Ursula doesn’t die by magic.
She dies when Prince Eric rams a human ship through her body.

The queer-coded, femme Other is killed by colonial tech.
And that’s what clears the path for Ariel’s happy ending.

That’s not just a climax.
That’s a cleansing.

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