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Contents:
- THE LTLE MERMAID'S ORIGAL STORY IS REALLY ABOUT GAY LOVE AND REJECTN
- THE LTLE MERMAID IS REALLY ABOUT UNREQUED GAY LOVE
- 9 DISNEY CHARACTERS WHO ARE VERY OBVLY GAY
THE LTLE MERMAID'S ORIGAL STORY IS REALLY ABOUT GAY LOVE AND REJECTN
The Ltle Mermaid's Origal Story Is Really About Gay Love and Rejectn. However, Disney's animated movie is self an adaptatn and actually has several differenc when pared to the origal story, which scholarly terpretatns have analyzed may actually be a metaphor for unrequed gay love. Let's take a look at Anrsen's fairy tale and the symbolism embedd the story, and see how uld very well reflect a gay thor feelg out of place a heterosexual world.
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THE LTLE MERMAID IS REALLY ABOUT UNREQUED GAY LOVE
" While Flounr is the sensive, supportive iend, Sebastian acts like the olr, wiser gay whose tryg to make sure Ariel don't go too crazy. TerkaSpeakg of bt iends, Tarzan's Terka is another bt iend who registers on many viewers' gaydars: Terka, aka "Terk" is an androgyno ape voiced by out lbian Rosie O'Donnell. Timon and Pumbaa Though the two don't share affectn onscreen, Timon and Pumbaa's endurg iendship and the love they show their psdo-adopted son, Simba, read as if they're a uple of gay dads livg life to the fullt wh their nontradnal fay.
9 DISNEY CHARACTERS WHO ARE VERY OBVLY GAY
And, let's face , "Hakuna Matata" may as well be an official anthem for gay Speakg of pri anthems, how n you not brg up "Let It Go"?
The ept origs of The Ltle Mermaid are actually gay, but that don’t mean havg a Black mermaid pursug a heterosexual relatnship is an accurate reprentatn that stroys the story any said, a movie about Anrsen’s own life wh a foc on his queer yearngs — and keepg as chaotic and msy as sounds like actually was — sounds like the next bt move for Hollywood.