#griffin riders au

[paperori0]

the gremlins

Julius = Serial Designation J, or J for short

Yassen = Serial Designation Y, or Y for short

Nile = Serial Designation N, or N for short

John is Serial Designation H, and Alex is just Alex :/

Ian is obsessed with doors, Jack just wants to keep Alex safe, and Tom does not care whatsoever but is scared of the murder drones, Sabina grew up inside the safe zones and thought murder drones was just a myth to keep children behaved and Kyra is curious about them. James and the other kids from Point Blanc are worker drones that live in the safe zones, just a different section of it.

-Villains-

Harold Sayle - a worker drone obsessed with experimenting on viruses, only works for money, lives outside the safe zones in a mansion that keeps the murder drones out

Dr Grief/Greif - a worker drone employed by humans to create/experiment on murder drones and worker drones. Creator of Julius/J

Alexei Sarov - a human that lives on Copper 9 and wants to wipe out all rogue worker droves with a nuclear bomb

Damian Cray - a very popular worker drone known for his hatred towards drugs and alcohol and just like in the original au he is a pop star

Julia Rothman - the Tessa of the au. She is more crueller tho and likes to torture and kill worker drones

Nikolei Drevin - a human that lives on another planet. He hates rogue worker drones and has a son named Paul.

Desmond McCain - also a human that lives on another planet. He is married to Myra Bennett and owns a zoo of Sentinels (in the original AU, he owns crocodiles)

Winston Yu - a worker drone (?) that lives with the humans and works with Julia Rothman. His body is fragile and he wears gloves

Abdul Razim - a human that also lives on another planet. He is emotionless and likes to torture people and measure their pain. He worked with Julius/J before

-Side Villains-

Mr Grin - a worker drone that works with Harold Sayle

Nadia Vole - a worker drone that also works with Sayle

Eva Stellenbosch - a worker drone that works with Dr Grief to create Murder Drones

Walter Baxter - helps Dr Grief create replacements or clones of murder drones that are destroyed

Conrad - a worker drone that was repaired after being devoured by murder drones, he hates murder drones because of that, he helps Sarov

Kasper/Magnus - a human that works with Drevin

Erik Gunter - a human, he worked with Julius/J and Razim before

Ash - a human, Alex’s godfather, killed John due to him going rogue

Njenga - a murder drone that works with McCain

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Dialogue transcripts:

Panel 1

Griffin: …Hmph!

Panel 2

Aronnax (offscreen): Comme tous les céphalopodes, l’argonaute nage à reculons, en refoulant l’eau au moyen de son tube locomoteur…

Irene: Oui, oui, très intéressant…

Panel 3

Aronnax (offscreen): …Madame?

Panel 4

Irene: …Mais c’est merveilleux! S’il vous plaît, monsieur, continuez!

Panel 5

Aronnax (offscreen): Si quelque danger se présente, si l'approche d'un ennemi se fait sentir, si les vents commencent à rider la surface des eaux, l'argonaute fait rentrer promptement ses rames, ses voiles et son gouvernail dans sa coquille, [trails off]

[randomnameless]

Artbook stuff : more dev notes, this time about Nina, the mages and the knights of the rose!

Nina is introduced before Kitra, but I suppose Kitra was designed first as the "tiny girl with huge hammer" trope or "romanticism", so Nina followed.

I don't have a lot of thoughts about Nina since I always bench her quite fast, but fwiw, it's really nice to see how her ponytail sways with her movements, VW really put a lot of care in their animated sprites, and I can't help but compare with modern IPs who love their shitty 3D and I'm like... yeah.

Sprite work is VW's bread and butter, and it shows!

Yahna... Well, fwiw, in my first run I wasn't fond of her because I was introduced to her during the Alcina map and, well :/

AU where she had body armor - but the art looked meh so she removed some clothes. FWIW, in her progression she always wears more clothes, like she starts with nothing, then wears a dress, and in the artbook's cover her dress looks like stripperific than this one, which is, uh, a progression?

She betrays her ages at times in cutscenes (the stone tablets subquest!) and in rapport convos, which is fun to think about (basically her Hodrick and Joseph's supports) but the Alcina parallels in her Alain rapport convo... ugh.

Utility wise, much like in FE, Warp is busted, and her Gravity spell manages to control the map so..., I've never benched her at all lol.

Auch is a more traditional mage, when Yahna's class is actually more support oriented, in my actual run he stole Reimann's staff and equiped the accessory to counter at melee range, it's not a super sound strategic team, but damn that's fun.

His "wants to please my mother" thing only appeared in his rapport convos, and he was working for Zenoira so... bar the memes, I wonder what is basically his story, where they Cornian mages who jumped wagon with the Zenoiran invaders, or what?

He still makes the Mordon map winnable, so he's nice (and actually the second magic user we get!)

Selvie's actually quite tall in with the character heights revealed, and VW really outdid themselves with her various poses and crouching she does to cast magic (and the Selvie Kick (tm) ). I don't have a lot to say about her character (nerd with a kind heart when she talks about anything else than her research trope) but as the only named shaman unit...

She can't attack at all, but her debuffs are basically making a team survive or kill enemies, or not so yep, much like Yahna, she was never benched lol.

The Knights of the Rose's Team Mom, Miriam!

