fae jimmy doing that little roll that birds do.
that's it. that's all.
Cannon.
Yay I have a job now :D Also if you don't have ideas for other villains yet, might I suggest;
-Donita could be an actual witch, and Dabio is her familiar. Or maybe she wants to hunt the wolves to make cloaks out of their fur.
-Gourmand is a hunter and chef, like in canon, but he specifically tries to hunt fantastical creatures
-Paisly and Rex want to help cut down the forest at first to build more houses, but maybe Rex gets turned into a wolfwalker via bite and they decide "yknow what? the forest can stay"
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Not a bad idea! I think I'll keep it pretty to the movie plot for the rewrite but if it gains any traction, I'd be open to turning it into a longer series!
Chris's mom and Jimmy having split custody of Martin
Chris's mom definitely leaves the parenting to Jimmy for the most part. Like she still steps in, but she doesn't trample either, which Jimmy highly appreciates.
Hear me out: Tortuga is the crew's pet turtle in the wolfwalker au. whether its magic or not is up to you :)
*SLAMS FIST ON THE TABLE* YOU'RE HIRED. IT'S CANNON NOW. Tortuga is a magic turtle but a silly magic turtle she will take you wherever you ask her to go. Take me to my missing sock? Bam she found it. Only problem is she's a turtle. So shes slow. So as she walks to where you wanna go you have to follow.
How would Jimmy introduce each of his kids to the other fae. like
"That's Chris. He's a wolf half the time and he has rabies and hates everyone. He will bite you. And that's Martin. He loves everyone and is the only one Chris likes. But he will also bite you."
Chris doesn't hate everyone; he's just never been around people. At the start? Yep he's growling at everyone like an animal. But once he gets used to it he's much more well behaved. It did take a little pressure from Martin to get there, though.
Jimmy would do it like this I think:
"This is Martin hes my tough water guy he's a little silly but he's got heart! He also keeps everyone together. If you hurt an animal he will beat you up."
"This is Chris Martin's leach, I'm just kidding! But they are inseparable. Chris will growl at you if he thinks you look mean and he will bite if you try to touch him. A wolfwalker through and through! He also has a sharp tongue and will shatter your self-esteem if provoked."
"This is Koki she's strong enough to throw you through a wall! And smart enough to build a church balanced on your body."
"This is Aviva she can do math and probably solve any problem you present her with."
Something like that y'know?
now im just imagining Chris pouting and clinging onto Martin while sitting in his lap, and Martin's just patting his head 'n stuff while looking up at Chris's mom with a polite lil smile like "this is fine"
if she wasn't won over at first it would not take long
Definitely. Martin would try to talk sense into him, but there was no consoling him. He wouldn't stand for being separated from his best friend.
love imagining Jimmy getting mad at the audacity of Martin's parents abandoning him and hunting them down. angy fae protect chickadee and is offended in his honor.
Fae Jimmy: *patting Martin's head like one slaps the roof of a car* This boy can fit so much trauma in him!
Jimmy would think about it, then be happy because if they hadn't abandoned him, he wouldn't get his precious chickadee all to himself if they ever came back, though it would be ON SIGHT.
Do you think Chris's mom will like Martin if/when they meet? Like is she just gonna decide she has another child because this boy makes her son happy? (I imagine that if she tried to say no Chris would either do puppy dog eyes, throw a hissy fit, or both lmao)
Oh, absolutely, Martin's a sweetheart goofball. Who doesn't like Martin??
If she did say no though the meltdown from Chris would be NUCLEAR like: "What do you mean I can't hang out with my big brother anymore?????" "He's my emotional support human!" "Well, if you don't like him, I'm running away. And I'm taking Martin." But with a lot more tears and shouting before ultimately demanding Martin to hold him and refusing to leave his arms for any reason till she accepts him.
Martin just sits there with an exasperated sigh and a tired smile.
love imagining Jimmy being able to make his fae form absolutely giant and monsterous, and you'd think it's to fight monsters, right?
nah it's because he needs there to be enough of him for all the kids to cuddle with
I imagine it kinda looks like Eda from the owl house's monster form. It absolutely is only for cuddles. He's so soft.
imagining the wolfwalker gang in that one my neighbor totoro picture with fae Jimmy as totoro using his wing as an umbrella for them all
Yes.
