#mermaid's curse

[nanabansama]

Hi! so I was just wondering about Nene and Hanako! you know that Nene is a ningyo and the story says that her husband grew old and died and she lived a long life ! Do you think something like that can happen in the story? If Hanako can be human again and they get married or something like that !?

Hi! You must be talking about the story Yao Bikuni. Yes, in that story a girl eats the flesh of a ningyo (Japanese term for a half-human, half-fish creature) and becomes effectively immortal. She stays young and marries several men over the course of multiple centuries, but after seeing so many of her husbands and friends die she becomes a Buddhist monk. Then she travels the land helping others and planting camellia trees before eventually she perishes in a cave at 800 years old.

Some fun similarities to the story of TBHK are that a girl eats part of a mermaid, said girl lives EIGHT hundred years while Yashiro's last name infamously contains the kanji character for 8, and that the girl in the story is connected to the camellia, a commonly recurring flower in TBHK and one heavily associated with Hanako/Amane in particular. Indeed, when you examine all of this together, it's hard to imagine that AidaIro wasn't a bit inspired by this story.

To answer your question, I think it's possible that things could end up like you say. But just eating the flesh is what made the girl from Yao Bikuni immortal, while all eating a scale did for Nene was give her the ability to turn into a fish and bind her destiny to Hanako's. Optimistically we could take this to mean Nene will be saved from her premature death and that somehow, the Mermaid's Curse means that Hanako can't leave her and they get to live happily ever after...but considering the story of TBHK already contains several differences from Yao Bikuni, I wouldn't be surprised if things take a darker turn.

On the other hand, Yao Bikuni is still quite tragic since the girl has to watch all of her friends and family die while she stays forever young, not so dissimilar from a ghost...so maybe cursing Nene to such a fate is still somewhat dark in itself. Considering Hanako also ate the scale of a ningyo, though, maybe he would be her sole companion? That would be more bearable. :)

Thank you for the ask! I actually didn't know about this story beforehand and had fun picking it apart. Maybe you guys have other theories of what could happen based on the Yao Bikuni story?

[goldenkid]

'there's something so bad the tardis ran away' as if the tardis doesn't run away all the time. like the tardis lands feels bad vibes and fucks off till the end of the episode. one time the tardis dematerialised because she didn't like a mermaid. the stakes do not have to be high

[jeypawlik]

OKAY! SO for the last 2 and a half years I was brought on as the character artist for this game and today it's OUT on your platform of choice!

Here's the trailer~

It feels so good to have it out in the world! Shoutout to my art director @shelandsorcery who is SUCH a joy to work with, along with the whole @bloomdigital team!

We're all so proud of this game and I hope y'all enjoy it because I had a great time drawing these characters.

[l3ominor]

Petty sure this is how their relationship goes XD

[milenafoxau]

Jami references

Disney Villains Cursed Cafe AU

Mermaid AU

Speedstorm AU

Their pet🐱

[comickergirl]

The full illustrated list! Of Shoujo/Josei titles I read/enjoyed in 2024!

[cursedfallingmoon]

👑. Switched Disney OCs! | A masterlist

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👑. Switched Disney Intro

💤. Rory || Genderbent Sleeping Beauty: PT. 1

🐠. Adrien || Genderbent Little Mermaid: PT. 1

🍂. Aksel || Genderbent Anna: WIP

🐻. Murray || Genderbent Merida: PT. 1

🌹. Beau || Genderbent Beauty: WIP

🐉. Ping || Genderbent Mulan: WIP

🐭. Elias || Genderbent Cinderella: PT. 1

❄️. Ezra || Genderbent Elsa: WIP

🐯. Jalal || Genderbent Jasmine: WIP

🍎. Micah || Genderbent Snow White: WIP

🎨. Rhys || Genderbent Rapunzel: WIP

[maudiemoods]

MERRMAYYYY!! Yay redesignsssss

No blue background under cut

I really love them 🥹

[soup-du-silence]

hey read this jamikali mermay ficlet by @thatgirlonstage right now

[marbit-enthusiast]

I drew this back in April based off the wonderful @strawberrys-starship's mermaid AU, but I thought I'd post it for Star Trek Day!

