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[alloyed]

Does anyone else find it creepy that, in the first scene of Pirates of the Caribbean, Norrington is a grownass man and Captain of a ship already and Elizabeth is, like, twelve years old?

Because I do.

Comments

[mabofwinterdark]

Consider the time period. He would also be younger than he appeared due to the powdered wig.

[alloyed]

Okay, so age gaps were more okay then, but you still had to be pushing thirty to make Captain. And it's still a creepy thing to feed to modern audiences. I wouldn't exactly call PotC a 'period piece'.

[mabofwinterdark]

It's creepy because the movie is produced by Disney. As for a whether or not it's a 'period piece', it would not be the first wildly inaccurate period movie ever produced. Just one of the more popular.

[alloyed]

I dunno that Disney automatically makes it creepier. Ariel was totally underaged. I think Sleeping Beauty might be the only one who's flat out declared to be eighteen (and her prince was the coolest, so there's that). They have a record of creepy and also subliminal messaging, is what I'm saying. Points for consistency, I guess?

Real life twelve year olds are just way more obvious about it than cartoon ones. This is probably how hentai gets away with existing.

[mabofwinterdark]

I would say a consistent pattern of that type in movies typically considered acceptable for children to be more disturbing than any single movie. And I'd argue that Beast was the best prince, but only before he was turned back to a prince. Though that might be the fae in me.

I'd agree with your assessment on the general situation. The only saving grace for me is that he doesn't seem interested her beyond the whole boss's child angle.

[alloyed]

Whyyyy do they do this? Maybe it's because they think their little girl audience can't identify with anybody out of their teens? Belle! Belle I can believe is twentyish! And yeah, Beast doesn't count because he became boring and weird looking the second he was cleared for marriage. Everybody likes Beast better, Disney, get the memo.

Point! Marriages between rich folks: We don't need no stinkin' affection!

[mabofwinterdark]

Because parents don't think about it because it's otherwise sanitized? I always read Aurora as older than Belle, but it's difficult to tell with their habit of putting young faces on older bodies. But she could be at least the age of consent. He does look rather unfortunate as a human doesn't he?

I can hardly blame a parent or a man looking for power and security within a marriage. What with it being one of the traits of royalty.