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When you're watching a video on Disney+ about the making of Wish and your boy randomly appears.
- Jennifer Lee on King Magnifico (source)
- Jennifer Lee on Queen Amaya (source)
Some Queen Amaya appreciation from Jennifer Lee herself.
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I created the base for a Brotherhood picture, and couldn't make up my mind about which style to go with. I did two different completed pieces. Here's the first. A stained glass style drawing.
My other idea is in the style of the show, with each member of the Brotherhood associated with a different season of the year. That picture is available to my patrons on patreon
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Love this stained glass style piece! The colors and backgrounds are beautiful, and you did an excellent job breaking up the Brotherhood's faces into Glas pieces
Promo art by Kimberly Kha
Amaya is a really underrated character. Some people say she could've been better as a villain, but I disagree, largely because majority of these people only care about her if she's a version of her that exists in their heads. And very few like myself appreciate her as she is because of her role as queen and Magnifico's wife.
Her character is heavily tied with Magnifico's, most of her scene involves around him. She informs Asha of things to do when she becomes his apprentice, like keeping his tea hot and listen to him when he speaks; she convinces him to not use the book when he gets paranoid over someone else other than him using magic; she sees that he created a staff out of dark magic, calling him out for doing so after he swore that he'll never do so; joining Asha's rebellion after seeing just how the man she loved became the thing he hated.
However, we also get to see brief moments of her that are independent of Magnifico. She was very supportive of Asha becoming his apprentice as she knows how kind and generous Asha is to her people, which are the things Rosas is built on. And in the end, we see just how the kind of ruler she is and the kind of king Magnifico claims he is or should have been, supportive of her people to pursue and achieving their dreams.
She and Magnifico are straight up foils of each other. Magnifico is the talker and she is the listener; Magnifico talks about himself and Amaya listens to others; Magnifico despite having the power to grant wishes doesn't use it while Amaya not having any magic helps people pursue them; Magnifico refuses to grant the harmless of wishes for selfish reasons, she helps two people achieve theirs out of the generosity of her heart.
Her story is also on the tragic side as even though Magnifico is not an abusive husband, he does have the characteristics of one. Threatening her when he suspects her of being against him and even turning on her when she calls him out. People don't seem to notice this, but Magnifico is a powerful sorcerer, he has the literal powers to do anything to someone if they were to get on his bad side.
Amaya's story is about a woman who supported a man she loved into building a community out of their shared desire to make it a place of kindness and generosity. Upon seeing him slowly becoming the things that are against what she and him built this community on, she does what she can to stir him back to his former self. And when that man went off the deep end, she has no choice but to cut him off and take charge of the community he founded and became the leader he was supposed to be alongside her.
While all the main characters get hate Amaya getting it ticks me off the most because its always just victim blaming? Like somehow she's the bad guy for "betraying" her husband even though he betrayed her trust and literally got violent with her and the whole kingdom? Not to mention since the start of the film he was hiding things from her and was verbally harsh towards her and he only ever showed her affection when she praised him.
I love Amaya and her relationship with Asha and how she stood up for her kingdom by doing something that hurt her a lot. It's funny ppl wanted her to be a full blown villain when they apparently can't even handle a woman leaving her toxic husband....
All of this.
Amaya is my favourite character in this movie. I love that she genuinely cares about her people, that she still really wants to help them and the contrast between her and Magnifico the op mentioned. I've seen her being dismissed as "boring" because she's not a villain, but I honestly find her interesting as she is; including the tragic part of her story.
The idea that she's bad for turning against her husband bothers me, especially given my own experiences. It's not betrayal when your husband is actively hurting the people you both have a responsibility towards, or when he's threatening your own safety. She says herself why it happened in "Knowing What I Know Now." Victim blaming is right.
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Whenever we see Magnifico engaging with his subjects, he's always standing on some platform, towering them and making them focus their attention on him.
When he reaches almost full power, he visual rises above them all, practically untouchable.
After absorbing Star's power, he covers the night sky full of stars to prevent anyone to wish on them, ie seeking help from them.
While unintentional on the creators' part, this gives him a theater motif where he stands on a very high stage and wants to outshine the other stars.
Like stars that shine the brightest, they burn out the fastest. After his defeat and imprisonment in his own staff, he is visually below everyone, right down to their feet.
(A thing to note is his and Star's light and fire motif. Star's light is a comforting warmth while Magnifico's magic after he uses the book resembles flames, dangerous to anything, everyone and himself)
Somewhat related, while Magnifico is always on a platform whenever he engages with his subjects, Amaya is on the ground level when she helps her people. Visually, Magnifico is distancing himself from his own people while Amaya is standing along with them.
Magnifico singing about how great of a king he is and how he deserves respect as he's building and then destroying his kingdom replica is so good
kinda funny ppl say Magnifico was a good guy before he used the book when the literal first scene we meet him in a kid is running out of his office crying