I do wish Disney Descendants was made by a different streaming service. I think it's such a good idea but not explored to it's potential.
The isle- is obviously where VKs and their parents live and obviously many of them know or like that they are bad but Auradon isn't explored enough as a dystopian Utopian Kingdom.
Because all the Villains are gone right? That says so much about Auradon:
"The people that are obsessed with proper, goodness and the idea that why would need magic anymore? They've modernized! The villains are gone. "
Does this apply to everything? Because people are still rude there but it isn't exactly acknowledged and you cannot take every bad person away. Bad people exist eve. Like does it apply to everything bad? Abuse, assault, robbery even cheating ECT ? Because how could such an act happen when the villains are gone?
Because that idea is so interesting to me. The isle of the lost where they are openly bad, knowingly bad but it's normal because they are villains. It's openly acknowledged that this is what bad people do.
Compared to that of Auradon where everyone is basically gaslighting you because how could such a villainous act happen here? And the bad people hide here easier because why would they actually be bad? Where the king could easily send you to the isle for the insinuation that someone could do something so villainous, it's slander, creating panic in such a good safe kingdom. Someone's money laundering? Here in Auradon? Hmm are you quite well sir? Child abuse? Such a thing doesn't occur here! "You be patient with your father, You have no idea what he went through!!"
Ben constantly rewriting or removing laws because they are outdated and getting pushed back because of tradition. Auradon kids seeing their parents go through traumatic responses and sometimes violent episodes. Auradon parents pushing for perfection, goodness and tradition because of the threats they faced didn't allow them too. Magic being more taboo so many never learn to use what they have, trained to do what their parents could do or even acknowledge they have it - where it's an animal side like the beast or basic magic. Auradon kids trying to be perfect consistently, drowned in public appearances- because they have titles they are responsible for- constantly under public scrutiny in lives where the public opinion means everything especially to their parents and council members. And all the issues that can create for kids in a pressure perfect society.
Vks: do what they want, be the worst, the only rule is don't be the weaker link and whatever way their parents "raised" them as.
Ask: follow societal demands, perfection and everything that entails, be whatever their parents demanded. Never relaxed.
Vks going between the two environments realizing Auradon may be better but isn't by much.
Ugh, Auradon could be SO interesting.
