#ghouls fae!au

[maelstrom007]

I've got the @ghouljams Fae!au brainrot, and I needed to write more about my OC Mal. This time, featuring ghoul's OC Love, and Fae!Ghost. Thank you so much for letting me borrow them! I hope I do them justice, and they're not too out of character. While it's implied that Mal already knows Witch (I think their friendship started well before this) I thought this was an interesting way to bring Mal into the darlings and 141's sphere of influence.

I hope you enjoy!

Mal stood at the far wall of their crafting space, studying their old leather bound notebook. It was an account of every project they’d ever undertaken here at the shop, filled to the brim with notes. Currently, it was open to the last commission on their list for this quarter, someone wanting a garment that would fill them with confidence after a particularly difficult time in their life. Before them stood several cones of yellow and orange cotton that they had dyed with this intention in mind. Now to decide what it would become. Mal closed their eyes, imagining the customer in their head, how their shoulders had hunched and neck sunk involuntarily. They needed something to straighten up, bring some height back into their frame. A jacket would do them nice. 

Mal took the cones to their warping board, a square frame with pegs hanging on the wall, and readied the yarn. Before they began Mal closed their eyes once again, taking deep breaths and pressing their bare feet firmly into the floor as they grounded themselves. Once they were settled, they imagined in their mind what their customer would look like in this new jacket. How their face would be full of warmth and joy, how much taller they would stand, the swagger and spring in their step as they walked. Mal let the feeling wash over them, filling themselves up with the giddy confidence. Full of energy, Mal began the warping process, tying an orange yarn to one peg and wrapping it around sequential pegs until it was as long as their fabric needed to be, then doubling back and following that same path back. 

Maintaining this confident headspace Mal continued on, occasionally switching between colors to create a shimmering ombre across the warp. This warp will act as the vertical threads when they weave the fabric later on tonight. Already they could see the gentle halo radiating off of the threads as the intent gets buried deeper and deeper. By the end it’ll be radiant like the sun. 

The slight jostle of someone attempting to open the front door made Mal accidentally skip a peg, breaking them out of their concentration. Immediately the halo of the current length they were working on dimmed, forcing them to backtrack and do their best to bring themselves back into the confident headspace. They didn’t really care if someone was at the door, there was no reason for anyone to be there and thus no reason to give them the time of day. Pick up was always reserved for the last week of the month, and they hadn’t pulled aside the heavy curtains hanging from the gutters that prevented humans from seeing the shop, and warned Fae from entering without an invitation. No, those get pulled when Mal’s commission list was empty and ready for new customers. Which it wasn’t. 

The jostle returns again and only a well timed breath keeps the bubbling anger from making its way into the warp. They tied it off and stepped away with a sigh. They couldn’t afford to keep having their concentration disrupted by the mystery person at the door. 

Opening the door reveals a girl, smiling brightly, “Hey, I think your doors locked.”

“It’s not,” Mal replies. Not in the physical sense anyway. Witch’s wards are strong and clever like that. Although they will have to check up on the curtains outside. Nobody should have been able to find their shop with them pulled shut, although now there was a clear section that was pulled to the side where the girl seemingly forced her way through. Those damn Moth’s were probably nibbling on it again. 

The girl stares at them for a moment, as if expecting them to say more. Evidently the silence becomes too long as she presses on, “Aren’t you going to let me in?” 

“Why would you want in?”

“Because you’re a business? And I’d like to do business here?” The exasperated look on the girl's face is enough to set Mal’s teeth on edge. 

“Pushy aren’t you?”

“Yes. Now come on, I want to get something nice for my boyfriend and he’s going to pick me up any minute now.”

Something about the girl’s big, insistent eyes made Mal’s resolve crack, “Fine. You’ve caught me in an indulgent mood.” Mal turned around, walking back towards the counter, “What are you thinking of?”

When the girl didn’t immediately follow they turned around again, only to see her seemingly stuck mid stride, foot unable or unwilling to touch the hardwood floor of the storefront. Curious. The girl seemed perfectly human to them, but looks could be deceiving. 

“You’re welcome in, for this transaction,” her foot fell with a solid thump, and she continued walking in as if nothing had happened.

“So I’d like to get something for my boyfriend.”

Mal settled in and flipped their notebook to a new page, “So you’ve said.”

“Yeah, well I know that he likes to cover up a lot, but recently his gloves have been falling apart and what with Winter coming up I don’t want his hands to be cold-”

As the girl talked, Mal kept a close eye on her chest, watching for any tethers that shone brighter than the others. Humans, and sometimes Fae, had a hard time deciding what their real intent was for a gift, and sifting through their tethers was always easier than getting it out of them through words. Except that the more this girl talked, the more her chest started to light up like a god damn christmas tree. She was tangled and pierced and snared on so many hooks it was almost distressing, and one in particular burned so bright it almost hurt Mal’s eyes to look at.

“Excuse me,” Mal interrupted her, “but may I?” they said, pointing towards the brightly glowing tether at the center of her chest. 

“Uh, sure,” she said, slightly confused but trusting all the same. 

Reaching out they gently snagged the tether with the tip of their pinky finger. Even with that small amount of contact all they could think of was LOVE LOVE LOVE. So much love, and passion, and desperation, and protectiveness. 

Within the next second, Mal’s ears popped as air that used to be in the space behind the girl forcibly vacated in favor of someone apparating there in its place. Mal stumbled back, eyebrows raised in shock as the absolutely massive fucker came into focus. Piercing brown eyes peered out through a pale white skull mask, with one hand wrapping protectively around the girl's chest and the other landing solidly on the table creating an effective barrier between them and Mal. 

“What’s wrong, Love?” The man's voice was deep, and although he was addressing the girl, (the capital L was obvious in his tone) his eyes never left Mal’s. 

“Well I was going to get you a surprise gift, but I guess that’s not happening anymore.”

“Why were they touching you.”

Mal straightened, “I received permission, if that is your concern. I was only attempting to see what her true intent was for this gift.” Despite the way he was glaring, Mal could tell this man didn’t think they were a threat, at least not physically.

On closer inspection the guys gloves did look as if they were threadbare, ready to fall apart if a stiff breeze came through. He was fae, no doubt about it, and even his human form commanded respect. Mal could see the shimmery effect of the fae’s obscura, hinting at a much larger and much more. . .sinister silhouette. They could do better, break up the outline of his body like camo on a soldier's fatigues, but something told them that he wouldn’t appreciate being upsold at the moment.

“And what was my intention?” Love looked almost giddy to know, leaning over the counter top with a manic grin on her face. 

Mal quickly looked between Love and the man, trying to gauge the pro’s and con’s of this whole interaction. 

“Go on,” he said. 

“Well, it seemed like Love here wanted to stake a claim on you. To possess and protect you as much as you do her.” 

Like a seesaw, Love rocked backwards into the man's embrace, wrapping her arms up around his neck and giggling, “Yeah, I guess I am a little obsessed with you.”

For once he looked a little bit out of his depth, and once again Mal almost had to shield their eyes from the sun that seemed to light up between the two. Jesus these two were co dependent as all hell. 

“So,” Mal said, desperate to get this conversation over with, “any design you want in particular?”

“Oh, right, I think his gloves should be dark black, with white details that look like finger and hand bones. And can you make them really warm and soft? Am I asking for too much? You’ll tell me if it’s too much right? Also-”

Mal dutifully took notes, not even attempting to get a word in edgewise as Love rambled on. Briefly looking up, Mal saw the masked man curled contentedly around and over top Love’s much smaller form like a mountain sized cat. It was hard to find him intimidating now that his eyes were full of love and adoration. 

What a strange pair indeed.

[ghouljams]

i thought fae were conscious beings. is the dog like a completely sane entity that just chooses to pretend it is a dog? cause my brain registers it a person in a dogs body and for some reason its really fucking terrifying

As far as I am aware Prince is a fae that chooses to present themselves as a dog.

The thing to remember is that fae aren't human! They don't have the same hang ups, morally or body wise, that humans do. There are plenty of stories of fae pretending to be different animals in order to lure and trick humans. So it's not strange for the fae to take the shape of a dog even with human intelligence! It's just another form for them.

Not to go on a total tangent, but this is why I'm able to do fun body horror stuff within the far au! The fae see bodies as malleable. Form is like clay for them, even forms that aren't theirs if they have a strong enough hold on them. I had half of a fic written when Fae!Ghost literally pulls Love's heart from her chest and swaps it with his own, and it was horrific. I couldn't finish it because it made me squeamish. But that's the fae! If they can turn humans into animals what's stopping them from doing other things?

