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adamwatchesmovies · 4 months

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A Cinderella Story: Christmas Wish (2019)

While I didn't enjoy this film, that doesn't mean you won't. No matter what I say, the people involved in this project did it: they actually made a movie. That's something to be applauded. With that established...

Sometimes people exaggerate and say that trailers give away too much, that from the clips shown, they can tell you what the entire movie will be. When talking about A Cinderella Story: Christmas Wish, saying that the advertisements reveal too much is a simple fact. Showing any clips from this teleportation pod experiment gone wrong tells you everything you need to know. It’s a generic Christmas-themed rom-com mashed together with the Cinderella fairytale. You could write this plot in your sleep.

Katherine "Kat" Decker (Laura Marano) dreams of becoming a singer-songwriter. Unfortunately, her father’s recent passing has left her in the care of her evil stepmother, Deidra (Johannah Newmarch) and her stepsisters Joy (Lillian Doucet-Roche) & Grace (Chanelle Peloso). They force Kat to work at a Christmas-themed entertainment park. There, she befriends Dominic "Nick" Wintergarden (Gregg Sulkin). She has no idea he’s the son of a billionaire.

If you weren’t convinced before, this settles it. Cinderella doesn’t work in modern times. Kat has access to the internet, to a friend who is willing to help (Isabella Gomez as Isla), to a cell phone, to school counselors, to the police, etc. There is no reason she couldn't escape the enslavement she suffers under Deidra's rule. Her stepmother and stepsisters are so cartoonishly cruel they even capture Kat being mistreated on film. It would be easy to get sent away to a better home if Kat had any motivation to do so. Or maybe she's just dumb. She’s just a few months away from turning 18 and still she doesn’t understand that her stepmother hates her and that the rest of the family will do all they can to make her miserable. How else can you explain the obvious traps she walks into or her inability to keep secrets from them? I don’t want to blame the victim but at a certain point, it’s you that’s the problem, not them.

This fifth (?!) installment in the A Cinderella Story franchise dispenses away with all the magic normally associated with the fairytale. Consequently, Kat's beautiful dresses are whipped up out of nowhere while the rom-com clichés are taken to the extreme. At its core, Cinderella is about two things: a rags-to-riches story and a couple who fall in love without knowing each others’ identity. As part of the modernization package, Kat and Nick meet well ahead of the "royal ball" but for them not to know each other, neither of them ever sees each other without the costumes they wear at work. I guess you might excuse Kat for not recognizing Nick. He’s got a beard and Santa hat on. How he doesn’t recognize her, I don't know. At least Superman puts on a pair of glasses when disguised as Clark Kent. Kat wears elf ears and a hat. No one in the world wouldn’t recognize her.

Now I get to talk about the musical aspect of this picture. When people aren’t singing, you’ll be so bored you’ll wish a fairy would show up and turn you into a pumpkin just so you wouldn’t have to keep watching. Writer/director Michelle Johnston makes 15 minutes feel like ten times that many. When the music kicks in, you’ll want to be turned into a vegetable to avoid dying of embarrassment for the performers. All the numbers are obviously auto-tuned and badly lip-synched, the lyrics haven’t an ounce of creativity and the choreography makes you wonder how desperate the actors must’ve been to agree to this.

If we went in-depth with every offense this film commits, we’d be here until the stroke of midnight so let’s rapid-fire through a few: the token non-white characters who are only there so the film isn’t as white as a fresh Christmas morning; the nonsensical plan by the villains to take Kat’s place at the ball, the ridiculous final music number - complete with perfectly choreographed, spontaneous dance moves; the picture’s fixation on a snow globe that ultimately serves no purpose; Nick’s useless friends that are only there story-wise to crowbar a third act breakup between him and Kat. I know this movie’s for little girls but there are literally dozens of adaptations of Cinderella out there. You could throw a dart at a board and find a more suitable piece of entertainment. This is 86 minutes of torture. (July 2, 2021)

#A Cinderella Story: Christmas Wish #movies #films #movie reviews #film reviews #Michelle Johnston #A Cinderella Story #Laura Marano #Gregg Sulkin #2019 movies #2019 films

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chiefnooniensingh · 1 year

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why is the autotune so everloving present in A Cinderally Story: Christmas Wish

#the movie is fun but oh my god it hurts my ears when they sing #a cinderella story: christmas wish #a cinderella story

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holidayjoecoffee · 1 year

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A Cinderella Story: Christmas Wish (2019)

In this light and fluffy confection Catherine is the Cinderella of the story, and she and the son of a rich and influential man fall in, well I suppose like with each other over the holidays.

The evil stepmother is wonderfully wicked, and the stepsisters were equally uncouth and sneering.

There are a few songs, fair warning, and they're auto-tuned. But the sets are pretty and the actors are all wonderful.

Five out of five candycanes.

#movie review #blog #a cinderella story: christmas wish

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colins-bridgerton · 4 months

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kate's 25 days of christmas countdown.

day 23: a cinderella story: christmas wish (2019)

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elliementarymydears · 2 years

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A Cinderella Story Franchise Review (that no one asked for)

A Cinderella Story

Starring: Hilary Duff and Chad Michael Murray

Release: 2004

Dress rating: 6/10 (weirdly long torso anyone?)

Cinderella references: 5/10 (bonus points for intro)

Overall rating: 8/10

+10 for being the original

+10 for being a theatrical release

+10 for the presence of sane adults

+10 for being the only movie not to have a pop star dream angle

-10 for diet culture

-10 for no chemistry between leads

Another Cinderella Story

Starring: Selena Gomez and Drew Seeley

Release: 2008

Dress rating: 5/10 (minus points for being boring, bonus points for making her stand out, additional bonus points for being practical to dance in)

Cinderella references: 7/10 (bonus points for “the pumpkin”)

Overall rating: 7/10

+10 points for being the one I’m nostalgic about

+10 points for chemistry between leads

+10 points for better use of the “shoe” that was left behind

-20 points for the Drew Seeley situation

-10 points for unnecessary drama when Mary catches him “cheating”

-10 points for being the first to introduce the pop star angle which is now a staple

A Cinderella Story: Once Upon a Song

Starring: Lucy Hale and Freddie Storms

Release: 2011

Dress rating: 2/10 (would be 0 but bonus points for at least obscuring her hair color)

Cinderella references: 3/10

Overall rating: 4/10

+20 points for making me actually care about the stepsiblings

+10 points for Cyrano references

+10 points for catchy tunes

+10 points for scooby doo scene

-100 points for racism

-10 points for no chemistry between leads

-10 points for little screen time between leads

-10 points for unnecessary nude scene

-10 points for obvious lip synching

A Cinderella Story: if the Shoe Fits

Starring: Sofia Carson and Thomas Law

Release: 2016

Dress rating: 7/10 (points subtracted for being a “costume”)

Cinderella references: 6/10 (points added for shoe scenes)

Overall rating: 4/10

+10 points for chemistry

+10 points for screen time between leads

+10 points for somewhat convincing disguise

-20 points for convoluted plot

-10 points for trying to do dance, singing, and acting

-10 points for being the worst one

A Cinderella Story: Christmas Wish

Starring: Laura Marano and Gregg Sulkin

Release: 2019

Dress rating: 8/10 (side note: how did her friend make two dresses like that in like two days??)

Cinderella references: 5/10 (Bonus points for naming her dog Bruno)

Overall rating: 7/10

+20 points for Gregg Sulkin because nobody said this review wasn’t subjective

+10 points for chemistry between leads

+10 points for screen time between leads

+20 points for being better than the last two

-10 points for tacking Christmas onto the story for no discernible reason

-10 points for one number that made it seem like a musical, despite the fact that the rest of the movie is decidedly not a musical

-20 points for stupid disguises and stupid reason why they can’t take off their disguises

-10 points for Laura Marano speaking out loud while she hid her invitation/dress allowing her stepmother to overhear her

-10 points for the weird tacked on plot line of her stepsister stealing her identity at the gala

A Cinderella Story: Starstruck

Starring: Bailee Madison and Michael Evans Behling

Release: 2021

Dress rating: 3/10

Cinderella references: 4/10

Overall rating: 6/10

+10 points for accidental queer vibes

+10 for Twelfth Night shenanigans

+10 for Kale, secretly the best part

-10 for two scenes with Musical™️ vibes that came out of nowhere

-10 for wearing impractical outfits for working on a farm

Final Thoughts

Ranking:

1. A Cinderella Story

2. Another Cinderella Story

3. A Cinderella Story: Christmas Wish

4. A Cinderella Story: Starstruck

5. A Cinderella Story: Once Upon a Song

6. A Cinderella Story: If the Shoe Fits

The “Cinderella Story” franchise is headed by Leigh Dunlap and the original helped launch Hilary Duff into stardom, which is no doubt the reason why the remaining 5 seem to have fallen into a formulaic routine meant to launch their own respective leads into stardom as well. But the “my dream is to be a star” gimmick runs old very quickly and as we saw with Sofia’s movie, oftentimes runs of the risk of feeling like they’re trying to do too much. At least with Selena, Lucy, and Laura there was a focus on a specific area (dancing and singing/songwriting specifically) but in Sofia and Bailee’s movies it definitely seems like they’re just following whatever direction will make them a star quicker. This franchise also suffers from some serious NLOG syndrome, which is glaringly obvious after watching them all back to back. I think these movies shine the most when they’re simple and put focus on the relationships or the inherent cruelty/trauma of “Cinderella’s” situation. I appreciate the ones who make an effort to explain the specifics of how “Cinderella” escapes her family, like in finding a hidden will. I think the Cinderella references quickly disappear and it doesn’t take long before these movies simple follow a formula instead of trying to find new and unique ways to tell a modern version of this fairytale. In the next iteration (assuming there is one) I’d like to see a step away from the pop star story- back to basics, where the prince is the most popular guy in school, not some superstar- and more of a focus on relationships with unique nods to the original fairy tale.

#a cinderella story #Cinderella story #Cinderella #Hilary duff #Selena Gomez #Lucy Hale #Sofia Carson #Laura Marano #bailee madison #another cinderella story #once upon a song #if the shoe fits #a Christmas wish #Starstruck

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kaceyrps · 1 year

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ISABELLA GOMEZ in A CINDERELLA STORY: CHRISTMAS WISH

#isabella gomez #isabellagomezedit #igomezedit #netflixedit #a cinderella story christmas wish #kaceyedits #c:sophia geller

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joeeatsdvds · 1 year

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Dec 5th - A Cinderella Story: Christmas Wish

one of the various bizarre films to follow in the series of A Cinderella Story films and though it features a main character who’s dream is to sing a lot like “A Cinderella Story: Once Upon A Song” but this one is set apart because it’s a christmas and the main character spends most of her time in an elf costume.

one thing i can say for definite about this film is that it sure is a clone of the original film. and there’s nothing really more to say about it in that regard.

the film overall was alright and i knew going into it that it wouldn’t live up to the original cinderella story. it’s a nice watch if you just enjoyed the original and aren’t afraid of a downgrade or if you’re a fan of Laura Marano playing a teen who’s biggest dream is to become a singer songwriter then this is the film for you.

this review is pretty short but i don’t really have much to say about this one other than it was better than the last few films i’ve watched for this countdown.

overall i’d rate this film a ★★★/5 stars

#joe soup reviews #joe soup’s christmas countdown #a cinderella story christmas wish

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parmahamlarrie · 2 months

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Welcome back to another post for the directory of fic recs on my blog! If you would like a specific theme or trope, let me know! As always, these are all fics I have read and loved, not all the fics out there. You can find more Omegaverse fics here! **This post will be updated as I have more fics in this theme to recommend!**

Face Your Fears || @sadaveniren || 92.2k Omegaverse, Baker Harry, Famous/Non Famous, Misunderstandings, KidFic, Mpreg, Slowburn, Angst

