#skeles asks

[skelebellie]

been dying to ask since i saw it mentioned, but what situation would cause Birdie to get threatened and Solis to find out? Is Birdie disliked by others? And what... would Solis do?

[CONTENT WARNING: BLOOD]

As Greywood’s (yay canon town) one and only apothecary, Birdie is a respected individual. In the 17th century it takes around 7 years to become an apothecary, and Birdie started at a relativley young age. Honestly, its rather odd that someone with such a formal education would set up shop in a not-so-bustling place. But the townspeople are greatful nonetheless! Unless its the occassional drunkard, Birdie has little to no issues. Nonetheless, they keep a firearm in their shop for their own protection.

That doesnt mean that trouble never shows up. When Calypso arrives he brings with him a trail of unsavory individuals. There are also people who are hunting Solis and Lunar for their existence (“monster hunters”). If they decide to show up when Solis is the only person there to protect Birdie—or outright targets them—well…

…thats their funeral. Solis is very territorial about not only the cabin/farm, but the few people he can trust. He wont let some brazen mercanary take what little he has.

[skelebellie]

Has anyone given Frankenstein!Moon period cramps yet. Bc I think that's a thing he should experience

this is why he hates humans smh

[skelebellie]

Question! Given that Solis isn't an animatronic I doubt her sunrays can retract, but are they at all flexible?

(I ask because I've been trying to think how she might disguise himself, and the simplest way I can think to hide the rays is a wide brimmed hat of some kind. May or may not draw them in this hypothetical disguise going into the village)

FINALLY my STEM degree comes in handy

there was absolutely no reason for me to do this but here i am.

so in short—technically only her bottom two rays can retract.

in terms of disguises, yeah, no, solis cant go anywhere outside of the cabin. this is why lunar is in charge of selling their goods at night to the apothecary. it would be extremely difficult for her to go out.

anatomical ramblings now, we dont actually know what frankensteins monster was made up of *other* than skin. victor litterally says he sewed skin together and was like ‘and he was born’ or smthn. so here’s is my own interpretation on their anatomical workings. as for hearing—im using remnant as my excuse for that. we know that based on the books those possessed with remnant can hear without audial facilities. (this was just me going insane thinking about their insides in a science way)

[skelebellie]

I don’t know if anyone has already asked or if it’s alright something you’re working on but

How did Frankenstein y/n meet our two lovely Lunar and Solis?

Our cutie patootie Y/N runs the villages apothecary! For sometime they’ve been working with a local the village people call ‘The Axeman’. He comes in the middle of the night and sells a variety of wares from herbs, mushrooms, and handcrafted goods. He’s a man of little words, and is bigger than any man they’ve seen. But the cloak he wears conceals any of his features.

One night, he arrives in quite a hurry. Y/N barely has a chance to give him his due amount before he is rushing out the door. It isnt until later in the night that Y/N realizes that The Axeman had forgotten his axe. Well, how is he meant to work now? Realistically, it would be unwise to rush out in the dark of night to give a customer back their property. So Y/N waits until the morning.

Y/N has barely been to the quiet farm that belongs to Solis and Lunar. Located at the edge of the forest and the fields, it’s a small and comfy cabin. The last time they had seen the place was to deliver medicine that the Axeman had ordered that was out of stock. But he made it very clear that they were to stay quiet and immediately leave. Atleast our Y/N has half the mind to listen. After knocking and recieving no answer, they drop off the axe and leave.

This is the start of Solis interest in the apothecary and the beginning of Lunar trying to dissuade them away from the Apothecary. Solis and Y/N officially meet during the day while they are collecting herbs for tonics. Lunar and Y/N meet during the night when they try to distract themselves from another sleepless night. Though, Lunar and Y/N have technically met before :).

[skelebellie]

hiii good day notices your ask box is open like a dog notices a tennis ball but trying to be normal about it. /silly. anyway boggles happily like a rat at you thank you for your frankenstein au n art all your drawings r so incredible n we soak up the lore like sunbathing lizards it's one of our favorite dca aus n has gotten us to think about so many fun new ideas for both dca n frankenstein. when we were rereading frankenstein n got to the part where the creature explains to victor why he wants a companion we thought abt lunar n how he felt about solis upon first meeting them n vice versa. So we are very curious what lunar n solis's first meeting was like if you'd like to tell us abt that we would love to hear!! (we are so solislunar brained teehee.) thrank u again for ur work it's an honor to share a planet with you!!!!

hehe thank you!!! im happy you enjoy it!! i’ll separate my answer by their two perspectives!

Lunar

You know that anxious feeling that settles into your stomach and chest while you’re waiting for something you know is inevitable? That’s how he felt.

At first Lunar saw Solis as ‘his’. This perspective is very similar to how Victor looked at his monster, and pulls from the monsters initial conversation he had with his creator regarding a wife. In my AU I instead have him asking for a companion, which allows the readers to interpret whether or not their relation is queer platonic, platonic, romantic, or sexual. They are NOT siblings. They are monsters made of completely different human corpses, and do not see each other in that manner. Think of it like a species type.

He didn’t initially feel like ‘Oh she’s/he’s/they’re beautiful’. It was more like looking at a marble statue from the greats. You physically cant believe it exists because it’s stone—but it looks so lifelike, like you could run your fingers over it and it would react. To him it felt like looking in a mirror and for once not hating the thing he was, Solis was the physical embodiment of acceptance.

Now Lunar can list all the things he knows are beautiful about Solis. Their smile, for one. Or how gentle she kneads bread and treats the animals. A big topic hidden within the lines of Frankenstein is how the times standard for beauty and what it meant to be a human did not include minorities. I like to echo this in his personality by having to fight his initial internal disgust over what he is and learning beauty through bonding with Solis.

