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hannahhook7744 · 5 months ago

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Mother Knows Best (For Real This Time!);

Summary: What if Mother Gothel was a decent mother?

Trigger warnings: violence, swearing, insecurities, and unsanitary eating habits.

Let me know if I should add to it.

Part of My 'Even Villains Love Their Kids' Series.

Previous Parts: Frollo, Cruella, Gaston, and Gideon & Honest John.

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"Ginny! Don't eat random mushrooms you find growing off the wall! You'll get sick!" Gothel scolded, hand on her hip.

Feeling exasperated as her four year old daughter spun around and hid one of the wall mushrooms behind her back. Staring at her with startled, big gray eyes (eyes that were so much like her Cassandra’s—).

"H-hi mama!"

Gothel raised an eyebrow and stuck her hand out, waiting.

Ginny huffed but handed it over.

Gothel patted her on the head "Good girl. Now go play. Dinner will be ready in an hour.”

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Mason threw his rattle at Glenn’s head, causing the other baby to start crying.

Gothel sighed, going over to make sure no serious was done—which, thankfully, seemed to be the case. His forehead would probably be bruised for a while, but as long as he didn't start acting strange then he'd likely heal quickly.

The witch kissed the baby's forehead and once he was soothed, she turned to his twin. Giving him her best ‘I’m very unimpressed with you’ look, as she rested a hand on her aging hip. “Now why did you do that?”

Mason, of course, couldn't answer with anything more than a babble since neither boy had started talking yet.

“What am I gonna do with you two?”

The blonde (who was so much like her flower) blew a raspberry at her in response.

Gothel groaned. “Hopefully that attitude of yours will dissipate as you get older.”

(It did not. But she loved both her boys anyway).

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Magnolia Marguerite or ‘Gigi’ as Ginny and the twins liked to call her (though where she’d gotten that nickname from in her sister’s name, Gothel didn’t know) was the quietest and smallest baby out of her siblings. Including Cassandra and Rapunzel.

If asked, Gothel would have insisted that her daughter was no bigger than the size of a kitten and that she was quieter than a mouse—rarely ever making a peep about anything. It wouldn’t even have been that much of an exaggeration considering how close to the truth it was.

Gigi, as it turned out, was also an extremely easy to please baby. Almost always being calmed by her mere presence alone (which was not creepy at all, despite what the other parents said—who were probably just jealous that their babies weren’t as well behaved and easy to please as her daughter was) and when that didn’t calm her, rubbing her head (that was starting to sprout black strands of hair) usually did.

It was lovely.

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"Ginny!"

Ginny jumped away from her mother's skincare products, looking at her guiltily.

"Yes mama…?"

"What are you doing in here? You know you're not allowed in my room without me in here." Gothel scolded, removing her apron and hanging it on a hook on the wall.

"Well, uh… I was looking for you cause I wanted to show you something and then I saw your products and… I just wanted to try some on so I could be like you."

Gothel sighed, shaking her head. "Ginny, darling. You're eight. You don't need my products. Your skin is just fine and you're beautiful just the way you are, no matter what anyone else says. You hear me?"

Ginny perked up "yes mama."

"Good. Now go get whatever it is that you wanted to show me."

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The twins' hair darkened from blonde to light brown when they were four—which they both eagerly pointed out to her, seeing it as a sign of the magic they had never gotten to experience first hand.

It was adorable (even if it did make her heart ache for the heritage her children were being robbed of because of her actions).

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Gigi, even at only three years old, loved appearing on her mother’s show—Skin Deep with Mother Gothel.

She adored handing her mother her makeup and skincare products, and listing off the various facts she knew about them to both Gothel and the audience’s amusement.

Gigi also loved it when Gothel taught her how to do different hairstyles on the dolls she’d made for her and always told her mother that she wanted to be just like her when she grew up.

(Mother Gothel couldn’t help but secretly hope that all four of the children she’d had on the isle would turn out more like their older sisters who the witch knew now she had never deserved in the first place).

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"Are you SURE he's the one you want? You could have anyone you want" Gothel asked exasperated, eyeing her daughter's boyfriend—Clay Clayton—as he roughhoused with another boy nearby.

She scrunched up her nose in distaste as the boy's nose broke—causing him to laugh instead of cry in pain as she expected.

She probably should have intervened but Gothel excused not doing so by rationalizing that he wasn't one of her kids and thus wasn't her problem.

"Absolutely" her 18 year old replied without hesitation.

Gothel sighed "Alright, alright. Go… invite your.. boyfriend to dinner."

Ginny beamed and gave her a quick hug "thank you mother!"

Honestly, the things she did for the love of her children were ridiculous.

Oh well, it's not like she had anything better to do while stuck here on the isle.

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“Pirates? Really Darling?”

Gothel was really starting to wonder if this was some kind of twisted karma for all she’d done that got her sent to the isle.

Because really, Ginny joining her half sister, Harriet Hook’s crew, hadn’t been enough for the universe? It really had to go and make not just one, but both of her twin sons— her fourteen year old twin sons, at that —attached enough to Ursula’s daughter for some unfathomable reason that they decided joining a pirate crew would be fun?

“Yep.” Mason replied immediately, popping the ‘p’. Greenish-blue eyes twinkling with unfiltered amusement; not even bothering to finge shame or embarrassment as he stroked what was starting to become a beard.

Glenn, on the other hand, just pouted at her (still baby faced and beardless, unlike his brother). Attempting the puppy dog eyes he’d likely seen one of his friends give another but looking constipated instead.

The graying witch sighed. “Very well. Just don’t do anything stupid.”

(A year and a kidnapped Auradonian King later, she would very much regret her decision not to fight her boys on the matter).

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“And why are you doing hair at Curl up & Dye again?” Gothel asked, leaning back in her favorite armchair. Massaging her temples as she debated the pros and cons of going to one of the many bars on the isle and drinking until she was unable to comprehend just what she had heard.

“Because Amara's friend, Cailee, doesn’t have the time to go on a date?” Her precious, preciously sweet and naive fourteen year old daughter replied hesitantly. Pushing her slipping glasses back up the bridge of her nose.

If that Beckett girl was manipulating her baby, Gothel was going to kill her consequences be damned—

(Thankfully, that didn’t turn out to be necessary).

#descendants #disney descendants #melissa de la cruz #disney #descendants au #wicked world #disney descendants au #mother gothel #the gothel family #ginny gothel #gigi gothel #etc

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jules-has-notes · 4 months ago

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Aca Top 10: Disney Villains — VoicePlay music video

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Many actors contend that it's more fun to play baddies who get to indulge their darker desires without regret. The same often applies in musicals, whether they're on stage or screen. Disney knows how to craft a good villain song. These are some of their most fun, slick, seductive, and dastardly.

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title: Aca Top 10 – Disney Villains

original songs / performers: "Friends on the Other Side" by Keith David as Doctor Facilier in The Princess and the Frog (2009); [0:33] "Mother Knows Best" by Donna Murphy as Mother Gothel in Tangled (2010); [0:50] "Trust In Me" by Sterling Holloway as Kaa in The Jungle Book (1967); [1:08] "The Siamese Cat Song" by Peggy Lee as Si and Am in Lady and the Tramp (1955); [1:28] "Oogie Boogie's Song" by Ken Page as Oogie Boogie in The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993); [1:52] "Cruella De Vil" by Bill Lee as Roger Radcliffe in 101 Dalmatians (1961); [2:16] "Gaston" by Jesse Corti as LaFou & Richard White as Gaston in Beauty and the Beast (1991); [2:50] "Hellfire" by Tony Jay as Claude Frollo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996); [3:06] "Poor Unfortunate Souls" by Pat Carroll as Ursula in The Little Mermaid (1989); [3:25] "Be Prepared" by Jeremy Irons as Scar in The Lion King (1994)

written by: "Friends on the Other Side" by Randy Newman; "Mother Knows Best" by Alan Menken & Glenn Slater; "Trust In Me" by Robert & Richard Sherman; "The Siamese Cat Song" by Peggy Lee & Sonny Burke; "Oogie Boogie's Song" by Danny Elfman; "Cruella De Vil" by George Bruns & Mel Leven; "Gaston" by Alan Menken & Howard Ashman; "Hellfire" by Alan Menken & Stephen Schwartz; "Poor Unfortunate Souls" by Howard Ashman & Alan Menken; "Be Prepared" by Elton John & Tim Rice

arranged by: Geoff Castellucci & Layne Stein

release date: 22 March 2019

My favorite bits:

Layne kicking things off with scampering percussion before settling into a swingy groove

J.None showing off his smooth lower range

the vibratto Earl puts on that final high ♫ "motheeer" ♫

both Eli and Layne doing snaky hand motions during "Trust In Me" 🐍

Geoff's big bass drops on ♫ "ey-yyyes" ♫ and the final ♫ "meee" ♫

that crunchy harmony on ♫ "don't pleeease" ♫

all the shenanigans with the tiny kitty figurine 🐈

getting a preview of the "Oogie Boogie" production to come

that funky take on the second half of "Cruella"

the back row's dubious reactions to Geoff asserting his intimidation factor in "Gaston" as Layne fixes his hair

the extended transition — ♫ "Gimme hip-to-hip" ♫ ::Eli and J start flossing:: 🕺 "Chapstick!" ::Earl holds up a tube::

the clever coordination of ♫ "[tur]-ning me to" ♫ and ♫ "number two" ♫ at the end of "Hellfire"

Layne's bubbly percussion during "Poor Unfortunate Souls"

Earl getting annoyed at J and Eli joining him on the lyrics of "Be Prepared" before they return to harmonies

the three octave unison between Geoff and Earl

that nice clean ending

Trivia:

○ VoicePlay had recorded or performed several of these songs before.

They did a full version of "Cruella de Vil" in collaboration with Disney for the Diamond Edition release of 101 Dalmatians on Blu-ray. They also included an excerpt in their aca-Disney medley to celebrate 20 years of Disney shows on Broadway.

"Gaston" is part of their Beauty and the Beast medley, Tale As Old As Time, on their 2012 album "Once Upon an Ever After". (They also later included it on their 2024 compilation album "VoicePlay Villains".)

"Be Prepared" is part of their "OUaEA" Lion King medley, The King Has Returned. (That's also where the snippet over the end screen is from.)

"Mother Knows Best" was part of "The Story of Rapunzel" that they performed at Disney World's 2015 Social Media Moms Celebration.

○ They had also previously created a shorter villains medley including several of these songs for Jonathan Freedman as part of their Disney Sessions collaboration with the Aladdin stage cast.

○ Since this video was released, the guys have recorded longer versions of several more of these tunes.

"Friends on the Other Side" was their Halloween video for 2021, as well as their first reunion with J.None after he left to join the U.S. Navy Band.

"Oogie Boogie's Song" was their Halloween video later in this year.

"Poor Unfortunate Souls" was included in their Little Mermaid medley with Rachel Potter a year and a half later.

"Hellfire" was their Halloween video in 2023, also with J.None as the featured guest.

Geoff did a short of "Trust In Me" on his solo channel in 2024.

○ The guys' shirts are once again thematically appropriate.

Eli — Darth Vader from Star Wars in the style of Leonardo Da Vinci's "Vitruvian Man" drawing

Earl — the face of Hades from Hercules in blue and purple linework with yellow eyes and teeth, surrounded by blue flames, all with a glow effect meant to imitate neon lights

J.None — a full-body portrait of Claude Frollo from The Hunchback of Notre Dame with one hand extended to the side (I couldn't find the exact design, but I found one that's somewhat close and did a bit of editing to get it closer.)

Geoff — the stylized face of Scar from The Lion King

Layne — Dr. Facilier from The Princess and the Frog mirrored in the style of a playing card, with glowing red cards floating near his outstretched fingers and his name on a banner across the middle

○ Geoff later mentioned in his interview on The Charismatic Voice that he'd considered auditioning for Gaston at Disney World when he worked there, but that the guys who play the role are usually four to six inches taller than him due to the costume and choreography required.

○ They garnered a bit of praise from prolific a cappella arranger Rob Dietz, who they'd met during The Sing-Off, and who would become a frequent collaborator in a few years.

○ An artist fan was inspired to create a gender bent version of Cruel-Layne De Vil.

drawing by rtlndr_ on Instagram

○ The boys busted out some of their best evil laughs to further entertain their social media followers.

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○ This is the final entry in a mini-series within their "Aca Top 10" series, which was preceded by countdowns for "Disney Heroes" and "Disney Sidekicks" over the previous year and a half.

#VoicePlay #music video #a cappella #live recording #Disney music #Disney villains #music from movies #music #video #series: Aca Top 10

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beyondmistland · 1 month ago

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Other stuff I've watched/rewatched over the past few months (in no particular order)

Deadpool & Wolverine (A little too self-indulgent at times but still great fun)

Alien Romulus (Way better than Alien Covenant)

X-Men 97 (Never saw the original series, which is also on Disney+, but had no trouble following along)

The Dragon Prince S6 (After the abysmal S4 and mixed S5 this was for the most part a much needed return to form, Verin and Claudia remain my favorite characters, episode 8 "We All Fall Down" is definitely one of my favorite episodes of any animated show ever)

Cobra Kai Final Season Parts 1 and 2 (I felt Part I was stronger than Part II and that the finale of Part II was a little too OTP, still curious to see how they're going to wrap this up given the aforementioned finale)

Pluto (Absolutely amazing from start to finish, first episode is the best tho)

Godzilla Minus One (A monster movie where the human characters aren't a drawback, the fact this looks better than all of Marvel's recent output despite having a vastly inferior budget is the icing on top)

The Wild Robot (If this doesn't win any awards this year there is no justice in the universe, sucks tho that its one of the last two projects Dreamworks animated entirely in-house alongside Kung Fu Panda 4)

The Rocketeer (Good ol 90s fun featuring Nazi baddies)

The Sandlot (Still holds up reasonably well surprisingly)

Bad Boys: Ride or Die (Good dumb action fun, which sometimes is all you want (or need))

Hitman (Glen Powell is awesome, the fact its (loosely) based on a true story only makes it even better)

Edge of Tomorrow (Really well-put together apart from the very last scene, also cements Emily Blunt as one of my go-to fancasts for Emma Coldwine)

Beauty and the Beast (Way better than the live-action version, Gaston's mundane nature makes him (like Frollo) a way worse (and terrifying) villain than say Ursula or Jafar)

The Harder They Fall (An all-black western? Sign me up, the fact the characters were real people (even if the actual events in the movie are not) only makes the movie cooler, did have a hard time understanding what was being said sometimes in part due to the actors using low voices)

The Little Mermaid (Hellfire > Poor Unfortunate Souls, fight me)

Agatha All Along (A rare Marvel TV show that both 1) consistently entertains throughout and 2) Doesn't descend into mindless CGI action during the climax, only other example I can think of would be Loki which I still rate higher, not least because Loki is the only Marvel property with a distinct soundtrack to my ears (Only other bit of Marvel music that has stuck in my head all these years is the Avengers' theme and Bucky's theme from Winter Soldier))

Hocus Pocus (It was...OK I guess?)

Arcane S2 (While less character-driven and more plot-driven than S1 this show is still one of the best animated series I can recall watching, favorite part would have to be episode 7, favorite characters would have to be Victor and Ambessa, definitely excited for more LoL-based adaptations)

Wizards Beyond Waverly Place (Fun for the whole family, also makes me a bit nostalgic)

Kung Fu Panda 4 (Not bad but also not as good as the first and third (Still haven't seen the second, which annoys me to no end because I've heard Lord Shen is the best of the Kung Fu Panda villains))

#personal #about me #movies #anime #tv shows

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panthera-tigris-venenata · 1 year ago

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Prompt "I wish I could hate you"

This might be a weird pairing, but I read this and I started thinking about Gil and Claudine. Cuz Claudine is a huge grouch and no matter how hard she tries she can't hate Gil.

Okay, so. I feel like the Vibes in this are off, but I don’t know how to fix that.

I hope you can enjoy anyway?

’cos yeah, Gil is a sunshine, no one can hate Gil. ✨

Claudine can’t breathe .

Now, that’s not true, of course. Not now, at least.

She is just a liar.

She just hadn’t left her father’s house and chapel in forever and the cold grey walls are suffocating her. They look like they might fall at her at any given moment, but then again, what’s new? This is the Isle. Everything can fall at her head at any given point at time.

Claudine scoffs at that thought.

Steps sound down the hall – her father – and Claudine quickly wipes her face blank and cold as marble.

The footsteps mercifully pass around her door and she breathes in again.

She looks at the pebbles at her windowsill: They clicked at the glass and got her attention and fell back down the street, but some caught at the edge. She hadn’t brushed them away yet.

She is lucky her father didn’t see, she knows, but she leaves them there regardless.

Each of these pebbles mean: „Are you in there? Are you okay? Do you need help?“

(She does not need help, thank you for asking.)

As more and more pebbles clank at her window, the meaning shifts:

„Are you okay? Answer now – Do you need us to intervene? We are going in. If he hurt you, he won’t live..“

Claudine can’t let them kill her father. What kind of daughter would she be, then?

She ignores the dark thoughts circling around her mind: She won’t have her father killed and the house burned down.

She needs to tell them she is alive, and fine, maybe she wants to see them. Pirates, witches, heretics. Demons and thieves, whores and murderers. She should recoil by the very thought.

Instead she smiles, just barely showing her teeth, and looks at the pebbles again.

„If he hurt you, he will burn, and we will drag you away from the flames.

So Claudine sneaks off again.

She shouldn't – she knows.

But Claudine can't help that, that wanting.

She shouldn't leave her father and her home, she shouldn't hide the fact that she does. She is only making her sin worse.

She shouldn't even want to leave in the first place.

She should want to stop it, at the very least, but instead, she holds her breath as she walks down the hall; the dust dances in front of the windows lit up as if by a fire. She places her feet quietly: it's almost as if she was never there. (It's art – it's witchcraft.)

She can hear her father muttering his prayers in his room.

Down the stairs, down the hall, don't make a sound.

Heavy doors, open them silently – that's it, just like that. Don't slam them behind you, even if you want to. Be gentle, for once.

Claudine glares at the door as if they had mortally offended her or just tried to kill her. Notably, she does not kick them, as her father would probably hear that.

She scoffs at the door and the man behind them before she takes off into the streets: Freedom, finally. Or something that almost tastes like it.

Claudine fixes her glare above the kids’s heads.

She walks away and glares at a pair of children passing by: They certainly didn’t see Claudine Frollo leave her house. Absolutely not, thank you for asking.

One of the children pretends to lock their lips and throw away the key; the other laughs at that.

She rounds the corner.

She doesn’t scream when Gil basically drops down from a nearby in front of her. She expected that, really.

„Claudine!“ he greets her excitedly. She attempts to pierce him through with her eyes instead.

„Yes, Gil,“ she hisses, gesturing to the house behind her, „No talking.“

„Right, right,“ his voice drops to what could pass for a whisper – yeah, no, it could not. It’s Gil.

„I’m not supposed to –“

She ignores his „Sorry!“ and grabs his sleeve. She drags Gaston’s son behind her easily, and they both pretend he isn’t only letting her do so. No one lingers in their way too long. Where Gil smiles, Claudine glares daggers, and pretends to ignore the big moron behind her.

She stops, and Gil does too. She lets go of his sleeve, which just means he grabs her hand, obviously. Why wouldn’t he.

Finally, they’re far away enough, where her father’s eyes can’t see, where his fingers can’t reach.

Hopefully.

Her mind flashes back to the Revenge, and, yes, that would be it. Show-offs, heretics. Of course Gil thinks physical contact is okay.

Claudine looks at the big warm hand wrapped around hers and doesn’t jerk away. Instead, she says: „Gil. People are around.“

How did he not yet managed to pick up that, you know, human contact equals bad? Affectionate physical contact equals very bad? Danger?

Gil pouts at her as she takes her hand away and turns away.

„I’m fine. I’m always fine. You needn’t have worried.“

„Liar,“ he tells her way too softly.

She whirls around.

„What did you just call me?!“

„Just let me check if you're okay?“ he says instead, „See Bonny or Marya?“

Marya the half-demon. Possibly just hearing she knows her could cause her father a heart attack.

„Okay, then,“ says Gil, „If you say so. But it’s been long–“

„I’m fine,“ she repeats stubbornly, „I don’t need to see a medic.“

And as far as she is concerned, she isn’t lying: She isn’t actively bleeding out and she can stand up, can’t she now?

„I know–“ God, it has been so long Claudine could cry.

„Okay.“ She allows herself to be pulled away and they climb up the roof from a dingy alley: Gil waits down till she’s almost half-way up, prepared to catch her, and then easily scales the wall next to her. He helps her pull up.

Gil comes closer to her and touches her elbow.

„I know, I know,“ he says as he points up, „But let’s go up there?“

She dusts her skirt and nods at him instead of saying thank you and he beams at her.

„So? We’re up here.“ She can see the ruins of the marketplace and the half-rotten docks. She turns away from there. „What now?“

„Now we can just talk!“ he tells her, „I’ve missed you!“

He’s impossible, isn’t he.

Still, she sits besides him, their legs dangling down the roof. Claudine closes her eyes to angle her face to the dying sun, as if that was any good, but hey. She just spent an eternity locked in.

She opens her eyes and looks at Gil briefly: He’s looking over the Isle and the sky – not the Barrier, the sky, it’s Gil – and then looks away.

Silence.

She looks at the scorched and sprayed-over walls of her father’s chappel when she says:

„I wish I could hate you.“

„It would make it so much easier.“

But god – she can’t hate Gil. She can’t.

She doesn’t look at him when he answers.

„I know,“ he tells her and bumps his shoulder against hers gently, „Now, would you like to hear the newest drama in the port?“

She really can’t hate him.

You see, Claudine shouldn’t want to, and she knows that. However:

„Do tell,“ she says.

#disney descendants #claudine frollo #gil descendants #I didn't even read this after myself cos Energy?? we don't know her??#also accidentally wrote the middle first but Vibes Bad ✨

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slashingdisneypasta · 7 months ago

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(M.I.) The Cafe as Blackie's mom-figure makes the Situations even funnier. Like the pushy mom who says her kid just HAS to give the neighbor's kid a chance. "Now you're gonna take that sweet young lady to the beach and you'll like it, mister!" "But mo-om!" And it makes that moment in the show when Frank calls The Cafe a dump and Blackie gets all snarky actually really sweet. You insulted his MOM, Frank. Jeez!

Oh, all my crushes...it's a good thing I'm both asexual and not prone to confusing fiction and reality, because I'd be murdered because of my own sex drive lmao...Frollo...The Cryptkeeper...this giant, vengeful zombie named Big Ben from an 80s horror comedy called House...The Horned King...Freddy...On the one hand, you've got all the creeps like that, and, ya know, Robert's whole Thing he's got going on. Then on the other, you've got my years long attraction to Hugh Dennis. That started with him playing just the worst, Gaston-like egomaniac on My Hero (which is the subject of my 3 years in the making longfic) but he's usually, like, a cuddly dad type. And I'm over here going "he's sometimes got gleeful serial killer vibes...I like that."

Thank you for the terrible Blackie gifs. And by that, I mean Blackie's currently being terrible in the part i'm writing. The gifs are great, though. I shall treasure them.

Hahaha XD That bit with Frank insulting the Cafe now reminds me of rhe bit in Final Chapter when Drew insults the Bickerman cabin saying Mrs Bickerman wasn't a good housekeeper (and, but the way, fuck him for that- ) and Jim gets all up-in-arms about it. That's no way to talk about the dead, son.

Eeeeee, I love your taste in men XD I can relate, except I'm not ace and so I'm in a very confusing spot where uh... I would probably let many of my terrible fictional crushes do whatever actually 😶 *cough*- AND I'M EMBARRASSED ABOUT IT XD Like goddamnit Hannah pull it together. Don't be such a whore, oh my god.

I CANT WAIT FOR THE NEXT PART! I need to know what kinda terrible you mean XDD

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acaplaya-musings · 11 months ago

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Voiceplay Visuals: ACA Top 10 Disney Villains

Aka the medley/top 10 video that probably has the most songs covered by Voiceplay in other videos (whether partial or in full) (and though I won't talk about vocals or arrangement, I will point out each one as we go along). (And yes I'm skipping over most if not all of the Partwork videos)

It's another Aca Top 10 video (released in March 2019 btw), and so it's another round of themed shirts! Geoff is wearing a very cool Scar shirt, Layne is wearing a Dr Facilier shirt, J is wearing a Claude Frollo shirt, Earl is wearing a Hades shirt, and Eli... is wearing a Darth Vader shirt (in the style of Da Vinci's Vitruvian Man, it seems). Like I know Lucasfilm was acquired by Disney in 2012, but seriously Eli, c'mon man! 😂

Starting off with Friends On The Other Side with J on lead vocals, which of course J did as a full-length cover with Voiceplay in 2021, his first "guest vocalist feature" since leaving the group 5 months earlier to go join the US Navy Band (and I'm very much looking forward to eventually doing a post for that video, let me tell you!)

Earl and J fooling around during the Trust In Me section 😄

"Close your eyesssss" (why would I close my eyes when I could just stare at Geoff instead?)

"miaow!"

The teeny tiny cat is I think the cat from Pinocchio? Figaro I believe?

Geoff and Layne have been best friends since middle school, roughly 30 years ago (same with Earl), and it shows 😄 (Friendship Goals honestly)

Unintentional funny pause moment! 😂

While we're here, time for another hair study!

My sketch really doesn't do it justice, but Geoff's hair in this one has a bit of a "lions mane" quality to it imo (which is fitting given the shirt he's wearing)

We're now onto Oogie Boogie's song, with Geoff on lead vocals, and of course I don't actually have to say it, we all know it. but Voiceplay did a full-length cover of it (again with Geoff on lead) 7 months after this video, as their Halloween release for the year!

Love Geoff's facial expressions on "and if you aren't shaking"

Eli Eyebrow Raise!

Now we're onto Cruella De Vil, which VP did a full-length cover of back in 2015 for a promotional collaboration thing with Disney! (Not on Voiceplay's channel though)

Gaston next, which Voiceplay did as part of their Beauty And The Beast medley on their 2012 Once Upon An Ever After album

"As a specimen, yes I'm intimidating," ('intimidating' isn't the word I would use...)

And yes I see Layne's wrist tattoo that I first noticed in the This Is Halloween video! (Also a little jealous of Layne getting to touch Geoff's hair)

"Gimme that hurrah!"

Eli and J doing a mini floss, and Earl holding a chapstick? 😂😅

Number 3 is Hellfire, which, as I'm sure you know, Voiceplay finally did a full-length cover of, 4 and a half years later, in October 2023, again with Geoff on lead vocals just like here, and well, I'm gonna save my thoughts for when I eventually make a full post about it because oh my god

(Also love J pointing to his shirt like he did in the 80s Cartoons video 😄)

Immediately followed by Poor Unfortunate Souls, with Earl on lead. Earl had left the group by the time Voiceplay revisited the song for their Little Mermaid Medley in 2020, but we were treated (and I mean treated) to an amazing "Geoffsula" performance instead! (Another one I'm very excited to get to)

And finally we have Be Prepared, another one that was in a medley on Voiceplay's Once Upon An Ever After album (Geoff took lead for that one, but he can definitely go much lower now than he used to be able to)

Final frame!

So basically there were only 3 songs in this that Voiceplay hadn't already done previously or revisited at some point later: Mother Knows Best, We Are Siamese, and Trust In Me (hey Geoff if you ever wanna make a cover of Trust In Me on your channel, like even just as a short... 👉👈)

I'll be skipping over a few more videos from here, but the next video I talk about will be very fun!

#voiceplay #acapella #top 10 disney villains #geoff castellucci #eli jacobson #layne stein #j none #earl elkins jr #earl elkins #acaplaya analysis #voiceplay visuals

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321spongebolt · 2 months ago

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What if "Beauty and the Beast" and "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" crossed over?

If you've seen "The Hunchback of Notre Dame", you'll find Belle making a silent cameo during the song, "Out There". Considering "Beauty and the Beast" and "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" used the same directors and whatnot, I imagined that the events of "Beauty and the Beast" took place sometime after Frollo's demise. If that's the case, and Belle was still around, here's my interpretation of what would happen if Quasimodo met the characters from "Beauty and the Beast".

ROUGH STORY CONCEPT

Shortly after Quasimodo is hailed as a hero for defeating Frollo and saving the Notre Dame cathedral, I assume the Archdeacon would've taken over Frollo's duties of raising Quasimodo. The big difference being that the Archdeacon would be far nicer to the hunchback and felt Quasimodo should be rewarded for Frollo's demise, and all that he's done while being forced to live in isolation by Frollo. Maybe he could give Quasimodo time off and allow him to see as much of the world as he wants.

Quasimodo would trust his gargoyle friends, Victor, Hugo, and Laverne to carry over his duties while he's away, and Quasimodo climbs down from outside the cathedral, beginning his journey after landing in the streets of Paris. Quasimodo wouldn't know where to start, as this is the first time since the Festival of Fools where he could truly explore the outside world.

Suddenly, Quasimodo notices smoke rising and would head over to where it was coming from. We would see Belle waving goodbye to her father, Maurice, who has left for the science fair, only to wind up lost in the castle of the Beast. Belle would notice Quasimodo, and would be frightened at first, but would feel sorry after the hunchback introduces himself. Quasimodo would mention that he lived a cruel 20 years under his abusive master, Frollo, and would explain the events that happened in "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" as like a small recap. Belle, feeling like Quasimodo never got to have a proper life, allows the hunchback to stay with her at her cottage until Maurice comes back.

The next morning after Maurice's imprisonment, Gaston arrives at the cottage to propose to Belle. She would tell Quasimodo to hide somewhere, explaining that even though Belle knows who Quasimodo is, Gaston likely wouldn’t. Obediently, Quasi hides upstairs and watches Belle talking to Gaston without being spotted. As he spies on the two, he starts to realize Belle's point about Gaston, and would also watch Belle cleverly open the door on Gaston and watch him fall in the mud.

After Gaston angrily storms off, Belle checks to see if the coast is clear, and tells Quasimodo to come out of hiding. Quasimodo tells her about she was right about Gaston, and Belle sings a reprise of her theme song to further express her point to the hunchback. Phillipe, Belle's horse comes back to show Belle Maurice's scarf, and would panic at the sight of Quasimodo until she calms him down long enough to explain that Quasimodo is her friend. Phillipe leads the two into the woods where the Beast's castle is and when they get inside, Belle and Quasimodo decide to split up in order to find Maurice faster. Quasimodo searches downstairs while Belle searches upstairs. Lumiere sees Belle walk by and is overjoyed to see that she came. It would be explained by Lumiere that Belle is whom their master needs to can break the spell.

Belle finds Maurice in the dungeon, and the two reunite until the Beast shows up. Belle makes an offer to spare her father if the Beast can take Belle as his prisoner instead. Beast decides to take Maurice out of the dungeon, and throws him into a wooden spider carriage that walks him to the streets of Paris. Belle cries as she watches her father go, as she never even got to say goodbye, which, of course Beast feels bad for. Lumiere suggests that Belle should be taken to a more suitable room, so Beast walks Belle to the East Wing as he tells her the rules of living in the castle. He also explains to not go to the West Wing, which is forbidden. Quasimodo comes back from searching downstairs only to see Belle from a distance, who’s with the Beast, much to his horror.

Quasimodo decides to sneak upstairs and follow after Belle and the Beast without alerting them. Belle and Beast arrive at the bedroom Belle will be staying at and Beast yells “You’ll join me for dinner. That’s not a request!”. Beast slams the door on Belle, and Beast thinks someone was following him. He turns around, only to find nothing. As he walks away, we would see that Quasimodo was blending in with something on the walls (like maybe a tapestry, or a painting. Or even if Quasimodo was hiding behind one of the knights’ armors, or posing as a statue.). Once the coast is clear, Quasimodo breaks formation and searches the East Wing for Belle. Belle, who is shown crying on her bed eventually hears knocking on the door, much to her alarm, only to hear Quasimodo’s voice. The door opens, and Belle and Quasimodo reunite, only with Belle crying on one of his shoulders as they hug.

Quasimodo: What's the matter? Did you find your father?

Belle (Crying): I did, but at a cost.

Quasimodo: (Sits on the bed with Belle) Tell me everything.

Belle (Sad): Well, it was like this.

As Belle is about to explain how she lost Maurice, we cut to the tavern where Gaston, LeFou, and the other bar members sing Gaston's theme song as a means of lifting his spirits. After their performance, Maurice barges into the tavern and warns everyone about the Beast and how he has Belle locked in the dungeon. Gaston and his friends laugh at Maurice and throw him out of the bar, until Gaston gets an idea while singing a reprise of his theme song with LeFou.

While out in the snow, Maurice shouts to the sky, “Will no one help me?”, and sees a shadowy figure riding a horse. The figure gets closer and closer to him, until it is revealed to be a man wearing golden armor, brown gloves and boots, and a blue cape. This is where we see Captain Phoebus and his horse, Achilles. The captain gives Maurice a lift and escorts him to his soon-to-be-wife, Esmeralda. The gypsy girl welcomes both men with open arms, and tries to help the ill Maurice with some leftover spices and herbs (since I figured Gypsies would carry some of those kinds of supplements around as remedies). We could even have a moment where Maurice and Phoebus would have a conversation among themselves (Just a side note, this can also act as a reference to Kevin Kline, who played both characters. He voiced Phoebus in "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" duology and portrayed Maurice in the 2017 live action remake of "Beauty and the Beast").

We cut back to Quasimodo and Belle in the East Wing as she tells Quasimodo, "And that’s how I lost my father. And now I’ll never see him again.". Belle then bumps into Wardrobe on accident, who comes to life and suggests an outfit for Belle to wear for her dinner with Beast, but Belle tells her she won’t be coming for dinner, even though Wardrobe insists. Like in the Broadway adaptation, Belle snaps at Wardrobe that Beast isn't her master, and apologizes because things are happening so fast for her. Mrs. Potts and her son, Chip then enter the room to serve Belle tea. Chip is at first nervous of Quasimodo (due to his appearance), but Quasimodo assures the little teacup that he’s very nice. Mrs. Potts serves tea for the two humans, and Quasimodo is delighted by the taste of the tea (since I figured Quasimodo may not have had tea before). Later, Mrs. Potts tells Belle how brave she was to spare her father’s life by taking his place, and how things will get better soon.

Cogsworth comes into the room to tell Belle dinner is served, and becomes horrified at the sight of Quasimodo. The hunchback is able to at least calm him down long enough for Belle to explain, and asks if Cogsworth can keep a secret about Quasimodo being in the same room as Belle. Of course, Cogsworth walks down the hallway feeling conflicted. It was bad enough that Belle doesn’t want to come for dinner, but he can’t tell his master that they have a deformed human being in the castle. Who knows how Beast will react? In the parlor room, Beast’s patience starts wearing thin, but Lumiere and Mrs. Potts try to help Beast improve himself. As soon as Cogsworth arrives, he nervously tells Beast what’s taking so long, until he mutters, “She’s not coming”. Beast raises a sharp eyebrow and asks, “What?”, which makes Cogsworth scared and shout “I SAID SHE'S NOT COMING!”. From outside the parlor, Beast yells “WHAT!?” and charges up to Belle's room in a fury. Belle hears the incoming footsteps, and tells Quasimodo to hide somewhere. Things will get ugly, but Belle assures the hunchback that she can stand up for herself. From behind the closed door, Belle yells at Beast telling him she isn’t hungry. Even when Beast tries to ask nicely, albeit forced, Belle rejects his offer, causing Beast to storm off to the West Wing. He wonders why Belle was being stubborn with him, and looks into his magic mirror saying “Show me the girl”. In the magic mirror, we see Belle telling Wardrobe she wants nothing to do with the Beast after he refused to give her father a chance.

Wardrobe (In the mirror): The master's really not so bad once you get to know him. Why don't you give him a chance?

Belle (Mad) (In the mirror): What about my father, did he give him a chance!?

Wardrobe (In the mirror): Well… no. But once you get to know him…

Belle (Mad) (In the mirror): I don't want to get to know him! I want nothing to do with him!

Beast feels hurt by this and laments as a rose pedal falls off.

Beast (Saddened): I'm just fooling myself, she'll never see me as anything but a monster. (Puts down the magic mirror and starts to sing) ♪How long must this go on? This cruel trick of fate? I simply made one careless wrong decision.♪ ♪And then the witch was gone, and left me in this state! An object of revulsion and derision.♪ ♪Hated. Is there no one who can show me how to win the world's forgiveness?♪♪ (A rose pedal falls) It's hopeless.

Belle allows Quasimodo to come out of hiding, and could apologize for dragging him into this. But for Quasimodo, his priority is making sure Belle is okay. Belle slowly opens the door to see that the coast is clear, and they both sneak downstairs to the kitchen to have dinner for themselves. Lumiere greets Belle and Quasimodo with open (and unlit) candlestick arms and gives them a dinner banquet through the song, "Be Our Guest".

The two enjoyed their dinner and show, and Quasimodo and Belle want to see more of the castle. With Lumiere and Cogsworth distracted, Belle takes Quasi’s hand and they enter the West Wing. While exploring, Quasimodo could gaze at the enchanted rose he found. Belle would be just as stunned, and she walks to the table to get a closer look at it. After removing the glass case, they start to get a closer look at the rose, until the Beast shows up in shadow and takes back the glass, covering up the rose as he reprimands Belle.

Beast (Mad): Don't touch that! Why did you come here?

Belle (Nervously): I’m-- I'm sorry.

Beast (Mad): I warned you never to come here!

Belle (Nervously): I didn’t mean any harm.

Beast (Mad): Do you realize what YOU COULD'VE DONE!?

Quasimodo would reveal himself to Beast and apologize. Beast, seeing Quasimodo for the first time, would start to have a flashback like the one we got in "Beauty and the Beast 2: The Enchanted Christmas" (But without Forte if you want to ignore the sequel’s events). In it, Beast is shown in his human form as Prince Adam, and he would angrily reject the beggar woman's offer for shelter in exchange for her enchanted rose. She warns the prince not to be disturbed by her haggard appearance and that true beauty is found within. The prince just scoffs at the old woman and closes the door on her. But when he opens it, he sees that the beggar woman was a beautiful enchantress in disguise.

Enchantress: You have been deceived by your own cold heart. A curse upon your house and all within it. Until you have found one to love you as you truly are, you shall remain forever... a beast.

Prince Adam apologizes and pleads for a second chance, but the Enchantress just watches the prince turn into a beast as punishment for his spoiled, selfish, and unkind demeanor. We fade back to reality as Beast is even more furious than before. Not only did Belle deliberately disobey him, but he can’t believe she let a misshapen human being into the castle. Beast starts going savage, and begins throwing stuff at Belle and Quasimodo to get them out of the West Wing.

Beast (Mad) (While violently throwing and smashing stuff): GET OUT! YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO BE IN HERE! NO RIGHT! GET OUT!

By this point, Quasimodo becomes assertive like he was when he thought Frollo killed Esmeralda. He starts fighting Beast and tells Belle, "Go! Save yourself! I’ll hold him off!”, only for Belle to be scratched by her sleeve (either through Beast’s claws like in the Broadway version or if she got hit by one of the objects Beast threw at her). Beast, seeing Belle got hurt comes back to his senses and apologizes, but Belle runs away yelling “Don’t touch me!” as Beast shouts, “Wait, come back!”. Beast feels a sense of remorse and says "What have I done?" before Quasimodo gets on Beast and wrestles him to the floor, with Beast clearly too miserable to fight back. And just like he did with Frollo, Quasimodo is about to angrily stab the Beast (with any weapon he had on him), but instead throws away his weapon while angrily yelling at him and calling him out for his actions. Beast apologizes and tells the hunchback that he never meant to frighten them both, there’s just so little left of him. Beast sings "If I Can't Love Her" and Quasimodo feels bad for the Beast, now knowing he was put under a curse.

Quasimodo and Beast would talk for a bit, and then later decide to put their differences aside to find Belle. When they make it into the woods, they see Belle being attacked by wolves. Fortunately, Beast and Quasimodo arrive and save her from the pack. Beast claws at the wolves and roars at them while Quasimodo uses a torch to shoo them away. After the wolves run off, Beast falls unconscious, but Belle and Quasimodo are still standing. She thanks the hunchback for coming back to save her life, but Quasimodo tells her to thank the Beast. The two humans wrap Beast’s arms around them, and drag him back to the castle. On the way back, Quasimodo would tell her everything he witnessed. And how it took a little pep talk, but he was able to get Beast to work with him and find Belle.

Back in the parlor room, Mrs. Potts pours hot water from her nose into a bowl, and Belle dips the rag into the water to begin cleaning up Beast and Quasimodo’s wounds. Beast goes first, and roars in pain when Belle presses the damp cloth onto his bloody arm. Beast and Belle have a heated argument.

Beast (Mad): (Roars in pain) THAT HURTS!

Belle (Mad): Well, if you'd just hold still, it wouldn't hurt as much!

Beast (Mad): If you hadn't run away, (Points to his wounded arm) this wouldn't have happened!

Belle (Mad): If you hadn't frightened me, I wouldn't have run away!

As soon as Beast says “Well you and your friend shouldn’t have gone to the West Wing!”, Quasimodo intervenes by coming to Belle's defense, and explaining how Beast needs to learn to control his temper, and think of others more than himself.

Belle: Thank you, Quasimodo. You've said more than enough. (Turns to Beast) Now, hold still. This might sting a little.

Beast winces in pain and finishes cleaning Beast’s wounds. Once she’s done bandaging him, she heals Quasimodo next. And although he too winces in pain, it isn’t as bad as how Beast handled it. This makes Beast feel a little bit better knowing he had someone to share his pain with. But then, Belle decides to follow Quasimodo's advice.