Violent Delights || @ohpleaselarry || 76k Omegaverse, Alpha Harry, Omega Louis, Regency, Prince Louis, Prince Harry, Rapunzel-Esque

Seeing Blind || zedi || 46.7k Omegaverse, Rut Bar, Blind Louis, Alpha Louis, Omega Harry

picking up the pieces || @falsegoodnight || 37.6k Omegaverse, Childhood Friends to Enemies to Lovers, Fake Relationship, High School Reunions

Follow Your Arrow || @ladyaj-13 || 36.2k Omegaverse, Pack Dynamics, Canon Divergent, Touch Deprivation

Sometimes You Just Know || @2tiedships2 || 33.8k Omegaverse, Soulmates, Exes to Lovers, Nesting

Blush || @dip-lou-in-honey || 33.4k Historical AU, Omegaverse, Period Typical Sexism

Leave Your Mark On Me || @kingsofeverything || 32k Omegaverse, Restaurant AU, Fake Bonds, Enemies to Friends to Lovers

An Alpha For Christmas || IceQueenRia || 28.1k Christmas, A/B/O, Fake Relationship, Neighbour AU

never been a fan of change, but we're still the same || @onlythebravest || 27.1k Omegaverse, Friends to Lovers, College AU, Hurt/Comfort, Drops, Nesting

only guilty of loving you || sweetrevenge || 22.1k Omegaverse, Scents, You’ve Got Mail AU

Pretty in Pink || lovelarry10 || 18.8k Omegaverse, Alpha Harry. Omega Louis, Feminine Harry, Friends to Lovers

Empty Nest || @littleroverlouis || 16.4k Omegaverse, Mpreg, Nesting, Established Relationship, Fluff

Prince Harry and the Expert in Motorcycle Maintenance || @juliusschmidt || 15.9k Omegaverse, Crack, Royalty, Cinderella Story

balance between you and me || @beckydoesthings || 15.2k Omegaverse, Alpha Louis, Omega Harry, Businessmen, Courting Rituals

Smells Like Omega Spirit || @lululawrence || 11.7k Omegaverse, Misunderstandings, Mild Hurt/Comfort, Scene Neutralizers

Stumbling Into Your Arms ABO verse || @sunshineandthemoonlight || 11.3k - 2 parts Omegaverse, College AU, Train AU, Fluff

Enter the Rose Garden || @angelichl || 10.3k Omegaverse, Friends to Lovers, Soft Heat, Pining

14 Days of Valentine’s || @stylesthebrave || 9.3k Omegaverse, Omega Harry, Alpha Louis, Established Relationship, Courting

a body wishes to be held & held || turnyourankle || 9.1k Omegaverse, Coworkers to Lovers, Pining, Heat/Rut

The Coach Tommo Universe || @enchantedlandcoffee || 8.8k Omegaverse, Kid Fic, Fluff and Smut, Bakery Owner Harry

I’d Walk Through Fire For You (Just Let Me Adore You) || @neondiamond || 8.3k Omegaverse, Friends to Lovers, Firefighter Louis

There With Open Arms || @cupcakentea || 7.6k Omegaverse, Beta Louis, Omega Harry, Dropping

Dance With Your demons || @pocketsunshineharry || 6.7k Omegaverse, Established Relationship, Mild Hurt/Comfort

Almost Misheard || @tommokat || 6.5k Omegaverse, Friends to Lovers, Idiots to Lovers

Everything I need, I get from you || @lunarheslwt || 6.4k Omegaverse, Anxious Harry, Established Relationship, Valentine's Day

Something Blue & Someone New || @littleroverlouis || 6.1k Omegaverse, Alpha Louis, Omega Harry, Courting, Neighbor AU

Perfect, For Now || @parmahamlarrie || 4.9k Omegaverse, Neighbor AU, New Towns, Touch Starvation, Misunderstandings

Open Up Your Honey Pot || @polaroidlouis || 4.8k Omegaverse, Alpha Louis, Omega Harry, Frat Boy Louis, Service Top Louis

Feel the Heat Through Your Phone || @larry-hiatus || 4.3k Omegaverse, Established Relationship, Phone Sex, Heat

The Cat that Got the Cream || @suesheroll || 4.2k Omegaverse, Virgin Harry, Friends to Lovers

Wanna Make Your Body Numb || @letthemusicmoveyou28 || 3.8k Omegaverse, Dom/Sub, Club Owner Louis, Established Relationship

I need you right now, baby (won’t you come home?) || @non-binharry || 3.3k Omegaverse, Alpha Louis, Omega Harry, Heist, Humor

No (Birth) Control || @haztobegood || 2.8k Omegaverse, Omega Harry, Alpha Louis, Established Relationship, Fluff and Smut, Porn with Plot

and it was love at first blush || @bottomhaztoplou || 2.4k Omegaverse, Historical AU, Ballroom Dancing, Courtship, Courting Rituals

Simply the Nest (Better Than All The Rest) || @homosociallyyours || 2.2k Omegaverse, Strangers to Lovers, Alpha Harry, Omega Louis, Nesting

listen to me, butterfly || wherewestwood || 2.1k Omegaverse, Established Relationship, Canon, Nesting

I Trust You || @neondiamond || 1.8k Established Relationship, Omegaverse, Ace Harry, Omega Harry, Alpha Louis

I’ve secretly always wanted to be yours (and for you to be mine) || @bottomhaztoplou || 1.6k Omegaverse, Alpha Louis, Omega Harry, Heat/Rut, Older Louis, High School AU

#tracksintheam #trackinghappily #trackinghome #1dsource #fic rec #fic rec list #larry fic rec #my fic rec lists #omegaverse

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bestanimatedmovie · 1 year

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Tumblr's favorite animated movie, Round 1!

