Maleficent (film)

Inconsistently Admirable

Full Name

Maleficent

Alias

Fairy Godmother (by Aurora)

Mistress of All Evil

Origin

Maleficent (2014)

Family

Diaval (pet raven/servant)

Aurora (goddaughter/adoptive daughter)
Prince Phillip (adoptive son-in-law)

Allies

Diaval (partner, best friend and love interest)

Aurora (best friend)
Prince Phillip
King Stefan (formerly)
Knotgrass
Thistlewit
Flittle
King John
Conall
Borra

Enemies

King Stefan (archenemy)

King Henry
Aurora (one-sided, formerly)
Queen Ingrith
Gerda

Powers / Skills

Phoenix force
Ergokinesis
Telekinesis
Materiokinesis
Shapeshifting
Phytokinesis
Enchantments
Resurrection
Superhuman strength
Superhuman durability
Regeneration
Flight
Aerokinesis
Charisma
Extremely high intelligence
Cunning

Goals

Get revenge on King Stefan who wronged and betrayed her and taken her wings by defeating him.

Undo the curse she placed upon Aurora (both succeeded).

Greatest Actions

Defending her kingdom from King Henry

Going to save Aurora from her own curse
Defeating King Stefan
Going to defeat Queen Ingrith and to stop her war

Type of IA

Tragic Fairy

Maleficent is the titular main protagonist of the 2014 fantasy film of the same name and its 2019 sequel Maleficent: Mistress of Evil.

In contrast to the version of the character seen in the original Sleeping Beauty film, this version of Maleficent is depicted as more tragic and sympathetic, having once been an innocent and good-hearted individual who became cruel as a result of circumstance and eventually redeemed herself after sharing a parental bond with Aurora.

She was portrayed by Angelina Jolie.

Her Heroic Ranking[]

What Makes Her Admirable?[]

Maleficent[]

Even before redemption, she shows kindness towards Stefan.
She defends her kingdom from King Henry.
She saves Diaval from the hunter.
While she is pretty hostile to Aurora, she subverts it later on.
She goes to fight King Stefan and defeats him.
She becomes a mother figure to Aurora.
In the sequel, she goes to Philip's kingdom with Aurora.

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil[]

She goes to prevent the war between Queen Ingrith and her species.
She sacrificed herself by shielding Aurora from Ingrith's iron dust arrow, disintegrating into ashes only to be resurrected as a Phoenix.
She saved Aurora again from falling to her death after Ingrith threw her off the tower to escape.
She puts off Ingrith’s curse, which saves King John and brings peace to his kingdom.
She blesses Aurora and Philip's wedding and later visits them.

What Makes Her Inconsistent?[]

She too sadistic to be NPG or PG. For example, in the first movie, she throws away the soldiers after cursing Aurora. While they were searching for her and it could be self-defense, she still took pleasure from it.
Although the reasoning for putting a curse on Aurora is understandable enough, not to mention she does her best to stop it, it still causes the entire plot. Not to mention she cursed an innocent child just because of her old grudge towards King Stefan.
She has some jerk attitudes towards Diaval sometimes.