#barbie gothel

[gritsandbrits]

I dare say Barbie's Gothel got a worse fate than the disney version. At least their Gothel was a manipulative kidnapper who faded away into nothingness. The only deadly action was stabbing Flynn which was reversed.

THIS Gothel on the other hand kidnapped a child out of anger over being rejected by the father, treated said child as a slave, sat by and watch another kingdom get blamed for it, which in turn caused political tensions that lasted years. Also she enslaved dragons who were shown to have human intelligence & attacked little kids. Her deception nearly led to a war that could've doomed thousands of innocents.

So yeah... Never release your prisoner with a lying heart indeed.

#barbie movies #barbie as rapunzel #gothel #barbie gothel #villains #villain defeat #nostalgia #cartoons #animation #blurb #rapunzel

[half-blood-goods]

One thing I like about older Barbie movies is that the villains always served cunt

Ate and left zero crumbs

#barbie #barbie movie #barbie fairytopia #barbie diamond castle #barbie as rapunzel #barbie and the twelve dancing princesses #twelve dancing princesses #laverna #lydia #duchess Rowena #gothel #barbie villains

[hops-art]

Barbie movie fan art

#drawing #art #movies #barbie #swan lake #princess charm school #rapunzel #mother gothel #odette #odile #princess and the pauper

[thebrainofmae]

Dressing like this for the Barbie (2023) premiere

#barbie #barbie movie #barbie as rapunzel #barbie 2023 #I made my parents read me the Barbie as rapunzel book approx 200 times #and they had a CD-ROM game of this movie where you had to design the whole palace #bc gothel destroyed it and turned the prince to stone #and then you had to save the prince

[persepor]

Let's talk about my favorite villains pt 1

Let's face it, sometimes the villains are better than the heroes or they are just as compelling as the heroes. So I want to go over some of my favorite villains which spans back to my childhood, I'll also put villains in quotation marks because some are framed as villains when they really are not (you'll see why).

So let's get into this!!

Eris

Eris is first on my list and- hoo boy! Do I love her so much. I need to re-watch this movie because the last time I saw this was when I was 8 or 9. First off she's a badass and I mean that, she has a plan and she'll do whatever it takes to make that plan work.

Eris is the goddess of discord, and she strikes a deal with Sinbad for him to get the Book of Peace for her. He backs out of the deal though, so she uses her powers to frame Sinbad for stealing the book. Sinbad must now track down the book and return it.

Eris' design reflects her personality and how she stirs up discord and chaos. She's designed as if she were simply smoke, with her form constantly shifting and being able to change her shape and grow. She can make herself tower over humans or make herself the same height as humans.

I always loved her for how she was simply herself while being an unforgettable villainess, her personality is unmatched and adds to why i love her so much.

Ramesses

If you haven't seen the Prince of Egypt please give it a watch it's really good. As someone who doesn't care about religion I feel DreamWorks struck gold with their adaptation of the story of Moses. They paint Rameses as a complicated villain with conflicting emotions.

Rameses doesn't want to let Moses' people go because he wants to uphold the legacy their family's dynasty has built. But, he wants his brother, Moses, back. This culminates in their sibling relationship shattering.

Rameses is not a black-and-white villain, he is 3 dimensional. But, he is still evil in wanting to keep the Hebrews as slaves. He is the reason all the plagues are set upon Egypt, resulting in his sons death.

Rameses is an interesting villain you'd have to watch the movie to really get what I'm saying about his character.

Ratchet and Madame Gasket

Putting these two together because they are a Mother-Son duo. Ratchet deals with things on the outside while his mother, Madame Gasket, deals with things on the inside with her chop shop. They both want to take over Big Weld Industry and the whole city.

These two are HILARIOUS, Ratchet acts as a sophisticated, well-put together person with a plan, but is actually a scared mama's boy. He has very hilarious scenes and lines, his interactions with his mother are also hilarious. One of my favorite scenes of his is the one where he knocks out Big Weld and says this: "Oh my god I'm as crazy as my mother!!....HYAH"

Madame Gasket used to terrify me as a child, and I can see why. She is ruthless in her approach while also being a doting mother to Ratchet. She collects 'Out modes' with her sweepers to turn them into metal to create new, shiny parts. She even got her husband out of the way so she can focus on her plan of taking over Big Weld Industries. A villain who will get rid of anything in their way is terrifying.

