Of course people can be excited for #RayaAndTheLastDragon, but I don't want everyone to pat Disney on the back for going as generic as possible in their Southeast Asia rep so they can cover the broadest audience. They're never going to improve without the pressure of criticism.
Also like...you know there's never going to be a Disney princess from a specific Southeast Asian culture after this because she'll be "competing" in the merchandise market with Raya. So this is...it. This is it for the entire region, because they decided to make it so broad.🙃
With East Asia, at least there's still hope for a Korean or Japanese princess because Mulan was specifically Chinese, but Raya is IT. They made her rep the entirety of Southeast Asia!!
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