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me whenever i randomly remember how perfecly the actors that played the old pevensie siblings were chosen

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this picture your honor-

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THE LITTLE MERMAID (2023) Dir. Rob Marshall

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IT’S JUST THE WAY ERIC IS HOLDING ARIEL SO CLOSE TO HIM AFTER SHE TURNS BACK INTO A MERMAID AND ARIEL IS HOLDING ONTO HIM AND ERIC TOTALLY LOOKS LIKE HES READY TO KILL URSULA AND WILL DO ANYTHING TO PROTECT ARIEL 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

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jodie benson's (the original voice of Ariel) cameo where she says "you'll need this" and the camera pans to reveal her handing halle a fork was so sweet :') she's literally passing the torch to the next ariel :''')

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Eric found one (1) person who was willing to listen to him rant abt his hyperfixation and decided that's his soulmate. same

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The ship The shipper

Grimsby said Team Ariel when he kicked that ring. 😂✌🏼

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Do you ever think about how Eric was adamant about chasing after Scuttle when she took his hat BECAUSE Ariel gave him that hat? He could've let it go and laugh it off but no because that's the hat his beautiful and compelling companion picked for him. He even made sure to pick it out of the water when their boat flipped. Add to that the fact that Eric is a collector of valuable things and this hat is the most valuable of them all.

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the way Prince Eric was having the time of his life getting to know Ariel’s curiosity and intelligence and vice versa I loved them 😭✋🏽

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A list of things I adored about the new Little Mermaid movie:

The Hans Christian Andersen quote about mermaids having to suffer without tears in the beginning sequence

Ariel saving Max by pushing him towards the boat

The clarification on Ursula’s backstory regarding her “when I lived at the palace” comment

Ariel noticing Eric’s compassion before his beauty

Ariel being such an open-minded free thinker that she holds a different opinion from everybody she knows about humans, despite the fact that a human was responsible for her mother’s death

Ariel being more conflicted about Ursula’s deal, acknowledging that it’s wrong

The fact that Eric has a collection just like Ariel does, the fact that they’re both explorers

Eric and Ariel finding ways to connect without her speaking! Pouring over maps together, communicating with gestures and smiles.

Eric stopping the carriage to move the goats, and Ariel disappearing while he has his back turned, because she’s so intrigued by the market that she can’t help herself

Ariel constantly discarding her shoes and eventually trading in her boots for sandals

Eric showing Ariel star constellations and her telling him her name by pointing out Aries. The line “That’s a beautiful name,” replacing “That’s kind of pretty.” Eric saying her name is written in the stars.

When Ariel and Eric are saying goodbye after their day together and she hops down the stairs to put his hat on his head and give him an earnest, sweet, open smile

Grimsby kicking the wedding ring out of sight so Eric couldn’t give it to Vanessa

Ariel being the one to defeat Ursula! Ariel, as a mermaid, unable to stand, slipping and sliding down the deck, hefting herself up to spin the wheel with all her strength.

Ariel having a tea length wedding dress! I love her gaudy puffy 1989 dress but this felt more in tune for her character, light, airy, free, youthful.

The union of Ariel and Eric representing an alliance between mermaids and humans, and an appeasement to the sea gods, so that the port will be successful again

The nuance in Ariel’s relationship with the ocean. She acknowledges that leaving is a sacrifice and a loss, even while understanding that it’s the right thing to do for herself. The balance of feelings made it very emotional when her family came to the surface to tell her that they would always be there for her. A poignant depiction of growing up, really.

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EDMUND PEVENSIE + being at Peter’s right hand

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*ariel finding the green mermaid figurine in eric’s library*

eric: “ah, my little mermaid”

me:

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listen if the little mermaid 2023 did anything right it was ariel and eric... they were already a good couple in the original but fleshing him out and making him drawn to the ocean in a parallel to ariel being drawn to land is so good. and kind of increasing that human vs merfolk tension to make it this romeo & juliet love story. like sorry they kind of slayed there. eric sees ariel turn back into a mermaid in front of him and all he does is hold her tighter. they're both gigantic nerds. he's a foot taller than her. it's incredible.

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Instagram credit: exploringedinburgh

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Eric's mom: you almost died!! you have to stay in the castle. no more going out on the ocean for you.

Eric, the immediate scene after that:

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Jonah really doing the most for Ariel/Eric shippers with these BTS photos of him and Halle 🥰