Talk:Ariel/@comment-24238780-20141211180549/@comment-1672596-20141217183129

Ariel was supposed to be an everyman (well, everywoman, but still), a typical teenager. And for the record, Belle was actually NOT a perfect role model, she was actually imperfect. For starters, if she were a perfect role model, she wouldn't have been quick to sell the beast and her friends down the river to get out of a lam and not even apparently realize just how bad that was even when the results were clearly obvious. And she doesn't even learn from her mistakes either, which is even worse with Belle since her stupidity nearly got Beast and her friends killed.

And BTW, Ariel tried to avenge Triton and even told Eric to get out of there and save himself. That sounds a heck of a lot like having a lesson learned.