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** Shapeshifting allows [[Punny Name|Feegee]] to overcome the [[Mermaid Problem]] with her boyfriend, though only for recreation. Mermaids actually reproduce in a more fishy way. They spawn. |
** Shapeshifting allows [[Punny Name|Feegee]] to overcome the [[Mermaid Problem]] with her boyfriend, though only for recreation. Mermaids actually reproduce in a more fishy way. They spawn. |
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* [[H.P. Lovecraft]]'s enigmatic ''Deep Ones'' are supposed to be the truth-behind-the-myth of mermaids. They're immortal, extremely unattractive... and they can [[No Biochemical Barriers|mate with humans]]. The offspring are born [[Half-Human Hybrid|effectively human]], but undergo a slow metamorphosis. |
* [[H.P. Lovecraft]]'s enigmatic ''Deep Ones'' are supposed to be the truth-behind-the-myth of mermaids. They're immortal, extremely unattractive... and they can [[No Biochemical Barriers|mate with humans]]. The offspring are born [[Half-Human Hybrid|effectively human]], but undergo a slow metamorphosis. |
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** Humans are willing to do this for ''huge'' amounts of gold, sharing of knowledge of [[Black Magic]], and because the offspring never grow old (Carrying on my family by making immortal kids? I'll put a bag over her head!) |
** Humans are willing to do this for ''huge'' amounts of gold, sharing of knowledge of [[Black Magic]], and because the offspring never grow old (Carrying on my family by making immortal kids? I'll put a bag over her head!) |
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*** Worth noting as well that this is something of a bait and switch deal. The humans are given treasures and powers in exchange for minor deeds up until the deep ones are sure that their chosen human is completely dependent on them, then comes the proposition. |
*** Worth noting as well that this is something of a bait and switch deal. The humans are given treasures and powers in exchange for minor deeds up until the deep ones are sure that their chosen human is completely dependent on them, then comes the proposition. |
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