We are very excited to announce that our preorder goal of 150 preorders has been reached, which means our final stretch goal, an enamel pin designed by @aimadduragon, has been unlocked! This pin will be included in every physical bundle!
Today is the last day you can preorder a copy of Besitos del Mar, as preorders close tonight at 11:59 pm PST! If you’re interested in grabbing a copy of our zine, please do so before it’s too late!
Wemay have leftover sales, but that is still a maybe, so if you definitively want a copy of the zine, preorder one today if you haven’t already!
After much consideration among the mods and some questions we got through dms, we have decided that we will be extending the preorder deadline to March 5!
We hope that these extra few weeks can allow some people to figure out any issues they were having with payment and give them enough time to purchase a copy of still interested! We also hope that the extra time may allow us to unlock our last two stretch goals!
Remember that all proceeds after the cost of production will be donated to WIRES!
Once more, for all physical bundles, a digital copy of the zine is available for an extra $2
We’re getting very close to unlocking our second stretch goal for the zine, so consider purchasing a physical copy if you’re interested in receiving that second stretch goal!
The giveaway will also be extended to the new preorder deadline!
Preorders for *Besitos del Mar*, a Klance merfolk zine, close in less than three days, on March 20! These next few days are the last chance you have to preorder a copy of this zine!
We’re just about 10 orders away from unlocking our final stretch goal, so make sure to grab a copy before it’s too late!
After extending preorders to March 5, we got a lot of requests to extend it more, so that is what we’ll be doing! Preorders for Besitos del Mar, a Klance merfolk zine, will now be open until March 20!
March 20 is the latest we will extend to, and that is the hard deadline for preordering a copy of the zine, so make sure you get yours before then!
We’re getting closer to unlocked our final stretch goal, so please consider sharing information about the zine so we can reach more people and potentially get enough orders!
Our zine has hit 100 preorders, which means that our second stretch goal, a dangle charm by @viraseii, has been unlocked! This bonus charm will now be included with every physical order of the zine!
The next and final stretch goal we have is an enamel pin designed by @aimadduragon! This final bonus merch piece will be unlocked at 150 preorders, so consider purchasing a physical copy if you are interested in receiving it with your order!
If you have already purchased a copy of Besitos del Mar, consider sharing our posts to spread the word! We would definitely love to hit our final stretch goal and share the enamel pin with everyone!
After much consideration among the mods and some questions we got through dms, we have decided that we will be extending the preorder deadline to March 5!
We hope that these extra few weeks can allow some people to figure out any issues they were having with payment and give them enough time to purchase a copy of still interested! We also hope that the extra time may allow us to unlock our last two stretch goals!
Remember that all proceeds after the cost of production will be donated to WIRES!
Once more, for all physical bundles, a digital copy of the zine is available for an extra $2
We’re getting very close to unlocking our second stretch goal for the zine, so consider purchasing a physical copy if you’re interested in receiving that second stretch goal!
The giveaway will also be extended to the new preorder deadline!
You know how selkidomus scales are used to create a Grimwalker?
I thought it would be interesting if there was an AU where Hunter was revealed to be a Selkie instead of a Grimwalker. After all, Eda did say that many of the myths that exist in the human realm are thanks to the Boiling Isles.
The following AU details are points that I discussed in a discord server with my friends.
Belos stole Hunter’s seal skin when he was a baby and raised him as a “magicless witch”
The seal skin is the reason that Hunter is so loyal to Belos and unwavering in his resolve towards his uncle– even if Hunter doesn’t realize the grip that this item has on his psyche
Belos outright abused Hunter so badly that he completely and utterly convinced him into believing that he is the true owner of the seal skin– not Hunter
Hunter doesn’t even come in contact with his seal skin because he doesn’t believe himself to be a selkie; Belos has convinced him that he’s just a witch with an unfortunate “curse”
Hunter’s own human skin is super sensitive to touch because he is not wearing his skin seal which is why he often wears a lot of layers of clothing and recoils at touch
Also when in seal form, Hunter takes the form of a selkidomus.
