#DISNEY PRINCESSES

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[duel-of-the-dolls]

Duel of the Disney Collector Dolls: Pairs (Round 3)

[artist-issues]

Look I know Rapunzel paints and Tiana cooks, but if you guys don't think Mulan is the Most Creative Disney Princess, you're wrong.

She's literally introduced in this perfect scene that highlights her whole character, flaws and strengths:

The first time you see her she's:

Cheating, which is totally the opposite of what honor-code General Shang would do.

Undisciplined, which is what going to the army fixes.

Problem-solving—by writing the recitation she can't remember on her wrist—

BUT LISTEN. That last one is the first hint you have that she's the Most Creative Disney Princess. Because guess what? She's not the first young woman to cheat at the matchmaker test. The Matchmaker specifically checks to see if she's cheating when the test begins. But the rest of them wrote their cheat sheet on their fans.

The Matchmaker was prepared for the usual kind of tricks. But Mulan's full of her own ideas, not everyone else's.

You guys know the rest. She dresses up like a soldier—nobody suspects her because the idea that someone would do that never occurs to everyone else. She climbs the pole by tying the medallions around each other when none of the other recruits can figure it out. She lights the cannon by grabbing Mushu instead of searching for flints. She creates an avalanche instead of just taking Shan Yu out. She tricks the Huns by dressing her friends up as concubines. She defeats Shan Yu with his own sword and a bunch of fireworks.

But even beyond problem-solving, Mulan never does things like other people do. She doesn't even do things like other women do.

She doesn't just walk across a bridge, she jumps from pillar to pillar. She doesn't just bring her father tea, she puts a spare teacup in her sleeve because she knows she's clumsy.

Mulan is creative. But you know what that moment proves? That she's not just a representation of all women-versus-men. Mulan is representative of a human, who sees where she has strengths, and sees where she has weaknesses. She uses her strengths to her advantage and works to improve or make up for her weaknesses. She doesn't try to be exactly like a man. She just tries to use what she's got to do the right thing. And finding ways to use what you've got, even if it's not like what everyone else has, is creativity.

[thecollectibles]

Bad Girls Club by Xin Yingzong

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My Disney Princess Yuri

[dommnics]

"Cinderella, you're as lovely as your name"

I guess I'm still in a Cinderella mood. Here's some new, and some old doodles I dusted off and finished.

The 1950 animated film always carries a really warm and lovely sense of comfort whenever I watch it. I'll always defend this characterization and interpretation of Cinderella - she's very underrated and a lot stronger than some give her credit for, due to misremembering the movie or ignoring key details about her.

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[alieneyedcow]

He fits right in

[sweetmariihs2]

Trigger warning: harsh reality of humanity

Tangled is so unrealistic, not because of the magic, but because of the way people react to Rapunzel's magic sundrop flower power. If people found out that her magical hair can cure illnesses, give youth and keep you from aging, literally cure bleeding deep cuts in a matter of seconds, she would be exploited for the rest of her life. She wouldn't be able to walk on the streets because there is a 99% of chance that she might be kindnapped by someone who's father is gonna die and no medicine can save him, or because of poverty the person can't afford medical care to their father or anyone. There would be people desperate to be young forever like Gothel, some because they're old and want to live forever, some just out of obsession to be perfect and young forever. Everyone has a family member who's hurt, old, ill, some people might even get curious about her powers like Varian did but 100% worse and there can be people who have the guts to try tons of painful experiments like there were in our history (and they did it with normal people, imagine what they would do to someone who has miraculous blood). She would get followers, fanatic people, people will start to involve religion into all this, she wouldn't be able to walk on her own. People would exploit her and charge money for others to use her magical powers. She would be escorted around the world to show her to other people like circus used to do in the 1800. She would travel surrounded by guards and defenses to save people in other countries and places like a tool. People would try to cut her hair and attack her publicly. Gothel was a bitch but she was right when she said that the world is too dangerous for Rapunzel. Think of the unreleased song "Last Girl On Earth" by Lana Del Rey. They would put her in a podium and adore her, but they would treat her like a zoo animal until the day she dies, or at least until someone cuts her hair to ruin the fun. Who knows what would happen after that.

[cityoftheangelllls]

I've drawn so many different variants of Cinderella's pink dress, so I thought, why not draw her in the OG pink dress?

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Character designs for the Disney Princesses as seen in Ralph Breaks the Internet by Brittney Lee and Ami Thompson

[velvet4510]

A Defense of Snow White’s Prince Florian

“He kissed a random corpse in the forest!”

