On Fanlore, users with accounts can edit pages including user pages, can create pages, and more. Any information you publish on a page or an edit summary will be accessible by the public and to Fanlore personnel. Because Fanlore is a wiki, information published on Fanlore will be publicly available forever, even if edited later. Be mindful when sharing personal information, including your religious or political views, health, racial background, country of origin, sexual identity and/or personal relationships. To learn more, check out our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Select "dismiss" to agree to these terms.
Fanlore:Featured Article Archives/2025: Week 18
Turning a character into a merperson is an AU trope in both fanfic and fanart.
Another scenario has a character meet a merperson.
It can be done for humorous crack or for serious angst (i.e. based on the Hans Christian Andersen story).
Like in the fairy tale, often only one character is a mermaid/merman, so different habitat and the fish-like lower body present compatibility challenges.