Talk:The Little Mermaid/@comment-1835434-20141106005813/@comment-1672596-20141106013203

Technically, the ending was bittersweet in both instances.

That being said, I prefer the Disney version to the original tale. In fact, I hated the original tale's ending because it seemed to me that the little mermaid just got away with getting a lot of people hurt for her selfish pursuit of an immortal soul. Had it been me writing the tale, I'd have God give the mermaid an immortal soul, then damn her to Hell specifically for her selfishness, even with the sole selfless act she made by effectively committing suicide rather than killing him (which, BTW, still hurt her prince since while he didn't intend to marry her, he still valued her as an adoptive sister).