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dude this orange-y red is YOUR color like you look insanely pretty
yessss she looks GORGEOUS with this color
YES! SO BEAUTIFUL!
I agree. Don't go much darker, it could make you look pale, while you are glowing with the warm, lighter color.
Agree! 💚💚
i STRONGLY agree. she looks SO GOOD.
I took a class in college called, Africology taught by a Black man. One class he spent the duration going over Black myths and folklore and discussed how many of the Disney adapted fairytales were taken from Black folklore. Suggest giving it a search! There’s the age-old African mermaid legend known as Mami Wata (Mother Water) & a book called The Annotated African American Folktales by Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Maria Tatar that talks all about them!
Actually, mermaid stories originated in Assyria, ancient asian country. Lots of different countries throughtout history had mermaid stories and mythology, I don't think Disney adapted any specific myth from specific part of the world, they just based it on Hans Christian Andersens story.
@@normagruden you can't win with afrocentricists. Everything was stolen from Africa according to them
Fun fact. Hans Christian Anderson was gay and the little mermaid was a analogy about his feelings for another man that weren’t reciprocated. (Knowing that make the story even more beautiful and tragic for me)
I think this fact connects to mermaids being used as metaphors for minorities and the oppressed. In The Deep mermaids are the children of female slaves, in other mythologies they are the souls of women wronged at sea, and even in the original Little Mermaid uses these themes.
oh mY gOD this just made the little mermaid even sadder wtf
That's not true though. I talked about Hans Christian Andersen in Queer Studies. The theory is based on a very homophobic text from a literature theorist. He said that Andersen MUST be gay, because he behaved "female", too affectionate to be a real man, and wrote about a creature that is only half human (as are gays according to him)..... So, sorry to burst your bubble here. 😅
Lisa Glaum I study him in school too tho and Anderson did writes to his ‘lover’ : « my feeling for you a those of a woman » I’m going to try to find the link but yeah I don’t think you can make those things clearer.
@@lisaglaum8912 I haven't studied him in academics or read the text you're referring to, but I randomly read a few articles on HCA a few months ago when they were planning a tribute to him at Pride in Denmark. Seems like most scholars of him at this point agree he was bi-romantic, and possibly asexual... articles I read quoted from his own letters, including a letter he sent to his male friend Collin that read "I long for you, yes, this moment I long for you as if you were a lovely girl…" so I dunno if that's the only source of that theory.
Liam's concern over you handle that knife was adorable.
I'm cracking up at how SHOOK Lala is by the original Little Mermaid story. 😂
_Into the Drowning Deep_ is everything to me, 90% because of the autism rep. 🥺 An autistic woman getting to exist and be a person the same way other characters are, and be queer and get a love story to boot? Holy crap. (I'm... so sad that "autistic people are fully human" is still a groundbreaking position in 2020.)
I didn't realize how much I'd enjoy hearing someone who's never seen or read the little mermaid try and summarize it
24:28 Is this a 🔪?
Liam: No, don't, don't!
Hahaha that entire moment is 💯
Here I am only 12 minutes in bc fairytale and myths are my JAM and I have to Little Mermaid history for everyone. Disney version spoilers if you mind that.
The myth of the little mermaid didn't really originate with Anderson. There have, obviously, been siren stories for a very long time but one of the oldest "mermaid goes on land" stories is that of Melusina. River spirit (mermaid) falls in love with a knight, comes on land to marry him and hides the fact that she grows a tail in water, in the end she is either driven out or leaves him to return to the water with her daughters.
Andersons The Little Mermaid is.... A bit rough. It's not what a lot of people think it's going to be but I actually love it as a view on how a male author of the time depicts what he believes a woman/girl would go through for love. Disney's version is amazing though. Lots of good conversations about trafficking (Ursula manipulating a literal child), what society does to young girls (ie: making them give up their voices to achieve their dreams). Also it has a happy ending in which Ariel has autonomy over her body and choices after turning her back on the magic that was only hurting her. Love it. Very good.