Classification round | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4

Round 1:

Results overview

A Monster in Paris vs Sailor Moon R: The Movie

A Silent Voice vs Shaun the Sheep Movie

A Troll in Central Park vs Rugrats in Paris: The Movie

Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods vs Lu Over the Wall

Astro Boy vs Ferdinand

Azur and Asmar: The Princes' Quest vs Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part III: Rebellion

Barbie & the Diamond Castle vs The Great Mouse Detective

Barbie and the Magic of Pegasus vs My Little Pony: Equestria Girls

Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper vs Revolutionary Girl Utena: The Adolescence of Utena

Barbie Princess Charm School vs Turning Red

Batman and Mr. Freeze: SubZero vs Robots

Batman Ninja vs Barbie Fairy Secret

Belle vs 101 Dalmatians

Birdboy: The Forgotten Children vs The Princess and the Goblin

Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie vs All Dogs go to Heaven

Chicken Run vs Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

Cinderella III: A Twist in Time vs Green Snake

Despicable me vs Wreck-it-Ralph

Fantastic Mr Fox vs Wendell & Wild

Fantastic Planet vs Anomalisa

Gnomeo & Juliet vs Ernest & Celestine

Home on the Range vs A Goofy Movie

Hoodwinked! vs Lupin the Third: The Castle of Cagliostro

Ice Age vs WALL-E

In This Corner of the World vs We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story

Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem vs The Tale of John and Marie

Isle of Dogs vs Weathering with You

James and the Giant Peach vs Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

Klaus vs Summer Wars

Kubo and the Two Strings vs Bambi

Liz and the Blue Bird vs Tekkonkinkreet

Madagascar vs Encanto

Mary and Max vs The Sea Beast

Monsters vs Aliens vs Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Rainbow Rocks vs Night Is Short, Walk on Girl

Night on the Galactic Railroad vs Metropolis

One Piece: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island vs Star☆Twinkle Precure the Movie: Wish Upon a Song of Stars

Paprika vs The Secret of Kells

ParaNorman vs Suzume

Penguins of Madagascar vs The Sword in the Stone

Persepolis vs The Garden of Words

Phineas and Ferb: The Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension vs Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus

Planet Hulk vs Zombillenium

Pocahontas vs The Tale of the Princess Kaguya

Pokémon Heroes vs Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva

Porco Rosso vs Meet the Robinsons

Quest for Camelot vs Digimon Adventure: Our War Game

Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas vs The Nightmare Before Christmas

Spookley the Square Pumpkin vs Kirikou and the Sorceress

Tales of the Night vs Stormy Night

Tehran Taboo vs Emesis Blue

The Adventures of Tintin vs Bee Movie

The Book of Life vs The Aristocats

The Boy and the Beast vs Waltz with Bashir

The Brave Little Toaster vs Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker

The Breadwinner vs Millennium Actress

The Congress vs The Legend of Hei

The Fabulous Baron Munchausen vs Ringing Bell

The Jungle Book vs Wolf Children

The LEGO Batman Movie vs Kung Fu Panda 2

The Lego Ninjago Movie vs Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses

The Lion King II: Simba's Pride vs Watership Down

The Little Prince vs Loving Vincent

The Pagemaster vs Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade

The Phantom Tollbooth vs The Sorcerer's Apprentice

The Secret World of Arrietty vs 9

The Thief and the Cobbler vs Felidae

The Wind Rises vs Brother Bear

Tokyo Godfathers vs 5 Centimeters per Second

Trolls World Tour vs Promare

Unicorn Wars vs Batman: Gotham by Gaslight

Whisper of the Heart vs Batman: Under the Red Hood

#round 1 #long post #best animated movie #animated #animation #not a poll #tournament poll #tumblr's favorite

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lavendermunson · 5 months

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˖ ⠀🎄 ݁ . leia’s christmas tree farm!

happy holidays to everyone! i wish you all so much happiness and love. i’m a pretty big fan of this month because i get to celebrate it big and i want you to join the party

i put together a list of prompts that will help me to make a blurb for either eddie or steve, there’s 13 of them because it’s my lucky number and tay’s so at the end you will have 13 blurbs from me before christmas!

the prompts:

Gingerbread eddie munson

Christmas lights steve harrington

Cards eddie munson

Ribbon steve harrington

Candles eddie munson

Gifts steve harrington

Angel steve and eddie

Red velvet steve harrington

Snow steve harrington

Scarf eddie munson

Bells eddie munson

Christmas tree eddie munson NEW!

Mistletoe steve harrington NEW!

stand alone:

i want you, bless my soul eddie munson

each one of them will have their content warnings

˖ ⠀🎅🏻 ݁ . but hey, it doesn’t end here. you can also request a gift from santa!!

send the magic word jingle bell + the name of the character + the theme or an au/song/movie for a moodboard. specify nsfw or fluff.

songs by: taylor swift, lana del rey, sabrina carpenter, artic monkeys or any christmas song.

movies: christmas [ love actually, the holiday, while you were sleeping, holidate, something from tiffany’s, last christmas, christmas land, christmas prince, let it snow] some romcoms [ 27 dresses, how to lose a man in ten days, laws of attraction, 10 things i hate about you, she is all that, the proposal, love actually, when harry met sally, 13 going on 30, pretty woman, nothing hill, cinderella story, pretty woman, made of honor, confessions of a shopaholic, nothing hill, princess diaries, love at first sight, the other zoey]

send the magic word candy cane + name of the character + the prompt for a blurb * as an extra you can add an au of your choosing. specify nsfw, smut, fluff, angst.

list of prompts for this event:

gift giving prompts

mistletoe adventures

scenarios + dialogues

au’s: rockstar!au, dad!au, mechanic!au, older!au, bestfriend!au, roommate!au, coworker!au, barista!au, baker!au, daddy!au, fwb!au – rockstar!reader, singer!reader, shy!reader, bookworm!reader, girly!reader.

please check my good ol’ request guidelines just in case

requests are closed!!

if you’d like to reblog this for boost i’ll appreciate, this is my first event i hope you have fun!!!! thank you for all the support 🩵🎄

dividers by @saradika

#leia writes ⊹ ꒱#leia’s christmas tree farm #christmas writing challenge #christmas event #writing event #steve harrington x female!reader #steve harrington x fem!reader #steve harrington x y/n #steve harrington x you #steve harrington imagine #eddie munson x female!reader #eddie munson x fem!reader #eddie munson x you #eddie munson x y/n #eddie munson imagine

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princesssarisa · 1 month

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I like adaptations of Cinderella or Donkeyskin/All-Kinds-of-Fur that draw on the oral tradition of the heroine giving the Prince a riddle about her identity, based on their earlier meetings when she was in her rags. But which don't have the Prince physically abuse the "dirty scullery maid" in those earlier meetings the way he does in traditional oral tales, and which base her riddle on something else.

