I have a slight predicament

[TLCsDestiny]

I have made a fairy tale series of books and I am trying to find a good name for the third book in the series which is a reverse 'Little Mermaid'. So, obviously it is about a male, instead of female. He is also going out to sea, not land. There's also no magic, but pirates...The problem is...What do I call it?
The first one was a reverse Cinderalla, I called it 'Cid Rellah'.
The second one was a reverse Aladdin, I called it 'Diamond in the Rough'.
This is the third one and I need help!

I have come up with a few so...Let's see...

 

[Deleted member 29316]

I think 'The Little Pirate' would fit the bill, but somehow, it's kind of awkward...

 

[TLCsDestiny]

I think 'The Little Pirate' would fit the bill, but somehow, it's kind of awkward...

Agreed, I mean, he's not little...And he's not a pirate at first either

 

[Deleted member 29316]

Agreed, I mean, he's not little...And he's not a pirate at first either

How about...

'The Free Man and the Sea'?

Because of the connotation that pirates are 'free' from the 'laws' of the land...something like that. It would also fit the narrative that he's not a pirate at first.

 

[TLCsDestiny]

How about...

'The Free Man and the Sea'?

Because of the connotation that pirates are 'free' from the 'laws' of the land...something like that. It would also fit the narrative that he's not a pirate at first.

Added it to the list :)

 

[Temple]

Hmmm... One Piece? Oh wait...
Lol, anyway is he still a merman that's going to be human? Or just a human that wants to be a pirate? Like what's the reverse of little mermaid going to be?

 

[TLCsDestiny]

Hmmm... One Piece? Oh wait...
Lol, anyway is he still a merman that's going to be human? Or just a human that wants to be a pirate? Like what's the reverse of little mermaid going to be?

He's a human that will become a pirate

 

[AdLeto]

The 'Kiss the Pirate' one, gives me BL vibes, and i like it

 

[Moonpearl]

Out of interest, if there's no magic and no physical transformation, how will you keep the story of The Little Mermaid?

Those are pretty pivotal to the original story.

 

[BenJepheneT]

Out of interest, if there's no magic and no physical transformation, how will you keep the story of The Little Mermaid?

Those are pretty pivotal to the original story.

I imagined a bone doctor, a big tuna and a corpse.

 

[gaylolis]

when it came to the reverse, i can only think of the big mermaid.

but i find it weird if the mermaid on the little mermaid isn't a loli on the original story.

 

[Bokuboy]

Added it to the list :)

How about 'Troubled Waters' ? 'Ocean's Ahoy!' ? 'Water In My Veins' ? 'Heart of the Seas' ?

 

[NotaNuffian]

I was thinking "now I finally have a penis", because fishes has testes, but not dangly bit to install inside female fishes.

 

[ArticHaze]

I was thinking "now I finally have a penis", because fishes has testes, but not dangly bit to install inside female fishes.

It's a man going to the sea, not a merman going to the land to bang girls.

 

[Maple-Leaf]

It's a man going to the sea, not a merman going to the land to bang girls.

*Now I finally have scurvy

 

[NotaNuffian]

It's a man going to the sea, not a merman going to the land to bang girls.

Then "the fish banging story" is out.

Sleep with the fish?
Doing the duck dip?
Head into the water?

 

[Discount_Blade]

Then "the fish banging story" is out.

Sleep with the fish?
Doing the duck dip?
Head into the water?

Doing the duck dip XDDD.

That's.....a magical title if I ever heard one XD

 

[TLCsDestiny]

Lol
There's a non magical fairy tale movie already out and so I am going off the same idea. Ever After did not use a fairy god mother and a pumpkin.
There are general and basic things to each of them, a storyline and so I just follow or keep close to that.

 

[Moonpearl]

Lol
There's a non magical fairy tale movie already out and so I am going off the same idea. Ever After did not use a fairy god mother and a pumpkin.
There are general and basic things to each of them, a storyline and so I just follow or keep close to that.

Hm... Cinderella's an easier story to remove the magic from, though, because its core themes really revolve around a poor/abused girl sneaking into a ball and the prince being able to recognise her in her poor form afterwards. The magic is sort of an extra.

The Little Mermaid's core elements are its mermaid protagonist and the magic contract she makes to go onto land. If you remove the magic, it becomes difficult to recognise it as The Little Mermaid at all.

Not that it can't be done, but I'm just curious how this is going to compensate for that, as a potential reader?

 

[K5Rakitan]

That sounds cute! Have fun with that <3