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saveme-storybrooke-potc · 11 months

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Gideon: You really don't know any dirty jokes? Philip Jr: No. Gideon: Well, maybe you can make one up. Let me help you. Try to think of the three most disgusting things you've ever heard of. Philip Jr: What? Gideon: Okay, I got mine. You got yours? Philip Jr: No. Gideon: All right, I'll let you use mine. Number one... Philip Jr *interrupting*: I don't wanna hear this. Gideon: You know, you're really not getting into the spirit of this. Maybe we need to smear some pimento cheese or something on your face. That'll get you thinking disgusting thoughts.

#ouat #once upon a time #gideon gold #ouat incorrect quotes #source: adventures in odyssey #philip jr #rumbelle baby #sleeping beautys son

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olithetalker · 7 months

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Speculation: Why many people find Ben Florian unlikeable

Okay so just for the record, this is essentially an analysis post on the Disney series - Descendants. Specifically on the character of Ben Florian, but more so about the reception of his character and why I think people have responded to him the way they have. Gonna be fairly longish so yeah. Anyways, hope you enjoy! :)

Introduction

Pretty much ever since I first saw Descendants, I have been a huge fan of Ben. (Which is no secret if you've read my blog ;)). I think Mitchell Hope did a fantastic job with the character, and his performance really drove it home.

So it's always been quite... Confusing to me that so many people don't like his character. Tumblr isn't too anti Ben, but on YouTube videos and on TikTok, a lot of analysis around him is typically quite negative. The charms of the character that I see and that really make the series for me, really don't work on everyone. And that's something I've found very hard to understand.

But as of a conversation I have had with @hannahhook7744.. I had an epiphany. As to why this character just seems to be a breeze of annoyance to many. And I think the answer lies in tropes and expectations.

First let's talk a bit about another character, a fan favourite - Audrey Rose.

What role does the character of Audrey Rose play in feelings of spite toward Ben?

I think most dislike for Ben stems from the story of his ex girlfriend -Audrey. We get shown it to some extent in the first movie, but it's much more explicit in the third.

In Descendants 1, Ben and Audrey were together. And while under the influence of a love spell cast on him by protagonist Mal Bertha, he performs a love song to Mal in front of the entire school. Naturally humiliating Audrey and breaking her heart.

After the performance, Mal and Ben start dating each other, much to Audrey's understandable anger.

The movie ends with Ben and Mal happy together and everyone is delighted about it yada yada. And then we get an entire sequel where Audrey does not make a appearance.

It's then in Descendants 3 that she makes a comeback. We see that she and Ben have been friends since childhood, and that she's still hung up on him.

Then, again publicly, Ben proposes to Mal. Mal happily agrees and everyone is delighted, except of course, Audrey. She is further heartbroken by this.

The devastation Audrey feels from losing Ben to a girl who literally enchanted him, causes her to have a emotionally moving breakdown in her bedroom, singing "Queen of Mean", a song about heartbreak from rejection.... At least that's what it's about at first.

It then turns into a song of vengeance. Audrey swears revenge on Mal and Ben for the ordeal she has been put through. She takes Malificient's sceptre from the Auradon Museum, and it changes her look, style of talking etc etc. She's a new person. A person hellbent on getting even with the two people who are (intentionally or not) responsible for her heartbreak.

And that's where we enter - the tropes.

The Tropes

The kind of character arc Audrey has had is pretty common. A girl gets her heart broken by a guy. Maybe he cheats on her. Maybe he breaks up with her in a unfair manner (like in this case). And the girl decides to get even with the guy and the "other girl" who has taken her place in his life.

Except... Here's the thing.

Most of the time in this story archetype, the guy really is a heartbreaking douchey thob.

I mean think of any time you've seen this storyline other than Descendants. When is the guy who has dismissed the girl ever really portrayed in a decent light?

In this specific situation, it's not that simple. Yes, Ben did break up with Audrey by publicly humiliating her. And yes, that's extremely brutal. But he didn't choose to. He was acting under a mind controlling love spell.

