History Headscratchers / DisneyFairies

* The Scout fairies' wooden spears in ''[=NeverBeast=]'' look quite impressive at scale, but they're essentially no larger, and therefore no more sturdy, than toothpicks. How effective is a toothpick going to be in fending off a full-grown hawk?

** Zarina probably made some Sewing or Tinker Talent dust and made the outfit herself; looks like some of the stuff she packed before leaving could have been ingredients for that. She's clearly quite resourceful; as Fairy Gary said, she's "The Tinker Bell of Dust Keepers." Or maybe she stole it from somebody's doll; James says fairies are 6" tall, which is conveniently the same 1:12 scale to humans as many dolls.

** Zarina probably made some Sewing or Tinker Talent dust and made the outfit herself; looks like some of the stuff she packed before leaving could have been ingredients for that. She's clearly quite resourceful; as Fairy Gary said, she's "The Tinker Bell of Dust Keeper Fairies."

* Since Zarina mentioned it...just ''why'' does Pixie Dust only make things float/fly when it's sprinkled (or, in a few cases, suggestively rubbed) on something? It pours from the tree into the pouch or the reservoir on the boat's masthead, but nothing floats until the sprinkling commences. The writers did a good job of maintaining MagicAIsMagicA, but no explanation other than "That's just how Pixie Dust works." Seems the entire Dust Keepers' Guild runs on ApathyKilledTheCat.

* In The Pirate Fairy, where did Zarina's pirate outfit come from? It doesn't seem like the pirates would have enough skill to make a fairy-sized piece of clothing so elaborate.

* In ''Fairy Dust & The Quest For The Egg'', Captain Hook cannot see the fairies because he is an adult. (According to Gail Carson Levine adults cannot see fairies.) Whut? A ''major plot point'' in Disney's continuity depended on adults being able to see fairies - it was Tinker Bell who betrayed the location of Peter Pan's hideout to Captain Hook, and he obviously had no trouble seeing her.

* In ''The Legend of the [=NeverBeast=]'', how do the fairies know about hippos (Nyx mentions them to Fawn) and monkeys (Fawn mimicks one)?

** Possible FridgeBrilliance? Isn't it said/implied at the end of ''Lost Treasure'' that this is one of the largest amounts of pixie dust to be made at one time? "Over a million smidges IIRC". Maybe because there's a little extra, the fairies going to the mainland get extra pixie dust since they're going to be leaving Pixie Hollow.
* Why is the art in this so.. ''good'' compared to other CGI productions, especially for this demographic? Did someone dig up the Peter Pan artbooks or something? There's none of the typical major facial deformity utilized in everything else done in CG since ''WesternAnimation/ReBoot'' (Tangled aside, maybe it's a Disney thing?)
** Creator/JohnLasseter is the exec producer of all the Disney Fairies stuff. That tells you everything you need to know.

