If you are struggling with writer’s block and need some inspiration for your newest mermaid book, story or fanfiction, you’re in the right place! This article contains 30 character-driven prompts about mermaids and mermen, all inspired by the novel “Mermaid Princess Amelia and the Lost Symphony” by Maxine Foti.
30 character-driven prompts about mermaids and mermen, inspired by Mermaid Princess Amelia and the Lost Symphony
- A mermaid who’s washed ashore in human form meets her rescuer, but he doesn’t seem to have her best interests at heart. (Inspiration: Amelia Quintana and Jet Mir Thakur)
- A mermaid signs a contract with a rogue captain, in order to save somebody very close to her heart. (Inspiration: Amelia Quintana and Jet Mir Thakur)
- A mermaid’s best friend turns out to be the missing mermaid ruler from another kingdom, who wanted to hide for some time. (Inspiration: Amelia Quintana and Araminta Aragosta/Samantha Santoro)
- A mermaid discovers a secret mermaid community, and one of the mermaids belonging to it lives right next door. (Inspiration: Amelia Quintana and Edith Dvali)
- A mermaid who never knew who her parents were, suddenly learns that she’s of double nationality. (Inspiration: Amelia Quintana)
- A mermaid finds out a scary secret related to the deceased ruler of their nation, who may not be dead at all. (Inspiration: Amelia Quintana and Tikalie Uxmal)
- A mermaid sets off on a mission to avenge her mother, but when her younger sibling starts learning details, she must resort to mermaid magic to keep her away. (Inspiration: Lumina Mond and Amelia Quintana)
- A mermaid comes down with an unexplained illness that has spiritual roots and can only be cured through a magical mermaid ritual. (Inspiration: Leticia Alvarez and Kamadia de Lisle)
- A mermaid living on land signs up for an activity that’s completely foreign for her, such as e.g. martial arts, and gets ambitious about it. (Inspiration: Amelia Quintana)
- A mermaid catches feelings for a human, who turns out to be a triton belonging to a highly controversial sea kingdom. (Inspiration: Amelia Quintana and Taisuke Hayama)
- A mermaid had gone feral and although she’s dangerous, she has one weakness. (Inspiration: Kolthida)
- A mermaid goes missing, and her human boyfriend begins searching for her. (Inspiration: Kamadia de Lisle and Hansuke Hayama)
- A mermaid finds a mermaid baby somewhere and decides to adopt it, not knowing that the mermaid baby is actually a royal child. (Inspiration: Alisha Quintana and Amelia Quintana)
- A mermaid who works as the mermaid princess’ lady in waiting, dislikes her. (Inspiration: Amida Martinez and Amelia Quintana)
- A mermaid uses her singing powers to become a star on land. (Inspiration: Garabel Haldane)
- A mermaid has been best friends with another mermaid, but now they don’t speak to one another, and for family reasons. (Inspiration: Lumina Mond and Araminta Aragosta)
- A mermaid is the leader of a mermaid group, but this mermaid group slowly falls apart. (Inspiration: Davika Thani)
- A merman is exiled from his sea kingdom and forced to start from scratch. (Inspiration: Jet Mir Thakur)
- A merman’s brother didn’t inherit his ability to transform, so now he bullies him. (Inspiration: Taisuke Hayama and Hansuke Hayama)
- A merman suddenly sees his mermaid friend again, whom he considered to be dead. (Inspiration: Tony Alcantara and Amelia Quintana)
- A merman signs up as a volunteer to help protect royalty from the seas. (Inspiration: Jayden Katharos)
- A merman travels around all oceans in his submarine that he’d inherited from an important family member. (Inspiration: Jet Mir Thakur)
- A merman works as a guest lecturer on an undersea university. (Inspiration: Jet Mir Thakur)
- A merman who had been missing for years, turns out to be imprisoned somewhere underwater. (Inspiration: Adavan Vega)
- A merman who has an affair with a married mermaid, gets them a secret home on land, where they can spend holidays together. (Inspiration: Adavan Vega and Marzia Mond)
- A merman meets the daughter of his deceased lover, from their other relationship. (Inspiration: Adavan Vega and Lumina Mond)
- A merman learns that a group of his friends might be in a grave danger, and decides to follow them. (Inspiration: Adavan Vega)
- A merman who rules an undersea kingdom has to deal with powerful opposition. (Inspiration: General Asvald Altamira and General Aalona Morales)
- A merman works at the entry/exit booth on the border of a sea, and one day, an important guest shows up. (Inspiration: Aurelio Flores and Amelia Quintana)
- A merman and his mermaid try to set up their mutual friends together. (Inspiration: Utau Cortes and Amida Martinez)
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