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1st prize - @nadalesalagost

-A pic of your two people of choice smooching it out!

2nd prize - @owlbearz

-A halfbody colored sketch of the character of your choice!

Congratulations to the winners and thank you everybody for your support! c:

The beautiful Saminah for the first winner of my art giveaway (who has the patience of a saint)  @owlbearz ! Thank you for having such a wonderful character!

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Who’s your favorite Disney princess? Belle. Rapunzel is runner-up, Cinderella honorable mention.

Who’s your favorite not-princess Disney character? Jane from Tarzan!

What Disney location would you want to live in? DEFINITELY the Beauty and the Beast magical version of difficult-to-pinpoint-time-period-in-France that’s supposedly 1770s but evokes a lot of medieval/Renaissance styles. Heck yes. Orrrrrrrrrrr Corona from Tangled, it’s lovely and really evokes a lot of the aesthetic I adore both architecturally and in nature.

Which Disney character would you date? Honestly? Probably Prince Philip. He’s straightforward, pleasant, knows what he wants, is determined, hopeful, righteous, good-lookin’, I just love him. Options I also considered include The Beast, Aladdin, and Flynn Rider, but like......I’m real tired of women having to be “the answer” to men’s maturity/emotional problems so like...no. 

Which Disney character would you MURDER? Claude Frollo.

What Disney character is most underappreciated? Probably Nani from Lilo & Stitch. She’s incredible and deserves everything.

What’s your favorite Disney spell? Ssssssppppelllll specifically? Or just magic in general? Probably Cinderella’s summoning of her fairy godmother - the fact that this incredibly optimistic character finally expressed her fears and hopelessness, and that’s what allowed for the embodiment of her hope and faith to appear. OR Rapunzel’s Flower Gleam and Glow.

Is there any Disney movie you would significantly change the plot of? how & why? Frozen. In….so many ways. So many seeds of meaningful ideas and themes that weren’t given the proper attention or treatment, or that were covered with the Disney Franchise Glaze. Primarily I’d scramble it for thematic clarity. Give it a more wild and dangerous air, make clear that the “well-intentioned parents” were abusive, and - even though cartoons don’t exactly need complete comprehensiveness and internally consistent logic, there needs to be SOME. Songs like the “Life’s Too Short” that were cut had great themes showing the sisters being resentful and angry, the tune was kinda not my jam but the emotions portrayed were really important, imo. Basically let the women be angry and let that be okay. Show more sensitivity to the indigenous cultures of the area and bring them into the production team if they wanted, or if they DIDN’T, don’t use bits and pieces of their culture.

What’s your scariest Disney moment? Claude Frollo chasing Quasimodo’s mom at the beginning of Hunchback of Notre Dame.

Your top 5 Disney songs? Okay, we’re going to have to split this into sung and instrumental because I literally cannot go without mentioning the Disney instrumental scores!!!!!!!!!

Instrumental:

Prologue from Beauty and the Beast - ‘nuff said!

West Wing from Beauty and the Beast - especially that first minute and thirty seconds or so. Exquisite.

Transformation from Beauty and the Beast

Waiting For The Lights from Tangled - This one is so tender to me

This Land from The Lion King - because how can you not.  

Ugh also so many others I considered? Soundtracks to Mulan, Tarzan

Songs:(in no particular order)

“Know Who You Are” from Moana. It speaks so perfectly to the acknowledgment and recovery that goes with feminine rage and pain...emotions!

“Evermore” from the live action Beauty and the Beast...like the live action movie, imo, this song has parts that are a little...awkward? But the way it resonates with the loss of my mom is too real.

“Out There” from Hunchback of Notre Dame. Such beautiful, optimistic yearning, coming from a place of pain and oppression.

“I See The Light” from Tangled - but I almost always include the instrumental track listed above immediately preceding it when I listen.

“So This Is Love” from Cinderella. I don’t speak French, but I often sing the french translation to myself as well.

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