There is not an artistic expression that isn't a reflection of our subconscious impulses and elements. Gaining deeper insight into yours will give you the perspective to grasp others'.
The theme of The Little Mermaid is about 2 parallel words and the insecurities between them. And is it worth the cost of losing your voice, if that's the price you have to pay to fit in?
I didn't intend to start with a cartoon/remake on Apex Insight's episodic thought experiment into entertainment, but it seemed most relevant as the insecurities of the outside world are roaring with the new Disney cash-grab nearing the herd starving for insight, but sold entertainment:
If you think a story about a fictional interpretation of ignorance is anyway less interesting, relevant or inspirational because of superficial differences from the "original," or what is subjectively familiar to you, "your" generation or subculture, you never got the fucking point of the story and are missing the point of life itself.
Under water = objective subconscious impulses (imagination)
Above water = subjective conscious elements (our world)
"If only I can make them understand. I just don't see things the way they do. I don't see how a world that makes such wonderful things could be bad." - Ariel (Subconscious)
Spoiler Alert: Your imagination, below the surface has been trying to sing out to you, telling you all your influences and their shallow values are wrong. Begging you to see that they are simply terrified by natural elements that feel unfamiliar to them and of which they do not understand.
The world you have "grown" familiar with is a world whose imagination is lost below a dark current, seen now as simply an old relic that fades. One which they never explored when they had the opportunity, they buried below the surface deeper than they are able to now reach with their own minds. And maintaining yours will only make them less comfortable with you and with anything you are able to express beyond surface level, which they have lost the ability to grasp.
To be continued...