Summary: Lance, a mer too curious for his own good, doesn’t know how he ended up tangled in a fishing net — but he’s hoping a stormy-eyed human is going to help him out.
So, this is one of my contributions to the @voltronbigbang. The art goes with @galacticsuns3t‘s wonderful story, Ocean Blue, Sandy Gold, which can be found on AO3 here!As you can gather, it deals with mermaid Lance and his cute gills and, c’mon, what more could you want? (Answer: Nothing)
Anyway, I had a lot of fun with this and implore everyone to stop by the Bang’s blog and check out the other works- they’ll be posted in the upcoming weeks, so keep your eyes peeled!
hello yes I’m sure this is exactly the kind of quality content y’all follow me for anyway why waste time worldbuilding my AUs when I can just explain everything with memes
one of these is the joke that started this entire au (@ewwgene-fitzherbert’s fault, ofc) have fun figuring out which :)
ok so apparently my new hobby is 1) making AUs that completely nerf the characters and 2) trying to work out how the events of the show can still happen :’) aka I got talking to @ewwgene-fitzherbert about how stone forest would even work in this AU so…here
the main difference is that obviously two merfolk are not gonna get far on land or underground, so after they get stuck in the stone forest hilda shares what’s left of her magic with her mum (the pendant gets broken in the fall) so they both have a shot at getting out. which…isn’t a big deal at first, but it means the stakes are a bit higher bc with them both using hilda’s magic it’s set to run out, fast, and it’s more of a race to get out before it’s too late
I have a couple other thoughts that I’ll do in another post if I get the energy but otherwise it goes more or less the same as the show, just with about 5 degrees more stress I guess :>
Das is based on an oarfish and probably think of Ofi as strange fish or seal. Figured out he’s actually touch starved and followed this strange seal to shallow water.
Eventually becomes a concern for the local marine researchers and they ended up taking him to their facility to treat him for whatever ailment he got.
I wasn’t sure if you meant if they all were mermaids or not, so I just made S/o one. I hope you enjoy!
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“An’ this ‘ere’s a ribbon!” The alluring fabric flows gently against the breeze, held high by a thin arm.
She grabs it gently from him, inspecting it carefully in the sunlight.
“And, what does it do?” She asks.
Both of them watch her run her fingers over it in curiosity, turning and twisting it as she saw fit. “Nothin’ really. Just suppose 'ta look pretty.” Jamison responds.
“Well, it certainly does that well!” She tries to wrap it around her now drying wrist, wanting to make it look like a bracelet of sorts. She struggles shortly before a small wave crashes around her, drenching the ribbon in salty water. Her eyes become wide as she sees it grow dark and heavy. “Oh no! It got wet! Was it not suppose to get wet!? Did I destroy it??! I am so sorry!!!!”
Mako chuckles lightly, picking it out of her frightened grasp, and ties it around her wrist.
“It’s fine.” He quietly reassures her, patting her small back with his large hand.
The panic in her face subsides slowly, replaced with a shine in her eyes. Letting her tail flick in excitement, she holds her arm up to inspect the light reflected back at her. “Thank you!” A gasp escapes her, “and that reminds me!”
She scoots forward slightly, bringing a satchel- another gift from the boys- around from her side to her front. Opening it lightly with a bright smile, she places two orbs, one after another, in the wet sand before her.
“For you!” She exclaims. The Junkers glance between each other before grabbing one and individually inspecting it. She watches their confusion, and giggles. Taking Mako’s, turning it around, and shaking it, she holds it back up as they watch it in awe.
The foggy white glass inside slowly shifts and sways, revealing its kind of snow globe like function. A small coral reef, swarming with fish and sparking light, presents itself temporarily, before disappearing into fog once again.
After the quick show, Jamison ferociously shakes his own, watching a similar scene unravel.
“Woah!” He shakes it again, this time holding it to his ear, questioning if there was sound to accompany it.
“Thank you.” Mako near whispers. He takes back his orb, and as he does she places her hands on his.
“Of course! I have some many from you, it would only be fair to return the favor.” She releases him, sighing, lying her head into her arms. “I only wish there was a way that I could show you those places for real.”
“Maybe some day.” Mako pauses and then snatches her present from the other man, “Stop shaking that so hard.”
“Aye! I ain’t gonna break it.” He protests, huffing. “Give it back!” He reaches over, attempting to grab the object.
This was suppose to be a swimming lesson for Jamison, as they usually are, but they always end like this. Goofing around, laughing, and, for the boys, mild fighting.
She raises her body, and starts to happily crawl back into the water.
“Where you off ta’?”
“Swimming. Care to join me?” She flicks her tail up before going underwater, not waiting for them to respond.
Junkrat hobbles over to the side of the ocean before sitting and twisting off his prothetic leg.
“Do you need the vest?” Roadhog refers to the swimming vest behind them.
“No, who'dya think I am. Some kinda child?” He protests, scooting into the waves to join their girlfriend in the cold water.
It’s no longer May but I really wanted to scribble something for Mermay this year…… ;w; It ended up being half a painting just because HAHAHAHsieoajsoea anyway have some yustelle!
I tried not to come up with too much backstory for this but I’m Me so:
- Estelle is a princess. Her design is based on a pink full moon betta fish (geddit???) - Yuri is human, not a prince - Flynn is the prince, and Estelle saved him from drowning once. He thanked her personally and asked if there was anything he could do for her, and Estelle requested for books from the human world - Due to Princely Duties, Flynn ended up being too busy to go, so he sent his friend (servant? sparring partner??) to bring her books - Yuri began to make regular trips down to the beach because he finds he kind of likes seeing how happy and excited Estelle gets over books, of all things. - Also he thinks it’s fascinating to hear about the underwater world, and to tell her about what goes on on land. - There’s no angst here this is just a fun mermay AU ok