Belle: (Turns to Beast) By the way, thank you for saving my life.

Beast is stunned by this remark, as he had never been thanked before, but Beast starts warming up to Belle and says “You’re Welcome”. Mrs. Potts comments, “Well, that's more like it. I knew they could get along if only they tried.”.

Back at Gaston’s tavern, Monsieur D'Arque meets Gaston and LeFou. Gaston expresses his plan to use persuasion to get Belle to marry him.

Monsieur D'Arque: So, you want me to throw her father into the asylum unless she agrees to marry you? (Frowns and drops his head) Oh, that is despicable. (Rises up while smiling sinisterly) And I love it!

Monsieur D'Arque happily goes along with Gaston's plan and we cut back to the Beast's castle as Beast watches Belle, and later Quasimodo, and starts to wonder what he should do for the two of them (Leave a comment for what you think Beast would do for Quasimodo).

Later, Beast surprises Belle with a massive library. In turn, Belle thought about considering giving Beast another chance. Belle asks Beast if he could join her and Quasimodo for lunch, which he replies, “Me? W-with you? That'd be... I mean...” and joyously yells “OH YES!”. At lunch, Belle, Beast, and Quasimodo have some soup. Beast, obviously eats like a beast, but slowly gets better and better with his table manners. The three would start out by clinking each other's bowls and slurping. As days goes by, the friendship between the main trio starts to grow during the song, "Something There".

Belle (Thinking): ♪There's something sweet. And almost kind.♪ ♪But he was mean and he was coarse and unrefined.♪ ♪But now he's dear, and so unsure.♪ ♪I wonder why I didn't see it there before?♪

Beast (Thinking): ♪She glanced this way. I thought I saw.♪ ♪And when we touched, she didn't shudder at my paw.♪ ♪No it can't be, I'll just ignore. But then she's never looked at me that way before.♪

Belle (Thinking): ♪New and a bit alarming, who'd have ever thought that this could be… true that he's no Prince Charming?♪ ♪But there's something in him that I simply didn't see.♪

Quasimodo (Thinking) [Original lyrics by me]: ♪I thought at first, he was no good. But then, I learned that he was just misunderstood.♪ ♪And just like me, his heart is pure. I can't believe I did not see it there before!♪

Lumiere: ♪Well, who'd have thought?♪

Mrs. Potts: ♪Well, bless my soul!♪

Cogsworth: ♪Well, who'd have known?♪

Mrs. Potts: ♪Well, who indeed?♪

Lumiere: ♪And who'd have guessed they'd come together on their own?♪

Mrs. Potts: ♪It's so peculiar.♪

Lumiere, Mrs. Potts, Cogsworth: ♪We'll wait and see, a few days more. There may be something there that wasn't there before.♪

Cogsworth: ♪You know, perhaps there's something there that wasn't there before.♪

Chip (Confused): What?

Mrs. Potts: ♪There maybe something there that wasn't there before.♪♪

Chip (Confused): What's there, Mama?

Mrs. Potts: Shh! I'll tell you when you're older.

The doors close and we fade to Cogsworth making an announcement in the hallway that they have exactly 12 hours, 36 minutes, and 15 seconds to create the most magical, spontaneous, romantic atmosphere known to man or beast before the last pedal falls from the rose. The objects all pitch in and clean up the castle as they sing "Human Again" (Taking a page from the 2002 IMAX Special Edition). During the song, Belle is shown reading “Romeo and Juliet” from another part of the castle. Quasimodo and Beast, who both are listening to the story, are rather fascinated by it. She even helps Quasimodo and Beast read properly.

In the West Wing, Quasimodo and Beast take their baths and dress nicely for the big night and Cogsworth comes into the room to tell Beast, "Your lady awaits". Belle appears in her yellow ballgown with matching slippers and long evening gloves and Mrs. Potts begins to sing "Beauty and the Beast" as Belle and Beast begin their romantic dinner. After dinner, Belle takes Beast's paws and they enter the ballroom and start dancing, with Quasimodo, Cogsworth, and Lumiere cheering on the happy couple. As for Quasimodo, he starts to feel a bit sad, not because of Belle being with Beast more, but because he never saw a happy couple dancing together before (kinda like in "The Hunchback of Notre Dame 2" when Quasimodo got curious about couples). Quasimodo decides to go back to the East Wing to respect Belle and Beast's privacy, and of course, to pray for his friends back home (since I figured it would be in character for Quasimodo would pray to God). Quasimodo would pray to God and bless Laverne, Hugo, Victor, the Archdeacon, Captain Phoebus, and Esmeralda, especially Esmeralda, considering Quasimodo still has feelings for her.

Beast notices Belle is upset because she misses Maurice, and takes her to the West Wing to give her his Magic Mirror. She says “I’d like to see my father, please.”, and the magic mirror shows Maurice riding on Achilles from behind Phoebus. Both men are searching for Belle, likely because Maurice told the captain about her. Maurice falls off the horse, and Phoebus stops Achilles to help Maurice, who has fallen unconscious from his illness. Phoebus’ guards were thankfully with them, and Belle is horrified to see her father dying. Beast, with his heart decides to free Belle. She is no longer her prisoner.

To Quasimodo's surprise, Belle came back into their bedroom to change back into her village clothes (which were repaired). She tells Quasimodo that Beast let her go to save her father. She would show Quasimodo the magic mirror Beast gave her. Quasimodo asks if he can try it out and Belle tells him to be quick. Quasimodo says to the mirror, "Show me Esmeralda" and from the magic mirror, Quasimodo and Belle see Phoebus handing the fallen Maurice to Esmeralda and the gypsies as they enter the Court of Miracles.

Quasimodo thankfully knows where to find it and shows Belle his woven band Esmeralda gave her. He tells Belle what Esmeralda taught him, "When you wear this woven band, you hold the city in your hand." and he would explain to her that it's like a map. Belle starts to get the idea and would trust Quasimodo, allowing him to lead the way. As Beast watches Belle and Quasimodo leave while riding Phillipe, Cogsworth comes in and Beast tells him he had to let them go, as it was the right thing to do. He also reveals that he loves Belle, and considers Quasimodo his best friend. Cogsworth spreads the news, and everyone is disappointed as Beast tears up the West Wing in despair and sings a reprise of "If I Can't Love Her".

Belle and Quasimodo make it to the graveyard, and find the secret passage that takes them to the Court of Miracles. Once inside, the head gypsy, Clopin and all the other gypsies prepare their weapons, but see Quasimodo, and Clopin says “False alarm”. The gypsies calm down and Belle asks where her father is. Clopin directs them to a medical area in the Court of Miracles (Think of it as an ER in medieval times), and Belle reunites with her bedridden father, Maurice. In turn, Quasimodo reunites with Phoebus and Esmeralda, who catch him up to speed in terms of Phoebus and Esmeralda’s relationship status. While Maurice may have been afraid of Quasimodo at first, Phoebus would explain that he’s a good friend of his. He helped saved Esmeralda from Frollo’s madness. Just then, Chip comes out of Belle’s saddlebag saying “Hi!” much to the surprise and confusion of the gypsies. Quasimodo explains to them that there’s no need to be alarmed, and tells them about the enchantress’ curse at the Beast’s castle that he and Belle temporarily lived in (I assume Phoebus wouldn’t really believe Quasimodo, but would trust his instincts like in “The Hunchback of Notre Dame”). Quasimodo tells Maurice that as soon as he and Belle take Maurice home, he’s going back to Notre Dame tomorrow because he knows the Archdeacon may start to worry about his long absence.

When they make it to Belle and Maurice’s cottage, Quasimodo ends up in a net trap set by Gaston. But as Monsieur D'Arque and the other townspeople arrive, Gaston tells him, “I’ll deal with you later” and heads over to Belle as he watches Monsieur D'Arque collect Maurice and lock him in the asylum wagon. Gaston gives Belle a choice, but she refuses to marry him again. Only this time, she pulls out the magic mirror Beast gave her, and says to it "Show me the Beast!". The mirror’s reflection shows Beast roaring from the castle, which frightens the people. Quasimodo notices this, and struggles to break free as Gaston leads the villagers to the castle after locking Belle and Maurice in the basement.

As Gaston and LeFou lead the townsfolk to the castle, Phoebus, Esmeralda, and even the guards notice this and decide to follow them. Back at Notre Dame, Victor, Hugo, and Laverne notice the distant angry mob and sneak out of Notre Dame without being spotted by the Archdeacon and the other clergymen. Heck, maybe the birds that give Laverne a hard time could give the gargoyles a lift. Once they leave Notre Dame undetected, they catch up to the angry mob by hitching a ride on a horse-drawn wagon full of straw, and the gargoyles hide in the straw until they reach The Beast’s castle. Gaston and the others break in, and Lumiere shouts “Now!”, allowing the household objects to attack the trespassers. During the battle, the gargoyles approach Mrs. Potts, Lumiere, and Cogsworth and help them fight the villagers like they did when they fought Frollo’s army. Phoebus and his guards break in too, to fight off some of the villagers and arrest them for breaking and entering. Esmeralda and the other gypsies also break in to help fight off the villagers, with her pet goat, Djali ramming some of them.

As LeFou and the other surviving villagers retreat, Quasimodo shows up after Chip freed him, Belle, and Maurice with the wood chopper. The hunchback and Phoebus team up to follow Gaston as he runs up the stairs to the West Wing. Gaston sees the Beast and starts wailing on him. Beast is too sad to fight back. Quasimodo and Phoebus interject and fight Gaston to protect Beast. Then, Beast hears Belle calling from below and helps Quasimodo and Phoebus fight Gaston. As a team of three, Quasimodo, Phoebus, and Beast distract Gaston until Belle reaches the West Wing. Beast grabs Gaston, and is about to drop him, but Gaston begs for mercy. Quasimodo warns him he'll end up being like Gaston if he does drop him, and Beast spares Gaston's life, giving him a sharp “Get out. And never return.”. The three turn to Belle, and Beast reaches for her hand. As Belle and Beast hold hands, Gaston pulls out a dagger and is about to impale him. Fortunately, Phoebus saw it coming and blocks the dagger with Phoebus�� sword and pushes Gaston away, gaining the upper hand. Gaston screams as he falls into the icy river (I don’t know if either Gaston would freeze in the water and die of hypothermia or by falling down a waterfall, but either way, he’ll still be dead.).

