17. Reverse Mermaid: Origins

1. In the underwater cave of the Witch-moray eel, a little mermaid begs her:
Mermaid: Oh, dear witch, please give me legs so I can dance with the prince...

Transcript

1. In the underwater cave of the Witch-moray eel, a little mermaid begs her:  
> Mermaid: Oh, dear witch, please give me legs so I can dance with the prince...

2. Close-up of the Witch-moray eel, holding out a bottle of potion:
Witch-moray eel: Alright... Drink this.

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2. Close-up of the Witch-moray eel, holding out a bottle of potion:  
> Witch-moray eel: Alright... Drink this.

3. Without hesitation, the little mermaid grabs the potion and drinks it in one gulp.
Mermaid: Glug glug!

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3. Without hesitation, the little mermaid grabs the potion and drinks it in one gulp.  
> Mermaid: Glug glug!

4. Wide shot in the cave, the little mermaid has transformed into a reversed mermaid: fish body and human legs! The witch holds out her hand to claim her payment.
Mermaid: Really?
Eel-witch: That'll be ten gold coins.

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4. Wide shot in the cave, the little mermaid has transformed into a reversed mermaid: fish body and human legs! The witch holds out her hand to claim her payment.  
> Mermaid: Really?  
> Eel-witch: That'll be ten gold coins.

Transcript

# Reverse Mermaid: Origins

A comic strip in four panels:

1. In the underwater cave of the Witch-moray eel, a little mermaid begs her:  
> Mermaid: Oh, dear witch, please give me legs so I can dance with the prince...

2. Close-up of the Witch-moray eel, holding out a bottle of potion:  
> Witch-moray eel: Alright... Drink this.

3. Without hesitation, the little mermaid grabs the potion and drinks it in one gulp.  
> Mermaid: Glug glug!

4. Wide shot in the cave, the little mermaid has transformed into a reversed mermaid: fish body and human legs! The witch holds out her hand to claim her payment.  
> Mermaid: Really?  
> Eel-witch: That'll be ten gold coins.

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Published on 2025-09-04.

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Creative Commons Attribution Share-alike 4.0 International

Attribution to:
Art: David Revoy. Scenario: David Revoy.
English (original version)

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Source files: Artworks: 017.zip (Krita KRA, 63.2MB )
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Bonus: Timelapse

While I'm painting, Krita periodically takes a snapshot of the process. Here is a video compilation of all the snapshots for this episode, accelerated a lot (an episode takes between 10 and 16 hours to complete).