They should've been girlfriends

Completely wasted potential of a movie The final act having it revealed that Chelsea was Nerissa caused me to lose nearly all interest I had in it. Up to that point, I though they were planning on Chelsea getting "revenge" on Ruby's family under orders from her "mother". And it would have made for a much stonger narrative. Just like the family conflict you see between Ruby and her mom (And her grandma), you'd see Chelsea actually seeing Ruby as a "friend" and questioning if she was really doing the "right thing" trying to destroy the Krakens under orders from her mom. The final act could have remained mostly the same, with Chelsea betraying and eventually fighting Ruby after the "big reveal" and Ruby defeating her, but then they could have also made it a tale of forgiveness. Where Ruby doesn't see Chelsea as an enemy who must be punished (Like her grandma wants) but a friend who needs help, and it would also "completed" the cycle started by her mother of just being tired of constantly fighting and wanting to move past it all.

>>49262 Mediocre characters from a mediocre film. The only reason anyone talks about them is how much the goon to them.

>>49292 This. >>49302 Also this. Total waste of a fun concept with piss poor storytelling and banal characters.

>>49262 >Honest thoughts about these two characters? They implied a much more interesting story than what we got. The reveal of Chelsea actually being the mermaid big bad mermaid queen was such a nothing burger it's not even funny. Like >>49292 said a lesbian romance would be more interesting than this bullshit.

>>49262 The lore for this is so weird

>>49262 Rather damning that the fan interpretations of the movie is far more successful and popular than the actual film itself. That's what happens when you let an artist self insert themselves to romance the MC.

>>49749 It's hideous character designs when the fish people look more normal than the humans.

>>49262 It feels like they had a rewrite at the last moment. I also hate the designs of the humans. They look like walking noodle tumor people and they don't do any fun animation with them, they just shuffle around. The ocean and underwater visuals were empty as hell and the love interest felt extremely forced. Which seeing this post >>49749 I can see why it was forced, since it was a fucking self-insert. It's like a 3/10 to a 2/10 movie. I would MAYBE listen to as background noise but there's so many better movies that fit that background noise category now. Fuckin Minnions is more engaging than this shit snooze fest. Also this >>49768

>>49318 for a sec i thought we were going to have a new age of kaiju girl movies but no, it was really just a turning red clone. I like the designs, and people mourn the shipping because it would've unironically saved what otherwise is a motherfucking disgrace of a film. There is something there that none of the dumb asses working on it saw.

Honestly, it didn't have to be a lesbian relationship. I would've been just as content with Ruby falling in love with a human, if the human designs didn't look like ass.

>>49318 can't even get a rise out of them such squandered potential

>>49749 dios mio, his self insert wasn't exaggerating...