#mermaid severus

[slyther-bi]

Even as a mermaid Sev has a rough time but atleast no matter what his life is blessed with a cute guy~

[swallow-the-bird]

Snape & The Little Mermaid 🧜‍♂️

Finally, I can unveil my commissioned Snarry artwork, which was actually completed earlier this year!

This piece is an illustration for a delightful fairy tale “COEUR ECLATANT” written by my client, who requested a stained glass window style with an artistic touch of Art Nouveau, specifically inspired by Mucha’s style.

The experience has been truly enjoyable, as Mucha has always been one of my favorite artists, and Art Nouveau is one of my most beloved art periods. Not to mention, I’ve been a Snarry fan for a long time.

In this enchanting little story, Snarry the Hunter is a seemingly pragmatic character who struggles to acknowledge his deep affection for the little mermaid, Harry. In contrast, Harry is a frank and sincere mermaid, full of curiosity about life on land and completely unreserved in his unconditional love for the first—and only—human he has ever saved (although Snape cruelly denies ever needing help at the time! 🤣).

This is a tale of love between two characters who know so little yet so much about love. I’m still eagerly waiting for my client to reveal the ending!

My client has also created several related products based on this piece, which I’m excited to share with you all:

🔹An Acrylic Stand resembling a stained glass window (currently in its semi-final form)

🔹 An Acrylic Card (Also in its semi-final form)

I hope you all enjoy this piece as much as I do!

[dinxieyinxie]

apparently there's a difference between sirens, selkies, and merrows in the HP lore and my ass did NOT research before drawing any of these so now i guess yonal is a half-selkie, half-siren in this AU 😭😭😭

my headcanon is that selkies in this world can still shapeshift like in the original mythology and sirens, well, they got those banger vocal chords. Yonal can turn into a human but at the cost of hurting himself whenever he tries to speak so he just doesn't </3 however he sings like an angel in his mer form

anyway im drawing snape after this ehe ive found a fish for him 🐟🐠

[fjilde]

Could you draw Snape as a mermaid or something 🥹? I seriously love your style and I think it could work😅

Ok i loved drawing this so i might draw more

[severus-snaps]

Snapetober 2024 | Fantasy

Still running seriously behind on Snapetober, but enjoy a mermaid Snape (washed into the shallows post-Nagini).

[justafairytailofinnocence]

Hello how are you?~ What writings are you currently working on or will start working on? Requests and your own plans? I'm just curious because I really like your blog and your works~ 🍃

Hello deary ❤️,

Thanks for asking, currently I'm working on the following down below

Pirates of the caribbean headcanon, how they would react if you're a mermaid.

What it would be like if the goblin king took fascination in you

A mermaid chaptered fic within the potc universe.

Ballet Thranduil chaptered fic x anxious reader

Dancing willows, colonel brandon x reader

Colonel brandon x mermaid reader

Severus snape x mermaid reader

Currently, I have a lot in the works, and I'm working on them vigorously 😁. My job has me busy, but I often try to work on my breaks with them. I love writing, and I'm going to try and get through as many requests as I can ✨️💕😁

[momo-t-daye]

The Slytherin dorms look out into the Black Lake. Denizens of the Black Lake, thus, can look right in to the Slytherin dorms.

Art to accompany this ficlet I wrote after chatting with @dastardly-lemondrops a few weeks ago; which drew a bit on the scary mermaid post that lives in my brain and the enjoyable mermish sign language headcanon (that I just had to ruin a little bit).

[unfriendlymollusk]

Ch. 158 "In the weeds"

Harry really had a rough go of things and I will find any excuse to draw fish ppl

[petrerpkr]

siren snily au

[elliemarchetti]

Fire and Water

A Mermaid!Severus AU for prompt 3 of @marauders-rarepair-fics

Prompt: Dry

Ship: Snily

Words: 201

Like an underwater fire, wild strands of hair danced around her face after she dived off the cliff laughing and screaming like crazy. Severus knew the salt irritated Lily’s eyes, he knew her eyelids would be shut until she resurfaced, and even though he was aware that what he was about to do was wrong and he was betraying her trust, with a single flick of his long, dark tail he reached her and brought his lips, cold and thin, to hers, plump, and soft and warm. It was just a chaste peck, its ghost already forgotten once the sun had dried her face, but still enough, for now, to quell the desire that led him to rise to the surface day after day just to see her walk on the beach barefoot and collect shells and pieces of polished glass from the shoreline. What Severus couldn’t have known was that Lily had, if only for an instant, opened her eyes when she felt the water move abruptly around her, and no matter how brief a glance she managed to give him, she recognized his thick black hair, his pale skin and his aquiline nose and had decided she wanted more.

