Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-98.246.36.141-20130212004308/@comment-4047879-20130506203459

ChocolatEyes613 wrote: GothicNarcissus wrote: I had the same idea. Which would do things extremely ironic, because if Rumple could fetch her, this means he has access to Neverland, and had he been a couple of centuries quicker he could have found Bae without all the Curse stuff. Fate is against him. That.... or Ariel (being a mermaid) can travel between Lands, via the water. I was thinking the same, that maybe mermaids can swim between realms via water seeing as they have been sited in history in our world (supposedly), that a "certain mermaid"  has been mention in the enchanted forest. I knew Ariel would be a lagoon mermaid, it is such a good link to make between stories.

Also I know you don't age in Neverland and that in many tales mermaids are immortal beings, have no soul and stay eternally young and beautiful. So Ariel could be hundreds of years old but still look young. Well is Ariel's story going to play out in Neverland flash backs or will it happen in present day neverland or will it be both times?

Because I have a possible idea (which I don't know how well it fits into the time line of events and  it only really works with the mermaids swimming between worlds theory) but what if Bae is also the "Eric" role? Bae was what 16? when he went to Neverland, and Ariel was 16 in the film. Now what if Ariel falls in love with Bae after seeing him on the deck of Hook's ship and maybe rescues him one time from drowning. Now it could be that Bae is unaware of her like in the original tale or he actually makes friends with her but only sees her as a friend. Ariel believes he could love her if she has legs and she swims between worlds to get help from a "certain" powerful witch (Regina who also wants Rumple in on the deal) and asks to make a deal to get legs so Bae will fall in love with her, but Ariel is reluctant to pay at the price it costs (her voice) so ultimately does not make the deal. (also seeing as how uninterested Rumple is to help Regina in the deal, it would be kind of ironic at how closely linked his and Baes lives where at that moment)  And then eventually Bae leaves Neverland leaving Ariel heartbroken and more willing to make the deal and she goes to make the deal but by then curse is cast and cant swim to the Enchanted Forest anymore as the link is frozen and she remains miserable and heartbroken in Neverland.

I know it sounds like a long shot and I am probably wrong but it is an idea anyway.

(also am I the only one who though Bae was going to be rescued by a Mermaid when the shadow dropped him in the sea?)