Study Finds 67% of Disney Fans Take Disney Way Too Seriously
In a report just released by the Disney Institute, a study has found that over 67% of Disney fans take Disney way to seriously. This result comes in conjunction with the recent popularity of Disney’s Frozen cult, the Brotherhood of Frozen Fun!, and the increasing Cold War-like tensions between people who like Frozen and people who don’t.
“I’m just REALLY unhappy with the direction Disney is going,” said Disney fan and blogger Bridget McCain. “The parks and movies are going downhill and Disney Channel sucks and everything’s so expensive and it’s LITERALLY ruining my life!”
The study also concluded that 16% of those who take Disney way too seriously are completely apathetic to legitimate problems around the world, and 8% would rather complain about Disney than deal with pressing personal problems in their own lives. Almost all of those who were studied willingly spent outrageous and unhealthy amounts of money on Disney vacations and merchandise (15%-16% of these subjects purchased these goods and services for the sole purpose of complaining about them online at a later date).
Disney CEO Bob Iger released a statement simply saying, “It’s unfair that our fans take us so seriously. It’s not like we take them that seriously.”(x).
Instagram automatically saves lower quality versions of my drawings to my camera roll and it totally escaped my mind - I uploaded those here on accident
Judy Hopps vs The Beavers | Some things never change!
I put the date to correspond with Zootopia’s theatrical release, but according to Nick’s permits for selling popsicles, I think in the movie, when Judy first comes to the city, actually takes place in June or July
Judy Hopps vs The Beavers | Some things never change!
I put the date to correspond with Zootopia’s theatrical release, but according to Nick’s permits for selling popsicles, I think in the movie, when Judy first comes to the city, actually takes place in June or July
Lol
Also I love their outfits
Thanks!! I love drawing stuff that makes me chuckle the whole time
Nick’s outfit was inspired by one I saw in the Zootopia art book, and Judy’s I found on Pinterest! Man I love fashion
The fact that Dr. Drakken canonically went to college with Kim Possible’s dad was already funny to me as a kid but now that I’m securely out of college it’s just gotten funnier and funnier to me. Like imagine having a teenage daughter who regularly beats the absolute hell out of the annoying dude from your college dorm.
Kidagakash was Atlantian, and she was brown-skinned, but she was not Black. She was a woman of color, yes, but she was not Black. “Black“ is not interchangeable for anyone who is darker than snow white. ”Black“ is not simply being brown-skinned. Blackis being Black.
I don’t know much about Atlantis but the few things I have read are of Atlantis originating from or having ties to Africa. Critias said Atlanteans had conquered parts of Libya and Eygpt.
If people want to code Kida as Black, that’s alright with me.
Surely though, if Disney announced her as the first Black Princess back in 2001, people would be offended as her African heritage is not apparent and her skin is light. Only after Tiana, do people stretch and say she’s the first in defense of Disney’s lack of representation. There is actually some people who are proud of being represented by Nala rather Tiana, as Nala kept her “true Africanness throughout the film” while Tiana was a frog for majority.
While Atlantis is fictional like Maldonia. I think the reason why these people above thought Naveen was Black is because Fictional Country + Brown Skin = Black to them.
There are extensive mythos on Atlantis, and I haven’t read all of them but I do know that the Greeks believe that Atlantis was the realm of Poseidon and Cleito. Regardless, they are still myths and don’t have much to do with Disney’sportrayal of Kida, which was not being “Black”. Someone who is Black is someone who is of African descent; given that she is part of a mythical race of people, she isa woman of color because she is not White, but calling her “Black” is completely inaccurate, and diminishing Tiana’s role as the first Black princess is completely unfair.
Her not being Black has nothing to do with her skin color; I’ve seen Black people who are that light, but that doesn’t change the fact that Kidagakash is Atlantean. The Disney story was that Atlanteans were a human race like everyone else around 10000 B.C., but then a comet crashed and broke off a large chunk of Earth which fell into the sea; the people somehow adapted and built their fortress underwater. They were never meant to be Black, they were not presented as Black, because they are not Black by any means. They’re people of color, though fictionally, which is great in and of itself, but they are a fantasy race presented with 0 ties to Africa or any other continent for that matter.
Thus, like I said, I’m willing to smack anyone who says that Kidagakash was the ‘first Black princess’ and that Tiana shouldn’t be heralded as such because she was “second” or “typical”. Kidagakash is a wonderful character. I absolutely lover her, as I love Tiana. They were bothmonumental parts of my childhood—though one a LOT later—but taking away the fact that Kidagakash represented a strong, fantasy woman of color to diminish Tiana’s being Black is ridiculous. It’s not about being “truly African”, or skin color or whatever, it’s the fact that she wasn’t Black and was never presented as Black.
It robs the series of its diversity anyway, considering that Dr. Sweet was a non-stereotypical Black man who was unquestionably Black and not mixed, Audrey was unquestionably Latina and even spoke Spanish, and Kidagakash was the strong, woman of color deurotagonist who came from a fantasy race. That doesn’t mean she can’t be inspirational to women / girls of color, to me it means the opposite; making her “Black” just misses the point for me.
Very insightful, thank you for the correction!
May I just add that even though Princess Kida is ‘Atlantian,’ millennia of ancient lore depicted Atlantis at the Strait of Gilbatrar, which is where Spain and Africa meet.
Kida was also voiced by Cree Summer, an African American voice actress, who’s known for voicing Susan Charmichael in Rug Rats and Valerie Gray in Danny Phantom.
Both female characters were also established as African American.
A lot of the Atlantian culture Disney gave the animation was also inspired by multiple African ethnicities—especially their masks. I’m not labeling Kida as any race, those are just additional facts.
Commission for Bax590 on DeviantArt. Sorry for no posting for a while. I tried posting my other recent commission here a week ago, but guess what, tumblr wasn’t having it. Claimed it had adult content in it, which I think sounds just too ridiculous. Maybe I won’t quit using Tumblr over the whole thing just yet. Anyway, you can find the picture from my deviantart and instagram, link in profile bio. Let’s hope this doesn’t get flagged tho
