Post by Snow White on Dec 13, 2011 23:46:05 GMT -5
Name: Snow White
Age: 14
Species: Human
Place of Origin (what movie or story did they come from?): Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Appearance: Snow White has short hair that is “as black as ebony”. There is almost always a bow in her hair; this bow may be of any color depending on her outfit. As with most Disney princesses, her hair seems to have the remarkable property of being perfectly styled at all times, no matter what happens.
She usually has a smile on her face and a twinkle in her eye. She laughs often and has never been embarrassed by her own mirth. I could easily see her laughing merrily in situations many of her more solemn contemporaries would find highly inappropriate, such as at a church service! Although she isn’t sad or anxious often, she doesn’t hide her emotions when she is. She only ever shows anger when she sees someone else hurting another person, especially one she believes is helpless.
The girl is typically seen in ankle-length dresses with short, puffy sleeves. Her favorite has a yellow skirt with a blue bodice and blue-and-red sleeves. She also has a cape to complete this outfit.
Snow White is very slender, and rather delicate-looking. Her dainty hands have somehow managed to remain soft and white in spite of the fact that she worked as a maid for years, and she has not really developed any muscles (again, in spite of this fact), proving that she at least didn’t perform any back-breaking labor.
Personality: Snow White is a sweet and gentle young woman who hates all forms of cruelty. She is highly empathetic and appears to forget about her own misfortunes in sympathizing with or helping others – such as in the movie when she is saddened by the thought of children without a mother, and makes no reference to the fact that she’s never really had a mother either. Although her stepmother repeatedly attempted to kill her or have her killed, Snow White seems to inspire most of the people and creatures she meets to love her and try to protect her. She makes friends very easily, and is not snobbish in any way.
While Snow White never attempts to confront Queen Grimhilde in the movie, as some of the later Disney heroines almost certainly would have, she is not really a “doormat”, either. She is willing to absolutely insist that the dwarfs wash their hands before they eat, and she tends to respond to Grumpy’s rudeness to her through much of the movie with some good-natured teasing of her own. Her sense of humor actually seems a bit mischievous, and it’s possible someone with a great sense of dignity could be hurt by it – but she would apologize and try to make amends the moment she sensed that.
Snow White has a merry disposition and rarely gives in to sadness. She sees it as her job to “fill the world with sunshine”, even if things aren’t going well for her at the moment. There would be no use in bitter complaining; in her mind, this may even make things worse.
She is also a person of faith in many ways. Snow White believes that wishes have power. She is also one of the few princesses (perhaps the only one) who definitely prays. Both wishing and praying have been effective for her. Her wish was granted when her Prince found her, and her prayers were answered when she learned that Grumpy had come to like her after all.
Snow White’s desire to be liked is almost as strong as her stepmother’s desire to be considered beautiful; it can become somewhat of an obsession when there are people around who clearly don’t like her. However, there are lines the girl will never cross. She would not hurt anyone or knowingly interfere with their free will.
Basically incapable of hatred, Snow White would never wish ill on anyone, even her stepmother. For this reason, it is highly unlikely she would ever have made a good fighter, even if someone tried to train her. She much prefers to heal and comfort others. If ever a villain decided to join the good guys, Snow White would almost certainly be one of the first to forgive them, though depending on who it was she might still be a little frightened of the perhaps-reformed (but quite possibly just lying, considering how Disney movies tend to go) villain. She will also never see anyone as being beyond redemption – not even Grimhilde.
History: Snow White has never really known her mother; the woman died giving birth to her (I’m using the usual fairy tale history here since the Disney version never states exactly what happened). The princess’s father remarried after he lost his first wife: the new queen was a beautiful, but vain and evil woman who was very paranoid about the idea that someone might surpass her in beauty someday. While Snow White’s father was alive, Queen Grimhilde could not harm the princess in any way, but after his death, the woman forced the girl to dress in rags and work as a scullery maid.
Snow White made the best of her situation, though, as she always did, and one day when she went to her ‘magic wishing well’ and sang of her longing for true love, a young prince heard her and declared his love for her. She hadn’t realized anyone else was around, so she was very startled when he joined in her song at the wishing well. Snow White ran into the castle, but went out onto a balcony to see him after he began to sing to her. The princess pledged her true love to him by planting a gentle kiss on a dove she had befriended, then sending it out to ‘carry’ that kiss to the prince.
Soon after that, the Queen’s Magic Mirror revealed that Snow White had indeed become more beautiful than her stepmother. The jealous woman responded by telling her huntsman to take the princess into the forest and kill her. He did take the girl out into the forest, but he couldn’t bring himself to murder her, instead telling her about the plot and pleading with her to run away and hide. She immediately complied, but as she ran through the forest, everything seemed to be out to get her. The next morning, after the shock of learning that her stepmother actually wanted her dead wore off, Snow White realized that the world wasn’t nearly as scary as she’d let herself think it was the night before. She quickly made friends with many of the woodland animals and asked them to help her find a place to stay.
