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storyweaverofgondor · 8 months
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I will die on the "OG Disney Sleeping Beauty is a female driven film' hill.
Yes, Aurora doesn't have that many lines but she is the TITLE character not the main character. Like the Maltese Falcon except she actually decided to show up to her own film. (Spoilers for the Maltese Falcon, sorry)
The main characters are the three fairies and the story is about them having a battle of wits against Maleficent. (Three middle aged women duking it out with another middle aged woman)
The four conversations that do not have a woman present are about:
Phillip bribing his horse into following a song.
The two kings getting drunk and discussing the future of their children.
Phillip telling his father he's going to marry a girl.
One king trying to tell the other that all their plans might be ruined
All technically about Aurora! Also the climax of the movie is about Philip getting kidnapped by Maleficent, the three fairies sneaking into Maleficent's castle to rescue him and playing a vary active role in his escape and defeating of Maleficent. Philip doesn't have any lines after he leaves the castle after talking with his father! The only speaking roles after that point are his father, Aurora's father (for like maybe four lines?) Maleficent, Flora, Fauna and Merryweather. The three fairies have the last lines of the film!
Disney's Sleeping Beauty is extremely female driven and i will stand by this.
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supercap2319 · 7 months
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Prince Phillip (from the animated sleeping beauty) x reader who replaced Aurora in the story. Phillip wakes him up with the kiss of true love after killing Maleficent and reader keeps making remarks about how Phillip is much more handsome in person (they used to dream of each other) and the Phillip whisks him away to their new castle and then juts fluff with reader falling into regular sleep in Phillip’s arms
The final battle against the dark fairy hadn't been an easy one, but Philip had prevailed. Nothing would stop him from awakening the handsome man in a sleep like death. He was the one who Phillip dreamed about in his chambers. The one who was to be his betrothed.
He ascended the stairs to the castle, accompanied by the three good fairies, Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather. He saw his beloved sleeping peacefully, hands over his heart, rose in between his fingers. He was dressed in an elegant blue tailored suit as Phillip crossed the room and sat gently on the bed. He ran a hand over his face and felt how cold he was to the touch. He would fix that.
Philip licked his lips and leaned down gently as he kissed the sleeping prince. For a moment, nothing happened until prince Y/N woke with a gasp as his pale skin returned to normal as he looked up at prince Philip and smiled. The three fairies hugged each other as Y/N brought a hand over Phillip's face. "Thou art more handsome than I ever could have imagined. I used to dream of you."
The older prince chuckled. "And I of you." He kissed him once again.
After bringing him back to his family, Phillip was allowed to marry the young prince who was destined to be his long before either of them were born. It was an elegant wedding and Phillip smiled as Y/N hugged his father, King Hubert.
That night in their newly acquired bed chambers, Y/N looks out at the balcony where the stars were shining so bright. Phillip came up behind him, shirtless as he wrapped his arms around his waist. "What troubles you, Y/N? Why do you stay awake? Are you worried about the evil fairy returning? Because she shall not be."
"No, nothing like that. I guess I'm just happy that I'm alive. That I am here with you and I shall love you for the rest of my days. However long I may have them."
Phillip smiled and turned him around to face him as he leaned down and kissed him. "And I shall forever love you. Till my last breath of life. Come. Let us go to bed."
Y/N blushed. Did his new husband mean... In that way?
Sensing his nervousness, Phillip smiled kindly. "I mean as in sleep. Not as in making love." He laid down and opened his arms as he welcomed Y/N into them. The young prince smiled and wrapped himself up in Phillip's embrace before falling asleep.
