#tgm modern au

[reallyhardydraws]

another sketch but tbh this one may as well be finished but i can't seem to find on either my main or this my art blog, a cute gwyn & dea from TGM modern AU... yeah i realise it's july but why not post this very wintery WIP :')

#the grinning man #TGM modern AU #gwynplaine trelaw #dea TGM #draws

[icemankazansky]

Hey, I want to ask what are your favorite IceMav stories? On Ao3, tumblr or whatever side you read fics. ☺️

You have no idea what you've just summoned.

Come sit by me.

You have asked for my favorite Icemav stories, which means that this list is going to leave off some truly excellent Icemav, because for the most part my favorites, the ones I read over and over again, are more lighthearted and sexy and have happy endings.

These stories are all Top Gun, and they're all Icemav, so I've only listed the rating by each title.

In no specific order:

by @boasamishipper :

Since she began creating for Top Gun in 2019, Boa has become a fixture of the fandom, an important voice that is capable of both the fluffiest fluff and the most heart-rending angst. She writes mostly Icemav, but she has branched out more than a lot of people from the pre-TGM era, and written more pairings and more characters than any other TG writer I know personally. This list might look a little odd to some people more familiar with her work, because she has written some amazing, novel-length AUs and crossovers and plotty, heavy stuff, but again, these are my favorite stories, and I like her Icemav when they're soft.

Word on the Street (Teen) Sharon looks down at her wedding ring and says a prayer for the handsome Navy pilot that’s heading their way. He’s got no idea what he’s in for. / Or, Iceman and Maverick versus the Real Housewives of Fallon, Nevada.

This is an outsider POV story in which Ice and Maverick scandalize (and titillate) the suburbs of Fallon, completely on accident. It's funny, it's sweet, and the payoff at the end is so satisfying.

let's talk about sex, baby (let's talk about you and me) (Teen) This is a college AU for the prompt: I keep coming in to take condoms from the health services desk because I think you’re cute and I’m pretty sure you must think my sex life is wild.

In which Pete Mitchell, over the course of a semester of college, continually fails to ask Tom Kazansky to go out with him. This one is light and funny and kind of innocent and hopeful in a way, because they're young and they have crushes, and nothing is more important than that ... except maybe that organic chemistry final.

when i see your face (General) In which Maverick Mitchell wakes up from surgery, high on painkillers, and hits on his husband.

This is everything I want for modern Icemav. They're married, they're so sweet together, and they love each other so, so much. Drugged Maverick is hilarious, long-suffering Ice is gentle and totally smitten; this is comfort food in text form.

'cause the cat's the only cat (who knows where it's at) (Teen) “So you mean to tell me,” Ice says, “that my alien cat is having alien kittens?”

I love Boa's Top Gun/MCU crossovers. I think they're incredibly well done, they are respectful to both canons, and they're innovative and clever. I like the Captain Marvel series the best, I think, and while I reread a lot of those stories, this one has to be my favorite. Chewie the Flerken has kittens, and it totally ruins everyone's life until it doesn't. Sweet, sooooooo funny, unexpectedly warm.

it's centrifugal motion, it's perpetual bliss (Mature) Kiss prompts from Tumblr.

There was a fic meme of kiss prompts going around a couple years ago, and this isn't so much one, unified fic as it is 10 vignettes of important kisses. They range from sweet to passionate to bittersweet, and they show the best of Iceman and Maverick together as a couple. I love, love, love these little peeks into the like Ice and Mav built together.

by @susiecarter :

I'm going to be honest with you: In 2020, @susiecarter wrote me a story for Id Pro Quo, which is an annual ficswap in which you request a pairing and up to 20 freeform tags that are meant to satisfy your id. These are guilty pleasure, don't judge me I'm having an amazing time right now stories, and she absolutely blew my damn mind, and then she did it twice more. So, yes, these stories were all written with my exact specifications in mind, but that doesn't mean they aren't all fucking amazing, because they are. As a writer, @susiecarter is so pithy and sharp and very, very well-balanced, and her prose is visceral and tangible and, occasionally, unexpectedly tender and lyrical. All three of these stories are blistering hot with perfect characterization, great sex that does not shy away from honest emotion and real intimacy, and her use of plane metaphors is spot on without ever being cliche or cheesy.

fire in the sky tonight (Explicit) Graduation from TOPGUN was one thing. It was great, no question, but it was just the warm-up. You hadn't made it, really made it, until you got hitched.

This is a canon-compliant (mostly) arranged marriage fic in which Iceman and Maverick consummate their nuptials just a couple hours after the dogfight for the Layton. It is stupid hot. Maverick is nervous and a virgin but still not wanting to give Iceman an inch, and Ice is cool and deadly, smolderingly competent, and he takes care of Maverick while also taking him the fuck apart. Plus, maybe they actually love each other? So good.

A Shared Cup (Mature) It was only a training exercise. It was only supposed to be a training exercise.

Ice and Maverick fuck up and end up telepathically linked. DEEP deep. Then what happens is they end up learning each other from the inside out, and while the brass is trying to figure out how the hell to fix this MASSIVE error, Maverick is just trying to hide from Ice that maybe his feelings on the matter, and his feelings about Ice, have changed. This is a gorgeous study of both characters, and the payoff at the end is totally earned.

and gamble for the sun (Mature) It's like this: Maverick and the Iceman make bets, sometimes.

This story is kind of like sitting in a pot of water. First everything is still, and you're just floating there, and then you notice that the water is beginning to warm up, and before you know it, it's boiling around you, and you might burn up and you might drown and it doesn't really matter which one. For me, more than anything, the small details in this story are incredibly sexy and incredibly intimate, and the ending is surprising but perfect and handled perfectly, and it's just gorgeous, the prose and the heat and the emotions, how they're all there and all balanced so perfectly. It's a killer.

by chemm80:

What You Don't Know (Explicit) Maverick finds Iceman handcuffed to his bed. He has a hard time getting over it.

ME TOO. I first read this fic when it came out 10 years ago, and it's still one I go back to. Maverick and Ice are still really figuring out how to be around each other as just colleagues and friends when Maverick sees something he was never meant to see, and it sends him into a tailspin. Things get complicated, and it's handled beautifully, with Maverick especially pushing through the quagmire of his emotions to get to the truth, and Ice vulnerable in more ways than one. Plus, hot. Did I mention it's really hot?

by DeeEffGee

Drugs (Teen) “Ice, you have to take the pain meds. Every six hours-”

Maverick is stuck doctoring Ice, and Ice hates it for a different reason than Maverick first imagined. Maverick and Ice are both sharp together here, the push-and-push-back kind of banter and dares as in the film, until they both surprise themselves, and then ... they are, like, 25% nicer.

by Pink_and_Velvet

You took a fall, then you landed soft. (Teen) Iceman comes up with a game, to prevent Maverick’s downward spiral and also, get him naked.

Ice doesn't like seeing Maverick torture himself, so he does something about it. A nice study of both characters in the wake of Goose's death, and also games that involve forfeiting clothing are always a good thing.

The Prom King (Teen) A high school AU in which Iceman and Maverick are seniors with prom around the corner, and some unresolved feelings to deal with.

This is a really cute first time fic where Ice is one of the cool kids and Maverick isn't quite sure what to do with him. (But he figures it out.) Like a teen romcom, but Icemav.

by @genderfluidsodapopcurtis :

A Kiss on the Inside of the Wrist (General) There are parts of Ice’s body that Maverick only ever sees from up close.

This one is short, but very sweet. I love lazy, sleepy Icemav.

by @victimofthemusic :

Bri excels at writing extremely sexy fic that also completely expresses how stupid in love the characters are for each other. Her characterization is sharp and distinctive, and she has no problem bouncing from completely lovesick to desperately horny to lightly teasing in the same page. She's also writing a lot for Top Gun: Maverick and its new characters, so if you're interested in that, take a look at her AO3 profile.

you're trying hard not to show it, but baby i know it (Teen) Ice wants to know who Maverick was before he became Maverick. He wants to know Pete Mitchell, too, because they’re two parts of the same whole and Ice wants to love that part, too. Because Pete Mitchell was worth loving just as much Maverick Mitchell was worth loving. And God, does Ice love him.

This is beautiful characterization of both Ice and Maverick, and it's sweet and sexy and heartbreaking and hopeful all at once. Beautiful, fulfilling, so satisfying.

the further on the edge, the hotter the intensity (Explicit) Five times Maverick and Ice have sex in places they totally weren't planning to.

This is so, so sexy, but more than that, it's a beautiful picture of Maverick and Ice's love story. The sex is scorching, but it's definitely not just sex. There's always an exploration of the emotional component of their relationship, even when Ice is getting fucked over Maverick's desk, and the relationship progresses in a way that will twist your heart but ultimately leave you feeling soft and warm.

by weshes:

Fire or Clear (Mature) It takes Ice and Maverick about ten years and a divorce to figure it out, but eventually they do.

