(from a 49 y.o.) Yeah, I saw Cinderella and Snow White and thought they were awesome and so, so pretty. But I also loved Mary Poppins and The Jungle Book and the original Grimms and other books Disney based their stories on. And Little Women and Lt. Uhura and Marcia Brady and jockeys and cops and spies and hundreds of other role models who weren't princesses.
Other than the LP records and the tie-in books, there wasn't much Disney merchandise available in the '60s-'70s. VHS wasn't even a thing until the mid-70s. MAYBE they sold actual dolls at Disneyland itself? I didn't have anything but the records.
Other than the LP records and the tie-in books, there wasn't much Disney merchandise available in the '60s-'70s.
Yeah, it was the same in the early 80s by the time I was in the US - there were books and books on tape. That's how I was first exposed to most of the earlier Disney stories, before watching them on the Disney Sunday thing or on VHS, much later.
Strange, but Disney seemed to show a wider variety of entertainment back before it was all available at any time.
Is there a choice for, "Despite watching Disney flicks since I was a kid (which, yeah, currently mid-30s now), I had no idea Disney Princesses was an actual Thing until earcmacfithil started writing fanfic for it"? :-)
You find it terrifying? I somehow ended up his default beta reader. Let me tell you, I will never look at Little Mermaid the same way after his Twisted Princess epic. *twitch* I vastly prefer when he works on his post-apocalyptic-Queen-Rapunzel 'verse.
Playing princess I think was always a girl thing. But Disney princesses specifically? I don't think so- granted I wasn't the girliest of girls, and we didn't have the money to buy every hot toy that came out, but I remember Disney as more varied- Wonderful World of Disney on Sunday nights was the big thing then. (I'm 47, FWIW.)
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Other than the LP records and the tie-in books, there wasn't much Disney merchandise available in the '60s-'70s. VHS wasn't even a thing until the mid-70s. MAYBE they sold actual dolls at Disneyland itself? I didn't have anything but the records.
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Yeah, it was the same in the early 80s by the time I was in the US - there were books and books on tape. That's how I was first exposed to most of the earlier Disney stories, before watching them on the Disney Sunday thing or on VHS, much later.
Strange, but Disney seemed to show a wider variety of entertainment back before it was all available at any time.
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I still find that fact slightly terrifying, honestly.
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Have some tea.
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