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adarkrainbow · 4 months
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Do you think the way people talk and discuss Walt's "Classic Three" (Snow White, Cinderella and Aurora) is accurate or close to what happens in the movies? I mean, they are always referred as excessively passive, weak, only interested on their looks (vain? superficial?), useless, beauty being their only good quality... And I ask myself, when was the last time these people watched the movies? Snow White negotiated her stay in the house, Cinderella survived a life of pure abuse & orchestrated her own escape from the tower, and, while not very much is shown about Aurora, she was about to sacrifice her personal happiness for the kingdom's sake (something Philip didn't have in mind)that takes courage! They don't wield swords but they are much stronger that they appear, and while I get some of the critique, I hate the "strong only means kicking butt" idea, like, it's incomplete, and superficial, and it can be reductive & dangerous (for the girls, and for the boys too!)
I have talked about this before in many posts, and others have talked about this way better than me, so I'll try to break down my opinion in a quite short and concise way. And as usual, you probably won't be surprised to find me again, neutral on those topic.
On one side: people are unfairly criticizing and judging too harshly the "original trio" of Disney movies. This has been explained by many people on this website, so I won't expand on this too much, but indeed, there is a mixture of superficial viewing of these movies, of not-contextualizing them, of projecting modern-day values and expectations over nearly century old pieces, and of a general need to criticize and rant about everything (especially big corporations and the "classics" of culture - whenever something becomes a classic, a backlash awaits). Cinderella is a much more surprising and strong character than you'd expect. These movies do teach the idea that being strong doesn't mean simply kicking everybody and proving yourself to be a lone wolf (especially since there's a strong focus on friendship in those stories). The whole "the prince kissing Sleeping Beauty in her sleep is rape culture" is ridiculous ; especially since in the Disney version it was made to be a true love kiss, between people who were in love, and the whole context was the breaking of a curse ; AND the actual rapist-origins of the story are from a 16th century Italian fairytale nobody knew about until the Internet dug it up in the 2010s. Even today many people who invoke the rapist-story are unable to tell you who wrote it or where it comes from, because they just latch onto the idea "Oh yes there's a rape story." and that's it, no more research for them.
Heck, Sleeping Beauty is even surprising for its time AND for the Disney criteria by having elderly, non-attractive female leads who do more than the actual male hero and ultimately are the true focus of the tale - the fairy godmothers. Same things with Snow-White - to make the dwarfs the equal of the titular Snow-White, even more to focus more character development and screen time on them rather than the princess, and to give them unique characterisation and treat them as people rather than plot-props... This was BIG, this was not something usual, and this was a game-changer. Overall - I say the same thing for fantasy literature - a lot of the "new" or "modern" twists people expect from today's fictions are awaiting you in the past. Everybody complains about traditional fantasy not having POC main characters or not having strong female lead that is not sexualized - Earthsea had all those by the 60s and 70s, and it was just as influential on fantasy as Lord of the Rings or Elric.
However... Recognizing that a lot of the criticism is unfair and overblown, and that the backlash is ignorant and caricatural does NOT mean we should just blindly worship and naively accept those movies as untouchable, sacred relics that cannot be criticize. If there is a backlash, it means there is a reason for such criticism to arise in the first place, and we must identify why - to give back the problem in its proper proportions, and not in the exaggerated state we are offered today.
So... The other side - why is this Disney trio not fitting our modern world?
And the answer is very simple. They are heroines of 17th and 19th centuries tales, that were adapted for an early 20th century American mindset. They are bound to age or be unfit for the 21st century. Placing them back into context allows us to understand how great, good or groundbreaking they were in their time - but it does not mean they hold up to modern-day characters. Some elements of the Disney movies aged better than ever, some are still resonating today, and this is what gives them an "out-of-time" feeling. Yet... yet there is a reason why the "Disney princess" had to evolve and had to change herself to fit a new audience. Why did the characters of Rapunzel and Elsa of Disney had such huge success and were beloved by the masses? Because they were answering early 21st century needs, society and expectations, the same way the original trio did for their time.