[elmaxlys]

Power, from Chainsaw Man - for @ginkochama

Vanilla Extract - for @firehananas

Ewen Müller - for @space-diablo

Pit, from Kid Icarus - for @canadianlucifer

Hoito Roma, from Tokyo Ghoul - for @just-another-tokyo-ghoul-fan (I hope you don't mind that I made it Fae AU 🙈)

Ein, from Tenkuu Shinpan - for @normalsnails

I hope you guys like them 🤗💕💕💕

[sidwilsonsbitch]

Sid Au Ships

Firedoll - Fireball/Babydoll

Bomb Trio - Bullet/Ace/Roper

Moving Parts - Dj Starscream/S1d (platonic)

Princess and the Snake - V/Fae

Fluff duo - Bug/Bubbs (platonic)

Danger Zone - Ratboy/0

Darkside - Sidney/Daemon

Bubbles and Blood Sib/Count/Goat

[waves-against-a-cliff]

I’ve been obsessing over @ghouljams fae au for a hot second now and thought it’s time to pour out my fae!Oc for the fun of it all. This is completely self indulgent and literally includes none of the characters until the very end. Since most of it takes place probably centuries ago.

Kidnapping, fae magic, hints at family abuse, consuming children.

So, enjoy this unedited, written on my tablet, weird ass piece of fan fiction.

They watched the child carefully. As they had been for the last couple of days since having been accidentally summoned by the small, innocent creature. They watched from the tree line as they worked hard on the farm only to be treated horribly like siblings and parents alike. To say that Moss, Juniper, Agate or whatever they called themselves now, didn’t understand, would be an understatement. Humans, specifically older humans who hurt their young, made no sense to Moss.

The tiny tethers in the child were dazzling to see. Each tiny wish, something Moss could easily bring to reality, was granted. The mother suddenly gave the babe some extra bread, the brother tripped and fell into the dirty cow pen, the sister’s favorite dress was stained right before church. Anything the babe wished for. And the tethers shined in the sunlight. Whenever the child’s chores were done and no one was watching, it would run off close to forest line.

It stared at Moss, a twinkle in its eyes as Moss blew some pollen to the babe to make it sneeze. “Come here!” The father screamed when the babe wandered too close.

They licked their canines as they felt the desperation roll of the small child in waves. Calling Moss in closer to their prey but they were still stuck in the decision. The same one that caused hesitation each time; to keep the child or to consume it? Moss tilted their head at the small being as it took shelter underneath its bed. They would need to make their move soon or the innocence would be spoiled.

The moon was hidden, perhaps not wishing to witness the deal about to take place. Fair enough, Moss thought as they slinked into the small room. They lightly dragged their fingers down the babe’s fair skinned arm, the magic working immediately to wake them into a haze. Moss slowly led the small child out of the cottage, past the fence line and closer to the forest. “Follow me sweet one.” Moss cooed as the child sleepily obeyed. The babe yawned and rubbed their eyes as they followed this mystical creature into the forest. Moss bent down to the child’s level and their mouth practically watered at the smell of child like innocence.

“I can give you anything you want.” Moss whispered, brushing a stray brown curl behind the small child’s ear. “I just need your name sweet one.” The magic continued to trickle into the child’s sleepy head.

“I want-“ The child yawned, interrupting their sentence, “I want a nicer family.” They murmured and Moss nodded.

“I just need your name.” Moss repeated, trying to coax them into giving it up. The child bent in the closer and whispered it into the fae’s ears. A large grin appearing on their face as large tether hooked cleanly into the babe. Moss tugged on it lightly before they scooped the child up into their arms and ignored the horrified look on their face. Moss sighed in relief when they took their truer form, growing several feet in height, long fingers becoming akin to claws and teeth sharpening. Softly hushing them as they screamed and cried out before they stepped into the circle of mushrooms.

Moss blinked as the memories faded from their mind. No… they weren’t going by Moss anymore. Birdy was what they had others call them now. They couldn’t help the snort that escaped their lips at the stupid nickname. It helped distract them from the heart ache of loosing their favorite pet. Birdy had over done the tethers on it anyways. Sweet babe Elara, Birdy thought mournfully as they casted looks among the crowded streets. Nearly snapped their mortal disguise in half when they saw two of them. Three? That little chaotic one was tangled in tethers but that wasn’t what disturbed Birdy. It was the two fae that practically fawned over them. Soap and Ghost. Prices boys, Birdy didn’t see Price around and was a little relieved at that fact. Their pace quickened, Birdy had never been fond of these kinds of towns anyways.

