Красная королева однажды в сказке

Похитив жену Белого Кролика и двух его детей, Красная Королева заставляет его выполнять все её приказы, иначе им не поздоровится. Страх за семью вынуждает Кролика согласиться уйти из Страны Чудес за Алисой. Он убеждает её вернуться, сказав, что её возлюбленный Сайрус жив. Когда Алиса возвращается в Страну Чудес, Королева велит Кролику продолжать выполнять её приказы, иначе она превратит его в мебель. Позже она сталкивается с колдуном Джафаром и сообщает о прибытии Алисы — всё, как они и планировали. Джафар считает Красную Королеву бесполезной и начинает душить её, но Анастасия говорит, что только ей известно, где находится Алиса. Джафар отпускает её, а Королева победоносно напоминает ему, что Страна Чудес — её мир, здесь она правительница, и он больше не в Аграбе. («Вниз по кроличьей норе»)

Королева играет в свою игру, только с первого взгляда кажется, что она заодно с Джафаром, но это не так. Когда Сайрус сбегает, Королева ловит его и отвозит к Алисе, при этом напоминая, что лампа джина у неё в руках (у Анастасии). Сайрус догадывается, что у Королевы есть скрытое желание, но он не может понять какое. Позже выясняется, что это желание вновь вернуть Уилла. Надвигается буря, которую наслал Джафар, и бьёт молния, которая должна убить Красную Королеву, но Уилл закрывает её собой. Загадав желание Уилл, по неосторожности становится джинном, а Сайрус оказывается на свободе. Лампа исчезает, и Королева отправляется на её поиски. Анастасия находит лампу рядом с мёртвой девушкой — Элизабет — и Уилл становится её джином. Идя с Уиллом по лесу, она встречает Джабервоку (Бармаглота), которая питается страхом. Королева приказывает Уиллу отправиться в лампу, а сама пытается победить Джабервоку, у неё это почти выходит, но в последнее мгновение Бармаглот ударяет Королеву головой и забирает её и джина-Уилла. Во дворце Джафар с помощью Джабервоки заставляет Королеву загадать три бессмысленных желания и забирает джина себе, а её бросает в клетку. Через некоторое время в соседнюю клетку попадает и Уилл. Выясняется, что у Валета нет сердца. Джафар и Джабервока возвращают сердце Уиллу и в нём вновь просыпаются чувства к Анастасии, но Джафар убивает девушку у него на глазах.

Изменив законы магии, Джафар воскрешает Красную Королеву, но также заставляет её полюбить его. Она помогает ему, т.к. думает, что любит его. Уилл пытается вернуть её любовь, говоря о том, что такая любовь, какой она любит Джафара, ненастоящая. Королева спрашивает, что такое любовь. Преодолевая силовую стену, Уилл протягивает руку и прижимает Красную Королеву к себе и целует. Поцелуй истиной любви снимает чары ложной любви к Джафару, и Анастасия спешит освободить Алису и говорит ей, чтобы та поторопилась.

Джафар был побеждён нимфой колодца Чудес, и все его заклятия были сняты, а это значит, что Красная Королева — мертва.

Уилл горюет над телом любимой. Приходят Алиса и Сайрус, они приносят воду из колодца Чудес, говоря, что время Анастасии ещё не пришло. Уилл отвергает их помощь, говоря, что незачем так рисковать ради него. Однако Сайрус рассказывает о нимфе, которая сказала, что время Красной Королевы вышло, но время Анастасии ещё не пришло. Уилл вливает воду из Колодца Чудес в рот Королеве, и та словно просыпается.

Уилл, радостный, восклицает «С добрым утром, Спящая Красавица!»

Анастасия и Уилл присутствуют на свадьбе Алисы и Сайруса, изредка Анастасия грустит, но Уилл подбадривает её, и она вновь улыбается. После свадьбы друзей они не прощаются с ними, но говорят, что им нужно вернуться в Страну Чудес, чтобы привести её в порядок.

Вместе с кроликами Белая Королева (Анастасия) и Белый Король (Уилл Скарлет) оживляют Страну Чудес, и та снова процветает.

Kidnapping and withholding the White Rabbit’s wife and two children in an old wagon, the Red Queen forces him to follow her absolute orders or else harm will come to them. Fearing the worst for his family, the White Rabbit agrees to travel out of Wonderland to convince Alice to come back with the claim that her beloved Cyrus is alive. When Alice returns to Wonderland, the Red Queen rides out in her coach to meet the White Rabbit. She demands he follow, and the two go to her palace. Once inside, she asks the White Rabbit if Alice is back, which he affirms to be true. In turn, the Red Queen orders him to continue to do her bidding, or else he will be turned into a furnishing. As he slinks away in fright, she smiles wickedly. Later, she encounters the sorcerer Jafar out on the balcony, and informs him of Alice’s arrival, which is just as they planned it. Unexpectedly, Jafar begins to question the Red Queen’s usefulness and uses his magic to begin to choke her. The Red Queen manages to gasp out that only she knows where Alice is, and he should be wise to remember this. Jafar reluctantly stops choking her, and the Red Queen flashes a triumphant smile, reminding him once again that she is the Queen, Wonderland is her world, and he’s not in Agrabah anymore. («Down the Rabbit Hole», «Home»)

From the White Rabbit, the Red Queen learns the true burial spot of Cyrus’ bottle; an item both she and Jafar have been scouring Wonderland in search of as one of the objectives they need to complete their secretive master plan. To gain the upper hand from Jafar, she has the White Rabbit procure the bottle for her. Later, when the Red Queen is listening to petitioners at the castle, Jafar freezes her subjects so they can talk. While he criticizes her flaw in trying to earn people’s respect as their monarch, she acknowledges that they both want things they can’t have without Alice and her genie. She gives the excuse that responsibilities as a ruler keep her busy from looking for the bottle, so Jafar frees up her time by turning the frozen people in the room into ash. She looks on in displeasure as he leaves, to which her servants, Tweedledee and Tweedledum, clean up the mess. Jafar returns to accuse her of already knowing the bottle’s location, which is true, but the Red Queen won’t tell him until they settle what she will be getting out of this deal. Though he freezes her body to force an answer out, she purposely gives him the false bottle site, Mimsy Meadows under the Tumtum tree, to send him on a misleading expedition. After he is gone, the White Rabbit visits as the Tweedles are giving her a scrubbing cleanse. She inquiries further how he knew about the bottle’s true location, the White Rabbit remembers secretly watching Alice and Cyrus bury it. He asks for his freedom after doing everything she requested. Instead, she gives a strong rebuke and reminds him who is in charge. Triumphantly, the Red Queen confronts Jafar in his lair and calls for a change in relationship, since now she possesses the bottle, and asks to be treated as his equal. In the face of Jafar’s humiliation and fury, she leaves him to simmer. Upon return to her castle, the Red Queen places a decoy of the bottle in a box while she hides the real one in an abandoned wagon. («Trust Me», «Home»)

