Mermay!

[paintbrush]

Time for mermaids, sirens and other water creatures! Comment with your merfolk characters, or make your very own AU. Splash around in the waters or try to drown someone. I'm not judging.

IDEAS

Merfolk

Longing to see the surface and all it offers?
Trapped in a net! Are you facing your kidnappers or a savior?
Long travels with your pod, to explore new waters?
Hurt or sick, and taken to a mer facility to be healed - but they actually nice, or will the experiment on you?
Taken from your pod, you've ended up as a sideshow, a circus act or any other form of entertainment.
It's mating season! Try to impress your future mate, even if you might come from different worlds!

Humans

Is that an actual mermaid???
Fallen into the water and saved by a person with fins!
Lured to the waters by siren songs, you're risking an early death by drowning...
How do you kiss? Is it going to be wet and salty?
Finding an injured merfolk, and dragging them home to your bathtub to heal?
A little merfolk child needs your help to find their guardian. Hopefully they won't get the wrong idea.
You really want to be a mermaid, too. Is there any way your new friend can help?

Comments

Vash the Stampede 🌿 Trigun Stampede 🌿 OTA

[plantussy]

[ Definitely a merman who keeps saving ships. Even whaling ships and merfolk hunters, honestly. He's hopeless like that. ]

leon kennedy | resident evil (remake)

[condorone]

( merman! super flexible on scenarios. a few ideas off the top of my head: leon is the product of an experiment and was either turned into a merman or created in a lab as a merman; he was captured and is being studied; he's in the process of being captured; we could go full on little mermaid; lab merman trying to escape, etc. there is little i won't do for this, haha. canon and cross-canon/medium are both equally loved. we can go gen, shippy, or smutty. some mermaid leon inspiration for you: x, x, x, x, x, x, x. )

frédéric "freddie" lavoie | original character - modern realistic setting

[faa]

[ Freddie's merman half is a harbor seal! He's fascinated by the ships that come in, and would love to be onboard one some day, or to at least learn more about them. He spends a lot of time swimming alongside them, and is a likely party for friendly merfolk-human interaction. Down for ship or gen; merfolk or cross-species shipping both welcome with some handwaving of language barriers. It can be assumed that he lacks his issues around body image and eating as a merperson being that the impetus that triggered his ED would be non-present for a merman bound to the water. ]

mermaid au | lab merman

[fromfire]

I'm really sorry you ended up caught up in this.

[ Verso announces his arrival with an apology. His steps echo in the empty laboratory; it's not like they have to worry too much on their prized experiment.

Where could Leon go? How far could he actually drag himself?

Somehow, he thinks that's more of a mockery to the man than what has been done to him. That they don't even consider his escape a concern so leave no one to guard the room. As for his place in all of this, he's just another experiment. But, he's also a failure -- so left to roam the laboratory because they know he has nothing outside.

What's freedom for something that could turn into one of those horrific BOWs? ]

Stupid question... but how are you holding up?

Bucky Barnes | MCU | OTA

[staring_problem]

Bucky was only just starting to get used to having open space again after what felt like a lifetime spent in too-small tanks. Granted, he was still in a tank, but it was one that belonged to a rescue and rehabilitation outfit, so it was almost as good as being in open water again. The plan was to get him back into the ocean as soon as he was fit for it, which regular meals and not being regularly used as a science experiment were both doing wonders for.

He was still jumpy, and had a tendency to lash out when he was startled -and he was easily startled- and to lurk in the far corners where he couldn't always be seen right away. With a tail like tarnished bronze and a tangle of dark hair that he refused to let anyone even trim, he usually kept his left arm tucked in close, because that arm was a liability.

That one that had thirty two different electrode nodes, surgical shunts and even magnets in it when they'd found him, not counting the old scars where some had been removed, and the open wounds where he'd obviously pulled others out himself. There were only five still there, electrode nodes that they hadn't been able to remove just yet because they were embedded in the bone.

It was usually easy for him to go unnoticed if he was sitting and listening like he was doing at the moment.

[Also open to other situations if you've got an idea]

Edwin Payne - Dead Boy Detectives - OTA (M/M for romantic-type but anything goes for friends)

[technicallyhellbound]

[Could be the mer or the human/ghost, and either way there's plenty of variation to be had. Hit me with something, I'll roll with it.]

