Disney Princess Article: Princess Analysis || Part 4: Ariel

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posted by CRaZy_rawR

Here is part 4 of my article series! AND HEYYY ITS WINTER BREAK & I MIGHT FINISH THIS SERIES BEFORE FEBRUARY IDK ???

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My Original Thoughts

I absolutely loved Ariel. I can't really go in depth about it, because when I first saw it, I was really little. (Prolly about 5 or 6) But my feelings were pretty straightforward: she was a MERMAID & was pretty & a unique princess. I mean, I kinda wanted to be her. Who wouldn't want to live under the sea? I never really understood why she wanted be a human, though, because a mermaid was freaking amazing in my mind! Something I do remember is, my mom and my little and older sisters had a Disney songs CD. We would replay "Part of Your World" just because it was "our" song. :)

My Thoughts Now

I still love Ariel! We have had our ups and downs; at one point, I hated, or more so, disliked her. I've come to my senses and realized how adorable she is. Her rebellious spirit that she has I admire. Mostly because I can't take risks for diddly squat.. She is such a bubbly character & can think on her feet. Overall though, I can't avoid her quite unintelligent decision to visit Ursula, who she knew was the sea witch. /: And then, her head-over-heels nature with Eric is over excessive for me. Obviously, that's an important component to the story, but it's just a trait I'm not particularly fond of.

Beauty

It's actually quite difficult for me to even distinguish my feelings about her looks. No doubt, Ariel can have some stunning shots, but then again I never really saw her as exceptionally beautiful. I think she's pretty, but borderline cute. First of all, she does have a beautiful eye color, but then they decided to put three eyelashes on each eye. A lot of people complain about her body looking "anorexic" (& I absolutely despise that term, but I don't have time to explain why. Maybe some other time) In all honesty, I think Ariel's body looks just fine. I do have a problem with her hair. Though it has a lot of volume and I love the way it looks underwater, the color is terrible. I know they couldn't have done blonde because it would make the underwater scenes give off some odd coloring, but what was the point in giving Ariel a brash, quite off-putting color?

Wardrobe

What to say.. What to say.. I do like the sparkly dress at the end, and the blue outfit she wears to town is cute, but besides that, nothing particularly sticks out in a positive or even a neutral light. Negatively though, I don't like her humongous sleeves on Ariel's wedding free nor do I like the dullish pink color of the dress she wears to dinner.

Voices
Speaking

Honestly, there isn't much to go off. Yes, we have some time in the beginning when she speaks but it doesn't give me an impression of any kind.

Speaking

Eh.. I think Jodi can sing, but idk. I'm just not feeling Ariel's singing voice. At times, it's nasally. Other times, I really love the way it sounds. Overall, I'm very indecisive about Ariel.

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Swanpride I always found it odd to complain about the body build of what basically is an imaginary figure. She is a mermaid. Plus, it's animation, which is always stylized. Ariel's eyes are certainly her most beautiful feature. They are so expressive (which they have to be, because of the mute scenes, but still).

MalloMar Nice job, as usual. I agree with most of this (That's all I ever say now...:|) I like Ariel, but I can understand why others don't. I think I can understand why you dislike the term "looking anorexic", because anorexic isn't a look, it's a disorder. At least, that's why I can't stand that term. She's lovely, but not the most beautiful. I actually like her hair color. My favorite Ariel outfit is the sparkly lavender dress. Beside that, I also don't think anything else really stands out. Her voice is nice. Sorry for talking about myself instead of the article. I guess I'm just comparing my opinions to yours. I can't wait for the next part!

rapunzelsgold_ I'm glad I found someone else who isn't crazy about her voice :/ I've always found it weird that Ariel never had a "belty" song, and yet she's one of the most popular Princesses. Her voice seems like it's fit for that type of song and yet they just flunked it. Nice article though! I'm also glad you're against people calling her "anorexic" too.

