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[aineotter]

I'm very pleased that SJ Tucker has written a selkie song that is not a tragic love story. It's possible that the selkie in the song is not exactly nice, but I'm somewhat tired of the tragic love story selkie trope. And we're not always nice, it's true. Even those of us raised inland enough that we're otter rather than seal.

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[lupagreenwolf]

Which is part of what makes her so awesome :) Creative reimagining with out losing the heart of the thing.

[aineotter]

Yes! And how we tell these stories is so important; they describe our lives, not just our lore. I have seen echoes of the traditional selkie-loses-skin-to-lover, finds-skin-and-leaves, in my own life, and it does need some re-imagining, for certain. It strikes me as similar in some ways to the trope seen in so many queer romances, where they must always end badly, even when the characters are sympathetic (brokeback mountian, well of loneliness, etc.), which also is badly in need of reimagining.

[sikorskinaf]

Excellent post I must say.. Simple but yet interesting and engaging.. Keep up the awesome work!