+466 There is a HUGE plot hole in a Little Mermaid. Hasn't Ariel ever heard of WRITING? I bet if she'd just calmly written the situation down in an explanation that Eric could understand, she could have saved herself a LOT of trouble, amirite?

by Anonymous 14 years ago

She's a fucking mermaid, how could she write?

by Anonymous 14 years ago

She signed her name in a contract to Ursula. Bam.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

In mermaidian... it might not be the same writing as human writing

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Ah, fair enough. Or it might be in FIN-nish....I'm here all night :)

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Ah, I do enjoy good puns, but it would be pretty fishy if that's what she signed it in, I would be curious as to how she learned the language.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Its her name. She might not be able to write other thigns as well. And where would she learn to write.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Do mermaids know how to read or write?

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Mermaids are illiterate?

by Anonymous 14 years ago

That was the only thing that seemed unrealistic to you?

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Would he even believe her?

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Why would she even know how to write for God's sake ! She's a freakin' Mermaid !

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Even if she could write english, she doesn't know any of the words because scuttle just tells her random crap when she asks . . .

by Anonymous 14 years ago

if she can't write she could have drawn out the situation

by Anonymous 14 years ago

(NO!!!): how would she know how to draw? And if she did what if she sucked at it?

by Anonymous 14 years ago

"Hello Eric. I am a mermaid who has been recently transformed into a mermaid therefore I cannot speak."

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Yea *that* would go over well, haha.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

BECAUSE THERE'D BE NO STORY.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Ariel signed the contract, but if I'm not mistaken, she used a feather. I don't think someone who didn't know what a fork was could see a pen and immediately get the idea of writing.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

1. Around the time it's set not everyone could read and/or write. 2. Even if she could sign her name that might have been all she knew.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

plus, she couldn't tell him she was a mermaid, even in the beginning remember? her dad got all mad when she went to the surface or something.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

So, if a mysterious mute girl gave you a note that said "I'm really a mirmaid. I traded my voice for legs! Now kiss me or I'll turn back into a fish and lose my life!" And you're like "K then" and kiss her? Not sure how well that would work...

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Writing would probably be a lot different in water and on land

by Anonymous 13 years ago