Last mermay sketches - Mermaid x Octopus AU - shadamy (Patreon)

Hello guys! I hope you're doing well!

I am very happy my mermaid AUs were so well liked. One can never go wrong with mermaids in my opinion! People have been asking me to make some sketches for my Mermaid x Octopus AU, so i thought, hey it's May, I can make a few other sketches for mermay!

It's thanks to the people on our discord server and on stream that gave me ideas and feedback!

More about the story

I also expended on the story (read the first part on the previous patreon post):

Black Doom is an eldrich horror who appeared either from space or from the core of the earth (I'm still not decided. But either way he resides deep underwater

He took centuries to climb his way up and up, evolving his minions to colonize strats of the ocean, while exploring the world in his star doom form. Determined to colonize the surface of the planet, he created a mobian form to do his bidding: Shadow the hedgehog

Shadow doesn't know how he was made. Genetic manipulation? Magic? Using mobian cadavers? It unsettles him to not know how Black Doom managed to create him

Shadow grew up fast and unfortunately for Black Doom, Shadow also developped feelings and morality of the mobians, in addition to intelligence. When Shadow realized what Black Doom was doing - killing and colonizing everywhere he went - he couldn't be a part of that and ran away at 15 years old (the mental age he is in SA2)

That's when Black Doom cursed him with a Doom form - the octopus - so he will be forced to go back to the water once a month. In this form and underwater, Shadow can hear the voice of Black Doom calling to him, beconning him to come back. So far he always resisted

He ended up washed up on the beach, where Maria found him. She and Gerald adopted him, and they lived a few years togeter, peaceful, all the while Shadow hides his Doom Form to everyone. But then Maria discovers it. She reassures him that it changes nothing for her. Gerald, though, reacted badly. Then Maria and Shadow discover that gerald has been worshipping Black Doom for a while (it is a minor relgion on the surface, most akind to a sect) and was getting slowly brainwashed. Maria dies from her illness and all hell breaks loose. After Gerald, i his fevered mind, almost gets Shadow captured by authorities, Shadow runs away again and become a pirate, always on the run.

It's during one of his monthly transformation that he meet Amy. Maria always told him that mermaids existed and he didn't believe her. Now he sees one in the flesh

Octopus are pets for mermaids so when Amy sees him, instead of being scared for her life, she treats him like a cute - if not gigantic - puppy. He doesn't take it well lol (see the sketch)

He is surprised that her mermaid songs mute Black Doom's calling, so she sings to him often, lessening his stress when he's an octopus.

They will spend time together in secret, Shadow either in his mobian form or octopus form. And she will figure out that he is the son of Black Doom. She will react badly (see the sketch) but ultimately, she'll understand the situation. She will then tell him she is the last decendant of the mermaids Black Doom killed and that mermaids are also cursed mobians (not by Black Doom), forced to live underwater and never set foot on land again. But the curse is 150-ish years long, so it's understandable that people on the surface think mermaids don't exist

Ultimately Black Doom will find Shadow and together they will defeat him.

With Black Doom death, Shadow kinda fusionned with the cursed. He can now transform at will; not into a full octopus anymore, but as a cecaelia (an octopus man).

Shadow and Amy will rule as king and queen, rebuilding the ocean kingdom. Shadow will keep in touch with the nicest members of his pirate crew. Maybe it could be the Chaotix.

They will probably have trillions of babies and live happy ever after I dunno lol

You guys also asked for a fic. I don't have time to write, but two people said they got inspired to write a mermaid themed shadamy fic, so hopefully we'll get to read more shadamy goodness soon! And anyone can write a fic about my AUs if they want! As long as you give me credit, I'll be happy to read them.

There are a video timelapses linked below if you're interested. There are also part of the 2 streams I did, if you want the longer version.

The NSFW piece this week will also be octopus themed, but people that got on my streams know that already. Then it will be all done for mermaid themed shadamy!

For those of you who are frustrated to not be available during my streams, I record all of them and I'll share them on Patreon. Sometimes the recording gets messed up so it might not be all of them but so far I had minimum issues.

Once June starts I'll be more available. I really want to work on a metamy illustration, or make a shadamy comic, but the focus will be to clean the sonshadamy comic and do the sketches for shadamy week. So maybe it will have to wait lol

I hope you like this release! See you soon ~