I’m just gonna admit it.
I really like Cinderella III. Better than the original film, and vastly more than the second one (what the hell is that thing anyway). Besides, III comes before II anyway.
Regardless, that movie is kind of great with all the character development that goes on (they make the prince such a derp and it’s glorious), but I particularly love what they did with Anastasia, who genuinely develops compassion and a conscience and is allowed reconciliation with the newly Action Girl Cinderella. And I particularly like that they don’t illustrate this by making her character design any prettier- she stays homely as ever, but the goodness she starts to show throughout the story begins to light up her face with a kind of gawky sweetness that comes off as way less of a cop-out than if they’d cheated and actually made her design different.
I guess I’m just really impressed with Disney allowing one of their villains to actually develop and have a genuine change of heart, and one that’s believable to boot.
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Anastasia on Flickr.
So gorgeous.
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Sing sweet nightingale.
idrpmagicanon-deactivated201203 asked: Owch -winces- Your singing really hurts my ears! For 4 days you will no longer be able to sing!
-SCREAMMS- OH MY GOODNESS! MOTHERRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
“The bow does look rather nice on you” said Cinderella. Cinderella looked at her sister and wondered why she was so cruel. She wondered what she was up to. “What are you doing today Anastasia?” Cinderella looked at her evil stepsister. Even though she knows how…
“Oh, that seems nice.” Cinderella could see that Anastasia was thinking about something but didn’t know what. “Would you like me to do your hair before you go or your makeup I do have some spare time?” Cinderella tries to do anything to get a good relationship with her step sisters and even her stepmother.
“Yes, I’m very excited I really am desperate for some new dresses and what not I need to look my best I never know when my prince charming could be watching” said Anastasia as she pictures herself with her “prince charming.” Glancing at Cinderella with not so happy face Anastasia answers, “Sure, make me look nice though! I need to look beautiful!” She trys to hide her sadness with a grin and plops herself down onto a chair. “Go on! Do your thing!” commanded Anastasia as she waited for Cinderella to do her hair and makeup.
Cinderella runs to her room to get makeup and hair accessories. She runs back down to Anastasia. “Okay so close your eyelids” Cinderella brushes over a sparkly eye shadow over Anastasia’s eyelids and smiles at her work. Then she adds some glitter lip gloss and a little bit of pink blush to her cheeks. She also brought some mascara and eyeliner. She brings a small mirror and said excitedly to Anastasia, ” Ok, open your eyes! You look beautiful!”
Anastasia follows Cinderella’s directions. She hears to open her eyes. Anastasia opened her eyes and stared at herself in the mirror. Looking at Cinderella with a bit of smile “Thank You.” That was probably one of the only time she’s ever said thank you to Cinderella and not yelled at her to do something more. Anastasia gets up and procedes to the door. “Well I should be going. Mother wants me” said Anastasia. She walks out of the room and yet doesn’t even glance back at Cinderella who was so kind to do her step sisters makeup even if Anastasia was mean to her.
Cinderella smiled to herself knowing she made Anastasia happy and think more light of her. She watched as she walked out of the door knowing that things will be a little different from now on.
The day went on and Anastasia went with her mother and sister Drizella to get her wonderful fabrics and frufrus. While walking she stumbled into a backery man holding bread and the bread fell all over the floor. Drizella screamed at him, “HEY WATCH WHERE YOUR WALKING!” Anastasia was nice enough to bend down and pick up the bread. The man replied with a thank you and all Anastasia did was nod and walk with her sister and mother back home. Arriving home, “Thank Goodness I’m SO tired from walking” complained Anastasia as she stumbled up the steps with her bags not only tired but thinking of the man she bumped into today. She proceded to her room and got herself ready for bed. She then sat in her bad staring outside the window.
“The bow does look rather nice on you” said Cinderella. Cinderella looked at her sister and wondered why she was so cruel. She wondered what she was up to. “What are you doing today Anastasia?” Cinderella looked at her evil stepsister. Even though she knows how…
“Oh, that seems nice.” Cinderella could see that Anastasia was thinking about something but didn’t know what. “Would you like me to do your hair before you go or your makeup I do have some spare time?” Cinderella tries to do anything to get a good relationship with her step sisters and even her stepmother.
“Yes, I’m very excited I really am desperate for some new dresses and what not I need to look my best I never know when my prince charming could be watching” said Anastasia as she pictures herself with her “prince charming.” Glancing at Cinderella with not so happy face Anastasia answers, “Sure, make me look nice though! I need to look beautiful!” She trys to hide her sadness with a grin and plops herself down onto a chair. “Go on! Do your thing!” commanded Anastasia as she waited for Cinderella to do her hair and makeup.
Cinderella runs to her room to get makeup and hair accessories. She runs back down to Anastasia. “Okay so close your eyelids” Cinderella brushes over a sparkly eye shadow over Anastasia’s eyelids and smiles at her work. Then she adds some glitter lip gloss and a little bit of pink blush to her cheeks. She also brought some mascara and eyeliner. She brings a small mirror and said excitedly to Anastasia, ” Ok, open your eyes! You look beautiful!”
Anastasia follows Cinderella’s directions. She hears to open her eyes. Anastasia opened her eyes and stared at herself in the mirror. Looking at Cinderella with a bit of smile “Thank You.” That was probably one of the only time she’s ever said thank you to Cinderella and not yelled at her to do something more. Anastasia gets up and procedes to the door. “Well I should be going. Mother wants me” said Anastasia. She walks out of the room and yet doesn’t even glance back at Cinderella who was so kind to do her step sisters makeup even if Anastasia was mean to her.
“The bow does look rather nice on you” said Cinderella. Cinderella looked at her sister and wondered why she was so cruel. She wondered what she was up to. “What are you doing today Anastasia?” Cinderella looked at her evil stepsister. Even though she knows how…
“Oh, that seems nice.” Cinderella could see that Anastasia was thinking about something but didn’t know what. “Would you like me to do your hair before you go or your makeup I do have some spare time?” Cinderella tries to do anything to get a good relationship with her step sisters and even her stepmother.
“Yes, I’m very excited I really am desperate for some new dresses and what not I need to look my best I never know when my prince charming could be watching” said Anastasia as she pictures herself with her “prince charming.” Glancing at Cinderella with not so happy face Anastasia answers, “Sure, make me look nice though! I need to look beautiful!” She trys to hide her sadness with a grin and plops herself down onto a chair. “Go on! Do your thing!” commanded Anastasia as she waited for Cinderella to do her hair and makeup.
“The bow does look rather nice on you” said Cinderella. Cinderella looked at her sister and wondered why she was so cruel. She wondered what she was up to. “What are you doing today Anastasia?” Cinderella looked at her evil stepsister. Even though she knows how mean her sister can be, she still is very polite towards her.
“Why thank you I know it does” said Anastasia fixing the bow so it looked perfect. She looked at her sister with disgust. “Why couldn’t the prince marry me?” she thought. Answering Cinderella’s question, “Oh I’m going out with mother to get some new fabrics and jewlery and dresses and hats…” she went on and on with the list of what she was going to get. Once finishing her list she glanced at her beautiful sister with jealousy wishing she could live the life of a princess.