[darkness-holds-eternal-light]

Soooo I know it isn't quite ideal and I definitely need to take some anatomy practice for drawing. But I haven't really drawn anything in ages and I hadn't prepared anything, I just drew right away. So for that it is pretty okay. Next time I'll be more diligent and slow with the face certainly.

But I did some art, which is a good thing, so here it is, my Snape fanart, mermaid world, 🌊 (one with flash and one without) 😉 :

(I gave him something akin to the dark mark tattoo but I didn't want to make it look too much like it, it is an underwater world after all.)

[rosie-love98]

Thinking About Doing An Ask-Anything:

[shanastoryteller]

Halloween 2023 Prompts Masterlist

AVATAR THE LAST AIRBENDER Dragon Husband and Water Bride, Part 14 Lost Prince Zuko and Azula, Part 32 Firebending Master Zuko, Part 6 Zuko and Azula, Part 33

AVENGERS Three Faced Goddess, Part 2

BOKU NO HERO ACADEMIA Secret Identity, Part 18

FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST Colonel Elric, Part 9 Bartender AU, Part 6 What They Expect, Part 2 What They Expect, Part 3 Liore

GODS AND MONSTERS Ariadne Dionysus

HADES GAME Living Blood, Part 15

HARRY POTTER Mermaid Draco, Part 21 Draco and the Twins, Part 35 Reluctant Uncle Severus, Part 10 Gryffindor Draco, Year 2, Part 5 Time Travel Drarry, Part 8 Ron and Draco Friendship Draco and the Twins, Part 36 Triwizard Champion Draco, Part 14 SIAT Gringott SIAT Newly Headless Nick SIAT Neville SIAT Snake Summoning SIAT Percy and Tonks

MERLIN Ygraine, Part 7

PERCY JACKSON Momma Hera, Part 42 Runaways

STAR TREK Jim Sybok Buddy Fic, Part 7

UNTAMED Lady Mo, Part 48 Bruised Fruit, Part 5 Lady Mo, Part 49 Servant WWX, Part 3 Marriage Assassin WQ, Part 10 Lady Mo, Part 50 Jiang Cheng Time Travel, Part 4 Lady Mo, Part 51 Lady Mo, Part 52 Lady Mo, Part 53 Identity Porn AU, Part 5 Lady Mo, Part 54

[poisonously-alluring-sev]

Snape Preference ~ Books He Recommends

Severus Snape Masterlist

Context You ask him for something good to read and he gives you a pile of books he thinks you'll enjoy. (This is excluding the obvious amount of potions and herbology books he probably has)

The Secret History by Donna Harett Under the influence of a charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at a New England college discover a way of thought and life a world away from their banal contemporaries. But their search for the transcendent leads them down a dangerous path, beyond human constructs of morality.

The Resurrectionist: The Lost Work of Dr. Spencer Black by E. B. Hudspeth

Philadelphia, the late 1870s. A city of gas lamps, cobblestone streets, and horse-drawn carriages—and home to the controversial surgeon Dr. Spencer Black. The son of a grave robber, young Dr. Black studies at Philadelphia's esteemed Academy of Medicine, where he develops an unconventional hypothesis: that the mythological beasts of legend and lore—including mermaids, minotaurs, and satyrs—were in fact humanity's evolutionary ancestors. And beyond that, he wonders: what if there was a way for humanity to reach the fuller potential these ancestors implied?

Masters Of Death by Olivie Blake

There is a game that the immortals play. There is only one rule: Don't lose.

The Maidens by Alex Michalides Edward Fosca is a murderer. Of this Mariana is certain. But Fosca is untouchable. A handsome and charismatic Greek tragedy professor at Cambridge University, Fosca is adored by staff and students alike—particularly by the members of a secret society of female students known as The Maidens.

What Moves The Dead by T. Kingfisher When Alex Easton, a retired soldier, receives word that their childhood friend Madeline Usher is dying, they race to the ancestral home of the Ushers in the remote countryside of Ruritania.

What they find there is a nightmare of fungal growths and possessed wildlife, surrounding a dark, pulsing lake. Madeline sleepwalks and speaks in strange voices at night, and her brother Roderick is consumed with a mysterious malady of the nerves.

Murder Your Employer by Rupert Holmes Who hasn't wondered for a split second what the world would be like if a person who is the object of your affliction ceased to exist? But then you've probably never heard of The McMasters Conservatory, dedicated to the consummate execution of the homicidal arts. To gain admission, a student must have an ethical reason for erasing someone who deeply deserves a fate no worse (nor better) than death. The campus of this "Poison Ivy League" college—its location unknown to even those who study there—is where you might find yourself the practice target of a classmate...and where one's mandatory graduation thesis is getting away with the perfect murder of someone whose death will make the world a much better place to live.

