{"id":275170,"date":"2013-05-30T03:09:48","date_gmt":"2013-05-30T03:09:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2013\/05\/30\/codijette-activistaabsentee-flutiebear\/"},"modified":"2018-10-19T23:32:44","modified_gmt":"2018-10-19T23:32:44","slug":"codijette-activistaabsentee-flutiebear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2013\/05\/30\/codijette-activistaabsentee-flutiebear\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-275170 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2013\/05\/30\/codijette-activistaabsentee-flutiebear\/attachment\/275171\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/tumblr_mdy5tcSaAU1qlk91wo1_500-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/tumblr_mdy5tcSaAU1qlk91wo1_500-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/tumblr_mdy5tcSaAU1qlk91wo1_500-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/codijette.tumblr.com\/post\/51619260642\/activistaabsentee-flutiebear-ladyoflate\" target=\"_blank\">codijette<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/activistaabsentee.tumblr.com\/post\/51185644860\/flutiebear-ladyoflate\" target=\"_blank\">activistaabsentee<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/flutiebear.tumblr.com\/post\/46246708571\/geekquality-ladyoflate-rewliescreech\" target=\"_blank\">flutiebear<\/a>: <a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/ladyoflate.tumblr.com\/post\/45960601727\/rewliescreech-seriouslyneglectedblog-so-i\" target=\"_blank\">ladyoflate<\/a>: <a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/seriouslyneglectedblog.tumblr.com\/post\/36355470482\/so-i-just-need-to-get-this-off-my-chest-for-me\" target=\"_blank\">seriouslyneglectedblog<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>So I just need to get this off my chest:<\/p>\n<p>For me David Kawena from Lilo and Stitch is the ultimate Disney prince because he is there for Nani AND Lilo and even Stitch despite everything that\u2019s going on in their lives. They\u2019re going through some tough stuff. Their parents die and all of the sudden Nani has to be a mom to her sister who is socially awkward and depressed and that\u2019s hard enough as it is and then she gets her this \u2018dog\u2019 and everything gets harder and even though she can\u2019t return David\u2019s feelings he\u2019s still there for them through everything. Even aliens. He\u2019s amazing. I was watching Lilo and Stitch with my niece the other day and I cried watching David go through it all. He is the perfect guy. Like I just get emotional thinking about him.<\/p>\n<p>Imagine if you had someone like David in your life &#8211; male or female. You would feel like a prince\/princess even if you were living with next to nothing.<\/p>\n<p>David is the ultimate Disney prince &#8211; even though he isn\u2019t a Disney prince. He should be considered one.<\/p>\n<p>Disney rant &#8211; over.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Also, this is an example of a dude who, yes, has a crush on his female friend but ISN\u2019T a \u2018Nice Guy\u2019.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Here\u2019s why I personally love David:<\/p>\n<p>Right after the four of them go surfing and Lilo almost drowns, there\u2019s a heartbreaking scene where Bubbles informs Nani that he\u2019ll be taking Lilo into foster care in the morning. With Stitch at his feet, David watches Nani walk off with Lilo, knowing that she\u2019s going off to tell her sister the reality of their situation. He mutters something to the effect of, \u201ceverything was fine until you came along\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The context of the scene is such that Stitch believes David is talking to him (Stitch is one of our two POV characters, and the camera angle is from Stitch\u2019s POV). But David doesn\u2019t know that Stitch isn\u2019t a dog, and he\u2019s never shown any inclination to talk to Stitch before this moment. He doesn\u2019t even look at Stitch when he says those words, either.<\/p>\n<p>Meaning it\u2019s most likely that David is talking to <em>himself<\/em> at this moment. That David believes Nani was managing just fine in taking care of her sister until he came into the picture, and distracted her from what she should\u2019ve been focusing on (which, if you recall, was the reason Nani told him she couldn\u2019t go out with him in the first place). He blames himself for Lilo being taken by the state, for Nani losing what little she had left, when she\u2019d already lost so much. In David\u2019s mind, because he loved her, Nani lost everything.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>So what does that beautiful little unicorn do?<\/p>\n<p><strong>He goes out and finds her a job.<\/strong> The one thing he knows Nani needs to keep Lilo, the one thing she couldn\u2019t do on her own, the one thing she\u2019d given up as impossible. And he does it because he feels that he has done her wrong, that this is something he needs to set right, and because she demonstrably can\u2019t do it for herself, but also because he needs to prove to himself just as much as her that his love doesn\u2019t break families, but <em>make them.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>David\u2019s young. Maybe he\u2019s kinda dumb. Maybe he coasts by on his good looks and charm. Maybe he runs from responsibility, and maybe he blames himself for all the wrong things. And maybe he\u2019s broken, just as much as Nani and Lilo and Stitch are. But he\u2019s also kind and patient, and generous with what few possessions he has; and he\u2019s warm and devoted and hopelessly yet realistically in love with Nani in a way that few Disney princes ever are. And when he and Nani get together in the end, it doesn\u2019t feel like some sweeping fairytale romance but like a family reunion; like two ducklings crying out, I\u2019m lost, and finding each other at last.<\/p>\n<p>I have a lot of Lilo and Stitch feels ok<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Really love this.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>I always liked David, but this is amazing<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>codijette: activistaabsentee: flutiebear: ladyoflate: seriouslyneglectedblog: So I just need to get this off my chest: For me David Kawena from Lilo and Stitch is the ultimate Disney prince because he is there for Nani AND Lilo and even Stitch despite everything that\u2019s going on in their lives. They\u2019re going through some tough stuff. Their parents &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2013\/05\/30\/codijette-activistaabsentee-flutiebear\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[24616,3266],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275170"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=275170"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":275172,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275170\/revisions\/275172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=275170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=275170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}