Disney Princess Strongest DP countdown. Pick the WEAKEST princess emotionally and physically.

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34 fans picked:
Belle
   32%
Snow White
   26%
Ariel
   24%
Cinderella
   6%
Anna
   6%
Rapunzel
   3%
Merida
   3%
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WinterSpirit809 picked Ariel:
Round 1: Elsa
Round 2: Aurora
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PrueFever picked Rapunzel:
Still Rapunzel...
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wavesurf picked Belle:
She claims she wants an adventure, right? That's why she's reading books and waiting for it to "happen." Belle is "strong enough" to rebuff Gaston's advances... but she literally does nothing else! Then when the "adventure she claims she wants comes along" in the form of a castle and a beast, Belle whines bitterly about how "unfair it all is!" After trading places with her father, she becomes moody and disgusted with the "adventure." Thereafter, she snoops around despite Adam's warnings, tries to run away, and finally decides she likes Adam after all. This was a bit...underwhelming to me. I guess, Belle is mild. She certainly isn't going to stand up and state her opinions when anyone else is in the vicinity. (She'd rather state it to the sighing wind). I really would have preferred it, if Belle was more proactive and chose her adventure like Mulan does, Rapunzel does, Ariel does, Jasmine does, and Merida does. It would have made her appear more courageous to me for making active decisions, and she would have seemed less like a plot device: "the girl every guy in the movie just wants to marry."
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WinterSpirit809 picked Ariel:
^I never thought of Belle like that. I mean, I didn't think she was the strongest princess. Hmm. I still think Ariel is a bit weaker but I guess Belle now comes close.
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wavesurf picked Belle:
^I'm divided on this. Everyone thinks Ariel is the weaker one... But Ariel actually saves Eric's life twice, while Belle arrives late to the fight Adam and Gaston are having on the roof of the castle... And this is enough of a distraction for Adam to turn his back on Gaston... and Adam gets stabbed in the back thanks to Belle. Belle hugs Adam as he is dying. Belle doesn't really technically save him. Adam sort of dies quietly, before the "transformation spell kicks in" because Belle finally says she loves him. The spell actually saves Adam, and brings him back from the dead.
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WinterSpirit809 picked Ariel:
^True, but Ariel seemed to have zero self control....but then again neither did Belle. Huh. Maybe Belle is weaker. I think I'm changing my answer.
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wavesurf picked Belle:
^I actually think Ariel and Belle ARE EVEN in terms of both their physical and emotional limitations. But there's no answer in this poll that allows me to take both out at once. If that were an option, I'd select it.
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WinterSpirit809 picked Ariel:
^yeah I guess that's a problem with countdowns. I actually find them fun for some reason,but if this were a regular poll, I would allow fans to add there own answe, but I can't do that for reasons (like people adding already eliminated princesses and I don't want to go through and delete options)
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wavesurf picked Belle:
^Oh, I'm not suggesting that kind of thing. I totally understand the limitations of countdowns. I just tend to see Ariel and Belle as two sides of the "same coin."
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AudreyFreak picked Ariel:
I find Rapunzel morally weaker, but she's gotta be physically pretty strong (having to haul up a grown woman several inches taller than her almost every day!). Ariel is probably in pretty good shape given how swimming is great exercise (so imagine using it as your only way of getting around). But given that she struggles lifting Eric underwater, can't fight off Ursula or Triton, she seems to have a pretty average strength for a girl her size.

as for emotionally, I still find her a bit tougher than Rapunzel (she also sticks to her dream even when all hope seemed lost, which is strong) but weak physically + somewhat weak emotionally = Ariel loses this round.

I kind of agree on Belle too.
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TheMusicalMolls picked Cinderella:
Gah! Picked without thinking. Cinderella is quite mentally strong. In fact, I think all of them are at least somewhat mentally strong, except Aurora, who barely shows any personality at all.
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cruella picked Merida:
She's very needy and despite pretending to be tough, she plays the damsel in distress a lot.
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wavesurf picked Belle:
^Unfortunately, that is true. The movie does make Elinor save Merida ( while in bear form) multiple times, and her brothers are at least responsible for getting Merida out of a locked room. I think MusicalMolls was right that at least everybody left on this list has something or another that makes them both strong and weak at the same time. So selecting anybody now just seems like I'm "winging it." I don't feel "confident" about my choices per se.
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anukriti2409 picked Ariel:
I find Ariel to be quiet emotionally vulnerable as she's quite flighty with her choices and activities. She does break down into tears more often than other princesses.
I'd say Belle was stronger emotionally at least because as much as she wants to have an adventure, she makes a conscious decision to stick by her dad coz he;s not upto taking care of himself. She's very matured and responsible emotionally. She's holding back lot of emotions when she's making a deal with Beast for her father's freedom. She has the strength to recover from the hurt and isolation after couple of hours, after talking to Mrs. Potts. She could be debated to have average physical strength as she's an average horse rider.
Merida is physically quite strong. It needs great strength of arm to swing a sword and fight with a grown man, like her father. It also needs much physical strength for archery and such highly skilled horse riding and hiking and mountaineering skills. She is emotionally weak only regarding marriage issue but finds her head often enough to resolve issues.
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laylastepford picked Ariel:
^ I agree. I also think Ariel is very emotionally weak for how much she disbehaves as well. She ALWAYS has to follow her emotions and never exhibits the strength it takes to have self control. Even Merida puts in much more effort to being emotionally stronger.

