Ok, i just wanna say that I adored the live action! Hearing Halle sing "Part of Your World" brought tears to my eyes🥹 Any doubt I had with her casting immediately went away. She IS Ariel❤️
I drew this as soon as I got home from the theaters. I paid close attention to every little detail on Ariel so I can draw her faithfully. She has scales on her upper body that faintly glimmer under the light and I just found it so beautiful✨️ The way her tail and hair moved was just memerizing to see. Lots of love and care went into this drawing; feel free to zoom in☺️
At the end of day, Ariel is more than the way she looks-- we know her for her beautiful voice, her strong spirit, curious nature and burning determination-- this little mermaid has all that🧜🏿♀️
miss americana and the heartbreak prince: an ariel x eric college au
overview
Ariel travels to England much to her senator father’s dismay for her first year of university. He believes that she is studying to be a lawyer but she's actually is pursuing archaeology. On the side, her and friends, Scuttle, Sebastian and Flounder, started a band called "Under the Sea" that play at her aunt Ursula's underground club every weekend.
Eric, the son of the university’s chancellor, is struggling to convince his mom not to become a politician and rather study marine biology. To help him get through his third year is his therapy dog, Max and his favorite professor, Grimsby. While Eric is failing his archaeology, Grimsby assigns Ariel to be his tutor and soon the two connect over their parents’ want and what they actually want.
cast
halle bailey as ariel
jonah hauer-king as eric
terry hu as scuttle
ncuti gatwa as sebastian
kit connor as flounder
jessica alexander as vanessa
other cast
javier bardem as triton
noma dumezweni as selina
melissa mccarthy as ursula
art malik as grimsby
playlist
(i do warn most of it is taylor swift)
miss americana and the heartbreak prince - taylor swift
london boy - taylor swift
style - taylor swift
paper rings - taylor swift
author's note
I'm super excited to write this as a huge Little Mermaid fan and also I'm so hyped for the live action. As noticed with the cast, there are a few changes. Because this takes place in college, I had to change characters based on age for the humanization of Ariel's friends, but other that, the cast stays the same.
Also: If you’re pissed that Ariel is Black, get off my timeline. Also, since Jonah is Jewish, I'm going to make Eric Jewish as well.