Acts as the leader of the group (or their caretaker), she indeed has a serious personality, watching over the members of their group and, when she joins, Virginia - even if, serious or not, she's also perfectly willing to participate in Virginia's suicide charge to take revenge for their fallen comrades.

IDK much about some "cuteness" but I'd say she has her own insecurities, complaining to Frau (not Kitra!) that seeing her and Virginia fight, she feels like she'll never be as good as them, or having the pressure to live up to her father's expectations. For a character who doesn't have a lot of lines and is part of a group, Miriam's fine as character, not specially a fave, but fine nontheless.

Fran! (@pandp-author fave!)

Dev notes are centered on her maiden ceremony, where we can see her stand without riding her griffin!

But indeed, mobility is her class's greatest advantage compared to other flying units, and in a game like UO with real-time elements mobility is really key to cheese maps!

Fran is also the only griffin rider in game with, uh, a modified bust size so she doesn't jiggle like the other ones, which is always a bonus point. Character wise, Fran is someone who worries about her comrades (hell in her ending, she gives up a leading position to remain with her friends on the battlefield?) but is also the one who's the proudest to be part of the Knights of the Rose : she's not a squire anymore who needs to be protected, she's a knight who can protect now.

Kitra here!

She got a Supreme forehead to give a "lively impression", but she first and foremost was designed with a hammer to join when Mordon wouldn't be available (if Alain picked the "kill him" choice?). Yeah, Google Trad failed here, there's no convo about "intimacy" with Mordon lol, but more like she's his apprentice and later learns how to repairstuff (to become a stonemason herself?).

She's "carefree" and brash, prone to get into trouble but her "dexterity" is both shown in how she repairs bridges and, in her Sharon rapport, smashes chicken to make them cross a river (without killing them, idk how this works).

Hammer people are really fun units, I prefer Mordon based on design alone, but Kitra's character - both as a member of the Knights of the Rose and outside of her group of friends - is fine enough, much like her fellow knights, with a small emphasis on being a sort of comic relief.

[kayakin-world]

Full name: Elan Rider Nickname(s): Lan Age: Young adult (canon) / Teenager (AU) Birthday: November 12 Birthplace: Mobius / Lunearis Gender: Male Pronouns: He/Him Voice claim: Akira Fudo (Griffin Burns)

Species: Mobian Race: Dryad shrew tenrec Skin: Tan Eyes: Crimson red Hair: Gray-ish purple Face: Round Build: Inverted triangle, athletic Other details: Darker grey spots Height: 3'11 / 120cm Sexuality: Bi-oriented demiallo Relationship status: Single

Zodiac sign: Scorpio Favorite colour: Red and black MBTI: ENTJ Region: Notus (the south) Good traits: Adaptable, persuasive, confident, intelligent, loyal, spontaneous Bad traits: Cocky, avoidant, hypocritical, rebellious, impatient, irresponsible Hobbies: Collecting jewelry, videogames, snowboarding, team sports, graffiti art, treasure hunting

Occupation: Thief (formely) / Bounty hunter Weapon: Knives Special ability: Magnetic energy Abilities: Enhanced speed, plasma resistance, flexibility Weaknesses: Strong magnetic fields, extreme heat Alignment: Neutral Team: Riot (with Jack and Fern) Type: Speed Status: Active - Alive

Relationships:

S/O - N/A

Family - N/A

Close friends - Joule, Jack, Fern, Ninshisho (crush)

Allies - Cardinal Wings, Team Arcane, Team Atom, Team Hallow, Team Flow, Team Sonic, Team Rose

Neutral - Team Chaotix, Freedom Fighters, ARK, Team Dark, Babylon Rogues

Enemies - Eggman empire, Black Arms

Playlist:

(TBA)

[guardianofthedawn]

Okay so, hear me out.

Veilguard companions in a Dragon Riders!AU.

Each faction is a school of riding that focuses on a different skill set, e.g.: the Antivan Crows are acrobatic fliers, while the Veil Jumpers are known for their speedy mounts. The Grey Wardens keep the griffins, because griffins are cool.

Spite is a temperamental Soul Dragon bonded to Lucanis through unfortunate circumstances but they both grow to respect the other.

Assan is still the perfect griffin boy.

Manfred is a little Bone Drake that follows Emmrich everywhere he goes, and spits embers as a defence mechanism.

Feel free to add your own thoughts, I’d love to hear them!

[n3rdlif343va]

Fly Away With Me

(Victuuri, Mature, Completed 10/10 chapters posted, Fantasy AU)

Summary:

Yuuri has always aspired to be a performance griffin rider just like his hero, Victor Nikiforov. After years of hard work, he finally feels ready to share the air with his greatest source of inspiration.

But on the eve of the festivities, in the midst of a powerful snowstorm, Victor's griffin returns to the stables bleeding and injured without her partner.

Leaving behind the safety and warmth of the aerie, Yuuri flies into the storm, determined to find Victor and bring him home.

Little does he know, the storm isn't the only reason Victor needs to be saved.

Created as part of the @yurionicebigbang with my incredible partner @shadhahvar whose art is absolutely stunning. I couldn’t have asked for a better partner!!!

