#moominsea au

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A DAY OR TWO LATE (am I really late if mermay isn't over yet?), BUT I GOT YOU GUYS A LONG POST WITH THE GOOD STUFF FOR MOOMINSEA AU:

Since Snorks are just color-changing Moomintrolls with longer fur, I decided Snorkfishes are just color-changing Moominfishes with longer fins (*accidentally draws the trans pride fish with Snorkmaiden*);

For Sniff, I got help from @lonesome-vagabond, who straight up told me to look up for sea dragons. I don't think he meant an actual Phycodurus, but I swear that when my eyes landed on that small long-nosed and long-tailed scaredy-cat thing I only saw Sniff. So Sniff is a Phycodurus;

Now, of course Little My's best sea-species match would be a siren/mermaid once she is definitely the type to drown sailors and fishermen for fun unlike Selkies do, but I thought a lot about it and I got to the conclusion: all Mymbles should be Selkies. It's not only because of the sweet and carefree nature Mymbles and Selkies have in commun (which we know Little My goes against), but also because of the way both Mymbles and Selkies are absolute simps (again, Little My goes against the two species' nature),

Can't you just see that happening between Mymble Jr and her little siblings? Also, if Moominsea's Snufkin is a Selkie, his mother is automatically a Selkie too, while Joxter is a human.

Now, thinking about Mymble(mamma), she'd be the traditional "I go to the beach to have some cake by the ocean and go back underwater with a child, as my hobbie" type of Selkie, so Joxter would be one of the many sailors/fishermen she saved/found by the beach and had a romantic relationship with only to have a baby Selkie (Snufkin) and take him with her. If Snufkin had been born a human, maybe he'd have gotten to live with his father instead.

Where is Joxter now? Nobody knows. Some say he moved away from the beach, others say he died of broken heart. But Snufkin believes Joxter is still out there trying to find his lost baby, and goodness, he'd give anything to meet his human father during his winter trips too.

#snufkin wants to be like his father #but snufkin also wants to stay with moomin #the yearning #moominvalley #moominsea au #snufkin #selkie #moomin #moomintroll #snorkmaiden #little my #sniff #mymble #mymbles daughter #joxter #moomin fanart #mermay #digital art #masterpiece

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Do any of you want to see Moomin doodles from my sketchbook that I never planned to post

Got all the stuff in there, Joxterpappa being cat dad, Snufkinpappa being mommyrik, a "Fixed the Fancy-Dress Ball" original storyline sketch and a Little My with her hair down (most of it at least).

#i'm not a good photographer #those were never meant to be seen anyways so I never really put much work on lines #selkie snufkin kissus moominfish #BIG YAWN #grooming #Joxter #snufkin #moomintroll #selkie #moominsea au #little my #woodies #the lost children #moominvalley #moomin fanart #sketches #masterpiece #fixed the fancy dress ball #snufmin

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Because, apparently, nobody tells me anything, I'm a week late for mermay stuff. No problem tho, because here you go,

MOOMINvalleySEA AU

We all know Moominfish because he was canon for an episode back in 90s Moominvalley cartoon (*inserts @sabrandomdraws cool comic*), but Selkie Snufkin might be a new thing (thanks @official-yumikus-guide for brainstorming it with me), so for those who don't know what a Selkie is, here are some basic facts:

They're like sirens/mermaids, but instead of being half fish, they're half seal. They don't have the "imma sing to attract hot humans for breakfast" thing, no (in fact, they even save fishermen from drowning), they're more the "imma walk along the beach wearing my furcoat only to attract hot humans so we can have a tragic love story where I have to go back to the sea and we can't be together";

If one steals a Selkie's furcoat, she'll be forced into her human form and eventually die a painful and slow death unless someone gives them back their coat, therefore they'd automatically have to marry whoever did such a kind gesture (that's my favorite version of the tale at least).

I think Selkie Snufkin would be someone who'd like to spend more time at the beach or near the surface a lot more than underwater, leaving the sea in Winter, before it freezes and gets him stuck, for a trip through the human world in his human form, which he's more comfortable in.

I'm just making fanfiction potential stuff up for desperate writers at this point, but I'm coming back next week with the rest of the squad as sea creatures. Stay tuned.

#trans snufkin related but I didn't mention it #haha they're married now #selkies #selkie snufkin #moominfish #Snufkin has the ancient shell flute instead of his harmonica #sea moomin #moomintroll #snufkin #moomin fanart #moominvalley #snufmin #moominsea au #mermay #i absolutelly hate mermaids so literally no one will be a mermaid in this AU #trans snufkin #masterpiece

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I was watching TikTok comps of this guy called Nature Hood and there was this one TikTok where he talked about how seals are the animal that gets the most violated by literally everything else (sharks, orcas, seagulls, otters, etc) and now I can't shake this mental image out of my head of selkie Little My being actually feared by all of these animals because she's just that indestructible

You know, that's actually very interesting. Like, all Selkies would be scared of sharks and all the other predators (the children mostly), but Little My?

shark: *tries to eat Little My*

Little My:

#Little My is a gremlin in every single AU #thanks for the ask I'd never have had this idea you genius #moominvalley #moomin fanart #mermay #selkies #seals #moominsea au #masterpiece