Other than a change I’m art style, I don’t see a significant difference.

@gg666  
no, but she was cast as the antagonist.

techically the Merida’s mother was a queen you know and she wasn’t evil

@Itsthinking
 
Case in point; every dictator that has ever existed, real or fictional.

@Mayojar77  
If you know you can get away with whatever you’d want to do, you’d take extreme measures against something that even mildly annoyed you.

@Itsthinking  
But really, would a queen really have someone killed just because they are prettier?

@Mayojar77  
Absolute monarchs are by nature, petty.

@Itsthinking  
But, on the other hand, Queens aren’t nearly as petty as Disney portrays them.
 
Also, Snow White was a princess before she went into hiding, and the one who saved her was ‘Prince Charming’. What was the only kingdom around at the time? Oh, right, the one ruled over by her mother and father.

And the irony of all is that she’s a Pixar character….

@Mayojar77  
Well, queens historically haven’t exactly been the most warm people…
 
 
@Whatevs  
So many princesses are weak until they find their Prince Charming. She found hers and took it. They’re also more even in terms of their relationship than most royal couples.
 
Cadance is still an example of a good princess. One that shows that just because she is pink doesn’t mean she can’t do shit.

@Whatevs  
Cadence… Flat? Have you not seen anything beyond the end of Season 2?

If one is to make an argument that a change is a bad for the character, saying “skinnier, sexier, and more mature” does not imply bad changes. It could be bad if represented poorly, but otherwise it’s bad writing.

@Mayojar77  
Disney forgot that there exists good queens and asshole princesses.

@Itsthinking  
I don’t see why having the male marry into royalty is a step in the right direction.
 
It would simply mean that Cadence has been a princess even longer and didn’t have to charm a man who could easily look her over.
 
The story of Cinderella would not be better if Cinderella were already a princess.
 
Also, bringing up a flat character like Cadence is rather silly.

@Itsthinking  
That, and their less-than-kind interpretation of queens. Really, in Disney movies, the queen is almost always evil, and when she’s not, she’s stubborn, obstructive, repressive and barely knows even her own children.
 
This always bugs me.

I’m okay with the whole pretty princesses thing, but this just seems pointless.

@Background Pony  
I guess little girls are not into the brave individual character.

@AMCaptainMe  
Nothing is wrong with princesses. The problem is presenting a single, sole image of what a “princess” can be. Merida was a great break away because she pined only to save her mother, not for Prince Charming. Disney was selling the appearance well before, don’t get why they can’t now.
 
For as much as people disliked Cadance for being pink, she was the one who rescued her husband, not the other way around. Just the fact that the male married into royalty instead of the female is a step ahead. Again, I think all Equestrian princesses are great examples of independence, dedication, and boldness. Their qualities transcend gender lines as well.
 
This might be a PR nightmare for Disney.

As long as parents keep raising their daughters to enjoy “pretty princesses”, companies will continue to market this kind of stuff.

@Itsthinking  
Save for Twilight, that is true.

@Background Pony  
So Disney making Merida a princess is a like and complete bullshit…
 
I wish.

Shame, her and the Equestrian princesses are pretty much the only princesses that earned their title and deserved it that I can think of.

…guys it’s the Huffington, their somewhere ’tween tabloid rag and birdcage liner.

@Background Pony  
But she was interesting because she didn’t have all the little baubles the other ones did.  
Also, she has the dubious honor of being the oldest chronologically, but the youngest in representation.

these changes are pointless. If she still kicks ass then who cares?