LOL at the Triton’s daughter thing.
I definitely prefer if Ariel isn’t trying to drown Emma –but I guess there’s more drama that way. Krannen suggested in another thread maybe the reason Neal is on the beach is Ariel is in FTL (wasn’t taken by the curse I guess?) and she saved him, in a somewhat parallel to how she saved Prince Eric.
The Hookriel shipper in me says —NOOoo, she has to save Hook! But, it could work if she saves Neal, as so many of the mashup elements don’t play in quite the right order for the other stories. Pan doesn’t cut off Hook’s hand, or appear at Wendy’s window, so I guess Ariel could save Bae without that triggering her to fall in love with him. I wouldn’t want her to fall for him, then end up with Hook. Enough triangles and quadrangles already!
“If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn't. And contrary wise, what is, it wouldn't be. And what it wouldn't be, it would. You see?” -- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass