It's your story and your rules, but I'd like to point out that actually Averil should be able to sing more freely than Ariel, because any singing and music playing was done by men up until recently in most cultures. Any form of expression has always been considered the domain of men. Sadly in many parts of the world still, women have few rights, even when it comes to something as simple as the joy of music and art.

A few hundred years ago women were encouraged to learn to play the piano in some western cultures, but other than that it was men who played music. Especially in public. Though many Asian cultures encouraged women to play as part of their upbringing, but for the most part it was a man's world. It is only recently that women have struck out in the world, demanding the right to express themselves.

So I know that this is so random and very very late but I just finished reading this story and I’m just telling you, throughout this whole book, I didn’t think that your portrayal of Averil and Erryn were sexist nor offensive. For me, I thought it was great since the characters are gender bent, meaning that you had to change the personalities of the main characters a bit, which doesn’t have anything to do with making it too heteronormative nor sexist (which in my opinion was a strange and slightly hurtful review since the person must’ve not understood the way you were trying to make the characters more into the gender they’ve been swapped to). In general though, I loved this whole story and couldn’t help but cry at the end. You’re an amazing author and hope you know that :)

I absolutely love your work! I loved everything you did with this gender bend, especially how you incorporated Averils brothers into the story making them important and gave them all their own personality!

Because in the original movie you only see Ariel’s sisters like once and that’s it it doesn’t go into their relationships with Ariel or how they were affected by her being gone for three days. Which I think is dumb you would think you would see the roles they had with her.
Loved what you did with the brothers much better than movie!

Also loved how Eren became adopted into their family as their sister I thought that was such a sweet moment. I would love for you to make a sequel about return to the sea! I would love to see that, especially with what would happen between melody and her uncles or his if you decide to make melody a boy.

I LOVE YOUR STORY SO MUCH! Could you make another disney genderbend story? I would love an Enchanted genderbend, or a Sleeping beauty genderbend. (I cant find ANY good Enchanted genderbends yet.) Love your work! ‹3

This...Is... SO FUCKING GOOD! I love this alot, (maybe one of the best fanfiction's I have ever read. I adore how you gave eren personality, and averil is ADORABLE! just know that I support you and love your work! Thank you for making me smile!

don't worry, you did really good. I was actually looking for an Ariel and sisters only genderbend, have Eric stay male for some yaoi reads. But this was a good story, really hole there's a sequel of some kind I love the brothers. thanks for the story

I REALLY LOVE YOUR STORY ! I REALLY MEANT EVERTHING IN IT! SO UNIQUE...I LOVE THIS GENDER BEND THEME SO MUCH! SO MUCH MY TATSE! Will u pls write more? About this? Like having children and all? I LOVE YOUUUU

That awkward moment when you realize that a fanfiction story is sooooo much better than the original. XD Seriously. You should send this to Disney and become rich and famous. I'm sure they would love to make a movie about your story.

I wholeheartedly agree with what you say in this chapter. They are logical. I also can understand wanting to clarify just as I can understand why people where bothered. When someone says things like: "think of a perfect president", automatically think of a man. Then I mentally slap myself and think: "dude, there's no reason it can't be a woman".

However, coming from the standpoint of someone really interested in mythology, it wouldnt have been unrealistic to make Averil sing just like Ariel because in ancient mythology it was not just mermaids who sang to human men. Sometimes we forget that in addition to the legends of mermaids, there were just as many legends of mermen. Thus, there are many stories where mermen sang to human women. And during that time when when the Little Mermaid was written by Hans Christian Andersen in 1837, singing was considered as a masculine trait that every gentleman should have in Danish society. Even today there are many cultures and countries, like Somalia, where singing and poetry is still strongly associated with boys and men only and it's inappropriate for a girl to sing.

Also, Averil is not human. He is merman. This is just my personal opinion, but to me it's quite depressing to think that there is this fantasy world with full of magic and adventure but their culture, society and gender norms are exactly like they are in our society. Its actully funny how our imagination has its limitations at that area. Since merfolks are magical creatures, its likely that they would also have different gender norms and social expectations. After all, Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction set in a fictional universe, often without any locations, events, or people referencing the real world. If someone wants realism, I don’t think anyone’s vision of Atlantis is that everything is exactly the same, except that its inhabited by merfolk. Of course, Disney hasn't never been interested in using their imagination more and breaking gender norms so I understand why you chose this perspective, but maybe you could do something differently than Disney in your future works? Just a suggestion.

Fiction is a place where people can use their imagination and write completely different characters and worlds that they wish happened or like happening, they don't have to always make sense.

Please, don't take this as a flame, Im not criticizing your story. Take this review merely as an attempt to give you a new perspective, that you may or may not use with your other stories. I really love your story. If you ever write more stories like this I will be glad to read them! Keep up the fantastic work!

It is great, and I am so happy that you made the story from begining to end.

Yet.. I would have loved it if Triton and Erryn could have had a father to daughter momment together
where he trully becomes the father, she never had.

Just an idea. Please tell me what you think. ...

This was beautiful. The story and characters were beautifully written. I love how you altered this from the original and made it a proper romance story. To be honest it was much better than the original. Keep up the good work.

Great chapter. I loved the conversation between him and his family.

Awesome fight scene.

Great chapter. Sebastion being supportive of Averil's dream is sweet.

Good chapter. Interesting to see how Averil reacts to being in the human world and how he learns about it.

Nice to see that his father and brothers do care about him. Interesting dinner and the flashback was pretty nice also.