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So I needed characters that I could see myself in. As the Disney Princesses started to reflect different cultures and attitudes towards women over the years, I think the whole thing became even more ridiculous. Now, they weren't just pretty, kind, and rich by the end , but were also clever, strong-willed and sometimes could fight. I never saw the most recent Disney Princess movies, but I heard they were different.

Not like regular princess tales. Did being a princess help the main characters' dreams come true? Traditional fairy tales are grim, violent and scary too. Maybe the definition of a princess has changed. From the press coverage, modern day royalty hardly live a fairy tale life. Princesses, then and now, are tied to convention, their social class, their money. Their stories have to involve breaking girl stereotypes because the princess one is so engrained in our culture.

Marie then grabs Sunni, believing that it's a plain old Gummi Bear doll. She immediately wants to have it for her collection. Calla refuses to let Marie have Sunni which she says is the name of the doll , as they pull Sunni back and forth. When Calla lets go of Sunni, she rips a small part of Marie's dress. Marie becomes furious for what Calla has done. When Marie storms off angrily, Calla asks Sunni if she's okay. Calla then quickly hurries to her father, before she gets blamed entirely for the disaster.

King Gregor assures Calla that he believes her, but wants to make sure it's not just another misunderstanding. Calla is sure that Marie is the one causing the trouble. Marie is shocked from what she hears, and as a result of the fall-out, King Jean-Claude decides to go to war with King Gregor.

The battlefield is being set up, as Sunni feels terrible about causing a war, but Calla reassures Sunni that it was the right thing to do, not to surrender her to Marie. Sunni then decides to take matters into her own hands and try to stop the war. In a war tent, Marie is complaining about the gruel she was given to eat, as she notices a present outside of her tent on King Jean-Claude's side of the battlefield.

When Marie opens her present, she notices that it's the same Gummi Bear "doll" that Calla had in this case it's Sunni posing as a doll. Marie then becomes dissatisfied and is disappointed that Calla would just give her the "doll" to stop the war. Marie then reveals that she never wanted the "doll" and throws Sunni in the trash, since the "doll" was "too plain". In the trash bin, Sunni cries and is sad, since she feels responsible for the war, as it would have never happened if she hadn't visited Calla that day.

Gruffi opens Sunni's room, as Calla notices gift-wrapping supplies spread around Sunni's room. Calla then tells Gruffi and Grammi that Sunni must be posing as a doll to stop a war. Grammi then has an idea, trying to find a way to stop Sunni from getting hurt, while hopefully achieving peace as well. At the battlefield, King Jean-Claude and his troops, as well as King Gregor and his troops, each throw boulders at each other using catapults.

Near Marie's tent, Grammi, with Gruffi and Calla, has a plan to switch Sunni with a doll version of her that she handily whipped up. After drinking Gummiberry Juice , Grammi and Gruffi bounce to distract the guards and steer them away from Marie's tent. Marie wants to know what's going on, as Calla sneaks into Marie's tent. Calla looks for Sunni and eventually finds her, as Sunni gets out of the trash bin she was in.

When Calla places the Sunni doll in the bin, Marie notices Calla and presumes that she was going to steal Sunni. Marie then takes Sunni and runs away with her, as Calla tries to get Sunni back. Pingback: Announcing my new book, The Princess Problem! Rebecca Hains. No, Really. Heroic Girls. Pingback: a que xogamos? Pingback: Im Press ive! Your Year in Review — WordPress.

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