> > > > > She should NOT have had to LEAVE her whole FAMILY and everything she KNEW all her LIFE to be with one lousy MAN.
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> > > > Hey, my wife did the same thing, you know. And she did it for a way lousier man than Prince Whatshisface.
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> > > I disagree. She didn't grow legs. It was her family (mother) who made the choice, not her. Maybe, over the years, things can calm down, forgiveness may be had, etc. Ariel CAN NEVER BREATHE UNDERWATER AGAIN.
> > >
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> > Mousie, it gets worse. In the real story, she DIES. I think it was the Brothers Grimm. The Prince marries the girl he was told to marry, despite loving Ariel.
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> See? I have less of a problem with her dying than I do with her making an irrevocable change to be with the weenie.

This is mainly the reason why I hated the movie. "Handsome-prince-beautiful-princess" stories are so incredibly saccharine-coated I want to puke.

I also can't believe they made a sequel out of it, which is an exact RECIPROCAL of the first one (Ariel is a mermaid who wants to be a human, her daughter is a human who wants to be a mermaid).

Adam "I couldn't think of anything to write between these quotes" Bomb