>>525521582
>…but what if you only have nightmares?!
Lucky for you we also had nightmares!
>absolutely suspicious!
That just means the ones that succeded left human society and had a happy life.
Depictions like PoTC just show what happends when you mess with mermaids in bad faith. But also in the same movie you see a good mermaid helping one of the good guys between the ruthless pirates.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WyxHLu_hZE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeSHEjpwQF8