What if Disney princesses were designed by leading fashion designers? Answer: they look very different.
http://www.vogue.com/13525735/disney-princess-paris-couture-spring-2017-gowns/

When am I getting married based on Disney?

https://www.buzzfeed.com/nikkif7/create-your-own-disney-life-and-well-tell-you-whe-exx0?utm_term=.jdN8N0Ojbr#.sn4XZbjepV
Apparently I get married at 45. Seems a little old, but I'll make it work. If anyone is curious, when people ask me what I want to be when I'm older I tell them I want to be Anna's husband, Dash's father, and stitch's "owner." Oh and the four of us are going to live in Motunui. Can't complain about any of that, I guess.

Disney Villains

No matter how much I hate the villain in movies, at the end of the day I recognize that without the villain there is no movie. There are a select few villains, as a matter of fact, that I can actually respect. By respect, I mean I don’t hate their guts *that much*. One of these villains in particular is Hades from the movie Hercules. My background knowledge on Greek mythology, combined with the background given to us during the movie allows me to feel a certain sense of sympathy for Hades. He is locked in the underworld with a bunch of dead people and he has nothing to do most of his day. This is all while his two other brothers sit atop Mount Olympus with very lavish lives. I can almost put myself in Hades shoes and feel the level of sadness and jealousy that he feels. However, the creators of the show did a good job making it so that I didn’t feel too sympathetic that I wanted him to triumph.

On the polar opposite end, there are many Disney villains who I can’t stand. Scar is one of these villains. His situation would be similar to Hades, but he has a far better life than Hades and he actually manages to murder his brother. As a child I hated scar as much as a little kid knows how to hate. That is why Simba’s eventual victory is just so darn amazing.

Getting away from specific villains, Disney, being the geniuses they are, portrays their villains in very calculated ways. One example, that isn’t necessarily unique to Disney, is the musical numbers that the villains sing. The villains’ songs tend to be very low pitched and spooky. Additionally, the scene/setting is usually very dark and ominous. To give a few examples: “Be Prepared” from The Lion King, “Prince Ali” from Aladdin, and “Friends on the Other Side” from Princess and the Frog. Another thing about Disney villains is that, because of their generally childish viewership, the villains tend to be on the older side. Its far easier for children to root against someone they have nothing in common with. This is in part shown by many of the female villains having gray or graying hair (e.g. Cruelle De Vil, Lady Tremaine, Ursula, etc.). Lastly, like villains from many stories, Disney villains tend to have the upper hand. Sometimes the villain is stronger, sometimes smarter, and many times the villain has some sort of super powers. But hey, everyone likes rooting for an underdog, right?

Introduction

Like most children in today’s society, Disney was a gigantic part of my childhood. From owning a Buzz Lightyear costume, to visiting Disney world in Orlando Florida, I took on the fandom with a full heart. At the time, the Disney movies were unbelievably entertaining. I loved watching Simba, Hercules, Mr. Incredible, and so many more of those heroes save the day. When Simba beats Scar I still jump out of my seat and go crazy. To be brutally honest, I loved the princess movies too; Cinderella, Princess Ariel, and (to get a little more recent) Elsa were all terrific characters with great story lines. Despite my fascination with Disney movies as a child, I still do not know most of the intricate underlying themes that make these movies so great. As a kid, I generally got the life lesson that the movies portrayed (i.e. Finding Nemo taught me to never give up hope, Beauty and the Beast taught me that true beauty lies within, etc.), but there is so much more to discover under the surface of these great films. That’s why I took this class: to delve deeper into the movies and characters I adore(d) so much. Also who wouldn’t want to take a writing class about Disney??

In this class, I hope to look into the pivotal characters within many different movies to analyze their personalities, relationships, decisions, motives, and so much more. I want to understand why each hero/princess was given the attributes they were and how each villain was crafted to perfectly counter their respective movie’s procrastinator. I also want to look into Walt Disney himself and evaluate how his belief system went into the Disney franchise. Walt Disney was a brilliant man to say the least, but he had his flaws and I’m curious to see if those showed up in any movies or even old school Disney cartoons.