Thread:Alex2424121/@comment-1672596-20160215130615/@comment-1672596-20160215133914

Alex2424121 wrote: But still people can get the wrong idea. Using the phrase "super strength" usually applies to someone who has Superman strength from a basic point of view. I personally believe that we should apply Powers and Abilities that are actual "Powers" and "Abilities". Things like magic, superpowers, and things like that. It has come to my attention that users are taking the slightest things literally and something needs to be done. Ariel is not magical or a superhero, she is a mermaid princess. Things like swimming is natural for her kind and so is talking to fish (depedning media wise). Ariel just has a beautiful gifted voice and it was only magical when Ursula used it.

I edit what I see, and what I see is that the only thing special about Ariel is her beautiful voice. It's not the wrong impression. Heck, I even made sure to explain HOW exactly it qualified as such specifically to take into account those elements you cited. Same deal with endurance (like I said in the message wall for Ariel's page, humans generally don't survive falling several stories nonstop to the bottom, and they certainly don't survive at the depth Ariel was at when she became human without protection. If anything, they'd actually implode due to the huge water pressure, not simply worry about drowning.).

And in case you've forgotten, by that logic, the stuff Superman pulled aren't actual superpowers simply because they're quite natural for Kryptonians. Does it matter if it's natural for her species? No, it only matters as to whether it's natural compared to humans (besides, technically, Ariel is a comic book character thanks to Marvel and Disney Comics, and the latter source even alluded to her superhuman strength).

And as far as Ariel's voice, I explained how exactly that was a superpower (Specifically, if it truly was just Ursula's magic that brainwashed Eric and not simply Ariel's voice, then it truly wouldn't have mattered if Ariel got her voice back, as Ursula would still have Eric under her thumb until Ursula's death. The fact that Eric's brainwashing ended specifically BECAUSE Ursula no longer had Ariel's voice makes it clear that the hypnotic ability came from Ariel's voice, NOT Ursula's magic). Besides, a character doesn't NEED to demonstrate it explicitly to prove they have that ability. Just look at Cell and the Spirit Bomb in Dragon Ball Z. We never actually see him demonstrate the Spirit Bomb, yet it's pretty obvious he can specifically because he made clear he can.