• plantfanatic@sh.itjust.works
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    13 hours ago

    Umm those aren’t princesses…. Just Disney main lead that they use that term incorrectly for…

    A princess is royalty who holds titles as well as duties. How many for the REAL definition, not Disney’s made up one?

    • threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works
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      5 hours ago

      Umm those aren’t princesses…. Just Disney main lead that they use that term incorrectly for…

      How many for the REAL definition, not Disney’s made up one?

      I think the only exception in the Disney lineup is for Mulan. The rest are all either born royal or marry royal.

      • ✅ Snow White: Daughter of the King and Queen
      • ✅ Cinderella: Marries Prince Charming
      • ✅ Aurora: Daughter of King Stefan
      • ✅ Ariel: Daughter of King Triton
      • ✅ Belle: Marries Prince Adam (yes, The Beast has a name)
      • ✅ Jasmine: Daughter of the Sultan of Agrabah
      • ✅ Pocahontas: Daughter of the Powhatan Chieftain
      • ❌ Mulan: Neither born royal nor marries royal
      • ✅ Tiana: Marries Prince Naveen
      • ✅ Rapunzel: Daughter of the King and Queen of Corona
      • ✅ Merida: Daughter of King Fergus of DunBroch
      • ✅ Elsa: Daughter of the King and Queen of Arendelle
      • ✅ Anna: Daughter of the King and Queen of Arendelle
      • ✅ Moana: Daughter of Chief Tui
      • ✅ Raya: Daughter of Chief Benja

      I suppose one could argue whether or not Chiefs are royalty, but culturally the role is more or less equivalent.

    • Lemminary@lemmy.world
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      9 hours ago

      How many for the REAL definition, not Disney’s made up one?

      Does this really matter? It’s pedantry for the sake of it. We use terms like “princess” and “queen” colloquially to refer to groups with a shared identity, and they’re all made up. Whether they have a tangential relationship to royalty doesn’t really matter when you’re talking about aesthetics and archetypes.

      I’d suggest using “royal princess” to separate the terms and move on. There are plenty of cultural reasons to use “Disney princess” as a symbol that only incidentally relates to the company or royalty.

      • plantfanatic@sh.itjust.works
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        11 hours ago

        Hey, they specified medieval, not princesses. And you would be surprised I guess by the amount of people who wouldn’t mind having a discussion about the absurdity of it.

        People like different parties ;) try going to one first maybe.