In traditional versions of Donkeyskin/All-Kinds-of-Fur, where the heroine works as a servant at the palace, she typically takes off the Prince's boots for him, only for him to throw them at her, or fetches water for his bath, only for him to refuse to bathe in water touched by such a filthy girl and throw it onto her. (Or some other such things.) Or in some versions of Cinderella, she meets him on the road one day, he accidentally drops his riding whip, and she hands it back to him, only for him to swat her with it just because she looks so filthy and ugly. Then at the ball or at church, when he falls in love with the "mysterious lady" without knowing her real identity, he asks her where she comes from, and she replies that she's from the land of "Boot" or "Bath" or "Pick-Up-the-Whip." This traditionally happens three times over the course of the story.

This obviously doesn't work so well in a more modern retelling, since we're not so inclined to accept a heroine being abused by her future love interest, or a prince who's supposed to be the good guy casually abusing a servant or a peasant girl.

But a few adaptations find substitutes.

For example, Jim Henson's The Storyteller retells the story of Donkeyskin/All-Kinds-of-Fur as Sapsorrow, and has the heroine draw her cryptic statement at the ball from a verbal insult the initially-rude Prince gave her. The second time the Prince interacts with Sapsorrow in her furry disguise, he says that "cats chase mice, hens lay eggs," never the reverse, and that likewise he has (and wants) nothing to do with her. Later, at the ball, when he asks the beautiful princess where she comes from, she says she lives "where hens chase mice and cats lay eggs."

Then there's the classic 1973 Czech film Three Wishes for Cinderella. Cinderella and the Prince meets repeatedly before the ball: both in her ordinary rags, where they exchange some sassing and insults but earn each other's respect, and at a royal hunt, where she disguises herself as a boy and outshoots all the men. At the ball, when he asks her to marry him, she insists that first he answer three riddles: "Whose face is smudged with ashes but isn't a chimney sweep? Who has a feathered hat and a crossbow, but isn't a huntsman? Who wears a gown embroidered in silver, but isn't a princess?"

Then there's the 2011 adaptation of Aschenputtel from the German Christmas fairy tale anthology Sechs auf einen Streich. In that one, Prince Viktor and Cinderella meet twice before the ball: the first time, he accidentally causes her to fall face-down into a mud puddle, and the second time, she accidentally spills a sack of flour all over herself. Both of these scenes are friendly and funny, though of course far from traditionally romantic or dignified. At the ball, when he doesn't recognize her, she tells him that they've met twice before, and that their meetings were "first all black, then all white."

They all capture the essence of the older versions with their cunning, riddling Cinderellas, but without the uglier part.

@adarkrainbow, @ariel-seagull-wings

#cinderella #donkeyskin #all-kinds-of-fur #allerleirauh #fairy tale #adaptations #retellings #tw: abuse

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fairytale-poll · 5 months

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ROUND 1B, MATCH 16 OUT OF 16!

*Though I am referring to her as Popelka, her original name in Czech, she is also often referred to as Aschenbrödel, her German name. Additionally, Three Wishes for Cinderella is the English title (with an alternate localized title being Three Gifts for Cinderella). The original Czech title, Tři oříšky pro Popelku, and the German title Drei Haselnüsse für Aschenbrödel both are translated as Three Hazelnuts for Cinderella. All names and titles have been tagged. Any local Czech or German speakers feel free to correct me for any mistakes! :)

Propaganda Under the Cut:

Danielle:

This is, imo, the single best retelling of Cinderella out there. She has a great character, her relationship with the prince grows organically rather than happening in a single night, and the scene with the bandits is top tier

The story is told as a historical romance instead of anything supernatural happening. Drew Barrymore is a cute Cinderella, Anjelica Houston is an incredible stepmother, and she's also really nasty to one of the stepsisters too, who ends up taking Danielle (Cinderella)'s side. Also Leonardo da Vinci is hanging around painting a portrait of Danielle at one point.

The Drew Barrymore Cinderella is fantastic. It’s got real history mixed with beautiful whimsy! I absolutely love the butterfly wings and how she spoke up for her step mother and sister at the end (and that they were still punished). I feel like I need to go watch it now.

she’s funny and smart and she’s resourceful (also her outfits are historically accurate!)

Popelka:

She has so much personality. She's funny, smart, kind, has a lot of spunk, and she really does things instead of just waiting for miracles to occur. Also, she's a great rider and has a deadly aim with bow and arrow.

She finds three hazelnuts that grant her wishes by giving the clothes to do what she wants. Beautiful dresses. The prince puts a ring on her finger while she’s in her huntsman’s outfit.

