Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-3393671-20141223011113

So it's been announced that Sebastian Roché  has been cast as King Stefan, the father of Aurora. According to Entertainment Weekly, he will have a complicated relationship with Maleficent. Now I have not seen the film starring Angelina Jolie, but I am aware that the protagonist, Maleficent, had some sort of connection with King Stefan in that particular movie as well. My theory is based on what Aurora has said to Phillip about Maleficent going after her mother in the past back in the second season. I think that there was some form of romance between King Stefan and Maleficent. Perhaps Stefan rejected her, which caused Maleficent to become jealous and declare vengeance on him by targeting her wrath on his wife. Since Aurora also stated that after she went after her mother, Maleficent turned her attention on the princess herself, I think that at some point, Maleficent threatened to harm Aurora with the Sleeping Curse if her mother did not give up King Stefan in order for her to keep him all to herself. This lead Aurora to convince Maleficent to allow her to undergo the curse in place of her mother, which is the sacrifice she is referring to when conversing with Mulan over Phillip's soulless body. However, I'm not sure how this would allow her and King Stefan to be together, although one can argue that this was done simply out of spite for how she was spurned. This is a very predictable theory, but I honestly can't think of anything better. What is everybody else's opinion on this? 