They led her to a cottage in the woods. When Snow White discovered that no one was home, she went inside, and soon came to believe, due to the small size of the furniture and the general messiness of the house, that little orphaned children lived there. She decided to try to cheer them up by cleaning their house for them. After she and her animal friends tidied up, she went upstairs, discovered seven little beds there, and fell asleep.
When the dwarfs who were the true occupants of the house came home, they woke her up, and, after expressing her surprise, she told them who she really was. Grumpy tried to convince the other dwarfs that the princess should leave, since Queen Grimhilde might punish all of them if she found Snow White there. However, the girl’s revelation that she could cook gooseberry pies won them over, and they immediately decided she could stay.
In time, even Grumpy came to like Snow White, and when the dwarfs all went to work one day, he warned her not to let anyone into the house.
He was right to worry; the girl’s stepmother had discovered that the huntsman had tricked her into thinking Snow White was dead, and set out to get rid of her stepdaughter once and for all. The evil woman disguised herself as a hag, brewed a poison apple to make Snow White sleep forever, and went to the dwarfs’ house. Though the princess was initially reluctant to disobey Grumpy’s instructions, she did let the “peddler woman” in after the animals tried to frighten Queen Grimhilde away, and the wicked Queen pretended she was having heart trouble, begging the girl to take her into the house and get her a drink of water.
Snow White could never ignore an old woman in distress, so she helped the woman inside. There, the queen offered her a “magic wishing apple” for her kindness. Snow White, longing to see her One True Love again, accepted the apple. Her animal friends rushed to get the dwarfs so they could rescue her. Snow White’s wish was so long and detailed that they almost had time to rush back to her side before she took a bite of the apple – but it wasn’t quite enough. The girl bit into the apple and immediately fell to the ground, as if dead. The dwarfs arrived just in time to catch up with the evil Queen, and chase her to a cliff where she would ultimately fall to her death.
The dwarfs believed that Snow White was dead, too, but she was still so beautiful they couldn’t bear to bury her, instead placing her body in a glass coffin above-ground. The prince she loved, faithful to her even now, came to see her one last time, and kissed her goodbye.
With this, Snow White woke: Love’s First Kiss was the only antidote to the poison she had been given. Seeing the man she loved at her side, she reached out to him, and he swept her into his arms. The joyous couple went off together to be married and live happily ever after.
Strengths/Abilities: • Trusting (I consider this both a strength and a flaw because it has both helped her (as it meant she didn’t refuse to stay with the dwarfs) and nearly gotten her killed)
• Cheerful
• Kind
• Hardworking
Weaknesses/Flaws: • Naïve/Too Trusting (Snow White has a difficult time believing that there could be people in the world, other than her stepmother, who would want to hurt her. Really, in her experience so far, no one else ever has.)
• A classic “damsel in distress”
• Easily startled (and tends to sort of shriek when she is)
• Non-confrontational attitude towards enemies
Likes: • Her Prince
• The Seven Dwarfs
• Pretty much everyone
• Helping others
• Animals
• Flowers
• Singing
• Cooking
• Opportunities to laugh
• Being in love
• Children and baby animals
Dislikes:
• Cruelty
• Violence
• Anyone being hurt or sad
• Not being liked
• Being sad
• Being frightened
Fears:• The death of a loved one (especially her husband)
• Queen Grimhilde
• Being unable to help others
• Being trapped or devoured by monsters
• Her wishes not coming true
• Again, not being liked
RP Sample:My, what a strange place this was! Much of it seemed so lonely and desolate, but it was easy to see that this was also a place of wondrous possibilities – and that was what she had chosen to focus on. As much as she wished that her husband was with her, Snow White knew he would find her again somehow. And no one here had tried to hurt her, so she saw no reason to be afraid as she walked along, humming a cheerful tune to herself. That might change soon if she remained alone, though. Snow White never felt as happy when she was entirely on her own, with not even some of her animal friends around.
Then she saw him. “Oh!” She stopped humming for a moment as she looked at the Beast, though her exclamation was more from surprise than fear. A wolf or a bear, if it didn’t seem friendly, would have terrified the poor girl, but he wasn’t either of those. Despite his appearance, his clothing and his actions led her to see him as a person, not just a horrifying monster who might try to attack her. Still, she couldn’t help being just a little frightened. But it wasn’t enough to keep her from realizing that he seemed to be … upset, or perhaps in pain. She just couldn’t ignore someone who was hurting.
