I don't know really... All of the Revival princesses have their damsel moments. I haven't seen Raya, but I am guessing ( because Disney rarely mixes up their working formula) that she also has damsel moments.

Either Disney gives us a badass woman who can save herself and others? Or they'll wanna keep repeating the same damsel in distress situations all over again? But, I don't really see Anna & Elsa, Raya and the other princesses on this poll as damsels. They just get a little bit of help from their friends. That's all.

Agree with Wavesurf.

@NinjagoStone118, you can say exactly the same for the first 8 princesses, they got "a little bit of help". There's Snow White and Aurora but they were literally under a curse, they NEEDED to be saved because it was beyond their power. And almost all the princeses from Ariel onwards saved their respective princes at least once.

Why is Tiana missing and why are Anna and Elsa together? They aren't the same person. Else I'd vote for Elsa I guess since she got into distress more than Anna did. Although every single girl needed help/rescuing at some point. Including Moana and Mulan who fans always seem to find totally self reliant but Moana had the entire ocean's protection plus a demigod and Mulan had the aid of Mushu, Shang, and the guys to bail her out of trouble on multiple occasions

Why don't you stop criticizing the princesses and being a damn hypocrite, AudreyFreak. Don't act like you've never been rescued and never needed any help before. 😡 And the reason why I put both Anna and Elsa together is because they are the main characters of Frozen and I don't see a point to separate the two of them. As much as I want to defend Moana and Mulan, I really don't see Elsa and Anna as damsels in distress nor Rapunzel and Merida and Moana and Raya. Because they were all able to save themselves and others while trying to help get out of certain situations. Tiana's not in here 'cause she's one of the Renaissance Disney Princesses and isn't in the category with the Modern-day ones.

@NinjagoStone118, Tiana is so not a Renaissance princess. And I think that AudreyFreak is that precisely saying is that all the princesses needed help or rescuing, not that she never was helped (which she, me and everyone else has at some point). And that's completely fine, we're not machines and neither are the princesses. I also agree with her in that Anna and Elsa shouldn't be together and that Elsa is more of a damsel in distress than Anna is.

First of all, it's my poll and I'm the one who made it. Not you! Second, I decide if Anna and Elsa should be together or not. Not you! Third, a machine is much smarter than the rest of us combined because they know how to turn on and off unlike human beings. Anything that is a type of machinery is more useful than you and if you know that you're in danger and need help or something, than you need to use your brain and be resourceful instead of waiting for other people to do your dirty work for you! I'm not even gonna call Cindy a damsel in distress because she didn't expect some random Joe to come to her aid and save her. She just had a little help from her animal friends and her fairy godmother. Snow White (even though she was basically working really hard for part of the film and had everything under control in her presence.) I think that Aurora pretty much comes in closer into being a passive damsel 'cause she wasn't really doing anything at all in her movie. But, Anna & Elsa and all the other Disney Princesses were capable of taking care of themselves and were fully independent and able to do get out of certain situations without complaining nor crying out loud screaming, "Oh, help me! Help me! Help me! Someone please come rescue my sorry ass and free me from jeopardy!". Besides, A damsel in distress would just cry and scream for someone to save her while a non-damsel in distress would figure out a solution and save herself from perilous conditions.

Yeah, Aurora is more of a passive character (but so is Elsa), is sensitive (and I fail to see how it's a bad quality) and needed to be saved... but it was BEYOND HER CONTROL, she was literally cursed, if Elsa or any other Revival princess had been cursed by Maleficent they would have needed to be saved too. Aurora never cried for help because she was literally in a coma. And when we saw her depressed, it was for a perfectly valid reason, and I wonder what your reaction would be if you found out your whole life has been a lie.

