Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-33618352-20171111082306/@comment-25926288-20171116024455

CoolDudeAl wrote: I don't think the actress is nessicarily the problem, but more how they are adapting Cinderella, like Knock said. I'm hoping that as they give more backstory to Cinderella, the character will seem more likeable. I agree on the surface of things. I go over in my little thoughts on each episode that I think I recognize their character arc and development for her and what they intended.

Ella/Jace is a good character....if this was a small, relatively static role. The major issue is that having such a doubting, cowardly main character is a hard thing to do. MM was sort of meek and was less than hopeful at times, but she was contrasted by Snow and they balanced out. Ella and Jace though appear to be exact copies of themselves (along with most of the cursed characters). They should have showed the characters strengths first, then have a progression into the self-sabotaging, then recovery. If audience members based their opinion on the first five episodes, Jace/Ella will feel like the biggest downer in town and noone likes someone beating themselves up so much.

The other part is Ella and Henry early on had no real character connection. (Not talking about chemistry) Nothing appeared to be in common. There really is no reason to really concern ourselves with them. Lucy is what they do have in common and Jace and Henry come off a bit better, but slightly so due to Jace/Henry appears one-sided. Jace really doesn't appear to have much interest in Henry and mre focused on Lucy.