One Major Mistake People Make When Looking At Snow White Is Assuming That They Were Trying To Create

One major mistake people make when looking at Snow White is assuming that they were trying to create a Disney Princess role model for little girls to emulate, when actually they were just trying their darndest to create an animated character that audiences would care about.

When we see pure and innocent Snow White being mistreated by her stepmother and later driven into exile, it's supposed to activate parental instincts that make us want to protect her. It shouldn't matter if she doesn't do anything to save herself, because she shouldn't have to. We're supposed to feel the injustice of it, feel sad and angry that she's treated this way, fear that she's going to come to harm. We're not supposed to want to be her, we're supposed to love her, and want to see her get the love she deserves, so we remain invested for the entire runtime of this 80-minute cartoon that they're afraid audiences won't sit through. That's what mattered to the story while they were making it, so applying Disney Princess expectations is ridiculous.

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gshdfauh

10 months ago

“But injustice Superman committed multiple war crimes and is practically evil, you can’t be on his side”

I don’t care, Wonder Woman is on his side and that’s all that matters to me

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gshdfauh

2 weeks ago

this website’s easy watch. *dangles a bunch of greek gods like keys*

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gshdfauh

2 weeks ago

In the spirit of upcoming ap exams

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gshdfauh

9 months ago

You know, I've seen plenty of comments about "Descendants should have been a young adult TV series!" and... I dunno how I feel about that.

Are there concepts that could use exploring much better geared towards an older audience? Sure.

But would it be the same without silly costumes, brightly-colored hair, stupid (affectionate) songs and teenage drama? All of which I doubt would be allowed in a grimdark teenage action/fantasy series like a bunch of us keep wanting? I doubt that.

I think it being a DCOM is a genuine part of its charm, and if it had become something like Shadowhunters, Once Upon a Time or Fate or even just something that would run on Freeform, all the fun would have been drained out of it.

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