#crewelyuu

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Stuff from an au where Crowley does 1 responsible thing by acknowledging he can't be responsible and dumps Yuu on Crewel the night they arrive.

Yuu lives with him and doesn't get enrolled as a student. They're a TA that helps Crewel with fetching materials for labs and grading tests and other such tasks

He's very much only tolerating this child he has been burdened with.

Definitely just tolerating them. Yes. He really needs to remember to get them an umbrella.

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Update on Stray, the fic where Yuu gets hurt and Crewel is uhhhh he sure is dealing with it!

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If Crewel did end up listening to his intrusive thoughts what type of dog would Yuu turn into?

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An askal/aspin! They look like a breed indeterminable to him. Since they're only a teen, they aren't quite a puppy but neither are they a full-grown dog. Due to OB injuries they look a little mangy. Fur and skin are clean though, they're just a little patchy. They have a very soft bark and can't quite speak or understand Dog though they'd still comprehend Human pretty well.

More platonic yandere-ish stuff below, though in a different au they could have accidentally been doused by a transformation potion while cleaning up Ramshackle so he'd see how they are as a dog without any such poisoning.

Crewel would give them sweaters and booties and other doggy clothes and would try to rub oils or creams into their rough/damaged skin like the kind of pet owner who does spa days and massages for their pets. He'd do it for Smith and Lou (his pet dalmatians) too so they wouldn't get jealous or complain about unfairness. He'd have to like, build Yuu's trust again for them to just let that happen though. Trying to hold or even pet Yuu is a struggle. They'd hide from him and bite whenever his hand gets close. But if Crewel's far gone enough to intentionally turn Yuu into a dog, then he probably wouldn't have qualms about using sleep spells on them so he could get their medicine applied and get them dressed. Would probably just fortify his gloves rather than muzzle them, but still very dehumanizing, infantilizing stuff. He would dehumanize them for grooming/hygiene purposes.

Even more reason for Yuu to stay in whatever corner is furthest from him and avoid him even if he tries to feed them human-grade food. They'd probably avoid eating and get weak until they're so out of it that when he does dig them out of the closet they've buried themselves in now, instinct takes over and they eat without meaning to. If they try to run (and get whatever collar/tracking spell he has on them off, don't think he'd need to do something as invasive as chip them in a magic world with magical tracking spells) his dogs would hunt them down and bring them back like it was a game (dalmatians were bred as hunting dogs I believe, and then became known as a carriage dog breed because they could keep up with horses).

Smith and Lou would be watching them all the time, snitching on anything they do because they're obedient to Crewel. They think Yuu's just some scared, lost, untrained puppy. Even if they get through the communication barrier and learn that Yuu was a human, they still wouldn't see why Yuu becoming a dog is a problem. The dogs see Crewel in the highest regard no matter what, because he is, as far as being a pet owner goes, a very good one. As far as Smith and Lou are concerned, Yuu should be happy under his roof.

Any attempts by Yuu to play along and act like a good dog (in hopes of making escape easier) would be met with immediate suspicion, though Crewel wouldn't complain about their motives as long as they behave and stay out of trouble. When storms or fireworks make the world too loud for their dog ears and they huddle in blankets with Smith or Lou until falling asleep there, when they can't keep the glimmer out of their eyes when he takes them to some Rose Country gardens for the first time, when they cower and run to him at the first sign of trouble, well he can't help but feel rather unrepentant about the whole kidnap/dognap thing even if some part of him is regularly thinking about how messed up it is. But he counters such thoughts by remembering Yuu in the infirmary and thinking of their scars and reminding himself that at least they won't be subject to such careless cruelty with him.

I don't know where to say this but Crewel would actively have to fight the urge to do a baby voice with them as he would with his actual dogs.

I think he would turn them human now and then, but only under close supervision. He wouldn't want their mental faculties to regress to those of a dog even if that would be easier. He'd find some amusement in designing clothes for someone other than himself, dog clothes and human clothes. There are probably worse people to be kidnapped by but it's still a pretty shitty thing for an adult you trusted to do and Yuu reminds themself of that. I think if Yuu does eventually resign themself to this messed-up up situation, he'd just let them be human all the time and he'd somehow manage the paperwork to adopt the runaway/vagrant child he just so happened to find. Wouldn't let them meet their NRC friends though. I think even as a human, or as a condition to be human, they'd have to agree to a curse that stops them from sharing the specifics of their situation in any manner. Crewel tries to give them freedom and stuff but he'd be thorough to avoid getting jailed.

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Assorted Platonic Crewelyuu Selkie au thoughts:

Crewel might have snooped and found out there were black marlet pelt dealings but he had no obligation to take Yuu in after. But he was there and saw Yuu looking so forlornly at the scrap of their sealskin and heard how long it might take to fix things and figured he could and the only person he trusts with such delicate work is himself. If he could do the challenge of repairing a magical pelt without Yuu he'd do that but they need to be aeound for testing and traving so he had no choice than to take them in also, really.