Lots of people shit all over Little mermaid fairytales because they view a mermaid leaving the ocean "for a man" a a bad thing but if it were a human becoming a mermaid for love and adventure it would be just fine so I call bullshit.
the little mermaid ii is about ariel's daughter wanting to be a mermaid so that would be fun for you to watch i think
I love how you're talking about mermaid books and also kind of have mermaid hair. Don't know if that was intentional, but I think it's really cool.
When you said a book was read by Daveed Diggs I audibly gasped
I don't know if that audible pun was intentional but nice haha XD
I was going to leave the exact same message 😆
I immediately paused to put it on hold at the library!
Part of the history of sirens: the sirens that are in homers Odyssey are actually bird people, but over the years have been translated into being mermaids and people of the sea. Just a fun fact I learned in English class.
That whole section in the car with pulling a knife out of nowhere and then yelling SWEDEN 😂 💙
This is what I’ve been told about Han’s Christian Anderson’s story. Hans Christian Anderson fell in love with another man, and when that man told him, ‘No, we can be friends.’ Then when Anderson’s friend was married, he wrote a story about a mermaid, because he couldn’t even mourn the loss of his love, because a mermaid can’t produce tears in the ocean. Also why there’s so many religious motifs, because he was trying to deny who he was, and coming to terms with himself
I missed your vlogs, I'm glad you're slowly getting back to your routine in life 🙆🏼♀️
I get so excited when Lala uploads. I've missed her sooo much lately
Same. I was actually rewatching one of her videos when the notification popped up haha 😆
The Car Scene :
"Let me see what you have.”
“A knife!”
“NO!”
🤣😂🤣
Imagine if Disney actually adapted the darkest parts of fairytales. Maybe in an alt timeline they did, and the theme parks are monuments to cautionary tales instead of an escape from reality.
Sirens originate from Greek mythology, they’re different from mermaids. Originally they’re half woman, half vulture/bird like cannibals that lured sailors in with their voices and song, and their song would tell of the sailor’s deepest wishes to lure them and eat them. In recent years sirens have been merged with mermaids and people think they’re one and the same, but they’re not. Mermaids are just half fish half human creatures, and they also appear in Greek mythology (Poseidon’s son was a merman Triton but he had two fish tails instead of one, and in a lot of folk lore and legends mermaids are depicted with two tails (hence the Starbucks logo having two tails))
Sirens also make a famous appearance in the Odyssey where basically Odysseus and his crew during their travels must pass through a siren-infested area. So Odysseus plugs his men's ears with wax so they can continue piloting the ship to safety without hearing the sirens' song, while Odysseus himself orders his men to tie him to the ship's mast so he can hear their song (because he is extremely curious and wants to find out what their song is like).
I think the history of Sirens would just be the "mythology' of sirens.
Yess I missed you so much!!
I also really appreciate how while making content you're still bringing awareness to what's going on and the world's problems today so thank you!
I actually read the prequel to Into The Drowning Deep first and absolutely loved it. The prequel is a novella called Rolling In The Deep and it follows the previous expedition. It's a little hard to find but I do believe it's available on Scribd. I love both books, but I did enjoy the prequel a bit more.
As a prequel, can you read it first, or does it spoil "Into the Drowning Deep" too much, and should I start with that? I'd Super appreciate the recommendation because I'm interested in both but not sure where to start.
Would also like to know which should be read first.
Fun! I would also like to know which to read first.
I recently read the Deep too, and it was AMAZING. Everyone I know whose read it has said you have to read it slower than you'd expect, and I 100% agree. Once you start reading you just know its not a book you can binge, and its so worth it to take the time to appreciate it anyway
Got my mermaid blanket on and a blue popsicle and I am READY FOR THE MERMAID CONTENT!!
