And yeah, I have to admit that the show doesn't do a great job of keeping their personalities consistent or even very different. According to Numa, all three of them even have the same sort of face/body, despite the difference in coloring, which I also have to admit is true.
...But I still like the show, damnit!
Wiki-wise, gods, yes. I started this post off wondering how I'd be able to talk about Esmeralda in racial terms and then I realized that the major plot of the novel apart from Quasi being normal is that Frollo is trying to carry out genocide. Pretty mature for a Disney movie, right?
I also think you're right about the lure of the forbidden for Frollo. He talks about her in terms of hellfire, says she's driving him 'to sin', and knows he shouldn't want her but does. Her sheer exoticism -- just how different she is, not only in looks but also personality -- might be part of it, as well as the fact that she's not afraid of him or subservient to him like practically everyone else in the movie is.
She fights for herself, she fights for Quasi, she gets away from ten armed men and yes, in the end she gets rescued from burning to death but she chose to burn to death rather than become Frollo's courtesan. Esmeralda chose her own death rather than give in to fear.
She is pretty damn amazing, and so is that movie.
Pocahontas is another character of color that I love. Maybe I'll do a second post about her, and remind you why that movie is worth loving too. ♥
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And yeah, I have to admit that the show doesn't do a great job of keeping their personalities consistent or even very different. According to Numa, all three of them even have the same sort of face/body, despite the difference in coloring, which I also have to admit is true.
...But I still like the show, damnit!
Wiki-wise, gods, yes. I started this post off wondering how I'd be able to talk about Esmeralda in racial terms and then I realized that the major plot of the novel apart from Quasi being normal is that Frollo is trying to carry out genocide. Pretty mature for a Disney movie, right?
I also think you're right about the lure of the forbidden for Frollo. He talks about her in terms of hellfire, says she's driving him 'to sin', and knows he shouldn't want her but does. Her sheer exoticism -- just how different she is, not only in looks but also personality -- might be part of it, as well as the fact that she's not afraid of him or subservient to him like practically everyone else in the movie is.
She fights for herself, she fights for Quasi, she gets away from ten armed men and yes, in the end she gets rescued from burning to death but she chose to burn to death rather than become Frollo's courtesan. Esmeralda chose her own death rather than give in to fear.
She is pretty damn amazing, and so is that movie.
Pocahontas is another character of color that I love. Maybe I'll do a second post about her, and remind you why that movie is worth loving too. ♥