Icon from a picrew by grgikau. Call me Tir or Julian. 37. He/They. Queer. Twitter: @tirlaeyn. ao3: tirlaeyn. 18+ Only. Star Trek. Sandman. IwtV. OMFD. Definitionless in this Strict Atmosphere.
Another mermaid to throw up on here really quick before Mermay is over~!! 💕 This lovely definitely took the longest so far, surprise surprise~ 😂 This one is based on the praying mantis~!
Iconic seafarer beards became a trend to scare away pesky mermaids.
Mermaid, seeing a bald pirate: Zero threat…! Mermaid, seeing a hairy, bearded pirate: If I get too close their face tentacles will eat me…!
Most mermaids only grow short beards as not to scare baby mermaids (longer beards look like the tentacled mouths of hungry squids and octopuses).
Pirates use this innate fear to their advantage to protect themselves from mermaids, hence the iconic beards and hat:
I like how this is presented as factual information
I actually figured that a mermaid’s hair was an extremely specialized first dorsal fin.
If you look at the structure of a fin, it actually separates into sections. In some fish, these sections can get extra long, in the form of stiff spines or soft, flexible rays. You can see this most prominently in species like the lionfish:
❤️💛💚💙💜 TA-DA!! Here’s my contribution to Pride month!! If you’d like to see any other flags/mermaids just message me and I’ll add them on here!! Requests will be taken all through pride month!!
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*edit: now including lesbian, placiosexual, demisexual, and aromantic flags*
