Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-29195016-20160724040235/@comment-1916997-20161007153641

Mathematicalbooks wrote: ItachiIshtar wrote: DatNuttyKid wrote: I think the Land of Untold Stories is more like Storybrooke in terms of time. Yes, 30 years (or whatever) have passed, but they repeat a pattern so they don't know. But then like how Henry showed up and changed things (such as Mary Margaret cleaning out her closet and finding the book), having the heroes show up changed things and allowed Jekyll and Hyde to separate.

I feel like Anastasia will still be introduced in this episode. Something like, everything's worked out and Emma, Ashley, and Clorinda are walking down the street when Emma says "I always thought your stepsisters were named Drizella and Anastasia, like in the movie." And Clorinda says "Oh, Ella, I almost forgot! Ana was in the Land of Untold Stories too!" And Ashley and Clorinda keep talking and Emma is confused, and then they go to see Anastasia as Ashley explains to Emma that Ana and Driz were Clorinda and Tis's older sisters, and the episode ends with Emma Rigby.

She isn't listed in the press release, but neither was Elsa, so you never know. Based on that set report, we know that Mother Tremaine disapproves of one of her daughters falling for that footman. She could potentially bring up Anastasia by saying something along the lines of "Do you remember what happened to Anastasia? She ran off with that no good thief Will Scarlet, and threw her life away. Our family must move up, not down.I won't tolerate having more failures for daughters." If we got something like that, I would be very happy. The only problem is that Ana's mom and Tremaine are portrayed by different actresses at different ages. So, it's pretty hard to explain why Tremaine would be older. Maybe Ana ran off to Wonderland as a teen idk and ten years later, Cinderella and her step-sisters are teens. But there's Will and Robin in which Robin looks the same as he did in present day. But I might be over thinking it XD. Well, the reason Tremaine looks different (if she is indeed the same character) would be because it is a recast, and also they wanted her to look more like Lady Tremaine from the Disney movie. The implication is that Ana running away with Will would be quite a bit earlier than Cinderella going to the ball, so Tremaine would look younger in Ana's scene then she would in Cinderella's scene. As for why Robin looks the same, that is simply just how this show works. They generally have the same actor/actress play the character, as long as they are an adult. Lana plays Regina at 18, when she saved Snow, and she plays her in present day, which is at least 10 years later (well technically at least 38 years, but she didn't age for 28 of those). Similarly, Cora and Henry Sr. are portrayed by the same actors when Regina is 8, and right before Regina casts the Dark Curse. While technically this doesn't make sense, as someone would age quite a bit from when their daughter is 8 and their daughter is 28 (and technically I think Regina is even older than that by the time the Dark Curse is cast), it would be confusing for the viewers to see 10 different actors playing the same character, and it would be a pain in the but for the casting department, so we just need to have some suspention of disbelief as far as the characters and their lack of aging.