8804 First of all, excellent article, CraZy_rawR!!! True, Ariel's song is not a "belty" song all the way through...like, say, Let It Go or Almost There. I seem to remember Howard Ashman wanting the song to have a quieter vibe, as if being under the sea in an enclosed area was part of the "feel" of the song, to contrast with the lyrics which talked about "wide open spaces" ( up where they walk/ up where they run/ up where they stay all day in the sun vs. the seas depths where not much light penetrates). Back in the day, Belle's voice was quite belty during the normal verses prior to the louder choruses. and contrasted with Ariel's. I seem to remember that Belle's voice had a brass tone to it ( even though I was only eight at the time, I thought this was the case). This made Ariel's softer, sweeter voice a treat for me. But I was never one of those people who loved "brass, belty Broadway songs." I remember liking Esmeralda's singing voice for much the same reason. You can still get your point across, without verging on scream-shouting your song. But this just proved that I was the reverse of most people, who loved the loud singers. Wonderful job as usual!!! I'm sorry for wandering off into my rambling again. But you just caused me to reassess "why" I've loved Ariel's voice for an extremely long time. And probably, Mulan's, too, for the same reason. Looking forward to reading the next article in this series!!!

avatar_tla_fan I don't agree with everything, (I'm neutral about Ariel.) but great article! I do agree with some of the things you said though: "Eh.. I think Jodi can sing, but idk. I'm just not feeling Ariel's singing voice. At times, it's nasally. Other times, I really love the way it sounds." I don't think her voice is all that great either. "A lot of people complain about her body looking "anorexic" (& I absolutely despise that term, but I don't have time to explain why. Maybe some other time." This isn't that related to Ariel, but I hate that term as well. (And when I made a poll about this a while ago I seemed to be the only one who really cared when people said that.) Anyways, wonderful article! ^_^

MaidofOrleans Great article! I'm not a huge fan of her singing voice as well. It just doesn't do much for me.

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My MOST Favorite Heroic 3D Animated Disney Princesses

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Here is an article I wrote expressing my opinions on the 3D animated Disney Princesses and how they are in their featured films of Tangled, Brave, Frozen, and Moana. Since Raya and the Last Dragon is coming out on Saturday, I'll try to do an article on her too to see if she's another one of our favorite badass heroines? Or just a damsel in distress waiting to be saved. But anyway, let's get down to brass tacks, shall we?

5. Rapunzel

When I was little and the first trailer for Tangled was advertising showing another badass heroine who can fight and somewhat heal people's wounds and injuries with...

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WhiteLagoon's most relatable Disney Princess list!

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Hi!
In this article I will be posting which Princess do I relate to the most. This took a few days and it was extremely hard to do but I think it's accurate for me. Since I'm a guy, I relate mostly to their personalities and relationships with their families. Hope you enjoy reading it! ^^

#12 – Tiana
Similarities: I have big dreams; I think I'm quite good at cooking too. But other than that, zero in common.
Differences: Her relationship with both of her parents is better than mine. I'm more romantic and not as bitter as her when it comes to finding love. I don't think it all depends on...

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the Beauty and the Beast - Belle's dilemma

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Princess Tiana as Princess Ariel

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Disney Princess welcomes Moana

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What would the other princesses do? The West Wing

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This idea just kinda popped into my head. Basically as the title suggests, we take a scenario from a DP movie and analyze how the other princesses would behave or react in that situation. Today, our scenario is...

Entering the West Wing
Belle is considered by many to be one of the "good girls" of the DP lineup but she does have a bit of mischievous side and that shines through when her curiosity gets the better of her and she disobeys the Beast's direct orders to stay out of the castle's west wing.

Snow White-She'd gladly follow the Beast's rules and she wouldn't really question them either. While...

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Jasmine

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Our Hottest Disney Princes

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Hello! This is our fourth collab article on here (we love doing these, despite some of the complaints we’ve gotten), and we thought it would be fun to do another one. This time, we’ll be ranking the most attractive Disney Princes (or love interests). This article is with me, former Fanpop user Sk8er__grl, and link

DISCLAIMER: This can get kind of hard to read sometimes and we're sorry, but we did spend time editing it to make it easier to read. Also, there's a lot of bad language, but hey, Fanpop changed their age limit to sixteen so...

