嘿 guys! I know I have kind of established myself as the one with the feminist-y standpoint on things, but for today's article, I'm taking that vantage point completely out. Today, I want to talk about relatability. The truly establishing factor of how far a princess will go as far as popularity is her personality, and the 更多 people can relate to you, the better. This 文章 will attempt to examine each princess for her ability to reach an audience. (Note: These are not ranked in the order of the Princesses I personally relate to; it's 更多 the general public.) This is strictly an opinion; unlike my feminist articles, there haven't been any studies done. This is just my take on things, feel free to 评论 and agree 或者 disagree as 你 like. :)



10) Cinderella
I 爱情 Cinderella. I really do. A ridiculous amount, even. However, I believe that she is too good, almost ethereally good, to be relatable. I know what you're thinking; 灰姑娘 is the down and out, right? Who can't relate to that? Well, here's my point: Cinderella's CIRCUMSTANCES are relatable; everyone has felt misused 或者 taken for granted 或者 hopeless before, and many people have (unfortunately) been raised in abusive homes, and so would relate to Cindy on those notes. However, I can't imagine that there are that many people in the world who could endure what she's endured for years and still smile into the mirror and sing about dreams as they clean other peoples' filth. 灰姑娘 is ethereal, graceful, elegant, but almost inhuman as far as her ability to bounce back from things with a smile on her face. Her most relatable moment is definitely when she finally gives up, after the stepsisters destroy her 粉, 粉色 dress. Of course, Fate truly is kind to those who love, as the old song goes, and 灰姑娘 bounces back into her dreamy angelic-ness within a matter of minutes, but she has it. As much as I 爱情 this character, I definitely feel she's too good to be true.



9) Aurora
While many of the most hopeless of romantics in the world may find Aurora's plight of being sheltered, shy, and boy-crazy understandable, I can't imagine that she's that appealing to the general population. For one thing, she doesn't have enough time 或者 development to really give us anything to relate to her on, so she's very pigeonholed into a certain, small subset of the world.. If you've been homeschooled your whole life and want a boyfriend, 你 might relate to Aurora. However, to be truly relatable, a character needs 更多 depth than Aurora was given. Sorry, Aurora lovers, I'm just not buying this one.



8) Pocahontas
This one is a little tougher for me. Pocahontas is a bit of a blend of 灰姑娘 and Aurora, IMO: too good to be true, and not developed enough to be understandable. Pocahontas is noble, brave, spiritual, and family-oriented, but her personality runs just as shallow as that river she stepped into. Her name means "Little Mischief," but all we see of that is her brief episode of spitting water in her bff's face. The rest of the time, she's kind of serious and aloof. Now, I understand that she was enduring a potential war at the time, (no time for frolicking during battle, I suppose,) but for me, Pocahontas' character is a bit of a letdown. If I were 写作 one of my feminist articles, I'd praise her. As far as a relatable personality, I have no praises to sing.



7) Snow White
There was a time when I thought Snow White and I were like twins. I understood her, and I felt like she understood me. I thought like her and I loved her clothes and I related to her dreaminess and her naivete. I was four then. Now, as an adult, I find Snow White just as adorably sweet and cutesy as I did then, except now I don't understand it. That level of childlike innocence is impossible to maintain, which is why Snow White is so low. She's not as unearthly good as Cinderella, but she's good enough that her goodness is marked up to innocence, not adult grace. I think she has a very relatable personality, if you're a little girl who likes to pretend to play house with your 老友记 and you're always the one who plays the Mommy.



6) Jasmine
I don't know about 你 guys, but I didn't grow up rich. I grew up middle class, as I'm sure most of 你 阅读 this did. 茉莉, 茉莉花 has been planted toward the middle for the exact opposite reason 灰姑娘 is stuck at the bottom. Jasmine's personality is relatable; she's too smart and too fiesty for the situation she was born into, and yet, her situation is pretty nice. For most of us, being born in a place with no problems, lots of money, and tons of privileges sounds pretty good. I think Jasmine's predicament is one we all relate to, but she still had it pretty sweet and just lacked the insight to know it. 茉莉, 茉莉花 is one of my all time faves, and I'm disappointed to put her so low, but here she'll stay for now. I think most people can relate to feeling trapped; I DON'T think most people can relate to feeling trapped in the lap of luxury.



