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Another Princess and the Frog redraw~🐸(but as humans) Tiana and Naveen in the ferry scene~
ref under the cut:
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Character designs by Bill Schwab for The Princess and the Frog (2009)
Source: scurviesdisneyblog
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Harlem Renaissance
New Orleans, Louisiana
Tiana learned her staunch work ethic from her father, but was vastly luckier than him in timing. James came of age in time to be drafted into the first World War, and tragically didn't live to see his dream take off. Tiana however entered her twenties at the same time as modern America, just in time for the Harlem Renaissance--a relatively good time for a Black entrepreneur to find success. Lottie and Big Daddy were friends with Tiana's family decades before it was cool for rich white folks to frequent Black restaurants, but no one nowadays questions them doing so; since radio helped spread Jazz around the world, the rich and powerful from all backgrounds are now visiting Black establishments (one of endless double-standards of the era). Some of Tiana's more like-minded friends likely left Louisiana in the Great Migration to pursue their career goals in the urban North. But Tiana's creole restaurant was always gong to be right here in New Orleans. It was ironic that Tiana's workaholics nature kept her from enjoying the jazz scene exploding in her own community, and the Roaring Twenties in general; luckily she met Naveen before missing too much of the decade.
However, Tiana and Naveen may want to rethink their approach to how they go about violating Prohibition at Tiana's Palace...
AN: I hate how long this took me. I badly wish I had been able to post this at the start of February, not only for Black History Month, but also Mardi Gras. Then again, upon seeing the Google doodle just now, maybe the Leap Year is the perfect time for a piece on "Princess and the Frog!"
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Brazilian hair care company Seda released a new product starring Tiana in her loose hair glory!
(The lady in the photo with Eudora and James apparently is Alcione, a very famous Brazilian singer!)
HOW HAVE I NOT SEEN THIS?!
Source: twitter.com
Concept Art: Charlotte LA Bouff
Below, concepts from the much earlier version of the movie, where Tiana was a maid named Maddy, and Lottie was less likable.
Deviantart probably loves that last one.
Upcoming Tragic Villain Backstories!
Scar
was bullied by Mufassa as a cub, and also he was in love with Sarabi. But when he confessed his love, she Snape-Zoned him and said he was like a brother to her, and that she loved Mufassa. The jilted Scar empathized with the second-class hyenas, and sought only to introduce democracy to the Pride Lands.
Yzma
...is herself daughter of an emperor, but born out of wedlock, was ineligible for the throne, and instead saw her shallow and incompetent half-sibling wreck the kingdom's economy. And his son, and his son, and so forth. Yzma is Kuzco's great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great ("ARE YOU FINISHED?!!")....great-great aunt. She raised Kuzco to the best of her abilities, but his evil parents left their bad influence on their son before drunkenly driving their chariot off a cliff. Yzma was also only using tough love to each the starving peasants a work ethic.
Steele
...was the sweetest little puppy in Alaska, until a pack of hungry wolves ate his human owners, instilling his sympathetic prejudices against Balto's kind.
Dr. Facilier
was an honest witch doctor, and partner of Mama Odie, until Mama Odie double-crossed him and took credit for the transformation potion he invented. She also spread evil rumors about him being a conning villain dabbing in evil magic. Really though, the shadow people and stitch dolls are benevolent spirits that took him under their wing after his parents were eaten by frogs.
Ursula
....actually would make a legitimately interesting villain story, if done right.
Governor Ratcliffe
...in our very slight artistic twist on history, was a poor boy who worked day and night to raise money for his little brother's much-needed operation, and just when he seemed about to finally get enough money to save Percy's life, he lost it all at an Indian casino. To keep Percy from dying, Dr. Facilier transplanted Percy Ratcliffe's soul into the body of a pug, just before his human body expired. Governor Ratcliffe is only seeking gold and the destruction of the Powhattans to save and avenge his little brother.
Jafar
was an innocent young child, and the apple of his parents' eye, until the day his parents were brutally murdered by a band of mugger street-rats, and then eaten by literal street-rats, and a starving Jafar was forced to eat his last family member--his pet snake Ziggy--to survive. The orphaned Jafar was then raised by parrots, who taught him dark magic. He entombed Ziggy's serpentine skeleton in a golden sarcophagus, and used his new magic to summon Ziggy's soul back to do his bidding through his new snake staff.
Mr. Mole
wasn't always blind. He used to be a prodigy of a painter, until his left eye was scratched out by a swallow's talons, and his right eye was wrecked by an insect's stinger. Unable to maintain his job as a painter, the crippled Mole could find work only as an indentured servant to fairies. He vowed to regain his wealth, at which time he would kill and mutilate swallows and bugs, and dominate a fairy as the fairies once dominated him.
Rothbart
truly was Mr. Nice Guy, until the love of his life left him for a man with better facial hair.
Judge Claude Frollo's father,
who had children at an old age, was hardcore party animal and proverbial Dirty Old Man, who had the sexual apatite of an Incubus and was King of Fools for decades on end. But one dark Festival Eve, a young innocent Frollo witnessed his elderly father finally push himself too far; a flirtatious barmaid--who happened to be a "Gypsy" (Romani)--accidently gave Frollo Sr. the boner that cost him his life. The old man clearly died happy, but his son was left in shambles.
Shortly thereafter, unattended decorative lanterns for the Festival caused a fire that burned the house down. Young Claude Frollo peed his pants, and everyone laughed. Thus he grew up to develop an intense hatred for sexuality, Gypsies, Festivals, and especially sexy Gypsies at festivals, as well as an obsession with fire and an preference for long dresses over pants.
The Coachman from "Pinocchio"
is really a kindly old man, who just got so sick of little hoodlums tromping through his front lawn. He's just using tough love to teach the donkey-boys a work ethic.