#mickey disney

[night2time]

here you go guys, some info of the mickey in my story plus Donald cuz ofc Donald is there

yes everyone has a different font, Donald's font is rage italic and Hortense font is pristina

[big-mickeychad-and-other-things]

Mickey Mouse and Gender

Prologue

I’ve had an essay like this float around in my head for a while now. And after my drag post blew up, I made a poll asking if people wanted me to make more essays. But to be honest with you, I made this way before the poll was actually done (the prologue and intro I mean), so whatever the results come out to be— well, I hope this was all worth it, and I hope you get something out of this, and I hope I get something out of it too.

Intro

Gender and Mickey Mouse is a fascinating topic (to me at least), I think the best way to put it is that there’s to sides of the conversation; one simple, one analytical. The former is about masculinity and how Mickey is clearly supposed to represent the positively masculine figure, while his two biggest foes; Peg Leg Pete and Mortimer Mouse represent toxically masculine figures. That’s quite simple to understand and I’ll get more into it later, but the other half… not so much. You see, the other half involves analyzing the universe that Disney had built themselves, how it works differently from ours and how we respond to those differences. I think it’s only fair to start with the simple side first: Mickey and Positive Masculinity.

Mickey and Positive Masculinity; AKA the Really Boring and Obvious Part

It’s no secret that Mickey isn’t “traditionally masculine”, but masculine in a different way. Let’s do some comparison with Pete and Mortimer, Pete is a towering brute who uses force to get what he wants, and Mortimer is a sleazy womanizer who tries to charm Minnie. Of course, Mickey counter acts their toxically masculine traits with his positive ones, like his kindness, respectfulness, and his wits. Disney uses Mickey to teach the audience how to be a good man and therefore a good person.

This is frankly obvious, isn’t it? You don’t have to be the smartest person in the room to reach the conclusion, that this is the relationship Mickey has with gender

and nothing more, but that wouldn’t be entirely the case, the idea that this is the extent of this topic would be dishonest. We haven’t even considered the other side; the analytical side. The part where most people would definitely side-eye you if you ever mentioned. I call this part Mickey Mouse and Gender.

Mickey Mouse and Gender: Oh Boy!— or uh, Girl? It?

To start, we first have to deconstruct how gender is defined in the Mouseverse (the universe where Mickey Mouse lives). Mice don’t really seem to vary in shape based off gender like how humans are since Mickey and Minnie are practically built the same.

The Mouseverse actually defines gender in two main ways; clothing and performance. Minnie is a great example of this, she wears hyperfeminine clothing and uses dainty hand gestures in order to signal that she’s a woman. You can see this specified in her art guidelines below

You can also see this with Mortimer since he displays hypermasculinity through clothing and performance as well.

But Mickey on the other hand isn’t so consistent, his clothing is neither hypermasculine nor hyperfeminine and is even comfortable crossdressing. His performances also vary from boyish to dainty.

In fact, we have examples of where Mickey is in both extremes. The most hypermasculine we ever see Mickey is in the 1955 Nash Rambler commercials.

He’s clearly supposed to be a traditional 1950s husband. He has a wife, two kids, and is the one who drives the car in the commercial. Reflecting the good ol’ American values of the time.

On the other side of the spectrum, it would obviously go to the Paul Rudish Mickey shorts. His voice is flamboyant and operatic, he uses expressive hand gestures, and he has also been repeatedly shown to be bad at traditionally masculine hobbies like sports (but is oddly good at makeup).

Mickey’s gender is as attached to his identity as being a Musketeer or the master of the keyblade. It’s a fluid performance that he can shift and shape anyway that he pleases, whether Walt Disney would’ve liked it or not, he made an androgynous character. Mickey lives in a world where anyone can truly be anything that they like, whether be man, woman, or in between. Gender is Mickey’s oyster.