“Are you all right?”
Age: 14
Species: Human
Place of Origin (what movie or story did they come from?): Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Appearance: Snow White has short hair that is “as black as ebony”. There is almost always a bow in her hair; this bow may be of any color depending on her outfit. As with most Disney princesses, her hair seems to have the remarkable property of being perfectly styled at all times, no matter what happens.
She usually has a smile on her face and a twinkle in her eye. She laughs often and has never been embarrassed by her own mirth. I could easily see her laughing merrily in situations many of her more solemn contemporaries would find highly inappropriate, such as at a church service! Although she isn’t sad or anxious often, she doesn’t hide her emotions when she is. She only ever shows anger when she sees someone else hurting another person, especially one she believes is helpless.
The girl is typically seen in ankle-length dresses with short, puffy sleeves. Her favorite has a yellow skirt with a blue bodice and blue-and-red sleeves. She also has a cape to complete this outfit.
Snow White is very slender, and rather delicate-looking. Her dainty hands have somehow managed to remain soft and white in spite of the fact that she worked as a maid for years, and she has not really developed any muscles (again, in spite of this fact), proving that she at least didn’t perform any back-breaking labor.
Personality: Snow White is a sweet and gentle young woman who hates all forms of cruelty. She is highly empathetic and appears to forget about her own misfortunes in sympathizing with or helping others – such as in the movie when she is saddened by the thought of children without a mother, and makes no reference to the fact that she’s never really had a mother either. Although her stepmother repeatedly attempted to kill her or have her killed, Snow White seems to inspire most of the people and creatures she meets to love her and try to protect her. She makes friends very easily, and is not snobbish in any way.
While Snow White never attempts to confront Queen Grimhilde in the movie, as some of the later Disney heroines almost certainly would have, she is not really a “doormat”, either. She is willing to absolutely insist that the dwarfs wash their hands before they eat, and she tends to respond to Grumpy’s rudeness to her through much of the movie with some good-natured teasing of her own. Her sense of humor actually seems a bit mischievous, and it’s possible someone with a great sense of dignity could be hurt by it – but she would apologize and try to make amends the moment she sensed that.
Snow White has a merry disposition and rarely gives in to sadness. She sees it as her job to “fill the world with sunshine”, even if things aren’t going well for her at the moment. There would be no use in bitter complaining; in her mind, this may even make things worse.
She is also a person of faith in many ways. Snow White believes that wishes have power. She is also one of the few princesses (perhaps the only one) who definitely prays. Both wishing and praying have been effective for her. Her wish was granted when her Prince found her, and her prayers were answered when she learned that Grumpy had come to like her after all.
Snow White’s desire to be liked is almost as strong as her stepmother’s desire to be considered beautiful; it can become somewhat of an obsession when there are people around who clearly don’t like her. However, there are lines the girl will never cross. She would not hurt anyone or knowingly interfere with their free will.
Basically incapable of hatred, Snow White would never wish ill on anyone, even her stepmother. For this reason, it is highly unlikely she would ever have made a good fighter, even if someone tried to train her. She much prefers to heal and comfort others. If ever a villain decided to join the good guys, Snow White would almost certainly be one of the first to forgive them, though depending on who it was she might still be a little frightened of the perhaps-reformed (but quite possibly just lying, considering how Disney movies tend to go) villain. She will also never see anyone as being beyond redemption – not even Grimhilde.
History: Snow White has never really known her mother; the woman died giving birth to her (I’m using the usual fairy tale history here since the Disney version never states exactly what happened). The princess’s father remarried after he lost his first wife: the new queen was a beautiful, but vain and evil woman who was very paranoid about the idea that someone might surpass her in beauty someday. While Snow White’s father was alive, Queen Grimhilde could not harm the princess in any way, but after his death, the woman forced the girl to dress in rags and work as a scullery maid.
Snow White made the best of her situation, though, as she always did, and one day when she went to her ‘magic wishing well’ and sang of her longing for true love, a young prince heard her and declared his love for her. She hadn’t realized anyone else was around, so she was very startled when he joined in her song at the wishing well. Snow White ran into the castle, but went out onto a balcony to see him after he began to sing to her. The princess pledged her true love to him by planting a gentle kiss on a dove she had befriended, then sending it out to ‘carry’ that kiss to the prince.
Soon after that, the Queen’s Magic Mirror revealed that Snow White had indeed become more beautiful than her stepmother. The jealous woman responded by telling her huntsman to take the princess into the forest and kill her. He did take the girl out into the forest, but he couldn’t bring himself to murder her, instead telling her about the plot and pleading with her to run away and hide. She immediately complied, but as she ran through the forest, everything seemed to be out to get her. The next morning, after the shock of learning that her stepmother actually wanted her dead wore off, Snow White realized that the world wasn’t nearly as scary as she’d let herself think it was the night before. She quickly made friends with many of the woodland animals and asked them to help her find a place to stay.
