That Awkward Moment When: Mermaid Edtion!

[MermaidMichelle]

Yes, like Dolores Decerto in American Dragon Jake Long! Also, is that Dr. Walter Kornbluth or do the glasses simply give that impression Clark Kent-style?

[Lily]

Either that, or SHE is a mermaid, too

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*gasp* OF COURSE! How could I have been so blind?

@MermaidMichelle - that's Will Ferrell, of SNL, Elf, Old School, and a dozen other things that make me laugh uncontrollably

[MermaidMichelle]

I see; his facial structure was all wrong for Kornbluth, but the line is so him!

I've seen Elf​, but Peter Dinklage stole that show...lol

[Lily]

I've seen Elf​, but Peter Dinklage stole that show...lol

I have such a crush on Dinklage. Game of Thrones needs more male nudity in general, and Tyrion nudity in particular.

[MermaidMichelle]

That awkward moment when a Mernetwork thread is hijacked by mermaids crushing on a handsome dwarf with a Shakespearean British accent that could melt butter...even when he's speaking crudely and isn't even British!

[Lily]

Such is the power of the Dinklage

[Ayla of Duluth]

I hated Tyrion so bad when we first met him, he's 3 feet tall and he's talking to kings and warriors like he's better than them, challenging their ego. I was like "come on, I could punt you over the wall, don't talk to them like you're anything." aaaaand now he's my favorite character.

[Lily]

I think people love Tyrion much faster in the books because you get his POV very early. And his interaction with Jon Snow at the Winterfell feast is more detailed and really shows his good side, and how his outward jerkish persona is his armor against the world.

don't talk to them like you're anything

In Westeros, blood is everything. Tyrion is the heir to Casterly Rock and the son of the richest man in the kingdoms. His sister is the wife of the King and his brother is widely regarded as one of the greatest warriors alive. He's a powerful man in his own right and, while people certainly mock him behind his back, it would be a big mistake to do it to his face. He's definitely something, and always has been.

Also, thought this was relevant:

[MermaidMichelle]

WOW that is a fine piece of cardboard; one must look closely to see that it isn't Photoshopped! I assume that it was some manner of Renn-faire prop whose new queen has an understanding mertender, but it is cool to think of King's Landing going all "Atlantis" via a submerging cataclysm (like Istar from the DragonLance saga); it would be a fitting and well-earned end to the place!

[PearlieMae]

Dinklage was wonderful in The Station Agent.

[MermaidMichelle]

...Not to mention X-Men: Days of Future Past! He looks a bit different, but as soon as he opened his mouth and spoke in that same "Tyrion" accent my brother and I just looked at each other in the theatre and grinned....

(As a side note, even the name "Tyrion" evokes fond memories for me; as the daughter of a military history buff I played a LOT of Warhammer, in which Prince Tyrion is the greatest High Elven hero and lover of the Everqueen of Averlorn. We can only hope that our dear Tyrion meets with such a happy fate in Game of Thrones​ (where mermaids are legendary but have not yet been proven to exist)!)

[angelstarfish]

That VERY awkward moment when the dress you're wearing to your friend's wedding is an EXACT MATCH to the bridesmaids dresses...

[Azurin Luna]

That awkward moment when a colleague is discussing with out what a safe way would be to drop you overboard and a colleague steps into the room and just stares at you blankly and you both burst out in a laughter while the last colleague quickly leaves the room without him ever asking what he wanted to ask.

[Naufra]

That awkward moment when you're buying seashell-shaped snack-cakes for a silly photoshoot in your tail, and the cashier asks if your (non-existant) daughter is having a mermaid birthday party. Then, that awesome moment when you tell him exactly what they're for with no hesitation whatsoever and watch his jaw drop. ^_^

[Lily]

TAMW you're driving home from the grocery store and see the FedEx truck 3 blocks from your house and you FLOOR IT home because you know your monofin is out for delivery today... and then it doesn't get delivered for about 5 more hours.

[Lily]

TAMW you're trying to design your own fluke shape and, no matter what you do, it comes out looking like... uh... lady parts.

[Mermaid Lily_Pad]

LMAO.....wait...maybe I need to check mine.

[MermaidMichelle]

TAMW you realize that you now run the risk of thinking about that whenever you look at a fluke...and, when typing this, you notice that there is a frame of animation in Lily's sig gif which shows the mermaid's nipple....

[Lily]

Well the gif is from a Japanese anime of The Little Mermaid. There's a tentacle monster, talking cat, the whole nine yards.

What's weird about the fluke design is that I'm trying to base it on this wing tattoo I have. Now I'm worried that the tattoo it self is super yonic (looked it up, opposite of phallic) and I've just never noticed! Has there seriously been a vulva on my back for 10 years and no one's ever said anything???

[MermaidMichelle]

Ah, I thought that was from the 1979 Japanese anime of The Little Mermaid. I haven't seen the whole thing, but I must admit that as anime goes it has more excuse than most to feature a tentacle monster...(You know, because stuff with tentacles generally is aquatic....)

Your vulva-wings take me back to art class at uni; the professors there would surely suggest that your subconscious association of the female genitalia with wings/flight/freedom is a powerful feminist statement!