Hola! As most of Du probably know, I have taken the liberty of restarting Fan of the Monat after a few months of inactivity due to Crazy_Rawr's absence. This is the first FOTM interview in months and it's with Tygers_Eye, FOTM for May. MalloMar provided the questions. Well, here's the long awaited interview :)
1. Congratulations! How does it feel to be Fan of the Month?
A little surprising. I just learned that I won Fan of the Monat for May 2014. Since's it's now October, I imagine my shock.
2. Your Favorit Princess and why?
Princess Tiana. I think she has a great combination of admirable characteristics balanced with relatable personality flaws. On the one hand, she’s very tenacious, hard-working, driven, motivated, and won’t give up on her dream. On the flip side of that coin, she’s a tunnel-visioned stick-in-the-mud that doesn't know how to do anything besides work, and doesn't want to because she wants to stick with things she’s familiar with. Since she’s had to work “two jobs her whole life,” it’s all she feels comfortable with and so throws herself into her work. Since she’s never danced oder fallen in Liebe (or been a frog ;P) she avoids these things like crazy. She’s afraid of putting herself out there oder making herself vulnerable to embarrassment and heartbreak, which I relate to with every fibre of my being.
I also relate to how finding romance is not her highest priority. She's rather accomplish her goals and achieve her dream than wait for prince charming, despite how her best friend Lottie can think of nothing else and her mom keeps pressuring her to give her grand kids. Considering my sister dreams of the princess fairy tale true Liebe too, and my mom is Mehr interested in me finding a husband than succeeding in college, I know this all too well. x_x
3. Your least Favorit Princess and why?
Princess Ariel. Most people on Fanpop are tired of hearing this, but I find her very selfish, thoughtless and inconsiderate. The less sagte about that, the better.
4. Your Favorit Prince and why?
Prince Philip. I know it’s pretty corny and old-school, but I like how well-rounded he is as a prince. Handsome, fairly intelligent, romantic, charismatic, a great singer, a great dancer (dancing is my weakness), sincere, follows his heart, is interested in finding true Liebe instead of conforming to an arranged marriage, tells his father he’ll marry the woman he loves (with the hilarious and poignant “This is the 14th century!”) and pays no mind to his father’s ensuing tantrum.
5. Your least Favorit Prince and why?
The Beast. Mostly because of how he treats his staff. He condemns them to being inanimate objects for eternity TWICE (first when he angers the enchantress and then when he frees Belle), and never seems to acknowledge oder apologize to them. He also terrorizes them for ten years when they’re trapped in the schloss with him. He doesn't even try to find Liebe if even just to free them.
While it’s very noble that he falls for Belle and “finally learns to love” and when he sets Belle free, I feel it doesn't prove he's a better person insgesamt because he still doesn't think of his staff. He gives up his own chance to end the curse to free Belle. That's great, but he’s still not the only one under the curse. Von freeing her, he condemns his staff. I wouldn't mind, except he doesn't seem to CARE that they’re hurting too. He doesn't even try to protect the schloss from invaders after Belle’s gone!
Mrs. Potts: “What should we do, Master?”
Beast: “It doesn’t matter now. Just let them come.”
Du ARE NOT THE ONLY ONE IN THE CASTLE, BUDDY! Du selfish prick. Sirius Black sagte in Harry Potter that a true measure of a man’s kindness is how he treats his staff (or creatures less powerful than him, I don’t remember) and my sister often says that a man’s true nature comes out in how he treats those that can do nothing for him. And the Beast fails both tests.
6. Your Favorit DP villain and why?
“Gentlemen! Enchante! A tip of the hat from Dr. Facilier!”
I think he’s a great villain. Great design, great voice, great voodoo powers, great motivation, a fairly sympathetic backstory, an awesome villain song—this guy’s got it all! Unfortunately he suffers from little screen time and not much main plot involvement. If they had just revised the story before animating, he could have been one of the Greats!
