Also, Tiana IS a princess.

(in regards to this discussion)

She marries a Prince.

She has a big-ass fairy-tale wedding.

She lives extremely happily-ever-after.

Therefore: princess!

And I’d REALLY disagree that the getting of the restaurant instead of the getting the massive castle a la Beauty in the Beast was in some way shafting Tiana out of TRUE princess-dom.  

Its not the castle that makes the princess, its the happily-ever-after. 

And the restaurant was Tiana’s happily-ever-after. It was a place of love, it was warm, it was where she could gather with her friends and family, and just be HAPPY with them. Yes, she’s working, but its not the kind of driven, ambitious, stressful work that Tiana was doing in the beginning of the film. She’s in charge now, she’s powerful. She rules over her own unofficial kingdom. She becomes a fantastically successful businesswoman, and an unequivocally loved and respected person in her city. Oh, and she’s royalty now! Literally! 

They did things differently in The Princess and the Frog, that’s for damn sure. All of it was intentional. The movie was a return to form for Disney — the first traditionally-animated princess film they made since Mulan — but they KNEW they had to do some things differently A lot of buzz surrounded the fact that Tiana was the first black princess; Tiana’s also the first American princess (excluding Pocahontas!), and she’s the first 20th century princess. She’s not going to want a castle. A castle is boring. Giving her a more traditional princess ending would have turned a brilliantly inventive and exciting story into a tale that has already been told a thousand times. 

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  1. thewayistare reblogged this from karnythia and added:
    welp reblogging for commentary get into it
  2. pokermuffin reblogged this from baddominicana
  3. shannsational reblogged this from karnythia and added:
    I agree! It’s the same case with Mulan. She’s considered as a Disney princess but she’s not a princess in the...
  4. baddominicana reblogged this from karnythia and added:
    exactly. white hoes just wish upon a fuckin star and bam! dreams all come true. black girls= toil, bitches! and you gon...
  5. lifeisntfiction reblogged this from karnythia and added:
    Also, Tiana IS a princess.
  6. ai-yo reblogged this from karnythia
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  10. afrs215 reblogged this from karnythia and added:
    [@AFRS215: Ongoing conversation re: Princess...Disney’s Princess
  11. letsbethebestblogger reblogged this from ankh-the-odd
  12. moyaofthemist reblogged this from justaphotograph
  13. ankh-the-odd reblogged this from anedumacation and added:
    OH SH- I didn’t even think about this… Oh my god.
  14. anedumacation reblogged this from syndeticaesthetic and added:
    Well, shit! I totally did not think about it that way. I think because the work Tiana was doing at the end of the movie...
  15. justaphotograph reblogged this from paradiscacorbasi
  16. aliaseva reblogged this from karnythia and added:
    screen time as A FROG. I hate Disney movies. I try...far away from my daughters
  17. syndeticaesthetic reblogged this from karnythia and added:
    Tiana did become...‘disney princess’ but...fairytale ending...
  18. ana-coluthia reblogged this from karnythia and added:
    I was glad to see that she didn’t just wish on a star and get all she ever wanted. That’s EXACTLY what was wrong with...
  19. loudmusicismynaturalhigh reblogged this from thegoddamazon
  20. thegoddamazon reblogged this from karnythia and added:
    Let me break this down in Disney chronological order: Snow White — She was already a princess, being abused by her...
  21. vigorofthepeople reblogged this from kyssthis16 and added:
    ^That’s a better way of putting it.
  22. karnythia reblogged this from baddominicana
  23. baddominicana reblogged this from kyssthis16 and added:
    everybody else only had to believe and wish upon a fuckin star (white, of course) but when it came to tiana they were...
  24. kyssthis16 reblogged this from karnythia and added:
    So, I’m just gonna bring this up because it just came to me, like, a second ago. I wanted Tiana to get her Coming to...
  25. karnythia reblogged this from paradiscacorbasi and added:
    Part of the problem is the idea is the idea that the only way she could be happy was to have to work hard every day....
  26. paradiscacorbasi reblogged this from karnythia and added:
    I’m a little bewildered. Tiana wanted the restaurant, and it made her happy to run it and dance and sing in it. And...
  27. karnythia reblogged this from anedumacation and added:
    Yeah…no. I like you,...country mile. She’s still got...work...

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