History FanFic / OldAndGraceful

Also has a sequel, [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/18226808 Still Old and Graceful]], on the heroines who are not considered official princesses. As well as a third story, [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/19830844 Forever Old and Graceful]], which is about some of Disney's boys when they grow up.

** Belle has to flee during the French Revolution, while the Beast is [[Main/KangarooCourt put on trial]] and executed. Belle is hinted to spend the rest of her life in mourning.
** Although Anna and Elsa are reasonably happy, due to Elsa's temper flaring with foreign kingdoms, isolating Arendelle with a wall of ice for several years and a shortage of food, the people revolt, imprison Anna and Kristoff, dunk Anna into freezing cold waters to make Elsa comply with their demands. When Elsa finally sees Anna again after another imprisonment, her younger sister is [[Main/NotWhatItLooksLike bruised and her clothes in tatters due to a fight over hot food]], which causes Elsa to attack the guards again, even killing two. Everything seems all right after that, but everyone in Arendelle starts walking on eggshells so as not to infuriate Elsa.

** Also in the sequel, Wendy and Jane lose their house in the Blitz. But Wendy's book about Peter becomes a roaring success. In addition, when Peter meets up with her again in 1969, she promises that when he becomes a man, her granddaughter can look after him. [[Main/FridgeHorror Without asking her daughter first, though.]]
** [[Main/RuleOfThree Again in the sequel,]] [[WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch Lilo]] lets Stitch travel outer space, but he is declared MIA. She spends the next several years trying to find out what happened to him. It turns out that his ship was destroyed by a black hole.

** Stitch was [[spoiler: killed]] on a mission to [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2 Contraxia]]. [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy Xandar]] and [[Film/ThorRagnarok Sakaar]] are also mentioned.

** Lilo ended up marrying [[WesternAnimation/AmericanDragonJakeLong Jake Long]]. [[Main/OppositesAttract Make of THAT]] [[Main/GenreRefugee what you will.]] Stitch found it hilarious.

* WhoWantsToLiveForever?: In the sequel, [[spoiler: Hercules died before Meg, so when a magical flower is sent down to Earth, she uses it to become young again. Unfortunately, she lives for so long that she barely remembers Hercules, or even her own name, after hundreds of years. By the time Meg changes her name to Mother Gothel and kidnaps Rapunzel, it's debatable as to whether she even wanted to live anymore.]]

* AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent: Ariel's tale is seen through Prince Eric's eyes. Ariel has gone mad, possibly due to transforming into a human.

** Tiana has to live through the worst moments of the twentieth century and while the restaurant stays afloat, her son is arrested after a Civil Rights march to Washington D.C. He is sent to Maledovia to be their ruler in 1957. Tiana faces aggression on both sides during the Civil Rights movements, with some local black people calling her 'princess traitor' and throw bricks through her windows because she won't take part. As with the Snow White example above, it is implied that she reconciles with her son.

** [[WesternAnimation/Tarzan Jane's]] ancestors fled [[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast the French Revolution.]] This one was already a theory, though.

* WhoWantsToLiveForever?: In the sequel, [[spoiler: Hercules died before Meg, so when a magical flower is sent down to Earth, she uses it to become young again. Unfortunately, she lives for so long that she barely remembers Hercules, or even her own name, after hundreds of years. By the time Meg changes her name to Mother Gothel and kidnaps Rapunzel, it's debatable as to whether she even wanted to live any more.]]

* Genius Bonus: Pinocchio's children's names are named after trees.

** Genius Bonus: Pinocchio's children's names are named after trees.

** Mary ([[Film/MonstersInc Boo]]) spent her entire life looking for Sully. She hasn't found him yet and wonders if finding him will be worth it.

Also has a sequel, [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/18226808 Still Old and Graceful]], on the heroines who are not considered official princesses.

** When Alice travels the world in the sequel, she hears tales of [[WesternAnimation/{{The Jungle Book|1967}} an Indian man who spent his childhood in the jungle and is now a guide]] and [[WesternAnimation/BrotherBear an Alaskan Inuit myth about a man who became a bear]].
** Stitch was killed on a mission to [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2 Contraxia]]. [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy Xandar]] and [[Film/ThorRagnarok Sakaar]] are also mentioned.
** It's suggested that Lilo ended up marrying [[WesternAnimation/AmericanDragonJakeLong Jake Long]]. [[Main/OppositesAttract Make of THAT]] [[Main/GenreRefugee what you will.]]

