#mer

[psalidodont]

[pisces-core]

[breastsenjoyer69]

mommy

[arborislender]

Mer!Simon who's absolutely massive trying to court a shy little mer!reader who gets so startled she bites him by accident. I have mer brain worms

Whaleshark!mer!Simon x nurseshark!mer!reader

Okay I got u anon. I want yall to imagine Simon as a whale shark mer.. an maybe reader as perhaps as a nurse shark mer. Gosh I want to draw them. Love u

No cw and no beta read!

You swam along the sea floor easily, a relaxed pace kicking up a small bit of sand behind you as the water got shallower. Finding yourself on the watery banks of a sandbar was the perfect time to warm up. Many of your fellow nurse shark mers were cozied up near the sandbar, yet you found yourself more inclined to be alone.

Small schools of baitfish flashed around when you got too close, balling up and shooting off in another direction. Pretty, you thought as you searched for a comfortable sunning spot. The light crackle of the seafloor was soothing on your attentive ears.

Settling on a particularly soft bed of sand, you stretched your arms out a bit before curling them back up to rest your head on. The suns rays shone down on your rough skinned back, lulling you into a relaxing state as your tail swished idly.

Simon had been watching you for the better part of the week, lazily swimming a few paces behind you every now and again when he got bold. He was huge, long spotted tail emphasizing his already hulking upper half.

You never paid much mind to him, it was common for whale sharks to pass through areas and linger around certain reefs, just as nurse sharks would. It never occurred to you that the reason he kept popping up was because he wanted to see you.

Simon kept an eye on everything you did when he was around, watching you sleep, eat, play with other mers, everything. He watched you interact with fish you could easily eat if you so chose, noting how docile and calm you seemed to be out of any mer he’d known.

Thinking it would be easy to court you, he began to collect little shells and rocks for you, imagining how taken you’d be when he would present the gifts to you.

What Simon didn’t know was how shy you really were. You did most things alone because you felt out of place with other mers. When you would play was the only time you really interact with other mers, and at that, only nurse sharks. You’d only interacted with reef shark or sand tiger mers once or twice, and you didn’t particularly enjoy it.

Simon noticed you curled up against the seafloor in the shallow bar, imagining this would be the perfect time to offer you his many gifts. He’d been collecting as many shiny and interesting things at he could, placing them in a small kelp knit pouch on his waist.

Swimming up slowly behind you, just a few yards, he reveled in how close he was, how he’d never been so near. The rough skin on your body looked nice to rub on, allowing a few thoughts to flicker through his head.

The water was just deep enough for him to get beside you, Simon’s face mere inches from yours when he bumped your arm with his nose, noting your closed eyes.

He imagined you’d wake sweetly, looking at him with your glossy eyes, but he couldn’t have been more wrong.

Your eyes shot open, chest heaving as you nipped his face, the tip of your tail thrashing so much it broke the surface of the water.

Simon backs immediately, one hand up while the other pressed against the bite on his face, which was sure to add another scar.

He knew he came on too strong, a little shocked that such a docile thing he expected had so much bite. But he wasn’t upset. He knew he was intimidating, and assumed too little of how shy you might have been.

You backed away as well, noting his massive size, realizing he was a whale shark. Mostly docile, not the great white mer you had originally thought. You didn’t run, but still kept your guard up as he reached for a pouch on his waist.

He was handsome, scarred yet brutish, large arms and an even stronger looking tail. Healthy, capable, kind.

Simon loosened the tie on his waist, and placed the pouch on the sea floor, gesturing for you to open it as he backed away even more, wanting you to feel comfortable.

He made a light hum, and swam off into deeper waters, still watching you as you carefully approached the pouch.

Your fingers apprehensively opened the kelp bag, only to be met with the most treasures you’d ever seen. Sea glass, shells, smooth rocks, and bits of shiny metal. Your tail swished excitedly, rooting through the goodies as you grinned, holding a particularly large piece of blue glass up to the sun and pinching one eye closed.