They are both defeated with Ratchet being chained up by his father and Madame Gasket being thrown into one of her machines.

Tatiana

A character that's posed as a villain but is put into that light. Yes she is wrong for Vinyl City's power outages, but she knew what kept the city going. She used to be Kul Fyra, leader of the rock group the Ghoulings.

I won't go much about her her because I want to talk about her in full but she is so well written. Am ex rock star that switched to EDM now has to deal with a musical revolution. She sees B2J's revolution as irrelevant because nothing will come of it.

As she points out they made the same amount of energy as EDM and that they went into this without a plan. They would put people out of jobs and cause a revolution from people who live EDM. She's the common sense B2J needed.

Fairy Godmother

You should not be surprised she's on here. She is an icon when it comes to DreamWorks villains. When DreamWorks villains are mentioned, she's the first one to be brought up.

She is portrayed as a caring individual but is a selfish person who wants her darling son Prince Charming to be king. She uses the fact Shrek took a potion to make him and Fiona human to her advantage. She makes Charming pretend to be Shrek so he can get closer to Fiona.

She also is a master manipulator, basically threatening the king to do what she wants him to do. She wants Shrek out of the picture because "Ogres don't get happily ever afters." She wants Fiona to have the picture perfect happily ever after married to charming.

Yes her entire scene at the ball is stunning. The red dress is so good and fits her character perfectly. The rendition of Holding Out for a Hero is absolutely a banger and is a go-to song of mine.

Iconic villain and has had a lasting impression on me.

Mother Gothel

I grew up with Morher Gothel as a character. Both her Disney and barbie version, which I'll talk a bit about here and in a dedicated post about early 2000s barbie. I love her character very dearly. We are talking about a gaslighting, manipulative person.

She kidnapped Rapunzel because of her hair, she doesn't love Rapunzel she loves her hair. Meanwhile, in the Barbie version, she's a cold, distant person who kidnapped Rapunzel as revenge. But we're focusing on the Disney version here.

She makes Rapunzel believe she loves her, makes the outside world to be dangerous, and manipulates her into thinking Flynn Rider abandoned her. She was willing to murder to keep Rapunzel's hair to herself. As all she cares about is her beauty and youth.

She is a master manipulator and an amazing villain as well.

Preminger

Ah Preminger one of the best Barbie villains. A villain with a great plan that fails miserably. A villain with hilarious scenes.

Preminger wants the crown to himself amd at first plans to marry Annaliese. But when that goes wrong, he tries to marry the queen. But that also goes wrong.

He has hilarious scenes such as him knocking on the cabin door to see if Annaliese is still locked in there. To the hilarious scene where he almost faints when finding out the princesses wedding will be next weak.

Preminger is the most loved barbie villain for a reason. He's dramatic, funny, and cunning. His sidekicks are hilarious and give a lot of laughs. His dog is also a great component of his character as he is an extension of Preminger.

End

Well that's the end of part 1, I have 4 more I'll discuss in part 2 so keep an eye out for that.

#perse's writing #let's talk about.. #sinbad legend of the seven seas #eris sinbad #prince of egypt #ramesses #robots 2005 #madame gasket #phineas t ratchet #nsr #tatiana nsr #shrek 2 #fairy godmother #mother gothel #tangled #barbie preminger #barbie princess and the pauper

[catlizzard]

she’s just like me

miserable and delusional

spoiler for ukrainian barbie artbook

#украрт #barbie #barbie rapunzel #mother gothel #укртамблер #fanart #укртумбочка #illustration

[snekdood]

its wild to me how western european beauty standards even effected me as a child. my blonde, blue-eyed ass. i'd tan and come inside to look at my skin and it was "darker" in a way thats not conventionally understood as beautiful, I thought I was "supposed" to have more red and orange pigment when I tanned

like this

but instead it was more like

this and it always made me feel insecure on a subconscious level, like i wasnt the "right type of tan" or something :/

anyways, everyone with olive skin is beautiful and fuck them other color undertones sdjkhbvsfgdvghsdfhgvdfshvgfdgshv

