Remember that awesome
Disney Princes gallery? The one where the underexploited toon men were suddenly objectified? Here's what you might consider a subversive counterpart.
Jeffrey Thomas has imagined Disney's heavily marketed Princesses -- not all of them actual royals but amply exploited by Disney all the same -- exploring their darkest sides.
It didn't take much twisting to make Belle fierce. She was always formidable, y'know. And then there's Alice (Don't judge! Who
wouldn't go criminally insane in Wonderland?). Thomas' gallery, which
Loyal K*N*G pointed me too, also includes
Cinderella in a rotting pumpkin,
Mulan looking fierce,
Pocahontas on the hunt (clean that knife girl!) and Tarzan's Jane wearing a cheetah (no not "Cheetah" dear god, not that). See the whole thing.
By the way, if you loved that eroticized Prince gallery that I told you about early last year, you should know that
artist David Kwaena has expanded the gallery. In addition to new 2D men, he's added live-action hunks like Will Turner from the
Pirates of the Caribbean movies, Zac Efron from the
High School Musical franchise and James Marsden's goofy Prince Edward from
Enchanted (pictured left, but why isn't he biting his fist? Why?!? That's the best part!)
Check it out.