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We’re always gonna be the kids from the Isle… those are our roots.

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insp.

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I just wanna know how Claude Frollo rationalized the literal Greek God Hades living in the same neighborhood as him

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Why do you think Mal never gets the benefit of the doubt from the fandom the way other characters do?

My number one guess would just be that she gets the benefit of the doubt ad infinitum from canon so the fandom doesn't bother extending the same grace. But that's just me.

I'm in a weird place where I don't think Mal faced enough consequences for what she did, but I also don't think she really... did anything.

I'm sorry but you cannot convince me she's to blame for the whole "closing the barrier forever" thing when you KNOW that's exactly what every adult in that room wanted, and she was literally the last person in the room who should've had the authority to make that call. Belle and the Beast just didn't want to be the ones to say it, and didn't want to put it on their own son either, so they forced the poor girl from the Isle to make the decision.

I think Uma and Evie's whole "You were just trying to do the right thing"/"She always comes through" was quick and not totally deserved. But while the fandom is screaming "No she deserves to be punished!" I'm in my little corner like "This resolution felt too easy yes but I don't think Mal deserves to be punished for being the king's pawn in a broken system that was put into place years before she was even born".

Y'know??

I started the whole "Mal did nothing wrong" crusade to spite the Mal antis but... They made me really believe it. The way they treat her is far too extreme. And when every character is problematic, no one is it makes me sad to see Mal singled out just because the narrative of the franchise was mainly focused around her.

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mals most underrated, under-appreciated ride or die. #jalrights

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The first Descendants movie just did too good a job at showing how abusive the parents were through acting and camera angles alone. Which makes it impossible for me to buy that the VKs missed them at all in D3.

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I love that no matter how diverse this fandom’s opinions are (some people love Mal, some hate her, some people love Audrey while some hate her, there are varying opinions on Jane and Chad and Lonnie and Doug), everybody seems to agree that King Beast is scum. Love that for us 🥰

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Yeah somebody needs to curse him again.

Reading 'Isle of the Lost', it felt like I was reading a dystopian novel then something for Disney. I cringed at the moments they ate spoiled and rotten food. King Beast sounds more like a dictator since he allowed children to live in these conditions.

I think a lot of time the fandom focuses on the ways that the Isle of the Lost serves as a dystopia. That makes sense. It’s a prison island where they live off the literal garbage of Auradon. Everyone has cracked, twisted, warped. Survival isn’t something that comes easy; no matter how many dubstep dance numbers get included or how snarky the kids are about it.

Still, that focus on the Isle means that the fandom as a whole seems to miss how inherently horrific Auradon itself is. We’re treated to a country were:

sentient animals (apparently capable of university-level education, even!) are denied personhood and are enslaved to complete menial chores for the upper class

faeries and other magical humanoids (such as the Genie) are restricted not only from the use of their magic, but also from traveling without permission from the crown

dwarfs (specifically the seven dwarfs) are forced to meet mining quotas to satisfy the desires of the upper class, and are not compensated fairly for their labor or allowed days off

the entire kingdom of Atlantica has been transformed into a tourist attraction, where mer and sea creature alike must work without compensation or days off

Basically? Auradon Prep is an extension of the Court, which is made up of the wealthy, important, and human. It’s heavily implied throughout Secrets of Auradon Prep and the rest of the Descendents tie-in media that there is little to no social mobility, even among the humans we see attending Auradon Prep. For example, Doug may be allowed to attend Auradon Prep due to the “helpful” actions of his father, but he’s certainly not given any attention beyond what Ben occasionally deigns to give.

What we see in Descendants is the elite. The less that 1% of Auradon. The people whose lives are enabled not only by a mass incarceration re: the Isle, but also by the systematic and institutionalized enslavement and exploitation of literally every sentient being who is not part of that less than 1%. This system was explicitly put into place by King Beast. Within the novel, it notes that attempts at reform have never succeeded due to Beast using tactics of intimidation that he encourages Ben to use as well.

True, Ben displays throughout the novel and the movie a genuine desire to initiate reform. His decision to bring the Rotten Four over from the Isle is perhaps the most obvious example of that. He also, in the novel, makes the first steps toward dismantling the worst aspects of this oppressive system.

Still this world is broken. The Lost Children aren’t the only ones who have been cracked and twisted and warped by what they survived. Jane is frightened of her own magic because it marks her as other. Doug is passive in the face of injustice because for years he and his kin have been helpless in the face of it. Audrey is determined to remain in power because her parents foster those who have fallen out of power. And they? They are the lucky ones.

This is the legacy that Beast as wrought.

-drops the fucking mic-

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there’s blood in the water, there’s blood in the water

kenny ortega, descendants / the crane wives, the crooked, the cradle

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Wish we had gotten more of Mal and Carlos’ friendship in the movies

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Descendants AU where Carlos DID join band and that’s literally the only difference

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descendants 2 // descendants 3

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descendants!au : dystopian

where king beast is the true evil for punishing innocent children for their parents crimes, locking them away in a horrible place with no way out, with garbage for food, and with known child-abusers and generally horrible people to raise them OH WAIT

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I JUST noticed that in the first movie when they arrive by limo, Jay is trying to steal the stuff worth money—like a TV and other electronics—while Carlos is trying to take a blanket which was something Cruella denied him on the Isle

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Do I hate descendants? Yes. Do I love Descendants? Of course