#moonlit au

[partywithoutsmiling]

Another AU that has been knocking around my mind for a while XD I call it Moonlit AU

It can be summed as such: Pop Trolls are pretty wild bunch when it comes to looks, varying in colours, flocking/fur patterns, glitter, freckles, hair, you name it

It got me thinking, what sort of thing would they find attractive in prospective partner? While singing/harmonizing could be a part of it (and ngl, that did made me think of the Happy Feet movies, as silly as those were), my mind turned towards more physical attributes

Thus, this AU was born- where one of the reasons why Pop trolls like to be most active at night (to party) is that a Moon's Light also allows them to appreciate fur/flocking patterns otherwise hidden, where the complexity and style varies from troll to troll, as is thought to show one's inner self

Contrary to what one would expect from the Princess (and future Queen) of Pop, Poppy's patterns are rather simple- but striking nonetheless, firm and bold stripes, like taking a wide brush to a canvas- straightforward but chaotic in their hardly orderly fashion Poppy struts her patterns; they are unique and dominant among the general showing of swirls, polka dots and flower like spottings She is aware her stripes are not considered the most attractive of features- too similar to that of a predatory critter, too sharp for who is supposed to be cheerful queen of equally cheerful people- but she is a romantic at heart and believes that when it will be time to choose a consort, those physical features are surface-level importance at best, and this is the mentality she has going forward, looking at the glowing marks of her friends and considering them equally beautiful no matter what.

Until she manages to spot Branch one night outside under the full moon light that is.

Branch's pattern, in high contrast to Poppy, is far more complex. Symetrical but delicate in its filigree, and far more detailed than anything the Princess has ever seen before. Usually, Branch ventures out only on moonless nights, as he feels the glow of his marks are too visible, too dangerous to just show out and about, for every dangerous predator to see- and it is purely bad luck when bad weather caughts him outside longer than he would have liked, and Poppy manages to catch the sight of him while he is completely unaware he had been seen.

All her conviction flies right out of the window, as she looks at his delicate patterning and her mind just goes blank and - Oh

Usually she would have called out to him, ask him to come to a party- but she feels mesmerized, hypnotized by the elegance of the filigree, and her mind longs for a way to memorate it forever- with a photo, or a painting- and she stares at the entrance of his bunker long after he vanished inside, completely stupefied and wrong footed.

Before, Poppy hardly ever gave Branch a thought, when it came to this part of Pop Troll culture; as part of her, guiltily, sort of assumed that with his lack of colour, his patterning would be rather bland as well- and besides, it's not like he ever shown a desire to participate in courting dances.

But now she is left with sudden new, and unexpected feeling- her heart and breath going now a bit faster everytime she catches a glimpse of him from now on, her cheeks flushing and her tail wagging in excitement

(Her desk's drawer is filled with failed cut out scrapbook pieces of leaves and tiny detailed filigree, as she attempts to journal her sudden and new discover and cant get it quite right)

Tldr; Pop Trolls have fur/flocking patterns that appear only under the moon's light, and Poppy finds Branch's so irresistibly attractive she hardly knows what to do with herself

This pushes her to try and spend more time with him- just spend time with him, no trying to push him to go to parties with her or trying to get him to sing or hug

For his part, Branch is both secretly pleased his own crush is now paying more attention to him than to Creek (who is not happy with this development) but also holy shit Poppy is paying more attention to him, so it is kind of unnerving for him, freaking him out

[pengu1n-flyer]

So I was trying to pick a color palette for my Trollsona, and I was like “fuck it, I’m gonna make moonlit AU colorations for them”.

Creds to @partywithoutsmiling for this amazing AU! I’ve only seen the AU creator’s art of it, but I instantly fell in love with the AU 🥺

[critter-core]

I done did it.

He’s a moth now, guys, gals, and non-binary pals

We may dance around the lights now~

Oh yeah, thank you to @onejellyfishplease for the lovely fic that very much inspired and motivated me to make this xD

Okay but like, seriously, if anybody has some au name ideas I’d love to know cause moth au is kinda lowkey boring lol. Like what Moonlit Au? Mothatello’s simple ig lol.

M o t h C u l t

Also look at these lil babies

[starflungwaddledee]

night flight on the frozen ocean ❄️

[hinamie]

you're lovely in ways that i just can't explain

testing out new brushes w some lmhs itfs nape kisses :> jjk atla!au with @philosophiums

[habken]

nobody wants to work anymore nobody else is on that 24/7 shipmaxxing grindset smh nobody’s got the guts to take two characters that have negative screen time together and make them fall deep deep in love where is your whimsey where is your sense of adventure

[witchysolfan]

Dungeon AU

Moonlit does not like Solar much.

He sees something about the blacksmith he finds threatening.

[echosong-87]

Ok!!! Never used golden shading before... dunno how everyone will think... but i hope ya like it!!!