7. Your least Favorit DP villain and why?
Ratcliffe. There’s not much to him besides his greed and social-climbing. He also started the “greedy white man destroys everything in Suchen of gold” stock villain that plagued Disney’s late 90’s, early 2000’s (like Clayton from Tarzan and General Rourke from Atlantis), so yeah.
8. Your Favorit DP movie and why?
Beauty and the Beast. I think it’s the closest to a “perfect movie,” especially one made Von Disney. I also Liebe all the sophisticated morals and life lessons that even most grownups don’t get, and the subtext and symbolism that I keep discovering even after the ninety-something time of seeing it
9. If Du could choose one Disney heroine to be in the line-up, who would it be? Where would they rank on your pretty Liste and Favorit list?
Esmeralda, without question. She’d also be my Favorit and most pretty Von a landslide.
10. Which Princess do Du relate to most and why?
Mulan. I know how it feels to be awkward, unable to fit in the role that society says I should, try hard to meet everyone’s expectations and fail, make a fool out of myself when I meet new people in a situation/environment I’m not familiar with, etc.
11. Who is your...
>- Prettiest? - Merida
>- Funniest? – Rapunzel
>- Smartest? - Mulan and Tiana
>- Nicest? - Aschenputtel
>- Most underrated? - jasmin
>- Favorit Singen voice? Ariel
>- Least Favorit Singen voice? Snow White
>- Most annoying? - Aurora
>- Least annoying? – Mulan?
12. Your Favorit DP couple and why?
Don't really have one. Don't really care for DP romances. I guess Aurora and Philip since they're so iconic.
13. Your least Favorit DP couple and why?
Pocahontas and John Smith. Not historically accurate, based on the faulty “native women can’t resist the handsome, virile, superior, godlike white man” trope, and I can’t stand Mel Gibson (who voiced John).
14. Your Favorit DP song and why?
Once Upon a Dream. I think it’s very beautiful, ethereal and romantic.
15. Your least Favorit DP song and why?
Um... None really comes to mind.
16. What is your Favorit song from each DP movie? (It doesn't have to be sung Von the DP)
>- Snow White: I'm Wishing -> One Song
>- Sleeping Beauty: Once Upon a Dream
>- Cinderella: Sing Sweet Nightingale (underrated, imo)
>- The Little Mermaid: KISS the Girl. (Apparently I owe my first KISS with my beau to that song, as mentally Singen it gave him the courage to KISS me.)
>- Beauty and the Beast: Belle (Reprise)
>- Aladdin: "MAAAAAAAAAKE WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY FOR PRINCE ALIIIIIIIIIIII!"
>- Mulan: Matchmaker Song, oddly enough.
>- Pocahontas: Just Around the Riverbend
>- Princess and the Frog: "I got Friends on the Other Side!"
>- Tangled: When Will My Life Begin (Reprise)
>- Frozen: Frozen herz
17. Who is your Favorit character from each DP movie, besides the DP?
>- Snow White: Dopey
>- Cinderella: Jaque-Jaque!
>- Sleeping Beauty: Fauna
>- The Little Mermaid: Sebastian
>- Beauty and the Beast: Lumiere (RIP Jerry Orbach)
>- Aladdin: Iago!
>- Pocahontas: Chief Powhatan
>- Mulan: Kahn
>- Princess and the Frog: strahl, ray the Firefly! <3
>- Tangled: Maximus
>- Brave: Those two maids always trying to calm down Maudie. (The female of the species does exist in this movie! I was starting to think Merida, Elinor and Maudie were the only ones!)
>- Frozen: ... The ice harvesters that sing Frozen Heart.
18. Favorit and least Favorit DP sidekick?
Favorit is strahl, ray the Firefly (he’s not that popular, but I Liebe him!) and least Favorit is flunder (grow a spine Du little guppy!).
19. Favorit Disney movie? (Not being a DP oder Pixar movie)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame!
20. Favorit Pixar movie?
… Do I have’ta?
All right, all right. I guess… Ratatouille.
