I wonder if sirens are like trying to tell the sailors no but they won't listen so like murder was the only solution. They don't want your dick so it's time to drown.
If I were a sea captain in ye olde days of sailing explorers, I’d make sure I had one creepy feet obsessed dude on crew who I assume would be impervious to Sirens.
Plot twist: Only male mermaids surface during mating season and sing for females. It’s a biological coincidence that human males are hypnotized by the song but the mer-males see is as a territorial threat and that’s why they kill sailors.
The existence of snits implies the existence of snesticles.
Funny story: my snake-man barbarian called everyone Bro the first session because he's a himbo. One of the women in the group told him women don't like being called "bro." He said he was confused because snakes don't learn their sex until puberty, but from then on has called her "Sssssisss?" very politely. :)
A cursory look at the history of sirens tells me that they first showed up without a physical description, and have been depicted both ways since BC. I think they're both sirens.
Originally, they were scary bird-ladies who lured sailors with deceptively temping lies about a sailor's relatives. But by the medieval period, they'd become sexy sea creatures who would lure sailors with sex. (Although, usually they had two flippers they could spread to tempt the sailors, as opposed to mermaids which are usually purely fishlike down there.)
Well, what do you mean "other"? Sirens first appear in Ancient Greek literature, and people stopped speaking Ancient Greek a few hundred BC. So yeah, by the time people started drawing them as two-flippered fish-girls, people were talking different languages.
apLundell
Is she single?
AnnieGoolahee
MichaelJennings
That's me, yup all three of'm.
TI99Kitty
Imgur: "Still would."
sadurdaynight
She's got HUGE... serial killer vibes
Craft2000
I wonder if sirens are like trying to tell the sailors no but they won't listen so like murder was the only solution. They don't want your dick so it's time to drown.
redpandabanana
coastalfoundhound
I read that book. It was by Peter Benchely.
JHord1985
You know, one good round of grapeshot would've solved this whole problem around the first time an idiot rowed out.
Xenarion
It is weirdly refreshing to see sirens depicted in line with the original mythos.
ElbowDeepInAGoblin
First panel: "Might introduce myself" [Brain, without consent]: 'Please allow me to introduce myself... 🎶'
CatskinnerKeen
Same! I had to read it several times to make sense of it; my brain kept insisting it was a musical reference...
CaptainKipup
If I were a sea captain in ye olde days of sailing explorers, I’d make sure I had one creepy feet obsessed dude on crew who I assume would be impervious to Sirens.
AnerDyfan
He's alive at the end of the comic, so must have worked out fine. Good for him!
080080
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marsilies
marsilies
OhIfIMust
Sinker? I hardly know 'er!
Awmph
eathotdog
This image is probably older than the modern ifunny user
blessedarethecheesemakers
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Shaows
"You know what, I'm ok with this." *proceeds to dog-paddle over to my erotic doom*
lettersnumbersbeepboop
Plot twist: Only male mermaids surface during mating season and sing for females. It’s a biological coincidence that human males are hypnotized by the song but the mer-males see is as a territorial threat and that’s why they kill sailors.
DJThuglifeSupreme
Jinxies
That is absolutely my favorite siren comic because A) it's hilarious, and B) it would absolutely work.
DJThuglifeSupreme
Pervaroo
Daraanel
Love the hair pattern on guy #3 :D
SteveMND
Yeah, that's an oddly specific balding pattern...
AyatollahBahloni
Venom for days, and also:
vegivamp
I mean, sure, but Vergouwen literally has several comics that match this post exactly.
Magnar1183
Both Lizardwomen are sexy-as-hell!
Ronelyn
The existence of snits implies the existence of snesticles.
Funny story: my snake-man barbarian called everyone Bro the first session because he's a himbo. One of the women in the group told him women don't like being called "bro." He said he was confused because snakes don't learn their sex until puberty, but from then on has called her "Sssssisss?" very politely. :)
marsilies
RomanSnow
Yeah I'd probably fall for it
Goatfer
That's not how snakes eat...
TI99Kitty
brandonblk
Fun fact, in xcom chimera squad snake...woman stripclubs are a thing
Turdfurgis0n
dmcdo8918
Lol fucking glad sniddies
thelegendofthetwistednavigator
Sirens aren't mermaids.
Sirens are land based, have bird bodies and sing to lure sailors onto the rocks
This is the cryptozoology equivalent of looking at a shark and saying "look at that eagle!"
Xenarion
As a francophone, this has always confused me.
kobolddreams
A cursory look at the history of sirens tells me that they first showed up without a physical description, and have been depicted both ways since BC. I think they're both sirens.
RaynWisp
If they aren't specifically from the Sirenne region of France, it's just a sparkling succubi.
apLundell
Originally, they were scary bird-ladies who lured sailors with deceptively temping lies about a sailor's relatives. But by the medieval period, they'd become sexy sea creatures who would lure sailors with sex. (Although, usually they had two flippers they could spread to tempt the sailors, as opposed to mermaids which are usually purely fishlike down there.)
apLundell
Nowadays, of course, there's only one siren left, and she tempts us with caffeine and sugar and a false promise that we're still hip and cool.
Xenarion
The mix might have come from other languages? I know in French, they're both called "sirène"
apLundell
Well, what do you mean "other"? Sirens first appear in Ancient Greek literature, and people stopped speaking Ancient Greek a few hundred BC. So yeah, by the time people started drawing them as two-flippered fish-girls, people were talking different languages.