Does Atlantica's royal family have unique powers?
Apr 27, 2017 14:49:39 GMT -5
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Post by buckmana on Apr 27, 2017 14:49:39 GMT -5
In another thread, I speculated that Triton and his daughters aren't like the rest of the Atlantican citizens, that they have special powers due to their lineage being descended from powerful beings.
My foremost theory is that they age very slowly, considering how old the Triton myths are, he's been around for a while.
And his ancestors have been around even longer.
So it's highly unlikely they have a normal lifespan of years, they could be expected to live for 100s or 1000s of years.
Which means they age very slowly indeed.
Which got me wondering, are his daughters really as young as they appear?
Some of the older ones appear to be in their early-mid 20s, but if they have a slow maturation rate, they might easily be 50 or 100 years old for all we know.
It might also explain why Ariel looks the same always, despite having lived on land long enough to have a daughter who is probably somewhere around 8 years old.
The only data given onscreen is that Ariel is 15 during the tv series and Arista is 17 at the same time.
She's 16 when the first movie comes out.
The only thing stated onscreen is that the Trident stand has a protective measure placed on it, that only members of Triton's family can remove it.
So if someone who wasn't one of his descendents tried to take the Trident, they couldn't.
Which is how they work out Melody took it when they discover it's missing,
They're not immortal though, Triton suffers from the normal ailments that affect advanced age, because he throws his back out when he really gets excited about dancing.
And it seems that they can be harmed, if they were immortal, they'd wouldn't be so concerned about being attacked by their enemies.
Aside from their lineage derived powers, there are some other traits common to acquatic lifeforms.
The most common ones are increased strength and endurance.
These are required because water is a lot denser then air and since it's always moving, you have to be in constant motion to either stay still or travel through it.
Imagine going about your normal day with a great weight pressing down on every muscle in your body and that's what it feels like to live underwater.
The deeper you go, the heavier the weight becomes.
We see a little of this in the first movie, despite being a teenager, Ariel has no difficulty lifting Eric and swimming to shore while carrying him.
And that's during a storm, making the difficulty of doing so even harder!
And there is one real world fact I know of, in the late 70s/early 80s, they were experimenting with a fluid breathing system, to make it possible for humans to dive deeper then they should be able to.
They did come up with a liquid compound that can carry oxygen and is safe to breathe.
Then they found out what happens when a human inhales this stuff, it takes so much muscular effort to breathe liquid that they didn't have enough energy to move their limbs, they essentially became paralysed.
Don't worry, it wasn't permanent, as soon as they started breathing air again, they returned to normal.
So applying this to merpeople, they'd have to have stronger respiratory muscles and greater metabolic energy production to compensate for the fact they are breathing water some of the time.
My foremost theory is that they age very slowly, considering how old the Triton myths are, he's been around for a while.
And his ancestors have been around even longer.
So it's highly unlikely they have a normal lifespan of years, they could be expected to live for 100s or 1000s of years.
Which means they age very slowly indeed.
Which got me wondering, are his daughters really as young as they appear?
Some of the older ones appear to be in their early-mid 20s, but if they have a slow maturation rate, they might easily be 50 or 100 years old for all we know.
It might also explain why Ariel looks the same always, despite having lived on land long enough to have a daughter who is probably somewhere around 8 years old.
The only data given onscreen is that Ariel is 15 during the tv series and Arista is 17 at the same time.
She's 16 when the first movie comes out.
The only thing stated onscreen is that the Trident stand has a protective measure placed on it, that only members of Triton's family can remove it.
So if someone who wasn't one of his descendents tried to take the Trident, they couldn't.
Which is how they work out Melody took it when they discover it's missing,
They're not immortal though, Triton suffers from the normal ailments that affect advanced age, because he throws his back out when he really gets excited about dancing.
And it seems that they can be harmed, if they were immortal, they'd wouldn't be so concerned about being attacked by their enemies.
Aside from their lineage derived powers, there are some other traits common to acquatic lifeforms.
The most common ones are increased strength and endurance.
These are required because water is a lot denser then air and since it's always moving, you have to be in constant motion to either stay still or travel through it.
Imagine going about your normal day with a great weight pressing down on every muscle in your body and that's what it feels like to live underwater.
The deeper you go, the heavier the weight becomes.
We see a little of this in the first movie, despite being a teenager, Ariel has no difficulty lifting Eric and swimming to shore while carrying him.
And that's during a storm, making the difficulty of doing so even harder!
And there is one real world fact I know of, in the late 70s/early 80s, they were experimenting with a fluid breathing system, to make it possible for humans to dive deeper then they should be able to.
They did come up with a liquid compound that can carry oxygen and is safe to breathe.
Then they found out what happens when a human inhales this stuff, it takes so much muscular effort to breathe liquid that they didn't have enough energy to move their limbs, they essentially became paralysed.
Don't worry, it wasn't permanent, as soon as they started breathing air again, they returned to normal.
So applying this to merpeople, they'd have to have stronger respiratory muscles and greater metabolic energy production to compensate for the fact they are breathing water some of the time.