OMG! I'm a Mermaid!

[Alveric]

(I've been meaning to do this for some time, but have been distracted.)
An exercise in imagination.
Anyone familiar with my work knows it's about a woman who suddenly finds herself turned into a mermaid. What if it happened to you? How would you deal with it? What about family and friends? Would you abandon your old life for the sea? Would you truly be happy, or would the reality be a bitch?

[Gem Stone]

I would be entirely shocked at first and extremely happy, until I realized that I will never go to another party in my life. But I think I can live with that, parties are just parties anyway. Um, I wouldn't give up my family and half of the, live literally next to or on a body of water so I could just swim up to say hi. I would have to learn to like sushi ;). I would Definately have my family get me something to defend myself against the ocean predators and (if I have gills) I would have to spend most of my time deeper under water because I burn easily. Im pretty sure I would mess with fishermen for fun. Swim with e dolphins. Ask people for fruit. Knock surfers off their boards. I would have a seashell collection, shark tooth collection, sea glass collection, and old junk collection. I would go check out sunken ships when I find them. But I would also draw in the sand at night just to see who sees it during the day. I would also travel up and down the coast to see all the different places

[babsannee]

I would never give up my life on land! I am still half human. My family is so important! I would figure out some form of wheel chair that is mermaid accessible. BUT I would spend more time in the water. What a perfect excuse to live by the beach! But my family is all here. I would continue my normal life as best as possible, and just be a little more unique on land/awesome in the water. I would be a shore-maid!

[Merman Chris]

As long as I stayed with my Mermaid, I would be fine with it.

[New York Mermaid]

I love my hubby, I want him to grab my birds, and buy a big boat to follow me.

I would swim with pods of whales and dolphins, learn about them as much as I can and their mirgatory routes, ask if they've seen bigger and weider types of whales and dolphins (im sure they have) Follow and learn about beaked whales, maybe swim down to the depths and see if i can find a giant squid or maybe a colossal squid. Man I would be in cetacean research heaven!!

I would also see if i could find more issues which are plauging the oceans that humans havent noticed yet, I would also help whales and dolphins and other animals who are caught in nets.. Theres so much I would do..

[Mermaid Marissa]

I would be entirely shocked at first and extremely happy, until I realized that I will never go to another party in my life. But I think I can live with that, parties are just parties anyway. Um, I wouldn't give up my family and half of the, live literally next to or on a body of water so I could just swim up to say hi. I would have to learn to like sushi ;). I would Definately have my family get me something to defend myself against the ocean predators and (if I have gills) I would have to spend most of my time deeper under water because I burn easily. Im pretty sure I would mess with fishermen for fun. Swim with e dolphins. Ask people for fruit. Knock surfers off their boards. I would have a seashell collection, shark tooth collection, sea glass collection, and old junk collection. I would go check out sunken ships when I find them. But I would also draw in the sand at night just to see who sees it during the day. I would also travel up and down the coast to see all the different places

I think I'd do pretty much the same thing haha i would have a triton to defend myself hahaha I already love sushi and most seafood (I love most food except meats XP) I would mess with sailors haha and I dont burn so I could explore the sea as I please (except I live by a lake....) I think I would be find as long as I had at least one mer friend (I'm a very social creature :lol: ) I would miss my life on land and maybe I could be like Aquamarine and Madison and only stay for a few days at a time! XD I would also keep something like a knife to cut turtles, sharks, dolphins and other sea creatures out of nets.

My friend just told me she would build a castle out of coral and invite everyone from mernetwork to live there XD

[Prince Calypso]

i'd have to go with the flow. i love my family but beauty that's awes and frightens. a voices that can enchant and call storms. the power and strength and Majesty of it all. sure i would miss my family but they can move to a beach front dammit. ive wanted to be a real mermaid for as long as i could form a coherent thought

[MermaidRaegan]

Hmmm..... do I have legs on land?

[Alveric]

@Mermaid Reagan: Nope, that would be too easy. You could have it all that way.

@Everymer: Secondary question, who would you really want to see changed with you? Mates and spouses of course, but who else?

