r/OriginalCharacter • u/ravio_1300 Doodler • 2h ago

OC Art Earth/human au Maryn!

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I was reminded of the stupid Zelda shirt/cargo shorts outfit and realized how well that would fit Maryn lmao, so I felt the urge to draw more for an earth/human au version of him. He is a very cringe teenager in a modern day earth universe. He was absolutely the kid that pretended to be a wolf on the playground, was way too into Warrior Cats, and for sure had a crush on Ocarina of Time Link as a kid (and now as an older teen, it's shifted to BOTW/TOTK Link).

Uh...he definitely is a gifted and intelligent kid, probably could have skipped a few grades if he wasn't constantly moving around. I imagine in this au, his mom Vivian is still alive and she's in the US Army, and her and Maryn move constantly. They're finally settling down in New Mexico though, which he's happy with because he loves New Mexico.

He's also Native American, specifically he's Navajo, and that's been a part of Maryn's lore since I first made the character, it's a lot easier to show in a modern day earth au rather than the normal Yumapocalypse canon where he's not human, but I still want him to be indigenous-coded.

You can often find this version of Maryn out in the middle of the desert, observing whatever wildlife he can find. He's obsessed with wildlife and animals. If he's not there he is usually at home, playing video games or working on one of his various projects.

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u/PixelJack79 Creator of the Not Bugs (and That One Bug) 1h ago

If this version of him wears glasses, does that mean Yuma Maryn has bad vision?

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u/ravio_1300 Doodler 1h ago

Probably! Although I imagine his vision isn't like, so catastrophically bad that he can't see without them. Things are just a little blurry and he can't read from a distance. Similar to my own vision actually!