This has been posted on tumblr a few times already, but the artist has finished the set and I thought I’d post the complete gallery, because I am so in love with this concept and get so excited when people combine history with art. (I’ve inserted the locations and dates Shoomlah narrowed for each princess just for funsies.)
Historically Accurate Disney Princesses! by Shoomlah
and because I didn’t have room to include her, here’s Cinderella.
lol the woc (except mulan) are wearin not a damn thing compared to the euro princesses. Jasmine straiten your back shawty!! I doubt Ariel was English 0.o
Historically accurate to whom? “Chinese empire” for 300s AD? Wut?
There was no Chinese empire at that time. It is one of the periods of disunity in Chinese history. Between the Han (220) and Sui (589) Dynasties. There were smaller Dynasties/Kingdoms at war during this time but no ‘Chinese Dynasty’ as if that were even a real thing or meaningful, or a place unlike all the other ones.
Not to mention, it’s not historically accurate for Rapunzel to have that floating lantern, which was ganked from various Asian regions.
Ooof, please note that these captions are in no way approved my me, the artist- the OP cropped out my watermark and added some completelyarbitrary dates and locations.
I’m happy to own up when I’ve fucked up of my own volition, but damn if I’m gonna sit back when someone captions Mulan with “Chinese Empire, 380 AD.” WHAT NONONONO
