Rise of the Underdogs

[DISCLAIMER: I LOVE DISNEY & am not an advocate against it. These are merely observations jumbled up with a few opinions & some twisted questions. I hope you enjoy this as much as I did.]

Being the random thinker I am, the thought popped into my head and I started putting the stereotype "bad guy" into perspective this morning (as I began my daily routine). Now I'm not talking about her...











Or him.....








And I'm certainly not talking about her...








But what if I was.....


You never hear the "bad guy's" side of the story. You just know that they are bad and are to be defeated. But what if you did hear the "bad guy's" side of the story? Would you change your mind? Would you perceive the hero differently? I think so. In life wise people proclaim that you shouldn't act in situations or think one way about things before you know the ENTIRE story. Did you know that in every Disney movie, no one knows the entire story? We are programmed since "Once upon a time" to root for the hero. But what if you didn't? You never hear of a hero doing something bad.. and if they do, they always become even more of a hero after wards. (And now you are rebelling about a fairy tale.. shame shame!).

FACT: In The Little Mermaid King Triton and Ursula are brother and sister. She was banished from the kingdom because of her practices with Dark Magic (because she wanted to be the ultimate ruler of the kingdom). That's when she went to her lair outside of the city with her 2 eels and waited to seek revenge on King Triton and his kingdom. Perhaps Ursula was indeed a true bad, but why? What was her motive for practicing the Dark Magic? (If you answered: "To rule the kingdom", you are incorrect.. Dig deeper.. what happened between her and King Triton to have such rivalry? Was it their parents?). I'm not kidding, every story has a preface. And that's your little unknown fact of the day.

I figure the "bad guy" has to have done something heroic at one point in their lives... even something small.. but something obviously happened in each of their lives that resulted in them epically failing into the role of... "THE BAD GUY". Disney hardly ever reveals their tragic fall. In short, every Disney movie has a Preface Story, which in turn could be an entire movies all its own.

Name 1 Disney movie that lacks a "bad guy".....

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I'm still waiting...

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*BUZZER* Time is up!

... that's what I thought.... maybe "bad guys" were Walt's intentions all along. (I love that man!)



ADD Side Note: Stepping away from Walt

So.... I have started reading the book "Wicked".....


Yep, that's the one!










However, I am only in the first chapter of the book -- My point for purchase: I was interested in the witch's side of the story. Indeed, its quite graphic (young audiences = big no no!), but I do enjoy The Wizard of Oz and really wanted to put a perspective on the story. Rumor has it readers will look at Dorothy differently after finishing the novel. Details pending...

End of ADD Side Note.

My point: Relating this to life.

I am sure we've all been considered the "bad guy" at some point. Sometimes we deserved it, other times maybe not. Sometimes "bad guys" have the best intentions, but not always. "Bad guys" can save people in the end & can be the ultimate hero. Other times they seek to destroy.

We sometimes catch ourselves swaying to one side of a story, when indeed one side of the story is all we've heard. Fact: Some people really are that closed minded.

In life we are taught to "love our neighbors as ourselves", even "faithless" people have been told. [For citing purposes, that's in the Bible.. however most religions also preach this.] Society teaches children to forgive people who do wrong to them, yet they can watch movies where the hero does absolutely no forgiving. I'm challenging your brain... 1.) Is that really a hero? 2.) Who is the real bad guy? 3.) Would not forgiving make the hero any better than the bad guy? 4.) Are there really "bad guys" in the world today? 5.) Is forgiveness a lost art?

Ponder away young grasshoppers.

I didn't even mean to go off on that tangent. But what I'm saying is -- lets hear the "bad guy's" side of the story!