Errr no. Ariel is not a stupid, selfish, awful person. If she was stupid, she wouldn't have such vivid imagination and be able to think for herself. If she was selfish, she wouldn't eventually try to say "Daddy I'm sorry!" when Triton was at Ursula's mercy, and save Eric's life twice! And if she was awful, she wouldn't be the fucking protagonist! She's just a naive, headstrong teenager. I hate hate hate hate HATE it when people misinterpret that and make her out to be Bella Swan. Things were more complicated then that: it's just that Disney didn't really make it entirely clear in the writing for the script.
No, this didn't ruin my childhood. But it's just another "bawww, Ariel's a terrible role model!" cry, the kind of thing Doug Walker has spoken out against. I am very disappoint in you, Brenda. -_-
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Date: 2013-04-15 12:27 am (UTC)No, this didn't ruin my childhood. But it's just another "bawww, Ariel's a terrible role model!" cry, the kind of thing Doug Walker has spoken out against. I am very disappoint in you, Brenda. -_-