❝mermaids & and land dwellers❞

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mermaids & land dwellers a possibly (au) mermaid ❝shipping❞ meme

Few fantastical creatures have captured the imaginations of those of us stuck in the mundane quite like mermaids. It's understandable: the ocean provides an endless canvas for us. Who knows what may live in those deep, seemingly endless depths? There's something intriguing about the mermaid, too, as a being that exists between two worlds. Beautiful human up top, dangerously alien down below, a mix between the comforting and the unknown. Such a combination is all very alluring, speaking perfectly of both the sense of freedom and adventure and and the impending doom offered by the high seas. Because of the mystery and excitement provided by mermaids, people have been considering what the relationships between those who live on land and those who dwell in the sea would be like. For as long as there have been mer-tales, there have been stories of lucky or unlucky seafarers who earn the attention of mermaids. In some cautionary tales, merfolk are said to be little more than sirens who relish in driving sailors to their doom, luring them to the waters with gorgeous songs so that ships may be crashed, blood spilt, and flesh rend to fill the bellies of sea-demons. In other, more optimistic tales, there are lonely mermaids who fall in love with sailors, fishermen, and princes and will do anything to be with their objects of affections, even if it means turning to sea foam. Of course, earning a mermaid's love may not be better than becoming their prey; after all, in their ignorance of the children of earth, they may pull a person under the water and forget that air is a necessity for some. Perhaps you are a human or other offspring of the land who has grown up with the tales of mermaids. You know that caution must be taken should you go on the ocean, lest you become nothing more than a meal. If you were in that situation, you would never fall for the merfolk's charms. However, that's so much easier said than done. On the other hand, you could be a mermaid. Whether you are "good" or "bad" depends entirely on upbringing, just like with anyone else. Finally, you've come upon a land dweller. Will you be infatuated with them, look at them as a sweet morsel, or be more scared of them than they are of you? how to play; - Comment with your character and preferences. This meme allows for characters to be the one who lives on land or the mermaid. Feel free to do a mermaid AU for your character! - Reply to others. Use the RNG to get your prompt. prompts; 1.Good: Everything said about merfolks is wrong. They are reclusive, but not evil. Especially not this one. Maybe they even saved you. No matter what, they love you, absolutely. And, were you to be honest, it was love at first sight on your end, too. But that doesn't mean you can be together...at least, not easily. 2. Bad: Come, jolly sailor bold. Come into the arms of a mermaid, and you will not regret it. They will hold you, and you cannot resist, even as you're dashed against the rock. 3. Wild: Good and evil cannot be applied to mermaids here, for they are like any other wild creature, more beast than man. Yet the more they're exposed to the kindness of humans or others who live on land, the more fond they grow towards it - and those who show them that kindness. 4. Ignorant: The mermaid's intentions are good, yet he or she doesn't realize what they could do to hurt their land dweller lover. 5. The Mermaid Dilemma: What can be done if someone wants to do more with a mermaid than give them kisses or sweet words? Not much, it seems. At first glance, that is, though who knows what can happen if one puts their mind to it. 6. Not What Was Expected: Beauty is always expected of a mermaid, but what if such a creature looked more like this? Who could care for such a beast? Well, there's still charm there, and with enough personality, appearances can be looked past.

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Haruka Nanase {{ Free! }} m/m for pairing stuff

[nanasense]

[Haruka can be either, but let's face it, being a merman would make him endlessly happy.]

[nihonto]

[ i have... a robot, sort of!? would you be interested in cross-canon? ]

Murasakibara Atsushi | Kuroko no Basuke | OTA

[basketbara]

Minato Aristato | Persona 3 | M/M for pairings

[chainedtodespair]

[ he can be either. But mermaid!minato would be great.]

Tatsumi | Orenchi no furo jijou | m/m

[soaring_water_bills]

Jack Sparrow | Those movies about pirates and also mermaids

[pistolproof]

4 + 6: love those movies about pirates and also mermaids

[genie_lady]

Seems Jack has opened the wrong sort of bottle. The kind that wasn't full of rum but instead full of a genie with loads of mischief in her eyes and smile. One wrong wish and he's suddenly out to sea, fish tailed and everything. Jeannie doesn't seem to realize the trouble, smiling happily at the newly un-pirated merman as she floats easily on a raft nearby.

Felicity Smoak || Arrow || OTA

[notgettingyoucoffee]

Hector Barbossa | Those dumb pirate movies where mermaids eat people.

[belaying]

[bermuda_mermaid]

There are other mermaids in the sea, of course, but "Sally" has become a bit of a loner since her own clan was infected by a parasite that caused them to go violently mad and tear each other apart. She's different than other mermaid clans - some might say more evolved. But that doesn't make it less dangerous for her to interact with humans, considering the sort of stories that circulate about mermaids at large. Still, she gets lonely sometimes, and finds herself drawn to anyone else who might share even a small connection to the sea.

Haruka Nanase | Free! | M/M for shipping

[freeinwater]

(If he's not the mermaid, he's going to be so jealous of you. In the water all the time?)

