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smol fanart of @coolfireguy73 tf2 au thing featuring some poor teens

They managed to stop medic but heavy was too close unfortunately.

(inspired by Puppetmaster13u's Cryptid AU, please check it out, it's amazing)

(formating inspired by Wonderjanga since i'm extremely new to Tumblr and tought it looked neat)

Inside Fawcett city, creatures of any kind were welcomed and seen as normal. An walking, talking, crocodile? Yeah, that's just Peter. A minotaur sharing a lemonade with an vampire? That's just Jeff and Jasmine.

Captain Marvel, the city's hero, though, seemed human. (or Kryptonian.. but there are records of kryptonite being thrown at him and him being fine if not confused)

Now, imagine if Billy (and thus, Captain Marvel) were cryptids who use magic to make an illusion to fool others into thinking he's more human-like, in an effort to appear less threatening, scary or weird.

His cape? That's his wings. When up in the air, the illusion magic makes them look like they're floating, but they're actually beating to make sure Marvel stays up in the air. When not in use, they fold in his back to appear more like well.. an cape.

When he joins the Justice league, he's oblivious to the gossip mill his teammates created.

Hal: “Dude, i'm telling you, he's not human.”

Barry: “What else could he be, then? Like, it's a given he's at least some type of meta, but what exactly? Kryptonian? An regular human with powers that can rival superman's?”

Diana: (a bit distracted, not paying full attention to the gossip) “My guess would be that he has some connection to the greek gods. He does mention them often. Maybe he's an demi-god himself?”

Hal: (shocked) “You CANNOT just drop that into the conversation and not elaborate.”

//

Oliver: (a bit annoyed) “Batman, could you please tell Robin to keep his pets out of the watchtower? There are feathers everywhere!”

Bruce: “Hmm? I can't see how Robin could have sneaked into the watchtower any kind of bird without me knowing. Could you show me one of the feathers so i could ask him about it?”

(Oliver gets up, a big, white and golden feather in hands, and gives it to Batman)

Bruce: (looking the feather over, thinking how this is too big to have been from one of Damian's chickens or parakeets) “...”

(Marvel, who happened to be passing by, sees the feathers all scattered about, with Batman with one in hand, immediatly gets embarrased about how he forgot the illusion spell breaks when he transforms back into Billy, and thus leaves the feathers behind) “Hey.. sorry, those are mine. I'll clean them up.”

Oliver: “What do you m-”

(Both Oliver and Bruce look over, Oliver obviously very confused)

Oliver: “You own a bird and let it loose on the watchtower?”

Marvel: “Oh, no, no, those are mine. Like.. mine mine.”

(Billy breaks the spell, the illusion going off instantly)

Oliver: "OH! oh, i see what you mean.”

//

Hal: “So, he's an.. bird-like humanoid and uses an spell to look like what we're used to seeing him as?”

Oliver: “From what i saw, yeah, pretty much.”

Barry: “...i owe Cyborg 10 dollars.”

Hal: (sighing) “Same.”

(related to last post, some Cryptid Captain Marvel doodles i made)

Hi guys! So I’ve been working on a new AU which I’ve dubbed the Cryptid AU! so far its still a work in progress, but progress is actually happening. I will try to get some character pics out soon, but I can tell you who/what I’ve got everyone as so far!

Patton is a Kelpie (the scottish myth, not the dog, sorry!)

Roman is a Pegasus

Logan is a Mothman

Dee is a wyvern

and last but most certainly not least,

Virgil is a human! 

Lil notes about Virgil though, he can actually talk to cryptids, like, they can understand humans but most humans (except Virgil) can’t understand them. Also Virgil’s one-legged because I thought that would be interesting. Uhh, feel free to ask me about this AU, I’d be more than happy to answer!

