B!TC# IT OUT!

[PearlieMae]

If you don't have the ability, nay, the slightest bit of common sense, with regards to the proper use of punctuation, PLEASE - DON'T WRITE ANYTHING AT ALL.

If you must, separate your thoughts with a couple of hard returns!

Nothing drives me crazier than trying to decipher a long paragraph of rambling thought without any sort of rhyme or reason, except maybe ppl who lk to rite in txt spk in a discussion forum.

/end rant

[Merman Arion]

If you don't have the ability, nay, the slightest bit of common sense, with regards to the proper use of punctuation, PLEASE - DON'T WRITE ANYTHING AT ALL.

If you must, separate your thoughts with a couple of hard returns!

Nothing drives me crazier than trying to decipher a long paragraph of rambling thought without any sort of rhyme or reason, except maybe ppl who lk to rite in txt spk in a discussion forum.

/end rant

I totally agree. Some people... *sighs*

[AniaR]

It bugs me that " pro mermaids" who made a fake account here and pretty much got called out on their poor behavior is now trying to buy favours with mers who aren't on the forum by promoting their pages. It happened as soon as we called them out.

[Seraphina Suds]

Classy of them =_=

[Raayvhen]

Wait, I think I missed some drama..... Details?

[SeaGlass Siren]

Here's a drama there's a drama and another little drama and another drama drama drama drama-- fuck!

[AniaR]

Also, Ive started seeing viral images (photos and comics and drawings etc) where MM has started adding her own website watermark to the images to drive traffic to her site. Not only does she photo shop herself into stolen images, now she's trying to take credit for them -_- I think this is the lamest thing ever. Example, cropped this infamous mermaid comic and added her watermark



Also the 10years strong thing really annoys me since christmas 2010 when I was in LA she was messaging me constantly to help her because she didn't own a tail yet and Adam Martyn had stolen her money. *still has all the emails* You can even check her fb right down to when it was founded, she didn't have a tail and launch her own mermaid company til 2011, anything prior to that was contract work for mertailor not her own business where she managed mermaids and owned tanks -_- It bothers me because I have emails and emails and emails and we had posts and posts and posts on meryuku where she complained about mertailor doing this kind of misleading and stuff and she does it all too. I think the reason I find it hard to let this go is because I (and Raven) helped her get going. We helped her deal with all the crap. Raven even put her in one of her own tails and got her a gig when she was waiting for tails. She was ready to give up mermaids and we pushed her forward the same way I try to help a lot of you get off the ground. Then she stabs me in the back. I don't care about credit or any BS like that. But as someone who works their @$$ off on their own company the stuff she (and a few others like Kat) pull blows my mind. Stop pretending to be so successful and just focus on being successful. Stop pretending to care about people and actually CARE about people. I don't ever expect people to be perfect, or follow my set of morals or any bs like that. I just get tired of the intense fake-ness and I hate that these people are out there representing mermaids to the world because it's not what we're about.

[PearlieMae]

I would love to call her out on her bullshit, Raina. Say the word and I WILL.

[coral_sybil]

okay, obviously I missed that drama llama drive by on the Mermaid Melissa front

[Seatan]

Have you guys seen the video about her that is actually a paid ad on YouTube, the kind that it counts down until you can skip? It's this nine minute video:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MZAtvLDNEh0

but it comes up before some mermaiding videos as an ad. I was trying to watch Kanti's video on tailmaking and it started up, really confusing me until I realized it was an ad!

[Echidna]

I would love to call her out on her bullshit, Raina. Say the word and I WILL.

/popcorn

no, but seriously.
taking a comic (or any image belonging to someone else) and just putting your name under it... that's retarded.

has potential for mockery though.
like, taking any picture of a politician or religious figure and just writing "Mermaid Wonderful" beneath.

[AniaR]

I try to keep my frustrations in check but I could fill a book with what I know. I don't say everything because other people are involved and don't want to get dragged into drama. But I got seriously harassed by someone in the community for over a year because she told them lies about me. And I mean this person stalked and harassed me so bad based on her word with no proof they would have been arrested if they lived in my country. It is the whole cycle of let's make raina look bad so people don't believe what she says. ( even though I back my stuff up always)

Anyway I just had to rant lol usually once a year I just gotta get it off my chest.

[Scottish Mer]

I do get tired of hearing about Melissa and even being compared to her by the entertainment company I was once close to working for.. It annoys me a lot since to them she's set the requirements needed to be met to even be called a 'mermaid'.

[Merman Dan]

...I could fill a book with what I know.

So that's the next book, then? "ControMERsy".

[AniaR]

She knows I know one of the worst things she's ever done to a community member and she's afraid I'll tell people so every once in a while I get shit thrown my way to intimidate me. But I don't talk about it because she scares me. I stay silent out of respect for the people involved who don't want the drama or to be victimized. Today I woke up to three brand new YouTube accounts whose only activity is telling me mermaid melissa is better than me and I'm not a professional. Then the accounts get deleted. I don't really strive to be anything like her and don't consider us in the same league at all.

[Seatan]

That's the ultimate in childishness. Sometimes you can't even believe these people are adults. Time to grow up--you're not eleven years old anymore, posting anonymous jabs about your classmate's ugly skirt on Tumblr. Once you get to adulthood there is no excuse for that kind of behavior--it's just pitiable (and I do mean pitiable, not pitiful because I pity people whose views are so narrow that they actually believe online harassment is an okay thing to do.)

[coral_sybil]

I admit I'm curious, but I can understand wanting to be respectful of the others involved. Though it makes me wonder what it was that she did to that anonymous community member. I hope it wasn't serious. (like someone being injured serious)

Course in all what comes to mind is that song "high school never ends".

[SeaGlass Siren]

She probably has water on the brain.

[Blaze]

So that's the next book, then? "ControMERsy".

[Mermaid Lily_Pad]

Raina,

I thought you would like this. I was talking to a friend in another genre online. I mentioned that I wanted to get into mermaiding and my friend said "Oh have you heard of Raina the Halifax mermaid!"....No mention of Melissa or any other mermaids, you were the first they thought of. I got to say "Yes! I talked to her! She is awesome".

Keep being awesome!