History Heartwarming / Aquaman2018

** Fridge Heartwarming, but she mentions that noone was able to take the trident from Atlan. In other words, no matter who had fought her and maybe injured her, she held back and allowed them to reach the trident to see whether they were worthy or not, before eating them.

* The fact that the cast and crew still show a great deal of respect for Creator/ZackSnyder. Momoa has publicly and repeatedly thanked him for being cast, whilst Creator/JamesWan has been expressive about how encouraging Snyder was to his work. Wan reportedly even went so far as to show off his work on the film to Snyder against the studio's wishes for his blessing, as well as maintaining that the finished film follows ''Snyder'''s directorial work on ''Film/{{Justice League|2017}}'' and ''not'' the ([[TroubledProduction infamously reshot]]) theatrically released version.

* The fact that the cast and crew still show a great deal of respect for Creator/ZackSnyder. Momoa has attributed his casting as Aquaman to Snyder, repeatedly thanking him for the opportunity in public, whilst Creator/JamesWan has been expressive about how encouraging Snyder was to his work. Wan reportedly even went so far as to show off his work on the film to Snyder against the studio's wishes for his blessing, as well as maintaining that the finished film follows ''Snyder'''ss directorial work on ''Film/{{Justice League|2017}}'' and ''not'' the ([[TroubledProduction infamously reshot]]) theatrically released version.

* The fact that the cast and crew still show a great deal of respect for Creator/ZackSnyder. Momoa has attributed his casting as Aquaman to Snyder, repeatedly thanking him for the opportunity in public, whilst Creator/JamesWan has been expressive about how encouraging Snyder was to his work. Wan reportedly even went so far as to show off his work on the film to Snyder against the studio's wishes for his blessing, as well as maintaining that the finished film follows ''Snyder's'' directorial work on ''Film/JusticeLeague2017'' and ''not'' the ([[TroubledProduction infamously reshot]]) theatrically released version.

* Thomas waiting for years for Atlanna to return, keeping his promise to wait every morning by the docks outside the lighthouse until she came back. This is even more heartwarming as he continues long after learning of Atlanna being sacrificed to the Trench and effectively executed. It pays off at the end, she keeps *her* promise and appears at the docks at dawn, finally reuniting the now-freed StarCrossedLovers.

-->'''Arthur:''' She had fled an arranged marriage, left her whole world behind but in my fathers lighthouse she had found something unexpected and my father... [[LoveAtFirstSight found the love of his life]].

-->'''Arthur:''' she had fled an arranged marriage, left her whole world behind but in my fathers lighthouse she had found something unexpected and my father... [[LoveAtFirstSight found the love of his life]].

-->'''Arthur:''' she had fledged an arranged marriage, left her whole world behind but in my fathers lighthouse she had found something unexpected and my father... [[LoveAtFirstSight found the love of his life]].

-->'''Arthur:''' she had fledged an arranged marriage, left her whole world behind but in my fathers lighthouse but in my fathers lighthouse she had found something unexpected and my father... [[LoveAtFirstSight found the love of his life]].

* Thomas waiting for years for Atlanna to return, keeping his promise to wait every morning by the docks outside the lighthouse until she came back. This is even more heartwarming as he continues long after learning of Atlanna being sacrificed to the Trench and effectively executed. It pays off at the end, as he sees her waiting for him at the docks, and he reunites with her.

!!Trivia

** Before he leaves, Arthur tells Orm that once he is ready, they will have that brotherly conversation Arthur spoke before. Orm appreciates the offer, smiling at his brother once last time before he enters the water. This show that he is willing to bury the hatchet with Arthur and genuinely bond with him as brothers.

-->'''Thomas Curry''': Your mother always knew you were special.

* Thomas Curry's dog's reaction to the injured Atlanna throwing her trident is to run up to her and try to lick her better.