[snobgoblin]

unfort birds and snakes don't have ears or i would've done more but this was fun

[artsbytawari]

T'was not in fact mermaid month But you know what that's fine It is always a fine month for Mermaids :3

[enchantments-galore]

Jon M. Chu should have directed The Little Mermaid (2023). He would have known how to support and elevate Halle Bailey in the role of Ariel and how to create a colorful and spectacular fantasy musical movie around her, with all the extravagant costumes and whimsy that it should have had.

[methoxyacetyltryptamine]

little mermaid a$$ reference 💀

[maclanahan--mermaid-comics]

Cursed from being bad at [Making Sandwiches]

[lennsart]

Most of the wips I write these days can be summarized by "Legend gets hurt in fucked-up ways, and then he gets hugs" :)

(I'm fine shhh)

But I had this sitting in my drafts, and it's like the comfort part to a hurt/comfort, except I didn't like the hurt part, so posting this probably doesn't make sense, but.. I just wanted the boys to hug

Context + snippet under the cut !

Basically, Legend has been abducted for ransom (I think it was inspired by a whumptober prompt) and he didn't have a stellar time there. The rest of the chain rescues him, but they're worried he'll wake up confused at night, so they decide to watch over him. And they're supposed to take turn, but they all kinda end up sleeping next to him :)

Have this little Four POV that I quite like and feels like it can be posted without context :

Four expected to see two people in the room. One awake, that he would be about to replace, and the other asleep, that he would watch.

He hadn't expected three sleeping dudes.

He had to pause and go back to the hallway to laugh, muffling his chuckles in his sleeve. Of course Sky would have wanted to hug Legend and would have fallen asleep. Of course Hyrule would have let them, and promptly fallen asleep as well.

When he came back in and carefully closed behind him, he noticed with fondness that Legend, at least, looked perfectly content. He was sleeping on his back, Sky hugging his right arm, and he held Hyrule's hand with his left.

The traveler was mostly on the ground, head and arms on the mattress. Four winced ; that couldn't be comfortable.

Alright, he gave up (as if he hadn't as soon as he noticed them). He'd watch them three sleep, if only to gush about how cute they were tomorrow.

(He hoped Wind would bring his pictobox for his turn of watch in the morning.)

He got on Hyrule's side, and gently nudged him. This one hummed sleepily.

" - Shh, don't wake them up. " Four whispered. " Hop in.

- What...? " the traveler asked in confusion.

Four bit back a laugh at how asleep he sounded.

" - Get in the bed. " he ordered.

Hyrule may not really understand what was happening, but he didn't need to be told twice. He climbed in, wincing when he moved his legs, and abandoned Legend's hand to hug his waist, resting his head on his stomach.

The veteran softly hummed, but didn't fully wake up.

Four sat on one of the scarce empty spots of the bed, giggling to himself. He was happy that this watch had taken such a sweet turn ; he had expected to get lost in his own mind, trying to understand how they could have let one member of their group go through that. 

...

Instead, he had three sleepyheads cuddling, and he would trade for nothing in the world.

The last free spot on the mattress, above Hyrule and next to Lege, was probably too small for someone to sleep there.

...Well. He was small too, and mostly slept curled up anyway.

But, no ! He had decided he'd stay awake. No matter how comfortable those three looked, no matter how much he'd like to hug the vet, too, he would fulfill his mission.

Legend's hand opened and closed in his sleep, and he extended it further. Four blinked, and reached with his left hand. 

In a second, he was trapped, Legend satisfied with the hand he found and holding tight onto it.

...

Alright, that wouldn't be comfortable to stay sitting in this condition. Plus Legend looked like he wanted the smith to stay, and his goal had always been to watch for him, right ?

He curled up in the little free spot, his hand still in Legend’s, and definitely did not fall asleep in a matter of minutes.