[thecatinthepurplepants]

this is pretty much just a griffin but he’s fluffy and a good good fluffy boy with his small edgy human 

so with this one dark shadow basically is just Tokoyami’s dragon instead of a shadow demon living in his body. They’re a less common duo because usually the dragon and rider are opposite genders for an unknown reason, it’s like a 1 in like 20 or 30 chance so definitely not unheard of. He’s a lot bigger than most other dragons his age, rivaled pretty much only by Izuku’s dragon in sheer bulk. However he doesn’t really have any fancy abilities other than being stealthy and very strong, especially more so in the dark. He kind of goes into a berserker state in the dark and, on top of being very stealthy, is massively more aggressive and by extension harder for Tokoyami to control. He hates light though and becomes meeker and more cooperative during the day.

Btw the feathers on Tokoyami’s headdress are just molted feathers from Dark Shadow that he replaces when they get ratty (because unlike those on Dark Shadow’s body he doesn’t preen the ones on the headdress) but he claims that they’re raven feathers to seem more Edge™

Izuku

Uraraka

Iida

Bakugou

Tsu

Todoroki

Commission me

[francy-sketches]

👀

ok this is very self indulgent bc i love griffins but. au where house connington are griffin riders and joncon gets an epic big bird pet. probably gets killed in bobby's rebellion tho rip :(

[arty-shadow-morningstar]

Con Man's Daughter

Posting this because there isn't enough biodad! John Constantine content.

[Masterlist]

(Part 2)

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I feel like this should be a Damianette story or just platonic relationship after Jon got aged-up to seventeen and Damian wanted a friend his age but doesn’t want to admit it.

So basically there is this big bad in Gotham using magic that Batman was fighting at the time and enlisted John Constantine to help out.

John realizes that the villain is using a Miraculous.

“Oh. I think I know how he gets his powers. And lucky for you, Bats, I know an expert on this special brand of magic.”

And he did the smart thing and called up Marinette who at the time was already Guardian and was looking for other lost Miraculouses like in the Treasure Hunter AU I wrote.

He calls her at a really bad time. She was in the process of being chased by the guardians of the place. Monsters and evil spirits.

“Hello, Dad. What do you need and can you do it quickly?”

“Hey, sweetheart, it’s me. How is my little cupcake up to these days?”

“You called at a bad time.” Gunshots.

“WAS THAT A GUN I HEARD? WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU, YOUNG LADY?!”

“Somewhere in Japan. Getting a Miraculous. And why can’t you call me to check in on me and not ask me to help you with whatever mess you got yourself into.” More gunshots sounds and it was telling that Marinette was using a gun.

“Where did you get a gun? And don’t you have school?”

“It’s summer break. Don’t worry Maman and Papa know. Well, the fact that I am in Japan anyways.” Marinette sounded a little out of breath. Roaring and horrifying sounds at the other end. “Can we do this later?”

“As it happens, there is a villain going around Gotham with what I think is a Miraculous.”

Swears on the other end.

“Oi. Watch your fucking language, young lady.”

“How about a No and move the fuck back, old man. I am coming over right now.”

“Old man? I am not that old-” as a magic blue portal opens up in the Bat Cave.

And a red Chinese dragon comes out with someone riding it.

Its rider was a black-haired girl. She had a trench coat similar to Constantine's. I imagine her with a fedora. Like Carmen Sandiego style but not red. Sometimes red but only when she has to steal it from a museum or high security places and she leaves a name card with the name Carmen Sandiego. A sword strapped to her back and a dagger to her thigh.

She had a gun in her hand which she used to shoot the monsters as it was halfway through the portal and yelled out the spell to close it.

“Brilliant entrance but you are in lots of trouble, little lady. What were you thinking about going to another country unsupervised? And isn’t there still a butterfly problem in Paris?”

“One, I wasn’t unsupervised. I had Tikki, a billion years old being and a sort of god. Two.Well, it got boring trying to track Hawk-bitch down. And I found this legend about a guy with a Miraculous who disappeared in the temple and thought hey, more miraculous could mean another edge to defeating Moth-man.”

More bickering and John grounding Marinette who was acting very nonchalant about it.

Okay, at this point, I should say that Batman and Robin are in the background trying to make some sense.

Batman is surprised to find out that Constantine has a daughter who is also involved in magic like her Father but an apparently more specialised kind called the Miraculous. He is a little miffed that he didn’t know about John having a daughter. He did consider it weird at first that she had a slight french accent unlike her father’s Liverpool accent although she pronounced some words like he does.

He also connected some dots that she is also the Parisian heroine, Lady Rouge who Wonder Woman introduced to the League a while back and had declined to join the Young Justice or Teen Titans until everything in Paris was resolved.

Damian on the other hand was suspicious of the new arrival and came to the same conclusion as his father about the daughter thing.

Batman after a few minutes, clears his throat.

The Constantines stop arguing.

“Bonjour. Batman. Robin. Pleasure to meet you. I am Mari Constantine and yes, I am this homeless looking man’s brilliant daughter.” “Hey”

“Well, Mari. Your father thinks you can help us with this new criminal turning Gotham upside down. Literally in some cases. He said that you might be able to help us.” Batman said as he pulled up zoomed in picture of the Miraculous.

Mari looks through the Miraculous grimoire and tells them all about it and power-ups, basically the most effective thing to defeat the guy is to get the Miraculous off them. Plus a spell that would make the Miraculous ineffective if casted within a certain radius of it.

“Thank you for the information, Mari. Constantine, let’s go.”

Mari made to follow them.

“You young lady are grounded and staying here.”