This story has so much packed into it. The characterization is so sharp, and the way Ice and Maverick interact and move around each other after knowing each other for so long is comfortable, familiar, but with an undercurrent of simmering heat building to a boil. The sex is hot, and the dialogue is fantastic, all around well done.

by @guiltyfandomtrashwonderland :

She was made in a lab to destroy me. Nat writes some of the most in-depth, well-researched, layered fanfiction I've ever read. She sees the characters differently than I do, but it's in a way that intrigues me, and I love the way she writes them individually and as a couple. Her stories are so funny and so much fun without sacrificing emotion and vulnerability and the difficult realities the characters sometimes face.

A Chance Engagement (Explicit) In which Maverick sells ass, Ice buys some, and both of them end up with far more than they bargained for.

I cannot tell you how deeply, deeply satisfying it is to read BDSM written by people who actually know what they're talking about. This story, which takes place during the TOPGUN contest that is the focus of the first film, is funny and sexy and complex. It is at turns euphoric and hilarious and tense and devastating. It's a beautiful look at how Iceman and Maverick come together in this universe, and it's satisfying on so many levels.

Stormclouds in a Pale Sky (Explicit) Thirty years later, some people still didn’t get it.

This is a sequel to A Chance Engagement set in the TGM timeline. Thirty years later, Ice and Maverick are still together, still stupid in love, and still sharing a thriving, if slightly unconventional, sex life. This is sexy and fun and less painful, emotionally, than the first story, but it's got deep, true, long-term love and some bittersweet moments reflecting on growing older and the things it changes and the things it takes away ... and the things it can never change. Gorgeous.

#asks answered #top gun #icemav #top gun fanfiction #fic recs #top gun fic recs #icemav fic recs #iceman x maverick

[sometimesanalice]

Hello, Alexa!☺️

How are you?

A bit of a random Q, but! I remember you saying that the first fanfic you wrote

was ‘Oh Christmas Tree' and I was just wondering if there was any other fandoms

you ever thought about writing for? Even if you don’t want to publish them! :) An even more general question, what other fandoms would you say you're into?

I know it's a little random, but I just love hearing about other people's interests/loves! 🥰

(I’m sorry if you’ve answered these in some way before)

Have a lovely weekend!

Hi Bo!! 🌟 I'm so good! I'm having the best afternoon with some coffee and a treat from Trader Joe's and working on a fluffy oneshot! I hope you're doing well! I love seeing you pop in my inbox!

The call of Bradley with a pine tree allergy and getting his best girl a fluffy pink one was too strong for me to resist! It was such a new thing for me that I wrote the whole thing on the notes app on my phone, it didn't even cross my mind to open a word doc for it, lol.

It's such a funny thing that for the years and years that I've jotted down ideas and dialogue that I never once thought of actually sitting down and trying my hand at writing fanfic until last year!

More for you under the cut!

My first foray into fandom and fanfic was when I was a nugget out there wilding on fanfic.net and shipping Clark/Lana from Smallville and Padme/Anakin from Star Wars. (back when I didn't even know what shipping meant, lol)

In college, I didn't have much time to read books because of all the school work, so I turned to fanfic again and got really into The Hunger Games. Dandelion Peeta had my heart, and all the modern AUs really softened the dystopian angst. That fandom had so many truly terrific writers, ones that I still follow even today.

Which is how I ended up becoming a big The 100 girlie. Some of my favorite THG authors started posting and writing for a couple of the main characters on that show and I was hooked. (it's been a lot of fun to learn that some of my fav TGM babes were also the 100 babes, so we've trauma bonded over it, haha)

And let me tell you, I need to be financially COMPENSATED by the CW for the chokehold this man had on me for like 5 years. (the hair! the gravely voice! the chin dimple! the biceps! the grumpy king with a heart of gold!)

If I was going to write for another fandom, it would be that one. Bellarke (bellamy blake and clarke griffin) still has my heart. At the height of it, I was spending hours every day reading fic for them. The chemistry between them was bananas and every week I was waiting on baited breath for any little interaction between them. It's funny now because the actors are actually married now, haha! The show gave us crumbs and went out with such a tragic whimper, but the fandom and the incredible talent there is probably why I was so invested and still read fics about them on AO3.

When I reread my favorite series The Winners Trilogy by Marie Rutkoski I fall DEEP into an Arin/Kestrel spiral. It's such an underrated YA series that I'm pretty sure I've read every piece of fanfiction that's out there (which isn't nearly enough) at least 5 times.

