i never liked eric but that had more to do with the fact i couldn't understand why someone would want to go live on boring land than on any of his personal attributes
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: LIKE I AGREE WITH THAT, but at the same time, Ariel's underwater family and social setting only valued listening to her while she was performing for them, and the older I get the more I see why a child in that environment
where none of her desires were listened to or her interests valued would be so keen to get to a different social setting with Stuff she was interested in and a hot dude
Philip is my personal favorite because while he falls in love with what he assumes is a random woodland peasant girl and is down to throw away everything for this connection, he's still responsible enough to go and fight Maleficent despite having no personal reason to since he doesn't even find out Briar Rose is Aurora until after.
but I also like the idea that The Little Mermaid takes place during the 1000 years in Moana in which Maui is stranded and Te Ka's pain and the sea monsters are overtaking everything, and Triton's kingdom is NOT the vastness of the marvelous ocean, but a slice of it that he's kept safe and tamed by his power, creating a claustrophobic environment for his
Like there was a plot in the show where jasmine got turned into a monster and told Aladdin to leave her and instead he got himself turned into a monster too to be with her
I mean return of jafar he was being goodhearted and trying to give someone a second chance and should've told jasmine. Idk I find that a little more forgiveable than just being kind of a jerk. esp since Iago wound up on their side
...... TALKS TO HIM and they love the sea together