I don't know how it's faring in modern day Czechia, but here in Germany, Drei Haselnüsse für Aschenbrödel is still THE (non-Disney) Cinderella adaptation and a yearly rewatch for many, despite literally turning fifty this year. It's just so fairytale and also just... good? And she hangs out in the woods and shoots with a crossbow and saves deer and gives the prince riddles and then the music aaa the music!! I guess this isn't just a submission of this version of the character but this version of the story. For those who don't know: This adaptation is based on a Czech author's retelling of the Grimm version of the story, the film was a co-production of Czechoslovakia and East Germany and it slaps so hard it gets played at least 10 times (usually more) on public german television in and around December every single year. This is not an exaggeration, you can look it up, they even make a special, official info graphic with all the air dates every year that people can (and do!) share on social media. In Germany, the main event of Christmas is the 24th, Christmas eve, and on that day they play it at least 4 times (often more) at different times of the day on different public channels (ALL of which any German with a hooked up tv has access to) so anyone who wants to watch it gets a chance to. And Aschenbrödel herself in the movie STILL holds up as a (within reasonable expectations) feminist character, she's skilled, she's smart, she's witty, she and the prince actually talk and they like each other for their personalities, like... yes, there's a couple of flaws with the movie that time has pointed out, but mostly small, background things or things you simply cannot expect a movie from 1973 to get right. It's SO well made and just plain charming, it has truly stood the test of time and I would be devastated if it weren't included. It's also my mum's favourite movie (she's from East Germany and was born in 1969 so she's had regular access to it basically all her conscious life) so we would actually usually watch it multiple times each year and even record it (first on VHS, later again on DVD) so we could rewatch it any time and yet, I literally never got tired of it. It's just good & magical & I love it. Even my brother, who usually didn't care for fairytale movies at all and would much rather play video games in his room, would come down and sit with us to watch this one, THAT'S how good and magical this movie is.

And if all that hasn't convinced you yet but you speak German, here it is on YouTube, go watch it:

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(I won't provide a Czech link since I can't vouch for any of them as I don't speak czech)

Anyway, dear tournament runner: Have a pic of Aschenbrödel, in my favourite of her magically provided outfits, for the poll:

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She is the Cinderella of like eastern central Europe and the Story is a little different (she's no. 1 girlboss, beats the prince in a shooting contest and instead of a fairy she has 3 magic hazelnuts/ a magic owl)

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hey! i love your blog and i wanted to ask: what do you think dick and cass's relationship would be like as siblings?

Well, apart from uh....*side-eyes the Evil Cass arc and Batgirl Vol. 2 (2008)...I am looking away, I pretend I do not see it*.....that, despite not actually interacting a ton Dick and Cass have a cute as hell relationship where they support, trust, respect, and tease each other and I love that for them. It's what they deserve!

"I heard about your visit with Cain. I know that must have been hard for you. If you need someone to talk to, let me know. I've been there." -Batman: Family #7 (2003)

"We're going to find Vesper's real killer." [looks at Cass] "You don't look too happy about that." "I am. I just...I feel...guilty. For...doubting him." [Dick looks startled, then turns his eyes back towards the road] "We all do." -Bruce Wayne: Fugitive (2003)

[Cass laughs] "What's so funny?" "None of you ever learn." "Learn?" "What...you can't change about each other." -Nightwing (1996) #81

"Race you there!" "You're kidding!" [Cass smiles] -Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #184 (from 2004)

Bludhaven. My new home. Nightwing once called it..."Gotham's wicked little stepsister. I didn't...get it. He was...surprised. He told me the story. Cinderella. He...acted all the parts. That made me laugh." -Batgirl (2000) #58

"[Batman] taught me...teamwork. But it's not a team. More his family. Wish it still felt like that." -Batgirl (2000) #71

"Well...you're both wrong. Everyone experiences tragedy. Tim. Bruce...you and me. It's not about the city. It's about how you choose to see the world. Everything else is just an excuse." -Gates of Gotham #4 (2011)

That being said...Barbara is Cass's first priority and she will and did punch Dick in the face for breaking her heart asdfghjkl

-Batgirl (2000) #46

Also as a post-Flashpoint universe bonus: here's Hallucination!Cass playing "Ghost of Christmas Future" and calling Dick her brother in the "Carol of the Bats" Christmas Special (aka the first time we've gotten official confirmation in the reboot universe that Cass is a Wayne again):

"My brother. I have come to collect." -Batman: Urban Legends #10 (2021)

And Real!Cass kicking the asses of Scarecrow's minions for her brother so he can come to Christmas dinner with them:

[A sign that says 'Merry Christmas Nightwing! Love Secret Santa] Fear Toxin hallucinations can do a lot of things...but they don't kick butts and leave notes. That's more of a Cassandra Cain move.

"Cass insisted she go out and pick you up a last-minute Secret Santa gift...and then radioed that you'd been out without your ventilator and she was going to clean up the mess as your present." "Cass! It was you! Merry Christmas. It's one of the best gifts I've ever gotten." "Better than another pair of headphones."

Basically: they're super cute and have a ton of mutual respect for each other, and we deserve far more Dick-Cass interactions than we've gotten.

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Imagine Andrew and "who did this to you" trope. He would be so sweet and protective of you. If someone who hurt you try to get close he would destroy them 😭

MY GIRL - ANDREW GARFIELD

DESCRIPTION I when a man put his hands on you, andrew knows it's time to tell you you are more than best friend for him

PAIRING I Andrew Garfield x female!reader

WORD COUNT I 2k

A/N I When I got your ask I knew I wanted to write a story around this ask (being sick this weekend didn't help), I really hope you will love it sweetie!

WARNING I mention of assault

You didn’t even know why you were here.

Actually, yes, you did. Because Andrew didn’t want to come here by himself and you agreed to accompany him at the party. If it wasn’t for him, you would have never left your blanket and your tv.

It wasn’t that you didn’t like to party. You loved that. But you had just come home from a shooting in Vancouver that you thought would never end. Being a reputed makeup was great until you missed your bed more than anything. Or maybe just as much as you were missing your best friend. Good thing you were living next door, in the same building.

It was Andrew’s idea, after you broke up with your boyfriend who kept the apartment. The one next to Andrew’s place was free and he immediately thought about you. It was almost like a house-share since you were always in each other’s apartment, eating together or watching movies.

While you were away, Andrew broke up with his last girlfriend. You knew that, even if it wasn’t too serious, he wasn’t feeling that good about being alone again at almost forty. No matter how many times you tried to tell him that it was ok and that he shouldn’t be feel miserable about being single, you knew he wanted to find the right person. And sometimes you wished he looked at you a little more to find it…

So, when you came back yesterday and he told you about this party organized by a famous magazine, you had no other choice than say ok. “But promise me we won’t stay too long; I need to recover my sleep, Andy.”