There was a brief Jon Snow/Daenerys Targaryen GOT era, but it was short lived.

I also like the Darkling/Alina dynamic from Shadow and Bone. I read the series when the books first came out before the show, and wasn't particularly enamored with them as a couple. But then they had to go and cast the pretty bearded attention whore that is Ben Barnes and I had simply no choice but to ship, lol.

I always joke and say that I don't pick the hyperfixations, that they choose me. But it's really true. The 100 ended in 2020 and I didn't have anything really capture my attention in the same way until TGM. This is the first fandom that I've really participated in, like getting to know other people and creating content! And it's been so wonderful!

Oof! Well, this got out of control quickly, lol. This was such a fun ask to get! I haven't been asked before, so I really went off the deep end here giving you my full life fandom history, haha!

#answers from alexa #inbox 💌 #this got out of control very quickly lol #i am also very happy to rec fics to anyone if we have some of the same fandom interests!

[ereardon]

I kind of want a non-modern AU. Could be historical, magical, fantastical, futuristic.

Ooh yes! I would love to do historical, but I think for me the world building aspect would totally get me in over my head. Even if it wasn't fantastical just a period piece I would spend all day googling what's accurate versus too modern lol.

Does anyone have good period AUs they recommend for TGM???

#tgm fic

[zablife]

Moodboards

Alfie Solomons

19th Century Alfie

Alfie x nurse

Alfie x vampire

Dystopia

Rainy Day with Alfie

Snowflakes on the Windowpane

Solomons' Bakery

Arthur Shelby

Heaven + Arthur

Plastic Jesus-Modern AU

Esme Shelby Lee

Traveling with Esme

Isaiah Jesus

Isaiah x bf-Modern AU

Run for Your Life

Jack Nelson

Dating Jack Nelson-Modern AU

House of the Dragon Inc.-Jack Nelson x Rhaenyra Targaryen (HOTD)

Jack Nelson x Criminology Student

Jack Nelson's Love Kitten

Jack Nelson's Tiger

Married Life with Jack Nelson

Shut Up and Listen

The Crush-Modern AU

John Shelby

John Travels-Modern AU

John's Encounter at the Campfire

Stolen Angel

Take Me the Fuck Out of Here

The Art Student

Linda Shelby

Linda as a Fairy

Luca Changretta

From Luca to Eva

Luca x Aurora

Luca Marries a Witch

Luca's Photo Album

Salvation

May Carleton

May's Soiree

Say You Want Me Too

Michael Gray

Michael x Gina as Music Students

Michael in Love

Polly Gray

Polly's NYE Party

Troubled Spirits

Tommy Shelby

All We'd Ever Need

Beast of Prey

Born to Die

Dark Days Are Coming

Garden of Love

Girl Dinner

How the Shelbys Welcome You

I'm Not God

Miquelon Island

Misadventures- Modern AU

My Ashtray Heart

My Hand Has Blood

My Sun, My Moon and All My Stars

Perfect Day-Tommy x May

Professor Thomas Shelby-Modern AU

R U Mine- dark!Tommy

The Curse

The French Nurse

Tommy in Business School-Modern AU

Tommy x princess

Wednesday

OCs

Aurora Sabini Changretta

I Am King-Aurora Changretta

Other Creations

Camera Roll-Cyclone -TGM

Hurricanes in New Orleans with Cyclone -TGM

Lemon Sherbert-Sandie (Last Night in Soho) x Reggie Kray (Legend)

Serene Queen-Lana Del Rey

#Peaky Blinders #Peaky Blinders moodboard #zablife moodboard

[ratcarney]

i’ve been seeing a lot of cute tgm modern aus floating around so i decided to throw my hat in the ring :”)

#I LOVE HIS MASK #i think it’s pretty funny if i do say so myself #tgm #the grinning man #the grinning man au #the grinning man musical #grinpayne tgm #dea tgm #the grinning man fanart #gwynplaine trelaw #modern au #tgm modern au #jagged and blind

[reallyhardy]

my tgm modern AU ideas:

gwyn is an artist (though not an art student, he just does everything under his own steam, and is too stressed out by the deadlines/opinionated tutors/pressure to attend lectures) that said he creates beautiful work inspired by lotte reiniger, a german artist and pioneer of silhouette animation. (and obvs i got the idea from the start of TGM where grinpayne & dea perform shadow puppetry alongside ursus’ narration)

(absolutely give this a watch!!! it’s a trailer for the adventures of prince achmed, 1926 and it’s incredible.)

