Oh how exciting :D the mythology has many great possibilities to explore :)

There’s actually the TV show “H20 Just Add Water” and its sequel “Mako Mermaids” DEFO rewatch!

Interesting. I only remembered reading it as him loving her like a sister, but that's another great point. And the point about gender - I'm not trans but I'm definitely not exactly a conforming dude and in fact the first trans person I ever got to know (I had a somewhat sheltered upbringing and never knew about that until a few years ago) was indeed autistic.

It's highly suspected Hans Christian Anderson was autistic too. Ugly Duckling was a metaphore for finding like minded people.

I really like the ambiguity in your comment.

That's a very good point about physical disability, since in both Miranda and the book Aquamarine is adapted from, the mermaids hide their tails and just pretend they're wheelchair bound. It would be interesting to see a modern film explore that, especially since there's now a bigger push to include wheelchair users in significant roles.

That's awesome :) There's a bit of Twilight in me, although I'm probably still in denial about how much lol

It's quite eye opening once you become aware of all these parallels. Like a parade of eureka moments (for me anyway).

Same, and that also included “Splash”.

Ooh didn't know he was rumoured to be autistic. Thanks for the info

Appearently Andersen was homosexual

@@feliperoa5821 Well, Andersen was bisexual, since he also had an unrequited crush on Swedish opera singer Jenny Lind which became the basis of “The Nightingale”.

@@beethovensfidelio:0 interesting

Thank you for watching :)

What significant issues?

Eh well merpeople half human so there's a 50% chance there 😉 and I think H2O will have to be its own separate video someday 😉 thank you for your lovely comment 😊

Sorry for the late comment but Cleo would absolutely be worth analizing, a separate H2O video would be great!

No, I don't think that every autistic person is descended from a merperson. Ausitum is also a condition that the descendants of Elves and Witches have. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/brJ6gLeFna2dpZ8.html

Over the last year, I've found myself connecting to it more and more. I can even be moved to happy tears with the line "starfish may be big suckups, but they never lie".

Oh that's awesome 😀

@@BetterWithBob thanks 😊

That's an interesting comparison for sure. For much of the first two seasons, she's passing or performing to protect herself or hide. And in the third season, she finally gets to learn to be herself.

Her time in the lab could be an allegory for ABA, Autism Speaks, or any one of the many terrible medical "treatments" for autism. A sad reality.

Oh wow Miranda even looks like me in a way, alright I can see your point clearly

Ooh that's another interesting perspective :)

@@BetterWithBob In an episode of "The Take" titled "The Little Mermaid, and a history of mermaids", the narrator points out how mermaid stories like "Splash" can be used to dramatize the feeling of cultural differences, and what it's like to be a foreigner or alien in a place very unlike where you come from: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/l7ecoaWAma6UoY0.htmlm9s Ironically, the whole point of Allen asking Madison to marry him after knowing her FOR THREE DAYS is so she can stay on land forever, since Allen mistakenly thinks Madison is an immigrant whose green card is about to expire in six days. 😂

I've directed a handful myself. I sympathise lol.

@@BetterWithBob howwwwwww did you start 😁

Yeah, surprising they went with Godiva Hair instead of a seashell bra.

That's awesome :) Thanks for telling me :)

@@BetterWithBob I see her as a character who did everything wholeheartedly and fearlessly. so it would only be natural for her to chase and experience her new adventures on land, the same way she did as a mermaid. I see it as a tale of her curiosity, instead of a girl who chases a “boy”.

Hehe the 2017 Power Rangers movie is my favourite superhero flick XD

Im 30 now. This was late 90’s, esrly 2000’s. So, idk.

That’s cool that you learned to speak from watching TV.

Ooh very good points XD

I haven't done that many really. Just this and my rant about The Imitation Game lol

And then ironically enough, when Disney did make a Little Mermaid film, Madison was pop culture's most iconic mermaid at the time they made Ariel redhead to distinguish her from Madison

@@BetterWithBob I always theorized that the success of “Splash” was what led to Disney giving “The Little Mermaid” a happy ending unlike its tragic fairy tale counterpart. And sure, Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Little Mermaid” predates “Splash” by a century, but there are some elements in Disney’s “The Little Mermaid” that did not exist in the fairy tale but did exist in “Splash”: *- Ariel swimming towards a sunken ship* *- Ariel being fascinated by a music box with a dancing couple on it* *- Ariel exhibiting terrible table manners while wearing a nice pink dress on her dinner date with Prince Eric in which the main course is some form of crustacean* *- Ariel transforming back into a mermaid while wearing a nice blue dress in front of everyone including Prince Eric* *- Prince Eric chasing after Ariel in the water to save her from the bad guys during the film’s climax*

