Both drive me nuts but I think this is more hypocritical. They have to deal with haters that bash passive characters like Snow White and Cinderella but they go around and just bash action characters like Mulan, Fiona, Ariel, and Esmeralda because they don't act passive and ladylike. Two wrongs don't make a right and I think fans of passive characters should know better because they know what it's like to have a certain type of character you like being hated on. So why would they do the same? I'm not pointing fingers at anyone but I actually see more of this on Fanpop than the other option.

They're both equally bad in themselves, but this one is what seems to dominate the material around here.

Prejudice in general is awful. While nearly all of my favorite characters are action characters, I think I get the most annoyed when passive characters get bashed, primarily because:

1) I see this happen the most.
2) As a fan of action characters myself, it's embarrassing when fellow fans do crap like that.

But yeah, both irritate me a lot.

I think passive characters usually get the most flack. While my top 3 princesses are the more active princesses, I still get upset when people bash passive characters because Aurora & Cinderella are my 4th & 5th favorite princesses.

heheh.

and what Disneymagic said. it's not even a comparison to how more accepted the action heroines are, bar none. a few people on fanpop vs. the Internet and media for years and years. all heroines are expected to be this way and if they aren't (in the eyes of the audience or critics anyway- cuz I've noticed many action girls have passive moments but this will get ignored if they like her enough) they're bashed.

and the worst thing they do, victim blaming. "why doesn't she DO something? all she does is sit around waiting to be rescued! MY girl would kick butt and bust her way out of the problem!" I can't help but notice they don't say that about male characters either. only female characters are expected to rescue themselves even when it makes no sense for them to.

slowly people are starting to do it less but not on a grand scale.

Agree with anaswill

Both are annoying.
But I dislike the opinion that action characters automatically more feminist and better than passive ones. I find Mulan pretty antifeminist( both character and movie). The scene when she hugs the Emperor( who is somewhat responsible for her sufferings) is just disgusting IMO. And I hate that Mulan's LI was a guy who mistreated her( I mean during the parade and the anti-human idea that people never have good reasons to lie doesn't justify him). I think that guy saving damsel is much less sexist than this IMO.

Mostly because those fans attack characters like Cinderella for being "weak"