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so, first off, kida is fucking awesome. right? i don’t need to remind yall about that. BUT. anybody else remember her mom? how she saw her mom die? any other disney princess would turn it into their life story, being all “oH WOE IS ME MY MOTHER IS GONE AND ITS BEEN 20 YEARS AND I STILL CANT GET OVER HOW IT WAS MY FAULT—”

Kida barely even mentions it.

sure, she brings it up for a second with Milo, but that’s only because it related to what they were talking about and she never talked about it again.

why? BECAUSE SHE WAS STRONG ENOUGH TO GET OVER IT AND MOVE ON WITH HER LIFE AND BECAME A BADASS SCAVENGER FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS.

also, combat.

most of the time, Disney introduces princesses who fight, with weapons in every corner of their room, wearing armor 24/7, having a sword on their back at all times, angsty and will challenge anyone, and yadda yadda yadda—you get the picture.

Not Kida.

no, she looks like almost EVERY OTHER WOMAN IN THE CITY and IF SHE NEEDS TO GO INTO COMBAT MODE SHE DOESNT THROW ON A SUIT OR A CLOAK, SHE JUST GOES IN AND DOES WHAT SHE HAS TO, NO OVERKILL NEEDED.

and with that, she was smart enough to know who was an enemy and who was an ally.

she got attached to Milo because when she looked through his stuff, she found no weapons. instead, she found a picture of his grandfather, which she seemed interested in, and concluded that he couldn’t be hostile if he wanted a memento of his relative.

same thing when she was trying to get to know the rest of the crew. when she first came in contact with them, when they were all together, she was a bit aggressive and suspicious, which was totally understandable. then, when she could communicate with them, and saw their excitement, she believed that they were allies too. later on, with Milo, when she was asking him questions about his group, she was asking him personality traits. she wanted to be sure that she could trust the rest of them. then finally, later on, she opened up to Milo about how Atlantis was dying. she could’ve let him be in the dark about their situation, but she was thinking about her country. and, she was smart enough to ask Milo for help to read Atlantian for her. she needed answers and she was smart enough to know that she needed help to get them.

another thing, her relationship with Milo wasn’t romantic. she didn’t need a man. they were really good friends, which is a rare thing in Disney. Milo only stayed behind because he wanted to be there for Kida, because i mean, come on. she could use some backup right now. her dad had just barely died and she was tossed onto the throne after being a part of the crystal, and after saving Atlantis from a fucking volcanic eruption. after that, yeah, she might need some stabilization.

but she and Milo weren’t dating, they didn’t have a “thing” going or anything, and they certainly weren’t in a romantic relationship.

also, she was a goddamn goddess when she became a part of the crystal.

BUT.

anyone remember what her dad said about it?

how almost nobody makes it back out?

SHE FUCKING DEFIED THE DIETY INSIDE THAT THING AND CAME BACK OUT OF IT WITH THE BRACELET HER MOM TOOK BY ACCIDENT.

LEMME SAY THAT AGAIN, SHE DID EITHER WHAT HASNT BEEN DONE BEFORE OR WHAT BARELY EVER HAPPENED AND EVEN TOOK WITH HER A PIECE OF JEWELRY.

so yeah, Kida is the most badass princess Disney ever made.

Maleficent is certainly someone you wouldn’t want at a party, but she’s also someone powerful enough that only a fool would ever dare treat her with such blatant disrespect. The only way the King and Queen could possibly have gotten away with not inviting Maleficent was to not invite any of the fairies at all; inviting the other fairies and excluding her is explicitly taking sides in the conflict between the fairy factions.

Which means they made themselves her sworn enemies, and she responded by treating them as such from then on. If you actually get into analyzing the social dynamics of the scene, it’s very clear that Maleficent was willing to show mercy at first by giving the King and Queen a chance to apologize for their disrespect to her. She doesn’t curse Aurora until after she gives them that chance and they throw it back in her face with further disrespect.

and bam, medieval fairies social dynamics.