In the lair, the Red Queen and Jafar are dining at a table as they challenge Cyrus over a certain paper crane he’s been using to communicate with Alice. As the next part of their plan, she flips through a book to read out loud names of various creatures to send after Alice so she will be forced to make her first wish. They settle for the Bandersnatch after Cyrus’ expression twists into worry at the mention of the beast. After the male Bandersnatch has been slayed, the Red Queen expectantly hears the female of the pair pass away too, as they mate for life. From this, she believes Alice already made her first wish, but Jafar is unable to detect any change until realizing they have been deceived. They pay a visit to Grendel in the Whispering Woods to question him about who killed the Bandersnatch. When they promise to restore his deceased wife to him, Grendel confesses a young woman accompanied by a man named Knave killed the beast. Startled at the mention of her old lover’s name, she reacts with surprise, but says nothing. Having obtained the necessary information from Grendel, Jafar then murders him with his staff. («Forget Me Not»)

While Tweedledee and Tweedledum help dress the Red Queen in one of her newest outfits, she pleasingly admires herself in the mirror until noticing Jafar standing nearby. After she dismisses the Tweedles, Jafar asks for an honest answer about why he was left in the dark about Alice’s companion, Knave. She gives a smooth excuse that he was only necessary so Alice had someone to trust when coming back to Wonderland. Since the Red Queen affirms Knave is of no more value, Jafar demands she get rid of him as soon as possible. Later, she takes out the Caterpillar’s henchman, the Collectors, as they are hunting down Knave. The Red Queen imprisons Knave and belittles him for coming back to Wonderland and whatever Alice, dubbing her his «girlfriend», offered him must have been worth the risk. They both trade personal insults at one another until the Red Queen walks away. Jafar approaches her again to order a public execution for Knave so people see what happens to those who align themselves with Alice. She proposes Knave might be more useful alive than dead, but he wonders if she is reluctant to kill him for another reason. He presses her to get the job done to prove she is willing to go to any lengths to get what she wants. Unwilling to resort to murder, the Red Queen forms an escape plan for Knave to leave Wonderland with the White Rabbit. Knave suspects she only wants to catch him while he’s leaving as a reason for capital punishment. She, however, wants an excuse not to kill him as her involvement with Jafar makes it difficult to keep him alive. Additionally, this is her way of making up her betrayal to him. Knave doesn’t want pity, but she argues that without her support, he’d be dead. He refuses to comply with escaping and blames her for making him a fool because she has committed inexcusable, terrible deeds. The one thing he thinks the Red Queen can’t do is kill him, and dares her to try, so she accepts his challenge.

At Knave’s public execution, the Red Queen and Jafar appear over the castle balcony to greet the public masses. Tweedledee notifies them that Alice is in the crowd as well. The Red Queen orders for her to be taken in by the guards, but Jafar thinks it’d be a better idea to see how far Alice is willing to go to save a friend. They watch the procession as Knave is brought out onto the gallows and prepped for the beheading, but Alice rescues him and the two flee by using the catapult machine to fling themselves into the maze. The Red Queen arrives there at the same time as Jafar. As Knave is choked by Jafar, he gasps out Anastasia’s name, and is only let go when Alice makes her first wish. Then, Alice herself is tested by Jafar’s magic until being dropped. The Red Queen stares in horror as Jafar turns Knave into a stone statue. Afterwards, Alice angrily slaps her for not helping Knave, and moves to deliver another smack, but the Red Queen blocks it with magic. She chides Alice to «grow up» and use more common sense. The Red Queen warns that Wonderland is a prison and it’s only going to get worse for Alice until she does what must be done. At nightfall, she returns to look, with much longing, at the statue of Knave. («The Serpent»)

Hoping to restore Knave back to normal, she tricks Alice into helping her procure some magic dust that only someone with a pure heart can obtain. As a reward, she promises to lead Alice to Cyrus. She watches Alice successfully decipher the riddle for reaching the dust, «the pure of heart shall make the leap», only for the girl to fall out of sight. Even after that, the Red Queen refuses to budge from the cliff edge. A ground tremor throws her off balance and she, too, drops down into the same cave pit as Alice. A child version of Alice goads the older Alice into exacting revenge on the Red Queen for previously faking Cyrus’ death. Though Alice appears to move towards slashing the Red Queen, she stabs her sword into the ground instead. The child Alice congratulates her older self for passing a test and then turns into magic dust. Back outside, Alice refuses to hand over the bag of dust until the Red Queen tells her how to get to Cyrus. So, she takes the bag by force and leaves Alice with nothing. Returning to the maze, the Red Queen sprinkles some of the dust onto Knave. Before he completely unfreezes and sees her, she runs away. («Heart of Stone»)

She comes to search for Jafar in his lair, but only finds Cyrus’ empty cage. No matter how much magical force she exerts against Jafar’s other prisoner, he refuses to betray the manner of how Cyrus escaped the lair. The Red Queen decides to hunt down Cyrus so she can possess both him and his bottle while strongly reprimanding Tweedledee when he questions her judgement. She follows his tracks to the river, but has doubts Cyrus crossed the stream, and uses magic to show which way he actually went. She corners Cyrus at a cliff, applauding him for the heroic endeavor to reach Alice, but the harsh reality is sometimes love is not enough. Somehow, Cyrus refuses to give up and jumps into the sea. («Who’s Alice»)

Though she sends out search parties to look for Cyrus at the shorelines, Tweedledum reports back that he has not been found. The Red Queen begins openly talking about her intent to claim Cyrus so she’ll have both the bottle and genie, and is unaware Jafar overhears everything. When she notices his presence, she feigns worry over his recent absence and relishes in telling him about Cyrus’ escape. In turn, Jafar tells her not to get silly ideas that she has the power to change the laws of magic without him. («Bad Blood»)

