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Shelly ~ they/them ~ 25 //minors can interact, just don't message me privately//

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About This Blog

Just a dump of my interests:

Mermaids / Merfolk

Vampires / Ouji fashion

XLOV (evol-versary 06/28)

(more tbd, will appropriately tag everything)

About the Author

nonbinary ~ asexual ~ demiromantic ~ autistic (self-diagnosed, can't afford it)

Blinkie

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Mermay part 4!

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 5

Compilation post

Redbubble / INprnt

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From the Abyss by Yuko Morino

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Wumuti on Music Bank:

Carabiners in the pants.

XLOV stylist can I kiss you pretty please?????

[wumutummy]

ahab(assigned haru at birth)

[strijkdesign]

I'm obsessed with those sleeve fins

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hiiii you contribute so much to the xlov tumblr community (that is, the tumblr mechanic called "communities". you get it) and it's amazing and ahhhhhhhhhhhh

(definitely not super biased to rui and wumuti stuff)

Oh haha, thank you! At least in my experience, posting stuff to the community feels more like curating what I see from the XLOV tag. I just scroll through the whole thing and see what looks good.

Also barbiez have really won out on the wigs this comeback. I feel like I want to chew on Wumuti's hair sometimes.

[wumutummy]

Yall like my haru nonbinary flag I edited in 2 minutes

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Lilypond Princess ~ from MerMay 2023 by yuumei-art

thank you 'pocketfullofpoesies'

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I don’t understand why there are kpop fans including some queer people who deadass think xlov is using their genderless concept as queerbaiting or a cashgrab. I mean I’ve long given up on kpop fans using even 3% of their brain cells and most xlov hate is queerphobia so I usually ignore it.

But it thoroughly kills me when I see supposed queer accs say this. Like…how privileged and removed from reality do you have to be? Ngl this is the type of shit some white queers from western countries be saying, living in their own bubble online or have been blessed with a supportive family that they take for granted. These are also the same types of people who refuse to acknowledge queerness or sexuality if not said explicitly out loud.

Being queer is a stigma. There are countries including ones who’ve legalized gay marriage where people are being killed as we speak for their sexuality. Homophobia is everywhere and countries like Korea is so seeped in conservatism that there are korean trump supporters marching with american flags at their protests. I’m not going to speak on xlov’s ceo or company, in the end this is a business and they took a risk banking on xlov being successful.

But to Wumuti, Rui, Hyun, Haru this is obviously not just a concept. This is their lives, this is their way of expressing who they truly are, and the main reason they’ve gone this far with it is because the lgbtq+ community noticed what they were doing and accepted them. Rui’s sister even mentioned how she once heard a woman she knew make a discriminatory remark about Rui. If this was for a successful cashgrab, the idol industry would’ve pushed a group like this a long time ago. They’ve already capitalized on fanservice but a concept like xlov makes things too real. Xlov knows this, knows what people say about them, and have gone all in anyway.

Xlov have created a space in kpop for queer people, most importantly queer people and queer culture in Korea. And it frustrates me when people cheapen that bravery because of how ignorant and out of touch they are.

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When XLOV livestreamed before the MV release, I remember Haru wore a semi-sheer long sleeve shirt which seemed to have an extra element of a halter top. I thought for sure that it was all one shirt with that neckline sewed into the rest of it.

Until I saw the dance practice for "Serve." Those are two different shirts, and it's pretty much a subtler version of what Rui is wearing. Haru's just wearing a halter top for funsies. I think I'm insane.

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Mermay 2025 (11-20) by Christophe Young

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your love for xlov shouldn’t be dependent on their gender/sexual/romantic identities btw

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SAY IT LOUDER

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Finished this after they announced a new album 😭

Is it worth 16 hours?

[longhairedwumuti]

in honor of wumuti's dip and the ballroom influences shown in the concept photos, @evolssluti0n on twt (with the help of quite a few others) has shared this awesome thread with lots of history and resources about ballroom culture. It's a great read--definitely check it out if you can. If you don't have twitter, you can read it here through the twitter thread reader.

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Revisiting leafy sea dragon design

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Day 11- #MerMay2026

🐚 - Merthology - 🐚