Thank you! I don't know that I've written a lot about sirens or mermaids before, but I think most of the things I've enjoyed writing this and previous seasons have been related to myth/lore, so I think I just stumbled onto the idea when thinking about sea lore. I think I'd read several tales that described sirens who failed in their tasks as drowning themselves in sorrow/shame, which seemed odd, but again, seem to express that sort of quasi-immortality.
It's always seemed slightly plausible to me that some weird looking/acting sea creature has simply been historically described as a "mermaid" or "siren", just given how varied and other-worldly some deep sea creatures are - I mean, hammerhead sharks and belugas and narwhals and angler fish exist, surely something unknown seen in the dark of night or rain could give rise to greater imagination!
And I remember your pirate stories! It has been a while. I wondered if you were going to pick back up on the series you'd started at the beginning of this season, as I've missed those characters, too.
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Date: 2022-09-24 01:05 am (UTC)It's always seemed slightly plausible to me that some weird looking/acting sea creature has simply been historically described as a "mermaid" or "siren", just given how varied and other-worldly some deep sea creatures are - I mean, hammerhead sharks and belugas and narwhals and angler fish exist, surely something unknown seen in the dark of night or rain could give rise to greater imagination!
And I remember your pirate stories! It has been a while. I wondered if you were going to pick back up on the series you'd started at the beginning of this season, as I've missed those characters, too.