The Red Queen is told by Tweedledum that Cyrus has been captured in the forest. However, he confesses to witnessing Tweedledee hand over something to Jafar in secret. She later checks the box containing the fake bottle, which is now missing and in Jafar’s hands. For Tweedledee’s betrayal, she takes off his head and leaves him in a box addressed to Jafar. Then, she travels on a carriage to force Cyrus to come along with her. The Red Queen makes a stop at an abandoned wagon where she stores various items from her past and present life, including the real bottle. After taking it, she proceeds to drive the carriage down a road and notices her castle in the distance is now on fire, which is obviously Jafar’s work. She directs Cyrus to take her to Alice, and questions if he would rather Jafar find his beloved instead. Cyrus perceives that she strongly desires a wish, but the Red Queen remains tight lipped on the matter. They arrive at the Outlands where Cyrus is set free and allowed to go to Alice. After their reunion, the Red Queen makes herself known to both Alice and Knave. She warns them about a dangerous storm cloud Jafar has sent after all of them, and stresses the importance of leaving Wonderland. Alice refuses to go without an explanation for the Red Queen’s actions thus far, including her reasons for taking away Cyrus and desiring the bottle. In an emotional outburst, the Red Queen admits to Knave that she wants him back. He stoically recalls a time when she did have his whole heart, but threw it away. She pleads that by breaking the laws of magic, they can go back to the past and resume their relationship, but he wants nothing more to do with her. Even to this, Alice doesn’t believe the Red Queen, but Cyrus does, so she asks the White Rabbit to dig a hole to someplace safe for them. As the storm cloud closes in, the Red Queen uses the bottle as a shield against a lightning bolt, which then bounces off and fatally wounds Knave. The Red Queen cradles Knave as he is near death, while Alice begins to die too as her first wish comes into full effect. Knave is given the third remaining wish by Cyrus and uses it to «end Alice’s suffering». Cyrus’ servitude as a genie ends and Alice is revived, though the price is Knave must take his place in the bottle. («Home»)

The morning after, the Red Queen, Alice and Cyrus head through the forest to track down the bottle containing Knave. The Red Queen is kidnapped by a crowd of belligerent peasants who are hell-bent on giving her comeuppance for ignoring their sufferings. As they drag her away, the Red Queen attempts to sympathize with them, recalling how she, too, once knew what it was like to be poor and hungry, but her pleas go ignored. After being tied to a post, she insists that the peasants can be paid a ransom if they let her live. However, when questioned who would do such a thing, the Red Queen is unable to name anyone willing to help her. Alice and Cyrus agree to pay for her freedom, but since they have nothing to give, both of them are also bound to the post by the peasants. At nightfall, the lit fires surrounding the trio attract large beasts, the Mome Raths, despite that they put out the torches, since the necklace Alice wears begins shining. With little choice, Alice parts with the pendant; throwing it to the Mome Raths while the three flee. In the forest, they spot fireworks emitting from a town, though the Red Queen says the place is too poor to afford such luxuries, let alone food, causing the group to recognize that Knave must have used his genie powers. In town, the Red Queen discovers a deceased Lizard with the bottle laying on the floor. She is later accused by Alice of harming Lizard, though the argument is cut short when Cyrus demands the bottle. As the Red Queen complies, she «accidentally» rubs the bottle and brings Knave out. Though her sights are set on getting out of Wonderland as soon as possible, she gives out information about the two other bottles Jafar has, which Cyrus reveals contain his two brothers. Recognizing her past errors, the Red Queen decides to stay and help rescue them. («Nothing to Fear»)

The Red Queen adamantly wants to defeat Jafar to prove herself as the good ruler the people of Wonderland deserve. She and Knave go to the White Rabbit’s house while the latter pair head to the Well of Wonders to track down the guardian Nyx, who cursed Cyrus and his brothers to be genies. The Red Queen formally apologizes to the White Rabbit for having taken from him what can never be returned, and asks for help to convince the commoners that she genuinely wants to take back the kingdom for their sake. A bigger problem is posed when the Red Queen receives news that Jafar released the Jabberwocky, however, she stubbornly still wants to wage war against him. While on the move in the woods, she senses the Jabberwocky’s presence, orders Knave into the bottle and hides it in the bushes. The Red Queen conjures a sword for protection and stabs the Jabberwocky with it, but the weapon has no effect on her. Powerless to the creature’s manipulations, she is quickly knocked out cold and awakens, strapped down to a chair, in the castle jail cell. Across from her, Knave is entrapped in the same dilemma. Jafar orders the Jabberwocky to get inside the Red Queen’s head in order to force her to make the three wishes. In a matter of minutes, she collapses emotionally after being goaded about her miserable past and present. When reminded by the Jabberwocky, the Red Queen remembers losing her mother’s love, her fears of never regaining Knave’s love as well as the empty hole she has from being without love. She is manipulated into making two frivolous wishes; one for her crown and another for her jewels. Lastly, she uses the third wish to make Jabberwocky stop torturing her; causing Knave to return to the bottle and into Jafar’s possession. Afterwards, the Red Queen receives a visit from Tweedledee, who is still loyal to her, so she sends him to warn Alice and Cyrus against fighting Jafar and to leave Wonderland immediately. («Dirty Little Secrets»)

In the dungeon, the Red Queen converses with the Old Prisoner; commenting that he must hate Jafar for locking him up. He believes himself to be as much Jafar’s captive as it is the other way around since everyone creates their own prisons. She quietly echos his sentiment when Alice and Cyrus arrive seeking the three bottles. They ask her to stall Jafar from using them to break the laws of magic, but she can’t. Though the pair are not out to rescue her, she tearfully thanks Alice for coming back and earnestly believes that if Will is freed, then Wonderland can be saved too. Alice and Cyrus hide out of sight when Jafar strolls in. He interrogates the Red Queen for answers, believing she used magic on Knave to render his spell useless, but she denies it. When she challenges him, he magically chokes her until the Jabberwocky has an answer; stating that the Knave is without a heart. The Jabberwocky implies gaining this information from someone else in the dungeon—Alice—and though Jafar sends guards after the girl and Cyrus, they escape. Afterward, Jafar threatens to slit the Red Queen’s throat unless Knave tells him the location of his heart. Despite that she pleads against it, he complies with Jafar’s request, stating his heart has caused him enough suffering and no one needs to die due to it. Later, she expresses surprise that he had his heart taken out, which Knave believes was necessary to forget about her. When asked about her intent to change the past had she broken the laws of magic, the Red Queen admits wanting to keep herself and Will from going to Wonderland. She apologizes for resorting to magic to win him back, as the laws weren’t meant to be broken, and asks for his forgiveness, which he accepts. Jafar returns to the dungeon, shoving the heart into Knave, who collapses in shock. Stunned, the Red Queen calls for Knave to look at her. In the instant their eyes meet, they share a kiss until Jafar separates them. Knave is locked up while the Red Queen is pulled out, forced to look at her beloved Will, as Jafar kills her. («Heart of the Matter»)

