saintfighteraqua
My Childhood in Oz
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A place to collect my favorite Oz stuff.
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saintfighteraqua · 8 days ago
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saintfighteraqua · 6 months ago
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In the Original Beauty & the Beast, the story is about sacrificial love. In the Live Action, it’s about freedom. One is fundamentally selfless, the other is not.
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In the Original The Little Mermaid, Ariel is willing to sacrifice everything to go where she is understood (by Eric.) In the Live Action, Ariel is willing to sacrifice a few things to go where she can explore some more. Another “let’s change the main theme from love to freedom.”
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In the Original Mulan, Mulan left her family to save her father and prove she could do things right—when all along, her father loved her regardless of how well she performed. In the Live Action, Mulan left her family to save her father—even though all along she had chi superpowers that she was dying to use anyway. Once more, the remake subtly shifts so that the main character values something within themself, taking the spotlight off of sacrificial love.
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In the Original Aladdin, Jasmine teaches Aladdin trust. In the Live Action, Jasmine teaches Aladdin nothing because she’s busy wanting to be Sultan.
What I’m saying is, it used to be enough for female characters to have actual character and integrity, and their stories highlighted those aspects of their nature. Then every other character in the movie learns from or changes because of the Princess’ heart. Nowadays, her character is not powerful. It’s what she does, what she forces and fights her way into, that is focused on—usually to the detriment of all the other characters around her.
In Aladdin, the main character does not believe anyone will see him for who he really is and still choose him. He doesn’t trust anyone in Agrabah to love him the way he is. But when Jasmine first meets him, she trusts him. When she sees him again as a suitor, she trusts him again, despite knowing he lied to her. When he is faced with the reality that he, not Jasmine, has to be Sultan, that’s when he wakes up and realizes that not only does he have to trust Jasmine with the truth, but he can trust her with the truth the way she trusts him.
In Beauty and the Beast, the Beast starts out hopeless and brutal, and then gains hope. Not because Belle talks him into it with powerful-woman speeches or savage one-liners. Not because she hunts down the Enchantress and defeats her, breaking the spell. But because the Beast witnesses that Belle is the kind of woman who’s love and compassion would give up freedom. He’s betting that kind of love can break his curse, even though he started the movie with “who could ever learn to love a Beast?” And then her continued love for him teaches him how to love her, sacrificially.
In The Little Mermaid, Ariel sacrifices her tail and her safety to have a chance at being with Eric—because she knows she understands him, and he can understand her. That, in turn, reinforces Eric’s one big character trait: he believes in the idea of “the right girl” and when he learns that Ariel is a mermaid who saved his life, he sacrifices his life and safety for her, too.
I can go on and on.
My point is: If you’re a Princess in a Remake, you make decisions based on what you want, not on what you love.
Unless you’re Cinderella.
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saintfighteraqua · 3 years ago
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Just caught this! #shinypidove #shinyunfezant #shinytranquill #shinypokemon #pokemongo (at Bristol, Virginia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CaDFWTQuMbq/?utm_medium=tumblr
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saintfighteraqua · 3 years ago
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My first walk this year and I found this! #shinypokemon #shinyaggron #shinylairon #shinyaron #pokemongo (at Bristol, Virginia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CaA3IT5Lgbw/?utm_medium=tumblr
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saintfighteraqua · 3 years ago
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#shinypokemon #shinyhippopotas #pokemongo (at Bristol, Virginia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CZv_0ZouFNX/?utm_medium=tumblr
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saintfighteraqua · 3 years ago
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It's a beautiful night on the last night of Summer. #lastnightofsummer #moon (at Bristol, Virginia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CUG7sxxLfaS/?utm_medium=tumblr
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saintfighteraqua · 3 years ago
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#4leafclover #fourleafclover (at Bristol, Virginia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CTdGA2XrW8y/?utm_medium=tumblr
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saintfighteraqua · 3 years ago
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#4leafclover #fourleafclover (at Bristol, Virginia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CTYBGtrDtBG/?utm_medium=tumblr
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saintfighteraqua · 3 years ago
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#4leafclover #fourleafclover https://www.instagram.com/p/CTKtHZDrkz4/?utm_medium=tumblr
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saintfighteraqua · 3 years ago
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#4leafclover #fourleafclover (at Bristol, Virginia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CTGLVTxrTcj/?utm_medium=tumblr
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saintfighteraqua · 3 years ago
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In Limestone at Davy Crockett's birth place #davycrockett (at Limestone, Tennessee) https://www.instagram.com/p/CSSEMp1LQwv/?utm_medium=tumblr
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saintfighteraqua · 3 years ago
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Just hatched him #shinypokemon #shinywynaut #pokemon go https://www.instagram.com/p/CRh3yw8rwiM/?utm_medium=tumblr
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saintfighteraqua · 3 years ago
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#shinymudkip #shiny #mudkip #shinypokemon #pokemongo https://www.instagram.com/p/CRAA_Q0LPE1/?utm_medium=tumblr
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saintfighteraqua · 3 years ago
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#fourleafclover #4leafclover https://www.instagram.com/p/CQ9OIXlLu8t/?utm_medium=tumblr
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saintfighteraqua · 3 years ago
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From a few days ago. #4leafclover #fourleafclover (at Bristol, Virginia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQ5Ct6fLUa3/?utm_medium=tumblr
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saintfighteraqua · 3 years ago
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Found Sunday #4leafclover #fourleafclover https://www.instagram.com/p/CQbgSO3LzUQ/?utm_medium=tumblr
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saintfighteraqua · 3 years ago
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#4leafclover #5leafclover #fourleafclover #fiveleafclover https://www.instagram.com/p/CPO_NGyruoI/?utm_medium=tumblr
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