“I don’t need another supervillain using the Miraculous which are my responsibility as Guardian to retrieve them for their own misuse and wreaking havoc on the city. And what if there is an akuma in Paris? I can’t go there if I am grounded in the Batcave although it is a cool place to hang out.”

“You can portal back to Paris but you are not going to follow me. Understood?”

“yes. crystal”

“Good. After me and Batsy get the Miraculous, you can do your Guardian duties.”

Damian snickers. Until Batman cut his mood short, “You are staying behind too. Robin.”

“But Father, why? I am much more capable than Constantine.”

“Hey!” Both father and daughter.

Damian is staying behind too because of the Miraculous power or other reasons and keeps an eye on Mari.

Damian stays behind and there were some protests about mari mad about having a babysitter and Damian doesn’t want to be a babysitter. Despite the two of them being around the same age.

“I got an eye on you so no funny business.”

“Okay, Dad, I am not going to have sex with Robin.” Mari said with a shit- eating grin. Robin definitely didn’t blush.

“I hate you sometimes.”

“I love you too, Dad. Go save the world. Byee.”

John eyes her suspiciously because she is not one to give up that easily usually.

He casts a spell to watch her as they leave. and which she totally knew about.

“So...I have one question.”

“Tt, ask and don’t bother me anymore.”

“Is Batman Bruce Wayne?”

Damian looks up, totally caught off guard.

“I am going to take that as a yes.”

Puts sword at her neck. “How did you find out?!”

“Opened up Google Maps and saw that we are under Wayne Manor. Connected the dots. Also I already knew when Dad made a bet with me once to find out Batman’s secret identity but he never did confirm it for me. And can you please not tell your father about this? I don’t feel like being interrogated by the Bat in the future yet.”

“Father must know about this.”

“I saw you looking at Scarlet here. An animal lover then? You can give her some belly rubs. She deserves it after helping me outrun those monsters.”

His silence was brought. To pet a dragon.

One thing after another and he ends up bringing out his pets-Jerry the turkey, Goliath the dragon-bat, Titus- and her introducing him to her other pets like a hellhound, griffin and other mythical creatures who mostly roam free but come to her when she calls for them and also the kwamis, at least the ones who came with her.

After 30 mins have passed, “So Robin how do you feel about disobeying our fathers?”

“I am in.”

“Depends. Are we going after the (villain's name) ?”

“Yes.”

Awesome montage of them getting rid of the spell John casted and flying out of the Batcave on their respective giant flying pets to the villain’s base.

Meanwhile, their fathers are not doing so well and are trapped in a death trap. John can’t say the spell because the villain made him unable to talk.

“At least, the kids are staying put.”

Cut to Damian and Mari jumping off their pets and onto the roof. Taking out the guards posted there and going into the building all sneakily and also taking out the guards that come their way.

They dropped into the room where their fathers and the villain is.

“Why am I not surprised?”

Villain starts an evil monologue about his mastermind plan to which Damian cuts it short by trying to cut him down with his katana. Mari goes to deactivate the death trap.

They are evenly matched with Damian’s training and the Miraculous.

Mari steps in as Damian was about to be killed. Taps on the shoulder of the villain and when he turns around, gives an awesome right hook that knocks him out.

Takes away the Miraculous and curses him. Wiped the dude’s memories of it.

“When I said stay in the Batcave, I meant stay behind at the Batcave. What point of being grounded, don’t you understand?”

“You mean, Oh, Mari, light of my life, my wonderful daughter, thank you for saving my ass. You are the best.’ by that, right?”

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Mari and Damian exchanged numbers and email addresses.

As she was about to leave the Batcave, “It’s been nice meeting you, Mr. Wayne.” and leaves with a wink.

John ‘ungrounds’ her for the look on Batman’s face.

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After this, Marinette and Damian become friends who bitch and vent to each other about their alter egos and various villains of their respective cities. (In codes, just in case) They also share updates about their pets and love of drawings.

They have that type of friendship where they trade favors. Mari calls Damian to Paris sometimes to help out with the akuma of the day and Damian sometimes calls her in when Bruce doesn’t let him go investigate a case so he can sneak out by magical means or as back up for when his brothers were too annoying to deal with.

It’s summer break so no missing school.

John and Bruce are aware of their friendship and some of the shenanigans the pair gets into behind their back.

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Right. how this all started...

John and Sabine first met when the latter was still in college somewhere in France. John was tracking down a demonic entity which was targeting Sabine for some reason and she was the next target.

John saved her life and exorcised the demon. There was a heat of the moment thing and they had a one-night stand. There were a few more flings and hook-ups after that night.

And nine months later, Marinette Cheryl Cheng-Constantine was born.

When Sabine first found out, she called John to come over and he thought that it was a call for another hook-up and was very surprised to find out that it was not and that he was going to be a father.

They both like each other but do not want to be in a relationship together so they both remained as friends and John agreed after some strong-arming at the very least to meet his daughter before he goes to do his job. And pay for child support. And help Sabine during her pregnancy.

Pregnant Sabine was someone you don’t want to mess with. And John has never met a demon or anyone scarier than her.

He was at first not into meeting his child and there was a self-pity party he threw himself with how the child was going to live a bad life because he was the dad and how he destroyed every good thing in his life.

That’s why he is going to meet the baby once and leave maybe a letter and the occasional birthday present and stay out of their life. Forever.

The day Marinette was born and it took one look into her eyes for the HellBlazer to fall under the spell and all of his plans to stay out of her life to burn away.

