tipsykipsy:Outstanding animation aside(and trust me there’s a post waiting for the time to find a re
tipsykipsy:Outstanding animation aside(and trust me there’s a post waiting for the time to find a really nice set of gifs to maul), can I just talk about how important this was to my 6 year old self?I was a kid who never dressed up for Halloween as a princess, or a fairy, or a mermaid. I dressed up as a dragon, a black cat, as the Yellow Ranger(my sister claimed Pink).I didn’t dislike princesses, I just thought they were kind of… unnecessary. Like crowns and sceptres and chunky plastic jewellery were just things that I had to keep track of, and I already had a whole stuffed animal parade to wrangle. Playing with other girls was annoying - I have a very clear memory of preschool-me being told by a blonde girl named Tiffany that I couldn’t play princesses with them because I didn’t have a princess doll. I didn’t have a doll because dolls were boring.With that backstory out of the way, look at this little princess here. She spends the whole movie being exactly who she wanted to be - spunky, determined, and chasing her passion with every ounce of her being. And at the end? BAM. PRINCESS. I was disappointed. It was like princesshood was something that ladies and girls were given as a prize at the end of their journey. Cinderalla goes to a party, and BAM, PRINCESS! Ariel takes insane measures to expand what she knows of her world, and SURPRISE SHE ALSO GETS TO BE A PRINCESS! BONUS! Belle steps forward to protect her family, and WHAT? ALSO PRINCESS?!? YES! PRINCESS FOR EVERYONE.And then Vanellope does something awesome. She says, “Ralph, what are you, nuts? This isn’t me.” And then changes back.EFF yo princesses. She doesn’t need that garbage. And neither did I. THIS was the princess I never knew I wanted as a kid. The girl who goes out, does her thing, succeeds, and continues going out and doing her thing. No princess accessories needed. -- source link