#fuck your red undertone ass #fuck your orange undertone ass #fuck your pink undertone ass #im green bitch and im a beautiful snake man. #im the evil swarthy bad guy type of tan not the blonde preppy barbie good girl type of tan :/ #THIS is why i resonate w bruno btw bc they LITERALLY DID THE THING #everyone else has these warm or neutral skin tones besides him #and they demonize him and he has the cool olive tone and hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh #hes just like me hes just like me fr #ok well. felix has a cool undertone. BUT ITS NOT OLIVE. its like. purple-y almost. #isabellas kinda olive toned but shes a warm olive so the Good Guy olive 😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒 #apparently the greyer you are in complexion the more evil you get according to disney idk #no fr look at captain hook vs peter pan. look at maleficent vs sleeping beauty. look at jafar vs aladdin! #look at scar vs mufasa!!!! repunzel vs mother gothel!!!! #like!!! every villain!!!! cooler toned or cool olive toned! disney!!!! who hurt you !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #ik its not disney but. rasputin in anastatia. fuck even like. the bad guys who wanna marry thumbelina? #a literal green ass toad. a literal blue ass beetle. a literal brown ass mole. ok don bluth who tf hurt YOU too?

[neptunefairytales]

The prettiest flower!

(Personnal pic. Please reblog. Do not use or repost. Thanks! NSFW AND KINK ACCOUNTS DO NOT INTERACT !!!)

#cartoon #Disney #tangled #Rapunzel #toys #toy #toycore #doll #barbie #coquette #cottagecore #flower #spring #flynn rider #cassunzel #mother gothel #photography #my art #artist on tumblr #Lolita

[rolanslide]

#barbie #barbie as rapunzel #tangled #please remember: barbie gothel is played by anjelica huston

[slashingdisneypasta]

I'm watching Caitlin Mckillops Barbie Villain ranking video and ohhhh my God the nostalgia. I need to rewatch some of these- I haven't seen a lotta these movies for oover a decade but some of these villains are hitting me right in the face with memories of love XDD

Like, damn-- Wenlock?? Mother Gothel?? Those two giving me HEAVY vibes. Obviously Preminger?? Rowena?? Queen Ariana?? I could definitely go on-

I dont think I had any crushes on these villains... but I certainly loved them and we'll see 👀 haha XD

Does anyone here have any Barbie movie villain crushes? XD Or just ones you really love/d?? I'd love to know! ^^

#my favourite barbie movies were princess and the pauper (i had a sarafina plush- with voice box XD of course) #and 12 dancing princesses #OH that scene where rowena and desmond (??) end up dancing together forevor definitely defined me in some wayyyyy #oh my goodnessss island princess tho. that dvd got LOST and then when i found it again finally it was #WITHOUT #ITS #BOX #so it was all scratched up and i was heartbrokennn #but yeah. arianas song as AWESOME #and mother gothel... i think i mostly remember the sound of her shoes?? i remember she had some GOOD shoe sounds #and something about wenlock is there too somewhere DEEP in my memory that... i cant reach. haha XD 😅 #so i have to rewatch!!

[flyingturtlepei]

Mother Gothel was very rude in Barbie as Rapunzel 

#this movie is wild #barbie as rapunzel #mother gothel

[greenvillainredemption]

I started making the pattern pieces for the pink Cinderella dress for Halloween, but 1) I’m super not confident in my ability to hand-sew it (tfw no sewing machine) because the bodice will be multiple layers and one of them is v slippery and yeah I’d rather wait until I can go to my mom’s place to make it, and idk if that’s enough time before halloween and 2) it will be cold brrrr no sleeves and 3) i was Snow White last year and I don’t want to be a disney princess twice in a row.

I’m thinking maybe a disney villain because 1) spooky, and 2) they tend to be more covered up. I’m thinking probably the queen from Snow White will be easiest because I can probably get away with making it a little baggy and unfitted (like I’m pretty sure her waistline is just a loosely tied cord belt thing) which is way easier for patterning and also wearing. Plus more room for layers underneath. The head covering could be a problem but I do have a black scarf I used as a head covering to a funeral once (cuz I was bald at the time and didn’t want all the old ppl at the funeral judging me lol) so if all else fails I still have that. Not sure where I’ll get a movie-accurate crown tho. Hhhh this means I need to buy yet another few yards of fabric cuz I have zero purple.

