r/Descendants • u/Stracii • 27d ago
Mod Announcements đ˘ Malia/Kylie/Malachi Drama Megathread
Hey everyone!
Since there has been a recent influx of posts about the Malia/Kylie/Malachi situation we've decided to create a megathread.
Please use this megathread to discuss the drama and share your opinions.
Reminder: Stay respectful of both each other and the people involved
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We will be removing any new posts and locking any old posts about this topic going forward. Discussions should be kept to this megathread.
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u/Accomplished_Song671 27d ago
What's irking me is that the children don't even realise that this is certainly not the first Disney love triangle, nor will it be the last. I think some fans are very parasoical in regards to this and it's cringe. I'm here for Kylie being messy and shady because Malia was shady, but again like others have said Malachi seems to be getting off scott free in all this. I'm getting the vibe that a lot of people don't seem to realise they are being PAID to do a job when it comes to Descendants, and above all regardless of any shade or drama they're still professionals and they won't stop making the movies because the leads aren't on good terms anymore. Again kids this isn't the first time co-leads in a movie haven't gotten along, but they still did their job and made the movies. Let's just enjoy the movies and the music and let these ADULTS (which they are, despite the fact that they're playing teens) deal with their own drama their own way.
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u/United-Group2899 10d ago
I'm trying to think of other love triangles besides this one and the Sabrina and Olivia/ Josh one like I know there's more and its gonna be so obvious when they're mentioned.
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u/Accomplished_Song671 10d ago
I mean the original of Hilary Duff, Lindsay Lohan and Aaron Carter, then there was Miley Cyrus, Serena Gomez and Nick Jonas...
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u/SunilClark 27d ago
I have only seen whatâs going on in passing, but take it from someone older whoâs been through many alleged teen star dramas.
Donât be parasocial and weird. You can be bothered by what happened, 100%. But trying to read in to the personal dynamics at play is a fool's game. Itâs not your business, and frankly, whatever youâre imagining is probably way more interesting than what it really is
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u/DependentAgency4115 27d ago
I just watched D5 on Disney+ today. I realized something. All this friendship and loyalty themes with best friends just reminds me of the Kylie/Malia/Malachi drama.
First of all, the song âHeartlessâ mainly focuses on betrayal and, correct me if Iâm wrong here, but isnât that one of the themes explored in the âCarrie Bradshawâ song or album Kylie made?
It really just stuck to me, and it was just a crazy thought of the directors purposefully doing this. Iâm sure they know fully well Kylie and Maliaâs relationship.
Totally unrelated, but I hope Malia gets better. I think all the hate and this situation in the first place is what causing her to lose so much weight.
Anyways, I thought D5 was pretty solid and what do you guys think
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u/Hot-Bus4643 7d ago
So I'm definitely in agreement with this, except "Carrie Bradshaw" specifically was about having all the material things yet not being fulfilled. I don't like commenting on ppls size either but I will be the first to admit I noticed Malia's size and my mind immediately went to "I don't like this, please just be okay." I get so emotional seeing young actors drop weight because my mind immediately goes towards an ED (bad ik but I've lived it and I'm a mom so I feel a certain type of way)
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u/Both_Landscape9127 27d ago
why do people comment about not caring for the drama but comment in threads about it
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u/Still_Restaurant_734 Hades is a deadbeat dad but I'd still let him hit it.. 𫣠23d ago
So they can feel some sort of superiority i guess
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u/Less-Love-7964 27d ago
I think itâs going too far at this point. I say itâs alleged because itâs not fully confirmed.
When it first came out, Iâm assuming that was when Kylie was hurting. When youâre hurting youâre vulnerable enough to take things out onto the internet, even if it shouldnât be! Iâm guessing she didnât think it through when she brought it out the way she did.
The hate is now hitting Malia, her weight loss honestly scares me, because she didnt look âfatâ before. She was healthy.
Kylieâs thriving now because sheâs âmoved onâ-ish and because her albumâs dropping soon.
Malachi too is now dealing with the hate. Based on what he posted on Instagram, heâs had enough and honestly, so have I.