A character like Aurora of Sleeping Beauty couldn't work today because she literaly is a paper-thin character that does nothing throughout the story and is truly more of a MacGuffin than anything. Oh yes she speaks, has a song, has feelings and emotions - and there is this very progressive idea of having Aurora be unhappy and traumatized by discovering her princess heritage, which aged very well! But the rest? She is a baby ; then she sings about being in love ; then she cries about not wanting to be a princess ; then she sleeps ; then she is married. The story is done and moved by the interesting characters about her, but not by her - Maleficent wants to destroy Aurora, Philip wants to save Aurora, the fairy godmothers wants to protect Aurora... I do not recall which feminist created this theory, but there is the test of the lamp. If you can replace a female character by a beautiful lamp, this is bad for you. And unfortunately Disney's Sleeping Beauty "succeeeds" at the test of the lamp, since Aurora's massively passive involvment in the story makes her a perfect fit. The king and queen create the most beautiful lamp you ever saw ; Maleficent angry curses the lamp to be destroyed ; the fairy godmothers are tasked with keeping the lamp safe ; later the prince discovers the lamp in the woods and wants to have it for his living room, so he plans to return later ; meanwhile the fairy godmothers return the lamp to their rightful owners the king and queen, while Maleficent captures the prince who returned in hope of taking the lamp ; etc etc... It does not change the story one bit.
Another, even more obvious example, of the "age" of those characters - Snow-White. Disney's Snow-White is the very embodiment of the "50s housewife" cliche, and thus was a perfect fit for this first-half-of-the-20th-century American society. In the Grimm story, the little girl enters the house, takes the food, goes to sleep, and upon meeting the dwarfs they make a bargain of chores in exchange of protection. In the Disney movie? She cleans the house all by herself, without asking anybody, just in hope it will please people. Which is a very "fairytale" move... But still is perceived badly as just the typical idea that "A good girl cleans up the house, that we ask her or not". The fact Snow-White also acts as a mother figure for the dwarfs despite being a teenage girl is... yeah it is questionable and there's a whole baggage of the girl existing as solely a future mother and a housekeeper-in-training. Let's not even talk of the infantilization of the dwarfs just because of their small size despite being clearly much older than her...
So yeah, I always take a neutral stance on things (except for a few stuff), and this is no exception. There is an unfair treatment of the original Disney princesses, definitively, and people are misreading the original movies... But when we take a critical look we also have to recognize that these characters were designed for a given society and a given time, and that now they made their time, we do not need them anymore and we can move on to other characters while fondly remembering them or taking inspiration from them. Erasing these characters would be stupid and absurd - but it is just as stupid and absurd to try to cling onto them constantly and to try to make them fit everywhere and anywhere (yes I am taking a jab at Disney and their perpetual recycling and their favoritism of remakes over new movies...).
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ewa-jednak-chce-spac · 4 months
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Which trio do you love the most?
Propaganda is allowed.
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jyvyy · 3 months
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Happy 65th anniversary, Disney's Sleeping Beauty!
This movie is not in my top 5 Walt Disney Animation films, but this movie is certainly one of those comfort movies to me. The simplicity of the story combined with such gorgeous visual art and enchanting music never fails to amaze me.
To celebrate its 65th anniversary, I will write my appreciation of this particular shot of the "Once Upon A Dream" sequence.
I have always been enchanted by this shot. Aurora and Phillip were alone as a "silhouette" in a wide, beautiful, earth landscape with those white ray of heavenly sunlight shining through dimly, yet just enough to emphasize the beauty of the nature. They really look like they alone own paradise-a mixture of earth and heaven. The church-like choir that accompanied this shot also adds the ethereal element. For a moment, Aurora and Phillip seem like they are in this border between earth and heaven, just the two of them dancing intimately, which is extremely magical.
Watching this scene as a child makes me dream to be able to experience this beautiful, heavenly intimacy with my true love.
(please forgive my grammatical mistake. I'm not a native speaker, but I really want to appreciate this shot)
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shae-la-hyene · 2 years
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The Sleeping Beauty Paradox
Or how feminism in media got twisted enough it ended up hating women.
