#daemons au

[aston-axo]

"Bit the Hand That Fed You"

Illustration for me and @wi55iams' F1 dæmon AU.

A very large web-weave project under the 'read more' for context to a man and his fictional wolf.

And that's all, folks!

[laze-art]

the red-bellied black snake

Averaging around 1.25 m (4 ft 1 in) in length, it has glossy black upperparts, bright red or orange flanks, and a pink or dull red belly. It is not aggressive and generally retreats from human encounters, but can attack if provoked. - inaturalist.org

[steddieunderdogfics]

For Challenge Monday-Colors in the Title, I have these in my bookmarks so I thought I'd share:

Rainbow in the Dark by etlagiapet:

https://archiveofourown.org/works/40619730

my heart's been borrowed and yours has been blue [Series] by LexiRoseWrites

https://archiveofourown.org/series/3460981

Red Touches Black - Daemon AU [Series] by Sparkle_Fiend

https://archiveofourown.org/series/3226062

harlow gold by

MacksDramaticShenanigans

https://archiveofourown.org/works/40451553

Rainbow In The Dark by etlagiapet

@etlagiapet

Rating: Mature

23,388 words, 5/5 chapters

Archive Warning: No Warnings

Tags: Post-Season/Series 04, POV Steve Harrington, Robin Buckley & Steve Harrington Are Best Friends, Platonic Soulmates Robin Buckley & Steve Harrington, Eddie Munson Lives, Post-Canon Fix-It, Bisexual Steve Harrington, Slow Burn, Eddie Munson Needs a Hug, Soft Steve Harrington, Eddie Munson's Vest, Gay Eddie Munson, mixtapes, Possibly Unrequited Love, Steve Harrington Makes Life Harder for Himself, Mild Hurt/Comfort, Mild Smut, Miscommunication, Requited Unrequited Love, No beta we die like Barb

Summary:

Steve doesn’t get a word in before there’s another splash. Robin squeals. He tears his gaze from the demobats, which dip and dodge around each other in a strangely graceful, hypnotizing dance, and looks at the water again because how the fuck many are there? He was sure they’d all been killed. He didn’t think there were any left. This was supposed to be over. But it’s not another demobat. It’s not a demogorgon, or Vecna, or any of the other insane shit they’ve seen over the last few years. It’s not even a fish. It’s a person breaking the surface of the water, sputtering and gasping with dark hair plastered over pale skin, and when they reach up to clear their vision, silver rings glint in the waning sunlight. Or: Against all odds, Eddie is alive, complete with two new demobat pals. Which means Steve is forced to face some feelings he threw onto a mixtape and then ignored because those feelings were wrapped up in too much grief and it was easier to just erase Eddie Munson from the equation of Steve Harrington’s Big Bisexual Crisis.

Red Touches Black by Sparkle_Fiend

@sparkle-fiend

Rating: Mature

39,324 words, 6/6 chapters

Archive Warning: Graphic Depictions Of Violence

Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Everybody Lives, Alternate Universe - Daemons, Getting Together, Friends to Lovers, POV Eddie Munson, Post-Season/Series 04, Hurt/Comfort, Protective Steve Harrington, Angst with a Happy Ending, Jason Carver Being an Asshole

Summary:

"Red touches black, poison lack. Red touches yellow, kill a fellow." A silly rhyme, to help remember the difference between a harmless kingsnake and a deadly coral snake. Wayne taught it to him when he was fourteen, and Calpurnia settled in the form of a scarlet kingsnake. Given the way people recoil when they see his daemon, he's pretty sure no one else in Hawkins has ever heard it before. Or maybe it doesn't matter - maybe Eddie is the one they think is toxic. **** Vecna is defeated, Max is saved, and Eddie's name has been cleared. All should be right in the world of Hawkins, and Eddie's only concern should be his inconvenient crush on Steve Harrington. But there are people who still think Eddie is guilty of murder, and they're not willing to let it go.

