Aladdin (1992)

This Disney crossover femslash collage is of Jasmine of Aladdin and Ariel of The Little Mermaid. I threw in their Once Upon a Time counterparts, with them being friends in the ABC series and the two also know each other in Ralph Breaks the Internet. It also allows me to feature Jasmine and Ariel in a pattern here, animation, live-action and CGI.

Woah what a baby 🥺🥺🥺

In the Original Beauty & the Beast, the story is about sacrificial love. In the Live Action, it’s about freedom. One is fundamentally selfless, the other is not.

In the Original The Little Mermaid, Ariel is willing to sacrifice everything to go where she is understood (by Eric.) In the Live Action, Ariel is willing to sacrifice a few things to go where she can explore some more. Another “let’s change the main theme from love to freedom.”

In the Original Mulan, Mulan left her family to save her father and prove she could do things right—when all along, her father loved her regardless of how well she performed. In the Live Action, Mulan left her family to save her father—even though all along she had chi superpowers that she was dying to use anyway. Once more, the remake subtly shifts so that the main character values something within themself, taking the spotlight off of sacrificial love.

In the Original Aladdin, Jasmine teaches Aladdin trust. In the Live Action, Jasmine teaches Aladdin nothing because she’s busy wanting to be Sultan.

What I’m saying is, it used to be enough for female characters to have actual character and integrity, and their stories highlighted those aspects of their nature. Then every other character in the movie learns from or changes because of the Princess’ heart. Nowadays, her character is not powerful. It’s what she does, what she forces and fights her way into, that is focused on—usually to the detriment of all the other characters around her.

In Aladdin, the main character does not believe anyone will see him for who he really is and still choose him. He doesn’t trust anyone in Agrabah to love him the way he is. But when Jasmine first meets him, she trusts him. When she sees him again as a suitor, she trusts him again, despite knowing he lied to her. When he is faced with the reality that he, not Jasmine, has to be Sultan, that’s when he wakes up and realizes that not only does he have to trust Jasmine with the truth, but he can trust her with the truth the way she trusts him.

In Beauty and the Beast, the Beast starts out hopeless and brutal, and then gains hope. Not because Belle talks him into it with powerful-woman speeches or savage one-liners. Not because she hunts down the Enchantress and defeats her, breaking the spell. But because the Beast witnesses that Belle is the kind of woman who’s love and compassion would give up freedom. He’s betting that kind of love can break his curse, even though he started the movie with “who could ever learn to love a Beast?” And then her continued love for him teaches him how to love her, sacrificially.

In The Little Mermaid, Ariel sacrifices her tail and her safety to have a chance at being with Eric—because she knows she understands him, and he can understand her. That, in turn, reinforces Eric’s one big character trait: he believes in the idea of “the right girl” and when he learns that Ariel is a mermaid who saved his life, he sacrifices his life and safety for her, too.

I can go on and on.

My point is: If you’re a Princess in a Remake, you make decisions based on what you want, not on what you love.

Unless you’re Cinderella.

This crossover collage was inspired from fanart and YouTube videos of Isabela Madrigal as Jasmin from Disney's 1992 animated film, Aladdin. I don't know if I'll ever cross ship them or simply have the two as friends, the collage was only made for fun and to reference the times I have seen Isa being cast as the Disney Princess.

Jasmine!

Similarities between two of my favorite couples in animation: Aladdin & Jasmine and Mr. Wolf & Diane Foxington

1. One is a Thief, and the other is a person in a Higher Position

2. Both are very flirtatious with each other. Their chemistry is 😘🤌

3. The Thief goes in disguise to swoon the Girl.

4. Both ladies have a big reveal of their true identities in order to save their thieves.

5. Both couples have amazing dance numbers.

RIP Gilbert Gottfried :*(

Aladdin (1992)

Jasmine evolution

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John Musker and Ron Clements main males

John Musker and Ron Clements Disney Princesses

A fast learner