Thread:LucidPigeons/@comment-27586321-20151108040503/@comment-27560932-20151108042437

I haven't seen The Princess and the Frog for a fair while, but I think my reaction at that time was that Facilier was a little underused, to be honest. He's a great character, don't get me wrong; he's got a great design, the voodoo magic involving him is always a blast to watch, Friends on the Other Side is a great song, and Keith David's got an excellent voice for him. The fact that Facilier also manages to actually permanently kill a character is also tribute to him.

...but man, Facilier had such underused potential. Really, the flashiest his character gets is during his song; afterwards, all he ends up doing is posing a few threats to the characters before he's done in. The whole debacle with his debt with his "friends" was needlessly convoluted in the long run and aside from a throwaway line involving him feeding everyone in New Orleans to the voodoo spirits, Facilier's got a pretty unambitious goal for the nature of his character (get some power and get out of a debt with said spirits). It would have been interesting to see how much they could've played up his character, but I felt him and his voodoo powers a little shoved-aside for the main romantic relationship, which, while understandable, I feel is just a little too typical Disney romance. Still, I can't complain that much, because the strong points of Facilier's character make him a neat villain.