That Awkward Moment When: Mermaid Edtion!

[Echidna]

^^
The "Virgin" was only included because folks wouldn't stop worshipping female deities, aka the Earth Mother/Gaia.
(as it's pretty hard for a sole male entity to bring forth new life, ya know. )

Thus, they scoured the texts for a suitable christian female, Mary was the obvious choice and from then on, if people worshipped the "Mother", they could put a christian overlay on it.
(Like with Yule and Midsummer etc rites- if you can't beat them, just say it's our custom all along).

That said; something much more important:

[Mermaid Jaffa]

TAMW one swishes by the cute lifeguard and her butt decides to let forth a stream of bubbles!

... Now that's what you call, Silent but deadly! AHAHAHAA!

[OceanWhisper]

Lol *facepalm* oh Jaffa >.<

[MermaidMichelle]

That Awkward Moment When the thread turns to religion, and as much as one would be otherwise willing to keep silent on a non-religious forum such as this, one feels the need to clear up misconceptions....

Pearlie and Echidna, I believed much the same thing for a long time, and you are quite right about the necessity of a female component in a religion with a Creation God (though arguably Islam manages to get around that). The oldest recorded creation story actually has the partriarch deity violently resting this power through the slaying of my namesake, and I go into this sort of thing more in Why GOD Doesn't Hate You.

While doing the research for said book (and it required quite a lot) I at last learned the truth regarding the Female God; it isn't the Holy Spirit (that was always referred to in the masculine) but rather...Jesus. Yes, that's right....

Have you heard about Our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, who referred to Himself as Female in multiple Canonical Gospels?

You see, Creation was spoken into existence by the Word of God, the Logos, also referred to as Sophia (Wisdom) and ALWAYS referred to in the feminine. Protestants will find Her in Proverbs, and Catholics will also find Her in Sirach (which is otherwise the most sexist book in the Bible and whose sexism Jesus openly defied) and in Her own book, Wisdom (which predicts the Passion ~90 years before Christ).

The Word of God took the human form of Jesus Christ, but (as Jesus noted) in Her natural state, She is most assuredly female. After all, God is referred to as having a womb and having birth pains (in the Book of Job and in Jesus' prediction of the end), so it only stands to reason that God is really as much female as "He" is male!

Also, that picture of the octopus is hilarious!

[Merman Arion]

That awkward moment when you share a picture of your last photoshoot to your mom and all she says is "why are you wearing jewellry?"

Really? I mean, REALLY?! I'm sharing to you one of my best pictures yet and that's the first thing you see?! I swear, I'm FED UP with your fear of me being effeminate.

Side note : I need to say that I NEVER got such a comment since I started taking pictures of me as a merman.

end rant/

[SeaGlass Siren]

That Awkward Moment When the thread turns to religion, and as much as one would be otherwise willing to keep silent on a non-religious forum such as this, one feels the need to clear up misconceptions....

Pearlie and Echidna, I believed much the same thing for a long time, and you are quite right about the necessity of a female component in a religion with a Creation God (though arguably Islam manages to get around that). The oldest recorded creation story actually has the partriarch deity violently resting this power through the slaying of my namesake, and I go into this sort of thing more in Why GOD Doesn't Hate You.

While doing the research for said book (and it required quite a lot) I at last learned the truth regarding the Female God; it isn't the Holy Spirit (that was always referred to in the masculine) but rather...Jesus. Yes, that's right....

Have you heard about Our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, who referred to Himself as Female in multiple Canonical Gospels?

You see, Creation was spoken into existence by the Word of God, the Logos, also referred to as Sophia (Wisdom) and ALWAYS referred to in the feminine. Protestants will find Her in Proverbs, and Catholics will also find Her in Sirach (which is otherwise the most sexist book in the Bible and whose sexism Jesus openly defied) and in Her own book, Wisdom (which predicts the Passion ~90 years before Christ).

The Word of God took the human form of Jesus Christ, but (as Jesus noted) in Her natural state, She is most assuredly female. After all, God is referred to as having a womb and having birth pains (in the Book of Job and in Jesus' prediction of the end), so it only stands to reason that God is really as much female as "He" is male!

Also, that picture of the octopus is hilarious!

that awkward moment when you suddenly hear the pop/edm song "God is a Girl" as you read this.

[Cordelia]

That awkward moment when you share a picture of your last photoshoot to your mom and all she says is "why are you wearing jewellry?"

It completed the look and made you look like a damn Prince!! That's why!

TAMW your mom buys you your billionth shell necklace. If you were to wear them all, you'd sink to the bottom of the lake!! ;D

[Mermaid Sirenia]

Arion I'm not sure about where you live, but where I live the majority of the guys I know where necklaces and earrings of some sort. Plus you rock it so who cares?!

