Well, if it helps, try to think of it this way: cats are very much real and a queen cat can end up having kittens of various fur patterns (light, dark, calico) in the same litter. Also of note is that cats with lighter fur have pink skin, while cats with dark fur have grey skin. If we apply the same real-life logic to mermaids (which we have established as fictional, and we can only speculate how they mate or reproduce), we can assume their genetics work the same as with, say, cats. Also, like Old Fish Tale said, maybe their human-part skin color depends on the color of their fish scales.Sotiris wrote:While it's very likely Triton's daughters will be of different races/ethnicities, I think it will be done at random. I doubt they're going to put any thought into it. Personally, I don't like it when movies ignore genetics and the laws of inheritance. It's distracting and makes it harder to suspend disbelief. Just because a piece of fiction has fantastical elements in it, doesn't mean anything goes. It still needs to adhere to our material reality in some fundamental way and if not it needs to create its own set of rules that are believable and consistent.
I don't know, I like adherence to rules of science in fictional universes as much as the next person, but I'm fine with this movie taking whatever liberties it wants to. As long as it keeps its internal logic intact, it's all fine by me. It wouldn't be the first time a fictional race was reimagined, i.e. vampires in Twilight (okay, maybe not the greatest example
) vs. how vampires have been shown in fiction before. IIRC, I believe Escapay once wrote about that in one of the topics here.I believe you are right though when you say that knowing Disney, their ethnicities will probably be randomly assigned.
Oh no, don't worry. I didn't take it that way at all. You are right, that's exactly how I meant it, equating magical with fictional/mythological. If Ariel was magical 'magical' there would be no original movie and we'd all be worse for it lol.Disney's Divinity wrote:Btw, I hope my post didn’t come across snippy, @Mooky. I only meant that I don’t really think of the merfolk in the Disney film as innately magical, although I know what you meant about mermaids being magical creatures as far as mythology goes, like unicorns and so on.
), I would personally rather have Asher Angel over Harry Styles. I just don't know why we can't have a POC Eric like Jordan Fisher. Especially now crap will hit the fan with diverse social media with a black mermaid giving up everything for a white man. I have seen posts already about it. If Ariel can be different, why not Eric? Is the black hair too iconic? 
Do you mind if I post it on my Disney fanpage, too? I'll give you credit, of course. 
