Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5047768-20131028040230/@comment-24016066-20131105045531

I'm sorry, but I disagree with those who say that Hercules and Ariel are cousins. King Triton most likely was not Poseidon's son Triton, because Poseidon's son was a god, not a merman. King Triton is just a mortal merman, who will eventually die. Plus, Hercules and The Little Mermaid are two seperate movies. I think the writers of The Little Mermaid were just getting creative with names. It's more likely that King Triton was just named after Poseidon's son. However, OUAT does like to put characters together, like Rumpel being the Beast and the Crocodile, and Cora being the miller's daughter and the Queen of Hearts, so we'll wait and see...