I pieced these together from the Oedo Onsen Website (they’re image locked there, so I had to cap them and piece them together). They’re really big images, so tumblr inevitably shrunk them. If you want the full sized versions, I have them uploaded on imgur here.
No need to credit if you use them for graphics (it’s not like I did much work). Just don’t claim you did what I did yourself or something.
Merman Yurio, the Russian Catfish Punk!….or Fairy.
Yuri was born with very tiny and round-ish fins, earning him a cutesy look, but as a result he wasn’t able to swim very fast. He has very agile, being able to perform sharp evasions, but his swimming speed was slower than the average for his age. This scenario as reversed after his First Change, in which his fins suffered a growth spurt and turned sharper, allowing him to reach very high speeds. His scales turned a golden color, and he also got dark stripes, a trait inherited from his mother.
His tail is of the ‘speed’ type, common among racers, but his interest isn’t in racing, but in water dancing instead.
He has a pet eel named Potya. Potya is usually seen swimming between his arms or very close to his body. The eel tends to ignore anyone that isn’t Yuri or his grandfather, Nikolai.
Yuri has a high metabolism, which prevents him from building fat in his tail to warm him up during winter. Because of that, his grandfather usually makes him capes out of animals’ skins to help him retain warmth during winter. His tail is quite thin in diameter, and while it lacks in strength, it allows him to swim fast enough to avoid most sources of harm. It is also very handy during water swimming competitions, since he’s able to do quick and fluid moves.
look. i don’t think my stretch marks are beautiful. i don’t think they’re tiger stripes or natural tattooos. i don’t think my acne is beautiful. i don’t think the bags under my eyes are beautiful. i just think they’re human. and i don’t think i have to be beautiful all of the time in order to be accepted and loved and sucessful. i don’t think every small detail of my outer appearence needs to be translated into prettiness.
