#rita/veridia

[mako-and-tails-and-stuff]

Femslash Feb 2024 Day 1

Prompt - Black

Pairing - Rita/Veridia

Words - 393

Rating- G

Everytime Veridia thought she had gotten used to her wife’s habits, something always came up. Whether it was a new cat sitting on the couch waiting for her, the entire house decked out in decor for whatever land holiday was coming up, or her wife’s sudden urges to re-decorate everything.

It was the bathroom last month. Rita had made some comment about how she didn’t like the bathroom paper anymore. Two days later the Mermaid had stripped the entire bathroom and was in the middle of hanging new paper when Veridia found her. It was nice, but the room was perfectly nice beforehand as well.

She had tried increasing Rita’s class load and asked her to help with some of the specialty potions classes to try and minimise these instances but all it lead to was Rita painting the bedroom ceiling to match the wall at 2am. So she gave up.

Today was no exception to the sudden urge to complete a project the exact day she thought of it. The smell of paint hit her as soon she walked in. She found Rita on her knees painting the hallway radiator a shiny black.

“What now?” Veridia asked, leaning against the door frame, she couldn’t stop the amusement creeping in her voice as Rita turned around and stood up. Black shorts splattered in remnants of all projects, and splashed of black paint right down her legs and all over her hand.

“I’m doing the woodwork black. That doorway’s still wet by the way.”

Veridia instantly took her weight off but it was too late, a long black streak now marked her sleeve.

“Sorry?” Rita offered and stepped in to place a kiss on Veridia’s cheek.

“What brought this on?”

“I wanted to paint the hall then decided I wanted black woodwork because I saw some amazing inspiration photos online. I’ve done all the skirting boards, door frames and handrail. Just this radiator now.”

Veridia looked about as Rita listed off each item and sure enough each one was now a satin black.

“You got paint all over you.”

Rita shrugged,” I always do. You fancy helping?”

“I’ll leave you too it. I don’t trust you and paint since you initiated a paint fight.”

Rita laughed, “that was three years ago.”

“And you still have that orange paint on your shorts.”

“So I do.”

[mako-mermaids2021]

Rita Santos Headcanon because why not

- She’s attracted to all genders and she doesn’t do labels.

- Before Harry died she was pregnant, she miscarried due to an accident she had a few weeks later. Which is why she sort of easily takes the role of being a parent of sort to the mermaids.

- Adding to that she actually meet Welian’s parents before they died and she takes a sort of honorary big sister/the fun aunt role towards Welian.

- When given the chance she can party… hard. Surprisingly

- Her best friends after she left the pod are another teacher from Suncoast named Anna Raford and Harry’s little brother Hector.

- She is not mentally healthy… at all.

- During the time travel episode it’s implied that Veridia sent mermaids to try and convince Rita to come back to the pod. She punched two of them in the face because they bugged her more then the ones Veridia usually sent and after the second one where she actually broke the mermaid nose Veridia stoped. Harry and his brother Hector taught her how to throw a good punch.

- Rita has bi-weekly gossip sessions with Hector. He knows all about the mermaids and there antics.

[deafchild2000]

H2O & MAKO Headcanon #25

Just a follow-up to the post below:

So, after so long, I felt like reiterating this long-ago possibility that any young girl who saw or met any of the merpeople would become a mermaid later in their lives.

So after combing through which little girl would fit the bill (aka if the child actresses kept acting) and found the one who fit the billl.

Remember Patty?

The 13-year-old girl stole the toy dolphin from Mimmi, who tracked her to a dolphin enclosure. And after Ondina (recklessly) used her powers in front of her, she and Mimmi got splashed by a dolphin and were forced to jump into the enclosure to transform but unfortunately, Patty saw them and brought a crowd to see them while they hid. Luckily, Sirena saved them by telling the crowd they were wearing costumes. Sadly for Patty, she was upset to see Mimmi and Ondina dried and denied what she saw. But for consolation, she got to keep the toy dolphin, though her mom had to pay for it.

Now, it's 2023, which means plenty of time had to pass for the young girl to grow into a mature-ish, grown woman who understandably never forgot what happened. So, I humbly headcanon and introduce:

Patricia "Patty" King, a 21-year-old, college-bound woman majoring in History and Folklore & Mythology as well as an assistant scuba diver.

