In the multiverse, everything is possible, especially with fictional characters. We all know the story about Ariel's father, King Triton. Triton, as we all know, is the ruler of Atlantica, the fabled home of the merfolk. He is not only a powerful king, but a caring, yet overprotective father, especially towards his youngest daughter, Ariel. Although mostly kind and benevolent, Triton has a terrible temper, which is equal to the power of his trident. His temper was a direct result from his xenophobia towards the humans at the time, especially with the apparent death of his wife, Queen Athena. But, with all the flaws, his temper and his misguided view of the humans, he is not a villain, through and through. In his normal reality, he is not a true villain like Ursula. But what if, what if, in an alternate reality, King Triton was an even more powerful villain than Ursula ever was? So, sit back and take notes. This is my theory of an alternate universe of The Little Mermaid, where King Triton was the villain instead of Ursula. Let us begin, shall we?
For starters, Evil King Triton's world is the same as the original, except for some differences. In this world, Ursula was benevolent sea-witch (where her counterpart back in the original world was evil and deceptive to the core), who has foreseen Triton's evil manifested first hand, but was killed by Triton after the fact. Next up, unlike the original, the merfolk of Atlantica can turn into human at will to travel on land. And above all else, both the human world and the merworld peacefully co-exists before Triton's turn to the dark side. With that being said, here is the scenario. Although it is the same as the prequel, Ariel's Beginning and the first movie, what happens after is completely different, especially when Ursula doesn't exist in this alternate reality.
After saving Prince Eric, Ariel returns to her grotto and sees a statue of the very prince she has rescued, a gift from her friend, Flounder. As she was crooning over the statue, her father shows up after Sebastian told him everything. Enraged, Triton berated Ariel over her fascination of the human world and when she proclaim her love for Eric, it set off Triton so hard, he destroyed every, single human object Ariel has collected, including the aforementioned statue of Eric. In the normal reality, Ariel would go to Ursula to make her human, provided that she loses her voice. But not in this reality. Ariel, feeling heartbroken her father's actions, runs away from her ocean world and lives with Eric, no missing voice whatsoever. As Ariel lives among the humans, Triton, instead of feeling a bit remorse and regret, his heart becomes more hardened and darkened as every day goes by. Feeling concerned, Attina, Ariel's older sister, asked her father where was Ariel. Triton thinks that she is still in her grotto crying. But Attina afforms him that she is not here, that she ran away from home and now living with the humans. After hearing that, Triton tells his oldest daughter to leave him be. Though he isn't furious, but deep down, Triton's rage was growing even higher, believing that the humans took Ariel away from her, just like Athena long ago. But in reality, Ariel chose to leave, fearing of what her father will do. And deep down, Attina feels the same way, which prompted her to swim to the surface and warn her youngest sister of their father and what he will do.
With his dark resolve, Triton declares war on the human world to bring Ariel back with him by force. And decrees that anyone who resists his order will be destroyed. Attina, aware of her father's dark amibtions, leaves Atlantica, along with her sisters and the rest of Ariel's friends to get to Ariel and Eric before Triton wipes out the humans from the face of the Earth. And down the road, Ariel gets captured by her own father, Attina and Eric formed a rebellion to liberate both Atlantica and the human world from Triton's dark rule, Triton craves more power to rule the universe and eventually, a brave warrior from another world will help the rebels save Ariel, defeat Triton and bring peace to both the human and mer worlds. But that's another story.
And that's all there is about what if King Triton was a villain. Sorry I took so long with this one. It is a long story. If you wait a while, my next blog will explain everything. Until then, hope you like my blog. Until next time. Stay frosty.