gwn makes his own short animated films in this sort of style using paper cut-outs on a lightbox setup and sometimes combines the animated footage with projection and live performance of movement/3D puppetry. (dea is his main model/starring actress of course, although gwyn will sometimes use himself, or dea’s father. just whoever’s around.) his shadow work is often of a dark fantasy theme, and he’s always making and submitting to film festivals etc. he prefers shadow/projection to straight puppetry theatre performance as its easier to hide his face in the shadows.

however later down the line he and dea will start their own charity for children who suffered similar tragic injuries that gwyn did and have their own space in which to put on performance of more child-friendly live puppetry. dea’s own psychology knowledge combined with gwyn’s creativity makes for sensitive and uplifting stories.

gwyn definitely likes to make a lot of ‘transforming’ puppets like the ‘beast’ puppet in TGM but also ones that open up or remove a mask to reveal another face - dea likes these ones best as they are 3D item she can hold and examine from all angles and its easier for her to help with these projects, which she gladly does.

(tagging @ratcarney​ and also @kazoobard​ because u sent and ask on my art blog)

#the grinning man #tgm modern AU #may reblog with additions later

[hamletphase]

modern dea!

#dea tgm #the grinning man #modern au #the man who laughs #tgm musical #my art

[reallyhardydraws]

my chemical romance inspired modern AU! TGM piece for the wonderful @castledock - tysm!

💖my commission info💖  

#draws #the grinning man #dea tgm #gwynplaine trelaw #blood cw

[birchlogz]

never did i dream that i would hear you say those words... dear beauty !

i absolutely adore @reallyhardydraws 's modern AU of The Grinning Man!

#the grinning man #dea tgm #grinpayne #grinpayne tgm #tgm #the grinning man musical #modern au #my artz #i love them more than anything like not even joking? its all ive thought about all day

[prince-lee25]

I’m. I need to figure out how to draw arms and stuff NOW because I really want to draw a modern au Dea at an MCR concert that she dragged Gwyn to. In like, a band tee, and clutching her cane excitedly. Gwyn standing with noise canceling headphones on, just happy she’s happy.

#the grinning man #tgm #tgm musical #the grinning man musical #grinpayne tgm #modern au #dea tgm #i need to figure out how to draw #if someone else can draw and wants to draw this please #im want to see it

[osricandhisshrunkenhand]

Hey! so I’ve had this idea in my head for weeks but idk what to do with it because I cannot write lol. I’ve been picturing gwin & dea living in a lighthouse on a little beach with like a dock outside that they sit on to watch the sunset. You can do anything with that if you’d like lmaoo :))

(I hope this fits the bill! Thank you for the prompt) 

The Lighthouse

Working in the lighthouse had always been Ursus’ job. He’d been maintaining it for years and yes, he had taught his adopted children the trade as best as he could but Grinpayne’s thoughts were always elsewhere and Dea’s vision was always going to be a hurdle. They did love to help out though, developing their own way of doing things to keep the building in shape. 

The highlight of Grinpayne’s contributions was the deck out back. It had taken a while to convince Ursus that it was necessary but when Dea was diagnosed with a Vitamin D deficiency it hadn’t been too hard then. It had taken all spring for him to build it. 

“Gwyn, can I get you anything?” Dea would ask as she heard the young man toiling away, his various groans either from pain or exertion. He would smile, the only change in his face his eyes as he looked up, a thin scarf Ursus had bought him covering the lower half of his face. Their father had claimed it was to stop any infection setting in but the look in the older man’s eye any time he took it off suggested it was also for his comfort. He knew Ursus had difficulties with his affliction and so he kept it on just to keep from the inevitable argument. 

“I’m fine Dea, I should be done by the end of this week.” He’d say, as if that hadn’t been what he’d been saying for months. “Then we can sit out here and enjoy the sun.” 

This time it had been correct and the weather seemed to want to celebrate with them as Ursus helped them put the deck chairs and small table out onto the small area. It was attached to the back door of the lighthouse near Dea's room and extended out slightly past the edge of the cliff. Grinpayne had insisted on railings for Dea and, despite the cost, Ursus had agreed. The sun shone down on them as Dea sat and Grinpayne came out with drinks for the both of them. 

“I’m back.” Grinpayne announced, knowing Dea would have heard his footsteps but wanting to reassure her anyway as he took a seat next to her, Mojo had taken a seat between them, head rested on Dea’s lap as she petted it absentmindedly. She smiled and moved her head in Grinpayne’s direction. “You don’t need to tell me. I know how you walk.” She said with a small giggle, entertained by the young man’s antics. 

Grinpayne placed her drink down on the mat next to her before sipping at his own through the straw, looking over at the sun slowly setting down. 

“Thank you for this Gwyn.” Dea said, voice soft as she reached out for his hand, finding it with ease as he also reached out. “You didn’t have to do this for me.” She squeezed his hand lightly, entwining her fingers with his. He held her gently, not wanting to cause her harm as they held hands. 

“Of course I did. You needed the sunlight and you know how dangerous it is to get down to the beach from here.” He looked towards the rocky steps down to the water. They were worn and damaged and he’d fallen down them enough. 

Dea smiled, leaning over to press a hand to Grinpayne’s cheek, resting delicately against the fabric there. “You’re too kind to me my dear. Thank you.” she said as Grinpayne’s hand came up to meet her’s, gently moving it away from his cheek. He didn’t mind her touching him, her contact was always so soft she never truly hurt him but sometimes he just didn’t want to be reminded of it. He squeezed her hand a little to reassure her, looking back at the sunset as Dea turned her face to the gradually decreasing warmth of the sun.

(Requests are open if anyone wants a short little drabble like this. Just send me an ask or a DM :) )

#the grinning man #grinpayne #dea tgm #tgm #fanfic #modern au #Anonymous

[lordxgrinnyxboy]

okay but the thing where people get those buttons that their pets can use to communicate...........tgm modern au....Mojo....Mojo with the buttons. Mojo seeing Barkilphedro and going and pressing “mad” fifty consecutive times after being told to stop growling at Barkilphedro....

#also many occurrences of mojo pressing ''grinpayne'' followed by ''ouch'' #to which gwyn calls Mojo a traitor

[ratcarney]

modern tgm au where “freak show” is put on youtube and goes viral. grinpayne gets stan accounts and fancams and “anyway, stan grinpayne” becomes a normal phrase to see on twitter. he gets a dm from @duchessjosianaa on instagram and she tells him to meet her at the riverbank, a club downtown. he goes and is then taken in by her family and becomes a lord and stan twitter goes fucking insane

#WIG #jo.posts #the grinning man #the grinning man musical #the grinning man au #grinpayne #grinpayne tgm #gwynplaine trelaw #gwynplaine #musicals #musical theatre

[reallyhardy]

aaa i watched the grinning man yesterday because of you (and im so. so in loev w the puppetry) and i love your modern au!! how do gwynplaine and dea meet??? and, out of curiosity, what happens with his face in this au? :0 (also i very very very much love ur mojo being a black german shepherd. what a good boy)

eeee hi!!! i’m super glad you watched it! (and yes the puppetry was the reason i wanted to watch it in the first place! i took a puppetry class by gyre&gimble with no prior knowledge of their work and they kept on talking abt the grinning man and i was like ‘fhggh what???’ then i finally got to see it and i was like ‘NOW I UNDERSTAND WHY THEY WOULDN’T STOP BRAGGING ABT IT LMAO ITS SO GOOD’ definitely gonna make a puppets gifset because wow 🤩)

for my modern AU dea & gwynplaine meet as young teens, gwyn saved dea by pulling her back from a suddenly swerving car (when they’re both about 13-ish). she insisted he help her home so that her father could check him over for injuries and they became quick friends. ursus recognises gwyn because of his scars (his parents death and his disfigurement were all over the news years ago) gwyn had been bouncing around foster care but was increasingly staying at ursus & dea’s home until ursus offered for gwyn to live with them permanently. (they still all live together now that gwyn & dea are in their 20s)

as for his face... i’m thinking of more of the dark knight joker’s severely scarred cheeks... (in the french 2012 movie gwynplaine has just the single slice on each side but i like how the joker’s is a bit more jagged)

also i don’t know just how well you could actually survive or speak without lips haha so. that’s why. he’s definitely got lips lol (plus i know in the musical its just a fright mask anyway and probably we’re not meant to think too hard abt the logistics of being able to speak. or kiss. haha) but the overall appearance while shocking wouldn’t be nearly so gruesome and definitely is healed up. he’s not bleeding all over dea when they make out or anything 😆

and also yes we gotta have mojo 🥰 i know labs are a common guide dog breed but i think german shepherds are just a lil more wolf-like... plus i love their pointy sticky up ears 💖 so cute!!!

thank u sm for asking!!!

#loren talks #the grinning man #tgm modern AU #Anonymous #blood cw #scars cw