Mermen with Spunk

Matelot Beguiled

Sailors Orders

 

 I've posted quite a lot of mermen images at this blog, and many of them are preoccupied with what mermen look like. In folklore, though, mermen are more than just biological oddities. They are, by necessity, the sirens of the gay persuasion (since women have always been verboten in ships). They existed to lure sailors onto their rocks with powers of persuasion which are left largely to the imagination to this very day. 

 Hats off to AI then for coming up with this contrasting pair, although they are largely viewed through the (mainly, straight) prism of AI.  It's produced a disconcerting combination of muscularity and boyish/classical faces with a slightly feminine cast that's not dispelled by their seduction techniques. 

What great men, though, playing the role of sailors.

There's an interesting difference in seduction approaches. No 1 goes for teasing, whilst projecting femininity with flowers in the hair. This is likely to confuse the average sailor who likes his love interest to be one thing or the other, and for whom old-fashioned romance like this is a bit 'niche'. Especially for those men in 'reserved' (i.e. butch) occupations, like mariners.

I'm not sure many gay men would fall for the Marlene Dietrich technique of No 2 either. Although they usually appreciate a good Dom's sternness, they expect to be compensated with a bash at the very thing these creatures haven't got. Fishiness doesn't really help in this department either.

 The lack of historical documentation of merman seduction may be because gay men don't have the same barriers to intercourse as straight men. If the first port of call is proving difficult, they just go back to their shipmates, the ones who lack the same powers of attraction, or these days they can go on Grindr (or whatever the principal on-line knocking-shop is when you read this). That applies doubly for sailors who have the benefit of shipmates all too willing to live up to the promiscuous stereotype and go foraging, en-masse, in foreign climes. You didn't thing 'a girl in every port' was a literal, uni-gender truth, did you? 

 Images by RomanAI

Chilly Start in the Trossachs

 There's something about a man in a kilt that fires the imagination - and curiousity about what he's got on underneath. Matt Zumwalt stokes the tease here by flashing a chunky thigh. 

Cavorting in the snow is certainly in keeping with the tough, he-man image of Scots,
epitomised by the tossing events of the Highland Games.

You do wonder how such a minimal garment became standard wear in a country 
that has more than it's fair share of perishing cold weather. 

Photo of Matt Zumwalt by Eric Battershell

A Box of Boys

 

 

This image by Alga has an intriguing subject and delicious colouring

The restrictive boxing and loose lasso suggest bad behaviour being punished

The winged trainer perhaps signifies wings being clipped.

The young pair look suitably resentful.

Haven't a clue what the umbrella means, but it's just a great image.

 

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There's an 'Alga' on twitter/X but it's not obviously the same artist

Watery Fate

 

Photographic models have to get used to being asked to do weird things

Especially if they have well-honed physiques.
 

Even so, this most unusual modelling assignment involving extremely thick rope the size of an octopus tentacle and a great deal of splashing water while trapped within a cage might have given any young man pause for thought about where exactly all this is headed.

Model: Muriel Vilela

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Art by Amo

 

Amo - Hero

 

Marvellous imagining of a traditional Greek hero

resting on his laurels, in the sporting sense.

 

 

Amo - Muse

An equally appealing study of a musical muse

but the Art Deco styling creates a brilliant retro look 

 

 

Amo - Blue

 A more down to earth imagining of a modern sportsman
completes a terrific trio of images 

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More Amo on Twitter

Must I?

At the window:-  "Did You Call Me?"

 

In the Living Room: "Guess I've got no choice"

credit: All American Guy Anthony Mainella

 

 

 

In the Bedroom: Happy now?

Art by George Towne

George Towne - Eric Seated

 It's nice to see a mature subject allowed to express his sexuality.

 More male art by George Towne