Heart Of A Villain: Chapter 1

Heart Of A Villain: Chapter 1

Ben Ben was anxious about the bombshell he was about to drop on his parents. And really, it wasn’t just his parents, it was all of Auradon. He was restraining himself from fidgeting when his parents entered the room. 

“Look at our grown up son. He’s going to be a king at 16! The only good decision I made before entering my forties was marrying your mother.” Adam addressed the last part to the boy himself.

“I hope to make you proud, and maybe my first proclamation will start the process.”

“And what exactly is your first proclamation?” His mother, Belle, sent a questioning look in his direction.

“I have decided to bring over four children from the Isle,” he said, holding up his hand to prevent interruption, “The children of Jafar, Evil Queen, Cruella De Vil and, and..Maleficent.” A simultaneous gasp fell from the lips of his parents.

“MALEFICENT? Son, she’s the worst villain in the land. I can not and I will not stand by while her child causes havoc all over our kingdom. We promised our citizens a peaceful life, a life in which they can rebuild what they have lost at the hands of the villains. Letting even their children into our kingdom will destroy everything we’ve worked for.”

“Isn’t the Isle also a part of our kingdom? The villains might have harmed us, but their children haven’t. They deserve to have a chance at living a normal life, a comfortable one, the life we have been living for so long.” The young Prince argued back, and realised, that no matter what his parents, or even the rest of Auradon said, he wouldn’t back down.

“Do you realise the extent of the impact the project would have on our kingdom? You aren’t old enough to understand the politics of running a kingdom. A king can’t do whatever he wants to, just because he wants to. A king has to do whatever the people will be pleased by, he has to cater to their needs, not his own.”

“What our kingdom, Dad, needs is to realise that they can’t just make people outcasts because of their heritage. Those kids didn’t get to choose their parents, and it isn’t their fault that they ended up with villains as family members. Why should they be made pariahs because of something they couldn’t control? It isn’t just, and aren’t we, as heroes, supposed to be the deliverers of justice? If we aren’t doing our job, we shouldn’t even be considered as heroes.”

“If you want to do this and still have their faith remain in you, you can’t leave any room for mistakes, Ben. Some of our people have really suffered at the hands of these kids’ parents, and even though they’ve started to heal, they won’t just forget and agree to start afresh with the children.”, Belle finally spoke up, pausing for a moment before continuing. “Remember, that you need to assure the safety of not just the citizens, but the children as well. Remember, that you can’t show mercy to anyone breaking the law, no matter their excuse. Remember, that you will be the King of Auradon, and that your actions and words should be befitting to one that is just and caring to all of his subjects.”

“I will, Mom. I promise that I will remember.”

I’m in tears. My heart goes out to all the brave women and men fighting against the authoritarian religious oppression

ok i want to talk about zoya nazyalensky for a second

when you look at the grishaverse as a whole, to me, zoya is ultimately the main character (not to take away from alina but here me out). she is amongst the group of characters that has made it from book one to book seven and has made appearances in 6/7 of the those books. she has the biggest character arc, one from shadow and bone to ruin and rising, and another from ruin and rising to rule of wolves. she goes from a guarded, angry soldier whose too scared to have her hands in anything but a fist to a merciful, peaceful saint and queen of ravka. not to mention the level of power she possesses by the end of the series. everyone only ever wanted peace for ravka and zoya was the one to give it to them.

Wasted Potential in disney descendants part 1;

Okay, so I think we can all agree that despite the fact that we love descendants, it had tons of wasted potential. Mainly because of the writing and limited time they had to show us everything but also because of the bad/incorrect representation it gave some characters. The fact that they decided to state that the sequels, shows, and books to the og disney movies (as well as the ones in the franchise) weren't canon really didn't help. We will be talking about some of that today. Thank @eahravinqueen for giving me the idea in her ask. Okay, let's start with the core four first.

🐉Let's start with Mal 🐉; her entire character is full of wasted potential. And there is one simple reason: they gave her way too much screen time and made everything about her. Which ruined her character in more ways than one. They made her into a spoiled, entitled brat who showed absolutely no remorse for her actions at all. They completely threw away the fun artsy vandal who we loved and sympathized for, and turned her into a woman who was willingly gonna lock the isle kids forever simply because Beast, Belle, and Fairy Godmother wanted her to. They could have taken her character in so many different directions other than making her into what they did. They could have made her into an artsy vandal queen who was struggling to learn how to control her demigod and fae powers. One who wanted to make up for her past actions by apologizing and doing whatever was necessary to prove she was. They could have had her further her relationships with her boyfriend, her friends, and her friends' partners. But they didn't. They could have made her into an awesome Fae-demigod queen who was a perfect role model for little girls. But they didn't. They absolutely wasted her powers and talents and did not push her motivations further, making them and her less likable and one dimensional. Which is a damn shame. They didn't even show her relationship with her cousin and brother. How were we expected to like her when they kept giving us reasons to hate her? Oh and what the hell happened with her outfits? They use to be so cool and now they're kinda bland. They really watered down her character and made her into one who couldn't have a simple fricking conversation with anyone that would fix the majority of her problems. I mean come on, but moving on...

Jay got very little screen time and they hardly developed him past 'Thief', 'tough guy', 'jock', 'flirt', and 'protector' and I feel like they just could have done more in general. They didn't give him more hobbies and they didn't give him enough screen time to ,ya know, further his relationships with his friends and cousin Jade and possible love interest, Lonnie. And that's just a damn shame. They could have done so much more with his character. Like giving him genie powers and allowing him time to explore them. They could have shown where his infatuation with his bike came from and shown him exploring much earlier on than in d3. But they didn't. They didn't show any of that and made him play 2nd fiddle to Mal and that's just sad.

They wasted alot of good opportunities with Evie. They could have delved into her love for fashion more than they did, showed us more of her business, and some of her other interests. They could have done more with her love for chemistry and gave her, her mother's powers. They could have given her more power than she had. Delved into her relationship with Doug and others more. Done more than turn her into a side character who couldn't tell her friend was struggling. Hell, they could have even delved into who her father was and who Jay's mother was, but they didn't. They focused on Mal and wasted a perfectly good character. We didn't even see her role in helping Ben's isle initiative because they focused on Mal too much. They could have done more with her. So much more. She didn't have to play second fiddle to Mal but the writers' forced her to. And it's a travesty.

They wasted Carlos the most out of the core four. He was a techie and an animal lover and a fashionable guy who knows how to sword fight. He has a half fairy girlfriend and a big family, including 3 cousins he would get along splendidly with yet we never see his relationship with anyone outside of his mother. They don't develop his relationship with Jane that much nor do they do that with his friends or dude all that much. They could have used him for so much more. They wasted his brilliant brain so many times and didn't do alot with him. And it's quite the shame. He was just reduced to Mal's friend and not much more and it is very sad. Our brain boy could have changed the world and they killed him off, and reduced him to nothing but a secondary character. And I do not like that. Not one bit. Especially since he is wonderful with children and others, and especially since he is the smartest out of his friends and family. And I wish it wasn't that way. He could have had his own tech company or something. He and Jane could have become veterinarians together or something. He could have had a happy ending. But nope. They couldn't even give him that reason.

the fact that the song of achilles and crooked kingdom were released on the same day (5 years apart) tells you a lot about what reading them will do to you