Because when you think about it, he's really just kind of useless. A highly transformed reimagination of The Little Mermaid set in a vague location in a vague mid-1900s time period, with plenty of fourth wall breaking, existentialist fun - in inspired Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead fashion. If you go for that sort of thing, continue reading... *edits & title revision entirely in the realm of possible*(CC) Attrib. NonComm. ShareAlike