But nonetheless, this is probably the only instance where the guy breaking the girl's heart like that genuinely was not his fault. It's pretty odd to get a situation where the guy cheating on the girl really didn't willingly do anything wrong. But nonetheless that's what this is.

Ultimately 9 times out of 10, the role Ben plays in this archetype storyline really is of the bad guy. And so it is very compelling to see this the same way. To overlook how at least as far as the break up incident itself, Ben was not at fault, and just see him as the jerk who hurt Audrey.

Audrey's story is also relatable to real life stories too

Another thing which sadly does not go in Ben's favour either, is that this kind of story isn't just found in fiction. Art reflects life, and what Audrey is unfortunate to experience, for the most part, is all too real.

Many people are unfortunate to get hurt by their partners in real life through things like cheating, or just something involving a "other girl/woman". And the pain from this.... Is not forgettable.

And so I think a revenge fantasy of hurting the unfaithful person and their new consort is very common.

Add onto that that lines Audrey speaks in D3 are written to be relatable and impactful. ("There's nothing to lose when you're lonely and friendless, I won't let another person take advantage of me, the anger burns my skin third degree, now my blood's boiling hotter than a fiery sea etc)

I think with that, it's all too easy for victims of these sort of situations to project their own case onto Audrey's. To see Ben the same way they see the guy who hurt them. And in some cases, to see Mal as how they see their homewrecker, and perhaps want to see her get hurt by Audrey too.

And in real life, there is no love spell that makes people cheat against their will, like there was for Ben. People in reality who do the thing that Ben did really are responsible for their hurtful actions.

So ultimately, the sorts of real life people Ben is being associated to by viewers, aren't particularly decent.

Also, the revelation that Ben and Audrey are childhood friends just exaggerates all these feelings. The people who have been hurt by partners who actually had significant meaning to them are the ones who will naturally relate to Audrey most. And again, project their own experiences onto this girl and the people in her life.

The mistake Ben DID make; wrong but taken out of proportion

Ultimately, while what Spell!Ben did is the sort of thing that gets done all the time irl, it is also pretty evident that as I keep saying; he wasn't in control of himself when he did it. So for many people, even the ones who can relate to Audrey, that fact will be acknowledged.

But the truth is, there is a mistake Ben made. After the love spell was lifted, Ben never went to see Audrey to comfort her after what happened. No doubt that inaction would have fuelled the already existing heartbreak. I mean if Ben had had a word with her, maybe he could have given her closure and made her feel better. But he didn't.

There is no justification for this. Ben was in the wrong for this failure.

But it should also be considered that Ben isn't a 40 year old man who has just left his wife of 10 years. He is a teenager. He is still developing in terms of maturity.

Communication, especially about difficult topics, isn't something teenagers are the best at. I mean if Ben were to approach Audrey, we can tell that it would have clearly been very understandably awkward for him (again, not an excuse, but a point to consider). I mean, if you had just done something so awful to your childhood friend/ex girlfriend, regardless of whether or not it was your fault, approaching someone who you'd expect is probably very angry about it is quite unnerving.

But none of these factors would be considered by a lot of audience members, and for understandable reason:

Because of the tropes, expectations and their personal experiences, they are pre set to see Ben in a negative light. So the thing he WAS wrong for, they understandably will find it harder to empathize with and see from his perspective.

#disney descendants #disney's descendants #disneys descendants #ben descendants #descendants ben #ben florian #ben son of belle and beast #ben son of beauty and the beast #audrey descendants #descendants audrey #audrey rose #audrey daughter of aurora and philip #audrey daughter of sleeping beauty #character analysis #meta

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hitchell-mope · 8 months

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(After Audrey says yet another thing that pisses Mal off)

Mal: YOU TAKE THAT BACK YOU FUCKING BITCH OR I’LL SLIT YOU OPEN LIKE FUCKING BAGUETTE!!!!

Ben (carrying Mal’s legs): no you won’t

Jay (carrying Mal’s arms): not until you’ve had something to eat first, at least.

