![]() But if we are to emphasize their "horror" for the purposes of Hallow's eve, classical mermaids come with plenty of it. I would go so far as to propose that even the most sanitized and wholesome merfolk are as much "spooky creatures" as any witch, werewolf or ghost, with no additional horror motifs necessary. They've been a popular Halloween costume for as long as Halloween costumes have existed, and though presented as one of the "non-scary" costumes, they rest firmly in the category of a supernatural monster, and we have countless fairy tales, films, video games and cartoons to tell us that they're certainly not a monster to be trifled with. Maybe some of you have forgotten however that mermaids have always belonged to Halloween. ![]() The 2010's brought an explosion of them not just to every artistic medium but to every holiday season, and it's now relatively common to at least find mermaid skeletons as part of the usual Halloween decor, along with the occasional mermaid witch, or even just a living, non-sorcerous mermaid hanging out with a few pumpkins and ghosts. Now, we see them more than ever and in far, far more contexts. They've never really stopped being wildly popular, no, but it feels as if they somehow still went "more mainstream" in recent years, as if they had been taken for granted for decades before society suddenly screeched to a halt and said "wait a minute. ![]() The role of mermaids in our popular culture is an interesting one.
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