At first, he tried. He really tried but he couldn’t do it.

Lasted 4 months before he came back, wanting to place protection spells on her and sigils around the house to keep away the forces of Heaven and Hell and other entities so they won’t use her against him as a bargaining chip.

Sabine calls him to babysit. He could have refused and Sabine would have easily found a babysitter. He moans and whines about how he is a great mage and not a bloody babysitter. Sabine retorts that it is actually called parenting since he is Marinette’s father. He grumbles but in the end, agrees.

The great John Constantine is wrapped around the little girl’s finger.

He was around for some of Marinette’s firsts. Her first word was “John”.

It made him cry. He wasn’t a good man and he doesn’t deserve someone this precious. His daughter doesn’t deserve someone like him as a father but fate made it that way and what can you do about it.

After an exhausting week of doing the usual and coming back from Hell, he saw that Sabine had sent him a video. It was Marinette taking her first steps.

Chas swears that in all the years that he has known John Constantine he has never seen the man look so happy.

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When Tom came into the picture, John was there to take care of a toddler Marinette while Tom and Sabine went on dates.

Insert John threatening a much bigger Tom while holding a baby Marinette with wide eyes and hugging a teddy bear with the same coat as John’s. (It was something Sabine brought on a whim and to tease John when he came around.)

Tom is supportive and treats Marinette like his own flesh and blood.

John resolved to leave for good now that Tom would be there to be a father figure for Marinette.

That plan fell into the drain the moment he was going to leave for what was supposed to be the last time before Sabine pulled him back and knocked some sense into him.

His face was a big giveaway. Sabine knows that despite his claims of being a terrible father for Marinette, he was a good one and damnit she was going to make sure that Marinette would get to know her actual father.

Tom later made an awkward talk with John about how he was not going to replace John’s role as Marinette’s father.

Marinette was the flower girl at Tom and Sabine’s wedding. John was there too.

During bedtime, John would read her stories and use his magic to make it come to life. Although he would feel a little drained afterwards, it was worth it to see her smile.

Sometimes he told stories about his tamer adventures. (After cutting out some of the inappropriate bits)

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When Marinette was about 5 or 6, Sabine was out on an errand and Tom was at home with Mari and helping her with her homework. There was a crash downstairs at the bakery. Tom went down to check it out to find John lying on the ground.

With a weak cough, he said, “Close the door. Close it.” Before losing consciousness

Tom did before a man with pitch black eyes slammed against it.

Thankfully John had installed heavy wards around the bakery when it first opened.

They held against the demon on John’s tail. Tom brought John inside and unsure of what to do, grabbed a rolling pin on the counter.

The man outside started pounding on the glass door and every time his hands touched the door, light glowed outwards, showing the invisible magic barrier around the bakery. Sparks and steams fizzled with every pound.

Despite the reddening and burns of his hands, the not-human didn’t slow down.

“ʝօɦռ....ʏօʊ ӄռօա ȶɦǟȶ ɨȶ'ֆ օռʟʏ ǟ ʍǟȶȶɛʀ օʄ ȶɨʍɛ ɮɛʄօʀɛ ɨ ɮʀɛǟӄ ȶɦʀօʊɢɦ ȶɦɛֆɛ աǟʀɖֆ. օռƈɛ ɨ ɢɛȶ ʏօʊ,” He laughs, the sound sends chills down the large man’s spine, “ȶɦɛʀɛ ǟʀɛ ֆօ ʍǟռʏ ȶɦɨռɢֆ ɨ ɦǟʋɛ քʟǟռռɛɖ ʄօʀ ʏօʊ.”

Tom knew that Marinette’s father was a con man. Come on, Master and Practitioner of the Dark Arts and Occult. But he was a good father nonetheless despite all his flaws and Sabine liked him enough so that was good enough for him.

Before today, magic was just the sleight of hands and use of fancy tools to sell the illusions. Now, with a could-be-a-demon knocking on his door to get to the father of the girl he sees as his daughter, he’s not so sure.

“Tom? Qu'est-ce qui se passe? (What’s going on?)” A little voice came from the stairs, “Dad!” Marinette padded across the floor to the body of her passed out father.

She shook him awake and there were a few soft slaps to the face.

“Dad, what’s happened?”

John mumbles, “Demon…. possessing some rich guy….. Exorcism…. Doesn’t like me very much…Don’t worry...wards going to hold.”

John manages to stand before falling down and Tom catches him before he hits the floor. He has a concussion. Tom turns to Marinette, “Go, Hide and don’t come out until It’s safe.” which she did

Unfortunately, a while later, Sabine returns from her night out and the demon upon seeing Sabine. “ɛӼƈɛʟʟɛռȶ..”

The demon possessed Sabine and the previously possessed dude hit the sidewalk with a thud.

“ɨռȶɛʀɛֆȶɨռɢ....” The voice coming out of Sabine didn’t sound like her mother which scared Marinette a lot. “օքɛռ ȶɦɨֆ ɖօօʀ օʀ,”the demon pulled a knife out of thin air, ,“ȶɦɨֆ ɮօɖʏ ɢɛȶֆ ɨȶ.”

Tom hesitated until the demon put the knife on Sabine’s neck and put enough force for a thin line of blood to be shown.