Well, it's still not going to make a difference. Because if she and Anna or the other Disney Princesses were in a death-like sleep, they would at least have their spirits come out of their bodies try to save themselves. Aurora doesn't fall into the same category as them 'cause she doesn't take risks nor try to do anything to rescue herself. Btw, a damsel in distress can be another reason for someone to be in distress. They can also be a person who doesn't act, even though he or she could, and ends up in danger due to his or her own stupidity. (Which is where Aurora and Wendy definitely come the closer into.) Snow White also is even in there along with them because she did accept a poisonous fruit from the Evil Queen disguised as an old hag and immediately put herself in danger. What I'm trying to say is that Aurora and Snow White aren't as forceful and brutal as the other princesses because they don't fight or even try to save themselves from dangerous things. I mean, don't get me wrong though. I love this two, but I believe I should he in the same boat with people who want strong and realistic female characters. Like for example, if Merida was in Snow White's situation with Queen Grimhilde, the huntsman, and her old hag disguise, she would fight back and kill the huntsman and the Evil Queen and defeat her too. If Pocahontas was in Wendy's situation with the pirates threatening her to walk the plank, she would stand her ground and order Captain Hook and his crew to end what they are doing and stand down. And if Moana was cursed by Maleficent and put in a coma, she (as her spirit) would try to do something to save herself from the death sleep and be freed. Those three would exactly do what Snow White, Aurora, and Wendy would never do because they actually take risks and jump straight into action without having any second thoughts.

The spirit thing is one of the dumbest things I've read during my time in Fanpop... I could keep ranting on how Aurora IS a realistic haracter and DIDN'T end up in danger because of anything she had done, but I'll leave it at that.

And like I said before, "A damsel in distress is someone who doesn't act nor do anything, even though he or she could, and ends up in danger due to his or her own stupidity, naivety, cockiness, recklessness, and cowardice. Your girl Aurora rightfully belongs in that column because she did get herself into danger by touching the spindle and eventually getting killed in the process. And saying that she's a realistic character. To tell you the truth, she's not. You know why? Because she's in a fairytale and fairytales aren't meant to be "realistic" 'cause they don't have real world problems and is more idealistic than realism. Singing to animals and talking about wanting the things you want instead of doing something to make them happen isn't a real thing to do. Why? Because things and fairytales are NOT meant to happen to you in real life. You have to be the one to make them happen and come true. If you wanna make something you truly love to do or want to do a reality, then you need the time, effort, determination, and hard work to do it. Sitting around and wishing for it to commence isn't gonna solve anything. That's a fact.

Do you realize Aurora was literally hypnotized, right? She even had enough strength of mind to pull herself out of the spell for a second ("Rose, don't touch anything!") but she couldn't resist Maleficent's might ("Touch the spindle, touch it I say")... And nor would have any other princess. And Aurora IS a realistic character in the sense that she acts like a normal teenager when she meets Phillip and in her interactions with the fairies. She has both virtues and flaws, which is more than what we can say about some of the new girls who are very Mary Sue-ish (Moana, Rapunzel and from what I've heard Raya). And that fairytale and hard work thing sounds like something Tiana would say, and that's why she's one of my least favorite princesses. Of course I don't expect things to be magically solved, everyone knows that. But I see Disney movies as a way of escapism from the real world. I'm a man, but I've never been much of an action guy (one of the reason why the newer heroines don't resonate with me that much), and I've always found comfort "in a world of my own" (that's why I've always been drawn to soft and dreamy characters like Aurora, Alice and Wendy). I really don't see a problem with that, and you're basically slamming a fairytale trope for nothing, because even children know that.

Because people nowadays, and me too, want a really strong female character who can take care of herself, takes action, goes after what she wants, and even always save herself instead of waiting to be saved by someone. Do you want people to think Disney is still making faux action girls who are seen as independent women at first, but towards the end, get captured and rescued by their arch nemesis? Huh? You really want that? How do you make a female heroine who fights crime and saves herself and others if you decide to have her get saved later somewhere in the story and is gonna be criticized by fans for her false badassness and independence? Action Girl and Damsel In Distress don't go well together if the female protagonist, deuteragonist, or tritagonist is, "I'm damsel. I'm in distress. I can handle it. Have a nice day!" to "Aw snap! Someone needs to come and rescue me before I get brutally murdered by my arch enemy!". The difference between those two things are a woman is self-reliant and independent on her and the two feet that she has and a girl who's nothing but a save-a-lot chick who needs constant saving from villains and their minions. A faux action girl is a lady who's both an independent babe and the so-called damsel in distress who's badass and can do everything herself but is often at times rescued and not figuring out a way to save herself from danger. And that's a fact right there and the truth.

She's in distress from ugly hair that is one day gonna eat her