Native female sirens differ from non-native female sirens, right? but does being a non-native female siren for longer eventually override all the previous humanity in them, or is that something they retain albeit maybe dulled? After the route where sunny turns us into a siren, i get the impression that maybe the longer you live as a siren, eventually you begin to gain some of their instincts. Please correct me if i’m wrong i haven’t done that route in a while, so my memory isn’t spot on.
Is transforming a human into a siren even a common occurrence in the siren world? Which leads to my next question, assuming that non-native siren females can care for their children unlike the natives, can siren pups that are mothered to non-native females be brought up differently instead of the typical cold-blooded way the natives typically go about it?
I APOLOGIZE FOR SO MANY QUESTIONS MO-KING I just love how amazing you answer everyone’s questions!! Your world building is truly spectacular and spot-on, I love how eloquent and long your explanations are, please never stop being great!!!
Oh, haha — glad to see someone enjoying my long-winded ramblings!
hope someone has already noticed the questions about "the relationship between humans and their environment" at the beginning of the game questionnaire. Humans are always "human" within an environment. When a person exists in a certain environment, carries certain responsibilities, and holds certain identities (someone's mother, someone's sister, someone's child, someone's employee), they are inevitably shaped by that environment.
You are human. You cannot avoid being influenced by the world around you.
The ocean environment is more extreme than the land — and also freer. It allows you to not be a "good mother" or "good wife" in the secular human sense. You can do whatever you want. You can even kill your mate for the thrill of it, choose a better one, and face no condemnation or punishment for it. The cost is that you also drift away from the gentler side of humanity, becoming cold and ruthless — like a true beast.
In fact, it's hard to say this is purely "siren instinct." Sirens, at least, don't abuse their mates to gain a sense of power or control (domestic violence) — but humans do. This is more like the natural result of a human completely abandoning all rules, choosing to do evil, choosing "fallen freedom." It's a dark side of human nature — not entirely siren instinct.
(For reference: Lord of the Flies, Life of Pi.)
In other words: as long as Y/N continues to love herself and her children and her mate in a human way — to take responsibility for the consequences of her choices — to sacrifice her past for a freedom and way of life she deems worthwhile — then she remains "human."
(Hmm, this might be a bit too sociological. By "human" here, I mean those with loyalty and goodness — not the biological definition of Homo sapiens. We all know some humans have done too much evil to be called human, so let's set them aside for this discussion.)
2. On the Transformation Between Human and Siren
It is extremely, extremely, extremely rare.
Most sirens feel no sexual attraction to humans — much like most humans wouldn't choose to mate with animals. The risks are too high and unpredictable, especially after humans invented weapons. Sirens have an instinctual aversion to the smells of gunpowder, oil, iron, and noise.
(Mismatched anatomies are also a problem.)
(This actually makes Sunny and Moon the "perverted monster-lovers" of siren society — they don't like females of their own kind, they chose a female of another species! So weird!) 🫣
3. On the Possibility of "Socialization Training" for Mermaid Hatchlings
I'd like to add something to what I mentioned last time about evolutionary adaptability. The story of the "human and the white-naped crane" is a good case study here.
Siren adaptability is not only reflected in physical changes, but also in their psychological perception of their environment.
For example, influenced by Y/N, their offspring may also develop confusion about their own existence — questioning the meaning of certain calculations, asking about their mother's past. They would have a stronger desire to explore and a greater curiosity about the world than other siren hatchlings. While other hatchlings are busy eating and sleeping, they would already be out under the sky, using their excellent eyesight to count stars — searching for Orion and the Big Dipper.
That's the most beautiful thing about education and science! 🌟