“I promise you, Cinderella, at midnight you will be back in your pajamas.” You laughed at him. What could you say, your Spiderman pajamas he offered you last Christmas was probably the most comfortable piece of clothes you owned. If you could, you would spend your whole life in it.

But right now, it wasn’t about a comfortable outfit but looking good next to your best friend who was considered one of the hottest single men in Hollywood. It was probably the only thing you didn’t like about going out with Andrew: you had to deal with women trying to get him in their bed. Not that you were jealous…wrong, you were jealous. But you just didn’t appreciate feeling invisible when he was around. Some of them didn’t even try to talk to you when you were literally holding his arm.

Thankfully, Andrew always managed to find a way to make you feel seen. Almost like you were the only woman he was really looking at in the end.

You were giving some of those women dead look while they were looking at Andrew. You were so focus on them you didn’t even notice him coming closer to you. “You look beautiful tonight by the way.” He whispered in your ear and suddenly, all the hate you had in you disappeared. You gave him a kiss on the cheek to thank him, which made him blush like always. And then you had to rub your finger on his skin to make your lipstick go away. “You didn’t have to mark your territory.” He laughed and you considered giving him another kiss to put more lipstick on him.

“Sorry, just a habit.” You replied, shrugging. You noticed how he rolled his eyes to contain his laugh. Everything was so easy with him; you really wished you could have the strength to tell him how you feel. But at the same time, there was this fear of losing the only person that mattered in this city. Without Andrew, you would have come back home without a hesitation. He was your cornerstone; you couldn’t imagine a life without talking to him every single day. Without being able to ring at his door at midnight because you saw a movie that made you cry.

But you didn’t want to think about that. “I’ll go grabbing a drink.” You said to him right when one of his costars from his last project came to you. Andrew simply nodded and held your hand tighter for a second. His way of saying be careful and come back to me.

You had a hard time walking to the bar with all those groups of celebrities that thought they were too important to move away. You needed a drink to forget about all these people around you.

While you were waiting for your drinks to come, you felt a hand on your back. There was only one person who would even think about touching you like that. And the thing was, you could perfectly see Andrew from where you were. So, you turned around to face the man that decided he could do what he wanted. “Hi, beauty.” He had the audacity to say with a big smile on his face.

“Could you consider, I don’t know… take your hand away?” You tried to sound as polite as possible to not make a mess and not embarrass Andrew. But this was definitely something you hated, the way some people forget that you are, yourself, a human being that maybe doesn’t want to be touched or talked to. Maybe consent wasn’t taught in every school.

“Why? We could have some great time together!” You had no idea if it was making this worse, but you recognized the guy as one of the main actors in a popular teen show. It was degusting to think some girls were probably idolizing this guy when he was just…a pig. You hated how he whispered this in your man, like Andrew did earlier, to get closer to you.

At the same time, the barman put your drinks on the bar. The perfect timing for you to leave and forget about that awful meeting. But when you took the drinks in your hand, a sign that you were ready to move, the guy hold you tighter and closer to him. “Don’t leave already…” he was too close to your neck, too close to kiss you, too close for too much possibility. You tried to escape from his grip, but he was much stronger than you.

Because of this, your drinks just spilled on you.

Like in every good movie, everyone stopped talking when it happened to look at you. Of course, the guy who couldn’t leave his hands out of you decided it was the right time to finally go away. Leaving you alone with your now empty-glasses and alcohol on your clothes. “Sorry” you mumbled to the barman before putting the glasses back on the bar. You walked directly to Andrew, looking at your feet to avoid any eye contact. Weirdly, where he was standing felt like a whole other party where nobody cared about what happened.

“You’re back…what happened?” Andrew put his hands on your shoulders to look at you. It wasn’t like you were the happiest to be here before, but you seemed absolutely desperate and fretful. He knew something was wrong. And when you tried to escape this conversation, he put a finger underneath your chin to lift your head up. “Talk to me, love.”

“Nothing, just a guy who forgot his manners at home.” You tried to make this less important than it was. For a simple good reason, you knew Andrew way too well to predict how he was going to react.

“What? Who did this to you?” his tone changed immediately, and you couldn’t tell he was already ready to question everyone in this room to know who had the audacity to hurt his best-friend. You tried to convince him to let this go but your voice was even reaching his ears. “Nobody is touching my girl like that, understood?”

Before you had the chance to answer, you were too surprised by the “my girl” thing to find the right words anyway, Andrew took you by the hand and guided you around the room. You didn’t want to go back there or see that guy. You had enough for the night. So, you had to put all your strength in your arm to stop Andrew from walking. “Let it go Andy!” of course, you didn’t anticipate that you would meet his chest when he stops. But it was even more perfect. You looked at him with small eyes and tiredness. “I just want to go home, please.”

Andrew looked around the room one more time before nodding. He held your hand tighter before leading you out. In the taxi back home, you were telling home short stories about your trip in Vancouver. You were cuddling in his arms and after what happened tonight, you felt safer than ever. Especially when he was brushing your hair with some tenderness. Why couldn’t you have that all the time?

It wasn’t until you were back home, and Andrew asked to stay at your place because he didn’t want to leave you alone, that you talked about what happened again. Of course, you were in the bathroom removing your makeup while he was laying in your living room. Making sure he couldn’t see how much you cared about that and how much you cared about him. “Thank you…for trying to protect him there. I just didn’t want you to be embarrassed for doing something stupid or…”

“Why would I be embarrassed for protecting you? I would do that without a hesitation at any event.”

“Even the Oscars?” you asked, just putting your head out of the room to look at him. He laughed, because you looked too cute with half of your face still covered in makeup. “Even the Oscars.” You went back to the bathroom quickly so he wouldn’t see you blushing. Because of that, you didn’t hear him come here either.

