Talk:Disney Princess/@comment-3055299-20150202021110/@comment-1765692-20150202035431

The Amulet of Avalor is apparently the thing that ties all Disney Princesses (except the one Disney wants forgotten) together... somehow. Elena of Avalor comes from the same place as the amulet, which I guess arbitrarily makes her more important than all the others... somehow. I still stand by my opinion that Elsa should be the boss of the lineup since she's the only queen, but I have my suspicions that Elena will end up stealing that spot just because she's from Avalor. Of course there's the fact that she isn't from a theatrical film, but we don't know if the rules specifically prohibit television characters from joining the lineup. Who knows, maybe they considered adding Calla at one point, and the only reason she didn't ultimately end up in the lineup is because she's too young, or not marketable enough, or maybe it's just because TV shows have a largely temporary lifespan dependent on network executives green lighting a new season every year or so, thus making long-term marketability difficult after the show ends.

In short, adding Elena of Avalor to the lineup makes sense from a writing standpoint. But, adding Elena of Disney Junior 2016-whenever, doesn't make as much sense from a long-term marketing standpoint. Unless the spin-off series gets its own movie that gets decent advertising, and maybe even gets remembered more than the actual show twenty or so years down the line, it's unlikely that Elena will see more than at least a temporary spot on the official lineup just due to the nature of how television works.