ichabod wrote:Forgive me if this seems a stupid question, but why are the princesses so popular with gay forum members here? I mean surely logic would dictate it would be the princes that would grab their attention more?
Personally, I love both the Disney princes (as you can see in my signature) and Phillip is my favorite character and was my first crush as a young boy. I can't speak for everyone here (especially since I've only come out not that long ago), but I think it mainly has to do with the fact that many other gay men identify themselves with a lot of the princesses in the stories. Especially in Little Mermaid, where Ariel longs to be a part of a different world she finds fascinating, which her father suppresses. Many gay people feel that they're different and are longing to find their place like Ariel, despite parents or other elder's objections. Hence why I think that Ariel and the Little Mermaid tends to have the biggest following, since its storyline hits close to home for a lot of gay people. I know that feeling myself when I tried to suppress and hide being gay for so many years, being told by others that they thought it was wrong.
That, and the fact that the princess films are just beautifully animated films with very romantic themes and works of beautiful animation. I know I'm a very hopeless romantic person myself, hence why I love the earlier princess films, especially ones like Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty, and interested in just fairy tales in general. They simply have some connection that makes me love those kind of stories.
Actually, I'd say Ariel for sure. It's a for sure "favorite"...... 
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