hi its @amaryllidae. refer to me as eri please! so since i like a more tidy art station and i wanna infodump on my FOP stuff without clogging my main art blog with a buncha text posts ive decided to put my fopAU here for the most part. i won't stop posting over there, but if i've got a lot of lore to post about or lore related doodles it's gonna go here.
FAQ coming if I need it | tag masterpost when decided
my asks are open, but just for my FOP stuff. i've got notes on damn near every single fairy/magic being (my focus IS on fairies, but i have human notes too) so if anyone is particularly curious about a certain individual or my personal design of them feel free to send an ask requesting to see them! i've been working on this au since 2015 lol.
also, side note, you can ask me on my opinions/thoughts on a particular episode/character/etc. don't be afraid to ask!
my content is subject to be altered if i really like stuff in ANW, but obviously this universe was made originally when the first series was out. i never watched fairly odder (and not for lack of trying, i just couldn't do it. torture) and i only watched the live action movies when i was really young.
i try to toe the line of canon whenever i can, but there's a lot of stuff incorporated into FOP and sometimes i just gotta take a new interpretation and run.
things you'll see here: fairy/seelie biology, worldbuilding, mapping family trees, expanded relationships. things you've seen in canon FOP you'll see drawn or mentioned here. general warning for mentions of death and my characterizations are complicated. there are good and bad people, and people who change from one to the other!
Genuinely curious but is your Papa Cosmo still a house husband before he passed? I remember you said he used to work at a flower shop before the kids were born. If that hasn’t changed, do you think he wishes he could go back sometimes? Like go back to work at the store?
yeah he was intending to take a break from work for a while to raise a family with his wife! loved botany.. liked to utilize flower language in his bouquets. mama cosma/euphemia interacted with him semi-often before dating him because flowers are very common decorations in fairy parties and gatherings (which her family held a lot of) and her mother always wanted fresh ones in the house.
and he definitely wanted to go back to work when ezra grew up, despite euphemia wanting to provide for him. he kinda felt boxed in at home sometimes and every now and then would think about his work again.. he had a garden at home when they got financially on their feet again and grew flowers there. helped some of the housebound blues for him.
Opinions on the episode Big Wanda, when Blonda was so chill about her father going missing? Like, GIRL, he gave birth to you! Have some respect!
god big daddy and blonda episodes fascinate me.. it can be kinda hard to watch og fop sometimes because of how they treat tragedy and also femininity/women but also i get it, it's a lighthearted...ish... kids show. stares at the episode where timmy wishes he was never born but im not here to complain all the time.
parental relationships can be so wildly nonchalant in this series. and yeah. it was kinda crazy that she just was like "so sad! anyways"
applying it to my interpretations i'd honestly chalk it up to willa's lack of natural empathy and the belief that her father was going to be okay, perhaps both because her dad is so capable and because i feel like someone like her wouldn't entirely have a grasp on the whole mortality thing also applying to people who've been in your life for a long time, like your parents.
she looked at the situation, knowing how separated from the mafia she is and how important her job is to her, said "I'm not doing that, and I can't help. Daddy will be fine." and moved on lol. this does open up the thought of blonda having a hard time with words that sound similar/remembering names... i must go back and comb.. does that "getting people's names wrong" thing a recurring joke? hrm... oh yay it is... well at least it's happened thrice. need to go back and watch fairy idol... but hehehe thats really fun
personal thoughts on the episode... ehh... 6.5? out of 10? i will drink up ANYTHING that gives me a MORSEL to do with family trees. (ohh, and thank god they provided some names and actual relations to wanda/blonda besides just being background characters to fill out the mob) big daddy was.. alright here, i'll take what i can get in terms of what i can do with the character. he really trusts his little girl and that's super cute.
liked mama cosma in this actually. she's SO obsessed with wanda being gone. she's evil. good for her. i like to imagine a part of her beef is that wanda's a cadabra (even if her last name is fairywinkle) and she does NOT want her stupid little boy tied up in a crime family. herself? she can handle it. but not her son.
