Board Thread:Off-Topic Fun/@comment-24863788-20150712021406/@comment-1916997-20150913045825

Edward Zachary Sunrose wrote: Bgwinstonfc30 wrote: CoolDudeAl wrote: Ammolite Gem wrote: CoolDudeAl wrote: Ammolite Gem wrote: Do you think they will add different versions of the characters from other sources like the Pentamerone (The Story of Stories) for instance the Cinderella in this story is named Zezolla and she kills her stepmother so her father can marry her governess. Or Talia from Talia sun and moon another version of sleeping beauty. Or some like Brynhildr who is one of the first sleeping beauties she is from the Volsunga Saga she is place in a castle on a mountain asleep in a ring of flames. They have already done different versions of the characters, we have two sleeping beauties and two little mermaids, for example. That being said, they are still going to be doing popular versions of the stories, that many people will recognize and the things your talking about sound very niche. True tho it would be nice to see them add some of the earlies refereces to the stories and if you havent read them you should its interesting to see the differences I'm sure it is, but I still don't see them being added to Once. Part of the reason Once uses the Disney version of stories so often is because they know many people will know those versions of the story, and will understand it. Having a person named Talia be a sleeping beauty wouldn't give people the same understand as having them named Briar Rose or Aurora. With a show like this, you want to reach the largest audience possible, so the show can continue. Once has had some success with making up original names for characters, like Regina, Cora, Zelena, Killian, etc. And with all of those characters it worked really well. But I think it only works with some characters. With Regina and Killian, it's because barely anyone knows their real names (Grimhilde and James Hooke, respectively). With Cora, she never had a real name to begin with. Zelena didn't either, but Elphaba really became popular and couldn't be obtained due to copyrights if I remember. Don't know why they didn't go with Theodora. And with Cora, Zelena and Regina their names fit perfectly (Cora is short for corazon, the Spanish word for heart, Zelena means Green and Regina means Queen).

Other names that were given to previously existing characters include Florian (David), Henri (Thomas), Widow Lucas (Granny) and Henry (King Of Hearts). They usually rename only the characters that have names that aren't very well-known or no names at all. Exactly what you said. Also, one more example, the Wizard of Oz has a canon name, but it isn't revealed until one of the sequels, which means very few people know about it, so they went with their own name for him: Walsh.