#maleval

[diavalkitty]

#art #digitalart #digital #illustration #comics #fanart #maleficent #diaval #maleficent x diaval #maleficent 2 #maleficent fanart #the sleeping beauty #swamp #maleval

[d-dormant]

i am so normal about this

#maleval #IT'S THEM

[blanchebees]

Rewatched the movie last year and oh these two

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#maleficent #sleeping beauty #malefica #diaval #maleval #artists on tumblr #illustration #art #digital art #traditional art #ink #pencil #doodle #sketch #sketchbook #fanart #my art

[raainstorms]

She began to walk around him slowly, scrutinizing. She had to admit he wasn’t terrible to look at, even for a human. She could have created far worse.

— from Maleficent, a novelization by Elizabeth Rudnick

#maleficent #diaval #maleval #maleficentedit #disneyedit #disney #edits

[rosie-tyler]

#something silly bc i miss them #disneyedit #disneyfilms #maleval #maleficent #diaval #disney

[bemusedlybespectacled]

the problem with trying to get other people into the maleficent movies is that I end up having to explain that the main appeal for me is a guy who spends half of his fifteen minutes of screen time as a bird and the other half as the subbiest sub on god's green earth and not necessarily the actual plot, which is 89% fairy genocide

#the phrase 'fairy holocaust' should not exist AND YET #maleficent #diaval #maleval #otp: let me be your wings

[claustarkalways]

MALEFICENT 3 is confirmed

MALEVAL FANS IS TIME TO RISE AND SHINE

#maleficent #maleval #Diaval #angelina jolie #sam riley #shipper mode on #MALEFICENT 3 #maleficent x diaval #diaval x maleficent

[prxdk]

If I had a nickel for every time a Servant/Malewife adopted and brought home a Blonde Normal Girl for them to raise with their Mistress/Wife, I'd have two nickels, but it's funny that it happened twice.

#Maleficent #Maleval #Maleficent x Diaval #Aurora #Diaval #Alucard #Hellsing #Alucard x Integra #Alutegra #Seras Victoria #Integra Hellsing #Meme

[angelxcre]

he's so babygirl

#diaval #maleval #sam riley #still wondering how he looks so hot and cute at the same time #goth bb

[suchapeculiargirl]

I’ll pay Disney a dollar to make an animated series that revolves around Maleficent and Diaval just hanging out in the moors and falling in love

#maleficent #Diaval #maleval #Disney

[d-dormant]

source

#maleval #maleficent #diaval #maleficent films #maleficent x diaval #look mum i'm a content creator #shitposting #blorbaux from my tapestries

[clumsycapitolunicorn]

THEY BETTER MAKE MALEFICENT AND DIAVAL CANON IN THE 3RD MOVIE OR WHATS THE POINT

#maleficent #maleval #maleficent x diaval #WE ARE SO BACK #I saw a third movie confirmed #they better make it about aurora parent trapping her goth parents so help me

[raainstorms]

Whatever you need. Wings. I need you to be my wings.

#maleficent #diaval #maleval #maleficentedit #disneyedit #disney #edits #maleficent 1 #maleficent 2 #series: maleficent

[rosie-tyler]

Just gonna leave these here

#“annoyed by his unwillingness to spar with her” GIRL #the last one is so funny like they start bickering right in front of the dying philip GET A ROOM #and aurora doesn't even look at them #“yeah this is my life” #anyway this book was really sweet #maleval #maleficent #diaval

[gavranica]

As much as I have my issues with "Maleficent: Mistress of Evil", I will be forever grateful that it gave us these two precious maleval moments.

The way Diaval takes off her cloak, like he's shielding her from unwanted stares, and she's looking at him wide-eyed and trusting 😭

The way he casually touches the small of her back and whispers "let her go" into her ear like a loving partner of two decades 😭

If there's ever a third movie, please oh please don't take this away 😭

#maleficent #diaval #maleval #disney #angelina jolie #sam riley #maleficent 2

[vampyrekat]

cant believe i forgot about maleficent and her emo boytoy omg thank you for cleansing the timeline🫶

I am so pleased to bless the timeline with a fine vintage ship, come join me in savoring it. I checked out the novelization on a whim (commuting) and I was like, oh right! I forgot this movie and specifically this ship was made in a lab for my brain. So now I've rewatched the film and I'm lost in the sauce.

