#wereswan

[millacm]

I was very excited to join the Neverafter zine for d20 zine jam, but I must admit I rushed it a bit in the end.

For this zine I picked The Wild Swans story told by H.C. Anderson to make a character for the Witches, Warriors and Wolves: a d20 Neverafter zine !!

It was fun to imagine how this character would have suffered in a fucked up version of her story (which was already pretty gloomy) and the mistakes she might have made for the worse : P

[starbrned]

what if i add odette from the swan princess to my muse list lmfao

[karfecc-dreamer]

Okay, guys, GUYS, I got a fucked up idea... Imagine olandy, but if Randy was a fucking wereswan and didn't know it. What do you think about it?

(Yes, I suddenly appeared after an absence, just to write this. And yes, I didn’t forget about my blog, there will be arts soon)

[cjcroen1393]

Continuing my Monster School idea, what's a school without teachers and staff?

These are obviously not ALL the staff and some of their designs are potentially subject to change, but these are the ones I wanted to showcase first, mainly consisting of the core curriculum teachers and a pair that I just happen to like a lot.

Headmaster Edward Winters: The first, last and only headmaster of the school. He was headmaster of the school since its founding, but he died of old age somewhere along the line. Refusing to abandon his students, Headmaster Winters remained in the school as a ghost, and has no intention of passing on to the next life. He's a friendly guy, if a little scatterbrained from old age.

Professor Vladimir Ozkan: A vampire (specifically a Strigoi) who teaches mathematics at the academy, as a nod to how vampires are said to be good with numbers. Like most math teachers, he's tough but fair and generally tends to be one of the more level-headed members of the faculty.

Professor Aldrich Wiltshire: A lich who teaches history. He was chosen as the history teacher because, as an immortal lich, he was there to see a lot of historical events throughout the years. That said, since liches tend not to be the most morally upstanding creatures, Professor Wiltshire's views on history tend to be a bit more... warped.

Professor Cassandra Birgitta: A witch who teaches magic at the school. Like most witches, she specializes in potions, but she teaches all sorts of magic to her students, as all monsters and even some humans have magical potential. I was unsure as to whether or not I wanted to make her green, but it felt wrong to give her a "normal" skin tone.

Professor Briar Wood: Hey now, this guy looks familiar! Yes, I finally figured out what to do with Briar! If you're unfamiliar, Briar's an OC I made on a whim a while ago. He's a faerie and yes, he is, in fact, a man. He's the literature teacher, because fairy tales! Don't let the seemingly gentle look on his face fool you, he's a petty asshole.

Coach Finnian Svan: The physical education teacher of the school. He's a "wereswan", basically a human cursed to become a swan on the full moon. He's a pretty typical gym teacher, just kind of a big muscular tough guy with a heart of hold.

Professor Roswell: That's not his real name, but no one who isn't fluent in Zeta Reticulan can pronounce his actual name. He's the science teacher and he's a Zeta Reticulan ("Grey" alien). He's a bit of a mystery, even among the other staff members. He mostly keeps to himself.

Professor Proteus Metamorphosis: A mimic who teaches his students how to disguise themselves, be it using their natural abilities or more practical skills. After all, disguise is a necessary ability when the world doesn't approve of your existence. This isn't his real form, or even his most common form; like all mimics, he's a shapeshifter who can change his appearance at will.

Professor Cordelia Fontaine: A mermaid who teaches music at the school. I like to think she and Coach Svan have a thing going on. Her "hair" is actually a series of gill filaments (I was inspired by a mix of The Spiderwick Chronicles and axolotl gills). I'm not entirely satisfied with her colors or her fish tail.

Nurse Miasma: The mysterious school nurse. She always dresses like a plague doctor, though no one knows if she's a monster or a human under that mask. No one has ever seen her without her mask, and some doubt that it's a mask at all. Despite her extremely spooky appearance and behavior, she's a good person and a good nurse, and she genuinely cares about her patients.

[oneiriad]

I mean, let's be honest - there's not really that much practical difference. Big, strong, murderous fowl.

(I remember even back reading Anita Blake (before it went entire off the tracks) and wondering if the author had ever met a swan? She made her wereswans all "oh dear we are weak, vulnerable victim animals. Come on. You got wereswans? You got a biker gang or similar.)

Many young wizards have taken to transmuting swans into humans and marrying them. One day, you are lucky enough to find a swan in the wild, and without hesitating, you turn it into a beautiful lady. Unfortunately, that ‘swan’, was a goose. You have just given a goose a human form.

