#mermaid encounters

[sohannabarberaesque]

Imagine the responses of The Banana Splits to Peter Potamus' query about how they would respond to a lovesick mermaid as was swimming towards them while diving

[Which is something Peter Potamus is fond of asking, considering his diving background. And all in good fun, too] BINGO: "What's there for a gorilla to do with a mermaid, to begin with, let alone hug her out of a juvenile sort of curiosity?" DROOPER: "I never had much learning to begin with, but I'd certainly play along with whatever she had in mind. Esepcially swimming with her." FLEEGLE: "How could I resist her charms?" SNORKY (via Drooper): "I'd just play along with her desires, even if they're sexually-minded."

[sohannabarberaesque]

You can hardly imagine what The Banana Splits could be stumbling across in their journeys in The Cool Bus of theirs as they reclaim their otherwise ill-sorted name and repute.

[flammedoudoune]

Just remembered this french cartoon from when I was a kid, about a pirate family.

Two things I remember from it.

1. These two guys had a homoerotic rivalry

2. Pirate milf

[mwolf0epsilon]

I know I made a poll to pick which of these AUs I'd doodle, but after a long while I decided I wanted to draw all of them anyway.

In order we have:

Tatooine Odd Encounters AU Cody holding Lil Luke;

Superhero AU Fox showing off his shadow powers;

Cabur Kad'edee AU Rex sulking because he's angy;

Mermaid AU Hardcase puffing himself up for funsies;

Species Swap AU Echo reacting to a cursed GIF Fives sent him;

Eel Side of the Moon AU Fives doing his angry wiggles of doom;

Transformation AU Dogma experiencing static brain disease;

Umbaran Pathogen AU Tup trotting about anxiously;

Werewolf AU Kix being put in the cone of shame for his crimes;

Forceful Intervention AU Jesse having a catastrophic meltdown.

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[zeeckz]

[rayadraws]

Mertober 4/31 prompt ”sweets”.

Leader has brought strange land food

[ayyy-imma-ninja]

Did mer boys ever run afoul with humans before? When they were smaller and or when they were bigger?

Oh absolutely.

They’ve been captured before, as juveniles.

Moon was pulled onto a boat when he got tangled in a net.

Out of anger and fear, Sun sunk the ship to free his brother. He tore holes into the hull and leapt aboard, attacking any humans who tried to hurt Moon.

Both escaped with a few new scars from spears.

The boat was 40 feet, and the juveniles were roughly 15 feet.

[draxomoriatic]

Couple more cookie run ocs!

Rainbow Abalone is a descendant of the long gone House Abalone, and is a kind and gentle individual whose trying to make ends meet down in Choco Mud Town. He was given old logs that once belonged to Abalone Cookie where he read about the cookie's tales (and all of his misdeeds as well) Rainbow Abalone wants to one day have a ship of his own and research marine life. Though for now he just does all sorts of odd jobs to make sure he and his little kid are fed and healthy.

Whole Salt Cookie is a little orphan that Rainbow Abalone essentially adopted and is the reason for their fascination for the sea. They have a natural skill when it comes to navigating waters, and they like to go out on a tiny kayak and fish in the open sea. They are always able to make it back home just fine (though the first few times almost gave Abalone a heart attack). Whole Salt Cookie has made all sorts of marine friends during these fishing trips, though they have yet to tell their adoptive dad about them.

[starlit-mansion]

it's kind of wild that jessie gender used the word transandrophobia in a youtube video. i've never seen that happen before. people gotchaing you know who for blatantly misgendering rebecca sugar and nate stevenson was the most callout of actual transmasc or afab transneutral erasure i've seen from the video essay space in memory, and even that was mostly just to pad out the callout post

[simvanie]

7 Sins Legacy - generation 3 (sloth)

I think the mermaid's lullaby was so enchanting that it even made Cedia forget that she actually saw a mermaid and probably thought that it was a dream.

explore the beach cave ✔

discover buried treasure

[clairedelune-13]

This is so precious 🥹

[simphic]

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Late nights/early mornings as a soon to be Marine Biologist

Yas had the sudden urge to just go and check on the work they've been doing around Mua Pel'am...mind you it's their off day. Anywho, clearly it's being maintained by other fellow conservationists #duh because there wasn't much to do. However she did analyze some samples & explore the cavern again.. and met some friendly mermaids?

