SerenDippityDooDah on DeviantArthttps://www.deviantart.com/serendippitydoodah/art/Maleficent-470575527SerenDippityDooDah

Deviation Actions

SerenDippityDooDah's avatar

Maleficent

Published:
1.3K Views

Description

Okay, I'm not gonna lie, I was tremendously disappointed with the new Angelina Jolie movie, as the Queen of Evil, herself.

I tried to draw her as she was portrayed in 'Once Upon A Time' for my collection, but honestly, none of it could work. And I'm gonna be honest again, I don't like the way she's written, the way she looks, her role in the show– no offense against Kristin Bauer van Straten, she's not bad, but the character, I think is written so…lackadaisically.  The original was flawless, I don't understand why anybody'd change anything about her, in my opinion it just doesn't work!
I mean, take, for example, the episode she was featured in on "Once Upon A Time in Wonderland" Robin Hood, his Merry Men, and the Knave of Hearts STOLE from her – treasure, and an enchanted mirror. In the show, she knew, but she simply gave them a warning, to paraphrase, she said, "Keep the useless treasure, but return the mirror, it's not worth it!"
To me, that was SO unlike Maleficent.
Maleficent, the Mistress of All Evil, who cursed a newborn baby with death, simply because she wasn't invited to a christening; Maleficent, who planned on keeping the only person who could break her curse in chains for a century, until he was too old to do anything, instead of just killing him. If the real Maleficent could see how she's been portrayed in the media since her 1959 début, if you please, *all* our asses would be grass!

That's why I drew her exactly the way she was in the original, and that's just the way she ought to be, in my opinion. Unchanged.
Next to Chernabog, from Fantasia (1940), she is the most evil Villain in the entire fairy tale franchise. She's a triple threat like no other, and I don't understand why nobody can see that, and do it justice!

And lastly, as I do consider this to be a part of my "Once Upon A Disney" folder, this is meant to be Maleficent when she was fighting Regina for the curse in Season 1, Episode 2, "The Thing You Love Most."
Image size
1560x1328px 230.49 KB
© 2014 - 2024 SerenDippityDooDah
Comments7
Join the community to add your comment. Already a deviant? Log In
Slappy-Snifferdoo's avatar
This looks like it's from the movie. :) Great work. :D