Steve | Stranger Things | OTA

[the_hair]

[I'm good with always-been-a-mer or some kind transformation, because being on the swim team and lifeguarding for a summer is one thing, but tail and possibly gills is something else entirely.
OR
Mer-Steve as a creche guardian that definitely took on a shark that was trying to eat the kids once.]

The Tardis (AU) | Doctor Who | OTA

[1st_companion]

Legs were confusing enough, but a tail was moreso, even though there was only one of them and not two like there were with legs.

At least it was nice to look at, bright blue scales edged with black and flecked with white and gold speckles here and there, really looking like a drawing of a mermaid's tail rather than a tail itself.

[Open to basically whatever!]

Din Djarin/The Mandalorian | Star Wars TV | OTA

[chaotic_lawful]

[Okay but the Mandalorians as a tribe of merfolk who have been hunted to near-extinction? Something else? Whatever y'all, hit me.]

Techie | Dredd | OTA

[clan_techie]

[Definitely a mer that's been experimented on and/or kept in captivity like some kind of exotic pet, yellow/green tail and fins, scattering of bright blue scales in irregular places.]

Steve Rogers (AU) - MCU - OTA

[doesntrunaway]

Steve had always been a sickly, pale thing, enough so that the first time he found himself caught in a fisherman's net, he was thrown back with a laugh of 'this one ain't even good for sharkbait!'

He'd been caught since then, on a few occasions, and had always managed to escape again the few times he wasn't almost immediately thrown back. Because the thing about being sickly was that it led to being cunning, to being creative, and more than that, to wanting to survive, and sometimes that was all that mattered.

It was also how he'd fallen in with Dr. Erskine and his crew, researchers who had put together an educational traveling exhibit of all sorts of creatures, some rare animals, and others like him, a lamia, a gryphon, even a pair of centaurs and a copse of dryads, their trees rooted in what amounted to a large mobile garden bed.

Like them, his traveling tank was large enough to be comfortable, though small enough that he was thankful whenever they stopped somewhere at the seashore, as it gave him a chance to really swim for a while.

[Good for all kinds of timeline shenanigans, and down for other situations if you have an idea.]

Amanda | Dirk Gently's etc. etc. etc. | OTA

[drummer_girl]

Pararibulitis attacks were different in Wendimoor and always had been, but this was the first time that the effects of one had stayed with her when she passed back home.

Which was to say, she was sitting in a stolen borrowed bathtub full of room-temperature water and no less than a dozen small rubber ducks because Vogel someone had thought she needed friends. She wasn't going to lie, they did help, a little.

[If you can think of a different scenario, lay it on me. Cross-canon encouraged.]

Charles - Dead Boy Detectives - OTA

[just_aces]

[Good with being the human (ghost) or the mer, and there's lots of things to go with. Throw me something, I'll roll.]

Henry Stillman | X-Verse OC | OTA

[malesiren]

[Henry as an actual siren out in the ocean would amuse me to no end.
Henry as an actual siren from the ocean but now on land and, somehow, in a rock & roll band would be even more amusing.]

Quorra | Tron: Legacy | OTA

[quorrious]

[Testing new peripherals now that the Sea's clean again? ISOs = mer? IDK man, she's super pale and has a black tail with clearly hexagonal scales and irregular blue streaks, probably looks like some kind of betta, or lionfish, or weird combo of the two.]

Dorian Storm | Critical Role | OTA

[makingmyway]

(( Can AU him to be a mermaid/siren ))

John Sheppard | Stargate: Atlantis | OTA

[ferriswheelsandfootball]

[An Atlantis adventure, of course! John as a born mermaid, or maybe was turned into a mermaid due to Ancient technology because those pesky Ancient artifacts Are Just Like That. Or conversely, John encountering a mer-civilization under the waters of Atlantis when he takes a Puddle Jumper out for a swim!]

[condorone]

( This is his life now. A goddamn lab where he's let alone until someone wants to poke, prod, and ask too many questions. Just this damn tank of water, overly sterile walls, and not even a damn guard to make him feel like he's a real threat these assholes. The latter stings every time he's reminded of how quiet and empty this area is.

So the sound of someone else approaching, is met with the same approach as it always is: silence. Cold, hard silence that matches the sharpness of the blue eyes that peek just over the lip of the water where he sinks steadily lower into the tank of cool water, and it's only the voice that comes with those steps that keeps him from sinking entirely into the tank. He recognizes the voice even if they've never spoken to one another, never interacted before this moment. He's seen him throughout the lab, heard him talking with some of the scientists from time to time. Someone like him, more than he's like the others, anyway.

There's a soft huff, a sound that makes a few tiny bubbles as those blue eyes clip sharply away. How is he holding up? He's alive. Alive, pissed off, and feeling like he's about to lose his damn mind from being stuck in here. Stuck like this. And given the stretch of silence, it almost seems as if he has no intention of answering at all.

But after a moment, there's a low, flat: )

Another day in paradise.

( Which, he realizes, isn't much of an answer. But that's the habit he's fallen into. Vague, non-answers to most questions. There's a sharp flick of the end of his tail under the water, something Verso will likely see given the clear walls. )

Did they send you in here?

Tomoe Naruse | l.o.m.p. | 🐻

[meltinglight]

mermay!! i'm here for AUs and open to all mediums (Live Action, OC, all your MCUs) <3

[fromfire]

[ He doesn't reply to the answer. His eyes flit to the tail and shoulders lower. While he has nothing to do with what's happening, he certainly isn't is capable in other ways. The ways that most people hate to be -- through non-action. ]

Do you think they would? [ His eyebrows lift, but he decides he should give a proper response. ] No. No one really sends me anywhere. I'm more like a ghost that haunts this place than experiment or worker.

[ Verso waves his hand dismissively; it's hardly the point of topic. Whatever is going on with him is nothing compared to the man trapped in the tank. Not that there's a contest either of them are trying to win at who is struggling worse. ]

Why -- [ He starts out the question as he takes a step closer. ] -- no, perhaps, a better question is: what did you do to get chosen? [ Slowly, his hand lifts; he lets it hang in the air, lets Leon see his intention, as he reaches out to rest his fingers on the rim of the tank. ]

Piss someone off you shouldn't have? Wrong place, wrong time?

Orym of the Air Ashari | Critical Role | OTA

[halfling_dad]

[The Ashari are an community of elemental merpeople who don't go to the surface much, their leaders do to see what the human world looks like but the common people like Orym might not.]

[makingmyway]

Wanting to put as much distance between himself and the Silken Squall, Dorian had only spent a few days in Marquet before finding travel to Tal’Dorei. For some reason traveling by airship had been a bit unsettling when he’d left the Squall, so he’d opted to travel by sea instead.

He should have just gone by airship.

They were still a few days or so out from arriving to Tal’Dorei when the ship was caught in a terrible storm. As much as the crew tried to keep all the passengers safe, the storm was too strong. A particularly large wave had ended up taking Dorian with it, and before he realized what was happening he was thrown overboard and into the raging sea.

And while he could hold his breath indefinitely, it would only last as long as he was conscious. But the waves were strong, and determined to pull him completely under.

[halfling_dad]

All the sudden a pair of hands, strong and sure, grab Dorian and start hauling him up to the surface. Whoever is holding him doesn't seem affected by the raging sea and soon they are breaking the surface and heading towards shore. "Let me know when your feet touch the ground," a soft firm voice says near Dorian's ear.

[makingmyway]

The hands grabbing Dorian surprises him, enough that a breath escapes him for a moment. But fortunately they break the surface of the water soon after, and he coughs out the water that managed to enter his mouth.

The feeling of something - or someone - guiding helps, but even as he kicks his feet to swim he has a feeling that he isn’t actually the one doing much. The storm is still raging around them, but the voice is clear in his ear, soothing and gentle. “O-Okay…” he manages to reply. “Th-Thank you…”

[halfling_dad]

"You are welcome," the voice says quietly as whoever it is keeps heading toward shore. "My name is Orym of the Ashari. Lucky the Blades saw your ship sink and are close enough to come and help. the rest of the crew will be with you again soon."