#every day is mermay

[loveofbots]

HI HELLO HI

YEA just the scene I was thinking of actually

Y/N: I'm so dead

Misfire: Sloooowly, slooooowly, sloooowly swimming away

Spinister: You're swimming closer!

Misfire, practucally nose to nose with Y/N: Oh! Hi! Sorry I meant to swim the other way

Y/N, absolutely terrified: Okay

Misfire: So, I, uh, I'm gonna go back now

Y/N: Okay

🦂

Oh my gooooood misfire is so cute

He is so stupid, his little fish self. Part of me wants to make him a marlin, but that doesn’t quite fit his vibe. You know what does? One of these.

Shortfin Makos!! I have a bad habit of making Decepticons sharks, but it fits him. They aren’t the brightest fish in the ocean and have a really bad habit of breaching and landing on boats, which just spells Misfire. As he’s known for getting the gang into bad situations. He’s impulsive, speedy with his lips, and overall kind of a show off.

He’d adore his little partner though. Always tailing their boat or looking around for you. He’d flash his sharp teeth in a ‘hey look at how good of a mate I’ll be!’ Way. It just comes off as a really weird smile.

More mer scavenger rambles soon?

[tippenfunkaport]

Since it's MerMay for a few more days yet, I colored ND Stevenson's sketch of the BFS as mermaids for my own amusement.

[simple-persica]

Mer-Folk May Day three: Triton of Greece

The son of Poseidon and Amphitrite, Triton is the half man half fish messenger of the seas and guide to sailors. He has very few depictions in art, one of them being him wrestling Heracles with no attached myth. He is described as being "sea-hued" with cerulean skin and green hair.

[notawitchscientist]

in honor of MerMay, I'd like to talk about my absolute favorite piece of mermaid media:

𓈒𓇼𓈒 The Waterfire Saga 𓈒𓇼𓈒

the Scholastic Book Fair introduced me to this series of books when I was ten and I still enjoy them to this day. the world building is so engaging, and for a book published by Disney... there's some intense shit in these books! (multiple assassinations, political espionage, mass murder, cannibalism, adultery, and both human and mermaid sacrifices)

The series follows six mermaids who are descended from the six mages who ruled Atlantis before it sank into the ocean and its people became merpeople. They are tasked with preventing the end of the world while also stopping the different nations of the oceans from going to war.

Serafina is the princess of Miromara (the Mediterranean sea), who is forced to learn to ‘‘play the board, not the piece’’ like her mother always told her. Her betrothed love is caught between their authentic relationship and the appearances he has to keep up for reasons unknown to her...

Neela is the princess of Matali (the Indian Ocean), and Serafina's best friend. She is bioluminescent and glows when she experiences strong emotions. She has to learn to break free of her self-imposed optimism and escapist tendencies.

Ling is from Qin (the Pacific Ocean) and is an omnivoxa, which means that she has the unique ability to speak to all forms of ocean life. She has to journey into her own past and learn to help others communicate as well.

Ava is from the Amazon River and has a seeing-eye piranha named Baby. She is given prophetic visions that help her to guide others around her as well as herself.

Becca is from Atlantica (take a wild guess). She is very book smart but not at all street smart. Her journey focuses mostly on learning to be less analytical all of the time and allow herself some selfish indulgences.

Finally, we have Astrid. Astrid is from Ondalina (the Arctic) and is the daughter of the Ondalina leader, Admiral Kolfinn. Her and Serafina are natural enemies because of their kingdoms' long-standing ill-will. She is hot-headed, quick to judge, and brash. But she is also lonely, longs for belonging, and an incredible fighter when she has something to fight for. She also has a secret that would bring shame to her entire family if it got out...

I seriously cannot recommend these books enough! If you have the time, check them out this MerMay (and dm me so I can talk to other people about the series)!

[princessesaphi]

This year I'm drawing bird sirens for mermay !

Starting with Atlantic Puffin/Macareux Moine

[seijorhi]

Are there any themes or tropes that you find interesting but haven't got the chance to try them out/ pour them onto your fics?

Oh absolutely!! I still haven’t really done a proper ‘escaped and being hunted down’ fic, which I wanna do at some point, I’m also a sucker for the reader faking their death only for their yan to realise they’re still alive and living happily without them (unacceptable)

I sort of touched on it a little in tailspin but I really, really wanna do either a reincarnation and/or Groundhog Day-esque fic because those are just endlessly fun.

Also also, I wanna write poor reader stuck as the unwilling third in a super toxic marriage (and also more yan girls in general), just… ugh :))

[karmathehalflander]

More of my GO mermaid AU. I just think they’re adorable.

close up on the faces if you’d like 👇

[loveofbots]

mer! Fort Max and Red Alert trying to befriend a gn human diver? Poor Fortmax doesn’t understand that his size is a little intimidating when reader clings to Red Alert </3 can be platonic or romantic, either will be great :) happy mermay!

I left it up to interpretation as to whether or not this fic is romantic or platonic, sorry for it being so late :]

Warnings: none, just some underwater stuff.

