🌊 “Darwin may have been quite correct in his theory that man descended from the apes of the forest, but surely woman rose from the frothy sea, as resplendent as Aphrodite on her scalloped chariot.” -Margot Datz, A Survival Guide for Landlocked Mermaids

🌊 Many ancient traditions viewed mermaids as more than simply enticing sirens of the deep- these beauties were divine. Water gods and goddesses governed the oceans, seas, lakes, and rivers of the world. Stories of these deities have been handed down to us through the ages via oral tradition, art, and music. 🌊 The first recorded story of a mermaid comes to us from Assyria, circa 1000 B.C.E. Mythology tells us that Atargatis fell in love with a human being- a young shepherd- as gods and goddesses often did in those days. Some legends say she accidentally killed him; others say she became pregnant and was shocked when their daughter was born human. Either way, the distraught goddess threw herself into a lake. Legend has it that the water could not hide her otherworldly beauty, so she became a mermaid, half-fish, half-human- and remained divine. 🌊 But long before Atargatis, the ancient world honored its water gods and goddesses. The early Babylonians, for example, credited the man-fish god Ea (a.k.a Oannes) with teaching humankind agriculture, architecture, and much more. The pheonicians worshiped a half-fish,half-man god named Dagon. According to the Aborigines, life-giving spirits called yawkyawks, who looked like women with fishtails, resided in Australia’s sacred water holes. Ancient Greek and Roman art depicts water deities with bodies that combined the traits of , humans and aquatic creatures, the most famous being the god Tritan, son of the sea rulers Poseidon and Amphitrite. 🌊 Merfolk quite likely derived from these ancient divinities. Though less formidable than Ea, Dagon, Poseidon, and Amphitrite, mermaids and mermen possessed their own powers- from bestowing good luck on humans to brewing up ferocious storms at sea. Merfolk could be compassionate or malevolent-and might just as well destroy people as rescue them.

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🌊 Source: Mermaids: The Myths, Legends, & Lore By Skye Alexander

He told Rachel that he read the letter she wrote him so that they would get back together.

He got jealous that Rachel was living with Joey while she was pregnant with Emma.

Speaking of Emma he kept telling Rachel at the beginning of her pregnancy that there was no possible way she could do this alone and that they should get married cause it was the right thing to do

The amount of times he has made small comments about the influence Carol and Susan have on Ben.

He dated one of his students and didn’t seem to understand why her father was uncomfortable with their relationship. 

He is constantly correcting people and treating others like they aren’t as intelligent as he is because he has a Ph.D. And he thinks since he is “sensitive” and “nice” that women should want to be with him.

#1: Ross never saw Rachel as a friend. He ONLY saw her as a romantic prospect and never got over his crush on her. He’s had a crush on her since high school so in his mind he “claimed” her first and long after they broke up he resented and deliberately tried sabotaging every male relationship in her life.

#2 Ross literally could not accept that Mark (or any man) could be friends with Rachel because HE couldn’t be “just friends” with Rachel. Throughout the series it’s often Joey that tells Ross that he doesn’t OWN Rachel while Chandler and Monica (OH DON’T LET ME GO OFF ABOUT MONICA) enable him.

#3 “WE WERE ON A BREAK” is NEVER an excuse.

#4 I am STILL pissed that Rachel got off that damn plane! Ross sabotaged her career at EVERY. SINGLE. TURN. He was “tired of having a relationship with her answering machine”. He was constantly jealous of all her male colleagues. He WALTZ INTO HER WORKPLACE TO ARGUE ABOTU THEIR RELATIONSHIP PROBLEMS!

#5 AND HE HAD THE AUDACITY TO FALL ASLEEP at a work event that he DEMANDED she take him to.

#6 I DARE YOU to name ONE THING that Ross EVER did to unselfishly help Rachel’s career.

#7 LITERALLY EVERYONE WANTED Rachel to get on that plane. There was nothing left for her professionally in New York. The Paris job was her DREAM. But GUESS WHO DIDN’T. FUCKING ROSS BECAUSE IT ALWAYS HAS TO BE ABOUT HIM AND WHAT HE WANTS.

#8 I HATED (HATED) the running gag that Ross’s first wife being gay was the reason they divorced. MAYBE IT WAS BECAUSE YOU WERE A TERRIBLE HUMAN BEING.

#9 Ross’s need to win EVERY SINGLE TIME

#10 Ross ALWAYS treats everyone (ESPECIALLY RACHEL) like they’re intellectually beneath him.

In addition to all of this:

HE SAID THE WRONG NAME AT HIS OWN WEDDING TO EMILY

He doesn’t annul his and Rachel’s wedding AND LIES ABOUT IT

he made a move on his COUSIN, and RATIONALIZED THAT IT WAS FINE BASED ON HER ACTIONS

He didn’t read the letter

AGAIN “WE WERE ON A BREAK” (if Ross thought he and Rachel were on a break and he did nothing wrong, why did he hide the girl from the copy place behind the door?)

He KEPT TRACK of how many times he and Rachel had sex

He is whiney weak bitch

He CONSTANTLY belittles the accomplishments of others

He has anger management issues

He suffers from the Nice Guy Syndrome (NGS); fun fact, Friends coined the term the friendzone, this is no coincidence

The whole turkey sandwich thing

He’s a shitty parent

An even shittier sibling

Sexist

Homophobic

Has never been in a relationship where he HASN’T cheated

When he got caught getting high in highschool, he throws his oldest friend under the bus

Unagi 

He dates a student (A STUDENT)

He’s never been in a relationship where he hasn’t lied

The “We Hate Rachel Club” and the rumor that he and Will started in high school