I’m the opposite with thrillers hehe... I like listening to them on audiobooks because I always spoil myself by glancing ahead when I physically read them lol 😂
Aww.. Daveed Diggs is perfection.))
I wanted to get audible just for him and Lin (Lin narrated "Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe").
check to see if your library has an audiobook system! i listened to the deep from mine c:
I loved the way your hair looked when you took it out of your braids!
hahah i loved Liam putting on his parent voice to say "No" when you had the knife 😂your hair looks out of this world
I really liked your hair in braids and then you took them out. And then I really liked your hair straight and then you curled it 😂 but honestly, this color is perfect all the hairdos you do are 👌🏻
Mermaids have always been my favorite mythical creature so as someone who doesn’t really care for creatures like dragons, trolls, etc etc, mermaid books are the ones that can really temp me. This video was so fun for me!!
‘I’ve been filming for 9 minutes and I’ve said NOTHING’ is such a booktube mood 😂 this was so lovely to watch! I loved The Deep and I’m excited for Song Below Water and Into The Drowning Deep. Your mask is also super cute!
Don’t stop signing petitions and helping with the BLM movement!!
Right folks gonna need some mermaid recs, already added these to my cart/read them but I want more. I’m on a serious mermaid kick!
Edit: thanks for the recs everyone!
In addition to the ones in the video I've heard about Ice Massacre by Tiana Warner
to kill a kingdom by alexandra christo !
Olivia Bennett I don’t think I realized that this was a mermaid book! Thank you!
I’d recommend to kill a kingdom by Alexandra Christo and daughter of the pirate King by Trisha Levensellar
The One-Hundred by K Weikel
I love listening to horror/thriller over audio books. I listen to them while I decorate sugar cookies
I was so happy to see another vlog from you, I always enjoy watching them! :) Funnily enough, the book that I want to read really badly after having watched this is the one you liked the least: Into the Drowning Deep. Because the way you described it reminded me of The Terror by Dan Simmons, which I loved and also has themes of people being on a ship and being haunted by a creature.
First of all, your hair is amazing and I love it. Second, I love Into the Drowning Deep so much, it's one of my favorites of all time. I love all the science elements of it, and I love the water. Also, Seanan McGuire is fantastic. Third, I pre-ordered the paperback version of The Deep because it's stunning and I cannot wait for it to get here!
I finished A Song Below Water a few days ago, and I actually really struggled with it. I think the fact that it was so contemporary with this dash of fantasy sprinkled throughout made the fantasy aspect almost seem redundant. I understand that the author uses the fantasy in the book to create a metaphor for real world issues. But when the book already discusses the same real world issues that it also created a metaphor for, for me, it left me kinda scratching my head a little bit. Then there’s the writing style of the book. Which I was I wasn’t crazy about. I know it’s from 2 teenagers perspectives, but the ending of sentences like, “I didn’t know what to do, but.” It drove me a little crazy. Maybe that’s the grammar nerd in me totally coming out, but for me, I didn’t enjoy it as much as I’d hoped. BUT I’m happy that you did like it!! And I enjoyed hearing about the things you liked about it! Crazy to me how we can all experience the same book differently!
I definitely was thinking a song below water sounded up your alley glad you enjoyed this was a fun vlog and I'm glad to see u back with some fun new videos
Whoa, the original little mermaid story is dark af! 😂
Hans Christian Andersen was generally quite dark, and Disney definitely sugarcoated his stories (as they do) 😅 The same goes for Frozen, which I believe is also inspired by him. He also has a story where the stepmother eats her stepson or something along those lines 😅
Katrine Sofia Lind horror is my go-to genre so, naturally, I’m very intrigued by that! Lol I’d heard things here and there about the OG fairy tales being a little twisted but never in detail! That’s really good to know.
