Cautionary Women

Somewhere in a parallel universe, villainesses have the last laugh. DeviantArtist Justin Turrentine has illustrated the alternate endings that Disney would never prepare to consider: heroes, not the meanies, getting their just deserts. So much for true love! Why waste time on tripe when you can just have a hearty supper ? Spot-on ! The de Vil wears Prada with her dalmatian fur coat.  Grimhilde is a true heartbreaker.  Prince getting a threesome , eh? Definitely no Disney denouement.  Maleficent has a heart of stone , through and through. Diablo, her raven, turned the tables for real.  Maybe the real alternate ending is that you are smiling with these villains. At the rate Disney princesses have been misguiding girls , you probably can't help but gloat too.

Mortal Kombat characters can be chica babes and handsome hunks, even with their ninja masks on. You could stare into Subzero's eyes forever, or Kitana's, whomever you're into. But Kitana's clone Mileena? She's the face of evil. At least she's not like Scorpion, who's just rotten to the core.

Sybil Oakwood, played to campy perfection by Gale Garnett in  Friday the 13th: The Series , and Sister Summersisle must be real besties. Dr. Oakwood is not exactly subtle about her magical connections; Summersisle could certainly use some divine intervention with regards to agriculture. Sybil meanwhile has plenty to learn from Summersisle on Celtic politics and honeymaking.

Maleficent as she would have looked like in the 15th century. Photo via shoomlah . While everyone else is hyperventilating over the latest Maleficent poster , let's call attention to the latest entry in Claire Hummel's exposition of historically accurate Disney costumes. The Deviant artist made waves after revising the Disney Princesses' attires to more accurately reflect their contemporaries. Now Claire has set her sights on the villainesses, and the first to get her magnificent treatment is the Mistress of all Evil herself! As Claire explained:  I made the mental leap between Maleficent's horns and 15th century horned hennins. The time period works out pretty well, actually, since I wanted her to look a little more dated than Aurora's 1480's getup—both houppelandes and horned hennins were all the rage during the early- to mid-1400's, and they make for pretty good analogues to her official costuming.

Maleficent lived in the Middle Ages. Queen Grimhilde whiled away the 16th century. Lady Tremaine was a straight-up Victorian bitch. Ursula was, well, a woman of her time.  But Cruella de Vil was the most modern Disney villainess—aside from Madame Medusa, of course—and thereby the easiest to emulate. She has the most arbitrary look too: You have more wiggle room in interpreting her ensemble than the other Disney baddies, with all their chimerical attires.  Iggy Azalea served serious badassery in Halloween last year by adding her personal touch to Cruella's getup. The rapper ditched the red gloves for white and the LBD for a blouse and, aptly, houndstooth trousers, yet she still came out as distinctly Cruella. Then again, she channeled the Glenn Close version of Cruella . It also helped lots that she stepped out from this: And brought this: So excluding the dog and vintage car, how do you mimic Cruella and still be your fabulous self? How do you manage ...