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[secretly-a-catamount]

@discountsoysauce

Another screenshot of my Daemon AU:

[summerlimeismethebrony]

In light of recent news, I'm polishing and sharing some aai2 snippets, bc once we get the new translation I'll have a whole new script to play with

This post has two snippets, bc they're both very short.

Takes place in my AA HDM AU, around when Miles meets Sebastian. The first is a "you pressed the wrong statement" scene, I think, while the second is an original bit that I'd have take place soon after the first time they see Sebastian's daemon shift.

The boy smirked. "Hmph. My pops always says… "You may be foolish in youth, but you must not be stupid"."

Miles waited for him to complete the odd argument.

…And kept waiting.

"I'm not stupid!" Debeste suddenly burst out, the daemon on his shoulder becoming some species of moth.

(Wh- What… Was that… uh…?)

Alethea shifted uncomfortably among the ruffles of Miles' jabot.

Judge Courtney cut in. "He means he's not stupid enough to tell a lie."

".....Oh? I- um- I knew that!" Debeste's daemon changed again to imitate Courtney's newt daemon. "I'm not stupid enough to lie! So the fingerprints are the honest truth!"

"Miles…" a soft voice whispered against his jaw, "Something's not right here."

"With the case?" Miles murmured back, "Obviously."

"Not the case!" she hissed, "The prosecutor! Doesn't his behavior remind you of anyone?"

"Uh… no?"

Alethea huffed. "Idiot!"

— —

"Miles, that prosecutor…" said a quiet voice by his jaw, "he's still unsettled. Don't you find that odd?"

Alethea had a point. Most employers wouldn't so much as consider someone unsettled, as an unstable personality is considered a sign of unreliability — and that included the bar association. What had this boy done to acquire his badge so young?

[wangxianficfinder]

Daemons / Sentient Sword

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🧡 Song of Suibian and Bichen: Or, the Greatest (And Only) Furby Master of Demonic Cultivation by moonwaif (T, 64k, WangXian, Fix-It of Sorts, canon adjacent, The spiritual weapons are furbies, Angst with a Happy Ending, The parent trap but make it WangXian with furbies, Mutual Pining, Taking my favorite parts of every adaptation and smashing them together)

🧡 like speaking to my heart by SnowshadowAO3 (T, 613k, WangXian, Canon Divergence, Daemons, Slow Burn, Hurt/Comfort, Angst with a Happy Ending, Canonical Character Death, Some people live!, additional warnings in specific chapters, if you don't know what daemons are that's ok because I explain it in the author's note, also by slow burn I VERY much mean slow burn)

The Grandmaster of Daemonic Cultivation by CaptainJojo (E, 104k, WangXian, ChengQing, XuanLi, Daemons, Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, a lil bit of sexy in later chapters, Wangxian figures it out quicker, gratuitous bending of the rules of cultivation, Angst and Fluff and Smut, Angst with a Happy Ending, Metaphysical Sex, Daemon Touching, Canon Divergence, Eventual Happy Ending)

a shattering of souls by coffee_and_cardamom (M, 42k, WangXian, Canon Divergence, Canon Compliant, Pre-Canon, Post-Canon, Canon Rewrite, Canon Temporary Character Death, Major Character Undeath, Angst with a Happy Ending, Heavy Angst, Comfort/Angst, Blood and Gore, Hurt/Comfort, Mildly Dubious Consent, Dubious Consent Due To Identity Issues, WWX in WWX's Body, YLLZ WWX, Oblivious WWX, BAMF WWX, POV LWJ, Protective LWJ, LWJ Character Study, Daemon Touching, Daemon Separation, Daemon Feels, Everyone Needs A Hug)

The Grand Master of Daemonic Cultivation by FayJay (G, 3k, wangxian, daemons au)

Kind of Evil by nirejseki (G, 1k, canon divergence, sentient swords, sentient sabers, BAMFs)

