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The modern producer would watch that sequence and have notes. Put in an explainer, he'd say, and have the Norwegian lines in English or at least subtitled so the audience can understand what's happening. The dog should get hit by a bullet with a close up so we can see it heal, that way the audience really knows what's up! And he'd pat himself on the back for how much better he made it.

I find myself connecting this to movies more and more trying to keep the plot under wraps, so secret even the actors don't know what they're filming! The audience will really be wowed with the surprise of learning what happens in the plot! That's what suspense and mystery are, after all - not knowing a thing and finding it out. Nothing to it.

There's something to it, this new idea that keeping the plot secret is suddenly hugely important while simultaneously insisting everything is always explained. There can't be a moment anyone knows what's happening before paying for the movie, and there cannot be a single second a paying customer is unsure, or even a little worried, by anything the second they've parted with their money. If you pay your shot and punch your ticket you get everything delivered to the base of your brain in a cup of easily digestible slurry.

Meanwhile Ariel with legs;

Ariel already loved the human world long before meeting Eric (you don’t get a collection like hers overnight) and when she finally got a chance to explore it, she took it.

Ursula made it about Eric. She didn’t have to. Ariel had to get out from under Triton’s thumb, it could have been literally anything. Ursula took advantage of a desperate victim for her own agenda. Realistic predatory behavior toward a vulnerable person.

And also

There’s always the ‘Eric didn’t want her until she was silent and meek’ criticism - FIRST OF ALL he started out looking for a woman who wasn’t silent, and second of all what part of the carriage driving bit (or any of her other actions on land) is meek, exactly?

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Never shared updates but her ear was amputated and she has a little elf ear now. My brother is going to take her home in a few weeks after she’s old enough for an accurate FIV/FELV test

Do people not realize that immature shippers don't like when any character gets in the way of their ship, regardless of gender combination?

Just as an example, Cloud/Tifa vs Cloud/Aerith is one of the most infamous shipping wars of all time. Another infamous shipping war is Kataang vs Zutara. One that continues to this very day, which shocks me.

And the Suletta/Miorine shippers, before The Witch from Mercury ended, tended to hate any male character they thought might get "in the way" of the main pairing.

So needless to say, I find it rather odd that M/M shippers get singled out for this when it's not a phenomenon exclusive to them by any means.

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