-Roma <3

Hi all! True to my word, I present the reference pictures for the Cryptid AU! A few notes on each of them: Patton is perpetually wet because of Kelpie logic, Virgil is one-legged because I’m still figuring that out, Logan stole that tie, Dee is a wyvern not a dragon (don’t make that mistake in front of him or he can and will spit poison at you, quite lliterally) and I actually mostly used, as Roman’s reference, Pegasus from Disney Hercules! My pencil also decided while drawing these that scary? Nope, cute smol jellybean. Anxious but still kinda chill? Who’s she? Never heard of her. So I guess Virgil is a soft squishy jellybean now and Patton is adorable in human form, even with his eyes. Nice. Uhh enjoy yer day! Once again, feel free to ask about it!

I finally drew the tongue-eater from @naffeclipse's most recent chapters of cryptid sightings!

I love this big naked dinosaur demon and I wish only death upon her✨

Night Culture au, Duke Thomas aka The Signal

Knight of Day

“I serve no kingdom, divine nor human. I’m guardian to those who need my light.”

A guardian of daylight, some say that the Signal mimics the likeliness of man so it doesn’t scare victims. Others say it’s only to lower the guard of its prey. With the ability to carry light and dark in its hands, the Signal is a new creature that haunts the streets of Gotham.

Day is no longer sanctuary to criminals

—————

Yay so happy to finally designs Duke!! His Robin design draws a bit from nightwing so I had to wait :)))

He’s half human and half seraphim!

“The most human like of the creatures, Nightwing, originates from the grimy crevices of the twisted cities Gotham and her sister Bludhaven. It’s been seen in both, mostly residing in streets of Bludhaven.

It’s form is said to be false–a trick–only solid when it wants to come off as presentable. In its anger it’s body will flicker or turn to wisps.”

Night Culture au, Dick Grayson/Nightwing! A sorcerer of Storms

Guys it happened again. . .

A new fucking au 😅

@ewwwabug is the creator of lbb.

Quick author’s note, pela I’m sorry because your probably tired of me tagging you to my post because I’m trying to give you credit, if you like I can just put pela instead of your tag name just let me know. And @looooooong I’m sorry that I’m taking long to do your late birthday art but at least you have two presents this being one of them.

So I got this idea we’re the biker boys are yandereish bipolar ass cryptids hurray!

So there was this mysterious virus that affected both Padar and the biker folder which did not go so well. (They are also aware that you’re reading this)

They are also aware that their life was a game simulation, they are also bipolar as hell.

First they’re like awww we missed you so much to I’m going to beat you up to no you’re not leaving your staying here with us forever.

Dice’s hair changes color depending on what mood he’s in, for example if he’s feeling nice and somewhat sweet his hair turns pink with his purple tips and Magenta if feeling possessive.

They have met Padar but don’t worry they didn’t hurt them, the virus already stretched and mangled them enough.

Jeff’s personality is a mixture of his original and wild self.

Jatay is surprisingly least dangerous because of the way the virus shaped him, however he does give you good scares and sometimes mentally plotting your death.

Varai has antlers, even in his regular form. He also loves pets and drawing. Varai had some thoughts of shrinking you to put you in a jar so maybe you wouldn’t try to escape, also please be careful what you say to him.

They have two forms their “regular” form and cryptid form, their regular form has this analog horror uncanny valley feeling to them which fun fact they are, basically they look like someone took a random photo a of person and customized it to look like their character like analog horror creators sometimes do for their characters.

Good luck, you’ll need it

Nahhhh you got it wrong könig is 100% a wendigo

Can't change my mind

Casually just thinking of a cryptid au, where the witch readers moves out to a abandoned farm and unbeknownst to them, has become the new territory of a pack of monster men known as 141-

We have Drakon Price, Mothman Gaz, Werewolf Soap, symbiotic Ghost, shadow walker Roach, and lab experiments Alejandro&Rudy.

