Talk:The Princess and the Frog/@comment-25041621-20140614224009/@comment-25041621-20140618210438

I meant she was not an emancipated character. Absolutely true what you're saying, she takes matters into her own hands, is realistic and hardworking, but she is still an innocent and deeply sympathic princess (you just can't say she's not a princess - it's in her blood!). Elsa from Frozen, for examlpe, is an emancipated princess, and actually, so is Anna. Elsa's psychological state is really very complicated, and I find it very hard to like her, because she doesn't fit in, not only in her environment, but also on the Disney Princess line-up. Even Anna is strange, with her very modern American style and quirky lines. And they both end up without a stable Prince relationship.

Tiana has a more uptodate character than Snow White, Aurora, and the others, but she is still a charming princess with transparent hopes and dreams, and lets her heart decide and open itself to Naveen, as soon as he passes her conditional tests. Her fairytale is convincing, AND she gets points for being reality-like and down to earth. And no, it's not her primary dream, but she is unbelievably lucky and gets to live happily ever after.

(Maybe I just don't like Hans Christian Andersen, because The Little Mermaid is also based on his story, and I find in it the same bittersweet ending that doesn't quite satisfy - a feeling supported by the sequel Return to the Sea)