(photo via tumbledore) Ok, time out.  This is just some goober trying to come off as a creative thinker at the risk of ruining the disney princesses reputations.  Totally selfish.  Here’s the deal. Belle doesn’t save the Beast with her beauty.  She saves him by TRUE LOVE, dude!  And that’s because she is compassionate enough to see beyond the beast.  It’s precisely because her beauty isn’t only skin-deep & because she isn’t a shallow character that the story prevails.  Then we’ve got Cinderella.  Homegirl is “real” and that’s what separates her from all the other pretty ninnypoops at the ball.  It’s her down-to-earth nature and natural charm that wins the Prince (the former likely being a derivative of her “hard work” you mention here); I’ve seen plenty of versions of this story and there are always fine bitches roaming about that ball so don’t you tell me it’s just because she was pretty.  And isn’t Jasmine supposed to be the staunch feminist of the group?  She’s outspoken, wears men’s clothes, isn’t even into the whole marriage thing (except for when she falls in luuurve), and attempts to cut out her own path rather than simply follow the one society’s set for her (choosing individuality & personal happiness over security & fortune.)  I just have to back up my girls on this one.

(photo via tumbledore)

Ok, time out.  This is just some goober trying to come off as a creative thinker at the risk of ruining the disney princesses reputations.  Totally selfish.  Here’s the deal. Belle doesn’t save the Beast with her beauty.  She saves him by TRUE LOVE, dude!  And that’s because she is compassionate enough to see beyond the beast.  It’s precisely because her beauty isn’t only skin-deep & because she isn’t a shallow character that the story prevails.  Then we’ve got Cinderella.  Homegirl is “real” and that’s what separates her from all the other pretty ninnypoops at the ball.  It’s her down-to-earth nature and natural charm that wins the Prince (the former likely being a derivative of her “hard work” you mention here); I’ve seen plenty of versions of this story and there are always fine bitches roaming about that ball so don’t you tell me it’s just because she was pretty.  And isn’t Jasmine supposed to be the staunch feminist of the group?  She’s outspoken, wears men’s clothes, isn’t even into the whole marriage thing (except for when she falls in luuurve), and attempts to cut out her own path rather than simply follow the one society’s set for her (choosing individuality & personal happiness over security & fortune.)  I just have to back up my girls on this one.