It’s an interesting case where bigotry isn’t perpetuated by the source, but by the audience. The best way I can demonstrate this idea is with every Mickey fans least favorite media…

Mickey Mouse parodies: Ha Ha the Mouse Acts Like a Girl!

(Please do NOT harass the creators mentioned in this section. Please and thank you.)

Mickey Mouse parodies can be spilt into two camps (a lot of two’s in this essay huh?): the subconscious and the obvious. The subconscious would be your ceo Mickeys. Ceo Mickeys usually have a few things in common, they wear suits, they are aggressive in some shape or form, and they have no moral standards. Good examples of these would be your South Park Mickeys and your Myth of the Machines.

Ceo Mickeys are much more masculine than regular Mickey, they make the audience say to themselves “haha, Mickey wouldn’t do or say that!”. The audience mentally notes Mickeys “abnormalities” when it comes to him being a man. How he lacks “normal male traits”. The mockery of his femininity is shared amongst the audience, not exactly the media. Think of it as an inside joke or observation.

The other is much more obvious, these would be your Mickey being cheated on and Mickey gay jokes. Mickey being cheated on or implied cheating makes fun of him for not being “man enough” to be able to keep his girl. And Mickey gay jokes makes fun of Mickey’s voice and gives him some kind of vague queer identity. Think of Goofball from Brain Dump, where his Mickey Mouse voice is part of the character’s gag, and Hassan Khadair who makes crude gay jokes with a Mickey puppet (of course not all of them are gay some are just crude)

Almost all Mickey Mouse parodies boil down to the joke being “Mickey is effeminate, and we’re making fun of that” or “Mickey is already effeminate and we’re subverting that”, whether it’s obvious or not. The simple truth is that we kinda hate Mickey’s femininity so we use it as a cheap punching bag whenever we make fun of him. So if you’re a Mickey fan, you have a very intellectual reason to tell your friends about why you hate Mickey Mouse parodies!

In all seriousness, our constant desire to laugh at or subvert Mickey’s gender identity definitely does not go unnoticed by Disney. Now, I’m not saying that parodies are the main reason of this phenomenon, but I do think it’s in a joint effort in…

The Cisifying of Mickey Mouse

As time went on, Mickey’s gender became more “set in stone”. His gestures went from a spectrum from boyish to dainty to strictly boyish, if he’s not wearing in his classic red shorts he’s only wearing suits or hoodies and other masculine clothing.

Disney has solidified him into one gender role, one he cannot break or bend, one he cannot experiment with, but only play exactly what he is told. A grand actor, in a subpar role. The only time we will ever see a gender queer Mickey is if we want him on a button or a shirt, commercialized to only sell us the idea that Disney hates queer people a little less then we already know. Mickey’s queer gender identity is dead, and we all killed it.

Conclusion: What Now?

To be honest, I’m not really sure. I don’t know how you make a conclusion about a fictional mouse’s gender identity, or how it has been sanded down by ceos, or how we take pleasure in insulting Mickey’s gender queerness. I guess the best thing I can say is referencing what I said earlier, the two sides; simple and complicated. You the reader can pick which ever one you believe, or heck, even make up your own side. Mickey is an actor after all, Mickey can fit in any role your heart’s desire, he or she or it will be Mickey Mouse at end of the day. Besides, we’re all here right? Might as well!

So, go out there and give Mickey Mouse the role of a lifetime, and thank you for reading!

Postloge

If you’re reading this, again, thank you for reading! It means a lot to me to know that people care for what I have to say, genuinely thank you. I would appreciate if you would reblog or comment, I would like these essays to become broader conversations and viewpoints (it also lets me know I’m not just talking to an endless void). It could be constructive criticism, a part that you enjoyed, or even your own perspective on the topic. I would like it either way.

Okay, thanks again, bye!

[kolya-kilig-korner]

MICKEY YUUSONA PT 3!!!