Would also like to mention Kor-Tac as a sort of "traveling" pack of cryptids where König is DEFINITELY a vampire-

Danny is just here to make sure you’re not up to no good in his town :)

Very minimal dp, mostly spooky rural vibes…

DannyMay Masterlist

I really love that mini trope in DPxDC crossovers where Danny doesn’t fight the living. And he’s just trying to explain as gently as possible to the very human heroes that humans are fragile and they get mildly offended and keep questioning him about it. Then finally he’s just like “Look, I don’t fight humans because I never learned how to hold back.”

@naffeclipse‘s cryptid boys, but they’re a Monster Hunter icon!

I’ve wanted to make another MH World style icon ever since I made my first one (the one that’s currently my profile picture) but I didn’t know what I wanted to turn into an icon,, until now!! Making this was so much fun!!!

I’d love making more of these! I just gotta figure out what/who I should draw next.. and also get the time to draw it… :’)

(Nerdy ranting and stuff under the cut)

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Watch "💀Rotten Rotten Zombie Meme💀 | BNHA" on YouTube

Made my first animation meme!! It's also got a story behind it, so if you're interested in that check the video description.

Also does the Halloween version of the BNHA cast have an AU name other than just Halloween AU? I've been calling it the Cryptid AU since it came out. :V

In our defence, we were left unsupervised and we realized Red is a cryptid hunter Gravity-Falls style and Smith would continue/even fuel the rumours that he’s some inhuman friendly but mysterious cryptid. Things spiralled.

Also the song ‘The Nowhere King’ slaps and gave us too much creative fodder, and now we may have accidentally created the m!verse version of the Overlord

Hey, you guys know the Cryptid AU? The one from a while back, one of the original AUs? Where Shogun doesn't introduce himself to anyone, basically BotW speedruns & kicks m!Garm's butt and becomes known as the local cryptid by the name of 'The Red Blur'? Yeahhhh... It, uh, it went places

Oh that is an understatement

Watch Your Mouth (Cryptid AU)

Ayeee so I’ve got three SPBNR Cryptid AU snippets for you all, see the previous post for a bit of summary. This snippet follows a cryptid hunt with Red (m!Kai) and m!Zane (featuring some good ‘ol Zane angst!)

Because what are cryptids good at? Not being caught on camera. It’s always blurry or glitchy or missed. So what happens if your eyes are a camera... >:3

Red was sure he was gonna catch the Red Blur tonight. There was no way his foolproof plan could fail. Not a chance. Zippo. Nada. Big fat goose egg. He was going to catch the Red Blur, and he was going to make them explain everything. Such as: 

Who/what are you? 

Why are you haunting Ninjago City? 

Are you training me to be your cryptid apprentice/successor please I'm begging you to explain I've been in the middle of an existential identity crisis for days-

The difference between this attempt to catch the Red Blur and the dozens of other attempts was one thing. No, it was not a lack of caffeine.

This time, Red had an accomplice.

"Ron to Billy, this is Ron to Billy. Do you read me? Over."

"Billy to Ron!" came Zane's cheerful reply through the comms. "I can read you. Over."

Red surveyed the city from his perch on the windowsill of the skyscraper. He'd gotten there by totally not committing a little trespassing during the off-office hours and sneaking onto the twentieth floor. He was dressed in his ninja gi instead of his Heatstroke gear simply because Zane was here and he didn't want to blow his cover, and he knew the Red Blur had been keeping tabs on Heatstroke so he didn't want to grab their attention.

"Do you have visual yet?" Red asked. He might have found a perch a little too high up, because it was difficult to make out what the shapes and lights below were. But it was dramatic and it felt cool and he had a little too much 5 hour energy in his system to change his mind now.

"Well yes, but actually no," Zane replied. 

"So the Red Blur has yet to show their face..." Red mused. "We'll catch them yet."

A few more minutes of silence followed as the two kept watch, Zane at a much safer spot near street level down the block. If Red squinted, he could make out a white smear that was either his friend or a blurry patch in his vision- he'd been having a couple of those 'blind spots' since the first sightings of the Red Blur, and they were driving him nuts.