I love that Maleficent/Diaval is the story of two people accidentally raising a baby into a teenager together and the whole time Maleficent is oblivious (not her fault! she has bigger things going on!) while Diaval is like "that's my wife, she's terrifying. i love her. <3" Even when Aurora meets them properly as a 15 year old, Maleficent is Going Through It™ while Diaval is just so hype to finally introduce himself to his child.

Pictured above: moments that really did a number on me. He raised this kid and now he gets to finally meet her properly and they're both so delighted by it while Maleficent watches from the corner like }:-(

I really feel like the most beautiful and unique part of it is the genuine backtalk; Diaval might start out subservient and he certainly maintains that position but as time goes on he proves himself perfectly willing to correct or backtalk Maleficent. He basically functions as a reminder of her heart and moral compass while she is recovering from her hurt (and subsequent revenge bender) and it's delightful to watch because you rarely see a position where a male character is so open and honest while the woman gets to have the delicious redemption arc. Maleficent is going through an enemies-to-godfamily relationship arc with Aurora while Diaval is patiently waiting for her to realize he's got heart eyes (AND for her to realize she does actually love Aurora, that's another great element, he realizes this LONG before Maleficent does and tries to gently nudge her over to that revelation). But also this:

He really said "I am just pretending to be afraid of you; I know you won't hurt me even if you push me around" and he was right. What a lovely thing to be playing out as the B or maybe C-plot. There's enough insane drama happening, it's nice that there's something a little lighter and more steady in the background of the story.

Another thing I was musing on through the book and film -- as much as I adore found family and platonic love, it's nice to see a story where a victim of what is clearly coded as sexual assault and is at least intimate partner violence finds love again. I know Maleficent & Diaval isn't technically 'canon', but again, the film was juggling enough relationship arcs with Maleficent & Aurora and Maleficent & Stefan. It's okay, in my eyes, for the romance element to be subtext, when it's clearly still important and given some narrative space and weight.

I had a more coherent thought but finally found a gif of just this moment (thank you, @raainstorms, you spoil us all) so instead you get this. I love it. Maleficent really said "go defend our kid who I haven't realized yet is our kid" and Diaval said "understood". Never proposed but nevertheless they've been married for years.

"Who fell first vs. who fell harder" is defunct. "Which one is the evil minion who adopted the baby on sight and who is the Evil Empress who had to slowly realize they love the baby" is the vintage yardstick everything else has to measure up to. I will read 100,000 fanfics of Maleficent only belatedly realizing that somewhere in the process of acquiring her goddaughter she also acquired a husband. Maybe she acquired the husband first, she certainly does not know. Diaval understands this and is okay with it, Aurora probably doesn't understand in the slightest how her godmother did not pick up on anything.

And the sequel! I realized after reading some other posts that I did NOT remember the sequel correctly because my memories are "fairy genocide and also Diaval and Maleficent are co-parenting". Apparently somewhere in there Maleficent is shoved into a love triangle with two men who are not her long-term boytoy/coparent/external moral compass, which is ridiculous, because the film ends with them attending their daughter's wedding in matching outfits.

If Maleficent 3 (boo hiss at Disney, make something new, cowards) isn't about Aurora parent trapping them I am going to riot in the street.

TL;DR: My roommate described maleval as this post and I have not been able to shake it from my mind because it really, really fits:

#Kat Answers #amethyinst #maleval #maleficent x diaval #diaval x maleficent #i'm tagging because I am always down to chat about this thank u #also i think it was my roommate but if it was one of my beloved tumblr people please remind me xoxo #I DID IT I FINALLY REPLIED TO AN ASK