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[bloodyrosemccoy]

Vocabulary I Learned From Six-Year-Olds

Boss Princess

When playing Princesses in a group, it is important that the leader distinguish herself. Obviously if everyone is a princess nobody outranks anyone, so the Boss Princess title helps eliminate confusion about just who is in charge of this playtime.

If I’d only known this term as a kid. I would have owned my power-grubbing princess pals.

Comments

Like a boss!

[cougarfang.livejournal.com]

So why *is* it always princesses and never queens, anyway? Fantasy life of spoiled rich kid having everything with no consequences or responsibilities?

_{Asking as one who played "Narnia" or "Wolf Pack" as a kid, but never "Princesses".}

Re: Like a boss!

[chairman-wow.livejournal.com]

I imagine the queen is more of a mother figure?

I don't know from personal experience, either... When my brother and I played anything involving a kingdom as kids we both wanted to be rulers, so we decided one of us was king and the other was kaiser. (Theoretically those were equal ranks, but both of us were continuously trying to assert political dominance over the other anyway, if I remember correctly.)

Watch out, pretty soon there'll be an entire princess hierarchy. Boss Princess, Vice-Boss Princess, Princess in charge of toy distribution...

Re: Like a boss!

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

... I think my siblings and I just ruled separate kingdoms.

Also, I feel better knowing that my random Queen = Mom theory is not just me!

Re: Like a boss!

[chairman-wow.livejournal.com]

Huh. I don't think separate kingdoms ever occurred to us as a solution. You and your siblings were obviously much more skilled in diplomacy. Most of the games I remember playing were more of the explorer or escaping rebel genres, anyway. I don't know if the princess thing just wasn't that big in Europe when I was growing up or if it just personally passed me by.

Queen = Mom works, I think. By definition princesses are children of a king and queen, so it makes sense giving your parents those roles.

Re: Like a boss!

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

I'd guess it's because queen = mom to a little kid. The princess is young and has a mom and a dad, much like yourself at that point, so she's more relatable.

I was an UNSTOPPABLE princess. I had pink hair and a pet dragon and shapeshifter magic and unlimited extra lives, and was always saving everyone from evil wizards or Shredder or Bowser or Ursula the Sea Witch. As usual, all my games blended together, so there was no real distinction between playing Princesses and playing, say, Gold Power Ranger Princess From Neptune Braves The Temple Of Lava To Find The Magic Diamond That Will Lift The Turned-To-Stone Curse On Her Friends.

... Shit, that STILL sounds awesome. Somebody get Michael Bay on that.

Re: Like a boss!

[westrider.livejournal.com]

... Shit, that STILL sounds awesome. Somebody get Michael Bay on that.

Amen. I would watch the shit out of that movie.

[van.livejournal.com]

Oddly, I don't recall ever pretending I was royalty in my childhood games. Which is weird, cause I theoretically should've gobbled that shit up, but I've no recollection of it. I do remember playing an archaeologist once...

[daiq.livejournal.com]

While i never remember playing "princess" either - i am attempting to blot from my memory the many many month where i was convinced i wanted to be a seal...

[ellixis.livejournal.com]

I solved this problem by volunteering to be the prince.

[dandelion-diva.livejournal.com]

*laugh* Oh, that's marvelous. I'm not sure if I should reveal this secret to my daughters or not...

[finnyb.livejournal.com]

I seem to remember being the "poor stepdaughter of the queen who was kicked out and lives on the street" to the neighbour girls' "queen" and "real princess who is not a stepdaughter", despite being older than the oldest neighbour girl by a good six years. Or Robin Hood, where I was Robin, or King Arthur, where I was Arthur. Weird.