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Good post good post good post good post!!

And perfect timing with this one, I’m so glad the Barbie movie has made everyone reminisce on all the animated ones. I’ve watched (almost) every single one, at least once by myself and then again as my sister grew up, so they’re all very close to my heart. <3 Princess and the Pauper was always my favorite, I think because she reminded me of myself and I loved her dress. The movie came out the year I was born but I also distinctly remembering watching at least a one of the series on VHS lol

I offer zero critiques of assigning these movies to them, they’re all perfect! I’d like to think that Rosa would want to have some ‘background info’ before going to the Barbie movie (I know it’s 2030ish but…eh) and the NXX does that thing where they all insist they accompany her. So, on a MUCH less serious note:

Artem pays careful attention because he is a film bro (but also that type of dad who would memorize the lore of his daughters’ fav media for playtime and discussion). Is evaluating the changes made from the source material, if applicable.

Luke has already seen multiple of these but would watch them a million times over for Rosa, also heavily invested. He rates the male love interests on their worthiness for the various Barbie variations. Recreates the questionable fighting with ribbons and fans from the Three Musketeers movie

Marius talks throughout the whole thing because that’s how he operates, yells at/for the characters, looks up the collectibility of limited edition dolls and is on eBay considering his options. Something in my brain is saying ‘Preminger’ but I don’t know how this relates to him.

Vyn is enjoying himself much more than expected, and heartily appreciates the occasional bit of witty dialogue, because trust me, it’s definitely there! I’m hoping the humor would still hold up to the standard I kept it at when I was little, but from the edits I saw on YouTube a while back,,.. at least some of it does (¯ ³¯)♡

(and to @theres-a-bea I must offer you NXX charm school. this post is catering to you specifically heheehe)

MC/Rosa sits the NXX Investigation Team down to binge watch a series of Barbie movies and then asks which was their favorite:

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Luke: Barbie: Princess Charm School AND/OR Barbie as the Island Princess (to be separated from your place of birth and return years later, changed)

Princess Charm School

Because he laughs out loud every time Portia is on screen. The meme potential of most things in the film delights him

Also, the whole missing princess plot genuinely interests him. MC is telling him there's an assassination cover-up in a Barbie movie? Iiiinteresting.

You know that one scene where Blair and friends have to escape from a locked room using their skills and memory? That's his favorite part.

He likes the friendship and espionage and drama and fantasy political discussion. Also, there's a golden retriever.

The Island Princess

There is something that he relates to in a girl who is lost somewhere for years. Especially when she eventually makes it back to civilization, and finds how different it is -- and realizes how different she is, and how in the end, she still finds the people she lost so long ago.

And those people from years ago recognize her, and they remember her, and they still accept her for who she is even though she is now a different person to the one they lost.

(And she talks to animals, too, but Luke thinks that Peanut counts.)

Artem: Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper (oh to be loved just for who you are)

The message about being accepted for who you are and not the place you are born into hits different for him because so many only see him as that perfect, untouchable lawyer (and bonus points if they recognize him as Bryan Wing's son)

The ballad between Erika and Dominick is so Artem-coded. "In my heart I'd be glad / If you loved me for me" and "Hope will blossom by believing / The heart that lies within"? The lines strike him like an arrow to the chest

In a way, both main couples remind him of the difference in stations between him and MC -- him as a senior attorney and her still yet to take her senior exams

There is a cat. That barks.

He also sees part of himself in Julian because of the quiet leader aspects (and the beatboxing scene in the credits. He almost fell out of his chair when he saw that.)

Vyn: Barbie and the Magic of Pegasus (because horses and sass)

Vyn actually also likes The Princess and the Pauper, but Artem already took that and of course he can never be seen agreeing with Artem, so he slots that into second place and puts another film above it in his ranking

And the movie with that honor is the pegasus one

A member of royalty feeling limited by her parents? The amount of sass and banter in the film between Annika and Aidan? Vyn finds these qualities to be quite charming

He's not sure how he feels about the polar bear with the strangely long eyelashes. He's grateful that it doesn't talk, at the very least.

There are flying horses and sure, maybe the main flying horse is related to the protagonist, but haven't all nobles wished at least once for horses to be able to talk back to them at least once in their childhood?

Marius: Barbie as Rapunzel AND/OR Barbie in the Twelve Dancing Princesses (magic paintbrushes, siblings, and self-expression)

Rapunzel

Part of how much Marius enjoys Rapunzel is because of the wonder that is so prevalent in the film. He does kind of wish he had a magic paintbrush like the one in the movie, but he's also content with enjoying the process of the artwork that he makes.

The fairytale adaptation reminds him of his own childhood when he had spent many hours reading through storybooks.

There is something about being trapped in a small space that disturbs him. It makes him root for Rapunzel.

He's also very satisfied with the way the villain meets her end.

The Twelve Dancing Princesses

Marius finds the music very charming in this one

But there's also: the haunting presence of a dead mom and how her love for them is made clear in what she left for her daughters, and an alive father who means well but does not necessarily always make the right actions

There is the value of self-expression, of refusing to conform to what an overbearing power insists on -- but there's also teamwork and taking responsibility and acting on what one believes to be right

Marius doesn't know anything about having eleven other siblings, but having one is enough to relate to the sisters' bond (especially between Genevieve and Lacey. Hasn't Giann been a Genevieve to him countless times when he was young?).

On the whole, the NXX Investigation Team has more fun than they may have first expected. That's team bonding for you :D