Hello /lit/ friends, please read and share your thoughts on my fictional non-fiction about mermaids.----------------------Homo Sapiens Mermans, or Mermaids as they are commonly called, are an old and venerable sub-race of humans most well-known for having their lower body adapted for survival in the ocean waters. The relationship mermaids, or mermen as their male counterparts are called, have been complex throughout history, mostly owing to the large divide between man and mermaid culture and language, as well as perceptions of racial authority from both sides. Not until recent history has there been an active effort to coalesce these to sub-races into peaceful coexistence, as most interactions between these two have been aloof and tainted with a large gap of understanding. Interactions with mermaids has been observed since ancient history, with most interpretations of mermaids showing them as mysterious but shrewd beings, usually focusing on their elusive and somehow prophetic messages to men. More recent history has interpreted them as much weaker and exploitable. During the roman empire, coastal cities were well known to include mermaids as a significant portion of women exploited for prostitution, and it was common to see mermaids carried around in portable tanks to expose to the rest of the world through circuses and freak shows. With the advent of scientific literature in the renaissance, a large effort was made to describe mermaid anatomy, but unfortunately most literature was tainted in prejudice, focusing on creating the image of the mermaid as an unintelligent, inferior being, not worthy on the same level of a man. Focusing on the negative past issues in mermaid-man relations is discrediting the many efforts world leaders throughout history have gone through in an effort to maintain peaceful mermaid-man relations. In this work, we will speak on the different types of mermaids, their believed evolutionary origins, their social structure, and biological peculiarities.
GeneralMermaids can be divided into three large groups, usually named after the large bodies of water they typically habituate. It should be noted than mermaids are generally nomadic, and with recent technology making long distance sea travel, the barriers between mermaid territory has been as foggy as ever. Traditionally, the three separate types of mermaid are the Indian Mermaid (Also known as the Mediterranean or Pygmy Mermaid), the Atlantic Mermaid, and the Pacific Mermaid. Their evolutionary origin in relation to men is uncertain, but it is believed that at some point, one human ancestor was primarily waterborne, and afterwards the men returned to land while mermaids remained in the sea. The genetic diversity between men and mermaid is negligible, with the Indian and Atlantic Mermaids famously known to be capable of reproduction with men. It is believed that mermaid differentiating genes are found in all humans, but only being activated in the sub-species mermans, to different extents in relation to the different types of mermaids. It is believed that Indian Mermaids are the most closely related to men, while Pacific and Atlantic Mermaids are offshoots of the former that evolved when the large gap between the nomadic mermaids was too large to allow for interbreeding. It should be noted that Atlantic Mermaids did not originate from Mediterranean Indian Mermaids, as Indian Mermaids did not arrive to the Mediterranean Sea until relatively recently from an evolutionary standpoint. Controversy has existed on whether mermaids should be classified under Homo sapiens or if a new species should be described as Homo mermans instead. The greatest controversy stems from the classification of Pacific Mermaids, due to the large biological differences from men and other mermaid types, as well as the lack of capacity of interbreeding. However, opponents of the concept claim that there is not sufficient genetic diversity to consider it a separate species; proponents, on the other hand, point out that taxonomic classification should be based on anatomic and biological factors, and not entirely on genetic considerations. While currently classified as Homo sapiens mermans pacificus, the taxonomic may change to Homo mermans mermans if scientific consensus falls on that concept.
Homo Sapiens Mermans IndusThe Indian Mermaid, also known as the Mediterranean or Pygmy Mermaid, is named after its historic association with the Indian sea. As their alternate name might reveal, they are also the species of mermaid found in the Mediterranean Sea. These mermaids are considered the most closely related to men and have also held the most constant and intimate relation with men’s culture. Anatomically, they are described as having the upper portion identical of a man, with transitional skin-mucosa (unlike the rest of the skin, they are found to considerably reduced keratin content, most similar to the outer lips) extended from the midpoint between the knee and hip (also known as the skin-mucosa transitional junction) to the rest of the inferior appendages. The end of the fused appendage is joined by a large vertical tail made of similar tissue, not quite different in function to that of other mammalian aquatic mammals. It should be noted that skeletally, mermaids and men are identical, and only soft tissue and related muscles are different. Although the superior portion of their bodies are touted as identical to a man, several key features are distinct. It should be noted that mermaid’s bodies are completely hairless apart from their scalp, only possess rudimentary sweat glands, sebaceous glands are distinct in that they produce a thin layer of oil not so dissimilar to that which whales produces, and are anatomically much more petite than their other Homo sapien counterparts (which is why they are often referred to as the Pygmy Mermaid). Their petite size is described as what would be a comparably short length, usually less than 160 cm unless interbreeding is involved, small frame, and small breasts in females. Mermaids are also known for their enormously increased capacity in holding their breath when compared to men, which is a characteristic shared by all mermaid types. Organ systems are completely intact in Indian Mermaids, and unlike other mermaid types, have genitals identical to men, although mermaid genitals are slightly smaller in comparison to men’s.
