SOOOOO what if the Librarians had wings? (A random AU my brain has been cooking up for weeks)((A lot of text btw))
The Birds of the Tree of Knowledge, (Avian AU)
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INTRO
What if the Librarians weren’t just humans, but were avian beings with wings, a permanent commitment to represent a bond of the Library. All Librarians, caretakers, and Guardians have bird wings, which are only visible to people who have committed to the library. They can represent certain things about a person (or just fit their ✨aesthetic✨)
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BIRD ASSOCIATIONS
Flynn Carsen - Scarlet macaw
Nicole Noone - Gyrfalcon
Judson - Great horned owl
Charlene - Secretary bird
Edward Wilde - Black Vulture
Eve Baird - Northern Harrier
Cassandra Cillian - Costa’s Hummingbird
Jacob Stone - Golden eagle
Ezekiel Jones - Australian Magpie
Jenkins - Shoebill stork
Ray (The Library) - Little Owl
Darington Dare - India Blue Peacock
Teddy Chislington - European Goshawk
Vikram Chamberlain - Hooded Crow
Lysa Pascal - Barn Owl
Connor Green - Blue Jay
Charlie Cornwall - Black Swan
Madam Visconti - Chihuahuan Raven
Elaine of Astolat - Mute Swan
Erasmus - Great Grey Owl
Deirdre - Bearded Vulture
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COOL DIFFERENT THINGS STORY-WISE
*Tethered Librarians’ and Guardians’ bones get hollow and their bird-ness(?) is expanded, along with becoming immortal of course
*Librarians and Guardians get their wings after the 6 month trial period, and Caretakers get them once they commit to being caretakers, unless they were previously Librarians or Guardians.
*Slightly more vertical main library, so the wings are more useful when going through the shelves and corridors. Also a method of security, since the most valuable artifacts are kept on the highest levels, mostly unreachable to normal people who don’t have scaling equipment.
*People who have betrayed, given up, or otherwise dissociated themselves with the library will start molting their feathers, until their wings are completely gone.
*Wings are a method of determining who is a librarian, and they can only be seen by other chosen members of the Library. For example, Lysa Connor, and Charlie did not see Vikram’s wings initially since they had not yet received letters, and were not official parts of the library.
*Lysa, before getting her letter, does not believe that the wings are real, and instead thinks that Vikram is messing with her. However, since Connor is somewhat familiar with the library, knows that the wings do exist.
*He is soooo smug about it when they all become librarians. (Lysa’s pissed)
*Flynn and the rest of the cast who wants to make many more bird puns
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yayyy I love random notes app stuff but if anyone has good ideas to add or better birds for some of the characters than pls tell me. Also Erasmus and Deirdre are from “and the Pot of Gold” I added them because I was trying to list as many Librarians and Guardians as possible.
Edit log under cut
(Edit - @anxiouslybrainrotted reminded me that Ray exists, I just added him, ty)
(Edit 2 - Now that Lysa, Charlie, and Connor got letters, I added them to the lineup!!)
(Edit 3 - Added everyone’s last names, [that are known])
(Edit 4 - Fixed some outdated info & grammatical errors)
watching the librarian: quest for the spear and. noah wyle as flynn carsen i will protect you…… defending him isn’t enough i need a weapon. it’s OVER for you kyle maclachlan
