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continuing the Disney femslash with one of my personal favorite ships, Rapunzel/Merida

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One thing that does drive me crazy about Frozen is that Elsa looks nothing like Idina Menzel and yet sings with her voice. One of the reasons that Idina can sing so well is that she has a large nose and mouth that allows her to project and belt and all that. When Elsa belts out let it go or show yourself or any other song it feels very incongruent to me. If they had made her proportions a little less cutsey disney, It would feel more natural. Kristen Bell has a smaller nose and mouth so her voice fits the songs that Anna sings. To the point where I forget that she is Anna's actress. But whenever Elsa sings I feel acutely aware of the fact that the voice isn't hers. And what's sad is that the casting of the two is actually a really nice dichotomy. Elsa's songs are always big and dramatic like Elsa's life and character there'sa sense of destiny to them. Anna's songs are either quietly tragic or anxiously cheerful. I wish that they had incorporated more of Idina's features in Elsa's design to make the differences a little less uncanny.

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The boycotts of companies like Disney, McDonald's, Starbucks, etc are mostly based on misinformation. At WORST these companies are giving to charity organizations in Israel. For example, Disney gave money to essentially the Israeli Red Cross and some children's organizations after 10/7. And personally I don't think the correct response to israeli dehumanization if Gazans is to dehumanize Israelis. Just saying.

If Disney goes out of business tomorrow zero lives in Gaza will be saved. Same for any other Boycott. Giving money to aid organizations will not help because those organizations cannot get into Gaza right now. I am Egyptian, and my family in Egypt is posting videos of huge lines of trucks full of aid unable to get into Gaza. It is not money that this situation needs.

The ONLY thing that you as an individual can do is call your federal representatives. I know, it sucks. And it would feel great to say you saved a Gazan child by switching to Dunkin (or better yet having always hated starbucks and therefore having already been morally superior to those psl sucking boot licking monsters). But this is not about you. You cannot stop it, you cannot save anyone. Put your ego aside. You are not the protagonist. This is not your story.

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She turned the "save video" feature off so I don't want to post it here without permission but as always Babbity 100% captures my feelings.

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If you're going to argue with me put it in 100 words or reblog it. I'm not reading 700 replies. 😐

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I am so annoyed that people hate Wish. Because why do you hate it? Genuinely sit down and ask yourself what you hate about the movie.

"The animation is bad" I'm sorry, I didn't know anything that didn't make the characters look like bug-eyed Barbie dolls was bad. I am personally THRILLED to see a different animation style from Disney. Because their one aesthetic has completely dominated cgi animation for decades and it's honestly kind of boring. I love movies like Book Of Life that experiment with animation styles. And let's be clear, this movie's style is not that insanely different. It's really great to see Disney experiment with more stylized art. And hey if it's not for you, go watch one of the hundreds of movies they made with the hd bug-eyed barbie style.

"The Villain song is bad." Okay....again it's just different than a typical villain song. I think it's actually really cool that they're using a style typically reserved for characters like Kristoff and Alladin and giving it to the villain. It's interesting that they're challenging the masculine image they've created. My understanding is the character singing the song is the king and the MC's father. So this song is really exploring the pop trope usually given to heroes to show how wanting recognition for not being more evil than you couldn've been is villain behavior. And just as a side note I don't think Disney's done a recognizable "Villain Song" since Tangled. So at least this movie actually took the risk.

I mean, it's also way too soon to cast judgement. At this phase in Frozen's promo people were making insane criticisms, saying Elsa was just a recolored Rapunzel from Tangled, that Disney would butcher the Project, That the animation was shoddy, etc. I have been tired of Disney's monopoly for years and frustrated by the way that monopoly refuses to take artistic risks. Finally we have a film that seems to deviate slightly from the ever-present Disney formula and y'all are losing it.

Maybe you'll hate it regardless. That's fine, but instead of criticizing choices that are different from what you're used to, maybe ask yourself why the creators made the artistic choices they did. There is no such thing as "good" and "bad" media, but everything we see is a choice that is trying to convey the themes and ideas in the media. If you reject everything that's different you will never be able to explore other points of view.

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Xin Yingzong on Instagram

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I don't watch "A League of their own" but my dash has a few posts about it being canceled or not renewed or something and it kind of made me think about the strike and the impact on representation. I think in the short term, unfortunately, the impact will be bad. I do not think this strike will be settled until platforms get to a place where they have very little or nothing to release due to the lack of labor. People, including media executives, are very bad at caring about the fall until the impact approaches.

That means that by the time the strike is settled, there won't be a lot of shows. This is after the pandemic, where production stopped and there wasn't much to release. Except by the time studios really had nothing else to release, there was guidance around shooting and they were able to make a few shows the quality just wasn't as high due to resources being allocated for COVID safety. Now, it's very unlikely that anyone will be willing to work in the industry because if you do manage to get a part in a scab production, your career is fucked when the unions do come to an agreement so even a totally anti-union, self-centered human wouldn't want to do it. There may be SOME people who are okay with it, but not enough to produce a whole movie or tv show.

So that being said, what is going to happen to all the gains we made in representation? Well, we're fucked in the short term, I'm sure, because the industry will be starting from scratch right? So a lot of the projects that had representation will probably be lost to the ether, especially if those shows weren't particularly popular. Projects that do survive may go in different directions because creative control might change. We'll probably lose a lot and it will not be easy for anyone. I don't want to discount that. We will lose good shows with ground breaking representation. It is an unfortunate reality.

However, I believe any labor gains in the long term will benefit representation. As diverse creators break into the industry, they will have more protections due to the gains made by the strike. And better labor conditions means more opportunities for people to break into the industry, more people moving to the top of the industry, etc. I truly believe that in the long term a good deal that is fair to the writers and actors is essential for representation.

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Universal acts like we can't just bring umbrellas with a message written on top of them. And how ironic for a company to hurt the trees when their most well-known film is about saving them. They really have become the villain in their own story.

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Love that Disney CEO Bob Iger says writers’ and actors' demands are "unrealistic,” as he was paid $498M over the last 5 years, 384 times as much as the average writer.

He lives so lavishly that he published a love letter to his yacht…

Solidarity with all the workers on strike. Make this scumbag pay.

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you're too cool to support the strikers? Oh my, how amazing you are. You really showed us that you're the smartest most cynical person on earth. Thank god for you making your little jokes about how bad movies are these days. I mean without you, people might have actually cared about something or thought critically about the media companies that have been systematically destroying our communities for decades. It's so great you're here to tell us that caring is uncool. It's so awesome you're here to laugh as people demand fair compensation for their labor. I'm so glad you've illuminated us to the fact that nothing matters. I mean, could you imagine? God forbid! Trying to make the world a better place! How can we ever thank you enough for calling us all posers and tryhards like it's 2007 again.

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The threat that we won't have new shows and movies coming out because of the strikes would hit a little harder if 99.9% of everything coming out wasn't God awful derivative schlock that you watch once and immediately forget.

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LILO AND STITCH (2002)

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Visual development by Paul Felix from The Art of Raya and the Last Dragon

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Behind the scenes animation. The animation of the Nokk and Elsa's underwater hair are amazing. And her bareback gownnn!!!!!!

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by Chiruru, Pixiv ID 9350451