Hola! As most of Ты probably know, I have taken the liberty of restarting Фан of the месяц after a few months of inactivity due to Crazy_Rawr's absence. This is the first FOTM interview in months and it's with Tygers_Eye, FOTM for May. MalloMar provided the questions. Well, here's the long awaited interview :)

1. Congratulations! How does it feel to be Фан of the Month?

A little surprising. I just learned that I won Фан of the месяц for May 2014. Since's it's now October, I imagine my shock.

2. Your Избранное Princess and why?

Princess Tiana. I think she has a great combination of admirable characteristics balanced with relatable personality flaws. On the one hand, she’s very tenacious, hard-working, driven, motivated, and won’t give up on her dream. On the flip side of that coin, she’s a tunnel-visioned stick-in-the-mud that doesn't know how to do anything besides work, and doesn't want to because she wants to stick with things she’s familiar with. Since she’s had to work “two jobs her whole life,” it’s all she feels comfortable with and so throws herself into her work. Since she’s never danced или fallen in Любовь (or been a frog ;P) she avoids these things like crazy. She’s afraid of putting herself out there или making herself vulnerable to embarrassment and heartbreak, which I relate to with every fibre of my being.

I also relate to how finding romance is not her highest priority. She's rather accomplish her goals and achieve her dream than wait for prince charming, despite how her best friend Lottie can think of nothing else and her mom keeps pressuring her to give her grand kids. Considering my sister dreams of the princess fairy tale true Любовь too, and my mom is еще interested in me finding a husband than succeeding in college, I know this all too well. x_x

3. Your least Избранное Princess and why?

Princess Ariel. Most people on Fanpop are tired of hearing this, but I find her very selfish, thoughtless and inconsiderate. The less сказал(-а) about that, the better.

4. Your Избранное Prince and why?

Prince Philip. I know it’s pretty corny and old-school, but I like how well-rounded he is as a prince. Handsome, fairly intelligent, romantic, charismatic, a great singer, a great dancer (dancing is my weakness), sincere, follows his heart, is interested in finding true Любовь instead of conforming to an arranged marriage, tells his father he’ll marry the woman he loves (with the hilarious and poignant “This is the 14th century!”) and pays no mind to his father’s ensuing tantrum.

5. Your least Избранное Prince and why?

The Beast. Mostly because of how he treats his staff. He condemns them to being inanimate objects for eternity TWICE (first when he angers the enchantress and then when he frees Belle), and never seems to acknowledge или apologize to them. He also terrorizes them for ten years when they’re trapped in the замок with him. He doesn't even try to find Любовь if even just to free them.

While it’s very noble that he falls for Belle and “finally learns to love” and when he sets Belle free, I feel it doesn't prove he's a better person в общем и целом, общая because he still doesn't think of his staff. He gives up his own chance to end the curse to free Belle. That's great, but he’s still not the only one under the curse. By freeing her, he condemns his staff. I wouldn't mind, except he doesn't seem to CARE that they’re hurting too. He doesn't even try to protect the замок from invaders after Belle’s gone!

Mrs. Potts: “What should we do, Master?”
Beast: “It doesn’t matter now. Just let them come.”

Ты ARE NOT THE ONLY ONE IN THE CASTLE, BUDDY! Ты selfish prick. Sirius Black сказал(-а) in Harry Potter that a true measure of a man’s kindness is how he treats his staff (or creatures less powerful than him, I don’t remember) and my sister often says that a man’s true nature comes out in how he treats those that can do nothing for him. And the Beast fails both tests.

6. Your Избранное DP villain and why?

“Gentlemen! Enchante! A tip of the hat from Dr. Facilier!”

I think he’s a great villain. Great design, great voice, great voodoo powers, great motivation, a fairly sympathetic backstory, an awesome villain song—this guy’s got it all! Unfortunately he suffers from little screen time and not much main plot involvement. If they had just revised the story before animating, he could have been one of the Greats!

