Written by Mermaid Carlene
Amelia Quintana and Jet Mir Thakur don’t really belong to each other… We know it. Still, I find their relationship quite interesting. I think that they’re good friends, and that Jet Mir cares much more about Amelia than he’d like to admit. In this article, we will pay a closer look to the two and everything that happened to them in the first novel of the “Mermaid Princess Amelia” fantasy series.
We will go chapter by chapter, as there are quite many scenes with the two of them, and, I don’t want to miss anything that might be of importance to you. Of course, chapters where Jet Mir isn’t mentioned,
Let’s get started!
Chapter 2 – Amelia grieves on the beach, and Jet Mir recognizes her as an Antemidian. Seeing she’s distressed, he begins the talk and almost instantly. He talks to her about the earthquake, listens with empathy, and offers to go look for her friend. All these things make our young (and naïve) protagonist trust him. She accompanies him on the submarine, and listens about his family and submarine. When Jet Mir takes time to venture out to rescue Araminta, Amelia learns that there’s something wrong. She gets enraged when he tries to force her into signing a contract with him.
Chapter 3 – Despite irritation, Amelia signs the contract. As she reunites with Araminta, her negative feelings improve, and she begins to view Jet Mir with more respect. She pays more attention to his looks, commenting, he looked good in his uniform. It feels that the dinner she had with him, helped them reconcile on a basic level.
Chapter 4 – Amelia and Jet Mir talk together about the details of the mission. The atmosphere is friendly, and devoid of conflict. Amelia has accepted the fact that she’s got to go on the mission, and she’s willing to do her best. Jet Mir had already done several good things for her: he gave her and Araminta shelter in his submarine, sharing food and all other things that he had. He had also rented her an apartment in Santa Ana, and brought her as close to the town, as he could. He also gave her a compass so she’d remember about him. The gift made Amelia happy, and before they parted, Jet Mir told her, to send him a telegraph.
Chapter 5 – Amelia learns that Jet Mir rented the apartment for twelve months, which freaks her out, as she doesn’t want to be grounded in that place for so long. However, she’s still determined to fulfill her obligation towards him. She begins to look for artifacts almost instantly, and in the very same chapter, he sends her large parcel with clothes and other things that she may need on land.
Chapter 6 – Amelia meets Jet Mir’s sisters in Edith’s apartment, and learns that they’re against him. As they try to persuade her to give up on the mission, she’s not thrilled. She cares a lot about the promise made to him and doesn’t want to run away. As Edith asks her later, if she knows Jet Mir, Amelia lies, to avoid failing the mission.
Chapter 7 – As Amelia ponders her connection to Nerland, Jet Mir startles her. She nearly attacks him, but apologizes as soon as she recognizes him. He covers them both with his umbrella, and they talk. He gives her several tips which will help with the mission, and brings her the pendant belonging to her sister, as he had learnt from Sawa, Amelia already knows about her connection to Nerland. Amelia mentions that he “gently took her hand and put the pendant in it.” Then they go take a walk, which ends with Jet Mir using his gaze to hypnotize Amelia so that she doesn’t see him walking away. Amelia gets upset, taking that as a sign of disrespect. However, it’s unlikely Jet Mir actually wanted to disrespect her, taking into consideration everything that he had done for her earlier. Maybe he had done it to check, if he could affect her with his merman powers? As Luiz emerges from the crowd moments later, Amelia’s hopelessly annoyed and gets rid of him at the very first possibility. It’s clear that she didn’t want her meeting with Jet Mir, to end that fast. Interestingly, in this very same chapter, Amelia begins to struggle with opposing Edith, as the girl had become her friend too.
Chapter 8 – When the books disappear from Sawa’s antique shop, Amelia thinks to herself, it might be Jet Mir’s fault. It’s clear that she doesn’t completely trust him, especially after the first conflicts that they had, and his sudden disappearance the other day. Sawa reminds her though that Jet Mir is a friend. Amelia thinks to herself, Sawa became evil because of Jet Mir and she’s scared of going down the same path.
Chapter 9 – Sawa and Amelia meet Jet Mir in the Land of Barite Roses. Amelia watches Jet Mir bargain over some product, and look at their artifact. Then, Jet Mir discloses how he had given Sawa her alibi. He also adds that his sisters aren’t really his sisters but rather “lost wanderers.” At this point, we can see that he’s being honest with her. Later in the same chapter, Amelia and Jet Mir meet on the submarine’s roof. Jet Mir is wearing a white bathrobe which is likely his pyjama. He calls Amelia “sleeping beauty” and as she asks if she can sit down next to him, he replies “of course.” As she hugs her tail, sad after discovering the truth about Araminta/Samantha, Jet Mir is concerned with her being cold. As she tells him, it’s nothing, he keeps asking more questions, clearly noticing she’s unwell. He shared he’d had an identity crisis later, and offers a listening ear. This is so far the most romantic moment between the two, still, Amelia hesitates to open up. She considers him to be a riddle, and adds that she never knows whether he’s serious, or not. In the end, she opens up to him, and he just listens. At this point, Amelia likely feels that he’s her friend already cause she considers talking to him openly about abandoning the mission (because of her friendship with Edith).
I’ll pause summarizing chapters at this moment because, I want to share my own opinion on the matter. I’m thinking to myself, Jet Mir might have caught feelings for Amelia, and as early, as in the second chapter. He knows she could leave him, and so he first locks her in his submarine, and then, forces her to sign a contract that will bind them. Even though he’s an exiled prince whose funds are probably limited, he spends tons of money on her, buying her everything that she might need. To that, he gives her presents, too. He’s checking on her, he offers help, and a listening ear, and once, he even uses his triton powers, to hypnotize her.
In the next chapters, we learn that he had been in love with Edith. This makes me think that maybe, he had viewed Amelia as some sort of rebound, a second chance for love. He had placed her in the same town and tenement, where his ex lived. It might be seen as an excuse to see Edith more often, sure, but if you pay attention, Jet Mir always catches Amelia in places where Edith does not appear or waits for her to go see him. In fact, Edith and Jet Mir meet each other by accident. With this in mind, it’s highly likely, Jet Mir recommended the empty apartment in Linda’s tenement, because, it was a place that he knew about. Also, he was likely sure that the owner – Linda – could be trusted to take care of a teenage girl, and that was what Amelia needed.
Another reason why I think that he wanted Amelia to be his second chance for love, is because he had given her a mission to collect artifacts, which was something that Edith had failed to helped him with. He had also smartly bounded her with a contract, so she wouldn’t be able to bail on him that easily – like Edith had done.
It feels like, Jet Mir really had caught feelings for Amelia in the first half of the novel! Unfortunately, in his attempt to do everything right, he had committed several mistakes that upset her, and prevented her from seeing him as a potential love interest.
Curious what happens next? Make sure to come back tomorrow and check the new article! That’s not the end of my amazing theory.
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