[pomefioredove]

hi! May I get a sugar cookie #12 with powdered sugar and marshmallows please? Thank you!

BIIIIG cat stretch - aaand I'm back to writing! thank you to everyone for your patience

order #12, sugar with marshmallows and powdered sugar

*ੈ✩‧₊˚ drip brews and dragons

tropes: coffee shop au, roommate au characters: sebek additional info: romantic, gender neutral reader, reader is yuu, post-NRC

"Ha! You would not last a day,"

The words left Sebek's lips with such confidence, such pride, that, if you hadn't known him, you would have taken them as insult.

You do know him, though.

At least enough to know that when he said that, he meant it, not as an insult, but as a challenge.

Now, you didn't necessarily need the work. Even after moving to Briar Valley with Sebek some years ago, you were more than supported. You had his family, Lilia, Silver, and, of course, the prince heir Malleus Draconia, who came over for tea and gossip every Thursday evening.

Sebek's position paid handsomely nonetheless.

No, you weren't desperate for money.

It was merely something to do. And since living in Twisted Wonderland as Crowley's underpaid and overworked assistant, you had become quite the coffee maker.

Sebek was rather convinced that the effort was fruitless; what use would nocturnal fae have for coffee? And fae taste buds can be quite different from humans, may he remind you.

You would complain of it in a day, he said.

You, of course, were convinced otherwise.

And thus, it began.

"Rough day?" you ask a pacing, grumbling Sebek.

His mouth snaps open, but nothing short of breath comes out. He, with some strenuous effort, swallows what he was about to say (or, really, shout), and smiles.

"Not at all. It was quite nice. Yours?"

You almost tell him about the customer who had cursed the espresso machine. But, you only smile. "Nice as well. Aren't we in a good mood?"

You both laugh. It's uncomfortable.

The next day is the same. Sebek is practically steaming out the ears as he tells you about how lovely the senate is, and you fake another laugh as you tell him how polite your manager is.

He forces a toothy grin as he brags about his position, and you throw out your arms as you brag about your tips.

It only worsens.

"Ready to admit defeat, yet?" he asks, "Because I DO LOVE the castle's noise regulations!"

"Not in the slightest. I love my job!"

"I LOVE MINE MORE!"

"NOT MORE THAN ME!"

"IMPOSSIBLE! YOU PEDDLE SWEETS WHILST I DEFEND THE DRACONIA LINEAGE! NO ONE LOVES THEIR JOB MORE THAN I!"

"I PROVIDE SUSTENANCE TO THE PEOPLE! I CLEAN UP AFTER MESSY CHILDREN AND GIVE CUPS OF WHIPPED CREAM TO PET GHOULS!"

"HA! TRIVIAL! I OBEY EVERY RULE AND REGULATION THE SENATE IMPOSES ON MY LIEGE, NO MATTER HOW RIDICULOUS!"

"WELL, I LET CUSTOMERS SHOUT AT ME ALL DAY AND DON'T SAY A WORD BACK!"

"I SEE TO THE SENATE'S EVERY DEMAND!"

"I SEE TO THE CUSTOMER'S! AND IT'S AWFUL!"

"HA!" Sebek smirks, pointing right at you. "You admit it! A weak-willed human you are, you would not last a single day under the stress of my position!"

"DOUBLE HA!" you point back. "You admit you're stressed!"

"I did no such thing!"

"You did, too!"

"It was you who complained first! Therefore, I win!"

"Fallacy, Sebek! Fallacy!"

He holds his ground, as if he's about to tackle you, and you hold yours. "Admit it! I won!"

"NEVER!"

Malleus and Lilia, who have, of course, been sitting on one of the nice couches in the small living room for the duration of the conversation, share a look.

"Shall we stop them?" the latter asks.

"No," says the prince, smiling, "I am rather entertained by the romance in the room tonight. I say we give them another ten minutes. My ears have not started to ache yet."

[the-kr8tor]

Thank you for voting for the name Octobie! Now for the themes! I've combed through every single suggestion you gave me and categorised all of them into 12 themes.