7. Your least Избранное DP villain and why?

Ratcliffe. There’s not much to him besides his greed and social-climbing. He also started the “greedy white man destroys everything in Поиск of gold” stock villain that plagued Disney’s late 90’s, early 2000’s (like Clayton from Tarzan and General Rourke from Atlantis), so yeah.

8. Your Избранное DP movie and why?

Beauty and the Beast. I think it’s the closest to a “perfect movie,” especially one made by Disney. I also Любовь all the sophisticated morals and life lessons that even most grownups don’t get, and the subtext and symbolism that I keep discovering even after the ninety-something time of seeing it

9. If Ты could choose one Дисней heroine to be in the line-up, who would it be? Where would they rank on your pretty Список and Избранное list?

Esmeralda, without question. She’d also be my Избранное and most pretty by a landslide.

10. Which Princess do Ты relate to most and why?

Mulan. I know how it feels to be awkward, unable to fit in the role that society says I should, try hard to meet everyone’s expectations and fail, make a fool out of myself when I meet new people in a situation/environment I’m not familiar with, etc.

11. Who is your...

>- Prettiest? - Merida
>- Funniest? – Rapunzel
>- Smartest? - Мулан and Tiana
>- Nicest? - Золушка
>- Most underrated? - жасмин
>- Избранное Пение voice? Ariel
>- Least Избранное Пение voice? Snow White
>- Most annoying? - Aurora
>- Least annoying? – Mulan?
12. Your Избранное DP couple and why?

Don't really have one. Don't really care for DP romances. I guess Aurora and Philip since they're so iconic.

13. Your least Избранное DP couple and why?

Pocahontas and John Smith. Not historically accurate, based on the faulty “native women can’t resist the handsome, virile, superior, godlike white man” trope, and I can’t stand Mel Gibson (who voiced John).

14. Your Избранное DP song and why?

Once Upon a Dream. I think it’s very beautiful, ethereal and romantic.

15. Your least Избранное DP song and why?

Um... None really comes to mind.

16. What is your Избранное song from each DP movie? (It doesn't have to be sung by the DP)

>- Snow White: I'm Wishing -> One Song
>- Sleeping Beauty: Once Upon a Dream
>- Cinderella: Sing Sweet Nightingale (underrated, imo)
>- The Little Mermaid: Kiss the Girl. (Apparently I owe my first Kiss with my beau to that song, as mentally Пение it gave him the courage to Kiss me.)
>- Beauty and the Beast: Belle (Reprise)
>- Aladdin: "MAAAAAAAAAKE WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY FOR PRINCE ALIIIIIIIIIIII!"
>- Mulan: Matchmaker Song, oddly enough.
>- Pocahontas: Just Around the Riverbend
>- Princess and the Frog: "I got Друзья on the Other Side!"
>- Tangled: When Will My Life Begin (Reprise)
>- Frozen: Холодное сердце сердце

17. Who is your Избранное character from each DP movie, besides the DP?

>- Snow White: Dopey
>- Cinderella: Jaque-Jaque!
>- Sleeping Beauty: Fauna
>- The Little Mermaid: Sebastian
>- Beauty and the Beast: Lumiere (RIP Jerry Orbach)
>- Aladdin: Iago!
>- Pocahontas: Chief Powhatan
>- Mulan: Kahn
>- Princess and the Frog: луч, рэй the Firefly! <3
>- Tangled: Maximus
>- Brave: Those two maids always trying to calm down Maudie. (The female of the species does exist in this movie! I was starting to think Merida, Elinor and Maudie were the only ones!)
>- Frozen: ... The ice harvesters that sing Холодное сердце Heart.

18. Избранное and least Избранное DP sidekick?

Избранное is луч, рэй the Firefly (he’s not that popular, but I Любовь him!) and least Избранное is камбала (grow a spine Ты little guppy!).

