Cinderella Was Too Weak To Fight For Herself...AND THAT’S OKAY!

Cinderella was too weak to fight for herself...AND THAT’S OKAY!

I cannot believe we’re still tearing Cinderella down! 2018 only has a few months left and we’re still doing this, we’re still painting her as the weakest Disney princess and we’re still painting her weakness as a bad thing?

Why?

Why are people so caught up on bashing this princess?

“The movie is so simplistic—”

In what way is it possibly simplistic?!

“She didn’t work hard—”

YES, SHE DID!

“Well, okay, but the fairy godmother still had to come in—”

Yep, I remember the movie too, and the countless stories on which it’s based.

“So the fairy godmother was the one who caused the happily ever after.”

She sure was, now, what’s your point?

No, really, what’s your point? Is the point that Cinderella is somehow weak because she wasn’t 100% in control of her own life? Seems like a pretty disgusting opinion to have when the whole movie is about an abuse victim finding a way out of her horrible situation. So Cinderella wasn’t the one who got herself out. So what? Instead of looking the movie at its bare surface, maybe try analyzing it with a bit more thought and tact. You might see something a little different. A magical transformation, if you will.

Because Cinderella did work hard.

And guess what we learned from that?

You can work

and work

And there will still be people out there who will try to tear you apart:

Literally.

And that sucks. It’s a horrible lesson to learn but it is something we will all face in our lifetimes. There will always be people who will try to tear us down, there will always be people who will try to rip us apart, until we’re in a low place:

Until it seems like there’s no hope…

Until it seems like you’re too weak to get out on your own…

And maybe you are.

Maybe you are too weak to get out on your own. Maybe you’re not the strongest woman in the world. Maybe you’re not capable of screaming at the top of your lungs or brandishing a weapon or throwing a punch. Maybe you’re not able to get out of something on your own. Maybe you hit a low point and maybe you have no way out of it. Not alone. But that’s just it.

You’re not alone.

Even at your lowest point, someone will come help you.

You don’t have to do it all alone.

It’s okay to have a little help when you have nowhere else to turn.

Cinderella is the story about an abuse victim who is unable to get out of her toxic situation by herself and just when she begins to lose all hope, is able to get help from an unlikely source. It’s the story about a girl who needs help getting to her happily ever after and that’s okay.

Give us advocates:

They deserve their happily ever afters!

Give us warriors:

They deserve their happily ever afters!

Give us fighters:

They deserve their happily ever afters!

Give us girls who are not advocates, girls who are not warriors, girls who are not fighters, girls who still deserves their happily ever afters:

Lost In Your Eyes!

Remember when I asked for sketch ideas and said I'd do THIS one (below) digitally, after I rewatch this longform? Well it's finally done, an odd balance between messy and thought-out, but I like this play quite a bit so I had fun 💕 tysm for the suggestion!!

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diangelo-cat

6 years ago

Homophobic Mom.. Turned Supportive?

OH MY GOD Y’ALL

okay backstory: for those of you who don’t know, my parents are super religious and homophobic. They have told me I’m going to Hell and threatened me… bad stuff. It has been truly an awful experience. now YESTERDAY: my mom just starts pouring her heart out to me about how she wants me to be happy and trust her. She said she wants me to be around when she’s old and not to push me away. My mom has never really cared about me. This was all weird. Then she hits me with the: I don’t care if you’re gay, straight, bi… whatever you are. (Because she knew I was gay but thought I “fixed” it.) It took me a lot of talking to her to believe she changed. But I came out to her. And she accepts me. It gets better. I promise. If you’re struggling with your parents not accepting you, remember there is hope. I know. You don’t think there is. I thought she’d never accept my sexuality. She literally wanted to send me to military school because I’m gay. But she changed. Never give up.

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diangelo-cat

6 years ago

hey trans jews!

(especially trans orthodox jews!)

i just found this site, which (admittedly, using older terminology) has a bunch of positive reinforcement for trans orthodox people! it covers a lot of questions about whether you’re allowed to be trans (yes) and get surgery (yes) and what gender a trans person is (whichever one you are, naturally). personally this is super cool to see as an orthodox nb person!

please spread around for your trans jewish friends ♡

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diangelo-cat

3 weeks ago

queer, vampire obsessed Romanian FREAK watches Thirsty Vampires. 4847 injured 75 dead 🩸

lyrics from "Ferryman" by Shayfer James & Will Wood (text-free version and yapping below)

It's done!!! Waaah the only reason it took so long for me to make is bc I kept changing my plans lol. I was only gonna do flat colors... then minimal shading... then um. Yeah. So it's gone through a lot. But I definitely enjoyed looking at it while drawing. They're so ARRRGHHHHHH

This is my take on THE stars of Thirsty Vampires!! Esmeranna?? Is Anna just a fanon name? I've been obsessed since January and I still don't know.

ALSO! @notsoprivateartgalleryshush drew this scene as well (click on that link or I'll stake you) and they guessed what I was working on based on Esmeralda's sleeve & asked to be tagged in the finished piece. Here it is!!!<3 Hope it didn't disappoint! ^^

Also also. I need you to understand exactly how this scene is like all my interests colliding into one big bang. A few hours ago I finished drawing THIS for my anime art account(s) as my new pfp.

ANYWAY!!! thanks for reading AAGH back into my Angel cave I go.

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diangelo-cat

2 months ago

SFTH Google Document

So, for the last month and a bit I have been working on a google Document full of just Shoot From The Hip information: Character Lists, long form lists, specials, etc... I started this before the Fandom wiki was more fleshed out but I figured I would still put it on here for anyone interested. It does include Patreon exclusive content but nothing is linked (if something is linked please let me know). Suggestions are welcome, it is still in progress so its not perfect.