I mean the Hans Christian Andersen version, not the Disney one (although I do love the movie).

She gives up her tongue, tail and life in the sea in an attempt to not only be with the man she loves but to gain an immortal soul and go to heaven (mermaids only live 300 years and dissolve into sea foam after death). But in the end, she’s betrayed.

I feel that way. I have no soul and only long for love and fulfillment.