Maleficent AU (also known as Sleeping Beauty AU) is an alternate universe usually within the Rise of the Brave Tangled Dragons universe, but it is also with Rise of the Brave Tangled Frozen Dragons universe. In the AU, Rapunzel, Merida, Hiccup, and Jack are most of the main characters within the tale of Sleeping Beauty, most notably the original Disney animated film and the live-action remake in 2014. This AU is also an offshoot of Fairy Tale AU.
About The AU[]
Spawned from fan art, this is based on (or even occurs within the same world) the story of Sleeping Beauty, which was also a popular story for centuries. In this AU, the characters live within the same world as the events of Sleeping Beauty and the looming influence of its villain Maleficent. The concept is not that far, as both royalty and fairies are very prominent in the fandom.
As the name implies, the AU's direct influence comes from the original Disney adaptation of the traditional fairy tale, as well as the live-action remake, though this is not required. Other versions of the Sleeping Beauty fairy tale can still be included.
Spinoff AUs[]
Featured Characters[]
The Big Four[]
Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III[]
Hiccup is portrayed to be Diaval the crow, as he can be turned into human form as himself and also into dragons for all the animal needs, such as a terrible terror for the crow and Toothless or Hookfang as the dragon at the end of the movie. Hiccup is also portrayed as a male Aurora/Sleeping Beauty for the Hijack, Mericcup and Hiccstrid pairings, while the Hiccunzel and Hiccelsa pairings have cast Hiccup as Prince Phillip. There have even been rare occasions when Hiccup has been featured as Maleficent.
Jack Frost[]
Jack is cast as Prince Phillip for the Hijack, Frostbite and Jelsa pairings. He can also be portrayed with the male role of Sleeping Beauty/Aurora, should Pitch Black be cast as a male version of Maleficent in stories based on the live-action remake. As there have been a few fanfics that have Pitch taking Jack under his wing after he became a spirit, and some other fanfics have Pitch reforming through the young winter spirit or one of Jack's friends. There have even been rare occasions when Jack has been cast as Maleficent.
Merida DunBroch[]
Merida is cast between Princess Aurora/Briar Rose and a female version of Prince Phillip for the Mericcup pairing. There also been times when Merida has been cast as Maleficent.
Rapunzel Corona[]
Rapunzel is commonly seen as Sleeping Beauty/Aurora. There have also been fans that have portrayed her as Maleficent, for fun.
The Spinning Wheel, that Maleficent used to place Aurora in the death-like sleep, has a minor cameo in Tangled within Rapunzel's room as one of her possessions, in her tower. It is also seen in the Tangled: The Series episode "Keeper of the Spire", as one of the many items in the Spire's Vault wall.
Extra Characters[]
Queen Elsa[]
Because of the many similarities between the two characters (such as their mistaken identities as monsters, dangerous yet beautiful powers, and their journeys to learn to open up and love again), Elsa most commonly plays the part of Maleficent. Some fans use Elsa's original antagonist self, from one of the earlier layouts of Frozen, for the role; due to her Evil Elsa self and design being used in dark crossovers. While the Light Fury serves as Elsa's dragon self, just as Toothless has served as Hiccup's dragon self in a few dragon transformation related AUs (along with referencing the times when fans have the unnamed Light fury as Elsa's dragon for the Hiccelsa pairing and the Frozen Dragon crossover). She has also been cast as Aurora/Sleeping Beauty on some rare occasions.
Princess Anna[]
Whenever Elsa is portrayed as Maleficent and Kristoff as Phillip, Anna is seen as Sleeping Beauty/Aurora, mainly because they are both what helped Maleficent and Elsa open up to love again. She has also been cast as a female version of Prince Phillip for the Elsanna pairing.
Kristoff Bjorgman[]
For the Kristanna pairing, when Anna is Aurora, Kristoff is cast as Prince Phillip. Which could have a horse version of Sven as Phillip's steed, Samson.
Pitch Black[]
Pitch can be as a male version of Maleficent. As the two were cast out and want revenge on the ones that have "forgotten" them, by harming the people that they care about.
His favored Nightmare steed, Onyx, can serve as Diaval, since he is able to transform into a horse, human, crow, a dragon and into other kinds of animals, that could assist his master. While in the game version of Rise of the Guardians, Pitch's Nightmares take the form of other kinds of animals, so Onyx could take one of those forms for his role as Diaval.
Mother Gothel[]
When Rapunzel is placed as Sleeping Beauty/Aurora, Gothel is portrayed as Maleficent.
Vanellope von Schweetz[]
Since Vanellope meets the Netizen version of Sleeping Beauty/Aurora in Ralph Breaks the Internet, while traveling through the physical world within the real-life internet, fans can cast Vanellope as her for fun.
Toothiana[]
Tooth being a fairy that watches over children, could have her as one of the good fairies that blest the new born princess and later got the king and queen's permission to raise their child, so she and her allies could keep her safe from the villain fairy that cursed her. She has also cast as Sleeping Beauty/Princess Aurora for the Frostbite pairing.
Olaf[]
Some fans have either cast or simply dressed Olaf up as Sleeping Beauty/Aurora, for fun. Some fans are hoping that future Olaf Presents shorts would have the snowman preforming Sleeping Beauty.
Maximus[]
He can easily be cast as Samson, should Flynn be cast as Phillip from how Maximus commonly served as the former theif's main steed in the Tangled TV series.
Cassandra[]
In "Cassandra's Revenge", Cass crashes Eugene's real birthday party in order to make her demands for the scroll with Rapunzel, similar to how Maleficent crashed the celebration of Aurora's birth before placing a curse on the princess, to get back at the king. Because of this, Cassandra can easily be portrayed as Maleficent. Since Rapunzel is sometimes seen as Sleeping Beauty, and the live-action Maleficent films has the titled character forming a strong bond with the princess. There have also been fans who have portrayed Cassandra as a female Phillip, for fun and the fact that she has her own horse.