He opens the door and the demon knocks him out. Stepping over his unconscious body and looking down on it, “ʄօʀ ȶɦǟȶ, ɨ ǟʍ ɢօɨռɢ ȶօ ʟɛȶ ʏօʊ ʟɨʋɛ ʊռȶɨʟ ɨ ǟʍ ɖօռɛ աɨȶɦ ʝօɦռ, օʄ ƈօʊʀֆɛ.” and cackles. The sound was so wrong and unnerving and little Marinette tried very hard for her sobs not to be heard.

Too bad the demon had super hearing. “Come out, my little blossom. Maman is home. Why don’t you come out and give me a hug?”

It sounded so much like her mother and she nearly believed that it was her mother and not some entity in control of her body.

But she knew better from John’s stories of dealing with demons and how they would use the voice of loved ones to lure them out and into a trap. (Definitely not something one should tell as a bedtime story but Marinette was very different and had an unconventional childhood with John Constantine as her father.)

Wait...she got struck with an idea but she wasn’t sure if it would work.

Before she could do anything, the door of the cabinet she was hiding in was opened and she was dragged out.

The demon lifted her a few feet above the ground by the collar of her dress.

It heard Marinette saying something. “աɦǟȶ ǟʀɛ ʏօʊ ֆǟʏɨռɢ ƈɦɨʟɖ, ֆքɛǟӄ ʟօʊɖɛʀ?”

“Exorcizamus te, omnis immundus spiritus, omnis satanica potestas, omnis incursio infernalis adversarii, omnis legio, omnis congregatio et secta diabolica.” Marinette was now screaming the words at the top of her lungs. She repeated the spell over and over again with fierce determination.

John, being his paranoid self, taught her the spell for an exorcism, just in case. Demons spared no one, not even a girl.

It screamed “NO….” as Sabine’s body contorted in strange angles before a dark shadow seemed to be dragged down into the ground. It made a desperate attempt to possess John before it was pulled away and disappeared. There was no sign that there was a demon attack.

After John woke up, he managed to piece together that his 5-years-old (Sorry 5 and a half) daughter sent a demon back to hell.

He was a very proud dad. (He was a tad worried about the consequences from this event and demons hold one hell of a grudge. He wanted his daughter to live a very safe and happy life. The bakery’s wards also need an upgrade.)

He also got the job of explaining what he actually did to Tom. And lots of reassuring.

Sabine, on one hand, was not happy that Marinette knew how to do magic. That is until John told her that he did it just in case so she can protect herself and later it was agreed that Marinette can learn some Magic spells and charms to better protect herself and when she is older, she can decide if she wants to continue or not.

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(Part 2)

[tsuxken]

Blood Promise

A fic written for BTS high fantasy fest, based on the moodboard above. Taehyung is a griffin rider sworn to protect his kingdom, however, years ago his long time partner and friend betrayed him in a war.

taejin au

♕ griffins

♕ friends to enemies to lovers

♕ medieval fantasy

mature, 3k, ongoing

[blackcatmemes]

Mythical Creature AU

Send an AU idea and a small drabble or starter will be written with that mythical creature involved in some way. It could be the receiver’s character, sender’s, or neither. Such as hunting one, both encountering one, or even something like dragon riders, get creative! Specify for any preferences.

Dragon AU

Mermaid AU

Kelpie AU

Werewolf AU

Centaur AU

Demon AU

Vampire AU

Banshee AU

Kraken AU

Zombie AU

Phoenix AU

Faun AU

Faerie AU

Angel AU

Ghost AU

Selkie AU

Griffin AU

Unicorn AU

Harpy AU

Shapeshifter AU

Hellhound AU

Sphinx AU

Siren AU

Hydra AU

Mummy AU

Nymph AU

[paperori0]

AGGGRRRRRHHHHHH I want to write an Alex Rider AU where Yassen, Nile and Julius are murder drones while Alex is a worker drone/host of the AbsoluteSolver and John was a host of the AbsoluteSolver and pretended to be a disassembly drone/murder drone and Yassen really admired him but he got killed cuz the humans found out he went rogue or smth and sent the müder drones to kill the rogue worker drones and Jack is obsessed with doors and tries to keep Alex safe but he finds and befriends the murder drones instead :>

[struckbyelectriclove]

hi i’m in love with @scarlettroubles’s dragon au and designs so i wanted to throw my hat into the ring!

this is elizaveta, and she’s kats baby! her species is called a “winged mountain lindwyrm”, and there’s more info about that under the cut!

winged mountain lindwyrm, aka “lesser-deity lindwyrm” facts

they are one of the fastest dragon breeds in the world, as their six wings and serpentine bodies allow for improved aerodynamics

lindwyrms can come in a variety of colors depending on their habitat! the most common colors and brown, green, and grey, but as some live next to the coast (“kingfisher lindwyrms”, after the bird) they can also come in a variety of deep blues and blacks!

most lindwyrms do not have wings, and only have their front legs (this is an exception with the kingfisher lindwyrms, as instead of legs they have flippers, and are are often mistaken for seals from a distance) winged mountain lindwyrms have adapted to living high up in the mountains, where sufficient food on the ground is scarce.

though some prefer to hunt alone, some winged mountain lindwyrms will form groups of two to four, called a hustle. at most a hustle will comprise of five, as too many will upset strict hunting group dynamics and create drama in the group. hustles have been known to take down larger game, and there has been a record of a hustle of three taking down a whole norwegian ridgeback. griffins and hippogriffs are more common prey.

