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Jasmine was no older than 15 in that movie.
how old was aladdin?
Speculation says about 18
so like, what's the complaint?
Probably that Jafar wanted her? Idk
which was depicted as creepy and wrong? like, what's the complaint? media literacy?
Idk dude.
I did he want her or the power? I legit dont remember.
It just goes to show how predatory the countries' attitudes towards the middle east in the meme really are.
so you're okay with france taking the middle east because they're about the same age?
I didn't say that.
i mean it's in the meme. he's not an old creep
I think it's less about the characters and more the countries
persia is way older than france this has nothing to do with pedophilia and no other issues exist!
How do you figure?
https://web.archive.org/web/20100331181430/http://disney.go.com/vault/archives/characters/jasmine/jasmine.html
Huh. I was trying to recall if they ever said it in dialog or if it was one of those things where official canon is established outside of the original work.
Ariel is 16 in the Little Mermaid. And I can only speculate on Prince Eric’s age, but he doesn’t look like a gangly 16 year old boy
Yup. Animators were told to draw a 15 year old middle-eastern girl and this was the design they came up with.