#ethan clade

[preciouslittletoonette]

"Poor little girl, you are not what was desired, but you are no less dear to me. A boy would have been the son of France, but you, Marie Thérése, shall be mine" audio and its Mickey at all the toons from recent Disney flops like Raya, Ethan, Asha, etc

I like to think that, even if Disney had done them wrong and dirty, even if the audience loathes them and their stories, even if Disney abandons them- Mickey would still love them regardless. He doesn't care that their stories didnt meet expectations, or that they didnt break the box office or won the studio an award. They were made with heart. They were representation of another year of creativity and art, especially Asha, his sweet girl (I like to think she and Star are one of his favourites from the new gen). These toons were all lovely characters to him, and if the humans don't love them, well Mickey's just gonna love them in the humans' place.

[whencartoonsruletheworld]

hey in regards to the recent "pixar-official make riley straight panic team" news that dropped the other day

Did you know that in 2022, Disney dropped a sci-fi movie with a canonically gay biracial protagonist called "Strange World"?

yes, i saw this movie in theatres

yes, i saw this movie when it dropped on dvd/disney+

i know it exists but i haven't seen it

i saw it but didn't like it very much

disney did FUCKING WHAT

Voting ended onSep 25, 2024

[queer-disney]

Camilo and Ethan are both Gay and have a crush on each other!

[lodinsxnl]

One thing I love Strange World is that there's no "villain" in a sense. Like Encanto, and Turning Red, it's just about families working through their problems with a little danger and spectacle thrown in as a little bonus.

The thing about not wanting to be like your parents only to unknowingly turn out just like them is actually crazy and I love how they did it in the film. Showing that it isn't too late for you to be better is a really cool concept to play with.

Man I love this movie 💀

Bonus Ethan Clade and Diazo 😌🏳️‍🌈

I love them 😁

[docgold13]

Cartoon Heroes Paper Cut-Outs

Ethan Clade (Strange World)

In the Disney animated feature, Strange World, the Clade family are renown explorers who had discovered the miracle plant Pando which offers their own world an unlimited source of energy.  Ethan is the teenage son of the Clades who had lived a normal life and came to feel overshadowed and embarrassed by his famous parents.  He is a shy and caring young man who is struggling with having un-expectantly fallen in love with his classmate, Diazo.     

Ethan and his family must put aside their personal issues when a crises arises that threatens to destroy the planet Pando. They embark on a wild adventure into a mysterious subterranean realm inhabited by all manner of strange creatures.  Ethan discovers that Pando is actually a living entity and using it to fuel their world is harming it.  He helps his family make the correct decision and Pando is saved.

Actor Jaboukie Young-White provides the voice for Ethan.  Strange World premiered in November of 2022.  

[randomnoteforfuturereference]

It's been noted and joked how Strange World has followed this decade's trend of having generational trauma be the real villain.

However, it's important to note that it in many aspects goes in the opposite direction of Encanto and Turning Red.

The Madrigals unquestioningly following Alama's edicts, as well as Ming upholding the tradition of repressing everything, lead to burdens that they passed down.

In contrast, Searcher from a young age rejects Jaeger's toxic obsession with exploration. However, in not really coming to terms with it, his visceral rejection becomes every bit as toxic. Which not only leads to him having the outlook that "everything related to exploration is bad", instead of "exploration isn't my cup of tea", but trying to force that on Ethan.

Which speaks to the situation where a lot to people who have left really toxic/dangerous upbringings but, because they didn't actually deconstruct things, become just as unpleasant and toxic in the new space they come to.

[capturingdisney]

Character designs for Strange World.

[lotusmuses]

Congratulations to Hiro Hamada from Big Hero 6 (2014) for being the first biracial (Japanese & White American) main character in Disney films!

Congratulations to Ethan Clade from Strange World (2022) for being Disney's first gay biracial (Black & White) protagonist!

Congratulations to Asha from Wish (2023) for being Disney's first biracial (North African & Iberian) heroine!

big thank you to Don Hall for the first two. also very cool that out of these three characters, Hiro is the only one from a real place (San Francisco, California) albeit one with a fictional history causing it be renamed to honor it's Japanese immigrants. i think that makes his representation even better since it's more 'real'