19. Избранное Дисней movie? (Not being a DP или Pixar movie)

The Hunchback of Notre Dame!

20. Избранное Pixar movie?

… Do I have’ta?

All right, all right. I guess… Ratatouille.

21. Which DP do Ты want to be best Друзья with and why?

Cinderella. She’s very kind and soft-spoken. She loves Животные like me, and based on how well she treats the Животные I can see that she would be a very loyal, kind, helpful, dedicated friend. (Seriously, she saves them from traps, gives them clothes, names, food, shelter, etc, is willing to help them out even though she already has so much to do, go to bat for them even though it’ll get her in even еще trouble, etc.)

22. Which DP do Ты think Ты would not get along with and why?

Ariel. Unlike камбала или Sebastian, I wouldn't let her drag me into places I don’t want to be in, Показать no concern for my distress или well-being, ignore my protests или warnings to leave, and then STILL drop everything I’m doing to follow her to the ends of the sea, желтовато-коричневый, палевый over her, risk everything to help her, или risk my very life to save hers. “What Ты give is what Ты get,” as Tiana says, and I’m not giving anything to a gal that can’t even ask if I’m all right and actually wait to hear the answer, или just blows me off when I try to talk to her, или just pats my head and walks away when I say, “I hope Ты appreciate what I go through for you!” after I risked my life to help her.

23. Избранное crossover couple?

I know this sounds bad since I just finished ragging on her, but… Ariel and Jim Hawkins from Treasure Planet.

I guess I'd better better explain why.

1) I've seen a lot of pictures of them photoshopped together and I think they have GREAT chemistry. Whether it's Ariel admiring Jim from afar, Ariel being perky and Jim being tired/annoyed, Ariel being bubbly while Jim smiles at her antics, Jim taking her para-sailing, Jim protecting her on an adventure, the two just sharing a romantic moment, first kiss, wahtever. I just think they look cute and compatible no matter the situation.

2) Their stories are rather compatible since she's a mermaid that dreams of life on land, while he's a human who works in his mother's seaside inn and then goes on an adventure on a sea ship in... space. Well, whether his adventure is a traditional sea adventure like the book или a sci fi adventure like the film, can Ты imagine the possibilities if their stories were combined?!

3) Based on their personalities, I actually think they would be rather compatible. Ariel is perky, bubbly, cheerful, energetic, adventurous, etc. Jim is еще dour, moody, serious, and downtrodden, but has a secret fun side. I think Ariel could help him smile and see the joy in life, while he could challenge her, make her think, make her feel compassion and consideration for others (since he actually has problems), but still feed her Любовь of the human world and her thrill for adventure.

4) I think they would bring out the best in each other. Again, Ariel's sweet, cheerful, carefree nature could make him smile, lighten up, and act nicer (as we see cute, sweet, carefree Morphy do in the film). Likewise, I think that being in Любовь with a regular guy who actually has to work for a living and has problems of his own (instead of a rich, easygoing, carefree prince who'll just give her everything she wants) would teach Ariel to be еще considerate, compassionate, and helpful to others.

24. Have Ты ever been to any of the Дисней theme parks? Which one? If not, which one would Ты like to go to?

Yes, Disneyland in California. Great place. Lots of fond childhood and teenage memories there.

25. What are your hopes on...

- Fanpop? - I guess that it’ll be a nice place again. I know I haven’t been contributing to it because I can be pretty negative and short-tempered, which is why I try to post as seldom as possible.

- Future Дисней movies? - BRING BACK TRADITIONAL HAND-DRAWN (OR AT LEAST 2D) ANIMATION, DARN IT!!!!

Well, that was a great interview, wouldn't Ты agree? Congratulations again to Tygers_Eye! Ты finally got your interview! We are getting the ball rolling now so for all the other FOTM'S that have yet to be interviewed, please interview the person who won after Ты so that we can get back on track and get all the interviews done :) Thank Ты for reading! Sayonara :)