The Freeform series Siren depicts mermaids as frightening predators. Siren contrasts the town’s celebration and folklore of mermaids as romantic and docile, shown in their Mermaid Days annual event. With the reality of the mermaids off their coast who are, as their leader Ryn shows, animal-like. Mermaids are not the romanticized version the people of Bristol Cove have created for their own fantasies. This show shows mermaids as creatures of nature and the ocean, not creatures of human culture or creativity. This thus serves as a reminder that mermaids are fierce creatures of the ocean, not human entertainment or fantasies. I see that this narrative is evident through the main character Ryn, who, despite her innocent and helpless appearance, is actually strong and violent. As this mermaid is navigating her new pair of legs in episode one, we see how this narrative that Bristol Cove has created about mermaids being weak and docile, is false. Siren highlights how mermaids and the environment/nature are more connected than us humans to mermaids. This show portrays how mermaids are fierce creatures of the Ocean, connected and feared by nature, and our narratives of them are false. This show pushes and takes away the idea of mermaids being forbidden lovers, and shows how they are a part of nature and not the human world for entertainment.