#mermaid Rayllum

[its-kapi-wara]

Someone on this fandom better do a animatic of Rayllum using "Kiss The Girl", I need to see Stella singing with Samuel E. Wright's baritone voice.

I'm serious about this guys, I would do it myself if I could, but all my drawings are terrible 😭

[honeii-puff]

Sea foam woman on the shore

In which Corvus talks to Callum. Read on ao3!

Corvus took his time walking back up the stairs, along the side of the cliff. He didn’t have anywhere to be, as far as he was aware, but the beach, the place he went to get away from people, felt oddly lonely.

He snorted lightly at the irony as he reached the top. The sun was still stuck behind a blanket of clouds, but it was warmer up here than it was on the beach.

“Corvus!” He turned and saw Prince Callum jogging down the brick street towards him, several books stashed in his arms. “Hi!” He said once he caught up to Corvus, breathing heavily.

“Hello, Prince Callum.” He nodded in greeting, and he waved him off.

“Please just call me Callum.” 

“I don’t think I’m legally allowed to do that.”

“Well, I’m giving you permission to.” Callum gave him a half-smile as he walked alongside Corvus. “Tomorrow’s going to be your first Night of the Sun in Katolis, right?”

“More of first one ever.” he responded. “I’m not around water often, so I’ve never really partaken in its celebration.”

The prince’s eyes brightened. “Then I’m glad you’re here. It’s so much fun.”

Corvus gave him a small smile, pulling out his notebook. “Tell me about it.”

Callum glanced at the notebook in his hands“Are you gonna write it down?”

He nodded. “Just in case I need a refresher later.”

“Alright. Well, it starts at sunset, when the moon starts coming up, since that’s when the magic starts working due to it being the only night where the full moon and the sun are seen fully in the sky. It’s all in the castle, everyone’s invited and it lasts until the sun rises, which is when the magic ends, I think.

“Seafood is served, which I used to think was insensitive, considering they’re half fish-”

“Half orca.” Corvus corrected gently, writing down what Callum was saying.

“Half what?” He raised an eyebrow.

“Half orca. Or mollusk.”

“What the hell’s an orca?”

He shrugged. “No clue.”

“What book d’you find that in?” Callum asked him.

“Oh- uh, not a book.” He glanced over at the ocean beside them. “I talked to a mer earlier. Apparently it’s a common misconception.”

His eyes brightened. “Did she have a teal tail and purple eyes?”

Corvus frowned lightly. “Uh… no. He had a red tail and blue eyes. Nice company though.”

“Oh.” Callum glanced at the ocean before looking ahead, sounding a bit disappointed.

“...Is there someone you were hoping on seeing?” He gave the prince an amused look.

“What! No, I-”He sighed. “...Yeah. But please don’t tell Aunt Amaya, I’ll never hear the end of it from her and Gren.”

“I promise.” He gave him a small smile. “So… who is she?”

“Well, her name is Rayla,” Callum started. “She’s a midsea mer. A bit scary, but she’s really nice to talk to. She has good jokes.”

“I’m glad you made a friend, Callum.”

“Is she really a friend if I’ve only met her once?”

Corvus looked out back at the ocean a final time before answering.

“Yeah. Yeah, I think so.”

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“So, are you gonna tell me about the mer you met?” Callum asked him a bit later. They were now walking through the town marketplace, a colorful and bustling area that Corvus didn’t find himself in all that often outside the necessary trips.

“What do you want to know?” He answered, picking up an orange and looking at it for dark spots.

“What was his name?”

“Soren.”

“Age?”

“Around mine, I think.” He shrugged, putting the orange back. “I didn’t ask.”

“What color were his fins?”

“Red. Like his tail.”

“Really?” Callum tilted his head in thought.

Corvus looked at him. “What?”

“The only mers around Katolis with the normal tails are midsea, which have silver, and surface, which have gold. I don’t think he was from around here.”

He raised his eyebrows, flipping open his notebook to the mer page.

-Midsea mers have silver fins

-Surface mers have gold fins

“Which do you think he was, then?” He asked the prince.

He paused a moment to think. “Lagoon? Or cave spring, but that seems a bit more unlikely.” He bit his lip. “Oh! He could be a reef mer also. Was his tail one solid color or more of an ombre?”

Corvus thought back to Soren and his blood red tail. “Definately solid.”

“Lagoon mer, then. Reef mers have more veriety in their tails to blend in with the coral better.”

-Lagoon mers have fins that match their tails

-Reef mers have multicolored tails (blends in with coral reefs)

“What else d’you want to know about him?” Corvus asked the prince.

“Was he nice?” Callum asked, and he nodded.

“Yeah. Yeah, he was nice.” I think he was trying to flirt with me. “He said he had to leave because he was meeting up with his sister.”

“I wonder why there are lagoon mers near Katolis…” His lips pursed in thought. “Maybe you’ll see him tomorrow night.

Corvus shrugged. “Maybe.”

Part of him hoped that he would. He liked talking to Soren. He was funny. Like, genuinely funny. Not one of those times where you feel forced to laugh because everyone else was laughing or because you felt bad.

He hadn’t felt like that in a long time. Longer than Corvus cared to admit out loud.

Out loud, he said. “Maybe you’ll see Rayla.”

Callum’s face flushed red, hiding behind one of his books before looking at one of the stands, something catching his eye. He picked it up, and Corvus peered over his shoulder to look at it.

It was a hairpin, with the end shaped like a crescent moon, made from a spotted sea shell. The prongs were made from silver, and looked like it was made to hold up a lot of hair.

“You gonna get it for her?”

“Maybe.”

He gave the prince a knowing look, and he sighed. “Yeah, yeah. But, only if you get Soren something.”

Corvus rasied his eyebrows. “You’re the one with a crush here.”

Callum gave him the same knowing look. “Really?”

“Shush.” His eyes scanned the market table in front of them before noticing a small ceramic statue of a sheep. It was a creamy white with dark brown horns that curled like a ram, and very cute.

Corvus picked up the small statue, and Callum raised an eyebrow. “Sheep?”

“Uh– Yeah. He told me about how they herd fish, and compared it to herding sheep.” he explained to the prince. “I think he’ll like it.”

“Well, then I guess I’m getting this.” He gestured to the hairpin, and Corvus gave him a small smile.

“I guess you are.”

[togepuffs-art]

Hey guys! Go check out my Redbubble for some cool designs!

[numptypylon]

My first (but not last, it’s too much fun and too fitting with S5 Ocean coming up!) Mermay offering! I’m actually a little proud of this, because I really didn’t think I could make this work, this is a HIGH difficulty drawing!

Angsty half-baked rayllum idea behind this was she failed to kill Viren and avenge her parents and was instead cursed to be a mermaid, perpetually pulled to the bottom of the magic lake she’s trapped in (she still hates water, rip). So fighting against the pull, she makes her way to the surface, and hands her sword, her unfinished quest, to a human boy, before disappearing back beneath the waves…

Loosely based on the iconic imagery of the myth of Excalibur. The Lady of the Lake is canonically into wizards, just saying…

[nothingmorethanageminiboar]

I want a spell that gives Rayllum mermaid-tails… mer-date… maybe, a bit of hurt/comfort…

[herwrittenuniverse]

Three Ships: Rayllum for sure, but I also dig Touya/Yukito and right now Yang/Blake. And Steven/Connie from SU as a bonus. And Catradora. Okay, five ships.

First Ship Ever: Definitely Yue/Sakura as a kid, but then once I realized what was going on in the original anime, I shifted over to Touya/Yukito. Still mulling over whether I should continue the Touya/Yukito/Yue one shot I posted a few months ago...

Last Movie: The Little Mermaid live action. I didn't have expectations going in but dang, it was wonderful and I loved it. Disney understood the assignment, for the most part anyway. Solid A-.

Currently Reading: Embarrassingly, I haven't picked up a book in months (I know, I know), but I am reading In The Serpent's Wake by Rachel Hartman.

Currently Watching: RWBY and I gotta finish everything before the summer is out!

Currently Consuming: I just had a dark chocolate protein muffin from TJ's.

Currently Craving: Copying Konmaa's answer for TDP S5. Also currently craving making out with the person I'm dating lolol sue me.

Tagging : @barefootmoons @arnieb95 @ac0531 @numptypylon @zuppizup

Keep forgetting to do this after @sarasade tagged me, rip - original post

Three Ships: virrow (The Dragon Prince), aldarius (The Owl House), and I unfortunately still have a gross soft spot for kylux (Star Wars)

First Ship Ever: a shit-ton of weird OC x canon stuff as a kid, but in the traditional internet fandom sense probably Mustang/Hughes (OG FMA)

Last Movie: oof probably Glass Onion back when it came out, my movie buddy moved to another state shortly after that and I just… don’t really watch movies alone?

Currently Reading: I have a copy of “This is How You Lose the Time War” (as recommended by Bigolas Dickolas Wolfwood) waiting for guilt to eventually overcome my ADHD

Currently Watching: Gravity Falls, A:TLA (for the first time lmao), and Kaguya-Sama: Love is War, all at the blistering rate of one episode per week

Currently Consuming: diet coke and antidepressants

Currently Craving: TDP s5 trailer I have kind of convinced myself is likely confirmed to drop next week

Tagging: @armchairaleck @spicyviren @konmaao3 @legend-of-the-fandoms @its-leethee and/or any of the people who are all up in my notes all the time, yes I see you and love you

[tylerdashart]

Have a Mer-Rayllum!!! 🧜‍♂️🧜🏼‍♀️

💜💚💜💚💜💚💜💚

[chimpukampu]

So I know it been a long while since you've talked about it or drawn anything for it, but I suddenly remember your Rayllum x Mermaid AU and wondered if you ever made any more artwork of that AU you didn't get around to posting?

I do! Sadly, they got purged (along with my other old wips) when my PC got reformatted by accident 😥

I was actually planning to make a short fanfic about it (coz making it as a comic will take lots of time) but decided to drop it for a number of reasons - (1) I don't have enough free time and head space to create a series and stick with the schedule, (2) I'm still suffering from a writer's block. I can't write a coherent narrative lol, (3) I have too many art WIPS and I prefer to focus on them than writing, (4) It ain't short anymore XD

The drafts that I wrote for this Mermaid AU goes like this:

It's a modern AU where Rayla, who was about to get home from a club activity, witnessed a 'crime scene' & almost died escaping. The suspect shot her with a tranq dart, but there was something laced in the tranq that transformed her into a mermaid

Callum, a young fisherman from Evenere, saw an unconscious Mermaid!Rayla on the shore & brought her to his home.

Callum and Ez's parents died in a boat accident a year ago, so they've been living alone since then.

Rayla wasn't able to tell the boys about the truth coz the boys were blabbering about The Little Mermaid stuff, so she decided to roll with it lol

Rayla doesn't know how to swim using her tail, and she has a thalassophobia, so she's pretty much a failure of a mermaid lmao

Which confuses the boys coz what kind of mermaid is afraid of deep water?

Rayla wanted to leave the boys coz she doesn't want to become a burden, how Callum was nothing but a gentleman and Ez was the sweetest person in the world, but at the same time she doesn't want to coz they suck at household chores XD

They can't even survive a single day in the wild! - Rayla, presumably

The boys were so amazed that Rayla knows about plumbing to operating appliances like microwaves and washers. And Rayla was like "I just pushed the buttons", or "I just followed the instructions."

Rayllum will become a thing eventually. Only if they stopped being idiots

Claudia is a practicing vet in Drakewood & she often gets calls from Callum asking how to take care of a 'fish he rescued' to 'how can I tell my fish that she's cute?'

They found out about Rayla's true identity when they saw a news on TV about a missing girl who looks uncannily like Rayla...

[learties]

mermaid assassin seducing a human prince au??

[true-bean]

I’m goin through it lads

[arcadialedger]

You know how people joke about how when Callum loses his voice, it’s just like The Little Mermaid? Well, I got bored and made a thing

Season 4, probably 

[honeii-puff]

Find it on AO3!

"Corvus hasn't lived within Katolis' borders for long, first having lived in the woods as a scout for the guard until General Amaya had him relocated. Now, closer to the ocean than he's ever been, he meets someone new."

Sorvus-Centric Mermaid AU with a side serving of Rayllum, light magefam angst, and Soren thinking Finnegrin is hot.

Chapters:

001. I thought that I was hungry for love [In which Corvus meets someone new] 002. Maybe I was just hungry for blood [In which Soren has issues] 003. Seafoam woman on the shore [In which Corvus talks to Callum]

[local-dragon-haunt]

Mermay day VIII: “Callum, I’m not kissing you with that tail.”

If he can use runes to make wings, why not a tail?

[tina-ducking-tiny]

I totally did not spent the whole night thinking about a The Little Mermaid! Rayllum AU with @szultan02 ...

Totally did not-

(In this AU Callum and Erzran are merman princes, with Callum being obsessed with Elves and Magic. Also he signs to Rayla right away who he is and how he saver her. Their relashionship developes later on.)

[chloe-clegane]

Rayla Hates Water: A Mermay Tail

Chapter One - Rayla Hates Storms

Read it on Ao3

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Rayla had been nauseous from the moment she stepped foot on the ship and had dreaded the eight-day voyage from the moment it was planned. Now, on day four, anxiety had turned to outright terror.

The rain dumped and the waves were pounding against the sides of the ship. Rayla was sure it would push them all the way, push the whole boat upside down.

Rayla cowered below deck vomiting into a bucket. The side to side rolling motions of the storm was making it hard for her to do anything other than clutch the bucket and wimpier. The captain said they would be fine, that the storm would rough them up like a tavern brawl but they'd walk away just fine. His words. But now she was flinching with every boom of thunder. All she could manage was to focus on her breath.

A crack of thunder exploded in her ears. But she didn’t just hear it, she felt it, the ship shook.

“I’m goin’ tae die, this is where I die. Out in the stupid ocean in fuckin’ water” she muttered anxiously to herself. Then somehow things managed to get worse, above deck she heared the crew yelling “It’s goin’ tae come down!”

What was coming down? The whole ship? Were they sinking? She really was going to die today. Rayla had no idea what to do. Stay or go? Then she heard the splitting of wood. Go, she decided. At least she could face her death or just maybe avoid it. She threw up in the bucket once more and peeled herself from the floor.

Out on the deck, there was chaos, sailors running every which way. Runaan hadn’t been below but she didn’t see him up here either. Rayla heard a terrible sound, the loud snapping of wood, loud enough to be heard over the thunder.

Everyone was screaming. “She’s comin’ down, she ain’t goin’ tae hold much longer” again she wondered if they meant the whole ship?

Someone grabbed her arm and started pulling her away. She instinctively wrenched herself free and scowling turned to find it was her uncle.

“What are you-?” she began to question but he cut her off.

“They’re saying the mast is going to come down. I’m not sure where the safest place to be is, keep to the edges and pay attention. I’m going to figure out what to do.” He was yelling over the sound of the wind. Then he was gone. Rayla tried to get herself out of the way nervously she had backed away toward the railing. Which was good because she turned and vomited off the side.

And then it got worse… again. Lightning boomed and made contact with the giant wood pole. It cracked the center of the mast and pieces of it were split and hanging by a thread. The ship was leaning to the side, gravity pulled her against the wood rails and she held on with white knuckles.

This is where I die

“Rayla get away from the edge!” she barely heard Runaan over the whipping wind. She had never been so terrified. She felt frozen as she looked between the cracking mast and her uncle. He was now holding onto a rope with one hand and the other was reaching for her. She was dizzier than she’d ever been in her life, she was going to vomit again, she turned to the water. Then something hit hard against the back of her head. Another wave hit the ship, she heard her name called but her world went black.

Fading in and out of consciousness, she was wet, she was choking, she was flailing and reaching. It was dark again.

She felt hands on her. Was it her uncle? Had he jumped after her? It was all blurry blackness.

She saw thunder above, someone had their arms hooked under hers, she was being pulled. Would she survive this? More black.

She's on solid stone coughing up water, someone is smacking her back, she rolls over and sees the moon. She sees a face and then things fade to black once more.

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This is the teaser opener, stay tuned for more ;) 

[apiratecalledav]

[Runaan and Tinker watching Rayla and Callum being all adorable across the room]

Runaan: She really does love him, doesn’t she?

Tinker, slightly misty-eyed and nodding: It’s like I always say: Children need to be free to lead their own lives.

Runaan: YOU always say that? 🤨

[Tinker laughs and shrugs]

Runaan, sighing: Then I guess there’s just one problem left.

Tinker: What’s that?

Runaan: ...

Runaan, ultimately wanting Rayla to be happy: How much I’m going to miss her.