desertvixen | Disney Animated Exchange 2021 Letter (Reply)

My blanket DNW are nominated character death, graphic violence/gore/sexual violence, cruelty to animals or children.

The Rescuers (1977)

Penny (Rescuers 1977), Rufus (Rescuers 1977)

So I'd love to see Rufus and Penny interacting at their home, and maybe hearing about more kids that need help from the mice?

Not much to add. I am totally down with 1000 words about Rufus sleeping in the sun and Penny being a kid. Or maybe they find some kittens who need rescuing? You cannot give me too much fluff on this one. If you go the abandoned kittens route obviously something happened to Mom Cat but don't dwell on it. Or maybe they save Mom Cat later? Or an adult Penny searching for her birth family?

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1949)

Katrina van Tassel (Sleepy Hollow 1949), Ichabod Crane (The Legend of Sleepy Hollow 1949), Brom Bones (The Legend of Sleepy Hollow 1949)

I was stoked when I saw someone nommed this, because I love it. I'd love an AU where Katrina married Ichabod instead (and their kids and Brom's kids keep having a little rivalry). Or Katrina trying to find out what happened to Ichabod? Or maybe someday a young man who is strikingly like Ichabod comes to Sleepy Hollow and the Truth comes out?

Focus on Katrina - the boys don't both have to be included.

Would prefer no modern AU for this please.

Does Katrina believe that Brom pretended to be the Headless Horseman to get rid of Ichabod?

I don’t have much to add here but I feel like this is an underrated title.

Wreck-It Ralph (2012)

Stan Litwak (Wreck-It Ralph 2012)

Interested in the guy who runs the arcade. How did he get his start? Was Fix-It Felix Jr the first game? Does he try them all out? Does he ever notice anything strange in the arcade? Mr. Litwak has been relying on Fix-It Felix Jr. to bring in people for a long time. How does he feel about the old games and their sudden "upgrade" at the end? Maybe he plays a little Fix-It Felix Jr. after hours to relax? Does he have a passion for old games, and only have the stuff like Hero's Duty and Sugar Rush to bring in the kids? Does anyone ever wonder why this old game console is still hanging around? And does he ever notice strange things in the arcade, either when he comes in the morning or late at night? I feel like he’d like Felix because that seems like the sort of game this guy would play himself (or maybe some other classics, like Pac-Man, Mario, Shinobi).

So I ended up writing something similar for last year’s DAME: Still Playing After All This Time, if it interests you.

Yes, I am the Xennial parent playing Ms. Pac-Man while I wait on my kid to play whatever. I also love Skee-Ball (maybe the arcade has one?). I’m not good at any of the new games, although I do love some Fruit Ninja.

Maybe a crossover with DuckTales 2017 and Funzo’s Fun Zone? Maybe Stan ponies up for a VR type game (bonus points if it’s somehow connected to Wreck-It Ralph). Or Mr. Litwak hosts a lock-in night (feel free to show the WIR characters getting confused and wondering when these people are going to LEAVE so they can stop the overtime). If you need to involve a character, I’m partial to Felix and Tamora.

Sleeping Beauty (1959)

Queen Leah (Sleeping Beauty 1959)

How does she really feel about handing her precious only child over to the fairies? How does she feel about what happens? Is she under a curse of her own?

At least she has a name now, although I am not 100% committed to what they show us in Descendants (i.e. making her a not pleasant character because I feel she has the right to be angry). I'd prefer something more along the lines of the movie. (Not that I didn't enjoy the crackiness that is Descendants, but not interested in it here.)

I feel like Sleeping Beauty’s mother is the caution in fairy tales. She doesn’t even get a name (until Descendants), and she’s probably being blamed for not producing an heir. Give me a story about her, and feel free to get a little angsty – as long as it ends on an upnote. I mean, they can't even seem to agree on who VOICED her because I think she has one line.

If you want to include Merryweather (the one fairy I can see breaking the rules to give the queen a glimpse of her daughter), then I'm down for that! I just didn't request her because I didn't want the story focused on her.