I think people overanalyze the nationalities of the classics, Ariel, and Rapunzel. There could be some resemblances to a place, but it's never indicated! In Atlantis, the setting was inspired from somewhere is Cambodia even though the characters are clearly not Cambodian! Also Aladdin was originally a Chinese story, when in the movie it clearly is set in an Arabic country.

"There can't be PoC here, it's *insert European country here*!" Guess. What. It's a fictional country that you're putting your white-normativity onto~~! (ღ˘⌣˘ღ) ･*:.｡. .｡.:*･

Unless otherwise stated or strongly hinted at, the DP movies aren't set in a specific place. Snow White, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Tangled, and The Little Mermaid all draw inspiration from German, French and Danish fairy tales, art and architecture, that doesn't mean that it's actually set in those places. Beauty and the Beast, Mulan, Pocahontas, Princess and the Frog, and Brave all either refer to their location or feature images and customs explicitly tied to that region. Aladdin and Frozen are more up in the air since the former has a generic Middle Eastern setting while Frozen has Scandinavian designs and even has Norway using the film as a draw for tourism.

I agree with all of you. I would use more words but I'm sick and tired

Yep. I think if the films did more like other animated fantasy movies and set the story in very vague settings nobody would be bitching out and overanalyzing that much. Like the Swan Princess and the Last Unicorn take place in fictional medieval europe settings, and i think that makes them much more "timeless" and magical to me.

It's not "white-normativity" to use logic. Why would, for example, 19th century Norway have a nonwhite princess born there? Or a blonde white princess in China in ancient times? Just because there's magic involved doesn't mean it shouldn't make sense. Otherwise, it's a fictional setting you're putting your "PoC-normativity" into. It makes more sense in movies like Shrek and Robin Hood: Men In Tights where they're parodies and supposed to be ridiculously modern, though.

But I can't help but notice it's only countries native to whites people are concerned with. If they made Moana a ginger, everyone would be going insane over a Polynesian princess being white. Remember when SJWs tried to brownwash and appropriate the Scandinavian Sami culture as nonwhite?

Anyway, I think people just like knowing all the details about their favorite characters. Lots of people identify with characters who have something in common with them. And, even if it's shallow, some people only like a princess if she has their race or nationality.

I agree with jacksfrost.
AudreyFreak, where are you getting your facts? Arendelle =/= Norway

Agreed with everyone else. :)

Only from reading. ;) Arendelle is supposed to be Norway, or at least, is inspired by it, which is heavily implied. The name itself is obviously taken from the Norwegian town Arendal, and there's also the famous Norwegian fjords, Norwegian fjord horse of Hans', and Sami culture, which the filmmakers have confirmed Kristoff is.

Even if it wasn't specifically Norway, it's definitely Northern Europe.