Another mermaid subculture

[frameacloud]

Trigger warnings: Much about belief in paranormal phenomena and occult spirituality.

Last month, Ketrino updated an informal collection of information about a subculture of mermaids that emerged around 2006. They’re real people-- mostly teenage girls-- who hope to physically become mermaids by doing magic spells. Some of them claim to already be real mermaids. Ketrino compares them to otherkin and therianthropes, noting that they’re isolated from those groups. These mermaids sound like a different group of people than the mermaids who were at MerCon.


Sources

1. Ketrino T. Ghoe, “A study of mermaids and mermaid wannabes on the internet.” Created 2012-05. Updated 2013-04. Ketrino’s otherkin essays, rants, and other writings. http://ketrino.angelfire.com/merstudy.html

2. O. Scribner, “Mermaid convention.” 2012-08-12. Otherkin News. http://otherkin-news.livejournal.com/23389.html

Comments

[crystal-waters.livejournal.com]

Cool, thanks for the random tag. :P

They're definitely a unique group of their own. While some fake at being 'real mermaids', they are far from pretending to be mermaids, or roleplayers. It's a serious thing for them to become merfolk. A few seem like they could be Otherkin from the connection they have to merfolk, but mostly they're just people who want to be merfolk for whatever their reason.

Admittedly, I still hang out with them. The main place they hang out on is mostly inactive right now, but there are a few sites that are very active. For the sake of them and to prevent trolls, I won't post those active sites.