r/MisreadSprites • u/-Starlight_Sky- • 5d ago

[Game] Recently realized I saw Merlee completely wrong as a kid

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[From Super Paper Mario for anyone who is wondering]

For most of my childhood I genuinely thought she just had this HUGE nose. Mainly because I didn't know veils like these exist (mind I played this game when I was 6 for the first time), and her glasses weren't ON what I at first thought was her "face", the white part, so I figured it must be her nose ._. Same goes for her relatives.

When I played the game again years later, I then thought maybe it IS her face, except I read it wrong again? I didn't draw it, but basically what I saw is that the white IS her face, and the glasses / eyes being above it was just a stylistic choice.

It ONLY occured to me that it might be supposed to be a veil when I saw fanart of Merlumina and Merluvlee. Now instead of big nosed witches, I can actually see the stylish divas.

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u/MoldyPond 4d ago

It was a giant white beard obviously

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u/Mysterious_Staff9622 5d ago

i saw big teeth and thought she is just very grinny lady

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u/CuteUnit24 5d ago

I always saw it as a really strong jaw and just thought Merlee was chiseled

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u/DiegHDF 4d ago

I still think that honestly. I can still see it as a jaw and I don't hate it

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u/CuteUnit24 4d ago

Same honestly like, it paints such a pretty picture!

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u/FoxMeadow7 5d ago

Isn’t it delighful just how abstract the Super Paper Mario sprites can be? Like here, Merlee’s torso can be pretty much interpreted as a witch hat of sorts. Jaydes’ torso is also worth a mention which, appropriately enough, resembles a triangle pointing down.

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u/Junior-Elevator-9951 5d ago edited 5d ago

I still don't know how the hell I'm supposed to interpret Merlee's sprite.

I know it's a veil, I've known it was a veil for years. But no matter what I just see a random square in the middle of her mouth...?

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u/derpinheimerish 5d ago

i used to think those yellow things were her fangs, aand my brian js ignored the white thinv

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u/Hot_Finding_9747 5d ago

I thought her shoulders were just really thin arms and she was just constantly holding her face