PARENTS BE AWARE!!!
Is Disney ‘Subliminally Priming’ children? A Disney Conspiracy…
What if your thoughts, your feelings- even your choices- weren't fully your own?
Disney Has Alway Been Using Shapes to Shape Minds- But, it looks like beginning the mid 80’s/early 90’s, Disney has quietly begun using shapes, like Circles, DIAMONDS, Triangles and Others in character design for childrens films…to guide how we see characters—heroes, villains. These shapes hide in costumes, sets, even logos—silently influencing how kids (and-adults) feel without them ever noticing…!
The visual code has changed.
And that should concern everybody!!!
Video explaining ‘Shape Language’
Scene from ‘FOCUS’ explaining ‘subliminal priming’.
The Mayans Calendar Got Me Thinking About Shapes, So I Investigated.
Diamond Shape Symbolism: Traditional vs. Modern
In many Native American artistic traditions, the diamond shape traditionally symbolized orientation and balance. Diamonds and rectangles were often used to represent the four cardinal directions, the four winds, or a sacred space. A diamond containing a cross could symbolize the Morning Star, an important celestial guide associated with guidance, hope, wisdom, and new beginnings.
In modern Western culture, the meaning of the diamond has largely shifted. Today it is most commonly associated with material value, status, and ownership, and in contemporary media it is frequently linked to power, secrecy, greed, or villainy. Rather than indicating direction or balance, the diamond now often signifies negative themes when it comes to humans, particularly Americans.
This contrast highlights how the same shape can carry very different meanings depending on cultural context and historical period — the symbol remained, but its story changed.
Source:
Native American Museum – Beadwork Patterns and Meanings
https://nativeamericanmuseum.info/native-american-beadwork-patterns-and-meanings/
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In most Disney’s boys’ adventure stories, diamonds/rhombuses are
now mostly clear warning signs of villainy, greed, secrecy, danger
and foolishness ESPECIALLY among American Men.
Bottom line for parents:
Diamonds in boys’ films tend to be a red flag for “bad guy” unless
it’s obviously about make-believe or ridiculous beyond belief.
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In many Disney “girls’” stories, diamonds and rhombuses lately tend to be more magical, mixed into Church scenes, can have ‘feelings of romance’ they have a more mixed, layered meaning.
Bottom line for parents:
Diamonds in girls’ stories aren’t a simple “bad guy” cue. They’re about complexity—making danger look glamorous, power look beautiful, and even inviting kids to see being “a little naughty” as desirable.
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It’s important to know Disney didn’t always use these rules in the same way.
Early Disney villains were often more rounded and human-like.
Back then, designs leaned on realistic costumes and body language to show danger, not just graphic shapes.
Bottom line for parents:
‘Disney’s visual rules aren’t timeless—they evolved to match new styles, audience expectations, and marketing goals(‘LOGO War’?).’