* Does anyone else feel that these movies could be seen as teaching...somewhat ambiguous messages to kids? For example, at least two or three of them have the main character(s) do something that's frowned upon and/or downright against the rules. This ends up making a big mess, which the character(s) has/have to fix, and in the end, they're basically commended or rewarded for doing nothing more than cleaning up messes they made themselves. Tink wants to go to the mainland, is told she can't, tries anyway, makes a mess of springtime, fixes it, and gets to go to the mainland. Fawn begins looking after a creature that's thought of as dangerous to the other fairies, is told she can't, tries anyway, causes a huge misunderstanding, fixes it, and everyone in the end admits that they were wrong and she was right. Tink tries to spend time with her sister by crossing the border to be with her, is told she can't tries anyway, wash, rinse, and repeat. And don't even get me started on ''Zarina''. Turns against the fairies just because they wouldn't let her conduct all of her dangerous dust experiments, steals the blue dust, while ''knowing'' that the fairies' lifestyle will be jeopardized without it, allows the pirates to get their hands on it, only switches back to the good side after she'd been betrayed by them, and gets accepted back into Pixie Hollow in the end without even so much as a scolding, if I remember correctly. Does anyone see what I mean here?
** Characters fixing the messes they cause has also been a frequent theme in other recent Disney animated movies such as ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}''. The key here is that they take responsibility for their mistakes. I believe it is to show kids that no one is perfect and that they will sometimes make poor choices. When this happens, the best thing to do is apologize and make amends. The idea of redemption and second chances is reassuring for everyone, especially young children.
** Except Elsa didn't do anything on purpose that set an endless winter upon her kingdom. She was just fearful and upset, and she isn't really ''rewarded'', anyway, so much as the people begin to accept and not fear her. And while your point about Ralph deserves some credit, he still didn't end up getting what he wanted in the first place, and the Nicelanders had a lesson to learn, too, so it wasn't entirely his fault. Here in these movies, the only blame that can be pinned on the other fairies is, perhaps, not thinking outside the box enough and accepting different ways of doing things, and most of the time, this doesn't even stem from maliciousness - they just do it that way because it's how it's always been done or because it helps to keep people safe.
** I personally don’t see anything wrong with themes that encourage kids to think outside the proverbial box and explore their creativity. History is filled with examples of people who came up with great inventions and changed unjust laws by challenging the status quo.In Zarina’s case, fixing her mistake earned her ''forgiveness''. When she was rewarded at the end, it was because the other fairies had come to appreciate her talent. This paralleled what happened with Tinker Bell in earlier movies. Her inventions, which were initially frowned upon, actually helped improve Pixie Hollow. Since Zarina has only appeared in ''Pirate Fairy'', the potential contributions she’ll make with Pixie Dust Alchemy were mostly just hinted at, although they have been explored in fanfics. As you pointed out, Zarina is an interesting case since, unlike these other examples, her “mistake” was a serious crime with malicious intent. This does bring up several thought-provoking questions, which any concerned parents ought to discuss with their kids: Even though Zarina eventually saw the error of her ways, apologized, and fixed her mistake, was that enough? Should she still have been punished? If so, in what way? How do you think the story would have turned out if the pirates hadn’t betrayed her? In real world terms, do you think repentant criminals should be given second chances and rewarded for their achievements? How might Zarina have better handled the situation when she was fired as a dust-keeper instead of running away and joining a “bad crowd?” This is just a sampling of what could be discussed. It shows why it is important that parents not just passively watch movies with their kids, but talk about them afterwards.
** While we’re on this topic, what about Tinker Bell in the original ''WesternAnimation/PeterPan''? Schemes to have Wendy ''murdered'' in a fit of jealousy, is furious when her plan is foiled, and gleefully admits what she attempted without a hint of remorse. Later she is tricked by Captain Hook into revealing Peter Pan's hiding place. And Tink has been a major Disney icon even well before they softened her up for these movies. Perhaps fairies in Never Land are just EasilyForgiven.
*** It is implied in the sequel that Tink's somewhat undergone character development since the events of the first movie, still doing things here and there to torment Jane but never going as far as killing her, and even allowing a grown-up Wendy a brief lift into the air...though, the ''Disney Fairies'' films ''do'' seem to take place ''before'' the first movie, as well, so...

** Characters fixing the messes they cause has also been a frequent theme in other recent Disney animated movies such as ''Disney/{{Wreck It Ralph}}'' and ''Disney/{{Frozen}}''. The key here is that they take responsibility for their mistakes. I believe it is to show kids that no one is perfect and that they will sometimes make poor choices. When this happens, the best thing to do is apologize and make amends. The idea of redemption and second chances is reassuring for everyone, especially young children.

** While we’re on this topic, what about Tinker Bell in the original ''Disney/PeterPan''? Schemes to have Wendy ''murdered'' in a fit of jealousy, is furious when her plan is foiled, and gleefully admits what she attempted without a hint of remorse. Later she is tricked by Captain Hook into revealing Peter Pan's hiding place. And Tink has been a major Disney icon even well before they softened her up for these movies. Perhaps fairies in Never Land are just EasilyForgiven.

* Why is the art in this so.. ''good'' compared to other CGI productions, especially for this demographic? Did someone dig up the Peter Pan artbooks or something? There's none of the typical major facial deformity utilized in everything else done in CG since ReBoot (Tangled aside, maybe it's a Disney thing?)

* Relating to the above about the Neverbeast, wouldn't Queen Clarion have known that Nyx's interpretation of the parchment was incorrect? I know a lot of details about certain things are bound to be lost as time passes, but surely, the fairies would've known if their world had been wiped out 1,000 years ago. If they think that's the ultimate goal of the Neverbeast, why wouldn't they have records of it happening before?

** Maybe, maybe not. But it's better than writing nothing down at all. And besides, even as old languages have evolved, we've still been able to translate them - it's worth noting that the picture Nyx found didn't have any writing on it at all.