of course, the little mermaid was a story hans christian andersen wrote easily interpreted as an allegory for queer love and tragedy. ep 2, contrasting the tragedy of ep 1, mari openly acknowledges that lara is a mermaid and still chooses to not just save her but again reach out to her
anyways more seriously the framing of the relationship between mari and lara was already off to an absolutely beautiful and incredible start. their dynamic is setup specifically to both challenge each others' suppositions and comfort each other & i'm stoked to see the ways lara will support mari