Oh, thank you! I'm glad you're interviewing me too, you're a really cool member! I'm gonna have to do this in parts...
1. Congratulations! How does it feel to be shabiki of the Month?
Thank you! It feels awesome! It was really exciting because it meant my contributions were well accepted and people thought they were good.
2. Your inayopendelewa Princess and why?
As always, Mulan. I just absolutely upendo her. She's smart and brave and selfless. I upendo her character and her transformation. I upendo how she goes from the awkward, clumsy girl in the beginning to the confident woman in the end. My inayopendelewa thing about that is that all of her traits and personality in the beginning is still there in the end, she has just learned to accept them. I upendo her darker sides of bitterness, disorganization, martyrdom, and zaidi subtle downfalls of her character. My inayopendelewa thing is her struggle in character and how she has to discover who she is- and in the end, she fails just as much pretending to be a perfect man. She has to be completely herself to succeed. I upendo that she struggles to find herself, because it's so realistic. wewe shouldn't have asked me why, I always give essays when asked why I upendo Mulan.
3. Your least inayopendelewa Princess and why?
I'm not sure, my orodha is changing right now. I've got it down to one of three though- Jasmine, Merida, au Cinderella. jimmy, hunitumia because she's a hypocrite who lets Aladin treat her like "a prize to be won." Merida is going to be really difficult to place- she's a really interesting, compelling character, but I don't really LIKE her much, so it will be difficult for me to decide whether I place her based on her complexity au likability. cinderella is just unlucky. Lately, I've begun to appreciate all of the princesses more- except Cinderella. Well, I do appreciate her more, just to a lesser extent. It's really because I can't get emotionally involved in her movie.
4. Your inayopendelewa Prince and why?
Shang. I upendo his selflessness, bravery, and development from arrogant new captain to strong leader. I also upendo his complex with his father.
5. Your least inayopendelewa Prince and why?
Charming. I think he’s a jerk for the same reasons everybody does, and he doesn’t even learn Cinderella’s name. He’s also just so stilted and has such a bland personality (from what we see.)
6. Your inayopendelewa DP villain and why?
Either Evil Queen au Shan Yu. Evil Queen because I just upendo her creepiness and find her really elegantly diabolical, I can’t really describe it. Shan Yu because of THE LITTLE GIRL.
7. Your least inayopendelewa DP villain and why?
I think Gaston, almost because I like him. He isn’t either fierce and intimidating (Shan Yu) au charismatic and elegant (Maleficent, Facilier.) I don’t really know, though.
8. Your inayopendelewa DP movie and why?
Mulan. I upendo the humor, the story, the characters, the music, the animation- I just really upendo this movie. It’s my all-time favorite. I especially upendo the way gender issues are addressed- there is a lot of good humor (you know when wewe get those manly urges,) but it also handled really well. Mulan doesn’t fit perfectly in either, and I really like that.
9. If wewe could chose one Disney heroine to be in the line-up, who would it be? Where would they rank on your pretty orodha and inayopendelewa list?
Objectively, Esmeralda au Jane would probably be the best. I’d pick Jane of the two. Since my orodha is changing, I don’t know where she’d rank, but probably in the juu five. She’d be 3rd (above Mulan) au 4th (above Ariel) in prettiness. If I just picked who I wanted, it would be Kida. I upendo how she gives up herself for her people. I upendo her devotion to keeping her people’s culture alive. I just really upendo Kida. She and Pocahontas would be constantly fighting for 2 (I think Pocahontas would usually win.) She’d either be 4th (above Ariel again) au 5th (above Snow White) in prettiness.
10. Which Princess do wewe relate to most and why?
Belle. I also like kusoma and feel like an outcast, all the normal reasons. I also hate my community, I’m surrounded kwa superficial snobs. However, I also think I am like Belle in zaidi significant ways. Like Belle, I have difficulty expressing my real feelings with people. I tend to talk around things (like when Belle called Gaston a bunch of names he wouldn’t understand.) I also would be like Belle in that I will defend myself even when I know I’m in the wrong. I also think I can be a bit of an intellectual snob, like Belle. Like Belle, I also feel that my learning separates me from people- I’m almost never invited to things with my friends. I also relate to Rapunzel because I feel like the way my mind works isolate me from others.
