B!TC# IT OUT!

[Little_Orca]

I don't get to be an aunt. My sister miscarried.

[Mermaid Lilium]

I don't get to be an aunt. My sister miscarried.

I'm so sorry my love goes out to your family and especially your sister

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[Celaeno]

That's so devastating. My heart is breaking for your sister and your family. 💔

[Little_Orca]

Apparently what I do is "stupid mermaid shit."

Wish he had said that when he agreed to marry me in a tail.

[PearlieMae]

Oh sweetie, I'm sorry so much is happening to you right now!

[Sabrina the Selkie]

Hug. Hug Orca, hug!!!

[Hydra1337]

...Wow.

[Talia]

Shimmer, I am so sorry! Sending you hugs and warm thoughts.

And Little Orca, I am sorry about your tragedy. Hugs for you too.

[shimmygoddess]

got my first public hate post this morning on a Facebook ad I am running. He called me a bitch so I guess my ad offended him. I have had haters post on pictures before on the news station, when we did our mermaid pics, but this one was was posted directly. People are such assholes. It didnt bother me at first, but now I am sad and pissed off. LOL.

[Merman Dylan]

Okay, so this is really getting under my scales lately. I live in Florida, and our governor is allowing more cancer causing chemicals to get dumped into the water supply everyone in depends on for drinking water. To top it off, he ignored multiple opportunities to prevent a catastrophic algae bloom that killed most of the fish. Not far from where I live some idiot is building on marsh land or wetland which will create unstable ground for homes and force water to flood the road during hurricanes and heavy rain. It doesn't stop there. I clean trash up on the side of the road almost every day and some moron throw more trash out their car windows. Everything we dump on the ground finds its way into our water. That's just how the typography of the state is. You put chemicals on your grass to keep pests away and it ends up in your well water. I swear to Poseidon that people won't actually realize they are poisoning themselves until it's too late and someone dies from cancer or something. I love Florida, but I sometimes really hate the humans that live here.

[Sabrina the Selkie]

Ouch. That's really hard. Can you start a petition for wetland conservancy maybe??? Like, to stop the building project?

Because wetlands are our first defense against flooding.

[Sabrina the Selkie]

I think a friend of mine is really close to rebuffing everyone she knows.

I hope she doesn't sever ties with me in the process. Or hurt herself. Or get herself in a bad situation. She doesn't even know how to drive, so it's not like she even has a car to live out of if she decides to gtfo of the town she's in.

[Merman Dylan]

I'm sorry to hear about your friend.

I don't even have the knowledge or resources to start a petition. Our governor ignores petitions too, so I don't know. I try to do what I can like cleaning up the trash and stuff. I just can't do much.

I also have another thing to vent. I tried to engage with someone that was against the Splash remake that's going to feature a merman as a main character and the point of view of the story. The movie will be done through Disney, and I think it will be awesome. I understand the desire to leave classics alone, but with the pov swap and gender bending with a different studio making the movie. I think it will be awesome. I believe the original writer for the movie is wanting to do this, and as a writer myself, however novice, would want to rewrite a story and tell it in a different way because the story isn't ever finished. I just hate how people are so adamant about saying this is a bad movie. They are literally convincing themselves that it's so bad before it even makes it into theaters. It really hits close to home for me because I didn't have any iconic mermen to aspire to be, and being a merman was so outside the norm, I never felt comfortable doing what I wanted to do. It's just so upsetting to see people against something like this. Splash is a classic, but what's so wrong with remaking it with a twist like this.

[PearlieMae]

snip...I also have another thing to vent. I tried to engage with someone that was against the Splash remake...

Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig.

Why bother engaging these people? Let the movie speak for itself!

[Merman Dan]

...with the pov swap and gender bending with a different studio making the movie. I think it will be awesome.

Technically speaking Touchstone Films, which produced Splash, was still a division of Disney. "Touchstone Films was started by then-Disney CEO Ron W. Miller on February 15, 1984 as a label for their PG films with an expected 3 to 4 movies released under the label. Touchstone's first film was Splash..."

[Mermaid Whisper]

I found out that I probably can't go to the meetup since my ride is not coming through it was going to be my first swim and everything. I've had this tail since the start of May.

My dad keeps yelling at me and getting angry. I keep having dreams that I'm forced to move out and I'm living in a car or a really bad motel. I don't have enough money to make it out there on my own, and my dad doesn't seem to understand that I'm developmentally disabled and probably can't do it alone. I'm terrified.

Trying so hard not to go back to self-harm because one of my customers asked me if I got stabbed. It's a big long scratch across my hand.

I think I'm getting really depressed again, and I can't do this anymore. *sigh*


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[Merman Dylan]

It seems these days that everything belongs to one big company, but it's good to know.

I don't want to spend time trying to convince people to think like I do, but I also would appreciate it if I could be happy about something without being told that it's bad. I don't know why I bothered, but I'm worked up now. I don't think it was worth it.

I still think this is a good thing for mermen.

[Merman Dan]

I still think this is a good thing for mermen.

Absolutely! With a new incarnation of Splash, a new Little Mermaid movie (Chloë Moretz), Freeform's "The Deep", and loads of mermaid-themed novels in production it's a good time to be a mermaid or merman! (and I still want to write a story about Harold, the Little Merman)

[TheSaltySiren]

So sorry to hear you are going through a rough time, and it is always difficult when family members refuse to accept you have a disability. Chin up Whisper Storms are what make good sailors

[Shimmer Mermaid]

I don't get it.

His leg has been closed and completely fine for 2 months now.

Why now? While I'm dealing with my father's passing?!?!?

My sister made the joke that Dad is trying to take our best horse with him.

I feel Like that was an accurate joke.

Dont have the money, time, energy, or emotion to deal with this right now. 😣