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Hope ya don’t mind me adding my thoughts. Was supposed to be a small comment but evolved into a long post so.
I love love love Ever After High and kinda liked Descendants but defo has many flaws and missed opportunities. Still annoyed that Descendants ended EAH smh.
Competition be brutal. And descendants was a quick cash grab. To be fair EAH started around the time once upon a time ended so idk. EAH is leaps and bounds better don’t get me wrong. I am just tryna analyse it from diff angles.
Ships:
The love potion and no consequence was icky. Them getting married young was random. Mal and Ben were sorta cute but also pretty rushed. Liked the Benevolent and Malevolent symbolism and the light and dark thing. Yin and Yang thing. It seemed so cool but failed pretty bad.
Ben had more chemistry with Evie tbh. The 2nd movie is evidence of this. They seemed so chill and Ben seemed more focused. Mal and Evie also had more chemistry cause they spent more time together.
EAH’s canon ships Dexven and Hunterlynn are very unproblematic and cute. Though I find Hunterlynn pretty meh cause I’d have liked to see em more as individuals before they got together but I can live with it. And Dexter in the webisode was not shown outside him being shy, a love interest of Raven and him being a bro to Dare and Darling. Dex and Rae were cute and awkward and sweet and I was so happy when they got together but justice for Dex having more to him!
Jane and Carlos are kinda okay. Jay and Lonnie have an interesting premise.
There’s so many hints of ships in EAH and also a lil bit in DD.
Characters:
DD didn’t try as much cause they were banking on nostalgia which sadly worked. So much wasted potential!
So many more characters we could’ve been added. Frozen characters, Enchanted characters (though we’d have to have a lotta editing and explanation, better off in book form). Merida and Moana also being here. Tinkerbell and her movie series being part of it. If they made the tangled series canon there could be more conflict! And if they made Cinderella 2 canon. Cass and VarIan being good but still being put on the Isle and same with Anastasia, she married her baker and had a few kids and was great sisters with Cindy but still taken away.
I love the core 4, Mal, Jay,Carlos and Evie are lovely. But the movies doesn’t even give Jay and Carlos much bonding time with the gals, it feels like the group spilt off while coming to the isle.
One thing Descendants did better than EAH, was how the girls and boys are pretty equal in DD. Not blaming EAH since they wanted to show off the multitude of designs and it reminds me of like Sims, gals have so much more stuff in terms of things.
Disney had pure nostalgia so it should put backgrounders like Easter eggs. Wanted to see more Auradon kingdoms. It did what Disney didn’t let the characters do previously. It let the Disney princesses grow up. And it’s a world with so many places from the multiverse.
But also why are Belle and Adam such tyrants and outta character. They don’t even explain it or acknowledge it! Why did they mess with death and bring villains back from there. Why not flesh out the world and add more Easter eggs.
Adam hates magic cause he and his staff were cursed long ago or maybe there were harsh consequences for messing with death that befell him and they vowed not again?
Check out the books and tie em into canon. I wanted to see more isle kids and Auradon kids. Like in the first movie in rotten to the core, maybe we could’ve seen Anthony Tremaine in the back up dancers. What about people walking about? Maybe hinting bout Dizzy (her carrying supplies)? Mother Gothel walking about. Other villains?
EAH did this pretty well. Check out the Royal and Rebel Pedia for more research. We have Lily Bo Peep and son of hero of Harlem, we have Cari Pillar in wonderland high maybe. We have a girl that can be the daughter of the Midas king. We have a lot of somethings.
Art and naming and Dolls and designs:
EAH’s art and visuals and aesthetic was something else entirely. They made it kinda modern without losing the old fairytale theme.
Obv EAH and DD are told through diff things. DD is live action and has pretty bad graphics and cgi at time but the outfits and hair look decent and the acting is good.
Both have book series on the side and I love both but get this feeling of extra wonderment from EAH like what’s gonna happen? And the books focus on other characters in EAH
EAH made the world feel alive and the characters had really unique beautiful names.
DD’s names were basic, kinda bland but somehow worked. The names being close to the parents showing how narcissistic the parents are and how they saw the kids are little them, meant to be exactly like them and a means to an end. The amount of toxicity and torment these kids must’ve had to deal with tbh. Did the villains have kids to seem sympathetic? It sorta worked I suppose. They got their kids to try and do their dirty work and Ben felt super sad and was like the kids don’t deserve to suffer for what their parents did.