If you can avoid spoiling too much by explaining, how did each of the crew become orphans?
Don't worry no spoilers here!
Chris's dad was just never in the picture but his mom is alive!
Martin was abandoned as a baby.
Koki's mother was a doctor and her dad was a blacksmith and they both caught some sort of mystery disease that they died from when she was 3-4
Aviva's parents were sailors but their ship was hit by a massive storm of which she was the only survivor as a baby and she washed up on shore in her little basket and was brought to the village.
Jimmy's a fae. They can be born but sometimes they do just kinda sprout out of the ground. Jimmy's a ground case. He popped out of the ground and a random fae scooped him up. He doesn't have a single set of parents since for his situation everyone parents the child so he'll call any familiar fae his auntie, uncle, or cousin.
Martin forcing Chris to take a bath and Chris absolutely hating it, only to realize "hey, this feels kinda nice" but will never admit it. Ever. If anyone else tries to clean him he'll claw them, but with Martin he just kinda freezes. Like when a cat is so stunned at being picked up they can't react.
Just like a cat he only likes water when it's his choice to get in it. If you've ever read "Bad kitty gets a bath" That's Chris. The first bath Martin was the owner literally trying EVERYTHING to get him in the water. Afterwards, Chris is much more willing to get in the bath since he likes his head being scratched and the feeling of fingers in his hair. He also just trusts Martin a lot since bathing is naturally a very vulnerable thing and usually you gotta trust someone to watch for predators while you clean up.
Someone about the wolfwalker kids: "But you aren't their parent"
Fae Jimmy: *offended squawking while turning them into a gerbil*
Jimmy: *sweetest most sincere voice ever* Really?? Do you know where their actual parents are? That would be very useful since they've all been orphans for years. No? Can't you call them? Oh right they're dead or deadbeats. They're mine now. C'mon chickadees! *walks away with his tiny army while they turn into a tree*
Just imagining fae Jimmy in a little nest with the whole crew when they were little toddlers and he's just looking at them all with such adoration. He's just cooing and preening them. And if anyone asks them who their parents were they're just like "birb :D"
When he was "younger" (by the villages terms) he was more free with his bird form. Koki was adorable she'd accidentally pull a feather sometimes look at it in horror and then go "sorry sorry I'm so sorry!!" While trying to put it back. Jimmy would just laugh and hug his precious chickadee. They're all his chickadees.
He did stop using his true form after about a year, hence Aviva and Martin not knowing, since he didn't wanna risk himself getting in trouble and/or the orphans getting in trouble and being accused of being witches or something. Which if that happened he would in less than a heartbeat take them home with him but he'd prefer not to since he knows some of them wouldn't want to be there and doing that could be VERY dangerous to them and himself especially since he wouldn't have taken the time to ask each of them if they wanted to come.
Bonus: Occasionally he'd play with baby Chris when they crossed paths in the woods and Chris made it his goal to scare him whenever he saw him (lovingly)
a new guy moves to town and is like "hey, who're those kids?"
"Them? Well, the big one's Martin, and the feral child following him around despite insisting he doesn't like him is Chris. Don't try to talk to Martin, Chris gets jealous. The one that looks like she could break your arm with the flick of her finger is Koki. The other one's Aviva, she built a catapult and launched Zach into the woods once. And the guy perching on the roof that looks like all the secrets of the universe are hidden in his eyes and if you stare into them for too long your mind will unravel into madness is Jimmy. He's super chill."
Im so happy people are enjoying this au as much as I am this made me jump and squeal because SOMEONE GETS ITTTTTT and this is exactly how it goes. The guards HATE Jimmy. He's always, well everywhere. But they can never catch him or prove it's him or how he gets in to places he's not supposed to be in.