Kain Highwind FFIV / Dissidia 012

[dragoon_pride]

[I'd be up for him being human and meeting a "bad" mermaid- or even the ignorant thing could be interesting.]

ooc

[princessdude]

[Well we have done horrible in the past and can do horrible again. Want the honour of starting all of it?]

Scott McCall | Teen Wolf

[usernameallison]

1!

[syrenity]

Beacon Hills is a little farther inland than Syrena is used to living, but she didn't really have much say in the matter. She'd been placed with a foster family there, and until she was old enough to move out on her own, that was that. She couldn't join the swim team--no matter how badly she missed the water--because she knew that the instant she dove in, her two, long, slender legs would morph into a tail, and her secret would be out. All she could do was try not to draw attention to herself.

Little did she know, she was not the only one of her classmates with a secret.

Sayaka Miki | PMMM | F/F shippy or smut

[octavus]

( all prompts wanted, from the cute to the tragic to the censored! )

lydia | teen wolf ( ota )

[caterwauls]

Kitai | Codex Alera | OTA

[aleranchala]

[Open to the Marat being a merman species or Kitai being a wild and angry fisherwoman who finds one. Fine with crosscanon.]

Loki Laufeyson || MCU/Norse mythology || OTA

[mischiefandice]

Kara Zor-El / Supergirl | DC | OTA

[knowsaboutanger]

[Preference for merman!Kara but fine with doing whatever. Assumed CR is fine!]

Demyx || Kingdom Hearts

[lazynote]

[Happiest if he was the mer-critter, but down for whatever.]

[cagedmemories]

[RNG said 3, if you're interested? I could also re-roll.]

Nepeta Leijon | Homestuck

[shipper]

[open to both roles, but I'll default to Nepeta being the most reluctant seafarer to ever clamber into a boat. no smut, please!]

Rin Matsuoka | Free! | OTA

[sharkmaid]

(( ooc: Up for being a merman or not! We can even both be merpeople. If he is, he'll be a shark one, of course. Just don't get any blood in the water. ;) ))

3; So ready for a pretty Rin-Shark... also just kind of winging it :X

[loveatfirstfight]

[ Battles that involved the fairy-folk he served were hard, and Oswald, the Shadow Knight, was apart of a great war. It was over, now... and while he had emerged victorious against the dragons, it was not without cost. ]

[ The handsome knight had somehow pulled himself from the woods, only to find himself by the ocean. His eyes were wide as he took in everything... or tried to. Everything was a blue blur. He stumbled in his black armor, but in the end, collapsed just by the shore line, within a secluded cove of rocks. ]

[ He was going to die here, or so was the thought. He could still hear the screaming of his caretaker in his hear... a worthless, pitiful knight... and here he was... going to die alone. ]

[ He let his sword, made from a glowing pink crystal, drop to the rocks in the water. If he was dying... he wouldn't need that cursed thing anymore. His blood dripped from the rocks and into the water. Oswald closed his eyes for what he thought would be the final time. ]

Kris | Pokemon Crystal

[crystalversion]

[more likely than the not the human, although I'm up for mermaid too.]

ariel ( the little mermaid ) ota

[seacups]

( has to be here by law.

also, mermaid. 1000% mermaid. )

1?

[flatmatewatson]

Nothing like a stroll next to the sea in the sand. John walked, hands in his pockets and pants rolled up slightly to keep them dry as he was barefoot as he walked. Not a bad place for a holiday. Seems like he was the only one around...

Aoi Asahina | Dangan Ronpa | OTA

[lifesavers]

[ Probably the mermaid, but could go either way! ]

Piko Utatane | Vocaloid | m/m for ships

[musical_ahoge]

[Can be mermaid or human]

Arthur Curry | DCnU | OTA

[notafishwhisperer]

Merlin ★ BBC Merlin ★ OTA

[abidan]

( Merlin the merman! You know you see it too ... )

Arthur Kirkland (England) | Hetalia

[english_dignity]

[Merman! Or, if human, guess who can't swim?]

/slams into lovingly

[lateforthewar]

Alfred was drowning, thrown violently from the ship's deck as the cruel waves crashed against it.

He was just a scientist, a doctor and an observer of the natural world with spectacles perched on his nose but he had no unfamiliarity with the sea, as his family had all been fishermen and sailors and fishwives. His passion had always been with books and knowledge; cartography and medicine and how the world worked. Within the last several days he'd been permitted to study the creatures on an island off the main British coasts for his dedicated service to the crew. There were strange things he'd seen and wanted to confirm, but they had more stops to make further from England before they made back into the Channel and on to Portsmouth. He'd survived a voyage, only to be tossed into the water like a ragdoll. It was too far from land to even see it, much less swim there--if he could swim in the ungodly deluge and cold, unrelenting waves.

He tried his best to keep above the surface but the water hit him like rolling walls of stone. Alfred was strong and able-bodied and he could swim, but no man could withstand the real wrath of the sea.

Exhausted, Alfred went under with one last breath as the next wave dragged him down. He simply couldn't fight back. He slipped further, spectacles floating over him in the dark. The flashes of lightning lit up the eerie surface above and the drumming thunder overpowered the beating of his heart, which slowed as he lost consciousness.