Once upon a time…. that is how most fairy tales begin and go on to describe the thorn-laden paths which the Princess endures to find her Prince and eventually live happily ever after.But, do the villains ever get a happily ever after? No, instead no one even cares for them. They are discarded as soon as the ‘supposed’ Prince enters the story. But that can’t stop one from imagining the afterlife of a villain …
According to my fantasies all of them have come together to form the Extraordinary Villains International League which abbreviates into E.V.I.L. (a badass name, isn’t it?). Their aim is to propagate wickedness and treachery throughout the world. Now thousands of witches, evil- stepmothers, beasts and monsters are proud members of the organisation which has an Animal and a male subdivision within it. It organizes seminars on Magic 101, Potions 101 and pure- evil -tricks -up -your -sleeve throughout the world.
Its founding pillars include Queen Grimhilde also known as the Evil Queen, the biggest troublemaker in Snow White’s life. In her youth she was insanely attractive, unbearably beautiful and mind-numbingly witty. Now she is a grumpy old hag who flies into a rage whenever a shining crimson apple catches her sight. The pig’s heart, which was used to fool her, is kept in a glass case on her table. She wakes up every day and takes an oath to destroy all the Dwarfs in the world. Bashful, Doc, Dopey, Happy, Sleepy, Sneezy and Grumpy all feature on the Most Wanted list at the E.V.I. L. headquarters and not one day passes without her badgering the Magic Mirror with the infamous question,” Mirror! Mirror on the wall who is the fairest of them all?”
Next comes Mother Gothel, the dark- haired, shrill-pitched woman with a burning desire to retain her youth for all eternity which has driven her to complete madness. A quick search on the Internet today, describes her as sadistic, narcissistic, abusive, nonchalant and arrogant. Gothel was a phenomenal actress, a dangerous manipulator and who riddles with intelligence. Now when she actually looks her age she spends her time dying her snow-white hair into jet -black and applying mud facials to her face which is covered in dreadful wrinkles. She still has not given up hope of finding the Fountain of Youth, her new goal.
Lady Tremaine, the notorious stepmother of Cinderella doesn’t harm her stepdaughter physically. Rather, she seeks to punish and abuse her psychologically, her jealously of Cinderella being far more beautiful and graceful than her own awkward daughters, Anastasia and Drizella. She was a socialite, determined to gain higher status in the society. Her heart of steel is evident in the fact that she was the only villain to live beside her victim day after day. She was regal and sophisticated, even though envious and sinister. Still on the lookout for the ‘Blue Fairy Godmother’ placing a bounty of fifty pots of gold on her head. Her cat, Lucifer still remains loyal to her. She now manages a multi-national company which primarily manufacturers all kinds of footwear and overseas a fashion week at Milan alongside other brands such as Prada, Louis Vuitton and Jimmy Choo. Once a fortnight she sends a rotten pumpkin to Cinderella’s palace in order to get under her skin, but in reply she always receives a new pair of glass slippers and it stings much more because they never fit her.
“You poor, simple fools; thinking you could defeat me! ME! The mistress of all evil!” You can often hear Maleficent, the main antagonist of the Sleeping Beauty screeching this in her sleep at the middle of the night. Yes, the slender villain with red lips and fingernails, dressed predominantly in a black and purple cloak and the symbolic black headdress. Gives you the jitters, doesn’t it? She was vengeful black- hearted, devious, commanding and full of wrath, not much different from the other villains. One might wonder how she is still alive after being stabbed in the heart by Prince Phillips’s Sword of Truth. Well can a woman capable of teleportation via magical means, hypnosis, curse inducements, object conjuration and metamorphosis not handle a petty blade of steel? Well she did and has successfully managed to turn The Sleeping Curse into a liquid potion. She currently has a turnover of billions of dollars by selling little bottles of blissful ‘sleep’. All sixteen year old girls in the world are an eye sore for the villain. To give the dwarfs company on the Most Wanted list she has added the names of the Three Good Fairies namely, Flora, Fauna and Merryweather who had come to bestow gifts of beauty and song to the infant Princess.
Ladies and gentlemen these are the master planners of all the evil in the world which prevails today. Even though they have faced quite a few roadblocks in their lives they will not yield as they have all sworn an oath to decimate all righteousness, morality and benevolence in the world. I agree with them, because if there was an evil -free world how would are beloved royal couples have their HAPPILY EVER AFTER!!
