The Little Mermaid/Ships

= Arident = 

Alariel is the family ship between Ariel and King Triton from the The Little Mermaid fandom.

Canon
Ariel is King Triton's youngest daughter who looks closely like his late wife, Queen Athena. The two were very close during Ariel's child years, as Triton filled their underwater kingdom with music and allowed his people and family to spend time on the surface world. Until they were attacked by a human ship and Athena died trying to save the gift he gave her. Since then Triton being very strict and protective of Ariel and her older sisters. As well as him leaving his daughters under the watchful eye of their governess, who disliked Ariel the most. Ariel had very little memories of the happier times she had with her father, resulting in a wage between them. Until Sebastian reminded Ariel of those days and told her the event that caused her father to be the way he is. Helping Ariel to see that his grief and pain was why he has forgotten to be happy, and wishes to bring that emotion back into his life. Believing that it would also get her father to lift his music ban.

Fanon
The family bonds between Ariel and King Triton has made their familyship the main one of the whole The Little Mermaid. Fans of the second film even found it funny that Ariel ended up turning into a father when she was trying to protect Melody from dangers from the sea. Just has Triton wanted to protect Ariel from the dangers of the surface world. Fans of the Broadway musical adaption of The Little Mermaid liked the way that Triton and Ariel were made the brother and niece of Ursula, as it gets Ariel to wonder which side of the family she should side with.

Fandom
= Mowriel = 

Mowriel is the family ship between Mowgli and Ariel from The Jungle Book and The Little Mermaid fandoms.

Canon
As Mowgli and Ariel are from different series, they have never met in canon. Even though a few Disney crossover video games could have the two crossing paths with each other or get them added to the same team, by the player's choice.

Throughout their Disney films, both Mowgli and Ariel feel most happy in places that they were told to never go near. Her mermaid abilities allow her to understand certain kinds of animals that live under or close by the sea, while Mowgli's time in the jungle allowed him to learn its many animal tongs.

Fanon
The ship commonly has Ariel and Mowgli residing in the jungle world of The Jungle Book, as a family where Ariel commonly serves as Mowgli's adoptive older sister. The family ship between the two Disney characters originates from a The Little Mermaid/The Jungle Book crossover fanfic on DeviantArt that has a loyal following. The story got a few fans to explore idea of Ariel and Mowgli's family bond and their shared times in the jungle together through their own fanworks. There have even been fans who have Ariel turning Mowgli, from a young age, into a merman so she can raise him in her underwater world as his adoptive mother.

Manip fanart of the ship commonly uses screenshots from The Jungle Book, Pocahontas and Tarzan, in order to place Ariel in a jungle. Just as the underwater world side of the ship uses screenshots from The Little Mermaid to feature Mowgli as a merman.

Fans see the two getting into trouble together and helping one another to get out of it. Along with them confiding in one another about some people making choices for them, without their say so. While Bagheera's determination to get Mowgli to the Man Village has him not wanting to be separated from Ariel.

Fandom
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Trivia

 * The two were guests at the club in The House of Mouse.
 * Both of their films were based off of books/stories of the same name.
 * There have been many non-Disney versions of the two stories.

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