Be honest with yourself. You love Disney’s Frozen. You have had the catchy tune to Let it Go stuck in your head lots of times, are a Kristoff and Anna shipper (maybe even a Jelsa one), can quote the whole movie from beginning to end, and probably dressed up like Elsa or Anna for Halloween. But the part that gets you every time is when Anna blocks Hans from killing Elsa. Anna’s heart freezes and Elsa thaws her with an act of true love. Aww, that parts gets me too everytime.
Frozen is the first movie where sister’s save each other. The princess sisters would never be so desperate as to call on a man to save them.
This is revolutionary, right?
No, actually.
Several princesses have saved their male counterpart and done something more powerful to show that you don’t mess with such fierce women.
Last time I checked, Mulan saved China, Belle saved the Beast with her love, and I’m pretty sure that Pocahontas saved John Smith.
Here is why Anna and Elsa aren’t the first princesses to not be saved by a man.
Merida
Merida is my favorite princess, and is an amazing role model ,even if fictional, for everybody – not just young girls. She is given a fate that she doesn’t like, and she takes it into her own hands, and makes it her responsibility to change her fate (pun intended). She definitely kicks some butt when the three bachelors are shooting for her hand in marriage, and she pulls out her own bow to shoot for her own freedom. Again, she takes the situation at hand, uses her instincts, and takes authority of her own life and fights for what she believes in. Merida doesn’t have a love interest, which shows that a young woman capable of ruling a kingdom- or doing anything.
2. Jasmine
Jasmine is by far the sassiest and most aloof princess that Disney has ever made. While being confined to in her castle by her father, the Sultan of Agrabah, he finds dozens of bachelors and suitors, which she dismisses with a wave of her hand. Even though her father thinks Jafar will make a fine husband, Jasmine has her eyes set on a street rat who goes by the name of Aladdin; he might be a little slow (she did outsmart him that time they were trying to escape together), but he’s charming and Jasmine knows that he is the one.
3. Mulan
Mulan accepts herself for who she is. When her ill father gets drafted to fight for China, Mulan knows he can’t go, so she steals his armor, horse, and the drafting scroll, and goes to fight for her family. Oh well, desperate times call for desperate measures. She not only saves her dad, but has the guts to defy authority. Society says that she should stay home, serve her husband, and pour tea, but her heart says go save your family, and more importantly, GO SAVE CHINA!!! Also, when Li-Shang tells her she can’t fight, she climbs the pole with weights, gets the arrow at the top of the pole, and throws it at Shang’s feet to prove that she had a rightful spot in the army.
4. Jane
What can be bad about her? Smart. Educated. Adventurous. A woman of science. A biological anthropologist, to be exact. When Jane lands in the forest she instantly observes Tarzan as so scientifically fascinating, but when she gets to know him as a person, not just a specimen, Jane realizes she loves him for his big, sweet heart, not because she needs him. The plot of this movie is about Tarzan finding out who he is, and without Jane’s help he would never had known his past.
5. Belle
Belle has her heart set on books, not on Gaston. Even though Gaston is big, brawny, and handsome (but quite a bit shallow), Belle knows she needs to stay true to her own heart. When her father gets in trouble, she instantly knows she has to go find him. When Belle finally does find him, she sacrifices her freedom for her father’s. And, SHOCKER, she doesn’t fall in love with the Beast head over heels at first sight. She doesn’t even like him at first. But then, she falls in love with him slowly. Like a normal person! She also saves the Beast with her love. I am not encouraging Stockholm Syndrome (When you fall in love with your captor), but this is an example of a girl following her heart to fulfill her destiny.
6. Rapunzel
Yes, Flynn Ryder does have a part in killing Mother Gothel, but Rapunzel saves Flynn several times in the movie. Rapunzel resurrects Flynn, saves him from being murdered in the Snugly Duckling, and like Belle, despises him at first. Plus, she is a multitasker. Rapunzel starts her chores, sweeps the floors, polish, wax, do laundry, mop, shine up, sweep again, all before seven fifteen. Talk about an early riser/multitasker/fast worker!
7. Pocahontas
Pocahontas is also my favorite Disney princess. First off, she is hard enough to get a tattoo, which shows she’s definitely not a wimpy girly-girl. When the British ships first pull in, she is the first one there and when John Smith is hating on her village, she instantly stands up for her people, and tells him that he doesn’t know how to appreciate nature and/or what is right in front of him. She is adventurous, and is not afraid of the unexpected, and she knows that if she marries Kocoum- the strong, handsome, warrior of her village, her adventures will cease, and she will be stuck doing them women’s work of her village. When the war starts between the Natives and the British, Pocahontas throws herself in between them, risking her life to stop the war and save her true love. She saved him. Get the idea?
So next time you see Anna’s heart thaw with an act of true love, don’t think they were the first princesses to hold their own.
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