Our Mermaids Are Different: Difference between revisions

Sometimes mermaids are portrayed as evil seductresses (sometimes called devil fish) who lure sailors to their deaths (this is based on the myths of sirens which were originally birdwomen but who are generally portrayed as mermaids these days [[Lost in Translation|due to language confusion]]). In most mythologies, they display the inscrutable and sometimes dangerous amorality of [[The Fair Folk]], especially if mermaids are treated as marine fae. Sometimes they are good but flirty and mischievous. Sometimes they are mostly innocent and naive. Sometimes they are honorable, and of these, several [[Humans Are Bastardsthe Real Monsters|resent us]] for treating their ocean home so badly for so long. Sometimes (just sometimes) they are just like us and have all sorts of personas. Very often, though not always, they are [[Tsundere]], or even outright [[:Category:Yandere|Yandere]] types. Octopus or Squid-based mermaids (sometimes called cilophytes or cecaelia) are usually portrayed as evil, probably owing to the influence of Disney's sea-witch Ursula, or perhaps because of the "alien" nature of tentacles.