#not that kuzco practically ever comes out at the parks anyway but

[riddlerosehearts]

listening to a podcast about the emperor's new groove/school and the host said that the height requirement to play kuzco at the parks is like 5'4" apparently. this is so funny to me like why is he so tiny

(<- is shorter than 5'4")

[kuzcoskingdom]

characters from the emperor's new groove appearing at the disney parks is very rare. i mostly just know there was once a stage show at disneyland paris that yzma and human kuzco appeared in (note to self: i should make a post about this stage show at some point), and that there have been other rare occasions when they or kronk have shown up. and i don't think pacha has ever shown up at the parks. but, i know that whenever those three have been around, they almost always look like this:

this photo is from the an event called the disney dreamers everywhere gala dinner show, also at disneyland paris, in 2013. llama kuzco was there too, actually, and in a green poncho, even!

in the first photo, you can see that kuzco, yzma, and kronk all aren't standard face characters. if they were walking out and about, they wouldn't be able to talk to you because they're wearing full body costumes and masks (i think these kinds of characters at the parks are usually called "fuzzies"). interestingly yzma and kronk have also appeared in the "villains tonight!" show that used to run on various disney cruise lines. it was a show that involved disney villains performing musical numbers from their movies, except yzma sang yzmopolis from the emperor's new school, making her song the only one to come from a tv show. i find it really interesting that they even included someone who didn't have a recognizable villain song from their movie, but anyway, in that she and kronk were just played by regular actors and looked like this:

and i don't know about anyone else, but i strongly prefer that to the first option. i don't care that they don't look 100% like the animated characters, because real people don't look 100% like the animated characters with their exaggerated proportions and face shapes--and i've seen some people speculate that that's the reason disney does this for some characters, but i just find it so weird because i can imagine that instead of feeling the "magic" of meeting kronk, i'd think it's way too obvious that he's just some guy in a mask if i saw the first person in real life! (though, i'm an adult, so i guess maybe kids would feel differently). and it's not done consistently--dr. facilier and captain hook have basically the same cartoonish, exaggerated face shape, but one is usually an actual face character and the other has a mask. the characters from big hero 6 literally just look like normal people, but they've appeared in the full body costumes and masks before. i dunno, i guess it probably also has something to do with practicality if certain characters are mostly only going to be at parades and shows, or other reasons i'm not thinking of. and, hey, beggars can't be choosers lol. i'd be incredibly happy to hear about the emperor's new groove characters appearing at the parks again no matter whether they were regular face characters or wearing the masks.

[siodymph]

Disney Femslash Request 1

Ok! So for the original plan was to start posting some of the requests I’ve been getting for day 7, "Free Day" but I got a little behind schedule. But anyways, here’s the first one from @horroraceman93 “Read your Disney Femslash Day! Can you do Tiana x Elsa, Esmeralda x Jasmine?”

Alrighty! Since you gave me two suggestions I decided to write about the four of them going on a double date! Also I hope you don’t mind but I also decided to make this a modern au. Thanks for the request and I hope you enjoy this!

(And it’s not too late to send in requests for this fan week to me! I’m happy to take any suggestions till my cut-off date, July 12th, tomorrow!)

And as normally you can read this story under the cut, or feel free to check it out on my AO3!

word count: 1315

Despite being the one to suggest this, Elsa found herself dreading the idea when the day of their double date finally came. The four of them had been a part of the same friend-groups for a while now and when Esmerelda and Jasmine found out that Elsa and her girlfriend Tiana were officially dating they’d been ecstatic.

And then Elsa just had to open her big mouth and suggest they all hang out together sometime.

Elsa groaned to herself, thinking about it, as she started getting ready for her date. It wasn’t even that she didn’t like going on dates, she loved being with Tiana and doing everything with her. And when she was in the mood she always liked meeting up with her friends, joining them in their shenanigans.

But the idea of a double date, now that she thought about it more and more, seemed to just beg fro trouble. Being alone with three people. And if things got awkward or wrong there was no way to escape to go talk to other people or be alone.

Honestly, it was the waiting that was doing her in now. Just sitting here thinking about it over and over, every way it could all go wrong. How she could mess things up and make them awkward.

Tiana was always better at this sort of thing. Elsa accredited it to her open personality, as well as all her experience as a waitress. She could pick up small talk effortlessly. Get people to open up, warm up to her. Sometimes Elsa liked to imagine she was the human embodiment of a campfire, being so inviting, bringing people together. She couldn’t help but envy that natural ease when it came to situations like this. Since she always ended up so uncomfortable, unsure what to say, unintentionally cold.

