Which Disney couples would survive their happily ever afters, ranked

polygon.com:

Disney stories put a big emphasis on “happily ever after” endings, especially in movies with romantic arcs. In early animated movies like Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs or Sleeping Beauty,wedding bells ring at the end of the film, and the happy white-clad couple rides off in a carriage or dances in a ballroom full of floating clouds. But the “marriage is the perfect ending” trend isn’t isolated to the old films: Disney made a six-minute Tangled special centered around Flynn and Rapunzel’s wedding that premiered before the theatrical rerelease of Beauty and the Beast in 2012.

But what about after the happily ever after? What about the hard work that goes into maintaining a relationship — especially a relationship where one of the parties is part fish and the other is a human prince?

Out of my twin loves for Disney and for Valentine’s Day, I decided to evaluate the relationships of 17 Disney couples to determine whether they’re capable of surviving their story’s big, joyful climax. There are a lot of Disney couples out there, so here’s how we narrowed down the scope to make this list manageable:

So with all that said and done, which Disney couples would fare the best after the storybook closes?

These characters are based on real-life people who didn’t end up together! And I don’t like the implications of their Disney movie romance, especially since in real life, Pocahontas was 10 when she met John Smith, who was a grown adult man. Nope. Disqualified. If you want a story where a colonizer falls in love with someone he’s trying to colonize and then switches sides, just watch Avatar.

One small thing to note — Snow White and Florian aren’t total strangers when he wakes her up with a kiss. They meet early in the movie when