Loungefly Disney Ultimate Princess Sequin Mini Backpack, Crossbody and Wallet

by PopCorn Princess
July 31, 2021

The Disney Ultimate Princess Loungefly collection is available for pre-order starting August 1st at 12 AM EST. Here’s what we can look forward to:

Loungefly Disney Ultimate Princess AOP Sequin Mini Backpack
Loungefly Disney Ultimate Princess Metal Crown Crossbody Bag
Loungefly Disney Ultimate Princess AOP Flap Wallet

Disney is hosting the Ultimate Princess Celebration to inspire and empower our loved ones and us with stories of courage and strength. The bag’s all-over-print features the silhouettes of Tiana, Merida, Jasmine, Belle, Mulan, Ariel, Moana, Rapunzel, Pocahontas, Cinderella, Snow White, and Aurora!

The mini Backpack front and side pockets are covered in sequins. It makes a great complement to a princess-themed outfit or a fun backpack for everyday use.

Pre-orders are now live at the links below (click to jump!)

This year Disney started the global campaign “It’s Time to Celebrate – Courage and Kindness,” which runs for 18 months and invites everyone to connect with the stories of the Disney Princesses.

The idea is to celebrate women of all ages around the world and encourage them to live with courage, empathy, and kindness, being themselves, as well as doing good things to others and taking care of the planet.

For this, there’re actions planned in Disney’s multiple platforms and includes an original song, new thematic content, real stories of young people, licensed products, and various experiences.

Courage and kindness are values that cut across all these stories. Being a Disney princess is more than a title. It is an attitude.

Look for more August 2021 pre-order bags arriving in September 2021 on our dedicated page here or the Loungefly Disney Princesses collection.

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Who is President Loki? Meet VOTE LOKI Comic Series

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Related Topics: Loki

Loki has been many things: God of Mischief, stories, and time itself, always taking various forms to carry out his plans. He always served his own ideals and purposes, never bending to the will of others. A character so rich in mythology and complexity needed something to bring him even closer to our reality – and perhaps, that came in the form of Vote Loki.

The Vote Loki miniseries was published in 2016 and features the Norse deity in a completely unusual position: he decides to run for president of the United States. His only campaign promise is that he will lie to you, but he will be honest about it. Thus, the comic explores politics in a larger setting while bringing a bit of nuance to Loki Laufeyson. And, bearing in mind that Loki’s series on Disney+ made a great reference to this story, here’s everything you need to know about Vote Loki!

The Loki Miniseries

Vote Loki is a four-issue miniseries released in 2016, between June and August of that year. The series was created by Christopher Hastings and design by Langdon Foss and Paul McCaffrey and shows an exciting event in the life of the God of Mischief: he decides to become a president of the United States.

The comic is not set in an alternate universe and takes place shortly after the events of Loki: Agent of Asgard. Instead, we have here a continuation of the story of Ikol – the new version of the character, who had first been introduced in the Journey into Mystery and Young Avengers comics. This means that this is not a “Variant” of the God of Mischief, unlike the TV series.

The story ended up being a sales and critical success, further leveraging the idea of Loki as a chaotic figure who is not necessarily good or bad. Instead, he is an agent of entropy who does what he wants and only tries to stick to his own principles. The comic ended up not having considerable impacts on the continuity of the Marvel Universe in comics, but it is remembered by many readers to this day.

Political Satire

Whether you like it or not, art is political – after all, it is produced in a political context. Because of this, it can intentionally or unintentionally criticize something that is happening in our real world. In the case of Vote Loki, the reference is quite purposeful, as the comic was trying to draw some parallels with the 2016 United States presidential election, which culminated in Donald Trump‘s victory over Hillary Clinton.

The whole premise of the series was the idea that Loki only became a candidate by a “fluke,” and people began to seriously vote for him because he was a candidate who, despite his lies, would be honest about them. This is interesting when we look at the real-world context, as the 2016 election was punctuated by the political use of fake news – fake and defamatory news.

And at the end of the day, Vote Loki‘s miniseries isn’t even pulling for one side, be it the Democrats or Republicans. Instead, what the miniseries does is show how the population gets sick of traditional politics and all the dirt underneath it, which favors the creation of entirely insane idols just because there is widespread despair over the figure of a “hero who will save all politics.”

The Plot

The story begins in 2016, at an election debate between the Democratic and Republican candidates (incidentally, they are fictional figures within the story’s context). We follow Nisa Contreras, a journalist for the Daily Bugle whose life was marred by Loki‘s actions, as he was fighting the Avengers when he ended up destroying the Contreras’ home. Still, she grew up with fire in her heart and became a great journalist.

The event is invaded by undercover H.Y.D.R.A. agents, who reveal themselves and take those present hostage and threaten to start a massacre. At this time, one of the civilians present reveals himself as Loki, who uses all his magical powers to stop the criminals in front of several cameras. After stopping them, Loki gives a brief speech to the television, saying that he doesn’t even care about politicians because they all lie so severely.

This ends up causing Loki to gain a lot of political projection. The next day, several people start campaigning, saying that “Loki will burn down Washington,” as if he should be the next elected president of the United States. And the God of Mischief decides to follow this idea, even forging a fake birth certificate to prove that he is a US-born citizen.

