People Slam Disney's Noses Because Villains With "Realistic" Noses Are Painted As "Evil And Ugly"

One user recently uploaded a compilation of Disney princesses and their small noses and villains with their large noses, prompting a discussion on beauty standards.

A few women in the comments say they noticed the differences as a kid. "I noticed all the details as a kid," writes a commenter.

Yet, others disagreed. "I never noticed the noses," shares @chocolate.chip.butera.

@prettiegirlkay adds, "HOW DO YOU GUYS NOTICE THESE THINGS."

TikToker @RobinReaction uploaded a similar video on the platform months ago, which garnered 5 million views and over 700,000 likes. "How much nose is a Disney princess allowed to have?" she asks her audience. "The answer is it depends on what year you were drawn, and, in most cases, not much."

She then shares photos of the "earliest princesses," including Snow White, Cinderella, and Aurora. "We can see that their nose consists of, like, a hint of a nostril, and then depending on the angle, also a slight curve," she explains. But the villains – according to @robinreaction – were depicted as evil, and therefore had to be "ugly."

"One of the easiest ways to tell if a woman's going to be evil or just very unf*ckable is to see if they have a nose that actually resembles a nose." She adds that Disney has been doing this to "keep women in this very narrow definition of beauty," but that "wokeness" eventually became a "threat," so Disney had to adjust their designs, leading to Moana's and Mirabel's "more inclusive" nose.

The comments, for the most part, seem split. "tldr, voldemort is a Disney princess," jokes @raccoonpancakess.

"I feel like Jasmin has a pretty defined nose?" someone shares.

"It's a stylistic choice," writes a woman named Kristina, "look at anime noses, barely a dot. Simplification of the face makes sense when hand drawing every frame. The princesses had the most screen time."

I get what the TikToker is saying (and her concerns are certainly valid), but the witches in these fairytales usually don't have the "average" nose that belongs to the general population. Most times, they're exaggerated and are marked with a large mole or discoloration. The stepsisters in Cinderella have noses that, in my opinion, don't look that normal either.

The princess' small nose was likely just a preferred design by the animators, but they're not necessarily associating specific physical attributes with "good" or "evil." These are fictional characters designed to be easily distinguishable from one another, that's how stories typically work. Yes, it's true that villains have often been given features that set them apart from the protagonist, whether that's a large nose, a scar, or some other "ugly" characteristic –
but to take these things personally is a byproduct of being chronically online.

Of course, this doesn't mean that all people with large noses or other "ugly" features are evil, or that all attractive people are heroic and "good." It's simply a narrative device that has been used in storytelling for a long time. Movies and cartoons (cartoons, people. Let's not forget that's what these are) are rather simplified versions of reality to teach lessons, so they shouldn't be taken so seriously.

So how about we all just enjoy the Disney classics for what they are without getting too caught up in the details?

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