30 Day Disney Princess Challenge: Day 24

Day 24: Favorite Parent

This one is difficult for me because there’s aspects of each parent that I really like.

For example, Aurora’s parents are willing to let her go to save her life. It can’t be easy giving up a baby to three kooky fairies and not knowing how your beloved daughter is growing up.

I really like King Triton’s willingness to bend the rules once he discovers how making Ariel a human will make her so happy.

I love Maurice’s eternal love for Belle and refusal to accept that she’s ‘odd’.

I love that the Sultan wants what is best for Jasmine and allows her to marry a commoner.

Chief Powhatan is a very strong and determined leader but also is good at making allies, and he won’t back down from a fight until Pocahontas literally throws her body in front of John’s.

I love that Mulan’s father is willing to go back to war to save his family. He may be crippled but he still walks tall.

I’m actually not a huge fan of Tiana’s parents, mostly because her dad kind of misguides her about wishing on stars and hard work, and her mother doesn’t fully support her dream from the start, and to be honest I’m still trying to ‘get’ the message of The Princess and the Frog.

But to be honest, I think I like Rapunzel’s parents best. They don’t talk in the entire film, but you can tell the depth of love they have for each other and their missing daughter. The scenes are small and so are the details, but I love every scene they are in. Especially when they are getting ready to light the lanterns, and the king cries a single tear, man that scene always sets me off. They never gave up hope, they didn’t try to replace Rapunzel with another heir, they are just good, dedicated people and beloved by their kingdom.

Meet The Cast of No Angel: Tristan

Today it’s time to meet one of the secondary characters in No Angel, an Episode Interactive story you can play on the app from iOS and Android.

This is Tristan.

He’s Persephone’s eventual love interest although they do not get along at first.

Unfortunately I can’t really go into why I named his Tristan as it’s a huge spoiler.

Also I can’t talk about why he’s so pale instead of a person of colour, because that’s a spoiler, too. He has purple eyes. And that’s a spoiler as well. I hope you pay close attention to what happens at the beginning of Chapter 4!

His personality is a little abrasive, a little hot-headed, but fiercely loyal and protective of his loved ones. He feels his duty keenly but over time has learned to bend the rules a little.

He wears black to show his affinity with Persephone and the hint of red is also a spoiler, so I can’t tell you what it means, but you’ll figure it out when you read the story…

When No Angel was going to be a contemporary novel, there was no Tristan. I added him exclusively for the the interactive story once I figured out I could do something a little cooler than just a regular whodunnit.

I hope you enjoy Tristan’s part in No Angel and please remember to share and recommend the story!

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30 Day Disney Princess Challenge: Day 23

Day 23: Favorite DanCe Scene

How can I pick anything other than the super iconic ballroom scene from Beauty and the Beast?

They won Best Original Song for it!

It was one of the first films to seamlessly integrate 3D and hand drawn animations!

It was SUPER ROMANTIC.

Yellow was such an unconventional colour for Belle’s dress, and the way it moved was just gorgeous. It was inspiration for my own wedding dress.

Beast looked TOTALLY HANDSOME in his suit.

Let’s look at it in GIF format:

Meet The Cast of No Angel: Serena

Today it’s time to meet one of the secondary characters in No Angel, an Episode Interactive story you can play on the app from iOS and Android.

This is Serena.

She’s Persephone’s best friend and they have been for a long time.

Serena is named after the team cheer leader Serena from Legally Blonde the musical, and like her namesake, she is also the captain of the cheer leading squad.

As you can see, she is a minority, being a mixed-race young woman. She’s also a minority in another way, but I don’t want to spoil that. You’ll have to play to find out.

As for her personality, she’s fiercely loyal, pretty smart, always prepared, and has a little rebellious streak, as evidenced by the shaved part of her hair.

I love her bohemian sense of style. Her colour palette is brown.

When I made No Angel I knew my lead twins and their parents were going to need to be white, and so were several other characters. Therefore I made it a point to include as many other POC in the cast.

I hope you enjoy Serena’s part in No Angel and please remember to share and recommend the story!

30 Day Disney Princess Challenge: Day 22

Day 22: Bravest Princess

I can only come up with a draw for whom I think the two bravest Disney Princesses are, and I hope once you see my arguments for both of them you might agree.

The first bravest princess I nominate is Belle, and here’s why:

She went out looking for her missing father by herself in the middle of winter.
She offered to take Maurice’s place as prisoner after seeing the horrible way the Beast treated him, and expected to stay in the dungeon.
She explores the West Wing, even though she’s been told it’s off limits.
She goes back to the castle to tend to Beast’s wounds, even though she could have left him to die in the forest and even though he’d done nothing but yell at and terrify her.
She had the courage to look beyond his scary exterior and find the gentleman beneath.
She was brave enough to leave Beast when her father needed her most.
She stands up to Gaston, whom no one else in the village has the balls to call out.
She said “I love you” first, not knowing it would change everything.

The second bravest princess I nominate is Rapunzel, and here’s why:

She has been raised to be afraid of the outside world, yet she still leaves her safe tower armed with nothing but a frying pan.
She leaves her tower even though she knows it will hurt the only person she thinks cares about her, Mother Gothel.
She places herself in front of a raging horse and manages to calm him down.
She fights the ruffians for Flynn’s freedom using only her frying pan.
She trusts Flynn with her secret even though she barely knows him.
She is brave enough to trust Flynn when he goes to return the crown.
She confronts her ‘mother’ when she figures out the truth of being the lost princess.
She fights and fights Mother Gothel but promises to go with her if she can save Flynn.

So what do you think? Who’s the bravest out of Belle and Rapunzel? I just can’t choose.

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