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#even moreso because royal families go even harder with treating the lineage as the individual and the merfolk
rxttenfish
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tbh tho this is EXACTLY what merfolk relationships look like
and they just keep track of this. in their heads. all the time.
#all the care guide says is 'biomass'
#they dont have gendered pronouns but they do have tone modifiers for every other fucking word depending on their relationship to the other
#and their mood. and if theyre referring to multiple people at once or just one person. and often layered on top of each other too.
#merfolk have poor vision but they DO inherently think of things in a more ''three dimensional'' way than we do
#considering they live underwater and youre operating with another axis just to move around anywhere
#which then gets applied to the rest of their everything
#ESPECIALLY language because theyre nerds who went hard into the sound focus
#their visual art in comparison has simpler elements than ours (but a lot more focus on light/movement)
#this is why merfolk have some very unique spellcrafts and theyre notorious for complicated and detailed spellwork
#like yes a part of it is the fact that theyre older than the other species and have had more time to work on it
#but also they can just DO really unique things compared to other cultures because they emphasize layered detail in this way
#this is also why - from the outside - so much of miranda's job looks like parties and balls and attending to the courts
#because again. its all about the emphasis on who has what relationship with who and how to operate within that.
#legal agreements are multilayered and come with terms and conditions a mile long and you need to have a very careful hand on the pulse
#of all of this
#even moreso because royal families go even harder with treating the lineage as the individual and the merfolk
#as just limbs and organs of this equation
#this is why it was so important that miranda be good at manipulation and speaking and just *charismatic*
#literally making people do what she wants or needs them to do is just what makes the merkingdom GO and operate
#and why she (and the other royals) occupy a space a little like a public performer does as well
#and why royals showing personal favor and having close personal relationships is frowned upon as
#mixing pleasure and business
#since those relationships ARE their business and so much of the underlying politics
#if youre showing undue favor to someone because you personally just like them then you aren't judging them based off of actual talent
#merfolk complicated! merkingdom complicated!
#(the merkingdom is also SUPER fucked up but thats tangential from this tangent)
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