This design of classical branch au belongs to @tamagoneko and the original idea/author of this au belongs to @rocksibblingsau

I really hope you like it!! @tamagoneko and thank you for letting me use your design of him!!!

ÓwÒ

[hatsampixie]

Were-Pomni, anyone?

Long story short, she was somehow infected by some sort of glitch, and now every time it's night or The Moon is full, she transforms into a more feral, werewolf-like state. Unless she's in a bright place or it's day time again. (Story for this AU is still kind of a WIP.)

I was also kinda inspired by art by @attleboy and some arts of Pomni with a tail. :3

[purpleleafsyt]

Asteria, Ciro, Juno

[cometconnector]

do you guys like my new pfp

hii werewolf tommy kinard.. welcome to my brain..

[partywithoutsmiling]

"Branch." "No." "Braaanch~" "No." She pawed lightly at his tightly gripped hand, ignoring the vest he had hurriedly shrugged off in misguided attempt to help her warm up. "It's okay to look, Branch. You are supposed to look." She suppressed mild amusement as she watched him puff up, little snort escaping her as she caught the end of a choked off wheeze- or was it a squeak?- sounding out from the grey troll's tightly closed lips.

Another addition to the Moonlit AU XD

Poppy certainly would have came to a point, where all her instincts and teachings would have been screaming at her to parade in front Branch like a particularly proud peacock, and honestly she sees no reason why she shouldn't

Branch- after weeks of spending time in her company- is practically dying of trying to keep his growing attraction to her secret, marks or no marks, entirely convinced it's very inappropriate to feel and probably just a result of his crippling loneliness

He is of course entirelly unprepared to deal with naked Poppy, his mind completely blanking and his dumb brain focusing on the surface level issue at first- namely that the night is cold and Poppy is running around without any clothes keeping her warm

(Poppy finds this extremelly adorable)

(The next following minutes has Branch very much trying to act chivalrous and not look at her, while every fibre of his being wants to very much devour her with his eyes)

[mewguca]

they have refs too. also here are there artfights:

[ELW] [NMMST] [NCTG]

[critter-core]

Mothatello has a fic now lolol

With permission from @onejellyfishplease , I have finally made the fic for my moth donatello au lol

It's called Moonlit By The Moths, and I think it's cool so you should totally read it uwu

Pacing may have ended up being a tiny bit slow at the start but I know that once I get into the regular flow for it the chapters will be better soon...

So yeah, anybody who randomly sees this and wants context, Donnie gets mutated into a moth, inspired by this fic found in Jelly's blog above! It's a super cool fic and you should check it out too if you like the moth fic that this post's mainly talking about.

[starlightshadowsworld]

Moonlit Butterfly

Oh you just know Fukuzawa lost his shit when he found out Fukuchi trained Atsushi.

That he's the reason Atsushi as a child was sent to the Great War.

The fact Atsushi is so fucking terrified of Fukuchi as well, that combined with what Mori did to Yosano.

... Yeah Fukuzawa is gonna go on a war path.

[bloo-the-dragon]

so *points at mer au eclipse and ruin* these bitches gay, obviously

but im curious as to like. how do they view each other. do they see themselves as human labels of relationships? do they kinda have their own word for each other or is it just "yeah im stuck with this fucker for the rest of my life and while i may act like its a horrible thing i really dont mind and even prefer it bc honestly i doubt we'd be able to survive without each other"

honestly they give an "idc wut its called we're bonded for life" vibe /silly

HJGFGH Oh definitely it's a 'bonded for life' kinda deal, literally as well as metaphorically. As for what to call it, well it's not romantic nor is it platonic - Queer-Platonic is the closest/best term for it and that's generally how i refer to their relationship! It's very much it's own special thing, and it differs greatly from typical human relationships. (Honestly if they were humans it would probably be super unhealthy lmao)

From Eclipse's perspective he doesn't really give any label to what he and Ruin have. At the very beginning it was a sort of mutual roommate situation that developed overtime into them becoming so much more, to the point that - as you correctly said - they would no longer be able to survive without the other.

Presently Eclipse is aware that Ruin is now his counterpart and has fully accepted that (again there's a story behind this happening that i hope to one day share should i ever manage to finish the fic gfjkg) but as far as an actual term goes? Hell if he knows, but he's content either way, even if he does grouch a lot!

For Ruin, it's more simple - to him Eclipse is his mate, his bonded, his partner for life. Now again this differs greatly from human and even your typical animal forms of relationships (especially with the mated for life deal) and it still falls very closely under the qpr catagory. Mers don't actually mate in the sexual sense (genderless beings and all) so for them to bond for life is to quite literally bind/tie their soul to another making them as one almost.

So long story short, it's a queer-platonic partnered for life kinda deal! Neither of them have any actual labels for it, it's just a 'we're attached at the hip and we ain't letting go'. It's truly queer!