Yuu can understand Human somewhat but struggles to speak it. Crewel learns Seal to help talk with them better. Yuu has a Human/Dog-heavy Seal accent by time they have their pelt back.

Yuu huffs and grunts and whistles and just does seal-like vocalizations a lot. They learn clapping is a thing Humans do to show joy or appreciation but they do it by slapping their hand against their stomach. On one hand Crewel would like them practicing human and trained to be more adapted to human society so they don't stand out so much while they are on land. On the other, they're supposed to be released/returned to the sea at some point and he finds it all very endearing.

Their eating habits are less endearing. He has had to pick out the fishbones from their mouth and throat several times because they keep trying to eat fish whole. Raw fish, at that.

Blase about nat geo levels of casual death/violence. Notes how Crewel has orca colors and muses about how a friend or family member died by one. Mentions missing the taste of penguins and liking to bite off the head.

Yuu talks with his dogs by barking. They join Lou and Smith in howling at the moon sometimes. This does not help Crewel's ailment of Cuteness Agressions.

Yuu keeps stealing his coat. He made them one of their own, custom, suited to their size, but they still snatch his.

When Yuu tries drawing clothing designs out if boredom, it's a mix of clothing on human stick figures and dalmatian dog-shapes and rotund seal orbs.

Once, Crewel was talking to (tolerating) some rude acquaintance that came up to him. Yuu tried to bite em.

Crewel went to NRC I think the Crewel is family is rich enough to have a seaside villa. He takes a "vacation" (he's still working) there because Yuu misses the sea. He watches them splash around with his dogs and has to jump in to save them when they try to swim longer than they can handle as a normal human.

Yuu always keeps one patch of their pelt with them. Crewel helped them tuck it into a little pouch. It allays concerns of being compelled to listen to Crewel because it stops him from owning their whole pelt.

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Reluctant parent Crewel would make for a neat selkie AU methinks

Yuu as a selkie that gets stuck with him, because funny thing about Crewel is that despite being twisted from Cruella, he cares for animals. He loves his dogs. He takes care of Lucius during GloMas because Trein's away. He'd hate their unneeded suffering, even if he doesn't blanketly adore them all. Perhaps during a fashion show, he doubts the source of a fur piece's materials. One thing leads to another, his curiosity/snooping leads to the reveal that it was made from a selkie's pelt and now for reasons such as Fashion Knowledge and Stitching Knowledge and I Say So, even after authorities are involved, he ends up being responsible for trying to stitch the pieces back in a way that might allow their owner to use it again.

In the meantime there be a pup stuck with him, helping identify bits of themself and making sure he stitches their pelt back right. They are clumsily trying to do their best as a human and are fascinated by fashion. If he is beginning to feel reluctant about helping them get back into the sea, it is because his dear, terribly short-sighted dogs have decided Yuu is Part of the Pack, and so the boys will miss the pup. He certainly has no reason to idly imagine how it wouldn't be so terrible if even his best efforts fail, or if furs of the land would incidentally leave them stuck with him a little longer.

Or perhaps Crewel's the selkie helping this stranded little human. He may have no particular fondness for having a pup of his own, much less for humans and their hunters, but that does not mean he'd let a young human drown before his eyes. They somehow fell overboard and are barely keeping their head above water when he finds them. (Because it amuses me, and because dogs are predators but humans keep them anyway, I think it would be funny if Crewel had like, little pet spotted sharks. Maybe they led him to Yuu).

He helps Yuu to a little barren outcropping of stone that could only barely be called an island but which will help keep them out of the cold water, if nothing else. He's wary of approaching human ships, and it's hard to lead them to where Yuu is when he's a seal, so things are taking a while, but they're patient. They eat the raw fish he brings and are nice to his sharks. When he deigns to shed his pelt so he can tell them that he's trying to help them get rescued, they don't panic nearly as much as he thought they would and are polite enough to not make any attempt at his coat. He's oddly proud of them, when they start asking if he might brings things so they can attempt a raft to get closer to rescue, though the materials for such would be difficult to find. Still, he doesn't think he's particularly attached to them until he gets the sudden thought that perhaps he should lend them his pelt so he can accompany them on land, because they would surely take stewardship of it seriously, and he would like to make sure they actually make it to their family safe and sound. Alternatively, they get sick and he actually considers tearing the coat he is so proud of in two just so maybe they can survive the cold waves and he can bring them as two mangled half-seal things to a ship where they might find actual help.

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In the midst of Skully brainrot here's some platonic CrewelYuu

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Hi!, do you have Platonic Crewell recomendations?

