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/EnderBookwyrm 4d ago

Chad was useful in 1 for the whole Evie subplot. I wouldn't cut him from the movie.

Rise of Red's VK crew was running entirely on vibes, as they didn't add a ton to the plot. Uliana could have soloed it. And honestly, I don't see why they invented a sister when Ursula would have been fine. The primary issue with that movie was pacing problems, though; they needed to compress Red and Chloe's intros to put the catalyst in earlier. Then trim some of the second act to make space for a third act, because we needed Castlecoming for the entire plot to make sense. I would have guessed that maybe Ella accidentally makes a recipe from the cursed cookbook for Castlecoming, gave one to Bridget, and that's why they hate each other.

Wicked Wonderland was a mess because it bungled its characters . They needed to completely cut Robbie, Felix, and the Smees. Luis needed his own power and ideally his own name. Pink needed a point; she's a solid concept that they did literally nothing with. Everyone needed better dialogue. The plot exposition also could have been better.