Eric as a baby was shipwrecked on the night of a Coral Moon, in a storm created by the merfolk.
His birthday is on the same day as the Coral Moon in the beginning of the movie. “Oh but the full moon moves around!”
Yes, but it’s his 21st birthday. After 19 years, the full moon happens on the same calendar date. And then 2 years later, it happens on the same date again. 21 years.
Since Eric is adopted, it’s not far fetched to assume that the queen chose the date he was found to celebrate as his birthday. The date he was found being the date that he was shipwrecked.
In the very beginning of the movie, the sailors say that the merfolk create a storm each year on the Coral Moon. Sure enough, a terrible storm occurs that very night. Clearly 21 years ago was no different.
So Triton killed Eric’s family. Not intentionally most likely, as this was before the death of Ariel’s mother. I have no evidence for this but I’d like to believe that Ariel’s mother rescued the baby from the shipwreck, the same way that Ariel rescues Eric later :) we know they both have a soft spot for humans.
no one’s as happy as me actually bc my fancast for YEARS of a character that is super fucking important to me has JUST GOT CASTED AND CONFIRMED AS SUCH. ON THE LAST WEEK OF PRIDE EVEN. bisexuals won a lot bc i won a lot this week.
look at him. my boy. he’s my boy. my man, my best friend. that’s my boy scout, big blue in the sky. i would to anything for Him.
Remember the scene in Eric’s treasure trove where he shows Ariel his conch shell, and she shows him how to blow it, and he tries it and fails?
The scene is basically just used as a visual gag to make Sebastian think Ariel and Eric are going to kiss. But I wish something more had actually come of it.
Maybe during the climax, Eric could have blown the conch shell to distract Ursula from Ariel and make himself a target (thus both saving Ariel’s life and allowing her to land the killing blow). This time it would be good and loud, showing that he had actually practiced it on his own, as he told Ariel he would.
I know several people have complained about Eric’s big heroic moment of killing Ursula being given to Ariel in the remake. The biggest complaint seems to be that this was the moment that changed Triton’s mind about humans and made him accept Ariel and Eric’s relationship, and that without it, Triton has no reason to make Ariel a human at the end. (This argument doesn’t really hold up because Triton doesn’t actually see Eric kill Ursula, but maybe Ariel told him about it later? IDK.)
With this idea, they could have kept Ariel killing Ursula in the remake, but also given Eric a heroic moment during the climax, instead of just having him hang uselessly off the mast of the ship. This would also probably carry a lot of weight with Triton since he’s the one who taught Ariel how to blow the conch shell in the first place.