Normally, the two mers would have no interest on humankind. The two legs just were of no consequence to Fortress Maximus and Red Alert. Besides, the two of them were on a very important security patrol!

But all that changed when he saw you. With bubbles rising periodically from the mask on your face. Unfamiliar metal cylinders on your back and fake fins waving in your wake. He watched for awhile, from below. Where he was out of sight. He was glad to see a peaceful diver like yourself. In fact, most divers were good people. He’d seen teams of two legs pick up trash before, or playfully study the fish in the water. Fortress Maximus had to admit, he thought it was cute.

Unfortunately, his lazing around had caught the ever attentive Red Alert’s attention.

“Maximus…” He said in a low tone. It was a warning, one that Fortress Maximus chose to ignore. The large mer swims upwards from the depths, his huge body surging towards the human.

You were minding your own business, not doing anything in particular on this dive, when you felt a disturbance in the water. You couldn’t swim fast enough to get away from the rising sea monster, with red eyes and massive clawed hands. If horror movies were real you were pretty sure you were in one.

As a diver you’re trained not to panic, however whatever training you had is left behind as you thrash in the beasts arms. Desperately trying to get away. Amidst the chaos your mouthpiece comes off. You desperately try to grab it while also kicking your fins off in an attempt to distract the sea creature that was holding your hips securely. This was it. One bad dive and a crazy sea creature later, you’d be in the obituary tomorrow.

Gentle hands grab your sides and pull you away from the two larger ones. Red and white flashes in your fading vision as you feel your mouthpieces come in contact with your face again. You grab it and suck in the much needed oxygen and take a couple deep, calming breaths. The strange, smooth creature holds you. Keeping you still and afloat. It squeals and clicks at you like a dolphin would. It wasn’t a dolphin, your vision returns and you see a face looking back at you. Two pretty blue eyes underneath the water and a red and white colour scheme. An unnatural sense of calm washes over you and the soft white underbelly of this sea creature seems like the perfect place to rest after almost losing consciousness.

“You scared them.”

“I didn’t mean to-!”

“Maximus.” The red mer sighs, giving the human a protective hug in his arms. The rhythmic bubbles telling both of the underwater inhabitants you were alright. “You have to let the humans come to you.” Red Alert understood your fear, he knew what panic was like when disturbed suddenly. The larger mer frowns, backing up just slightly so that the ocean framed his giant form. Nearly three or four times the size of you, the mer was no threat. In fact, his expression seemed to be that of a kicked puppy. A massive, great beast of a sad dog, but a wet beast nonetheless.

“Let them come to you.” Red unfurls his protective fins. Leaving you to tread water. For a second, you think of just swimming away. However it piques your interest that they give you a choice. You look once again at the dim luminescence of the red eyes, slowly paddling your way over to them.

Fortress Maximus twitches, wanting to raise his hand for you to grasp but scared of hurting you at the same time. He knows he’s big and scary. So instead, he tilts his head down for you to make contact. You touch the large fins on his head and are met with a full body shiver from the larger mer. It gives you confidence that such a little action could garner such an intense reaction from the giant.

“Told you.” Red Alert is smirking and Fortress Maximus hates that she’s right. “Just let the two leg explore.”

Fort Max grunts as you make your way down to his face, to you, his sweet and low whale song was mesmerizing. Perhaps less so if you understood the cuss word he called Red Alert.

“Easier said than done.”

Spicer part 2? Lemme know

[thelongestwalk]

i'm probably not going to get this done before mermay ends so here's another wip from my sam/antiope the little mermaid AU

[ishotmydickoff]

[uselessalexis165]

Lyka, but she’s in a modern day setting

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Continuing on with Mermay, I thought it was about time I redrew some of the outfits I made for Lyka if Treasure Planet was set in modern day 💜🧜🏻‍♀️

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Redraw of these:

[theasternautart]

Mermay Mythology

Very quick sketch I threw together for today's Mermay prompt Mythology. Thought it would be cool to do a Siren for this prompt.

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[jennidewdroplet]

i just realised ive never shared my art before, which is sad cause this is an art sharing platform (mostly lol)

i do traditional art tho and i guess my brain is so used to seeing only digital art on here that it automatically assumed i wasnt qualified (which obviously isnt true)

[indigowallbreaker]

Needing to kiss to hide from bad guys - number 17 kiss for leonie x felix?

I'm realizing I've written this prompt for a Felix ship a few times now. It's funny how easy it is to put him in these situations. Also thank you, anon, I love this rare pair <3

[other mermay prompts]

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Leonie was in the market when she heard the whispers. She saw the men herself, striking out with thick hooks and ropes and nets. Her blood ran cold even before she heard the murmurs around her.

"... spotted a mermaid nearby... Foul things... Goddess bless these men and their..."

Tucking away her money pouch, Leonie scrambled away.

Half an hour later, she scrambled back toward town, this time carrying a confused looking merman with dark hair.

"I could've fought them off!" Felix snapped as Leonie skid down a grassy hill. She heard the group of hunters shouting not far behind them and was cursing herself for not thinking to bring something to cover Felix's tail. It would have to be enough that Leonie's bright hair was obscured by a hood. They wouldn't know it was the tanner's daughter that had napped their catch.

