Gay little mermaid

With the upcoming live-action adaptation of Disney’s original animated film The Little Mermaid, much has been said about its casting, from the need for positive representation to downright.

However, Disney's animated movie is itself an adaptation and actually has several differences when compared to the original story, which scholarly interpretations have analyzed may actually be a metaphor for unrequited gay love. "The Little Mermaid" was originally written by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen in the s.