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AladdinsGenie · Posted: Tue May 02, 2006 9:23 pm Post subject:

*Aladdin rolls apple off his shoulder to give to Jasmine, but Rasoul grabs it and attacks him for attempting to hurt the princess* Laughing

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Guest · Posted: Fri May 05, 2006 1:34 pm Post subject:

Aha! That's why Rasoul was so willing to drown him! He was there the whole time watching Aladdin and Jasmine. They just cut him out of all the scenes because he was ruining the romantic mood. Laughing

APK · Posted: Fri May 05, 2006 1:36 pm Post subject:

God, I hate this thing. It logged me off *and* it triple posted.

AmethystFae · Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 10:26 pm Post subject:

How old do y'all think the Disney Princesses are? We know that Aurora and Ariel are sixteen, and if you do your research, you'll find that Jasmine was supposed to be sixteen. But ages weren't mentioned for Belle, Snow White or Cinderella.

I think Snow White is the youngest, though I couldn't say how much younger. She did ride off with the Prince, but in a different time and culture, thirteen-year-olds did get married.

I'd put Belle at about nineteen. Maybe it's the book smarts that make her look and seem so mature, but I just don't think she's as young as the rest of the Princesses. Maybe she's twenty, but at any rate, she has this "young enough to still be living at home, but not a teenie-bopper" Aura. And if she were much older than twenty, I think the townspeople might hold that against her, too. (That she's twenty-something and not yet married.)

Cinderella's the only one I'm not quite sure on. Maybe she's sixteen, too. It really is hard to tell, since, had she not gone off with the Prince, I think she'd still be living with her step-mother and step-sisters. (Or, the evil harpies would just throw her out on her ear, but then they'd be out a servant.)

What are your thoughts?

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AladdinsGenie · Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 11:38 pm Post subject:

Belle-20/21ish because of Beast turning 21 himself
Snow White-I've seen 13-16 for her, but I can't really place her myself.
Cinderella-About 20-21, maybe. She just seems a lot older.

Gazmine · Majordomo Joined: 25 Apr 2006 Posts: 259 Location: SA TX

Belle is the only one that really confuses me. i feel the beast being in his 20s wouldn't make Belle's age, if under 16, unbelievable. (infact i like stories like that, but i'm just wierd YOU SHOULD ALL READ 'LOLiTA' NOW!!!)

Although i would like to believe she's an extremly mature tall developed girl about 16 or 17, i don't think that the adult/teen romance was quuuuiiiite what the writers were going for.

i think Cinderella is for sure under/or 16 and i also think she is the second youngest. i'd actully say Jasmine is the youngest.

Those are just my opinions Very Happy

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Ariellen · Scourge of the Desert Joined: 04 May 2005 Posts: 708

The creators of BatB never gave Belle a specific age, but there was a conscious decision to make her older than Ariel; I think the frame of reference they worked with was in the 18-21 range, but I'd have to double check my notes from the Secrets of the Modern Disney Princesses class I took at WDW. She had to be in order for her to be convincingly a bit world-weary, and whoever said that the fact that she was around 20 years old and not yet married (was that you, Hikaru?), that was something else they considered, too. It's another reason people thinks she's odd and why it's crazy for her to reject Gaston. He could be her 'last chance.'

The gift shop "In Character" outside Voyage of the Little Mermaid at MGM has a 'model sheet' of Snow White (they have them for many of the Princesses, and yes, they did remember Jasmine this time!), but I don't know if those are ones created for theming only or if they are based on actual model sheets. Anyway, Snow White's sheet says something like "Snow White has idealized proportions for a 16 year old girl, but is not curvy." I think she is definitely young, but I think there is an extent to which she looks younger than she actually is. (This is also an interesting reflection on what ideals were in the 1930s as compared to now...) I wouldn't place her younger than 14, but not older than 16. She has a lot of inner strength (being able to flee when she learns of the Queen's plan, not knowing where she'd go) and a very definite motherly approach in dealing with the animals and the dwarfs.

I agree with AG that Cinderella seems older to me. Actually, so do her stepsisters. (I mean, they're immature, but they seem like they are children stuck in adults' bodies.) I wouldn't be surprised at all if Lady Tremaine was hoping Cinderella would be an 'old maid,' or at least not be allowed to be around men until Anastasia and Drizella had found husbands. She wanted to 'forward the interests of her own two awkward daughters,' and they must be higher up in age for the time, since she's quick to remind them it's their last chance when they find out the Duke is coming.

AladdinFan92 · Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 11:49 am Post subject:

Hm,interesting points, DP.

I always pictured the stepsisters as being the same age as Cinderella (17,maybe 18 ) And they looked older because they were so...unattractive. And I always thought that "last chance" line from the stepmother at the end meant their last chance to marry the Prince, since they goofed up at the ball, and not nesscarily their last chance to marry period. But maybe that's just me. Smile

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