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Which parfumes DPs would wear

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Snow White - Princess Vera Wang

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I chose this parfume for Snow White because it consists apple notes and apple is a symbol of this character. It also consists chocolate and it's another why this parfume fits Snow White so much. I think that fruit and gourmand notes fit her the best because of her warm, sweet, nurturing personality and her culinary skills.
I think that Anna and Su from Mulan II( the princess in yellow) would have this parfume as their favorite too. These three are quite similiar personality-wise.
Other parfumes that would fit Snow White - Sring Flower Creed which was originally...

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Why I'd like to have a princess who isn't thin

posted by BB2010

So this was a topic that was brought up a couple weeks ago that brought on a big debate. There were people who said a fat princess wouldn't be a good role model, that obesity kills people, that just because there's only thin princesses doesn't mean kids are going to worry about it, that the princesses have to be beautiful, etc.

I used to read a lot of books and watch a lot of tv growing up, mostly Harry Potter and Disney. As much as I love the Harry Potter series and Disney movies, the way fat people are depicted is really upsetting. I mean there's Dudley who's described as being as fat as...

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Top Ten Most Heartbreaking Scenes!

posted by BB2010

Okay we've officially finished the countdown so as promised here's the article featuring the results! This article will not only show the results, each scene will include my thoughts, the thoughts of the participants, and there will be comparisons to the last time I did this countdown!

Here we go!

10. Merida crying and saying sorry to her mom
Original placement: none (it wasn't in the last countdown)
I've had mixed comments about this scene. There were people who said they thought this scene was sad because Merida thought she lost her mom forever but then other people said that Merida should...

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Defense and Critique: Snow White

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People tend to get caught up in preconceived notions of a character based on their appearance or other surface level factors.

A prime example of this would be Snow White, people see her soft petite features, hear her high pitched voice and listen to her sing about a finding love, and they automatically assume she’s a docile weak passive shy individual. While Snow White is definitely a bit calmer and more carefree, she’s far from the most passive princess. After surviving a deadly encounter and knowing her life is still in danger, she gets picks her herself up rather quickly. Once she finds...

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JungleQueen13's Best DP Role Models

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Here is a list of my best DP role models. The most important thing to note here is that this is very much a subjective, rather than objective, list. Rather than trying to rank the princesses according to who I think is the best role model for children or other people in general, the ranking is purely according to how they serve me personally as role models.

11. Aurora

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AdelitaI's favorite DP movie list

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11. Cinderella

This was one of the easiest. Despite being the first DP movie I've ever seen, it is also the only DP movie with no aspects I enjoy. I don't like the characters, animation or songs. I find nothing enjoyable about this movie and I have no desire to re-watch it. I don't hate this movie but I wouldn't say I like it either. My least favorite DP movie wth no doubt. There are adaptation of this fairytale I like more.

10. Sleeping Beauty

I love its animation, it's gorgeous and one of the best in Disney history. I feel like artistic style of Pocahontas was inspired by SB and...

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Disney Princess Zodiac signs by Violet

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Thanks to the ones who have recently commented on my articles :D. So, despite I have a lot of interests, I never get bored on picking mine and my friend’s Zodiac sign traits. I’m Sagittarius because I was born on 8th December. So now, let’s get started!

Snow White – Cancer

Popular Opinion, duh! She is Def a Cancer girl! Cancer people are kind, sweet, plucky, loyal, emotional and motherly. Emotionally grounded and fair to all, Snow White inspires us to always make the best out of a bad situation. The way she cares for the dwarves represents Cancer’s kind, cute and compassionate...

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Snow White

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Lavendergolden's Favourite DP tiaras

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Tiaras....tiaras.....tiaras. Real princesses have crowns, what are even they without that? Sorry, it was a bit sassy. Only tiaras here, so yea, the females who don’t have a royalty status didn’t get into this ranking. This is an article about prettiest DP tiara!

11. Tiana's after wedding tiara

First kill me, then I'll wear it

Sure it suited Tia’s brown complexion and is extremely unique. But, meh, does unique always has to mean pretty? I don’t think so. It isn’t very nicely shaped for my taste and this tiara is too small. Ugh, I felt it’s a weird shape...