He ends up meeting Nisa Contreras, wishing to atone for the crimes of his past. The journalist, in turn, seizes the moment to do a big story for the Daily Bugle, exposing how Loki would be a danger to politics. However, when the article comes out, the headline is changed, making it look like she is praising the God of Mischief. In turn, it was all part of Loki’s plan to gain more attention for himself.

How Does it End?

All we see throughout the four issues is Loki doing the most absurd things and being rewarded for it. He prepares a violent attack on Latveria, just days after a debate where he says that the United States should not interfere in the politics of other countries, contrary to the other candidates. It is also revealed that he faked the H.Y.D.R.A. attack in one of the election debates to gain projection for himself.

Instead of weakening him, he gains more strength as the population embarks on a collective hysteria, categorizing him as the only possible savior for the United States. Nisa tries several times to expose the truth behind the God of Mischief, but each time something new is revealed, he rises in the polls as if this is all a big joke.

In the end, she gives up trying to reveal the truth and thinks about traveling to Chile if Loki wins the presidency. It all culminates in one last electoral debate, where she makes no bones about what is wrong with Laufeyson. With no one to accuse him of anything, the God of Mischief, for the first time, answers the public about his own campaign and his projects.

And this is where the whole thing comes in: Loki has no plan for the presidency. He wants to see the circus on fire. He’s not concerned about the economy, security, social inequality. And when the public sees this first hand, he completely loses steam on the day before the election and loses.

Later, he claims that it was all just a plan to give Nisa a chance to become an even bigger reporter, as a way to ask forgiveness for the destruction of her home in the past – but he is the God of Lies, and we can’t even believe that right.

Adaptation?

This “version” of Loki, if we can call it that, appeared in Marvel’s Cinematic Universe in the fifth episode of Loki, the villain’s solo series released on Disney+. Here, we see that he is a Variant – that is, an alternate version from another timeline, who leads other Variants as he goes on a quest to find Classic Loki, Kid Loki, Alligator Loki, and the brand new “variant” of the God of Mischief.

While the character’s look is entirely faithful to the Vote Loki comics, there isn’t much about the history of this character and no connections that show he went through the same history as the comics. This Variant is less than five minutes on screen and appears only to show the plethora of Lokis who have been trapped in the Void, a place near the end of time.

Still, one can speculate many things based on this appearance – for example, was this Loki only taken as a Variant because he tried to run for president of the United States, breaking the planet’s natural order of events? Had he not been kidnapped by the Temporal Variation Agency, would he have won? And at what point was he created in the Marvel Cinematic Universe timeline?

It is unlikely that we will see this character again or even that this miniseries will be adapted in the future. Still, it’s an exciting comic that explores the lies of the God of Mischief in a way we’ve never seen before. And for those who enjoy political satire and dissection of what has been happening in world elections for the last ten years, it is a perfect read.

Joker is Haunted by The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Family in The Comics

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Related Topics: The Joker

The Joker is in trouble in DC comics, being hunted by all sorts of villains after being accused of a massacre at Arkham Asylum.

If that wasn’t enough, The Joker #6, the latest issue of the character’s saga, has revealed that he is being pursued by a family very similar to the antagonists in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

In The Joker #6, the plot takes a few steps back and follows the past of the Sampson’s, a family of cannibals with a long history of crime in Texas.

As they kill a group of young men, with only one blonde girl managing to escape, the family discovers oil on their property, which leverages them to fame and fortune – but keeping their wicked ways secret, of course.

Besides Uncle Sawyer, the cruelties are played out by brothers Billy and Buddy Sampson.

But what does all this have to do with The Joker? Well, it turns out that Billy, the eldest, was being held in Arkham Asylum when an attack with the Clown King of Crime’s neurotoxins happened.

Although the villain swears he was framed for the massacre, a bounty was placed on his head. Buddy Sampson, the youngest, then set out on the search for the Joker but ended up having his face disfigured, which only increased his thirst for revenge.

The entire plot is a direct nod to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Not only is the premise precisely the same, taking into account even the sole survivor, but the characters seem straight out of the 1974 movie classic.

In the film, the crime family is the Sawyers (honored in the comic by their uncle’s name). Brothers Nubbins and Bubba are responsible for hunting down victims for their cannibalistic relatives.

With chainsaw and meat hammer, brothers Billy and Buddy Sampson, from The Joker #6, pay homage to the cannibals in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre movie.

Bubba, the youngest, is popularly known as Leatherface, a chainsaw maniac who wears human skin masks. Billy and Buddy Sampson also attack their prey with the same meat hammer and chainsaw as the villains in the movie. The comic even plays with shots that are very similar to those in the classic.

Finally, another cool reference from the DC comics is that the cannibal family lives in a town called Hooper County, an homage to Tobe Hooper, the director, composer, and screenwriter of the first The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

The Joker, the new The Joker comic, is scripted by Sam Johns and James Tynion IV, with art by Sweeney Boo and Guillem March. The series has been published since March 2021. The Joker #6 is in stores starting Tuesday, August 10, 2021.

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Loungefly Disney Ultimate Princess Sequin Mini Backpack, Crossbody and Wallet

Who is President Loki? Meet VOTE LOKI Comic Series

The Loki Miniseries

Political Satire

The Plot

How Does it End?

Adaptation?

Joker is Haunted by The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Family in The Comics

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