黑魔女：沉睡魔咒 13件最黑心的象徵

轉載zimbio Ranking the 13 Most Goth Things About Maleficent
黑魔女：沉睡魔咒 13件最黑心的象徵
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#13. 黑魔女的支配慾超強

#12. 黑魔女總是以"噓...噓"跟小嬰兒說話

#11. 黑魔女最好的朋友是烏鴉
#10. 黑魔女是孤兒

#9. 黑魔女講話總是跟詩人一樣

#8. 黑魔女愛上了不該愛的男人

#7. 愛讓黑魔女脆弱

#6. 因此黑魔女不相信真愛的吻

#5. 黑魔女想要復仇

#4. 黑魔女痛恨自己與眾不同

#3. 黑魔女的利牙寒光四射

#2. 黑魔女的牛角侵略性十足

#1. 黑魔女的翅膀是黑色的天使翅膀

Dark, brooding, and unapologetically vampy, Maleficent may be Disney's most goth character this side of Jack Skellington. Why else would Hot Topic have a clothing line dedicated to the new movie in which she stars?
So what, you ask, makes her goth? Let us count (and rank) the ways. [SPOILERS FOLLOW]
#13. She looks like a Dominatrix.
Especially when she's wearing what appear to be skin-tight vinyl pants near the end of the movie. And just like a truly powerful dom, she can destroy you with a withering look.
#12. She hisses at babies.
We bet Marilyn Manson does the same thing.
#11. Her best friend is a raven.
And his name is Diaval, a name that would fit right in with Circe Nightshade and Azrael Abyss on Goth Talk. He even looks goth in his human form.
#10. She's an orphan.
The better to understand loss, pain, and sadness.
#9. When she talks, it sounds like she's quoting Morrissey lyrics.
"You stole what was left of my heart. Now I am lost." — Maleficent
"I don't have much in my life, but take it, it's yours." — Morrissey
"I call on those who live in the shadows. Fight with me now!" — Maleficent
"Shoplifters of the world, unite and take over!" — Morrissey
"I had wings once, and they were strong. But they were stolen from me." — Maleficent
#8. She fell in love with the wrong boy.
Not only is it taboo for Maleficent to be fraternizing with a human, but she ends up falling for Stefan, a boy who would grow up to be a very dangerous man. As fans of goth staples like The Hunger can attest, it's always the ones you love who end up trying to kill you.

#7. Love made her vulnerable.
The Cure has had a long, successful career writing songs about the myriad ways love makes us vulnerable. Robert Smith's heartfelt lyric, "Oh I miss the kiss of treachery," could almost be Maleficent's own thoughts as she processes both her longing and her betrayal.
#6. So she doesn't believe in "True Love's Kiss."
After being maimed by the one who once offered her the gift of "True Love's Kiss," Maleficent mocks Stefan's empty words as she curses his daughter, decreeing that only "True Love's Kiss" will awaken Aurora after she falls into her sleep. She only left in the loophole because she doesn't believe "True Love's Kiss" exists. As Trent Reznor might say, "Gray would be the color if I had a heart."
#5. She wants revenge.
Which is literally the name of a band that brazenly borrows and steals from goth heroes Joy Division and New Order.
#4. She's hated for being different.
When the human King first wages war on the world of the fairies, it's never explained why. He simply feels threatened by creatures different from himself. Anyone who's ever walked around in full goth regalia knows exactly what it's like for people to automatically dislike you because you look different. Obviously wearing liquid eyeliner and teasing your hair is a little different than having wings and horns, but Maleficent certainly casts its title character's other-ness as a meaningful metaphor.
#3. Her teeth.
The envy of Fairuza Balk and Dracula both.
#2. Her horns.
The envy of Tim Curry in Legend.
#1. Her wings.
The most goth thing about Maleficent is those big, beautiful, black wings — even when she doesn't have them. Stefan renders Maleficent a fallen angel when he steals her wings. It's a powerful allusion to that most gothic of figures, Lucifer, whose fall as depicted in John Milton's Paradise Lost spawned the Satanic School of the Romantic poetry movement in the early 19th century. This school of poetry brought us the likes of Mary Shelley, who would write the gothic touchstone Frankenstein, and Lord Byron, for whom the term "Byronic Hero" was coined. Byronic Heroes are basically the most goth characters in 19th century literature, and Maleficent herself comes close to fitting the mold.
And when she gets them back? Even more powerful. The final image in the movie is Maleficent swirling through the clouds, and breaking through them, wings outspread in silhouette, a cinematic Dark Angel made real.