Once the laws of magic are broken, Anastasia is revived by Jafar. Under his magical influence, she believes they are in love and casually drops this bombshell to an entrapped Will; even kissing Jafar in front of him. Visibly subdued, Anastasia has little reaction to Alice being held captive and threatened by Jafar. While lounging on a couch twirling a wine glass, Jafar drops a ring, which Cyrus gave Alice, into Anastasia’s glass. Jafar later prompts Anastasia to prove their «love» is real by telling him about the Well of Wonders. She informs him that it’s a place with water of magical properties. Jafar leaves for the location, intending to kill Amara, though he isn’t aware of what she is doing there. While he is gone, Anastasia watches over Alice and Will, though she is easily distracted. She is alarmed upon noticing the White Rabbit attempting to free Alice and becomes defensive when Will suggests that her feelings for Jafar are fake. Eventually, Jafar’s magical hold on her is removed once she and Will share a kiss of true love. Happily, she unbinds Alice, allowing the girl to travel through a rabbit hole to the Well of Wonders, where Jafar is enslaved as genie for trying to steal water from Nyx. The laws of magic are reversed, with tragic results for Anastasia, who dies once more. Luckily, she is restored to life with well water, which Nyx gifts since it is not yet her time to pass on. She and Will later attend Alice and Cyrus’ wedding in England and bid the couple farewell afterwards. («And They Lived…»)

Kidnapping and withholding the White Rabbit’s wife and two children in an old wagon, the Red Queen forces him to follow her absolute orders or else harm will come to them. Fearing the worst for his family, the White Rabbit agrees to travel out of Wonderland to convince Alice to come back with the claim that her beloved Cyrus is alive. When Alice returns to Wonderland, the Red Queen rides out in her coach to meet the White Rabbit. She demands he follow, and the two go to her palace. Once inside, she asks the White Rabbit if Alice is back, which he affirms to be true. In turn, the Red Queen orders him to continue to do her bidding, or else he will be turned into a furnishing. As he slinks away in fright, she smiles wickedly. Later, she encounters the sorcerer Jafar out on the balcony, and informs him of Alice’s arrival, which is just as they planned it. Unexpectedly, Jafar begins to question the Red Queen’s usefulness and uses his magic to begin to choke her. The Red Queen manages to gasp out that only she knows where Alice is, and he should be wise to remember this. Jafar reluctantly stops choking her, and the Red Queen flashes a triumphant smile, reminding him once again that she is the Queen, Wonderland is her world, and he’s not in Agrabah anymore. («Down the Rabbit Hole», «Home»)

From the White Rabbit, the Red Queen learns the true burial spot of Cyrus’ bottle; an item both she and Jafar have been scouring Wonderland in search of as one of the objectives they need to complete their secretive master plan. To gain the upper hand from Jafar, she has the White Rabbit procure the bottle for her. Later, when the Red Queen is listening to petitioners at the castle, Jafar freezes her subjects so they can talk. While he criticizes her flaw in trying to earn people’s respect as their monarch, she acknowledges that they both want things they can’t have without Alice and her genie. She gives the excuse that responsibilities as a ruler keep her busy from looking for the bottle, so Jafar frees up her time by turning the frozen people in the room into ash. She looks on in displeasure as he leaves, to which her servants, Tweedledee and Tweedledum, clean up the mess. Jafar returns to accuse her of already knowing the bottle’s location, which is true, but the Red Queen won’t tell him until they settle what she will be getting out of this deal. Though he freezes her body to force an answer out, she purposely gives him the false bottle site, Mimsy Meadows under the Tumtum tree, to send him on a misleading expedition. After he is gone, the White Rabbit visits as the Tweedles are giving her a scrubbing cleanse. She inquiries further how he knew about the bottle’s true location, the White Rabbit remembers secretly watching Alice and Cyrus bury it. He asks for his freedom after doing everything she requested. Instead, she gives a strong rebuke and reminds him who is in charge. Triumphantly, the Red Queen confronts Jafar in his lair and calls for a change in relationship, since now she possesses the bottle, and asks to be treated as his equal. In the face of Jafar’s humiliation and fury, she leaves him to simmer. Upon return to her castle, the Red Queen places a decoy of the bottle in a box while she hides the real one in an abandoned wagon. («Trust Me», «Home»)

In the lair, the Red Queen and Jafar are dining at a table as they challenge Cyrus over a certain paper crane he’s been using to communicate with Alice. As the next part of their plan, she flips through a book to read out loud names of various creatures to send after Alice so she will be forced to make her first wish. They settle for the Bandersnatch after Cyrus’ expression twists into worry at the mention of the beast. After the male Bandersnatch has been slayed, the Red Queen expectantly hears the female of the pair pass away too, as they mate for life. From this, she believes Alice already made her first wish, but Jafar is unable to detect any change until realizing they have been deceived. They pay a visit to Grendel in the Whispering Woods to question him about who killed the Bandersnatch. When they promise to restore his deceased wife to him, Grendel confesses a young woman accompanied by a man named Knave killed the beast. Startled at the mention of her old lover’s name, she reacts with surprise, but says nothing. Having obtained the necessary information from Grendel, Jafar then murders him with his staff. («Forget Me Not»)

While Tweedledee and Tweedledum help dress the Red Queen in one of her newest outfits, she pleasingly admires herself in the mirror until noticing Jafar standing nearby. After she dismisses the Tweedles, Jafar asks for an honest answer about why he was left in the dark about Alice’s companion, Knave. She gives a smooth excuse that he was only necessary so Alice had someone to trust when coming back to Wonderland. Since the Red Queen affirms Knave is of no more value, Jafar demands she get rid of him as soon as possible. Later, she takes out the Caterpillar’s henchman, the Collectors, as they are hunting down Knave. The Red Queen imprisons Knave and belittles him for coming back to Wonderland and whatever Alice, dubbing her his «girlfriend», offered him must have been worth the risk. They both trade personal insults at one another until the Red Queen walks away. Jafar approaches her again to order a public execution for Knave so people see what happens to those who align themselves with Alice. She proposes Knave might be more useful alive than dead, but he wonders if she is reluctant to kill him for another reason. He presses her to get the job done to prove she is willing to go to any lengths to get what she wants. Unwilling to resort to murder, the Red Queen forms an escape plan for Knave to leave Wonderland with the White Rabbit. Knave suspects she only wants to catch him while he’s leaving as a reason for capital punishment. She, however, wants an excuse not to kill him as her involvement with Jafar makes it difficult to keep him alive. Additionally, this is her way of making up her betrayal to him. Knave doesn’t want pity, but she argues that without her support, he’d be dead. He refuses to comply with escaping and blames her for making him a fool because she has committed inexcusable, terrible deeds. The one thing he thinks the Red Queen can’t do is kill him, and dares her to try, so she accepts his challenge.

