[ SECRET POST #4001 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4001 ⌋

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[soldatsasha]

Your description also fits Pocahontas (and Ariel, minus the "mystical grandma" part).

I haven't seen Moana so maybe she really is super different and interesting. But Disney heroines have always been fairly formulaic, so I doubt it. And I mean it's fine that they all fit a formula, because it's a formula that works really well for main characters. Out of all of the Disney movies I've seen, which is most of them at this point, Snow White is the only one who really breaks the mold in a significant way. So I don't want to sound too negative about Moana, I'm sure it's a great movie.

But I think just judging by the newer movies I have seen, I don't know how you could defend their characters being less flat than classic movies. Nowadays they just spend more screentime on musical numbers to sing about how spunky and adventurous they are. And Beauty and the Beast is the prime example of why having a couple songs about your adventurous spirit really isn't enough.

But the end result is really the same. Whether a character is questing for love or freedom or adventure or respect, one goal isn't automatically better or more interesting than another. A character isn't flat just because she dreams of true love like the old princesses, or round because she wants to sail the seven seas.

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Snow White was the first, so there wasn't really a mold for Disney heroines at that point.