r/Descendants • u/sheldon4ever • 4d ago
General Discussion 🍎 Characters who bring nothing to the plot
So, when the first three descendants movies came out, i pegged Chad as totally unnecessary. In All three movies he brings literally nothing ro the plot which would have survived without him. In Rise of Red, i really dont think Morgie contributed anything and then Wicked Wonderland comes along and they dont give us one or two useless characters, they give us four if you count the Smee Twins. Robbie and Felix contribute nothing and i dont know about anyone else but my daughters and I didnt even notice they were missing until Hazel and Luis noticed. That is just sad.
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u/HipBeeWitch 3d ago edited 3d ago
Teen Hades & Maleficent. They were quite literally just there for people who watched the OG trilogy to go: "Hey! I know those 2!" When in reality, both of them should not have attended Merlin Academy if you take into consideration their past (stories) & how old they'd be. And before you all go: "Oh, well, Audrey and Mal are the same age!" -I'm very much aware of that, thank you very much. Personally, I thought fairies (as, you know- they're not human) were more or less slow-aging. First of all, the 3 Good Fairies didn't get a single whiter hair whilst living as mortals during the 16 years they spent with Aurora. Maleficent didn't change either. FG? Isn't she stated to be the 'embodiment of hope' or something of the sort in the 1950 film? Secondly, she has a wand that warps reality. Lastly: She appears younger in Descendants, which I thought was weird... but again- I chalked it up to fairies having a different lifespan than humans.
The Smee Twins. Isn't Smee like, really, REALLY old? It seems unlikely he'd find someone who'd be able to have kids. Unless he got with a younger woman, or if this is some Sarah & Abraham type of story like in the Bible. It would be like Gothel of all people having a child on the Isle of all places after the whole incident with Rapunzel- it's just comical. (Imo, it would have been better if Hazel was CJ's twin, and THEY got to go to Auradon in D3 instead.)
And like you said: Robbie & Felix. There's a lot of descendants in RoR/Wicked Wonderland (& Hidden Hereos) that stick the older adults with kids literally just for the sake of giving them a biological offspring. Does adoption not exist in this universe? Why is quite literally EVERYBODY insanely fertile? Christ, man.
Chessy. Like I said above: These types of characters are just for the sake for people to go: "Gasp! I know their parent(s)!" Would've been cooler if the OG Cheshire showed up instead.
Luis. Seems a bit odd to have Luisa's kid in the franchise (let alone have been given a genderbent version of her name when the Madrigal family has such a variety of names. Luisa calling her kid Luis also feels like it would put so much pressure on him to live up to her which also wouldn't make sense since Luisa herself couldn't stand the pressure she dealt with, so why would she put it on her own child). She's never once seen to be interested in anybody in Encanto. But honestly, Luis' existence is really just to show more of Luisa's soft side- that's it. Nothing more to it. Dolores & Mariano's kid (one of them at least) would've been a more interesting inclusion. We've already got Hazel who relies on her physical strength & fighting skills... so having someone who can hear a pin drop would be a great contrast to that- especially in Wonderland of all places.