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Do you think Carla and Marzel (Carzel) is a good ship?

 Thank you for being so patient with me, anonymous, I shall finally provide you with an answer.

TLDR; It's a nice ship, they seem like they'd be cute together, I ship it mildly. But I would not accept any version of the ship that forces Carla to permanently become a sirena for the relationship to function.

 Personality wise, they match up pretty well. Marzel can be pretty stubborn and doesn't know a lot about land yet, but he's curious and willing to learn, he’s also fairly heroic and caring. Same with Carla, although I would say she's a tad more chaotic than he is, but that's only because she spent most of the series as an antagonist. Both of them have a similar sense of humor, which is always good for a relationship, and their color schemes go well together, so aesthetically they work too.

 The one problem I have with this ship is that some people insist Carla would have to permanently become a sirena, like Marzel's mother did, if they wanted to truly be together. That is absolutely ridiculous and frankly, it's a very unfair power dynamic.*

 Marzel can walk on land as well as swim in the water, so he doesn't even need to permanently stay in the water. The magic kelp is easy to get access to and allows humans to breathe underwater just fine. Even if they can't wear it for long term, we've seen plenty of different things in the show that cause temporary shape shifting. The Amulet of Avalor was able to transform Sofia into a mermaid whenever she wanted. Yes, I know the amulet is unique, but now with access to the crystal well they could definitely make something similar. Mateo is able to turn humans into jaquins temporarily for goodness sake.

 There are so many things that Carla loves on land that she wouldn't be able to do anymore if she was turned permanently into a sirena, like dancing and cooking (and they're her only canonical hobbies besides doing crime and sitting waiting for things)! Plus, it would be much harder to see her father and land friends.

 What if her and Marzel's relationship didn't work out? Then she'd be stuck all alone underwater and she'd be miserable. I don't think she'd take that kind of risk considering what happened with her own parents. So yes, I believe the relationship could work, but only if she wasn't turned permanently into a sirena.

*[It seems kind of fishy that some people automatically expect Carla to give up her life on land for this relationship, while no one has said that Marzel should give up his life underwater to be in a relationship with her. And don't say it's just because he needs to take the throne because his sister is just as capable of ruling as he is.]