I FINALLY FINISHED IT

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[nicheydrabbles]

Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Headcanons

-Oswald isn't just able to fly with his ears. He can also stretch them out to an extent and use them like prehensile limbs. They also happen to very expressive, such as standing up straight when he's surprised or turning into question marks when confused or exclamation points when surprised. They also get all twisted up when he's upset.

-Oswald is a chronic eavesdropper. He honestly can't help it, he has good hearing AND he genuinely wants to know more/HATES being left out of the loop.

Oswald likes to stargaze and cloudgaze as a hobby! He's become really good at identifying different types of clouds from each other and can even tell when there are constellations present in the sky!

-Oswald is skilled at boxing! He's actually among the best physical fighter of the Disney Toons.

-Oswald is REALLY good at escapology/escape rooms. He's even created some of his own for fun to challenge the rest of the Disney Toons! Mainly the Disney Kids though since he likes seeing their unique perspectives.

-Oswald is perhaps the BIGGEST advocate of the Disney Toons for preservation due to what he went through. To that end, he is constantly making backups after backup of every reel, cartoon, or old tape that the Disney Toons have in case something should happen.

-Oswald has a habit of stashing things in places they shouldn't be stashed in. Like, he'll stash food in shoes or stash tapes in pantries and then he'll forget about it for a while...until someone inevitably ends up finding it.

-To this day Oswald keeps in contact with Andy Panda and Chilly Willy after he left Universal. Like the rest of the Disney Toons however, he's not fond of Woody Woodpecker, easily getting angered and frustrated with Woody's behavior.

-Alongside animatronic building, Oswald is REALLY skilled at regular and reverse engineering! This comes from all his years of working with the Mad Doctor in Wasteland. He also soon finds out he has a talent for building special effects.

-Probably canon, but because of raising 420 kids with Ortensia and learning all their tics, Oswald has grown to become VERY patient and great with children. He can easily soothe any fussy or crying child with ease.

-Oswald has VERY poor grip strength on a regular day. Things are constantly sliding out of his hands to no end, much to his own frustration. That being said, he can hold onto stuff tightly if he REALLY wills it/wants to.

-Even so, Oswald has a fondness for dice. He has a pair of small dice that he continuously rolls around his hand and fingers as a habit. He appreciates that the dice don't require strong grip strength.

-Oswald's biggest fear is powerlessness. He was powerless to stop Mintz from taking him to Universal, he was powerless to stop his fall into obscurity, he was powerless to stop Ortensia from sacrificing herself. Thus, he's dedicated to making sure he makes his own decisions and sticks through with them to the end.

-Oswald and Mickey have a secret signal for each other via a certain way they twitch their tails. It's their quickest way of saying they absolutely NEED to talk to each other. This is especially prone to happening when making up after the rare fight.

-Oswald REALLY likes banana flavored things. Banana pudding, banana cheesecake, and much more! Bananas themselves are fine in Oswald's opinion but it's not on his top list of foods.

-Oswald can play the flute! He's also really good at playing the recorder and kazoo.

-When Ortensia was first brought back, Oswald at first did EVERYTHING around the house because he didn't want to overwhelm her. He did this for a WHILE. It was only when Ortensia explicitly expressed wanting to get back into them that he relented

-Oswald hit Imposter's Syndrome and Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria HARD after he was brought back to Disney. When he started finding success with modern audiences again, he honestly was worried he'd find himself a failure yet AGAIN. Even now, it's still taking a while for him to shed it.

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Epic Mickey guys

[cartoonbudartz]

Sail away, my friend. Your public domain awaits.

[dragonikku]

🎨「 𝐎𝐂𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 ✦ Day 22 ✦ 𝓓𝓲𝓼𝓷𝓮𝔂」🖌 Epic Mickey fans in chat 🗣⁉ I randomly remembered the existence of Danny Deer! My BATIM OC. ☠ Due to the rubber hose art style of the character, I though he'd fit in with Mickey and Oswald here.

[leebtwxx]

i did NOT expect that reference dawg 😭😭😭