Descendants theory: 2018

vrijdag 7 september 2018

10K views!!!

Thank you all so very much for all your support. Just saw we hit 10.000 views and I really couldn't be happier. With Descendants 3 coming up, I promise to make my content even better and make you Descendants fans happy from behind my computer.

Long live Evil!

~Michiel~

maandag 9 juli 2018

Descendants theory: The Descendants 3 Plot

So, untill we get more clues on Celia, Squeeky and Squirmy so I can make theories about their "other parents" this is my first Descendants 3 theory post. It's about what the plot will be about.

Number 1: The time-line

Since the characters don't appear to be much older, I assume the story takes place less than a year after Descendants 2. But because of Chad's new hair and all the new features like vehicles and clothes it can't take place right after Descendants 2.

Number 2: It's Jane's birthday

For everyone who missed it: this picture has been floating around the internet for quite some time:

So it's Jane's 15th (or most likely 16th) birthday and it appears to be in the forest. Which brings us to:

Number 3: The mysterious cottage

It dawned on me only yesterday that there are actually two forest cottages built for Descendants 3. I saw like 800 pictures of this house in the forest and only yesterday by comparing a few I see that there are actually two:

To distinguish I'll call the upper one the Tudor cottage and the lower the Cobblestone cottage. My belief is that the cobblestone cottage is actually where Fairy Godmother, and her daughter Jane live. In the past I always assumed it was somewhere at Auradon Prep but now with Jane's birthday in the forest near that exact cottage.

The Tudor cottage is a bit of a trickier one, but I think it will be used in a dream sequence, similar to Ways to be Wicked in Descendants 2. I got this idea from this picture:

It's from the official youtube account of Disney Descendants. I just figured: it can't be on the Isle because it's in a forest. So why is it all gloomy and mysterious with fog and red lights? I believe that Mal is afraid of becoming either a villain or a vulnerable princess in Sleeping Beauty's shoes.

The tree in the middle of the house just gives it the same vibe as Aurora's cottage in Sleeping Beauty. Maybe it's there she dreams of Audrey turning into Maleficent? That doesn't explain Chad being in her dream as well, though.

Number 4: Is Audrey evil?

So Audrey being dressed up like Maleficent really stirred the Descendants fandom. My previous idea was that she appears as Maleficent in Mal's nightmare, but that doesn't explain Chad. What I do know is: she's wearing a costume. The staff she holds isn't Maleficent's. In Descendants we see it being a different shade of green and besides...according to the books, anyone who touches the staff would sleep 1000 years unless he or she is related to Maleficent. Aaaaaannnd, the staff disappears in the end of Descendants 1. When Maleficent turns into a dragon, the staff turns with her and is gone. It's still gone when she turns into a lizard and isn't mentioned as being in the museum like all other magical things in Auradon in Descendants 2. My new idea is: For Jane's birthday, Audrey insists on performing as Maleficent in a play probably featuring some other descendants as well, but Maleficents spirit takes over Audrey's body. When Chad comes to check on her (he plays Prince Philip) he realises what happened and is like: oh shiiiiiiiiiiiiiit.

Number 5: What happened to the Isle?

In the end of Descendants 2, Ben and Evie begin a program to allow more children from the Isle to abandon their families and join Auradon Prep. They start with Dizzy but it looks like more propaganda is happening on the Isle:

The posters are a little hard to read but I think the five on the right say: "MAL: choose [unreadable]"
There are four posters on the left of Mal, Carlos, Evie and Jay. I think that these are posters by Auradon to inspire VK's to choose goodness.

In this photo, if you tilt your head 90 degrees to the right, you'll be able to read: "Evie's alley" on a brown sign. I think this is either something Mal and Evie made before Descendants, or something she got after helping more VK's get to Auradon Prep as a special honour. I hope it's the second option.

So that's all I have. If I can think of any more theories or options for the movie, I'll let you know. 'Till then!

zondag 24 juni 2018

Descendants theory: Timeline

Okay, so we don't know much but since Descendants takes place in the year it was released (2015) we can gather some facts:

1963: Maleficent I is born*
1967: King Adam (Beast) is born
1971: Queen Belle is born
1979: Queen Aurora is born*
1988: Beauty and the Beast takes place
1995: Sleeping Beauty takes place*
1995: Adam and Belle get married, United States of Auradon started, all villains get banished to the Isle of the Lost.
1999: Maleficent Bertha "Mal", Evie, Jay, Harry, Uma, Gil, Ben, Audrey, Chad, Doug, Ginny Gothel and a lot more are born.
2001: Jane and Carlos O. de Vil are born.
2015: Descendants takes place

*Maleficent states in Descendants that for twenty years she was robbed of her revenge, if she was defeated longer ago she would have been robbed of her revenge for longer. She also says that when she was Mals age (16) she was cursing entire kingdoms. Since Sleeping Beauty's kingdom Auroria is the only kingdom we know of that Maleficent cursed, we can assume she was sixteen at the time she cursed infant Aurora and 32 when she was defeated on Aurora's 16th birthday. This means she was 36 when having Maleficent II.

