every new detail I learn about the cruella movie plot is making me irrationally angry. if you absolutely HAD to make a sympathetic (or at least compelling) origin story for the LITERAL PUPPY-MURDERING VILLAIN, I can think of six off the top of my head that make more fucking sense
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PREMISE 1: iconoclast (for the period) girl becomes steadily jaded and warped by trying to succeed in the fashion industry, until the desire for novelty and fame erodes all else (but lbr, disney would NEVER)
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PREMISE 2: cruella has a lifelong love of/fascination with dalmations, dogs that seem to keep cropping up at key moments in her life. as she steadily cracks, she thinks of wearing them as honoring them
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PREMISE 3: a plot wherein the longevity & utility of furs is a personal crusade of cruella's as the industry starts to phase them out; throw in some genuine dog attack trauma & the idea of 'why do we use use prey animal products but not predator products' (again Disney wouldn't)
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PREMISE 4: an absolute balls to the wall, unapologetic crazytown movie where cruella is just that weird edgy goth girl who takes her shit too far in adulthood
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PREMISE 5: child of wealthy parents grows up seeing both animals and poor people as things & resources; college friendship with anita almost turns her around, but she feels betrayed by anita marrying (& "abandoning" her) and decides to claim what she wants/deserves as revenge
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PREMISE 6: woman who has fought her whole life to be taken seriously & professionally respected gets branded a bitch, passed over for more docile but less talented anita, snaps, decides to make very literal & fucked-up point about bitches/loyal dogs/autonomy
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THAT TOOK ME LITERALLY FIFTEEN MINUTES. DISNEY HAS YEARS AND INSTEAD COMES UP WITH 'MIND-CONTROLLED DALMATIONS PUSH HER MOTHER OFF A CLIFF'. I HATE IT HERE.
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I mean, they're being controlled by a dog whistle, so like
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