At Knave’s public execution, the Red Queen and Jafar appear over the castle balcony to greet the public masses. Tweedledee notifies them that Alice is in the crowd as well. The Red Queen orders for her to be taken in by the guards, but Jafar thinks it’d be a better idea to see how far Alice is willing to go to save a friend. They watch the procession as Knave is brought out onto the gallows and prepped for the beheading, but Alice rescues him and the two flee by using the catapult machine to fling themselves into the maze. The Red Queen arrives there at the same time as Jafar. As Knave is choked by Jafar, he gasps out Anastasia’s name, and is only let go when Alice makes her first wish. Then, Alice herself is tested by Jafar’s magic until being dropped. The Red Queen stares in horror as Jafar turns Knave into a stone statue. Afterwards, Alice angrily slaps her for not helping Knave, and moves to deliver another smack, but the Red Queen blocks it with magic. She chides Alice to «grow up» and use more common sense. The Red Queen warns that Wonderland is a prison and it’s only going to get worse for Alice until she does what must be done. At nightfall, she returns to look, with much longing, at the statue of Knave. («The Serpent»)

Hoping to restore Knave back to normal, she tricks Alice into helping her procure some magic dust that only someone with a pure heart can obtain. As a reward, she promises to lead Alice to Cyrus. She watches Alice successfully decipher the riddle for reaching the dust, «the pure of heart shall make the leap», only for the girl to fall out of sight. Even after that, the Red Queen refuses to budge from the cliff edge. A ground tremor throws her off balance and she, too, drops down into the same cave pit as Alice. A child version of Alice goads the older Alice into exacting revenge on the Red Queen for previously faking Cyrus’ death. Though Alice appears to move towards slashing the Red Queen, she stabs her sword into the ground instead. The child Alice congratulates her older self for passing a test and then turns into magic dust. Back outside, Alice refuses to hand over the bag of dust until the Red Queen tells her how to get to Cyrus. So, she takes the bag by force and leaves Alice with nothing. Returning to the maze, the Red Queen sprinkles some of the dust onto Knave. Before he completely unfreezes and sees her, she runs away. («Heart of Stone»)

She comes to search for Jafar in his lair, but only finds Cyrus’ empty cage. No matter how much magical force she exerts against Jafar’s other prisoner, he refuses to betray the manner of how Cyrus escaped the lair. The Red Queen decides to hunt down Cyrus so she can possess both him and his bottle while strongly reprimanding Tweedledee when he questions her judgement. She follows his tracks to the river, but has doubts Cyrus crossed the stream, and uses magic to show which way he actually went. She corners Cyrus at a cliff, applauding him for the heroic endeavor to reach Alice, but the harsh reality is sometimes love is not enough. Somehow, Cyrus refuses to give up and jumps into the sea. («Who’s Alice»)

Though she sends out search parties to look for Cyrus at the shorelines, Tweedledum reports back that he has not been found. The Red Queen begins openly talking about her intent to claim Cyrus so she’ll have both the bottle and genie, and is unaware Jafar overhears everything. When she notices his presence, she feigns worry over his recent absence and relishes in telling him about Cyrus’ escape. In turn, Jafar tells her not to get silly ideas that she has the power to change the laws of magic without him. («Bad Blood»)

The Red Queen is told by Tweedledum that Cyrus has been captured in the forest. However, he confesses to witnessing Tweedledee hand over something to Jafar in secret. She later checks the box containing the fake bottle, which is now missing and in Jafar’s hands. For Tweedledee’s betrayal, she takes off his head and leaves him in a box addressed to Jafar. Then, she travels on a carriage to force Cyrus to come along with her. The Red Queen makes a stop at an abandoned wagon where she stores various items from her past and present life, including the real bottle. After taking it, she proceeds to drive the carriage down a road and notices her castle in the distance is now on fire, which is obviously Jafar’s work. She directs Cyrus to take her to Alice, and questions if he would rather Jafar find his beloved instead. Cyrus perceives that she strongly desires a wish, but the Red Queen remains tight lipped on the matter. They arrive at the Outlands where Cyrus is set free and allowed to go to Alice. After their reunion, the Red Queen makes herself known to both Alice and Knave. She warns them about a dangerous storm cloud Jafar has sent after all of them, and stresses the importance of leaving Wonderland. Alice refuses to go without an explanation for the Red Queen’s actions thus far, including her reasons for taking away Cyrus and desiring the bottle. In an emotional outburst, the Red Queen admits to Knave that she wants him back. He stoically recalls a time when she did have his whole heart, but threw it away. She pleads that by breaking the laws of magic, they can go back to the past and resume their relationship, but he wants nothing more to do with her. Even to this, Alice doesn’t believe the Red Queen, but Cyrus does, so she asks the White Rabbit to dig a hole to someplace safe for them. As the storm cloud closes in, the Red Queen uses the bottle as a shield against a lightning bolt, which then bounces off and fatally wounds Knave. The Red Queen cradles Knave as he is near death, while Alice begins to die too as her first wish comes into full effect. Knave is given the third remaining wish by Cyrus and uses it to «end Alice’s suffering». Cyrus’ servitude as a genie ends and Alice is revived, though the price is Knave must take his place in the bottle. («Home»)

