#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?

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[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

[comickergirl]

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

[milenafoxau]

Jami references

Disney Villains Cursed Cafe AU

Mermaid AU

Speedstorm AU

Their pet🐱

[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

[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

[briabooknerd]

[arttsuka]

If your still into Lupin III can you brink back some of your MerLupin AU for mermay?

[catschimericalcreations]

Happy MerMay from Digworthy Marshall the Fiji Mermaid Frankenplushie by Cat's Chimerical Creations!

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[methoxyacetyltryptamine]

little mermaid a$$ reference 💀