#sorry I've spent years of my life watching ppl make tails and watching ppl swim with them and

[mwagneto]

what are your thoughts on the rhys darby merman? I saw people calling it cringe and while I do think darby's performance in that scene was.. a bit not it, the idea itself is really funny and cool to me idk

okay honestly i think i'm gonna have an extremely niche opinion on this because i am like. clinically insane about mermaids like seriously i've been begging my parents to get me one of those swimmable fins since i was like 8 and then i ended up buying one for myself on the internet w my pocket money when i was like. 12-14 idk?? coz they refused to and now i own three. so. literally any opinion i could have on mermaid stede is trumped by me being distracted by the tail coz it's like. they spent so much time and effort on it and it's still kinda bad like omg i can see like so many ways they could've done it better because they literally painted each individual scale which is SO MUCH EFFORT. but the way they laid the scales makes it look like the pattern is just printed on like it's literally a 3d hand painted tail that looks like they got it for 30 dollars on ebay especially bc the silicone doesn't have enough hold so you can still see the human legs under it like you would with a regular printed tail. like if they just overlaid the scales instead of putting them next to each other that'd already be a major improvement like. i cant find the specific video now but like ppl DIYing silicone tails at home usually overlay the scales and it just immediately looks so much better. also i'm not rly a fan of big flashy side fins but that's just personal taste but like tldr they clearly spent a lot if time and effort and money on the tail and it's sad because with a few minor adjustments it could've looked wayyy better

as for like the actual scene i think it's extremely good and cute and the ppl who dislike it hate fun and need to let camp into their hearts. ed's face going all soft and lovey has been playing in my mind on loop ever since and that's not a joke

#sorry I've spent years of my life watching ppl make tails and watching ppl swim with them and #I've made my own and i own 2 monofins and 3 tail skins and if i was slightly more insane and #slightly less poor I would've had a silicone one custom made but thankfully I held back coz #those shits are INSANELY expensive like. hundreds to thousands of dollars #sorry for the random lore dump lol i dont think I've ever talked abt this before #it all started when my mother showed me an article when i was around 8 that was about a #man who had a mermaid tail he would wear to swim in a creek near his house and #she was like wow isn't he so weird i bet he's gay:/ and i was like he is the coolest person i have ever fucking seen #i wonder how he is now ..... also yeah he came out as gay and i think has a husband but it's been a few years since I checked so idk #i got mail!