#ykno for quick doodles meant to just be an excuse to make this post i kind of spend way too much time on them KJHFKS

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Ponyo au hc hours you already know what time it is!!

HONESTLY i call it the ponyo au. its mostly just ponyo pre-ponyo. its just me stealing what little backstory we know of fujimoto and granmamare and running with it (and kind of changing it to fit my own narrative bcus thats what I do!!)

as always forgive that this isnt rlly written up properly i mostly write these to collect my own thoughts ;;U;; Archie takes Granmamares role as giant ruler of the sea!

Maxie gets Fujimotos role of wizard going trough a midlife crisis

Archie usually stayed down in the underwater kingdom he has like. way way down in the depths of the ocean but happened to be exploring up above when he found a human Drowning. Feeling bad and taking pity on them he ended up saving them by infusing them w a part of him- essentially giving them minor powers to control water, but also losing their status as a human and meaning they would die if they dried out now.

POV shift you are Maxie you just had a near death experience, you are now stuck in the ocean with no one you know and barely any humanoid creatures around at all (it’s mostly just friendly fish and some… vaguely human resembling creatures based of whatever the fuck ponyos sisters had going for them) Long story short! You are not having a good time.

Archie did his best to make m feel comfortable bcus he felt. really bad! but eventually ended up making a place to stay closer to the surface (and protecting it with currents) so they could at least kind of vibe on land sometimes (rainy days for the win!)

Over the years they ended up getting closer n eventually! Started dating n got married

-Archie can shift sizes from Giant God Of The Sea to just a slightly tall regular man

-Maxie has minor water magic powers thanks to Archie- but he’s also got a bunch of magic potions he likes to make that do a whole array of stuff. He’s just always been like that

-Rainy days are the days Archie allows himself to be dragged out of the ocean for a while so Maxie can show him around places he liked. They can’t ever go too far from the ocean for safety’s sake, but they make do with what they have!

-Archie cannot turn the glowy off and Maxie ended up stealing a sleeping mask from a store bcus dear god dear Im trying to get some rest

-The store was run by Courtney and Tabitha. Tabitha still isn’t sure how a flush of water managed to break trough the window, take a sleeping mask off the shelves and break out trough another window, but he’s SURE it wasn’t natural and is investigating. Courtney is just along for the ride

-Matt and Shelly work for ocean wildlife preservation but they’ve heard rumours of a person living in the ocean and of a giant glowing presence sailors sometimes see at night when they’re lost at sea and they are trying to learn more