorry.”

But he was smiling while he said it, because now he wanted nothing more than to be close to Keith, and he could tell Keith wanted the same.

You don’t have to say “I love you”, to say I love you by haarucchii soul mate noun noun: soulmate a person ideally suited to another as a close friend or romantic partner.-In which Lance's soulmate, isn't really his.

A Shove Towards Love by General_Button A simple rescue mission turns into chaos when the species on the planet Novaria take an interest in the lives of two of its paladins.

In It To Win It by Lucy_Claire One of two things was happening right now, either Lance was having a heart attack on of the biggest day of his life, or he had just laid eyes on his Soulmate. _______

Competitive swimmer Lance McClain feels his Timer counting down right when he’s about to jump in the water and finish up his race. He’s faced with two choices in this moment: Continue the race and miss meeting his Soulmate at their fateful time or abandon his life’s work for someone he never met.Lance makes his choice and has to suffer the consequence of never getting back what he missed out on. Or does he?

Love and Other Questions (WIP) by squirenonny One week after news of the Kerberos disaster broke, Pidge receives a new Mark--proof that Matt is still alive. She breaks into the Garrison to find him, only to find herself caught up in the fight for the fate of the universe.Keith keeps his arms covered so he doesn't have to watch Shiro's scars compounding on his skin--but doing so means cutting off contact with his romantic soulmate, who greets him each morning with a new (and terrible) pickup line.

Shiro and Matt thought they were the luckiest people alive when they found out they were going to Kerberos together. But Shiro hasn't seen Matt's untidy scrawl on his arm in almost a year, and he has no idea if his soulmate is even still alive.

[Canonverse Soulmate AU with romantic and platonic soulmates (and some gray areas in between)]

daytime star by draconicwyvern Keith's neighbor across the balcony is annoying. And not just annoying — Lance is get-on-your-nerves, make-you-want-to-punch-a-wall annoying. So when Lance announces he's moving to Colorado, Keith finally feels as if the world is back to being just him and the night stars.

But things don't go as planned: the paper airplanes, the scent of coffee at 1:00 a.m., the words inscribed on Keith's neck, and the slow curl of a blue flame echoing in his chest. And maybe, just maybe —

— stars do exist in the day.

in between suns by drowninships Lance thinks he would always remember Keith like this; he would always remember the glow of his eyes, the fall of his hair, and the rhythm of his laugh, the callouses of his hands.

When he sleeps, it's all he sees. In his dreams, he would never forget.It's just that — every time he wakes, he doesn't remember a thing.

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What do you do when you meet your soulmate in your dreams but can't remember anything when you wake up? What happens when you meet them and suddenly, the dreams stop?

(Soulmate AU!!!!!)

Fragmented by darkgaaraluver In a world of soulmates, Lance drew the short straw. The indelible marks forever marked him inferior to his soulmate, and the people around him, what made it even worse were the first words that pass Keith's lips...

The Marks We Make (WIP) by wittyy_name Lance McClain constantly dreams of the day he’ll finally meet his mysterious soulmate. They don’t say much, if anything at all, but they leave him with gorgeous paintings temporarily tattooing his skin. It’s not exactly the situation he hoped for, but when he feels the connection between them, he can’t bring himself to resent them. As much as he wishes his soulmate would just talk to him, he’s resigned himself to being patient. In the meantime, he has a loving family and good friends to help him get by.

Keith Kogane dreads the day he’ll finally meet his obnoxious soulmate. He’s just an art student who’s struggling to find his place in the world. There’s so much he hasn’t been able to control in his life, and the thought of having a soulmate, just another thing in his life which he also has no control over yet can’t do anything about, is a little terrifying. So he ignores the words that occasionally appear on his skin. He has other things to focus on: like being a new student at a big university where his childhood friend and step-brother go.

Witches Forget Me Not (WIP) by TheHomestuckWhovian There Keith was, surrounded by all his friends, a picture of total contentment. At least, he would be, if something weren't missing.

Keith agrees to test a spell for his brother's best friend and discovers a vaguely familiar boy who no one can remember. What follows is a series of magical shenanigans that will either be tragic or entertaining as hell.

The Quilted Lion (WIP) by geewillikers Keith is stuck in New York City barely making ends meet so he and Pidge can live in a decent part of the city close to her university. They scrape by on the illegal winnings Keith makes in street boxing matches, but his manager, Shiro, decides that it's time Keith gets a side job. He's whisked into The Quilted Lion café owned by the woman Shiro's been fawning over for over a year, only to find that he has more to worry about than his lack of magic and cooking skills-

-There's a waiter at The Quilted Lion who is entirely Keith's cup of tea.

