No, because criticism is not control. It is thought.

Ariel's is free to make that choice and we can respect that tenacity of her nature and still question the reality of her choices.

She ran away from her family and made them worry and come after her.

She endangered her friends and her love interest (by making ghee father worry and come after her).

She allowed herself to be manipulated by the sea hag through her desperation.

She gambled with her body/voice.

All of these things are reckless and self centered.

Everything went her way because its a Disney movie and she's the protagonist. Even though it doesn't go her way easily, because that's how fiction works, we all know she's going to eventuslly get what she wants. No matter what.

How often does that happen in real life? Hownmany among us are that lucky when they are that reckless consistently? Do those people EVER look like us or do they mostly look like already affluent white men?

It's absolutely fair to criticize any story for the ways they ring false against how our lives actually play out of we're going to look at these characters as role models while still acknowledging and appreciating the things about them that wes like tonsee in ourselves.

That's called a balanced perspective.

Princess Leia was the only princess worth a damn, IMHO, and Disney has to steal her from another franchise. She's also the only one we get to see throughout her life. We see her whole amazing story and more than just "getting the guy".