#barbie villains were also considered and barbie gothel was a close second I LOVE the fully green dress she wears to the ball and like #the mask she uses?? incredible #my words

[septembercfawkes]

The True Purpose of Antagonists

Hear the word "antagonist," and it will likely conjure up images of "bad guys," like Darth Vader, the Joker, or Mother Gothel; and even a simple search online will reveal that "antagonist" is often defined as a person, group, or even specifically, a character.

None of these things are completely accurate, though. An antagonist is not always a "bad guy." In Death Note, the antagonist is actually the true hero. The antagonist also doesn't have to be a person or a group. In The Martian, the antagonist is the Martian landscape.

Truthfully, any well-written story will be loaded with antagonists. Sure, there may be what we think of as the "main" antagonist. But in order to be a good story, there will be lots and lots and lots of antagonists.

The problem is, so many of us have a narrow view of what an antagonist is.

Yeah, it can be a "bad guy," or another character, or a group.

But it can also be a storm, a computer, a rock, a substance, or even one's own sleepiness.

When we broaden our understanding of the antagonist and comprehend its true purpose, we can write better stories.

Because we can write better plots.

And if you've been with me for a while, you may know I consider "antagonist" to be the second element of plot, with "goal" being the first.

At the most basic level, there are just three types of goals (this will be a review for some of you, but it's better to have a review than leave newcomers in the dark).

Obtain something.

Avoid something.

Maintain something.

The last type often gets a bad rap, because when handled poorly, it can make the protagonist appear passive and the story feel plotless.

In reality, though, it's only a problem if it doesn't have an antagonist.

Just as the other two are problems if they don't have antagonists.

If I want to obtain a trophy, and all I have to do is show up somewhere (i.e. "a participation trophy"), the story doesn't have much of a plot.

If I want to avoid zombies, and nothing is making me go near zombies, the story doesn't have much of a plot.

And if I want to maintain my perfect lifestyle day after day after day, and I don't have thoughts of death, burned breakfast, and suddenly flat feet upsetting my paradise in Barbieland . . . the story doesn't have much of a plot either.

(*It should be quickly noted, though, that some goal types may overlap, depending on the story. For example, Barbie wants to avoid flat feet in order to maintain her lifestyle. So don't get too nitpicky with categorizations 😉.)

At the most basic level, the antagonist opposes the goal.

It is what is blocking, resisting, or pushing the protagonist away from the goal.

You want a trophy? Well, you have to beat the other football team (antagonist).

You want to avoid zombies? Well, your sadistic neighbor is planning to lower you into a pit of them (antagonist).

You want to maintain a perfect lifestyle? Well, let's give you some terrible cellulite (antagonist).

Essentially, the antagonist's role is to create (or be the) problems and obstacles in the protagonist's journey. It creates (or is) the resistance to the goal.

This means that something that is mildly annoying the protagonist probably isn't going to cut it.

Sure, you may argue that it is something the character wants to "avoid," but for the story to be great, the goal needs to be significant, which means the antagonist needs to be significant as well. (And by "significant," I mean it carries meaningful consequences.)

The antagonist may be a direct opponent. The sadistic neighbor wants to lower you into a pit of zombies. You don't want to be lowered into a pit of zombies. You and your neighbor's goals are contradictory.

Or it may be a step out from that. The protagonist and antagonist have the same goal, but they can't both succeed. Each football team wants the trophy, but there can only be one victorious team.

Or it may be more indirect. Gloria isn't trying to ruin Barbie's life. She just has her own goals, and her path--her journey--happens to be ruining Barbie's perfect life.

Sometimes the antagonist isn't intentionally targeting the protagonist.

Regardless, what remains the same is that the antagonist is opposing the protagonist's goal. And for it to be most effective, there isn't an easy, foreseeable way for them to each get what they want (because what one wants somehow opposes what the other one wants.)

This is necessary to create proper conflict within the plot.

Now, as I mentioned above, any solid story will have more than the "main" antagonist. And some stories don't seem to even have one "main" antagonist (such as Hamilton). But whatever the case, there should be regular antagonistic forces.

