#every day is mermay

[loveofbots]

I love the way you write misfire so much!!!! I think short fin mako! Misfire is literally perfect for him. Like I'm imaging him accidentally getting stuck on the deck of your boat out at sea.

Also my brain is empty only thinking about giving merformer! Misfire an energy drink for the first time. You let him have ONE sip of your monster and he chugs half the can in one gulp and makes it EVERYONES problem.

The first time you meet the captain of the scavengers is because he begged you to "never do what you did again. I don't know what kind of fish you gave him, or special bubbly land water you put in his mouth, but NEVER do it again. He was like a dolphin after playing volleyball with a puffer fish."

((also on the topic of merformers thinking about Megalodon! Grimlock and banana eel!Spinster.))

maybe the scavengers help fight pollution efforts by picking up litter off the bottom of the ocean. That's how the meet reader!!! Who's diving to pick up litter and nets and fish lines.

Misfire, the precious little boy, the ultimate baby girl, thinks reader WANTS these strange items and gives them to them as courting gifts but reader is OBLIVIOUS to his intentions.

He's the orange cat of the ocean.

Anyway I just thought I'd share my thoughts maybe they'd make you laugh or something

SPINISTER THE BASTARD MORAY EEL???

Also I’m questioning if you did this because moray’s look constantly astonished by something

Spinister-core.

I like that you gave Grimlock the prehistoric shark! I think Megalodon fits his dino ass well.

Scavengers being scavengers and in the process cleaning up the ocean, what a way to get along well with the reader!! This also may mean they have a little mermaid type of misconception about the land world, thinking forks are combs and stuff like that. Instead of the W.A.P. Being a ship of some sort, it could be like a home cave for them. Also nickel is a shrimp. They are sassy and clean creatures that deserve the world.

Also I’m making Crankcase a stone fish for no other reason than the fact they look like this:

Grumpy ass mf

[tippenfunkaport]

Since it's MerMay for a few more days yet, I colored ND Stevenson's sketch of the BFS as mermaids for my own amusement.

[seijorhi]

Are there any themes or tropes that you find interesting but haven't got the chance to try them out/ pour them onto your fics?

Oh absolutely!! I still haven’t really done a proper ‘escaped and being hunted down’ fic, which I wanna do at some point, I’m also a sucker for the reader faking their death only for their yan to realise they’re still alive and living happily without them (unacceptable)

I sort of touched on it a little in tailspin but I really, really wanna do either a reincarnation and/or Groundhog Day-esque fic because those are just endlessly fun.

Also also, I wanna write poor reader stuck as the unwilling third in a super toxic marriage (and also more yan girls in general), just… ugh :))

[thelongestwalk]

i'm probably not going to get this done before mermay ends so here's another wip from my sam/antiope the little mermaid AU

[whumperofworlds]

Mermay Whump thought:

A sea witch/wizard/whatever kidnaps Mer-Whumpee and ties them up, before they began to experiment on Whumpee with magic and other tools.

[tytolito]

"Saw something weird when I came back from the docks... like a woman's face just sitting there in the water, staring at me."

[ishotmydickoff]

[cheesomancer]

Goldfish ✨

Here it is without cheesy censorship!

[uselessalexis165]

Lyka, but she’s in a modern day setting

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Continuing on with Mermay, I thought it was about time I redrew some of the outfits I made for Lyka if Treasure Planet was set in modern day 💜🧜🏻‍♀️

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Redraw of these:

[theasternautart]

Mermay Mythology

Very quick sketch I threw together for today's Mermay prompt Mythology. Thought it would be cool to do a Siren for this prompt.

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[loveofbots]

HI HELLO HI

YEA just the scene I was thinking of actually

Y/N: I'm so dead

Misfire: Sloooowly, slooooowly, sloooowly swimming away

Spinister: You're swimming closer!

Misfire, practucally nose to nose with Y/N: Oh! Hi! Sorry I meant to swim the other way

Y/N, absolutely terrified: Okay

Misfire: So, I, uh, I'm gonna go back now

Y/N: Okay

🦂

Oh my gooooood misfire is so cute

He is so stupid, his little fish self. Part of me wants to make him a marlin, but that doesn’t quite fit his vibe. You know what does? One of these.

Shortfin Makos!! I have a bad habit of making Decepticons sharks, but it fits him. They aren’t the brightest fish in the ocean and have a really bad habit of breaching and landing on boats, which just spells Misfire. As he’s known for getting the gang into bad situations. He’s impulsive, speedy with his lips, and overall kind of a show off.

He’d adore his little partner though. Always tailing their boat or looking around for you. He’d flash his sharp teeth in a ‘hey look at how good of a mate I’ll be!’ Way. It just comes off as a really weird smile.

More mer scavenger rambles soon?

[jennidewdroplet]

i just realised ive never shared my art before, which is sad cause this is an art sharing platform (mostly lol)

i do traditional art tho and i guess my brain is so used to seeing only digital art on here that it automatically assumed i wasnt qualified (which obviously isnt true)

[keawi]

[peg9chu-arts]

HAPPY MERMAY!

Day 1-3: Self Portrait

[timbourinedrake]

Starting mermay at the very beginning...

[indigowallbreaker]

Needing to kiss to hide from bad guys - number 17 kiss for leonie x felix?

I'm realizing I've written this prompt for a Felix ship a few times now. It's funny how easy it is to put him in these situations. Also thank you, anon, I love this rare pair <3

[other mermay prompts]

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Leonie was in the market when she heard the whispers. She saw the men herself, striking out with thick hooks and ropes and nets. Her blood ran cold even before she heard the murmurs around her.

"... spotted a mermaid nearby... Foul things... Goddess bless these men and their..."

Tucking away her money pouch, Leonie scrambled away.

Half an hour later, she scrambled back toward town, this time carrying a confused looking merman with dark hair.

"I could've fought them off!" Felix snapped as Leonie skid down a grassy hill. She heard the group of hunters shouting not far behind them and was cursing herself for not thinking to bring something to cover Felix's tail. It would have to be enough that Leonie's bright hair was obscured by a hood. They wouldn't know it was the tanner's daughter that had napped their catch.

"If you had escaped, they would've just got in their boats and chased you," Leonie said. "You're done for once they get a good look at you."

"So what's your plan?"

"Hide you."

"How?"

"Working on it."

Felix grumbled but tightened his hold on Leonie's neck as the sounds of the hunters grew louder again. His tail, midnight blue and speckled with amber, twitched as if aching to swim away.

On top of the hunters at their heels, there was the countdown in Leonie's head to consider. Being Felix's human friend all these months had given her a pretty good idea how long he could survive without water. And that time was ticking away with every step.

Forcing away panic, Leonie pushed into the first storehouse she saw. It was cluttered with crates and barrels. Nets tangled beyond saving were piled in a corner, and rusted tools along one wall were covered in dust. Abandoned storehouse. Perfect.

Leonie placed Felix on a crate and began looking around, quickly locating a threadbare blanket. "What are you doing?" Felix hissed. "They saw a human run this way, they'll check all the buildings on the edge of town first!"

"I know, I know, I know." Leonie threw the blanket over Felix's tail. "Stop moving. If they come in here, follow my lead."

Felix scoffed. "You didn't have a plan six seconds ago. Now you have a lead to follow?"

Leonie shushed him and strained to listen. The crunch of boots on dirt was getting louder, angry voices growing close. Leonie watched the door, hand on Felix's shoulder, feeling him tense as footsteps stopped just outside.

A breath before the door flew open, Leonie pressed her mouth to Felix's.

To his credit, he didn't fumble or push her away. In fact he leaned into the kiss with an ease Leonie wouldn't have expected. He was normally so jumpy when she got too close-- she had assumed he just disliked physical contact. But the way Felix's hand rested on her hip and his head angled to soften the kiss told Leonie she had assumed incorrectly.

"They could be hiding in-- eh?"

Felix pulled back from Leonie, aiming his best glare at the men who had burst into the storehouse. An unnatural glow lit his eyes but the men were too flustered to notice. They grunted excuses and apologies before turning around again, leaving the storehouse door open in their hasty retreat.

Leonie remained in Felix's light hold for a few heartbeats. That glare had yet to leave his face, and Leonie found herself fascinated by the glow. Though his eyes were dark amber, Leonie was reminded of the ocean-- of the copper light cast on the water when the sun sat low in the sky, just before night truly enveloped your boat and torches in town were the only way to find shore again.

Then Felix looked down at her, and Leonie shook those thoughts away. "That did it," she stated.

"Not your worst plan," Felix admitted, his hand sliding off her hip.

"We need to find you water, and a new place to hide."

He hummed in agreement and wrapped his arms around her neck. "Let's get going, then."

Before, in panic, Leonie had scooped Felix up without thought. Now her heart gave a lurch as she held up close again. She forced herself to think about how badly he needed water, how much trouble they were still in. Even in the face of all that-- his arms around her neck and his breath on her cheek were pretty damn distracting.

Standing straighter, Leonie ran out the door, darting in the opposite direction of the hunters.