Crowded by nirejseki (G, 1k, NHS & WWX, wangxian, LWJ/NHS/WWX, canon divergence, different body offering ritual, atypical relationship dynamics, sentient sabers)

Close by nirejseki (Not rated, 11k, NMJ & Baxia, NMJ & NHS, body swap, sentient sabers)

Ch 25 & 33 of The Tales of Despereaux by stiltonbasket (T, 39k, wangxian, canon divergence, WWX summoned by QS, additional warnings in author's note when applicable)

the world passes by but for me there is only you by beeswaxing (E, 82k, wangxian, canon divergence, fix-it of sorts, accidental marriage, love confessions, first kiss, first time, horny teenagers, pining, fluff, everyone lives au, wedding night, emotional sex, golden core reveal) this one has sentient swords

Chenqing and Wangji Takes Matters Into Their Own Hands by HelloKitten (Not rated, 11k, wangxian, Bichen/Chenqin, fix-it of sorts, glimpse of future, time travel?)

If You Give a Cultivator a Daemon Series by ushauz (T, 23k, WangXian, XianNing, JC & WWX, Daemons, Yunmeng Bros Reconciliation, Polyamory Negotiations)

@zeldacw seems to be this fandom’s originator of the Anthromorphic Weapons trope; those comics can be found under the tag 忘情隨塵 (WangQingSuiChen) and post on her Tumblr and on her Twitter @/zeldacw; inspired Kindred Spirits by EstelweNadia (Not Rated, 2k, WIP, Bìchén/Suíbiàn, Chénqíng/Wangji, Humor, Angst, Eventual Romance, Drama, Slow Build, Slow Burn)

Spiritual Weapons Have Feelings Too Series by meicairoubingfan (kiradyn) (T, 10k, Suíbiàn/Chénqíng, Anthropomorphic Spiritual Weapons, Pining, Weapons As People, Angst, Separation, Grief/Mourning, Loss, Romantic Relationships Between Weapons, But Also Platonic Relationships, Brotherhood, commiserating, Reminiscing, Good Guy JC, Good Brother JC, Established Relationship, Between A Sword And A Flute, Canon Compliant, Foreshadowing of Bichen x Suibian, Foreshadowing Of Wangji x Chenqing)

A somewhat unconventional family by DamieMontclair (T, 1k, Bìchén/Suíbiàn, sentient sword spirits, sentient first class spiritual tools, Little bit of angst, Recovery, Getting Together, Fluff, and dare I say...., Domestic Fluff) crackfic where the weapon and instrument spirits are a family in their own right

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[pinkaxolotl85]

After a week of me and @ro55ocorsa brainrotting about daemons and F1 men, here we are.

Forms chosen from the Daemonpage Analytic Index. It compares animal behaviour to human traits, rather than relying on symbolism. I'll see about possibly putting links and further thoughts in a reblog.

Public personas differ from real identity, and we don't presume to know more than that. Typing is on ✨vibes✨ not close inspection.

Edit: Fixed Tsunoda's name order, please reblog this version instead.

[spacewinter]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Top Gun (Movies) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Bradley "Rooster" Bradshaw/Jake "Hangman" Seresin, Bradley "Rooster" Bradshaw & Natasha "Phoenix" Trace, Tom "Iceman" Kazansky/Pete "Maverick" Mitchell Characters: Bradley "Rooster" Bradshaw, Jake "Hangman" Seresin, Natasha "Phoenix" Trace, Tom "Iceman" Kazansky, Pete "Maverick" Mitchell Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, Alternate Universe - Daemons, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Fluff, Light Angst, Pining Bradley "Rooster" Bradshaw, Bradley "Rooster" Bradshaw is Bad at Feelings, Apologies, Getting Together, First Kiss Series: Part 5 of bucky's TG AU bingo Summary:

All it took was one stupid drunken conversation for Bradley to totally ruin his chances with Hangman - even his daemon wasn't able to help. And 10 years later, he's still paying for that, pining for a man who probably hates him

Trust Natasha to make him get himself together and actually talk to Hangman, and possibly get himself a boyfriend. Who would've thought?

 or daemon au with stupid but adorable pining bradley, cool hangman, even cooler natasha, and ofc, happy ending

[eattherichplease]

"She knew that, in a relationship, sometimes you have to compromise, make sacrifices. For Yoko, that meant morning classes instead of evening like the others vampires, and being kind of a lone bat for that reason. For Divina, it meant staying out of water most of the time… Compromises."

