Talk:Disney Princess/@comment-4075031-20130929200311/@comment-1416077-20131001014320

You are not reading my posts carefully enough; Yes, they are indeed part of the franchise's history. No, they were NOT "official" because there was NO "official list" at that time. Get it? The list came later. Without the "official list" NONE of the characters in the franchise were "official", including, strangely enough, the actual princesses around which the entire franchise was centered.

Do you understand now?

1) First came the "all-inclusive" franchise, which lasted until the Disney Fairies franchise was created. Herein, there was no official list. Period. I remember images of the Fantasia Centaurettes in period adverts.

2) Second came the transitional period between Tink's departure and Giselle's exclusion, when pretty much anything non-human/humanoid was removed from the product line and it was established that only characters from fully animated feature films could be eligible.

3) With Giselle's (unfair, IMHO) exclusion, THE OFFICIAL LIST was established. At this time, Mulan was the "last princess" and Megara was excluded, even though her film came out earlier. After this, both Tarzan and Atlantis were released, but neither heroine was inducted into the franchise (i.e. was "added to the list").

4) Tiana is added to the list after a big announcement. She is followed by Rapunzel and then by Merida. They make big announcements months ahead of the induction and then "add the new princess to the list"

The list has never decreased since it was created and without the official list there can be no "official princesses". Do y'all understand now?