Nipah  🐣

Also you cannot tell me mermaid's don't like to possibly lay under the sun sometimes. Also if they're based off fish/humans... guess the large skin/flake color varieties of each..... Oh also, mermaids of fictional and can be whatever people want them to be.

Even with a realism arguement mermaids would not be pasty white like europeans unless they're the deep sea trench monster types.

Why a shame? Its representation for mute children, something you do not see nowadays. Someone kids saw growing up who they could either see themselves in her or learn about the mute disability and maybe encourage them to learn ASL to communicate with them.