Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-34924658-20171024194401/@comment-25926288-20171201124504

This is by as cut and dry that’s often presented. Like... Based on Disney = Based on Fairytale, but that isn’t true the other way around. So, no one’s arguing if Ana is based on the Evil Stepsister in the fairytale. Arguing that she’s based off the Disney film, however.....

My Allusion/Basis test is pretty simple. Looks like a duck (appearance), sounds like a duck (name), acts like a duck (story), and others say so (Writer’s non-confirming input). Based on takes 3 (aka majority), Allusion is anything lesser.

For Red Queen, she’s got the name and a vaguely similar story. The story is vaguely similar because while she has a mother and stepsister, she has other sisters (Keyword: sisters!). No one can seriously argue that she looks like Anastasia and the writers didn’t say anything about the Disney film.

Another way of putting it: Whenever the characters were based on the movie, it was completely obvious to the nth degree. No one has ever argued if Lady Tremaine 1 or 2 were based on Lady Tremaine, nor Drizella, nor Cinderella 1 or 2, nor Aladdin, Jafar, Jasmine, or Alice, or... I think the point I made is pretty clear. XD