The Little Mermaid II (reboot draft)

The untitled **Little Mermaid II reboot** is the unrealised, spiritual predecessor to The Little Mermaid II: History Repeats.

Though the act of entertaining a rebooted sequel led to the eventual creation of History Repeats, the plot and secondary main characters greatly differ.

The remake was conceived on March 29, 2019, in the form of an answered question at Tumblr.

## Story

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> "*The best sequel is no sequel, but I’ll make an attempt.*
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> *Ursula’s sister and the 2 new comic reliefs need to go, for starters, it’s better to use existing characters. To bring back Ursula as a vengeful villain could’ve worked out. The way she died was not believable, considering she had turned herself into a giant sea goddess of some kind. But blatantly evil villains are a bit of a cliché, still.*
> *After king Triton played the role of a well-meaning villain, I think now is the turn of Ariel’s sisters.*
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> *I like Melody’s instinctual attraction to the sea, I wouldn’t change that. If the first movie hadn’t insinuated humans can understand sea creatures, since Sebastian told prince Eric Ariel’s name, Melody discovering she can talk to fish could’ve been the first step of her underwater adventure. So, maybe she’d just see a merboy jump around near her castle every now and then?*
> *Instead of meeting a witch and getting fins, she’d swim in the sea every day of her life, holding her breath a little bit longer. At 12 years old, she can stay underwater for over an hour and her legs have been trained to get down fast.*
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> *When I was little, there was this TV-show named “Ocean Girl”. It starred a girl who was able to swim underwater, seemingly forever. She had no fins or gills, or magic cast upon her. Now, I believe she was later revealed to be an alien, but if Melody is the child of a mermaid, holding her breath should be the least she can do.*
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> *Ever so slowly she’d reach Atlantica and its merpeople, including the boy who had carelessly revealed their existence. They lose their shit upon seeing a human approach their hidden kingdom, but Triton and his family recognize her as Ariel’s daughter and welcome her in. Ariel’s eldest sister, Attina, is now queen.*
> *The girls immediately fall in love with the Ariel clone and urge her to stay, forgetting she’s human and has to go up for air. The fact she can’t/doesn’t talk doesn’t strike them as odd, either, and they keep yapping away. When Melody returns to the surface, they beg her to visit again and she accepts.*
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> *Meanwhile, the merboy keeps showing up at the beach with typical sea items for her to have. After he learned she’s a human relative of the royal family, he wants to make her feel welcome, but doesn’t have the nerves to come near when she’s hanging out with the princesses. He’s the only person Melody is able to have meaningful conversations with, as he shows up when she’s back on land and alone.*
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> *After many weeks, Ariel’s sisters again don’t want her to leave and the eldest goes berserk over it. Seemingly overcome with grief over having lost Ariel, she keeps Melody down and everyone seems oblivious over the fact they’re killing her. The youngest of the bunch, Andrina, becomes alarmed and sees Melody is not having fun. Nobody listens to her or lets her grab her.*
> *Sebastian and Flounder are having the same struggle, so assist Andrina with stealing the royal trident, but realize they don’t know how to use it, let alone give a human fins with it. They hurry themselves to the surface to get Ariel, but on their way, a shark has its eyes on them and their quest gets heavily delayed.*
> *The merboy witnesses the ordeal and is requested to take the trident and find Ariel for them, while they trick and imprison the shark in a familiar fashion.*
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> *He finds Ariel looking for Melody on the beach and tells her she’s in need. She is given the trident and able to turn herself back into a mermaid with it, because of the power of motherly worry or whatever.*
> *She’s major pissed and gives her family a hard scolding. They argue not to have known Melody was in danger, but Ariel doesn’t stay to listen and carries off the lifeless body of her daughter. A group of sharks now appear to grab the easy prey and the regretful Attina is quick to fight them off with her trident, though she also doesn’t know how its magic works. She manages to draw the sharks’ attention and keeps them busy so Melody has a chance to be revived, but ends up being eaten. The next in line, Alana, enters a rage, grabs the now abandoned trident and evaporates the sharks with it.*
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> *Back on land, Ariel and Eric are working hard to save Melody and she survives. She shares with them the events of the past weeks and how she hungered for a life underwater.*
> *Ariel’s sisters then meet up with them to report Attina’s death and offer their apology. Ariel grieves for her sister, but is still angry at them for drowning her only child. They explain to have missed Ariel dearly and not understand Melody’s shortcomings. Eric and Ariel can’t entirely shake off their disappointment in them, but Melody shows understanding for their excuse. The many tragedies are hard to deal with, but Ariel ends up agreeing and apologizes herself for having ignored her family ever since she married.*
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> *Alana turns her back into a human and asks if Melody would like to be a mermaid instead. She replies it’s better to wait until she’s 16.*
> *The movie can end with a skip in time, when she’s a mermaid and dating that merboy or whatever."*
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