Talk:The Little Mermaid/@comment-26146485-20150225210913/@comment-1672596-20150228203032

Agreed with everything you said except for possibly the bit about the original story. To be honest, I actually hated the original ending largely because OTLM seemed to get away with her selfishness, even WITH her sacrifice, considering her actions hurt her family, even her lover. Had it been me in HCA's shoes, I would have given her a soul after that, yet damn her to hell for her prior transgressions. I thought Disney actually made an improvement by having Ariel live, and actually want to go for Eric rather than viewing him as a means to an end. Besides, I find it hard to believe that God would fail to give merpeople a soul.