Botanical Curses & Poisons: The Shadow-Lives of Plants By Liz Inkwright In both history and fiction, some of the most dramatic, notorious deaths have been through poisonings. Concealed and deliberate, it's a crime that requires advance planning and that for many centuries could go virtually undetected. And yet there is a fine line between healing and killing: the difference lies only in the dosage! In Botanical Curses and Poisons, Fez Inkwright returns to folkloric and historical archives to reveal the fascinating, untold stories behind a variety of lethal plants, witching herbs, and fungi. 

Dracula by Bram Stoker Irish author Bram Stoker introduced the character of Count Dracula and provided the basis of modern vampire fiction in his 1897 novel entitled Dracula. Written as a series of letters, newspaper clippings, diary entries, and ships' logs, the story begins with lawyer Jonathan Harker journeying to meet Dracula at his remote castle to complete a real estate transaction. Harker soon discovers that he is being held prisoner, and that Dracula has a rather disquieting nocturnal life. Touching on themes such as Victorian culture, immigration, and colonialism, among others, this timeless classic is sure to keep readers on the edge of their seats! Now available as part of the Word Cloud Classics series, Dracula is a must-have addition to the libraries of all classic literature lovers.

A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik I decided that Orion Lake needed to die after the second time he saved my life.

Everyone loves Orion Lake. Everyone else, that is. Far as I'm concerned, he can keep his flashy combat magic to himself. I'm not joining his pack of adoring fans. I don't need help surviving the Scholomance, even if they do. Forget the hordes of monsters and cursed artifacts, I'm probably the most dangerous thing in the place. Just give me a chance and I'll level mountains and kill untold millions, make myself the dark queen of the world.

Hope you enjoyed this quick idea I had. Also, all of these books are amazing and I 100% recommend all of them!

[justafairytailofinnocence]

Severus snape x mermaid reader 🧜‍♀️🌊✨️

The waters of the calm lake gently rolled onto the white sandy shores. The clear water stopped reaching a pair of black leather boots.

Those boots belong to a man of grave desolation. He was alone. He was exhausted. He was broken.

His impassive, cold gaze looked over the horizon. His black eyes bore into the water that reflected his own sorrow. Within his grasp, he held a letter, a letter from someone that sparked life into him. A letter from someone he loved and lost.

Tears streamed down the line of his hooked nose. The silence is immense. All the memories that led to nothing but a boy resembling a man who he hated and yet loved for the eyes were all that was left of hers.

Within the letter, it contained a picture, a picture of a family with a young babe. His lips curved into a slight frown. Reaching the other tip of the picture with his pale, slim fingers. Beginning to tear the picture in half. On the right side was a woman, donned with bright red hair and glinting green eyes. Her smile was the only thing that caught him off guard, allowing him to express emotion.

The gentle tide rolled in and out as the man grieved his loss. He placed a hand to his eyes, covering them as he sobbed in murmurs and whispers. "Lily".

Within the waters, a curious head popped out. Your eyes stared at the man weeping quietly, muttering one word, over and over. You had no clue who this odd human was, but you knew he was in peril. Most humans that pass were often witches or wizards flying over the lake or trying to find something that's lost.

You dove back into the water, allowing your tail to flicker above the surface. Your body gently swayed up and down within the murky water to get closer to the man.

Your head popped above the water once more this time, reaching your hand out to touch him. As the mysterious man felt something wet and soft touch his, he looked up with a startled gaze, stumbling back. "What in merlin do you think you're doing!" He said in a startled, scenic tone.

"You weep. You cry. Your heart aches." You say in a gentle curious tone.

"Keep your filthy nose out of my business, you pilfering creature." He said in defence.

"Help. I try to help." You push closer, allowing your body to slither on the shore, only enough to allow the waves to splash against your gills.

"Do not speak of this to anyone, or I shall curse you back to the depths." He was weary.

"Paper. Words. Hurt you." You said, trying to decipher his sorrow.

"Who is lily." You said, provoking the man's emotion even further.

"ENOUGH! YOU ARE TO DROP YOUR NOSEY MIND OR SO HELP I WILL!—"

"Kill me." You said simply.

His slender fingers pinched the bridge of his nose. "I will not answer anymore protruding questions. In short, you dunderhead. Indeed, I am in peril, and no, I don't need your pity."

"I need not know of your reason, I only want to listen." You said. "I want help by only hearing. Listening. Comforting."

The man in question dusted the sand off his black robes and cloak. Brushing the black strands of hair that reached his cheek bone to the side.

