#kirby dragon au

[l1ght-n1ghts]

HAPPY DEDEDE DURSDAY. Have THE King of Dream Land in all of his glory in the dragon au!

+Design notes/headcanons under cut

Based off of King Penguins! It let me give him a splash of color, and so his chick plumage was brown to make him look like the Waddle Dees! And also “King” Penguin. Haha.

Also based (generally) off of Theropod Dinosaurs. Namely, the Therizinosaurus for its body plan. I didn’t give him the killer claws because I still wanted him to be able to use his hammer. Maybe in another life, Dedede.

While he is primarily bipedal, he can swap to a quadruped stance if desired. He only usually does this if a ceiling is too low for him, or if he goes beast mode (like in Forgotten Land)

His horns form a crown-like formation on his head that was inspired by his mask during Masked Dedede fights. He polishes them to make them shiny like gold!

He has a throat pouch that lets him store food and, when he wants to float, air. He taught himself this through pure spite. I'm actually pretty sure the spite part is canon.

Dedede actually has a good amount of scars, but most of them are smaller and hidden by his feathers. Some, however, stick out quite a bit.

Has a stubborn hoarding instinct. Dedede’s initial greed as a ruler combined with this trait is what sparked the whole “stealing all the food in Dream Land” thing. After he grows as a person (gets his ass kicked) and becomes a good King, he moves on to hoard other things. It’s usually shiny things and small bits of food. He shares it with people he trusts (the Dees and eventually his friends)

The Dees look remarkably similar to a weirdly proportioned chick in his eyes (Same general body plan. Warm shades that are close to being brown. Cute, high-pitched calls). This sets off so many protective instincts in his head it drives him NUTS. Like he knows logically that they’re fully grown, but that won’t stop his brain from going “THAT IS A CHILD.” at first. This only gets worse with time :)

[paintedkinzy-88]

April's mum and the rotmnt drafon bois?

I wasn’t sure if her parents would even know about them, but let’s be honest. All six of them would NEVER be able to keep that a secret forever. Not only would April have literal dragons in and out of her room every other day, but these are April’s Parents. They ain’t stupid. XD

It takes a couple years, but eventually the excuse of imaginary friends just doesn’t work anymore (and Raph gets to a size that’s way too hard to hide). Her parents are aware of her… Unusual found family situation. And to be honest? They take it pretty well, all things considering.

Kirby is around, I just don’t feel like trying to draw him right now lmao. But! Carol do be a dragon whisperer.

[dragonitepaw]

Best way to be forgiven for not telling your dragon daughter that you are also capable of being a dragon sooner is with hugs 💜💙

Not canon to my actual AU (yet) I'm still just playing around with ideas 🤭

(The Kirby doodle is my way of checking the scale lol)

[pyrobuyo]

my two favorite pink characters

[blue-jester-art-blog]

Shattered Dreams of Paradise, the dragonborn heart of god, for the year of the dragon!

[purble-gaymer]

couple more of galacta and the buggy

[sammywolfgirl]

More artfight attacks!

[galakianexplosion]

☆The Mad Hatter☆

☆Little Icon thingy for dear Chaos in @george228732 's Fylass in Wonderland Au!! Because in the Oc tournament discord server theres some slight lore of the Tea tabled going on☆

I needed an icon for the ♠️, Chaos!

Also he might be bickering with the other Hatter 🤞 who knows ☆

[chickenpeep77]

My Top 3 Blorbos of all time

The gang's all here in Spore. I like little creature dudes.

[foamywishes]

At long last! I can finally upload this. This the cover to my Fict Back to Basics which is an introductory to my AU. It is currently got 7 chapters with 8 on the way an takes place 5 years after the anime ends. This is the summary:

星のカービー: Back to Basics

This story follows Meta Knight, his vassals, Sword Knight and Blade Knight with his young granddaughter, Myra who have returned to Dream Land under orders of King Arthur...but for what purpose? And why has Meta Knight brought a girl with him whom he claims is his granddaughter? What secrets does she hold? Seems like Kirby knows her, much to Fumu and Bun's surprise... What could be going on? The cover is a collaborative effort between myself  JumpyL123 and  FayeleneFyre who also owns the black dragon on the cover. Myra, Serena and the Hikaru (the dragon fella on the top right) belong to me. As well as the Logo design Snowfoot D'nnos belong to Faye and the art is by Jumpy with me doing everything else. You can find the story here and if you prefer AO3 over DA the story's first chapter is up here I will be uploaded each of the chapters daily as I work on Chapter 8. A couple content warnings, this story has minor blood, swearing and violence. Meta Knight is married in this AU There are uses of witches and magic. All things Kirby belongs to Hal Labs inc and Nintendo. Back to Basics is a fanwork written by me.