final comment on blonda/big daddy- i think big daddy wishes blonda was more involved with the family, but he understands the incredible pressure being a cadabra entails. she's taken more after her mother, and he's still proud of her for that. he isn't going to expect willa to come in and ever be a part of the crime family, she's far too busy doing her own thing. makes him a little sad but nobody's perfect.
willa's got no issue with her dad. she's simply sooooo busy, you must understand, and, well, things can be a little.. messy whenever she visits.
younger twin, more assertive and was always opinionated
so easily bored, but knew to keep quiet if they were in public
big daddy and nonna adored her spunk
was barely coached to before she learned to get sticky fingers, wanda is very skilled at stealing things unseen if she wishes
part of the reason wanda doesn't like (schnozmo) ezra is because she's familiar with the con business and many tricks they have. he isn't even doing it for his family, he's just Like That.
actually has done small jobs for the family business before, doesn't like to because she doesn't want to get cosmo, peri and any godkids wrapped up in it... but someone's gotta be there for daddy
her and juandissimo were dating for a good hot while in high school
LOVES drama. loves performance. theatre, singing, acting... oh it is ALL her passion.
y-y'know, in a hobby way. but it would be nice to be recognized for her efforts sometimes..
also loves action movies, romance movies, and soap operas
i just generally have less to say on wanda because shes a main character
I don’t know if I should ask for requests, but you think you can drawing Timmy and Hazel in your style/au?
here ya go! i actually secretly love hazel wayyy more than timmy esp late season timmy.. but i still drew them both for you :D hazel is such a refreshing take on a godkid, i'm so happy with her personality in the show
my focus isnt so much on humans. so i dont really have anything to say about them at the moment
oh! i do have one thing to say. as per my old eyes post on my main, timmy and hazel both have magicsight, which means they can tell when things are affected by magic and see through the veil that magic naturally has which prevents regular humans from realizing anything is different or strange about a fairy. every godchild is gifted this, temporarily! however, hazel's magicsight is natural (an extremely rare trait) which is why she was able to pick up on cosmo and wanda being weird early.
generally the gentler sibling between her and wanda. elder twin
career oriented + doesn't like her ties to the mafia
struggles to empathize with others
loves creative exercises and romance novels
adores her self-insert characters in movies and shows
doesn't know shes aro
really good at makeup and disappearing if she so pleases
wanda and her beef a lot, wanda thinks she abandoned the family and she thinks wanda should leave her be, wanda's just mad she's successful
really looked up to her mama growing up, loved pretty ladies like her mom and wanted to be one so bad
quite a baby /pos when she was younger, clingy and sought comfort, snuggled into her parents and nonna
the quiet obedient sister, considered too passive by nonna
really started splitting from the family in her teens when she got her own consistent peers. she got more assertive. she wasn't as popular as wanda in school and sort of resented it, wanda didn't even really CARE about popularity.
hasn't interacted much with peri or timmy more than a few times but she's a decent aunt. she knows the basics of childcare and actually doesn't give herself enough credit when it comes to taking care of others
frequent party thrower and attendee, known for her parties
never really ashamed of who she is, but sometimes people not liking her gets to her
youngest son, only one that inherited their mom's leadership skills
bossy as hell, but far more genuine than his mother
was one of them mean kids at school (he would fold you into a pretzel)
used to being top dog. people who challenged him were either respected or hated
bullied tf outta jorgen in school (he was a bad bitch fr)
several attempts on his life, primarily the years when nonna gave him the reins
plays it off, but the longlasting effect is he always has to be diligent- he only ever feels truly safe in his bed, in his house. until someone ruined that too. hates being vulnerable.
family man like his dad, fiercely loyal, adores his girls but nobody is perfect and he's got a lot to juggle. sometimes the idea of getting away is appealing..
