Thread:ScaryMovie53/@comment-30861466-20190814235447/@comment-31330278-20190815164611

Before other topics (BOT): Don't worry about lack of time :-). Life are busy. A rule of thumb says that commenting faster than once in a month is a legit rate. Fast responses is always nice, but my communication pattern is talking whenever both of us are in the mood. One leave a message, and the other leave a message when he/she like, and so on.

1. I promised you I won't add Audrey to the psychopaths list. But she is a one-woman army. As fragile as she was (sorcerers are usually more fragile than other fantasy characters. Justified in Audrey's case, because she's a petite girl), you must give credit to someone who enchanted a whole kingdom and almost defeated an over-powered dragon princess all by herself. Even if her powers are all from the wand, the trick about powers is not only the power itself. It's also about how to use it, and Audrey used it literally like a charm. To further put her powers into perspective: Mal knocked sense into her own mother, the woman who used to announce herself as "the mistress of all evil" (before "Maleficent" revealed that she was actually a forced mistress for the true evil).

2. I like her as a villain, but I fail to see her tragedy. It's not easy to watch another person take your love interest and position you were suppose to inherit, but that's still not a legit tragedy. She hated Mal for reasons Mal had no control over. Mal herself was a legit hero even when she was technically a villain, let alone she knocked sense into her own mother. Audrey should thank her for that. People are leaving their lovers all the time, and most of us move on. Even the part where "Mal stole her future" is mute. Future cannot be stolen. Future is not a possession. It's an horizon. Future is created, not given. Audrey could be anything in the world and people would've respect her either way. What makes her a great villain also make her a petty and nasty piece of work. A personal confession: I've been through a lot worse than Audrey did (I assume you've been through a lot worse too), but the closest thing I ever came to what she did was to lash out on a condescending jerk who used his dead father as an excuse. She's a great villain and her motive make sense, but it doesn't give her my sympathy.

3. Are you also into other Disney franchises? If so, do you dislike the live-action remake for TLK as far as most mankind does?