Bluepool

Bluepool, also called Lanze, is a main male character in The Beauty and The Beasts Webtoon, he is a Merman from Qin's clan. Bluepool is very fond of Bai Qingqing,

so much so that he defied his own King and left his own Merfolk clan to join her on her journeys.

## Appearance

Bluepool is a very attractive, handsome Merman, who has some effeminate features. He has long purple hair, cerulean blue eyes and fair skin and a slender, muscular figure. In his Merman form, he has fish ears and a blue fish tail, he has webbed hands and wrists with fins attached which all match the colour of his tail, which seems to be typical of Merman in his world. In his human form, he lacks all the fish features and covers his lower half with a wrap. Bluepool used to wear red hoop earrings on his ears, a matching red bracelet on his wrist, and a necklace, which he replaces with a light blue necklace with a light blue sea shell attached. His Beastmarks are displayed on his torso. When Bai Qingqing looked at him up close, she was in complete awe of his beauty.

## Personality

As the subject and servant of his Merfolk clan's King, Bluepool was obedient to his superiors, cheerful yet very naïve as well as curious, inquisitive with a love for beautiful women. He grew a quick fondness for Bai Qingqing, due to her beauty and because he believed she was his clan's long lost mermaid, Qin. Even after Qingqing is exposed not to be Qin, he has grown so fond of her that he breaks the rules of his clan, disobeying King and protecting Bai Qingqing and escorting her with her mate, Curtis to the land. The gentle and affectionate side of Bluepool's personality is mostly seen with Qingqing who he strongly desires as a mate, despite her already having two mates (Parker and Curtis). When Qingqing says that she will not mate with him, Bluepool insists that he will not be with any woman not as pretty as her, even turning down a female Peacock Beastman, Bella, due to her not reaching his high beauty standards, showing that he puts a lot of importance on physical appearance for his partner. In spite of the great lack of women in his world, who fit his strict beauty standards, he remains a steadfast heterosexual.

When pushed to his limits, he has been shown to lash out with anger and violence, such as with Jasmine, a female who sought after him to be his mate, to his disinterest, so much that in hopes of interacting with him, Jasmine had his pond flooded with oil, making him unable to easily escape from her in the waters, this was the final straw for Bluepool, which caused him to attack the defenceless girl out of annoyance. Generally Bluepool is an easy-going, outspoken, honest and exceedingly proud person with very high standards for a mate, which makes him come across as very superficial at times. He also comes across as more cheerful, optimistic and energetic than characters such Curtis, though is not a pushover. He also seems to try and avoid conflict with Parker and Curtis, showing a desire for peacefulness, but overtime becomes less afraid of them, even bashing them. He also becomes determined to prove his worth as a male to Bai Qingqing learning to hunt on land.

As a young adult Merman, he isn't very mature and his personality is still developing. He still has problems with being reckless, overly judgemental and insensitive to others. The fact that he was a high ranking servant of King, shows that he had considerable intelligence and ability, although he showed to be rather airheaded for mistaking Bai Qingqing for Qin.

His fondness for Bai Qingqing annoys both Curtis and Parker, who try to shield her from the Merman.

## Synopsis

A subject and servant of the his Merfolk Clan's King, one day he spotted Bai Qingqing on the shore of his sea home and he mistook her for the long lost mermaid of his clan, Qin, whom he and the other Mermen had been long looking for, for around ten years. Despite Qingqing not matching King's description, Bluepool was certain she was Qin, due to her beauty, compared to other land females and forcibly transported her and her leopard cubs in bubbles to his Clan underwater. Qingqing tried to explain her true identity to Bluepool who was in disbelief, until King confirmed it and the real Qin returned to her clan. Qin, seeking revenge on Curtis and Qingqing after finding out they were in her home, demanded, King to kill them, for the humiliation and hurt she suffered because of them. Bluepool who had grown attached to Qingqing, protected her and lead Qingqing and Curtis to safety on the land. As he disobeyed his King's orders, he would not be allowed to return to his clan, so instead decided to accompany Qingqing and her family on their journeys, mostly because he was so infatuated with Qingqing. As Qingqing and her pack walked on land, Bluepool followed them swimming in the stream beside them. For the first few times, Bluepool went on land in his human form, he was oblivious to the fact that he was displaying his private parts, and also couldn't stand the lack of fluid on land, yearning for the coolness and hydration of water. But he grew accustomed to travelling on the land over time, whilst wearing something to cover his private parts.

Along their journey from Qin's Merfolk clan, Qingqing, Curtis and Winston spotted a group of feral Beastmen in their animal form, and on one of their back's a female Beastman in her human form. The men managed to defeat the wild pack of Beastmen and save the young female Beastman, who they found to be traumatised and hostile because of her experiences. The group then found a local village of Tiger Beastmen, who allowed them to stay with them; the village people also had recognised the young woman they saved as Becky, a member of the village, who had been abducted a long time ago. Becky who had been very troubled since her disappearance, claimed that she had been tortured by Beastmen.

