Fish Out of Water by Slightlykylie (G)

[magician113.livejournal.com]

Fandom: Fairy Tales: The Little Mermaid
Pairing: Ariel/Eric
Length: 3K words
Author Website: at AO3

Why this must be read: How difficult is it to live in a place that is so foreign to what you know? Ariel finds out as she attempts to adjust to the terran world she's chosen. She takes great delight in learning about Eric's universe, but at the same time she has some special needs to help her transition. Thus, the palace servants' tongues are wagging about how the new princess bathes only in fresh seawater and sleeps in a hammock on the balcony .

And as Erik watches her gradually change, becoming more gaunt and melancholy, he wonders whether love is enough to maintain their happily ever after. Enjoy

Fish Out of Water

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Comments

[brunettepet.livejournal.com]

This is what really came after the story's "...and they lived happily ever after" and it was more plausible than what I would have imagined as a small girl. Thanks for the rec.

[magician113.livejournal.com]

My pleasure! It's really why fanfic exists; sometimes canon comes up a little short. Thanks so much for commenting.

[zandperl.livejournal.com]

A fanfic of a fanvid of the original Hans Christian Anderson fairy tale. :) I do not like the Disnified ending of the film and this made me want to initially protest that this did not actually fit into the fairy tale fandom, but it's stupid of me to be that narrow minded. Derivative works are derivative works, regardless of how famous the creators, or how many steps of derivation are intermediary.

[magician113.livejournal.com]

You have a point, although I can't think of what other category it would fit. I'm not fond of Disney versions in general, and in fact haven't seen its treatment of Mermaid. However, as a child I remember hating the HC Andersen version which seemed terribly lopsided. I certainly would have wanted a clever fanfic writer to revise it! Thanks so much for commenting. Love the icon.