How she turned into a mermaid:

7 years after the events of Mako Mermaids, the Mako Pod left for their decennial migration while Zac, Evie, and the others pursued the option of college or alternative interests. While they were gone, divers started coming around the island once more. Patty's boss agreed to do a night dive session for underwater photographers and she went with them during a full moon. However, Patty swam to the base of the volcano and noticed something embedded in the coral. Upon shining a light on it, it revealed to be a crystal of some sort that began glowing a memorizing, blue hue and teleported her into the moon pool. Patty received visions of ancient islanders traversing the land and worshipping the full moon before taking a group of boys and girls down a cave that began to bubble before falling unconscious. She woke up on the beach the next morning, unsure how she got there. Found by her boss, she was returned home and took a shower to wash off the sand and saltwater and you know what happens from there...

However, somewhere over the seas, Nerissa is alerted to an enchanted artifact she created in case any land people ended up in the moon pool (an inevitable fact she became well aware of after meeting Rikki and her friends). She, Rita, and Veridia, along with the council, agreed to send three mermaids to see what happened. Nerissa's daughter, Mimmi, was chosen but was surprised when two other mermaids volunteered: Naia and Ava, Ondina and Rita's former students and current graduates from Merpeople School.

This is how it goes from here. A college mermaid becomes aware that Mako Island has a lot more secrets that bridge between Humans and Merfolk while Mimmi must return to find out who was changed and reverse it. Not to mention, answer the unasked question of why humans and merfolk weren't allowed to interact, to begin with.

Decennial means "over ten years". If mermaid pods are traveling every decade or so, it could explain: How the metamorphosis of Gracie, Louise, and Julia went undetected in the 50s and as well as Cleo Sertori, Emma Gilbert, Rikki Chadwick, and Charlotte Watsford in the mid-to-late 2000s (essentially saying the pod returned in the 60s, left during the 70s and 80s, stayed during the 90s when Zac Blackley was born, and left before in the 2000s.)

[mako-mermaids2021]

now listen. i am a BIG Rita x Veridia shipper. but im not gonna lie, i wanted to see how Rita and Dr Ross were gonna play out.

like imagine they’re on a date. and Ondina screws it up cause of Eric? or maybe Mimmi and Weilan spy on them? It could have been glorious chaos. 

i think mako mermaids would be a lot more bearable if they didn't give a male love interest to every mermaid on this show

[lilolilyr]

Rita × Veridia Moodboard

Inspired by @mako-and-tails-and-stuff's fanfiction about the two mermaids!

[lilolilyrae]

I have a ship-type and it's ~middle-aged women with a tragic relationship backstory where one was gone for a while~

It's literally all of my main ships

Andromaquynh (duh)

Milippa (Prime in fanon, or counting Mirror as 'returning')

HeistWives (Debbie in prison)

Rita/Veridia

Carol/Maria

KahnDax

Clexa

Bering and Wells

...

The being apart/unable to be together for a while part also fits to my non-femslash ships like Stucky, ineffable spouses, ClintCoulson, Kim/Henry, Geraskier...

Like, damn, I have a Type™ xD

& I guess now I know why sometimes even when a ship has really good chemistry, I just don't vibe with it as much, no matter how much content for it I see? It's just missing this very specific type of hurt/comfort potential that I need!

[personal post do not reblog]

[miswitched]

Sorry but why does veridia always have Fuck me eyes

[isimpforher]

Little ranty rant here... so if you ship Rita and Veridia from Mako Mermaids then you probably remember the episode "reunion" aka S:2 E:13. Well if you go to the timestamp 19:25 Veridia looks Rita up and down, that seen just amuses me and I thought if anyone sees this they might like it as much as me.

[incorrectmakomermaidquotes]

Veridia: Hey can someone help me with performing this spell?

Nerissa: Ah, I wish I could, but I don’t want to.

[mako-and-tails-and-stuff]

On Ao3 the most tagged ship for Mako Mermaids is Rita x Verida with 53

The second most tagged is Zac x Evie at 27

There is nearly twice as many Rita x Veridia than Zac x Evie

The most tagged character overall is Rita at 97, then Zac at 64, then Verida at 62. The next most tagged is Mimmi at 49.

I love our community

[mako-mermaids2021]

A half finished oneshot I’ll prob never finish.

“Rita!”

Nerissa spotted Weilan who sat hidden on the floor in front of the grotto entrance, practically shoving her face with instant noodles clearly listening in on the argument she seemed to have walked in on.

