Since I'm signing up for fffx, I wanted to take the time to write at least one new canon promo for one of the canons I'm requesting, so I've decided: Pinocchio (1940)! The canon promo is available over here, but I've also included the text below, massaged a little bit in order to be in a more natural format (n=1686). (I've talked a little bit about what I like about Pinocchio before, so I'm sorry that some of this treads the same ground.)

( Why I love Pinocchio )

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So that's it -- that's a more detailed treatment of why I like Pinocchio and why I think it's worth watching and why I'm quite fannish about it (and have been for, like, 15 years).

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This is a post I intended to make last year -- I watched the latter two Descendants movies and the Z-O-M-B-I-E-S trilogy back in 2022, held back my reviews of them because I wanted to write a longer essay type thing for my 100 Disney Posts challenge, and thought I would write up my thoughts sometime in 2023, but then it didn't happen. So here it is. And you know what? I'm also going to go with my long tradition of bending the prompts of Snowflake Challenges to fit whatever it is I was going to talk about anyway, so this also counts for Snowflake Challenge #6:



Challenge #6: In your own space, share a favourite piece of original canon (a show, a specific TV episode, a storyline, a book or series, a scene from a movie, etc) and explain why you love it so much.

Note: This post contains light spoilers for all the movies discussed here (HSM, Descendants, and ZOMBIES).

( Intro: High School Musical )
( Descendants 1 / 2 / 3 )
( Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 1 / 2 / 3 )

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And here's another one, also about Encanto and also very disorganized but hey. I was having difficulty finishing up fic and art projects so writing essays and finishing them off is giving me a mood boost.

( The Encanto setup )

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Oh hey, it's a surprise 100 Disney Things essay. I did make it a goal to do more of these this year! Forgive the disorganization but, well, these essays are meant to be pretty informal.

( The conflict between self and family in Encanto and Turning Red )

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Note: I started writing this essay even before I decided to participate in this 100 Things meme. (It is so old that the file on my computer is called "disneyessay1.txt". There are no other files with this naming pattern because I quickly realized that I was going to need more descriptive filenames.) Since starting this meme, I have always known this would be one of the entries, but it just took me a really long time to clean up enough to post.

So here is an essay dedicated to evaluating Disney villains that work well and villains that fall flat.

( In which I rant a lot about Pixar-era villains )

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Hoo boy, it's been a long time since my last post for this, hasn't it? I'm a bit swamped but luckily this has been sitting on my hard drive, almost complete, for a long time.

As a topic suggestion, sleipnir/grimoire asked why I like Jiminy Cricket so much. I kind of briefly talked about my love for Jiminy before when I made my Top 25 characters list but my explanations were a little bit weird and all over the place, so I'll try doing it again.

( My love for Jiminy (and also Pinocchio in general... )

This post makes me realize I should do either a general Pinocchio appreciation post, or a more specific appreciation post focused on something in particular I really love about that movie. Like my fannishness over the Lampwick/Pinocchio pairing. It's the best pairing, hush. You can suggest topics for future posts for this meme over here.

Oh man, I am getting too busy for these posts. This one's been sitting on my hard drive for a while, and I've only now gotten around to cleaning it up. Basically, it's sort of a rebuttal/examination of the common criticisms that get lobbed at The Little Mermaid, plus my own thoughts on the movie and Ariel as a character. It's an evaluation of The Little Mermaid and Ariel, from a feminist perspective, but hopefully much more in-depth than what you usually see on the Internet or in a media studies class... (And sort of ranty.)

( Common Criticisms of The Little Mermaid )

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That graphic is crap but I was really excited about posting this, so whatevs.

In this essay, I'm sort of treating Beauty and the Beast the Disney movie as the same thing as Beauty and the Beast the original fairy tale, which I just said is a no-no, but... oh well. I want to talk about both.

( Beauty and the Beast and the Hades and Persephone Myth )

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Focusing on a show I currently follow and enjoy - Once Upon a Time - but approaching it from a Disney angle:

( Once Upon a Time - Conflating Fairy Tales and Disney )

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My second post for this thing is dedicated to the underrated Disney movie, Home on the Range. No spoilers here, just me talking about why I love this movie and who I would recommend it to.

( You ain't home on the range~ )

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I'll be doing other underrated-movie-appreciation-posts like this (Brother Bear is definitely getting one too). If you have suggestions for future posts for this meme, you can leave them over here.

Kind of a copout, but my first post for this 100 Things challenge is my Disney astrology set complete with reasonings. And some extra Disney zodiac thoughts here:

• I was also considering Jessie and Atta for this set, but there were already three Pixar characters, so I decided to leave them out. But I considered Cancer for Jessie because she's very much about emotion and her connection with people, and she can be a bit anxious when she feels in danger especially the danger of losing someone. Atta I think is mostly Virgo with some Libra indecisiveness, maybe. She's sort of shy and lacking in confidence, but wants very badly to do everything just right and that causes her to be a little bit of a worrier. I think Elinor is a Virgo too, because she likes to control every little detail, she has an evaluating eye, she's well-mannered and calm, etc. (But I always knew that Merida would be the Brave representative in the set, so I didn't spend too much time thinking about Elinor).

• I also considered putting in Tinker Bell because she's a very iconic Disney character, but I decided against it because there was already Wendy and also because Tinker Bell's personality is just kind of hard to figure out in general. The best I could come up with was Aries because it works with Tinker Bell's impulsiveness and temper and also with her courage and heroic sacrifice. However, aside from that, she has sort of a vain/primping personality and I have no idea where that goes. And that's not even taking into account new!Tinker Bell, although I guess new!Tink might be a more clear-cut Aries.

• Belle, Pocahontas, Mulan, and Snow White gave me the most difficulties. When I came up with a "short list" of what signs they could be, I had six signs listed. :| For Belle, I think it's because there are moments where she's brave and impulsive, others when she's dreamy and distracted, others when she's practical and grounded, etc. It's hard for me to get a handle on her personality. For Pocahontas, it's this contrast between this wild, playful character in the first part of the movie, and this deep-thinking, emotional character in the second half that confuses me. For Mulan, I figured she's probably not a fixed sign, but other than that I was pretty lost. I think Aries, Libra, Sagittarius, Aquarius, and Pisces all fit aspects of her character. And Snow White is like... I dunno. She's cheerful and hopeful and sweet, but other than that it's like the rest of her character has to be filled in or interpreted.

Whew, that's pretty much it.

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{Take the 100 Things challenge!}

I'm late to the party but I've decided to do this, because procrastination. My topic is...

Disney mini-essays
Yes, 100 posts of me blabbering at length about various Disney topics. So far, things I'll be posting include analysis of Disney villains and sidekicks, thoughts on songs and movies I particularly adore, and several posts regarding feminist criticism of Disney movies (both actual criticism of my own and criticism of criticism...). I definitely do not have enough topics to make 100, though, so if you have anything Disney-related you'd like to share my thoughts on in excruciating detail, please let me know. :)

Just as a note, many of the posts related to this challenge (including this one) will be public (unlocked), so just wanted to give people fair warning.

( Masterlist of posts )