Aurora IS my favorite disney princess.
I relate to her and her situation a lot, she has an awesome aesthetic, and the music for the movie was written by Tchaikowski. What else could you ask for, really ?
Yet, everytime I said that to people in real life, their first instinct is to scoff it off. Society has shamed people into not loving Aurora. Because she's a victim.
If you need one proof of the overwhelming rape culture and victim blaming, don't look further. There's a similar problem with Snow White albeit less pronunced.
The feminism wave from the 80s set precedent. Feminists wanted more representation for women who fought for themselves, women that looked like them, that had a chance to have an impact on the world and strongly took it. It was a good idea in a world where all women in media were meek, helpless and soft.
But somehow it ended up in mysogynistic movies only allowing women in if they were strong independant warriors. There is no more room for victims, seen as too stereotypical.
Somehow, it ends up in us all who grow up in a situation we have no control whatsoever in, are abused and can't find a way to escape or don't even realize it with how deep the abuse runs, feeling guilty about not being strong and fighting out of it.
Aurora, just like Cinderella and Snow-White, was trapped in a situation she could not escape, and yet did her best to stay sweet and kind and true to herself, not letting her isolement and lack of freedom (not counting the numerous things her guardians lied to her about probably with no subtelty) make her bitter. That is a show of strength that we often overlook. Not all of us can do that.
Critics now describe her as naive and clueless, which is a little expected from someone who was raised in full isolement. Yet it looks like it's a high crime in the hyperfeminist mindset. There's no one out there being angry at her parents or guardians. They were trying to save her, they say, as if it's an excuse. Considering they failed, it's really not.
But a lot of people scoff at Aurora for being naive, and waiting for a prince to come save her. She didn't. She didn't realize she needed to be saved, so that's not what she wished for. She wished to not be alone, to find true love, a soulmate who'd love her unconditionally from the first sight. Naive or not, she found it. Philip loved her at first sight, not caring about what background she comes from, and that's what she needed. She did nothing wrong with him either. In a slut shaming society, let us remind everyone that even if they were soulmates and believed they would love each other forever, they only danced and spent time together. No kiss, nothing further than hand holding, but they knew. Philip knew he was going to marry her and there was nothing anyone could say against it. Loving Philip was less naive than young women nowadays believing they can 'fix him'.
People often use the argument that, in a movie named after her, Aurora has the less screen time of all princesses. It's fair. But that doesn't mean that it makes the movie any less centered around her. Her influence when off screen is in all the people that loved her, fighting for her.
Philip who, confirming her beliefs in their love, fought for her like a goddamn lion. Against his father's wishes, against a 100 years curse, against a forest of thorns, and against a fucking honest to god dragon. In the face of that, it is hard for me to think Aurora naive for believing in her soulmate.
Love from her guardians, who are not particularly clever or useful in actual battle, but still do everything they can to protect and free her from the curse.
Now I am sure Stephan and his nameless wife loved her. In a way. The kind of love necessary to give up your child in the hope of a better life. But there's also not a drop of the love you get from seeing a child grow up and getting to know them. That's why we don't see their love having much of an impact on her life when it mattered. There were more responsibility and duty coming from them than love.
Aurora might not be a fighter, but she inspired enough love to fight a dragon. But as she didn't fight the dragon herself, she's not feminist enough.
She was sweet, kind, didn't have much apart from hopes. And yet life went against her when the circumstances of her birth (that she wasn't aware of beforehand and couldn't prepare for) forced her to give up the only thing she really wanted. That event destroyed her, in a way never predicted by people who promised her hand in marriage the moment she was born. It was evident for them, to support an alliance that could have been done in a different way. Being forced to comply to unreasonnable expectations and responsibilities she never agreed to, erasing all traces of freedom she ever had, makes her a victim.
Victims need to be saved. It's the duty of people with the power to do so to help save victims. It's not the victim's fault that they're in this situation. There is nothing wrong with needing to be saved.