They led her to a cottage in the woods. When Snow White discovered that no one was home, she went inside, and soon came to believe, due to the small size of the furniture and the general messiness of the house, that little orphaned children lived there. She decided to try to cheer them up by cleaning their house for them. After she and her animal friends tidied up, she went upstairs, discovered seven little beds there, and fell asleep.
When the dwarfs who were the true occupants of the house came home, they woke her up, and, after expressing her surprise, she told them who she really was. Grumpy tried to convince the other dwarfs that the princess should leave, since Queen Grimhilde might punish all of them if she found Snow White there. However, the girl’s revelation that she could cook gooseberry pies won them over, and they immediately decided she could stay.
In time, even Grumpy came to like Snow White, and when the dwarfs all went to work one day, he warned her not to let anyone into the house.
He was right to worry; the girl’s stepmother had discovered that the huntsman had tricked her into thinking Snow White was dead, and set out to get rid of her stepdaughter once and for all. The evil woman disguised herself as a hag, brewed a poison apple to make Snow White sleep forever, and went to the dwarfs’ house. Though the princess was initially reluctant to disobey Grumpy’s instructions, she did let the “peddler woman” in after the animals tried to frighten Queen Grimhilde away, and the wicked Queen pretended she was having heart trouble, begging the girl to take her into the house and get her a drink of water.
Snow White could never ignore an old woman in distress, so she helped the woman inside. There, the queen offered her a “magic wishing apple” for her kindness. Snow White, longing to see her One True Love again, accepted the apple. Her animal friends rushed to get the dwarfs so they could rescue her. Snow White’s wish was so long and detailed that they almost had time to rush back to her side before she took a bite of the apple – but it wasn’t quite enough. The girl bit into the apple and immediately fell to the ground, as if dead. The dwarfs arrived just in time to catch up with the evil Queen, and chase her to a cliff where she would ultimately fall to her death.
The dwarfs believed that Snow White was dead, too, but she was still so beautiful they couldn’t bear to bury her, instead placing her body in a glass coffin above-ground. The prince she loved, faithful to her even now, came to see her one last time, and kissed her goodbye.
With this, Snow White woke: Love’s First Kiss was the only antidote to the poison she had been given. Seeing the man she loved at her side, she reached out to him, and he swept her into his arms. The joyous couple went off together to be married and live happily ever after.
Strengths/Abilities: • Trusting (I consider this both a strength and a flaw because it has both helped her (as it meant she didn’t refuse to stay with the dwarfs) and nearly gotten her killed)
• Cheerful
• Kind
• Hardworking
Weaknesses/Flaws: • Naïve/Too Trusting (Snow White has a difficult time believing that there could be people in the world, other than her stepmother, who would want to hurt her. Really, in her experience so far, no one else ever has.)
• A classic “damsel in distress”
• Easily startled (and tends to sort of shriek when she is)
• Non-confrontational attitude towards enemies
Likes: • Her Prince
• The Seven Dwarfs
• Pretty much everyone
• Helping others
• Animals
• Flowers
• Singing
• Cooking
• Opportunities to laugh
• Being in love
• Children and baby animals
Dislikes:
• Cruelty
• Violence
• Anyone being hurt or sad
• Not being liked
• Being sad
• Being frightened
Fears:• The death of a loved one (especially her husband)
• Queen Grimhilde
• Being unable to help others
• Being trapped or devoured by monsters
• Her wishes not coming true
• Again, not being liked
RP Sample:My, what a strange place this was! Much of it seemed so lonely and desolate, but it was easy to see that this was also a place of wondrous possibilities – and that was what she had chosen to focus on. As much as she wished that her husband was with her, Snow White knew he would find her again somehow. And no one here had tried to hurt her, so she saw no reason to be afraid as she walked along, humming a cheerful tune to herself. That might change soon if she remained alone, though. Snow White never felt as happy when she was entirely on her own, with not even some of her animal friends around.
Then she saw him. “Oh!” She stopped humming for a moment as she looked at the Beast, though her exclamation was more from surprise than fear. A wolf or a bear, if it didn’t seem friendly, would have terrified the poor girl, but he wasn’t either of those. Despite his appearance, his clothing and his actions led her to see him as a person, not just a horrifying monster who might try to attack her. Still, she couldn’t help being just a little frightened. But it wasn’t enough to keep her from realizing that he seemed to be … upset, or perhaps in pain. She just couldn’t ignore someone who was hurting.
“Are you all right?”