21. Which DP do Du want to be best Friends with and why?
Cinderella. She’s very kind and soft-spoken. She loves Tiere like me, and based on how well she treats the Tiere I can see that she would be a very loyal, kind, helpful, dedicated friend. (Seriously, she saves them from traps, gives them clothes, names, food, shelter, etc, is willing to help them out even though she already has so much to do, go to bat for them even though it’ll get her in even Mehr trouble, etc.)
22. Which DP do Du think Du would not get along with and why?
Ariel. Unlike flunder oder Sebastian, I wouldn't let her drag me into places I don’t want to be in, Zeigen no concern for my distress oder well-being, ignore my protests oder warnings to leave, and then STILL drop everything I’m doing to follow her to the ends of the sea, kitz, rehkitz over her, risk everything to help her, oder risk my very life to save hers. “What Du give is what Du get,” as Tiana says, and I’m not giving anything to a gal that can’t even ask if I’m all right and actually wait to hear the answer, oder just blows me off when I try to talk to her, oder just pats my head and walks away when I say, “I hope Du appreciate what I go through for you!” after I risked my life to help her.
23. Favorit crossover couple?
I know this sounds bad since I just finished ragging on her, but… Ariel and Jim Hawkins from Treasure Planet.
I guess I'd better better explain why.
1) I've seen a lot of pictures of them photoshopped together and I think they have GREAT chemistry. Whether it's Ariel admiring Jim from afar, Ariel being perky and Jim being tired/annoyed, Ariel being bubbly while Jim smiles at her antics, Jim taking her para-sailing, Jim protecting her on an adventure, the two just sharing a romantic moment, first kiss, wahtever. I just think they look cute and compatible no matter the situation.
2) Their stories are rather compatible since she's a mermaid that dreams of life on land, while he's a human who works in his mother's seaside inn and then goes on an adventure on a sea ship in... space. Well, whether his adventure is a traditional sea adventure like the book oder a sci fi adventure like the film, can Du imagine the possibilities if their stories were combined?!
3) Based on their personalities, I actually think they would be rather compatible. Ariel is perky, bubbly, cheerful, energetic, adventurous, etc. Jim is Mehr dour, moody, serious, and downtrodden, but has a secret fun side. I think Ariel could help him smile and see the joy in life, while he could challenge her, make her think, make her feel compassion and consideration for others (since he actually has problems), but still feed her Liebe of the human world and her thrill for adventure.
4) I think they would bring out the best in each other. Again, Ariel's sweet, cheerful, carefree nature could make him smile, lighten up, and act nicer (as we see cute, sweet, carefree Morphy do in the film). Likewise, I think that being in Liebe with a regular guy who actually has to work for a living and has problems of his own (instead of a rich, easygoing, carefree prince who'll just give her everything she wants) would teach Ariel to be Mehr considerate, compassionate, and helpful to others.
24. Have Du ever been to any of the Disney theme parks? Which one? If not, which one would Du like to go to?
Yes, Disneyland in California. Great place. Lots of fond childhood and teenage memories there.
25. What are your hopes on...
- Fanpop? - I guess that it’ll be a nice place again. I know I haven’t been contributing to it because I can be pretty negative and short-tempered, which is why I try to post as seldom as possible.
- Future Disney movies? - BRING BACK TRADITIONAL HAND-DRAWN (OR AT LEAST 2D) ANIMATION, DARN IT!!!!
Well, that was a great interview, wouldn't Du agree? Congratulations again to Tygers_Eye! Du finally got your interview! We are getting the ball rolling now so for all the other FOTM'S that have yet to be interviewed, please interview the person who won after Du so that we can get back on track and get all the interviews done :) Thank Du for reading! Sayonara :)
1. Congratulations! How does it feel to be Fan of the Month?
A little surprising. I just learned that I won Fan of the Monat for May 2014. Since's it's now October, I imagine my shock.