Overly protective of Solis to the point that it was toxic. It’s not like that anymore but after Solis started to get more curious about the world he did his best to keep Solis under his control. He wasn’t doing this to make himself seem more powerful than Solis. He truly couldn’t let Solis experience the world as he had. He was terrified that the cruelty would break his bright demeanor. It took a lot of fighting (i need angst) until the two got to point where Lunar saw Solis as an equal.

Solis

She was absolutely terrified. You wake up stark naked and cold on a piece of metal and you have no idea whats going on? It’s essentially being born fully grown and having complete amnesia. Solis has a physiological adult mind, just none of the memories and experience behind it. That includes a fully developed frontal cortex.

Then your ripped away from that place by a random person you don’t know? The only comfort being that atleast they dont yell at you and resemble you. When they stopped at their initial safe house Solis was an animal backed into a corner. Scared, anxious, and shaking. If Lunar tried to get close too quickly Solis retaliated—which was hard for Lunar. You finally get the one thing you wanted and it doesn’t go how you imagined it would.

It took time, but Lunar was eventually able to get Solis out. Since Solis could just grunt and make noises, Lunar started teaching Solis how to read and white. Luckily, that whole ‘adult brain’ thing kicked in and Solis learned quick. But if he wasn’t being taught something or given a new task Solis would get himself into all sorts of trouble by touching stuff he shouldn’t.

Spooked by pretty much everything. She was pretty sure they were going to die the first time she heard thunder.

More stubborn than Lunar and would not let him order him around once he got his reins. His initial thoughts were ‘Well, if we’re free why cant I do this?” and Solis learned quickly that just because you can do something doesn’t mean you should.

[skelebellie]

hi :D I was wondering, Calypso is called The Hunter. And kills humans who he thinks deserve it. But what/how does he kill them? Does he use a weapon or anything like that? Asking for no art related thing at all-

That freak uses his hands and nothing else. If you’ve read the original Frankenstein the monster is very strong and has ripped people apart with his bare hands.

Calypso does this only because he likes to carry light. All he has is the clothes on his back and a rucksack when traveling.

Also, in 18th century Europe is was HIGHLY suspicious to have any sort of weapon in broad daylight.

[skelebellie]

calypso!!!! he’s so gorgeous. i couldn’t help but wonder how he gained his views? and how he got a role as a hunter as well. sorry if this is silly or has been answered already!

Calypso differs from Solis and Lunar because one of the real reasons he came ‘to life’ was out of spite, fueled by remnant and agony. If you know what agony is from the Fazbear Fright books, im sorry, but im retconning it for my AU hehe.

Solis and Lunar were made by taking remnant, wiping it clean of all memories, and injecting it into his creation.

Calypso was born out of a discarded heap of failed specimens, both human and metal. His birth was fueled by the agony of used corpses being abused and disregarded, ultimately manifesting into enough energy for Calypso to take form and to stitch himself together. But his otherworldly existence wasnt wiped cleaned, and flickers of memories still remain. Days of a father laughing with his daughter, a wife mourning her husband, children’s laughter as they chase each other through a field of flowers—all of these flashes represent the good and evil of humanity. Topped with a spiteful little bow which hates that their essence was picked up and thrown away.

As such Calypso, unlike Solis and Lunar, is born with the knowledge that as much suffering as there is in the world, there are also happy moments. One of the reasons he hates his existence is because for him to be born, the bodies of others had to be abused and disgraced. He wouldn’t wish this existence onto anyone, a lingering sense of hatred that cant be placed and the pride of knowing you exist because you were too stubborn to rest. He’s meant to be contradictory because by definition thats what hes made of, the flesh and memories of multiple different lives woven together. His faux sense of confidence comes from a sense of not knowing who he is. If he puts a mask over it and pretends hes better than anyone else, then he never has to identify it.

His title, the Hunter, comes from knowing that as an outlier to the human existence, there’s something he can do to prevent what happened to him to happening to anyone else. The late 18th century and early 19th century ramped up the abuse of corpses from resurrectionists. It was an age where we had yet to develop a moral code when it came to postmortem experimentation. Not only does he see himself in the abuse, but he also sees the families left behind in his memories. He needs to prevent this to satisfy the knowledge that this wouldn’t happen again. The other downfalls of humanity fall under the same category. To him, he’s just a means to an end.

So yeah, Im a little crazy about this guy. And Solis and Lunar, you guys just haven’t gotten the full cup of tea regarding my ramblings.

[skelebellie]

Hello! Your Frankenstein au has taken over my brain, it's so so so good!

I've started wondering about how they age. When they get older will they age similar to humans? Wrinkles, fading vision, body slowing down, ect cetera?

I also don't remember if you mentioned how long they've all been alive so far.

And thank you very much for sharing your au with everyone!

Lunar is 57, Solis is 54, and Calypso is 59. Physically their body looks between late 20’s/mid-30’s.

Unlike normal humans, they dont encounter that same issues with aging. Having their bodies made out of metal and organic matter has slowed the process to a halt. Remnant (the equivalency to how Frankenstein powered his monster with electricity) has healing capabilities, so it has essentially made them immortal. In Frankenstein we dont actually know if his monster is immortal—but context clues hint that he is difficult to kill and shows no signs of aging.

That doesn’t mean that they are immortal! They can still get injured or hurt, and even die. Especially through fire and severe cold. Since they dont have the same biological healing process as humans (ie. white blood cells), they have to switch their skin close enough together for the Remnant to basically ‘reverse’ the injury to how it was. If they have damage to their internal components, they can switch their organic organs with those from someone recently deceased. If they receive enough damage to their emotional energy system, a bio-mechanical organ that converts food and surrounding miasma into energy, then that can lead to a ‘true’ death.