#vk day

[booksandmemes]

Jay getting the boys.

Evie getting the girls.

Carlos getting whoever.

Mal getting Celia 'cause "We came here for you if you're not there istg-"

[descendantofthesparrow]

Descendants 3 question; because i don't have the fourth book/i lowkey don't want to read it but

was VK day ever actually like...explained????? like why did they do it the way they did? like in my interlude fic rn I've but some non-canon lore into it by the council making Ben have Guardians for the vks (because they were underage when they came to Auradon and needed someone to ‘claim’ them if anything went wrong) and they pull off a new group then the council is like “wait you cant do that?!” And Bens like “why not its exactly what i did last time?” and im trying to figure out exactly what the council does to turn ‘transferring vks from the isle to Auradon simply by invitation’ to ‘vks have to fill out applications, get parental permission, and a bunch of other bullshit’ but im working on it.

BUT again...was VK day ever explained? cuz as far as we know originally Ben just chose the C4 to come to Auradon (possibly in the same way dizzy was invited at the end of D2 it just went to the parents instead of the kids) and they like...just went? like yeah they had their parents approval (semi approval? like Maleficent was forcing Mal to go and EQ was like ‘lets get rid of the unibrow before you leave while Cruella and Jafar were like ‘yeah no we need them to be our slaves’)which...with that...maybe to bring VKs over Ben/the vks needed their parents permission the entire time??? so maybe the new vks having to get written permission for vk day is not a new thing? which does make it a little less...bad? (idk but considering most of the vks are under the age of 18 it makes sense for them to HAVE to have their parents permission to leave the isle/leave their “care” in my rewrite as long as someone in Auradon is a guardian for the vk they can just leave n shit because technically they already have ‘parental permission’) 

okay that was a whole ass rant but yeah was vk day ever explained? i might have to read the vk auradon guide book again to see if its explain at all in there but still 

[thetimelordbatgirl]

Timeline of VK Day Hate

I’m just making this cause I kinda find it funny that VK Day just....keeps getting worser with the movie and each bit of side merch for the movie that basically makes it clear Auradon/the core four and Ben are just fucking clowns:

*Good To Be Bad- when this song was dropped, it was also our intro to VK Day, with how the teaser for it literally had VKs having to pick their favorite VKs while praying to posters of the VKs to be picked, mainly a girl pleading for Mal to pick her, confirming the four have basically become a little big headed with even streets named after them and kids having to be chosen by them, meaning the kids are basically applying for something only four will be chosen for and being hyped up for nothing almost. Plus the song was trash but that’’s a whole other problem lmao.

*Escape From The Isle Of The Lost- I have not read the book, but my friend, @disneyfan50​ , has, and according to her, Doug at least suggests something about how the VKs wont be so scared to apply if they know they’ll be welcomed, hence the four coming up with....VK Day, no explanation in the book for WHY applications, but they came up with VK Day due to no one but Dizzy wanting to apply for Auradon due to either the kids being afraid or giving up on being good as its got them nowhere on the Isle. It should also be noted Celia gets to be in the first wave due to Mal making a deal with Dr. Facilier that if he gets the VKs to apply, Celia will be in the first wave of VKs to leave- still doesn’t excuse how Mal treated her, but that’s the books explanation while in movie....yeah, its just iffy writing with Celia being the only one who apparently needs goodness class when she does nothing bad.

*The Movie Itself- basically amps up what was wrong with Good To Be Bad teaser, as it shows the VKs basically chose Dizzy even though she was invited back in D2, Celia cause of either book reasons or I dunno and the twins....cause apparently they are willing to separate twins if the four aren’t feeling generous to not do that- and then of course, VKs coming over becomes about Bal engagement and yeah, you know the drill with how shit Mal took the VKs idea. 

