Well, would Aurora really be considered "pubescent" though at 16? Doesn't that definition normally mean children around the age of 12? Anyway, while it works for Aurora, I meant the fairy, Flora herself. She's definitely not pubescent, and likely centuries old. Despite being a red fairy, we've only seen her use red magic onscreen approximately twice, maybe three times. Every other time her default magic sparkles color is pink. I would expect being a red fairy her default magic color would be red and she only lightens it to pink just to make Aurora's dress.
Examples of her using red magic: when she first changes her fairy outfit into that of peasant attire, right after her magical duel with Merryweather when she changes her peasant clothes back into red, and when she makes her wand tip glow when she and the other two fairies search for Aurora. And of course an off-screen moment where she changes her peasant clothes back into her red fairy clothes. But that's it, all of her other magic use is pink. It's like seeing a fairy dressed in all black where you would expect her wand to emit black magic, but instead her magic is almost always grey. That's where I'm getting at.
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kedog22
8 years ago
Well. To be sure, there are many scenes where the sparkles from Flora's wand are a blue-green color. I still think my answer solves your question. The producers wanted Flora red for whatever reason. Since Flora is an adult, and a mature one at that, It was ok to garb her in red. As i said before, red carries strong connotations of sexuality. However, since Flora is matronly and over-weight, she is in no danger of being looked upon as a sex object, and can safely wear red. Putting a mature woman in all pink, would seem silly and out of place. After all, Flora is supposed to be the wise one of the bunch. That is why they didn't just make her the pink fairy. However, aurora, being young and virginal, must wear pink. So they simply split Flora's magic between red and pink. Pink was the predominant color because most of her magic was aimed at helping Aurora
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CowboyRider1847
8 years ago
Well. To be sure, there are many scenes where the sparkles from Flora's wand are a blue-green color.
True. Although I only remember one with her gift. Same with Fauna and having blue sparkles for some reason.
I still think my answer solves your question. The producers wanted Flora red for whatever reason. Since Flora is an adult, and a mature one at that, It was ok to garb her in red. As i said before, red carries strong connotations of sexuality. However, since Flora is matronly and over-weight, she is in no danger of being looked upon as a sex object, and can safely wear red. Putting a mature woman in all pink, would seem silly and out of place. After all, Flora is supposed to be the wise one of the bunch. That is why they didn't just make her the pink fairy. However, aurora, being young and virginal, must wear pink. So they simply split Flora's magic between red and pink. Pink was the predominant color because most of her magic was aimed at helping Aurora
That was a good explanation and I'm convinced. Thanks.
And as for a mature woman in pink:
http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/villains/images/3/37/Miss_Dolores_Umbridge.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20121020193841 Coincidentally, she played one of the fairies in the Maleficent film.
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PhoenixRook312
8 years ago
I though she just made aurora's dress pink because of the fact that the dress in the book was pink. So she wanted to follow the rules. And maybe she really just though it was a right collor for a young girl. While Merryweather just wants her favorite collor to be the dress.
Or she is just obsesed with the collor pink but doesn't like to wear it herself.
I mean I love the collor yellow, but it doesnt look good on me haha.
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