11. Who is your...
- Prettiest? Pocahontas!
- Funniest? Rapunzel, maybe?
- Smartest? Mulan. She takes down the greatest warlord with her fan.
- Nicest? Snow White
- Most underrated? Aurora
- inayopendelewa imba voice? Pocahontas
- Least inayopendelewa imba voice? Ariel SHE SINGS THROUGH HER NOSE
- Most annoying? Merida au jimmy, hunitumia (for claiming to be all independent-tough-girl and needing to get saved all the time)
- Least annoying? Pocahontas
12. Your inayopendelewa DP couple and why?
Tiana and Naveen. I just upendo them, and have no real good reason why! I upendo their chemistry, though.
13. Your least inayopendelewa DP couple and why?
cinderella and Charming. I’ve convinced myself cinderella was being and opportunist falling in upendo with Charming because I dislike the pair so much.
14. Your inayopendelewa DP song and why?
I Wonder au Just Around the Riverbend. I feel like they are very different songs that both convey similar messages of wanting discovery and to know more.
15. Your least inayopendelewa DP song and why?
When Will My Life Begin Reprise. Bad tune of the original with “like” thrown in as a verbal pause in one of the most tender moments of the movie. Frustrates me.
16. What is your inayopendelewa song from each DP movie? (It doesn't have to be sung kwa the DP)
- Snow White: Heigh Ho
- Sleeping Beauty: I Wonder
- Cinderella: Sing Sweet Nightingale
- The Little Mermaid: Kiss the Girl
- Beauty and the Beast: Gaston Reprise
- Aladdin: Arabian Nights
- Mulan: I’ll Make a Man Out of wewe
- Pocahontas: Savages
- Princess and the Frog: Gonna Take wewe There
- Tangled: Mother Knows Best Reprise
17. Who is your inayopendelewa character from each DP movie, besides the DP?
- Snow White: Doc
- Sleeping Beauty: Phillip/ Merryweather
- Cinderella: the king
- The Little Mermaid: Sebastian
- Beauty and the Beast: Cogsworth
- Aladdin: Carpet
- Mulan: Shang (Grandmother Fa no counting the prince0
- Pocahontas: Nakoma
- Princess and the Frog: Naveen/ charlotte
- Tangled: the queen, main pub thug
18. inayopendelewa and least inayopendelewa DP sidekick?
Favorite: Carpet; Least Favorite: Gus
19. inayopendelewa Disney movie? (Not being a DP au Pixar movie)
Alice in Wonderland!
20. inayopendelewa Pixar movie?
Cars au The Incredibles
21. Which DP do wewe want to be best Marafiki with and why?
Ariel. I think I would really upendo her enthusiasm and we would both upendo exploring together. I also think we both have a lot of fascination.
22. Which DP do wewe think wewe would not get along with and why?
Merida, probably. I think I’d roll my eyes at her a lot. I don’t know, though.
23. inayopendelewa crossover couple? (the princess with another Disney character au prince)
I’m not big into crossover.
24. Have wewe ever been to any of the Disney theme parks? Which one? If not, which one would wewe like to go to?
Disneyland. I want to go to Disneyworld to see New Fantasyland and meet a Mulan face character.
25. What are your hopes on...
- Fanpop? That this sight continues to be active and that we continue to address zaidi thought-provoking topics
- Frozen? I just want it to be a good movie that doesn’t knock off Tangled. And that Elsa isn’t included in the lineup.
- Future Disney movies? Lately I’ve been coming up with some ideas for a story about Macchu Picchu (that’s probably not spelled right.) I think that could be really cool. But I just want them to step outside their comfort zone zaidi and not restrict themselves in their stories the way they have done in the past.