Keira Cass ( who wrote The Selection series) wrote a novella about mermaids, called The Siren/Sirens, something like that. It has a dark premise and I quite enjoyed it. I read a children’s book about 30 years ago that was about mermaids, and it had a really pretty cover! That is all I remember about it, other than the fact that I loved it! I wish I could remember more about it to re-read it and to see if there are any sequels!
12:17 your summary of TLM is everything! ❤️😆💙
To me mermaids and sirens are one in the same because of how they're portrayed. I am sure there's a difference, but I know Sirens are from Greek mythology so if anyone is interested look there or read The Odyssey since they are mentioned in that book. Also, Disney of course did a little reimagining on the original Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Anderson to make a profitable movie which I do love Ariel, but Belle will always be my favorite. I was shocked when reading the original years ago, it was like reading all of Grimm's Fairytales and having my childhood ripped away...lol...now I kind of like the darker side because life isn't always sunshine and rainbows there has to be darkness before there's light.
If anyone likes the Disney version of Little Mermaid there's a book called Part of Your World and it's a twist on this tale. I am partly through it and starting to see some action in it. It's multi perspective, but it tells you that this is Ariel's chapter, Eric's, even Scuttle. It's interesting and am looking forward on how this plays out.
I am going to look into that last book Into the Drowning Deep, you made it sound intriguing and I like sciencey stuff. I totally understand the water baby thing, to me not only do you love the water, you may be a natural at swimming, and it's soothing to be by and to listen to. It doesn't even have to be the waves of a beach it could even be rain or water rushing by in a creek or brook. It's just something that aligns you, if you know what I mean.
By the way I love your hair color, I need my hair that red.
Horror in book format has never scared me, either. Creep out a little maybe but I've never been afraid to go to bed after a book the same way I am when I watch something like Sinister...
I’ve always struggled to find a mermaid book that I actually like but I also think I may have been looking in the wrong places. Thanks for the recommendations.
It was good for you to mention donating blood and keeping up with other ways of helping the community. As someone who can’t donate and suffers severe iron deficiency I think it’s important to remind people that it’s so easy to help others even now.
I cannot get over your haiiir!!! It looks sooo good 😭😭 This is definitely your color!!!
(Not that the other wasn’t good!!)
Wish I could donate blood but discrimination won’t let me.
yep. I'm safely secure in my own wheelchair but because I wouldn't be in their chair I am forbidden from donating blood...at least with the American Red Cross.
Haha, I loved when Liam was frustrated by you not knowing how to use the knife 😂
I'm glad you liked Into the Drowning Deep :)
Hi Kayla!! Have you heard of the new release called Agnes At the End of the World? I think it came out last June. It's basically about a cult during a pandemic! And it was compared to Wilder Girls! I thought you might like to know ☺️
Wait, so Seanan MacGuire writes under 3 different names?!?
I didn’t realize this either!!!
She only really writes under two names, Seanan McGuire and Mira Grant. In her latest book MiddleGame there's a story within the story and she wrote the story fully under the name in the book. ... if that makes sense. lol
I never know why authors do that
@@saradjaroud971 I think some authors like to write under different names when they are writing different genres?
@@saradjaroud971 For Seanan it's to separate her fantasy and horror books. For other authors, the most common case I see is authors who write for a variety of age ranges will use one name for their kid books and one name for their adult books, so that their young fans won't stumble across content that's inappropriate.
Beautiful but strange is a really good way to describe The Deep. I only wish it had been longer so the world building was more immersive. Would be interested to know if you felt like it could've been more of a selection of short stories about the different mermaids in the past before Yetu? It almost read like that already, with the framed story being Yetu and her journey to find herself despite the generational trauma, and the breaks in the story being past history holders. It's definitely one of the more creative mermaid books I've ever experienced.
As much as I'd love to give blood, I live in Japan and because I'm from England, they have lots of questions (mainly related to foot and mouth, and other diseases) you have to pass before giving blood and most British people don't pass it or they're very cautious to allow you.
im definitely the same with thrillers and horrors! cannot do it via audio need to physically read it
Something about "I need a mermaid mug" makes me so happy 😁
Those french braids are so cute! 🥺
Been binging all your videos the past few days..also love your hair color!!
