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OH MY GOD.

HOW IS HE LITERALLY SO STUNNING.

Hi, Melmel! I was just wondering when you'd join in on this chaos and hop on the bandwagon. Your gremlin senses were probably tingling.

Did you see, apparently I have not one, but two Hiori kinnies as friends.

My passion video game? Do you mean, like, a video game I'm really passionate about? IS THIS A REAL QUESTION, MELMEL?

Ok.

First one is for Story. Second one is my currently being played game (series).

You know this already, but generally speaking, I don't get like, super passionate about stuff. I just like them and switch out my "phases" depending on my mood. So really, it's subject to change!

P5R because the story is absolutely beautiful and the characters are extremely well done and have a lot of depth to them that can be explored. The premise is gorgeous and it really gives you stuff to think about.

Not me coming in hot with a bunch of AU ideas for a fandom that seems mostly DEAD ahaha... why must you do this to me, brain

-AU where there are side effects to being bonded to a djinn, depending on the djinn’s powers and/or physical appearance. For example, the tips of Alibaba’s hair lighting on fire when he gets upset, Kougyoku leaving foot-shaped puddles behind as she walks, Kouen’s eyes glowing electric blue when mad, Sinbad accidentally shocking everyone he shakes hands with with static electricity, Sinbad’s hair fluffing like feathers when he’s surprised by something, Hakuryuu accidentally making flowers bloom out of season, Hakuei never being able to fall at normal speed no matter what she tries....

-AU where there are no dungeons, the djinn just covertly wander around in human form and when they see someone they want to have as a king’s candidate, they kidnap them for several years of training. This leads to a lot of misunderstandings, with djinn being thought of as child-snatchers and creators of changelings, once the fully trained king’s candidates return and start changing the world. Alibaba definitely freaks out when he gets yoinked by Amon. Rashid is Not Happy that his third son has disappeared again. Meanwhile, extra djinn just keep piling on Sinbad after he’s snatched by Baal and it’s been over a decade since he’s been allowed to leave the training grounds for any considerably length of time and he is Not Impressed. Not even by the clairvoyance magic Yunan has set up for him. On the flip side, since king’s candidates all get taken to the same place (which no outsiders can locate no matter how hard they try, not even Al Thamen), there’s a lot more camaraderie between them.

-any AU where some twist of fate allows for much heavier parental!Sinbad/Alibaba, or they get to meet much earlier, much more like partners or family than just allies until Sinbad fucks up. (Seriously I am such a sucker for this dynamic, I wish there were more fics with parental!SinAli or mentor!SinAli...)

-AU where Sinbad has fathered several children all across the world and his generals are tearing their hair out going crazy trying to collect all of them and their mothers. How has a man with the reputation of “womanizer of the seven seas” not fathered a few children by the time canon starts...

-AU where the ruhk in resting state aren’t just gold or black, they’re all colors of the rainbow. Solomon went ham on fucking up the ruhk and Il Ilah and now there are hundreds of different “destinies” or “wills” for people to follow, all part of the same great flow. Al Thamen has a lot of trouble making headway because it’s not just one type of ruhk they’re fighting against, it’s a bunch.

-AU where everything is the same, except the djinn are treated like people instead of overpowered magical weapons. Secondary to this, where djinn can overtly communicate with their king’s candidates, even when their metal vessel is not on the king’s body. Definitely makes hiding or locking away a metal vessel a whole lot harder...

-AU where someone whacks Arba and David on the head repeatedly. Maybe Sinbad too for good measure. That’s it, that’s the AU.

-AU where there are no magis and the world is even more chaotic without them choosing king’s candidates. The dungeons just pop up randomly. Somehow, however, Sinbad still manages to start off with Baal.

-AU where all 72 members of Solomon’s Household are out in the world, bonded to king’s candidates. World-changing events happen almost every day because of this. Judar is having the time of his life.

-AU where instead of metal vessels, the djinn are bound to colored tattoos that are branded on the skin of the king’s candidates. These tattoos are fairly large and complex, or, possibly, the sigils from The Lesser Key of Solomon (which is where all the names of the djinn come from). People (*cough* Sinbad) are limited to seven djinn because there’s only enough room on a person’s skin for seven sigils. The sigils can shift location when another djinn becomes bonded, but otherwise stay in one place. The sigils glow whenever the djinn’s power is activated, in a color(s) that are related to the djinn. The glow is often a similar color to the tattoo.

-AU where the Fanalis can shapeshift into feline forms at will. Most of them are big cats, or larger lesser cats, but you can find the occasional Fanalis housecat, too. (Failure to recognize that the housecat-shifting Fanalis can kick your ass just as easily as, say, the tiger-shifting Fanalis has been the unlamented death of many a slave trader.)

-AU where bonding with a djinn automatically makes you a cryptid. Glowing eyes, reflective eyes, vaguely creepy habits (“Get off the ceiling, Kouha, how did you get up there”), gravity no longer seems to apply quite right, you enjoy spending long stints alone in the wilderness sometimes creeping on travelers...

Warm & Cozy ☕️✨

Well, it took a few months after Whimsy, thanks to a bout of depression, BUT! I have finally finished the next chapter of The Thief - the first new one to come after the hiatus! It hasn’t even been 24 hours since posting and I’ve already received a deluge of excited reviews from my readers. Seriously, you all are the best. 

Here are the FFN and AO3 links:

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12059212/14/The-Thief

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