Belle helps Beast come up to the balcony, and Beast thanks Quasimodo and Phoebus for saving his life. Suddenly, Beast feels something and collapses to the floor as if he were poisoned. Beast dies and both Belle and Quasimodo cry for their furry friend as Belle gives him her love in turn as the last pedal falls off. Phoebus is of course sorry for the both them. Esmeralda comes upstairs to reunite with her soon-to-be husband and Quasimodo and sees the dead Beast, which breaks her heart as much as Quasimodo and Belle’s. Then, they see falling stars in the sky, and watch as Beast is lifted into the air and transforms back into a human. As soon as he wakes up and turns to Belle, he says, “Belle, it's me!”. Belle remembers the torn portrait and recognizes the prince. As they kiss, fireworks launch into the air, and everyone who lives in the castle is freed of the curse. The Beast (now Prince Adam) tells Quasimodo that he can now call him Prince Adam, but he’ll accept “Beast” as his nickname. The now human versions of Mrs. Potts, Lumiere, and Cogsworth tell the gargoyles that their secret about being alive will be safe with them (similar to what Madellaine, Quasimodo's future wife will say to them in "The Hunchback of Notre Dame 2".), and Belle dances with Prince Adam in the ballroom of the castle.

For the ending/epilogue of this crossover fanfiction, a double wedding would be held inside the cathedral of Notre Dame, with Prince Adam and Belle now entitled King Adam and Queen Belle. And in turn, Captain Phoebus will be married to Esmeralda, with Quasimodo serving as the best man for both Adam and Phoebus. The Archdeacon marries both couples, allowing them to have their “I dos”, and announces his retirement. He would say goodbye to Quasimodo and hug him, and sometime after the wedding, Quasimodo would carve wooden statues of Belle (in her signature yellow dress), Beast, Lumiere, Cogsworth, Mrs. Potts, Chip, and all of Beast’s other servants who were once household objects (If you wanted to, you could also have a scene before the double wedding with Belle and Adam visiting the Bell Tower. Prince Adam would be impressed that Quasimodo has so many wood carvings of the townspeople, as well as the model of Notre Dame. And perhaps, Belle can assure Quasimodo that someday, he’ll find a woman just like her, who understands that despite his outside appearance, Quasimodo as a good heart, which is what he helped Belle learn.).

THE END

This could a bit of adjusting, but hopefully you enjoyed reading my crossover scenario.

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francis-writes · 2 years ago

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Regarding my last ask about alt-fasion reader, I was thinking Dr Facilier, Hades, Jafar, Ursula, Gaston and Frollo

Hey! Sorry but i didn't include dr facilier, i just had no idea what to write about him

Disney villains with reader who wears alt fashion

Hades He just thinks that you look really hot. Your outfit was probably first thing that catched his eye and then he noticed that you're even more stunning so he came closer and started flirting with you (just as he always do, we know how smooth he can be) Hades spoils you with new clothes, accessories, whatever you would dream about. Even if you don't ask, he will often buy you something he thought you would like and make you a surprise gift. Everything for you.

Jafar Jafar knows some things about fashion, he's always well dressed and he knows how to make impression but for him clothes are a way to show his wealth and position. So he may have some problems with understanding that you dress ignoring conventional trends just to express yourself through your style. But he encourages you to do whatever you please and spoils you with new clothes. Whatever to make you happy.

Ursula She's the most enthusiastic about your style. Ursula isn't afraid of showing her style and she really appreciates people who are bold enough to look as they want. She may also get curious and dress one day in your style.

Gaston Honestly, at the beggining he's skeptical. Gaston is a conservative after all and he never saw alt fashion before so it's new to him (and he has problems with accepting changes in his worldview) But it doesn't long last before he starts to appreciate your look. Not that he becomes fan of this style himself, he just decides that hot person is hot however they dress.

Frollo First thought, he wants to send your soul straight to hell but lets be honest, he wants to send there practically everybody except himself. He's quite suspicious at the beginning as he would be with every outfit that isn't conservative and overly modest. It also looks a bit... witchy to him. But (of course he won't admit it, trying to keep the mask of a pious judge) it really turns him on. He may become more... flirty? Seductive? Whatever you call his specific way of trying to ask someone out.

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pk-smokey · 5 months ago

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(probably) The last things I'll say about The Frollo Show are these:

I really appreciate the consistency that's maintained throughout the series.

It's a charm point that almost definitely doubled as a time-saving technique. If the series evolved at the same rate chincherrinas's (the series creator) skill improved, I believe he would have gotten burnout and dropped it before like, episode 15. A skilled creator purposefully holding themselves back is easily the one thing that resonates the strongest with me. That's why my favorite Gmod video (I'd argue that it should be referred to as a single video despite being uploaded as two separate videos) is Product Man eventually retrieves his soda. It was purposefully split into two episodes to mimic the old 15 minute restriction YouTube used to have for videos, it follows the outdated "Freak Fortress" concept for crafting characters in older Gmod videos, and all animation is done frame-by-frame inside of vanilla Gmod, with no additional assistance on visuals using outside addons or editing software. The audio sources are purposefully of inconsistent quality and are purposefully dated, presenting itself as a linear improvement on a notably dated style of creating art, rather than an evolution that grew with it's peers. It successfully shows the appeal that style of video had with creators and viewers all those years ago, referencing the creator's earlier work inside that same format back in that same time period, but it also updates the formula just enough to maintain relevance with the newer generation. And because I started a numbered list all the way up there,

2. I love how chincherrinas uses a mix of popular YTP sources, common internet jokes, and very, and I mean VERY, niche sources for the series.

Like as an example, it's The FROLLO Show, it uses Frollo from the Hunchback of Notre Dame, and Gaston from Beauty and the Beast, as the two main characters. But later in the series, it uses a sports caster? news anchor? from Brazil or whatever as an enemy the gang needs to defeat. It's a literal who moment, but it's presented with such confidence that you have to accept that the guy is a serious threat in the story.

3. I just love how sloppy it looks!

True art doesn't need to look detailed. Effort placed into art can never be discerned just by looking at it. Just because something doesn't "look good" doesn't mean it's bad. Even back in the "YTP" era of The Frollo Show, where the creator had random edits with no bearing on the plot whatsoever, there were still certain themes and jokes that kept repeating across episodes in this smaller "arc", ones which are still referenced in the later episodes of the series (the latest entry in the series was uploaded less than a year ago btw!).

Even if the series started without having a concrete point behind it all, Chincherrinas made a point from their own existing work. It became a remix of itself through an art form based solely on the concept of remixing existing media, and became one of the best of it's kind. And even if newer YTP's are technically more impressive with what they do, they don't catch the essence of what makes truly makes YouTube Poops into art.

All art should have a story that froms from previous experiences, either through previous entries in a series, like a story formed from the knowledge of the creator's past, their present, the creator's projectes future, or maybe just knowledge about the creator's preferences for the subject matter of their art.

A story can also form from the viewer's own knowledge and previous life experiences, filling in the "before's" and "after's", and even the "present's" of an art piece. I personally believe that at the truly fundemental level, the concept of a "story" is what justifies art to exist. All art has a baseline story through it's creation (even dudebro grifter AI art), but the interest I personally have is the complexity behind this nebulous concept of a "story."

One creator I have a deep respect for their skill, but I can never appreciate their YTP's, is Geibuchan. They are EXTREMELY talented, and I know enough about their story to appreciate the abstract concept of their art, but unfortunately their works don't resonate with me. Instead of feeling like "a linear improvement on an outdated, remix-heavy format," it comes off to me more like "a linear REGRESSION attempting to mimic the concept of a late 00's, early 10's remix-heavy format."

I know this is an EXTREMELY subjective opinion (and so reductive that it's undefendable), but Geibuchan's YTP's don't feel like a new story to me. They feel more just like "Azumanga Daioh, but slightly to the right" or whatever. I find it difficult to appreciate the story that forms when I struggle to even see that story. All I can feel is the same exact stories from the source material, just shifted to the side, obfuscated behind flashing lights and rapidly spinning images, hidden behind repetitious audio.

Anyhow, do you think it's obvious that I finally got my Adderall refilled? I even got put on a higher dose!

My three favorite YTP series are, in no particular order:

The Frollo Show

DELIVER US

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#sexy thoughts from my massive brain

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hannahhook7744 · 1 year ago

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Influencer Hannah Hook (Au);

The internet, tv, and wifi quality are all largely improved by Carlos’ invention (that also unintentionally punched a hole in the barrier briefly but who cares about that) and because of that many isle kids become influencers.

Including little eleven year old Hannah Hook who thinks others will find her life as entertaining as she does.

So starts making Royal Media accounts.

She becomes hannahhook7744 on Royallr, InstaRoyal, ZapChat, and just Hannah Hook on GraceBook.

She creates a Geniemail and makes fanfiction of all her favorite shows on Ro3 under the name ‘Slimeypirate’ after getting a nasty comment with the insult on one of her RoyalTube videos (in which she posts vidoes under the account names ‘Hannah Hook’ and ‘The Stormbringer Crew’).

And She just has fun with it because Hannah has nothing better to do.

And neither do her crew and family.

Hannah does anything and everything she can think of to keep her and others entertained.

She pranks the Coachmen, Judge Frollo, Mother Gothel, Cruella de Vil, Gaston, and even Maleficent.

She plays her favorite game ‘Piss off the Villain’ on camera and narrowly avoids getting shot on camera.

She plays all kinds of different games, does reactions, makes roasts, makes theories, and reads all her favorite books. Shows people how to go on an adventure and how to take care of little kids and even attempts cooking (as her friends beg her not to in the background).

Hannah even plays with fire and does circus tricks (which Hermie Bing joins her for).

Oh and she’s gotten into fights with her siblings on camera.

There’s even a live stream on her channel where she’s blasting one of the bad apples songs as she plays ‘Carriage Crush’ with a green toddler she calls ‘Harley’ in her lap and as her dad and uncle Jasper have a three hour long (violent) fight in the background until her grandmother breaks it up.

And another one where she and Luke play ‘Storm the Castle’ (with two toddlers in their laps) as Hans Westergaard, The Stabbington Brothers, Lady Caine, Stalyan, Brock Thunderstrike, Anastasia Tremaine, and Drizella Tremaine all argue (loudly) with Lady Tremaine in the other room.

While the other Tremaine and Stabbington kids (minus the youngest four Tremaines who are in the room with them) fight upstairs.

And another (24 hour) live stream where Hades is asleep in the background the entire time.

Even as Treycor and Alex throw knives at each other and Luke.

All posted on school nights/days.

And they have several videos where they're in the various restaurants of the isle. Eating food that wouldn't be up to code in Auradon.

Making food that wouldn't be up to code that they also eat.

And they even get tattoos once at 12 years old. After officiating a wedding.

Auradon is more than a little concerned.

