How Disney's The Little Mermaid SHOULD have ended (take 2)

[brendala]

I decided to do another alternate ending for this movie because I think it's a comedy goldmine!




Also, I know I can't be the only person who ever thought "why doesn't Ariel just ask for some paper and write Eric a note!?". I vaguely remember being a little kid and pointing out this plothole to my classmates (yes, even then I was a pedantic nerd).


I like the way this one turned out. But I still think my last "alternate Little Mermaid ending" comic was funnier.

Comments

[alexeia-drae.livejournal.com]

You know, I've also always wondered why she just didn't try writing it out. Especially as she signs the written English contract Ursula had. So you're not the only one!

At the same time, how hard would it have been to have her sign her name in a mermaid writing or something and thus sidestepping it. Oh well.

[amelia-seyroon.livejournal.com]

I...didn't even think of that. o.o

[brendala.livejournal.com]

You're right. Showing her write in some gibberish mermaid alphabet would have easily side-stepped that entire plothole

[ichiban-victory.livejournal.com]

She'd not know about paper as it wouldn't survive being underwater long, let alone be useful for writing there. Yeah, yeah, Ursula had a contract, but we have no idea what it was made out of. Really, they all used English for ease of getting the point across to the viewer. Think like in Pocahontas how the Englishmen and the natives spoke English, up until Pocahontas and John Smith encounter each other, and suddenly there's a language barrier. (Although, personally, I would have been okay reading subtitles for the natives. At least Disney gave viewers some credit for Atlantis. Plenty of subtitles!)

It's probably just as well Ariel kept mute for a while, as she learned the customs of the humans. She already acted in strange ways, I would think everyone would see her as mad if she had been able to speak from the start. ;)

[jordan179.livejournal.com]

Ariel is consistently strange by the standards of any society, including her native society. The same is true of Pocahontas (and was true of her historically as well). This is part of their charm.

[ms-verma.livejournal.com]

Just so you know - I've linked this entry at "TV Tropes". The page's name is Fridge/The Little Mermaid and the link is in the "Fridge Brilliance" section (as for now, it's the last example on the list). :)

[brendala.livejournal.com]

WOW! That's cool! Thank you!