You a lot has been said about how quickly Ariel "fell in love"
Now as an adult I am a bit "bitch you don't even know him" but at the same time I can recognise that Eric was just part of her dreams.
She wanted to be human so very badly before Eric
He was just a bonus that she wanted to smooch
But Eric
Holy fuck!
This dude heard a chick sing and was like "that's the one. Her" despite not even seeing her face clearly
Then he meets a weird naked mute girl on the beach and is like "A FRIEND! I SHALL BRING HER HOME AND WE WILL BE FRIENDS FOR LIFE!"
And like his servant? Advisor? Whatever that dude is is like "okay I know you're hung up on mystery singing girl but this mysterious girl is right here and really into you"
And Eric is like "well damn. I should take her on a date and probably smooch her"
And he almost falls for this new girl so that he has to have a spell put on him by Ursala
Once that's broken and he realises that the two mystery girls are the SAME girl he is like "damn. Better commit murder for her" even though she is now half fish
Like Eric is ALL IN right the fuck away no matter of you're a romantic or platonic interest
Eric is a ride or die person through and through
I like to think like every other week he brings in a new drifter who is his New Best Friend and Love To Learn Ariel is thrilled and asks all the questions and records their life stories
I like to think Eric and Ariel are the weird royal couple but everyone is polite to them because 1. They are both very charming and 2. Eric can and will cut a bitch if necessary