As I've talked about previously, most stories have big goals that can be broken up into little goals. These often make up scenes (or even acts) in a story. In order for it to be a strong scene (or act) though, it almost always still needs an antagonist. It needs a goal and antagonist to create conflict.

When we think of Star Wars, we often think of the Empire, or Darth Vader, as the antagonists, but if we look at the story by acts or scenes, we see that, while these may be the "main bad guys," they may not always be the current antagonistic force. And they certainly aren't the only antagonistic forces.

For example, initially, Luke's goal is to get off the farm and go to academy--but it's not the Empire that is preventing him from doing that. It's his uncle. In the beginning, Luke's uncle is his antagonist.

And when Luke is trying to get back to the Millennium Falcon, and he falls in a garbage compactor, the garbage compactor and the creature (the Dianoga) become his antagonists.

Likewise, almost none of us would point to Gloria as the main antagonistic force of Barbie, but she is certainly an antagonistic force within scenes (and arguably, for Act I, though we don't yet know her).

This is why it is so important to broaden our perception of antagonists while also refining our understanding of them.

If Luke just easily left the farm and encountered zero problems whatsoever, or Barbie just continued maintaining her perfect life, it would be boring.

Maybe not right away.

But it would hit all too soon.

We need an antagonist for almost every scene, even if it's temporary.

It's the protagonist encountering the antagonist that creates the rising action of conflict in the scene.

And the antagonist does not need to have ill intentions. The antagonist could be a friend or ally who has good intentions.

For example, say Character A needs to get information from Character B (goal), but Character B doesn't want to give it (antagonist), because it will deeply hurt Character A. Even if both characters want what (they think) is best, they still have opposing goals, so there is still conflict. At the end of the scene, either Character A succeeds, or Character B succeeds. They can't both get what they want.

Similarly, the protagonist and her ally may both want to go to London to defeat a villain, but within a scene, they may have opposing ideas of how to get there. The protagonist wants to take a plane, and the ally wants to take a boat. Within a scene, the ally may be the antagonist for the protagonist.

And worth mentioning is that the antagonist may not even be aware it is the antagonist. Character A may need information from Character B, but Character B may be so distracted with his toddler, that Character A is struggling to get it from him. Character B may be oblivious to Character A's distress. Character B is still the antagonist (well, and arguably so is the toddler, who may also be unaware).

Likewise, a flood will not be aware it is the antagonist. But if it's blocking or creating problems for the protagonist on the way to his goal, it's the antagonist.

Consider a character who needs to stay awake to keep watch over camp . . . but his sleepiness is getting to him. Guess what? His sleepiness is the antagonist. He is his own antagonist.

In short, antagonists can show up in a lot of different ways, and there should be lots and lots of them. Whenever an entity is blocking, opposing, or pushing the protagonist away from the goal, it is acting as an antagonist--even if it's not the big baddie.

Make sure your story is full with them.

#writing tips and tricks #writing tips #writing help #writing tip #writer #writing advice #writing reference #writeblr #writing #fanfic

[georgi-girl]

Barbie Villains Are Scarier Than I Thought

Barbie in the Nutcracker has the Mouse King, who's voiced by Tim Curry and almost never played for laughs, attempting to chop the Nutcracker to pieces with an axe and then burn him alive in a fire.

Barbie as Rapunzel has Gothel, who kidnapped Rapunzel to start a war between two kingdoms that almost killed a little girl, is emotionally abusive to Rapunzel and her friends, is powerful enough to enslave dragons, and her magic makes her almost unstoppable and spends the majority of the final battle chasing everyone.

Barbie of Swan Lake has Rothbart, who's out to kill Odette for a majority of the movie. After rendering the Magic Crystal powerless, Rothbart blasts Daniel and Odette with his magic, killing them both until their love revives them.

Barbie and the Magic of Pegasus: Wenlock is a G-rated sexual predator. He goes from kingdom to kingdom, forcing women to accept his hand in marriage or face awful consequences. He introduces himself by turning everyone in the kingdom to stone and giving Princess Annika three days to accept his proposal before the spell becomes permanent. Before the film began, he transformed Princess Brietta into the titular pegasus when her parents refused his proposal, and turned three women unlucky enough to actually marry him into mute, goblin-like slaves after getting bored with them. He nearly kills Brietta in front of her own sister, and buries Annika alive in an avalanche when she stands up for her family. 

Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses: Duchess Rowena is a master manipulator and comes the closest to winning out of nearly every Barbie villain. As she slowly poisons King Randolph to death, she plays the part of a loving relative to gain his trust and cut him off from his twelve daughters, until he willingly makes her his successor on his deathbed. In turn, she manipulates the 12 princesses, undermining their self-esteem and capabilities to help their father, to the point that they decide to leave the kingdom for their mother's secret pavilion, believing Rowena's lie that they are the cause of their father's failing health. Before they can realize their mistake, she imprisons them in their place of refuge and steals some of its magic. Upon their escape, she uses the stolen magic to place a Fate Worse than Death curse on Princess Genevieve, compelling her to dance herself to death, which Genevieve only escapes by weaponizing the paper fan Rowena yelled at the girls about earlier. Rowena and her henchman Desmond may well still be trapped in the dance spell to this day. 

Barbie as the Island Princess has Queen Ariana. She plans to murder Antonio and his family, poisons the animals so they'll starve to death in an endless sleep, only had a daughter to serve her own ends, bribes a guard to kill Ro and her friends by knocking them into the ocean, and gained her title through marrying and killing an elderly king with a heart condition.

And those are just the ones I’ve seen! 

#tv tropes #vile villain saccharine show #barbie movies #barbie villains #barbie nutcracker #barbie rapuzel #barbie swan lake #magic of pegasus #barbie 12 dancing princesses #island princesses #tv tropes website

[fancylala4]

Ok, I understand what I meant when I said that magical hair shit didn’t add anything to the story. I wasn’t talking about tangled, I was talking about the Rapunzel fairy tale as a whole.

Rapunzel was my favorite fairy tale, and I watched or read every adaptation of the story. Every adaptation brought something new to this tale and stood out to me. Like Barbie as Rapunzel had her as a princess and another adaptation had Rapunzel be a robot. I thought Disney would have some kind of twist to add to the story with tangled, but they didn’t. I felt like they went with the most basic premise in tangled and didn’t really try anything new. But the more I thought about the new additions Disney added in tangled, the more I thought that it extremely unnecessary to the story of Rapunzel. Like the dumb addition of the magical hair and the witch wanting to be young as a motivation instead of keeping Rapunzel safe? Did we really need that sexist and ageist plot point put in? There are so many routes they could have gone with the witch, and they basically made her the evil queen from Snow White but bland. It also added even more antisemitic elements to the story when the “original” fairy tale is already antisemitic. From making gothel look like that to characterizing her as an antisemitic caricature. How did you make an adaptation of an old fairy tale even more offensive? I’m not saying that the “original” fairy tale is perfect. I'm saying that the writers on tangled fucked up big time when they had the resources to know better and avoid making a walking stereotype. So that’s what I meant when I said this plot point didn’t add anything to the story of Rapunzel. I hate this stupid “magic hair and evil witch wants to be young for no reason” plot point, and I’m so happy that it isn’t in any of the adaptations of Rapunzel nowadays.

Edit: a stupid ass tangled stan saw my issues with ageism, sexism and antisemitism in tangled and thought "how dare you! this is true to real life." fuck off, gothel is a fucking antisemitic caricature! So if you have any stupid ass statements like that, don’t interact with this post. Be a clown elsewhere.

#mine #anti tangled #disney critical #anti disney rapunzel #rapunzel #fairy tales #fairytales

[gritsandbrits]

Barbie rapunzel they definitely the more better adaptation. Rapunzel is the one active, the villain motivation despite kinda petty and simple it's better than the mother gothel disney motivation who is misogynistic

Even when i was a kid i knew Disney was ripping off the Barbie version. I mean come on, both rapunzels are lost princesses who love to paint, has a reptile sidekick, wears purple&pink, has a light motif, and a brown haired prince, war between rapunzel's kingdom and another. It has its differences ofc, but i might as well stick with Barbie.

And barbie's rapunzel gets to take out her villain. Rapunzel should've cut her own hair as a sign of taking back her agency.

#gb asks #tangled critical #barbie as rapunzel