"H2O: Just add water"
I found on Netflix an old series I've been watching as a teenager, "H2O: Just add water". It's about three teenage girls who turn into mermaids when they touch water and have some powers over water. I'm impressed by the underwater scenes, there are many of those in almost every episode and the actresses not only keep their eyes open, but do a lot
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I wonder if the show might have been inspired by "Splash" success...
I love when fantasy franchises work in all those seemingly small side-effects of the fantasy element in plots/universes.
one of girls was a great swimmer and had to give it up
Was she still a better swimmer even among mermaids? If there was more of them, a whole mermaid parallel community, they might have their own competitions. :)
then it rains for a week, you have to get out and the secret is over
Now I wonder how much getting wet counted as getting wet. Is a single drop enough? Does an umbrella help if it's not a really heavy downpour? Because we never live in a 100% dry evironment... and what about one's own body liquids, especially those close to pure H2O, like sweat or tears? Come to think of it, what about drinking?
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You mean the movie? I don't know, I haven't heard of it until now.
I love when fantasy franchises work in all those seemingly small side-effects of the fantasy element in plots/universes.
I just need the world they creating to make some sense. You shouldn't be able to find some absurd holes five seconds after you started watching.
Was she still a better swimmer even among mermaids?
They seemed equal as mermaids. And there were only three of them (well, four in next season), so as far as they knew, there was no community with competitions, leaflets for new members and a Facebook group.
Now I wonder how much getting wet counted as getting wet.
The characters did experiments in the first few episodes (the mermaid thing starts in episode 1), so fortunately, the rules are pretty well established!
Is a single drop enough?
Yes, if it has contact with the body for more than 10 seconds. If you wipe it fast enough, you're safe. So...
Does an umbrella help if it's not ( ... )
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I think it wasn't very popular here and now it's forgotten entirely, but I recall someone mentioning it on some English-speaking forum quite recently as "It was big that time".
The characters did experiments in the first few episodes
The sort of stuff I like in fantasy! :D
Yes, if it has contact with the body for more than 10 seconds. If you wipe it fast enough, you're safe.
Hm, that might also answer the related problem: how big must it be to count as getting wet. If it's small enough to evaporate under 10s, it's not getting wet.
If you drink through a straw, you're safe.
So, wet-to-wet is not wetting; it's only wetting when wet-to-dry (skin). Brushing teeth must be risky outside a bathtub, if that tail cannot hold up your weight...
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Yeah, most writers are like: better not to set many rules when we're starting because we won't be able to change it later if it's inconvenient to the plot. So there's never time for some experiments. H2O: let's spend few episodes doing that!
If it's small enough to evaporate under 10s, it's not getting wet.
Exactly.
Brushing teeth must be risky outside a bathtub, if that tail cannot hold up your weight...
I'm always amused how people in movies brush their teeth - with no water and barely any toothpaste, so they can still talk and walk around when doing it.
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