Snow White lost both of her parents and was fourteen when she was told that the only family she had left, her stepmother, wanted her dead for being fair. Even through all this, when she prays at her bedside, she prays for the dwarves, particularly for Grumpy to like her. So what she wanted a man? That was her only source of happiness after being hunted after by her stepmother for being fair. Not only that, but she orders the dwarves around.
Elsa was born with powers that no one else had, instantly making her feel like an outsider. Then, said powers almost killed her sister, a traumatic event. Her parents didn’t help, saying they were dangerous, something to be feared, and thus Elsa’s hatred of her powers (and herself) grew. Note: when they are grown up at the end of ‘Do You Want To Build A Snowman?’ , Elsa is wearing black. She was so scared of herself, that she couldn’t bring herself to go to her parents’ funeral. Then she is instantly flung with the responsibility of being queen and running a country. She was scared. Next thing she knows, she’s being called a monster, people are trying to kill her, and worst of all she hurts her sister again. Elsa wasn’t “”angry””. She was irritated, confused, scared, and upset. “But the scene with Marshmallow” I hear you cry. Elsa had a panic attack. A panic attack is not rocking back and forth. It can be fits of anger. Voila! Not to mention, Elsa then fought through a cold to try and make Anna’s birthday perfect. She isn’t angry, she’s a flawed character. And that’s why I love her.
I don’t know how many times this has been said, but Ariel wanted to go to the land before Eric. That’s what ‘Part of Your World’ is about! Ursula just used Eric to finally convince Ariel to take part of her deal. And who cares if she wanted a man? She was sixteen. I know when I was sixteen, I was daydreaming about finding my own “prince” (not that everyone is, which is absolutely okay!) And she stuffed up. And that’s perfectly okay. It doesn’t make her a terrible character. It makes her a naive sixteen year old. The princesses aren’t all perfect characters who have to only do good things. Not to mention, Hercules gave up being a god for a girl! But no one is calling him weak, are they?
“Beauty and the Beast is about Stock-”
I really don’t need to explain this again. There is a fantastic analysis of why this is absolute garbage, which you can find here (x)
I could keep going with the rebuttals, but I would be here for hours. Thus, I’ve only done the most popular/most common “criticisms”. These criticisms can easily be seen as false if one would just watch the films. Not saying that the princesses don’t have faults, but these most commonly mentioned ones are not them.
