#Disneys wish sucked

[pinkfox02]

Here me out again here

So for those who have seen atleast Nimona and know that Disney technically had Nimona for a wile after they bought Blue Sky studio... I couldn't help but notice the vary clear art similaritys and considering how long it takes to make an animated movie im pritty sure that Disney just copied the art style of Nimona for Wish.

[taddylonglegs]

The way she places a tender hand on his shoulder and asks him to put the book down

The way his expression softens when looking at her and he obeys without question.

They're so in love gaaahhh.

[pickypickypeak]

I’m still baffled by how the ultimate magnifico defense argument aka one of the biggest wish complaints is “I don’t care what the movie says I can’t believe this cutie is a villain🥰🥰 there’s not a single bad thought behind those cute eyes he’s just misunderstood poor meow meow🥺🥺” you wouldn’t have survived 2010’s disney do these look like bad guys to you

[toonsforkicks22]

if the digital circus sang the reprise of “This Wish”, would it be better?

So much better.

Also happy anniversary to this terrible movie. Magnifico deserved better. Magnifico was the REAL hero.

Audio is from my favorite Wish bashing video Wish is Everything Wrong with Disney (YT: mangawriter)

[cocoapowderpictures]

And so the saga of crippling Starboy angst drawings continues (this is my way of coping with art block)!

This time I did a panel redraw from one of @uva124’s comics for their Wish Rewrite AU (linked below).

They have a bunch of other super cool drawing so I totally recommend checking them out!! Here is the OG panned made by @uva124 !

And while I’m still here, here is a random doodle of @your-ne1ghbor’s Magnifico for their AU that I made a month ago (I’m in love with his design, he looks so unhinged 😂. What an icon.)

[signed-sapphire]

@annymation I finally finished it!

(What I’m referring to is this post, where I asked Anny what pose or outfit she’d like to see me draw any of the KOW cast in)

Designs for Queen Amable and King Magnifico by @uva124! Reference picture and flat colours below the cut!

[wings-of-sapphire]

Hi, I love your Wish rewrite so much that I want to do a fanart. Is there any design for them or references to inspire by them?

Asjsksjaks I wrote a whole-ass essay responding to this but it got deleted so here it is again

First of all— thank you so much! Please tag me when you finish it, you’ll be my favorite person ever

Now I assume you mean Asha and Star inspo. They’re under a cut because I really delved into this lmao

Asha

For our favorite princess, I see Asha basically the same, but with a lot fancier accessories and outfits. In her concept design, she had lots of jewelry and beads in her hair and on her dress inspired by Moroccan and Amazigh fashion:

And then a fancy dress worthy of a princess. She’s supposed to be commoner now, but her concept art had some pretty dresses

Ahaksjaksjs sorry for the shitty quality this was the only photo I could find

Some other dress designs I loved:

@puertoricanbelle

They made this as a final transformation outfit which, honestly, I love. It’s giving Ariel’s final dress, but mixed with Queen vibes and tbh in the movie I expected a transformation dress rather than just sparkles hajsksjs @ghostguts

Like??? She’s a princess so she has the royal colors??? Idk what it is I just love this

THIS DESIGN below I believe is made by @hoaxghost, but—

Lookit??? Not too formal not too common, gold accents and rings and the silhouette of the dress isn’t just like Rapunzel’s but has dimension and tassels and sleeves and nose is not a cute button which I think is reminiscent of Amaya and Magnifico, them being her parents in this rewrite. The concept art picture I showed also showed her with a bit of a longer nose which I like

(Also I feel like they lightened the royal couple’s skin in the movie? Or is it just me?)

Star

I also looked at the concept art for Starboy

^something like the one right above, I think But I also adored @kiiwiibun’s design of Star

I think in my rewrite I even added how Star has a dark teal half-cape thing like they drew!

