Board Thread:Off-Topic Fun/@comment-24863788-20150712021406/@comment-25926288-20150712105400

Andrew Robbins wrote: Anubis16 wrote: I haven't seen The Princess and the Frog, but I'm sure she's a strong female, and I love Merida, but I usually think of Belle when I think of the strong princess type, she was the only girl in the village who didn't want Gaston, she sacraficed herself for her father, was willing to stand up to the beast, overlooked his apperance, and saw goodness in him and broke his curse  You're right, I forgot about Belle. Disney princesses are pretty much divided in two types: the damsel in distress in need of saving (Snow White, Cinderella, Aurora, Ariel, Jasmine) and the strong and independent female who can save herself (Belle, Mulan, Tiana, Megara, Merida, Elsa). Out of the damsels in distress, the only one that I like is Aurora, and only because she had an impact on my childhood (I really loved Sleeping Beauty as a kid xD). Out of the strong and independent females, I really like all of them. I'm not sure where Anna, Rapunzel and Pocahontas would fall into that spectrum, though. I'm pretty sure Pocahontas would be strong and independent but I haven't watched her movie in years so I can't tell for sure. My two cents (which are worth he same as any others) is different.

Belle wasn't terribly independent whatsoever. Strong, but not that independent. There was this Beast like growth (ahem, Stockholm syndrome). She wasn't that independent because she totally was the girl that wanted to like in the fairytales. She's pretty much Sansa Stark from GOT, except smarter.

Megara did not save herself at all. She became a damsel in distress. Snark and sass doesn't mean she wasn't saved by a man. She was kidnaaped, controlled, used and Herc had to save her.

Elsa is overrated as being a strong independent woman. She needed Anna to save her. Not a man, but clearly she was a damsel in distress and Anna had tried and did to save her TWICE! Elsa wasn't emotionally strong and she clearly isn't independent, if she was then she would be dead.

Cinderella was a damsel in distress but not like the others. Snow was a child, Mal's a powerful witch who mind controlled Aurora, Ariel's stupid (ly curious), and Jasmine fought back as best she could.

I dislike when others blame the other princesses on being damsels that need saving when echnically all needed saving from something, some put themselves into action, others couldn't no matter if they tried.