I had one consistent thing in my life that has followed me from infancy all the way to adulthood. That is my love for the little mermaid. Every single household item you can think of it is Little mermaid theme I have tubs of Little mermaid collectibles because every tiny little mermaid themed thing my mom found she bought for me I have a Hallmark ornament from every single year since I was a child of The Little mermaid. My transition from adolescence to childhood is very similar to Ariel's story. I even have a tattoo of her on my arm.
Ariel from The Little mermaid was my Disney princess that I have loved unconditionally my entire life.
Speaking of entire lives I have waited for the live action remake of The Little mermaid my entire life. I have patiently watched Disney make every live remake of every popular Disney classic out there except The Little mermaid. Now that there is a possibility for me to finally see The Little mermaid in live action it turns out to be a huge controversial issue. Just breaks my heart.
Imagine being so excited and waiting your whole life for something just to see all of the nasty things that people have been saying and the nasty things that people have been making about it.
Racist.
I will judge this movie like I judge every movie. I will judge the actress on her ability to not only sing but to portray Ariel and her story correctly. I will be critiquing the amount of energy and CGI work they've put into this movie. I will pay attention to dialogue and I will pay attention to the details of the movie that I would for every movie.
If you're a little mermaid fan who is so devastated over the fact that the lead character is black you were never a Little mermaid fan in the first place.
If you were a real fan you would know that there are numerous mermaids that have melanin. I have watched all the movies and have seen the show there are mermaids of color.
The argument "that mermaids can't be black because there's no sun underwater so therefore they can't have melanin" is the most dumbest excuse I've heard
The most rational one I heard is oh she's Danish it's based on a Danish story. I personally don't give a fuck it is not the end of the world to me. I just want to see the movie I've waited my whole life for.
I thought it was common knowledge but yes the sun does reach underwater. Another thing is if you watched The Little mermaid all of their movies including the show you would understand that they are up at the surface a lot. The story behind Ariel's mother's death proves the fact that mermaids like to hang up on the surface sit on rocks and sunbathe that is how Ariel's mother got caught and killed. So how many times have we seen Ariel hopping up on rocks and shit and going up to the surface and how many mermaids are up at the surface. Point is mermaids get sun bro. Therefore the possibility of there being a dark-skinned mermaid out there makes sense.
But we're speaking fictionally here: but if you want to get down to facts- if mermaids were real they would look nothing like Us they would not have half human skin half fishtail... they would have reptilian like skin everywhere. They wouldn't have hair they wouldn't even have the same eyes as us.
I'll be more than happy to elaborate more on this when I'm not tired and not fighting through my sleep meds
So do a us all a favor and shut the fuck up. Nobody cares that you're not going to watch the movie we will do just fine without you.
had to draw this to understand the way i feel about him now that the manga's ended. 🥲 on that note: if you like hawks and his ending, maybe don't read my tags lol. it's not bashing (imo) but they're not v nice. 😅
bg + unobstructed pose under the cut!
his expression's a lil different 'cuz i only changed the merged layer, all the lighting effects already flattened onto it. 💀 alas.
Most of (but not all--my Little Mermaid mouse and mousepad, for example, aren't pictured) of my Little Mermaid collection circa 2004 on a sheep skin rug.
The devastating effects that my anxiety-induced ED left on my body and health and me SHing with needles when i was 15 suddenly leaving me because dafne said that my problems weren't as bad as hers because she got diagnosed with depression and i didn't:
sometimes i feel like i’m just a background character in everyone else’s life. always the first to reach out, always the one left on read. its this isolating feeling to think that your existence is only mediocre in comparison to all the greatness you’re surrounded by.
Alice's decent into madness makes a lot more sense when u realize she's been getting shit on since she was 13, which got significantly worse at 16 after it was revealed her & Jervis are twins. She didn't turn into a full villain until she was 19 so that's roughly 6 years of disrespect, not being taken seriously as a hero, slanderization, and just a whole city lowkey not being great to a young hero in general. I think even without Jervis influencing her, Alice probably would've quit being a hero by the time she hit adulthood because how she was treated was just terrible.
I kinda forgot that things have changed in the ten years I've lived here with all the new warehouse jobs and people are perhaps, maybe, not quite as violently racist but have become more outwardly politically insane and now know what transgender means. Also the arts scene has improved.