Also Belle exhibits physical strength well above the other princesses when she manages to get the Beast up on the horse to take him home after the wolves attacked him and he had passed out. That was dead weight yet she got him up there somehow.
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wavesurf picked Belle:
^Merida bursts into tears after the nasty argument with her mother-- one time. And she cries after her father locks her in the room, and when she sees her mother losing consciousness as a human in bear form when the tapestry isn't working! Belle starts crying tears after Adam tells her that she cannot go into the west wing, and when she is shown to her room, Belle throws herself on the bed and cries a lot. Belle also cries after she realizes that Adam is dead. Much as you all are making it out to be--- Ariel does not cry more often than these other girls. She sniffles after the argument with her dad about missing the concert. Ariel bursts into tears after her father brutally destroys everything precious to her--- she dissolves into BIG tears one time-- SAME as Belle and Merida, and any other princess. Ariel sobs quickly over losing her chance with Eric, just like Merida does in her locked room, and Belle over the Beast after Belle realizes Adam is dead. All these girls CRY the same amounts!!! Ariel sobs just as often as Merida and Belle both do, when they realize their "opportunities are gone." Yeeesh.

If Belle actually HAS such great self-control, she would not have been up in the West Wing DESPITE A GRAVE warning from Adam. She DISOBEYS, anyway. Belle then "BREAKS HER WORD to stay with Adam," and runs away! Yes. That's exhibiting great self-control.... NOT.

Merida can't have her way, so she uses her own mother's words against her and embarrasses the family publicly. But then, after her mother has understandable reason to be shocked--- Merida ruins something precious to Elinor, and Elinor throws Merida's bow in the fire for smarting-off at her. Merida takes this SPLENDID opportunity to race off pell-mell for the woods, where she stumbles on the witch and decides she should OUTRIGHT CHANGE her mother's mind for her!!! Merida feeds her mother a cake, and her mother becomes a bear--- all before Merida decides to publicly apologize for doing this in the first place! Yes...Merida exercises self-control--- WAY after the damage is almost entirely COMPLETE. Merida has way less self-control and exhibits tit-for-tat.
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laylastepford picked Ariel:
^ I never debated that Merida has some emotional weaknesses nor did I ever deny that Belle has some impulsivity issues. I argued that Ariel is more emotionally (and physically) weak than Belle and Merida because she is a slave to her emotions much more than the other 2 are by comparison. I don't rate on just crying, I rate on all emotional acts. Crying is not the only display of emotional weakness nor is it always a display of emotional weakness so I'm not even sure how relevant that is as a response to my comment.

Yes Belle does disobey and run away once just like Merida does once and that's not exhibiting great self-control but Ariel disobeys and runs away multiple times, much more than the other two in question.

Yes, I know the story of Brave very well, I just re-watched it recently but thank you for the recap. I'm not going to provide a recap of The Little Mermaid for you because I have already done that before. In my opinion Merida shows more self control by trying to participate with her family more whereas Ariel is much more self-centered and not exhibiting any self-control as she just does whatever she wants all the time, regardless of what rules she is knowingly breaking. My argument is that Ariel has less self control than Belle or Merida and I respect that your opinion is the reverse.
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WinterSpirit809 picked Ariel:
This may be stupid but I changed my answer from Belle back to Ariel just to break the tie.
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laylastepford picked Ariel:
^ I don't think that's stupid. I think that's considerate. :) I've done that too if I was leaning towards one of the tie-options as a close second choice anyways.
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wavesurf picked Belle:
^@Laylastepford: According to you, how many times does Ariel officially run away? I count one time. Exactly one. Right after her father destroys everything in her grotto. After reprimanding her, Triton dismisses Ariel a lot. She is not constantly running away, though. She visits a shipwreck and a seagull and returns to her family. She saves Eric's life and returns to her family. That isn't running off. Furthermore, her hideaway is still in Atlantica, so Ariel never really leaves the premises until Triton basically tosses her out on her ear for saving a human.

I respect that you like Belle and Merida more, but I find both of them emotionally weak, too, just like Ariel! When it comes to interfacing with the powers that be, all three girls don't do well. Belle and Merida don't exhibit any more self-control than Ariel does. Merida draws lousy pictures of her mother during geography lessons, grimaces at her mother during speech class, and rolls her eyes a lot. Belle blows off an entire town because she thinks they're provincial hicks without any "big dreams." Belle's scorn is very much apparent. And Belle and Merida both cause major problems for Adam and Elinor: in Adam's case, a mob descends on his home because Belle has a big mouth, and in Merida's case...the loss of a parent, wife, and mother for three other children is possible because Merida wants a spell to totally "change her mother's personality." You complain about Ariel, but both Belle and Merida are very weak emotionally ( to the same degree as Ariel), and their movies really show that they are not suited to solving their problems well at all.
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laylastepford picked Ariel:
^ I don't limit emotionally weak to just officially running away. I consider Ariel emotionally weak for constantly sneaking away which is only 1 step down. She does this once at the beginning when she misses the concert (even though it's implied she's done this many times by this point), she does it immediately after she gets told not to when she goes to the grotto and sees the fireworks and breaks the surface after Triton got done asking her not to less than 10 minutes ago, she does it during the middle of "under the sea" even though Sebastian was in the middle of talking to her which was extra rude and she did it the time you speak of after the grotto destruction. Not to mention she has that secret grotto which every piece was acquired by her lying to her father and breaking the rules and her grotto was full of tons of items. This shows she had been misbehaving for a long time and doing things behind her father's back. Hence his anger when he discovered the grotto, full of her deceits.

I didn't say I "like" Belle and Merida more. Please actually read what I write. I said I consider them to be more emotionally stronger than Ariel. Don't twist my words please, I'd appreciate accuracy. Also I don't complain about anything. Perhaps you forgot that this is a countdown asking opinions about emotional weakness and strength so I am just giving mine. I'm not complaining. I still see Belle and Merida attempting to show more maturity which takes emotional strength whereas Ariel has none. That's my opinion and I'm giving it for this subjective countdown, based on everyone's opinion. Please respect that.
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