She tried to push that jealous feeling down and tried to reassure herself. Even if she sucked at starting conversations, Tiana would be there right by her side all night so she shouldn’t have to worry about struggling through small-talk or asking the wrong questions. And it wasn’t like she was going to hang out with people she hated. She actually really liked Jasmine and Esmeralda. They made a cute couple, and were always fun to be around. It would be ok. Tonight was going to be fine. And if it wasn’t then she and Tiana could make up some fake emergency to escape and come back home. Everything would be fine.

When she came out of her room she saw Tiana waiting on the couch, legs jiggling slightly as she scrolled through her phone. She had her hair pulled back and a button-up dress, the only thought that went through Elsa’s mind when she saw her was “adorable”. But she looked up from her phone when Elsa walked over, smiling.

“You ready to go?”

Elsa sighed, pulling her cardigan a little tighter around herself. “As I’ll ever be.”

Tiana frowned a little when she saw how distressed Elsa was internally. She made her way across the room and pulled her into a hug and quickly kissing her on the cheek. “It’ll be fine.”

“I hope so.” Elsa replied back reluctantly.

“Come on, this is going to be fun, you’ll see.”

Together, hand in hand they locked up their apartment and made their way down to the parking garage to go out on their double date.

~~~

Jasmine forced herself to breath steadily as she put on her make-up. It was something she normally enjoyed doing but right now she couldn’t help but feel nervous.

This would be the first time in a while she and Es went on a double date. And even while the idea seemed fun, Jasmine found herself worrying about the people they were hanging out with tonight. She always liked being around Tiana, she seemed sweet, and certainly someone interesting to talk to. But she’d never gotten along super well with Tiana’s girlfriend, Elsa. Elsa always seemed so shy and standoffish. She barely knew her even after being in the same friend group for several years now. She couldn’t think of a single moment she’d ever been alone with her.

She heard her bedroom door open behind her but Jasmine didn’t turn around to see, she already knew who it was.

“Hey babe, almost ready?”

Jasmine smiled towards her mirror. She could see Esmeralda in its reflection, walking through her room and sitting on her bed. She was wearing a green sundress with a jean jacket and brown leather flats. Practical, one might even say simple, but like everything she did it seemed elegant and effortless.

She found her voice as she focused back on herself, putting on her eyeliner with a hand steady enough to do open heart surgery. “Almost. Just need to finish up my eyes and grab some shoes.”

When she finished her eyeliner in two curled wings, she took a moment to admire her work. Well, at least if everything went horrendously tonight her eyes would be still flawless.

As she got up to look for the boots she’d left out for tonight, she spoke over her shoulder to her girlfriend.

“So what do you think? Of Tiana and that Elsa girl?”

Es shrugged, falling back onto Jasmine’s bed and kicking her feet up into the air. “Personally, I love Tiana to pieces. But I’m not too sure what to think of her new girlfriend. She seemed really quiet.”

“Yeah that’s what I was thinking.” Jasmine agreed, flopping down on the bed next to her girlfriend and going about unlacing her shoes and tugging them on one at a time. “I don’t think I’ve ever heard her speak until Kuzco’s party last week.”

“It was pretty nice of her to suggest hanging out together though. Maybe after tonight we’ll get to know her a little better.” Esmerelda offered.

Jasmine couldn’t help but find her girlfriend was right. She was always great at perspective stuff like that, knowing when to look at the big picture and when zoom in on a few small details. And hopefully having Esmeralda there by her side would make tonight more bearable. Help her keep her patience if anything started to feel weird, help keep Jasmine from saying anything stupid or unintentionally mean that might ruin the night. In the time the two had been together Esmeralda had become an unofficial censor for Jasmine sometimes.

And she was right, the only thing they could really do tonight was learn more about who Elsa was. And seeing how Tiana was so happy with her obviously meant she probably wasn’t someone rude or unbearable to be around. Hopefully.

When she finally re-laced her boots there was no more reasons to procrastinate. She offered her girlfriend a hand and quickly yanked her up off the bed and onto her feet. And together they locked up their home and went out for their double date.

~~~

Hours later the four of them were laughing over ice cream, sitting on a park bench, watching the sun set over the cityscape as Elsa recounted some stories about her little sister.

Tonight was going wonderfully, the four of them had been able to just sit down and talk for hours. And yet when times came where they all couldn’t think of new things to say, it didn’t feel tense or wrong. It just happened. Something that especially shocked Jasmine who usually hated silence.

And instead of making up half-baked excuses to go home, both couple found that they actually wanted to stay out longer. Esmeralda suggested going out exploring the downtown area, soaking up the night life. And despite her own insecurities about the idea, Elsa found she wanted to give it a try. Wanted to keep hanging out with these two with her girlfriend. Wanted to see where this night might take them all.