Sleeping Beauty was built from a traditional fairy tale, that's why there is a dragon guarding a high tower and a brave lover ready to fight it. That's why we're lucky to have had a happy ending with the soulmates ending up together and not forced to marry someone else. But just think of how bad things could have gotten. And yet in all of that, Aurora has no power over the situation. Because she's abused. Because she's a princess and under ridiculous expectations from a family that doesn't know her, and then because she's asleep under a fucking curse. Aurora couldn't help herself. She had no way of doing so, at no point.
Those past few decades, disney princesses have to fight. They have to stand up for themselves, prove they are not powerless, free themselves often without anyone's help. Women need to be strong warriors to be allowed to exist. Nowadays people scoff at Aurora for being a victim. Because it's wrong of her to not do anything to free herself.
It participate in the overwhelmind mindset that everybody has to be strong in a cruel world. That women have to prove they can do everything themselves. That being a victim is being weak. Rape victims in media have no longer the freedom to be impacted by it. They are only likeable if they fight it and make it a strength.
But Sleeping Beauty had a happy ending because people who loved her fought for her.
Maybe we should stop blaming victims for being helpless, and instead do what we can to save the people we love.
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diaryofasugarfiend · 4 months
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Fiend Watched Sleeping Beauty
-I haven't seen this one since I was a little kid
-wow there's a lot of narration in this one
-I love Maleficent, it's like she was waiting for the perfect opportunity to fuck with these people
-stg Mal and Merryweather are bitter exes
-prick your finger on a spinning wheel is a very specific curse, I'm sure there's some symbolism or cultural significance there that went over my 21st century head
-a lot of I guess you'd call it experimental stuff in this
-Maleficent's little guys are so stupid, I love them
-I don't like watching these 2 grown men be way too invested in a 16 year old reproducing
-I like Merryweather, but she has wrong opinions on the issue of blue vs pink
-Maleficent likes to watch men be tied up and brutalized and yeah same
-you must face this alone aka we're going to be there helping you every step of the way
-for being a dragon with all the powers of Hell, Mal was defeated too easily
-my cat was really paying attention to this one, so congrats it has got the King Tut seal of approval
-favorite song: Once Upon A Dream
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scurviesdisneyblog · 12 days
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Animation drawings for Sleeping Beauty by Marc Davis
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storyweaverofgondor · 2 years
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Disney’s 50s Sleeping Beauty is one of the most female driven films I’ve ever seen. The film isn’t actually about the title character. She, like the Maltese Falcon, is the motivation for everything that happens. The film is about four extremely powerful middle aged women duking it out. The Three Good Fairies fighting to save Aurora and Maleficent trying to kill her.
There are only two scenes that feature only men. The one where Phillip tells his father “I’m going to marry this random girl and you can’t stop me.” and the one where the two kings get drunk and argue over their kids house.
Say what you will, but if you’re looking for female driven plots this movie is top tier.
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poppetsisters · 5 months
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A crossover for the ages.
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academia-core · 20 days
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princess aurora aesthetic
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ewa-jednak-chce-spac · 4 months
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Congratulations to Kenji x Ikuko fans
Your ship won with Aurora x Philip in my second true ultimate shipping tournament and advanced to the second round!
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Aurora x Philip fans, don’t weep, because your ship remains awesome!
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masterhallmark · 2 months
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Rant incoming
I feel like the problem with a lot of Disney's live action remakes (and arguably Wish) is they're trying to appeal to a crowd that no longer exists, namely the people who used to claim that the Disney Princesses were sexist.
All the interviews tend to include, "Well she's not chasing a MAN anymore" which...almost no one sees the princesses like that, anymore. Virtually NO ONE still believes the princesses are man-chasing sexist caricatures of women.