** [[Main/RuleOfThree Again in the sequel,]] [[Disney/LiloAndStitch Lilo]] lets Stitch travel outer space, but he is declared MIA. She spends the next several years trying to find out what happened to him. It turns out that his ship was destroyed by a black hole.

** When Alice travels the world in the sequel, she hears tales of [[Disney/TheJungleBook an Indian man who spent his childhood in the jungle and is now a guide]] and [[Disney/BrotherBear an Alaskan Inuit myth about a man who became a bear]].

** Eric is said to have [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Disney/Frozen twelve brothers.]]
** [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Disney/Tarzan Jane's]] ancestors fled [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast the French Revolution.]] This one was already a theory, though.

** In the sequel, [[Disney/AliceInWonderland Alice]] ends up marrying a very boring older man. When he dies, she finds this to be a relief, using his money to travel the world.

** In the sequel, [[Disney/AtlantisTheLostEmpire Kida]] learns what World War One will mean for her and Milo, so once she hears about men shooting themselves in the foot, she proceeds to try and amputate Milo's leg with a hacksaw. As Milo says, this seems a bit excessive. Possibly justified since Kida might not know how to use a shotgun.

* WhoWantsToLiveForever?: In the sequel, [[spoiler: Meg died before Hercules, so when a magical flower is sent down to Earth, she uses it to become young again. Unfortunately, she lives for so long that she barely remembers Hercules, or even her own name, after hundreds of years. By the time Meg changes her name to Mother Gothel and kidnaps Rapunzel, it's debatable as to whether she even wanted to live any more.]]

* WhoWantsToLiveForever?: In the sequel, [[spoiler: Meg died before Hercules, so when a [[Disney/Tangled magical flower is sent down to Earth, she uses it to become young again]][[spoiler:. Unfortunately, she lives for so long that she barely remembers Hercules, or even her own name, after hundreds of years. By the time Meg changes her name to Mother Gothel and kidnaps Rapunzel, it's debatable as to whether she even wanted to live any more.]]

* WhoWantsToLiveForever?: In the sequel, [[spoiler: Meg died before Hercules, so when a [[Disney/Tangled magical flower is sent down to Earth, she uses it to become young again]]. Unfortunately, she lives for so long that she barely remembers Hercules, or even her own name, after hundreds of years. By the time Meg changes her name to Mother Gothel and kidnaps Rapunzel, it's debatable as to whether she even wanted to live any more.]]

* WhoWantsToLiveForever?: In the sequel, [[spoiler: Meg died before Hercules, so when a [[WesternAnimation/Tangled magical flower is sent down to Earth, she uses it to become young again]]. Unfortunately, she lives for so long that she barely remembers Hercules, or even her own name, after hundreds of years. By the time Meg changes her name to Mother Gothel and kidnaps Rapunzel, it's debatable as to whether she even wanted to live any more.]]

* DelibrateValuesDissonance:

* DelibrateValesDissonance:

** [Disney/AtlantisTheLostEmpire Kida and Milo]] were possibly at the excavation of Tutankhamen's tomb.

** [Disney?AtlantisTheLostEmpire Kida and Milo]] were possibly at the excavation of Tutankhamen's tomb.

** It's suggested that Lilo ended up marrying [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WesternAnimation/AmericanDragonJakeLong Jake Long]]. [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OppositesAttract Make of THAT]] [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GenreRefugee what you will.]]

** It's suggested that Lilo ended up marrying

** Eric is said to have [[WesternAnimation/Frozen twelve brothers.]]
** [[WesternAnimation/Tarzan Jane's]] ancestors fled [[Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast the French Revolution.]] This one was already a theory, though.

** Eric is said to have [[Disney/Frozen twelve brothers.]]
** [[Disney/Tarzan Jane's]] ancestors fled [[Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast the French Revolution.]] This one was already a theory, though.

** Belle has to flee during the French Revolution, while the Beast is {{https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/KangarooCourt put on trial}} and executed. Belle is hinted to spend the rest of her life in mourning.