So what I'm gonna do is post the 12 (right here) and from that 12 the 5 most top voted will move up for another poll until the top 3 wins! (Reasons/ and where I got the themes from your suggestions are listed below the poll/cut. W/ brief descriptions also)

Note: Theme names aren't finalized but the meanings will still be the same. (They'll have a cooler name once they get picked!)

Wondering why there will only be three themes? Well the third week theme is called wild card where anything goes! So if your chosen theme doesn't win you can always wait for the third week of octobie to come around and you can do whatever you want in that week as long as Hobie's in it!

Fantasy— fairy! Hobie, Dragon tamer! Hobie/Dragon rider! Hobie, Mythical creature, Sailor/Pirate! Hobie x deity! R, Time-looped historian! Hobie, fae, Mermaid. (Literally anything to do with the fantasy genre)

Halloween- Cloak Hobie, Witch R & familiar! Hobie, Witch! R and demon! Hobie, accidental summoning, pumpkin, Demon! Hobie and angel! R, death reaper! Hobie and target! R, vampire! R and human Hobie, serial killer! Hobie and detective! R, zombie! Hobie, pirates, thriller! Hobie, (anything spooky or scary!)

Eras swap/ through the decades- Modern! Hobie x 1970s! r, modern au, 1800s, different au Hobies meet and different au readers meet, aged up meet cute (they meet in their 60s), decades, (time is the main gist of it, whether it's hobie through the years or some decade specific scenario)

Music- guitar, record play, music lessons, backstage, concerts, rival bands/musicians, band practice, battle of the bands, (anything that has to do with music!)

Comfort- stray cats, nicknames, arts and crafts, london tings, hate the am (mornings), flowers, cats, snow, cozy/chilling at home, library, favourite au/trope, cottage core, (anything that wakes the butterflies in your stomach or makes you feel the ooeygoeey feeling fluff!)

Anarchy- ACAB, battle vests, protest, punk. (Anything that Hobie would be proud of doing)

Slice of life/ family life- swing date, the twins, first dance, just cozy things, cozy/chilling at home, morning/nighy routine, handsy, date day/night, meet cute, sick day, childhood friends. (Cozy or family related!)

Crossover- villains and/Vs heroes, magical girl! Hobie, tokyo ghoul au, DC Crossover, Hobie meeting batman, android! Hobie and human r, baldur's gate 3 au, hobie and mutant x-men! R, hobie and deadpool!, deadpool! Hobie, gambit! Hobie, ghost rider! hobie, spy family au, nightcrawler! Hobie (whether it's a video game, anime or a different genre of comic, that goes here!)

Medieval- royalty, royal! R and rebel! Hobie, (anything that makes you sing the game of thrones opening lol)

Villain au- black cat! Hobie, deadpool! Hobie, mystique! Hobie, prowler! Hobie x villain! r (evil! Hobie? Evil! Hobie! Or any au pertaining to villainy!)

Movie mashup- scream killer! Hobie and caller! R, freaky friday/body swap, rom-com, will they/won't they?, swan lake au, mad hatter! Hobie, phantom of the opera au, the greatest showman au, avatar au, (general movie au or theatre au)

Runway ready- patches, runway, hair, piercings, braids, dress up/ fashion show, draw in your style. (Fashun!)

[stevengrantshubby]

another hexquad au kinda thing.

~ x ~

vampire!viktor: so hes a vampire, but a vampire like they exist in the movie afflicted, so think about his vampirism as a different kind of disease that he has to manage and work around. yes he does get...the standard vampire powers in terms of strength and speed. but also all of the weaknesses like sun burns him and bloodlust. but he is immortal. he can die but his body will heal itself, typically in a kind of bloodlust state that can be super super dangerous for humans around him. and he has to drink human blood, animal blood will not work.

ghost!sky young: listen, i flopped back and forth between sky being a zombie right, or a ghost but one where she is in a middle stage where shes getting sucked into the hexcore and her "astral plane self". zombie!sky would be different enough and ghost!sky may be too close to canon. but zombie!sky would lose too much of canon!sky i think. so im going with ghost!sky (maybe ghoul!sky but idk what a ghoul is really) but a between hexcore and astral plane kinda ghost.

werewolf!jayce talis: im so basic, im sorry. but i think this is a good fit, especially for the jayce that comes back from the hex anomaly or whatever it was. now when im talking about werewolves i do mean the kind that dont have full control once they transform. but jayce is still in there. im mostly going with jayce right after he comes back from the anomaly where he's got all those...breaks in reality, where his face pulls apart for a second before coming back. but that's what i think about when im talking about werewolf!jayce.

