Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24271102-20140708113642/@comment-1894786-20150101192123

Hmcooper4 wrote: Of the official list of the Princess line, the only one that I absolutely do NOT want to see brought in is Pocahontas. Jasmine and Tiana would be good, and given how the Frozen characters were handled, I would not be opposed to Merida.

From the Notable others not already included - I would be OK with Eilonwy, SO LONG as they go back to the original Chronicles of Prydain, and not use the Disnified Black Cauldron. The books were good (imo), but the movie was lousy (again, personal opinion). The rest are not all that interesting, or I just don't see them fitting in. The main argument I hear most people using for not wanting Pocahontas is because she was a real historical person. So was Blackbeard, and according to recent evidence found in the last century, so are Robin Hood and Mulan.

I'm not saying I want Pocahontas, but if they did bring her on, I can't see why they can't abandon both the Disney movie and her real life and just come up with something new and original like they've done with the other three. Even Alice is based on a real girl named Alice in both personality and appearance. And both Alice and Blackbeard are more "recent" (late 1800's and late 1700's, respectively) than Pocahontas (early 1600's).

If they really feel the need to bring in a "Native American Princess", they always have Tiger Lilly to call upon. But I don't know if she'd be well received after how her tribe was portrayed in the original Disney movie.