Done With This World

Inspired by an official - but non canonical - picture of Ethan as a Merman.
A quick parody of "Part of Your World" from The Little Mermaid, but with Ethan Triston from SN singing it. Because I get a kick out of not only having written the first fanwork ever for SN, but it also being a shitty Mermaid AU Songfic!
Hi, Akeara4! Hi, Grade!

Notes:

For Akeara4, Grade_A_Sexual.

Copyright disclaimer:

I don't own "Suicide, Noun", Ethan, or the picture this is based of, you want Akeara4 and Grade_A_Sexual for that!

I don't own The Little Mermaid, the original story by Hans Christian Andersen belongs to the public domain and the cartoon movie is under copyright to Disney

The original song lyrics by Howard Elliott Ashman / Alan Menken also belong to Disney

Pretty sure this is a parody under fair use laws either way, so the mouse is powerless here...

Quality disclaimer: My lowest-effort fic yet. It's just the song and started as a comment somewhere else. Hopefully you'll find it amusing still, but go read the SvtFoE stuff if you want a real story!
Context about the character: (Given how small the fandom currently is :) ) "Ethan Triston is a 14 year old boy who decides to kill himself after failing to ask his crush out. He even gets himself jumping headfirst off a bridge on film, but when he crawls out of the river that same night, he learns that he might actually be unable to die at all." - Suicide Noun (About Page)

(See the end of the work for more notes.)

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Ahem... Merman-Ethan clears his throat

Merman-Ethan original drawing by Michelle Clift
(Official Merman-Ethan Art by Michelle Clift (aka Akeara4) )

Look at this stuff
Isn't it lame?
Wouldn't you think every day is the same?
Wouldn't you think I'm the boy
The boy who hates ev'rything?

Look at this garbage,
Bullshit untold
How many nuisances can one life hold?
Lookin' around here you'd think
(Fuck!) he’s got everything

I’ve got heartbreaks and messes aplenty
I’ve got headaches and douchebags galore!
But who cares?
No, for real!
I want nooone…

I want to be where the corpses are
I want to sleep
want to ‘sleep’ forever
I want my heart to no longer
(What’s the word?) beaaat!

Jumping a bridge didn’t get me too far
Something prevents me from ceasing, dying
From making myself
(How to put it?) minced meat!

Down where they lie
Down where it’s cold
Down with six feet of earth above you!
Finally free…

Wish I could be

Done with this woooorld!

Where would I lie
If I could die
Under these waters?
If simply I may
My head splay
By my own hand?
Betcha my plan
Could’ve been grand
Bet this all works for others...
Useless idiots
Sick o’ living’
Just like my daaad!

I’m ready to go where the lifeless go
No more bullshit
Or second chances
Why live forever if life is
(What’s the word?) shit!

When's it my turn?
Wouldn't I love
Love to lie down with six feet above?
Rid, done, and free

Wish I could be

Done with this woooorld!

Notes:

Notes and summary are longer than the actual fic.

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Anon (Guest) Thu 25 Apr 2019 01:23PM UTC

Hey, just in case you don't know, you can't link to commercial sites from AO3 (whether it's your site or someone else's). You're not allowed to talk about giving or asking for money, so you're probably gonna want to pull those links out and just keep the one to the webcomic.

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1. all_possible_worlds Thu 25 Apr 2019 05:01PM UTC
  
  Hey, thanks for the heads up! Unfortunately the mermaid picture is not on the comic page itself. I removed the funding site link and linked to it on Twitter instead for now (I suppose both Twitter and SN are also "comercial sites", but they don't include immediate asks for money). Either way, I was really just intending to link to the picture there, not the funding campaign.
  Will try to replace it with a direct image embedding later if I get the permission from Akeara4.
  
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2. 1. Anon (Guest) Sun 28 Apr 2019 09:43AM UTC
    
    Oh, Twitter is fine! Twitter, tumblr, DeviantArt... they're primarily social media sites, so they get a pass no problem. It's just the sites whose entire purpose is making money that are a problem. :)
    
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Akeara4 Thu 25 Apr 2019 01:23PM UTC

Thank you so much! I know you didn’t know it was my birthday on monday, but this is a great birthday present anyway!

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1. all_possible_worlds Fri 26 Apr 2019 02:36AM UTC
  
  I certainly had no idea! It's indeed a happy coincidence and not the result of any dangerous arcane spying capabilities on my part!
  (No, for reals, I had no idea. But I am glad it can be your birthday present!)
  
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spreadsheet Thu 25 Apr 2019 07:23PM UTC

Lovely!

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1. all_possible_worlds Fri 26 Apr 2019 02:36AM UTC
  
  Morbid. I think that's the right adjective. Just, way morbid. But glad you liked it! ;)
  
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Allusion_Conclusion Sun 12 May 2019 02:54AM UTC

Ha, its great. Looks like I need to step up my game.
Officer Cigarette-Burns song: Little Mermaid (already touched upon once), or Nightmare Before Christmas?

Last Edited Sun 12 May 2019 02:55AM UTC

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1. all_possible_worlds Mon 13 May 2019 04:22AM UTC
  
  Heh, go for it A-C! Either way it means that the SN fandom will be dominated by random songfics ;)
  
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