#the little mermaid 2023

[lenoreamidala]

Well, it’s like I always say, children got to be free to lead their own lives. Oh, is that what you always say? Somethin’ like that. Yeah.

[cyarskaren52]

[handsomelyerin]

listen if the little mermaid 2023 did anything right it was ariel and eric... they were already a good couple in the original but fleshing him out and making him drawn to the ocean in a parallel to ariel being drawn to land is so good. and kind of increasing that human vs merfolk tension to make it this romeo & juliet love story. like sorry they kind of slayed there. eric sees ariel turn back into a mermaid in front of him and all he does is hold her tighter. they're both gigantic nerds. he's a foot taller than her. it's incredible.

[nessa007]

#halle bailey will be an oscar winner one day Variety's Actors on Actors (2023) The Little Mermaid (2023) Dir. Rob Marshall

[arcanejude]

inject it

THE LITTLE MERMAID (2023)

[rob-pattinson]

I don’t know when, I don’t know how But I know something’s starting right now Watch and you'll see Someday I’ll be Part of your world

THE LITTLE MERMAID 2023 | dir. Rob Marshall

[womeninfictionandirl]

Ariel by Tanya Lehoux

[ericxariel]

#i will never get over the way eric doesn't let go of ariel here #he's in shock at first but then pulls her closer #and holds her tight 😭 THE LITTLE MERMAID (2023) Dir. Rob Marshall

[sabrinaacarpenters]

ARIEL & PRINCE ERIC THE LITTLE MERMAID (2023) dir. Rob Marshall

[dearest-alexander]

#I love my two hoarders.

[dommnics]

Ariel honey, I'm sorry that the human world is a mess-

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[tending-the-hearth]

i am so unwell over this scene you have no idea

the fact that we can tell EXACTLY what eric is thinking, how he goes from realizing ariel is a mermaid to recognizing that there's a bigger thing to focus on and he'll process the reveal later, when the woman he loves isn't in danger.

how he immediately looks down at ariel and sees her expression, he sees how terrified she is, because for the past three days he's done nothing BUT learn how to read her expressions, so he knows her fears without her having to say anything, and his only thought goes to "keep her safe, keep her here, keep her close"

and can we please talk about the physical affection between these two???? how ariel's hand goes from laying on eric's chest to holding onto his shoulder, how eric goes from just kind of holding ariel up to pulling her as close as he possibly can, curling himself around her and surrounding her in his arms, fully prepared to take the brunt of ursula's power if it comes down to it. because she's his world, and he refuses to lose her again.

and eric's GLARE??? HELLO???? the man just realized that the silent girl he's fallen in love with and the girl who saved his life is the same person and he just wanted to kiss her and celebrate that but now he is PISSED and he just wants to live happily ever after so he can and will do everything he can to get that ending for him and ariel.

[the-type-a]

The ship The shipper

Grimsby said Team Ariel when he kicked that ring. 😂✌🏼

[nessa007]

Halle Bailey attending the 2023 Oscars Halle Bailey as Ariel in The Little Mermaid (2023)

[bevsi]

🧜🏽‍♀️✨

[makesitprecious]

Eric's mom: you almost died!! you have to stay in the castle. no more going out on the ocean for you.

Eric, the immediate scene after that: