Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20171216015812/@comment-24386552-20180203194751

Cinderella:

When you look at S1 Snow, she was the perfect combo of badass princess who was sweet, likable, and connectable. For example, while she would take a rock to someone's face, she also was doing what she had to do to escape the Evil Queen and live out a normal life. That's all she wanted. She and Charming both had this undeniable connection too which got fans to invest in them. The pacing was natural, the conversations clicked, they came to life. With Cinderella, we're given a clichéd tale with a few twists but otherwise, it doesn't pop. While we're given the badass, the exhausted strong woman trope, etc. we're barely given the other side which shows a genuine sweetness and an outer personality. Her and Henry barely get much time to connect and when they do, it feels eerily similar to Snowing who I used to love myself.

It also doesn't help when we're supposed to root for her when there's Drizella and Tremaine who are both more fleshed out, complicated, and realistic. I can actually see why people ship Henry and Ivy more than him and Jacinda because while it would be a toxic relationship based off what she's done to him, there's realism in their connection. A sense of danger. Once again, not the greatest but there's at least something. Nothing against vanilla relationships, though that makes it a lot harder to get invested.

Going forward, maybe the writers will take in consideration of the fans' feedback. Now, they wouldn't be able to take it in during the first half's process but going into the second, maybe they will turn Cinderella around. Make her someone people care for. As someone who does write a lot in his free time, I know not everyone can be great. (I got a few of those in my arsenal) There's also room for improvement. Hopefully, we can see that in the second half.