Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-6252544-20130915230131/@comment-6175354-20131112010402

Fractuared Fairytales wrote: I would much rather have seen Ariel and Eric's love story drawn out of a series of episodes, than forced down our throats in roughly twenty minutes. I mean, come on... even in the Disney movie, Eric had to spend the day with Ariel before he started developing feelings for her. On Once, he danced with her... and suddenly he's inviting her to travel the world with him? 0_O That feels forced and rushed, even for a Fairytale. Personally, I thought the Ursula Ball was a satire.

It was meant to be over-the-top, and the actors just rolled with it. Nothing about it, was meant to be taken too seriously. Actually, Eric asking Ariel to travel the world with him, was a reference to a scene  in the Disney film.

We may see Ariel and Eric go on a date in Storybrooke, during the second half of the season. That would be more fun to watch, than if it were an Enchanted Forest flashback.