Your perspective of a mermaid.

[Traveling Merman]

I think that they're more towards the realistic predatory merfolk rather than the fuzzy pink and rainbow hair (sailor moon comes to mind)

I like it when they give off the feeling of "this is one old old old (attractive) immortal being and I'm not sure if they're good or bad, aggressive or not!"

Kinda like a wolf or lions and tigers and bears........oh my! (Sorry couldn't resist)

[Lotus]

I am a mermaid who doesn't speak. It just doesn't feel natural to me. I smile and gesture, but that's it.

[Coradion]

I like the image of mermaids as being more surreal. Human enough to be intriguing and exciting, all really nice images of mermaids I've seen have been really provocative, but at the same time have an alien edge. Just enough to lure you close only so they can drag you under. I like mermaids as a dark predatory creature that come up from the deep or tail boats and swimmers until they can attack. Sort of like Gollum from the lord of the rings, you might catch a glimpse or see a sign, but you never really know where he is until he pounces.

[azaiya]

For me, I see mermaids as more of a creature… Human bits here and there, but tend to envision them more scaly and fish-like. Well, I envision them lots of ways, actually. But the spirit of all mer is very visible to me: They are beings totally comfortable with their bodies and aware what surrounds them. Timeless and wise, but also childlike and playful. I really want to write more, but I'm exhausted and it's so late… I'll be back, thread!

[TheSolitarySiren]

I like the image of mermaids as being more surreal. Human enough to be intriguing and exciting, all really nice images of mermaids I've seen have been really provocative, but at the same time have an alien edge. Just enough to lure you close only so they can drag you under. I like mermaids as a dark predatory creature that come up from the deep or tail boats and swimmers until they can attack. Sort of like Gollum from the lord of the rings, you might catch a glimpse or see a sign, but you never really know where he is until he pounces.

I very much agree with you. Very well said.

[TheSolitarySiren]

For me, I see mermaids as more of a creature… Human bits here and there, but tend to envision them more scaly and fish-like. Well, I envision them lots of ways, actually. But the spirit of all mer is very visible to me: They are beings totally comfortable with their bodies and aware what surrounds them. Timeless and wise, but also childlike and playful. I really want to write more, but I'm exhausted and it's so late… I'll be back, thread!

Your description is beautiful. I picture this as well. There is something so mythical about them it really puts a creative play to everything.

[Alveric]

All the merfolk in my stories (so far) either were human or are descended from humans in the distant past. They get along easily with their bipedal kin, but every now and again they do something which makes one do a double-take; a reminder that this isn't just a person wearing a tail.

[drucilla]

I think that they're more towards the realistic predatory merfolk rather than the fuzzy pink and rainbow hair (sailor moon comes to mind)

I like it when they give off the feeling of "this is one old old old (attractive) immortal being and I'm not sure if they're good or bad, aggressive or not!"

Kinda like a wolf or lions and tigers and bears........oh my! (Sorry couldn't resist)

Sailor Moon has blonde hair
Sailor Mercury has blue/green/black hair (it varies per episode)
Sailor Mars has black hair
Sailor Jupiter has brown(slightly red) hair
Sailor Venus has blonde hair
Chibiusa (Sailor moon/Tuxedo Masks daughter) has light pink hair (like cotton candy)
Tuxedo Mask has black hair
Sailor Pluto has deep green hair (almost black sometimes)
Sailor Uranus has a dirty blonde type hair
Sailor Neptune has green hair (varies in shades)
Sailor Saturn has black hair....
Aside from the blue/green/pink mostly normal hair colors (the pink is the lightest one) no rainbows from the main characters :P lol
　
　

[EnidDarkWater]

For me I've always loved the surreal beauty mythical mermaids seem to have, but in the context of how i believe they would look if they were real would be very close to how they looked in that documentary they did on animal planet( i think that's the channel that did it).No hair to reduce drag and very smooth skin without much outward anatomy. Though i see them having long nails to tear things apart and sharp maybe shark like teeth for cutting through things. Not specifically pretty in most ways.lol

[SeaGlass Siren]

Sailor Moon has blonde hair
Sailor Mercury has blue/green/black hair (it varies per episode)
Sailor Mars has black hair
Sailor Jupiter has brown(slightly red) hair
Sailor Venus has blonde hair
Chibiusa (Sailor moon/Tuxedo Masks daughter) has light pink hair (like cotton candy)
Tuxedo Mask has black hair
Sailor Pluto has deep green hair (almost black sometimes)
Sailor Uranus has a dirty blonde type hair
Sailor Neptune has green hair (varies in shades)
Sailor Saturn has black hair....
Aside from the blue/green/pink mostly normal hair colors (the pink is the lightest one) no rainbows from the main characters :P lol
　
　

xDD and lets not forget sailor chibichibi moon who has RED hair xD

[drucilla]

xDD and lets not forget sailor chibichibi moon who has RED hair xD

I'm not alone out here?! :P

[mermanjr]

I found this about 6 months back on a website when i was web surfing

[Tasha Mermaid]

For me personally, mermaids have always been more creature with hissing clicking signs, perhaps only half understanding what humans say (tilting heads wide open eyes) that can go from intrigued to dangerous in a split second, that i what always drew me to them, the wild untamed nature......mind you i am very much like a cat myself, i hiss when i dont like something, growl when angry and purr when happy (something that was just natural to me even as a kid) ....i think mermaids would be beautiful but not in a beautiful siren way, but in the same way as when you see a new animal you have never known about. I think mermaids have a song but alot like a whale or dolphins, perhaps a little more advanced that it resounds all through you into your deepest psyche.


DRUCILLA..... i LOVE Sailor Moon xD

[OceanicStory]

Very nice, Mermanjr!

[Mermaid Celissa]

I picture mermaids more like this:



(Thank you Google and http://misc.thefullwiki.org/Selkie)

[OceanicStory]

I picture mermaids more like this:



(Thank you Google and http://misc.thefullwiki.org/Selkie)

Judging by your signature, Celissa, I'm rather surprised!

[Mermaid Celissa]

Lol, Oceanic! Is it the GIF that put you off?

I love looking at colorful costuming tails, but if mermaids were real, I'd picture them more as aquatic humanoids rather than the traditional mermaid. Kind of like the ones on the Mermaids: Body Found mockumentary, or the picture I posted.

[OceanicStory]

It was the "Because legs are too complicated" bit, actually. ;P
Your picture probably is a good idea as to what they'd look like, but I get the feeling the limbs would be far less humanoid, for dynamics' sake.

[Mermaid Celissa]

Oh, I got the "Legs are too complicated" bit from someone on the chatbox. We were talking about hiding ankles, and she said, "See, that's why mermaids have tails, because legs are too complicated!" And you're right, the limbs would need to be much more flexible for advanced swimming speed and agility.

[OceanicStory]

Ahh, that answers that, then!

I think you're right about the limbs. The notion of them having tails probably isn't so farfetched for that reason, actually - fish and ceteceans have them for a reason, of course. It's the hands and arms that would probably be a lot different than anything we have in mind.