"I'm not their step dad but I'm the dad who stepped up." -Fae Jimmy, probably
Any man can be a mom it takes a real man to be mother.
bird man jimmy slowly becoming my new very specific hyperfixation
also all i can imagine is him in his full fae form as that meme of that mom with her kids on leashes but it's him and the kids are Martin, Chris, Aviva, and Koki
YEP. Trust and believe he's grounded them all to the nest at least once.
What are all the ages for your wolfwalkers au? (for Jimmy ig it would be both the age he pretends to be and his real age?)
Jimmy pretends to be 18 but is really around 4,450 years old so pretty young by fae terms.
Martin is 16
Chris is 13
Koki is 17
Aviva is 16
And Zack is 15!
Bonus Chris's mom is like 90 but wolf walkers being similar to fae she looks early 40s at most.
Also also wolf walkers are not immortal like fae are but can get to around 500 years old give or take (this is not cannon to the real Wolf walkers lore or movie this is just for my au lol)
by the time Jimmy returns to the fae realm they're like;
"So, what have you been up to in the human realm?"
"Became a father."
"Really? Biologically, legally, or emotionally?"
"Yes."
"...How many do you have?"
"Yes."
Nothing to add this is fact.
little martin using fae jimmy's wing as a blanket
YES. THEY ALL DO. Child mildly cold? Where's the bird man.
Jimmy making his blankets in the orphanage into a nest and bringing all the other kids there to sleep. because what do you mean humans have beds? nests are superior duh.
He just has so much behavior that's very odd and most people brush it off as him being a weird kid. but also just giving him so much bird-coded behavior. like he likes shiny rocks.
Sometimes he forgets he has human legs and starts his bird hop until he remembers and starts walking "normal" again lol. He's also jumpy because as a little baby fae he got tackled by a Eurasian Lynx and he was fine because fae and because he was being watched obvi but it scared him half to death. He has a shiny things pile in the orphanage and ONLY the other orphans are allowed to even breathe near it. And all the orphans have a nest. Some of the other ones have solo nests but for the most part there's tons of group nests and everyone's allowed in Jimmys nest but no ones forced to be there.
Fae Jimmy just collecting children. And when they're adults you know he's crying because "why not small anymore? why not stay tiny? where chickadees go?" sad squawking while the now grown up crew is just watching him in confusion.
Wouldn't it be so funny if he brought them with him to a fae event and when they came out it was the modern day? Wouldn't it be so funny if they suddenly woke up with more claws and feathers than they remembered having? Wouldn't it be so funny if because he was in charge of changlings he knows how to make them? Wouldn't it be funny if these now immortals built a giant turtle and just flew around saving the enviornment and animals knowing they'll never actually get hurt since, y'know, fae. Wouldn't it be?
Little Martin, Chris, Aviva, and Koki following big bird fae Jimmy around like little chicks. (Chris is just there because Martin is there. He refuses to participate otherwise.)
Like he's chill and disguises as a kid but I love imagining him getting pissed after they get hurt and he's like "How DARE you hurt MY humans!" and gets all big and monsterous.
and then the culprit mysteriously disappears while the kids get treats.
They get lost in the woods and he's just like "alright little chickadees this way!" And just hops along the path as birds do and they happily follow they get close to a village and someone shoots at him and suddenly a tree falls on them! How mysterious. He buys them cake afterwards.
I feel like if Martin saw Jimmy's true form he wouldn't freak out. well maybe a little. but he'd just immediately try to figure out what bird he is and probably just freak out because his friend is a cool fae!
And Jimmy is just there like: ...Well, at least there's one pure human in this world.
Yeah pretty much. When he showed Koki she was like "Cool anygays have you seen Aviva lately-"
Love imagining Jimmy in his fae form just kind. perching at the head of the others' beds. staring down at them and watching over them when they sleep. and one of the caretakers opens the door and just sees a silhouette of a giant, feathery humanoid with glowing eyes standing over Martin, Chris, Aviva, or Koki. But when they get a light he's just gone.
He's a freaky lil guy and i love him
He is and would he's THE village cryptid a traveler comes to town and goes out one night and sees a terrifying bird creature and tells everyone and they're just like "Yeah that was probably Jimmy we don't KNOW that he's magic but he definitely is. He's chill."
