#western au snufkin

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I really like this au...

Some scattered vignettes of sharpshooter My's story that I thought up on a whim and have yet to be really solidified!

Top left My is gifted her first revolver, at the cost of losing a loved one to the roads.

Top right: shooting lessons with a not-so mysterious teacher (I'm sure you can guess it)

Bottom left: Shin Little My is a darling hiding behind people, and she radiates younger sister energy. I think she did a lot of hiding behind her elders when she couldn't finish fights she may or may not have started (this she soon grew out of when she remembered she had teeth)

Bottom right: Mymble Jr performing at the saloon she works at. While her sister earns the name of local sharpshooter, Mymble is the pretty cactus blossom who gifts her customers with song and dance between serving beverages.

#Little My #Mymble Jr #the mymble's daughter #Snufkin #Moomins #Moominvalley #Shin Moomin #New Moomin #Moomin Western!AU #arting #do not talk to m e about guns

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And finally, the wayfaring stranger, Snufkin himself! aka the man who taught Little My the basics of shooting ('the rest she picked up on her own').

He leaves his sisters suddenly before the seasons change, leaving the smaller with a pistol and instructions to not miss should she ever need a bullet for emergencies. Since his leave, My has only gotten better at shooting, preparing for the day where she'll need her steadiest aim.

#Snufkin #shin snufkin #Moomins #Moominvalley #Moomin Western!AU #arting

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Your western Moomin au reminds me of the Moomin/Lucky Luke-crossover/au/whatever my mind keeps making up without my permission. I love your work!❤️

Btw. Have you watched or read Moomins in Cowboyland yet?

Oh gosh thank you so much anon!! Don't you just love when the imagination just refuses to ask before taking the reigns? I have a special love for southern goth and western influence, and I know very well that I'm not the first to come up with a western Moomin au (ex. @sunburnedsnufkin's Pistolero au is chef's kiss!), but it's such a fun concept and now that I've taken a dive into '72 moomins I have a better understanding where the cowboy Snufkin comes from and it rules!

I haven't seen the 1990s cowboy episode with Billy the Kid yet, but I have read the comic Moomin Goes Wild West! I own Tove's complete comic collection, so I'll have to go back and look at it as it's been a minute.

#word bubbles