Oh, thanks for posting this! I made a bunch of mermaid notes during my marine biology class, but I put them away during finals and forgot to take another look at them.
I love the idea of seal mermaids (as a different beastie than selkies). I also had a bunch of ideas for whale mermaids, which usually end up with cetacean features but on a much smaller scale. Orca mermaids would be marvelously sleek with those striking black and white markings, playful and vicious. I've envisioned mers based on humpbacked whales singing as they cast bubble nets (handheld rather than created through flutterings of the blowhole) around their prey. My favorite whale-maid is bsed on the narwhal, already a visual combination of whale and unicorn. I'm also very partial to mermaid morphologies based on sharks and rays.
Good luck, and maybe we'll get to see what you come up with!
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Date: 2009-10-30 08:48 pm (UTC)I love the idea of seal mermaids (as a different beastie than selkies). I also had a bunch of ideas for whale mermaids, which usually end up with cetacean features but on a much smaller scale. Orca mermaids would be marvelously sleek with those striking black and white markings, playful and vicious. I've envisioned mers based on humpbacked whales singing as they cast bubble nets (handheld rather than created through flutterings of the blowhole) around their prey. My favorite whale-maid is bsed on the narwhal, already a visual combination of whale and unicorn. I'm also very partial to mermaid morphologies based on sharks and rays.
Good luck, and maybe we'll get to see what you come up with!