“They’ve been going at it all afternoon since she got back from work, Veridia was waiting upstairs.” The teen offered as an explanation, Nerissa nodded her head and stood awkwardly, not sure if she should make her way back the way she came or interrupt to get to the room Rita was letting her stay in. Seeming having caught on to her thoughts, Weilan quickly shook her head and patted the spot next to her on the floor. Before Nerissa was able to make a move the argument continued.

“No Veridia! You can’t just show up and expect me to apologize for something I really don’t think I need to.”

“You left me for that land boy!”

“I was banished before I fell in love with him! Yes, I had feelings beforehand but you have no right to get upset! If you truly did love me or do as you claim to, maybe you should have said something instead of reporting me to your mother!” Nerissa and Weilan’s eyebrows shot up almost in unison. It was obvious there was tension between Rita ad Veridia to almost everyone but the information that was just said came as a surprise. Veridia was the one who reported Rita?

“I thought you would’ve make a different choice at the time. Chose me and the pod over him!” Veridia’s voice was uncharacteristically desperate but whatever she was going top say was cut off with a rather cold laugh.

“Seriously! You really thought I would choose a pod who barely even liked me over someone I could have had a happy life with?! Veridia do you hear yourself! No, you know what? I’m done.”

“Rita-“

“No! You have no right to show up out of nowhere tell me you love me and think I would choose a place that made me miserable over someone that made me happy. I’m done.”

“Where are you going? Rita!” A door slam was the next thing anyone heard. Footsteps began to make there way towards Weilan and Nerissa, who found herself sitting on the floor at some point, and turned invisible at a speed like never before as Veridia unknowingly stormed pass them and into the grotto pool.

“Well. That was fun.” Nerissa simply blinked at the teen.

——

The first thing Nerissa noticed was the strong smell of alcohol coming from her. The second thing was that is was 3:13 in the morning, Weilan attempted to stay up and wait for Rita to get home but Nerissa convinced her to go to sleep and that she would wait although she was 80 percent sure that the teen was in fact still awake.

“Rita”

Rita scowled at her and stubbled her way past Nerissa without another glance and into to the kitchen with the brunette following. Sometimes Rita questioned her decision to let them stay in her home. Especially in moments like this where she really just wanted o finish the Vodka bottle and maybe if she was lucky she could pour some whisky into the coffee she was determined to get

She unceremoniously put the bags on the counter and pulled the whiskey from her cabinet, took off the top to her coffee and poured both drinks into a larger then necessary mug.

“Rita” Nerissa tried again to get her attention and snatched the mug out of her hands.

“What” Rita snapped at her reaching for the mug that was sadly kept out her reach. Why the hell was she so short. She cursed to herself as Nerissa used there height differences to her advantage. “I think you’ve had enough. You should get to bed.”

Christ could this woman get anymore annoying? If she spoke once more Rita considered smashing her head into the wall.

“You have no right to decide when I get to bed Nerissa.” Her name was said in a mocking tone which she ignored. “Its three in the morning.”

“And? Is that supposed to mean something to me?”

“It means you should get to bed.”

“Its a Saturday. I have every reason not to.” Rita attempted once more to reach for the mug but gave up when Nerissa placed it on the other side of the kitchen. Bitch.

“Fine” With a glare Rita pushed her way up the stairs to her room. Although those stairs where making the couch look rather comfy. Once Nerissa appeared behind her though the couch lost its comfiness a d she reluctantly accepted the help to her room.

“I don’t like you.” Nerissa gave no reaction, she knew that. For what reason? She had not clue. But she already knew that information. Rita sat on her bed at stared at Nerissa who placed a glass of water on the nightstand.

[droidmom]

the fact that this should theoretically be the first time veridia goes on land and uses legs but she's so comfortable with it... you could argue it's some requirement for being a council member or something they're taught in case of emergency, but honestly i'm choosing to believe veridia just... spent a few years showing up at rita's place to harass her about her choices

[makomermaidsscreenshots]

[lilolilyr]

Rita/Veridia drabble (100 words) for MerMay and for @mako-and-tails-and-stuff, who dragged me into this ship head first <3

I might write a slightly longer and 3d person POV version of this for ao3 tomorrow, but I thought for now I'd already post what I have!

~

How do you forget someone who used to be your life?

You did everything together.

Shared every moment between yourselves.

How do you forget someone you used to be so close to?

When everything reminds you of her.

Does she ever think back to the old days, too?

You sink deeper into the water, see the shimmer of you tail as you turn your head, and in the dim light think for one moment that it is the shade of her scales instead of your own.

You dive into the depth of the sea, imagines her swimming by her side.

(How do you forget someone who is your life?)