tends to verbally brush off things that sit with him and bother him, must appear untouchable
knew that amaris was seducing him. let her (he's in control.)
loved her spunk + proposed to her, spoiled her
also incorrectly assumed amaris would take a break from her singing to raise their daughters
didnt want to be primary caretaker of his girls- hed either be forced to take a step back from the mafia (terrible idea) or put his daughters in danger by continuing activities
hid his pregnancy for as long as physically possible due to the weakened state it put him in. wanted to hide the girls too for a few years
nana cadabra was an intelligent, tactical force of nature. matteo being in charge makes him look like a meathead in comparison, and while he's no genius he's wise. the business stresses him out but he's gotta do what he's gotta do, and he loves his family.
spoils his daughters and is overprotective (with good reason)
DOES care about willa. he just doesn't know how to approach her since she's so.. different. she doesn't seem to want anything to do with the mafia. it's disappointing, but also he gets it. he hopes she's happy.
good grandpa. loves peri. has a way different idea of fun though.
Ok I’ve got a genuine question this time lol. I forgot when Cosmo was born, half of Fairy World blew up. Does he still manage to do that here. I can’t imagine how easy it was to have him given how magically potent and dangerous he is.
so, after a lot of personal debate on the cosmo thing, i think i've come to an interpretation i like!
cosmo has an incredible amount of magic due to his von strangle bloodline. while his mother and grandmother were above average powerful, cosmo was born with nearly the full power of a proper fey. this wouldn't be so much of a problem if cosmo's central core hadn't began producing its own magic before he was born.
when a fairy is pregnant they're not so much giving all their magic to their baby as sharing it; while yes, they expend a tremendous amount of magic to develop their young, father and baby sort of even out their magic levels between themselves.
what i'm saying is cosmo gave his dad magical backup, which is nearly unheard of in pregnancy. cosmo could handle it for longer, because his higher endurance core system matured way too early. cosmo was given access to a training wand when he began showing signs of magical backup himself at the hospital, and he proceeded to release a magic shockwave that ended up frying a power grid, knocking out half of fairy world's energy. it was kind of a catastrophe overall but euphemia still chose to love and adore cosmo anyway- blaming her own genes if anything for papa cosmo's death.
also cosmo was doing his happy buzzies at the ripe age of 6 hours old
big family man, extremely loyal. raised very traditionally
the asterisco family was protected by the mob, he really looked up to and appreciated it for that (which is how he met celestine)
no braincells but a very big core (heart)
excessive pet names
wholeheartedly supported his wife in every endeavor, could not fathom her as anything but judicious and kind (sometimes, a lady's just gotta do stuff for the greater good)
chain smoker (chronic worrier, put all his faith in his wife)
def cried at his own wedding
when he sees good in people, that's all he sees
never got to meet his grandkids
piero cadabra
the talker between him and carmine
oldest son, booker's favorite
catastrophizes a lot
likes to be told what to do. does not like being given choices
tends to ramble
lots of nervous tics when he's not in "game mode"
like a whole different person when he's got orders. cool, reserved, collected. until the game plan changes
loves his nieces wanda and willa (blonda) so much
carmine cadabra
second eldest, he was conceived not long after piero was born
cousin guido's dad
really good at math, handles most of the money that comes through
very jaded. prides himself on being "the smart one"
tends to express his thoughts through piero, who's better at talking than he is
holds grudges for centuries
gets queasy at the sight of core magic
thinks blonda is lazy
lowkey thinks big daddy is a meathead (he loves his little brother anyway)
astro cadabra
teeny boy, second youngest (big daddys big brother)
really good with yo-yo tricks
frequently wandered, dad had to keep him on a leash
her primary concern is herself at the end of the day
likes bad boys. finds danger cool as long as shes not in actual danger
grew up woefully sheltered
2 older sisters. she is the spoiled youngest
popular singer in her youth, met big daddy by performing at a cabaret he frequented. she didn't care much for money but the moment she found out he was the head of the cadabra crime family she was all over him
very stubborn and opinionated. assumes first and doesn't ask questions. baaad communicator.