Wolfwalker Chris when he first meets Martin: Who is this big dumb idiot?
Wolfwalker Chris later on: THIS IS MY BIG DUMB IDIOT, GET YOUR OWN!
He quite literally gets feral about it I can't wait to show off my movie rewrite I'm working on it now!
Omg wait so is Jimmy like a psychic of some kind in the wolfwalkers au? I love when my boy gets a position that isn't just some unimportant side character MY BOY IS THRIVING
Oh he's a little more than that 🤠SPOILER FOR MY WILD KRATTS X WOLF WALKER AU BELOW
Jimmy's a fae!! He originally helped changelings transfer back to the fae realm but since he was around towns so much he grew fond of humans, he saw that they weren't just destructive forces against nature they just needed guidance on how to live with it! So he started bouncing around towns and teaching them about the fae and nature and how to live in peace with both but he wasn't afraid to get rid of anyone who refused to respect it. He knows lots of shape shifting spells, hence how he never gets recognized, but his main animal is a Red Kite, a species of Irish hawk! In his fae form he has feathers on his face and arms. He also has hawk legs and wings and is a very capable flier. He met Koki when she was a little kid and he was using a spell to look different and she was lost so he helped her get back home. He liked the people from her village so kept an eye on things for a bit before she became an orphan and then he said screw it and turning into a younger version of his normal red head self and joined the orphanage to help keep everyone safe and teach this village like he'd done others, he didn't intend to stay as long as he did but he just fit right in and became really good friends with Koki to the point he actually told her about him being a fae. He also knows Chris! He doesn't like know know him but they're aware of each other since they're both creatures of the woods. He also picked up cartography so that he could keep people away from fae areas and out of other creatures territories. That's one of the problems he has with Zack and his dad is that they don't care. They go where they want and then blame him for "not warning them" when a soldier mysteriously goes missing.
Wolfwalker Martin about Chris: I've known Chris for less than a day. He's bitten me, cussed me out, and in general been a very disruptive child who acts like he does not like me.
Also Martin: New little brother :D
EXACTLY. See this person gets it! 😂
Just saw your wolfwalkers x wild kratts au, got anymore ideas for it?
I do actually!
In the movie it takes place in a little Irish town where the British have invaded and built massive stone walls around it and are tearing down the forests that used to surround it. The guy in charge is a religious man called The Lord Protector who believes the God from the Bible wants him to destroy everything wild so they can claim it as there own for Gods glory.
My au version is Zach is the son of the Lord Protector and obviously an inventor who deeply envies Aviva cause the OG town people ADORE Koki and Aviva. They actually built them their own little repair shop and blacksmithing shop but both were later taken from them by British soldiers under Zach's orders.
Koki's very buff. (But that's my all around head cannon lol) Especially cause of her black smithing. She has some minor scars all up her arms from her work but she proudly shows them off. She's one of the best black smiths out there and everyone knows it. People were so mad about Zach shutting down her and Aviva's shops they almost rioted but they both calmed everyone down and told them it wasn't worth anyone getting hurt over but Koki's secretly very salty about it and spits on the ground any time she hears Zach's name or thinks about him. She also dabbles in architecture and has some decent medical knowledge from her mother who was a doctor before she died. Once she lost her job she started helping the farmers with their sheep and selling medicinal herbs for super cheap. Zach once tried to claim she was a witch but people got so angry he had to publicly apologize less they stormed the castle.
Jimmy's weird. He's nice and all, laid back but always willing to help, quite jumpy but he's SUPER into his job. He seems to know where things are before they've even been discovered. Martin once caught him drawing up a map for an area they'd never been too and when they went there a few days later it was completely accurate. Jimmy claimed he'd been there a few days before but Martin has his suspicions. He sometimes jokes the forest tells him things but the WK crew gets the feeling it might not be a joke. Before the walls were built Jimmy would sometimes go off into the woods for the night or even a few days here and there but he always came back, and usually with a sweet treat! Once Aviva saw him sleeping in the middle of the woods and shook him awake and swears on her life when he opened his eyes she could see the sky in them before they turned back to their normal blueish green. K̶o̶k̶i̶ k̶n̶o̶w̶s̶. But no one bugs him too much about it because he really is just a chill guy and him being a little funky pays off since he somehow ALWAYS knows where to find whatever herb or mushroom or other plant they may want. There's been a few times he's basically begged them never to enter a certain area of the woods and they follow his rules religiously and without question. He REALLY doesn't like Zach. He always just uses the reasons everyone else has for not liking the guy but there's something in his eyes. In his blank stare at the guy. Like he's waiting for his dues to catch up with him. Like he knows they will.
