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Update about the pipeline
The Natives want a government response. You can help stop the pipeline by signing this.
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Fanfiction.net purging your favorite fics or fanfic authors deleting your favorite fics.
I remember the first year on FFnet where I deleted my wonderful fic because of a mean site member.... ughhh I can relate
Oh, Pocahontas. Really not one of my favourite Disney films, but it posed an interesting challenge. Note that this is the Disney character, not the historical figure, so while I tried to make theoutfit accurate to 17th century Powhatan clothing she is, most definitely, not a 12-year-old. It’s my happy middle ground when drawing a historical version of an inaccurate portrayal of a historical person. That’s a mouthful. My one big cheat on this was her necklace- the shell necklace should in theory be a deep purple (turquoise is a much more Southwestern commodity), but you lose so much of the Pocahontas visual identity without the splash of teal around her neck. …And not the belabor the point, but she learns English by way of MAGIC? Come on, Disney, even Tarzan had the sense to do a heavy-handed language montage. -C
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Interesting...
This story has a good plotline that’s in a different direction from the usual events in the movie Maleficent. Even if it’s slightly rushed, I still can’t wait to see more of Maleficent’s daughter.
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11946026/1/Like-the-Sun-and-the-Moon
Movie Review: Maleficent
I remembered seeing the movie for the first time. I thought it was wonderful, along with a moral to the story. Some story twists were surprising to me. Hey, if you’re reading this and you didn’t watch the movie yet, there’s going to be spoilers. So, be warned; it would spoil the surprise either positively or negatively.
Well, let’s start here about the movie. In the beginning, we were introduced to the faerie kingdom, the Moors. The narrator only explained the discord between humans and faeries. She didn’t give a backstory on what caused the discord (a prologue explaining the discord would make sense to me). After that, she introduces us to Maleficent. Young Maleficent was portrayed by Isobelle Molloy (I hope I spelled the girl’s name correctly). She was seen resting in a tree and levitating the wooden dolls around.
Then, she heals a broken branch and flies into the headwinds, whooping cheerfully, because she seemed joyful and bright. (I still wondered why she was called Maleficent, if she was mostly benevolent in the movie. Beneficence or Benevolence would be more fitting for her kind personality.) Then, she meets up with the three little pixies, whose names were changed from Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather to Knotgrass, Flittle, and Thistlewit. They told her that the border guards found a human thief trying to steal from the Moors.
Maleficent then flew to whatever that place was, and spoke to the boy in the cave. When the boy came out of the hiding area, he revealed himself to be Stefan. He returned the jewel, and Maleficent tossed it into the pond. Fast forward to the scene where Stefan casts away the iron ring. He told Maleficent that he wanted to live in the castle someday. As the movie progressed, she grew into a teen. They became close friends... and their relationship grew into something more.
One time, on Maleficent’s sixteenth birthday, Stefan gave her a gift; true love’s kiss. However, the kiss wasn’t really true. As Maleficent grew into a confident young adult, Stefan was lured by the temptations of power and stayed with the humans. He cared less and less about a potential peace between two kingdoms.
One day, an old king led his army to attack the Moors. Maleficent rushed to the border, and faced the human army with sheer courage and determination. (Boy, was she confident!) She told them to not get any further. The king teased her because she was a “winged elf,” perhaps because she had pointy ears and a pair of wings.
Maleficent told him that he was no king to her. A fight broke out, and guess who lost; the human army. Basically, the Protector of the Moors shouted at him, telling him that he would never, ever have the Moors. She was as loud as possible. The king then pushed her back, and burned her chest with an iron gauntlet.
Fortunately, Maleficent healed quickly. Fast forward to the scene, where the king talked to the men in his bedchambers. The king told them that whoever avenged him shall win the crown and marry his daughter, Princess Leah. After that, Stefan (he’s an adult, so he is portrayed by Sharlto Copley) arrived in the Moors. He talked Maleficent into forgiving him his folly and his ambition. He then handed her a mysterious drink, which might have been laced with alcohol or some other drug.
Looks like date rape, doesn’t it? Angelina Jolie stated that this scene was a metaphor for rape, which wasn’t so ironic. After all, Stefan drugged Maleficent so that he could do something horrible. Anyways, Stefan clipped off Maleficent’s wings. Morning came, and then she woke up. She looked over her shoulder and began to wail like a banshee. (Note: If younger children were watching the movie, they shouldn’t see the scene. They would get scared.)
When I saw that scene, my heart ached for Maleficent. I was stunned that Stefan would do something so immoral and cruel to her! I expected him to change his mind about avenging the king and sticking to what’s right, but he did the exact opposite! I mean, really?
