Disney-Prinzessin
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Disney-Prinzessin Do Du think any Disney Princess is a Mary-Sue? (Meaning a character with little to almost no flaws whatsoever.)
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I don't think any of the princesses are Mary Sues, but Belle, Rapunzel and Elsa come close, as so Mulan and Anna in some ways.
Sometimes Mary Sue characters have tons of flaws, but these flaws are down-played
Ariel was never looked at in a bad light once in her movie. She was looked at as the typical teenager who always once to go into dangerous places and "always" disobeys her father for very little reason. She Is played to the audience in a endearing light as the movie never focuses on her flaws and her struggle with it them, but more her fathers change in understanding humans. Ariel does reckless stuff, never apologizes in the movie and yet happy music is played in the end while people cheer and I'm left wanting more. She left scott-free. If that is the definition of mary-sue, then she IS a mary-sue. If your going to say I'm wrong, give me your reasons as to why you think I'm wrong.
The whole point of a Mary Sue is that you HAVE to love them. When you're watching a movie or reading a book with a Mary Sue, you get the feeling that the writer is asking you "ISN'T MY CHARACTER SO COOL AND SWEET AND BADASS AND AMAZING? DON'T YOU LOVE HIM/HER YET?" Creating sympathy for a character causes you to like them. In my opinion, a Mary Sue doesn't depend on the characters personality ALONE, but mostly on the portrayal of the character.
If you'd read my comment properly, you would see that I said that having a lack of flaws isn't ONLY what makes a character a Mary Sue, and that I started the next sentence with "sometimes".
Sk8er_girl: I agree with what you said about Ariel. Every time she does something wrong we're forced to side with her and it is her dad or Ursula or Sebastian who is portrayed more negatively. However, her father and Sebastian were constantly reminding her of her flaws and of what she was doing wrong, and even though she got away unscathed, I felt that them lampshading her issues is what proves that we, as viewers, can decide whether we want to admire/like/sympathize with her or not, which is what I believe saves her from being a Mary Sue.
I'm sorry if I didn't make much sense in my comments. English is my second language and I'm not great at wording anything.
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