Just thinking that hacking out Ariel's tongue, in addition to making Disney lose their movie's G rating, wouldn't work since she probably could at least sing vowel-sounds without a tongue, and then Eric would clue in immediately. Problem solved.
About the only re-telling I've read myself is The Mermaid's Madness, which wove in the soul thing as a myth*/possible motive. It does play a lot more loose with the story than this does, but hits most/all the references eventually.
* The book itself never says if it's true, just that people say it about undine.
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Date: 2011-05-29 03:01 am (UTC)About the only re-telling I've read myself is The Mermaid's Madness, which wove in the soul thing as a myth*/possible motive. It does play a lot more loose with the story than this does, but hits most/all the references eventually.
* The book itself never says if it's true, just that people say it about undine.