The morning after, the Red Queen, Alice and Cyrus head through the forest to track down the bottle containing Knave. The Red Queen is kidnapped by a crowd of belligerent peasants who are hell-bent on giving her comeuppance for ignoring their sufferings. As they drag her away, the Red Queen attempts to sympathize with them, recalling how she, too, once knew what it was like to be poor and hungry, but her pleas go ignored. After being tied to a post, she insists that the peasants can be paid a ransom if they let her live. However, when questioned who would do such a thing, the Red Queen is unable to name anyone willing to help her. Alice and Cyrus agree to pay for her freedom, but since they have nothing to give, both of them are also bound to the post by the peasants. At nightfall, the lit fires surrounding the trio attract large beasts, the Mome Raths, despite that they put out the torches, since the necklace Alice wears begins shining. With little choice, Alice parts with the pendant; throwing it to the Mome Raths while the three flee. In the forest, they spot fireworks emitting from a town, though the Red Queen says the place is too poor to afford such luxuries, let alone food, causing the group to recognize that Knave must have used his genie powers. In town, the Red Queen discovers a deceased Lizard with the bottle laying on the floor. She is later accused by Alice of harming Lizard, though the argument is cut short when Cyrus demands the bottle. As the Red Queen complies, she «accidentally» rubs the bottle and brings Knave out. Though her sights are set on getting out of Wonderland as soon as possible, she gives out information about the two other bottles Jafar has, which Cyrus reveals contain his two brothers. Recognizing her past errors, the Red Queen decides to stay and help rescue them. («Nothing to Fear»)

The Red Queen adamantly wants to defeat Jafar to prove herself as the good ruler the people of Wonderland deserve. She and Knave go to the White Rabbit’s house while the latter pair head to the Well of Wonders to track down the guardian Nyx, who cursed Cyrus and his brothers to be genies. The Red Queen formally apologizes to the White Rabbit for having taken from him what can never be returned, and asks for help to convince the commoners that she genuinely wants to take back the kingdom for their sake. A bigger problem is posed when the Red Queen receives news that Jafar released the Jabberwocky, however, she stubbornly still wants to wage war against him. While on the move in the woods, she senses the Jabberwocky’s presence, orders Knave into the bottle and hides it in the bushes. The Red Queen conjures a sword for protection and stabs the Jabberwocky with it, but the weapon has no effect on her. Powerless to the creature’s manipulations, she is quickly knocked out cold and awakens, strapped down to a chair, in the castle jail cell. Across from her, Knave is entrapped in the same dilemma. Jafar orders the Jabberwocky to get inside the Red Queen’s head in order to force her to make the three wishes. In a matter of minutes, she collapses emotionally after being goaded about her miserable past and present. When reminded by the Jabberwocky, the Red Queen remembers losing her mother’s love, her fears of never regaining Knave’s love as well as the empty hole she has from being without love. She is manipulated into making two frivolous wishes; one for her crown and another for her jewels. Lastly, she uses the third wish to make Jabberwocky stop torturing her; causing Knave to return to the bottle and into Jafar’s possession. Afterwards, the Red Queen receives a visit from Tweedledee, who is still loyal to her, so she sends him to warn Alice and Cyrus against fighting Jafar and to leave Wonderland immediately. («Dirty Little Secrets»)

In the dungeon, the Red Queen converses with the Old Prisoner; commenting that he must hate Jafar for locking him up. He believes himself to be as much Jafar’s captive as it is the other way around since everyone creates their own prisons. She quietly echos his sentiment when Alice and Cyrus arrive seeking the three bottles. They ask her to stall Jafar from using them to break the laws of magic, but she can’t. Though the pair are not out to rescue her, she tearfully thanks Alice for coming back and earnestly believes that if Will is freed, then Wonderland can be saved too. Alice and Cyrus hide out of sight when Jafar strolls in. He interrogates the Red Queen for answers, believing she used magic on Knave to render his spell useless, but she denies it. When she challenges him, he magically chokes her until the Jabberwocky has an answer; stating that the Knave is without a heart. The Jabberwocky implies gaining this information from someone else in the dungeon—Alice—and though Jafar sends guards after the girl and Cyrus, they escape. Afterward, Jafar threatens to slit the Red Queen’s throat unless Knave tells him the location of his heart. Despite that she pleads against it, he complies with Jafar’s request, stating his heart has caused him enough suffering and no one needs to die due to it. Later, she expresses surprise that he had his heart taken out, which Knave believes was necessary to forget about her. When asked about her intent to change the past had she broken the laws of magic, the Red Queen admits wanting to keep herself and Will from going to Wonderland. She apologizes for resorting to magic to win him back, as the laws weren’t meant to be broken, and asks for his forgiveness, which he accepts. Jafar returns to the dungeon, shoving the heart into Knave, who collapses in shock. Stunned, the Red Queen calls for Knave to look at her. In the instant their eyes meet, they share a kiss until Jafar separates them. Knave is locked up while the Red Queen is pulled out, forced to look at her beloved Will, as Jafar kills her. («Heart of the Matter»)

Once the laws of magic are broken, Anastasia is revived by Jafar. Under his magical influence, she believes they are in love and casually drops this bombshell to an entrapped Will; even kissing Jafar in front of him. Visibly subdued, Anastasia has little reaction to Alice being held captive and threatened by Jafar. While lounging on a couch twirling a wine glass, Jafar drops a ring, which Cyrus gave Alice, into Anastasia’s glass. Jafar later prompts Anastasia to prove their «love» is real by telling him about the Well of Wonders. She informs him that it’s a place with water of magical properties. Jafar leaves for the location, intending to kill Amara, though he isn’t aware of what she is doing there. While he is gone, Anastasia watches over Alice and Will, though she is easily distracted. She is alarmed upon noticing the White Rabbit attempting to free Alice and becomes defensive when Will suggests that her feelings for Jafar are fake. Eventually, Jafar’s magical hold on her is removed once she and Will share a kiss of true love. Happily, she unbinds Alice, allowing the girl to travel through a rabbit hole to the Well of Wonders, where Jafar is enslaved as genie for trying to steal water from Nyx. The laws of magic are reversed, with tragic results for Anastasia, who dies once more. Luckily, she is restored to life with well water, which Nyx gifts since it is not yet her time to pass on. She and Will later attend Alice and Cyrus’ wedding in England and bid the couple farewell afterwards. («And They Lived…»)

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28 октября 51 год исполняется одной из самых улыбчивых и обаятельных актрис на голливудских холмах – Джулии Робертс. Все мы помним, что прославилась она благодаря красотке из одноимённой мелодрамы Гарри Маршалла, а «Оскар» получила за роль в биографическом фильме «Эрин Брокович». Джулия до сих пор остаётся любимицей зрителей, востребованной у режиссёров, и продолжает зарабатывать миллионы долларов за роли в фильмах. Она никогда не была замешана в скандалах, вот уже 16 лет счастлива в браке и растит троих детей. Джулии по силам сыграть абсолютно любую роль, что она не раз доказывала. Даже в образе злой королевы Клементианны в фэнтези «Белоснежка: месть гномов» она смотрелась органично. В честь дня рождения Джулии Робертс вспоминаем её образ из фильма, а также других обворожительных злых королев.

Кадр из фильма «Белоснежка: месть гномов», 2012

Клементианна, «Белоснежка: месть гномов»

Несколько экстравагантная, авантюрная, эгоистичная Злая Королева со странноватым чувством стиля. Она соперничала с Белоснежкой за руку прекрасного принца и хотела сжить бедную девушку со свету, благо слуга Брайтон пощадил её и отпустил в тёмном лесу в надежде, что её съедят волки. Клементианна – самая настоящая стерва, которая всем своим видом показывает, что с ней шутки плохи, и, кто посмеет ей перечить, незамедлительно получит по заслугам. Королева просто обожала странные наряды и тщательно ухаживала за собой. В ход шли маски из птичьего корма, слизь улиток (кстати, очень действенное омолаживающее средство, так что берите на заметку), змеиный массаж, укусы пчёл вместо филлеров (этот эксперимент повторять не советуем, поскольку вместо пухлых губ можно запросто получить анафилактический шок)… Клементианна любила объёмные причёски, массивные украшения, узкие корсеты и тяжёлые платья (каждое весило порядка 30 кг). Джулия героически терпела такие страдания и даже потянула мышцы во время съёмок из-за огромного веса своих туалетов.

Фильм можно посмотреть на IVI. 

Постер к сериалу «Однажды в сказке», 2011

Реджина Миллс, «Однажды в сказке»

Стильная, коварная, могущественная, властная, сексуальная Злая Королева заставила поверить, что любые люди меняются. Её предала Белоснежка, разрушив счастье надолго, и счастливо живёт с любимым мужчиной, поэтому Реджина и стала злодейкой. Только любовь приёмного сына Генри вновь заставила её вспомнить, что такое доброта. Реджина остра на язык, саркастична, бесстрашна, любит классические наряды и чёрный цвет. Пусть у неё не было тяжеленных платьев с перьями, зато её корсажи, обтягивающие кожаные лосины, высоченные каблуки и причёски запомнились зрителям. У неё был свой неповторимый стиль как в Сторибруке, так и в Зачарованном лесу. Даже Робин Гуд не смог устоять перед её очарованием, красотой и выдержкой – влюбился до беспамятства. 

Сериал можно посмотреть на IVI.

Кадр из фильма «Алиса в Зазеркалье», 2016

Ирацибета Мрамореальская, «Алиса в Стране чудес»

Ещё одна Злая Королева, которая стала таковой из-за предательства другого человека. Для Ирацибеты (она же – Красная Королева, или Королева Червей) таковой стала её родная сестра Мирана (Белая Королева), но когда конфликт разрешился, Ирацибета вновь стала прежней. Но это не умаляет её былые «заслуги». Красная Королева – безумная тиранша, славящаяся вспыльчивым нравом, любовью рубить головы с плеч и обожающая крокет. У неё непропорционально огромная голова, широкие брови, ужасные наряды, в качестве домашней зверушки – «милый» Бармаглот, а любовь всей её жизни – одноглазый Илосович Стейн (он же – Валет Червей)… Тут у кого угодно случится помутнение рассудка.

Фильм можно посмотреть на IVI.

Кадр из фильма «Белоснежка и охотник», 2012

Равенна, «Белоснежка и охотник»

Удивительной красоты королева, но чёрствая и злая до глубины души. Мало того, что она сжила со свету отца Белоснежки, так ещё и королевство хотела подчинить своим тёмным силам. Цель Равенны – сердце Белоснежки, которое она хочет преподнести себе на ужин, чтобы стать могущественной, вечно молодой и бессмертной. Естественно, ничего у неё не вышло, зато, сколько человек она погубила, не сосчитать. Равенна была помешана на своём внешнем виде и молодости, для её сохранения она ежедневно принимала ванну из белой жидкости, состав которой пугает. Каждый наряд королевы (их за фильма она сменила порядка 20 штук) олицетворял смерть: кости, скелеты, птичьи черепа, перья, чешуя, холодный металл… Но при этом платья выглядели безупречно, как, собственно, и сама Равенна. Единственный вопрос, который мучил зрителей: почему зеркало уверяло её, что Белоснежка (Кристен Стюарт) выглядела гораздо краше её?

Фильм можно посмотреть на IVI. 

Постер к  фильму «Хроники Нарнии: Лев, колдунья и волшебный шкаф», 2012

Джадис, «Хроники Нарнии»

Её сыграла неподражаемая Тильда Суинтон, которая своей необычной красотой и андрогинной внешностью вдохнула в персонажа неприступность и холодность. Джадис – главная антагонистка вселенной Нарнии. Она замучила жителей сказочной страны, лишила их Нового года и Рождества, наслала вечную зиму на королевство и замораживает своим посохом тех, кто не желает ей подчиниться. Ледяная корона, бесконечные тёплые шубы, белые платья, холодный макияж, дреды… Джадис – настоящая неформалка со своим чувством стиля. В процессе, когда дети семьи Певенси одерживают над ней победу, наряды Джадис становятся короче, а ледяная корона начинает таять – очень символично и оригинально. Кстати, именно Тильда придумала для своей Королевы дизайн короны, а также дополнила наряды элементами, которые делали их похожими на лёд.

Фильм можно посмотреть на IVI. 

Кадр из фильма «Братья Гримм», 2005

Зеркальная Королева, «Братья Гримм»

Блистательная Моника Беллуччи сыграла героиню, от которой невозможно было оторвать глаз. В неё влюблялись все, кто видел, даже братья Гримм не смогли устоять перед чарами Зеркальной Королевы, которой, между прочим, 500 лет. Образ этой героини создатели фильма писали с трансильванской графини – Елизаветы Батори (серийная убийца, которая убивала молодых девушек и пила их кровь, думала, что это продлит её молодость, красоту и дарует ей бессмертие). Вот и Зеркальная Королева была уверена, что 12 невинных девушек принесут ей желаемое: вернут к жизни и даруют вечную молодость. Возможно, она бы получила желаемое, если бы в деревню Марбаден не приехали два афериста – Уилл и Джейк, которые зарабатывали на жизнь тем, что избавляли поселения от созданных ими же призраков, ведьм и другой нечисти.

