Ariel and Eric

[TheGoldenKey]

I was thrilled with Ariel but disappointed with Eric.  His performance seemed plastic to me and he seemed light in the loafers the way he was prancing around the dance floor.  I dunno and it’s probably only me but he’s just not my cup of tea.  Too whimpy.

[RumplesGirl]

I was thrilled with Ariel but disappointed with Eric. His performance seemed plastic to me and he seemed light in the loafers the way he was prancing around the dance floor. I dunno and it’s probably only me but he’s just not my cup of tea. Too whimpy.

I’m a little sad we didn’t get to see more of him. It was really just the one scene at the ball.

"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"

[kfchimera]

I agree he had to sell a lot in a short time, as did Ariel but I think they had a sweet, dreamy feel to them better than Cinderella and Thomas, and Aurora and Phil.  I would be sad not to see more of them together.

“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

[obisgirl]

This is turning into a second string Hookriel thread with all us shippers.

I had a sneaking feeling this would happen 😉

Only thing I felt was lacking was the unrequited love theme.

Actually, the way Ariel phrased it with Snow, as “love at first sight” and unrequited love means it is one-sided love. It is love that is not openly reciprocated. The beloved may or may not be aware of the admirer’s deep and strong romantic affections.

I’m writing a long meta on all of this stuff. (And I have to add another section on ‘love at first sight’).

Clearly, Eric feels a connection to her and Ariel’s already in love with him since they met one year prior. The only two things he doesn’t know is that she’s the one who rescued him and that she’s a mermaid.

[Phee]

Actually, the way Ariel phrased it with Snow, as “love at first sight” and unrequited love means it is one-sided love. It is love that is not openly reciprocated. The beloved may or may not be aware of the admirer’s deep and strong romantic affections.

What I meant was, we didn’t get the part of the story where she’s around him and he’s actively not reciprocating her love, which happens in both previous versions of the story. Just having her mention that she fell in love with him a year ago, and now she’s got a plan to finally meet him, didn’t scream unrequited love to me. We didn’t see any angst or frustration to illustrate unrequited love, in fact, he fell in love with her the instant he saw her as well. He was never torn, or resisting wanting to be with her, or ignorant of them having a potential romantic connection, and that to me is what actually illustrates the theme of unrequited love.

[obisgirl]

Aw.

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