#cursed mer au

[gamerbearmira]

I have no ideas lmao

This is so random, I’ve been doing giftless grandkids and really wanna give attention to other random aus lmaoooo

Bro’s a cutie patootie

[ominouspuff]

Gift-piece for @ghosts-of-rishi for some ideas we were playing around with. Fives discovering Echo is alive but possibly even more cursed than they already were.

They say there’s no good that can come from making deals with the Piper, but what Jango’s after is hardly what most people’d call ‘good’.

(Featuring Cursed!Jango, who went looking for a son in the wrong places, made a deal with a sea-god, double-crossed said sea-god, and now has three million cursed children.)

“Flesh and blood, you said,” the sea-witch taunted, gloated, condemned. And they are, they are — Jango’s split up, every bit of him, flesh and blood he never even had, divided between every blessed child — but no amount of clever carving of meat can account for a soul, and that’s the real curse. It is not Jango, not Jango alone, who is caged within the unnatural ribs and skull and pounding veins. “Watch them grow, fool; nurture them.” The sea-witch sentenced, and Jango does, he does; silently screaming, unable to separate himself from a single one, unable to sleep even when they sleep, too split up in too many inhuman ways to speak or think beyond wishing it was over… but they know he’s there, and speak to him sometimes. He can hear them cursing, over three million souls better left dead at the bottom of the seas, plucked and borrowed and wiped clean with new flesh sewn together. Why didn’t you leave us be? One is sobbing because he knows he should be dead and they say that’s as good as being at peace, and he is neither of those things.

His children are his spitting image, but they have old, old eyes and no memories of how they came to be that way, and there are three million of them — and not a soul that ever knew Jango Fett before — before — before — can explain it. He watches them all try through six million eyes.

[sunnydbeam]

TW: BODY HORROR | DISTURBING

Remember this ugly Mer!Sun from that AU I always forget? Well... I keep forgetting, but I'm offering those I found in my gallery and never posted because I forgot.

《Cursed Lake AU》

[procyonv]

mareowind

[discordiansamba]

thinking about the potential of the canon Gaang meeting literally an AU Zuko is just. so fucking funny to me. unlimited potential. just imagine:

the Gaang meeting avatar Zuko. they don't even realize he's the Avatar at first, they're just distracted by the fact that his vibes are so different from the Zuko they know. this one gets really confused when Aang says he's the Avatar. he points at his canon counterpart and asks him how the fuck he's alive if that's the case. the Gaang puts it together and is just. what the fuck do you mean there's a universe where ZUKO is the avatar?

the Gaang meeting spirit bridge zuko and iroh and their whole. reverse uncle nephew deal. it's so weird. the feeling is mutual on both sides- especially since if you have the two Zukos stand next to each other, they're completely identical.

the Gaang doesn't know Shun is a different version of Zuko. but Shun does. Shun knows. what the fuck.

dragon cursed zuko's entire existence. the two of them just stare at each other for a long time. what the fuck. why do you look so normal.

(mer zuko and canon zuko also have a very similar interaction)

Gaang meet assassin Zuko. assassin Zuko, meet the Gaang. he could in fact, be so much more fucked up.

ikem's son Zuko still looks enough like Zuko that they can still recognize him as Zuko. canon Zuko is jealous of there being a reality where he's not Ozai's son. ikem's son Zuko will tell him yeah. that's not all it's cracked up to be actually. living in the palace fucked him up for years.

what do you mean there's a reality where Suki and Zuko are twins?

werewolf zuko and toph. they are so confused by their human counterparts. why are you two not wolves. what's wrong with you? canon toph doesn't know why she feels so insanely jealous right now.

if you put book one zuko and feral zuko in a room together they would probably try and kill each other.

[jimjamjimothy]

Mer au idea

Nightwing is captured by some sea fae, could be a mermaid or a water nymph, and is held in place by their giant octopus hench creature. They are enamoured by his good looks and witty charm and they want him as theirs. It doesn't matter that Nightwing is so obviously human, they must have them.

They try brokering a fae deal, "I can make your wildest dreams come true", but the vigilante is adamantly refusing, "I'd rather not sleep with the fishes, thank you," he knows not to do such a thing. Constantine has drilled it into the JL's heads to never ever ever make deals with those from underhill.

It takes one slip, a spasm in his face when he hears Red Hood arguing and cussing out at Batman and it is all it takes for the sea fae to sense a weakness, an opening. A sly grin, a gentle clawed hand tilting Nightwing's face slightly, eyes sharp and glinting.

"Don't you want those two to get along?"

"Of course I do," Nightwing agrees without delay, but it was a mistake. It's too late to take those words back and he pales underneath his mask.

They respond with a large smile with too much sharp teeth, the hand on his chin tightening to a painful degree. "Your wish is my honour to grant, Nightwing."

And they kiss him, a surge of ice rushes into him, coating his tongue and slipping down his throat, rushing into his lungs and choking him. It spreads further inwards, passing through his lungs and into his heart, filling every crevice and nook, settling heavily under his sternum and tingling all the way to his fingertips and down his spine.

"I will make it so, and in return, you will come to me, to be mine," they whispered, eyes bright like sparkling emeralds, their long serpent tail coiled tightly around him, cold fish scales scraping against his suit.

"I won't," Nightwing croaks, shaking his head.

"You will. The call of the deal will grow as time marches forward," they state, lips now brushing his ear, "I am patient. I am powerful. You will come to me."

Nightwing shivers in their grasp, the ice in his veins unpleasant. He feels his stomach drop. He can't, he can't, he can't.

He could hear them yelling at one another, attacking the other fishy hench creatures around. There was a loud explosion and several pops of a gun.

"We're having sushi tonight!"

"I prefer calamari, thank you."

"Shut up, RR!"

"My family-"

"Can do nothing to help you," they purred, nails digging in. "You may say your farewells, spend whatever time you can stand away from me with them. It will do nothing to stop the inevitable. You cannot escape."

He tries to argue again but the fae has had enough, their strong tail wrapped tightly around him, the tentacles of the giant octopus gone. All the cold, too cold, air escapes him, leaving him mute.

"I and the sea will call you and you will answer us. Your body will change, slowly, I give you this," they rumble, voice unhurried and uncaring of the growing chaos around them. "You get to properly say goodbye to your family and then..."

They kiss his throat, his cheek and then his forehead, as if he were something precious, something to be treasured. It leaves his stomach roiling.

"Nightwing! Get your hands off him, vile fiend!"

Robin-!

The fae laughs, long tail uncoiling, claws dragging across his suit. They hold him high up and Nightwing could do nothing but shiver in their grasp.

"You may have him, little child. Me and mine will take our leave."

He is thrown to the side and within moments, the fae and their underwater creatures were gone.

"Nightwing, are you alright?"

He shook. He was the farthest thing from alright.

[thatdoodlebug]

mer-dracula: catch of the day

[linuxealcipher]

What’s this? Our first sight of moon? Doesn’t look like he’s to friendly though…..

[marmaladedcroissant]

Me thinks I might be done now idrfugbirudbg

My neck hurts so badddddd

I post sneak peaks in the Discord server ;)

[gamerbearmira]

Mermaid AU, except that the entire Madrigal family used to be humans that got turned into mermaids due to some kind of family curse

VERY COOL I LOVE IT...maybe a lil too much. Went crazy with the drawings and ideas BUT YEAHHHHHHH. Uh before I start ranting. I seriously recommend listening to Hole Dwelling by Kikuo (the english version or just look up the english lyrics) because that song reminds me a lot of this au. Like. A lot. I WANNA GO TO THE KIKUO CONCERT IN MY CITY SO BAAAADDDD

Anyway, most of, if not all the mer aus on this blog are sorta just viewed as a plus to the magic but this would be pretty much the first (that I can think of) where it's an actual curse.

Anywayyyy uh, the candle magic came from Pedro's side, so maybe the family curse came from Alma's side?? Maybe the magic and the curse sorta clashed in a way.

Anyway that leads into my other idea, maybe after the first ceremonies the clash got too much and. Boom catastrophic stuff, idk. Maybe a sinkhole formed beneath Casita and after a few months, it finally collapses into the hole. And a storm fills it with water. Whether it's caused by Pepa or not, I'm not sure, but maybe not? Because I sorta like the idea of there being a perpetual cloud above it, and anytime the smallest amount of water is taken out, whether manually or by natural causes, I think it immediately rains to fill it back up.

If it happens early on, I think it's considered a myth by a lot, except for those old enough to remember Alma and the triplets at the time, and it's told to children mostly to scare them into staying away from the sinkhole and getting them to stay safe around water.

They like to tell the kids that if you look into the sinkhole (which seems infinite and VERY dark), you can see one of them. But you can never see their faces for some reason. Idk

UHHHHH. I like the idea of them not being entirely normal merfolk. Like the girls are all jellyfish merfolk, and the guys manta rays. That ides came later tho, that's why lil Antonio sort looks like a baby jellyfish (or Ponyo in a way), and then in the last one I was debating between the two. Leaning towards manta ray.

Reason why they have clothes is because some people genuinely believe that the Madrigals are down there and feel bad, so they sorta just. Throw clothes down there. And other miscellaneous. Sometimes something else will pop back up, almost as a thank you.

Uhh Antonio is very curious about the surface, but he's not allowed up there. Doesn't necessarily stop him. He usually harasses Camilo or Mirabel to go up there with him, usually only for a few minutes. I also had an idea where part of there curse is they can’t leave the water, even breaking the surface. Or at least, they can’t stay above surface for long. They can get pretty close though. Might scrap it idk

Mostly Antonio tbh 😭

I like this idea way too much tbh

[stabbyfoxandrew]

hmm so originally demon neil was gonna be a longfic, but then i decided it would be a series with a bunch of smaller fics making up the story

BUT i just realized if i do that i have to come up with 5 bazillion goddamn fic titles >:( evil world

[sunnydbeam]

So there's a chance of a fic about your mer!au?

Err... a whole fic? Like... a serious fic? I honestly don't think so, at least not yet. I've got enough to do with Gamma Code, which by the way, I need to update as soon as possible

The real problem here is that I'm a very slow writer. I also don't want you all to think that I've abandoned any of the fics because I'm taking too long to update

What I can do is write short stories about my mer!au from time to time and post them here and on ao3. Not a serious multi-chapter fic. I don't know, what do you think?

It should be noted that I have another mer!au which I called Cursed Lake (aka mechaMer). A rather disturbing mechanical mers horror AU in which I explore submechanophobia. This AU is several years old and I had been writing a fic about it that may come out at some point

[scribbling-dragon]

so many things to do. yet i am afflicted by the worst possible disease: fic thoughts

[discordiansamba]

the contrast between half-dragon zuko (still omnivorous) vs merman zuko (obligate carnivore) is so funny to me. local half-dragon balks at the idea of eating his food raw (and it would make him sick anyways) but merman zuko doesn't bat an eye at it. you can't cook things in the ocean. there's too much water in there.

[puppetmaster13u]

Oh yes. Mix dunkleosteus and oarfish and a bit of mackerel-esque patterning along with some plesiosaur vibes (and general WTF). Multiple flippers and too-long limbs and maybe neck. (also have bruce sketch)

Mermay Special Prompt 3

“Are you kidding? No one goes to Gotham, that place is like,” Aquaman made a motion with his hand, a not-quite grimace on his face. “Like things should not be living in the water, like it should be impossible, and things should be dead, but they aren’t and it’s like, like the equivalent of an undead apocalypse over there!” 

Bruce rolled his eyes behind his cowl, taking a sip of his coffee as the others continued drinking. Socialize, they said, it’ll be fine they said. Well excuse him, but the waters weren’t that bad. Sure there were always dumped bodies, and chemicals from the rogue attacks, but it was far worse at one point.

One thing he’ll always be relieved for is how the… curse (thank you broken statuette back in the beginning of his vigilante career that fused with the other many curses of Gotham) made the people of Gotham actually care about the waters around them. 

