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Ariel Garlow's answer to I recently heard that 'The Little Mermaid' was inspired/based on a love letter from Hans Christian Andersen to Evard Collin. How factual is this?
https://www.quora.com/I-recently-heard-that-The-Little-Mermaid-was-inspired-based-on-a-love-letter-from-Hans-Christian-Andersen-to-Evard-Collin-How-factual-is-this/answer/Ariel-Garlow
In his correspondence with Collin, he relates that he is sad to hear that Collin had engaged to a woman at the time, since he has strong romantic feelings for him. Anderson related his feelings to being "feminine" in nature, or that he had "womanly" sentiments towards Collin. This is around the same time The Little Mermaid is written.