Nimirylov, Why Did You Fall In Love With Ford?

That as a name, sounds kind of stupid. However, you turn it into a... my brain keeps trying to say synonym or antonym, but I know that's not the fucking right word. You turn it into a sideways acrostic poem and CAIR sounds pretty cool.

i dont understand why its called cookie run and how any of its characters are supposed to be cookies. those arent cookies. half of them are named stuff like "crazy midnight lotus jester shadow moon swirl" well thats not a cookie.

Mabel having six fingers is one of my favourite aus. I mean, I love any au centred on Mabel, and I love any parallels between Mabel and Ford, so it's not surprising but I just love it.

...and then they were attacked by gnomes lol

This is what cleverly entitled "Six-point comic" (AKA Dipper discovering journal 3 in a universe where Mabel also has polydactyly)

The inspiration was this over on Ao3 by @wickerss-s (hope you don't mind being @'d)

Bonus:

Whilst Ford was (m)pregnant with Penni:

Nimirylov realising he accidentally got Ford pregnant:

Just spent the last three hours rereading Journal 3 for fun. So, in the Washed Away au, since the journals are all thrown into the bottomless pit after Weirdmaggedon, they all end up in Nimirylov's possession. I need to figure out more details for it, but that I can guarantee. It's very possible that Nimirylov never sees his husband again, but at least he gets his journals. It's... something?

Tell me about fish pregnancy.

Sorry it took me so long to answer this ask! I saw it right before I had to go to work, but I've been thinking of the right way to answer it for my whole shift.

This is going to be a long one, so, I've put it under read more.

The alien fish pregnancy lasts about 15 months. I know in a previous post, the short drabble I made from Ford's perspective, I said that it only lasted a year, but that was on purpose! That was Ford's misconception of it because that's only how long he was actually aware of it. Nimirylov never clarified that that wasn't right.

So, the first nine months progress pretty much the same as a human pregnancy would, but the growth is slightly slower, so it's not as obvious as quickly. Then, the next three months after that is when the ferality starts to set in, and the grip on reality starts to loosen. The pregnant person is mostly driven by their own instincts at this point. Finally, the last three months are completely feral and detached from reality. The fetus can now send their own instincts to the parent, which is a lot stronger than their own, but also a lot more chaotic. Since it is a literal fetus. Most of the time, pregnant people in their three months are kept on a semi house arrest. Not that they tend to notice.

Specifically when it comes to Ford carrying Penni, though. He was slightly delayed in becoming feral because, firstly, he didn't know it was coming and therefore tried to fight it off and, secondly, human minds don't have as strong instincts as the fish alien people. So, when Ford started becoming feral, he was extremely embarrassed over it whilst Nimirylov and Nimirylov's family were all relieved, because finally he's acting how he should be.

Basically, Ford would do something like steal something of Nimirylov's to have it with him or headbutt people (because that is one image I've been unable to get out of my head. Ford, just headbutting people) without thinking, then start apologising profusely, and everyone around him is like, "No, we're actually glad you're doing this because it shows everything is progressing normally!"

Additionally, I considered going down an angsty route and have Ford constantly be craving human foods that he's unable to get in that dimension. However, I decided that since there's already a lot of body horror potential with the whole fetus mind control thing, I'd go down the crack route for cravings. So Ford is constantly craving something inedible. It's the first feral thing that happened to him because it was there not long after he discovered he was pregnant. Nimirylov could turn away for like five seconds, only to turn back and see Ford trying to eat a rock. Ford also just named random elements of the periodic table that he had a craving to eat.

Finally, the birth was obviously a c-section, as all of the alien fish births are. None of them have wombs since gender and sex are very loose in that dimension. So, how do babies grow? In a sort of egg thing. That's why the pregnancies take so long. The babies only come out slightly more developed than human babies (they can like, see colour from the moment they were born, that sort of only slight development). However, the body has to build this very thin egg covering for the child to grow inside of safely. So, when the babies are born, they have to be pulled out in the egg thing, then it's peeled off of them.

There's definitely more that I could say here, but I can't think of it off the top of my head, and the additional details I can think of, I can't actually conceptualise into words. Most of this shouldn't make sense scientifically because I didn't do any scientific research, I just made it up. However, biology is my favourite science by far, so there might be some sense to it.

Finally, I did this post below:

This is Penni when she would first get introduced in the story. Yes, those boots are massive. No, she can not walk in them properly.

Don't worry about those bandages, she's not bleeding... from the front.

She's having a very rough time of it.

Well. I wrote the Bill and Penni deal after postponing writing it for the past few days.

I've posted it on my ao3. Go and read it:

https://archiveofourown.org/works/65274178

I've opened up the rabbit hole in my brain for Ford and Mabel interactions because of the comments on my last post with @sharksfrommars so now I need to write a little drabble with them for my au.

Drabble underneath more.

A sharp gasp made it's way to Ford's ears followed by a quick short "Oh my gosh". He looks up from what he'd been reading to be face to face with Mabel staring directly at him with bright, wide eyes.

A feeling of self-consciousness and worry makes it way through him. Had he done something odd without realising it? He's readjusting to human social norms and getting used to the ones in this time, after all.

"Oh my gosh! Grunkle Ford!" Mabel squeals, putting her hands on her cheeks and looking at him with pure, admittedly adorable, excitement.

Furrowing his brows, Ford tries to think what he could've done subconsciously that would've caused excitement, this much at that, within his great niece. Before he can even think of how to phrase his question to Mabel on what's excited her so, she continues to talk.

"Are you married, Grunkle Ford? Is that a wedding ring? That looks like a wedding ring. Why didn't you tell us you were married!?"

Oh. That was what it was. Ford felt a slight tightness build in his chest and rise to envelope his throat, too. It's only been a week since Ford had been torn from his home by the opening of the portal, something he doesn't think he could ever forgive Stanley for, but it feels like it's been a lifetime since he's seen his husband and daughter.

The pain feels almost unbearable at times, to accept that he'll never see his family again. He's been torn away from them and is probably as good as dead in their eyes.

But... this is Mabel who's asking about it. She's just an innocent, curious, young girl and for her he can steel himself to talk about his husband at least. Not his daughter, that pain cuts much too deep to talk about yet. Maybe that pain will cut too deep for forever.

Taking a deep breath, he looks down at the wedding ring that his husband had so lovingly made for him by hand, having wanted to do something human for Ford in the aquatic world they called home.

"His name, my husband that is, is Nimyrlov," He starts, looking into Mabel's eagerly excited eyes.

Can I be honest? I hate that any post where it's purely platonic is labeled aroace. It completely removes the ability for friendship to happen. It gives me the same feeling as people who say that "boys and girls can't be friends". Acting as though deep platonic relationships can only be reached by being aroace removes the importance for everyone to have those deep platonic relationships and it actually encourages the narrative that romance is a must.

Enemies to "I accidentally came across you while you were vulnerable and scared and I'm not a total asshole so I tried to help you" to "accidental mutual uncovering of softer sides and vulnerabilities" to "I can't be mean to you anymore, not out of pity but because it would feel weird betraying that brief truce we had" to "Fine I'll make an effort to be nice to you now I guess" to "actually now that we're not actively hating each other you're not so bad I guess" to "i think we're friends but I'm not going to say that because I'm afraid you're not gonna feel the same way" to "oh you also think we're friends? Great" to lovers

I agree. Absolutely love her and need more content of her. Please?

Emma-may doodles :3