There is a convention for merpeople They spend up to $4k on mermaid tails and swim around. They have “mersonas”. It looks utterly absurd in a familiar way. Right down to the brief synopsys of what makes people want to be a merperson.
I totally want to persuade some merfolk to attend furry cons just to make things even weirder. They’d look great splashing about with the six foot tall inflatable pooltoys. Or share a hotel with their con, I mean they’d probably be better neighbors than volleyball tournaments or religious conventions.
But, you know what? A google search for ‘fursona badge’ turns up a lot of images. A google search for ‘mersona badge’ turns up absolutely noting. I… look, I feel like a shameless mercenary here, but I smell money in introducing merfolk to the concept of the laminated custom image badge. My pupils are turning to dollar signs here.
Dealer tables at the NC Merfest are all of $250. Who wants to go initiate the merpeople into the ways of Con Badges? Arphie? Megan?
(actually I think Arphie was already toying with the idea? Complete with the moment of dollar sign pupils even? DO IIIIT)