Aviva. Our icon. She's always creating little toys and trinkets. She's an AMAZING wood carver. She taught herself everything she knows. She and Koki love to bounce ideas off each other and work together to build things. She actually tried to be Zach's friend when he first showed up but he was too bitter and jealous. She doesn't believe in anything. No ghosts no spirits no fae no Selkies nada. Science can explain everything and she can't be convinced otherwise. Till she sees it for herself 🤫. She hates what the British are doing but doesn't want anyone to get hurt. She's the older sister of the group while Koki's the mom because while Aviva has more common sense than the boys she disregards it easily in the name of curiosity and who's gonna stop me?
Martin creates the first ever child leash for Chris
For context a wolf walker is similar to a werewolf except they look completely human till they fall asleep and their soul basically leaves their body and becomes a wolf but they can go back into their body whenever they want but they have to be near it, as in right in front of it. They can transform normal people by biting them, talk/communicate with normal wolves and a little with other animals ((but not in the "oh they're actually talking" kind of way in the mutual understanding kind of way)), they can see scent trails, and heal injuries.
So uh just spit balling here but,
Martins an orphan in this au (he and Chris aren't biologically related in this but we all know they're tied together by soul 😌) along with Koki Aviva and Jimmy and they all work together to provide for themselves and everyone else in their little dirty orphanage.
Martin does lots of things but usually gathers herbs and mushrooms (and consistently brings back injured animals that they all nurse back to health before returning them to the woods)
Jimmy is a cartographer which helps them all get out of the village without many problems
Aviva's an inventor and Koki's a blacksmith, a skill she got from one of her parents before they died 🤷, but they're both belittled and looked down upon because they're women and this takes place in ye olden days.
Chris is a wolf walker and his mom is/has been asleep for awhile cause her wolf self mysteriously hasn't returned. (For context look up the movie or watch it on daily motion!) He's of course a sassy little wild child with little to no concept of danger and while he enjoys the company of the wolves he gets cripplingly lonely.
Chris and Martin meet when Martin finds a wolf caught in a trap. It's dark brown with green eyes and snarling mad at him. Luckily Martin has no sense of danger either and pretty much jump scares the poor thing but jumping on it and wrapping his coat around it's head before prying off the trap and clambering up a tree to avoid losing a limb. It shakes off the coat and takes off. Martins happy with this outcome. A few days later however he gets caught in a rope trap. He's thinking "Dang this sucks 😑" when that same wolf shows up. Martin loves animals but he has enough common sense to realize this situation is not ideal. Especially when it starts jumping and snapping at him. He flails trying to get himself free and it bites him on accident and he accidentally kicks it. It jumps away with a whine before falling back and with one big jump manges to snap the rope and set him free. They're at a stand still for a moment before it runs away and Martin retreats back to the confines of the medieval town.
Imagine his shock when he wakes up in the middle of the night to a little boy howling over him, gold circling his arm. They stare at each other. The boy just looks wild in nature. Sticks and leaves in his hair, Martin's pretty sure there's some pebbles in there too. His hands and feet are dark brown, tough and calloused. His nails are sharp to match his canines, even in human shape he looks like a wolf. Martin isn't sure what to say so he looks at his healed arm and simply says thank you for healing his bite. The boy simply frowns and snarkily tells him to stay out of the woods if he doesn't like being bit and leaves. Of course he goes back to the woods the very next day and the boy is waiting for him.
I'll do a whole movie rewrite if anyone's interested 🤷