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How are mermaids treated in Evangeline? Are they also not allowed to be citizens like in Zareen

Good question! Evangelite people are not exactly warm towards mermaids. Socially, they consider mermaids to be "cursed" and potentially dangerous. But in a legal sense, they have all the same rights as other Evangelite citizens.

The thing is, all mermaids (or about 99% of them) are female. Women don't have many rights in Evangeline Kingdom to begin with, so as a result, mermaids can't get very far in this society unless they are married to an Evangelite man. Most men here will not marry a mermaid, and in fact the condition is legal grounds for a divorce (since all mermaids are infertile).

So I will say on paper, Evangelites with the mermaid curse are treated like other citizens. But in reality, they are very oppressed and pushed into the darkest, most destitute parts of society the same way they are in Zareen Empire.

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¿Que pasa si una mermaid nace con un defecto que no le permite nadar? Osea, que su cola no funciona. Lo pregunto porque empecé a leer "lecciones de natación para una sirena"

(Translated by Google Translator)

What happens if a mermaid is born with a defect that prevents her from swimming? In other words, her tail doesn't work. I'm asking because I started reading "Swimming Lessons for a Mermaid."

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Interesting question! It is known that if a mermaid's legs are damaged in her terrestrial form, then her tail will also be damaged in her aquatic form. But what if she was born with some kind of defect that prevented her from swimming altogether?

There are different possibilities:

1 ) Prosthetics and bionics. An artificial tail that slips on and off might give her better mobility.

2 ) Service animal. She might rely on an animal, like a seal or dolphin, to pull her around in the water.

3 ) Technology. If the mermaid lives in an industrial kingdom like Zareen Empire, she can use technology like a sea scooter to propel herself. Something like this:

All of these things apply to sirenes as well!

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So if mermaids can't be Zareenite citizens, if some little Zareenite girl gets turned into a mermaid and then rescued and returned to their parents will they just lose their citizenship?

Yes, unfortunately the girl is now considered "tainted" by the Aquarian Alliance's influence and must be placed on the mermaid registry by Zareenite law.

Zareen Empire's concern is the intense brainwashing these girls experience during their thralldom. Sovereign really beats it into their heads that the empire is evil and they must destroy it, and even if the mermaids are cured of thralldom, they often suffer mental health episodes that can bring violent psychotic episodes and terrorist acts with them.

It's very sad. Even the most well-behaved mermaids are simply not trusted in Zareenite society because of this wicked Aquarian influence. Oftentimes the mermaids can't even trust themselves.

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Explicando criaturas de looming gaia

Hoy: mermaids y sirenes (aprovechando que comparten el mismo origen?

(Antes de empezar, quería decir que la mujer atractiva con cola de pez, no pertenece a una cultura en específico. Se pueden encontrar criaturas así en todo el mundo)

La palabra sirena viene del griego, pero sus orígenes vienen del sur del mediterráneo: Egipto, más concretamente en ba. El ba es una criatura ave con cabeza humana. Está cosa tenía la función de llevar el alma a la otra vida (recordemos que los egipcios creían en la vida después de la muerte. Por cierto, mantenga la idea de la muerte para más adelante)

Ahora, ¿Que tiene que ver está cosa ave con las sirenas? Bueno, las sirenas eran representadas como pájaros con cabeza de mujer, o mujeres con alas. Su primera aparición es en la odisea, donde se dice que tienen voces hermosas, que viven en un prado (no en el mar) y que comen personas. Curiosamente nunca se las describe físicamente, la parte de ave viene del arte.

En la mitología tienen distintos orígenes: a veces nacen de la sangre, otras veces son hijas del dios del rio más grande de Grecia,o la más común, son mujeres malditas.

Está versión se ve en "el himno a Deméter" en donde aparece el rapto de Perséfone. Ellas eran ninfas que acompañaban a Perséfone, y que las transformaron como castigo por no hacer nada durante el secuestro. Aunque en otras versiones son ellas las que piden ser convertidas para buscarla.

(dato: hay gente que dice que su asociación con la lujuria se originó con el cristianismo, pero su primer mito es como hipnotizan a un hombre que se vuelve loco, no es difícil relacionar esto con la lujuria)

¿Te acuerdas de la relación con la muerte? Aquí se nota más. Perséfone es la reina del Inframundo, y esto hace que las sirenas también estuvieran relacionadas a los ritos funerarios.

Ahora, ¿Cómo pasamos de mujer pájaro, a mujer pescado?

Esto es raro, ya que como se dijo, lo más cercano que tenían al agua era que eran hijas del dios de un río, y eso solo en una versión. Y no es que estuvieran relacionadas con un dios del mar (ignorando que en una versión son maldecidas por Afrodita, una diosa del mar). A parte, en la mitología es mucho más comun que sean los hombres mitad pescado.

