Talk:Mayor Lionheart/@comment-1146923-20160121045720/@comment-1635429-20160123072008

I don't have a problem with plot twist villains, but I do have a problem with the way Disney's handled their last two.

With Hans, his reveal comes way too late in the movie. He only had about ten mintues, or less, to show off his villainy, and that short amount of time to actually serve as an interesting character. Beforehand, he was just the doe-eyed love interest, and about as compelling as a pile of wood. At least in my opinion. And sadly, that's the majority of the movie, so the result was an interesting character portraying himself as a dull one for most of the story, all because of the twist. This can be rectified in the sequel, but we're going strictly off original films.

With Callaghan, I feel he wasn't given enough screen time or development. I like his motives, his struggle with morality, but they didn't give him the attention he deserved, or enough time to flesh out his character. Though I think that was a problem with BH6's side characters as a whole, and not just the villain, but I digress. "Who is under the mask" shouldn't have been the focus of Hiro. "Why is Callaghan doing what he's doing" should have been. Because of the twist, they couldn't do that until the last thirty minutues or so, which just isn't enough time.

I understand why twist villains are a trend at the moment. It definitely reflects the modern problem of "Things aren't always what they seem" when it comes to toxic people, but Disney's use of the trope, in my opinion, is getting in the way of what could truly be interesting, developed antagonists. I'm hoping Zootopia changes that.