Things Thursday: 10 Disney Characters I've Been Compared To

1. Scar - The Lion King

I'm surrounded by idiots.

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The Lion King is my favorite Disney movie, and my favorite movie of all time. Now, you might not think it's a good thing to be told you act like a villain, but when one of my closest friends compared me to Scar, I was thrilled.

2. Megara - Hercules

I'm a damsel. I'm in distress. I can handle this. Have a nice day.

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I probably hear this one the most. I run an art-based Disney blog on Tumblr and aside from posting artwork, I'm kind of known for being sarcastic, sassy, occasionally rude, and for just not really caring what others think of my attitude. For that reason, a lot of my followers have compared me to Meg.

3. Hades - Hercules

Memo to me: Maim you after my meeting.

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I think this goes along with the whole sassy, don't give a care if anyone thinks I'm mean thing, don't you?

4. Snow White - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

I'm wishing for the one I love to find me today.

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We've taken a giant leap from villains and sass-mouthers to a Disney princess who, along with being the fairest, is sometimes considered the sweetest of all the princesses. That's not why I've been compared to her, though. I've been told that of all ten official princesses, I resemble Snow White the most. Probably because of my dark hair, brown eyes, affinity for red lipstick, and my pale person pride. Snow White has also been described as the most annoying Disney princess, which may or may not have a little something to do with why I remind people of her.

5. Belle - Beauty and the Beast

I want adventure in the great wide somewhere. I want it more than I can tell.

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Another dark-haired, brown-eyed princess, I also look a little bit like Belle. Unfortunately, I am nowhere near as thin or as tall as her. We also share a few personality traits, some negative and some positive. For example, I'm hot-headed and I can occasionally be rude to guys that show an interest in me. On the other hand, I also love to read and I try my best to get to know a person before I judge them.

6. Charlotte la Bouff - The Princess and the Frog

I swear, I'm sweating like a sinner in church!

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Tiana is my very best friend's favorite princess, and she likes to call me the Lottie to her Tiana. It may have a little bit to do with the fact that she's black and I'm white, and she's mostly serious and I'm usually... not. But mostly it's because I have more energy than I can fit in my little body. Also, I really want a southern accent.

7. Nala - The Lion King

I laugh in the face of danger!

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Sassy and energetic, this time with more Lion King!

8. Stitch - Lilo & Stitch

This is you, and this is your badness level. It's unusually high for someone your size.

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I'm a lot like Stitch because my family is more important to me than anything. I will always try to come up with a solution that will appease both me and my family, and if there's no such solution, I almost always do what will make my family happy, unless doing so will lower my quality of life or actually hurt me. Unfortunately, loving my family doesn't mean I never do things that piss them off. Also, it seems like I get in more trouble than most of my peers.

9. Ursula/Vanessa - The Little Mermaid

Don't underestimate the importance of body language.

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I can be very manipulative when I want to be, and a lot of people believe the things that I say even when what I'm saying is obviously bullshit. When I listen to my favorite singers, I always say something about how I wish I could steal their voice. And I think if I had to choose one Disney character to morph myself into, I would choose Vanessa.

10. Tinkerbell - Peter Pan

She was all bad just now, but on the other hand, sometimes she was all good.

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This one goes back to the whole hot-headed, temperamental thing. Tink is definitely a sassy little thing, and if she talked, she'd have one sharp tongue. I've been told I'm a lot like her in that way. I've also been told that I have the same body type, but I only wish my body looked like Tink's!

Bonus number 11. Tony Stark/Iron Man - The Avengers

Volatile, self-obsessed, don't play well with others.

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The Avengers is distributed by Walt Disney Pictures, so it's kind of a Disney movie. My friends and I, we've all fell in love with the movie when it came out. I've seen it 8 times in theaters! I have a tight-knit group of 9 friends, and we've dubbed ourselves the Avengers, because each of us either acts a lot like one of the characters, or is crazy obsessed with one of them. We are as follows (please enjoy the nicknames I've given my friends):
The Lord as Phil Coulson: My high school drama teacher, who is now more friend than teacher to me. She's Coulson because she somehow manages to pull us all together and do our damn jobs, and she believes in every single one of us even if we don't always deserve it.

BFF Shiksa as Nick Fury: He's Director Fury because he always has ideas when none of us can come up with something to do, and he always somehow gets us all to agree on one thing to do.

Cool Guy as Captain America/Steve Rogers: Aside from having rock hard abs, Cool Guy is like Cap because he's never mean to someone unless they really deserve it. He likes to call himself Captain Russia because he can do a killer Russian accent.

Princess Aurora as Black Widow/Natasha Romanoff: There's no real explanation for this one. She just likes Black Widow.

BFF Slytherin as Hawkeye: Because she shoots arrows. Enough said.

FOM as Thor: You do not want him to put the hammer down.

Little Lord as the Hulk/Bruce Banner: She's known as the Hulk in our little group because she's usually pretty quiet and reserved when she hangs out with us, but as soon as you cross her, she's terrifying.

Sketch as Loki: I think she just wanted to be the villain. Also, she's mischievous. LOKI'D.

And finally, there is myself as Iron Man/Tony Stark: I was dubbed Stark because I always sass people, whether they're being nice to me or not, and because I always have something snarky to say. Also, I tend to cover up my problems and insecurities by acting like I'm better than everyone else. Which, let's be real... I am.

Why I Want to Work at The Disney Store (And Why They Shouldn't Let Me)

Let's be real for a minute here. Nobody is ever 100% honest in job interviews. Even if you say you'd never lose your temper with a customer, and even though you never show that you've lost your temper, there's still that voice in the back of your head begging you to just punch the rude ones in the face. Tempting, but not exactly good for business.

I recently put in an application at The Disney Store and as much as I like to think I'm exactly the kind of employee they're looking for (fun, happy, loves Disney), I am probably the exact opposite (caustic, occasionally rude, maybe loves Disney just a tad but too much.) Nevertheless, I've been looking up some of their interview questions and going over them with a friend of mine, and while some of my answers make her smile and nod... most of them, not so much. Here's a look at my not-so-successful responses, however joking and sarcastic they may be:

What is your definition of the Disney Difference?

People who like Disney are cool, people who don't like Disney drool. If somebody asks me to point them in the direction of the Anastasia dolls, their death will be slow and painful.

A parent and a child walk into the store. Who do you greet first?

Who's got the money?

Are you available on weekends?

Does "available" also mean "sober", or do I get a little leeway there?

Will you be able to work a regular schedule each week?

Sure. But... Wednesdays are a little iffy. Supernatural comes back on October 3rd and sometimes they skip a week or two, so...

What Disney character do you most identify with?

Megara from Hercules. What about you? Did they give you a name along with those rippling pectorals?

How would you encourage customers to return to our store?

Some of them are more trouble than they're worth.

Would you ever steal from our store?

No, not unless you count the Simba doll I hid in my bag as "stealing".

(Really? Do they really ask this?)

What is your favorite Disney film?

Thumbelina. That's Disney, right?