#aquamarine 2006

[pink-carnelian]

came to a realization last night

#mermaid #the little mermaid #splash 1984 #autism things #aquamarine 2006 #part of your world brought me to tears okay

[pi-kin-ic]

Aquamarine

🧜‍♀️ 🐚 🩵 🍦 💎 👕 🫧 🐬 🌊

#aquamarine #aquamarine movie #aquamarine 2006 #y2k #stimboards #stimboard #stim #gif #gifs #stim gifs #ice cream #beach #beaches #water #ocean #mermaids #pink #cotton candy

[vintagequeer-oceansoul]

“You can always call me on my shell.”

#my drawings #mermay #mermay 2023 #aquamarine #mermaid #fanart #digital art #aquamarine 2006 #sara paxton #shell

[transformedgirlspringbracket]

#tournament poll #aquamarine 2006 #helen brand #glass onion #glass onion spoilers #hotgirlsummerbracket

[mermaidssiren]

Sara Paxton in "Aquamarine"

#aquamarine #aquamarine 2006 #aquamarineedit #aquamarine movie #aquamarine mermaid #sara paxton #mermaid #mermaids #gif #mermaid tail #gifs #mermaidedit #mermaid swimming

[letterboxd-worth-a-damn]

#aquamarine 2006 #letterboxd #letterboxd reviews #aquamarine

[mysteriouslypleasantfest]

El laberinto del fauno (2006)

#El laberinto del fauno #Guillermo del Toro #doug jones #aquamarine 2006 #drama #terror #fantaterror #Pan's Labyrinth #dark fantasy

[daydreamdoodles]

Early 2000s blondes in a beach setting had an irreversible effect on my formative years

#day musings #mamma mia #aquamarine movie #aquamarine 2006 #like im sorry #Im obsessed

[looniii]

#aquamarine 2006 #aquamarine #sara paxton #tropical aesthetic

[not-a-princess-but-a-queen]

Was taking to a Gen Z coworker today and she didn’t know JoJo Levesque or Aquamarine!?!! What do they teach the youth today?!!

#jojo levesque #aquamarine #aquamarine 2006 #sara paxton #emma roberts

[cjbolan]

The movie’s OK, but here are all the reasons I prefer the book. Mainly because of the title character...

Book!Aquamarine had a unique look different from most mermaids. I loved the descriptions of her turquoise skin, silvery hair, webbed hands, and blue fingernails. Sounds more like something from a horror story, yet instead it’s in this sweet children’s fantasy. Lagoona from Monster High is perhaps the closest thing in appearance to Book!Aquamarine.

Book!Aquamarine has a much bigger character arc. She’s introduced as this mean rude selfish spoiled brat -- even the book calls her spoiled (”she was the  youngest of seven sisters, and had always been spoiled. She’d been  indulged and cared for and allowed to act up in ways no self-respecting  mermaid ever would.“). By the end she’s a nicer and more considerate person, even resucing someone from drowning near the end. Also love how his book points out that being good-looking doesn’t mean you’re a good person (”her watery beauty didn’t mean the mermaid knew her  manners.”)  Always a valuable lesson for kids. Looking back, her bribing Hailey and Claire with wishes felt like the movie’s easy way out of giving Aquamarine any real character flaws.

Book!Aquamarine is a more multifaceted character. Even at her bitchiest she has some redeeming qualities. I like that she’s tenacious and passionate enough to risk death to get what she wants. Also there’s no sea king father or mean girl to keep her from Raymond. Instead, Aquamarine’s biggest obstacle is herself. Only her own stubbornness and bad attitude are stopping her from getting what she wants.

Book!Aquamarine is more resourceful. Rather than rely on magical items (the starfish earrings, shellphones, wishes, etc.) , or her tail turning into legs, she has to build good relations with the people around her to get their help. No magical shortcuts like in the movie. In fact the magic seashells don’t appear until the ending. I imagine as a reward for all the characters’ hard work to reach their goals.

Book!Aquamarine is unapologetically herself. With the exception of Raymond, she never hides her mermaid identity from anyone. And rather than Aquamarine have to learn about the human world, Hailey and Claire had to read about the ocean and Aquamarine’s world in order to help her. 

Book!Aquamarine has much more at stake. I mentioned earlier how there’s no sea king father or mean girl to keep her from Raymond. In the book she has much bigger problems to worry about. Where if she doesn’t get Raymond, she risks sickness from the pool chlorine and certain death from being away from the ocean for more than a week. 

Off topic but Claire has a better arc too. She overcomes her fear of water much more gradually, unlike the movie where all it took was a leap in the ocean with Hailey. Also I like how the book never explains why she’s afraid of water. Because hydrophobia (fear of water) is much more common than people think. Especially in my country. By not giving a reason for it, Alice Hoffman helps normalize hydrophobia, making those with it feel less ashamed and more able to overcome it.

I realize how hypocritical it is of me to love Aquamarine for being a bitch, while hating Mary P. Windsnap for the same reason. But Aquamarine is in a standalone story. I have no prior expectations of her, so I can believe she’s supposed to be bitchy and unlikeable. Also Aquamarine is only 16 years old. We were all bitchy at 16 at some point XD. Unlike Mary P. who is implied to be much older, and should know better.

Enjoy!

[Image description. The Becky movie version of Aquamarine with legs, listing all the ways she’s different from her book counterpart, next to the Stacy book version of Aquamarine, wheelchair bound and with a mermaid tail, listing all the ways she differs from her movie counterpart. End description.]

#aquamarine #book #aquamarine book #mermaid #aquamarine movie #alice hoffman #becky vs stacy #funny #parody #book vs movie #aquamarine 2006 #aquamarine 2001

[poisoned-sugar-cookies]

the starfish earrings, the gummy worms in the pool, her mood changing nail polish, her blue streaks, the mermaid coin, all of this forever ingrained in my memory

#aquamarine 2006 #movies

[ecoamerica]

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[ivoryand-gold]

Finally watched Frozen 2 and why did no one tell me this movie is a combo of a self-love lesbian Phantom of the Opera, Les Mis, accountability, Aquamarine, 80’s power ballads, mixed kid rep, the consequences of colonialism, nonstop metaphors for being queer, and Sofie Bikes??? I would’ve watched these movies AGES ago. I’m obsessed.

#literally one of my fav movies now #I cried so many times #frozen 2 #frozen #Anna #Elsa #sofie bikes #sofia lee #the unsleeping city #phantom of the opera #POTO #les mis #les miz #les miserables #aquamarine #aquamarine 2006 #queer #lesbian #kristoff

[mg549]

you know, if you help a mermaid, you get a wish

(watch the speedpaint here!)

#aquamarine #aquamarine 2006 #mermaids #mercreatures #aquamarine mermaid #painting #digital painting #digital art #my art #moonbaskers

[suhmokey]

#aquamarine 2006 #polls

[mermaidssiren]

#aquamarine #sara paxton #aquamarine 2006 #aquamarineedit #aquamarine movie #mermaid #mermaids #gif #mermaid tail #gifs #mermaidedit #mermaid gifs