[LindseyLu]

Wow...this is a tough question if you really think about it! No legs on land huh? Hmmm....too bad, if I could have legs I would join some sort of traveling circus or carnival, this way I could hide the fact that I was really a mermaid. I think if people found out one would be shipped to some scientific research facility in a heartbeat! But with no legs, I guess I would take to the sea. My loved ones could always buy a house at the coast to stay close to me! :)

[SweeteSiren]

I used to think I would give up land without a second's hesitation, but as I thought about it, I realized that even though I could turn my back on most of modern life with no problem, there are a lot of little things that I would really miss. Things like chocolate. And hot bathwater. And maple trees. And the sound of the piano.
It would be almost impossible to leave my kids though, so I would love it if they transformed with me. My daughter & I go to the pool & play like sea otters - it would be so much more fun to do that with real tails!

[MermaidRaegan]

If I could be a H2O style mermaid, I'd do it in a heartbeat. But full on? That would be harder. I'd miss things like music, hot coffee, ice skating, etc. And I would of course miss the bigger stuff like the internet, indoor plumbing, parties, etc. I imagine that living in the ocean would get a little lonely at times, especially after having a human life. But.. it would still be kinda cool.

As you stated, it's a given that I would want to bring my mate with me. I could live with only short visits to my extended family, since I already do, but I would really miss my parents and siblings. My Mom and stepdaddy are two of my absolute favorite people in the world, right next to my best friends. They've been better siblings to me than my own siblings at times ( I am, literally, the red-headed step child, lol! XD) and I can't imagine dealing with the big bad ocean without them. I'm very much a pod fish, so swimming solo would not work out well for me.

[Mermaid Miel]

I would want my Family and my beloved to be merfolk with me... but they wouldnt want that!
I'd be ecstatic, swimming in the sea and singing praise to the lord for my transformation but such a transformation would negatively effect my relatives work/life.
My Beloved would be miserable.. their is no cars, TV, computer games or wrestling shows underwater. So he'd be pretty bored. :rolleyes:

If I had to choose, I'd definetely make my lil brother a merman. Then I would point out that the only mischeif for him to wreak underwater would be in targeting the japanese whaling fleets and disabling their motors. :lol:

[Lyna]

if i could run off into the sea knowing i would never again be on land, but was fully adept to living in the water ie:gills and natural ability to catch food....eff yes i would go!!! omg are you kidding me? yea.

[spottedcatfish]

I would do it, but it would be really lonely... as I would be the only mermaid out there.

[Lyna]

nope. i'd be there too. i love san diego. i'll totally go live in the pacific. that's where i'm from.

[Joy&RaptorsUnrestrained!]

I think I would accept the opportunity if offered, even if it meant I couldn't shift back and forth. I'd be really worried about pollution, though (it's bad enough what happens to fish, what would happen if I got some of that filth inside of me?) and there's several other questions I'd need to ask, including...

1. Aside from swimming and probably breathing underwater, what other powers would I have? Animal communication? Weather and water control? An enchanting song? The ability to survive the pressure and cold of the deepest parts of the ocean? Hydromorphic powers?

2. Am I (and whomever I'd choose to join me) the only merfolk out there, or are merfolk coming out of the woodwork (the waterworks?) worldwide, not unlike the vampires in true blood? And are merfolk supposed to keep themselves secret or reveal themselves to the world?

3. Would I smell like a fish? That might prevent the "wheelchair" method of moving on land from being a workable solution.

I would miss books a lot, if I had to spend most of my time in the water, and I'd really miss the ease of transportation and human food. I think that while soft beds are nice, though, it would be fun to curl up beneath the water and doze off. It would take me some time to get used to thinking in six directions, though. I would probably make myself pretty visible, if only to awe and inspire others (and bask in the attention). I'm not currently dating anyone, and while some of my friends might like the opportunity to be mermaids or mermen, I'm not sure any of them would be interested in giving up the perks of being human, and the same goes for my family. So I probably wouldn't bring anyone with me... but I might want to reserve the right to convert others later on.

[MerEmma]

Full on? I don't think I would do it. Open ocean scares me. I would rather be H2O style/be able to control it.

[Mermaid Lorelei]

I have to say yes, but only if my fiance changed with me. I would die if I was completely separated from him. If he could come with me, however, I think I would be in heaven. We are very interesting people in that we enjoy simply spending time together. We don't have the need to be with other people, and honestly, we plan on traveling the world anyways. XD Getting to do so in the ocean would just be the cherry on top. As for family and friends, knowing them, they would freak, and then immediately move to the coast or fly out yearly to visit. :P