Snuff Out the Light - Kingdom of the Sun (Fan Reconstruction & Storyboard)

"hey, remember that one time when Yzma was the Inca equivalent of a Theistic Satanist?" "the what?"

The unexplored and forgotten plot that Yzma was actually a witch REALLY explains the animal potion subplot

Eartha Kitt was in her 70's when she sang this. Holy shit. What a voice. May she rest in peace.

If Disney wants to milk the nostalgia train, rather than creating live action copies, why not dust off the ideas left on the cutting room floor and tell a new story with old characters? I'd love to see an alternate Yzma- centered movie.

Now the fact that Yzma's color scheme was deep purples and blacks makes a LOT of sense and I love it. Wish this backstory was kept in. Yzma is lowkey the best Disney villain.

I like how baby Kuzco/Manco is portrayed as the “little ray of sunshine that robbed her of her youth” like she had to spend her best years caring for him. We know she raised Kuzco in the final version and Manco was the physical representation of the sun in the beta, so this seems like a wordplay worthy of a Disney movie.

What’s funny is that Yzma’s position of priestess means she has to make offerings and grand speeches about and to the Sun. That must’ve be painful for her

It's so weird how different Yzma use to be Went from a genuinely terrifying and powerful sorcerer To a hilarious old bat with a knack for potions

I like how the line "Who to blame, who the one, who to curse? You know the only one to blame would be my enemy, The Sun" also refers to "The Son" as in the Son to the Emperor who she spent most her life raising and The Sun who ruined her looks with it's rays

She was supposed to be a Necromancer and an Alchemist? Man, I wanna see that.

Yzma: I'll turn him into a flea, a harmless, little flea, and then I'll put that flea in a box, and then I'll put that box inside of another box, and then I'll mail that box to myself, and when it arrives... I'll smash it with a hammer! And then to keep me from aging I'll use my magic and sorcery to blot out the sun for all eternity! Kronk: What was that last part? Yzma: Hmm? Flips through her index cards Oops, got an old plan mixed up with this one! Tosses some cards away

What's interesting is that by the song and visuals Izma wanted Immortality but not just for her but for her father too. She was willing too share it with those she cared about which most Immortality seekers don't want to selfishly hording it for themselves.

Honestly, the fact that the plot and tone of the film were originally going to be so big and epic just makes the final film even funnier to me.

Yzma could have been one of the greatest disney villains, and instead she became... Okay, she's still one of the greatest disney villains, but you know what I mean.

While Yzma might think she's unattractive, this was beautiful.

While I was learning skin care for cosmetology I learned that UV rays from the sun account for 90% of visible aging. So this song is not only fun and awesome but somewhat factual, the sun really did take her youth. PS everyone make sure to wear sunscreen if you wanna stay looking young!(even if it doesn’t seem very sunny you’re still getting UV exposure so wear it every day!)

Damn Izma really got robbed of her chance of being one of THE big time disney villains

I don’t know why, Yzma’s always hit special for me. I don’t know if it’s just Eartha Kitt’s voice or being half of one of the funniest villain duos in Disney’s history. Feels like a while since we’ve had a proper villain song. Can’t really do one when your main antagonist is a toxic home life.

There's a lot of stuff implied by the visuals that gets lost if you only hear the song. Like, when Yzma talks about gaining remission from time, it shows her watching her dad grow old and miserable in the service of the king (who, if I recall correctly, was supposed to be a living representative of the sun god in this story). When she talks about "every little ray of sunshine" it shows her caring for the king's son (Kuzco in the final version). I's the same thing: she's spending her prime taking care of someone else's child. From the final version, we know that he fires her, so she wastes her best years on some ungrateful brat who dismisses her on a whim (as she sees it). And the final shots show her surrounded by animated mummies all praising and maybe worshiping her - perhaps implying that she wants to be appreciated for all her hard work. It adds layers to her character. She isn't just motivated by the loss of beauty, it seems more that she's mourning that she never got to enjoy it because she was being forced to be the parent of someone else's child. She doesn't just want her beauty back, she wants back all those wasted years. "Snuff out the light" is code for getting revenge on the person she blames for stealing her time - who is something like the earthly vessel of the sun god. It does so much with what was just a throwaway line and a joke in the final version.

As a Peruvian for me it’s so sad that we couldn’t see kingdom of the sun, I love the original plot so much cuz they keep a lot of our Peruvian culture. So thankful for this animatic 🥹 it’s obvious that we are not going to see this never in an Disney movie anymore, I really love your work ❤️❤️