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[P] How you look should never define who you are. The Lion King failed this most basic of tests, just as many modern stories do. The two should never be connected in any way, because that's just begging to invite some manner of subconscious bigotry. I see so many fall for this whether they're cognizant of it or not. It's why Robin Hood continues to be my favourite animated Disney film of the pre-Iger era: It does so much right!

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[P] This is why I can get on the back of devs for failing at everything that Robin Hood succeeded with back in 1973. Diversify both sides, make the differences between them ideological rather than aesthetic. "Kids need to see who the bad guys are at a glance!" Kids watching Robin Hood back in '73 didn't have that problem! How about not expecting your audience to always be made up of the worst kinds of idiots? Respect goes both ways.

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[P] See, here's the thing about Robin Hood: There was no separation based upon looks. Both sides had light and dark fur; Both sides had scrawny, brawny, and portly body types! I want to point at this and aay, LOOK AT THIS. This is why I have issues with most things, because you'll separate those who look like X from those who look like Y and call them Good Guys and Bad Guys. A film from 1973 is doing better than you. Do pay attention.

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[P] I dug TLK as a kid, until I started seeing more & more how problematic it was. Which was a shame as I love films that celebrate quadrupeds. I'll take Balto and Wolfwalkers over TLK though hands down nowadays. I even prefer the second film with Kovu over the first, it's still somewhat problematic but a marked improvement over the first. It has far more enjoyable character writing too, if I'm to be honest about it. I genuinely prefer it.

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[P] I mean, let's compare with the Lion King, a film one might expect to be less troubled due to airing in the progressive '90a, yet... It's riddled with problems. It contends with a feudal monarchy keeping out clear underclasses, so that they can keep the gentrified wealthlands to themselves. And those selfsame underclasses are treated poorly & unfairly demonised at every opportunity. So, TLK is off to a bad start. So let's talk race!

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[P] Disney's Robin Hood IS furry bait, but... I can't help but keep coming back to how it's my fave pre-Iger Disney film. I say pre-Iger as I see two distinct eras of the corpiration's output which are nothing like one another. The reason I tend to fixate on Robin Hood is down to two factors: 1.) most pre-Iger D8sney films have a conservative vibe, except Robin Hood; 2.) it's oddly the least problematic from a bigotry perspective, I think?

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Well... I guess... I have a blog now! Now i can finally write down all my thoughts in epic length haha.

Seriously, you can find multiple things there.
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- Poems
- Book suggestions
- And anything else thats on my mind

I invite you to take a look 🥰
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