~

My ao3 is lilolilyrae if you want to have a look at my other writing or check whether I've posted the longer version of this yet :)

HD moodboard here

[mako-and-tails-and-stuff]

Mako Mermaids F/Feb Day 8 Grey

Day 8 Grey - Rita/Veridia/Nerissa, 803  words, Rating G

Stormy days were grey days. When the pouring rains and howling winds kept them all shut inside and made surfacing to breathe a dangerous task. Most Mermaids took to their caves and waited it out, safe with their friends and their own little treasures. 

Rita had been one of those Mermaids once, until she came onto land and built her grotto from a dusty old cavern under the house to a literal treasure trove. Treasures, potions, rare fabrics, antiques and anything one could think of to do with the sea.

Sometimes she watched the storms from the safety of the house, watching as the grey clouds engulfed the sky and the Sea mirrored it back, an endless gloom set to swallow the whole world if it was left to its own devices. 

Sometimes she used storms as an excuse to look through her collection. Each storm brought out another old chest she hadn’t looked at in years or sparked up the urge to rearrange and change her displays. She once thought about cataloguing everything but she gave up after she filled the first leather bound tome and had barely scratched the surface on her possessions. 

This newest storm was another opportunity. She’d watched the clouds while she waited for the kettle to boil then retreated down to the grotto where she found Veridia and Nerissa already settled in the lower level. Nerissa lying with her head on Veridia’s lap, the latter sitting closest to the stairs, holding a book in her hands. 

Rita kissed Veridia on the cheek before sipping her tea and deciding which area to start on first.

“Now I feel left out. Everyone’s all paired up but me,” Nerissa joked as she sat up. “Mimmi’s over with Chris, Zac and Evie are at Evie’s house and now you two over here.”

“Aww,” Rita gave Nerissa a gentle kiss on the cheek and lightly cupped her jaw, “Least it gives you time to help with some organising down here while everyone else is busy. Both of you can help.”

“I’m not helping, not after last time. You got annoyed at me for not putting everything back right, I’m going to stay here and read,” Veridia swung her legs up onto the bench in one smooth move, the fabric of her dress rippling like the waves as she did so, “Nerissa do not indulge her either.”

“Nerissa can make up her own mind,” Rita retorted,”and besides, she’s using false facts to get pity.” Rita directed her attention towards the Mermaid in question, “You know you’re one of us Nerissa.”

“If you value your peace and sanity stay here with me,” Veridia warned. 

“How bad can it be?” 

Veridia turned back to her book with a laugh as Nerissa gingerly stood up and followed behind Rita. 

As soon as Rita moved the first target box, it unearthed a cloud of dust almost as big as the storm clouds outside which immediately doused both her and Nerissa near enough head to toe. 

“Veridia was right,” Nerissa coughed, “I never should have helped you.”

Rita just shook the grey dust from her hair. “It’s been a while since this has been moved, a bit of dust is perfectly normal.”

“This is not a bit of dust, this is a literal volcanic ash size pile of dust. It’s all over you and all over me.”

“I warned you two,” Veridia called over, “but Rita never listens and it seems you don’t either Nerissa. Now who’s left out, the only voice of reason left.”

“Hearing her, the voice of reason,” Rita continued brushing dust off before raising her voice to make sure Veridia could also hear, “try getting Ondina to do what you say and then we’ll see who’s the ‘voice of reason’ amongst us.”

“Ondina is perfectly willing to follow instructions,” Veridia said, “the majority of the time.”

“When was the last time she did what you asked? She’s too much like you. Never does as she’s told

“Ondina always does what I ask,” Nerissa added. 

“You’ve got the best friend’s mum thing going on,” Rita replied, “plus Ondina was only here for a week before she left for Shanghai.”

“How about instead of arguing, you two get all that dust cleaned off of you?” Veridia asked. “It’s in both of your hair and all over your clothes and I don’t want it on me.”

“Why not? You’d look cute being all dusty with us,” Rita blew a kiss to Veridia.”

“I’m fine thank you, just clean yourselves up.”

Rita waited until Veridia had gone back to her book before cloaking herself and quietly sneaking up behind the other Mermaid and catching her in a hug. The surprise gave Nerissa enough time to catch Veridia from the front. 

“You two are horrible!”

[droidmom]

like i'm sure veridia had phases of hating rita for abandoning her and feeling worthless because she chose a land boy over the pod her but she was so happy to welcome her back she just had like, a decade of love for her with nowhere to put it ;-;