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She has consistently been voted one of the top Disney villains, and has even made it onto a few lists encompassing all villains. People love her.
So? People love her. So what? Is A and E’s job supposed to be bringing all the Disney people you love to life? I thought it was to create Once Upon a Time which took a unique spin and look on the those stories. And of course, they already had Mal…she was in season 1, in WL, and even in dragon form in S2. They are changing her NOW–after already establishing her in the show–to fit what is more profitable. We already know it’s Mal. People have been asking for more Mal long before S4; they do not need to change her to make her Maleficient. She already is Mal. Why change her now? Money.
They’re changing her now because they screwed up her character royally in season 1, and now they’re bringing her back, not in flashbacks, but as a villain. They need her to be a formidable villain, which her season 1 persona didn’t quite imbue. She is supposed to be the ‘mistress of all evil’ who has ‘all the powers of hell’, a power grade which was significantly down-graded in OUAT.
A frizzy-blonde haired, purple frills wearing lady, who we’ve already seen losing to Regina once (because of her love for a pet unicorn!!!), does not a formidable villainess make. Why are they changing her now? Because they need her to be a villain, not a brony.
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"there’s lesbians in it"And that’s the problem fro me. This is not supposed to be Disney Live Action TV. It’s OUAT. It was sold as your favorite stories come to life–not your favorite Disney movies, which is why we had an array of characters in season one, even those not popularized by the Great Mouse. This isn’t creative or new and fresh. It’s just a Disney carbon copy plopped down, complete with all the trappings. Shouldn’t have to be instantly recognizable. She should be THEIR Mal, not the one I could watch on my Disney DVD
I would agree with you if she was going to be treated like Regina, i.e. made a main-cast villain, where she could be given all the backstory she needs to feel truly fleshed out in the OUAT universe. Unfortunately she’ll be sharing the limelight with two other extremely charismatic villains next season, meaning that her getting anything resembling the backsory she needs is unlikely.
The problem with Maleficent is that she is a Disney original, unlike all the other fairy-tale characters we’ve had so far (minus the Frozen characters). In the original she was just some random angry fairy who cursed a baby. It was Sleeping Beauty that gave her depth, made her intriguing, and gave her her instantly recognizable look. If she doesn’t resemble the Disney version somewhat (even in just a couple of minor ways, such as looks, and the fact that she’s a fairy) then A&E may as well create an original character, because all she would be is a character with the name Maleficent, instead of being Maleficent herself.
She has consistently been voted one of the top Disney villains, and has even made it onto a few lists encompassing all villains. People love her.
"so there’s this new show….."
"there’s lesbians in it"Her new costume is a vast improvement on the old one if you ask me. She’s instantly recognizable as the same character we know and love from ‘Sleeping Beauty’ now, which was not the case with her old costume imo.
If they’re going to give us Maleficent then they’re going to have to give us Maleficent. How they twist her to fit in with the OUAT plot is up to them, but I’m glad they’re making her visually more in-keeping with her movie-self, and I’ll be really disappointed if they don’t make her a fairy.
"so there’s this new show….."
"there’s lesbians in it"I already said this in another thread, but honestly, I never liked Maleficent’s original OUAT costume. To me it just always looked silly and didn’t make the character seem all that threatening. When I look at her new costume, it comes across as much more intimidating to me. Yes it looks closer to the Disney version (especially the Angelina Jolie one), but there are still OUAT touches to the costume to make it its own. Plus, as the interview mentions, Maleficent will still get to go through different costumes the way Regina does.
That is exactly how I felt/feel about OUAT’s version of Maleficent. I was actually really disappointed with how they treated her, since she’s my #1 fave villain, and hope that they redeem themselves by correcting, what I believe to be, the mistakes they made with her in season 1.
"so there’s this new show….."
"there’s lesbians in it"I want a fairy fight! Maleficent vs. Blue – to the death! Go!
"so there’s this new show….."
"there’s lesbians in it"I heard somewhere that A&E confirmed that she wasn’t the Dark Fairy, which is a big mistake on their part imo, but oh well.
If the information above is correct I can only hope that they change their minds on it.
"so there’s this new show….."
"there’s lesbians in it"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYOR1kuoIjU
"so there’s this new show….."
"there’s lesbians in it"and that Ursula would be something we’ve not seen before on OUAT, like a siren or something.
In 306 she was called a sea goddess
I assumed that that whole ‘worshiping’ thing was just the human mythology that had grown around her, and that she was actually something less powerful than a real goddess.
"so there’s this new show….."
"there’s lesbians in it"
