#'why didnt she act rationally to x y and z situations in the first movie' cause she's an abused kid

[dani-luminae]

Mal's D1 arc of being an abused kid and learning what genuine love is, what truly makes her happy, and standing up to her mother, is a wonderful arc and god I wish they'd kept with it.

But making a majority of it rely on a love spell undercuts it so badly.

#disney descendants #descendants #mal descendants #she might have been the 'most well-off' kid by isle standards but she was still abused and neglected #i feel like too many people want to ignore that #'why didnt she act rationally to x y and z situations in the first movie' cause she's an abused kid #and she's unlearning everything she's been taught! #that excuses absolutely nothing of course but it damn explains a lot!