"Billy to Ron," Zane said after another few minutes. His tone sounded a little less cheerful than before. "Nothing yet..."

Red readjusted his perch grip. "Don't worry, we've got this! Neither of us are gonna miss them, no matter how blurry this Red Blur gets or how hard it is to catch them on camera and stuff. We've got our eyes, nature's best cameras!"

"Yeah... yeah! We have norm- nature's best cameras. Normal eyes."

Red shook his head a little to clear the ever persistent edge of fuzziness, squinting down at the streets below. A prickling sensation was starting to poke at his skin, and not just one of the caffeine's side effects. The feeling of someone staring at him, a feeling he'd gotten well in-tune with during his nightly Red Blur chases. Yet another cryptic bit of cryptid training. 

"Ron to Billy, you sure you haven't seen anything?"

"No." Zane sounded uncertain. "No, I haven't seen any-"

There was a pause. "Billy?" Another few seconds without reply. "Zane?"

"I think I should return home." Zane suddenly said, a little too chipper. "It is getting late, and my mom will be all up in my case if I'm up too late."

Red frowned. "Zane? Are you okay? Are you-" His fingers tightened on the windowsill. "Are you being threatened? Reply with Road Work Ahead if you are-"

"I'm perfectly fine, Kai! I just think I should go home, and so should you. It is late. Being up so late wears out our eyes! Did you know: 35% of teens need glasses?"

Something was up, even if Zane wasn't being threatened after all. Eyes- why did he keep mentioning eyes? Was his vision off? Did the Red Blur mess with his eyesight somehow, like with a smokescreen, or a hallucination (Red had gotten caught in one of those before, so surely it was within the Red Blur's abilities), or a-

It hit Red with the subtly of a freight train. Oh. Oh no, no, poor Zane, no, Red had messed up again, why didn't he ever think this things through, he'd just made everything worse been so excited to have a friend be interesting in hunting down the Red Blur that he hadn't even thought about but when did he ever stop to think cameras, of course, the Red Blur was a cryptid and couldn't be caught by cameras, so Zane- poor Zane must've-

"Hey," Red said softly, trying to keep his voice steady despite the jitteriness from the caffeine. For once he wished he hadn't downed the pot before tonight's escapade. "Zane, bro, I'm- I get it, I'm sorry I-"

"You don't need to apologize!" Zane's voice was still much too chipper. "It is late and the Red Blur isn't showing up tonight, that is not your fault. We should-"

Red interrupted him. "No, Zane, I'm sorry for- for making you feel not normal-"

"I am perfectly normal and don't feel anything but.” Zane’s forced chipperness had a sharp edge to it, like a jagged icicle.

"That's not- I didn't mean-" Red was floundering now- why oh why had he opened his mouth, he made everything worse AGAIN, why couldn't he just say it right why was he always accidentally hurting the people he cared about, why was he so- u̴͊͜s̷̺͒e̷̲̕l̸̨̾e̸͇̅s̶̠̈́s̵̻͐- "Zane, you're-"

"A perfectly normal average teen."

"No- yes- I-"

"I'll see you at school tomorrow, Kai."

click

Red's heart dropped at the deafening silence the comm left him with. "Zane? Zane, I'm- I'm sorry, please don't-"

The white smudge below was moving, walking away, no, no, he couldn't- his friend- 

Red reached a hand forward, as if he could grab his friend from here and bundle him into a hug and apologize a million times, but he couldn't, because he'd messed up AGAIN, and now Zane was hiding his feelings, and- and-  a n d-

Red's foot slipped and he overbalanced.

It's funny. He didn't even notice he was falling until he stopped. 

The feeling of the wind slapping him in the face, the skim of his leg on the windowsill as his body tried and failed to catch him without his mind knowing what was happening, the blur of lights in his face, all didn't register until there was a warm arm wrapped around his middle and he was lying on the roof of a nearby building. 

