professorsparklepants:

I was thinking about a Girl Genius October Daye au because honestly, what else do you expect from me at this point,

• Tarvek is Daoine Sidhe, definitely a noble (although Anevka would inherit, probably, since it’s implied that Faerie practices absolute primogenitor). His magic probably smells like silver and netted irises.
• Zantabraxus is Tualtha de Dannan and may or may not be the High Queen of the Westlands. I REALLY want Klaus to be a changeling but can’t figure out what he could be–I’m leaning towards Cait Sidhe but I’m not sure about it, since they can’t and don’t meddle with divided court politics.
• Gil and Zeetha grew up together until they got sent into blind fosterages (which is how Gil met Tarvek and Zeetha met Agatha). Gil’s magic smells like water mint and bluebells, and Zeetha’s smells like wood rot and clovers. 
• The Heterodynes are Dochas Sidhe (because eventually everything comes back to the blood) and Lucrezia is Tylwth Teg. After everybody gets elfshot, their lands and the knowe get entrusted to Klaus while Agatha is in hiding.
• Agatha gets raised by Adam and Lilith, Coblynau and Hob changelings, respectively. She’s aware of faerie but doesn’t know she’s nobility until she comes of age. Her magic smells like fernleaf yarrow and bronze. 

professorsparklepants:

gg faerie au lineup:

• Agatha is Dochas Sidhe, the strongest blood workers in Faerie, like every Heterodyne before her. She can shift the balance of people’s blood to eliminate human or mixed heritage, heal at a rate that renders her nearly indestructible, and near-instinctively recognize someone’s species from the scent of their magic. Unlike most Heterodynes, her mother’s race wasn’t burned out of her after her birth, as Bill wanted to give her a chance to chose. Most of faerie thinks the Heterodynes are Daoine Sidhe, and that their ability to shift bloodlines is a secret type of blood charm. Since the truth might cause people to kidnap them and cut them up for potion parts, Bill and Barry never bothered correcting them.
• Magic scent: bronze and floatingheart before burning out her Daoine Sidhe blood, blood and floatingheart afterwards. 
• Tarvek is Daoine Sidhe, also a race of blood workers, though they claim descent from Titania rather than solely from Oberon. As a rule, Daoine Sidhe tend to grab for power, which is why so many of them are found among the nobility. They’re skilled in spells and illusions, and can “ride the blood” to read memories. They’re “colorful and fair-skinned”, with hair colors ranging from silver to fox-red to black with pink streaks. 
• Magic Scent: silver and netted irises.
• Gil is a mixed blood, taking after his Tylwyth Teg father. This means that he can’t breathe underwater, but accomodations were made during his childhood, and he’ll likely inherit his father’s barony on land (since Maeve knows Klaus doesn’t want it). As a Tylwyth Teg, Gil has a natural affinity for alchemy, and is able to enchant yarrow twigs to levitate objects and even make himself fly. Which he does. Frequently. Sometimes he flies into trees. 
• Magic scent: Yarrow and brine.
• Zeetha takes after their mother, a Merrow, one of the various mermaid species in Faerie. She can split her tail into bipedal form for periods of time, and lasts a little longer than most pureblooded Merrow thanks her to her mixed heritage. Her gills let her breathe underwater.
• Magic Scent: myrrh and southernwood.
• Violetta is a knight in the service of Tarvek’s family, with a Daoine Sidhe mother and a Candela father. She inherited Daoine coloring and Candela Merry Dancers, moving balls of light that change colors based on their owner’s mood and disposition. She can teleport, though she has a shorter range than a pureblooded Candela. Though her father’s species is noted for its… laconic disposition, Violetta inherited her mother’s ability to yell with the best of them, to Tarvek’s great regret. 
• Magic Scent: monkshood and red clay.

professorsparklepants:

Honestly the faerie au is so full of drama I don’t even know where to begin

We’ve got, in chronological order:

• Lucrezia just straight up disappearing on her husband and kids
• Gil having to leave his family & the Undersea kingdom that he grew up in to go live with the grandmother he’s never met
• Kay falls in love with Anevka and then has to watch her get shot & fall into a magical sleep coma for 100 years
• he also has to tell Tarvek his mom is dead and his sister is in a magical sleep coma, while still covered in Anevka’s blood
• Bill and Barry die, Kay gets kidnapped, and Agatha gets driven out of Mechanicsburg & has to go into hiding for years
• Tarvek gets turned into a rose bush for like two decades and Gil & Agatha pine after him uselessly
• Gil has to sacrifice part of his identity by having the human blood burned out of him so he doesn’t fucking die from elfshot (which is fatal to humans & changelings)
• Kay’s mom cuts his legs off so she can use them for potion parts (they grow back)
• Larana has to fight her dad to the death