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Cosmos and Guavas

@cosmicguava02

♠Amateur Artist | VLD fanart | Have a nice day :)

1 year after First Interaction (in the plot and irl).... 6 months after the merShiro abruptly stopped coming, Keith continues to wait. Why did he leave? And for how long must Keith wait? 

Super super late mermay and HEYYY!!! I've been gone so long and I'm sorry! I was struggling during the last semester of High school and I had to focus on my studies. In the month of June, I've also been focusing on other things such as college and 2 other zines which will come out soon (check https://twitter.com/mersheith/ and https://twitter.com/ReflectionsZine?s=09 for more). Here’s for the explanation - https://cosmicguava02.tumblr.com/post/655235477454110720/waaaahh-hiii-back-from-hiatus

As I've said, I'm preparing for college so please expect posts to come extremely slow! But I'll try my best to draw what I can. I love you all, and for those who stuck by, thank you so much for your love and support and patience, I’ll make sure it was worth it.

Follow me here, @ GuavaCosmic on twitter and @ cosmic_guava on IG for updates! I’m frequently active there.

Ahhhhh, you're back! Hello!! And thank you so much for responding to my ask about the copilot AU (to be honest, I had completely forgotten about it). But still, thank you! And I also love the new addition to the mermaid AU (I had always wondered where that was going, story-wise). The art is absolutely stunning (Keith's beautiful purple eyes and gorgeous freckles — I can't!)! But what happeeeeeeeeened??? Where did Shiro goooooooo? Was that his hair in the bottom panel of the last page?

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You're very welcome sweetheart! I'm still sorry for replying late! But please know that I will always read and reply no matter how late.

Yes, I've been planning to make it a comic ever since the First Interaction! As I've mentioned on another post, I'm more active on IG and twitter. There I've asked my followers about stuff mershiro would do and just little things I could add to the next chapter. Believe it or not, this was supposed to be posted a week before winter 2020!!! But as I've said, my studies got too hard and I've had to focus on them instead. Thankfully, the only changes that had to be made were Keith's lines concerning the time (like "a year" instead of "a few months") as everything just fit the plot still!!! Anyhoo, yes think of this mermaid series like any other story or webtoon- it will have a climax and an end, but not anytime soon I promise! I have a lot to add still.

Oh no, most of those mermaid!shiro questions will be answered in the next chapter as I can't spoil the surprise 😉! Well, as I put in the captions, Keith has been waiting a year for shiro to come back. They've known each other for 6 months prior despite Shiro not being able to speak back (he can only manage trills but he does understand keith. Keith still continues to talk to him though! Keith loves to teach Shiro some human things like human food!) However, Shiro stopped coming abruptly and without reason. He's become too important to Keith that he's willing to wait as long as it takes.

Keith has waited everyday for a year, thus why he has obtained some freckles from the heat of the sun.

That's all I can say! More will be explained in the next chapter, but please dont expect it to be quick. I'll be quite busy in July, preparing for college, working on zines (collaborative), and creating other sheith pieces unrelated to this comic. Ashamed to self promo like this but please also consider following me on twitter and/or IG in case of an emergency hiatus update. I post much more often there, especially with updates, sneak peeks, and questions/polls!

Have a nice day love❤

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(Posted late) First Interaction. Keith finds Shiro, a wounded, washed up merman and helps him out.

Keith finds tears on the merman's face. He doesn't know the reason behind them... is it the sting of his wounds? Did he remember something bad? Is he missing his home or loved one? Keith decides not to push.

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About the copilot AU (where Keith is at Kerberos), what has Keith been up to for 11 months following their capture? We can see Shiro fighting in the arena and losing his arm to the Druids but so far it seems that Keith has only been dragged out to watch Shiro fight (which is awful psychologically, but that's it) by Ulaz (isn't he only a doctor though?). Has he been in the arena himself? And we can see his Galra heritage show (eyes, fangs, etc.) but does he know yet? Thank you, and stay safe!

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WAAAAAHHH Jesus, it's been so long since I last updated the script so I'll be going on about these from what I recall, love. And these are good questions! I think most of the answers, however, will NOT be explicitly stated on the comic, but some will.