*The VKs Guidebook- the nail in the coffin in my opinion, since it confirms so much WTF shit as follows:   -Evie had only made a short list at the end of D2 cause she didn’t know what kids they’d be able to take off the Isle and how many.   -The applications literally is just to see how many want to leave the Isle and which ones to pick....cause again like I said, the core four and Ben are fucking clowns in D3.    -Dizzy WAS invited.....but apparently, Ben came up with the idea that Dizzy had to apply with the others so it was fair....yeah, that’s a load of bullshit for both Dizzy and other VKs.    -They had to write ESSAYS just to prove their worth/explain why they want to go to Auradon, cause in the VKs own words: they didn’t want to pick kids who wanted to continue their wicked ways, only good kids- why yes, the core four are hypocrites who preached good to be bad but never meant it while being former wicked VKs themselves, what else is new in D3 writing?    -They still had to pick a favorite VK which ironically, Celia chose Jay, not Mal so lmao- but the favorite VK thing is such bullshit, cause its the four literally getting their egos made larger and kids have to appeal to them to just be picked.    -The treatment of Celia VS the other three showed truly, as despite writing a good essay and being pretty good and wanting to be with her friends, Mal....somehow acted like Celia was being difficult and needed a how to be good guide?    -The twins application was bullshit confirmed as they applied TOGETHER on the SAME application, meaning they in film printed that one twice as an excuse to fill up the four VKs quota.    -This was in the welcome part of the book but I left this till last for a reason: they confirmed the VKs had to get parents permission to leave the Isle....meaning if they didn’t, they’d likely be denied. So ANY VKs that have shitty families, that have parents who don’t wanna lose their pawns and are basically abusive....don’t get to come cause their parents didn’t sign the permission or hell, don’t get to come cause they don’t have a parent to sign it. And in the same book, Celia put this in her area of the book: 

Which basically confirms that anyone who DID go, would be seen as traitors and be hated likely by the villains on the Isle but....for some reason, parents permission was added to the applications. 

It should also be noted, Goodness Class is a class that according to the guidebook, all VKs will have to attend so like.....the exclusion of VKs with wicked ways is more bullshit then ever if the VKs still have to attend Goodness Class anyway. You also can get expelled for skipping it apparently, but we aint surprised given its FG....

So in short....by this point, VK Day literally was what Good To Be Bad showed it to be: just a day to celebrate the core four as heroes for taking more VKs from the Isle while being hypocrites with who they picked and how they treated the VKs if they won’t perfect VK standards for Auradon.

[theevirgosgroove]

I’ve been think about the vk day applications and I can’t seem to understand why they needed the kids thumbprints the kids gave them their names favorite colors parents names what their houses look like and their birthdays what could vks/Ben want with these kids thumbprints is auradon putting them into some identification system or something?

[camscendants]

Us talking about how other characters should get attention besides mal along with good development good story lines good ships while Also saying how HORRIBLE the concept of Vk day is:

Disney Channel not listening to us:

[theamityelf]

Ben: I never thought of it that way. That I might have hurt the people I didn’t choose.

Uma: Yeah, well-

Ben: I know! I’ll keep the groups that are being welcomed into Auradon just as small, but this time make it an application process.

Uma: Did you just say-

Ben: That way when most of them don’t get picked, they’ll blame themselves instead of me.

Uma:

Uma: Yeah, wand or no wand, I’m feeding you to the sharks.

[okayaqua]

It’s Good to Be Bad? Since when?

This has probably been said, but does anyone think the concept of VK Day is messed up? From my understanding they have all these villain kids fill out applications to get a chance to go to Auradon and they’ll end up only accepting... 4 of them. Meaning there are going to be several disappointed children still living in poverty until when? The next VK Day?

Uh idk about you guys but when Evie said she had a list of kids she thought should come to Auradon this is not how I expected it to be executed. NONE of those children deserve to be on the Isle so what’s the point of having them fill out forms? The Core Four were able to go Auradon without that. I understand not wanting a bunch VKs swarming into Auradon at once so instead they should have a random selection process that allows a few VKs to be integrated into Auradon society bi-weekly or monthly to minimize the amount of children that will be stuck on the Isle for so long. Perhaps they can even set up accommodations for them on the Isle in the meantime.

I hope VK Day is mentioned as an example of how dense and unaware the Auradonians (and the Core Four) are and not written off as a good, sensible thing. The Core Four should really know better. This whole thing just seems like a way to piss more people off, not make them happy.

[askevie]

Descendants ↳ Good To Be Bad | Malvie Moments💙💜