Up there on shore you live, my love and inspiration...
I meant to spend today as I did yesterday, in reading -- I've been wanting to re-read and re-review Tracy Grant's Charles and Melanie Fraser novels, along with the lovely ARC she sent me of her upcoming April release, Vienna Waltz. (She promised some interesting changes from the draft she allowed me earlier.)
But it seemed YouTube had other plans for me.
Some enemy of mine uploaded all 26 episodes of a childhood favourite: Saban's Adventures of the Little Mermaid, a Japanese-French production that was later syndicated in English. I was addicted to this show as a child, much as it fought with my devotion to Andersen's ending.
Twenty-plus years later, I'm a bit stunned at how my subconscious twisted aspects of some of these stories into what became Ghita's tale.
In this version, the events of the story are covered very quickly in the first episode. In the end, as Prince Justin is about to announce his engagement to Cecily (the temple girl), Marina (the mermaid) runs back to the sea and throws herself into the water. Before Marina drowns, the sea-witch's spell is broken by Ansel, who is a friend of the royal family and secretly a sorcerer (also the former lover of the sea witch -- love that!), which returns Marina to her original form.
Meanwhile, Justin memory suddenly returns and he realizes it was Marina and not Cecily who saved him. He races after her, but it's too late. The lovers are reunited, but Marina is once more a mermaid.
With Ansel's help they are able to use the "Potion of Change" which will allow Justin to breath underwater or Marina to assume human form, but it will work on each of them only for an hour, and only once a day. For a permanent transformation, they must have the Golden Tablet, which is presently in the power of the sea witch.
It's horridly campy, but I love it. Now that I've presented you with the background, I give you "Episode 18: A Mortal in Mermaid's Clothing", which I rather think inspired Ghita's ordeal aboard the Siren.
If my write-up doesn't sell you, the lobster hep-cat will, I promise.
(Parts Two and Three)
Cate
But it seemed YouTube had other plans for me.
Some enemy of mine uploaded all 26 episodes of a childhood favourite: Saban's Adventures of the Little Mermaid, a Japanese-French production that was later syndicated in English. I was addicted to this show as a child, much as it fought with my devotion to Andersen's ending.
Twenty-plus years later, I'm a bit stunned at how my subconscious twisted aspects of some of these stories into what became Ghita's tale.
In this version, the events of the story are covered very quickly in the first episode. In the end, as Prince Justin is about to announce his engagement to Cecily (the temple girl), Marina (the mermaid) runs back to the sea and throws herself into the water. Before Marina drowns, the sea-witch's spell is broken by Ansel, who is a friend of the royal family and secretly a sorcerer (also the former lover of the sea witch -- love that!), which returns Marina to her original form.
Meanwhile, Justin memory suddenly returns and he realizes it was Marina and not Cecily who saved him. He races after her, but it's too late. The lovers are reunited, but Marina is once more a mermaid.
With Ansel's help they are able to use the "Potion of Change" which will allow Justin to breath underwater or Marina to assume human form, but it will work on each of them only for an hour, and only once a day. For a permanent transformation, they must have the Golden Tablet, which is presently in the power of the sea witch.
It's horridly campy, but I love it. Now that I've presented you with the background, I give you "Episode 18: A Mortal in Mermaid's Clothing", which I rather think inspired Ghita's ordeal aboard the Siren.
If my write-up doesn't sell you, the lobster hep-cat will, I promise.
Click to view(Parts Two and Three)
Cate