A strangled gasp pulled itself free from his stopped lungs, heart slamming in his chest as his brain caught up with time. Holy FSM, he'd accidentally slipped off the windowsill on the twentieth floor, how-

The arm pulled him upright and held him, a warm presence at his back. It felt... familiar. Soothing. He went slack, the last of the caffeine burning away. Tears pricked his eyes. Zane-

Something was tied around his leg. Nothing like a chain or something to spark panic, just a piece of fabric. He hadn't realized he'd gashed his leg on the building when he fell, too worried about Zane to realize how far forward he'd tipped. He wasn't even that cold; he hadn't fallen very far before he'd been caught. By-

He knew, and yet he didn't. His brain was going in loops, kept going back to Zane's voice, then to how tired he felt. Tomorrow. Tomorrow he'd go apologize to Zane face-to-face. For now- for now he could- could-

His head tipped down to his chest as he leaned back into the comforting warmth and passed out.

Hush Now (Cryptid AU)

So I got inspired by the song, “The Nowhere King” (NWK) from Centaurworld and this happened. I recommend reading the summary of the SPBNR Cryptid AU & perhaps ‘Watch Your Mouth (Cryptid AU)’ as that is earlier in the timeline, but to quick summarize:

Red (M!Kai) is at the ‘Nest of the Red Blur’ (aka the abandoned apartments Smith took over and stylized to fuel the cryptid rumours about him) when... oh dear, it seems a real cryptid (cough M!Overlord based on NWK) has taken an interest in his apprentice- :3

TW for creepiness, horror, tar, kidnapping, etc.

Waking up in an old decrepit building full of ivy and spiderplants, scrap metal, peeling wallpaper, and washed out paintings of cake was not the ideal scenario, but considering Red had been cryptid-hunting for the elusive cryptid that seemed intent on training him for some reason, the Red Blur, the previous night (or was it still night? early morning? it was hard to tell), it wasn't as frightening as it should have been.

It was still mildly terrifying waking up in the nest of fabric. But he'd been here a few times before, and it was at least appreciating that the Red Blur didn't leave him alone on a rooftop or alleyway in the city when he inevitably ran out of energy and crashed during their late-night runs. 

He untangled himself from the nest and stretched, wincing at the crack of bones. Urgh, he was going to end up like Master Wu at this rate. The Red Blur (in their own way) had shown him the exit (after a bit) the first time he'd woken up in their lair, but he still got lost in the maze of nature-claimed hallways of the apartment ruins. 

Well, at least he could explore then. And it was only mildly creepy wandering around alone. 

But something felt... off. He couldn't quite place his finger on what. Was it that the air was still, a suffocating cold that stung his throat and puffed his breath in little clouds? The way the broken clock on the wall still seemed to tick, chiming just off-key to the steady march of time? The pungent smell of petroleum, something acidic and tar-like like rotten mold?

The apartment creaked and shuddered with every step, which shouldn't have been possible considering it was formed from concrete and carpet. Red felt like he had chugged a gallon of oil; the taste was heavy in his mouth and he wrinkled his nose in disgust. 

𝓗𝓾𝓼𝓱 𝓷𝓸𝔀 (Hush now)

Red froze in the centre of the hallway and batted his ears. He could have sworn he heard a chorus of whispers, sounding both at the ends of the hallway and inside his head. Wind brushed the back of his neck.

There weren't any windows in this hallway.

𝓓𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓶𝓵𝓮𝓼𝓼 𝓼𝓵𝓮𝓮𝓹 (Dreamless sleep)

Red's feet were planted- almost as if frozen or glued- to the old stained carpet. A low creak sent a violent shudder throughout his body, but when he looked at either end of the hallway, no one was there. Though... was it just him, or was the area getting darker, the edges tinted with shadows. 

𝓓𝓪𝓻𝓴𝓷𝓮𝓼𝓼 𝓲𝓼 𝓷𝓲𝓰𝓱 (Darkness is nigh)

No, it wasn't shadows...