Una teoría dice que se mezclaron con otras criaturas con cualidades de pez con el tiempo, pero puede que se las relacionara con la figura actual mucho antes. Esto por está cosa:

(Translated with Google Translator)

Explaining gaia looming creatures

Today: mermaids and sirens (taking advantage of the fact that they share the same origin? (Before I start, I wanted to say that the attractive woman with the fish tail does not belong to a specific culture. Creatures like that can be found all over the world)

The word mermaid comes from Greek, but its origins come from the south of the Mediterranean: Egypt, more specifically in Ba. The ba is a bird creature with a human head. This thing had the function of taking the soul to the afterlife (remember that the Egyptians believed in life after death. By the way, keep the idea of ​​death for later)

Now, what does this bird thing have to do with mermaids? Well, mermaids were represented as birds with the heads of women, or women with wings. Their first appearance is in the Odyssey, where it is said that they have beautiful voices, that they live in a meadow (not in the sea) and that they eat people.

Curiously, they are never described physically, the bird part comes from art. In mythology they have different origins: sometimes they are born from blood, other times they are daughters of the god of the largest river in Greece, or the most common, they are cursed women. This version is seen in "the hymn to Demeter" where the abduction of Persephone appears. They were nymphs who accompanied Persephone, and who transformed them as punishment for not doing anything during the kidnapping.

Although in other versions they are the ones who ask to be converted to search for it. (fact: there are people who say that its association with lust originated with Christianity, but its first myth is how they hypnotize a man who goes crazy, it is not difficult to relate this to lust)

Do you remember the relationship with death? Here it is more noticeable. Persephone is the queen of the Underworld, and this means that mermaids were also related to funeral rites.

Now, how do we go from bird woman to fish woman? This is strange, since as said, the closest thing they had to water was that they were daughters of a river god, and that was only in one version. And it's not that they were related to a sea god (ignoring that in one version they are cursed by Aphrodite, a sea goddess).

Besides, in mythology it is much more common for men to be half fish. One theory says that they mixed with other fish-like creatures over time, but they may have been linked to the current figure much earlier. This is because of this thing: [Picture]

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Interesting! I have heard of the half-bird origins, which I always thought was strange. I feel like there was some historical crossover with harpies there are something.

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If someone is turned into a mermaid but is freed pretty much immediately and returned to their parents, could they have a relatively normal childhood? Obviously they lost their early childhood memories but if they have loving parents could they grow up nice and sane?

Good question! The undine's transformation spell does a number on a child's developing brain, and this damage can present later in life as paranoia, emotional instability, memory loss, and impaired cognitive function.

Not all mermaids will have these issues, but a significant number of them do. It isn't as much of a problem when they're enthralled and forced to battle, but once they escape thralldom and try to integrate back into society, the issues become rather apparent. The years of soldiering just intensifies these effects by adding a fat helping of PTSD on top.

So, a child who escaped thralldom immediately would not have the PTSD, but might suffer some symptoms of mild brain damage and of course amnesia from the spell.

But under the care of loving parents, I think these children can grow up to be just fine. These are all issues that can be overcome with proper medical care and therapy.

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Una mermaid teraplejica, ¿Que usa para poder desplazarse?

(Translated with Google Translator)

A quadriplegic mermaid, what does she use to get around?

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That's a really good question! There are different options available, depending on what resources she has and where she is located.

Zareen Empire has mechanical technologies for quadriplegic people, like artificial limbs and powered wheelchairs. The Mechaskema is the most advanced option available, fully restoring all limbs with cybernetic prosthetics. I'm sure it can be modified to accommodate a mermaid's Aquatic transformation; maybe the legs can lock together and transform into a tail.

This is a very expensive solution that most people can't afford, so I think most mermaids in this situation would use powered wheelchairs, or a basic wheelchair that a caregiver pushes for them.

There are also fancier wheelchairs with mechanical "arms" that can be controlled by nerves in the brain. Sometimes they are powered by electricity and sometimes magic.

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What would happen to a Mermaid and/or Lycanthrope who was afflicted with the floraspell?

Good question! As for mermaids, they require more water than non-mermaid green puppets. They essentially become aquatic plants, and must spend most of their time in water to survive.

Lycanthropes still transform into werewolves under the full moon. However, since their muscles are infected by floraspell, their spriggan masters can control them like puppets. Having a werewolf soldier at your disposal is a big advantage!

A lycanthrope character contracts floraspell in this story. He doesn't get the opportunity to transform into a werewolf, but it is something he expresses concern over. He has a bigger appetite than the other green puppets and therefore requires more honey, sun, and water.

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