Besides, Stefan didn’t plan to apologize. He only showed the wings to the king in order to show that he avenged the king. He was dishonest the whole time. Not only had he lied to Maleficent, he had also lied to the king and the rest of the kingdom. That was vile and cowardly of Stefan to do so, correct?
Yep, I got that right. He was like that ever since he became king. When Maleficent went to the fallen castle in the dark land, she saw a raven. That could be Diaval (portrayed by Sam Riley). She blew golden dust at him, and then he flew away. The following morning, she turned him into a man, which saved him from a farmer and a vicious dog. Diaval became her servant.
Maleficent was told by him that Stefan took her wings to become a king. She became more furious and anguished. She then became a Queen of the Moors. That was before she decided to summon the Wall of Thorns in order to protect her kingdom.
Once again, let’s fast forward to the christening scene. We ALL know of the christening and what happened in Sleeping Beauty, right? I remembered when I watched that scene in Sleeping Beauty. There was no backstory; that was what’s missing from Sleeping Beauty. The whole time, I always wondered how Maleficent knew Stefan, and why she seemed to be irked by the three pixies.
Fast forward to the curse. In the original version, Merryweather dampened the curse. But, in this movie, Maleficent dampened it herself. Perhaps she still had a heart despite all the rage, pain, and wickedness? If you watched the movie, you know how she seemed to change as Aurora grew up.
In this movie, she stated that Aurora could only be awakened from her death sleep; but, only by True Love’s Kiss. Okay, let’s fast-forward to the short description of Maleficent watching Aurora over the years. There were deleted scenes that were originally supposed to be in the movie. You could watch them on Youtube. One of the scenes, “Pixie Idiots,” would explain how Maleficent and Diaval found Aurora at the cottage. That scene could also be seen in the novel that was written by Elizabeth Rudnick.
When Aurora was three or four, she almost fell off a cliff. However, Maleficent used magic to save her from potential doom. Later on, she tried to hug Maleficent. She seemed to really like her; Maleficent seemed to be the tsundere at first, sometimes being protective of her, but other times, distant from her.
Over the years, Stefan darkened and became much more unforgiving. (I still couldn’t believe he didn’t have the heart to apologize to Maleficent during the christening. He was too full of himself to do so!) Once, his servant told him that Leah was sick and couldn’t survive the night. Stefan denied the truth, not caring that his wife needed him.
When Aurora (portrayed by Elle Fanning) was fifteen, she walked out at night to look at the Wall of Thorns. Soldiers also wanted to go through the Wall. Maleficent turned Diaval into a wolf so that he would scare the soldiers. Maleficent approached Aurora from behind, and blew gold dust onto her. After she dealt with the soldiers, she took Aurora into the Moors.
Aurora awakened, and after playing with the mermaid-like pixies for a while, she turned to face the shadow. She told Maleficent to come out. Maleficent told her that she would be afraid. However, Aurora wouldn’t be afraid. When Maleficent appeared to Aurora, the princess said that Maleficent was her faerie godmother, even though she didn’t know about the curse.
Maleficent introduced her to Diaval. Aurora told them that the Moors was quite beautiful. One notable personality trait she had in this movie, unlike in Sleeping Beauty, was her outgoing personality. She was more excitable and confident than her animated counterpart. She seemed to have more emotion. Her waistline wasn’t too small, and her hair wasn’t exactly perfect.
Anyways, Maleficent took her back to the cottage, and placed her in bed. Or, she tucked her in bed, it seemed. After all, deep inside, she came to love her like her own biological child. That was supported by the fact that her smile was seldom seen in the darkness; her eyes seemed to gleam for a reason. Was that a benevolent smile or a smug smile? I was sure it seemed like the kind of smile a mother would give to a sleeping child as she says “good night.”
Meanwhile, in the castle, Stefan told one of his men to leave at first light. He was reminded that it was the wee hours, but he lost his patience. He lashed out at the man, telling him to leave instantly.
The next night or so, Aurora was in the Moors again, sitting with Maleficent as they watched the water pixies dancing above the water. Fast forward to when Maleficent planned to revoke the curse. Each attempt only ended in a fail, as she couldn’t revoke the curse. A whisper told her that no power on Earth could change it.
Once again, fast forward to the scene where Aurora asked about Maleficent’s wings. The faerie told her that she had wings once, but were stolen from her. She seemed mysterious the whole time, perhaps because she didn’t want to make her deal with the harsh reality yet. I think that was because Aurora wouldn’t be mature enough to handle the fact that she was cursed by her own godmother, which was how she acted when she found out about the curse.
On her sixteenth birthday, after meeting the prince, she found out about the curse and shouted at Maleficent for cursing her. Aurora was angry and upset. The whole time, she only cared about herself. She didn’t even care that there was any good in Maleficent.
