Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24589671-20141215020437/@comment-26179634-20141217005421

Raelizflo wrote: I think I can open up some answers we're all wondering, keep an open mind...

1. For Maleficent, I'm surprised people aren't connecting or referencing ideas from the movie, Maleficent turned her crow into the dragon; I believe before she was cursed or trapped by Regina, that she used, like magicians do, the power of misdirection, so she herself got away, and her crow/dragon stayed in her place. My only curiousity is how they will introduce original Aurora with her storyline.

2. Ursula-- she was known as a kind and generous "Sea Goddess", why is she now referred to as a Sea Witch/Villain. I asked this on a youtube aftershow and this is the best response I heard:

"They may try to go with the original tale of Ursula Disney wanted to go with for the animated movie. Making Ursula and the sea king(Ariel father) brother and sister. Ursula and the king were given equal dominion of the sea from their dying father but Ursula became power hungry and greedy and used dark magic to rule the sea eventually wanting to take over her brothers half. So she probably started out good and became evil﻿".

To add, Regina DID impersonate her and made Ursula very angry; I think she may have been "seen" or rumors went around the sea that REAL Ursula harmed Triton's daughter, Triton got mad and exciled her from the Kingdom; Ursula got blamed for something she didn't do, so that made her bitter and become a "Queen of Darkness". Oh! also I predicted Ursula would be played by a black actress, which I am happy for! But I wish they had stayed with the original color scheme of purples, greys and black. Not green, shoulda saved that for Tiana.

3. Cruella De Vil - she's the Wicked Witch of the East. Black and white color scheme, like the socks, red slippers/heels. The coat she wears is magical and allows you to travel through realms just like hats, slippers, magic beans, etcetera. I also want to say she could potentially be Lady Tremaine. See, she had no magic originally and was somehow taken to Oz. She wanted to find her daughters Anastasia and Drizella, Rumple had told her to find [dalmations] whose coats were magical and could help her find them. Her appearance obviously transformed. And this is how Will Scarlett and Anastasia will get woven into the Once storyline more.

We shall see... I have to say that Maleficent turning back into herself from the flock of ravens made me think of Queen Ravenna from Snow White and the Huntsman.