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The beldam likely spent a lot more time with the first three children to persuade them into accepting the buttons
I always found it interesting how the beldam failed to persuade coraline, especially given that the movie implies she was able to create more wonders with the power the ghost eyes gave her.
My theory is that she was able to take her time with the first three get to know them a lot better and create a bond with them. But by the time of the events of the movie the beldam was starving. Once Lovat inherited the house she made sure that no other children would step foot in that house and over time that starved the beldam so when coraline arrived she had to rush things, and top that off with a bit of arrogance at having succeeded three other times and having the ghost eyes to create even more wonders. It makes sense to me.
u/JimboTheGamo — 10 days ago