I love that Arista resembles Galene. It breaks the usual trope where daughter’s only look solely like their mothers and no one else.
And on top of that, the lore about the souls being trapped in flowers is pretty cool. Makes me wonder if whoever created this religion for the mermaids was aware and why they wouldn’t want the souls of the mermaids to reincarnate.
Given who the “true” gods of this story are? Can’t say that I blame them. We’re still not quite sure on the details on it…but so far reincarnation in this story seems to be either a punishment (at least based on the Sins and Snow White/Rose Red), or a cause of misfortune for your current life (most prominent with Tremaine and Cinderella but we have hints that’s the case with Aurora and Maleficent too).
Excellent point! I never realized how every reincarnation character ends up tied to a miserable fate. Maybe the goddess have a hand in that because they want all humans to die instead of continue to exist.
The one thing I remember about some of the present characters revealed to be reincarnations is that the seven sins, seven woman who banded together with the Third One and Dorian to invade the goddesses’ kingdom and kill Snow White and Rose Red. The Seven Sins were then cursed with immortality. Basically, they’d never be able to find love in any of their lives to come. Makes me wonder about Ursula’s previous incarnation as she wasn’t originally a mermaid when the goddesses cursed her. She was one of the e seven sins to begin with.
I’m curious how Ariel’s world ended up with humans becoming merpeople. Humans, men and women, are all based on the goddesses and one god. They all looked human in the goddesses’ realm. When the women are banished from being “tainted” for procreating with men, they end up scattered to different worlds. How did some of these women (and men) turn from humans to mythological creatures like mermaids or fairies? I wonder if there’s a specific reason that Ariel’s world could exist, featuring an entire race of merpeople. Was this some sort of magical evolution that caused merpeople to come to existence, or did the goddesses do this themselves? I’m curious what the merpeople creation myth is and what the truth behind that myth is, since I can’t see the goddesses caring.
Cindya
3 months ago
I wonder in what way Ursula put Harmonia’s soul to use.
Black95
3 months ago
There’s a very important detail in this panel. I notice that Arista is wearing her mother’s earrings, but they are actually the same earrings that Ursula wears. It seems clear that these earrings hold a very important place in their family.
miel
3 months ago
Wait… their earrings are so similar! OoO
is Arista going to learn the truth about Harmonia here? (Which would mean she kept it from Ariel and probably everyone else for 20 years in the original timeline aaaa!!)
Fairloke
3 months ago
I wonder how Ursula would react if she saw Alana, who looks so much like her!
Glowworm
3 months ago
Makes you wonder how much of that soul stuff Ursula just mentioned about the souls being chained to the flowers as a hinderance rather than a benefit is actually true or not. We know that the mermaids’actual religion is a false one and yet I still wouldn’t quite trust Ursula’s take on it either. I mean, she wanted Harmonia’s flower for a reason and we all know how much she resented her sister.
If anything, I would think that her hatred of Harmonia would make her want to keep Harmonia’s soul chained to the flower. So that Harmonia can’t reincarnate and move on. But based on the theory posted above, that reincarnation is used by the goddesses to punish humans and keep giving them more and more miserable lives, maybe that’s exactly what Ursula wants. Harmonia to reincarnate so she gets an even worse life.
Someone’s salthyyy (she’s very right tho)
I love that Arista resembles Galene. It breaks the usual trope where daughter’s only look solely like their mothers and no one else.
And on top of that, the lore about the souls being trapped in flowers is pretty cool. Makes me wonder if whoever created this religion for the mermaids was aware and why they wouldn’t want the souls of the mermaids to reincarnate.
Given who the “true” gods of this story are? Can’t say that I blame them. We’re still not quite sure on the details on it…but so far reincarnation in this story seems to be either a punishment (at least based on the Sins and Snow White/Rose Red), or a cause of misfortune for your current life (most prominent with Tremaine and Cinderella but we have hints that’s the case with Aurora and Maleficent too).
Excellent point! I never realized how every reincarnation character ends up tied to a miserable fate. Maybe the goddess have a hand in that because they want all humans to die instead of continue to exist.
The one thing I remember about some of the present characters revealed to be reincarnations is that the seven sins, seven woman who banded together with the Third One and Dorian to invade the goddesses’ kingdom and kill Snow White and Rose Red. The Seven Sins were then cursed with immortality. Basically, they’d never be able to find love in any of their lives to come. Makes me wonder about Ursula’s previous incarnation as she wasn’t originally a mermaid when the goddesses cursed her. She was one of the e seven sins to begin with.
I’m curious how Ariel’s world ended up with humans becoming merpeople. Humans, men and women, are all based on the goddesses and one god. They all looked human in the goddesses’ realm. When the women are banished from being “tainted” for procreating with men, they end up scattered to different worlds. How did some of these women (and men) turn from humans to mythological creatures like mermaids or fairies? I wonder if there’s a specific reason that Ariel’s world could exist, featuring an entire race of merpeople. Was this some sort of magical evolution that caused merpeople to come to existence, or did the goddesses do this themselves? I’m curious what the merpeople creation myth is and what the truth behind that myth is, since I can’t see the goddesses caring.
I wonder in what way Ursula put Harmonia’s soul to use.
There’s a very important detail in this panel.
I notice that Arista is wearing her mother’s earrings, but they are actually the same earrings that Ursula wears.
It seems clear that these earrings hold a very important place in their family.
Wait… their earrings are so similar! OoO
is Arista going to learn the truth about Harmonia here? (Which would mean she kept it from Ariel and probably everyone else for 20 years in the original timeline aaaa!!)
I wonder how Ursula would react if she saw Alana, who looks so much like her!
Makes you wonder how much of that soul stuff Ursula just mentioned about the souls being chained to the flowers as a hinderance rather than a benefit is actually true or not. We know that the mermaids’actual religion is a false one and yet I still wouldn’t quite trust Ursula’s take on it either. I mean, she wanted Harmonia’s flower for a reason and we all know how much she resented her sister.
If anything, I would think that her hatred of Harmonia would make her want to keep Harmonia’s soul chained to the flower. So that Harmonia can’t reincarnate and move on. But based on the theory posted above, that reincarnation is used by the goddesses to punish humans and keep giving them more and more miserable lives, maybe that’s exactly what Ursula wants. Harmonia to reincarnate so she gets an even worse life.
With the Abyssal Voice, yes?