fae!mel medarda: mel gave me the most trouble! because of her light motif i was thinking about a phoenix or her, since she was...in a way reborn in the show, but that also felt...weird whenever i thought about it. then i thought about angel!mel and...eh. i dont hate it, but also felt outta step yknow? so ive settled on fae!mel. now im making a difference between fae, an otherworldly and ethereal being, and fairy, the tiny winged being, tho tiny!mel would be a dream. so, i leaning toward fae!mel with all her otherworldly and ethereal beauty and magic. i still feeling weird because mel is a magic user in canon, but...eh, i think it fits her. plus thinking about her in these kind of flowly robes? i dunno.

~ x ~

anyways maybe art later!!

[lefaystrent]

Random Sanders Sides Story Ideas

1. Patton is used to repressing his feelings. What he's not used to is repressing his new wolfish tendencies. In which Patton finds out he's a literal Woof Man and tries desperately to hide it from his roommates in increasingly ridiculous ways.

2. Thomas finds himself isekaied into a fantasy world where humans apparently don't exist. The mythical creatures he meets there may be ablento help him get home, if he can just get them to work together. Featuring centaur!Roman, faun!Patton, merfolk!Logan, naga!Janus, harpy!Remus, and drider!Virgil.

3. An AU of the cult classic game Vampire: the Masquerade- Bloodlines. Thomas is an ancient vampire who doesn't like to play a part in the petty clan politics. Over the centuries, he ends up gaining a collective of ghoul underlings who are more like family. Living peacefully becomes hard when the most recent ghoul he takes in, Virgil, becomes caught in the crossfire of a breach in the Masquerade.

4. Remus is a stuntman who's broken every bone in his body and then some. Roman, the leading actor of the movie they're working on, is becoming suspicious if the man is even human. As truths are revealed, the suspenseful horror film starts becoming reality, and Roman refuses to become a victim. Featuring make-up artist Janus, director Patton, script-writer Logan, and cameraman Virgil.

5. Janus, a powerful arch fae, is banished from his grove when his disdain towards humans becomes too great. Believing himself to be superior, Janus dives head first into human society to prove his point. Alternatively, local arch fae gets kicked out of his fairy ring and immediately gets stabbed upon entering human society. It'd be a shame if some humans were to take pity on him and make him experience...emotions. Featuring truth-seekers/monster-hunters Virgil and Remus.

[mariamakeslemons]

To the Victor, The Crown

Gaz is tasked with finding out the secret as to why the operative with the call sign König seems to never stay dead. You contemplate wasting six years of your life reviving the stupid fuck, all due to being a touch slow to stop him from Bonding with you. Perhaps, you can work together to put the idiot down permanently.

For @ghouljams King Killer Challenge, the plan is eight chapters (plus a prologue and maybe an epilogue) of Gaz and reader dealing with König dying in... interesting ways.

Magical Realism AU, Gaz x Reader with one-sided König x Reader

Prologue (Sniper round and decay spell)

Chapter 1 (Angry Crows)

Chapter 2 (Peed on a Leprechan's corpse)

Chapter 3 (Falls down stairs with accordion sounds)

Chapter 4 (Knife to the Throat and Phoenix sneeze)

Chapter 5 (Killer Rabbit)

Chapter 6 (Run Over by Clown Car)

Chapter 7 (Turned into a Frog and Crushed)

Chapter 8 (Dragged to Hell)

Epilogue (He deserved it)

Bonus!!

Author Commentary

crossover with Ghoul's Fae AU

[gummibunnie]

Quick explanation of my Creature AU

What is the Creature AU?

Basically it’s the TWST characters as well creatures

It’s actually more than that but that’s actually how it started, kinda just wanting to make creature/monster designs and randomly started making lore and an actual plot

What are the creatures?

None of the creatures are based off a specific creature that already exist but take inspo from them sometimes

Like, ghouls, harpies, mermaids, fae etc

How does the plot work?

