About suddenly falling for "a prince"...

[sakon76]

One of the criticisms of The Little Mermaid is that Ariel falls for Eric without ever even having talked to him. That he is, in effect, a stand-in for her love of humans. Yet, reviewing that birthday party scene, she learns a lot about him without an exchange of words. He is kind to animals, treats his subjects fairly, is not self-absorbed,

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[sakon76]

Heck, even poor Charles II of Spain married. Not once, but twice!

[sakon76]

I remember one of the flutters when Beauty and the Beast came out was that the protagonists actually had some time to get to know one another. As opposed to just about every other Disney princess. Lessee... Mulan also got some time, as did Kida, but then neither of their films ended with an implied wedding. Jane and Tarzan, though not "royal," also got a few weeks/months. But most of the romance movies, it's almost meet one day, marry the next.

More fun: putting Disney films up against the Bechtel test! (A surprising number actually pass.)

[flybystardancer]

Don't forget Princess and the Frog and Tangled! Neither were love at first sight (Tiana actively disliked Naveen at first, while Naveen didn't like her at first because she didn't immediately fall for the charms he used on pretty much every other young woman. Rapunzel and Flynn started out ambivalent about each other, and the made a point in the ending monologue to say that the wedding was a while after the movie ends

[ghilledhu]

One of the surprising ones: Sleeping Beauty. Yes, really. The three fairy godmothers talk to each other about what to do about the princess, how to deal with Malificent, and whether or not they should be using magic. They also talk to the Queen and to Malificent herself.

Beauty and the Beast sort of qualifies...Belle talks to the female servants (Mrs. Potts and the wardrobe lady), but mostly about her situation, which involves her father and the Beast.

Cinderella gets bossed around by her stepmother and stepsisters. I guess that counts?

The Princess and the Frog: Tianna talks to her mother about the restaurant, and to Lottie...mostly about men, but not entirely.

Surprisingly, I think Mulan mostly talks to men (she does spend most of the movie in the army...). Does it count if the man is her father? She does talk to her mother about him.

Tarzan: Does Jane talk to female gorillas? Does that count?