And the isle kids are all just confused as they keep doing what they're doing.

Doing death defying stunts and games.

Summoning things (and screaming in fright when Hades walks into the room to ask them to stop).

Swimming and wrestling with crocodiles, Tigers, and sharks.

Giving the Auradon adults heartattacks in the process.

(Note this is a separate au to the main one).

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dragoneyes618 · 3 years ago

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Gil was sidling his way over to the side of the yard, trying his best to be unobtrusive. Which was difficult for someone of Gil's size and weight. His brothers always told him that he was clumsy and always messed everything up. Although they weren't much better themselves.

The yard was crowded. A couple dozen villains filled it, all straining for the best view of the duel. Many of them had placed bets on who would win.

Duels weren't always messy, but sometimes they could be, if one or both parties were skilled with swords or daggers or whatever the chosen weapon was. Then there might be a lot of blood-or a body, if the duel was to the death, which rarely but occasionally happened, or if one party had gotten carried away, or simply stabbed a little too hard in the wrong place. Then he-it was usually a he; women seldom settled disputes through duels, especially not in the backyard of Gaston's Duels Without Rules. If Uma had a grievance with someone, for instance, they would just fight on her ship.

Anyway, then the winner would walk away with whatever he had won-food, weapons, money, respect, revenge-and Gil would have to clean up. Gil always had to clean up. Unless he wasn't there, which was why he was trying to remain unnoticed on the side. If his father wouldn't see him, he would tell his brothers to clean up instead.

And the two duelers in question were each very skilled with a sword, it seemed. Judge Claude Frollo and Arawn the Horned King were battling each other, and neither showed any sign of letting up.

The Horned King's eyes glowed a devilish red as he raised his sword to block a strike from his opponent. Despite his rotting green flesh literally hanging off his bones-but gruesome sights were no curiosity on the Isle-he barely staggered back as the swords met, standing his ground and pressing his sword forward with undying strength. And the Horned King certainly looked undead.

His jagged, snaggly teeth didn't look as if they had ever been white, and some of them protruded nearly all the way out of his mouth. His skin was a sickly yellow-green, almost chatreuse, that was even more of an ill viridescent pallor than Maleficent's. His nose was almost completely gone, leaving nothing but an empty hole in the middle of his face. His grotesque grin inspired terror in almost anyone who saw it. And of course, the horns that gave him his namesake were gnarled and twisted, stretching up a full foot into the air. They were the same color as dead tree branches, except that the top four inches of both of them were permanently stained a rusty red-brown. This was why the Horned King tended to win most of the duels he fought.

That wasn't deterring Judge Frollo, however. The judge's grey eyes glittered with menace as he moved forward to strike again at the Horned King. Despite his age, he was an excellent swordsman, and he moved with the agility of a far younger man. He was strong, too, although his hair was grey with age; he struck the Horned King's sword with a blow so forceful that the horned-zombie, sorcerer, monster, whatever he was-actually staggered back a pace. He was tall, dressed all in black, and glared at the Horned King the way Gil's mother had used to look at mud all over her nice clean floor. "Fell demon," he spat.

The Horned King attempted to stab Frollo from the side. "Sanctimonious zealot," he retorted as the judge easily blocked him. Neither participant showed a sign of letting up.

Gil didn't know what "sanctimonious" meant, and he didn't know why the judge had said "fell" when the king hadn't fallen. He didn't know how the duel had started, either. All he knew was that the Horned King had come to see if the shop had any broken weapons he could buy to melt and make new cauldrons, and the judge had come to buy some new swords for his soldiers, and suddenly they were dueling.

Then again, in a place like the Isle, where a disparate population had been crammed together for years, not having a break from each other, where tempers ran high and tolerance ran low and grudges lasted for a decade, random sudden duels were nothing new.

Gil reached the fence that surrounded the yard, and made his way along it, trying to get his way to the corner farthest away from everyone else but that would also allow him the best view of the fight.

"Oh - pardon," he said automatically, bumping into Claudine, the judge's daughter, who was already there.

Real villains didn't say they were sorry, as Gil's father always yelled at him whenever he accidentally did so. Gil's father wasn't here now, luckily; he was up at the front of the yard, supervising the fight. But Gil tried to look tough and intimidating, to make up for his lapse. He hoped it was working.

Claudine glanced at him and murmured, "C'est bon," and it wasn't until she assured him that it was fine that he realized he'd spoken in French.

Gil knew French, because his father and mother were from France. Sometimes he got mixed up and would speak in French instead of English, or vice versa. His father would always yell at him whenever he did that. Speak English instead of French, that was. If he spoke French instead of English at school the kids who didn't speak French would laugh and make fun of him, until the kids who did speak French showed up-which was a lot of them. Apparently France produced a lot of villains, for so many of its citizens to end up on the Isle-and then they would have a fight. People always found something to fight about, on the Isle.

Gil wondered if Claudine's father also got mad at her if she spoke English instead of French. He knew that her father was from France-from the capital, Paris, actually, instead of a little village like his father and D'Arque were. Sometimes his father and the judge and D'Arque-he liked to be called "the doctor," but everyone knew that if you wanted a doctor who actually helped you and didn't want to cut your brain open, you went to Facilier-would talk to each other-in French, of course-and reminisce about France and how awful the Isle was and how they, as Frenchmen, were better than everyone else. These meetings usually ended with Gaston and D'Arque yelling at each other about whose fault it was that the plot to put Maurice in the asylum had failed and Frollo stalking out in disgust.

Claudine didn't go to school with Gil, so he didn't know if she spoke French instead of English by accident either. Her father taught her at home. Gil wished that he didn't have to go to school all day, but he didn't want to have to stay home with his father either. His father would just get mad at him for everything. At school people still got mad at him, but he was allowed to punch them, and he had Uma and Harry. At home he didn't.

He wondered if Claudine was lonely. She didn't even have an Uma and Harry to be friends with. She didn't really talk to anyone, except once in a while Harriet or Carlos, but not often enough for them to be her Uma and Harry.

Claudine was watching the fight, her eyes nervously flicking from her father to the Horned King. She bit her lip, twisting her fingers around each other.

Claudine had dark hair and pale skin and eyes that always looked like they were watching out for something, even when there wasn't a duel going on in the middle of a noisy, crowded yard. She look overwhelmed. Gil thought that Claudine was maybe the kind of person who liked quiet places without people, or only a few of them at least. Sometimes he felt like he wanted a quiet place with only a few people, to have some time for himself and his thoughts, but he knew his father would just laugh at him if he said that, so he didn't.

"So, who do you think is going to win?" Gil asked, still speaking in French-after all, she knew it-and trying to be friendly and make conversation like his mother used to tell him.

Claudine didn't answer.

"Oh, right," Gil remembered. "You're nervous about what's going to happen if the Horned King kills your father, exacte?"

Claudine looked slightly ill.

Gil wondered what he was doing wrong. Wasn't making small talk supposed to be a good way to make friends?

Maybe she didn't want to talk about the fight. Gil wondered what he would feel if his father died in a duel. He didn't want to think of the answer.

"So what happened?" he wanted to know. "How did they start?"

Claudine folded her arms around herself. "Father came to buy weapons for his soldats, soldiers-he doesn't trust them not to sell them on the street for money. I don't know why the...the demon is here. Father says he will cleanse the earth of all like him."

"That's kind of like what Monsieur D'Arque says," Gil remembered. "He says he wanted to get rid of all magical beings like King Beast. But it didn't work, and he ended up here on the Isle with everybody else. Hey, is it true that your father executes people in your basement?"

Claudine blanched and didn't reply. Gil supposed that if his father executed people in the basement he wouldn't want to talk about it either. Especially if he had to clean up all the blood afterwards.

"So, what are you afraid of?" he asked conversationally.

Claudine blinked at him. "Quelle? Why?" Her face went all stiff and blank, as though worried that she'd asked a question, but Gil didn't mind. He always liked it when people answered his questions, so he was glad he could answer hers. Besides, it was only fair, since he'd brought it up in the first place.

"My maman used to tell me that people who are friends know each other's fears and strengths," he said. "So I figure if I'm getting to know someone I should know that about them. I can tell you what I'm afraid of. Heights. Also my brothers. And-yeah."

Claudine regarded him for a moment, as though guessing what he hadn't said. "It is a terrible thing, to fear one's brothers," she said finally.

Gil shrugged. It was what it was. Besides, Claudine didn't have any brothers. Which meant she was lonely. But Gil would take loneliness over his brothers, usually. They weren't very nice.

"So," he said again. "I told you what I'm afraid of. What about you?"

Claudine hesitated, and Gil remembered some of the things the judge talked about. He didn't understand most of it.

"What are you afraid of on the Isle?" he asked. Things on the Isle, he knew and understood.

Claudine looked like she was looking at something far away, but there was nothing behind Gil but the chain-link fence.

"Fire," Claudine said finally, in a whisper. She rubbed her arms like they hurt her, or an old scar was itching.

"Yeah, big fires can be scary," Gil said quickly, in an attempt to avoid the implication he didn't want to think about. "Remember that time lightning hit-"

The crowd shouted, and both Gil and Claudine looked in time to see the Horned King's left horn falling to the ground as Judge Frollo's sword complete its arc in the air and landed with its point on the ground. The Horned King roared in anger, but Gaston got in between the two of them.

"All right, rules are clear!" He shouted. "First blood wins, that's the judge over here!"

The Horned King, his head tilting somewhat lopsidedly, tried to argue that the judge hadn't gotten first blood because his horn wasn't bleeding, but the judge in question paid him no attention. He collected the swords he'd needed to buy, paid, and turned for his daughter.

"Claudine!" He called. "With me! Now!"

Claudine sort of jumped a tiny bit, and then walked very fast, tensely, to her father. He told her something in a whispered undertone, then turned without looking back and stalked towards the door. Claudine followed, her face perfectly blank again, as usual.

"Bye," Gil called in her direction, waving.

She looked back, for a moment. Her eyes met his. Then she was through the door and gone.

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raeynbowboi · 4 years ago

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Disney Villains in DnD

With the Disney Princesses and Princes, I put them into parties, but for the villains, I’m going to start by listing the ones powerful enough to be a Warlock Patron in descending order of power (by their base form). The rest are ordered by the release date of their film. I’m not going to cover all of the Disney villains in this one post, as there’s just too many, and not all of them map easily onto DnD.

