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MiaraTheMer — Catching Lantern-Fish P2/2 [By LiesMan]

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Published: 2017-03-25 03:25:40 +0000 UTC; Views: 58503; Favourites: 174; Downloads: 145
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Description An amaaaaazing comic drawn by LiesMan a little while ago.
Thank you so much!

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Part 1: dradragontear.deviantart.com/a…

As they dive deeper and deeper with forceful kicks, Mi'ara is the first to get problems. It is less the lack of oxygen but the sheer pressure alone which is squishing on the girls body. She wouldn't give up easily though and when her new friend has spotted the reason she is down here, she directly fulfills her duty, taking more photos of the beautiful tribe woman.
Nevertheless in the end natures call for fresh air is calling them both soon after. The two do have a plan for that though as you see...
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Comments: 13

mauriado [2018-05-17 08:05:14 +0000 UTC]

I love the skin tone of the girl, I had not played with skin tones in my designs, all my designs are Caucasian girls (do not get me wrong, I do not try to be a racist XD).

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mattjohn1992 [2017-06-30 11:01:47 +0000 UTC]

Great Art. A++.

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TagCavello [2017-05-12 12:39:44 +0000 UTC]

Their gasps must have sounded beautiful!

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MiaraTheMer In reply to TagCavello [2017-05-12 12:42:45 +0000 UTC]

Oh for sure! Imagine what's going on after nearly 6 minutes underwater~

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Joey245 [2017-03-28 17:26:49 +0000 UTC]

*deep breath*

Okay. I know that this is a comic, and I know that this isn't supposed to be realistic, but there are many, many, MANY things wrong with this. I've spent several years studying marine biology not necessarily for a career, but just for fun and out of the interest of learning. And as much as I love LiesMan's work, I simply cannot let these errors slide without commenting on them.

First off: THAT IS NOT A LANTERN FISH. The fish drawn here has all the hallmarks of an angler fish, which is not the same thing as a lantern fish at all. A real lantern fish looks like this, and is much less intimidating and scary than an angler fish. 

Second, there's a reason you only find angler fish at extreme depths. It's because they need the high pressure to survive. Angler fish (and other deep-sea varieties of fish) have adapted in such a way that, to counteract the pressure on the outside, they expel gasses inside of them that exert pressure outwards. Pressure on the outside, pressure from the inside. That's how they stay at equilibrium, and that's how they like it. If you bring an angler fish up to the surface where there's no external pressure, it'll keep building pressure inside until it LITERALLY EXPLODES. Literally, actually, physically explodes, throwing red goop and fish guts everywhere. That's not fun for anyone, especially not for the fish because it is DEAD. 

Finally, if those girls really dove down to over 200 meters, then coming up is not gonna be as simple as just making it to the surface before drowning or passing out. At that depth, the gasses in their lungs and in bubbles would start to mix in with the blood and muscles. This isn't a problem as long as you stay at that depth (because pressure keeps the pockets of gas small) but if you ascend too quickly, the gas pockets and bubbles can expand quickly enough to cause serious damage to joints, muscles, heart, brain, you name it. In diving terms, this is called "the bends" and it's one of the most dangerous parts of diving. You have to ascend slowly to keep the pressure steady, which it doesn't look like the girls are doing here. So odds are good that at least one of them is gonna be spending the rest of their life in a wheelchair, and that's the best-case scenario in this situation.

So yeah, love the art, but everything else is just WRONG.

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SiteBoyAhmet In reply to Joey245 [2023-04-12 16:24:47 +0000 UTC]

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SomeTingue In reply to Joey245 [2021-06-21 19:58:50 +0000 UTC]

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MiaraTheMer In reply to Joey245 [2017-03-28 21:26:57 +0000 UTC]

Lol, hehe xD

Well, first of all, except for the lantern/angler fish, I am aware of the risks you described
Indeed we have confused them.. lol, even Wiki says "do not confuse". If you google for Lanternfish you get this type of fish too.

Anways, yes, realism is somewhat else, but to be honest, I do not really care (and Irene, the person who gave me the inspiration does even less).
Irl I am a very logical person (already for my soon-to-be-career) so roleplay and story(board)-wirting is sort of a compensation c:

One thing about the bends though - gases do not dissolve in blood that quickly. Freedivers have luckily less issues with that than bottle-divers etc.
The world record in free diving is at 253m after all: www.herbertnitsch.com/ Deeper than where our girls went (though they would have broken the world record for women).

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The3House [2017-03-25 11:06:48 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful.

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YoumuNepLowell [2017-03-25 04:11:28 +0000 UTC]

YURI KISSING~

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MiaraTheMer In reply to YoumuNepLowell [2017-03-25 04:27:25 +0000 UTC]

Yuuuuup >////>

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JimLiesman [2017-03-25 03:45:45 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome ^_^

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MiaraTheMer In reply to JimLiesman [2017-03-25 03:52:53 +0000 UTC]

Yay ^-^
Have finally posted that other drawing from you as well xD

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