Villainous

Troy has been really obsessed with villains and bad guys lately. It started out with a Halloween medley I found by Peter Hollens and morphed into a Disney Villains medley by the same singer. But the one song from the medley that Troy most identified with was “Poor Unfortunate Souls” from The Little Mermaid. He’d sing all of them, but he’d really amp up the energy for that one.

This led me to finding a The Little Mermaid medley by Voiceplay, which Troy immediately fell in love with. He became obsessed with the bass singer, Geoff Castellucci, who sang the snippets from Ursula while being painted blue. He loved that Geoff went the extra mile to look like Ursula too. Now, he talks about Geoff on an intimate level like they’re best friends. Of course after that, Troy wanted to hear the Voiceplay medley every day on the way home from daycare and watch The Little Mermaid every night.

But it’s not just that. Troy likes the bad guys in his stories; Scar from The Lion King, Gaston from Beauty and the Beast, Frollo from The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hades from Hercules, Jafar from Aladdin, Dr. Facilier from The Princess and the Frog. When I took him to the store to pick out Valentine’s gifts for his classmates, he even chose these little mystery boxes that had Disney villains in them. And who did Troy get out of his box? Ursula of course!