[strange-manipulations]

Wereswan Spell - an Unused  Book Cover by gaborcsigas

[reddogcollar]

girl struggle

[inkfoxes]

You know what I wonder?’

Wereswans.

Why on earth don’t we see more stories about wereswans?

I mean, have you ever tangled with a swan like no thank you I’ll take the werewolf it’s less terrifying.

[mwolf0epsilon]

I saw that you already have a monster AU, but consider: Werecreature AU. What sort of unique creature would everyone turn into?

Joey Drew - Weregoat (Myotragus), looks like Satan himself has crawled out of hell to cause trouble. That's not an exaggeration, as a goat Joey is massive and pretty damn mischievous to the point it borders on malicious. Henry has to keep a close eye on him because Joey will start fights for fun.

Henry Stein - Werewolf (Eastern wolf), he's not the largest of the wolves in the studio, but he's certainly the one that keeps things in check. His calm demeanor making him a suitable mediator between the other wolves in the studio.

Sammy Lawrence - Wereram (Rambouillet sheep), he's the largest of the flock which is fitting since he's the head of a department full of weresheep.

Jack Fain - Weresheep (Awassi sheep). His horns aren't defined enough to be called a wereram, which is unusual for the breed of sheep he turns into.

Susie Campbell - Werebird (Harpy eagle), she's a very beautiful creature to behold but also easy to aggravate. Best not upset a vindictive eagle with sharp beak and talons.

Norman Polk - Weregator (American alligator), he's absolutely massive and highly aggressive when hungry. Its unwise to disturb him unless he's eaten after shifting.

Allison Pendle - Werebird (Bearded vulture), even as a werebird she's very attentive and intelligent. She also has a better handle of her temper than most of the other werecreatures. Seems to enjoy following Tom around while in this form, and will sometimes bring him scraps of her meals as a means to sooth him.

Thomas Connors - Werewolf (Red wolf), a temperamental no-nonsense wolf that makes sure to keep others in line if Henry isn't able to keep the peace. He's the largest wolf and not even a missing limb can make him back off from a dispute.

Wally Franks - Werecayote (Urban coyote), despite not being a wolf he runs with the Studio's pack. A good thing too because otherwise no one would be able to stop him eating out of the trash.

Shawn Flynn - Weremonkey (Capuchin monkey), he's loud and likes keeping his hands busy. Not much of a change from the usual. Weremonkeys are among the most intelligent werecreatures, so Shawn's shift only slightly increases his emotional responses.

Grant Cohen - Werebee (Africanized bee), considered one of the more aggressive and dangerous werecreatures in the studio. It's mandatory for Grant to be locked up during the full moon because he lacks all control as a werebee.

Buddy Lewek - Werewolf (Eurasian wolf), the pup of the pack and smallest due to being much younger than the other wolves. Buddy has a lot to learn about his werewolf nature. Thankfully he's as harmless as a skittish puppy.

Dot - Werebird (Secretarybird), she's very nimble and elegant. One of the fastest birds in the studio and also a quick thinker. Its not uncommon to see her hanging around Buddy during the full moon, but it is quite funny to see her outpace the poor pup.

Abby Lambert - Weredog (Old English Sheepdog), herding rowdy artists by day and rowdy assorted werecreatures by the night if the full moon, Mrs. Lambert sure needs a break...

Bertrum Piedmont - Werecephalopod (Giant Pacific octopus), his transformation is among the most painful and disturbing ones. It's best not to bother him during the full moon unless you're ready to handle his volatile temper and many muscular limbs.

Lacie Benton - Weremonkey (Mandrill), the unnoficial guard/caretaker of Bertrum's werecreature form during the full moon. Her own ornery temper and lack of patience for his tantrums keeps him in check, plus she can still work on her projects due to her higher intellect as a type of ape creature.

Emma LaMonte - Wereswan (Mute swan), she's beautiful and graceful but also highly aggressive. The bathroom she claimed for herself is completely off limits during the full moon, and anyone idiotic enough to try to encroach on her territory will definitely regret getting on her shit list...

[thedarkivist]

consider: wereswan bodyguard

[boreal-sea]

I desperately want to reblog this without the horoscope addon because it's extremely wrong, capricorns take everything seriously and we absolutely want to play in this space and take it far too seriously.

Dragon centaurs. Lower half a horse, upper half a dragon.

Wereswans

WEREGEESE

do you think vampires and werewolves are an exclusively human phenomenon or are there dwarfish werewolves and elvish vamps and shit??

