Ahhhh Iām the anon that was converted into a Sugu stan hello!!š„ŗ Oh my goodness thank you so so much for your darling response it made me feel so giddy and happy to know that it met you well!š„ŗ Thank you so so much for taking the time to respond to everything, I was having such a lovely time reading through your response!šš Your Sugu is just so lovely and wife coded and any day where I canāt hold his hand is agony and sufferingš
And not to ping pong from topic to topic but oml mer! thoughtsš³ I dont think this would necessarily align with what you may have in mind for your Sugu fic, but I am such a goblin for the trope of childhood friends human and mer that have a chance/meaningful encounter in their youth only to reunite later in life and let the story go from there that is??? Good foodš³
And slightly piggybacking off of that ^^^ imagine a young reader strolling along the beach and exploring much farther out than what their fam/guardians/ whomever would appreciate, and lo and behold they see this poor looking creature washed up and tangled in fishers net along the beach. Stepping closer it dawns on them that this is a mer, and judging by the state itās in, weak and sluggish movement, shallow breathing, it doesnāt have much of a fighting chance if it isnāt freed ASAP. So they take a pocket knife or a sharp shell or something and gets to work and starts sawing through the net and things get ROUGH. Suddenly springing to life out of a last ditch defense mer!Sugu just starts flailing and hissing, swiping with nails/claws and baring fangs with frenzied anger, managing to make a clean cut somewhere on the reader, be it on their upper cheek or their hand or forearm.
All the while reader is doing their best to say soothing words and convey that everything will be okay. Eventually Suguru is freed and more or less scurries back into the water, but before diving underneath the water he takes a moment and stills, taking a good long look back at the human child knocked flat on their butt, sitting on the sand staring right back, who couldnāt have been any older than him. Then he thinks of his elders, the ones who had told him to avoid humans above all else because humans never bring anything good to their kind. Before the reader can scramble to their feet or say anything else sugu swims away and thatās that. Years pass and any thought of the encounter can more or less be brushed aside as a hazy summer childhood memory where the readers imagination just got a bit too lively. Merpeople exist, but really and truly, what are the chances of the reader having such a unique encounter? It is a memory coded as fantasy.
I have no more thoughts but okay just imagineš³ reader returns to that beach years later and somehow meets with Sugu again, and as cheesy or unrealistic as it sounds they both have a moment where it just clicks that despite it all they have met before. Suguru remembers a kind human child, his one man scuffle as an act of defense and scraping his hero. He recognizes that long healed graze of a claw, he knows who this is.
Okay that was a doozy but I promise! From here on out everything will be much more bite size and to the point ^^;
I have a question, in the world youāre writing, do you think thereās any type of magic or sorcery? If so, do any mer have the ability to harness and use it? Furthermore, would Sugu be able to, and if so, what are the extent of his powers? Itās just a fun thought considering so many mer! in media do have at least some type of it, and the idea of a mer!Sugu having some type of power isš³ incherestingš³ (also entirely unrelated but Iāve been thinking about mer! themed nicknames and the only one I can remember off the top of my head is āSweetsharkā being a play off of āSweetheartā. Who said that neways)
Oh! And another thought! Say that the Reader maybe catches a nasty cold or is just generally feeling under the weather and canāt visit Sugu like they normally do, how is Suguru holding up? Does he just assume that they up and left him, the one human heās decided to open his heart up to? Or is he more concerned about their safety, wondering where they are and if theyāre okay? What is his reaction when they finally return?
And not to change the topic out of nowhere but!! Oh my goodness yes!!! Being in a fandom that has so much smut, itās so very comforting and nice to have a sfw corner to vibe and chat in! (Not that there is ever anything wrong with writing or enjoying smut ofc!) Thinking of these characters and how they would treat an aroace reader is so so comforting and it really warms my heart! stsg would be so sweet and patient!š„ŗ (And donāt worry! You werenāt being pushy or assuming anything, as someone who does fall on the aroace spectrum it is endlessly refreshing to see these ideas and how these characters would handle and treat someone like that! Theyāre the ultimate sweeties and would be so good to anyone, but for someone who is aroace?? Idk it just works so so well!š„ŗ)
And! Thank you so so much I would be honored to go by a lil anon tag, I just get shy and sometimes donāt really send things in ^^; So if that isnāt any trouble and it would be okay/ if it isnāt taken, would it be possible to go by š anon? Or if thatās taken, maybe š anon? <:) Regardless, thank you so so much for your time and all of your kind words and thoughts, they mean they absolute world and then some to me!š„ŗ I hope you have a wonderful rest of your day/night!š„ŗ
HELLOOOOOĀ šĀ ANONā¦ā¦. the perfect emoji for someone so sweet !! <333
pls i canāt thank u enough for sending me such a heartfelt ask, it rlly did warm my heart sooo so much :ā3 AND IāM SOOO OVERJOYED THAT U THINK MY SUGU IS WIFECODED??? thatās all i want him to be tbh ā¦. heās a girlfriend heās a Mother heās a wife <3333 etc etc. u get it !!!
