Headdress & Winged Harness designed and made by Rob Goodwin
Costume Design: David Bamber Photographer: Diego Indraccolo Ballerina: Ksenia Ovsyanick
oh wow. you can’t even see her eyes and you still feel the attitude. ”I’m hot stuff and i know it… bring it on!”
In mythologies where mermaids do get to walk, the cure is often framed as a tragedy because it’s short term, and they’ll have to return to their helpless flippered state at the end of the night, or day, or week. This frames the mermaid’s own body as a problem; it’s the body that is the tragedy, because it doesn’t fit on land and doesn’t belong there, and the mermaid must pretend to be something she is not in order to capture her love interest or save the day or whatever she is doing on land. At the same time, her body is an object of mystery and awe because of its alien and unusual nature.
It is rare to see the flip side of the story, with a mermaid’s love interest drawn underwater and tormented by the limitations of a body designed for land. There is some inherent gendering, here. Since mermaid stories are often heterosexual and mermaids are usually female, the love interest is typically male. We do not see men floundering in the ocean or struggling with breathing systems so they can be with their loved ones. Instead, it is the mermaid who must sacrifice to be on land if she wants to pursue her true love.
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From s.e. smith at This Ain’t Livin’
I have never wanted to write mermaid fic more in my life.
(via courtneystoker)
This is fascinating and accurate. And interestingly, it casts a highly cheesy and mediocre 80s movie in a rather ground-breaking light. At the end of the movie Splash it is Tom Hanks who gives up his life on land to be with mermaid Daryl Hannah, and iirc (it’s been 30 years, almost, since I saw it) almost dies in the process.
(via elysium-fic)
Once upon a time, I drabbled a fic idea, where the man follows the mermaid underwater, becoming a mer-person. The mermaid isn’t interested in him in the slightest, and he has to work his ass off to win her heart. In the end? They both die. *is kinda twisted…*
(via soiscrewedmycompanions)
I don’t see it this way. mainly becasue in fictional tales where mermaids have to go through these trials is because they are the ones that see a guy and then fall in love. the guy doesn’t even know of their existence, so its up to them to make that first step. there are also plenty of fairytales and myths, where its the guy who has to do all the doing, because the guy is the one who falls in love. so its up to him to make the moves. and sometimes you get stories where both characters take turns. and then there’s Selkies, who can be either gender, and stories generally end badly when their chose partner doesn’t accept them for who they are.
if i remember correctly, in case of mermaids is also a case of “who is the magical creature that has access to necessary spells? it certainly aint the prince. I always thought that the tragedy of the little mermaid was not her body. it was selfless unrequited love and just plain bad luck that he got rescued by another beautiful girl
“Tell Father I have gone to make him proud.”
“He was always proud of you, Sebastian. And he loves you fiercely. Believe that.”
“I mean to give him a better reason than mere birth.”He’d gotten used to the teasing. Though being compared to a pilot whale was, perhaps, a bit worse than usual. They made fun of the armor, the belt buckle, the shine. No one ever asked him why he wore it though. Why, once he’d left the Chantry, he hadn’t left the armour behind as well.
Perhaps they could tell he wouldn’t have answered, would have simply deflected, or smiled, or rolled his eyes, depending on how blunt the question.
It had been a present, after all. The only time he’d received a gift directly from his father’s hands, accompanied by a smile and clear eyes. A set of armour, chosen for him, in recognition of his accomplishments, his vows.
Pride, just once, priceless and precious, and never to be forgotten.
ah, if I don’t have a comment on a post, or if isn’t something with a time limit, I queue everything. That way I don’t spam lots of things all at once if I find a bunch in a row I like. *shrugs*
it makes perfect sense! I’m just already confused with all the tumblr options, so if i end up spamming sometimes? sowwy!
oh.. that’s a good idea… and probably explains why every time i reblog something for specific people, they never see it :P they just don’t scroll down far enough, because i posted it at a wrong time :P but at the same time.. it just sounds so complicated… deciding when to post something, arranging it and stuff. hitting reblog on the other hand - weeee, done >_>
what can i say.. i’m just that lazy :P
became the boss of iron man
good
went on a date with Phil Coulson
DID WE EXCHANGE CAPTAIN AMERICA TRADING CARDS???
is actually the child of…Nick Fury
FUCK. YES.
Went on a date with Bruce Banner. Ha, see that tumblr dash? I lived the dream.
Went to prom with Black Widow. GO ME.
(My 2yo, someday, is apparently going to save the world with Thor. <3 )
formed a band with Nick Fury O_O do we sing “go the fuck to sleep” ?
my husband on the other hand - created new world with Phil Coulson… traitor.. unless of course, my band is invited to play there :P
More work on the cabin. The good part is that it’s starting to get to a point where I could use it in actual scenes with characters. The bad part is that with as many as 61 lights, 3ds now has to spend about or over 10 seconds prepping lights before it can actually render the scene.
Bit darker than the in-game one due to Unreal calculating secondary light sources when it packs a level and I don’t actually do that because it’s pretty heavy calculation-wise, and I’m hesitant to use ambient lighting because I still want the shadows dark.
I love the little personal touches, the picture and coffee machine,… and yes, the Mako :P
are those fishes in a tank? they look kinda scary and piranha like /cower
Silent Honeymoon Scream!!
Oh…
That sounds dirty.
Soloman Love-Me Beam
Silent La Smoking Shaking.
That sounds… I don’t even know.
Crescent Wide Surprise?
it sounds like I went on an all night Hostess binge and was surprised to wake up with a giant ass.
Dark Healing Inferno.
…that is actually pretty badass >=D
Sparkling Honeymoon Inferno!
Galactica La Smoking Mandala!
I…I guess I’m an Animate. Noooooooo. ;___;
Dark Healing Rhapsody
Cool~
Lilith Aqua Mandala
…oh, okay.
Silent Aqua Kiss!
…that’s actually kinda cool-sounding.
Burning Fusion Inferno!
…A fire attack?
Shine Violin Healing Kiss!
Does kissing people with a violin mean it’s really just a metaphor for bashing them over the head with one?
Yes, Kuki, I think it does, and that makes your attack freaking wicked! XD
“Sparkling Healing Pressure!” <—Iiiiiiiinteresting……
bubble healing inferno O_O (or if you go by name I actually use - Star healing inferno. still… wut O_O)
is that… a black widow plush???? /dies :D :D :D