[authortango]

Sympatry of Mermaid Kind

Word Count: 773

Themes: mermaids, fantasy, urban fantasy

@flashfictionfridayofficial

Aegaea’s head bobbed on the surface of the water, watching a crowd of tourists and locals alike gather around their little town’s dock. Just like them, she watched in wonder and awe, transfixed by the woman in the water.

Aegaea had seen her perform once before, and had frequently visited the docks since that first sighting. The performance perplexed and excited her. This woman had a tail, like her own - but it wasn’t completely fused at her waist. This woman also wore the cloth covering of the human folk around her chest - a habit that Aegaea had never seen among her own people.

Aegaea longed to get closer to the woman, to ask her so many questions. How far away was her colony? How far did she have to swim to get here? Why did she perform for the humans? What did she gain from their attention?

Eventually, the crowd dispersed, a few people mingling or stopping by to take pictures with their flashing rectangles. Aegaea swam slowly closer, nervous to approach the other mermaid, as well as drawing attention from the human folk. But her desire to know more about this other species of mermaid caused her to inch forward.

However, before she could get closer to this strange creature, the other mermaid hoisted herself onto the dock, and began fiddling with one of those large cloth bags some of the humans carried around. As Aegaea paused to watch her, to her astonishment the mermaid pulled out one of those flashing rectangles the humans always had! How had she managed to get one? How did it still work if she carried it with her in the water? Even Aegaea knew that the rectangles didn’t work in the water.

Circling closer again, her curiosity too great to keep her away, Aegaea got close enough to the dock that she could see the other mermaid much clearer than before. Her face was round, and her fingers were flat - not pointy at the ends, no fins adorning the side of her face. No gill slits marked her neck - in fact her skin was unmarked completely, aside from the tiniest of dark spots that lay on her brown skin. Her hair was not collagen, but rather a large, dark mass, turned stringy from her time in the water. And her tail…

There was something odd about her tail. It was adequately shiny, this was true, but the scales seemed large - but perhaps this was the mark of her species. There were no extra fins to boost her speed in the water, and her tail fin was completely opaque. Aegaea imagined that she must have to be very strong to propel herself through turbulent waters.

The other mermaid hadn’t noticed her yet, and Aegaea wasn’t sure how to approach her without startling her. She circled the dock a few more times as the mermaid tapped on the rectangle. Her heart nearly leaping out of her chest, she mustered all her courage together and swam close enough to tap the mermaid on the fin.

As soon as she touched the other mermaid, both creatures jumped, startled by the presence of the other. Aegaea was horrified by the way the other mermaid’s tail felt - not nearly as firm as her own tail, and too soft to protect the other mermaid from predators. Who had taken her protective shell? Was she soft-shelled by nature?

Though Aegaea had tried not to startle her, the other mermaid jumped as well, her rectangle flying out of her hands and into the water with a deep plop. Both mermaids watched it sink for a moment before, mortified, Aegaea dove after it. The water around the docks was murky, the object almost completely disappearing from sight as it sank deeper into the muck. Aegaea swam faster, and desperately reached out her hand into the silt that floated around her, until her fingers grasped the cool, smooth surface of the device.

When she resurfaced again, the other mermaid just gaped at her, stunned. Aegaea timidly placed the rectangle on the dock before placing some distance between her and the other mermaid. Aegaea felt shame tingle in her scales - she was certain she had ruined her chance to establish contact with this other mermaid that fascinated her so.

The other mermaid said something garbled that Aegaea couldn’t understand, but caused her to look up. The mermaid on the dock was holding something out in her hand - a piece of dry food - and offering it to Aegaea. Aegea took the offering, her heart leaping with sudden joy. Maybe she hadn’t ruined her chance at cross-cultural friendship after all.

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[sleepinglionhearts]

fuck it we ball time to post my "I'm reading the pirate manga and thinking about mermaids" silly little OC

[floorpancakes]

there's smth so fucking wild abt 🏹 being like ride or die at first sight and determined to help 🐣 and 🐣 seeing 🏹 and being like no i am gonna randomly attempt to start a fight with you in the hallway in front of multiple people solely because you didn't pass the vibe check