Like Op said DD’s punk style looks interesting and I love the intricate detailing on EAH’s characters. I have a few EAH dolls and no DD ones. EAH dolls stand alone in terms of doll quality and are leagues above the rest.
Songs:
Descendants songs are BOPs though. My fave EAH song was the theme. No tea or shade to anyone who likes the other songs.
Closing:
I have always loved fairytale retellings. So I appreciate both. I have fics for both. The descendants one is a major major fix it fic. Adding more characters and side characters and fleshing the world out. Both still WIPs do wish me luck. If ya wanna discuss more with me, please do so.
This is barely the tip of the iceberg in discussion of these two. This was my personal opinion and I was not tryna attack anyone or undermine anyone’s points. The fanfic writers of both be top tier btw!
descendance sucks
descendance is like a worse version of ever after high. its b a d. i watched it while babysitting for a family friend. the main characters design looks like a bad cosplay of some ugly punk girl. then thereś the half baked romance in the first movie. to me it felt like they had no chemistry at all. just a love spell and children getting married. ever after high is simply superior in every way. the designs are miles ahead of descendance. they actually look like the children of the characters there supposed to be. and the writing is way better to. they also have cool dolls. the one thing i like about descendance is that they had a kinda punk looking character but again they failed. so yea i hate descendance and ever after high is wayyyy better.
Some of my favourite kisses in Disney
Conor and Ashley (Gamer's Guide), Ben and Mal (Descendants 2)
I love the first one because Conor and Ash are so awkward around each other. The end of season 2 doesn't exist for me because I want to believe that everything will work out for them. Ben and Mal are a classic where the guy sees the good in the girl before anyone else. The way Mal didn't believe she was worthy of love breaks my heart.
Zed and Addison (Zombies 3)
Just good guys in an established relationship. The goodbye kiss is insanely sad.
Phil and Keely (Phil of the Future)
MY ROMAN EMPIRE... Seriously though, a couple with amazing chemistry and a great friendship. I think a lot about the fact that their actors also dated. And their kiss is one of the most beautiful in Disney.
Kristoff and Anna (Frozen)
The guy who asked permission to kiss. We can stop there.
Wade and Amber (Elemental)
An impossible couple, but so cute.
Ben yarın sabah altı buçukta uyanıp o gece o kaldırımda yanımda oturan adamı otogarda karşılamaya gideceğim.
Dilerim barışırız ve bu defa mutlu sonsuz olur.
İnsan bazen yolu unutsa da, bir gün mutlaka evine döner.
Her anlamda.
herkesi affettim, ama o gün bankta otururken hissettiğim şeyi unutamıyorum.
Akıl unutabilir her şeyi.
Anları siler. Anıları...
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Ama kalp unutmaz.
Sevgi kaybolmaz.
Çünkü kahramanın avuçlarında saklıdır mucizeler.
Sana sımsıkı sarıldığında birden her şey tanıdık olur.
Akıl unutabilir her şeyi...
Anları siler. Anıları...
İçinde kaybolduğun gözleri...
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Ama kalp unutmaz.
Sevgi kaybolmaz.
Çünkü kahramanın avuçlarında saklıdır mucizeler.
Sana sımsıkı sarıldığında birden her şey tanıdık olur.
Söyle nerdesin bal
Current mood: listening to What More Can I Say? from Falsettos and thinking about all my otps.
Don’t know if anyone else has picked up on this one, but I found another instance of doing things in 3s from the Descendants movies.
In the final song of all 3 films, Ben lifts Mal.
He does it in Set It Off, You And Me, and Break This Down.
I don’t have any good shots of it but if anyone wants to them up and reblog this with pics please do.
I just think it’s really sweet 💜💙
Ben and Mal are such a slytherin / hufflepuff couple. I love it.
5 times the Vks became more comfortable in Aurodan (+1 time an Ak was comfortable on the Isle)
Or, the Vks' non-linear journey to acclimatise to Aurodan, and an Aurodian finding themselves along the way.
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Hi all, this is my first fic! Chapter 1 (mal-centric) just posted and the rest to follow- please enjoy!!
Rating: teen and up
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