These days, the triumphs of fictional characters are the only monumental thing that’s happening in my life.
Part of me feels as though I’m being bestowed time to witness some awesome films and play some mind-blowing games.
Another part of me feels pathetic that my ripest
age was spent lounging and cheering on people who don’t exist.
But they do hit so close to home though, these fictional beings. I guess if you're put in that same situation, you would've rooted for yourself to win, just as much as you want your favourite character to get their happy ending.
Maybe we're just creating all these stories and characters to forget our troubles for a while, believing that, for a moment, anything is possible.
But to me, the reason why they’re so real and relatable is probably their human side..or better yet, their dwindling moral compass.
You know those characters with their high principles and virtues which they hold themselves proudly to? When things go bad, you would see their moral standards slowly being tested bit by bit, until finally they became who they despise.
And after all the terrible deeds that they've committed, you’ll think that this is the right thing to do after all.
Even so, the audience knows what the character has gone through, so it sits well with them, but definitely not to any outsider who doesn’t know the backstory.
Oh, villains get this plot a lot.
It’s not wrong to write a villain with a sad backstory that justifies why he/she ended up that way, but it isn’t right to love someone just because you can sympathise for their actions either.
If I were the antagonist, I would rather be labelled
‘born bad’ than to say I’ve changed because of XYZ and choose to live off
someone’s sympathetic remarks forever.
That’s my take on it. Cruella is
awesome.