Mermaids are motorboating quickly to torpedo vampires as America’s fantasy feature creature. Young Adult novelist Carolyn Turgeon’s essay "Neither Fish Nor Flesh" presents the argument that growing interest in mermaid reality shows, combined with the inherent sex appeal of a fair maiden perpetually in a wet t-shirt contest, provides the perfect opportunity for Ariel to drown Dracula.
Halloween 2012 was mermaid season for Hollywood.
I’m not trying to knock the lady’s hustle in hyping up mermaids to see her appropriately titled 2011 book, Mermaid: A Twist on the Classic Tale, sell more copies. But there’s a reason the Twilight movies grossed over a billion dollars: conquering death is a lot better being able to breathe water. A mermaid is just a goldfish with a ridonkulous chest.
Make the hard sell all you want, there’s a reason why True Blood has been on TV for so long.
And Buffy the Vampire Slayer is one of the finest television programs ever.
A handful of people ever scuba, but everyone tries to stay young.