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Ariel from The Little Mermaid

Ahhh-ahhhh-ahhh-ahhh-ahhh… Good thing dad just arranged my singing lessons with that Gospel crustacean, Sebastian for only two hours. I can’t imagine if I’ll be practicing opera songs for three hours or more.

Wait. Everyone knows me, right? I’m Ariel, by the way—the youngest daughter of the king of the ocean, my father, King Triton. As you can see, I’m a mermaid and yes…my dad lives up to our traditional belief that mermaids are better singers of opera songs than human beings up there. Like I even care.

Hey, wanna know what really happened down here why I rebelled against my father? And consulted Ursula, the sea witch? You all think the reason is because my father disliked the human race totally and he doesn’t want me being obsessed with their artifacts or culture or being on the surface, right? Well, that’s just the cover story—a made up tale for you, people, not to discover what my father thinks as an embarrassment to the royal merfamily.

Even my dad, when I was younger, loved the humans. He even imitated those box things they call “televisions” and “radios” and even watched their shows there. Of course, I have my own radio and it’s only built to get the signal of the radio station which plays pure classical music—which is soooo lame. That’s why I went to Ursula. I overheard from the common merfolks one day I was strolling around the kingdom that she was a helpful witch for small problems like getting more signals for my radio, of course, with a price. So, I went to her and she was helped me in exchange for my pet sea urchin.

Now, every time the Merfolks gather for our monthly opera show, I was always praised by my dad that I have the best and lovely voice in singing that classic genre. But don’t be fooled by him. Don’t be fooled by the face he wears. He despises me, actually. He says my favorite type of genre is not passable for a princess. “I’m bullet proof, nothing to lose. Fire away, fire away. Shoot me down, but I won’t fall. I am titanium! Shoot me down but I won’t fall. I am titanium!”

He sees every genre of music—RNB, Alternative, Pop—well, other than classical opera as unintelligent and a disgrace.

One day, I was in my cavern composing a song. (sing Part of Your World)

Unfortunately for me, he was passing by and heard me and he went into full anger mode and destroyed every collectible I had from the humans with his trident. As if he was not satisfied, he took my radio and struck it with the lightning that went out from his trident and in just a blink of an eye, my radio was nothing but pure dust dancing in the water.

Of course, I cried. I worked so hard on collecting those whos-its and whats-its galore and he’ll just annihilate it to nothing?!

So, I swam straight to Ursula’s lair and cried my heart out and said she’d helped me in exchange for my voice. And from there, everything happened the way it was told by Disney. Walt Disney and my father’s friendship goes way back to their childhood, you know.

Anyway, all I want to do now is just sing my voice out… “I’m bullet proof, nothing to lose. Fire away! Fire away! Ricochet, you take your aim. Fire away! Fire away! Shoot me down, but I won’t fall! I am titanium! Shoot me down, but I won’t fall! I am titanium!”