Magic Me Some Love by KaSaPe When Shiro's arm gets cut off while he is trying to protect Keith, Keith doesn't see any way to save his life but to break into the Galra's castle and steal some of their magical medicine. But nothing goes as planned and when he exits the castle empty handed he is cursed to look like a Galra until he accepts his halfbreed status. He is convinced that he has condemned Shiro to death - and then he learns of a magician that might be able to help just in time.

Meanwhile Lance didn't expect a Galra to turn up at his door, demanding him to save his half dead (human?!) friend. And he certainly didn't expect to fall in love with him either.

throw fairy dust at me by zxrysky "Are you going to do the telepathic thing?" Lance asks, standing up and dusting stray hairs off his shirt. "Where you get into my mind which, cough, is my private space?"Blue opens an eye. "Yes."

Okay, Lance isn't going to argue with that. If he were a lazy cat, he'd probably do the same. But for now, he's going to go check out some clubs, make some friends, maybe hang out with some cute girls, and Lance is a Man with A Plan.He's going to enjoy himself.

-=-

Lance is enrolled into Altean Castle. It's filled with magic.

throwing shadows by ilgaksu “Dude,” Lance says, “It’s not my fault he does this!”

“Dude,” Hunk says, and leaves it at that.

What a Cat-Astrophy by annoyedraccoon In an unlucky turn of events, Keith gets cursed and transformed into a cat. To make his life even more miserable, one college kid finds him and decides to adopt him. And worst of all, that kid was Lance.

We’ll Stir the Stars (WIP) by Latios Lance is somewhat of a talent in a family full of sea witches; His usual days consist of practicing his element, flirting with mermaids, and helping his mother brew potions for the local myths around the island. Finding an injured and stubborn dragon named Keith isn't part of that routine, but definitely changes it—and sends him traveling across the sea to recover the dragon's one and only family who was captured by hunters.

Lance only hopes they won't bite each other's heads' off before they even get there.

Dragons He Who Fights Monsters by magisterpavus In a world where monstrous dragons terrorize humanity daily, the Garrison trains valiant Knights to slay the evil beasts and defend Earth. But when Knight cadet Lance Espinosa is kidnapped by a strange red dragon who kills its own kind, certain truths are revealed...and so are the true monsters.

Incubi Sure sounded good at the time by GemmaRose Keith believes in a lot of things, cryptids and aliens and conspiracy theories among them. What he does not believe in, however, are ghosts and curses and demons. Those are as fake as fairy tales. Except for the part where they're really, really not.

Crossposted from the Voltron kink meme.

Vampires one more off key anthem (let your teeth sink in) by maryams Keith sucks at being a vampire and Lance is going to hell. Nothing strange here.

or, supernatural boyfriends go shopping and are confounded by The Gayness™.

Ghosts The Quiet (WIP) by MilkTeaMiku Does he not realise he's dead?

Keith can see ghosts. As a part of his Garrison training, he's sent to a hospital to do one year of medical clerkship - it's there that he meets a charmingly irritating ghost who definitely needs to learn what boundaries are.

your favorite ghosts and planets by xShieru In hindsight, an asthma attack in the middle of the day wasn’t such a terrible way to give up the ghost.

Except this isn't how he imagined afterlife.

An AU about being dead.

[majosullivan]

It was fun seeing the Castle Colonies again, and I have to admit, I’m surprised that neither Jengu, Whisk or Tunny (…Tunny specifically) said anything about Kappa to the Narwhal twins considering they’re….well…them. Although on the other hand, I’m sure all three of them knew that if anyone said anything about Kappa, they would quickly find out if a look could actually kill from Nee, Krilli, Pim and/or Pagoon

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[majosullivan]

I’ll probably make full posts for these characters later down the line, but I thought it would be fun to do mixed characters text posts for once

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[ruvelli]

Again, forgot to mention I had a FFVIII one, too xD

So, I gave people "roles"... but in truth for the most part the cast is technically "original", as in I assigned Siren to Squall but he isn't technically in Squall's position.

Does that make sense?

Like, for instance, I made Susca Headmaster Cid and Shoal Edea and kept Siren as their son.

Siren also doesn't have the "I'm a loner who learns to make friends and trust others" conundrum.

