Talk:The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning/@comment-35010403-20180521202112/@comment-1672596-20181216014716

As much as I want to believe you that Triton basically hated humans for what happened to Athena, I'm not sure I can buy that claim. I don't think it was ever specified in the narrative that Triton developed a hatred of humans because of that incident (in fact, the only thing specified was that he hated music after that event), not to mention the fact that Marina del Ray pretty much celebrated by making sand-angels on the surface and even did a parody of Ariel's iconic wave pose would suggest that there is no surfacing ban (otherwise, she would have been fired at the very least for violating that bit, ESPECIALLY knowing Triton's hatred of humans from the original film. For goodness sakes, he blew a gasket the very second Flounder merely mentioned a seagull in a context that indicated they interacted with it. Do you really think Triton would have tolerated his own recently-promoted governess surfacing right after getting a promotion and actually being on the shore). Of course, that's the least of the film's problems which include a LOT of continuity problems (like, for example, their changing the birth-order of Ariel's sisters from what was implied in the Daughters of Triton number, Flounder's entire characterization, Ariel not developing ANY interest in humanity at all, or heck, the whole music ban thing that was never even implied to have occurred, or Ariel's role in lifting that ban yet apparently being a newcomer to the band based on the Daughters of Triton lyrics).