"If you had escaped, they would've just got in their boats and chased you," Leonie said. "You're done for once they get a good look at you."

"So what's your plan?"

"Hide you."

"How?"

"Working on it."

Felix grumbled but tightened his hold on Leonie's neck as the sounds of the hunters grew louder again. His tail, midnight blue and speckled with amber, twitched as if aching to swim away.

On top of the hunters at their heels, there was the countdown in Leonie's head to consider. Being Felix's human friend all these months had given her a pretty good idea how long he could survive without water. And that time was ticking away with every step.

Forcing away panic, Leonie pushed into the first storehouse she saw. It was cluttered with crates and barrels. Nets tangled beyond saving were piled in a corner, and rusted tools along one wall were covered in dust. Abandoned storehouse. Perfect.

Leonie placed Felix on a crate and began looking around, quickly locating a threadbare blanket. "What are you doing?" Felix hissed. "They saw a human run this way, they'll check all the buildings on the edge of town first!"

"I know, I know, I know." Leonie threw the blanket over Felix's tail. "Stop moving. If they come in here, follow my lead."

Felix scoffed. "You didn't have a plan six seconds ago. Now you have a lead to follow?"

Leonie shushed him and strained to listen. The crunch of boots on dirt was getting louder, angry voices growing close. Leonie watched the door, hand on Felix's shoulder, feeling him tense as footsteps stopped just outside.

A breath before the door flew open, Leonie pressed her mouth to Felix's.

To his credit, he didn't fumble or push her away. In fact he leaned into the kiss with an ease Leonie wouldn't have expected. He was normally so jumpy when she got too close-- she had assumed he just disliked physical contact. But the way Felix's hand rested on her hip and his head angled to soften the kiss told Leonie she had assumed incorrectly.

"They could be hiding in-- eh?"

Felix pulled back from Leonie, aiming his best glare at the men who had burst into the storehouse. An unnatural glow lit his eyes but the men were too flustered to notice. They grunted excuses and apologies before turning around again, leaving the storehouse door open in their hasty retreat.

Leonie remained in Felix's light hold for a few heartbeats. That glare had yet to leave his face, and Leonie found herself fascinated by the glow. Though his eyes were dark amber, Leonie was reminded of the ocean-- of the copper light cast on the water when the sun sat low in the sky, just before night truly enveloped your boat and torches in town were the only way to find shore again.

Then Felix looked down at her, and Leonie shook those thoughts away. "That did it," she stated.

"Not your worst plan," Felix admitted, his hand sliding off her hip.

"We need to find you water, and a new place to hide."

He hummed in agreement and wrapped his arms around her neck. "Let's get going, then."

Before, in panic, Leonie had scooped Felix up without thought. Now her heart gave a lurch as she held up close again. She forced herself to think about how badly he needed water, how much trouble they were still in. Even in the face of all that-- his arms around her neck and his breath on her cheek were pretty damn distracting.

Standing straighter, Leonie ran out the door, darting in the opposite direction of the hunters.

[redstarfish-art]

Me suddenly realising that, just like last year, this year's Mermay happens in May.

[loveofbots]

I love the way you write misfire so much!!!! I think short fin mako! Misfire is literally perfect for him. Like I'm imaging him accidentally getting stuck on the deck of your boat out at sea.

Also my brain is empty only thinking about giving merformer! Misfire an energy drink for the first time. You let him have ONE sip of your monster and he chugs half the can in one gulp and makes it EVERYONES problem.

The first time you meet the captain of the scavengers is because he begged you to "never do what you did again. I don't know what kind of fish you gave him, or special bubbly land water you put in his mouth, but NEVER do it again. He was like a dolphin after playing volleyball with a puffer fish."

((also on the topic of merformers thinking about Megalodon! Grimlock and banana eel!Spinster.))

maybe the scavengers help fight pollution efforts by picking up litter off the bottom of the ocean. That's how the meet reader!!! Who's diving to pick up litter and nets and fish lines.

Misfire, the precious little boy, the ultimate baby girl, thinks reader WANTS these strange items and gives them to them as courting gifts but reader is OBLIVIOUS to his intentions.

He's the orange cat of the ocean.

Anyway I just thought I'd share my thoughts maybe they'd make you laugh or something

SPINISTER THE BASTARD MORAY EEL???

Also I’m questioning if you did this because moray’s look constantly astonished by something

Spinister-core.

I like that you gave Grimlock the prehistoric shark! I think Megalodon fits his dino ass well.

Scavengers being scavengers and in the process cleaning up the ocean, what a way to get along well with the reader!! This also may mean they have a little mermaid type of misconception about the land world, thinking forks are combs and stuff like that. Instead of the W.A.P. Being a ship of some sort, it could be like a home cave for them. Also nickel is a shrimp. They are sassy and clean creatures that deserve the world.

Also I’m making Crankcase a stone fish for no other reason than the fact they look like this:

Grumpy ass mf