People criticizing the parenting I showed in Little Mermaid II…like yes, the reaction was extreme. And yes, I should have handled it differently. But my daughter was less than three months old and she was taken by a witch who tried to feed her to a shark in front of me. And no one could find said witch for over ten years. I feel like I was pretty justified in my paranoia. I should’ve been more truthful to Melody, it’s true. And in some timelines I was.
But don’t you dare say I was “out of character” for trying to protect my daughter. Don’t you dare.
And I didn’t hurt her the way my father hurt me. I didn’t take away her things or smash her passions. I made mistakes, but I didn’t hurt her in that way. I managed to repair my relationship with my father regardless, but that doesn’t mean I wanted to repeat what he did. I didn’t. People who didn’t live my life frustrate me to no end.
— Queen Ariel (#🌿🏹🐺)