[PearlieMae]

That awkward moment when you share a picture of your last photoshoot to your mom and all she says is "why are you wearing jewellry?"

Really? I mean, REALLY?! I'm sharing to you one of my best pictures yet and that's the first thing you see?! I swear, I'm FED UP with your fear of me being effeminate.

Side note : I need to say that I NEVER got such a comment since I started taking pictures of me as a merman.

end rant/

Pick out one of mom's most feminine blouses and ask if you can borrow it.

[Keiris]

Pick out one if mom's most feminine blouses and ask if you can borrow it.

Pearlie, you are deliciously wicked!

[Elodea the Mermaid]

That awkward moment when, after reading stories to and interacting with two preschool classes, an adorable little 4-year-old boy approaches you with a look of total devastation on his downcast face and says "I wish I could transform like you". I told him that his human legs could do so many things, including swimming just like me! Turns out he couldn't swim and was 100% convinced that he couldn't learn. I told him that I knew for sure he would one day, and then we could swim together! In the meantime, I asked him if he could show me some things that humans can do, like jump up and down or stand on one leg. Soon he and his class were all hopping on one leg trying to teach me how to do it, any thoughts of fantastical dissatisfaction forgotten, but oh my gosh his sad little face when he first came up to me

[SeaDragon Mermaid]

The awkward moment when you realize your friend you want to make a tail for hates the other friend you already made a tail for, so you need to come up with an excuse to why you want to know if she wants a tail. It's not like I can just say, "Hey, I just made your enemy a mermaid tail! You want one, too?" Especially not if she wants the EXACT SAME colors!

[SeaDragon Mermaid]

The awkward moment when you realize your friend you want to make a tail for hates your other friend you already made a tail for, so you need to come up with an excuse for why you want to know if she wants a tail. It's not like I can just say, "Hey, I just made your enemy a mermaid tail! You want one, too?" Especially not if she wants the EXACT SAME colors!

[Keiris]

That awkward moment when, after reading stories to and interacting with two preschool classes, an adorable little 4-year-old boy approaches you with a look of total devastation on his downcast face and says "I wish I could transform like you". I told him that his human legs could do so many things, including swimming just like me! Turns out he couldn't swim and was 100% convinced that he couldn't learn. I told him that I knew for sure he would one day, and then we could swim together! In the meantime, I asked him if he could show me some things that humans can do, like jump up and down or stand on one leg. Soon he and his class were all hopping on one leg trying to teach me how to do it, any thoughts of fantastical dissatisfaction forgotten, but oh my gosh his sad little face when he first came up to me

Elodea that is so adorable! I would have been that little boy a very long time ago!!! You think very fast on your fins and I am sure ,made an impression that kid will never forget!

[Elodea the Mermaid]

Elodea that is so adorable! I would have been that little boy a very long time ago!!! You think very fast on your fins and I am sure ,made an impression that kid will never forget!

Aw, thank you, Keiris. I hope I was able to make him feel better. He was just precious, and I was desperate to make him feel better without telling him I was make believe and spoiling the illusion for the other kids.

[MermaidMichelle]

Elodea, I am impressed; you really know how to be a mermaid for the children!

that awkward moment when you suddenly hear the pop/edm song "God is a Girl" as you read this.

I rather enjoyed that song too! You are always so sweet and cute and adorable; we can't mermaid together soon enough!

[SeaGlass Siren]

I rather enjoyed that song too! You are always so sweet and cute and adorable; we can't mermaid together soon enough!

Aw thank you Michelle <3 I am coming up in sept though for a friends wedding I have 3 days there ish if you want to meet up

[PhaylennMurúch]

That awkward moment when, after reading stories to and interacting with two preschool classes, an adorable little 4-year-old boy approaches you with a look of total devastation on his downcast face and says "I wish I could transform like you". I told him that his human legs could do so many things, including swimming just like me! Turns out he couldn't swim and was 100% convinced that he couldn't learn. I told him that I knew for sure he would one day, and then we could swim together! In the meantime, I asked him if he could show me some things that humans can do, like jump up and down or stand on one leg. Soon he and his class were all hopping on one leg trying to teach me how to do it, any thoughts of fantastical dissatisfaction forgotten, but oh my gosh his sad little face when he first came up to me

They all still talk about your visit. Parents have mentioned that the requests for learning to swim have skyrocketed.
Best pre-school event of the year

[MermaidMichelle]

Aw thank you Michelle <3 I am coming up in sept though for a friends wedding I have 3 days there ish if you want to meet up

I would be happy to, though I doubt I will have my tail by then.

[SeaGlass Siren]

Well you know what Ariel says flipping our fins we can't get too far We can meet with our human legs