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Why did Tiana assume Naveen was marrying Charlotte?

posted 10 years ago by LizCroftAgain
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At the Mardis Gras parade, Tiana sees "Naveen" and Charlotte about to marry on the float. Ray has just told Tiana that Naveen has decided he will marry her instead of Charlotte and help her get her restaurant another way, etc etc. But as soon as Tiana sees this wedding happening she gets upset and runs away. It all sounds fair enough except:

Earlier in the movie Tiana saw Charlotte dancing with "Naveen" at the masquerade ball, and actually says to Naveen "If you're the prince who is Lottie dancing with?" (or words to that effect. She knows there is a look-a-like who was cosying up to Charlotte at the party, who Charlotte thought was a prince. So it would be safe to assume that she wasn't going to just let him go because she wants to be a princess.

Basically my long-winded post is just asking this: why, when Tiana was aware that there was someone getting loved up with Lottie who looked like Prince Naveen, did she automatically assume the wedding was for Lottie and Naveen rather than the look-a-like? Am I missing something? This is bugging me because it seems to be overlooking an important part of the movie just for dramatic effect, and it's not even subtle!

[–] azdisneyfan 10 years ago

Naveen disappeared when he was captured by the spirits, so Tiana didn't know where Naveen was. I think when she saw Lawrence as Naveen with Charlotte, she just jumped to conclusions given Naveen's disappearance and the fact she knew Naveen would only turn human (at the time) if Charlotte kissed him. After all, she didn't see any evil spirits around when Naveen left and got captured by them. Plus, even though Tiana was falling for Naveen, after seeing the float she then thought that she was being foolish of dreaming about love (which she always resisted because of her dream of owning her own restaurant).

Come to think of it, Facilier showing Tiana visions of her future restaurant and her father coming home tired did the opposite. Showing that her future restaurant with Naveen reminded Tiana that she loves Naveen and couldn't imagine having a future without him. And showing her father reminded her although he was never able to open the restaurant they dreamed up, he still had love and family. Which ultimately has her realize what is important about life is being with the people you love.