Right now I’m kinda just really all over the place but there is two to 3 main plot lines

Creature plot lines both past and present

And researcher plot line where we view the creatures in a research way with Night Raven Research Facility (Name still a work in progress)

Extra Info

This AU is Kinda messy and has no real solid format as it’s just for fun cause I like creepy monster like creatures

This AU has a horror aspect to it but is not the sole genre or theme to it

I bring in a lot of sad deep loot and sometimes cute heartwarming stuff as a treat :3

All dorms will be in this au

None of them are connected maybe some vaguely but the only main connection is the fact they are researched by Night Raven

I am a very hc orientated acc so that might deep in a little

Current dorms that have been worked on

Heartslabyul

Pomefiore

All AU stuff will be tagged under TWST Creature AU

Disclaimer

This AU will talk about subjects that may be a tad sensitive to some as in death, murder, body mutation, etc

Nothing that crosses any lines as I want the sun to be as open to as many ppl as it can and some stuff I am uncomfortable portraying

I will have things tagged under proper trigger warnings if needed :3

[maelstrom007]

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DEvcklJupAC/?igsh=cHBmajJjcW0yc3

I saw this and thought of Mal 💗

Pari you’ve made my day. 💗

I can totally imagine Mal being resistant to the idea of a mechanical knitting machine when the technology comes out, something about losing the tactileness or closeness to your craft. Until finally they get their hands on one one day and realize that it’s just a different kind of tactile. The machine still needs the user, needs the maker to create the design, to move the sled, to assemble and finish. Despite the machine there’s still soul to it. To the process.

The sheer amount of sweaters and beanies and scarves they bang out in the following year could clothe an army.

[ghouljams]

While rereading your Fae!AU, I realized that there’s no mention of Farah and Alex. If it’s not too bold of me to offer, how about they be another Fae x Human couple looking for a third. Alex, bless him, just rolls with Farah’s fae behavior, often even going all heart eyes at her. Farah, to her credit, adores how loyal and brave Alex is, how he courted her by hunting down a terrorist that fucked with her and hand delivered the man’s heart to her.

Don’t know what kind of reader would work as their third, but it’s just a thought.

That's entirely because neither Farah nor Alex live in the UK! Also in a small way it's because I don't know much about the folklore in Farah's part of the world. That's on my lack of research, but I didn't want to pay any creatures I might have come up with a disservice or fall into stereotypes when Farah is such a well-rounded, interesting, character. Alex though, that's just some white guy. (jk I love Alex Keller, hot mustache man with a great story line)

A fae/human couple would suit them incredibly well though. I like Farah as a fae, but I also would slot Alex in as a mythology expert. Not in the sense that he's any sort of academic, more in the sense of the CIA needing to employ (and deploy) people who know the mythology of the regions they're invading so they can properly handle them.

So Farah meets this guy who clocks her immediately but is also just... so excited to meet a fae from Urzikstan. And despite anticipating a million questions from Alex, she finds herself with just as many. What does he mean "a bullet'll do just as well as any spell?" What does he mean "those things that go behind the trees when you're not lookin'?" Why does every creature he describes sound like some horrible amalgamation? What do you mean there's an entire portion of the country that just ignores their local critters? Americans smh

Alex's questions are more in line with: what's a fae doing taking an interest in human affairs, and I thought fae didn't like guns? Which does inevitably lead to Alex hunting down a terrorist that he knows Farah had her eyes on as a courting gift.

And then idk they decide to live in a portion of summer that's like the perfect cloudy summer day so Farah's poor white boy doesn't get sunburnt. No clue what their reader situation would be. Tbh I think they're the perfect couple and have no notes. Big "I didn't 'get' Farah she picked me up by the scruff and carried me home" vibes.

[elmaxlys]

First Crown

[uniquecellest]

Just imagining Cherik in other universes

---Like in the 2002 live action it's the first class crew Charles and Erik are initially captured but Charles escapes and Erik gets his body possessed by one of those creatures. However it's Charles and Raven that have the Shaggy and Scoogy argument and Charles is the sacrifice.

---in Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters unleashed when the gang is trapped by creatures I imagine Charles being trapped by the slime monster like Daphne but Erik has the disk thing that scooby has (they save the day yadayada)

---Scooby Doo and the Ghoul School Charles is at the Ghoul School and Erik is at the military prep school

---In a RWRB AU I imagine Charles as Alex as I think their journeys to their sexualities and being chill with it would be similar unlike Erik who would be Henry whereas Erik - not even by his parents or uncle - saw first hand how awful people can be

---for 9-1-1

*the Tsunami disaster is interesting as they both could be Buckand Eddit in the situation but I also imagine if Charles was the one who got swept away with Raven, Hank, Moira, whomever, not wanting to face Erik and tell him that Charles is missing and all they have is like his chair.