** Also in the sequel, Wendy and Jane lose their house in the Blitz. But Wendy's book about Peter becomes a roaring success. In addition, when Peter meets up with her again in 1969, she promises that when he becomes a man, her granddaughter can look after him. [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FridgeHorror Without asking her daughter first, though.]]
** [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RuleOfThree Again in the sequel,]] https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Disney/LiloAndStitch Lilo]] lets Stitch travel outer space, but he is declared MIA. She spends the next several years trying to find out what happened to him. It turns out that his ship was destroyed by a black hole.

** When Alice travels the world in the sequel, she hears tales of [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Disney/TheJungleBook an Indian man who spent his childhood in the jungle and is now a guide]] and [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Disney/BrotherBear an Alaskan Inuit myth about a man who became a bear]].
** Stitch was killed on a mission to [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2 Contraxia]]. [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy Xandar]] and https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/ThorRagnarok Sakaar]] are also mentioned.

** Eric is said to have [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Disney/Frozen twelve brothers.]]
** [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Disney/Tarzan Jane's]] ancestors fled [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast the French Revolution.]] This one was already a theory, though.

** In the sequel, [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Disney/AliceInWonderland Alice]] ends up marrying a very boring older man. When he dies, she finds this to be a relief, using his money to travel the world.

** Played straight for Snow White's country, [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/AllTheLittleGermanies a small, Germanic one]] where even though her daughter is the eldest, when Prince Charming dies, the middle child (a boy) takes control, even though he is thirteen years old and extremely frail.

* WhoWantsToLiveForever?: In the sequel, [[spoiler: Meg died before Hercules, so when a [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WesternAnimation/Tangled magical flower is sent down to Earth, she uses it to become young again]]. Unfortunately, she lives for so long that she barely remembers Hercules, or even her own name, after hundreds of years. By the time Meg changes her name to Mother Gothel and kidnaps Rapunzel, it's debatable as to whether she even wanted to live any more.]]

** Although Anna and Elsa are reasonably happy, due to Elsa's temper flaring with foreign kingdoms, isolating Arendelle with a wall of ice for several years and a shortage of food, the people revolt, imprison Anna and Kristoff, dunk Anna into freezing cold waters to make Elsa comply with their demands. When Elsa finally sees Anna again after another imprisonment, her younger sister is [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NotWhatItLooksLike bruised and her clothes in tatters due to a fight over hot food]], which causes Elsa to attack the guards again, even killing two. Everything seems all right after that, but everyone in Arendelle starts walking on eggshells so as not to infuriate Elsa.

** Belle has to flee during the French Revolution, while the Beast is [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/KangarooCourt put on trial]] and executed. Belle is hinted to spend the rest of her life in mourning.

** BittersweetEnding: Several times.
* Jasmine is wealthy enough to survive without a husband once she becomes old, but she is the only one left. (It's not known whether the Genie is still alive at this point, as he never appears.)
* Snow White miscarries her first few babies due to becoming pregnant at a very young age. By the time Prince Charming dies, albeit many years into the marriage, her children are as brittle as sticks and the new ruler, her eldest son, is only a child. She also has a hostile relationship with her daughter, due to her daughter being married off almost as soon as her brother is crowned, so as to carry on the family line. But Snow White's daughter doesn't want to marry and when she does, she cuts all contact with her mother for a decade. However, it is implied that they make up.
* Belle has to flee during the French Revolution, while the Beast is [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/KangarooCourt put on trial]] and executed.

* WhoWantsToLiveForever?: In the sequel, [[Meg died before Hercules, so when a [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WesternAnimation/Tangled magical flower is sent down to Earth, she uses it to become young again]]. Unfortunately, she lives for so long that she barely remembers Hercules, or even her own name, after hundreds of years. By the time Meg changes her name to Mother Gothel and kidnaps Rapunzel, it's debatable as to whether she even wanted to live any more.]]

* TimeSkip: Takes place decades after each princess' movie has finished.
* WorstAid: Snow White's prince goes off to battle a foreign kingdom and survives, but is mortally wounded on the way back due to an infected cut on his knee.

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Ever wondered what happened to the Disney heroines after 'happily ever after'? In some cases, they are not so happy.