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totallyminnie86 wrote:Or has it already been confirmed that the story is about a younger ariel? [/i]

Aladdin from Agrabah wrote:

totallyminnie86 wrote:Or has it already been confirmed that the story is about a younger ariel?

No, it hasn't. But the word prequel has most recently been equal to a younger age: like Tarzan in TarzanII and Bambi in BambiII.

Sunset Girl wrote:This is how I always envisioned a little mermaid prequel:

Ok, let's say that Ariel's mother's name is Andromeda, and let's assume that Ursula was a member of King Triton's court with her eyes secretly set on the throne. (After all, she did mention that she once lived in the palace!)

BTW, why the name Andromeda? Besides the fact that it starts with an "A," it means "to think of a man" from the Greek element andros; "of a man" combined with medesthai "to think, to be mindful of." Andromeda is also a constellation in the northern sky which gets its name from a mythical Greek princess: "The beautiful Andromeda of ancient Greek legend was chained to a sea cliff as a sacrifice to a sea monster, and was rescued by the hero Perseus."

Anyway, to get back to the story. . .

Ursula definitely had something to do with Andromeda's death/disappearance. Andromeda had a fascination for humans, even telling her daughters stories about them. She had been saved by a human when she was just a child, and being an authority figure on the arm of King Triton, she'd want to be a peacemaker with them. Triton would remain suspicious of the fish-eaters though, and would want to enforce strict rules against any human contact.

Ursula could see this as an opportunity to get her out of the way. Being a trusted member of the royal court, she could secretly offer Andromeda help in contacting the humans, both knowing that Triton would never understand any sympathies toward the fish-eaters unless he saw proof of the compassion that Andromeda had once witnessed. Either Ursula takes the opportunity to kill her herself, or she lets the humans take her away.

(Which brings up a scary idea. . . what if Andromeda is still alive in some circus side-show? Disney, please ignore what I've just written. . .)

Once she is gone, Ursula would explain that she wasn't able to save his beloved wife in time from those dangerous barbaric humans. And with her out of the way, Ursula attempts to win over the grieving Triton until she can get him out of the way, and assume the throne for herself.

Imagine the frivolity of Ursula trying to play mother to all those little mergirls while trying to impress Triton! Of course, Ariel is the youngest, which explains why she'd have no memories of this.

But his rejection eventually brings out the evil in her, and Triton discovers that she had something to do with leading his beloved wife to her doom with the humans. Ursula is exiled. All of the kingdon is told to stay away from both Ursula and any humans, as they are not to be trusted.

And you know, Ursula would find it to be poetic justice if Ariel's love for humans proved to be Triton's downfall. . .

MerXAN wrote:The prequel is about Ariel being kidnapped in a ship with her baby Melody. Here's the script:

http://www.littleariel.com/SPf2.htm

nachonaco wrote:It's a fanscript, not an actual script.

Enchantress wrote:Just looking at that menu screen again, which says 'The Little Mermaid 3: Musical sneek peak'. Does the term 'musical' mean that a new song will be presented, or will it simply be a trailer set to music? Or! Maybe it's the disney stars singing a synopsis .