Talk:Disney Princess/@comment-24559114-20140605053619/@comment-1416077-20140605160414

Well, obviously it's because these are children's films which should be uplifting for children...

... but are we so sure that all Princess films have a happily ever after in their original films (ignoring any sequels)?

Let's see:

- Snow White: She's the sole heir of a kingdom that has been left leaderless, but gets raised from the dead by a "prince" of unknown provenance and taken to a "castle in the clouds". At the age of 14, she leaves behind the seven men who have cared for her to go with someone she's known for all of three minutes.

- Cinderella: Yes, she does seem to have a happily ever after... but what about her vermin friends? Will she abandon them now that she is no longer the dregs of humanity? Or will the now-civilized vermin come in conflict with the humans? We're talking about rats, after all! What about her disgraced family?

- Aurora: Stephan's kingdom has been economically ruined by the destruction of all spinning wheels, forcing them to import all thread and textiles. Meanwhile, an army of darkness held in check by a powerful queen now finds itself leaderless; banditry will rule the land for years to come.

- Ariel: A fish out of water... literally. Merfolk clearly have longer lifespans than humans (and goldfish and crabs); everyone she knows will eventually die and she will still be young... and incapable of returning to her ancestral home.

- Belle: the French Revolution is just around the corner; not good if you are married to a nobleman...

- Jasmine: Not counting the series, at the end of the film, the 15-year old Jasmine is betrothed to the commoner Aladdin, who has just given walking papers to Genie... meaning he is completely powerless, inexperienced and subject to a ditz of a Sultan who has lost his political adviser... Not exactly a happy ending in the politically charged Ottoman Empire...

- Pocahontas: The love of her life gets on a ship and leaves, possibly forever, leaving her behind with two bunches of racist idiots trying to get along without killing each other.

- Mulan: "Lives in interesting times"; the Leader of the Mongol Hordes (plural; just one horde was wiped out by Mulan) is dead, the Chinese Capital's Army was wiped out and a new one must be made... as nobles try to take advantage of the power vacuum.

- Tiana: Do you really think Naveen wil change his playboy ways?

- Rapunzel: Her country executes people for theft without a trial; the guards may be ethically compromised and the castle can be penetrated by bandits

- Merida: Her father has two choices; naming a girl as heir or risking the kingdom with one of the three pranksters.

- Elsa: viewed with suspicion for the rest of her life, unmarried, having to leave her ADHD sister as her heir, while having Wesselton as a hostile neighbour and possibly having the Southern Isles offended by their treatment of Hans.

- Anna: She is crazy (yeah... in a good way, but that's not the point); knowing she might eventually inherit the throne is scary for Arendelle... plus she might have magic of her own...