She, famously, has no idea how humans live. She is culturally distinct from the Europeans on the coast.
She has more in common with the fish that she speaks to. She’s basically a magic dolphin.
Meanwhile, the people in the OP image are humans (to my knowledge, I’m not a nerd). Humans who have lived in the human world with human pasts full of human culture which give context to their characterization. I’m sure their background stories matter to their fans.
Nobody argues about what color the scales on Ariel’s tail should be.
I’ll defer to your delphine expertise. Although Snow White is the one that really got me, she’s explicitly described in the text, her snow white skin is her primary physical characteristic.
Don’t get me wrong, I am upset about the others, or at least as upset as is reasonable for the ethnicities of fictional characters. But consistency is consistency. I’d rather see more stories from diverse cultures than arbitrary race-switching.
Maybe, but Ariel is a fucking mer-person whose race is undefined in the OG story
Isn’t this the original illustration?
She, famously, has no idea how humans live. She is culturally distinct from the Europeans on the coast.
She has more in common with the fish that she speaks to. She’s basically a magic dolphin.
Meanwhile, the people in the OP image are humans (to my knowledge, I’m not a nerd). Humans who have lived in the human world with human pasts full of human culture which give context to their characterization. I’m sure their background stories matter to their fans.
Nobody argues about what color the scales on Ariel’s tail should be.
I’ll defer to your delphine expertise. Although Snow White is the one that really got me, she’s explicitly described in the text, her snow white skin is her primary physical characteristic.
Don’t get me wrong, I am upset about the others, or at least as upset as is reasonable for the ethnicities of fictional characters. But consistency is consistency. I’d rather see more stories from diverse cultures than arbitrary race-switching.
um sweaty the artist drew it on WHITE paper for a reason
Idc about the original story, i care about the disney version. Disney changes them all drasticaly anyway.