2. Your Favorit Princess and why?
Princess Tiana. I think she has a great combination of admirable characteristics balanced with relatable personality flaws. On the one hand, she’s very tenacious, hard-working, driven, motivated, and won’t give up on her dream. On the flip side of that coin, she’s a tunnel-visioned stick-in-the-mud that doesn't know how to do anything besides work, and doesn't want to because she wants to stick with things she’s familiar with. Since she’s had to work “two jobs her whole life,” it’s all she feels comfortable with and so throws herself into her work. Since she’s never danced oder fallen in Liebe (or been a frog ;P) she avoids these things like crazy. She’s afraid of putting herself out there oder making herself vulnerable to embarrassment and heartbreak, which I relate to with every fibre of my being.
I also relate to how finding romance is not her highest priority. She's rather accomplish her goals and achieve her dream than wait for prince charming, despite how her best friend Lottie can think of nothing else and her mom keeps pressuring her to give her grand kids. Considering my sister dreams of the princess fairy tale true Liebe too, and my mom is Mehr interested in me finding a husband than succeeding in college, I know this all too well. x_x
3. Your least Favorit Princess and why?
Princess Ariel. Most people on Fanpop are tired of hearing this, but I find her very selfish, thoughtless and inconsiderate. The less sagte about that, the better.
4. Your Favorit Prince and why?
Prince Philip. I know it’s pretty corny and old-school, but I like how well-rounded he is as a prince. Handsome, fairly intelligent, romantic, charismatic, a great singer, a great dancer (dancing is my weakness), sincere, follows his heart, is interested in finding true Liebe instead of conforming to an arranged marriage, tells his father he’ll marry the woman he loves (with the hilarious and poignant “This is the 14th century!”) and pays no mind to his father’s ensuing tantrum.
5. Your least Favorit Prince and why?
The Beast. Mostly because of how he treats his staff. He condemns them to being inanimate objects for eternity TWICE (first when he angers the enchantress and then when he frees Belle), and never seems to acknowledge oder apologize to them. He also terrorizes them for ten years when they’re trapped in the schloss with him. He doesn't even try to find Liebe if even just to free them.
While it’s very noble that he falls for Belle and “finally learns to love” and when he sets Belle free, I feel it doesn't prove he's a better person insgesamt because he still doesn't think of his staff. He gives up his own chance to end the curse to free Belle. That's great, but he’s still not the only one under the curse. Von freeing her, he condemns his staff. I wouldn't mind, except he doesn't seem to CARE that they’re hurting too. He doesn't even try to protect the schloss from invaders after Belle’s gone!
Mrs. Potts: “What should we do, Master?”
Beast: “It doesn’t matter now. Just let them come.”
Du ARE NOT THE ONLY ONE IN THE CASTLE, BUDDY! Du selfish prick. Sirius Black sagte in Harry Potter that a true measure of a man’s kindness is how he treats his staff (or creatures less powerful than him, I don’t remember) and my sister often says that a man’s true nature comes out in how he treats those that can do nothing for him. And the Beast fails both tests.
6. Your Favorit DP villain and why?
“Gentlemen! Enchante! A tip of the hat from Dr. Facilier!”
I think he’s a great villain. Great design, great voice, great voodoo powers, great motivation, a fairly sympathetic backstory, an awesome villain song—this guy’s got it all! Unfortunately he suffers from little screen time and not much main plot involvement. If they had just revised the story before animating, he could have been one of the Greats!
7. Your least Favorit DP villain and why?
Ratcliffe. There’s not much to him besides his greed and social-climbing. He also started the “greedy white man destroys everything in Suchen of gold” stock villain that plagued Disney’s late 90’s, early 2000’s (like Clayton from Tarzan and General Rourke from Atlantis), so yeah.
8. Your Favorit DP movie and why?
Beauty and the Beast. I think it’s the closest to a “perfect movie,” especially one made Von Disney. I also Liebe all the sophisticated morals and life lessons that even most grownups don’t get, and the subtext and symbolism that I keep discovering even after the ninety-something time of seeing it
9. If Du could choose one Disney heroine to be in the line-up, who would it be? Where would they rank on your pretty Liste and Favorit list?