“He’s preying on a child!”

“He stalked her!”

Please, please, you guys, I’m begging you to actually WATCH the original Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

WATCH.

THE.

MOVIE.

Because the Prince kissing Snow White is, to me, one of the most heartbreaking scenes in Disney history.

And here’s why.

First of all, the Prince is clearly close to Snow White’s age. He is both drawn and voiced as very youthful. He looks and sounds about 16 or 17, at the oldest. He is NOT a “predator”. He’s a boy who loves a girl, like in any good fairy tale.

Secondly, the Prince meets Snow White early in the movie. She’s NOT a complete stranger to him at the end. And their first meeting is significant. The Evil Queen makes a big deal out of Snow White’s looks, being “the fairest of all”, etc. But the Prince is first drawn to Snow White’s VOICE. He’s captivated by her singing and her kindness to the birds. He sees beyond her looks. He sees past the rags she wears and recognizes that this is a good person, a beautiful person on the inside. Then when she’s startled by him, he’s very polite and soft-spoken, apologizing for frightening her. He’s a total gentleman. Then he serenades her, letting her know how much he admires her. (Words that she has NEVER heard from ANYONE else in her life, by the way.) Then he even smiles at and is kissed by a dove that lands on his finger, hinting he has a connection with animals somewhat like hers.

And then there’s a fade to black. So we actually don’t know if she came out again, if they talked for a while. Maybe they didn’t, but maybe they did. The film doesn’t clearly tell us one way or another. But there is a possibility that they did get to know each other a little there. And if they didn’t, something is still beginning between them. They share warm smiles and affectionate looks. They both feel it, and they both hope to pursue it.

Then Snow White finds out her stepmom wants her dead and has to run away. Which means the Prince noticed her absence.

And the narrative text later tells us that he “searched far and wide” for her after she disappeared. (This guy walked so Fiyero could run, let’s be real.) Imagine the person you’ve been thinking about, hoping to get to know, wondering if they may be the one, suddenly vanished without a trace. And she’s the Princess of your neighboring kingdom. And then the Queen of the same kingdom also suddenly disappears. Wouldn’t you be alarmed? There’s a chance the huntsman may have gone to the Prince’s kingdom for help, and warned him of the Queen’s horrible actions. There’s also a chance that the Queen already had a bad reputation in the area, and the disappearances were a confirmation of what was already suspected. So the Prince nobly tries to find out what happened to his newfound love, worried about her safety. Snow White sings about her hope that she will see him again and tells the dwarfs about him … but the full truth of the situation is that he’s been thinking about her too. It’s a mutual young first love, pure and innocent.

Then the Prince FINALLY finds his beloved… in a coffin. After a “far and wide” search, there she is, apparently DEAD! All his hopes and wishes for a possible relationship with her are dashed. A 17-year-old who once dreamed of reuniting with his first love has just found her dead. He knows absolutely nothing about the poisoned apple’s spell or its cure. He doesn’t know a kiss will save her. He thinks she’s gone. Forever. All he knows is that he has found the girl he loves too late, and he couldn’t help her, despite all his searching. So, he kisses her goodbye. He kisses her as an apology, a sign of regret for lost dreams, a chance that he seems to have been denied. A 2-second touch of her lips to show his devotion. Then he bows his head and grieves.

This moment demonstrates than in him, Snow White has found the genuine love she’s been yearning for. While her stepmother tried multiple times to murder her, now she has someone who genuinely values her, so much so that he searched everywhere to find her when she went missing. Who was so heartbroken and crushed at the notion that she was gone forever that he gave her what he thought was a goodbye kiss, his one and only way of showing what she meant to him before he became haunted by the ghost of her memory, of his failure, of his lost chance at love.

This is a deeply and tragically romantic moment that has sadly been widely misunderstood. Do not slander Prince Florian! He doesn’t deserve it!

[duel-of-the-dolls]

Duel of the Disney Collector Dolls: Pairs (Round 3)

[character-tarot]

The Wheel of Fortune represents changing fate, luck, destiny, karma, random chance, and cycles. Reversed, it indicates poor luck, lack of control, unwelcome change, disorder, and surrendering to fate.

Propaganda- "Cinderella (at least from Disney's version) is all about karma coming back to you for being kind despite being in a terrible situation. She has had bad luck and a lack of control throughout her entire life, but her kindness brings her unexpected fortune."

Other Notes- "Also for the record me and my sisters might submit a lot of stuff cause we're insane sorry about that"

@whencartoonsruletheworld

[thecollectibles]

Fan Art by Xin Yingzong

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