@@BetterWithBob It’s ironic that there’s a live action remake of Disney’s “The Little Mermaid” since we almost didn’t get the ANIMATED film due to concerns from Michael Eisner and Jeffrey Katzenberg that it sounded *too similar to “Splash”.* According to Michael Eisner’s memoir “Work In Progress: Risking Failure, Surviving Success”: *“I had always loved the idea of setting an animated movie underwater, but both Jeffrey and I were concerned that this idea sounded too much like the live-action **_Splash,_** which Disney had released early in 1984, six months before we arrived.”* And well, Eisner and Katzenberg weren’t exactly wrong about that: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/a7FlktZ438nPppc.htmlsi=7iTn_ghtUJ8bmJGa&t=18s (In fact, I’d be lying too if I said that _I_ didn’t notice the similarities the first time I saw “Splash” on TV at the age of 12, particularly the scene where *the mute Madison reunited with Allen at the police station!)* Granted, Eisner and Katzenberg would eventually greenlight “The Little Mermaid”, thanks to a 2-page treatment written by “Little Mermaid” co-director Ron Clements, BUT the concerns about its similarities to “Splash” didn’t end there, since, as you said, Ariel was given red hair to distinguish herself from the blonde mermaid Madison. Still, it’s interesting how the concept art for Ariel had her resembling Madison in terms of the blonde hair and orange fish tail: www.buzzfeed.com/briangalindo/take-a-magical-look-at-the-concept-art-used-to-make-the Coincidence? I think NOT! 😂

😁😁😁

This is referring to MOVIE mermaids!

I did briefly consider doing a video on that series but I couldn't work out what angle I wanted to take

Why thank you :)

@@BetterWithBob i have a very bad attention span but somehow your videos keep me interested and want me to see more every time keep up the amazing work💚

Oh yes definitely

I know friends who cosplay as mermaids often for those reasons.😁😎

I'm both queer and autistic. Mermaids are my favourite fantasy creature. I write stories and most of my characters end up being queer and autistic merpeople. there is also an overlap of autistic people also being queer.

That REALLY depends. If they're both over 18 or under 18, then yes I agree with you. Any relationship between adults and minors ( romantic or otherwise) will have some power imbalance that makes lasting relationships more difficult to maintain. Sometimes there's maturity differences and physical health differences too, that can lead to people having different interests/experiences, hence a lot less in common.

To be fair, Ariel is required to sing and talk underwater, hence the CGI and green screen. But I will concede that Madison’s tail looks better in terms of the color scheme and being made by hand.

Thank you :)

A friend of mine who's a coach/therapist says you can actually tell a lot about someone based on who their favourite Disney Princess is

Oh yes the trans connections are very apparent 🙂

yes and I feel like there are some very obvious autistic characters in all those 3 shows too.

I watched H2O back in the day as well 😅

I do have a film in the works far down the line doing just that so fingers crossed

Who’s Eirc? You mean Prince Eric?

@@beethovensfidelio Sorry I'm bit dislexsic but I think point still stands😅😅

@@RosamanaKK88​​⁠It’s ok. I understand. Also, there’s no war on autism. 😂 But you’re right that Eric still loves his autistic mermaid girlfriend Ariel, just like Allen loves his autistic mermaid girlfriend Madison. As “Better With Bob” mentions in his video, Madison is worth so much to Allen that he happily gives up his life on land to be with her. Madison doesn’t have to “mask” in Allen’s world, since it’s impossible to do now that Madison is exposed as a mermaid. Instead, Allen is the one who has to change himself in order to fit into Madison’s world hence the underwater kiss allowing him to breathe.

Well put :)

@@BetterWithBob Thanks 👍👍

Because that’s how Glynis Johns sounds!

Clearly you don’t understand the concept of applicability.

Who are you to tell autistic people what is or isn’t autism representation! 😤 Of course, the mermaids aren’t canonically autistic but their behaviors can certainly seem reminiscent of autistic individuals from literal thinking to difficulty understanding sarcasm to “masking” ourselves as a means to avoid rejection and hostility from people including our loved ones. Considering how the little mermaid in the fairy tale is an avatar of Hans Christian Andersen, who is believed to be autistic himself due to a social awkwardness and inability to form romantic relationships, it’s no accident that the mermaid in the fairytale can be coded as autistic.

In the case of Madison, she’s mute because her native tongue is so high pitched that it can break glass, so her silence is more for safety reasons. 😂 In the case of Ariel, her voice was magically taken away, so she can’t produce sounds.

They compare parallels to each character that they believe shares them. If they have one or more aspect then _that_ must mean they’re neurodivergent. There are channels on KZfaq that creates their own head cannon. Yes, while there are characters that share the same characterization doesn’t mean they are. People should be able to see themselves in character that share characteristics. I agree to a certain extent. I think people are more than happy to see their own head canon as actual canon a lot of the time.

XDDDDD