!!Previews

!!Film

** [[spoiler:Right before obtaining the Trident of Atlan, he finds his mother alive and well, having survived the Trench but unable to escape without being able to use the trident. In their reunion, it's clear Arthur understands that it wasn't his mother's fault, but Atlantis' traditions, that forced her away. Upon asking, he even tells her that Thomas continues to wait for her long after hearing about her supposed demise.]]

** Vulko bonding with young Arthur, and Arthur clearly still seeing him as a friend years later despite [[spoiler: Vulko lying to him about Atlanna's execution.]]
** Even [[spoiler: Orm]] appreciated his counsel and loyalty enough [[spoiler: to let him live after outing him as a traitor.]]

* Arthur's [[spoiler: conversation with the Karathen. He convinced the guardian monster to let him try to get the trident by telling it that he was not interested in the power of the trident or the title of king. His reason for going on this quest was simply to protect the people he loved.]]
** [[spoiler: The fact that they were talking was itself a heartwarming moment given that the only one to do that prior to Arthur was the ancient king of Atlantis, Atlan, who assigned it this duty in the first place. The monster itself even seems touched by the fact that after thousands of years there is a being that can actually understand what it’s saying, seemingly being a bit lonely the whole time.]]
* Thomas waiting for years for Atlanna to return, keeping his promise to wait every morning by the docks outside the lighthouse until she came back. This is even more heartwarming as he continues long after learning of Atlanna being sacrificed to the Trench and effectively executed. [[spoiler:It pays off at the end, as he sees her waiting for him at the docks, and he reunites with her.]]
* [[spoiler:The very fact that at the end, almost everybody gets to live and [[EarnYourHappyEnding earns their happy endings.]] Thomas gets to reunite with Atlanna at long last. Arthur becomes the rightful king of Atlantis with Mera at his side and continues working on uniting both the world above and below the sea. Vulko avoids falling victim to MentorOccupationalHazard and lives to see Arthur became the king. Even the BigBad King Orm doesn't fall victim to SuperheroMovieVillainsDie and drops his hostility upon seeing his mother again, and Arthur said that he will talk things through with Orm later, implying that he might not be beyond redemption after all.]]

** [[spoiler: The fact that they were talking was itself a heartwarming moment given that the only one to do that prior to Arthur was the ancient king of Atlantis, Atlan, who assigned him this duty in the first place. The monster itself even seems touched by the fact that after thousands of years there is a being that can actually unterstand what its saying, seemingly being a bit lonely the whole time.]]

* Vulko bonding with young Arthur, and Arthur clearly still seeing him as a friend years later despite [[spoiler: Vulko lying to him about Atlanna's execution.]]
** Actually, Vulko being an all around swell guy in general. Even [[spoiler: Orm]] appreciated his counsel and loyalty enough [[spoiler: to let him live after outing him as a traitor.]]
* Orm, despite hating Arthur because he believed Arthur was the reason Atlanna was executed, gave him a chance to walk away, saying he did not wish to kill his half brother if possible. Arthur, for his part, confessed he wanted to talk to Orm before all this happened to let him know he has a friend in him and admitted he would gladly leave and let Orm rule in peace were the stakes not that high.

** [[spoiler: The fact that they were talking was itself a heartwarming moment given that the only one to do that prior to Arthur was the ancient king of Atlantis. The monster itself even seems touched by the fact that after thousands of years there is a being that can actually unterstand what its saying, seemingly being a bit lonely the whole time.]]

* [[spoiler:The very fact that at the end, almost everybody gets to live and [[EarnYourHappyEnding earns their happy endings.]] Thomas gets to reunite with Atlanna at long last. Arthur becomes the rightful king of Atlantis with Mera at his side and continues working on reuniting both the world above and below the sea. Vulko avoids falling victim to MentorOccupationalHazard and lives to see Arthur became the king. Even the BigBad King Orm doesn't fall victim to SuperheroMovieVillainsDie and drops his hostility upon seeing his mother again, and Arthur said that he will talk things through with Orm later, implying that he might not be beyond redemption after all.]]