Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-2145732-20141002014401/@comment-5106672-20141004131557

Atharos wrote: Remember A Tale of Two Sisters? The hat Mr Gold found was the one from Fantasia, and even if it was based on a movie, the look was a nod to the film. Also, Belle and Gold dance... There are nods to Disney movies in the show, indeed, I've never denied that. Mostly the names of the characters and several visuals. There is also a whole page about that on the wiki. But those nods are incorporated into a totally different twist of the original fairytales, not straightforward adaptations of Disney movies.

Except, as I said, Frozen, which is the first and so far only one, but also part of a wider adaptation of the original Snow Queen fairytale. Before that, the only fairytale that diverged from the source material in a very Disney-ish direction was Aladdin, which was set in a Middle-Eastern-ish setting as in the movie instead of a Far-Eastern-ish one as in the fiarytale. but even there, the OUAT Agrabah looks very different from the movie's, so it's still not taken from it.

So, I'm taking this one step further: asking "would you like to see this or that movie adapted into the show" is a wrong question in its own premises, regardless of the movie. It should be "would you like to see this or that fairytale" instead, with or without a Disney twist.

Sorry if I sound harsh, but honestly, Once Upon A Time is so much more than just a big crossover Disney fanfiction. The more people understand this, the less will be bitching about beautiful storylines just because they allegedly “ruined” their favourite childhood cartoons.