Kappa is also technically Ellone, but obviously won't be Siren's cousin. (Whether I go angst and say they were childhood sweethearts until Kappa was forced to leave and keep in the GF memory swipe thing, or go some other route where I also make him "Rinoa"... not sure yet).

Anyway, here's a vague idea of the list--and with the above given, keep in mind things will be different than the game:

(Also, I kind of want to make Dr. Odine Herm... but Odine was a sick weirdo. Why Laguna didn't have him imprisoned or something and now trusts him so much is a mystery.)

Ships are:

SuscaShoal

KappaSiren

GalooMono

Not Yet Used Castle Swimmer Characters:

Mucku, Mono, Neth

Skiff

Seko

Silver

Fean, Finley, and Fizz

Krilli and Nee

Tunny

Whisk

Galoo

Herm

Reesha and Roc

Seko

Tunny

Jengu

Whisk

Worm/Arp

Castle Swimmer FFVIII: (? = May not even use this person)

Headmaster Cid - Susca

Edea - Shoal

Squall - Siren

Zell - Pagoon

Xu - Pim

Quistis - Also Pim?

Ellone - Kappa

Rinoa - Might also be Kappa???

Dr. Kadowaki -

Irvine -

Selphie -

Seifer -

Laguna -

Kiros -

Ward -

Ultimecia - Labbu

Adel -

Fujin and Raijin -

Biggs and Wedge - ?

General Caraway -

Deling -

Julia - ?

Raine - ?

NORG - Ogo

Dr. Odine -

Nida -

I’m thinking about writing either a Castle Swimmer characters in the FFIX or FFX-2 world fic.

I’ve got IX more fleshed out in my head, but X-2 seems funner…

I’ll make a list of character to what character later.

[majosullivan]

We’re finally seeing and meeting the other rulers of the Castle Colonies!

Oh my god I love all their designs, every one of them is just overflowing with personality. Also I cannot thank Wendy enough for saying King Tunny’s design was based on Prince Charming from Sherk 2 cause I fucking knew he reminded me of someone but I couldn’t remember who and it would have driven me mad for the rest of the week 

[ruvelli]

Okay, here is the line-up I have so far for Final Fantasy IX... I may not be using all the FFIX characters (if I even write this fanfic).

Also forgot to mention last time I also had a FFVIII AU flying around in my head I like a bunch, too. LOL

Am I weird for this? Probably.

Also wanna mention that their (Siren and Kappa) mer forms do come into play with each AU. Siren's more than Kappa's in IX, and then Kappa's more than Siren's in X-2 Except maybe VIII... Haven't supposed how I might add the mer forms to VIII.

Also also, I have two versions for my IX idea, but this is the one that seems more workable.

If anyone is interested in seeing the other idea for a line-up and why (or if I get bored and feel like adding it) let me know and I probably will.

Ships:

MonoGaloo

KappaSiren

ShoalSusca

Not Yet Used Castle Swimmer Characters:

Skiff

Seko

Silver

Shoal

Fean, Finley, and Fizz

Krilli and Nee

Labbu

Ogo

Tunny

Whisk

Galoo

Castle Swimmer FFIX:

Zidane - Kappa; will not be a sexual harasser and will only flirt with Siren

Garnet - Siren; not a spoiled brat and realizes his limitations, though he hates it (is determined to improve so he can be useful to everyone). Real name he remembers from childhood is “Siren”, which is the name he switches to instead of Dagger. Need a fake Prince name.

Echo's Moogles - Susca and the Sharks (Shark people have something special about them :3)

Echo -

Amarant -

Freya -

ViVi -

Quina -

Steiner -

Beatrix -

King Cid -

Queen Hildegard -

Doc Tot - Herm

Ruby -

Fratley -

Puck -

Black Mages -

Mikoto -

The Genomes -

Characters not Replacing Others:

Pim and Pagoon - Meet Siren along the way, learns how to fight then

Worm/Arp - A pet Kappa carries in his bag

Villains:

Lani - Jengu

Evil Queen -

Zorn and Thorn - Reesha and Roc

Kuja -

Garland -

Black Waltz 1, 2, 3 -

Tantalus:

Baku - Mucku

Blank - Mono

Cinna -

Marcus - Neth

Nero Bros -

I’m thinking about writing either a Castle Swimmer characters in the FFIX or FFX-2 world fic.

I’ve got IX more fleshed out in my head, but X-2 seems funner…

I’ll make a list of character to what character later.