Talk:Ariel/@comment-13112974-20130906190348/@comment-1672596-20130908183026

I don't think what park people say really counts in canon. Besides, the fact that her grandpa and great-grandpa are named Poseidon and Neptune, respectively, not to mention her mother's name is Athena (not to mention Ariel being a 19th Century girl [this is made clear in Metal Fish when she saved Hans Christian Anderson, and thus was singlehandedly responsible for the story] while Hercules is not only Hellenistic-era, but is no longer immortal thanks to his decision to stay with Megara) makes their having ANY familial relationship extremely unlikely. In mythology, Poseidon and Neptune are the same entity, meaning for them to be both great-grandpa and grandpa to Ariel is virtually impossible short of screwing with the timeline. Also, Athena is at best the niece of Poseidon, and is certainly not affiliated with oceans (she's the goddess of strategy and warfare). Heck, in actual mythology, she's not Triton's wife.