The sexual compatibility between men and mermaid has been known since antient history, and has been described, glorified, and vilified throughout the ages. Albano Benduccio’s famous 1643 painting Embrace by the Sea, shows a curious onlooker gazing onto a mermaid and a sailor held in a lover’s embrace on the entrance of cave by the shore; the hand of the sailor insinuates a graze over the mermaid’s pelvis, indicating his lustful desire for her body, while the mermaid tenderly grasps his face for a kiss, an interesting reversal which tended to portray mermaids as a corrupting force to young males. An older painting from 1539 called Cleopas’ Seduction of Illidus, by the Netherlandish artist Pieter Mondero Ilvanish, shows a dark stormy sea sky over the sands of a beach, as mermaid is shown forcibly mounting an unconscious man, inspired by the story of Illidus, which involved a mermaid who would only reveal the whereabouts of his estranged brother if he would agree to impregnate her with the strong seed of an earth-man. Both paintings describe very different perspectives on sexuality between men and mermaid, with the geographical location of Ilvandish (the cold northern European waters are inhospitable to mermaids) perhaps being the cause of this prejudice. It is perhaps that the corrupting force of mermaid sexuality is seen from their lack of cultural significance of pair bonds. While all Homo sapien sub-species are capable of forming pair-bonds, their importance varies between cultures, and the nomadic nature of mermaids would encourage mermaids to seek mates outside of their tribe in an effort to maintain genetic diversity. Since other mermaid tribes might not be available in nearby area, mermaids would often find themselves interacting with men to find a suitable mate. Since mermaids would often not stay too long in a single area, the would leave their lovers without much fanfare, creating a sense of abandonment by the men and difficulty the formation of pair bonds. It is perhaps this nature that has led to seeing mermaids as a destructive nature, as their direct ideology towards sexuality in ancient times might have been perceived as moral looseness. More recently, as more and more mermaids are settling down in cities and abandoning the nomadic lifestyle, men-mermaid couples and marriages have surfaced. The historic marriage of actor Martin Fanderman and model Elisa the Mermaid (afterwards known as Elisa Fanderman) in 1954 drove many pre-existing men-mermaid couples to legitimize their relationships, as well as helped reduced the stigma in having romantic involvement between subspecies. Sidney, Australia, is currently the home to over 10,000 married men-mermaid couples, and is the leading example to what a well integrated man-mermaid city can be.
Sexually, both a male man can impregnate a female mermaid, as a male mermaid can impregnate a female man. The offspring is always the same subspecies of the mother, which has led to the theory that underlying endocrinological factors during pregnancy is the reason behind activation of mermaid genes or man genes. Intercourse between a mermaid and a merman can be typically performed in the open sea, which reduced sexual relations to moments when mermaids where not changing areas. Historically mermen and mermaids would copulate on a shore of a beach, but would often participate among rocky formations nearby that would allow for greater privacy. Due to the nature of mermaid anatomy, it is not possible for a female to open her legs, meaning that the majority of penetrative acts are performed from behind, usually spooning on a flat surface, or being pushed against a wall by a penetrating merman. A more kindly and intimate embrace, known as mounting, involves a mermaid turning her body to her side and sitting on her partner’s lap, allowing face to face contact. Merman and female man sexual intercourse does not vary from that of a man. Mermaid to male man intercourse is much more limited than with a female man. However, the techniques as performed with a merman are similar, and an intimate embrace by mounting is often performed.
>>25554384Why no AAVE translation? Racist.Homo Sapiens Mermans—or Mermaids, how people usually call them—they a real old-school, respected sub-race of humans, and everybody know them because their lower body done got adapted to survive deep down in the ocean waters. The relationship between mermaids—or mermen, if you talking about the men—and regular folks been complicated all through history, mostly because man and mermaid culture and language got this huge divide, not to mention how both sides always be tripping about who got the racial authority. It ain't until recent history that nobody even tried to bring these two sub-races together to live in peace, 'cause most of the time they was keeping their distance and didn't understand each other at all. Folks been dealing with mermaids since way back in the day, and most of them old stories show them like they real mysterious and shrewd, usually focusing on how they be giving men all these elusive, prophetic messages. But lately, history done started looking at them like they way weaker and easy to exploit. Back when the Roman Empire was running things, it was a known thing that coastal cities had a whole lot of mermaids being exploited for prostitution, and you’d always see them carrying mermaids around in portable tanks just to show them off to the world in circuses and freak shows. When all that scientific literature started coming out during the Renaissance, they made a big push to describe mermaid anatomy, but most of that writing was straight-up prejudiced, trying real hard to make mermaids look like they wasn't nothing but unintelligent, inferior beings who ain't on the same level as a regular man. But see, if you just focus on all the negative stuff from the past when it come to mermaid-man relations, you discrediting all the hard work world leaders done put in throughout history to keep the peace between them. So in this work here, we finna talk about the different types of mermaids, where people think they evolved from, how their society set up, and all their wild biological traits.
>>25554384The text you pasted is absolutely AI-generated.You can easily spot the classic hallmarks of a Large Language Model (LLM) trying to invent fake academic world-building:The Faux-Academic Blueprint: It immediately opens with a pseudo-scientific name (Homo Sapiens Mermans), defines it, and then transitions straight into a standard "historical summary."Tell-tale Syntactical Flaws: It contains a few classic AI grammar slips born from stitching concepts together, like "The relationship mermaids... have been complex" (missing a preposition) and "these to sub-races" (using "to" instead of "two").The "Thesis Statement" Ending: The very last sentence uses the ultimate AI essay formula: "In this work, we will speak on..." Human writers rarely wrap up a casual block of world-building by announcing exactly what chapter headings are coming next unless they are responding to a prompt.
My thoughts are that this is unedited AI slop.
>>25554419kek>>25554422Actually, I wrote this 10 years ago and just though to post it. Also, I'm pretty sure my errors are a reflection of its authenticity, and not a typical feature of AI work. The overly formal writing is an inspiration of Borges' fictional non-fiction short stories.
>>25554422Maybe don't use AI when you want to call out others for using AI
Bump. Any thoughts are appreciated.
Mermaids as a cultural motif are odd, I wonder if the aquatic ape theory has any evidence
Why write about such cliche topic? Come up with something. Like half woman half crab