*When the snipper goes after the first responders I'd like to imagine Erik is Eddie in the situation. I know it could be said for Charles being Eddie, but imagine Erik feels a bullet but he doesn't catch it in time as there is several pieces of metal and bullets around he doesn't even register it until after he's been shot but his only thought is Charles and Charkes is just staring on in horror as Erik falls. Then Erik changes his will so that Charles gets Pietro, Wanda, and Lorna if anything happens to him (also feel free to include Anya too if one wishes)

*Charles is the one who gets struck by lightning

*Erik street fighting

*someone mistaking Erik and Charles as fathers to Wanda, Pietro, Lorna and Anya with no correction from Erik

*both getting love interests and the other being jealous but they think it's in a "I'm losing my bestie" kinda way and not the later

*Erik being Athena when a serial grapist escapes and kidnaps one or two of his kids which divides him from the kid/s

*Charles being an alcoholic that had severe consequences in his past

*Charles landing a plane while Erik clears a freeway

---Star Wars

*with Jedi Charles and Grey Jedi Erik (though most people on the council calls Erik Sith though he is not)

*Senator Erik and Jedi Charles

---All For The Game with Fox Charles and former Raven turned Fox Erik

---PJO AU

*Greek son of Aphrodite Charles and Roman son of Mars and Legacy of Mercury Erik.

*Greek son of Nike Erik and Roman son of Trivia and Legacy of Juventas

---Shadowhunters AU

*Shadowhunter Erik with Warlock/Fae Charles (who is also part Shadowhunter)

*Shadowhunter Charles with Werewolf Erik

---ATLA/LOL

*Airbender Charles and Earthbender Erik

*Lavabender Erik

*Earth Kingdom Prince Charles and Fire Nation Prince Erik

[dreamerofvalyria]

Hi I love your Nikto fic! Can you tell us what a zmei is though? I've never heard of one before

That is a most excellent question, anon!

Not too many people seem to know what a Zmei is, but that's understandable, it's a bit of a more niche legend. Obviously, if you don't want any details spoiled for the fic at all then you're more than welcome to skip this ask, but it'll be a while before it's fully explained in the main story. Honestly, it's not much of a spoiler since I've already touched on it a bit in some of the baby fics.

I'll be mentioning some concepts and characters from @ghouljams (obviously lol) so head up for that!

To begin, Nikto isn't a fae himself, despite this being the fae AU. I looked at different types of fae and faeries found in Russia and the surrounding areas, but nothing really jumped out at me until I came across the legend of the Zmei.

In Russian mythology, the Zmei is a three headed hydra who typically features as dangerous, malevolent creature, intent on tricking and killing humans. There's multiple stories that have the Zmei as the antagonist and stories vary about his exact appearance, but it's typically a large, black, three headed hydra - sometimes he can breathe fire, sometimes lightning - and can vary in size from a large horse to a mountain.

As mentioned by Ghoul in one of their asks, dragons and their kin were probably a thing in the past, but have since died off because of how difficult it would be for them to hide among humans. However! An important part of the Zmei legend, is that he can change his form from a hydra to a human accompanied by a black dog, a raven/crow, and a large black stallion.

In my version, the animals are extensions of Nikto himself. Each of the three heads are all Nikto, just different parts of his mind, which I found fitting given his potential DID. When in a human form, these animals are just those other parts of his mind. The human is Nikto, the dog is Nikto, the crow is Nikto and the horse is Nikto.

Since Zmei is capable of becoming human, the lack of other dragons/wyverns/hydras in the world doesn't prevent him from reproducing, hence how Nikto was born: his sire was Zmei and his dam a young Russian woman. Hence the title of the fic, Son of Zmei.

Their human forms aren't perfect - Nikto has some black scales on most of his body, including his face, which is why he prefers to wear a mask and clothes that cover every inch of his body. He's inherited the same ego and sense of superiority that most hydras have, along with a highly possessive and obsessive nature. He collects anything and everything that he finds interesting and, recently, he's found his attention drawn to the cute human running the antiques store.

The Zmei is actually the main inspiration for the design of King Ghidorah from Godzilla! So, just think of that bad boy and you'll get an idea of what Nikto looks like in his proper form.

Hope that answers some of your questions!