Board Thread:Fanon Discussion/@comment-4598697-20141120230042/@comment-4598697-20141127145307

IEatIdiots wrote:

Sometimes I wish someone could write a high school story when the antagonist is a nerdy girl who has a superiority complex because she's an introvert and drinks tea and reads books and doesn't go to parties so she's "not like other girls". That would be great.

I think Disney is a huge inspiration for more popular fairytales. A lot of Beauty and the Beast OCs tend to be based off the Disney version, and some Little Mermaid OCs completely disregard Andersen's tale. I wish someone would. That would be an epic win. Like I said, this "not like other girls" trope is a stereotype all its own due to rabid overuse. The part I hate most is that they act like "normal girls" are supposed to look and act like they walked out of Mean Girls. It would be refreshing to see a "not like other girls" girl as an antagonist.

I noticed that at least half of Beauty and the Beast and Little Mermaid OCs seem to take inspiration from the Disney versions, though to be fair I've seen plenty of good ones that stuck to the original stories. Aladdin is probably the worst offender, as I've seen only one or two Aladdin OCs based on the original story. In the original Aladdin, the princess is only a minor character, her name's not Jasmine (it's Badroulbadour), and she definitely doesn't "want more" - she's actually supposed to be somewhat spoiled. She probably wouldn't have been baring her midriff either since that would be considered indecent in a real Middle Eastern society. (Yeah, I know the original is set in China, but the kingdom in the story is portrayed as having an Arabian/Persian culture. The outfit that Jasmine wears is actually a Westernized version of a Middle Eastern belly dancing outfit - the more authentic ones cover the midriff). Also, the original story had two genies and the sorcerer and the vizier are separate characters.