not mean- just terribly misunderstands other people and their needs
heavily romanticized the mob. did not realize the gravity of being part of a crime family, even if she wasn't very involved in the business
enjoyed the luxuries of being a mob wife. especially the bodyguards
constantly butted heads with her husband, but both of them also enjoyed it. their fights were legendary (nonna sighs dramatically) but the make ups even more so. matteo loved an opinionated woman
incorrectly assumed matteo would drop his job to raise their kids. what do you mean you can't take a little break /genq
sees her daughters as more of a novelty thing. she has a preference for little willa (blonda), she's so much like her!
refused to leave her singing career (she worked so hard for this!)
commence the butting heads pt 2 electric boogaloo
was more of a tertiary figure in the girls' lives, she was frequently busy so they spent most of their time shadowing their father or being taken care of by their nonna
got freaked out when it turned out being in the mafia was actually dangerous. for realsies
divorced big daddy when the girls were teens. sorry huckleberry the spark just aint there no more :(
now that the girls are grown she's largely unavailable and extremely busy. her and big daddy don't hate each other but man they will toss half joking insults
nonna cadabra is a force to be reckoned with. she is manipulative and highly intelligent, and a skilled actress. she does her research.
overuses pet names
constantly offering other people her cooking. makes it less suspicious if she were to offer someone something that was perhaps.. not safe for consumption.
chronic hair ruffler and cheek pincher despite her short stature
really plays up the confused but sweet grandma role. no longer considered a threat by rivals; "it's a damn shame celeste faded like that", but this is a facade to collect information and keep an eye out for any danger that might come for her dear boys.
biography
born into the cadabra crime family. eldest daughter of 6.
natural leader and strategist, using her rising rivals' messy fights and takeovers to offer help to the fairies hit by crossfire in the form of paid protection. momma would treat you right.*
*terms and conditions may apply.
the death of jorgen's parents opened up for a lot of power struggle in outer fairy world, as the leader of the militia and law enforcement administrator had abruptly been disposed of with two young sons unable to fill her shoes.
celestine's family business had already run a few generations back, but seeing this fleeting business opportunity, she quickly swooped in and expanded before nana von strangle could take back over.
as nana congregated her officers closer to the capitol buildings, this left outer fairy world unprotected
fairies saw local law enforcement as failed, enabling celestine to really dig her claws in amidst the chaos
also decided to go in the direction of a garbage company for a front. their primary, non-public services besides protection were smuggling and money laundering.
settled late, mothering four sons with her husband, booker. she worked hard to balance her business and instill useful values in her boys- matteo (big daddy) was momma's favorite despite being the youngest
when she got older and her husband passed, she wisely gave the physically stronger and younger matteo the reins, pretending to have gone somewhat senile in her older age from grief (while still giving advice to her son and acting as backline support, sniffing out rats gone unnoticed by others and giving info on people). she chose to keep the boss position in her blood family instead of giving it to someone else.
this action had consequences.
partially helped raise wanda and willa (blonda). wanda is her favorite.
knows big daddy has plenty of time but would like to see an heir to the family business named since he's got grandkids now.
most pixies are very short and stocky, with square builds. they're the smallest of the seelie
body hair is infrequent, near non-existent
males are ever-so slightly larger than females on average, though it hardly matters
pixies function very similar to fairies, they have near identical anatomies and also get inebriated from sugar
primarily eat fantastical beasts along with magic supplements
pixies grow up a little faster due to less time needed maturing their core systems. takes them about 1300 years.
pixies take very few genes from their non-pixie parent- a hint of eye color here, a darker skin color there..
despite their funky core systems, pixies, once given the magic-using tools they need, are just as adept with magic as fairies
they all speak with the same flat tone, but tend to have difficulty masking their expressions
they have an inborn talent for numbers and repetitive behaviors- they flourish in a group where everyone has a set role that they do over and over again.
