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Where exactly was Melody planning on going?

posted 14 years ago by Readyman45
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She takes a boat out on the ocean, but anyone smart (frustrated teenage rage or not) would have some destination in mind. Atlantica might have been a good place, but even with her uber breath-holding skills, no WAY she would be able to stay alive and swim down there. And since she's never met Morgana before, it doesn't really add up. Secondly, in the last scenes, when she transforms back into a human, why does she grab her 'arm' when she's losing the ability to breathe? She can't be getting the bends since she doesn't have an air tank. I've read that if you're in the deep ocean where all the pressure is, you could be crushed into a human milkshake in a matter of seconds...all she did was go unconscious for a bit until her friends rescued her. So if she was indeed getting ready to get her bones smashed, why would it happen so slowly?

[–] Kittykax3-1 13 years ago

lol Well not sure about the going out to sea part. But when I was a kid I gathered that her arm was where her gills were(I assumed since mermaids can stay underwater for long periods of time they must have some kind of gills) and once she was turning back into a human they were going away and she couldn't breathe, thus why she passed out. She probably grabbed her arm because she noticed they were going away, possibly it hurt?

[–] otness_e 13 years ago

Actually, the gills would have probably been closer to where her chest was, seeing how that's where her respiratory system.

[–] uruseiranma 13 years ago

Back to the op-topic, it just seemed like they were hoping her going off in a boat would lend enough momentum to just lead us to the scene where Undertow finds her.

Though given that Morgana has an ice fortress, and Melody comes from a region that is known for rather warm weather, noone seems to question just how far she's taken.

Plus, she's got nothing on but her underwear, and yet she's not shivering even when walking on ice when she meets Morgana.

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[–] markcasa-13143 8 years ago

It was the pain of the transformation.

[–] otness_e 8 years ago

Considering Melody's the same girl who is seen talking to a crab, which is implied to be highly unusual due to most of the birthday people mocking her as a result, I wouldn't be surprised if she inherited Ariel's thermoendurance as well (in the TV series, heck, even in the video games and to a certain degree the original film, Ariel was shown surviving places like the arctic with little to no impact on her).

But yeah, they probably should have explained that bit better. Most likely, she was probably going to track down Atlantica.

[–] watcher101 8 years ago

I don't think she had any clear destination in mind. She just knew she wouldn't get any answers on land. Maybe she was planning on asking any sea creatures she happened to meet farther out to sea.