Dysfunctional Connection – Superheroes and Princes

[cujo66]

I have a six year old daughter, so, I have become an expert on all the Disney® Princesses™. Along the way I have made some observations.
I myself am a big comic book fan, not in a way that I can tell you what issue So and So did Such and Such, but enough to know most the continuity and history of most of the major comic characters.
The main thing I have noticed is the common underlying thread between Superheroes and the Princesses, almost all of them are from dysfunctional families.
Think about it,
Batman​

Superman​

And Spiderman​

All orphans. ​

Snow White ​

And Cinderella​

Orphans.​

Wonder Woman ​

Raised by a single mom.​

Ariel (The Little Mermaid)​

And Belle (Beauty and the Beast) ​

Raised by single dads.​

Superman raised by foster family (the Kents).​

Aurora (Sleeping Beauty) ​

Raised by foster parents (the Fairies, Fauna, Flora, and Merryweather)​

But wait, it gets better.
The Hulk​

Substance abuse (Gamma radiation)​

Alice in Wonderland​

Substance abuse (whatever the hell was in those bottles)​

Now here’s the difference, all of the heroes took the lemons that life gave them and made lemonade, standing up, becoming a symbol for good, serving the betterment of mankind.
The Princesses spent their days frolicking with birds, squirrels and f’ing rabbits, daydreaming about the day some Prince Charming would come and take them away
Now, who is a better role model for young girls, Wonder Woman, who came to Man’s world and became a protector of the weak and rose to the top of the male dominated Superhero Pantheon or some gal who sings and dances the days away with chipmunks waiting for a man to take her away.
Take them outta of the castles and put them in a trailer park and the Princesses become stripers. How’s this storyline, a teenage girl runs away from home and shacks up with 7 dudes until she hooks up with some rich guy who lets her crash at his place. In reality the chick would be working the pole at the Bada Bing, on “X” when she meets some Sugar Daddy.

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[redmarvel]

Spider-Man was also raised by Foster parents after being orphaned!!!

(loved it though)

 

[Mayor_McCheese]

I'd like to do Ariel

 

[cujo66]

I'd like to do Ariel

Dude, she's 16 and a fish

 

[C.F. Kane]

An in a related theory, Wallace and Gromit in The Wrong Trousers is communist propoganda.

 

[Tyrinus]

Whoever wrote that is really reaching. Equating substance abuse to gamma radiation....c'mon.

 

[Goddessreicho]

This is kinda far reaching. Everyone knows that the Disney Princesses all come from non-traditional dysfunctional and mostly abusive homes.

Cinderella: Forced into child slave labor and mental abused by her single parent Step Mother. Manages to overcome it, not be bitter about it, maintain her friends and social life, and be loved over it all.

Snow White: Has a trusted Step Mother (depending on which version) try to kill her, multiple times. Then turns to domestic work to make her way through because she has nothing, and manages to maintain her identity and find her place. So what, it happens to be with a prince.

Ariel: Comes from a single parent home, and has a domineering controlling father, who has his daughters forced into show business. I say forced because Ariel is unhappy doing it. She cleaning up her own mess because unlike the other princes in Disney, Eric is humble and willing to get his hands dirty and help her. Ariel also has the balls to fight her own fights even though they are way over her head.

Belle: Ha, I am such a huge fan of hers still. I used to say that Belle was a beast. She is the only Disney princess to save her father (who was also a single parent), the prince (more than once in different ways), the castle staff, and she outsmarted the villain. She was educated, independent, self-sufficient, strong-willed, full of common sense, patient, and fearless. In my opinion she is Disney's answer to a female superhero.

If I were to complain about Disney falsely representing an image it would be single parents, fathers, step mothers, princes, and men in general.

 

[heypapajinx]

Ariel (The Little Mermaid)​

And Belle (Beauty and the Beast) ​

Raised by single dads.​

these are the are the points that really concern me.
most of the other princesses fell in love with others of their kinds, but these two fell in love with men of other species!?!
what did their fathers do to them that made them so afraid of human men.
think about it.
Belle fell for a damned BEAST!!!
and Ariel is a fish that wants to get legs so she can spread them.
sick... just sick.

 

[SoulManX]

these are the are the points that really concern me.
most of the other princesses fell in love with others of their kinds, but these two fell in love with men of other species!?!
what did their fathers do to them that made them so afraid of human men.
think about it.
Belle fell for a damned BEAST!!!
and Ariel is a fish that wants to get legs so she can spread them.
sick... just sick.

 

[heypapajinx]

yeah. don't deny it.
there's somthing "fishy" about those.

 

[SoulManX]

Is a Mermaid a fish?

 

[Kaleb]

snow white was the one that disturbed me the most.

 

[heypapajinx]

Is a Mermaid a fish?

yes. clearly.

snow white was the one that disturbed me the most.

why is that?

 

[SoulManX]

yes. clearly.

So is Eric is like Troy...

 

[heypapajinx]

So is Eric is like Troy...

ewwww!!!

 

[Manic]

I think someone is confusing "dysfunctional family" with "non-traditional family."

Batman, Superman, Spider-Man, Wonder Woman, and Belle didn't not come from disorderly or abusive homes. In fact, Superman got along great with his adoptive parents.

Snow White and Cinderella definitely came from dysfunctional homes, what with their step-moms enslaving and killing them.

Aurora/Briar-Rose's home life is arguable. Her parents abandoned her, but only so the evil fairy couldn't find her.