[l1ght-n1ghts]

HAPPY WADDLE DEE WEDNESDAY. HAVE AN AU DESIGN. BANDANA DEE I LOVE YOU FOREVER AND EVER

+Design notes/headcanons under cut

Lots of inspiration from animals I'd call "orbs with legs". For example: Jerboas, European Robins, etc etc. Keeps the round silhouette while also giving me reference to use!

Also inspiration from owls. Barn Owls in particular. Wanted to keep the face relatively bare with a very small mouth since in canon Dees don't have visible mouths at ALL. So I used the owl beak structure.

Ears are a remnant of when I originally wanted to make the Dees canine-esque to make a reference to their Forgotten Land counterparts (Awoofies). Now they're there to give the head the silhouette of a Waddle Dee with their arms up :)

Also kept King Dedede's design while making this (I wanted a young Dedede to look like a Waddle Dee), so overall Dees look like little theropod dinosaurs!

Dees are communal creatures that also raise their young in a group. So while it is possible for a Dee to have actual parents, the connection typically isn't one of a nuclear family structure. Dees place a lot of emphasis on chosen family, strong platonic bonds, and friendships! Bandee's friends are a mixture of all three to him :)

While Kirby has star-like markings, I wanted to give Bandee hearts! Because he is soooooo full of love

The bandana was a gift from the King. This is what sparked Bandee's fierce loyalty to the King. He makes sure to treat it very gently so it lasts as long as possible

Bandee uses his tail to give him the lift needed to fly and keep up with his friends! He trained very hard to be able to use it properly and not fall out of the sky. He is very proud of this feat and is willing to teach it to other Waddle Dees who ask!

[metamelonisle]

[slamming my hands against aa table] I HAVE GOT TO DRAW SON KIRBY AGAIN

[goblinbugthing]

oh yeah i never explained species hcs. ill do that now dhdhhdhs—

Ok so. In my AUs (not just KSJ AU), a lot of my characters are Draconic. That list includes Meta Knight, Dedede, Sword, Blade, and a few others.

Meta specifically is a hybrid between Fire dragon, Nature dragon, and Star Warrior.

Fire dragons can’t survive in colder environments — their bodies are built for extreme heat, not extreme cold.

Dedede is an Ice dragon (and like an idiot he decided to move to a TROPICAL COUNTRY), Sword is a Nature dragon, and Blade is a Wind dragon.

Dragons in my AUs don’t look like stereotypical dragons — instead, they’re bipedal winged creatures. Here’s a basic sketch of Meta’s body type for reference:

(ft. horribly drawn hands bc i made this in like 2 minutes and didn’t feel like trying)

Uh hope this helps!! @quanblovk

[driplodocus]

Desperately must draw more dragons. At least one (1) dragon is gonna appear in that Kirby AU I keep alluding to but not posting much about yet 😔

[kirby-souljourney-au]

Diversity Loss!

Yama is a lesbian

[slaket-and-sprash]

Cleric/Paladin except instead of being chosen by a religious figure/in universe god they get their powers from a fictional charecter/their world. The world is still in a normal fantasy setting except they're aware of media.

Bonus points if the cleric is a super hardcore fan of, let's say Kirby, buys a shitton of merchandise and owns every game and was only just recently to get Kirby's approval, but the paladin used to play like one game as a kid and only vaguely knows the lore but he's been chosen by Kirby.

Bonus points if you have two clerics who are fans of two works who have a massive fandom rivalry, Sonic and Mario for instance.

Bonus points if you have a Cleric who's like...super into Looney Tunes and uses toon physics to fight