Traditional fairytales are always a lot more bloody and brutal than people like myself, who grew up with Disney, would assume. I suppose that in the past, there was little room for error, lest your child gets put in serious danger, so fairytales were intended to frighten just as much as educate. I suppose that Hans Christian Andersen wished to stay true to these motifs.
So thankful for this lovely vlog Kayla! I'm so glad to see you reading a bit more again.
I'm so happy to see you vlogging again! These videos definitely help get me in a better headspace, in life and also just to create newer content of my own!
I'm going to FINALLY be picking up Into the Drowning Deep with a book club in September, so it was cool to hear your thoughts on it. I agree with what you said about horror. I'm constantly on the hunt for a GOOD SCARY horror book, but none of them ever hit right like a movie does.
I have a recommendation for you that I think you'll like! (even tho it includes "celebrities") It's The Roommate Arrangement by Jae and it's about a female comedian who is trying to make it big and an ex-officer who is recovering from some trauma (it's wlw) and they have to pretend to be dating to become roommates. It's really cute and funny and even tho I haven't finished it I already love it!
this hair colour on you looks absolutely stunning! i couldn't stop looking at how pretty your hair is throughout the whole video. bless!
That extended camera adjustment clip 😂😂
This hair color looks so amazing on you!! It’s so flattering you’re glowing like a literal angel !!
Super excited to see you read Into the Drowning Deep, it’s one of my absolute favorites. I loved the Deep as well, it’s so rich with content 🧜🏻♀️
I literally choked on my ice when you said you hadn't seen the little mermaid 🤯 lol
1) i love this hair so much on you WOW
2) i see you have Lakewood on your anticipated list, I can’t wait to hear what you think of it. I finished in a few weeks ago and it creeped me out so much but also such good social commentary that’s so relevant right now. SO good!
Seeing your reaction to the little mermaid spoke to me on another level lol
Your hair! 😍 I’m jealous that your hair doesn’t frizz from what it looks like in videos! Also it looks super healthy and sleek and shiny too.
May I just say that I’m 10 sec in and your hair IS THE MOST PRETTIEST COLOR AND STYLE AND COMBO WITH YOUR EYES EVERR! Soooo gorgeous
I can't believe that on your last video I commented that your hair had mermaid vibes and then you posted a mermaid reading vlog 😂
This got me so excited for Into the Drowning Deep! I never really knew what it was that appeals to me in horror most, but you've made me come to realize that it is creature horror (even though you did so through mentioning that you don't like that :p). I recently fell down a hole of deep sea creature youtube videos and marine biology things + myth/sea monsters, so would LOVE to pick up Into the Drowning Deep.
sirens came from greek myth along with hippocampi or seahorses. mermaids i believe were also from greek myth but i'm a floridian and i was always told that manatees which are native to florida were mistaken by ship's crews for voluptuous women with tails and that's how mermaids came to be a thing in florida. but yeah sirens came from greek mythology so that would be something to look into. a lot of the fantasy creatures today have a base in greek and roman myth
This was a wonderful video, it's so great to see you back. I loved Into the Drowning Deep...I may just read it again after seeing this.
Into the Drowning Deep sounds right up my alley! I've started reading The Deep and look forward to finishing it.
decided to finally watch this before getting to A Song Below Water myself. I think the only other mermaid book I've read was when I was in grade school. I read the Emily Windsnap series
My two favourite things (books and mermaids) in a video with my favourite youtuber 💖 Love it
OVER THE WOODWARD WALL!!!!!!! I can’t wait to read that!!! Also, I’m so interested in The Deep and I wasn’t sure if I wanted to read A Song Below Water but now I really think I do! I haven’t read Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant, but I have read the novella Rolling in the Deep which I guess is the prequel and that was intense and short and could have been a cool mini series on TV or something.