AND OHHHHĀ šĀ ANON ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦.. this entire ask was just a goldmine of ideasā¦.. would u believe me if i said i was planning for the suguru fic to follow that plotline almost exactlyĀ šššĀ notĀ exactlyĀ a childhood encounter au, but something very very similar!!! basically the same functionā¦ā¦. and when reader and sugu meet for the first time i was also imagining him being hissy and defensive and reader cutting the net w a switchblade from their pocket, murmuring sweet reassurances to himā¦. WEāRE SOOO IN SYNC itās the mer!sugu hivemind fr!! i adore ur take on this au, any variation of the childhood friends trope is a favorite of mine :33 and the scar is so genius too!! i think the idea of meeting a mermaid during one of your childhood summers is just theee loveliest concept ever š„ŗš„ŗ
BUTTT OKOKā¦ onto ur questions!! they were soooo fun to think abt and answer, tysm for asking!! it rlly helps me when it comes to figuring out mer!suguās character, merfolk lore, etcetc :>
I have a question, in the world youāre writing, do you think thereās any type of magic or sorcery? If so, do any mer have the ability to harness and use it? Furthermore, would Sugu be able to, and if so, what are the extent of his powers?
GREATTT QUESTIONā¦. this is something iāve thought abt before when answering another ask!! basically, i imagine the mermaids in this au as being kind of sinister and siren-like, with an ability similar to hypnosis!! when they speak and sing, they can lure humans into a false sense of security, beckon them closer, dull their sensesā¦ etc etc. thatās basically all though!! i do also think theyād be very powerful and ferociousā¦. i have another piece of lore planned but i havenāt completely figured it out yet !! what i will say is that these mermaids are almost kinda. werewolf likeĀ ššĀ in the sense that they change with the cycles of the moon !! :33
oh and and !! obv suguru is one of the more powerful mermaidsā¦.. definitely overwhelmingly good at using his voice, and also just very physically strong and heavy. you are NOT making it out of an encounter alive lol. (his only weakness is his tender heartĀ <33)ā¦
AAAA AND THE MER PETNAMES PAGDJSHJSā¦ SOOO CUTE ā¦.. SWEETSHARK ā¦..Ā šššĀ i NEED reader to call suguru that. i think they would also call him their little fishy <333 maybe heād get back at them by calling them his little silly seal ā¦ā¦ā¦ sigh . their dynamic is so cute to me šš
Oh! And another thought! Say that the Reader maybe catches a nasty cold or is just generally feeling under the weather and canāt visit Sugu like they normally do, how is Suguru holding up? Does he just assume that they up and left him, the one human heās decided to open his heart up to? Or is he more concerned about their safety, wondering where they are and if theyāre okay? What is his reaction when they finally return?
I LOVEEEEE THIS IDEA SO MUCH and my answer also ties in to some other anon asks hehe :33 in this au mermaids can move on land, but obv itās risky and depending on the terrain itās pretty toughā¦.. reader lives very close to the beach and mer!sugu is super flexible, so i think that in this scenario he waits for a while, gets impatient, gets grumpy, and THEN gets worried. heās trying so hard to act like he doesnāt care but we all know reader is his special little human :((( so after a while heās like. what if they got hurt? what if they collapsed from lack of nutrients??? (for some reason i picture mer!sugu fixating a lot on readerās eating habitsā¦ making sure theyāre always well fedā¦.. itās part of the mermaid courting process i think)
ā¦. so he ends up flopping his way over to their little house, carrying a bunch of raw fish and herbs <333 all worried and grumpy bc they left him hanging and he was forced to realize that he actually enjoys their company a Lot. which is very embarrassing for him. but as soon as he sees them all delirious and weak he probably tries his best to take care of themĀ š„ŗš„ŗĀ heās not good at it LOL but he does have some experience ā¦. and heās very soft for them. canāt bear to be too snarky when theyāre in pain or distress :((( heās a sweetheartā¦ a sweetshark evenā¦ā¦ā¦.. lulls them to sleep with his voice and watches over them until theyāre better. š„ŗ
ohhhhĀ šĀ anon this was so fun ā¦ā¦. tysm for sending ur thoughts my way and for being so sweet!!! u made me think a bunch abt this au and i appreciate it sm <333 ANDDDD FELLOW ASPEC HEHE itās so good to have u here!!! stsg really would be so patient and kindā¦ā¦.. š„ŗš„ŗ i mightāve said it before but i really am so glad the concept can bring u some comfort!! it does the same to me too :ā3
ALSO before i forgetā¦.. pls donāt ever feel worried abt being shy / sending stuff in !!! thereās never, and i mean absolutelyĀ never,Ā any pressure to!!! iām the kind of person who can randomly disappear every now and then too so i totally get itĀ ššĀ the anon tag is just so that i recognize u (and bc itās cute hehe).. but pls know that you never ever have to send anything in unless you want to!! doesnāt matter if itās now or in a month or in a couple years. so pls donāt worry abt it at all <33 !!
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