Eeee I love your mermen! I love that they don't have a human skin tone and that their upper halves have the same brilliant patterns and colors that seamlessly caery over from their tail, making them look like a cohesive being as opposed to a "half-and-half" with a clear split between humanoid and fish.
I was just wondering about if you have any headcanons about them. Do they live nomadically or do they have underwater settlements? Can they breathe air and survive on land, and how long can they be out of water? Can they get legs and assume a humanoid "land form" or do they permanently have a tail by default? Can they speak human languages?
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First of all, thank you so much for the compliments! (๑•̀ㅂ•́)و✧ I'm glad that you like my mermen art that much :')
I do have a couple of headcanons but I haven't developed a full story or made any character background yet hehehe, although it is something that I would like to do soon! I've always imagined potential storylines with them as main characters :D
Putting that aside, I have a pretty solid idea about their biology and social structure. They behave in a way similar to their fish counterpart (I often use real fish species to create mermen designs); this means that they vary in size, there are predators and preys and they can form shoals/communities or live alone depending on the species. Their sexuality also mimics the patterns of some fish species but they are, in their majority, hermaphrodites or have the hability of change their biological gender depending on the situation.
I guess there could be some small settlements, specially around reef barriers but I picture them having a pretty nomadic life. They cannot breath above the water but they can hold their breaths for a somewhat long period of time, let's say half an hour, it also depends on the physical condition of the merman. They do not have a humanoid form in my universe hahaha! It would be fun tho... I might do some art about it, who knows 🐟
As for their language, they have their own system. It is nothing like any human dialect and it works diferently because... well, water XD. They use mostly echoes and noises. They also write and draw hyeroglyphs :)
I think that summs up everything pretty well! (｡･∀･)ﾉﾞ
Notes: I swear this Is gonna come quite a long way before their own posts 💀 I'm clowning
Please ask questions if something is unclear, i haven't given too much context here.
Even then, I'll still publish this cus haha brainrot of Moor n Victor <3 And with that said, expect another one of them or straight up Shou/Qiran for next time
OH AND I HAVE THE OTHER PART FOR SPARK N VAMP😭😭 I DIDN'T FORGET ABOUT THEM!! I forgot to post their new part though, It'll come soon.
Not puttin genres cus idk how to classify this
AND YES THEY'RE FROM A WHOLE DIFFERENT UNIVERSE FROM THE OTHERSHWKDD So don't get It wrong w The Fallen Ones's universe
It was normal for Victor to have some extra time. He would've usually spent It outside the city, perhaps searching for places to rest on. Or mabye, on whole day offs, he would've accompained the others, so that them and Bone would have some fun overall. Even if he didn't act as such, he enjoyed their company. As though, on his own, he was alone. He did have some auqaitances here and there, but they weren't enough. He wanted to do something different. He stood up, in the middle of the street, trying to come up with something. Mabye the local animal park? No, no use in that. Bill's tavern? Their clients were...not as pleasing. The opposed isle of the building he never got in? Wait...why didn't he go there? It wasn't that he wasn't allowed, Victor still Is a high up figure, but he didn't hear much about It.
He heard it's pretty much inhabitated, and some monsters that can't cooperate as well as normal humans go to, and even in the recent years, not much was said in reports. He'd even heard about a supposed kraken guarding The Floor's waters, but It probably was nothing more than a legend. Not many rumours go around, they had to go with something.
Victor didn't care about being stealthy, and even if he was attacked, he could've gotten out of there easly. Even for such an unused building, It was pretty huge. It could've needed some work, as some pieces were on the verge of falling, and the impalcature seemed unstable.
He had to be quick.
He gave in several tries. Victor didn't like that feeling. The feeling of being powerless to something. He had always hated that. Quickly closing the door behind him, he found himself on some steel stairs. They were all going down. He stopped for a moment, now adjusting his hair with a comb that seemed to appear from nowhere. If he had to die or meet someone, he'd still need to be pretty. What would be the point otherwise?
It was suspiciously dark, even his night vision could have an hard time seiing through.
Minutes passes, as he's still going down. Victor's eyes finnaly catch something.
It's light! Or at least, something luminous.
He started walking towards It, noticing he had entered in a corridor. It was full of paintings, that represented some seaside landscapes. Some of them had some marks on them, to blur out some of the people's faces. It was odd. They weren't done with a theme in mind.
"Nononono!! Jelly YOU come here, not Mol-Mol!! And Tina, don't make this hard than It is, okay?"