lindwyrms are very proud creatures, and have been documented showing off their scars in their hustle. it’s noted that the lindwyrm with the most scars seems to be the leader, although this hasn’t been fully proven yet, as often young lindwyrms have been seen getting into tussles to gain such scars for more respect from their hustle.

when threatened, the mane of feathers around their necks will fluff up, making the winged mountain lindwyrm seem bigger than it is. they will also cool their bodies in an attempt to make themselves look more ready and dangerous.

winged mountain lindwyrms are called “lesser-deity lindwyrms” because ancient wizards (and muggles) used to think of them as messengers of the aztec god, quetzalcoatl. this phenomena died out for a few centuries due to the abrupt disappearance of the culture, but the name has been rediscovered by historians in their research and has been slowly adopted by the public.

winged mountain lindwyrms often sleep coiled around something, whether that be the outcropping of a boulder or around a bedpost in the dormitories. they often do not fold their wings when they are sleeping, as they are instinctively always ready for a fight, making them look a fair bit like a biblical angel from christian mythos.

winged mountain lindwyrms don’t have any kind of breath, but they are venomous! the older the lindwyrm is, the more potent the venom will be

just kat’s dragon info:

her name is elizaveta ira solokov! eliza for short, and lizzy if kat feels like teasing her

she is very grumpy most of the time. she often thinks very highly of herself, though that doesn’t mean that she’s pretentious. she just feels as if things should be better for her and her rider.

though she is grumpy, that’s not to say that she isn’t caring! she resents the other dragons who insinuate that she doesn’t like her rider, because she does! she just thinks that kats actions are a little silly at times, and that she needs to be more attentive sometimes. eliza is just the more serious of the two.

eliza didn’t know about kats curse until second year, but she did know that something was off with her rider, she just couldn’t put her claw on what it was. once she finds out (along with rowan and their dragon. it’s a whole thing), that’s when she really starts getting protective over kat, especially once she spills her story to her dragon.

eliza hates kats cursed form by the way. that’s not her rider, that is a monster that has trapped her rider somewhere inside of it. one of the only times she has called kat “mama” is when she is rampaging in her cursed form.

eliza and kat both share a love of fish! they would eat it for every meal if they could, and they both are particularly fond of halibut.

she tends to be a bit too headstrong, and she has quite a temper if you set her off. she is a master of the cold shoulder and often waits for the other person to apologize, even if she is the one in the wrong.

though eliza tends to act like the more responsible one in her and kat’s relationship, there are cracks in her seriousness. she enjoys a good cuddle with her head in kats lap and her body coiled around her, with her wings shading them both from the weather

eliza is also a heater, because duh, dragon, and on the colder nights she’ll forgo wherever she sleeps to go and squeeze herself onto kats bed and keep her warm during the night. sometimes kat will go to her and sleep in her coils, as she’s one of the only beings she’s not afraid of clawing in her sleep whenever she has nightmares. eliza’s scales are simply too tough for her claws to penetrate.

[jaskier-cult]

jaskier-cult master post

okay, so i’ve finally made this list to round up all my writings for this fandom! 

just a reminder: in all of my works, Jaskier is NEVER human, even if the fic doesn’t focus on it. he’s also pretty much immortal in all of them, because i’m too much of a simp to let him die. and most of my works will be Jaskier-centric, if not geraskier centric. (always assume non human Jaskier and geraskier unless said otherwise) 

most of my works and reblogs will be SFW unless otherwise tagged, and NSFW will be under cuts so you won’t see anything unless you purposefully click

tell me if any links don’t work! 

and feel free to send me prompts, too!!

[all links below the cut]

Jaskier Centric 

[untitled, reblog] fae Jaskier ficlet inspired by art, geraskier

different not normal [ao3] fae Jaskier au, focuses on Jaskier’s childhood

my good side [ao3] pun for a title, shadow Jaskier kind of, eventually geraskier 

the blue avatar [ao3] avatar Jaskier au based off both ATLA and TLOK, half elf Jaskier, eventually geraskier, lots of world-building, going to be continued

the witcher with blue eyes [ao3] Jaskier witcher headcanons. bamf Jaskier, cw for mention of abuse

what the fuck is wrong with you [ao3] Jaskier gets a pet arch-griffin, Geralt is tired, geraskier 

witcher / eragon an Inheritance Cycle au with dragon rider Jaskier, eventually geraskier, mostly world-building 

Geraskier Centric 

[untitled, reblog] Geralt is bad at sex prompt, turned into headcanons. plenty more in the reblogs

beauty is blind soft geraskier 

body swap is so last friday (original post with art) (ask about busy brain Geralt) headcanons for Jaskier and Geralt getting cursed and sharing a body, a form that is both of them merged together. cute fanart included (thanks @melexist-was-taken 💜) and yes the title is a pun; i’m also calling this “body sharing au” or “dandelion au”

centaur geralt just centaur geralt drabbles, nothing solid, because one day i thought “wait why are we only doing wolf Geralt when he’s OBVIOUSLY a horse girl” and then went “lol literal horse girl Geralt” 

geraskier soulmate au soft and fluffy and funny geraskier 

it was just a fight mean Geralt, sad geraskier, angry and crushed Jaskier 

if you come with me post mountain sad geraskier

post mountain reunion funny short for post mountain geraskier

Jaskel Centric

oh fucck oh god okay title is a work in progress, didn’t think i would continue the drabble (and i haven’t posted anything following this YET). was going to be geraskier, but then i had a vision of ANGST and i couldn’t resist. soulmate au where Geralt severs his soulmate bond with Jaskier to be with Yennefer. Jaskier eventually finds love again 

