@Red192 wrote:
(and this one I don’t want to say because I’d also like it if Hook became Ariel’s Eric) But In Ariel’s Beginning we learn that Ariel’s mother was killed when pirates came to the reef and she got crushed between the rocks and the boat.
Oh interesting, I’ve never seen that, so just looked it up…
King Triton and his wife, Queen Athena, rule over the underwater kingdom of Atlantica, which is filled with music and laughter. They have seven young daughters, the youngest of whom is Ariel. The merfolk are shown relaxing in a lagoon above water, and Triton gives Athena a music box. Suddenly, a pirate ship approaches. Everyone escapes except Athena, who is crushed by the ship when she tries to save the music box.
The use of the term “lagoon” makes me think even more that Ariel will be a mermaid in Neverland’s Mermaid Lagoon. They could potentially still have Hook be Ariel’s Eric, even if it’s his ship that inadvertently crushes her mother. It wouldn’t be like Hook had killed her intentionally, and Ariel may be able to see past that, while Triton wouldn’t, which would amp up the animosity between them, which would end up driving her to go to Ursula for help. Perhaps?