He couldn't explain it. Perhaps it was due to the loneliness or desperation within him. He wasn't asking for an audience. They weren't a student. They weren't going to refer to anyone else. It's not like she would understand. Oh dear merlin, why not.

He sat down back down, his knees facing you. He didn't even care anymore. You were the only thing that could potentially be close enough to what he needed. A friend.

As he explained what was on his mind. The betrayl. The school. Dumbledore. The sacrafice. The letter. He looked down at the picture, hesitant to show you, but did so eventually.

Even though you weren't fully aware of human emotion. You pushed up with your arms, embracing him. Despite the fact you were dripping wet. He didn't care. He never really liked the idea of touching people, but in this moment. His fingers gently touched you back.

After this touching moment. He would visit the black lake, bringing books and potions to study as you listened. He even tried to teach you, which ended rather horribly, causing a puff of black smoke to explode in his face.

You found it funny but in the lightness, and thanks to your friendship, he ended up grinning ear to ear, remeniscing on his younger years.

He never allowed anyone to touch him, and he was cold-hearted toward everyone but you. He explained all his dreams and gaols to you. Which student he favourites and hates.

You spoke to him of the life underwater. He was rather fascinated. Your favourite moments were watching the sunset, leaning against him as you slept.

You were the one thing he truly needed.

[momo-t-daye]

The watchers in the water

The mermaids might be watching, the older students tell the first years.

They speak with their back to the windows, the shadows of fish flitting past.

No!  Don’t look!  That’s very suspicious behavior, my friend.  The light in the water is dim, it is easier for them to see us than for us to see them.

Now, you must learn a few Mermish signs, it is only polite. Bend your fingers this way and then flick your wrist like so to say hello.  Flutter your hand with these fingers curled and these two extended to say goodbye.  Yes, it is difficult, their fingers have more joints than ours and the webbing on their hands helps hold the sign in place. Here is how to spell your name with the syllables their mouths can make. Oh? Their mouths can say your name perfectly? Add a mistake to the name you give them. Just in case they decide to call to you when you're out at night to lure you into the water. Kids, those aren’t the teeth of an herbivore.

Stop staring!  Don’t make that face. They might be watching us right now.

Did you know? Albus Dumbledore speaks Mermish.

Yes, of course that is why you must learn to greet the mermaids at the very least.  Mermaids are very keen to communicate, they’ll usually come up to the window and there we can see them clearly.

Just watch what you tell them, you can’t trust them to keep your secrets, not from the Headmaster.

No!  Don’t let them know that you know they could talk to him!  That will only raise their suspicions and his.  You must never let them know we know they’re watching us.

No! You can’t just ignore them, that sort of rudeness will look suspicious too.  The mermaids will follow you from the Common Room to your dormitory and watch you from the dark water every night. You don’t want them scratching at the windows and singing your name for attention, do you?

Use their signs to talk to them, we don't want them trying to learn how to read our lips. Yes, they might know how already, but if they don't you shouldn't give them any ideas or incentive to learn.

You can ask them for advice, they love giving advice almost as much as they enjoy watching us, but you really shouldn’t take their advice.  They’ll report you right away if you do and frankly I would too.  Cannibalism is frowned on, children, there are tidier ways to get over heartbreak, poor grades, and a loss on the Quidditch pitch.

Ah, yes, I know they’re at the window now, I know you can see them watching us.  You can see fifteen of them?  Twenty?  There will be more out of sight.

Do not look at their teeth!  That’s very rude and will attract their attention.  They can and will remember your face.  Stay calm!

Now, hold your left hand down like so and take your right hand, bend these two fingers like this, and move the right hand around slowly from the mouth to your left hand.  Good, now you are telling them you ate a big meal.

We will teach you Mermish sign, children, it is very important that you be polite and not attract suspicion. Just be careful what you do when they might be watching you and always be careful what you tell the mermaids.

Because, you know, we’re all watching you too.

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Because drawing fish staring at Snape from the windows is fun and I had a fun time chatting with @dastardly-lemondrops about the potential for/perceived possibility of near constant surveillance at Hogwarts (and specifically the Slytherin dorms), and because I also like the idea of Slytherin students using a signed language to communicate with mermaids (...and because I also like scary mermaids), I tossed together a fast ficlet.

...and because the thought of Slytherin students being paranoid that the mermaids might be spying on them in their Common Room/dorms for Dumbledore (even if he wasn't! Like, it does not matter what Dumbles is doing because he COULD talk to the mermaids and asking if he is would only lead him to doing so) would have made Hogwarts seem even less safe for Severus as a student (since the Marauders with their map and invisibility cloak could find and torment him everywhere else in the castle)