Evie (watching the chaos): why do you never carry me like that?

Doug: because you’re unbelievably ticklish under your armpits, around your hips and behind your knees

Evie: oh yeah. That.

#disney descendants #mal bertha #ben florian #bal #ben x mal #mal x ben #benmal #malben #dragon king #jay son of jafar #maljay #benjay #benjaymal #evie grimhilde #doug son of dopey #devie #anti audrey daughter of sleeping beauty

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justatiredcookiemonster · 10 months

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SPOILER CHAPTER 7

Lilia protecting Silver even if in this dream he doesn't even remember him will never not bring me to tears

#twisted wonderland #twisted wonderland eng #silver #lilia vanrouge #chapter 7 #diasomnia #malleus draconia #sebek zigvolt #dream #once upon a dream #the sleeping beauty #briar valley #Twisted Wonderland chapter 7 #i'm in tears #father and son #lilia is the best #huge green flag #do not eat what he cooks tho

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altoskh · 1 month

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Life is so hard. But I get to sit with baby pigs and goats every day and feed my shrimps and go to reptile shows with my wife and play video games and live day by day. Wasn't anticipating being sappy but between loved ones and DND and stuff I've been feeling so much more able to be myself. ^_^ And be proud of what that means. Even if I am shy about it.

#insane son of dzemael who fucked off to be a hairdresser #i miss a lot of people and i hate being tired every day #but i am creating art that is healing to me #i am playing games that make me happy #i am doing my best!!!!#i should be sleeping but i had caffeine :( but i can be in this beautiful world for a little longer :)#and then the boo will pick me up ad we will look at lizards and snakes and rocks and then get food ans hang out #i need to get so much done this weekend but fuck if im not going to have a good timeeeee #2024 is year of do it scared #im trying to be less of a hater too but thats hard. LOL

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dial-p-for-placey · 1 year

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Alright last of my ne round of snow globes!! These ones are 4 inches and $30 each

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suntails · 2 years

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green guy supremacy

#i literally work 80hrs a week rn so all i have time for are these 3min shitpost doodles but im not even complaining this is good content #still wanna make more silvil content to feed my soul but all in due time #patience is a virtue but im not very virtuous #oh i ALSO wanna make more silver malleus sleeping beauty art that shit HITS that hits DIFFERENT okay #me too sebek hes just like me fr #twst #twisted wonderland #twst silver #sebek zigvolt #suntails #ik i keep drawing all the other green biches but would u believe lilia is my fav? these two are just my silly sons but i am marrying peepaw

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pygmalionist · 1 month

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woke up feeling like an entirely different person 👍

#uncharacteristically calm #son of a bitch everythings real etc #it's a beautiful morning though. and i will go back to sleep soon

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pastelchad · 1 year

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Instead of writing fic where you genderbend the ukes and make them str8 couples (😐) genderbend the entirety of sih and make the central conflict about Akihiko and fem!Ritsu's lavender marriage