Descendants theory: The Family Tree

Today, I'll explain the big Descendants family tree. It connects Uma, Mal, Maleficent, Hades, Ariel, Hercules, Prince Eric through blood. NOTE: This tree consideres the Little Mermaid Musical as canon and Hades as Mals proven father.

It al starts with Kronos, the main Titan. According to classic mythology (featured on the Hercules DVD) he has three sons:

Poseidon, Zeus and Hades. According to the musical version, which is canon in this blog, Poseidon has three children with an crustacea woman (half octopus). Those children are King Triton, Ursula and Morgana.

Atlantica's Crustacean Queen with her youngest children Ursula and Morgana

For some unknown reason however, Morgana and Ursula were banned from the Atlantican Court by their brother. It has something to do with their witchcraft and their mother wanting them on the throne.

Around that time, Poseidon retired and Triton became king of Atlantica. He married Athena (who shares her name with his cousin through his uncle Zeus) and the two had seven royal daughters:
1. Attina x ?
2. Alana x ?=Arabella
3. Arista
4. Aquata
5. Adella
6. Andrina
7. Ariel x Prince Eric= Princess Melody

Ariel is of course the disney princess we know and love from The Little Mermaid. Attina marries in the Little Mermaid comics to a merman prince and Ariel of course marries prince Eric and has a daughter named Melody.

In Rise of the Isle of the Lost we are introduced to Ariels niece Arabella. It's unknown which sister is her mother but because of her purple color scheme we can guess Alana or Andrina. Her fashionable personality and vanity indicate Alana.

Arabella in School of Secrets

In Descendants 2, we see that Ursula has a daughter named Uma. For a full theory on who is Uma's father, visit my other theory: https://descendantstheory.blogspot.com/2017/08/descendants-theory-who-is-umas-father.html

So much for Poseidons line, let's move on to his brother Hades. At first you might not think that Hades has descendants or even a significant other, but just you wait. In Greek Mythology, Hades has a wife named Persephone (let's skip the part that she's his niece by his brother AND sister, shall we?) and she actually appears in Hercules and Hercules the series. It could be that she's the mother of his son Hadie from the Descendants book series. Either that or the Wicked Witch of the West. They were dating in Once Upon A Time, a show by Disney, and she's a villain so she could be on the Isle but I'm sticking with Persephone.

BUT I'M NOT DONE! Descendants 3 hasn't even released it's trailer yet but it's already hinting that Hades (portrayed by Cheyenne Jackson) will be Mals father. In the teaser she's walking to an ancient greek pillar with a blue flame saying her name. She responds: Dad?
Besides, he and Dr. Facilier are the only male villains appearing in D3 that could be her dad and don't get me started on how Maleficent and Hades dated in the House of Mouse...

The brother of Hades and Poseidon is Zeus, who married Hera and had a son named Hercules in the movie Hercules. In the cancelled movie, Hercules and the Trojan War, Hercules has married Megara and they have a daughter named Hebe. And hell yeah I'm counting it as canon. Sorry Disney, you made it up, you'll have to deal with it. Anyhow, in the second Descendants novel, Herkie (I'm praying a short name for Hercules II) is introduced, so Hercules I married Megara and had two children: Hebe and Hercules II.

Hades, Persephone, Hercules and Megara

donderdag 21 juni 2018

Descendants theory: Continueing?

I know I haven't posted in quite some time but I'm waiting for more clues for Descendants 3. As soon as more pictures are about about Squicky and Squirmy (William Smee's sons) I'll post the theory I have on who is their mother. Also, there are enormous hints that Hades is Maleficent Jr.'s father, debunking my previous theory on the King of Hearts being Mals father. As soon as it's considered canon, I'll post a family tree about how Hercules, Ariel, Maleficent, Uma, Ursula, Mal and many others are related. Also, if Hades is her father...Mal has a canon half-brother: Hadie. I'm praying his name is just Hades Jr. and that the writers aren't that lazy (I'm still recovering from finding out about Pinocchio's son Pin)...
As for Celia: I still think her and her elder sister Freddie are in fact Uma's half-siblings. I wish I knew there were more "other parents" of the VK's confirmed, but as Cruella, Grimhilde and Jafar aren't returning for the third movie, I don't think we'll get there. On the plus side: more theories of mine to consider! Last update: I saw a theory about Dizzy's father being Sir Kay from The Sword in the Stone and it makes so much more sense than my theory on Hans.

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