Victor froze down, finding a place where to see in which dumb situation he just got himself in, yet again. He hid behind one of the paintings, that was as thick as to simply cover him up. He raised his head over, and was immidiately in awe. Even if outdated, It still was an huge water tank, he couldn't see much, unless he'd have to right away show himself. Victor noticed some kind of fishtail. Mabye It was just one of the mermens they had. It was rare seeing them around, which...makes sence why they'd be there. After checking yet again if everything was fine, he stepped in.
"If you may excuse me-"
He was quick to notice he was merely referring to a little bit of a tail. He slowly looked up, until him and the enormous gal were staring at eachother. He wasn't afraid, instead Victor felt like an idiot purely because of the shitty performance he had to put up. He could've done ANYTHING but NOO, fuck an occasion that badly. What even was what he asked?? Was he 4 or something? That made the situation just worse the more he thought bout It.
"Ah forgive me, I could leave if that's-"
"Oh nono!! I'm sorry! Not in many come here...it's quite new. This Is new? Yes definetly!!"
Moor let go of some fishes he was interacting with, rather whispering to them to keep an eye out, and to warn him if anything was going on. It was normal for mermens being able to talk with other sea creatures.
He laid down, so It would be easier to talk. Hopefully, Victor was as big as his head anyways. His eyes lightened up. Moor hadn't seen someone new in quite the time.
"You're from outside right? Ahh, I have many questions!! I'll be quick, just hear me out. That'd be amazing!"
Victor was quite overwhelmed with such positive attitude. This was the last place he would've expected that coming from.
"I'm a good listener, also, I have some questions of my own. Could we alternate? I'll let you speak afterwards."
Moor's tail excitedly swung. It was so rapid It got several fishes in the way, his other fish pals had to apologise for his clumsyness.
His long, flowy hair also swong in excitment, even if lesser.
"Yesyes!! What do you want to know?"
"I haven't caught up on your name yet. My name is Victor, and even though I've been here for a very long time, I haven't heard of this place."
Moor giggled.
"Sorry If I seemed not listening!! Your name Is also one of my pal's names. I'll do my best remembering It!! I'm Moor."
Victor did his best not to burst out laughing. He wanted knowing him more, buy seriously, MOOR? Who in their right mind would call someone like that?? He quickly tried to compose himself, realizing that made Moor confusedly looking.
"Forgive me, forgive me...your name Is pretty good too. It reminds me of "moon", in some way."
Moor's confused gaze didn't change, rather he frowned a little bit more.
"What's a "Moon?""
Victor now returned that confusion back. He couldn't belive Moor didn't know that much about the world.
"You...don't know what the moon Is?"
"No? What's that? Is It a friend? A colour?"
Victor checked in his pockets, seeing if he had something left to show him. They were pretty empty. He had some coins but, he doubted Moor could look at them. He mimicked the form of a sphere, using his hands.
"The moon's form Is like this. More or less. It's extremely bigger mind you, and yet It shines pretty bright in the night, just like your area Is lightened up. It's very high up too, you can't touch it...but It brings a very, pretty light."
Moor mimicked that too, even though It was rather hard doing It at first. He looked around, now pointing at some light surfaces.
"Even prettier than these?! Wait wait, how does It feel like?? And Is the night like the black outside? What's the moon's colour?"
Victor sighed, knowing full well he'll definetly spend a lot of more time he expected. He started answering Moors fairly simple questions. He didn't know any better. After some time, even fishes joined to listen, as they used Moor's hair as some kind of seats. The discourse went out even to stars, a little bit of everything. Victor was close to explaining planets, but Moor's loud sigh interrupted him.
"I wish I could see It..."
"Mhm?"
"The Moon! It sounds so, so good! You're very lucky. I wish I could feel the moonlight, with you."
Victor gave him a weak smile. He didn't know how he could make that work either. Unless he'd convince higher ups, but he asked them too many favours, even regarding Quinn.
"I'll...see what I can do. Moor, I'll promise you that you'll feel the moonlight, alright? I'll try to get you a day out."
Victor looked down his clock.
0:35?!?
He didn't realize how much he had sat down, explaining stuff. He thought a good 20 minutes did the job sure, but not more than an hour and half?? Victor wore back his coat, that was wrapped so itd be more comfortable when sitting.
"Forgive me, but It seems like I'll have to hurry. Now-"
"Will you be back?"
Victor raised his head, being yet another time eye in eye contact. Moor had a genuenly sad expression, that even his ears slightly lowered. Even the fishes on the top of his head were unhappy.
"I will. I never let go of promises like this. And, there's still much you have to know. We can't have that now can we? I'll bring back maps, projects and books next time. I'm sure you'll like them.
I'm sorry if you see some colors coming out of the lines I did it kinda rushed but anyway here is just some info about braxton. but yeah here the post if anyone ever wanted to see...