#sihjr #fem!ritsu's mother would be all about getting her only daughter married and pumping out babies asap #to the point where she threatens to cut her off and get her blacklisted from the publishing industry if she doesnt shack up within the year #ritsu breaks down and cries in front of akihiko abt it and he proposes to her on the spot #of course shes FREAKED bc wtf but then he explains that hes gay and in love w someone he cant have and doesnt want him to know #that he is worried that being outed will ruin the career that his saving grace from his own toxic overbearing family #not to mention the fact that ritsu is beautiful and comes from old money and are around the same age so it wouldnt be too scandalous #and also that he can absolutely tell that shes a huge lesbian so why not just elope and continue living their lives #no one would be able to come up with a reason to disapprove bc they both have similar backgrounds and statuses #their families would be pissed that they married without their 'permission' and just the loss of control over their kids #but they cant admit it out loud so they all would just have to suck it up and play happy family in front of all the cameras #he promises that theyll never share a bed or even a room. she can just sleep in the guest bedroom if she wants #and also hell pay for a nicer apartment with better security #so ritsu is very afraid but her mother has already done some really terrible things to make it so that ritsu would have no choice #but to marry someone. like hiding her passport and promising her daughter to the kohinata family and making it seem like ritsu wants to #marry their son. so she says yes and he goes out and buys her a crazy ring that can be seen from space and sets up a ceremony for later #that month and they get married. this all happens a few years before he meets misaki #misaki ofc is very confused bc akihikos sudden marriage to the beautiful onodera heiress made national headlines years ago so y is he #all over him?? and where IS she?? does she not live in this giant penthouse w her husband and his ocean sized bed?#akihiko tells him not to worry his pretty little head abt all that but misaki just cant be the side piece or a homewrecker!#aki ofc doesnt care bc he knows ritsu doesnt care. theyve both agreed that they can date whoever as long as its discreet and she has #her own life and apartment and only sees him sporadically just to keep up appearances #ritsu and misaki meet at one of his award ceremonies and poor misaki is so confused nd a lil scared bc she is rlly nice #what if its all an act to get his guard down so she can effectively exact revenge for sleeping w her husband? what if she doesnt know??#yknow something like that #headcanons #genderbend

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theinfinitedivides · 5 months

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he's gone.

#lee sun kyun #lee sun gyun #funny how i knew that logically from the moment i got the news but seeing Son Seok Ku and Jung Woo Sung post their little #tributes on Instagram using the same photo.......... with his face in that little frame on top of what looks like the gravesite since #there's the reflection of trees in the headstone......... might not be the gravesite since i just realized it looks like the photo Hye Jin #probably carried as the chief mourner + on closer examination it's propped up against granite(?) so this is most likely either outside #the hall outside the crematorium or outside his final resting place. doesn't matter where it is it's just. think it's finally really hit #now think for the past few couple of days i was in this in-between state where i was flitting back and forth between 'oh God he's actually #gone they're having the memorial it's over' and 'this is a f*cking nightmare and if i try hard enough i'll wake up before the year ends'#well it's the 29th of December and we're not waking up. God #it's all but confirmed i'm penciling in that My Mister rewatch next year so i can ugly cry my way through to get to that beautiful #kinder ending. might also cry myself to sleep later in the evening but don't say i said that

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flutteringfable · 8 months

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the web event gets you money AND a child?????? obsessed i love the itty bitty octobaby

#fable talks 💫#genshin impact #i should name him tbh #my beautiful son deserves a nice name #hmmm how abouttttt……… mimir? since he sleeps all the time in the little bubble?#yeah i like mimir tbh #my beautiful son mimir

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hitchell-mope · 1 month

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i fully believe Adam should have been the villain in Descendants 3 i do have an AU where its Adam who takes the scepter instead of Aud**y (even typing her name makes me barf) in my AU though I've added Anti-Cosmo from Farily Odd Parents to be Adam's sidekick

but at the end both Adam and Anti-Cosmo are taken to jail for the rest of their lives and thats a movie worth watching

Ahhhh. Sounds good. In ZM, Maleficent possesses Chad and then Audrey. Adam teams up with her. Then in the end Chad gets committed to an asylum and Audrey gets exiled from Auradon by devie for a hundred years. Oh. And Adam gets frozen and shattered by Elsa.

#disney descendants #anti chad charming #anti audrey daughter of sleeping beauty #anti beast descendants #anti maleficent descendants #elsa descendants #doug son of dopey #evie grimhilde #devie #zendaya!mal

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fruixtii · 11 months

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ur like silver to me in a way i cannot explsin

oh my god. thank you. i love you

#is it because im always sleepytired #i mean the reason im always sleepytired is because i don’t sleep enough anyways but still #i was literally just about to make a post about how i feel like silver right now #i wish i was as honest and genuine as him #role model fr #i also wish i was as good of a son as him :(#im really bad at getting along with my parents #asks #void 🌑#sayu my beautiful wife 💕

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warm-mangoes-with-chai · 7 months

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Just watched this week's JJK & TGCF eps- I feel wondrous again and I'm gonna be okay 🥹🧡