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 :)
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.
These quotes are all things that have been said to me in regards to my body and my race. It’s not everything that’s ever been said to me, oh no, not even close, but they’ve been said as recently as last month.
Don’t let the negatives take over, don’t let them weigh you down and dictate who you are. Don’t let them cover up the things that make you, you.
So my wifey sent me a link to a meme generator and things happened. Because, you know, I always speak on cosplay and positivity and loving yourself, but those ramblings get long, so here’s some quick memes to keep you going in cosplay and, well, anything you need them for :) Share them, save them, print them out and put them by your fabric as a reminder that you’re awesome and should be having fun instead of stressing about someone’s opinion <3
The Wonder Woman meme is pretty much my feelings on cosplay. Have fun, be whatever you want, love yourself, the end :)
The Tiana meme is pretty much my feelings on fat bashing and this idea that, somehow, a fat person’s existence glorifies obesity. This is a ridiculous notion. You can’t say that a fat person is lazy and useless and needs to go out and do something, then when that person does go out and does something you shoot them down. Me being in this world is about me enjoying my life, period. My weight is simply that: my weight, but there’s more to me then that, and honestly, if you choose (yes, choose, because your opinions are a choice) to be bothered my a woman who has some rolls and flabby arms then I feel sorry for you, because there is so much more to this life than one fat lady in a costume.
You can be a princess. You can be a queen. You can even be a goddess. You can be anything you want: to love your cosplay is to love yourself.
LOOKING FOR PICS OF ME FROM SAN JAPAN
FRIDAY: I was Princess Tiana (without a prince)
SATURDAY: I was Sailor Pluto (without a garnet rod)
Sunday: My bestie and I were Blue and purple/black belly dancers!
I think I saw you because I was also Tiana on Friday! I should be posting pics soon!
Took a moment before artist alley opened to get some pictures along the River Walk. It’s such a lovely area <3
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Tiana the waitress~
HOLY SHIT, IT’S TIANA!
!!!!!!! ACTUAL REAL LIFE TIANA WOWOWOW
“Goodnight Cal’s, good mornin’ Duke’s.”
oooooo she has the little hair and everything
This is so perfect oh be still my Tiana fangirl heart <3
