This is "THE LOVERS" by Studio Heartbreak on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

Marked NSFW for gore and light nudity. REMEMBER TO TURN ON CAPTIONS UNLESS YOU SPEAK FILIPINO

Been getting recommended this on my music-and-animation feed and thought I’d share if people haven’t seen it.

QUICKEDIT: sorry I didn’t even realize it was age-restricted. Hopefully those with NSFW turned on already have a good account to view it. My bad.

EDIT2: Thanks to user hornilius@lemmy.world, changed the original youtube link to a Vimeo one that shouldn’t require a login.

  • HinoriEnglish
    3·
    3 days ago

    That conjunction of horror and deep emotional connection was stunningly amazing! I thought mermaids should be dipnoan, though…

    • Unique_Emerald_Sol_I@ani.socialOPEnglish
      2·
      3 days ago

      If you mean that they’d be freshwater, a lot of fiction ignores the difficulty of transitioning between saltwater and freshwater. The thing that bothered me more is how they’re able to speak through the water and glass of the aquarium.

      • HinoriEnglish
        4·
        3 days ago

        Well, I rather mean that they should be able to breathe both water and air, as they have both gills and lungs, but this mermaid was visibly suffocating in the air. And that ability to speak through the water and glass is a telepathic connection for sure! It was somehow established after that mermaid’s bite. And it even happens again at 12:35.

        • Unique_Emerald_Sol_I@ani.socialOPEnglish
          1·
          2 days ago

          You know what, I didn’t even think about that! I’m not sure I can pick out where that second moment happens, if it’s an audio cue then my hearing is bad enough that I’m not catching the difference.