Ariel Ashira

@rochellaine

I messed up your tag in my above message!

@alia Me too, I’ve tried explaining that before. I think two examples of Disney characters who actually do have it would be Quasimodo and Rapunzel, but definitely not Belle.

And again, me too! I have only a general idea of Ancient China, but I still know its pretty…[Read more]

@seekjustice I dislike Disney because most of their films revolve around magic, showing magic on the “good side” and getting kids to believe there is such a thing as good magic.  For that reason, Snow White is my favorite Disney princess film, because it shows magic as completely evil, and none on the good side.

As for Mulan, I usually run,…[Read more]

@catwing, I think Aurora was, once she got over her fright. I’m pretty sure it was on Phillip’s side though.

Mulan: no, Snow White: can’t remember (my least favorite Disney princess movie)

can’t think of any others

As I recall…
Not love at first sight ~ Belle(Beauty and the Beast [old and new]), Rapunzel, Jasmine? (Aladdin. But he may have loved her at first sight I think), Anna (Frozen), Giselle (Enchanted),
Love at first sight ~ Cinderella, Ariel (Little Mermaid),
I don’t remember… Aurora (Sleeping Beauty),
There’s probably a few missing… Who am I missing…

@seekjustice, @catwing, honestly, before I even knew the original story of Peter Pan, the Disney Peter always freaked me out, and once I found out the real story I took it as proof that my fear was justified

@seekjustice, I get so tired explaining that Belle didn’t have Stockholm Syndrome. But people don’t want to acknowledge it. Honestly Belle is my favorite Disney princess because I relate so much to her.

I love Mulan, but my family makes so many jokes while watching it because it is not culturally correct at all.

@rochellaine, I have a hard…[Read more]

@catwing

I’m not a Peter Pan fan by any means, but yes, I always thought stories about The Green Knight and the Swan Knight were very cool!

I know. it probably comes from a lack of wholesome Disney films.

@alia I think people nowadays (including myself) are too worried about finding the “perfect” match to ever be willing to chance love at first sight.  I think it used to happen a lot more than it does now, because people were willing to take risks and know they could love each other in spite of faults, rather than needing someone without faults…[Read more]

@rochellaie

Well, I’m not against Disney, I believe half the claims against them are just a bit weak and exaggerated. I do know that I’ve never liked them, but I also know that I was homeschooled and thus grew up away from the pressure of what other girls liked and at a very young age I knew what I liked and I was rather rebellious (Against soc…[Read more]

@seekjustice *grins* Of course. (But isn’t that a chore? ;P)
I only read part of Peter Pan recently and I read fairy books when I was younger… I got distracted and had to return Peter Pan. I didn’t really care for it. (So the large fay huh?)
You do kill off quite a few characters…

@catwing, Mulan has always been a family favorite in my house. Probably because it was loosely Chinese. (the girls all wear Japanese clothing) (the customs were Korean/Mongolian/Chinese)

@seekjustice, whenever I watched Disney I usually enjoyed the fighting and hilarious mix ups. I personally liked the Disney Robin Hood (with animals) and…[Read more]

@seekjustice Copy @alia‘s answer, and add that Cinderella’s figure and face indicate that she is at least eighteen years old, a legal adult, and while that may not be moral grounds for disobedience, it is legal.  Then, you also have the fact that Lady Tremain never adopted Cinderella (probably not legally, and certainly not into her heart,) and…[Read more]

@catwing

So there’s a positive thing regarding Cinderella! (Whereas, I probably wanted to cut off someone’s head if I had to do a chore I didn’t like. 😛 )

Ah, I’ve never liked Tinkerbell, simply because I was an Enlightened Child who’d read Peter Pan and knew exactly what a….horrible person Tinker bell was. And, as already stated, I scorned…[Read more]

@alia

I admit to being the tomboy who scorned Disney movies and read about real princesses and queens when I was little (and still do, to be honest!). And yes, I definitely agree that ALL movies, at least that I’ve seen, promote unrealistic body images and I don’t think Disney is better or worse in that regard.

Okay, its been a long time since…[Read more]

@Seekjustice I think I have seen all of them, except Mulan and Moana. I suppose there is good and bad in them. I don’t think they have negatively affected me… Tinker Bell on the other hand. If you don’t believe in fairies, your fairy dies. To cure a fairy, say I believe in fairies a few times. When I wasn’t sure if fairies existed or not I…[Read more]

@seekjustice, Cinderella had permission if she cleaned the house and had a decent outfit. She couldn’t go to the ball in the end because her step-sisters ruined her dress. According to the Disney version

@seekjustice, for the beauty/gender/bod image stereotypes I think that its the same things we see in regular movies with the perfect actors and actresses. As for beauty being the main virtue, I’m pretty sure Cinderella is about kindness and forgiveness. And Mulan, she could have cared less if Shan ever came back to ask her father for permission to…[Read more]

@rochellaine

I do find it very difficult to believe in true love at first sight  though. 😛 I can’t even keep up a conversation of small talk with someone I’ve only met once 😀

I do have a serious question for you: How is Cinderella purposefully disobeying her stepmother’s explicit order that she is not to go the ball different to Rapunzel…[Read more]

@valtmy

The opinions are quite divided 😀

@seekjustice Warning: Rant ahead. 😛

I get so annoyed when people put up those memes like the ones about Snow White and Sleeping Beauty, like “finds dead body in the woods; Kisses it.”  I mean, it’s like those people forgot the whole plot of the movie!  Both of those princes had already met and fallen in love with the girls, and the girls as w…[Read more]