Simon decided to get a little closer again, noting your reaction was positive, hoping to reintroduce himself to you.

You noticed the large mer swim up again, this time opting to happily greet him for his gift of many treasures. You bumped your nose against his, rubbing your face on Simon’s as you chirped happily, replying to a soft hum he emitted.

He watched in the shallows as you dug through the pouch more, clicking and squeaking with a smile. You’d realized it was a courting gesture, and seemed more than happy to accept. After all, he gifted you your favorite, blue sea glass!

When you were done, you closed the kelp pouch again, looking at him for a moment before tying it around your own waist, to which he happily hummed and let out a soft, deep click.

You nuzzled him again, hands touching his face as his own wrapped around you, his eyes meeting your own.

For the first time, you were excited to sunbathe with another mer.

[dateamonster]

butch mermaid wearing a carabiner*

*tiny lobster that holds onto her mermaid belt with one claw and all her mermaid keys with the other. his name is carabiner.

[winedimples]

Let's explore a dungeon shipwreck together!

Since I drew the downfall duo as fairies in this post I thought it was only fair to also draw them as mermaids. Wind is there too because I adore him and he deserves to be a glorious mermaid. I might make my some mermaid designs for the rest of the boys if I have time.

Other mer designs here!

Design notes + potential au headcanons under the cut:

Hyrule:

almost wanted to give him fins on his back to mimic is fairy form, but then I thought about his character. He is a survivalist and I wanted to reflect that. So I loosely based him off a common river fish: muted colors great for camouflage + small, unassuming and sturdy fins.

I still wanted some of that fairy pizzazz though. Hence I tried to give him pretty glittery scales.

No metal accessories for him. He stole those leather bracers for their coziness. Still brings cool things back for Legend tho.

Got stuck in a net once. Ripped himself out of there and then decided that it his now. He uses it as DIY utility belt by tangling the things he wants to carry with him in the rope.

Stole a raft once because he thought it was cool. Turns it over and sleeps underneath it in a pinch.

Local sea witch except not evil and doesn't know what he is doing. Everything just seems to always works out. Don't ask him how.

Very territorial, but completely harmless to his friends.

Legend:

Pink.

I was thinking of my goldfish when I drew him: frilly fins which are borderline see through at the ends.

Decked in accessories because, duh, this is legend we are talking about. I had even more jewelry in the sketch, but I had to cut them out because I was starting to lose the underlying figure, but believe me this guy can and will wear nine necklaces at once and think that it is a totally normal thing to do.

Found most of his jewelry while going through sunken cruise ship where a wedding party had taken place. The long pearl necklace was found there too and legend is currently using it like hyrule is using his net.

Will not hesitate to stab or strangle you with his jewelry.

I have no story for the hat, I just think its incredibly neat and i want it in the design.

Yanked the dagger from a guy who wanted to poach him and stabbed the douche with it. Uses it primarily to cut tangled up sea creatures free. Helped a few seagulls this way and is thus exempt from being assaulted by the seagull mafia.

Curious about land dwellers, mostly for their knowledge tho. Keeps away.

Wind

Tropical fish!!! Or well, the tropical vibes. I was thinking of a guppy when I drew him.

He had the most Disney little mermaid vibes to me: curious, explorative, fascinated with humans. But instead of falling in love with them he just greatly enjoys pranking them.

Often shows himself to children at the shore to trade. It is how he got that leather satchel.

Aryl in particular spends hours looking at land dwellers for fun and as certified Best Older BrotherTM wind keeps her company a lot.

Aryl also has accidentally trained the seagulls to steal for her in exchange for fish. This was the beginning of the seagull mafia.

Always volunteers to be scout and is very good at it! Unlike Hyrule, who just gets lost.

I did not draw it here, but he has a rusted crown he wears everywhere because he thinks its the coolest thing ever. In a week he will acquire a pirate hat and donate his crown to legend, who will just put it with the rest of his hoard.

[toffee32]

Dwemer family