Ever think abt how much Disney flattened the Little Mermaid story?
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Why does the Little Mermaid feel like she's just stumbling through the plot not changing or learning anything or having any arc or agency of her own?
Because she's not the Little Mermaid. She's Ariel
Thank you for coming to my overly long and pretentious ramble about a fairy tale with a fucking mermaid in it from nearly two hundred years ago
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This was a lovely essay!
TBH, I was never much of a fan of the original either. The whole Christian stuff, wasn't my thing and the ending always made me feel sad.
However, it is rightfully a work of world literature and asks a lot of deep questions.
About Disney's dumbed down version, better draw the veil of silence.
