How did you find your mersona? (Stories)

[SirenGita]

I am discovering mine quite rapidly recently, but oddly perhaps, its due to what i know i DON'T like!

I originally ordered a tail after doing a ton of research on what colors i liked best underwater. However after ordering a bright pink tail (close to those crazy red pops), i got less and less excited and realized that I'm a blue tailed mer.

I had no idea and would have gone with any other color Haha.

I still would have adored my pink tail but due to complications i never ended up getting it, so now I'm looking at much more reasonably priced tails Haha. Every one of them blue or somewhat blue :)

I knew a lot about my sirens appearance but i find out most things this way!

How did you figure out your mersona quirks, likes, or dislikes?

[Trade Winds]

Mine is based directly off me and some...beliefs I have about myself. What I look like (the seahorse) IS me. So there was no thinking. I said oh hey I already look like this, so here I am as a mermaid! But as for tails to swim in, I go for whatever because there is nothing that looks EXACTLY what I look like, even if I make it. If I see a pretty tail or design, I get it cuz I liked it and wanted it. I meld seahorsey into my be-whatever-sort-of-mer-I-wanna-look-like for a unique only-me experience.

[Mermaid Jaffa]

From a packet of my favourite chocolates.

[SirenGita]

I get that Tradewinds :) i have delicate pixie ears that make me wish i could get out more. I'd have pretty perfect cosplay ears ^_^

[Echidna]

My "real self" is sort of an aquatic amphitere, which sometimes also appears as a half-serpentine form.

That's been long established, so the only tricky part for me was to find a swimmable serpent tail and whether to call myself Melusine, Lamia, or Echidna.
Color was also not hard to decide, because many dragons are colorchangers (in addition to shapechangers :D ), and all my favorite colours are pastel, watery, white and silver.

Fun fact: in many cultures, mermaids, serpent spirits and dragons are interchangable!

[SirenGita]

That's so cool! I was beating myself up for making my tail too snakey but I've always had reptiles as an adult lol43657

[Echidna]

that's a cool design!
and there is no such thing as "too snakey" :lol:

I think the serpentine side of mermaids and nixies was swept under the rug gradually because so many folks dislike or fear snakes.

[SirenGita]

Aww thanks ^_^

Probably! I definitely identify with sea snakes vs fish. I was rescaling it and was so sad so thank you I'm keeping the snakey version <3

[Echidna]

totally legit, as traditional merfolk are described as having either a fish's or a snake's tail.

I'd like to see more snake mers, but I realize how hard it is to swim when you can't put some sort of fin in the lower part!