I couldn’t not doodle this
Check out this absolutely amazing art that my friend drew! Please give the artist all your love and compliments!
Las cicatrices que estos dos tienen, fue lo que me impulsó a dibujar esto. Tampoco quise dibujarlos con una imagen delicada.
Trabajando en esto, tenía muy presente la influencia del diseño de la raza Zora de The Legend of Zelda, de Ocarina of Time para Lan Zhan y Twilight Princess para Jiang Cheng.
El enfoque en Jiang Cheng es en su joyería, si mi memoria no me falla, en el ataque a su hogar, casi todas, o todas, las “reliquias/objetos espirituales” de su familia fueron hurtados, y su cicatriz está debajo de ellas. Tal vez escondiendola, tal vez como algo que está bajo sobre lo que realmente importa.En la joyería, dominan las perlas y la plata por sus propiedades conductivas.
Para Wangji, sus cicatrices siempre fueron el punto focal, así que tenía que balancear los demás elementos que le quería dibujar.
No importa cuánta cosa le quería poner, no solo se veía sobresaturado, si no tampoco iba con la estética Lan.
Quise enfatizar que es de otra familia y de otra región geográfica, por lo tanto sus características físicas, aparte del color, no son iguales a las de Jiang Cheng. Y me enfoqué en esos relieves curvilíneos, simbólicos de su familia, que van implementados en su diadema/corona.
A curious anon asked whether there were also stories about mermen among the many stories about mermaids. There are many water creatures in folklore, including male ones. But many of them do not look half-fish, half-human, like we expect from mermaids. A “watery” or “fishy” looking human is actually more common. And it’s actually not uncommon to have fishtailed women and scaly-legged men spoken of as being direct counterparts in folklore. But there are some more mermaid-like mermen to be found.
As far as stories go, what we now think of as classic merfolk, seem to show up most in folklore from the British Isles and Western and Northern European coast. (But if you include deities the Babylonians, Syrians and Greeks definitely join the club.) While female merfolk are by far the most prevalent, here are the mermen I know of:
Icelandic stories speak of a “marbendil”, which is a merman that is only seen when accidentally fished up from the deep. One story describes him as having a big head and long arms, but resembling a seal from the waist down. The other as “a great fish with a mans’ head and body”. They were thought to have some sort of clairvoyance and could tell a person’s fortune, just like their female counterparts. They have homes and family at the bottom of the sea and keep sea-cattle.
On the Shetland Islands there are stories about a whole society of mar-folk that lived in the ocean, who looked fully human while in their homes or when they go ashore, but who traveled through the water by changing their bottom half to a fish tale. They were fond of music, a bit smaller than the average human, and the men in particular of a darker complexion, with dark or reddish hair. They too could tell fortunes. Some of the stories overlap with those about selkies.
In Norway they have a similar divide as the Shetland Islands, with both mermen and mermaids having fishtails, but the men a little darker than the women, with a long black beard and hair. They could foretell the future, but also bring misfortune. A friendly merman might warn fishermen about coming storms.
While the rarely mentioned “merrow-man” from Irish folklore seems to be ugly, but more man than fish, brief mentions of Welsh mermen give them both a fish tail and beautiful long hair. In tales from Cornwall the mention of “merrymen” are equally brief, though sometimes described as dangerous. They seem to exist mostly in reference to the mermaids, as their fathers or husbands.
In both the Netherlands and Germany there are several similar stories about a mermaid that was caught by fishermen, whose ship is immediately followed by a merman. He turns out to be her husband, and begs for her release. When they refuse, he curses their village and foretells that it will be completely destroyed by the sea. Another Dutch story tells of some sailors who accidentally wound a merman with long red hair and beard. They are so shocked to see him that they do not catch him, much to their helmsman’s dismay.
Lastly, there seems to be a pretty complex fishtailed merfolk society in one of the stories from Arabian Nights. And, while beyond Europe creatures that are half-water snake seem much more common than half-fish, one tale attributed to the Teton tribe from what is now Midwestern USA has a woman that flees into a river and becomes a fish from the waist downward.
