#because shifting requires you to know your true self. and Hermie doesn’t know who Hermie is

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Catch me writing an AU of and AU <3 Dot is strange in every universe, even in one where they’re not The Doodler levels of eldritch there’s still a little something off about them…

#dndads #cal rambles #doodle dot au #shifter au #listen I just got hit with a random burst of inspiration I had to ride it #Dot isn’t a big part of the story it’s mostly oakworthy but they’re There #i was like hmmmm if this was a mostly-non magical AU than how would Dot come to be #bc this AU is very self indulgent and in my brain Dot has cemented themselves as a member of the Oak family #and I was like ah. they found them in the woods and adopted them but they look uncannily blood related still #(the implication is that Dot is something other than human that shifted to look like one instead of the other way round. tehe) #cal writes #i guess I need a tag for that now huh #btw the fic is gonna be oakworthy centric where Hermie is the only one who doesn’t know how to shift #because shifting requires you to know your true self. and Hermie doesn’t know who Hermie is