each pixie is given a set role after their rearing period has ended. some pixies show the rare ambition to climb some ranks but most are generally comfortable with where Head Pixie puts them.
all fairy-based seelie buzz their wings but pixies are especially guilty of buzzing when agitated
pixies used to be quite rare, with small mixed families, usually employed by fairy companies to deal with paperwork and other tasks- librarians, attorneys, secretaries, etc
honorable mention: the curious case of Head Pixie
so many people cannot stand this guy.
this guy is weird. the council does not like weird. he is like, biologically, the biggest outlier for the pixie species ever
side note: my HP doesn't look as old as canon due to the way my fairies age (and pixies generally live longer anyway since they consume magic rather than produce it) but he is still, in fact, very old
fey dad, pixie mom. HP's pixie status was debated hotly for a long time due to the main factor that he had a functional central core- in fact, it was too functional; HP produces too much magic for his system to handle on a regular basis.
HP handles this in two ways; lots of offspring and lots of using his magic to power things. man, building a business empire is easy.
he's larger than the average pixie as well, by 7 inches (this makes him look huge)
all of HP's kids are normal pixies (barring the handful of fairy children)
HP is old. really old. he's about to hit a million. he's older than jorgen's nana. he's showing his age but he looks pretty good. his fey lineage and magic overproduction are the primary reasons for this, but he just likes to say he lives off black coffee and pure spite. he is staying around forever, baby.
Are Cosmo and Jorgen related in your AU? I've seen people say that they're distant relatives in canon (I think)
sure are! in cosmo rules [S7/E33] (iirc) it's stated cosmo and jorgen are cousins. now in my au cosmo and jorgen are a liiiiittle more distantly related..
but they still are. sometime i'll make a nice tidy family tree. but this'll do for now. nana von strangle's son married a carina cosma, and took her name (as surnames are generally matrilineal especially in high-end fairy culture)
athena didn't marry a fairy with close fey lineage so their daughter, euphemia (mama cosma) ended up as a larger-than-average fairy, and euphemia married into a low class family so by the time cosmo and ezra came around you wouldn't know they were related to the von strangles at all unless you were REEEEEALLY into the failed end of the cosma lineage
anti-fairies are the tallest with generally lean bodies
body hair is generous, males tend to be a little hairier. fuzz is much more prevalent
females tend to be larger than males, and are long and muscular. the species has rougher, sharper features. they are primarily carnivorous and some have prey drives.
they usually have large claws that can cut through glass and in some cases metal
their tongues are long and they have sharp teeth. their pupils are slitted and function much like a cat's
they do not see so good in bright light. their pupils help but most are so used to the darkness of their plane they squint in sunlight
their magic levels are tied to the expelled raw magic of their counterpart
anti-fairies were spawned originally as shadows from fairies filtering raw magic, embodying the castoffs and things their counterparts are not. they are not perfect opposites.
as creatures made of shadows, they don't technically need food. they persist as long as their fairy produces castoff magic. food is however important for them to keep their physical strength up
anti-fairies are plagued by rule compulsions due to the high levels of raw magic. this primarily manifests in them responding to "bad luck" (walking under ladders, broken mirrors, etc) with mischief- except for them it's impossible to resist the urge
anti-fairies also unconsciously seek out mirroring relationships to their counterparts.
anti-fairies are considered dangerous due to the power of their magic. while they still need a wand to utilize it they can perform many tasks under a familiar godchild that a fairy cannot.
when anti-fairies soulbond with another anti-fairy their eyes will gain a bit of the color of their mate's
grey and white hairs on anti-fairies aren't necessarily an indicator of age but typically show up after their cores were nearly fully depleted or being forced to regenerate
mirror the aging patterns of their counterpart
honestly if it weren't for anti-fairies constantly infighting or squabbling over positions of power they probably would've taken over fairy world by now
here they are. the ogs. the fairies. core system + magic post here
mentioning death in an informative way btw.
