#mer peter

Sooooo @emkayohh was talking about a Mer! AU and.... i am so weak for Merperson AUs you have no idea. 

I’m currently working on a fic, and drew some stuff along with it! Finally decided to post it lmao

This version of Peter has very fluffy hair, fight me

Still working on the Mer!Peter fic - i’m well over halfway done - and having a damn ball writing it. Currently writing Strange’s introduction, and i had to design his mer-person form. 

Seriously this is so fun i love it. 

Shoutout to @emkayohh for getting me back on my merpeople kick why did i ever abandon it

also yes, he is using magic so the books aren’t damaged by seawater

Do I? 

Okay so i have tons but here is a select 5 

ahem,

- First off, Mer!Peter is not a naive, confused by the surface world precious little baby in my view. Yes, he’s fascinated by the surface world but he is not completely naive. He knows about quite a lot of things, mostly through just observation and reading. he’s a natural scientist in that regard and its one of the reasons that he and Tony click so well. Peter just adores that Tony knows so much about the world and is so eager to learn, he could listen to Tony go on and on for hours about something as simple as the mechanics of one of his Audis

- On the opposite end of that, when Peter gets enthralled in something and decides to dive in (ADHD Peter is my Peter), Tony will 100% fully enable his curiosity and let him talk and talk and talk about all that he’s learned, even if Tony knows the subject. Peter is such a bright kid, mer or not and seeing his eyes light up its one of his little joys in life

- When peter eventually gets his legs via spoilers, he has to give up a few other traits from his fishy- heritage. One of those traits is his eye color - which went from a lovely gold to a vivid brown reminiscent of a dark oak tree. At first he’s a bit bummed that he’s lost such a trait, but once he realizes that his eyes are the same color as Tony’s he lightens up a little. 

- PETER!!! LOVES!!! HUGS!!! Any physical contact, really. As a mer he was always huddled up with may or with others during the winter to stay warm because they’re fish and can’t thermoregulate for the most part - though Peter’s natural body temperature used to skew a little high to accommodate that. Once he’s on land he is just always hugging at people and grabbing peoples hands and standing mayyybe a little too close for comfort. Tony thought he minded but those big adorable eyes melted him immediately (for the record they also wore down Pepper, Rhodey, and even Doctor Strange. The kid is a master at the puppy eyes) 

Hi there!

So, Tony actually meets Peter as a merman. He’s a full merm, born and raised in the hudson river, but he has an interest in human stuff, and has a little alcove/hidden place where he likes to investigate things or read newspapers he swiped from the dock workers that take up the side of the river. Tony just kinda discovered him while taking a sailing yacht he has around the harbor. It’s an awkward meeting to be sure. The poor kid panics and tries to say he’s an illusion. Doesn’t fool Tony for a second