Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-4877635-20130614170253/@comment-22525977-20131002233758

If Ariel were actually a fish, that would be weird. But Ariel's a sapient being, and by the time she has her relationship with Eric, she's biologically as well as mentally human. I don't think there's anything weird with two sapient people who happen to be different species falling in love and finding a way to make it work.

I don't think any of us are being oversensitive; it is, as you pointed out, a legitimate problem in our society and something that needs to be talked about.