all seelie are short, commonly about 3-5 feet tall with notable exceptions. fairies are, on average, the second tallest species of their group
body hair is usually sparce and seen in nearly equal distribution between females and males
males tend to be larger and broader than females. the species has softer, rounder attributes, boasting wide hips and bright, colorful eyes and hair.
while female fairies regenerate magic faster (and have a larger neural core), male fairies have a larger central core membrane, enabling them to retain more magic than their female counterparts
fairies have 2 magic cores and 2 magic pools. the central core in the chest (where magic is created), the neural core in the head (this enables conscious, refined magic usage through filtering) and a core pool in both wrists (this enables the fairy to use magic).
fairies do not bleed. their mouths and tongues are purple, and also flush purple.
as an early creation of mother nature's, fairies have a very simple body layout. most of their body is composed of magical essence and the few organs they have are dedicated to reproduction or converting calories and nutrients to magic
less organs also lowers their weight so they can fly better. fairies burn a lot of calories and food and sleep are extremely important to a healthy individual
they take thousands of years to mature. fairies experience pooferty at age 2, where their core pools open up and they become cranky and uncomfortable as their bodies adjust to the magical balance shift. this is also called the terrible twos.
they experience mental and developmental milestones at different paces than humans. their body first prioritizes developing their core system before getting physically larger and cognitively developing.
fairies experience puberty and begin to develop into their adult bodies at the age of 700. they mature at 1,500 but are not considered adults until they're 2,000 and reach their peak magic performance.
fairies get inebriated on sugars, namely pure sugars. the higher and purer the sugar content, the more effective it is. they are unaffected largely by most fruits.
fairies are notoriously stretchy, adaptable and immune to or resilient against a lot of damage. a fairy can be injured by nonmagic items, namely iron. they are also susceptible to acid and fire, especially if their cores are damaged.
butterfly nets are also still a weakness. prolonged entrapment in a butterfly net is. Not Good.
their regenerative abilities are incredible and they can heal life-threatening injuries within a few days. magical backup will kill a fairy.
fairies have three stages where they aren't immortal and have no regenerative abilities; before and for ten years after birth, during pregnancy and near the end of their lives.
fairies turn to sparkling purple dust when they die.
on the topic of aging
a fairy's physical appearance is representative of their health. they do not visibly age past adulthood until their body begins to produce less magic.
a fairy lives for 400,000-600,000 years, depending on their magic levels. note: time passes differently in fairy world.
as a fairy gets older, it takes longer to regenerate magic and injuries. they get tired faster and require more calories.
fairies do not look elderly until their cores can no longer keep up with their bodies. they lose their immortality and begin to visibly age, their eyes and hair losing color and vibrancy. if a fairy doesn't use any more magic after this period, they'll last about 100 years.
honorable mention: the True Fey
fairies are descended from one of mother nature's first sentient creations; True Fey. these creatures did not need to filter the magic they created, and were inherently chaotic like the magic that composed them. these fey were tricksters and incredibly powerful. they did not have anti-fey.
unfortunately, they had a bit of a superiority complex and tended to terrorize the creatures in other planes, swapping children, kidnapping individuals and turning people into creatures. they had constant power struggles.
mother nature countered this by shrinking down and forcing their future children to filter the chaotic rainbow magic (eventually spawning anti-fairies to hold this energy.) True Fey have nearly died out (primarily killed in wars and power struggles), but their legacy remains in the form of unusually tall individuals and incredible magic prowess.
the von strangle line has been selectively bred for generations- they pair for raw power and boast a clear family line back to True Fey royalty. they are able to use unfiltered magic and can unwish alterations caused by pure magic with the assistance of a specially-made wand (like Jorgen's).
the fairy council are all recently descended from or are True Fey
fairies with recent True Fey heritage are referred to as fey, and have bright, magnificent crowns.