Bluepool was moved to live in a pond of water in the village, where he caught the eye of the village chief's daughter Jasmine, because of his handsomeness and triple Beastman markings. Jasmine tried to advance onto Bluepool, but he rejected her, not being willing to become the mate of a female less attractive then the female of his dreams, Qingqing. Jasmine spoke of her desire to begin a relationship with the unwilling Bluepool to Qingqing, who came up with an idea to flood Bluepool's pond with oil, so he would not be able to avoid her, as he hid away in the pond, whenever Jasmine came along. The operation worked, however when Jasmine approached a very annoyed Bluepool, he responded by attacking her, later Qinqqing came along and found that Bluepool was fed up of Jasmine's advances and the pool being filled with oil because of her. Qingqing then managed to remove all of the oil in the pond, with one of her clever inventions and Jasmine told her that since Bluepool attacked her, she would never seek after him as a mate again.

Bluepool who had been unwilling to help the villagers obtain salt, also watched over Qingqing as she extracted salt from the seas for the Tiger Beastman Villagers to trade for females and told Qingqing that the salt she had gathered was not pure and only he could extract pure clumps of salt, this made Qingqing realise that she needed to wash the salt, so it would be edible for Beastmen.

## Relationships

**King-** King is the leader of his clan, that Bluepool eventually left. Bluepool was shown to be his dim-witted and impulsive servant. During Qin's ten year absence from her clan, King pretended that Qin was still with them just shielded away in her cove. However Bluepool suspected that this was untrue and she had been missing for several years, due to no Merfolk being born in their clan for ten years. His hypothesis is shown to be true. King may have been the closest Bluepool had to a father figure.

**Qin-** The only mermaid of his clan, who had been lost for ten years. Qin as the progenitor of the clan, is both Bluepool's mother who he also expected to mate with. When she returned to her home, having been away for ten years, he decided to help Bai Qingqing, the woman he became infatuated with over her.

**Bai Qingqing-** Because of her beauty, compared to the female Beastmen on land, he mistook her for his clan's long lost mermaid Qin. He took hold of the human on his shores and in-cased her and her infant children into bubbles, before taking them down into his clan in the sea. Bluepool was pretty certain that Qingqing was in actual fact Qin, even when she explained who she really was, and thought that Bai Qingqing was her (Qin's) new name that she wanted to be called. Bluepool tried to accommodate Qingqing and also tried to seduce her, ushering her into mating with him, but Qingqing did not give in. When King clarified to Bluepool that the woman he had captured was not their Qin, he still seemed pretty enthusiastic on the idea of mating with her. When the actual Qin, returned to her clan after ten years, she demanded King to kill Bai Qingqing and Curtis, Bluepool who had grown so attached to Qingqing, defied his King and clan and took her and her mate Curtis safely back to the land. Because of this he became a fugitive to his clan and decided to journey with Qingqing and her family. Bluepool is so infatuated with Qingqing that he openly voices his desire to become her mate, however Qingqing refuses to take him on as a husband. His obsession with her, makes him uninterested in other women who admire him as a lover.

**Jasmine**-After he moved to live in the waterhole of a Tiger Beastman village, he quickly caught the eyes of many females in the village, who were in awe of his beauty, including his most enthusiastic admirer, Jasmine, the daughter of the village chief, who sought after him as a mate, admiring his strength as a three marked Beastman and his exotic handsome Merman looks. Whilst Jasmine was charmed with him, Bluepool did not share her feelings, not being attracted to any female he saw, as a mate, except Bai Qingqing, this made him avoid Jasmine whenever she would approach the waterhole, by hiding in the waters beneath. Jasmine spoke of her being unable to communicate with Bluepool to Bai Qingqing who gave her an idea to fill his home, the waterhole with oil, which would make him unable to avoid her. Jasmine carried this out, hoping to connect more with Bluepool when she met him, however when she approached, Bluepool attacked the defenceless girl, due to his aquatic refuge, being swamped with a foreign liquid. Bluepool spoke about his anger on the situation to both girls. Jasmine decided that she would never seek after the Merman as a mate again. As Bai Qingqing managed to get the waterhole cleared of the oil with one of her clever inventions. Because of this scary experience, Jasmine would always avoid being around Bluepool from then on. The two however come into close contact again when Jasmine enters one of the Merman's special protective bubbles in the waterhole to hide away from raiders of her village who made a random attack.

## Skills and Abilities

Bluepool as a Merman, has several abilities unique to his species, such as the ability to make: special bubbles strong enough to in-case people in, shielding them and providing them with oxygen. He can also create bubbles to store fishes. As a Merman, he can also extract pure lumps of salt. He is also an accomplished hunter both in water and on land.

## Trivia

In his first appearance, Bluepool is revealed to be a twenty year old Merman who gained his three Beastman marks in the past two years.

Bluepool is related to all of the Merfolk in his clan, Qin is implied to be his biological mother, King to be his biological uncle and the other Mermen to be his brothers or uncles respectively. Incestuous relationships are completely normal in Merfolk Culture and mating with family members is seen as a neccesity for survival.

Another reason why he mistook Bai Qingqing for Qin aside from her beauty is due to his lack of experience with Qin, as she was absent from him and his clan for ten years.

As a Merman, Bluepool lived in the sea but also observed the land above where he learnt that female Beastmen on the land are not on the level of beauty as Mermaids, the females of his species. As he didn't spend a lot of time with Qin, he probably learnt much of what he knows about Mermaids from King .

As well as his knowledge of Mermaids Bai Qingqing seems to have mostly set his beauty standards for women and his ideal appearance for a partner.

He inherited several features from his biological mother, Qin such as his eye and skin colour. His hair is also a similar colour to her's. He also shares her showy and arrogant personality.