CHERNABOG THE DARK MASTER

AS BIG BAD: Archfield Patron Warlock (Asmodeus)

As Playable Character:

Race: Asmodeus Tiefling Background: Courtier Class: Divine Soul Sorcerer (Evil) Skills: Insight, Deception, Intimidation, Persuasion

The Devil on Bald Mountain, Chernabog stands as Satan and Lucifer incarnate, the Disney-Canon equivalent to the Prince of Darkness, and the ruler of Hell. Like with Maleficent and Hades, Chernabog lacks a stat block, being a Greater Deity, and King of the Archfiends, Ruler of the Nine Hells. As a playable character, Chernabog doesn’t lend out his hellish powers or get them from an outside source. Instead he is a Tiefling with the infernal bloodline of Asmodeus (Lawful Evil) running through his veins. When he was an angel, Lucifer would have been a courtier, standing in the shining Court of Heaven before he was banished to Hell. His skills make him adept at lying to and manipulating people, as Insight lets him learn a person’s desires, and then use lies and honeyed words to lead them astray in his service. Consider this a free “how to play as satan” build.

MALEFICENT THE WICKED FAIRY

As Big Bad: The Raven Queen

As Playable Character:

Race: Hexblood Background: Noble (History, Persuasion Intimidation) Class: Wildfire Druid Skills: Arcana, History, Intimidation, Perception

Lore-wise, Maleficent uses “All the Powers of Hell”, but in terms of Dungeons and Dragons, the Wildfire Druid gives Maleficent the best parallels to her powers, as she’s able to grow a wall of thorns, call a bolt of lightning, Polymorph into a fire-breathing dragon, and spread fire. It also works lore-wise as the Wildfire Druid destroys the very forest they swore to protect. As a Hexblood, Maleficent becomes a fey hag, able to curse princesses and disguise herself as a racial ability. As the Big Bad, Maleficent maps perfectly onto the Raven Queen, ruling over the shadowfell, summoning the Heartless to do her biding, and loaning Diablo to those who worship or swear fealty to the Raven Queen.

HADES GOD OF THE UNDERWORLD

As Big Bad: Hades/Death God

As Playable Character:

Race: Mephistopheles Tiefling/Reborn Background: Charlatan Class: Death Cleric Skills: Deception, Insight, Persuasion, Sleight of Hand

For Hades, the God of the Dead, making him into a Cleric was a no-brainer. But Clerics have very limited options for fire magic. Sacred flame and Flame Strike both deal radiant damage, and their only other fire spell is Searing Smite which they got in the spell list expansion. But as a Mephistopheles Tiefling, Hades can also gain temporary access to Burning Hands and Flame Blade, along with Mage Hand. Mephistopheles is also the demon best known for making a deal with Faust, a trait shared by the deal-making Hades. If you’re not feeling the fire theme, or your DM doesn’t like the tiefling subraces, Hades can also work as a Reborn.

THE HORNED KING MASTER OF THE CAULDRON BORN

As Big Bad: Undead/Undying Warlock Patron (Lich)

As Playable Character:

Race: Reborn Background: Noble (History, Persuasion Intimidation) Class: Necromancy Wizard Skills: Arcana, History, Intimidation, Investigation

Ironically, there is a new magic item that maps perfectly onto the Black Cauldron, the Cauldron of Rebirth. But oddly, it can only be attuned by a Druid or Warlock, and the Necromancy Wizard creates the strongest undead thralls, as he adds his Proficiency Bonus to their attack and damage rolls. But if you’d rather have the Horned King be able to use the Cauldron of Rebirth, then make him a Spores Druid. If you absolutely must go warlock, make him an Undead Warlock. As a Warlock Patron, he would be a Lich. In the Chronicles of Prydain books, he served Arawn, God of Death. But the Horned King serves no such master in the Disney film.

JAFAR THE GRAND VIZIER

As Big Bad: Genie Warlock Patron (Efreeti)

Race: Human/Fire Genasi Background: Courtier (Insight, Persuasion) Class: Genie Warlock (Djinni)/Wild Magic Sorcerer Skills: Arcana, Deception, Insight, Persuasion

Jafar is the only one of the patron villains who themselves is a warlock to another patron. In his human form, Jafar has little to no powers. Everything Jafar is able to do is through either his magic snake staff or Genie’s magic. It’s only once he becomes a genie himself that Jafar has his own powers. So, Jafar here is split between two builds. As a human, he’s a warlock relying on a djinni. As a genie himself, he’s a wild magic sorcerer. Technically, he could be both. Play Jafar however you want. As a big bad, Jafar is stuck as one of the most subserviant types of warlock patron, which isn’t so surprising why he’s this low on the patron scale. Only Ursula is technically weaker than him, but that’s only true when she’s in her base form. Once she wields the trident, Ursula is even more powerful than The Horned King.

URSULA THE SEA WITCH

As Big Bad: Fathomless Warlock Patron (Sea Hag/Kraken)

As Playable Character:

Race: Triton Background: Courtier (Insight, Persuasion) Class: Glamour Bard Skills: Arcana, Deception, Insight, Performance, Persuasion Items: Circlet of Human Perfection (reskin as seashell necklace)

I built Ariel as a Fathomless Warlock because in order for her to be on land, she had to make a deal with Ursula. So, with Ursula on land, she can masquerade as Vanessa, using Ariel’s voice to charm and manipulate people. We even see Ursula do this when she charms Eric, so we know that as Vanessa, Ursula could easily run a successful criminal empire using Ariel’s voice to hypnotize and manipulate people into obeying her orders. The Circlet of Human Perfection allows Ursula to maintain a perfect beautiful human disguise without having to eat up spell slots. As a Fathomless Patron, Ursula in her base form is a simple Sea Hag, being much weaker. But once she gets a hold of Dekella, the Bident of Thassa from King Triton, she can grow in both size and power to rival the might of a Kraken. And with Thassa’s divine bident, Ursula can command the tides and all the beasts and monstrosities within it, puting her nearly on par with the powers of a goddess of the sea. But unlike Hades, Maleficent, and Chernabog, even at her near godlike power, Ursula still has a stat block, her bident can still be taken from her, and she can still be slain and defeated.

QUEEN GRIMHILDE THE EVIL QUEEN

Race: Human Background: Noble (History, Persuasion Intimidation) Class: Alchemist Artificer Skills: Arcana, History, Intimidation, Investigation

I really did consider the Transmutation Wizard for Grimhilde, as it has the power to cast polymorph for all of your Frog Prince needs, and a master transmuter can even Restore Youth. But then, the alchemist can brew a potion of transformation, and the chemistry set is clearly how we see Grimhilde using magic. The only magic she performs without the chemistry set is when she creates a gust of wind in front of her magic mirror. She doesn’t even create the lightning bolt for her transformation spell, it just happens to be storming outside, so she’s not controlling the weather either. Plus, the most powerful spell she has is the poisoned apple and she has to summon a bolt of lightning to cast Alter Self, a 2nd level spell. By DnD standards, Grimhilde’s not really that powerful. She doesn’t even fight the player herself in Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep. If you want Grimhilde to be more magical, then go with Transmutation Wizard, but if you want to be more accurate, the Alchemist is how Grimhilde does her magic. Yzma from The Emperor’s New Groove shares a nearly identical build.

CAPTAIN HOOK THE GENTLEMAN THIEF

Race: Human Background: Pirate (Athletics, Perception) Class: Swashbuckler Rogue Skills: Athletics, Deception, Insight, Intimidation, Perception, Persuasion

While Hook’s still a putrid coward, he holds himself quite well, and is the epitome of Lawful Evil, maintaining a strict personal moral code to clash with Peter’s frankly Chaotic Neutral “heroism”. Hook’s not really good at the normal rogue skills like hiding or thieving, but he shines as a manipulative double-talking liar. Long John Silver from Treasure Planet has a similar build.

GASTON LEGUME THE HANSOME HUNTER

Race: Human Background: Folk Hero (Animal Handling Persuasion, Survival) Class: Monster Slayer Ranger Skills: Athletics, Perception, Persuasion Stealth, Survival

As the strapping hero of Belle’s Village, Gaston has the favor of his entire community, keeping them safe from any and all beasties that lurk beyond the city. Too bad he’s as rotten as they come. Likely one of the weakest villains in terms of pure power scale as little more than a local hero, he’s still an iconic enough villain I couldn’t resist adding him. Clayton from Tarzan shares a similar build.

SCAR THE USURPER OF PRIDE ROCK

Race: Leonin Background: Noble (History, Persuasion) Class: Oath of Treachery Paladin Fighting Style: Unarmed Skills: History, Insight, Intimidation, Persuasion

Simba was a druid because he was a wise king who could call upon his people to stand beside him. Scar is a paladin because he has devoted himself to a single goal: his own personal power. Scar shows little wisdom, but has a strong character and savvy charms about him that make him better suited as a CHA caster.

JUDGE CLAUDE FROLLO THE JUDGE OF PARIS

Race: Human Background: Investigator Class: Light Cleric Skills: Insight, Investigation, Persuasion, Religion

This was an easy villain to build. As a religious man worshipping God (who would def fall under Life, Light, and maybe Knowledge) Frollo would go for the one that lets him keep witches warm. His background was chosen as an investigator because he’s responsible for keeping the peace in Paris, and there wasn’t a background option for lawmaker. Noble or Courtier might have worked, but didn’t seem quite like the right fit as they deal more with aristocratic authority and royal court politics.

RIKU THE HEARTLESS KEYBLADE MASTER

Race: Human Background: Soldier (Athletics, Intimidation) Class: Raven Queen Warlock/Hexblade Warlock, Shadow Sorcerer Pact Boon: Blade Skills: Arcana, Athletics, Deception, Intimidation

In the first Kingdom Hearts game, Riku spends most of the game being manipulated by Maleficent. His DnD counterpart would surely be a warlock to her. But Maleficent oddly has not one but three possible warlock patron options. As the Raven Queen, she obviously has the Raven Queen Warlock, but the Raven Queen also created the Hexblade, which come from the Shadowfell, which she rules over. The third is unique to Maleficent, as she is a fairy, and a powerful one at that. Making her a valid choice for an Archfey Warlock. Archfey doesn’t quite fit Riku, but the other two do, and as a Sorcerer, Riku draws power from the Shadowfell which his patron rules over.

DR. FACILIER THE SHADOW MAN

Race: Human Background: Charlatan (Deception, Sleight of Hand) Class: Fiend Warlock Skills: Arcana, Deception, Persuasion, Sleight of Hand

It’s kind of hard to deny that Dr. Facilier is obviously a warlock, though his patron options don’t really come close to a neat fit. Among his choices though, fiend comes the closest to selling his soul to the Other Siders or Shadow Folk. It’s possible he could have sold his soul to the Raven Queen and his shadowy friends are the emissaries of the shadowfell, but as he has no raven or crow familiar, that’s a somewhat weak comparison.

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