Though also, he couldn’t help but thank anything that might be listening for the fact that the curse only interacted with Gotham waters, because losing legs with any risk of a drop of water would be downright annoying. 

“No dude, you don’t understand, no one goes there for a reason! That shit is horrific- someone saw a big thing with bits of rebar stabbed straight through it and still chased after a big alligator-thing!” Oh. Oh that had been him. Oops. Hopefully his kids didn’t find out about this, but they were probably already on the cameras. Dammnit. 

[rottingghosty]

The Ghostling of Space | DC X DP

i’m working on the next part of the realms pr au trust me i am but i got this tiktok my fyp and suddenly i’m thinking of a NEW au for dc x dp. video is at the end i came up with this at 2am (like usual) so there will be errors

prompt: Danny’s the Ancient of Space, he spends most of his time floating around space because he’s on a vacation by his council to enjoy his life as a baby ghostling and a young prince since he’s still too young to rule so he has someone as a regent (not sure who yet). So he’s just going around, passing various planets and solar system. He’s essentially swimming around because he looks more like a mer than a human.

Danny should’ve realized that someone was going to notice him at some point, he didn’t realize it’d be a few years after Clockwork had spat him out in this universe. He’d been enjoying his time witnessing the birth of stars, of nebulas being born and the death of a solar system. The universe he was in made his core thrum with life, he’s gotten to feed it heavily that it puts his main obsession on the back burner. He skims his finger tips through the stardust of a star that had been born, molding and shaping it until it joins its brethren to form a constellation for the planet he was curled around.

The planet had no life yet but he knew that would change one day, he could feel its core yawning and turning. It’d get its push once Life had the opportunity to focus on it and breathe into the core. He was balance, his essence seeping into the planet’s core as he does his part of aiding the formation of a baby solar system. His body twists as he swims languidly through the vaccum as he does flips and turns. Moving through space with his newly formed tail felt like he was in the ocean, the movement so naturally and freeing.

It’d been when he finally drifted away from it and towards the Earth that was so similar to his back in his own universe he could never return that someone picked up his presence.

It’d been when he finally shrunk from his rather large size to something relatively smaller as he curled around a moon near Uranus. Away from any prying eyes as he allows himself to drift off into sleep.

It’d take someone to had been looking at one of Uranus’ moons to realize that something was curled around one, something large and green.

Captain Marvel could only stare in awe at the figure that curled around one of the moon’s of Uranus. The figure was beautiful, pale green skin that seemed to glow before dimming and brightening again. They seemed eel like if the way they seemed to move their body to curl around the moon of Titania. Where legs would have started, instead goes into an void of darkness, with a green glow that was a sickeningly shade of bright green that dimmed and brightened.

It was beautiful as it was eerie. The glow seemed to start from the hips and continued down its sides and tail, the fins flaring every time the creature seemed to breathe. A fin from at the top of the spine and continued down the entire back until it reached a stop before the end of its tail.

Captain Marvel knew that the other members in the Justice League were in awe just as he is, something about this being screamed otherworldly. It screamed magic and it made him very being thrum with energy he’s never felt before. He wanted to say something, to speak about what would be the best course of action to take to see if this being was a friendly or a hostile. Before he could even say a word, Constantine released a curse.

“Why is there a bloody baby ghost of the Infinite Realms here?”

TLDR: danny is very much a baby ghost prince living his life watching everything in space and making new things. he’s basically the equivalent of a baby god playing toys (planets and solar systems) and has no idea that he’s giving the JL and JLD a heart attack because oh my god that’s a baby ghost. but also OH MY GOD THAT’S THE BABY GHOST OF THE HIGH KING. still unsure who takes on the role for danny, pandora? cw? frostbite? a random oc? i know people use jazz as a regent but shes like a teen and deserves to live her life without having to deal with ghostly duties.

now danny’s got these people wanting to care for him cause he’s just out in the open in space and they don’t want the high king to get upset if their son is hurt.

(clockwork finds it very funny because if anything, they have to worry about upsetting anyone who danny deems as his)