agatha and the wish fish from the school for good and evil 💕

The way that the sge movie seems to paint Sophie as a victim pisses me off to the nth degree

She is supposed to be evil and vain and looking down on everyone from the beginning. She looks down on Belle for feeding the homeless woman in the square because the woman was fat, she refuses to eat the food Honora makes for her despite her making Sophie’s favourite because she hates the woman. She makes friends with Agatha initially only as a good deed, treating Agatha as a means to her own ends and not as her own person. She feels no guilt over upsetting Radley who just wants to be her friend simply annoyance that she may not be taken to the school for good because of it. She does deeds she thinks are good such as placing a mirror in the church bathroom so people can go back to the pews looking good and she donates soap to an orphanage. Everything she does is based on the delusion that she is too beautiful and by extension good for her village. Her actions are clearly driven by her vanity and arrogance.

The movie makes Honora seem like an evil stepmother thus making Sophie’s dislike of her appear rational. The movie also changes how the girls first become friends so that it seems to be a genuine friendship on both parts. Because the girls only find out about the school that day, any “good” deeds Sophie does before this day become genuine to an audience. Visually as well, Sophie’s appearance is downplayed immensely: her dress appears to be hand made but not to the quality the original Sophie would want, the duller pinks of the dress make it seem dirty which makes Sophie appear less vain. Especially as her hair doesn’t appear to have had anything done to it nor does she appear to be wearing any makeup. This setup creates a character that is sympathetic to an audience with no vanity, no duplicity and no reason for staying in what is portrayed as a very unpleasant town.

Because of this setup, Sophie being sent to the school for evil makes no sense to an audience and even seems to merely be an admin error the staff are too scared to fix. This creates sympathy for her in an audience as this situation appears to not be her fault at all and looks horrible for her. Additionally Agatha blames Sophie’s action on Rafal and his “blood magic” (which was incredibly unnecessary) thus absolving her of any blame or responsibility for her actions.

All of this combined makes for a completely different character that appears to be a victim of circumstance instead of the original intention of her being this 100% evil girl who has been able to hide behind her beauty and the misconception that beauty makes people good

You think you can hurt me? I ship the ONLY straight ship in the school for good and evil fandom the top post under the tagatha tag hasn’t changed in like two years I keep that ao3 tab open and it’s only got like two filters on it I got TWO one shots the other week and it was the best day of my life this is going to get like three notes I still get the best fanart of Tedros and Agatha on PINTEREST

Dovey: Call the kids, they're not listening to me

Lesso: I'm not their mom

Dovey: Just do it.

Lesso, to nevers: Okay nevers! Go back to your dorms

Nevers: [Immediately following like ducklings]

Dovey:

Lesso: no listen LISTEN I'm not their-

WELL I GUESS IM DONE? Crazy, but there we are

A whole finished piece

I feel like if Agatha had been thrown into big poofy gowns that she clearly didn’t like or was comfortable in, and didn’t have her hair perfectly done in every scene, it would have been better than having her transition right away. I know we have that one clip where she sits down and her hoop skirt pops up to show that she isn’t used to these dresses and stuff, but after that there’s nothing! Maybe if her posture was bad compared to the others or she threw her old coat over her dress so she could stick her hands in her pockets it would have worked! I didn’t like how it seemed Agatha fit in with the Evers right away. Her hair clearly took time to style, something she didn’t bother with in her town back home, so having her hair be down and unstyled would have brought some of that Agatha charm to her look! Plus then at the end when she shows up with her hair done, wearing a beautiful dress thay she truly feels beautiful in, it could have shown the “she was beautiful all along,” part of the book!! One thing that upset me was that we got her in this boring Cinderella like dress which didn’t suit her at all, when in the books she walks in with a MIDNIGHT BLUE gown with a velvet train and gold leaves on her dress!! She found a happy medium for Ever style with her dark black style, which was this beautiful dark blue! Her confidence in the dress made her feel so pretty and she had the room go SILENT when she entered! And then when Sophie enters and slyly comments about the new princess in the school only to mock gasp when she realizes it’s Aggie?? Ugh it would have been so good!!

The school for good and evil should've been a show made by people who actually care about the source material

Tedros: Look, you’ve got to treat a woman like you treat your sword

Agatha: Go on.

Tedros: No... I sense I’ve made a mistake of some kind

evelyn sader, dean for the school for girls

i really wanted to draw the beautiful evil lady who's absolutely mental. terrified the movie sequel (unavoidable) will butcher her.

Staff member: Aren’t you worried about the Queen your highnesses?

Tedros, looking at king stuff: No.

Staff: But what if someone try’s to do something to her?

Tedros, not looking up: I pity the poor fucker.

Said it before and I’ll say it again, if you are going to have a big role in producing a book to movie adaptation, you should be required to have read the books beforehand to ensure you don’t fuck up numerous plot points and/or get rid of important characters and their personalities

Thinking about how the extent of Tedros and Agatha’s relationship problems is them rehashing the same insecurities for 6 books and could have easily been resolved if Sophie had LET THEM BREATHE FOR TWO CONSECUTIVE MINUTES

Agatha: Okay, that's much better now. Thanks, moms..... Why is everyone staring at me?

Sophie: Did you just call Dovey and Lesso moms?

Dovey: Do you see us as your parent figure agatha dear?

Agatha: No. If anything, I see you both as a bother figure 'cause you always bother me

Lesso: It's okay, we understand.

Dovey: Would you like to join as for a tea?

Agatha, teary-eyed: I would like that thank you.

Well, it’s them

Why can’t a girl boss do anything in a film without it being for a man? YES. I’M TALKING ABOUT THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD AND EVIL. Lady Lesso is CLEARLY a lesbian. She literally said Dovey was the love of her life in the books (they weren’t just friends let’s be honest) WHY WOULD SHE BE INTO RAFAL?? SHE IS A LESBIANNNN.