Esmeralda, without question. She’d also be my Favorit and most pretty Von a landslide.
10. Which Princess do Du relate to most and why?
Mulan. I know how it feels to be awkward, unable to fit in the role that society says I should, try hard to meet everyone’s expectations and fail, make a fool out of myself when I meet new people in a situation/environment I’m not familiar with, etc.
11. Who is your...
>- Prettiest? - Merida
>- Funniest? – Rapunzel
>- Smartest? - Mulan and Tiana
>- Nicest? - Aschenputtel
>- Most underrated? - jasmin
>- Favorit Singen voice? Ariel
>- Least Favorit Singen voice? Snow White
>- Most annoying? - Aurora
>- Least annoying? – Mulan?
12. Your Favorit DP couple and why?
Don't really have one. Don't really care for DP romances. I guess Aurora and Philip since they're so iconic.
13. Your least Favorit DP couple and why?
Pocahontas and John Smith. Not historically accurate, based on the faulty “native women can’t resist the handsome, virile, superior, godlike white man” trope, and I can’t stand Mel Gibson (who voiced John).
14. Your Favorit DP song and why?
Once Upon a Dream. I think it’s very beautiful, ethereal and romantic.
15. Your least Favorit DP song and why?
Um... None really comes to mind.
16. What is your Favorit song from each DP movie? (It doesn't have to be sung Von the DP)
>- Snow White: I'm Wishing -> One Song
>- Sleeping Beauty: Once Upon a Dream
>- Cinderella: Sing Sweet Nightingale (underrated, imo)
>- The Little Mermaid: KISS the Girl. (Apparently I owe my first KISS with my beau to that song, as mentally Singen it gave him the courage to KISS me.)
>- Beauty and the Beast: Belle (Reprise)
>- Aladdin: "MAAAAAAAAAKE WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY FOR PRINCE ALIIIIIIIIIIII!"
>- Mulan: Matchmaker Song, oddly enough.
>- Pocahontas: Just Around the Riverbend
>- Princess and the Frog: "I got Friends on the Other Side!"
>- Tangled: When Will My Life Begin (Reprise)
>- Frozen: Frozen herz
17. Who is your Favorit character from each DP movie, besides the DP?
>- Snow White: Dopey
>- Cinderella: Jaque-Jaque!
>- Sleeping Beauty: Fauna
>- The Little Mermaid: Sebastian
>- Beauty and the Beast: Lumiere (RIP Jerry Orbach)
>- Aladdin: Iago!
>- Pocahontas: Chief Powhatan
>- Mulan: Kahn
>- Princess and the Frog: strahl, ray the Firefly! <3
>- Tangled: Maximus
>- Brave: Those two maids always trying to calm down Maudie. (The female of the species does exist in this movie! I was starting to think Merida, Elinor and Maudie were the only ones!)
>- Frozen: ... The ice harvesters that sing Frozen Heart.
18. Favorit and least Favorit DP sidekick?
Favorit is strahl, ray the Firefly (he’s not that popular, but I Liebe him!) and least Favorit is flunder (grow a spine Du little guppy!).
19. Favorit Disney movie? (Not being a DP oder Pixar movie)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame!
20. Favorit Pixar movie?
… Do I have’ta?
All right, all right. I guess… Ratatouille.
21. Which DP do Du want to be best Friends with and why?
Cinderella. She’s very kind and soft-spoken. She loves Tiere like me, and based on how well she treats the Tiere I can see that she would be a very loyal, kind, helpful, dedicated friend. (Seriously, she saves them from traps, gives them clothes, names, food, shelter, etc, is willing to help them out even though she already has so much to do, go to bat for them even though it’ll get her in even Mehr trouble, etc.)
