Cold Take: Ariel’s Transformation (And Her Whirlpool Transformation) But Reversed Might’ve Awakened Something in Me…
Now, lets be real here. I‘ve always had a thing for merfolk. But one Headcanon I can get behind (That I made up) is that Ursula’s spell that she used to turn Ariel human has the REVERSE effect on land dwellers. Aka turning them into merfolk.
That first gif definitely shows how mesmerizing I find the reversed version of Ariel’s first transformation as she sheds her human legs for the familiar fins. I like to think that she enjoys the feeling of her feet flattening and her legs merging into a singular structure.
And the second gif just screams that the vortex the contract has surrounded her in is changing her legs into a tail to swim the seas- even though Triton literally signed himself over to take her place.
Which leads me into the fact that some Disney ship video makers use gif number 2 a lot for when they want to transform Ariel back into or have her become a mermaid. It’s in the same vein as Melody’s transformation in the sequel.
In short, both of them are surrounded by a magical whirlpool that lifts them into the air and turns their legs into tails.
Sorry for the rambling, but this is just a cold take I wanted to share!
And it awakened my obsession with turning fictional characters into merfolk… yeah.
And I’m a girl, btw.