Lambskier Centric

i didn’t mean to fall in love

Lambert: lol look at how stupid Geralt is pinning after the bard Lambert: *accidentally falls in love with the bard* Lambert: FUCK

[pastelfeatheredmask]

fanfic writer question game! tagged by @granny-griffin

Names: Pastel, my writing pseud is FeatheredMask (and we don't talk about my old usernames)

Fandoms: BNHA is my current brainrot with a dash of KNY, but I wrote for ML and BSD when I was into those. Got a couple small fandom interests on the side. I've been roleplaying Hetalia for some years, but haven't written much for it.

Where You Post: Ao3. I used to post to FFN, but transitioned over to Ao3 some years ago for a new page in my writing journey. I got told on FFN to take my gore fic elsewhere, and, well, I did.

Most Popular Oneshot (by kudos): Hanahaki Folk Remedy - I've always wanted to write hanahaki, but I'm not a fan of pining and my love always veers queerplatonic rather than romantic. I was inspired by some people in NWA talking about non-romantic hanahaki, and I wrote this pretty fast to achieve my dream of writing hanahaki for once.

Most Popular Multichapter (by kudos): An Explosion of Gold to Fill the Cracks - oh lordy, it's my blind!Katsuki longfic! This was my first BNHA fic, and it started off as some good ol' self-indulgent torture nonsense, and moved quickly to Katsuki being a BAMF. I was so inspired after watching seasons 1+2 of BNHA that I wanted to get right to writing something. Nobody told me that Katsuki gets kidnapped in season 3 until AFTER I had written a couple chapters of this. My chronic illness was flaring when I wrote most of this, and I couldn't really do much more than sit around and write, so yeah.

Favorite Story I’ve Written: Sakura Trees Blossom Every Year - my fae fic! I really loved weaving in all the magical elements, had a lot of fun making so many characters fae, and the training camp arc was an absolute joy to come up with and write! All the scenes around Setsuna's death and bringing her body back to camp -- oh god I made myself love Setsuna!

Fic You Were Nervous To Post: cleaning a blank gravestone - reincarnated!Oboro. DID/OSDD is a kind of a touchy, controversial subject. I'm not writing it from a stereotypical view or even a research-heavy psychology standpoint. It's mostly my own experiences, a smattering of research, and a touch of magical fantasy. I always worry that it's not accurate enough or that someone will get offended by the portrayal of DID/OSDD, especially in the chapters I've been working on recently, where I've been writing with more of a horror tone. This fic has become very personal to me as I navigate my own plurality through it, and the research/planning for it is actively triggering something in my head to fight me, so all that makes me more and more nervous about the reception to each new chapter.

How Do You Choose Your Titles: I'll pick a few words or a concept from the first few chapters I've already written and start bouncing ideas around. I'll make a whole list of potential titles around one or two things I absolutely want to be part of the title, and I'll pick one from those. Sometimes I'll just slap on a song lyric without much thought and then busy my head in my hands when I realize it's stuck there.

Do You Outline? So much. So many bullet points.

Complete: Book 1: Sakura Trees Blossom Every Year, Feed, Forfeit Every Drop, Promised Future, Test Flight, Please Wake Up, and some older stuff.

In Progress: UHHHHHHHH

Coming Soon: Working on the next chapters of Holding Beautiful Things In Phantom Hands, ch2 of Swim in Starry Skies, ch11 or Wicked World, ch20 of cleaning a blank gravestone! probably gonna post ch3 of Holding Beautiful Things later

Not Started: So, for outlined and have a few hundred words written but nothing's posted, I have an izukacchako dragon rider au, izukacchako mermay, Good Parent Overhaul, Izuku-Katsuki quirk swap, vigi!Izuku with OFA!Ochaco, Midnight in HP-verse, and OFA!Oboro

Upcoming Work You’re Most Excited About: my Oboro fics tbh. Swim in Starry Skies is really scratching the itch to write my space au and fin folk, and I can't wait for the reveals in blank gravestone that are coming up. I've been foreshadowing them, but I really hope they're still good surprises! My vampire!Oboro fic, I'm also excited for, but honestly, it needs a little more outlining before I write the juicy part.

Tagging: @twelvefrogsinatrenchcoat @wishiwereabird @kittytrek @catlady5001 @starcloud-nova

[n3rdlif343va]

Fly Away with Me

(Victuuri, Mature, 2/10 Chapters posted)

Start from The Beginning, or read Chapter 2 here

Summary: Yuuri has always aspired to be a performance griffin rider just like his hero, Victor Nikiforov. After years of hard work, he finally feels ready to share the air with his greatest source of inspiration.

But on the eve of the festivities, in the midst of a powerful snowstorm, Victor's griffin returns to the stables bleeding and injured without her partner.

Leaving behind the safety and warmth of the aerie, Yuuri flies into the storm, determined to find Victor and bring him home.

Little does he know, the storm isn't the only reason Victor needs to be saved.

Written in collaboration with (and inspired by) @shadhahvar for the @yurionicebigbang