Chapter 6 of The Hare on the Moon, my wenclair-yokovina daemons AU fanfic is out.

Read Chapter 6: Where We Can't Follow

Art by: H. R. Millar

[artaxlivs]

I’m just out here recommending this Steddie daemon fic because it was seriously so great. Dustin with a raccoon daemon?? That’s so on point. Anyway, I didn’t write it  @sparkle-fiend did and I don’t even know if I follow them but if not, I’m gonna now. Anyway, here it is, you should read it. (I do follow them, look at that! I have great taste.)

[brimstone-cowboy]

I’ve been Terror daemon posting on Twitter

[lucrezianoin]

be... be kind... it is my first wyllstarion fic :'D

[badassbutterfly1987]

(ID: Pic 1: The snarling face of a badger.

Pic 2: Two boys, one of them a few years older than the other, walking along a path in the woods.

Pic 3: "Whatever you do, you're still my brother."

Pic 4: A human hand with the fingers morphing into the talons of a bird of prey. End ID.)

Decided to do an aesthetic board for chapter 1 of 'you, me, us'.

[laze-art]

^ this was meant to be a set based on the best has yet to be by thinkpink au with daemons

[summerlimeismethebrony]

In light of recent news, I'm polishing and sharing some aai2 snippets, bc once we get the new translation I'll have a whole new script to play with

Takes place during aai2-2, in my AA HDM AU

"If you can't understand how the best prosecutor thinks, it simply shows how inculpable you are."

(It seems he doesn't know what "inculpable" even means…)

"...That's right, Sebatian. Prosecutor Edgeworth is quite "incapable"," Judge Courtney said with a sideways glance toward Prosecutor Debeste.

"Umm. Yes! He's incapable!"

"...She just nonchalantly corrected him," Kay said blankly.

"Don't underestimate my intelligence gathering skills! I just came from the infirmary and asked the doctor there…" Debeste paused, as if for dramatic effect, "...about the cause of the poison gas!"

"...And what was the cause?" Miles asked.

"Err." Debeste froze, then started waving his baton nervously. "Some "normal" substance… What was its name again?" The question was directed at his daemon, once more a moth on his shoulder. The daemon whispered something back.

"H-hold on a second. I'll call the doctor to make sure."

(At least he's not so cocky as to lie…?)

"Since Sebatian is on the phone, I'll answer for him," Judge Courtney said after he'd left the room.

Alethea grumbled disapprovingly under her breath. "If you know, then why let him go on a useless errand, you…"

It seemed Kay had a similar thought, saying, "...In that case, why didn't you tell us before he called?"

"The poison gas was caused by the mixing of two different types of chemicals," Judge Courtney continued, as if Kay hadn't spoken. "Their names are Normallium and Fatallium."

"So, what are those chemicals exactly?" Kay asked.

"Normallium is a red liquid that's commonly used in everyday products. It can be found in paint and detergent, among other things, but it is not toxic by itself."

"...So you're saying that it's a substance readily available to anyone," Miles concluded.

"Yes. But Fatallium, on the other hand, is not so easy to obtain."

"Its name sure sounds dangerous," Kay said, "What's it used for?"

"It is the active ingredient of a white pesticide known as Megatoxin X. Fatallium itself also has a thick white color. It's not readily sold in stores, and is nearly impossible to obtain domestically. We are currently looking into how this chemical was obtained."