Кадр из сериала «Игра престолов», 2016

Серсея Ланнистер, «Игра престолов»

У неё не было магических способностей, она не убивала с целью продлить свою красоту, зато она безумно любила своих детей, от которых к концу сериала ничего не осталось (одна надежда на тех, что она ждёт от брата – Джейме). У Серсеи длинные русые волосы, волевая выдержка, железный характер (как и трон, на который претендует добрая половина персонажей), она самоуверенная, хитрая, изворотливая, решительная, умеет наживать себе врагов, но также умеет отлично мстить. Эта королева-мать готова пойти на всё, чтобы добиться своего, даже предать близких и убить ни в чём не повинных людей. Только вот Серсея часто недооценивает противников и недальновидна в своих поступках, что сулит ей неприятности и, возможно, смерть.

Сериал можно посмотреть в Amediateka. 

Серсея Ланнистер

Не каждая героиня, которая причастна к смерти своего мужа, заслуживает зрительских проклятий, но перечень грехов Серсеи Ланнистер убийством короля Роберта далеко не исчерпывается. Правительница Семи Королевств из цикла «Игра престолов» – коварная и безжалостная интриганка, родившая троих детей от собственного брата. Тем не менее в нашем хит-параде она на последнем месте, потому что, при всех ее преступлениях, Серсея всего лишь хочет удержать власть и передать ее своим отпрыскам. У нее нет никаких более жутких планов.

Реджина

Кому-то может показаться странным, что мы записываем «хорошую» героиню в число злых королев, но Реджина лишь в последних сезонах «Однажды в сказке» исправилась и записалась в ряды положительных персонажей. Начинала она как настоящая Злая Королева – могущественная противница своей падчерицы Белоснежки и бессердечная истребительница всех, кого она считала мало-мальски опасным для ее правления. Мало того, в сюжетной завязке шоу Реджина наложила проклятие на всех своих бывших подданных, которое лишило их памяти и перенесло на нашу с вами Землю.

Ирацибета Мрамореальская

Ирацибета Мрамореальская, более известная как Красная Королева, отличается вспыльчивым нравом и любовью к расправам. Если в сказке Льюиса Кэрролла злодейка лишь угрожает казнями, то в фильме Тима Бертона на счету «кровавой ведьмы» немало жизней ее подданных, которых королева убила с помощью дракона Бармаглота. Стоит заметить, что Красная Королева не является точным экранным аналогом Королевы Червей из книги Кэрролла, поскольку сочетает черты королев Страны чудес и Зазеркалья («Красная Королева» – это «Белая Королева» русского перевода «Алисы в Зазеркалье»).

Равенна

Королева Равенна из «Белоснежки и Охотника» вдохновлена той же классической сказкой, что и королева Реджина из «Однажды в сказке», и их можно счесть одним и тем же персонажем. Но все же это очень разные могущественные колдуньи. В отличие от Реджины, Равенна даже не задумывается о том, чтобы стать положительной героиней. И если Реджина похищала чужие сердца, чтобы управлять их владельцами, то Равенна планирует сожрать сердце Белоснежки, чтобы стать бессмертной. Кроме того, под властью Реджины никогда не было демонических солдат – ей служили обычные люди.

Джадис

Официальный титул злодейки из первого фильма «Хроник Нарнии» – Белая Ведьма. Но так как Джадис правит волшебной страной Нарнией, то ее вполне можно назвать королевой. Причем королевой весьма и весьма зловещей. Как известно, британский писатель Клайв Льюис писал «Хроники Нарнии» как «альтернативную» версию библейских событий в параллельном сказочном мире, и из всех персонажей цикла тираническая Джадис ближе всего к Сатане.

Тарамис

В начале второй серии приключений Конана-варвара королева Тарамис кажется обычной правительницей, пусть и с магическими способностями. Но по ходу событий оказывается, что Тарамис планирует призвать в мир древнего божественного монстра и что она готова для этого убить не только своих подданных, но и свою племянницу, предназначенную в сакральные жертвы. Если бы не героизм Конана, план Тарамис вполне мог бы привести к глобальному апокалипсису.

Бавморда

Для русского уха у героини фильма Рона Ховарда отнюдь не благородно-королевское имя. Но это не повод ее недооценивать. Королева и чародейка, Бавморда с помощью магии захватила власть в своей стране, завоевала целую империю и обратила тех, кто пытался ей противостоять, в камень. А когда стало известно, что вскоре родится ребенок, которому суждено вызвать поражение Бавморды, злодейка согнала всех беременных женщин своего королевства в темницу, чтобы выявить и уничтожить «опасного младенца». Когда же ее план не удался, Бавморда отправила на поиски ребенка убийц. 

Акаша

До того как нелепо погибнуть в авиакатастрофе, темнокожая певица Алия успела записать три альбома и сыграть главные роли в двух фильмах – героическую роль в «Ромео должен умереть» и злодейскую роль в «Королеве проклятых». В «Королеве» вампирша Акаша не просто повелевает своей расой по праву первой из их рода. Она планирует уничтожить человечество (или, по крайней мере, большую его часть). Кстати, Акаша – правительница не только вампиров. В древние времена, до превращения в бессмертную кровопийцу, она была королевой Египта.

Королева Чужих

Какие цели преследуют жуткие космические монстры из цикла «Чужой»? Хороший вопрос, на который трудно ответить. Вполне возможно, что никакие – они просто размножаются и пытаются выжить. Но нам, людям, от этого не легче. Ведь для размножения Чужим нужны существа других видов. И это значит, что каждый Чужой – урожденный враг человечества и всех прочих космических рас, на которых он может паразитировать. А их гигантские королевы вроде той, с которой сражается главная героиня в кульминации «Чужих», особенно опасны. Ведь одна королева и ее потомство могут с легкостью уничтожить целую человеческую колонию.

Королева Борга

Кто может быть страшнее, чем королева расы космических монстров, которые размножаются как саранча? Только сверхумная королева расы космических монстров, которые ассимилируют всех встречных существ. В мире фантастического цикла «Звездный путь/Стартрек» Борг – это самоназвание киборгов, объединенных в единую компьютерную сеть и представляющих собой единый сверхразум. Поэтому у слова «Борг» нет множественного числа. Все киборги – один гигантский Борг, чью волю порой выражают киборги-королевы, координирующие операции Борга в отдаленных уголках Вселенной. Поскольку киборгизировать можно любое живое существо, то большинство операций Борга сводятся к превращению населения целых планет в дронов под властью коллективного разума. Можно ли придумать что-то более жуткое?