[veinscorched-blog]

artisticangelblood replied to your post:

have you ever read anita blake? wereswan

I have not. I am...intrigued?

[hatchetandtom]

wereswan http://flic.kr/p/8coi3y

[aliensnipe]

Me: Gee WHIZ I need to back off this OC or I’m never going to make any other creative original work, ever

Also me, 2 weeks later: Now my OC and his twin sister are wereswans and when they were babies they were kidnapped by a werefox

Me: oh no

[ilovemesomekillianjones]

This story is so so very intriguing. I can’t wait to find out more. I love how sweet each of them are, a little worried and protected, but sweet nonetheless. And WereSwan had me rolling!!

something in the water, part 2

Summary: Emma is sent to investigate a supposed sea monster appearance in her hometown. Thankfully, her family there knows her secret: that at night, she transforms into a swan. And she knows that whoever the universe thinks her soulmate is, as dictated by the tattoo on her side, won’t be there. Though maybe she was wrong to assume that. And when did a merman start hanging out in the ocean near Storybrooke?

rated M (eventually) | 5.2k | part 1 (art) | AO3

A/N: Apologies for the delay between updates! Life has been busy, but here’s Part 2 of my @cssns story! Thank you for all the lovely comments on part 1; hope you enjoy more! (Please let me know if you do/don’t want a tag) Art to follow!

She wouldn’t exactly call what she had a superpower. But she was hesitant to label it a curse.

David had taken to calling her a Transformer, but she resented the comparison to an action figure, as accurate as it might be.

Ruby tried to call her a were-swan once, which Emma definitely preferred, save for the fact that the only time she didn’t transform was the night of the full moon and she didn’t want that misnomer.

So she’d settled on describing it as involuntary shapeshifting, or casually as her “Odette thing.” (Ironically, or maybe prophetically, The Swan Princess had been her favorite movie at the group home she’d lived in the longest—or at least, it was until one of the older kids pulled the tape out of the well-loved VHS.)

All she knew was that every night at the stroke of 11 pm EST, she transformed into a swan. It didn’t matter where she was or what time zone she was in (which she had found out on a trip out west)—there was no getting around it, and she’d long since learned to deal with it.

Obviously, she’d been completely terrified the first time it happened. It was the summer before she turned 13 and she was up late reading, trying to get to the end of Order of the Phoenix; it had just come out that day and she had to get to the end. The Weasley family had just left St. Mungo’s Hospital when suddenly, her entire being was consumed in pain, with some invisible force pressing down from all around her.

Her whimpers drew David’s attention, and he’d rushed into the room just in time to catch her transformation. Obviously, he then ran to grab his mom, and Ruth believed him when he told her what had happened, but she couldn’t understand anything when Emma answered her questions—only David could.

She found out a lot of things that night, incidentally. At first, she’d thought she’d fallen asleep and was dreaming, especially when she saw her reflection: what once had been the image of a too-skinny blonde girl had changed to a small, downy, greyish waterfowl. But David assured her that there were many people in the world who had different skills and traits—just like Tonks in her book. He himself could talk to animals, which was why Ruth couldn’t understand her but he could; he’d inherited it from his father, who passed away long before they adopted Emma.

(“Are werewolves real, too?” she’d asked. “Yeah,” he told her, a little hesitantly. “Like, Lupin werewolves or the guy that turned him?” “Uh…you’ll have to ask someone else that,” he answered, as if he knew exactly who she needed to talk to. She eventually figured that one out.)

Everything had felt so foreign and strange that first night, but David was her rock, assuring her that she wasn’t a freak—she was just extra special, and there was no way he’d let her leave them; even if she’d been adopted by them a few years prior, she was still a foster kid deep down, constantly afraid of being sent back.

Being the amazing big brother that he was, he just pulled her cygnet form into his lap and picked up reading aloud where she’d left off. The sun’s first rays had just broken over the horizon, visible from her bedroom window, as David closed the cover on the last page, and she began to transform back. It was far less painful this time, but still not pleasant, and she breathed her hugest sigh of relief once she was back in her normal body. Until she realized she was naked, of course, and pulled her blanket over her.

David left her to get some sleep after that, and she may have wordlessly tackle-hugged him in the kitchen later that morning. (“Was that for me staying with you, or because you’re sad about Sirius?” he asked, chuckling. “Both,” she decided.)

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[reddogcollar]

trying to design a wereswan and caught between two possibilities: built like a furry or built like a pterosuar