Mermen?

[yakalskovich]

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[silveraspen]

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.

FWIW.

[corchen]

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!

[yakalskovich]

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.

[corchen]

Very much more interesting. Maybe the men are used as a vector, somehow, or have some other part to play in mermaid society, other than as studs?

[yakalskovich]

Vector in what way, though?

[corchen]

Yes, I was wondering about that. Maybe mermaids reproduce asexually, but need an incubator for their young? So the males are similar to seahorses in that way?

[yakalskovich]

Or the roles of the men that were kissed by mermaids and live with them in the sea might be teachers of human affairs: - they get to tell the little mermaids stories about life above the surface and human customs and so on so they know what they're dealing with when they're grown up enough to interact with humans.

That would leave the possibilities of both the second and/or the third option still open.

[corchen]

That's a rather fun idea - especially given how much fun the less trope-tastic ideas are.

[yakalskovich]

I can imagine the face a 'chosen' sailor makes when he realises that 'his' mermaid is a male...

Or the story cross-dressing, runaway-to-sea girl falling in with the mermaids...

So many possibilities. So many plotbunnies. So many avenues for Tamara to explore when I get her...

[corchen]

::grin:: I can tell that you're going to have fun with this one...

[yakalskovich]

So much fun. You should have a Millicharrie she can meet...

[corchen]

I've been thinking about it. As you no doubt guessed...

[yakalskovich]

Yes I did -- your resurfacing can sometimes mean you have ideas...

[corchen]

Or just a terrible urge to rp!

[yakalskovich]

Milliways apps are open one more day. Of course, there is always Mixed Muses if you just want to RP for RP's sake.

[corchen]

quick! to the app! ;)