First let me apologize for the pictures. My life is selai packed right now and I wanted to get this artikel published seeing as that we are already past melati month. So I used tiffany88's moodboards instead.

Well, it's that time again, now that melati bulan has ended to give anda my daftar of who I think Jasmine's favorit princesses would be. Sorry that it's a little late. As always, I don't profess to be an expert on this. Also, I eventually just ended up posting this because I couldn't really come to a conclusion.


10. Cinderella

Yeah...I think we all saw this one coming. Though it's predictable, it's not without merit. melati and cinderella are possibly the two most dissimilar princesses. While cinderella handles most issues with tact and foresight, melati is immediately temperamentally responsive and impulsive. I think Cinderella's situation would totally frustrate melati as well as Cinderella's propensity to trust blindly in faith and dreams; melati doesn't believe in any of that and takes matters into her own hands. Also, Jasmine's tenacity in speaking her own mind would clash terribly with Cinderella's "keep your head down and just keep believing" mentality. I could see melati yelling at her screen, imploring cinderella to speak up for herself and tell the stepsisters off.

9. Aurora

Like Cinderella, Aurora also blindly goes where she is directed and we never see melati have any sense of duty towards being a princess, and I think she would be very frustrated with Aurora accompanying the peri to the kastil, castle after she discovers she is a princess; melati would surely run away to prevent being condemned to that life. I think she may find Aurora a least a bit clever, we don't see Aurora's sass atau outspokenness at all, so I don't see any reason melati would have any fondness for her.

8. Snow White

I think that melati might be really bothered oleh the stereotypes that Snow White perpetuates, but I think she would at least care lebih for Snow White's mouth and snark and how Snow White managed to care for herself out on her own, because that's something melati wanted to do.

7. Rapunzel

The strong parallel here is being cooped up and never leaving one location; Rapunzel has never left the tower, and melati has never been outside the palace walls. I think the disconnect begins with Rapunzel's insecure, optimistic, and endlessly adorable attitude. melati is not easily approached atau impressed and while she can definitely be naïve, she doesn't allow the wool to be pulled over her eyes as often as Rapunzel does. I think Rapunzel also doesn't have the level of independence that melati seeks.

6. Belle

melati would be very fond of Belle's persistent rejection of Gaston, her refusal to back down from the Beast's outrageous demands, and how Belle longs for adventure, but they don't really have a lot in common. melati would probably never change places with her father and if she did I think she would hold a lot of contempt for the Beast. I highly doubt melati would ever be friends with the Beast, let alone fall for him, even if he started treating her with kindness. Frankly I don't think that would happen because I think the conversation between melati and Beast would be MUCH lebih explosive and I think melati would have tried to escape and she certainly wouldn't try to heal his wounds (though I don't think she would leave him to die in the snow). I don't think she would understand how Belle would ever cinta her captor, even if he did change for the better, although I don't think she would necessarily blame Belle for it. I think she also may be part of the pack that gets irritated that Belle laments about her situation but doesn't do anything about it, considering that melati was forcibly cooped up oleh the law and the physical constraints of the palace, and Belle never had those kind of constrictions. I think melati would definitely like Belle, but not as much as some other princesses.

5. Tiana

melati would definitely admire Tiana's independence and how she's made her own name for herself and works hard towards obtaining her restaurant. melati wants to be autonomous and have her own identity besides 'princess' and I think she would cinta that Tiana creates her own dream and does everything on her own. She would especially cinta that Tiana gets to be a princess in the end and have all those luxuries but it's lebih of a bonus along with her finally obtaining her restaurant. I think melati would also cinta that Tiana doesn't suffer fools and constantly spurns men and criticizes Naveen because I think melati would see Naveen as deserving of it. I see Jas as a little lebih fun loving than Tiana so maybe she would wish that Tiana would take lebih risks and let loose once in awhile, but mostly she would cinta her.

4. Pocahontas

I feel like melati would have a girlcrush on Pocahontas. Pocahontas basically lives Jasmine's dream life. Pocahontas has indepdence and all the freedom in the world and people respect and value her opinions when she voices it. Pocahontas is also expected to marry Kocoum but clearly does not want to, although melati doesn't seem to carry any burden of responsibility for her people the way melati does for her tribe. So Pocahontas also is going through the pressures of being forced into marriage. The whole war/two sides plotline between Pocahontas and John I could see melati finding somewhat romantic as well, and she may understand Pocahontas feeling so torn about John because if Pocahontas saves John, she risks disapproval from her people and possible outcasting. I think where the frustration with Pocahontas would come in would be Pocahontas' specific impulsivity. She rides waterfalls but when it comes to interpersonal confrontation she’s reticent. I think that would frustrate melati who has no problem getting in faces.

3. Mulan

While they don't necessarily have a lot in common I think it wouldn't matter because what melati has in verbal tenacity mulan matches in her actions. They're almost opposites-- melati talks the talk lebih than she walks the walk and mulan is the reverse, still putting her head down and caring about honor and respect oleh the end of the film. melati would think mulan is absolutely amazing in cutting her hair, freeing herself from her societal constraints and proving herself in the army. I think she would cinta that mulan knows how to fight, how she uses her intellect and strategy in war and how mulan proves everybody wrong and saves China. She would see mulan as some sort of amazing girl superhero. People may argue that Jas wouldn't like that mulan was willing to marry to make her parents happy, but considering that melati lives in the same culture, she may understand why mulan was going to go through with it, and appreciate that it didn't happen anyway. melati wants people to respect her and hear her out, and people definitely listen to Mulan.


2. Merida

There's not a lot I think melati would dislike about Merida. Mer is defiant and absolutely, lebih than any other princess, REFUSES to let herself be wed to a complete stranger. While melati is willing to marry if it's for love, Merida explicitly states she is not ready for marriage at all. I think melati would feel so inspired oleh Merida's "And I'll be shooting for my own hand!". Like Jasmine, Merida voices her opinion quite frequently but still doesn't really have a lot of agency and has to be rescued, but she does the best with what she's got. I don't think melati would be particularly bothered oleh Merida feeding her mother the cake, I think she would understand that the cake was not poisoned and wouldn't see it as cruel (Someone like Belle, however, would be totally disgusted oleh that action, poisoned cake atau not.) melati would cinta Merida's tomboyish streak even if melati doesn't have that herself, because melati can also get physical as well. I also don't think melati would be bothered that Merida isn't romantic. melati only wants to marry for love, so why wouldn't she be fine that Merida isn't in cinta yet? I truly think melati would find Merida inspiring.



1. Ariel

What's to say here except that melati would cinta everything about Ariel. I think the line "bright young women, sick of swimmin, ready to stand" would really resonate with Jasmine. Ariel is also a princess who has a lot of pressure put on her to live up to expectations that longs to explore. She stands up for herself but also actually follows through in trying to achieve her independence (whereas mulan showed everything through action rather than verbally, Ariel did both.) melati would understand the oppression Ariel feels as well as Ariel loving someone considered "forbidden" and having to change her father's mind. She would cinta Ariel's risk taking nature, her excitability when she finally ends up in the human world and both of them have this teenage rebellious streak that may not be well thought out but shows their determination. She would cinta how Ariel shows that just because anda have everything, it doesn't necessarily make anda happy. I wonder if she would be annoyed oleh Ariel's naivety when it comes to Ursula but melati also didn't pick up on Jafar hypnotizing her father, so I don't know. Like I berkata before, melati wants her voice to be heard, and Ariel makes people listen to what she wants oleh ironically giving up her voice.