u/Laura_Witch

Definitely didn't forget to post this here after posting this on Tumblr, nope.

Anyway, it's MerMay so have a mermaid.

First up we have King and Gold. Gold is a grey owl. Unfortunately I didn't have a lot of information to work with to decide what he should be but figured he's decently smart and strong like his dad but admittedly those are headcanons so I understand if you disagree.

King is an interesting one. I'm seeing how well hybrids work in this world and if I should go back and change someone to also be a hybrid or if I should drop the idea altogether. As of now King's a crowned eagle/jacana mix. Jacanas are one of the best bird dads in the animal kingdom, taking care of his babies the moment the female lays the eggs and dips. They sometimes even adopt orphaned fledglings. Crowned eagles are considered the largest bird of prey, and they will fly off with anything they can fit in their claws even if it's as big as them (imagine what a human sized eagle could do). This type of eagle is also crowded so obviously I had to give King his crown. Physically he's more eagle but instinctually he's more jacana, he has a jacana sized tail and the hunting instinct of an eagle though.

Next up, Navy and Orchid. Orchid is a cardinal. Cardinals signify a visit from a deceased loved one as well as hope and comfort. While I'm at it, here's a look at how I think ghosts look in the stick world (at least to the living, other ghosts can see more detail).

Navy is a cuckoo, one of the worst bird parents, they leave their eggs in the care of other bird families so they don't have to do the hard work. Of course he couldn't do that because Orchid wouldn't let him. Remember how I briefly bought up avians having their wings docked? It's a medical procedure only used in extreme cases where a permanently grounded stick has the main part of their wings removed to at least be able to use them for their claws (even if one is still healthy it's better mentally to have them both removed). Of course this can seriously mess with the stick's instincts and in extreme cases, like Navy's, causes them to try to denounce their bird half entirely. Of course Navy insists he's perfectly fine and that his messed up instincts aren't exasperating his already existent anger issues or anything.

Last but not least, our lyrebird Purple. She's been on quite the journey through her life. Obviously the canon stuff is still canon, there's my universal headcanon that Navy insisted she was male because he wanted a son and she kept using male pronouns until the last few years. On top of all that, Navy insisted that he's been a better fighter since he docked his wings and even tried to convince Purple and Orchid to do the same. Obviously Orchid refused but still taught herself and Purple how to fold their wings and use their claws in a similar manner. Everything was relatively okay, despite Navy's anger and Orchid's sickness, until Purple's wing broke, leaving the kid grounded before he could even fly once. She finally agreed to have her wings docked because what's the point in having a dead wing dragging you down. Newgrounds happens a couple years later and she loses one of her claws from a direct fireball, Navy ran off never to be seen again, Purple was orphaned, found Minecraft and started his little kingdom, same as canon but now with a sweater to hide his wings. Green and Blue found her and didn't say anything about her lack of wings because they're always around a wingless stick (Orange) so to them it's normal. Purple got her elytra and is able to fly but it's not the same as flying with your own wings (she also kept the sweater on in the End so they didn't see her wings). Normal canon events happen for the rest of the series until season 3, where while fighting Red and Orange in the PC she finally uses her wings in combat, leaving tears in her sweater. It fully shreds off by the time Green takes her elytra and she runs off to the noteblock world, where Green gets (most of) her story. King arc concludes, King adopts Purple, Purple has friends and a support system (and a therapist). Everything is good. Then season 5 happens. Her elytra breaks and it feels like losing her wings all over again. She lashes out at Yellow for causing all of this but does apologize later. One Farlands episode later and she discovers the Aether.

There are still a few miscellaneous characters to draw, Mitsi, mercs, cdg, so let me know if there's still someone you want to see as a bird. As always suggestions are welcome and don't be afraid to correct me on something. I've already thought of new designs for the cg (nothing drastic) so I'm definitely doing scene redraw type art after I get these designs out.

So I found a prompt list on Tumblr and thought it'd be a good idea to do alongside part 3 of my au designs. I am still working on the designs but I'll also take a couple days to do some of these prompts when I feel like it. This week's prompt is disability so have some Purple with her messed up wings wishing she could fly like her friends.

Part 2 of my bird au is finally done.

This took way longer than I thought it would but here they are.

Orange, like I mentioned in the previous post, is a phoenix. He got his wings along with his powers during the showdown but didn't know he was a phoenix specifically until somewhere between season 3 and 4. He still doesn't know about his powers until The Box though. Like phoenixes, damaged feathers usually burn away but ones that fall out naturally turn goldenish (which includes his gift feathers, tiny retcon from the previous post but eh those designs weren't final anyway. The bird legs and beaks are also gone).

Dark is a vampire bat, and he's very into it. He still loves his spiders more of course. Honestly he's pretty much the same chaotic maniac in canon but now with bat antics. He can somewhat choose how bat-like he looks but not his size or whether or not he has wings.

Chosen is a raven, and unlike Dark, he doesn't really like being an avian. His wings came in perfectly fine (hc that he's always in good physical health) but it was still painful. He's since learned to tolerate his wings but still wishes he was his old self. He doesn't take care of his wings at all. Btw remember that perma-chirping thing I mentioned in the previous post?

NO ONE is a sopping wet cat of a bird whose wings were torn and clipped while he was in the box. More information once he stops drowning.

Victim is a crow. Since his wings came in after he crash landed in the Outernet they didn't get stripped of color and are a shining pristine black. At least, they were pristine until Mitsi died and Vic stopped taking care of himself. All that damage on his wings are from stress shedding, stress plucking, mating and just general lack of care. Vic has thought about docking his wings but with how small his claws are decided it's not worth it. He used to have a lot of gifted feathers from his village and other close friends but currently only keeps Mitsi's.

While Vic can't fly on his damaged wings, H4CK3R has those cool electric hologram wings. Too bad electricity is bad for his accessories.

Fun fact, one of the differences between ravens and crows is that ravens are solitary birds with a flock of about two and live away from civilization in rural areas, while crows are more social and live in more populated areas in large flocks. Also ravens are larger.

Hollow heads, being the special race of stickmen they are, have shoulder claws as well as the usual thumb claws. (I also thought about giving them a second set of thumb claws but it looked weird so I decided against it)

Like I mentioned in the previous post, any stickfigure that comes to life outside the Outernet won't become an avian until they go there. So all the hollow heads had to go through a transformation to become avians. Vic was lucky to have had Mitsi convince him to see a doctor for the pain in his back so his wings came out safely and painlessly. Dark, as I stated previously, is more fuzzy than avian, so he simply shifted into a bat overnight. Orange was too distracted by his friends being alive after the showdown to realize he has wings and didn't even know something was different until long after he collapsed on the couch in the PC. And then there's poor Chosen who didn't have any of these benefits and experienced the pain of having two somethings larger than yourself tear out of your skin and muscle. At least Dark helped patch him up but he wasn't much help with all the mental anguish.

That's about it for now. Part 3 will be Purple and her families. As always if you have any suggestions I'd love to hear them.