“I would do anything for you.” Andrew said, putting his arms around your shoulder and his chin on the top of your head. “When are you going to understand you’re the most important person in my life?” the way he was looking right into your eyes through the mirror felt like he was trying to say something more. Like there was a deeper meaning in his words. You turned your head to look at him and notice how his eyes went down on your lips.

“The most important one, hm?” you whispered, getting your face closer to his. These next seconds would be decisive for the future of your relationship. If Andrew moved backwards, you would know he didn’t feel the same. If he looks surprised, you interpreted the whole situation wrong. But if he didn’t all those things, then…

“The one.” He replied before putting his lips on yours. It was exactly like you imagined it to be, soft and passionate. Andrew slowly brought a hand to your face to caress your cheek while he was exploring your mouth more and more. When your back hit the sink, he decided to lift you up and sit you on it. This way he could get between your legs and kiss you even deeper.

“I wanted to do this for so long…” he whispered against your lips, almost biting it. You took his face in your hands and looked at him. Andrew was a man that was speaking with his face and that night, you could see all the hidden love he had for you finally showing on his beautiful feature. From the way his eyes were shinning to his blushing cheeks and his pure smile. And you hope he could see all your feelings too.

“I hope you don’t kiss all your neighbors like that when I’m away.” You laughed, playing with his hair. He laughed back and put a single kiss on your lips, making up for all the lost time he wasn’t kissing you.

“You’re the only one. Just like you’re the only one I would beat a guy for. Nobody touches my girl, ok?” he put his forehead against yours, like he was trying to put his thoughts in your mind. Like you needed that to convince yourself you were all his.

You were his way before tonight. And it felt good to know from now on that you would always have Andrew by your side. All the time.

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frozen-snowflakesandsunflowers · 3 months

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Disney 100 ✨🏰🤍

Wishing you all a happy new year and to Disney, a belated 100th anniversary! 🎉

To celebrate Disney’s century milestone, I created an illustration based on 100 of Disney’s most known and loved characters from their respective movies/ series. I’ve included all the ones I’ve known and feel are generally popular but I’m sorry if your personal favourites aren’t here.

This has been in the works for almost four months now but due to many delays I couldn’t finish it on time. So here it finally is!

Out of all these range characters, the hardest to draw was the Cars. I’m not used to drawing cars so I’m not generally good at them (yet). Some of these may look simple and easy to draw but trust me, they’re not 😂.

With drawing the characters and the background, I like to be accurate with the respective style it’s drawn/ animated in and the colours too. But also I wanted to also simplify the 3D ones and add a little depth using shadow to the 2D ones. For example some of these films would have a desaturated grainy effect to it and I wanted to keep that. But finally after months of working on it, it’s completed and I’m happy with it! ✨.

Please, please do check it out on Instagram too:

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If this link doesn't work, my username is @/artofzafrasarfraz - it's where I put all my drawings up on. Please do Shar on stories and comment. Much appreciated 🥹🫶🏼

All the 100 characters featured in this piece are listed below:

1927: Trolley Troubles / Oswald The Lucky Rabbit (2022): Oswald

1937: Snow White: Snow White and the Evil Queen

1941: Dumbo: Dumbo and Timothy Q. Mouse

1942: Bambi: Thumper and Bambi

1943: Private Pluto: Chip and Dale

1944: The Lion King: (Child) Simba

1949: Pinocchio: Pinocchio

1950: Cinderella: Cinderella

1951: Alice In Wonderland: Alice, Cheshire cat and Mad Hatter

1953: Peter Pan: Peter Pan and Tinker Bell

1959: Sleeping Beauty: Aurora and Maleficent

1963: The Sword in the Stone: Arthur Pendragon

1964: Mary Poppins: Mary Poppins

1967: 101 Dalmatians: Cruella De Vil and Patch | Jungle Book: Mowgli and Baloo

1970: Aristocats: Toulouse, Marie and Berlioz

1973: Robin Hood: Robin Hood

1977: The Many Adventures of Winnie The Pooh: Winnie-the-Pooh and Christopher Robin

1989: The Little Mermaid: Ariel, Flounder, Sebastian and Ursula

1991: Beauty And The Beast: Belle

1992: Aladdin: Aladdin, Jasmine and the Genie

1993: Steamboat Willie/ Mickey Mouse Series: Mickey & Minnie Mouse | Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas: Jack Skellingtion

1995: Lady and the Tramp: Lady & Tramp | Toy Story: Woody and Buzz Light-year | Pocahontas: Pocahontas

1997: Hercules: Hercules & Megara

1998: Mulan: Mulan | A Bug's Life: Flik

2000: The Emperor's New Groove: Kuzco

2001: Monsters Inc: Sulley, Mike and Mary Gibbs aka Boo

2002: Lilo & Stitch: Lilo and Stitch

2003: Finding Nemo: Nemo and Dory

2004: The Incredibles - Helen Parr aka Elastic girl, Robert (Rob) Parr aka Mr. Incredible, Jack-Jack Parr and Edna Mode

2006: Cars: Lighting McQueen and Tow Mater

2007: Enchanted: Giselle Phillip

2008: WALL - E: Wall-E & Eve | Phineas and Ferb: Phineas Flynn and Ferb Fletcher

2009: The Princess and the Frog: Tiana | UP: Carl Fredricksen and Dug

2010: Tangled: Rapunzel & Flynn Ryder aka Eugene Fitzherbert and Pascal

2012: BRAVE: Merida | Wreck-It Ralph: Wreck-It Ralph and Vanellope Von Schweetz

2013: Frozen: Elsa, Anna and Olaf

2014: Big Hero Six: Baymax

2015: Inside Out: Joy and Sadness

2016: Moana: Moana | Zootopia (2016): Nick Wilde & Judith (Judy) Laverne Hopps

2017: COCO: Miguel Rivera

2020: Soul: Joe and 22

2021: Luca: Luca | Encanto: Mirabel and Isabella Mardigal | Raya And The Last Dragon: Raya

2022: Red Panda: Mei Lee aka the Red Panda

2023: Elemental: Ember Lumen & Wade Ripple | Wish: Asha and Star

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