I adore dilatorywriting's Hero vs Villain series! The NRC staff one has a focus on Crewel vs twst versions of the Radcliffes. It also has a fun side story!

telephonii has this where Crewel be judging the potential of the NRC boys as a partner like a dad vetting suitors haha

Parental Divus Crewel is a neat tag on ao3. I like this series by LogicWriter from that tag. Crewel's not the focus, but he's nice to Deuce.

If you don't mind some Platonic Yandere, Kimium also has a Crewel segment in Bystanders !

If I may self-promote I also have several Platonic Crewelyuu fics here that have a similarity of Crewel trying (and perhaps failing) to not get too attached to Yuu because I like his suffering.

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Just rewatched 101 Dalmatians through a bunch of clips and now have some thoughts somewhat Crewel-related. Mostly that he had a nanny growing up. For my amusement in the Foster au.

I already have the headcanon that Crewel's descended from twst Mr. Dalmatia to cause his fangs, which is to say, he is distantlydescended from a dog turned into a human (don't think too deep about it, magical fairytale world stuff) so if you squint he's a little based off Pongo and something something the Radcliffes had a nanny help with their dalmatians, so Crewel had a nanny growing up maybe references that idk I'm having fun.

She is named Nanette Dearly (the 101 Dalmatians book had the Dearlys [Radcliffe equivalent]have two nannies, Nanny Cook and Nanny Butler [those are their names yes] and the film's Radcliffe's also had a lady named Nanny Cook). She's sweet little old lady who invites everyone to call her Nanny.

Anyway Crewel's fond of her. She's basically a second mother to him. She visited him at Sage Island before because she has a relative who lives there, saw him by surprise and they reconnected, had a nice chat, he gave her his number and address in case she'd visit again. She surprise visits one Saturday with the sweets he used to love when little and some gifts for his puppies, all smiles and sugar, bustling through the door with her armload of gifts the moment it's opened for her. Crewel frantically gestures at Yuu to stay in their room but-

"Divus! You didn't tell me you had a child!" She has some magic in her. Not enough to enter any academies but enough to sense it, and how Yuu is postively draped in dear Divus's.

"They're not mine," Crewel replies on reflex, amd maybe that's perhaps the worse thing to say because he can see the gears turning in her head, the look she gives him because if he's not some single father who had secret rakish encounter in his youth but is now taking responsibility for like a good man, then perhaps he is a bachelor living with an unrelated child, a student likely, half his age at most which is odd at the best of circumstances-

Yuu cuts in before misunderstandings can spiral. They explain the situation of some accident with the Dark Mirror and the housing issue and that the Professor has been very kind to let them stay with him until it's all resolved. That calms things down.

They end up chatting over some tea and sweets. Yuu thought she was his mother? Oh you'll make her blush! She was just about a grandmother when she was hired on to look after him all those years ago. She asks how Divus's dogs are doing and how his classes are going. She hears things you know, about how rowdy those Night Raven boys can get- they haven't been too much trouble have they? How nice to hear that Divus is handling things just fine, she's certain Yuu has nothing to worry about either then! You know Divvy here was a bit of a rascal himself growing up. Why, he painted spots all over his father's study once! See, he was upset with his papa for being short-tempered with his mummy and- oh no Divus darling, her cup's quite full. Where was she? Hmm. . .oh, has dear Divus gotten ill recently? He was always such a hardy boy, until he wasn't. He's not slacking off on taking care of himself now that he's all alone, is he? Don't you think she can't see the shadows under his eyes just because she doesn't have her spectacles! Now that she thinks of it, Yuu's got them too! Divvy, you ought to be a good role model! Tsk tsk, he was always staying up late with those fashion magazines and alchemical journals. There's a time and place for everything, even something as good as reading- oh Yuu has he shown you his awards? Yes, yes, he got some- some outstanding honor for fashion or something of the sort- she cut it out of the news paper and kept the clippings somewhere. Oh she has the pictures on her phone! How could she have forgotten? And she has some lovely snapshots of him as a child too- the Crewels invited her over not so long ago, see, and his mother was quite happy to pull open the photo albums and share some treasured memories to reminisce over- oh Divvy, come closer now, how will you see the photographs from all the way there? A phone call? Well alright, but don't take too long now!

(Don't tell anyone, Yuu dear, she oughtn't have favorites, but he's hers. He's grown up so well, and she's always so, so proud of him! You know he sends her a card every birthday and winter too? He even made her this fabulous coat she's wearing! He loves a lot and loves deeply, even if he doesn't say it. )

Yuu feels like they've gotten a grandma as cups run dry and plates are left with only crumbs. She's got to get to the ferry on time, so Nanny gives them both hugs and kisses. Yuu heads off to store the gifts and clean up,they have some research and schoolwork to catch up on, and Divus escorts her to the dock.

Yuu, bless their dear little heart, what a lovely child they are! Poor thing, being stuck here. At least they're not on their lonesome. She'll ask everyone she can if anyone knows anything about their home. Until then, she's sure they're in good hands.