Cinderella is now hailed as an abuse victim who stayed strong long enough to get help to get out of her situation. Anyone who says she should have saved herself is basically regarded as a victim blamer. And it's very clear in the film she wasn't looking to marry the prince, she just wanted a night off. She was the only one who wasn't in line to meet him. She didn't find out she met the prince until he went looking for her!
Snow White is now hailed for her negotiation skills, ability to calm down after extreme stress (she had a moment of panic and had to cry for a bit, but who wouldn't after finding out The Queen hired someone to kill you?), and ability to take charge of a house of adult men. And again, she was an abuse victim, this time trying to escape ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS. While she dreamed of her prince, it was secondary to her main goal of SURVIVAL. There are also entire video essays about how Snow White gave hope to people during The Great Depression.
Everyone acknowledges that Ariel wanted to be human BEFORE meeting Eric. We all know she was a nerd hyperfixating on humans, and also standing up to her prejudiced father.
We understand Sleeping Beauty wasn't the main character, the Three Good Fairies were, AND PHILLIP WOULD NEVER HAVE BEATEN MALEFICENT WITHOUT THEM! He literally depended on them! WOMEN SAVED THE DAY! But even then, is it really such a sin for a girl to fantasize about romance and fall for someone with corny pickup lines?
We all understand Jasmine just wanted someone to treat her LIKE A PERSON. She rejected every Prince before Aladdin because they treated her like a prize. So why did they need her to want to be Sultan? How did that make her more feminist when she already wanted to be treated like an equal and have a say in her future? Is it only empowering if you want a career in politics?
We admire that Belle, despite living in a judgemental village, was kind to everyone (even though she found the village life dull), and her story teaches girls that the guy everyone else loves isn't always a good guy. What's sexist about teaching girls about red flags? And she didn't start being nice to The Beast until he started treating her with respect and kindness.
Do I really NEED to defend Mulan or Tiana? I think they speak for themselves.
Rapunzel was yet another abuse victim who just needed a little help to get out of her bad situation. In this case, she also needed to learn that she was an abuse victim, and that what Mother Gothel did WASN'T normal, much like many victims of gaslighting.
And don't get me started on the non-princess animals.
Perdita had a healthy relationship with Pongo to the point she was open to express her pregnancy fears to him, and was ready to TEAR APART Cruella's goons for daring to touch her puppies as well as adopting the other puppies. Like, she was so ferocious the goons mistook her for a hyena! She's basically that "I AM THAT GIRL'S MOTHER!" scene from SpyXFamily if Yor were a dog. She and her husband were a TEAM.....but they made a Cruella live action to turn her into a girlboss?! The literal animal abuser!? THAT'S the woman you wanted to put on a pedestal when Perdita was RIGHT THERE!?
Duchess kept her kittens calm after they had been catnapped and was classy as heck. Nice to everyone regardless of social class during a time period where that was uncommon.
Lady stood up to Tramp when she believed he had abandoned her and didn't really care about her. She found out he was a heartbreaker and was like, "Nuh uh. No. You are not doing that to me! You put me through enough."
Miss Bianca from The Rescuers was IN CHARGE the whole movie, and was willing to risk life and limb to save an innocent child. THAT TINY MOUSE TOOK ON ALLIGATORS! And she picked Bernard to accompany her because he was the only one who wasn't ogling her. And then in the sequel SHE DID IT ALL AGAIN! I wish I were as brave as her.
Like, the public haven't accused these ladies of being sexist caricatures since 2014 (Actresses and actors don't count, they're out of touch like the rest of Hollywood) yet Disney is operating under the assumption that the public still thinks that way, hence all the "sHe'S nOt AfTeR a MaN iN ThIs VeRsIOn" talk.
The live action remakes are trying to attract an audience that doesn't really exist much, anymore, and back when it did exist, was comprised mainly of people who didn't actually watch the films. The Disney princesses are no longer seen as sexist, and feminine qualities are no longer seen as weak or undesirable.
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princessesfanarts · 1 year
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Bad Girls Club by Yingzong X
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