I didn’t want to be Cinderella or Belle or Snow White waiting for prince charming. I wanted to be witty, brave, and free-spirited - I wanted to be Megara from Disney’s heroic feature film, Hercules. This always led to my friends waving their hands in my face and insisting that she is “not a princess.” So what? Not all of us need to be damsels in distress; or, as Meg puts it, “I'm a damsel, I'm in distress, I can handle this. Have a nice day.” She is Disney’s token “strong, independent woman who don’t need no man.”
It just seems as if Disney spent a little extra time on Megara. She has a developed past, one that isn’t all cupcakes and rainbows, and that in itself is a lot more than most of the leading ladies can say. Her attitude packs a punch …show more content…
While Meg is being harassed by Nessus, Hercules comes to her rescue - eager to save his very own damsel in distress. But all he is met with is a headstrong gal who tells him to beat it. Megara: 1; Hercules: 0.
Hades realizes that Hercules is easily distracted by (and obviously interested in) Meg. As the story moves along, she begins to reciprocate the feelings, but only discreetly, because that’s #rogue. Hades decides that he needs to put her in danger to have a chance at taking down his enemy. “You give me the key to bringing down Wonder Breath,” Hades offers, “and I give you the thing that you crave most in the entire cosmos: your freedom.” This deal could make it seem like Megara earns her freedom through her own actions. But what we really need to remember is that Hades controls her. Without him offering this deal in the first place, she could be under his rule forever. Let’s still pretend that we are totally convinced that she will save herself - what happens