Talk:Maleficent/@comment-1672596-20131116035329

Sigh... I know she's going to end up becoming the Villain Protagonist of her film, but that does not mean that she should basically be given the Darth Vader treatment (ie, making her good but then fall due to tragic circumstances). She's not supposed to be an anti-villain. At least with Vader, it worked because it actually was implied even in the Original Trilogy that he was originally a good man, not to mention redeemed himself. Maleficent doesn't have that track record. There are other villain protagonists who are made clear to be evil. A good example is Albert Wesker in Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles, who acted as that game's main protagonist, and was obviously evil. Another example is Palpatine from the Darth Plagueis novel.