I do imagine Star to have a constant glow, since he’s, you know, a star. But whether it’s from his skin, his hair, etc, you can decide! You basically have lots of wiggle room for this since I don’t have a design fully locked down yet. And hey, maybe you’ll create the “canon” looks for this Wish rewrite!

(Ps if any of the people I tagged want me to remove their art please let me know and I’ll do it right away— also is anyone knows who made that last Asha dress redesign please tell me too so I can tell them I love them)

💜💛

[blackfilmmakers]

“Learning more from our cultural consultant Dr. Aomar Boum about the cultural traditions of the Amazigh people in North Africa, including their history of braiding and ornamenting long hair, inspired me to explore a box braids hairstyle for Asha.” -Bill Schwab

So y’all choose to showcase all this “research” by:

1) Ended up not giving Asha any hair ornaments, and a chance to give her a unique and distinct design that helps best represent her culture

2) Choosing micro “box braids” of all afro-based hairstyles to give to Asha, despite the fact that box braids wouldn’t even look like whatever y’all gave Asha. For one thing that particular style takes a lot of time and a lot of hair and a lot of work, all of which Asha would not have, nor do I think that’s even her character. It’s also not a common hairstyle people from North Africa would wear at this time. If they did it’s usually in 2-10 braids

3) Design said box braids in the movie in a way where it’s hard to tell whether they are braids or twists, and honestly I think they do a bit of both. Doesn't help their animation makes everything look muddy, so you really have a hard time telling. And no it's not because of poor YouTube quality, we've seen Disney provide us official screenshots from the movie, it just looks that bad. One side of her hair aren't even box braids, they are clearly cornrows. Not that we don't mix box braids and cornrows into our hair sometimes, but it's obvious yall just didn't care to make the distinction. Here's a hint to recognize box braids: they are parted in "box" sections

4)Making it seem like black hair is stiff and lifeless despite all the movement Asha be doing. There are plenty of references of black girls dancing with their braids yknow, moving. They couldn’t look at any references?

“It’s a fantasy it’s not meant to be accurate” ok then don’t bother consulting with anthropologists on this subject then. Don’t boast how much “research” you guys do only to show that’s not the case and you don’t even listen to the experts. Not that listening to one person is enough. You’re representing a group of people that hardly gets media coverage other than “bad desert brown person”. But I guess that's fitting Disney shows how little they care looking st the genocides they supporting

[elwayken]

The way that Disney’s “This Is The Thanks I Get?!” was almost good. Had they worked on it a little harder it would have been amazing.

[icekingofhope]

so I had a hard time figuring out how to draw star boy until I found out the deleted scenes and he just give me major wukong vibes so I basically went with the style

basically my version of starboy is that he is a trickster god which is why he shapeshifts and has magic basically I like to thing he is in charge of all the wishes but since wishes were being granted by magnifico no one made a wish up to the sky asking him pleading him to have a wish granted so he couldn’t do his job and he thought they all forgot about him but then he hears a plea a girl making a wish to the stars

which he decided this shall be a grand new adventure he goes down to earth for the first time and meets Asha and her pet goat Valentino

[beatleswings]

Don Flamenco and King Magnifico (Wish) have the same Spain Spanish VA so...I had to draw this.

[zozmablitzarr]

“at all costs” was definitely written to be a duet between amaya and magnifico. “you still amaze me after all this time” does not sound like a lyric asha and star boy would sing to each other, since in the context of the film, they would’ve just met.

what’s insane is they totally could’ve kept the song in the film, since amaya and magnifico are portrayed for like 2/3’s of the movie as a couple who loves and cherishes each other.

why did they have to change it to be a confudled duet between asha and magnifico that makes no sense and has no bearing on the plot???

jfc disney sucks at storytelling.

[verdantmeadows]

Asha from "Wish" is not Afro-Latina, and I have no idea why people and news outlets are claiming that she is Afro-Latina representation/canonically Afro-Latina.

