Disney Princes

Somewhat inspired by 'imSarahSnitch' on youtube (http://www.youtube.com/user/imsarahsnitch) I thought I'd have a look at the Disney princes who were prevalent in my childhood movie-watching years.
Also my brother just told me to come see something "funny" and then killed the same guy twice with a headshot on Halo... I felt a reasonable dose of Disney might send me to sleep a little easier.

So, the films I lived off (quite literally judging by home movies of me as a kid - I got a Pocahontas cake for my 4th birthday ^^ love it) were, vaguely in order of favouritism:
Beauty and the Beast
Pocahontas
The Lion King
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Cinderella
Sleeping Beauty
Aladdin
The Little Mermaid
Hercules
Snow White
Peter Pan
The Fox and the Hound

There was also Pinnochio, Bambi and Dumbo, but they don't really have Princes in.


So, shall we start with the ones I don't like?
I find the traditional 'Prince Charming' types...well, boring. Just blah. I mean they all look the same for a start...
They just dyed his hair :/

And as for the Little Mermaid's Prince Eric and Aladdin... I think it's partly their attitudes that annoy me. And that fwooshy glossy hair.


I mean it even ruins Eric Bana for me :/
As Captain Nero, he's pretty hot (you know, in a evil-psycho kind of way). But with fwooshy glossy locks... I'd run away faster than Enterprise in warp drive o_O
Just personal preference, please don't eat my face ^^;

And then there's Peter Pan.... *Sigh* I adore this story and the whole idea of never having to grow up. But the Disney version of the character.... I could strangle him sometimes. His face annoys me.



Ok, now I've got that off my chest I'll work in reverse order with what we have left.

Tod (Fox): Ok, so not really a Prince, and not really human.... but who couldn't love that mischievous fox who just wanted to be friends with the hound next door and doesn't understand why it's "wrong"?


Hercules: I like Hercules; moreso at the start when he's a slightly pathetic skinny mess who gets everything wrong. Of course when he becomes all body-building demi-god I'm certainly one of the last people to complain. However I feel he sells out a little bit when he buys into the fame - with all the merchandise and stuff. But his choice to stay with Meg in the end totally wins me over again. Gingers rock ^^

Quasimodo: (The 3rd ginger in a row >.< I love them) I just want to hug him D': I adore Quasimodo (and not just cos he's voiced by Tom Hulce who played Mozart in Amadeus <3). He's just so... understanding I suppose. Even when he doesn't get the girl he still (eventually) ends up putting other people first. And anyone who can rip chains off Notre Dame like that is epic. End of.

Simba: Again technically a lion, but I loved this guy for yeeeaaaaars. It was the first film I went to see at the cinemas. I think I like the way (fair enough after a lot of persuasion) he takes responsibility for what happened and goes back and sorts everything out.
Although I later found out it's a Disney-fied version of Hamlet. And Hamlet was the original emo O_o

So that's slightly put me off Simba :(
However I will always love his singing voice *drool*

Pocahontas: For all that I adore this film, and considering how much it shaped many of my opinions (nature freak ^^), I CAN'T STAND John Smith. Can't stand him AT ALL. Don't ask me why. I think it might be his voice. Or maybe that fwooshy glossy hair again D:

Urgh ¬¬

And finally
Beauty and the Beast: Considering that I have more or less worshiped the ground that Belle walks on since I was nearly 2, this is my all-time favourite Disney movie.
The Beast... well when I was really little I would scream and cry when he first appeared, and wouldn't stop until my mum turned the movie off. Took a while for her to convince me he was really quite nice underneath all the shouting and the pointy teeth.
For all his faults I do love the Beast. I think because he does try to change, and even in the end when he's being all mopey he still fights for Belle. And besides all that, he's kinda hot as a human... :$

You know, in a statuesque, French sort of way.


SO to sum up, I can't stand nice, proper young gentlemen with fwooshy or neat hair who will be kind to me, sing to me, and rescue me from dragons/wicked step-mothers. Instead I prefer cheeky gingers who aren't perfect (and/or shout at people) and often get in trouble, but evidently reform themselves for love.

And I wonder why I can't find anyone ^^;

Thanks for reading, feel free to tell me what you think of Disney Princes.