You have no idea how happy this vlog is making me. Your TLM summary was top notch. Thank you for this prime content. Have an awesome day!
The matching facial expressions when the phone rang. LMFAO.
I can not get over how pretty your hair is, omg.
Hi Lala! Did you ever make a video reacting to the stargirl movie? I thought I saw it but now I can't find it
I think she only react to the Trailer
omg i love that you did this vlog because i have been interested in ALL THREE of these
Your excitement over the little mermaid was everything 😂😂
Ooo definitely read Teeth by Hannah Moskowitz for a creepy, kind of horrific version of mermaids but in a real life setting? I love HM’s writing and her books are so raw and beautiful and in YA I don’t think we get that very often. Highly recommend her books!
I always have the wild color hair which makes me think of mermaid hair. I also scuba dive, and every time I do, I feel like a mermaid. :)
if you're at all interested in musicals, you should check out Once on this Island! it's a retelling of The Little Mermaid set in the caribbean. it doesnt actually have mermaids but it's a really interesting adaptation of the fairytale
I’m so glad we have a long Lala reading vlog again. I love these so much and I missed them. ❤️
ok so idk if you‘d enjoy it but there‘s a ocean-y/ environmental thriller called „the swarm“ (its from a german author, frank schätzing) and it has themes of climate change, polluting oceans, and a lot of weird stuff
it‘s for sure an interesting read and might be worth a try (maybe also if you‘re interested in reading more translated works)
So, I think this whole quarantine thing has my mind messed up. I thought I have been watching your vlogs, but I guess not and now I know I have been missing you in my life! I love your vlogs and I'm digging the hair!
All three of these books are ones I’m really anticipating!! Loved hearing ur thoughts on them😊😊
I loved this! I really want to read all three of them!
It's so wild to me that North Americans most of the time only know the Disney versions of fairytales, cause as a European or at least as part of the German speaking countries you grow up with fairytales, especially with the original, more gruesome versions of the Brothers Grimm fairytales but also with the stories from Hans Christian Andersen. It makes sense since these stories primarily come from Germany and Denmark, so it's natural to tell your children the local children stories, and I have no idea about American childrens classics such as the secret garden, Anne of Green Gables (I hope that's what it's called) etc. But still, the fact that these stories were popularised by Disney and so the rest of the world knows these versions and therefore are shocked at how different and gory the original stories are is always so funny to me cause I have grown up on them.
This video just really lifted my mood, thank you so much! :) Also, I personally would really enjoy more snippets of your life or clips unrelated to the theme of the vlog
I haven’t read any of these but they are on my TBR. I have read Coral by Sara Ella which is like A Song Below Water, if I go of from the way you described it. It is a contemporary mixed with mermaids and deals with heavy topic. But I would give a trigger warning for self harm, (attempted) suïcide and parental abandonment.
1. I LOVED listening to the audiobook for The Deep.
2. Your hair color is GORGEOUS 😍
I was just telling my sis how I missed reading about mermaids. This video was just what I needed! The Deep has been on my list for so long it seems like. Can’t wait!
I started reading The Drowning Deep but I'm so afraid of the ocean I had to take a break after only a few pages
Girl I love watching your videos anyway you want to make them. I love seeing your life, I love hearing about the books. You make the videos you want to make!!
thank you for this vlog!! i LOVE the deep and i love mermaids 💗 and you discovering the story of the little mermaid was hilarious
Your hair is gorgeous
You said Authopsy in a Seanan McGuire book and I think in Wayward Children too besides the twins
i had a song below water on my tbr already but now hearing your thoughts i’m even more excited for it. i thought it was just a fantasy too and maybe that’s what people were expecting and why they gave it a lower rating. the fact that it isn’t pure fantasy makes me think i’ll like it more than i would if it was. plus you mentioned renaissance festival and now i want to pick it up right this second lmao.