22. Which DP do Du think Du would not get along with and why?
Ariel. Unlike flunder oder Sebastian, I wouldn't let her drag me into places I don’t want to be in, Zeigen no concern for my distress oder well-being, ignore my protests oder warnings to leave, and then STILL drop everything I’m doing to follow her to the ends of the sea, kitz, rehkitz over her, risk everything to help her, oder risk my very life to save hers. “What Du give is what Du get,” as Tiana says, and I’m not giving anything to a gal that can’t even ask if I’m all right and actually wait to hear the answer, oder just blows me off when I try to talk to her, oder just pats my head and walks away when I say, “I hope Du appreciate what I go through for you!” after I risked my life to help her.
23. Favorit crossover couple?
I know this sounds bad since I just finished ragging on her, but… Ariel and Jim Hawkins from Treasure Planet.
I guess I'd better better explain why.
1) I've seen a lot of pictures of them photoshopped together and I think they have GREAT chemistry. Whether it's Ariel admiring Jim from afar, Ariel being perky and Jim being tired/annoyed, Ariel being bubbly while Jim smiles at her antics, Jim taking her para-sailing, Jim protecting her on an adventure, the two just sharing a romantic moment, first kiss, wahtever. I just think they look cute and compatible no matter the situation.
2) Their stories are rather compatible since she's a mermaid that dreams of life on land, while he's a human who works in his mother's seaside inn and then goes on an adventure on a sea ship in... space. Well, whether his adventure is a traditional sea adventure like the book oder a sci fi adventure like the film, can Du imagine the possibilities if their stories were combined?!
3) Based on their personalities, I actually think they would be rather compatible. Ariel is perky, bubbly, cheerful, energetic, adventurous, etc. Jim is Mehr dour, moody, serious, and downtrodden, but has a secret fun side. I think Ariel could help him smile and see the joy in life, while he could challenge her, make her think, make her feel compassion and consideration for others (since he actually has problems), but still feed her Liebe of the human world and her thrill for adventure.
4) I think they would bring out the best in each other. Again, Ariel's sweet, cheerful, carefree nature could make him smile, lighten up, and act nicer (as we see cute, sweet, carefree Morphy do in the film). Likewise, I think that being in Liebe with a regular guy who actually has to work for a living and has problems of his own (instead of a rich, easygoing, carefree prince who'll just give her everything she wants) would teach Ariel to be Mehr considerate, compassionate, and helpful to others.
24. Have Du ever been to any of the Disney theme parks? Which one? If not, which one would Du like to go to?
Yes, Disneyland in California. Great place. Lots of fond childhood and teenage memories there.
25. What are your hopes on...
- Fanpop? - I guess that it’ll be a nice place again. I know I haven’t been contributing to it because I can be pretty negative and short-tempered, which is why I try to post as seldom as possible.
- Future Disney movies? - BRING BACK TRADITIONAL HAND-DRAWN (OR AT LEAST 2D) ANIMATION, DARN IT!!!!
Well, that was a great interview, wouldn't Du agree? Congratulations again to Tygers_Eye! Du finally got your interview! We are getting the ball rolling now so for all the other FOTM'S that have yet to be interviewed, please interview the person who won after Du so that we can get back on track and get all the interviews done :) Thank Du for reading! Sayonara :)
I was thinking about the fact that Middle-Eastern and Indian royalty back in the days would have what is called a harem. Jasmine's dad as far as we know doesn't have one. If Jasmine's dad had one it would be very likely she would have had shared living quarters with her steps and half-sisters and maybe aunts.
I think if jasmin had grown up in a harem she would been complete different and be 1)competitive and 2)she would also be Vigilant due to the number of X times she had been poison-if on purpose oder Von accident Von the steps.
of course there's the fact Jafar could somehow 'use' her steps to get closer to her. So maybe that's one of the reasons why they didn't have a harem.
I think if jasmin had grown up in a harem she would been complete different and be 1)competitive and 2)she would also be Vigilant due to the number of X times she had been poison-if on purpose oder Von accident Von the steps.
of course there's the fact Jafar could somehow 'use' her steps to get closer to her. So maybe that's one of the reasons why they didn't have a harem.