Thought prompt:
MoE has been magically granted a PG-13 rating. What do you add? What do you change? Who gets to say fuck?
I have so many ideas,
1. Adding in more scenes with Maleficent and the dark fey, the movie could have easily added on a extra 20 minutes or at least 10 minutes to focus more on world building for the fey and everything in the nest of origin. Developing them more and connecting with them would make the battle feel like a bigger risk considering the fact that their people are a dying race.
2. More Diaval. We were robbed of him.
3. Having Aurora (and Philip as the story progresses) be more suspicious of Ingrith and questioning her more, even if she wanted to be on Ingrithâs good side it felt odd for her to immediately turn on Maleficent when the King got cursed.Â
4. More scenes with Diaval and Aurora, maybe by making their scene in the moors a bit longer or have him go back to Ulstead with her somehow.
5. Change it so that the wedding happens in a weeks time, not three days. That way it seems like a more realistic time period for Ingrith to have so many weapons and iron powder made and prepped for a war. Â
6. Battle scars. Other than Borra, Aurora, Percival, and Philip, no one had any real sort of physical injury from fighting. Not even Shrike who was trapped in a iron net for a good portion of the fight. She at the very least should have had some sort of burn mark from it.Â
7. Add a montage between the end of the battle and the wedding. Adding in a montage could quickly show Ulstead being repaired while also showing the humans and fey starting to trust one another in order for them to come together at the wedding without anything feeling to rushed or forced. It would also explain how the elder and children dark fey were able to suddenly get there along with hundreds of other people.Â
8. Developing Maleficentâs relationship with the fey leaders more. We got their names but really nothing else about them.Â
9. Possibly have Maleficent change Diaval into a dragon as a callback to the first movie. And have Phoenix Maleficent and Dragon Diaval on the screen together, even if its for a second.
10. Add in more info about the phoenix and why Maleficent was alone in the Moors for so long. (I know itâs touched on in the books, but adding to the movie seems like a good idea)
11. Add in hints of Lickspittle and Ingrithâs past. Mainly through dialogue and throw away lines for times sake. Â
12. Have Aurora punch Ingrith before getting held back after Ingrith kills Maleficent infront of her.Â
13. Show Diavalâs reaction to Maleficent being dead. He spent over twenty years by her side, we should have seen his reaction before anyone elseâs.Â
14. Have Diaval leaving with Maleficent at the end of the movie.Â
15. Have Ingrith be punished more severely for committing genocide. If Stephan could be killed in the first movie I donât see why she got to live after attempting to wipe out an entire species. Â