On the first time Keith saw Shiro in the arena, Keith was being brought to the clinic/med bay. My initial plan was for Keith to have some form of physical damage, whether it be broken bone or head wounds, but the plot stays the same whether or not that plan stayed in the script. He was brought to the med bay since the galra for a physical test. The following part won't be stated in the comic, I think (or I could change my mind? Not sure yet), but the galra like to make sure a prisoner is properly separated into the technicians (like Sam was) or gladiators (like Shiro was). Ulaz, even though he's a doctor, was taking him away (on both times) because he was to be brought to the med bay. There are other reasons for this, and though they aren't that climactic, they are spoilers so I won't tell you now ;)

Keith had only gone to the arena a few times (also not stated int he comic), but this was when the galra expected Shiro to die in the first 5 or so games that he played in the arena (not yet Myzax, but leading up to that, and also not at the same time as Matt). Soon, the galra limited the prisoners in line at the arena since Shiro took to long to die and eventually became a rising player.

About the "awful psychology"? I might genuinely add that to the plot, though that would torture my followers ahahahah. It would be interesting if the galra wanted to know how the earthlings' brain works when put under severe emotional distress *evil smile*

Keith is not aware of his galra side yet, but Ulaz has been aware as he has witnessed it multiple times in the sidelines. Ulaz has never told Keith or anyone for that matter.

Do these answer your questions? Please feel free to send another if you want, love :)

WAAAAHH HIII, BACK FROM HIATUS

HEY GUYS! I'm so sorry once more for not posting in too many months! I've posted updates on twitter and Instagram. where I'm much more active, about my hiatus. I stopped posting because my senior year of HS was getting too hard and I had to stop drawing and focus on my studies. But YAYYYY I graduated (and was in the TOP 10 Highest GPA of my school)! This month, I was also preparing for college, as I will be going to uni in the fall.

If you'd like, please consider following me on twitter (@ GuavaCosmic) and IG (@ cosmic_guava) for more!

I will still be posting real slow since I am involved in two collaborative zines (https://twitter.com/mersheithzine/ and https://twitter.com/ReflectionsZine?s=09) which will come out soon, as well as college preparation.

Christ, guys, thank you for your patience! I will answering your questions shortly, albeit extremely late!! I also have a new mermay piece to share, so check my profile! I LOVE YOU

Mermay is technically over but I'll keep posting more of this au. I'm making a script for it, which means— yay comics! (Keep in mind that it also means I'll take a little longer to finish post... making a comic takes a lot more time than making normal, singular pieces.)

Please stay tuned and follow me for more!

Shiro's birthday after-party! God, I'm so late😅 (I did post this in March on my other social media accounts haha) OH. AND I'm keeping the arm. I miss his thickness ok. This can be seen as post s8 or as a modern au.

Again, thank you for the kind words and check ups! I'm perfectly fine, nothing bad happened, I promise. I just kinda forgot! (I currently don't have the app)

I put constant updates and share my random weirdness on twitter (https://mobile.twitter.com/GuavaCosmic) and Instagram (https://instagram.com/cosmic_guava). I'll try to be more active here!

AAGHHH gosh I'm so sorry I haven't been active here in so long! Thank you for the kind messages and for checking up, loves! I promise I'm fine and safe, nothing bad happened. Oddly, I just forgot!

I'm actually more active on twitter (@ GuavaCosmic) and Instagram (@ cosmic_guava.) Please don't worry! I'll try to be more active here as well!!!

Let me spam your feed with the art pieces that I haven't posted yet! Hope you like them!

Holy crap I’m alive-- anyway, PART 7 IS OUT AFTER 87 YEARS! WE’RE REACHING THE CLIMAX!

Let me explain why I was gone-- I’m currently a junior in high school, and where I am, that’s the most difficult and stressful year. I had so many projects and presentations, and I even won a couple awards for that! I’m also more active on Instagram, and I post updates and sneak peeks there. So even if I don’t post for a while, I’m usually there.  But yeah, I wasn’t sick or anything (at a point, I did get a little bit sick because of stress and overworking myself, so TAKE CARE OF YOURSELVES GUYS PLEASE)

I also turned 17 a week ago! Yay!

Thank you so much for your patience, loves! 

Follow my Instagram, @ cosmic_guava for more of my art, updates, and sneak peeks!

Another chapter of Shiro desperately trying to stay sane. Of course, until this person comes by his door to help him out with who knows what. Who do you think it is?

The actual escape is gonna be planned!

Sorry it’s been a while since I posted! School just started for me and I’ve been pretty busy. Thank you for your patience! Ooh-- Follow me on Instagram too! @ cosmic_guava for more of my work and for lots of updates!

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