She is not Afro-Latina. Yes, she absolutely is African and she is hispanic, but hispanic =/= latine. But it absolutely breaks my heart to see people claiming Afro-Latina representation and praising Disney for this when there she is not Afro-Latina representation.

These are all of the countries where someone could be from and be Latino/e, AKA, Latin America.

"Wish" takes place on an island in the Mediterranean Sea, which is a sea nestled between primarily Europe and Africa. The kingdom that Wish takes place in is a Hispanic country. Hispanic is commonly mistaken as synonymous with Latino/e, but it absolutely isn't. Hispanic can be related to Latino/e, but all it means is from or related to countries/regions that speak Spanish or are connected to Spain. All it really means, at its core, is "Spanish-speaking".

This is why a huge country like Brazil is a Latino/e /Latin American country but NOT Hispanic, despite nearly all other countries in Latin America being both Hispanic and Latino/e

The Mediterranean is not a Latino/e region. It isn't even remotely close to Latin America.

Now, could she have emigrated from Latin America? I mean, sure, possibly, but actually no. Her parents are explicitly confirmed to be from the Iberian Peninsula and North Africa. Both of which are regions that are part of/touching the Mediterranean Sea region.

For those unaware, this is the Iberian Peninsula:

It is a region that includes places such as Spain and Portugal, as well as many other countries, regions, and territories.

It is explicitly confirmed that her parents are from North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula here:

If it's hard to read, the text on the image says:

"Asha is a beautiful character with a mother from North Africa and a late father from the Iberian Peninsula, so her features reflect her heritage. Learning more from our cultural consultant Dr. Aomar Boum about the cultural traditions of the Amazigh people in North Africa, including their history of braiding and ornamenting long hair, inspired me to explore a box braids hairstyle for Asha. - Bill Schwab, ART DIRECTOR, CHARACTER"

Note: Amazigh is not a typo of amazing (it may come across that way if you're using a screenreader, as "amazing people" in this context makes sense). The Amazigh people are indigenous inhabitants of North Africa.

That's all I have to say, but it just bothers me that people refer to her as Afro-Latina, which is an entirely different cultural experience and heritage than hers, which is being from the Iberian Peninsula and North African (Amazigh). (Another note: I do not say "Iberian" as that refers to a group of people that settled in the region a few thousand years ago). I wish she was celebrated for representing the regions she represents rather than falsely for representing a region that's on an entirely different continent.

To be clear, I think headcanoning her as whatever you want is absolutely valid. I'm not saying any of this because I am against representation. I am saying all of this because it is an objectively wrong fact and misinformation that contributes to people misunderstanding what Latino/e and Hispanic mean/are. I would love to have an Afro-Latina Disney Princess, but she isn't one. However, if you want Afro-Latino/e representation in Disney, I highly recommend "Encanto"!

[becauseimrichandican]

I am just SO tired of all the hate and insane conspiracy theories against this movie. It’s just a fun little nod back to the classic Disney movies. You all just hate joy.

[lu9]

i wish this lil dude was in a better movie

[krytus]

you are god's perfect little angel (you exist only to be his executioner protector bestfriend). you are god's only line of defense and when you kill its for him. only ever for him. but then he gets betrayed (you get betrayed) and you expected it and you are not surprised and you are going to lose but you fight anyways. because thats your purpose. because all you need to do is protect your god and that comes in the form of sacrificing yourself so he can escape. and you kill for him. and you think you will be killed for him. but you are not. even dead you will be god's perfect angel so thats not allowed to be your fate. the idea of you is killed but you remain in a state of corruption with the only escape being to renounce god. you will not do that. you cannot do that. he is god. so you carry on (broken) (corrupted) (alive) (full of hope) (full of rage) and then you see another of god's angels (who has fallen now to the devil's temptation) who was fixed and perfected and is so hard to look at. and you think you want to kill him not for your god. for you. his death doesnt help anyone. it doesnt help you. it wont fix you. you want to kill him anyways. he watched you die and now you have to watch him die. you need it. god is dead and you need it.