Given the Maleficent movies, I think I can honestly say that the "divine" Miss M would probably be like this. If you go by Kingdom Hearts and its sequel, she really is. Please note that aside from Sora and Kairi, Maleficent is the only being to get outright rendered down into Heartless and Nobody and reassemble. And she did it with no help from outside.

So, non-KH? Yeah.

(Incidentally, the Gael Baudino novel _Gossamer Axe_ contains a Fae realm in the same dire straits Disney Framework faces. If it doesn't find a way to grow, it'll fade. Maleficent and Briar, however, won't.)

Niiiice. I always liked Aurora/Briar and now I like her even more. This is really good!

I like this fic. I REALLY like it because you present an excellent point, Aurora or Briar or whatever, never really DID much in the movie, and I was always more interested in Maleficent, she had a cool design, she was powerful, she had a fantastic voice and well, she's just as good in Kingdom Hearts if not better. Also loved the cameos by Scar and Shere Kahn, always loved those two, especially Scar, only villain who won for more than maybe a few days, guy won for years. And Shere Kahn's voice is amazing. I kinda want more of this to see where it goes, what Briar does, does she become a villain? Does she become a neutral party? What does she do?

I really enjoyed this story.

Awesome story. Also, allow me to be the first (since I'm a day early) to wish you Happy Birthday!

Well, that was ... clever? Clever doesn't quite describe it correctly. Spot on characterisation, anyway. There's a whole lotta disfunctionality waiting after the end of Sleeping Beauty, if you aply even the tiniest bit of logic.
Good work. Or bad work, if you want to look at it in a rather 2D POV. :)
-OEE

What a fun fun read! I can actually see this as a canon extension of Briar, and I really love those final lines, especially "I think you rather would if you could"...loved the observation by Briar there, and this is a very Maleficent voice, very elegant. Thank you for writing!

Oh hell yeah. My two favourite Disney gals being pals!

I love this! Maleficent has always been a favorite of mine and I can actually see her having this kind of a conversation with Briar.

-Kai

This story is a true piece of art, a most enjoyable one at that. I am recommending it to all my friends. You are exceptionally talented.

That was an interesting read. Who would have thought?

This is certainly a new one. I must say I quite enjoyed this little, well I can't call it a 'coming of age,' but 'coming into your own,' definitely.

Love it.

This was fun:

/She should check in on Tinker Bell. There was a girl who was one step towards joining the dark side,/

I liked the deeper meaning in the, 'be yourself and stop reliving the past message'.

Fun; Disneyland, but not...quite Disneyland.

I am glad for the unintentional, but acknowledged, shoujo-ai subtext. Feel free to make it text-text whenever you want.

Thanks for the story and for very likable characters.

That was very interesting. I really liked how you had Maleficcent and Briar interact.