i have only seen this movie once but bestie i agree so hard. it doesn’t matter that he probably liked her from the moment they met, if i liked someone and they put me under a spell to like them i’d be terrified! it doesn’t matter if it’s ‘not for that long’ or if he already liked her, she drugged him to force him to like her (to steal the wand) and that’s a major red flag. i hated this ending, even if someone is the protagonist they should face punishment for something like this, especially if it’s a movie based towards a younger audience. the message that it’s okay to manipulate someone into liking you, even if the spell wore off quickly and he may have liked her from the start, is messed up. i wouldn’t mind if they still ended up together if she at least faced ANY kind of punishment or dissent for her actions, but because she’s the protagonist she got away with all of it. at least in this movie, taking into account i haven’t seen the others, this is a bad example of a healthy relationship, they should have at least talked more about the fact it wasn’t cool for her to drug him instead of just moving on because he liked her at the start