whativebeenreadin:

hymnandher:

i know tumblr likes violent man eating mermaids but i fuck p heavy with pretty playful pretty scaled mermaids in warm sorts of waters keeping the tide gentle when lil toddlers are learning to swim and kissing the breath into good sailors because they have someone waiting on a cliff by the sea for them to come home and cutting seals and turtles out of netting and plastic bags 

but maybe being from hawaii just made me think of the ocean of a safe cradley sort of place i know its scary i know it’ll kick your ass but sometimes its ten types of turquoise and and sometimes sea foam sticks to your eyelashes sometimes the sun hits your face even when you’re twenty feet under and i have a hard time forgetting its first and foremost a womb 

so mermaids who watch the triple crown and scare sharks away from the surfers 

Cheerleader mermaids, whooping it up, yelling encouragement to their fave surfers at competitions.

Skinny, giggly teen mermaids helping jittery new surfers get used to the water, and helping them back on the board when they fall off.

Mermaid moms holding swimming lessons for human kids along with their own babies.
Older mermaids helping elderly and disabled folks swim for physiotherapy.

Delicate, koi-like mermaids falling in love with pretty pearl-diving girls in Asia.

Chubby, blubbery cold water mermaids who are built to deal with ice cold waters, watching out for ships around ice bergs and signalling them safely around the danger.

Cold water mermaids tossing fish to Inuit hunters who’ve had a bad day so they don’t have to go home without food.

Dark skinned swamp mermaids who blend into the murky bayou water, rescuing people who slip and fall into the muck so they don’t sink or drown.

Swamp mermaids chatting up cute Cajun boys and showing them where to fish the best crawdads.

Fancy-finned tropical mermaids posing for pictures with excited snorkeling tourists.

Clever, dolphin-like mermaids helping scientists track fish migratory patterns and catching sample for them to study.

Large, fierce shark-like mermaids helping the coast guard capture poachers, pirates, and smugglers.

MERMAID DIVERSITY FTW!