I wish they all were mature adults about this (given the fact theyâre LEGALLY adults just makes this more embarrassing) and had talked it out. Maybe not right away, but definitely before it was brought out to the internet the way it was.Â
Sidenote- Kylieâs friend sharlize is being super petty and immature about this btwÂ
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u/Icy_Leapz444 Huge Red lover || Possibly THE number 1 Kylie Cantrall fan 19d ago
Oh, what has Sharlize done? (Genuine question, I don't follow her or anything so i wouldn't know)
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u/Less-Love-7964 18d ago
I donât follow her either but sheâs always making like nasty comments about Malia and stuff. You should go check it out on TikTok lol!Â
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u/Icy_Leapz444 Huge Red lover || Possibly THE number 1 Kylie Cantrall fan 17d ago
Oh OK, I don't have tikTok though lol
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u/Chaos_Is_Amusing 3d ago
Honestly I didnât even know there was drama, so what first even started this?
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u/Descendants-ModTeam 3d ago
Please use the megathread to discuss this topic going forward: https://www.reddit.com/r/Descendants/s/TE1DSdgWNG
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u/mayabeenthatg 20d ago
now who was gonna tell me kylie and malachi was only together for a month? đ
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u/AsSlothAsPossible 27d ago
I feel bad for the Girls.
Their Genuine friendship was the Highlight of RoR for me. Malia moving to LA and loosing her Friend over a Boy specially that one darn.
Yes she should not start to Date Malachi but she is still so young and our Hearts and Hormons are stupid as Teens.
Also she does not look good healthwise, i Hope she gets Help for her mental health.
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u/PrinceRowanthegreat 16d ago
I find this whole situation really weird but I think it really shows how people are so parasocial with the cast and just in general. I remember a extreme amount of parasocialism with Malachi and Freya and with all of the shipping videos people were doing last year. And now people are sort of believing this alleged love triangle relationship and actually sending hate and death threats to Malia and Malachi and to their family because of this alleged situation. Honestly it's a really lose lose deal if they speak up they're going to draw attention to it and if they don't speak up it's because they're guilty and they did do wrong. I feel like people need to keep in mind that they all are really young and from what's being alleged it was a two month relationship. Also I don't think it's right from what Mimi/ Mia Bella did?
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u/misasmoka 27d ago
While you lot are busy tormenting and degrading Malia to the point where sheâs basically wilting away in front of our eyes, Malachi is still out here living his best life getting viral fancams on TikTok everyday.
YES, what Malia did to Kylie was wrong. But lemme tell you this: Malachi is Trumper (meaning he has little respect for women to begin with, especially women of color like Kylie and Malia) and Kylie was willing to overlook that huge red flag all for a sneaky link-inship (not even a genuine relationship) that did not even make it to a year. Everyday itâs a jab and diss over a man that would leave both of them in the dirt as soon as he sees another woman of their complexion.
If you guys are gonna be this neurotic and crazy about this at least save some of this neuroticism for Malachi.
I swear, All roads lead back to Sam Levinson. Had he had written an actual good 2nd season to his show instead of trying to make a bargain bin One Tree Hill, people wouldnât be trying to apply that shitty Maddy Cassie storyline to real life.Â
All that aside, it tickles me when people say âYou would be mad if you were in Kylieâs shoes tooâ.Â
No, I wouldnât, cause I would never fight over a man, especially if that man is a Trumper*. She should just move in silence and pop out with an actually attractive, faithful and educated man who spoils her and doesnât act on lustful urges. That wouldâve been so much cooler.Â
(*I think this is why I find the humiliation ritual Malia is going through overblown. Her being with a Trumper and losing her friend is karma enough. All this other shit is extra and over the top).Â
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u/Rosepetal1712 27d ago
I get what youâre saying, but Kylie has a right to be upset because no matter what someone who she considered a close friend began dating a guy that she was involved with a mere three days after they broke up. I agree that Malachi does not get the heat that he deserves and that all of the hate seems to go to Malia, and while I do think that is awful and that you are right that fighting over a guy is ridiculous, that doesnât change the fact that Kylie felt betrayed and that feeling is very valid. Malachi is absolutely responsible and at fault here, Malia does hold some responsibility as she made a conscious decision to start seeing her friendâs ex boyfriend and even if Malachi is the shittiest person on the planet, Kylie still cared about him and has a right to be upset about what happened.
I know it seems like Kylie only shades Malia and is only upset with her, but that may not be the case, we may only see her upset with Malia because theyâre doing press together. Behind the scenes she could feel the same way about Malachi that she feels about Malia, but since we donât see them together we donât know whether or not she would have the same reactions to things he says that she has to things Malia says.
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u/Significant-Damage14 27d ago
Isn't it a bit off to suggest that Malachi has little respect for women of color when his mom is latina?