Prince Hans (Red Shoes)[]
In the end credits of Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs, the smell of Hans' cooking awakens the Sleeping Beauty of Fairy Tale Isle from her slumber and after she was done eating the meal he was preparing for himself, the two are shown to a formed a bond. This could be due to the saying of woman loving men that can cook and that food has away to win people's hearts through their stoics. The bond that Hans forms with his film's version of Sleeping Beauty can easily cast him as Prince Phillip, since Merlin (of Red Shoes) also serves as Snow White's prince charming than just one of her seven dwarf friends beside Hans in the 2019 film.
Flynn Rider[]
Whenever Rapunzel is placed as Sleeping Beauty/Aurora, Flynn is portrayed as Prince Phillip.
Princess Fiona[]
In the fairy tale world of the Shrek universe, Fiona is friends with its version of Sleeping Beauty.
Archie[]
Archie's shapeshifting ability that allows him to turn from a dragon into a cat or a black colored bird, could possibly have him as Diaval. Who as a bird and dragon form in the first live-action Maleficent film.
Pitch Black[]
Fans have Pitch cast as a male version of Maleficent.
Nicholas St. North[]
Nicholas could be cast as King Hubert, for when Jack is cast as Prince Phillip since North is commonly viewed as a father figure to the young winter spirit.
Stoick the Vast[]
Stoick could be cast as King Stefan, for when Hiccup is cast as a male Aurora. While the times that Hiccup has been cast as Phillip could possibly have Stoick as King Hubert.
Valka[]
Valka could be cast as Queen Leah, for when Hiccup is cast as a male Aurora.
Princess Elena[]
Elena being a princess who gets targeted by an evil user of magic that got upset with her family, could cast her as Aurora.
Queen Elinor[]
Queen Elinor could be cast as Queen Leah, for when Merida is cast as Aurora.
King Fergus[]
King Fergus could be cast as King Stefan, for when Merida is cast as Aurora.
King Frederic of Corona[]
King Frederic could be cast as King Stefan, for when Rapunzel is cast as Aurora.
Queen Arianna of Corona[]
Queen Arianna could cast as Queen Leah, for when Rapunzel is cast as Aurora.
King Edmund[]
King Edmund could be cast as King Hubert, for when Eugene is cast as Prince Phillip.
King Agnarr of Arendelle[]
King Agnarr could be portrayed as King Stefan, for when Elsa or Anna are cast as Aurora.
Queen Iduna of Arendelle[]
Queen Iduna could be cast as Queen Leah, for when Elsa or Anna are cast as Aurora.
Mavis Dracula[]
Because of her dark color scheme and is a mother who cares about her child, fans like to portray Mavis as Maleficent from Disney's live-action films of the same name.
Marinette Dupain-Cheng[]
Marinette has been cast between Aurora and a female Prince Phillip for the Adrienette pairing.
Adrien Agreste[]
Adrien has been cast as Prince Phillip for the Adrienette pairing. While a scene from "Style Queen" has inspired fans to cast him as a male Aurora.
Morgana[]
Morgana starting off as a villain before Wizards reveals another side of her that later gets she to join Claire's allies, fans could have her as Maleficent.
Astrid Hofferson[]
Astrid is cast between Aurora/Sleeping Beauty and a female version of Prince Phillip for the Hiccstrid pairing.
Prince Hans[]
Hans has been cast as Prince Phillip for the Helsa and Hanna pairings.
King Runeard[]
Runeard secretly being tyrant King who wished harm upon the Northuldra, while pretending to be a friend to them until he killed their leader and got his men to attack the tribe, can easily cast him as King Henry, as well as King Stefan from the live-action Maleficent film.
Zhan Tiri[]
With Rapunzel commonly cast as Sleeping Beauty and Zhan Tiri possessing the ability to take the shape of a large type of mythical creature with horns, she can easily be cast as Maleficent.
Heather[]
Heather being a former villian and is acquainted with a blond female, can easily cast her as Maleficent from the live action movie.
Dagur the Deranged[]
Dagur being a former villian could have a genderbend version of him as Maleficent from the live-action remake film.
Claire Nuñez[]
Varian[]
Gobber the Belch[]
Jim Lake Jr.[]
Drago Bludvist[]
Karmi[]
Isabela Madrigal[]
Raya[]
Known Examples[]
Fanfiction[]
- Once upon a dream by HuskaAkita
- Come Fly With Me by StoryTeller289
- The Sleeping Heiress, Part 1 by HorrorFan6
- Sleeping Viking and the Snow Wings by Princess Luka Vocalzal
- Slumber by Paoshirou Hozomi
- The Sleeping Prince by Marsetta
Mockup Art[]
Fanart[]
Miscellaneous[]
Articles/Links[]
Videos[]
- Elsa is... Maleficent ( Maleficent // Frozen CROSSOVER TRAILER ) by LyricVideos
- {CDTMX} In The Silence Pitch Black & Maleficent MEP Part 3 by thejoker0123
- Maleficent - Disney Trailer by Frost Queen
- Maleficent 2 | Mistress of evil! ~ Non/Disney trailer by Frost Queen
- Maleficent 2: Mistress Of Evil Trailer Non/Disney Style by Dreamcatcher 2
- ELSA AS MALEFICENT (2019) [PREMIERE] by NAZ
- Non/Disney Trailer ~ Maleficent 2: Mistress of Evil by WolfSpiritDemon
- Rapunzel ~ Keys To The Kingdom by Musically Disney AMV's
- Tangled Sleep ~ Hail Aurora by Musically Disney AMV's