Even though she knew that she was cursed, she shouldn’t have acted immature. She should have told her that she forgave her. Instead, she ran away, entered the castle, and hugged her father, even though her father barely knew her. He sent her to her room. That was when she found the spinning wheel in the dungeon, and pricked her finger on a spindle.
Maleficent arrived at the castle, and she led Diaval into the castle. Philip (portrayed by Brenton Thwaites) was in tow the whole time, unconscious. Fast forward, once again, to the bedroom, where Aurora slept in. The three pixies persuaded Philip into kissing Aurora, but he felt appropriately wrong about doing so. He didn’t want to kiss her against her will.
Finally, he reluctantly kissed Aurora in order to wake her up. Nothing happened. The pixies dragged him out. Maleficent then apologized to Aurora as Aurora slept. Then, she tearfully kissed her on the forehead. As she turned to leave, Aurora woke up, happy to see her.
As they tried to leave the castle, they were ambushed by a group of guards. An iron net fell onto Maleficent. Aurora tried to take off the net, but the guards pulled her away. Fast forward again. Stefan walked into the throne room to attack Maleficent, right after Diaval took off the iron net.
He taunted and mocked her. He even threw her around with a chain. He didn’t even care that he injured her. Maleficent should have told him to be more forgiving; that way, he would have been redeemed like she was. Instead, Stefan was way too evil to be redeemed. After Maleficent’s wings returned, she dragged him to the roof, and confronted him. As they fought, Stefan fell to his death after he refused to accept the fact that Maleficent called it quits on the discord (or maybe the broken friendship?).
When Maleficent landed near Stefan’s still body, she seemed to sadden a little. It wasn’t evident, but perhaps she thought about who Stefan used to be. If he wasn’t covered with iron, then Maleficent would try to save him, and she would try to redeem him.
Morning came, and Maleficent brought down the Wall of Thorns. She also removed the crown. She then crowned Aurora a queen of both lands. As a result, the two kingdoms got united. The movie ended when Maleficent and Diaval flew into the sunset.
I think the ending would make more sense if Maleficent and Aurora had the talk about what happened before the christening and why Stefan was so cruel to Maleficent. And, then Aurora would have apologized for yelling at her, and she would promise not to lash out again.
Besides, there was a moral to the story (as said earlier), but many people overlooked it because they didn’t like the movie. The moral is to always find love and light in even the darkest places and a place where you wouldn’t expect.
Some people associated this movie with devil worship; but, it had nothing to do with Satanism! The christians that loathed the movie made me want to give up on religion; and, I almost did. There was someone on Youtube that compared the True Love’s Kiss scene to apologizing for your sins.
Now that I saw that comment, I knew that I would never give up on religion. It’s hard to explain. Well, when Maleficent kissed Aurora, it was like when a sinner redeems themselves of the sin that they committed (Maleficent’s curse on Aurora, and the sins against Jesus). In Aurora’s case, she was in an enchantment, and bore the sins of her godmother. In the Bible, Jesus died on the cross, and bore the sins of the people on Earth.
Christians, if you can see that symbol, then you would have enjoyed the movie a little more. Anyways, religion aside, I have truly enjoyed the movie. There were scenes that made me smile, cry, laugh, or warm up on the inside (like when Maleficent kissed Aurora on the forehead).
The forest is beautiful, and the acting is wonderful to watch. The costumes, mostly Maleficent’s and Aurora’s, were gorgeous to look at. I would totally wear those dresses. Angelina Jolie rocked her role quite well, and so did the other actors. Elle Fanning, on the other hand, did okay. Her character still didn’t seem three-dimensional like Jolie’s character. I get that Maleficent was the lead character, but there should have been more of Aurora’s character development, too.
If you want to watch this movie, but you read the review, tell me if you’re stunned by the spoilers. If you haven’t watched yet, you should totally do so! Of course this is a long review, but I think that’s it for today.
Have a good day! I might post a review of the live-action Cinderella sometime this weekend.
Before the sun sets on her sixteenth birthday, she will prick her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel, and fall into a sleep like death!
Have you ever lost someone you love and wanted one more conversation, one more chance to make up for the time when you thought they would be here forever? If so, then you know you can go your whole life collecting days, and none will outweigh the one you wish you had back.
Mitch Albom, For One More Day (via books-n-quotes)
So true.
About this author on fanfiction...
I’ve read two of her stories. They were pretty interesting :). The Untold Story is a little like the movie Maleficent, but is in the MLP fandom. To Get Along is a Maleficent fanfiction, and it’s not completed yet. If you want, you can check out her stories. If she posts new stories in the future, look for updates.
https://www.fanfiction.net/u/4486741/Princess-Luna-Alicorn
