Yes, absolutely. I'll have to do something about mermaid society. They're not just fish, they're people. That means they teach their kids, they don't just leave them to the waves and their instincts. Hence, the idea of mermen caring for the young mermaids like sea horse males. On the other hand, nothing says that anything that seems like a female human for mimicry purposes (the sailors are MALE, after all) actually needs to BE female.
One interesting detail I noted in the story as told in the film was that accounts differed among the sailors as to whether the mermaids killed the sailors they stole or not...
... and the difference I observed seemed to be that in order to survive, a sailor had to ask and be the recipient of an actual kiss (Philip & Syrena/Sirena), not merely following the lure of one.
Also, a mermaid's kiss seems to confer not just the ability to survive underwater, but long life as well - the sailor they find at the very beginning of the film had obviously been living with mermaids since his ship ended up on that cliff... I have been unable to decide if he died because he'd been fished up, either - does the mermaid's kiss mean you choose life under water and give up life above water? Just my two penn'orth!
I'll have to look into that when I see the movie again -- at some stage next week, in 3D in the big technically advanced cinema near where the Nazgul lives. If that is the case, then everything points towards option number one, which would be a pity. As Ashie pointed out, the other two are much more interesting.
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I'll see what I'll pick when I start playing her and that question pops up...
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... and the difference I observed seemed to be that in order to survive, a sailor had to ask and be the recipient of an actual kiss (Philip & Syrena/Sirena), not merely following the lure of one.
FWIW.
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