#furballAU

[maysrinn]

Furball Haydove 🦊✨

Haymitch & Lenore Dove join the furball AU!

Haymitch the lil mutt terrier with his beautiful geese loving vixen of a gal, or is she mix as well 👀

Yes she puts flowers in his hair, he doesn’t fight it, he just accepts it…and wags his tail! 🦊

[maysrinn]

THIS✨IS✨AMAZING✨

OMG I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS!!! Love the way they look in your style especially their faces! Holy moly I’m in LOVE 😭✨💖 I‘m bad in interpretation and telling how I see things but it looks like they are the colorful centre of the chaotic world they live in, fox and hound loving each other despite the odds of it working. The outcasts of their upbringings q0q

FOXIES BUSHY TAIL 🦊

I‘m genuinely not able to comprehend how much this has me in awe. Also I‘m so glad u love this AU!!

Thank you so much for this piece

Hi! I made a small art in my style based on the AU of the artist @maysrinn . I absolutely love this AU, and I'm looking forward to new works, so my fan art:

I remind: character designs belong to @maysrinn !!!!

[maysrinn]

The mentors

Finally got the first mentor designs + tigris down!

______

Lysistrata - poodle

Clemensia - pomeranian

Festus - english setter

Sejanus - german Sheppard / wolf mutt

Livia - saluki

Coriolanus - borzoi

Tigris - afghan hound

————

Lore time!

Even though the Capitol is endlessly obsessed with the idea of pure bloodlines and impeccable pedigrees, the exact dog breed isn’t always what matters most. What truly counts is that you come from a long, traceable line of Capitol-bred stock. Capitol breeds with Capitol—that’s the unspoken rule. While it’s especially prized (and earns you a certain reverence) if you’re of the same breed as your lineage, it’s not absolutely necessary. As long as your ancestry is pure and untouched by district blood, you’re considered acceptable—though the more uniform your breed, the more you’re admired, almost idolized.

Not everyone fits neatly into that ideal. Coriolanus for instance is not purely bred. He is a blend: his mother was a Sylkie and his father a Borzoi. Though he takes after his father in appearance, the mix in his bloodline set him apart. To the untrained eye, he passes for a Borzoi, but to Capitol society—so sharp in its scrutiny, he’s flawed. To look the part, he’d need to trim his coat down, refine it to match the sleek standards of the Borzoi elite. He never did tho.

But no grooming could hide the truth from those who cared to look. In his childhood Livia bullied him for not being a “real” Borzoi. His mixed heritage became something to mock, which fueled his insecurity even if he doesn’t let it show. Livia is just a spiteful bitch, quite literally-

Meanwhile Sejanus faced a different kind of exclusion. Though part purebred on his fathers side, the other half of him is what the Capitol dismissively labels as wild—something untamed, closer to an animal than a refined breed. His outsider status is rooted not just in his origin, but in his convictions. He knows he doesn’t belong in the Capitol and what’s more, he doesn’t want to. He refuses to play the game or mask who he is.

His tall, wolfish build only adds to the unease others feel around him. People aren’t quite sure what he is, and that uncertainty breeds fear. His presence demands attention, but never comfort. What he doesn’t realize is that even in District 12 that feeling of not belonging won’t disappear. If anything it will follow him, echo louder. There too, he’s neither fully wolf nor dog, neither Capitol nor District. Just a peacekeeper—hovering in the in-between, always marked as other.

Mutts are more common in the districts between canines, doesn’t mean they don’t fear or beware of ‘wild animals’ like coyotes, wolves and foxes 🦊

> Which goes for the ‘richer’ part of 12, the merchant area.

________

More close up!

More characters will follow~

[maysrinn]

Mrs. Baird in the fields 🦊

It is safer to take the two chaos bebes out for walks at dusk or dawn. Less prying eyes, less judgmental glare but more safety. That’s all that matters to her, Clementine and Janus having a as its possible normal childhood.

This fits both into the GooseyGrayAU and FurbalAU, genuinely love this piece and love drawing (or perhaps painting?) these sceneries. 🍂🍁

[maysrinn]

This is how they sleep, screw beds and comfy pillows or blankets this is all they need òwó Tail floof, it’s comfy, it’s warm and it’s momma!

No they do have beds but ever since having the pups Lucy Gray sleeps like this, shes more comfortable this way and who is anyone to judge her. Coriolanus is a bit impressed as he gets back pain from it XD

this is what coyote Billy Taupe would had loved to have, not my fault that he sucks ass

[maysrinn]

Meet the PUPS! ✨💫

You thought Fox Lucy Gray is smol??

Let me introduce furball AU Clementine and (Se)Janus, who fit each into one of Coriolanus hands

Both Clementine and Janus are from the same litter. I was considering giving them some more same-age siblings, but in that scenario... RIP Lucy Gray. They are tiny compared to Coriolanus but above average for Red Fox standards. Girly was STRUGGLING T^T.

Both of them will show some of their Borzoi traits later in age but as of right now they look like normal fox pups 🦊 Rosie will be the one who has most of her fathers physical traitmarks!

Not in size tho

[maysrinn]

the height difference with your fox drawing of lucy and coryo is killing meee. SHE SO TINY

Oh yes, she is quite small indeed! It amuses Coriolanus to see how tiny she is, and he often teases her about it. For example, he has to pick her up so that she can reach things or give her a kiss. It's almost like he has to squat down instead of just leaning down. Lucy Gray doesn't like it very much, but if she needs to see or reach something, she climbs him like a pole, which saves her more than just her dignity.

✨Fun fact✨ she aint even the tiniest of the group! Besides the pups who don’t count Maude ivory is actually the smallest member of the covey with only half the size of Lucy Gray. A well known ankle biter with a big dream of growing maybe a few more inches.

[maysrinn]

Let the hunt BEGIN 🦊

momma Lucy Gray

World-building and lore time!

————

I aimed to include a more primal element into the Furball AU. Hunting for food has become uncommon in this society. Many canines have either forgotten how to hunt or never learned, particularly those from the capital who regard it as something wild and uncivilized. They view the act of walking and stalking on all fours, only to suffocate or break the neck of their prey, as primitive. Such behavior is deemed a district-specific practice, serving as yet another rationale in their eyes for the pinboard to justify the games. The frequency of this hunting technique varies by district and is less prevalent among dogs compared to wolves, coyotes, or foxes.

Adjusting clothes are required or no clothes at all (its fur don’t worry) for the amount of physical activity. A skirt or dress would be in the way and higher the risk of stumbling and falling.

Coriolanus views this situation akin to any pampered poodle from the Capitol: "Why should I do this if we have guns?" He regards it as a primitive, beast-like activity. Meanwhile, Lucy Gray finds herself needing to remind him daily that they lack guns or the resources to alleviate hunger through other means. She may not appreciate the situation, but as a new mother, she's determined to provide for her family because, in her eyes, Coriolanus is utterly useless in this regard.

Does this assist her in the Hunger Games? Yes and no. While she can’t manipulate herself into hunting down tributes like rabbits, pheasants or other rodents, as her mind cannot be deceived in such a manner, her astounding stealth ability enables her to evade danger and hide in small places especially from coral. Despite her small size, this skill proves invaluable in the arena. So smol 🥀🦊