Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-11058666-20150901033946/@comment-1916997-20150922151628

P3nathan wrote: DavidTennantismyAngel wrote: Fine, but at least she's not a crazy serial-rapist/murder or a nut job who wants to mess with time and erase the existence of thousands of people. That's the reason it was easier to forgive her, lol. I kinda wish she was. Honestly, I was dissapointed with Mal. Not half as dissapointed as I was with Ursula, but I won't get into that. Maleficent was one of my favourite villains and they let her be bad for like five minutes before turning her into the sad mommy who gets teary over rattles and just wishes she had her egg back. Blah!

I want the Maleficent who would've murdered Aurora had it not been for the fairies; who would happily eat Snow and Charming for wronging her; who would never have gotten her ass kicked so many times and looked so weak.

This is why Zelena is so refreshing to me...and why I was so dissapointed that Cruella was killed just as we were given her backstory. Is it really so much to ask that the villains actually be bad and do lots of reprehensible things? This show is going with more of a realistic view on villains, that they don't do bad things just because they want to do bad things, they have actual reasons (some better than others) for doing the bad things. If you think about it, it actually makes the characters (both heroes and villains) more interesting. Regina didn't just make Snow eat the apple because she was prettier than her, Mal didn't just put everyone to sleep because she wasn't invited to a party, etc. I get that it means the villains aren't as crazy fun as if they just did bad for no reason, but it also means the characters are deeper and more real than their fairy tale and/or Disney counterparts.