The people who frequent Tumblr do many things well, but really, they all center around their ability to take a post – any post – and run with it in unexpected and thoughtful (and funny) ways.
I’ve never seen a Tumblr thread write a story before, but it doesn’t surprise me that it’s happened…or that it’s really quite good.
It all begins with a group of pirates who kill a mermaid for her treasure…only to find out that her treasure is a baby mermaid.
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They can’t kill it, so they adopt it, and grow to love her.
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She protects the ship, and when they tell her how they ended up adopting her, she accepts their story.
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In time, she learns the truth, and she forgives them.
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She fends off storms and beasts.
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She leads them into battle.
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She becomes a figurehead, again and again.
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Until the seas fear her father’s ship.
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And then, it’s over. Her parents are old; dying.
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They say goodbye, and ask her to take care of the ship.
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She agrees…and a new captain arrives.
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Who doesn’t understand, not really.
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Not until it’s too late.
I love this story, and the take on pirates and mermaids!
How about you? What would you add? Wouldn’t it be fun to keep going?