@Phee wrote:
I’m also toying with the idea right now that maybe Tiger Lily’s people used to happily co-exist with the merfolk, until PP and his minions took the whole of NL over, which is why the merfolk turned nasty. In a scenario like that, Ariel could have observed and even possibly interacted with the type of good people she’d be fascinated by and want to live amongst.
Actually, now that I’m thinking of it, perhaps her wanting to help “win back the kingdom” so to speak could be part of her motivation for becoming human. Maybe she’ll notice Hook and his crew and realise that they’re not friends of Pan, and she wants to join forces with them. Ah, evolving headcanon right before bedtime. I’ll be dreaming of mermaids and pirates tonight. 😉
Interesting. There is so much in NL, basically all things children create in their imagination, that A and E have a lot to potentially play with. From what I can remember the merfolk and Tiger Lily’s people never interacted, their only link was with PP. Hook and his crew (in the Disney story, not our Hook) would use Tiger Lily to try and draw PP out to fight. Following that logic, is it possible that the Natives are the ones who have allied with PP? If the merfolk were “in charge” of NL before PP arrived they could be at war with PP and Tiger Lily’s people and consequently anyone else who “invaded” NL, thus our JR crew.