Ernest: student, aspiring failure, noncommittal goth boy, and confirmed neutral shitposter. Talents include taking lines of poetry out of context and making a mockery of the people I admire.
Another great thing about bestiaries is they’ve produced some of the least seductive merpeople in western art history. Just merpeople doing normal merpeople things.
[Warning: this post contains nominal breasts. Breast-like objects? They don’t really resemble human anatomy, but they are there.]
Merpeople sensibly dressed:
Merpeople out for leisurely swims, waving at neighbours:
Choosing between two options at the store:
[The expressions here are amazing. Those aren’t worried men in a boat, those are guys going “seriously, again?”]
At band practice:
Bowling:
Getting ripped:
And doing standard 9-5 mermaid work:
Look at those expressions of soul-crushing boredom. No one involved is enjoying this.