🌙Welcome to the SunDog AU!☀️
(In which you can ask Sniff questions!)
An alternate universe based in the general Moomin franchise created by @flowerbloom-arts , this blog follows the story of Sniff and a few other people in Moominvalley as strange things happen that have to do with their sky.
Sniff is an odd and easily tempted child who may not remember much of his own past, but perhaps time will tell if he is involved with these supernatural shenanigans!
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[The AU in its current state is a reboot! To see the content made for the older version, you can look at the masterpost here]
Main Story
(Not written yet!)
Comics
While the AU is no longer a webcomic story, I'll still make comics for bits of story and songs that wouldn't fit into the main story, such as adaptations of moments from the books/comic strip or original backstory and silly moments from before or between the main storyline. These will be listed by order of in-universe chronology.
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Adaptation - Moominmamma and Moomintroll adopt Sniff (Moomins and the Great Flood)
Lyric comic - Omen by Mother Mother (intro)
Illustrations
Sometimes I just do little drawings that don't fit elsewhere, so this is the section where I list the ones I did. These will be listed by date posted.
Miscellaneous
Pride Month profile pictures
Tarot Cards
(tba)
Reference sheets
Every character has a unique design that intentionally diverges from canon in the AU, so I made reference sheets for them! Some of them may be original characters, which are colored in red.
Sniff, Query
The Moomins and the Snorks
Snufkin, Little My, the Mymble's Daughter
Mrs. Fillyjonk and her kids, Mabel
The Muskrat, Stinky, Cedric, Mr. Hemulen, the Inspector
FAQ
Some bits of information are needed to be known before diving into the main plot of the AU. Here are some important questions about the setting of the AU that some of you may ask, or if a certain question is asked often enough, it'll be added here.
Any non-frequently asked questions about the meta of the AU that you may want to know will be in the #Queries To Bloom tag.
When does the story take place?
The story starts in the summer of 1949, less than 4 years after Sniff was found in a supersized dark forest by Moominmamma and Moomintroll while on their search for Moominpappa (a.k.a. Moomins and the Great Flood). After that, it's just a matter of figuring out the timeline yourself.
Which adaptation is this story following?
The story is set its own unique canon which primarily follows the books and comics, but does take characters, stories and lore details presented in Shin Moomin, Tanoshii Mūmin Ikka, Moominvalley 2019 and maybe even other sources.
Did the original stories made by the Janssons happen in this AU?
With very few details skewed here and there, the first few Moomin books (Moomins and the Great Flood, Comet in Moominland and Finn Family Moomintroll) have taken their place over the course of a year and a half from 1945-1946 in-universe. There are also a few comic stories, if changed in detail, which have already taken place for the 2 years before the story begins, these comics are; Moomin's Desert Island, Moomin Builds a House, Moominmamma's Maid, Club Life in Moominvalley, Moomin Falls in Love, Moomin's Lamp and Mymble's Diamond.
Other stories will either be adapted in the main storyline (the AU will be primarily written as an adaptation of different stories from previous adaptations with a few original stories) or will be implied as having happened between chapters.