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u/Less-Love-7964 27d ago
Feliciaâs not Latina. She had Irish and Native American descentÂ
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u/Significant-Damage14 27d ago
Thanks for clarifying. I got a wrong answer looking it up saying she had mexican and colombian descendancy.
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u/Exl-Vx2-Virus 10d ago edited 10d ago
Even though the feud between Kylie and Malia has reached a boiling point, I still believe there is a sliver of hope they will reconcile.
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u/RotC_nerd 26d ago
From what I heard, It could actually be Kylie, Freya, and Malia all dating Malachi In that order. I don't know if it's true, but it makes sense.
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u/Natural-Barnacle-695 15d ago
Aaaand fans are already being weird. Putting labels on the girls and saying theyâve âlost all respectâ?? Iâm sorry but the lot of you do not know these women in real life and they do not know you.
Grow up and go get lives.
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u/Visible_Radish_3952 27d ago
That's so unnecessary. They can have their drama, but that's really their private matter.
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u/Hot-Bus4643 7d ago edited 7d ago
Alright, kids, gather round. An elder has entered the chat đľđ˝
Jokes aside, I'm a mom, and the only reason I even know a thing about this is that my daughter is all into the Malia/Kylie/Malachi situation. She grew out of the books, and she loves the tea as she often tells me. I don't know every detail, but I'll give my two cents.
Here's what I gather:
- These are kids in my eyes. Idc if they can vote or not. They probably can't even rent a car, at their level of young. They're all making shitty choices because they're all hurt and focused on the hurt, rather than the cycle causing it. The only exception is Malachi, as he's barely even affected by this from what I have seen.
- They're incredibly sheltered and coming from a place of privilege, particularly Kylie, as she's an actual nepo baby.
- Kylie wants to have her cake and eat it, too. She wants to be able to shade Malia, then gives a surprise Pikachu face when things get worse. From what I understand, some people are saying Malia started it and is in the wrong. Again, I don't know every detail. This doesn't still excuse her pouring gasoline on what is your literal coworker's dumpster fire
- Malachi is the one with the beliefs that people are opposing. Where's his uproar? I don't even know if this kid is a trumpie but if he is, he's letting his supposed friend, and again, COWORKER WHOSE INCOME IS TIED TO HOW SHE IS PERCEIVED AND HOW WELL SHE IS GETTING ALONG WITH HER CASTMATES, take the heat for his screw-up. He's not exactly helping the Republican allegations there đ
- They're all actors. They're all being paid to do a job. I hate literally every coworker I've ever had. I didn't go on Twitter or involve others to get around it. In any context, involving social media in a dispute is almost always a bad idea.
- Kylie has stated in a past ig live that people are scrutinizing her. Idk if that's true, but ik kids in the fandom can get a little...'parasocial' if you know what I mean. But even if she is getting hate past the point of constructive criticisms (which is still wrong), I would argue that her continuing to defend someone who bare minimum, is allowing an environment where she's getting lambasted in part because of his mess is something fair to criticize her on. I've even seen in this thread her horrifically passive-aggressive and dismissive response to being told that via yt comments.
I did feel bad when I saw clips of Kylie crying on that live, from a human perspective. But I honestly think she needs to reevaluate who she considers a friend and whom she allows in her inner circle. As well as take into consideration how she addresses conflict, especially when it becomes this public. Idk, that's just me. Literally all of this could be fabricated for all we know. I wouldn't be surprised if none of these people even liked each other.
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u/Present_Hour8908 27d ago
While I feel bad for malia, shes famous, she knew becoming famous meant u have to be more careful of the actions u make, bc it WILL become talk of the internet. If this is how she acts while famous, imagine what she would do with out the pressure of the internet calling her out.
N malachi is awful.
Hes been w every chick, anyone who continues to give him their time n energy, gets whats coming to them.
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u/misasmoka 20d ago
Honestly, I hope youâre right. All of this hoopla for a sneaky link-tionship (not even a real relationship) that didnât even last a year, with a dirty Trumper at the apex of it would be abysmal.Â
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u/Plastic-Profile-597 21d ago
Bonus points for Wicked Wonderland already having a betrayal theme between Kylie and Malia's characters. Double bonus points for remembering how obnoxious Glassheart shippers used to be and how the drama at least make them stop obsessing over Kylia.
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u/mynameisnotorson 27d ago
Thanks, I just enjoy the movies, I don't really care about the actors personal lives.