Miles noted the information down in his organizer for future reference.

"O.K.!" Debeste waltzed back into the room. "I've finally found out the names of those chemicals!"

"...Judge Courtney has already told us," Miles said, "We don't need to hear it again."

Debeste made a pained sound, and his daemon briefly became a slug before he regained his composure. "...Fine, then. I'll cut to the chase!"

He was back to that confident smirk, his daemon a large frog on his shoulder. "You know that Normallium from the poison gas is also used in paint, right? Today, out of everyone who visited the art gallery, the only one carrying paint…" He pointed his baton at Larry. "...was that artist!"

"You're treating me as the culprit just because of that?!"

"I object… to the red paint on the palette you're carrying." Debeste's baton dipped, nearly poking the aforementioned paint.

"Hey, Edgey…" Larry said in a tone probably meant to be a whisper, "Don't you think this prosecutor is kind of an idiot?"

"Indeed." Miles heard Alethea huff in frustration at that. "Although I've only known him for a short time, his logic is always absurd."

"Hey! Don't ignore me!"

"It's alright, Sebatian," Judge Courtney said with a patronizing smile, "They're only doing it because they're afraid of you.

"Like the first star to appear at night, show us reasoning that shines the best."

"The first star shines best… Not bad." Debeste's genuine smile at the reassurance was quickly replaced by that smirk of his. "Hey, you guys better listen up too!"

Debeste began his argument. "That artist was the first to "discover" the victim, so naturally he's the best suspect!

"The poison gas was caused by Normallium, a chemical found in paint, right?

"As he was carrying paint near the victim, he would've had the best chance.

"The paint, along with being the first witness…That pretty much proves he's the culprit!"

Debeste turned eagerly to Judge Courtney. "So! What do you think, Justine?"

"...We cannot ignore the possibility," she replied gracefully. "Well then, Mr. Artist. Please, tell us the truth. Did you leave red paint at the crime scene? Or else… Did you cause the poison gas to go off?"

"The only thing I leave behind is my "bond of love" with you…" Larry said, to which his daemon, Millie, nipped him in the hand.

"...Please watch what you say. My gavel is already prepared to declare you guilty."

Miles sighed. "Please pay no heed to this man's statements."

"Hey, hey, you guys!" Debeste said, "Ignoring my reasoning just because it's flawless won't do you any good. Mr. Edgeworth, if you've already admitted defeat, you should take your leave!"

"Hmph. Even though I don't really have time to deal with your ridiculous reasoning, it seems I have no choice."

Debeste repeated his argument. And didn't mention Fatallium once.

"Mr. Debeste," Miles said, "Your logic is more akin to a shooting star than a shining one."

"He heh. It shines the best, right?"

"...It may shine brightly for a brief moment, but then it burns itself out.

"The poison gas originated from inside the glass case of the Pisces Sculpture—"

"Exactly! So that's where the artist set off the gas, right? He used the Normallium in the red paint!"

"As your senior, let me give you one piece of advice: listen to the explanations of others." Miles could feel his own annoyance growing. "The poison gas was caused by mixing both Normallium and Fatallium together. The Normallium contained in the red paint is not enough by itself."

".....Really? But I thought I heard "Normallium caused the fatality"..."

Miles could not believe this. "Don't tell me you just misheard the forensics report!"

"D-Darn it!"

"By the time Larry discovered the victim, the room was already filled with poison gas. It's time for you to realize how incapable you really are!"

"Hey!" Debeste's mouse-formed daemon scrambled to hide under his jacket. "What do you mean by "incapable"!?"

"You tried to use that word earlier, and you still don't know what it means…" Kay said in disbelief.

"He means to say… you are lacking in ability," Judge Courtney told Debeste.

"Incidentally, "inculpable" has a completely different meaning," Miles added.

"…I get it! You're making fun of me again, aren't you!"

"I am merely saying you were incapable in your investigation."