It's hilarious how often I find myself writing "Alice raised an eyebrow" whenever she and Hatter are together. XD I think this is highly indicative of their relationship dynamic.

(I also think that Alice, in her old age, must become like Gaius from Merlin with one perpetually raised eyebrow. This comparison makes me giggle inside.)

In related news, I am writing the most crack!fic I have ever written. If future!Deborah had told past!Deborah that she would be writing this fic, past!Deborah would not have believed it in a million years. BUT I CANNOT DISMISS THIS GORGEOUS IDEA.

But Christmas! It was today! ^_^

Merry Christmas, everyone!

I hope all of you had a wonderful, relaxing day with family. Me and mine went to see Princess and the Frog, and I have good news: just as good the 4th time. HUZZAH.

It's staged, of course. I'm pretty sure of this for several small, geeky reasons, the most pressing of which is that Disney wouldn't allow a full-blown, Main-Street-blocking musical performance (done by alluding to their music and characters, to boot) to spontaneously appear without their permission. This would be a great little "random" thing to happen during their "Make Dreams Come True / Celebrate Today" theme of 2009.

Also, these people are miked; obviously they must have had access to their sound system. They had CD accompaniment and a video team, too. Now, maybe it could have been a real proposal if the man proposing was a fairly high-ranking employee... but I digress.

THAT DOESN'T MAKE IT ANY LESS AWESOME AND ADORABLE AND OMG I LOVE DISNEYLAAAAAND.

GUH.

♥ ♥ ♥

Here's the thing. Enchanted. A lot of people love that movie, me included. But I was watching it tonight, and I realized I really only liked the first half. After that scene where Giselle gets angry for the first time, it just really... I don't know.

Am I weird for not liking the fact that Giselle changed so much? I mean, there are feminist groups all the time at Grinnell hosting Disney protests (which, as a Disney fanatic, bothers me to an extreme amount that I can't describe) where they discuss and analyze the movies to find examples of domestic abuse and sexism. Still, I refuse to think that there is something wrong with me for thinking that the Disney male-female roles are fine. Sure, there are some movies that drive me crazy (Sleeping Beauty... I'm looking at you. And Ariel is kind of a brat, yes, but she's also a teenager). But for the most part, I think they're fine.

What really bothers me about Enchanted is that Giselle had some of her optimism and naivete persuaded out of her. It's like, those are things to be *fixed*, because they're not realistic. Sure, she inspired some levity in Patrick Dempsey, but... I think I would have just liked the movie better if she had helped him work out his relationship with Nancy, and he helped her add depth to her relationship with Edward, and she went back to Andalasia and visited Patrick Dempsey/Nancy on occasion... instead of the Great True Love Swap that they had going on between the four of them. o_0

It's just, something about the second half of that movie... bothers me. And it bothers me a little that it bothers me. I mean, I consider myself to be a strong, independent woman who is happy being herself. I don't need men to validate me or give me meaning, I just want a companion, a best friend to spend the rest of my life with. In love. But if I wanted to be the kind of woman who stayed at home, raised a family, and depended completely on my man, I'd like to think that I'd have the freedom to do that without needing to be *fixed* by society, claiming I'm not living up to my potential as a woman or whatever.

I think being free as a woman, equality between the sexes, simply means that you can choose whichever way you want to live your life. If you want to be a Cougar and a high-powered CEO, than you can do that. On the flip side, if you want to marry at 18, become a homemaker and raise a family, then you can do that, too.

That said, and to end this on a positive note, I could watch the first half of Enchanted a zillion times and still love it. XD The second half is okay, but it just irks me for some reason I can't put my finger on.