𝓠𝓾𝓲𝓮𝓽 (Quiet)

It was tar.

𝓢𝓲𝓵𝓮𝓷𝓽 (Silent)

Tar, leaking from the cracks in the wallpaper. Tar, dripping down from the ceiling in fat droplets and tendrils. Tar, spilling out from underneath the carpet. 

𝓗𝓪𝓽𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓬𝓱𝓮𝓼 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓼𝓴𝓲𝓮𝓼 (Hatred that reaches the skies)

Red couldn't move. All he could do was stare at the tar, a choir of ghostly voices resting phantom hands on his shoulders and singing soft melodies in his ears. His mouth felt sticky and he coughed, struggling to suck in a breath through the choking, acidic air. Something cold and wet dripped down his chin. 

𝓨𝓸𝓾 𝔀𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓫𝓻𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓳𝓸𝔂 𝓽𝓸 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓝𝓸𝔀𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮 𝓚𝓲𝓷𝓰 (You will bring joy to the Nowhere King)

The tar was reaching toward him, forming clawed hands that pushed off from the floor, the walls, the ceiling with a leisurely pace.

𝓦𝓱𝓮𝓷 𝓱𝓮 𝓼𝓮𝓮𝓼 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓵𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽 (When he sees the light)

It was cold.

𝓛𝓮𝓪𝓿𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓮𝔂𝓮𝓼 (Leaving your eyes)

{---------------}

The Red Blur- or Smith, though no one knew his name nor that he wasn't actually a cryptid, heard the scream. It sounded like- but why-

Smith bolted from his room, the only part of the abandoned complex he hadn't changed to match the 'nest' aesthetic of the building and raced through the hallway.

But when he got to the spot where he'd heard the scream from, he found nothing but a smoking scorched stain on the carpet and a message written in black paint on the wall:

𝓘 𝓭𝓸𝓷'𝓽 𝓪𝓹𝓹𝓻𝓮𝓬𝓲𝓪𝓽𝓮 𝓬𝓾𝓻𝓲𝓸𝓾𝓼 𝓵𝓲𝓽𝓽𝓵𝓮 𝓹𝓻𝓮𝓽𝓮𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻𝓼 𝓲𝓷 𝓶𝔂 𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓻𝓲𝓽𝓸𝓻𝔂 (I don’t appreciate curious little pretenders in my territory)

A curious encounter...

What if Wyvern!Pelle from my Dragon AU and WereVarg from the Cryptid AU (created by @plusvanity ) met each other ?

It's the first time I put a numeric background on a paper drawing and I'm quite proud of the results. I may keep going like this.

Weird potential cryptid au thing?

I've had this idea for a while now, I don't know if you can really call it a "cryptid au" but I didn't know what other name to give it.

So imagine a universe where certain humans or animals can enter into connections with an element (example Bruce with Gotham) to become a kind of creature that represents it. To give you an idea, imagine if by devoting his life to Gotham Bruce BECOMES Gotham. Like he loses a little of his humanity and Batman literally becomes a mystical creature with strange powers that people talk about like an urban legend. And if we follow this path, imagine that the Robins, the Batgirls and other sidekicks become the same by joining the Batfamily? Which now leads me to my basic idea:

Ra's could not stop, for years he bathed in the Lazarus Pits with the hope of entering into connection with them, but never succeeded. It drove him crazy. Then Ra's had a daughter, a daughter he thought worthy of the one thing he was not capable of, but a daughter who also failed, rejected by the healing waters of their family. This girl also had a child, a glimmer of hope, the son of an assassin and a being who managed to link himself to what was dear to him, but a son who attached himself to something different. And when all was lost, when Ra's sank into madness, Talia did not accept: she took a courageous soldier, a soldier who died for nothing, a soldier who would have a chance, a soldier who was welcomed with open arms.

Red Hood, incarnation of the Lazarus Pit was born.

(Anybody wants more of this?)