@RumplesGirl wrote:
While I personally see Lanie as more a Tinkerbell (she looks very delicate and tiny)
Agreed. I can totally picture her as a cheeky little fairy, causing mischief, then peering up with those big round eyes and batting her lashes to get out of trouble.
@slurpeez108 wrote:
She’s got the right color hair, which would satisfy a lot of Disney “purists” who insist on Ariel being a red head.
I’ll be very surprised if Once’s Ariel isn’t a redhead. But natural gingery red isn’t red enough for Ariel. She should have red that looks like a shot of flame as she darts through the depths. And that’s what wigs are for. 😉
And Once doesn’t have to show Ariel getting married; it could just be a sweet teen romance.
Ah, but dark, doomed, adult romance makes for more compelling TV. They’ve been taking the show to a darker place recently, so a fluffy, innocent, teen romance would seem a bit out of place. It wouldn’t leave an impact on the adult audience, and would be a bit of a waste of such an iconic character IMO.
@KFChimera wrote:
The Disney version ends happily, but the original tale is more tragic.
It straight up sucked to be the mermaid in Anderson’s version. Feeling like she was being run through with a sword when she transformed, feeling as though blades were slicing her feet open with every step, and then her prince marries someone else, which causes her to die because she failed in her task. Obviously they’ll give her her happy ending on Once, but I do hope they also have a bit of a darker edge to her overall story, in keeping with Anderson’s version.