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sky-ivylight · 2 years ago

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okayokayokay... hear me out. Barbie Fairytopia AU where everything is the same, except the necklace the Enchantress gave Elina didn't give her wings, she instead got the power of Magic Footsteps.

[ID: a digital art sketch of the characters Dandelion and Elina from Barbie Fairytopia running/flying through a field of flowers. Dandelion is a slender fairy with long pigtails, a skirt made of dandelion fluff and petals, and pixie wings fluttering behind her, orange and white sparkles trailing behind her as she flies excitedly by Elina. Elina is a taller, likewise slender fairy but, diverging from canon, she doesn't have wings and is instead running on glittering, magical, platforms that appear wherever she steps, while Dandelion flies beside her. She's wearing a dress with a layered, rose-petal skirt, with a sleeveless top with two petal-like decorations that trail off her shoulders. Her hair is in a low bun. The two are looking at each other and smiling. /END ID]

#my friend and I have been watching through the barbie catalogue (in part bc I didn't grow up with these movies also bc they're a vibe)#the fairytopia movies are near and dear to me as a disabled person like that first movie hits HARD #and I do love the franchise but also just. i feel in my bones that it would be so much more powerful if she didn't get wings #like the whole lesson was that she was special with or without wings and at the end with the 'I DON'T NEED YOUR WINGS LAVERNA' like yknow #and as a disability metaphor it kinda like.... oof ouch my heart my bones my soul my credit card my IP address #so i just think it'd be cool if rather than getting wings she got essentially a mobility aid and she'd still need help to get around #bc her disability hasn't vanished but it's easier to get around (which is the purpose of an aid)#it would be a great way to normalize that stuff for kids while also giving Elina like power upgrades #and then we got to see Fairytopia become more accessible throughout the rest of the movies #idk just my thoughts asldkjf #just doodlin #sky art #sky chats #not wordgirl #described images #barbie #barbie fanart #barbie fairytopia #barbie fairytopia au

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