5) Tiana
Tiana definitely has her niche of relatability, and it's me. Tiana should be relatable to people in their 20s who are working harder than they ever thought, making a living on whatever they can, and yet feel like they aren't really getting anywhere. (Back me up on this, PPV and DreamyGal.) Once 你 reach the age where you're working full time, 你 have a lot of other stuff going on too. You're supposed to find a spouse, get a career, get a house, and do all kinds of societally (or personally) expected stuff.... but what happens when you're too busy for it, 或者 it's not what 你 want at all? Tiana is overworked, underpaid, and determined to have her cake and eat it all, but at what cost? This is the plight of young adults today, and if that's not relatable I don't know what is.



4) Mulan
花木兰 would be so much higher if I could convince myself she was a better candidate than the others. 花木兰 is so appealing, so understandable. Who amongst us has never felt that who we are is inherently wrong, that our families will be disappointed in us if we 显示 our true colors? It's an experience everyone endures, whether they admit it 或者 not, and 花木兰 is the first princess to have a legitimate identity crisis. 花木兰 is only, ONLY this low because she kind of loses her personality somewhere along the way. As she becomes stronger as Ping, she becomes weaker as Mulan; Mulan, of course, being the quirky, creative, and yet a little left-of-center character we 爱情 in the beginning of the film. She comes back briefly during the scene when she dresses the guys up like women, but as a general rule, being Ping suffocates Mulan's relatability, and she never really has the chance to come back. Once again, if this were one of my feminist articles, 花木兰 would be at the 最佳, 返回页首 of the pack. In this particular article, 花木兰 is a little lower than I would have liked.



3) Belle
Fanpop's perennial 最喜爱的 didn't get to where she is 由 being aloof. Belle is a bookworm, an oddball, the weird one, and the one who dreams of a life far beyond the expectations others have for her. She's also really good at calling 'bullshit' on people, which makes her a smarter heroine than many of the ones before her. Belle even makes the insanely stupid decision to ignore the giant monster with sharp teeth that is holding her captive and sneak into his private room (once again, a cataclysmically stupid idea.) She's flawed, she's weird, she's relatable, and just take a deep breath, because I know you're all going to kill me over the number 2 princess...



2) Rapunzel
Now before everyone starts launching rabid 猫 at me, just hold on a second. Those of 你 who are not on Team Tangled, stop sipping your Rapunzel-flavored Haterade for just a second. This princess is what Belle was too mature to be. Whereas Belle is worldly and innately sensible, Rapunzel is a true geek. She's socially awkward at times, she's creative, she's curious, and she's even downright dorky at moments. However, she's not a complete dumbass. She's clever enough to take the initiative when necessary. Rapunzel is like that dorky friend that 你 can't help but smile around, even as 你 wonder how on earth they've made it this far in life with such minimal life experience. Besides that, she's friendly, artistic, and has some legitimate psychological baggage (being trapped for years and begin called vague, chubby, and generally incapable 由 your own mother and your only social contact is bound to leave some scars.) If there isn't a SINGLE thing 你 can find that 你 relate to with Rapunzel, 你 might be a robot. I'm just sayin'. :)



1) Ariel
I know that Ariel is a 来源 of contention on this site (as is Rapunzel,) but even those of 你 who would never, EVER do something like what she did can't admit that 你 haven't had a reckless impulse once 或者 twice. Ariel is the most flawed princess in the bunch. She's impulsive, she's reckless, and she's entirely too romantic for her own good. However, she's also kind of overlooked and a bit of a "fish out of water," if you'll forgive the pun. If you've ever felt unappreciated, like 你 don't belong, 或者 like your family doesn't understand you, 你 can relate to Ariel. And if you've ever made a really stupid decision, ever fallen in 爱情 with someone too quickly and had it end (or know it could have potentially ended) disastrously, 你 can relate to Ariel. If 你 might be a hoarder, 你 can relate to Ariel. :) I'm playing now, but seriously, she is relatable on account of the things that make her divisive, and I think that is something we can all agree on. :)

Hope you've enjoyed it. :)