Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-29195016-20160724040235/@comment-26159109-20161004044125

CoolDudeAl wrote: Farerb wrote: CoolDudeAl wrote: ItachiIshtar wrote: CoolDudeAl wrote: Saintfighteraqua wrote: You're right, the timeline doesn't fit for Anastasia to be one of the stepsisters...but what a shame. I hope we get some kind of resolution, and one that ties both series together. I really feel like they are on track to make sure all questions will be answered before they wrap the show up.

Also, minor peeve, but I hate that they renamed the stepsisters.

I hate even more that we have to wait an extra week because of those debates. They didn't rename the stepsisters, they simply didn't use the Disney names, but a different source for the names. In the original story, they are simply unnamed. Also, we don't have to wait an extra week, because the debate isn't until later in the night. Yes, but it is still weird that they are using other names from the Disney Cinderella such as Lady Tremaine and Gus, but are chosing to not use the Disney names for the stepsisters.

Anyway, looking around social media, there's already a ton of fans that are confused and upset that they are seemingly ignoring Anastasia entirely. While it is true that they never outright confirmed Anastasia and Cinderella being connected on Wonderland, the hints were all glaringly there. Enough so that the majority of fans who watched Wonderland believed it. They named her Anastasia, her mother shared plenty of similarities with Lady Tremaine, and we were told that the prince chose her stepsister instead of her. I'm sorry, but I refuse to see how those were all just coincidences. Therefore, they've landed themselves in a very messy situation. It was either messing with the timeline to insert Anastasia, or ignoring what Wonderland heavily implied entirely. Since only a fraction of their audience watched Wonderland, perhaps they decided that the latter was the best option. I'm still barely holding out hope for some sort of twist that allows for both sides to be happy. It would be a shame if they decided to squander an open opportunity to further connect Wonderland to the main series. The way to make both sides happy is simple, and I've said it many times. Simply have Anastasia and Drizella be older sisters to Clorinda and Tisbe. That fits with the timeline, and explains Ana's mother's line of "At least I still have your sisters." Sisters, plural, as in more than one. Obviously, that means Ana's mother would be Lady Tremaine and a recast, but they recast Jafar, and he was a main on Wonderland, so the recast for Tremaine wouldn't be a big deal. I'm sure they'll reference her just like they did when Will suddenly appeared in Storybrooke and everyone was wondering what happened to Ana and him. If you are being sarcastic, it's kind of falling flat, because they did indirectly reference Ana several times. Once when Will stole the picture of the Red Queen from the library book of Through the Looking Glass, and once when Will said to someone (I think Robin): "Sometimes even when you win, you lose." Did they tell us exactly what happened, no, but that can be easily fixed by having Will get a centric this season.

They never explicitly explained what happened and Will won't come back to the show ever.