OMG YES!!!!!
Good!!!
black family excellence
This. I love this.
Bless these people, omfg this is so amazing!
OMFG WE MADE THE PAPER!
The entire gallery for the Detroit Free Press’ coverage of Youmacon 2014 is here :)
The times I met my doubles at Youmacon <3
Friday was Five Nights at Freddy’s.
Saturday was Princess and the Frog.
Sunday was Wonder Woman.
I know the Freddy with me is Brad Duct-Tape Hale, but I’m not sure who the other two are. If you know them, please let me know so I can tag them, they were all so great!
Me and some gorgeous ladies decided to Disney it up at Youmacon on Saturday :)
Princess Tiana is me!
The Queen of Hearts is Sweets4aSweet Cosplay.
Belle is Pretty Lush Cosplay.
These ladies were really great to walk around with and I look forward to hanging out with them again someday <3
Sometimes you kiss a frog and he turns into an abridged series creator…? Seriously though, martininamerica is one of the nicest, sweetest people you’ll ever meet at a con, so you should definitely take time out to go see him. He’s such a great person and I’m really happy to be able to call him a friend :)
Youmacon is coming up and the wifey and I are super excited! We’ve never been to the con before but have been wanting to go for years, so we’re thrilled to be able to sell there in artist alley. Here’s some of the new things we’ll have, from the woodwork I do to the adorable stuffed babies she makes that we’re calling Hug Me Heroes. We’ll also be cosplaying, as always <3
We hope to see you at Youma!
Character: Dr.Facilier
Series: The Princess and the Frog
SUBMISSION
In other news all of the YES TO THIS!
Best lesson from a Disney movie
This is an underrated movie
This is a grossly underrated movie.
Can I take a minute to rant? Good. Cuz I’m gonna.
I FLOVE this movie. And I HATE all the stupid hatred it gets. For a long time the buzz was “finally a black princess yay!” and now everyone is like “Fuck this movie, first black princess and she spends the whole movie a frog.”
You know what? Fuck that. Because Ariel spent a good majority of the movie not talking. Mulan spent the majority of the move pretending to be a man. Aurora and Snow White? Asleep (Hardly in the movie at all). They’re all just plot devices, not designed to take away from the traits of the women.
And you know what else? Unlike some of the other princesses, Tiana is in control of her destiny every step of the way. When she turns into the frog does she lose hope and need rescuing? Hell naw. She busts Naveen over the head and gets the job done. She is consistently responsible and capable even after having her dreams crushed and turning into a freaking frog.
So don’t tell me that Tiana is “less than” just because she gets turned into a frog. She’s still one of the most hardworking, badass, and capable chicks in animated history and I love her like crazy cakes.
the end.
Also? She’s based on a real person. A real woman who is 91 and is still cooking in her kitchen. She’s still widely respected in the culinary community, she’s fed presidents, she’s had songs written about her and her restaurants. She’s 91, and she still wakes up every morning to run things, because she still believes in hard work and good food. And if you don’t think that’s truly fantastic, then you can just fuck right off.
Holy crap that part about her being a frog is such a good point! I remember hearing that, “First black princess and she gets turned into a frog,” but I mean, like the person above said, Ariel gets her voice taken away, Aurora and Snow White are asleep, Mulan pretends to be a man. Tiana might be a frog but she’s still got the same wonderful spirit throughout the entire movie.
