Meiriam

Meiriam is the femslash ship between Mei Lee and Miriam Mendelsohn from the Turning Red fandom.

Canon
Mei and Miriam are really close and have known each other since dsadad. At the beginning of the movie, when Mei gets to school and meets with Miriam, the two of them share a special handshake between each other to greet one another. After school, as the two of them say goodbye, alongside their friends, Miriam asks her to dance to some 4*TOWN song, a band that they're both fans of. Mei says she's not in the mood at first, but then dances with Miriam excitedly, singing to every word. Since she does so well, Miriam gifts her a limited-edition 4*TOWN CD, and Mei gets so happy about it, that she tightly hugs Miriam, making Miriam smile brightly. However, despite how close the two of them are, later, at home, Mei's mom gives an off-hand comment about how she thinks Miriam is "odd", which deeply saddens Mei.

After the Kmart incident where Mei's mom embarrassed her in front of Tyler, a kid from school, and all of the people at the store, Mei turns into a big red panda. This deeply troubles her, but she realizes that if she remains calm, she can regain her human form. But she can't keep calm at school, and in math class, Miriam notices this and asks her how she is and even shuts some people in her class who were talking behind Mei's back. Then, as the class starts, they start communicating through some written notes, with little hearts on them. And Miriam is the first person to warn Mei of the fact her mother was watching her from outside the school.

The next morning, when Miriam, Abby and Priya go to Mei's house and discover that she has turned into this giant red panda, as Abby excitedly talks about how fluffy she is, and as Priya admires her tail, Miriam tells them to calm down for Mei's sake. She gets close to Mei as she is in the middle of a panic attack, and softly caresses her cheek, telling her that everything will be alright. Mei completely disregards this, as she tells her friends and Miriam to leave her alone, crying. At that moment, Miriam decides to sing one of 4*TOWN songs to cheer her up. This ends up calming her, and as Miriam and her friends hug Mei, she says that she will love her no matter what, "with or without panda." Immediately after the hug, Mei goes back to her human form, which Miriam remarks she looks beautiful in, with her new red hair.

Later on, Mei and her friends start making a plan to get the money necessary to afford the tickets to 4*TOWN's concert ($800), after they realize Mei's panda form has gathered so much attention that people are willing to pay to see it. And on Tyler's birthday, as they're celebrating they have reached the amount of money they needed on the roof of the house, Miriam turns around to face Mei. She asks Mei if maybe she should just not do the ritual and to keep the panda. Mei firmly opposes this, but Miriam tells her that she's so proud of Mei for how much she's grown from the girl that did everything to please her parents. And asks her to not lose her real self after this. As the four of them celebrate, Mei and Miriam hug each other and hold hands.

Fanon
Meiriam is one of the most popular romantic ships within the Turning Red fandom. Many of the shippers believe that Miriam has a crush on Mei or that there is possibly mutual attraction between the two. The people that don't ship Mei and Miriam romantically still appreciate the friendship they have. Their friendship with Priya and Abby is also widely appreciated. Mei and Miriam currently have 18+ works on AO3.

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Variations

 * 4*TOWNIES refers to the ship between Priya Mangal, Abby Park, Tyler Nguyen-Baker, Mei and Miriam
 * MeiMiriamPriyaAbby refers to the ship between Priya Mangal, Abby Park, Mei and Miriam