Disney and Its Villain Attempts

Once upon a time—I think everyone has read tales with happy endings with just three words, but let’s be honest: there are no happy endings, which is why I bring you the villain attempts, or rather villainess attempts that Disney has created to ask the mirror.

But let’s be clear—not villains, rather attempts at villains. At no point am I trying to diminish these characters; I’ll just discuss how antagonistic they were, because they only adorned a tale with a happy ending.

If you’ve ever tried to enumerate Disney villains, you won’t take very long, but although these “baddies” have their charm, they forgot to be villainesses at times, and that was the error of their downfalls.

Remember the new villainess, one Maleficent who in the end is a sweetheart? I still can’t explain how she’s managed to be the worst of all, if she hasn’t endured like the Evil Queen did, transforming into an old witch in Snow White and damaging older people’s hearts. That is cruel, but not villainous.

Although she’s carried Disney’s darkest heart for more than 80 years, consumed by bitterness and vanity.

She’s been the only one not allowed a single redeeming characteristic, no musical number, no comedy aside—we haven’t even known her surrender, which is why she’s my favorite evil one, or rather, my favorite villainess.

So, Who is Disney’s greatest villainess?

Let’s not forget her origin: poisoning Snow White’s innocence and clearly causing her death and decay. In contrast, she exists for a purpose. This becomes even more terrifying through the way she works to reach her goal, emerging from shadows disguised as an old woman who looks like my grandmother—and I’d open heaven’s and hell’s doors for her.

But we can’t stay in the past. Let’s give the villain attempts one more opportunity. Maybe Maleficent tries to follow similar tradition, but to me, more than evil, she’s a lack of love—even with power, I don’t consider her a villainess. But perhaps Lady Tremaine can be a villainess, since she replaces magical powers with psychological torture, which is more damaging in this society, since everyone has their mental problems.

But for now, let’s leave it like this—these evil queens keep waiting to be part of the villain world, but I think they’re still on the waiting list. Maybe we’ll accept Tremaine in a few years.

In the end, we can only wait for one of Disney’s villain attempts to truly surprise us.